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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Form 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
Commission File number 0-7617
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation of organization)
23-1886144
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
14 North Main Street
Souderton, Pennsylvania
(Address of principal executive offices)
18964
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
(215) 721-2400
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Title of Class
Number of shares outstanding at 1/31/10
Common Stock, $5 par value
16,561,964
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  YES o NO þ
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  YES o NO þ
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 twelve 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 ninety days.  YES þ NO o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  YES o NO o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this form 10-K or any amendment to this form 10-K. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer þ Non-accelerated filer o Smaller reporting company o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  YES o NO þ
The approximate aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant is $244,079,202 as of June 30, 2009 based on the June 30, 2009 closing price of the Registrant’s Common Stock of $20.26 per share.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Part I and Part III incorporate information by reference from the proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders on April 20, 2010.


UNIVEST CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Business 2
Risk Factors 5
Unresolved Staff Comments 14
Properties 14
Legal Proceedings 15
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 15
PART II
Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 16
Selected Financial Data 19
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 20
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 52
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 54
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 103
Controls and Procedures 103
Other Information 105
PART III
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 105
Executive Compensation 105
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 105
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 105
Principal Accountant Fees and Services 105
PART IV
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules 106
109
EXHIBIT 21.1
EX-23.1
EXHIBIT 31.1
EXHIBIT 31.2
EXHIBIT 32.1
EXHIBIT 32.2


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PART I
The information contained in this report may contain forward-looking statements. When used or incorporated by reference in disclosure documents, the words “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “target,” “goal” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including but not limited to those set forth below as well as the risk factors described in Item 1A, “Risk Factors”:
Operating, legal and regulatory risks
Economic, political and competitive forces impacting various lines of business
The risk that our analysis of these risks and forces could be incorrect and/or that the strategies developed to address them could be unsuccessful
Volatility in interest rates
Other risks and uncertainties, including those occurring in the U.S. and world financial systems
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, expected or projected. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the report. The Corporation expressly disclaims any obligation to publicly release any updates or revisions to reflect any change in the Corporation’s expectations with regard to any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Item 1. Business
General
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania, (the “Corporation”), is a Pennsylvania corporation organized in 1973 and registered as a bank holding company pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. The Corporation elected to become a Financial Holding Company in 2000 as provided under Title I of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. It owns all of the capital stock of Univest National Bank and Trust Company (the “Bank”), Univest Realty Corporation, Univest Delaware, Inc., and Univest Reinsurance Corporation. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries. The Corporation’s and the Bank’s legal headquarters are located at 14 North Main Street, Souderton, PA 18964.
The Bank is engaged in the general commercial banking business and provides a full range of banking services and trust services to its customers. The Bank is the parent company of Delview, Inc., which is the parent company of Univest Insurance, Inc., an independent insurance agency, and Univest Investments, Inc., a full-service broker-dealer and investment advisory firm. Univest Insurance has two offices in Pennsylvania and one in Maryland. Univest Investments has two offices in Pennsylvania. The Bank is also the parent company of Univest Capital, Inc., a small ticket commercial finance business, and TCG Investment Advisory, a registered investment advisor which provides discretionary investment consulting and management services. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the Bank provides a variety of financial services to individuals, municipalities and businesses throughout its markets of operation.
Univest Realty Corporation was established to obtain, hold and operate properties for the holding company and its subsidiaries.
Univest Delaware, Inc. is a passive investment holding company located in Delaware.
Univest Reinsurance Corporation, as a reinsurer, offers life and disability insurance to individuals in connection with credit extended to them by the Bank.
Univest Investments, Inc., Univest Insurance, Inc., Univest Capital, Inc. and Univest Reinsurance Corporation were formed to enhance the traditional banking and trust services provided by the Bank.


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Univest Investments, Univest Insurance, Univest Capital and Univest Reinsurance do not currently meet the quantitative thresholds for separate disclosure as a business segment. Therefore, the Corporation currently has one reportable segment, “Community Banking,” and strategically is how the Corporation operates and has positioned itself in the marketplace. The Corporation’s activities are interrelated, each activity is dependent, and performance is assessed based on how each of these activities supports the others. Accordingly, significant operating decisions are based upon analysis of the Corporation as one Community Banking operating segment.
As of December 31, 2009, the Corporation had total assets of $2.1 billion, total loans and leases of $1.4 billion, total deposits of $1.6 billion and total shareholders’ equity of $267.8 million.
Employees
As of December 31, 2009, the Corporation and its subsidiaries employed five hundred and thirty-six (536) persons. None of these employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and the Corporation believes it enjoys good relations with its personnel.
Competition
The Corporation’s service areas are characterized by intense competition for banking business among commercial banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks and other financial institutions. The Corporation’s subsidiary bank actively competes with such banks and financial institutions for local retail and commercial accounts, in Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Lehigh counties, as well as other financial institutions outside its primary service area.
In competing with other banks, savings and loan associations, and other financial institutions, the Bank seeks to provide personalized services through management’s knowledge and awareness of their service area, customers and borrowers.
Other competitors, including credit unions, consumer finance companies, insurance companies, leasing companies and mutual funds, compete with certain lending and deposit gathering services offered by the Bank and its subsidiaries, Univest Investments, Inc., Univest Insurance, Inc. and Univest Capital, Inc.
Supervision and Regulation
The Bank is subject to supervision and is regularly examined by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Also, the Bank is subject to examination by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
The Corporation is subject to the provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and is registered pursuant to its provisions. The Corporation is subject to the reporting requirements of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”); and the Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, is subject to examination by the Board. The Federal Reserve Act limits the amount of credit that a member bank may extend to its affiliates, and the amount of its funds that it may invest in or lend on the collateral of the securities of its affiliates. Under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, insured banks are subject to the same limitations.
The Corporation elected to become a Financial Holding Company in 2000 as provided under Title I of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (the “Act”). The Act provides a regulatory framework for regulation through the financial holding company, which has the Board as its umbrella regulator. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requires “satisfactory” or higher Community Reinvestment Act compliance for insured depository institutions and their financial holding companies in order for them to engage in new financial activities. The Act provides a federal right to privacy of non-public personal information of individual customers.
The Corporation is subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”). SOX was enacted to address corporate and accounting fraud. SOX adopts new standards of corporate governance and imposes additional requirements on the board of directors and management of public companies. SOX law also requires that the chief executive officer and chief financial officer certify the accuracy of periodic reports


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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Pursuant to Section 404 of SOX (“SOX 404”), the Corporation is required to furnish a report by its management on internal controls over financial reporting, identify any material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial reporting and assert that such internal controls are effective. The Corporation has continued to be in compliance with SOX 404 during 2009. The Corporation must maintain effective internal controls which require an on-going commitment by management and the Corporation’s Audit Committee.  The process has and will continue to require substantial resources in both financial costs and human capital.
Credit and Monetary Policies
The Bank is affected by the fiscal and monetary policies of the federal government and its agencies, including the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. An important function of these policies is to curb inflation and control recessions through control of the supply of money and credit. The Board uses its powers to regulate reserve requirements of member banks, the discount rate on member-bank borrowings, interest rates on time and savings deposits of member banks, and to conduct open-market operations in United States Government securities to exercise control over the supply of money and credit. The policies have a direct effect on the amount of bank loans and deposits and on the interest rates charged on loans and paid on deposits, with the result that the policies have a material effect on bank earnings. Future policies of the Board and other authorities cannot be predicted, nor can their effect on future bank earnings.
The Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank System (“FHLBanks”), which consists of 12 regional Federal Home Loan Banks, and is subject to supervision and regulation by the Federal Housing Finance Board. The FHLBanks provide a central credit facility primarily for member institutions. The Bank, as a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (“FHLB”), is required to acquire and hold shares of capital stock in the FHLB in an amount equal to: 1) not less than 4.5% and not more than 6.0% of its outstanding FHLB loans and 2) at least a certain percentage of its unused borrowing capacity, not to exceed 1.5%. In December 2008, the FHLB suspended its dividends and the repurchase of capital stock due to capital compliance requirements. At December 31, 2009, the Bank owned $7.4 million in FHLB capital stock.
The deposits of the Bank are insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to applicable limits. Under the cross-guarantee provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, in the event of a loss suffered or anticipated by the FDIC — either as a result of default of a banking subsidiary or related to FDIC assistance provided to a subsidiary in danger of default — the other banks may be assessed for the FDIC’s loss, subject to certain exceptions. Presently, the Bank has affiliates but none of them is a separate banking institution. The Bank has been required to pay significantly higher FDIC premiums because market developments have significantly depleted the insurance fund of the FDIC and reduced the ratio of reserves to insured deposits. On September 28, 2009, the FDIC Board proposed an institutional prepaid FDIC assessment to recapitalize the Deposit Insurance Fund which was finalized in the Fourth Quarter of 2009. The prepaid amount was collected on December 30, 2009 for the Fourth Quarter 2009, and for all of 2010, 2011 and 2012. This assessment was based on an estimated 5% annual growth rate in deposits during 2010, 2011 and 2012; and a 3 basis-point increase in the base assessment rate at September 30, 2009 to be applied in 2011 and 2012. The Bank paid $9.0 million to the FDIC on December 30, 2009 of which $8.4 million will remain in a prepaid asset account. The prepaid amount of $8.4 million has a zero percent risk-weighting for risk-based capital ratio calculations. The prepaid amount will be expensed over the 2010 through 2012 period as the actual FDIC assessments are determined for each interim quarterly period. Any excess prepaid amounts may be utilized up to December 30, 2014 at which time any excess will be returned to the Bank.
Statistical Disclosure
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania and its subsidiaries Univest National Bank and Trust Co., Univest Insurance, Inc., Univest Capital, Inc., Univest Investments, Inc. and TCG Investment Advisory, provide Financial Solutions to individuals, businesses, municipalities and nonprofit organizations. Univest


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Corporation prides itself on being a financial organization that continues to increase its scope of services while maintaining traditional beliefs and a determined commitment to the communities it serves. Over the past five years Univest Corporation and its subsidiaries have experienced steady and stable growth, both organically and through various acquisitions to be the best integrated financial solutions provider in the market. The acquisitions included:
B. G. Balmer and Co. on July 28, 2006
Liberty Benefits, Inc. on December 29, 2008
Trollinger Consulting Group
TC Group Securities Company, Inc. on December 31, 2008
Allied Benefits Group, LLC on December 31, 2008
TCG Investment Advisory Inc. on December 31, 2008
In addition to these acquisitions, in May 2006, the Bank entered into the small ticket commercial leasing business through its newly formed subsidiary Vanguard Leasing, Inc., which is incorporated under Pennsylvania law. In February 2008, Vanguard Leasing, Inc. changed its name to Univest Capital, Inc.
Securities and Exchange Commission Reports
The Corporation makes available free-of-charge its reports that are electronically filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) including its Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports on its website as a hyperlink to EDGAR. These reports are available as soon as reasonably practicable after the material is electronically filed. The Corporation’s website address is www.univest.net. The Corporation will provide at no charge a copy of the SEC Form 10-K annual report for the year 2009 to each shareholder who requests one in writing after March 31, 2010. Requests should be directed to: Karen E. Tejkl, Corporate Secretary, Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania, P.O. Box 64197, Souderton, PA 18964.
The Corporation’s filings are also available at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. Information on the hours of operation of the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an internet site that contains the Corporation’s SEC filings electronically at www.sec.gov .
Item 1A. Risk Factors
An investment in the Corporation’s common stock is subject to risks inherent to the Corporation’s business. Before making an investment, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information included or incorporated by reference in this report. This report is qualified in its entirety by these risk factors.
Risks Relating to Recent Economic Conditions and Governmental Response Efforts
The Corporation’s earnings are impacted by general business and economic conditions.
The Corporation’s operations and profitability are impacted by general business and economic conditions; these conditions include long-term and short-term interest rates, inflation, money supply, political issues, legislative and regulatory changes, fluctuations in both debt and equity capital markets, broad trends in industry and finance, and the strength of the U.S. economy and the local economies in which we operate, all of which are beyond our control.
Our results of operations are affected by conditions in the capital markets and the economy generally. The capital and credit markets have experienced extreme volatility and disruption for more than twelve months. The volatility and disruption in these markets have produced downward pressure on stock prices of, and credit availability to, certain companies without regard to those companies’ underlying financial


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strength. This has resulted in significant write-downs of asset values by financial institutions, including government-sponsored entities and major commercial and investment banks. The U.S. and global economies are in steep decline. Monetary and fiscal policies are loosening around the world to varying degrees — most aggressively in the United States — but they are battling against an extreme credit crunch, and will take time to become effective. These factors, combined with declining business and consumer confidence, dramatic declines in the housing market during the past year, with falling home prices and increasing foreclosures, and rising unemployment have precipitated an economic slowdown and induced fears of a prolonged recession.
We cannot predict the effect of recent legislative and regulatory initiatives.
The U.S. federal, state and foreign governments have taken or are considering extraordinary actions in an attempt to deal with the worldwide financial crisis and the severe decline in the global economy. To the extent adopted, many of these actions have been in effect for only a limited time, and have produced limited or no relief to the capital, credit and real estate markets. There is no assurance that these actions or other actions under consideration will ultimately be successful.
In the United States, the federal government has adopted the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (enacted on October 3, 2008) (“EESA”) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (enacted on February 17, 2009) (“ARRA”). With authority granted under these laws, the Treasury has proposed a financial stability plan that is intended to:
provide for the government to invest additional capital into banks and otherwise facilitate bank capital formation;
increase the limits on federal deposit insurance; and
provide for various forms of economic stimulus, including to assist homeowners restructure and lower mortgage payments on qualifying loans.
In many cases, full implementation of the laws will require the adoption of regulations and program parameters. Other laws, regulations, and programs at the federal, state and even local levels are under consideration that address the economic climate and/or the financial services industry. The full effect of these initiatives cannot be predicted. Compliance with such initiatives may increase our costs and limit our ability to pursue business opportunities. Although we did not participate in the U.S. Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program, future participation in specific programs may subject us to additional restrictions. In addition, we are required to pay significantly higher FDIC premiums because market developments have significantly depleted the insurance fund of the FDIC and reduced the ratio of reserves to insured deposits.
There can be no assurance that these initiatives will improve economic conditions generally or the financial markets or financial services industry in particular. The failure of EESA, ARRA and the financial stability plan to stabilize the financial markets could materially adversely affect our ability to access the capital and credit markets, our business, financial condition, results of operations and the market price for our common stock.
Regulatory initiatives by the government could increase our costs of doing business and adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
Recent government responses to the condition of the global financial markets and the banking industry has, among other things, increased our costs significantly and may further increase our costs for items such as federal deposit insurance and increased capital requirements. The FDIC insures deposits at FDIC-insured financial institutions, including our Bank up to applicable limits. The FDIC charges the insured financial institutions premiums to maintain the Deposit Insurance Fund at a certain level. Pursuant to federal law enacted in 2009, the standard maximum deposit insurance amount has been increased to $250,000 per depositor through December 31, 2013, after which it would revert to a $100,000 per depositor level unless additional federal legislation is adopted to provide otherwise. Certain retirement accounts such as Individual Retirement Accounts are insured up to $250,000 per depositor per insured


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institution. Current economic conditions have increased bank failures and expectations for further failures, in which case the FDIC would pay all deposits of a failed bank up to the insured amount from the Deposit Insurance Fund. In December 2008, the FDIC adopted a rule that would increase premiums paid by insured institutions and make other changes to the assessment system. Increases in deposit insurance premiums could adversely affect our net income. We may also become subject to additional federal legislation and regulation that could force us to change a number of our historical practices, limit the fees we may charge or restrict our ability to attract and maintain our executive officers.
We borrow from the Federal Home Loan Bank and the Federal Reserve, and there can be no assurance these programs will continue in their current manner.
We at times utilize the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh for overnight borrowings and term advances; we also borrow from the Federal Reserve and from correspondent banks under our federal funds lines of credit. The amount loaned to us is generally dependent on the value of the collateral pledged. These lenders could reduce the percentages loaned against various collateral categories, could eliminate certain types of collateral and could otherwise modify or even terminate their loan programs, particularly to the extent they are required to do so because of capital adequacy or other balance sheet concerns. Any change or termination of our borrowings from the FHLB, the Federal Reserve or correspondent banks would have an adverse affect on our liquidity and profitability.
Our results of operations may be adversely affected by other-than-temporary impairment charges relating to our investment portfolio.
We may be required to record future impairment charges on our investment securities, including our investment in the FHLB of Pittsburgh, if they suffer declines in value that we consider other-than-temporary. Numerous factors, including the lack of liquidity for re-sales of certain investment securities, the absence of reliable pricing information for investment securities, adverse changes in the business climate, adverse regulatory actions or unanticipated changes in the competitive environment, could have a negative effect on our investment portfolio in future periods. If an impairment charge is significant enough, it could affect the ability of our Bank to pay dividends to us, which could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and our ability to pay dividends to shareholders. Significant impairment charges could also negatively impact our regulatory capital ratios and result in our Bank not being classified as “well-capitalized” for regulatory purposes.
We may need to raise additional capital in the future and such capital may not be available when needed or at all.
We may need to raise additional capital in the future to provide us with sufficient capital resources and liquidity to meet our commitments and business needs. Our ability to raise additional capital, if needed, will depend on, among other things, conditions in the capital markets at that time, which are outside of our control, and our financial performance. The ongoing liquidity crisis and the loss of confidence in financial institutions may increase our cost of funding and limit our access to some of our customary sources of capital, including, but not limited to, inter-bank borrowings, repurchase agreements and borrowings from the discount window of the Federal Reserve.
We cannot assure you that such capital will be available to us on acceptable terms or at all. Any occurrence that may limit our access to the capital markets, such as a decline in the confidence of debt purchasers, depositors of our subsidiary bank or counterparties participating in the capital markets may adversely affect our capital costs and our ability to raise capital and, in turn, our liquidity. An inability to raise additional capital on acceptable terms when needed could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.


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Risks Related to Our Market and Business
The Corporation’s profitability is affected by economic conditions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Unlike larger national or regional banks that operate in large geographies, the Corporation provides banking and financial services to customers primarily in Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Lehigh Counties in Pennsylvania. Because of our geographic concentration, continuation of the economic downturn in our region could make it more difficult to attract deposits and could cause higher rates of loss and delinquency on our loans than if the loans were more geographically diversified. Adverse economic conditions in the region, including, without limitation, declining real estate values, could cause our levels of non-performing assets and loan losses to increase. If the economic downturn continues or a prolonged economic recession occurs in the economy as a whole, borrowers will be less likely to repay their loans as scheduled. A continued economic downturn could, therefore, result in losses that materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
The Corporation operates in a highly competitive industry and market area.
We face substantial competition in all phases of our operations from a variety of different competitors. Our competitors, including commercial banks, community banks, savings and loan associations, mutual savings banks, credit unions, consumer finance companies, insurance companies, securities dealers, brokers, mortgage bankers, investment advisors, money market mutual funds and other financial institutions, compete with lending and deposit-gathering services offered by us. Increased competition in our markets may result in reduced loans and deposits.
Many of these competing institutions have much greater financial and marketing resources than we have. Due to their size, many competitors can achieve larger economies of scale and may offer a broader range of products and services than we can. If we are unable to offer competitive products and services, our business may be negatively affected.
Some of the financial services organizations with which we compete are not subject to the same degree of regulation as is imposed on bank holding companies and federally insured financial institutions. As a result, these non-bank competitors have certain advantages over us in accessing funding and in providing various services. The banking business in our primary market areas is very competitive, and the level of competition facing us may increase further, which may limit our asset growth and financial results.
The Corporation’s controls and procedures may fail or be circumvented.
Our management diligently reviews and updates the Corporation’s internal controls over financial reporting, disclosure controls and procedures, and corporate governance policies and procedures. Any failure or undetected circumvention of these controls could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
Potential acquisitions may disrupt the Corporation’s business and dilute shareholder value.
We regularly evaluate opportunities to acquire and invest in banks and in other complementary businesses. As a result, we may engage in negotiations or discussions that, if they were to result in a transaction, could have a material effect on our operating results and financial condition, including short and long-term liquidity. Our acquisition activities could be material to us. For example, we could issue additional shares of common stock in a purchase transaction, which could dilute current shareholders’ ownership interest. These activities could require us to use a substantial amount of cash, other liquid assets, and/or incur debt. In addition, if goodwill recorded in connection with our prior or potential future acquisitions were determined to be impaired, then we would be required to recognize a charge against our earnings, which could materially and adversely affect our results of operations during the period in which the impairment was recognized. Any potential charges for impairment related to goodwill would not impact cash flow, tangible capital or liquidity.


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Our acquisition activities could involve a number of additional risks, including the risks of:
incurring time and expense associated with identifying and evaluating potential acquisitions and negotiating potential transactions, resulting in management’s attention being diverted from the operation of our existing business;
using inaccurate estimates and judgments to evaluate credit, operations, management, and market risks with respect to the target institution or assets;
the time and expense required to integrate the operations and personnel of the combined businesses;
creating an adverse short-term effect on our results of operations; and
losing key employees and customers as a result of an acquisition that is poorly received.
We cannot assure you that we will be successful in overcoming these risks or any other problems encountered in connection with potential acquisitions. Our inability to overcome these risks could have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our business strategy and maintain our market value.
The Corporation may not be able to attract and retain skilled people.
We are dependent on the ability and experience of a number of key management personnel who have substantial experience with our operations, the financial services industry, and the markets in which we offer products and services. The loss of one or more senior executives or key managers may have an adverse effect on our operations. The Corporation does not currently have employment agreements or non-competition agreements with any of our executive officers. Also, as we continue to grow operations, our success depends on our ability to continue to attract, manage, and retain other qualified middle management personnel.
If we lost a significant portion of our low-cost deposits, it would negatively impact our liquidity and profitability.
Our profitability depends in part on our success in attracting and retaining a stable base of low-cost deposits. As of December 31, 2009, 15.5% of our deposit base was comprised of noninterest bearing deposits, of which 12.4% consisted of business deposits, which are primarily operating accounts for businesses, and 3.1% consisted of consumer deposits. While we generally do not believe these core deposits are sensitive to interest rate fluctuations, the competition for these deposits in our markets is strong and customers are increasingly seeking investments that are safe, including the purchase of U.S. Treasury securities and other government-guaranteed obligations, as well as the establishment of accounts at the largest, most-well capitalized banks. If we were to lose a significant portion of our low-cost deposits, it would negatively impact our liquidity and profitability.
The Corporation’s information systems may experience an interruption or breach in security.
While the Corporation has policies and procedures designed to prevent or limit the effect of any failure, interruption, or breach in our security systems, there can be no assurance that any such failures will not occur and, if they do occur, that they will be adequately addressed. As a result, the occurrence of any such failures, interruptions, or breaches in security could expose the Corporation to reputation risk, civil litigation, regulatory scrutiny and possible financial liability that could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.
The Corporation continually encounters technological change.
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The Corporation is subject to claims and litigation.
Customer claims and other legal actions, whether founded or unfounded, could result in financial or reputation damage and have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations if such claims are not resolved in a manner favorable to the Corporation.
External events could impact the Corporation.
Natural disasters, acts of war or terrorism and other adverse external events could have a significant impact on the Corporation’s ability to conduct business. Our management has established disaster recovery policies and procedures that are expected to mitigate events related to natural or man-made disasters; however, the impact of an overall economic decline resulting from such a disaster could have a material adverse effect on the Corporation’s financial condition.
The Corporation depends on the accuracy and completeness of information about customers and counterparties .
In deciding whether to extend credit or enter into other transactions with customers and counterparties, we may rely on information furnished to us by or on behalf of customers and counterparties, including financial statements and other financial information. We also may rely on representations of customers and counterparties as to the accuracy and completeness of that information and, with respect to financial statements, on reports of independent auditors. For example, in deciding whether to extend credit to clients, we may assume that a customer’s audited financial statements conform to GAAP and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the customer. Our earnings are significantly affected by our ability to properly originate, underwrite and service loans. Our financial condition and results of operations could be negatively impacted to the extent we incorrectly assess the creditworthiness of our borrowers, fail to detect or respond to deterioration in asset quality in a timely manner, or rely on financial statements that do not comply with GAAP or are materially misleading.
Risks Related to the Banking Industry
The Corporation is subject to interest rate risk.
Our profitability is dependent to a large extent on our net interest income. Like most financial institutions, we are affected by changes in general interest rate levels and by other economic factors beyond our control. Although we believe we have implemented strategies to reduce the potential effects of changes in interest rates on our results of operations, any substantial and prolonged change in market interest rates could adversely affect our operating results.
Net interest income may decline in a particular period if:
In a declining interest rate environment, more interest-earning assets than interest-bearing liabilities re-price or mature, or
In a rising interest rate environment, more interest-bearing liabilities than interest-earning assets re-price or mature.
Our net interest income may decline based on our exposure to a difference in short-term and long-term interest rates. If the difference between the interest rates shrinks or disappears, the difference between rates paid on deposits and received on loans could narrow significantly resulting in a decrease in net interest income. In addition to these factors, if market interest rates rise rapidly, interest rate adjustment caps may limit increases in the interest rates on adjustable rate loans, thus reducing our net interest income. Also, certain adjustable rate loans re-price based on lagging interest rate indices. This lagging effect may also negatively impact our net interest income when general interest rates continue to rise periodically.


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The Corporation is subject to lending risk.
Risks associated with lending activities include, among other things, the impact of changes in interest rates and economic conditions, which may adversely impact the ability of borrowers to repay outstanding loans, and impact the value of the associated collateral. Various laws and regulations also affect our lending activities and failure to comply with such applicable laws and regulations could subject the Corporation to enforcement actions and civil monetary penalties.
As of December 31, 2009, approximately 78.0% of our loan and lease portfolio consisted of commercial, industrial, construction, and commercial real estate loans and leases; these are generally perceived as having more risk of default than residential real estate and consumer loans. These types of loans involve larger loan balances to a single borrower or groups of related borrowers. Commercial real estate loans may be affected to a greater extent than residential loans by adverse conditions in real estate markets or the economy because commercial real estate borrowers’ ability to repay their loans depends on successful development of their properties, as well as the factors affecting residential real estate borrowers. An increase in non-performing loans and leases could result in a net loss of earnings from these loans and leases, an increase in the provision for possible loan and lease losses, and an increase in loan and lease charge-offs. The risk of loan and lease losses will increase if the economy worsens.
Risk of loss on a construction loan depends largely upon whether our initial estimate of the property’s value at completion of construction equals or exceeds the cost of the property construction (including interest) and the availability of permanent take-out financing. During the construction phase, a number of factors can result in delays and cost overruns. If estimates of value are inaccurate or if actual construction costs exceed estimates, the value of the property securing the loan may be insufficient to ensure full repayment when completed through a permanent loan or by seizure of collateral.
Commercial business loans are typically based on the borrowers’ ability to repay the loans from the cash flow of their businesses. These loans may involve greater risk because the availability of funds to repay each loan depends substantially on the success of the business itself. In addition, the collateral securing the loans often depreciates over time, is difficult to appraise and liquidate and fluctuates in value based on the success of the business.
Commercial real estate, commercial business, and construction loans are more susceptible to a risk of loss during a downturn in the business cycle. Our underwriting, review, and monitoring cannot eliminate all of the risks related to these loans.
The Corporation’s allowance for possible loan and lease losses may be insufficient and an increase in the allowance would reduce earnings.
We maintain an allowance for loan and lease losses. The allowance is established through a provision for loan and lease losses based on management’s evaluation of the risks inherent in our loan portfolio and the general economy. The allowance is based upon a number of factors, including the size of the loan and lease portfolio, asset classifications, economic trends, industry experience and trends, industry and geographic concentrations, estimated collateral values, management’s assessment of the credit risk inherent in the portfolio, historical loan and lease loss experience and loan underwriting policies. In addition, we evaluate all loans and leases identified as problem loans and augment the allowance based upon our estimation of the potential loss associated with those problem loans and leases. Additions to our allowance for loan and lease losses decrease our net income.
If the evaluation we perform in connection with establishing loan and lease loss reserves is wrong, our allowance for loan and lease losses may not be sufficient to cover our losses, which would have an adverse effect on our operating results. Due to the volatile economy, we cannot assure you that we will not experience an increase in delinquencies and losses as these loans continue to mature.
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necessary based on changes in economic and real estate market conditions, new information regarding existing loans and leases, identification of additional problem loans and leases and other factors, both within and outside of our control.
The loan and lease provision for the year ended December 31, 2009 was $20.9 million as opposed to $8.8 million for the same period of 2008. The increase in the provision for loan and lease losses was due to the deterioration of underlying collateral and economic factors. This resulted in the migration of loans to a higher risk category and increased specific reserves on impaired loans to $1.4 million at December 31, 2009 from $36 thousand at December 31, 2008. Additionally, nonaccrual loans and leases and restructured loans increased to $37.1 million at December 31, 2009 from $5.4 million at December 31, 2008. There can be no assurance that conditions will improve in the near term or that we will maintain our current provisions for loan and lease losses.
Changes in economic conditions and the composition of our loan portfolio could lead to higher loan charge-offs or an increase in our provision for loan losses and may reduce our net income.
Changes in national and regional economic conditions could impact our loan portfolios. For example, an increase in unemployment, a decrease in real estate values or increases in interest rates, as well as other factors, could weaken the economies of the communities we serve. Weakness in the market areas we serve could depress our earnings and consequently our financial condition because customers may not demand our products or services; borrowers may not be able to repay their loans; the value of the collateral securing our loans to borrowers may decline and the quality of our loan portfolio may decline. Any of the latter three scenarios could require us to charge off a higher percentage of our loans and/or increase our provision for loan and lease losses, which would reduce our net income and could require us to raise capital.
The Corporation is subject to environmental liability risk associated with lending activities.
In the course of our business, we may foreclose and take title to real estate and could be subject to environmental liabilities with respect to these properties. The Corporation may be held liable to a governmental entity or to third parties for property damage, personal injury, investigation and clean-up costs incurred by these parties in connection with environmental contamination, or may be required to investigate or clean up hazardous or toxic substances, or chemical releases at a property. Our policies and procedures require environmental factors to be considered during the loan application process. An environmental review is performed before initiating any commercial foreclosure action; however, these reviews may not be sufficient to detect all potential environmental hazards. Possible remediation costs and liabilities could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.
The Corporation is subject to extensive government regulation and supervision.
We are subject to Federal Reserve Board regulation. Our Bank is subject to extensive regulation, supervision, and examination by our primary federal regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and by the FDIC, the regulating authority that insures customer deposits. Also, as a member of the FHLB, our Bank must comply with applicable regulations of the Federal Housing Finance Board and the FHLB. Regulation by these agencies is intended primarily for the protection of our depositors and the deposit insurance fund and not for the benefit of our shareholders. Our Bank’s activities are also regulated under consumer protection laws applicable to our lending, deposit, and other activities. A large claim against our Bank under these laws could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
Proposals for further regulation of the financial services industry are continually being introduced in the Congress of the United States of America and the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We can provide no assurance regarding the manner in which any new laws and regulations will affect us.


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Consumers may decide not to use banks to complete their financial transactions.
The process of eliminating banks as intermediaries, known as “disintermediation,” could result in the loss of fee income as well as the loss of customer deposits and the related income generated from those deposits. The loss of these revenue streams could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operation.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock and Common Stock Offerings
An investment in the Corporation’s common stock is not an insured deposit.
The Corporation’s common stock is not a bank deposit, is not insured by the FDIC or any other deposit insurance fund, and is subject to investment risk, including the loss of some or all of your investment. Our common stock is subject to the same market forces that affect the price of common stock in any company.
The Corporation has broad discretion in applying the net proceeds from offerings.
The Corporation intends to use the net proceeds from offerings for general corporate purposes, which may include the funding of additional contributions to the capital of the Bank. We will have significant flexibility in applying the net proceeds of offerings. Our failure to apply these funds effectively could adversely affect our business by reducing its return on equity and inhibiting our abilities to expand and/or raise additional capital in the future.
The Corporation’s stock price can be volatile.
The Corporation’s stock price can fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, some of which are not under our control. These factors include:
our past and future dividend practice;
our financial condition, performance, creditworthiness and prospects;
quarterly variations in our operating results or the quality of our assets;
operating results that vary from the expectations of management, securities analysts and investors;
changes in expectations as to our future financial performance;
the operating and securities price performance of other companies that investors believe are comparable to us;
future sales of our equity or equity-related securities;
the credit, mortgage and housing markets, the markets for securities relating to mortgages or housing, and developments with respect to financial institutions generally; and
changes in global financial markets and global economies and general market conditions, such as interest or foreign exchange rates, stock, commodity or real estate valuations or volatility and other geopolitical, regulatory or judicial events.
These factors could cause the Corporation’s stock price to decrease regardless of our operating results.
The Corporation’s common stock is listed for trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “UVSP”; the trading volume has historically been less than that of larger financial services companies. Stock price volatility may make it more difficult for you to resell your common stock when you want and at prices you find attractive.
A public trading market having the desired characteristics of depth, liquidity and orderliness depends on the presence in the marketplace of willing buyers and sellers of our common stock at any given time. This presence depends on the individual decisions of investors and general economic and market conditions over which we have no control. Given the relatively low trading volume of our common stock,


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significant sales of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that those sales may occur, could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline or to be lower than it otherwise might be in the absence of those sales or perceptions.
Anti-takeover provisions could negatively impact our shareholders.
Certain provisions in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, as well as federal banking laws, regulatory approval requirements, and Pennsylvania law could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire the Corporation, even if doing so would be perceived to be beneficial to the Corporation’s shareholders.
There may be future sales or other dilution of the Corporation’s equity, which may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
The Corporation is generally not restricted from issuing additional common stock, including any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, common stock. The issuance of any additional shares of common stock or preferred stock or securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive common stock or the exercise of such securities could be substantially dilutive to shareholders of our common stock. Holders of our shares of common stock have no preemptive rights that entitle holders to purchase their pro rata share of any offering of shares of any class or series. The market price of our common stock could decline as a result of offerings or because of sales of shares of our common stock made after offerings or the perception that such sales could occur. Because our decision to issue securities in any future offering will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of our future offerings. Thus, our shareholders bear the risk of our future offerings reducing the market price of our common stock and diluting their stock holdings in us.
The Corporation relies on dividends from our subsidiaries for most of our revenue.
The Corporation is a financial holding company and our operations are conducted by our subsidiaries from which we receive dividends. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends is subject to legal and regulatory limitations, profitability, financial condition, capital expenditures and other cash flow requirements. The ability of our Bank to pay cash dividends to the Corporation is limited by its obligation to maintain sufficient capital and by other restrictions on its cash dividends that are applicable to national banks and banks that are regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. If our Bank is not permitted to pay cash dividends to the Corporation, it is unlikely that we would be able to pay cash dividends on our common stock.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
Univest Corporation may receive written comments from the staff of the SEC regarding its periodic or current reports under the Exchange Act. There are no comments that remain unresolved that Univest Corporation received not less than 180 days before the end of its fiscal year to which this report relates.
Item 2. Properties
The Corporation and its subsidiaries occupy forty-one properties in Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Lehigh counties in Pennsylvania and Prince Georges County in Maryland, which are used principally as banking offices. Business locations and hours are available on the Corporation’s website at www.univest.net .
The Corporation owns its corporate headquarters building, which is shared with the Bank and Univest Investments, Inc., in Souderton, Montgomery County. Univest Investments, Inc. also occupies a location in Allentown, Lehigh County. Univest Insurance, Inc. occupies three locations of which two are owned by the Bank, one in Lansdale, Montgomery County and one in West Chester, Chester County; and one is leased in Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges County in Maryland. Univest Capital, Inc. occupies one leased location


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in Bensalem, Bucks County. The Bank serves the area through its thirty traditional offices and two supermarket branches that offer traditional community banking and trust services. Fifteen banking offices are located in Montgomery County, of which ten are owned, two are leased and three are buildings owned on leased land; seventeen banking offices are located in Bucks County, of which five are owned, nine are leased and two are buildings owned on leased land. The Bank has two additional regional leased offices primarily used for loan productions one of which is located in Bucks County and one in Lehigh County.
Additionally, the Bank provides banking and trust services for the residents and employees of twelve retirement home communities, offers a payroll check cashing service at one work site office and offers merchants an express banking center located in the Montgomery Mall. The work site office and the express banking center are located in Montgomery County. The Bank has seven off-premise automated teller machines located in Montgomery County. The Bank provides banking services nationwide through the internet via its website www.univestdirect.com.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Management is not aware of any litigation that would have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position of the Corporation. There are no proceedings pending other than the ordinary routine litigation incident to the business of the Corporation. In addition, there are no material proceedings pending or known to be threatened or contemplated against the Corporation or the Bank by government authorities.
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PART II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Stock, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The Corporation’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “UVSP.” At December 31, 2009, Univest had 4,396 stockholders.
StockTrans, Inc. serves as the Corporation’s transfer agent to assist shareholders in managing their stock. StockTrans, Inc. is located at 44 West Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, PA. Shareholders can contact a representative by calling 610-649-7300.
Range of Market Prices
The following table shows the range of market values of the Corporation’s stock. The prices shown on this page represent transactions between dealers and do not include retail markups, markdowns, or commissions.
Market Price
2009
High Low
January — March
$ 33.50 $ 16.19
April — June
21.99 17.50
July — September
26.87 19.00
October — December
21.85 15.14
2008
High Low
January — March
$ 27.00 $ 19.09
April — June
29.89 19.85
July — September
38.99 19.70
October — December
36.10 25.01
Cash Dividends Paid Per Share
2009
January 2
$ 0.20
April 1
0.20
July 1
0.20
October 1
0.20
For the Year 2009
$ 0.80
2008
January 2
$ 0.20
April 1
0.20
July 1
0.20
October 1
0.20
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Stock Performance Graph
The following chart compares the yearly percentage change in the cumulative shareholder return on the Corporation’s common stock during the five years ended December 31, 2009, with (1) the Total Return Index for the NASDAQ Stock Market (U.S. Companies) and (2) the Total Return Index for NASDAQ Bank Stocks. This comparison assumes $100.00 was invested on December 31, 2004, in our common stock and the comparison groups and assumes the reinvestment of all cash dividends prior to any tax effect and retention of all stock dividends.
Comparison of Cumulative Total Return on
$100 Investment Made on December 31, 2004
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)
Five Year Cumulative total return Summary
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Univest Corporation
100.00 117.90 151.86 109.16 170.34 97.15
NASDAQ Stock Market (US)
100.00 167.08 184.35 203.94 122.77 178.10
NASDAQ Banks
100.00 144.47 164.19 131.98 103.99 86.92


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Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table sets forth information regarding outstanding options and shares under the equity compensation plan, “Univest 2003 Long-term Incentive Plan”, as of December 31, 2009:
(c)
Number of
(a)
Securities
Number of
(b)
Remaining
Securities to
Weighted-
Available for
be Issued
Average
Future Issuance
Upon
Exercise
Under Equity
Exercise of
Price of
Compensation
Outstanding
Outstanding
Plans (Excluding
Options,
Options,
Securities
Warrants and
Warrants
Reflected in
Plan Category
Rights and Rights Column(a)
Equity compensation plan approved by security holders
405,532 $ 23.37 967,639
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
Total
405,532 $ 23.37 967,639
The following table provides information on repurchases by the Corporation of its common stock during the fourth quarter of 2009:
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Total Number
Maximum
of Shares
Number of
Purchased as
Shares that
Part of
May Yet Be
Publicly
Purchased
Total Number of
Average
Announced
Under the
Shares
Price Paid
Plans or
Plans or
Period
Purchased per Share Programs Programs
Oct. 1, 2009 — Oct. 31, 2009
$ 643,782
Nov. 1, 2009 — Nov. 30, 2009
643,782
Dec. 1, 2009 — Dec. 31, 2009
643,782
Total
1. Transactions are reported as of settlement dates.
2. The Corporation’s current stock repurchase program was approved by its Board of Directors and announced on 8/22/2007. The repurchased shares limit is net of normal Treasury activity such as purchases to fund the Dividend Reinvestment Program, Employee Stock Purchase Program and the equity compensation plan.
3. The number of shares approved for repurchase under the Corporation’s current stock repurchase program is 643,782.
4. The Corporation’s current stock repurchase program does not have an expiration date.
5. No stock repurchase plan or program of the Corporation expired during the period covered by the table.
6. The Corporation has no stock repurchase plan or program that it has determined to terminate prior to expiration or under which it does not intend to make further purchases. The plans are restricted during certain blackout periods in conformance with the Corporation’s Insider Trading Policy.


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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data and ratios)
Earnings
Interest income
$ 96,359 $ 108,057 $ 116,144 $ 104,853 $ 85,290
Interest expense
28,723 42,310 54,127 43,651 26,264
Net interest income
67,636 65,747 62,017 61,202 59,026
Provision for loan and lease losses
20,886 8,769 2,166 2,215 2,109
Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses
46,750 56,978 59,851 58,987 56,917
Noninterest income
29,917 26,615 27,268 25,730 22,656
Noninterest expense
65,324 57,225 52,211 49,958 45,796
Net income before income taxes
11,343 26,368 34,908 34,759 33,777
Applicable income taxes
563 5,778 9,351 9,382 8,910
Net income
$ 10,780 $ 20,590 $ 25,557 $ 25,377 $ 24,867
Financial Condition at Year End
Cash, interest-earning deposits and federal funds sold
$ 68,597 $ 40,066 $ 59,385 $ 70,355 $ 59,439
Investment securities
420,045 432,266 415,465 374,814 336,612
Net loans and leases
1,401,182 1,436,774 1,342,356 1,340,398 1,236,289
Assets
2,085,421 2,084,797 1,972,505 1,929,501 1,769,309
Deposits
1,564,257 1,527,328 1,532,603 1,488,545 1,366,715
Long-term obligations
30,684 120,006 114,453 107,405 88,449
Shareholders’ equity
267,807 203,207 198,726 185,385 173,080
Per Common Share Data
Average shares outstanding
14,347 12,873 12,885 12,960 12,867
Earnings per share — basic
$ 0.75 $ 1.60 $ 1.98 $ 1.96 $ 1.93
Earnings per share — diluted
0.75 1.60 1.98 1.95 1.91
Dividends declared per share
0.80 0.80 0.80 0.78 0.72
Book value
16.27 15.71 15.49 14.25 13.37
Dividend payout ratio
109.33 % 50.03 % 40.40 % 40.00 % 37.54 %
Profitability Ratios
Return on average assets
0.52 % 1.02 % 1.32 % 1.38 % 1.46 %
Return on average equity
4.68 10.09 13.44 14.04 14.87
Average equity to average assets
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
(All dollar amounts presented within tables are in thousands, except per share data. “N/M” equates to “not meaningful”; “-” equates to “zero” or “doesn’t round to a reportable number”; and “N/A” equates to “not applicable”.)
The information contained in this report may contain forward-looking statements, including statements relating to Univest’s financial condition and results of operations that involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Univest’s actual results may differ materially from those anticipated, projected, expected or projected as discussed in forward-looking statements. A discussion of forward-looking statements and factors that might cause such a difference includes those discussed in Item 1. “Business,” Item 1A. “Risk Factors,” as well as those within this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation and elsewhere in this report.
Critical Accounting Policies
Management, in order to prepare the Corporation’s financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Corporation’s financial statements. There are uncertainties inherent in making these estimates and assumptions. Certain critical accounting policies, discussed below, could materially affect the results of operations and financial position of the Corporation should changes in circumstances require a change in related estimates or assumptions. The Corporation has identified the fair value measurement of investment securities available for sale and assessment for impairment of certain investment securities, reserve for loan and lease losses, intangible assets, mortgage servicing rights, income taxes, benefit plans and stock-based compensation as areas with critical accounting policies.
The Corporation designates its investment securities as held-to-maturity, available-for-sale or trading. Each of these designations affords different treatment in the statement of operations and statement of financial condition for market value changes affecting securities that are otherwise identical. Should evidence emerge that indicates that management’s intent or ability to manage the securities as originally asserted is not supportable, securities in the held-to-maturity or available-for-sale designations may be re-categorized so that either statement of financial position or statement of operations adjustments may be required. Management evaluates debt securities, which comprise of U.S. Government, Government Sponsored Agencies, municipalities and other issuers, for other-than-temporary impairment and considers the current economic conditions, the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, interest rates and the bond rating of each security. All of the debt securities are highly rated as investment grade and Management believes that it will not incur any losses. The unrealized losses on the Corporation’s investments in debt securities are temporary in nature since they are primarily related to market interest rates and are not related to the underlying credit quality of the issuers within our investment portfolio. The Corporation does not have the intent to sell the debt securities and believes it is more likely than not, that it will not have to sell the securities before recovery of their cost basis. The credit portion of any loss on debt securities is recognized through earnings and the noncredit portion of any loss related to debt securities that the Corporation does not intend to sell and it is more likely than not that the Corporation will not be required to sell the securities prior to recovery is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax. The Corporation evaluates its equity securities for other-than-temporary impairment and recognizes other-than-temporary impairment charges when it has determined that it is probable that certain equity securities will not regain market value equivalent to the Corporation’s cost basis within a reasonable period of time due to a decline in the financial stability of the underlying companies. Management evaluates the near-term prospects of the issuers in relation to the severity and duration of the impairment and the Corporation’s positive intent and ability to hold these securities until recovery to the Corporation’s cost basis occurs.
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amount of unallocated reserve necessary to account for losses that are present in the loan and lease portfolio but not yet currently identifiable. The adequacies of these reserves are sensitive to changes in current economic conditions that may affect the ability of borrowers to make contractual payments as well as the value of the collateral committed to secure such payments. Rapid or sustained downturns in the economy may require increases in reserves that may negatively impact the Corporation’s results of operation and statements of financial condition in the periods requiring additional reserves.
Goodwill and other intangible assets have been recorded on the books of the Corporation in connection with its acquisitions. Goodwill and other intangible assets are reviewed for potential impairment on an annual basis, or more often if events or circumstances indicate that there may be impairment. Goodwill is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level and an impairment loss is recorded to the extent that the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value. The Corporation employs general industry practices in evaluating the fair value of its goodwill and other intangible assets. The Corporation tests for impairment by first allocating its goodwill and other assets and liabilities, as necessary, to defined reporting units, which are generally the Bank, Univest Investments and Univest Insurance. After this allocation is completed, a two-step valuation process is applied, as required by ASC Topic 805. For the Bank, in Step 1, fair value is determined based on a market approach, which measures fair value based on trading multiples of independent publicly traded financial institutions of comparable sizes. If the fair value of the Bank exceeds its adjusted book value, no write-down of goodwill is necessary. If the fair value of any reporting unit is less than its adjusted book value, a Step 2 valuation procedure is required to assess the proper carrying value of the goodwill. The valuation procedures applied in a Step 2 valuation are similar to those that would be performed upon an acquisition, with the Step 1 fair value representing a hypothetical reporting unit purchase price. If the current market value does not exceed the net book value, impairment exists which requires an impairment charge to noninterest expense.
In its analysis of goodwill for Univest Insurance, Inc. and Univest Investments, Inc., the Corporation utilizes a net present value of cash flows of projected net income based on the compound annual growth rate of equity and a discount rate. The discount rate is calculated by utilizing the cost of equity and the cost of debt methods. The fair value that is calculated is compared to the net book value of each company. If the fair value exceeds the net book value, no impairment exists. If the fair value of any reporting unit is less than its adjusted book value, a Step 2 valuation procedure is required to assess the proper carrying value of the goodwill. The valuation procedures applied in a Step 2 valuation are similar to those that would be performed upon an acquisition, with the Step 1 fair value representing a hypothetical reporting unit purchase price. If the current market value does not exceed the net book value, impairment exists which requires an impairment charge to noninterest expense.
For other intangible assets, changes in the useful life or economic value of acquired assets may require a reduction in the asset value carried on the financial statements of the Corporation and a related charge in the statement of operations. Such changes in asset value could result from a change in market demand for the products or services offered by an acquired business or by reductions in the expected profit margins that can be obtained through the future delivery of the acquired product or service line.
The Corporation has mortgage servicing rights for mortgages it originated, subsequently sold and retained servicing. The value of the rights is booked as income when the corresponding mortgages are sold. The income booked at sale is the estimated present value of the cash flows that will be received from servicing the loans over the entire future term. The term of a servicing right can be reasonably estimated using prepayment assumptions of comparable assets priced in the secondary market. As mortgage rates being offered to the public decrease, the life of loan servicing rights tends to shorten, as borrowers have increased incentive to refinance. Shortened loan servicing lives require changes in the value of the servicing rights that have already been recorded to be marked down in the statement of operations of the servicing company. This may cause a material change in reported operations for the Corporation depending on the size of the servicing portfolio and the degree of change in the prepayment speed of the type and coupon of loans being serviced.


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The Corporation recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future effects of temporary differences, net operating loss carryforwards, and tax credits. Enacted tax rates are applied to cumulative temporary differences based on expected taxable income in the periods in which the deferred tax asset or liability is anticipated to be realized. Future tax rate changes could occur that would require the recognition of income or expense in the statement of operations in the period in which they are enacted. Deferred tax assets must be reduced by a valuation allowance if in management’s judgment it is “more likely than not” that some portion of the asset will not be realized. Management may need to modify their judgments in this regard from one period to another should a material change occur in the business environment, tax legislation, or in any other business factor that could impair the Corporation’s ability to benefit from the asset in the future.
The Corporation has a retirement plan that it provides as a benefit to employees and former employees and supplemental retirement plans that it provides as a benefit to certain current and former executives. Determining the adequacy of the funding of these plans may require estimates of future salary rate increases, of long-term rates of investment return, and the use of an appropriate discount rate for the obligation. Changes in these estimates and assumptions due to changes in the economic environment or financial markets may result in material changes in the Corporation’s results of operations or statement of financial condition.
The fair value of share based awards is recognized as compensation expense over the vesting period based on the grant-date fair value of the awards. The Corporation uses the Black-Scholes Model to estimate the fair value of each option on the date of grant. The Black-Scholes model estimates the fair value of employee stock options using a pricing model which takes into consideration the exercise price of the option, the expected life of the option, the current market price and its expected volatility, the expected dividends on the stock and the current risk-free interest rate for the expected life of the option. The Corporation’s estimate of the fair value of a stock option is based on expectations derived from historical experience and may not necessarily equate to its market value when fully vested.
Readers of the Corporation’s financial statements should be aware that the estimates and assumptions used in the Corporation’s current financial statements may need to be updated in future financial presentations for changes in circumstances, business or economic conditions in order to fairly represent the condition of the Corporation at that time.
Results of Operations — Overview
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (the “Corporation”) earns its revenues primarily through its subsidiaries, from the margins and fees it generates from the loan and lease and depository services it provides as well as from trust fees and insurance and investment commissions. The Corporation seeks to achieve adequate and reliable earnings by growing its business while maintaining adequate levels of capital and liquidity and limiting its exposure to credit and interest rate risk to Board of Directors approved levels. Growth is pursued through expansion of current customer relationships and development of additional relationships with new offices and strategically related acquisitions. The Corporation has also taken steps in recent years to reduce its dependence on net interest income by intensifying its focus on fee based income from trust, insurance, and investment services to customers.
The principal component of earnings for the Corporation is net interest income, which is the difference between the yield on interest-earning assets and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities. The net interest margin, which is the ratio of net interest income to average earning assets, is affected by several factors including market interest rates, economic conditions, loan and lease demand, and deposit activity. The Corporation maintains a relatively neutral interest rate risk profile and does not anticipate that the decrease in interest rates would be materially adverse to its net interest margin. The Corporation seeks to maintain a steady net interest margin and consistent growth of net interest income.


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The Corporation’s consolidated net income and earnings per share as of the dates indicated:
For the Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 2007
Net income
$ 10,780 $ 20,590 $ 25,557
Net income per share:
Basic
0.75 1.60 1.98
Diluted
0.75 1.60 1.98
2009 versus 2008
The 2009 results compared to 2008 include the following significant pretax components:
Net interest income increased due to volume increases on average interest-earning assets and decreases in rates on interest-bearing liabilities. This growth was partially offset by volume increases on interest-bearing liabilities along with decreases in rate on interest-earning assets. The net interest margin on a tax-equivalent basis increased slightly to 3.79% from 3.75%.
The provision for loan and lease losses increased by $12.1 million primarily due to the migration of loans to higher-risk ratings as a result of deterioration of underlying collateral and economic factors.
Total noninterest income increased by $3.3 million or 12.4% due primarily to increased mortgage-banking activities, and increased investment advisory commission and fee income and insurance commission and fee income resulting from the Trollinger and Liberty acquisitions. These increases were partially offset by decreases in bank owned life insurance income, trust fees and increases in other than temporary impairments on equity securities and other long-lived assets.
Total noninterest expense increased $8.1 million or 14.2% primarily due to increases in salaries and benefits expense resulting from growing the mortgage-banking business and the Trollinger and Liberty acquisitions, and higher deposit insurance premiums.
2008 versus 2007
The 2008 results compared to 2007 include the following significant pretax components:
Net interest income increased due to volume increases on average interest-earning assets. This growth was partially offset by volume increases on interest-bearing liabilities along with decreases in rates on interest-earning assets. The net interest margin on a tax-equivalent basis increased slightly to 3.75% from 3.71%.
The provision for loan and lease losses increased by $6.6 million due primarily to charge-offs of $9.3 million.
Total noninterest income decreased by $653 thousand or 2.4% due primarily to an impairment charge on equity investments of $1.3 million, decreases in investment advisory commission and fee income, and service charges on deposit accounts, which was partially offset by an increase in bank owned life insurance income of $1.3 million.
Total noninterest expense increased $5.0 million or 9.6% primarily due to increases in salaries and benefits expense and marketing and advertising expense.
Acquisitions
On December 29, 2008, the Corporation completed the acquisition of Liberty Benefits, Inc., a full service employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm specializing in providing comprehensive employee benefits packages to businesses both large and small. The Corporation recorded $2.8 million in goodwill and $740 thousand in customer related intangibles as a result of the Liberty Benefits, Inc. acquisition. On December 31, 2008, the Corporation completed the acquisition of the Trollinger Consulting


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Group and related entities, an independent actuarial, administrative, consulting/compliance, and investment counseling firm that exclusively serves Municipal Pension Plan clients. The Corporation recorded $2.9 million in goodwill and $3.0 million in customer related intangibles as a result of the Trollinger Consulting Group acquisition. The Corporation recorded additional goodwill of $157 thousand in 2009 related to its 2008 acquisition of Trollinger Consulting Group.
Results of Operations — 2009 Versus 2008
Net Interest Income
Net interest income is the difference between interest earned on loans and leases, investments and other interest-earning assets and interest paid on deposits and other interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest income is the principal source of the Corporation’s revenue. Table 1 presents a summary of the Corporation’s average balances; the tax-equivalent yields earned on average assets, and the cost of average liabilities, and shareholders’ equity on a tax-equivalent basis for the years ended December 31, 2009 compared to 2008. Table 2 analyzes the changes in the tax-equivalent net interest income for the periods broken down by their rate and volume components. Sensitivities associated with the mix of assets and liabilities are numerous and complex. The Asset/Liability Management and Investment Committee works to maintain an adequate and stable net interest margin for the Corporation.


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Table 1 — Distribution of Assets, Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity;
Interest Rates and Interest Differential for 2009 versus 2008
For the Year Ended December 31,
2009 2008
Average
Income/
Average
Average
Income/
Average
Balance Expense Rate Balance Expense Rate
Assets:
Interest-earning deposits with other banks
$ 5,645 $ 16 0.28 % $ 1,040 $ 16 1.54 %
U.S. Government obligations
110,781 3,608 3.26 99,547 4,617 4.64
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
104,481 6,890 6.59 94,549 6,305 6.67
Other debt and equity securities
218,660 10,406 4.76 232,715 12,145 5.22
Federal funds sold
58 14,714 394 2.68
Total interest-earning deposits, investments and federal funds sold
439,625 20,920 4.76 442,565 23,477 5.30
Commercial, financial and agricultural loans
410,729 18,838 4.59 385,652 23,849 6.18
Real estate-commercial and construction loans
521,029 30,549 5.86 481,016 31,741 6.60
Real estate-residential loans
291,229 13,520 4.64 309,307 16,019 5.18
Loans to individuals
49,930 3,440 6.89 62,813 4,422 7.04
Municipal loans and leases
90,065 5,444 6.04 82,563 5,209 6.31
Lease financings
90,192 7,655 8.49 80,620 6,843 8.49
Gross loans and leases
1,453,174 79,446 5.47 1,401,971 88,083 6.28
Total interest-earning assets
1,892,799 100,366 5.30 1,844,536 111,560 6.05
Cash and due from banks
33,514 35,507
Reserve for loan and lease losses
(18,200 ) (13,843 )
Premises and equipment, net
33,170 31,475
Other assets
142,164 127,385
Total assets
$ 2,083,447 $ 2,025,060
Liabilities:
Interest-bearing checking deposits
$ 162,615 257 0.16 $ 144,415 463 0.32
Money market savings
305,113 1,724 0.57 409,586 8,861 2.16
Regular savings
353,748 2,955 0.84 276,908 4,348 1.57
Time deposits
508,337 17,371 3.42 483,872 20,894 4.32
Total time and interest-bearing deposits
1,329,813 22,307 1.68 1,314,781 34,566 2.63
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
91,390 544 0.60 84,254 943 1.12
Other short-term borrowings
92,209 2,937 3.19 40,889 801 1.96
Long-term debt
48,979 1,640 3.35 100,527 4,266 4.24
Subordinated notes and capital securities
26,427 1,295 4.90 27,950 1,734 6.20
Total borrowings
259,005 6,416 2.48 253,620 7,744 3.05
Total interest-bearing liabilities
1,588,818 28,723 1.81 1,568,401 42,310 2.70
Demand deposits, non-interest bearing
224,417 223,353
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
39,817 29,211
Total liabilities
1,853,052 1,820,965
Shareholders’ Equity:
Common stock
80,969 74,370
Additional paid-in capital
37,844 22,643
Retained earnings and other equity
111,582 107,082
Total shareholders’ equity
230,395 204,095
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$ 2,083,447 $ 2,025,060
Net interest income
$ 71,643 $ 69,250
Net interest spread
3.49 3.35
Effect of net interest-free funding sources
0.30 0.40
Net interest margin
3.79 % 3.75 %
Ratio of average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities
119.13 % 117.61 %
Notes: For rate calculation purposes, average loan and lease categories include unearned discount. Nonaccrual loans and leases have been included in the average loan and lease balances.
Loans held for sale have been included in the average loan balances.
Tax-equivalent amounts for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 have been calculated using the Corporation’s federal applicable rate of 34.5% and 35.0%, respectively.
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Table 2 — Analysis of Changes in Net Interest Income for 2009 Versus 2008
The rate-volume variance analysis set forth in the table below compares changes in tax-equivalent net interest for the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, indicated by their rate and volume components. The change in interest income/expense due to both volume and rate has been allocated to change in volume.
The Years Ended December 31,
2009 Versus 2008
Volume
Rate
Change Change Total
Interest income:
Interest-earning deposits with other banks
$ 13 $ (13 ) $
U.S. Government obligations
365 (1,374 ) (1,009 )
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
661 (76 ) 585
Other debt and equity securities
(669 ) (1,070 ) (1,739 )
Federal funds sold
(394 ) (394 )
Interest on deposits, investments and federal funds sold
(24 ) (2,533 ) (2,557 )
Commercial, financial and agricultural loans and leases
1,121 (6,132 ) (5,011 )
Real estate-commercial and construction loans
2,368 (3,560 ) (1,192 )
Real estate-residential loans
(829 ) (1,670 ) (2,499 )
Loans to individuals
(888 ) (94 ) (982 )
Municipal loans and leases
458 (223 ) 235
Lease financings
812 812
Interest and fees on loans and leases
3,042 (11,679 ) (8,637 )
Total interest income
3,018 (14,212 ) (11,194 )
Interest expense:
Interest-bearing checking deposits
25 (231 ) (206 )
Money market savings
(625 ) (6,512 ) (7,137 )
Regular savings
628 (2,021 ) (1,393 )
Time deposits
832 (4,355 ) (3,523 )
Interest on time and interest-bearing deposits
860 (13,119 ) (12,259 )
Securities sold under agreement to repurchase
39 (438 ) (399 )
Other short-term borrowings
1,633 503 2,136
Long-term debt
(1,731 ) (895 ) (2,626 )
Subordinated notes and capital securities
(76 ) (363 ) (439 )
Interest on borrowings
(135 ) (1,193 ) (1,328 )
Total interest expense
725 (14,312 ) (13,587 )
Net interest income
$ 2,293 $ 100 $ 2,393
Notes: For rate calculation purposes, average loan and lease categories include unearned discount. Nonaccrual loans and leases have been included in the average loan and lease balances.
Loans held for sale have been included in the average loan balances.
Tax-equivalent amounts for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 have been calculated using the Corporation’s federal applicable rate of 34.5% and 35.0%, respectively.
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Net interest income on a tax-equivalent basis increased $2.4 million in 2009 compared to 2008 primarily due to increased volume in commercial real estate and construction loans, commercial business loans and lease financings, along with decreased rates on money market savings, time deposits and savings accounts. These increases were partially offset by decreased rates on commercial business loans and commercial real estate and commercial construction loans. The tax-equivalent net interest margin, which is tax-equivalent net interest income as a percentage of average interest-earning assets, was 3.79% and 3.75% for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The tax-equivalent net interest spread, which represents the difference between the weighted average tax-equivalent yield on interest-earning assets and the weighted average cost of interest-bearing liabilities, was 3.49% for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to 3.35% for the same period in 2008. The effect of net interest free funding sources decreased to 0.30% for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to 0.40% for the same period in 2008; this represents the effect on the net interest margin of net funding provided by noninterest-earning assets, noninterest-bearing liabilities and shareholders’ equity.
Interest Income
Interest income on U.S. Government obligations decreased during the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to 2008 due to a decline in average rates that was partially offset by an increase in average volume. Interest income on obligations of state and political subdivisions increased due to average volume increases that were partially offset by a decline in average rates. Interest income on other debt and equity securities decreased primarily due to average volume and rate decreases on mortgage-backed securities. Interest income decreased on federal funds sold primarily due to decreases in the average volume.
The decline in interest and fees on loans and leases during the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to 2008 was due primarily to average rate decreases on commercial business loans and real estate — commercial and construction loans. The rate decreases were attributable to the declines in the average prime rate, and one-month and three-month U.S. London Interbank Borrowing Rate (“LIBOR”). The average interest yield on the commercial business loan portfolio decreased 159 basis points for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008; this was partially offset by a $25.1 million increase in volume resulting in a $5.0 million decrease in interest income. The average interest yield on the commercial and construction real estate loan portfolios decreased 74 basis points; this was partially offset by a $40.0 million increase in volume resulting in a $1.2 million decline in interest income. The average volume decline on real estate — residential of $18.1 million and average interest yield declines of 54 basis points contributed to a $2.5 million decrease in interest income. The average volume decline on loans to individuals of $12.9 million, contributed to a $982 thousand decrease in interest income. These decreases were offset by an increase in average volume of $9.6 million on lease financings and $7.5 million on municipal loans and lease financings, which contributed to $812 thousand and $235 thousand, respectively, in increases in interest income.
Interest Expense
The Corporation’s average cost of deposits decreased 95 basis points for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. The average rate paid on money market savings decreased 159 basis points and the average volume decreased $104.5 million; contributing to a $7.1 million decrease in interest expense. The decrease in money market savings was primarily due to a $92.6 million short-term deposit received from one customer during the first six months of 2008, and migration to higher yielding savings accounts. Interest expense on regular savings decreased $1.4 million due to an average rate decrease of 73 basis-points; partially offset by an average volume increase of $76.8 million. Interest on time deposits decreased $3.5 million, due to a 90 basis-point decrease in average rate, partially offset by a $24.5 million average increase in volume.
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account (“cash management accounts”). Interest on other short-term borrowings increased $2.1 million primarily due to volume increases of $51.3 million.
Interest on long-term debt, which consists of long-term FHLB borrowings, decreased $2.6 million due to an average volume decrease of $51.5 million and an 89 basis-point decrease in the average rate paid. Subordinated notes and capital securities include the issuance of $15.0 million in Subordinated Capital Notes and $20.0 million in Company-Obligated Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Securities of Subsidiary Trusts Holding Junior Subordinated Debentures of the Corporation (“Trust Preferred Securities”). Interest expense on Subordinated Capital Notes and Trust Preferred Securities decreased $439 thousand primarily due to pay-downs on the Subordinated Capital Notes.
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses
The reserve for loan and lease losses is determined through a periodic evaluation that takes into consideration the growth of the loan and lease portfolio, the status of past-due loans and leases, current economic conditions, various types of lending activity, policies, real estate and other loan commitments, and significant changes in charge-off activity. Loans and leases are also reviewed for impairment based on discounted cash flows using the loans’ initial effective interest rates or the fair value of the collateral for certain collateral dependent loans. Any of the above criteria may cause the reserve to fluctuate. The provision for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $20.9 million and $8.8 million, respectively. The increase in provision was primarily due to the migration of loans to higher-risk ratings as a result of deterioration of underlying collateral and economic factors.
Noninterest Income
Noninterest income consists of trust department fee income, service charges on deposit accounts, commission income, net gains on sales of securities, and other miscellaneous types of income. It also includes various types of service fees, such as ATM fees, and life insurance income which represents changes in the net cash surrender values of bank-owned life insurance policies and any excess proceeds from death benefit claims. Total noninterest income increased during the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to 2008 primarily due to increased mortgage-banking activities, and increased investment advisory commission and fee income and insurance commission and fee income resulting from the Trollinger and Liberty acquisitions. These increases were partially offset by decreases in bank owned life insurance income, trust fees and increases in other than temporary impairments on securities and other long-lived assets.


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The following table presents noninterest income as of the dates indicated:
For the Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 $ Change % Change
Trust fee income
$ 5,536 $ 6,004 $ (468 ) (7.8 )%
Service charges on deposit accounts
7,036 6,808 228 3.3
Investment advisory commission and fee income
3,427 2,374 1,053 44.4
Insurance commission and fee income
7,081 5,723 1,358 23.7
Other service fee income
3,410 3,484 (74 ) (2.1 )
Bank owned life insurance income
1,321 2,791 (1,470 ) (52.7 )
Other-than-temporary impairment on equity securities
(1,708 ) (1,251 ) (457 ) (36.5 )
Other-than-temporary impairment on other long lived assets
(500 ) (500 ) N/M
Net gain on sales of securities
1,150 280 870 N/M
Net gain on sale of loans held for sale
2,222 82 2,140 N/M
Net (loss) gain on dispositions of fixed assets
(144 ) (40 ) (104 ) N/M
Other
1,086 360 726 201.7
Total noninterest income
$ 29,917 $ 26,615 $ 3,302 (12.4 )
Trust fee income decreased in 2009 over 2008 primarily due to a decrease in the market value of managed accounts. Service charges on deposit accounts increased primarily due to non-sufficient funds fees.
Investment advisory commissions and fee income, the primary source of income for Univest Investments, Inc. increased in 2009 over 2008 due to the acquisition of the Trollinger Consulting Group in December 2008 that resulted in increased fees and commissions received. Insurance commissions and fee income, the primary source of income for Univest Insurance, Inc. increased during the year ended December 31, 2009 over the same period in 2008 primarily due to the acquisitions of Liberty Benefits, Inc. and Trollinger Consulting Group in December 2008.
Other service fee income primarily consists of MasterMoney fees, non-customer debit card fees, other merchant fees, mortgage servicing income and mortgage placement income. Other service fee income decreased for the year ended December 31, 2009 over 2008 primarily due to income recognized in 2008 which resulted from a renegotiated contract with a service provider.
Bank owned life insurance income is the change in the cash surrender values of bank owned life insurance policies, which is affected by the market value of the underlying assets, and any excess proceeds from death benefit claims. The decrease recognized in the year ended December 31, 2009 over 2008 was primarily due to additional income resulting from death benefit claims of $1.9 million received in 2008 partially offset by positive changes in the cash surrender value of the underlying investments due to market conditions.
During the year ended December 31, 2009, approximately $50.8 million of securities were sold recognizing gains of $1.2 million. Additionally, the Corporation realized impairment charges of $1.7 million on its equity portfolio during the year ended December 31, 2009. The Corporation determined that there was an increased severity and duration of the decline in fair values during the year due to a decline in the financial stability of the underlying companies. The Corporation carefully monitors all of its equity securities and has not taken impairment losses on certain other under-water securities, at this time, as the financial performance and near- term prospects of the underlying companies are not indicative of the market deterioration of their stock. The Corporation has the positive intent and ability to hold these securities until recovery to the Corporation’s cost basis occurs. During the year ended December 31, 2008, approximately $58.9 million of securities were sold recognizing gains of $279 thousand. Additionally, the Corporation


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realized an impairment charge of $1.3 million on its equity portfolio during the year ended December 31, 2008.
At December 31, 2009, the Corporation held certain equity investments for which it is restricted from trading and had been carried at cost. During 2009, the Corporation recorded an other-than-temporary impairment on these long-lived assets of $500 thousand. The Corporation determined that it was probable that these long-lived assets would not regain market value equivalent to the Corporation’s cost basis within a reasonable period of time due to a decline in the financial stability of the underlying company.
Sales of $142.5 million in loans held for sale, primarily due to increased mortgage activity, during the year ended December 31, 2009 resulted in gains of $2.2 million compared to sales of $4.4 million for gains of $82 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2008.
Net losses on the disposition of fixed assets were $144 thousand and $40 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Net losses in 2009 were primarily the result of relocating a banking office within one of our supermarket locations to a traditional office and the demolition of the Corporation’s former operations center. The consolidation and upgrade of the corporate phone system in 2008 resulted in a loss on disposal of $36 thousand.
Other non-interest income includes fair value adjustments on derivatives, losses on investments in partnerships, gains on sales of other real estate owned, gains on sales of portfolio loans and leases, reinsurance income and other miscellaneous income. Other non-interest income increased for the year ended 2009 compared to the same period in 2008 primarily due to net positive fair value adjustments on derivative loan commitments and interest rate swaps totaling $797 thousand.
Noninterest Expense
The operating costs of the Corporation are known as noninterest expense, and include, but are not limited to, salaries and benefits, equipment expense, and occupancy costs. Expense control is very important to the management of the Corporation, and every effort is made to contain and minimize the growth of operating expenses, and to provide technological innovation whenever practical, as operations change or expand.
The following table presents noninterest expense as of the dates indicated:
For the Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 $ Change % Change
Salaries and benefits
$ 37,422 $ 32,413 $ 5,009 15.5 %
Net occupancy
5,274 5,230 44 0.8
Equipment
3,438 3,247 191 5.9
Marketing and advertising
1,840 1,499 341 22.7
Deposit insurance premiums
3,185 767 2,418 N/M
Other
14,165 14,069 96 0.7
Total noninterest expense
$ 65,324 $ 57,225 $ 8,099 14.2
Salaries and benefits increased due to salary and benefit expenses associated with the acquisitions of Liberty Benefits, Inc. and the Trollinger Consulting Group in December 2008, additional personnel to grow the mortgage banking business, normal base pay increases and pension plan expense of $1.2 million.
Net occupancy costs and equipment expense increased due to expansion of the Corporation’s mortgage banking business, the acquisition of Liberty and Trollinger, and new equipment purchases and upgrades.
Marketing and advertising expenses increased primarily due to increased brand advertising.
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$947 thousand, credits that were utilized by the Corporation in 2008 and a 7 basis point increase in rates, causing an aggregate variance of $2.4 million.
Other expenses increased primarily due to increases in the amortization of customer-related intangibles which increased by $759 thousand due to the acquisitions stated above, partially offset by expenses associated with a claim under a rent-a-captive arrangement of $349 thousand and fee expense of $257 thousand associated with student loans, both recognized in the 2008 period and which are not recurring in nature.
Tax Provision
The provision for income taxes was $563 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to $5.8 million in 2008, at effective rates of 5.0% and 21.9%, respectively. The effective tax rates reflect the benefits of tax credits generated from investments in low-income housing projects and tax-exempt income from investments in municipal securities, loans and bank-owned life insurance. The decrease in the effective tax rate between the years of 2009 and 2008 was primarily due to a larger percentage of tax-exempt income to pre-tax income.
Results of Operations — 2008 Versus 2007
Net Interest Income
Table 3 presents a summary of the Corporation’s average balances; the tax-equivalent yields earned on average assets, and the cost of average liabilities, and shareholders’ equity on a tax-equivalent basis for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to 2007. Table 4 analyzes the changes in the tax-equivalent net interest income for the periods broken down by their rate and volume components.


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Table 3 — Distribution of Assets, Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity;
Interest Rates and Interest Differential for 2008 versus 2007
For the Year Ended December 31,
2008 2007
Average
Income/
Average
Average
Income/
Average
Balance Expense Rate Balance Expense Rate
Assets:
Interest-earning deposits with other banks
$ 1,040 $ 16 1.54 % $ 1,892 $ 95 5.02 %
U.S. Government obligations
99,547 4,617 4.64 117,768 5,371 4.56
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
94,549 6,305 6.67 84,587 5,937 7.02
Other debt and equity securities
232,715 12,145 5.22 181,175 9,698 5.35
Federal funds sold
14,714 394 2.68 9,303 454 4.88
Total interest-earning deposits, investments and federal funds sold
442,565 23,477 5.30 394,725 21,555 5.07
Commercial, financial and agricultural loans
385,652 23,849 6.18 394,667 31,155 7.89
Real estate-commercial and construction loans
481,016 31,741 6.60 445,954 34,883 7.82
Real estate-residential loans
309,307 16,019 5.18 307,042 16,665 5.43
Loans to individuals
62,813 4,422 7.04 81,157 5,675 6.99
Municipal loans and leases
82,563 5,209 6.31 90,421 5,341 5.91
Lease financings
80,620 6,843 8.49 47,776 4,228 8.85
Gross loans and leases
1,401,971 88,083 6.28 1,367,017 97,947 7.17
Total interest-earning assets
1,844,536 111,560 6.05 1,761,742 119,502 6.78
Cash and due from banks
35,507 39,782
Reserve for loan and lease losses
(13,843 ) (13,645 )
Premises and equipment, net
31,475 23,223
Other assets
127,385 121,162
Total assets
$ 2,025,060 $ 1,932,264
Liabilities:
Interest-bearing checking deposits
$ 144,415 463 0.32 $ 137,699 463 0.34
Money market savings
409,586 8,861 2.16 387,315 15,826 4.09
Regular savings
276,908 4,348 1.57 212,977 3,833 1.80
Time deposits
483,872 20,894 4.32 539,048 25,001 4.64
Total time and interest-bearing deposits
1,314,781 34,566 2.63 1,277,039 45,123 3.53
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
84,254 943 1.12 86,641 1,994 2.30
Other short-term borrowings
40,889 801 1.96 14,432 777 5.38
Long-term debt
100,527 4,266 4.24 82,855 3,919 4.73
Subordinated notes and capital securities
27,950 1,734 6.20 29,431 2,314 7.86
Total borrowings
253,620 7,744 3.05 213,359 9,004 4.22
Total interest-bearing liabilities
1,568,401 42,310 2.70 1,490,398 54,127 3.63
Demand deposits, non-interest bearing
223,353 221,738
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
29,211 29,913
Total liabilities
1,820,965 1,742,049
Shareholders’ Equity:
Common stock
74,370 74,370
Additional paid-in capital
22,643 22,517
Retained earnings and other equity
107,082 93,328
Total shareholders’ equity
204,095 190,215
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$ 2,025,060 $ 1,932,264
Net interest income
$ 69,250 $ 65,375
Net interest spread
3.35 3.15
Effect of net interest-free funding sources
0.40 0.56
Net interest margin
3.75 % 3.71 %
Ratio of average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities
117.61 % 118.21 %
Notes: For rate calculation purposes, average loan and lease categories include unearned discount. Nonaccrual loans and leases have been included in the average loan and lease balances.
Certain amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-year presentation.
Included in interest income are loan and lease fees of $728 thousand for 2008 and $1.0 million for 2007.
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Table 4 — Analysis of Changes in Net Interest Income for 2008 Versus 2007
The rate-volume variance analysis set forth in the table below compares changes in tax-equivalent net interest for the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, indicated by their rate and volume components. The change in interest income/expense due to both volume and rate has been allocated to change in volume.
The Years Ended December 31,
2008 Versus 2007
Volume
Rate
Change Change Total
Interest income:
Interest-earning deposits with other banks
$ (13 ) $ (66 ) $ (79 )
U.S. Government obligations
(848 ) 94 (754 )
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
664 (296 ) 368
Other debt and equity securities
2,683 (236 ) 2,447
Federal funds sold
145 (205 ) (60 )
Interest on deposits, investments and federal funds sold
2,631 (709 ) 1,922
Commercial, financial and agricultural loans and leases
(557 ) (6,749 ) (7,306 )
Real estate-commercial and construction loans
2,299 (5,441 ) (3,142 )
Real estate-residential loans
122 (768 ) (646 )
Loans to individuals
(1,294 ) 41 (1,253 )
Municipal loans
(494 ) 362 (132 )
Lease financings
2,787 (172 ) 2,615
Interest and fees on loans and leases
2,863 (12,727 ) (9,864 )
Total interest income
5,494 (13,436 ) (7,942 )
Interest expense:
Interest-bearing checking deposits
28 (28 )
Money market savings
510 (7,475 ) (6,965 )
Regular savings
1,005 (490 ) 515
Time deposits
(2,382 ) (1,725 ) (4,107 )
Interest on time and interest-bearing deposits
(839 ) (9,718 ) (10,557 )
Securities sold under agreement to repurchase
(29 ) (1,022 ) (1,051 )
Other short-term borrowings
518 (494 ) 24
Long-term debt
753 (406 ) 347
Subordinated notes and capital securities
(91 ) (489 ) (580 )
Interest on borrowings
1,151 (2,411 ) (1,260 )
Total interest expense
312 (12,129 ) (11,817 )
Net interest income
$ 5,182 $ (1,307 ) $ 3,875
Notes: For rate calculation purposes, average loan and lease categories include unearned discount.
Nonaccrual loans and leases have been included in the average loan and lease balances.
Certain amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-year presentation.
Tax-equivalent amounts for both periods have been calculated using the Corporation’s federal applicable rate of 35%.
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construction loans, lease financings along with decreased rates on money market savings and time deposits. These increases were partially offset by decreased rates on commercial business loans and commercial real estate and commercial construction loans. The tax-equivalent net interest margin, which is tax-equivalent net interest income as a percentage of average interest-earning assets, was 3.75% and 3.71% for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007. The tax-equivalent net interest spread, which represents the difference between the weighted average tax-equivalent yield on interest-earning assets and the weighted average cost of interest-bearing liabilities, was 3.35% for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to 3.15% for the same period in 2007. The effect of net interest free funding sources decreased to 0.40% for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to 0.56% for the same period in 2007; this represents the effect on the net interest margin of net funding provided by noninterest-earning assets, noninterest-bearing liabilities and shareholders’ equity.
Interest Income
Interest income on U.S. Government obligations decreased during the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to 2007 due to a decline in average volume that was partially offset by an increase in average rates. Interest income on obligations of state and political subdivisions increased due to average volume increases that were partially offset by a decline in average rates. Interest income on other debt and equity securities increased primarily due to average volume increases on mortgage-backed securities. Interest income decreased on federal funds sold primarily due to decreases in the average rate.
The decline in interest and fees on loans and leases during the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to 2007 was due primarily to average rate decreases on commercial business loans and real estate — commercial and construction loans. The rate decreases were attributable to the 304 basis point decline in average prime rate comparing the year ended December 31, 2008 to the same period in 2007. The average interest yield on the commercial loan portfolio decreased 171 basis points for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to the same period in 2007; which, along with an average volume decline of $9.0 million, contributed to a $7.3 million decrease in interest income. The average interest yield on the commercial and construction real estate loan portfolios decreased 122 basis points; this was partially offset by a $35.1 million increase in volume resulting in a $3.1 million decline in interest income. The average volume decline on loans to individuals of $18.3 million, contributed to a $1.3 million decrease in interest income. These decreases were offset by an increase in average volume on lease financings of $32.8 million; which contributed to a $2.6 million increase in interest income.
Interest Expense
The Corporation’s average cost of deposits decreased 90 basis points for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. The average rate paid on money market savings decreased 193 basis points while the average volume increased $22.3 million; the net effect contributed to a $7.0 million decrease in interest expense. The increase in money market savings was primarily due to a $92.6 million short-term deposit received from one customer during the first six months of 2008. Interest expense on regular savings increased $515 thousand due to an average volume increase of $63.9 million that was partially offset by a 23 basis-point decrease in the average rate. Interest on time deposits decreased $4.1 million, due to a $55.2 million average decrease in volume and a 32 basis-point decrease in the average rate.
Interest on short-term borrowings includes interest paid on federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements and short-term FHLB borrowings. In addition, the Bank offers an automated cash management checking account that sweeps funds daily into a repurchase agreement account (“cash management accounts”). Interest on short-term borrowings decreased 37.1% during 2008 compared to 2007 primarily due to a decrease in the average rate associated with cash management accounts and short-term FHLB borrowings.
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Subordinated notes and capital securities include $15.0 million in Subordinated Capital Notes and $20.0 million in Company-Obligated Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Securities of Subsidiary Trusts Holding Junior Subordinated Debentures of the Corporation (“Trust Preferred Securities”). Interest expense on Subordinated Capital Notes and Trust Preferred Securities decreased 25% primarily due to pay-downs on the Subordinated Capital Notes.
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses
The reserve for loan and lease losses is determined through a periodic evaluation that takes into consideration the growth of the loan and lease portfolio, the status of past-due loans, current economic conditions, various types of lending activity, policies, real estate and other loan commitments, and significant changes in charge-off activity. Loans and leases are also reviewed for impairment based on discounted cash flows using the loans’ initial effective interest rates or the fair value of the collateral for certain collateral dependent loans Any of the above criteria may cause the reserve to fluctuate. The provision for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 was $8.8 million and $2.2 million, respectively. The increase in provision was primarily due to $9.3 million in loans and leases charged-off during 2008.
Noninterest Income
Noninterest income consists of trust department fee income, service charges on deposit accounts, commission income, net gains on sales of securities, and other miscellaneous types of income. It also includes various types of service fees, such as ATM fees, and life insurance income which represents changes in the net cash surrender values of bank-owned life insurance policies and any excess proceeds from death benefit claims. Total noninterest income decreased during the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to 2007 primarily due to $1.3 million in other-than-temporary impairments on equity securities which was offset by death benefit claims on bank-owned life insurance policies resulting in additional income of $1.9 million partially offset by negative changes in cash surrender value of $602 thousand.
The following table presents noninterest income as of the dates indicated:
For the Years Ended December 31,
2008 2007 $ Change % Change
Trust fee income
$ 6,004 $ 5,921 $ 83 1.4 %
Service charges on deposit accounts
6,808 6,822 (14 ) (0.2 )
Investment advisory commission and fee income
2,374 2,680 (306 ) (11.4 )
Insurance commission and fee income
5,723 5,730 (7 ) (0.1 )
Other service fee income
3,484 3,662 (178 ) (4.9 )
Bank owned life insurance income
2,791 1,503 1,288 85.7
Other-than-temporary impairment on equity securities
(1,251 ) (1,251 ) N/M
Net gain on sales of securities
280 435 (155 ) (35.6 )
Net gain on sale of loans held for sale
82 64 18 28.1
Net loss on dispositions of fixed assets
(40 ) (112 ) 72 64.3
Other
360 563 (203 ) (36.1 )
Total noninterest income
$ 26,615 $ 27,268 $ (653 ) (2.4 )
Trust fee income increased in 2008 over 2007 primarily due to an increase in the number of managed accounts. Service charges on deposit accounts remained relatively constant when comparing the year ended December 31, 2008 to the same period in 2007.
Investment advisory commissions and fee income, the primary source of income for Univest Investments, Inc., decreased in 2008 over 2007 due to market fluctuations that resulted in decreased fees and commissions received, which more than offset the addition of new accounts during the year. Insurance


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commissions and fee income, the primary source of income for Univest Insurance, Inc., decreased slightly in the year ended December 31, 2008 over 2007 due to the current market conditions as policies have been renewing at lower premium levels.
Other service fee income primarily consists of MasterMoney fees, non-customer debit card fees, other merchant fees, mortgage servicing income and mortgage placement income. Other service fee income decreased for the year ended 2008 over 2007 primarily due to a decrease in mortgage placement fee income.
Bank owned life insurance income is the change in the cash surrender values of bank owned life insurance policies, which is affected by the market value of the underlying assets, and any excess proceeds from death benefit claims. The increase recognized in the year ended December 31, 2008 over 2007 was primarily due to additional income resulting from death benefit claims of $1.9 million partially offset by negative changes in the cash surrender value of $602 thousand due to decreases in the value of the underlying investments due to market conditions.
During the year ended December 31, 2008, approximately $58.9 million of securities were sold recognizing gains of $279 thousand. Additionally, the Corporation realized impairment charges of $1.3 million on its equity portfolio during the year ended December 31, 2008. The Corporation determined that it was probable that certain equity securities would not regain market value equivalent to the Corporation’s cost basis within a reasonable period of time due to a decline in the financial stability of the underlying companies. The Corporation carefully monitors all of its equity securities and has not taken impairment losses on certain other under-water equity securities, at this time, as the financial performance of the underlying companies is not indicative of the market deterioration of their stock and it is Management’s opinion that it is probable that the market value of the equity securities will recover to the Corporation’s cost basis in the individual securities. Additionally, the Corporation has the positive intent and ability to hold those securities until such recovery occurs. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Corporation sold $5.6 million in securities that resulted in $435 thousand in net gains and the Corporation also received $251 thousand from the sales of shares created through conversion of one of its vendor relationships from a membership association to a private share corporation.
Sales of $4.4 million in loans and leases and mortgage loans held for sale during the year ended December 31, 2008 resulted in gains of $82 thousand compared to sales of $12.9 million for gains of $64 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2007.
Net losses on the disposition of fixed assets were $40 thousand and $112 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Net losses in 2007 were primarily the result of relocating a banking office within one of its supermarket locations to a traditional office, recognizing a loss of $64 thousand. The consolidation and upgrade of the corporate phone system in 2008 resulted in a loss on disposal of $36 thousand.
Other non-interest income includes losses on investments in partnerships, gains on sales of portfolio loans and leases, gains on sales of other real estate owned, reinsurance income and other miscellaneous income. Other non-interest income decreased for the year ended 2008 compared to the same period in 2007 primarily due to an $86 thousand increase in losses on investments in partnerships and an $80 thousand decline in FHLB dividends.
Noninterest Expense
The operating costs of the Corporation are known as noninterest expense, and include, but are not limited to, salaries and benefits, equipment expense, and occupancy costs. Expense control is very important to the management of the Corporation, and every effort is made to contain and minimize the growth of operating expenses, and to provide technological innovation whenever practical, as operations change or expand.


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The following table presents noninterest expense as of the dates indicated:
For the Years Ended December 31,
2008 2007 $ Change % Change
Salaries and benefits
$ 32,413 $ 30,811 $ 1,602 5.2 %
Net occupancy
5,230 4,753 477 10.0
Equipment
3,247 3,127 120 3.8
Marketing and advertising
1,499 831 668 80.4
Deposit insurance premiums
767 178 589 N/M
Other
14,069 12,511 1,558 12.5
Total noninterest expense
$ 57,225 $ 52,211 $ 5,014 9.6
Salaries and benefits increased due to normal annual increases, stock-based compensation expense and employee insurance benefits. Net occupancy costs increased due to increases in rental expense on leased properties which was partially offset by a slight increase in rental income on leased office space.
Equipment expense increased slightly due to increases in computer software licenses and maintenance. This increase was partially offset by a reduction of furniture and equipment rental costs as well as maintenance and repairs on equipment. Marketing and advertising expenses increased primarily due to the Corporation’s UnivestOne campaign which was launched in the second quarter of 2008 to increase awareness of its on-line banking website and increased brand advertising during the fourth quarter to address concerns of our communities explaining the difference between Wall Street and Main Street banks. FDIC deposit insurance premiums increased as the utilization of credits ran off during 2008. Other expenses increased primarily due to expense associated with a claim under a rent-a-captive arrangement of $349 thousand and fee expense of $257 thousand associated with student loans; both charges are not recurring in nature. Increases in consultant fees and telephone expenses also contributed to the increase in other expenses.
Tax Provision
The provision for income taxes was $5.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to $9.4 million in 2007, at effective rates of 21.9% and 26.8%, respectively. The effective tax rates reflect the benefits of tax credits generated from investments in low-income housing projects and tax-exempt income from investments in municipal securities, loans and bank-owned life insurance. The decrease in the effective tax rate between the years of 2008 and 2007 was primarily due to a larger percentage of tax-exempt income to pre-tax income. Tax-exempt income increased primarily due to death benefit claims on bank-owned life insurance.
Financial Condition
During 2009, total assets increased primarily due to growth in cash and other short-term interest-earning deposits resulting from proceeds from the Corporation’s stock issuance during 2009. As a result of the stock issuance, common stock increased by $17.0 million and additional paid-in capital increased by $38.7 million at December 31, 2009. Detailed explanations of these fluctuations are discussed below.


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ASSETS
The following table presents assets as of the dates indicated:
At December 31,
2009 2008 $ Change % Change
Cash, interest-earning deposits and federal funds sold
$ 68,597 $ 40,066 $ 28,531 71.2 %
Investment securities
420,045 432,266 (12,221 ) (2.8 )
Loans held for sale
1,693 544 1,149 N/M
Total loans and leases
1,425,980 1,449,892 (23,912 ) (1.6 )
Reserve for loan and lease losses
(24,798 ) (13,118 ) (11,680 ) (89.0 )
Premises and equipment, net
34,201 32,602 1,599 4.9
Goodwill and other intangibles, net
55,970 56,051 (81 ) (0.1 )
Bank owned life insurance
46,740 45,419 1,321 2.9
Accrued interest and other assets
56,993 41,075 15,918 38.8
Total assets
$ 2,085,421 $ 2,084,797 $ 624
Cash, Interest-earning Deposits and Federal Funds Sold
Cash, interest-earning deposits and federal funds sold increased as of December 31, 2009 as compared to December 31, 2008 primarily due to a $42.8 million increase in interest-bearing deposits with other banks. The excess cash provided by growth in deposits was invested at the Federal Reserve Bank for future short-term needs at higher yielding rates than other available short-term investments.
Investment Securities
The investment portfolio is managed as part of the overall asset and liability management process to provide liquidity to the Bank, optimize income and market performance over an entire interest rate cycle while mitigating risk. Activity in this portfolio is undertaken primarily to manage liquidity and interest rate risk and to take advantage of market conditions that create more economically attractive returns on these investments. The securities portfolio consists primarily of U.S. Government agency, residential mortgage-backed and municipal securities. Total investments decreased primarily due to maturities, sales and calls of mortgage-backed securities.
Table 5 — Investment Securities
The following table shows the carrying amount of investment securities as of the dates indicated. Held-to-maturity and available-for-sale portfolios are combined.
At December 31,
2009 2008 2007
U.S. treasury
$ $ 5,862 $ 4,935
U.S. government corporations and agencies
119,992 98,844 112,119
State and political subdivisions
107,566 100,350 86,754
Residential mortgage-backed securities
101,376 131,261 130,790
Commercial mortgage obligations
79,454 80,205 64,383
Asset-backed securities
573 1,211 1,995
Other securities
9,160 11,625 10,797
Equity securities
1,924 2,908 3,692
Total investment securities
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Table 6 — Investment Securities (Yields)
The following table shows the maturity distribution and weighted average yields of the investment securities as of the dates indicated. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because debt issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations without call or prepayment penalties; hence the stated yield may not be recognized in future periods. Equity securities have no stated maturity and the current dividend yields may not be recognized in future periods. The weighted average yield is calculated by dividing income, which has not been tax equated on tax-exempt obligations, within each contractual maturity range by the outstanding amount of the related investment. Held-to-maturity and available-for-sale portfolios are combined.
At December 31,
2009
2009
2008
2008
2007
2007
Amount Yield Amount Yield Amount Yield
1 Year or less
$ 14,495 1.91 % $ 10,626 0.67 % $ 49,087 3.93 %
After 1 Year-5 Years
125,349 3.01 113,380 4.43 85,652 4.98
After 5 Years-10 Years
54,795 4.48 37,888 4.80 33,284 4.90
After 10 Years
223,482 4.48 267,464 5.07 243,750 5.18
No stated maturity
1,924 2.42 2,908 4.76 3,692 4.17
Total
$ 420,045 3.94 $ 432,266 4.77 $ 415,465 4.96
Loans and Leases
Total gross loans and leases declined comparing December 31, 2009 to December 31, 2008 primarily due to decreases of $61.6 million in real estate-construction and $49.4 million in real estate-residential loans. These decreases were partially offset by increases of $88.7 million real estate-commercial loans and $22.8 million in commercial, financial and agricultural loans. Loans to individuals decreased by $7.5 million and lease financings, net of unearned income, decreased $17.0 million.
At December 31, 2009 there were no concentrations of loans or leases exceeding 10% of total loans and leases other than as disclosed in Table 7.
Table 7 — Loan and Lease Portfolio
The following table presents the composition of the loan and lease portfolio as of the dates indicated:
At December 31,
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Commercial, financial and agricultural
$ 447,495 $ 424,649 $ 381,826 $ 442,182 $ 383,792
Real estate — commercial
487,688 399,003 393,686 352,596 349,384
Real estate — construction
91,891 153,506 134,448 136,331 110,032
Real estate — residential
266,622 316,039 310,571 305,306 303,994
Loans to individuals
46,761 54,212 72,476 89,217 102,095
Lease financings
95,678 110,095 68,100 30,186 415
Total gross loans and leases
1,436,135 1,457,504 1,361,107 1,355,818 1,249,712
Less: Unearned income
(10,155 ) (7,612 ) (5,665 ) (2,137 ) (60 )
Total loans and leases
$ 1,425,980 $ 1,449,892 $ 1,355,442 $ 1,353,681 $ 1,249,652


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Table 8 — Loan and Lease Maturities and Sensitivity to Changes in Interest Rates
The following table presents the maturity and interest rate sensitivity of the loan and lease portfolio at December 31, 2009:
Due in One
Due after
Year or
One Year
Due after
Total Less to Five Years Five Years
Commercial, financial and agricultural
$ 447,495 $ 327,123 $ 105,265 $ 15,107
Real estate — commercial
487,688 209,329 238,754 39,605
Real estate — construction
91,891 84,432 6,237 1,222
Real estate — residential
266,622 96,889 50,452 119,281
Loans to individuals
46,761 13,650 12,541 20,570
Leases financings
85,523 38,938 46,535 50
Total gross loans and leases
$ 1,425,980 $ 770,361 $ 459,784 $ 195,835
Loans and leases with fixed predetermined interest rates
$ 683,909 $ 158,342 $ 356,386 $ 169,181
Loans and leases with variable or floating interest rates
742,071 612,019 103,398 26,654
Total gross loans and leases
$ 1,425,980 $ 770,361 $ 459,784 $ 195,835
The commercial mortgages and Industrial Development Authority mortgages that are presently being written at both fixed and floating rates of interest primarily include loans written for three or five-year terms with a monthly payment based on a fifteen-year amortization schedule. At each three-year or five-year anniversary date of the mortgages, the interest rate is renegotiated and the term of the loan is extended for an additional three or five years. At each three-year or five-year anniversary date of the mortgages, the Bank also has the right to require payment in full. These are included in the “Due in One to Five Years” category in the table above. The borrower has the right to prepay the loan at any time.
Asset Quality
Performance of the entire loan and lease portfolio is reviewed on a regular basis by bank management and loan officers. A number of factors regarding the borrower, such as overall financial strength, collateral values and repayment ability, are considered in deciding what actions should be taken when determining the collectability of interest for accrual purposes.
When a loan or lease, including a loan or lease impaired, is classified as nonaccrual, the accrual of interest on such a loan or lease is discontinued. A loan or lease is classified as nonaccrual when the contractual payment of principal or interest has become 90 days past due or management has serious doubts about the further collectability of principal or interest, even though the loan or lease is currently performing. A loan or lease may remain on accrual status if it is in the process of collection and is either guaranteed or well secured. When a loan or lease is placed on nonaccrual status, unpaid interest credited to income is reversed. Interest received on nonaccrual loans and leases is either applied against principal or reported as interest income, according to management’s judgment as to the collectability of principal.
Loans or leases are usually restored to accrual status when the obligation is brought current, has performed in accordance with the contractual terms for a reasonable period of time, and the ultimate collectability of the total contractual principal and interest is no longer in doubt.
Total cash basis, restructured and nonaccrual loans and leases totaled $37.1 million at December 31, 2009, $5.4 million at December 31, 2008 and $6.9 million at December 31, 2007; the balance at December 31, 2009 primarily consisted of real estate-construction and real estate — commercial loans. For the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008, and 2007, nonaccrual loans and leases resulted in lost interest income of $969 thousand, $685 thousand, and $747 thousand, respectively. The Corporation’s ratio of nonperforming assets to total loans and leases and other real estate owned was 2.89% as of December 31, 2009, 0.48% as of December 31, 2008, and 0.65% as of December 31, 2007. The ratio of


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nonperforming assets to total assets was 1.98% at December 31, 2009, 0.33% at December 31, 2008 and 0.45% at December 31, 2007.
At December 31, 2009, the recorded investment in loans and leases that are considered to be impaired was $37.1 million, all of which were on a nonaccrual basis or trouble debt restructured. The related reserve for loan and lease losses for those loans was $1.4 million. The amount of the specific reserve needed for these credits could change in future periods subject to changes in facts and judgments related to these credits. Nonaccruing loans increased during 2009 primarily due to two credits which went on non-accrual during the third quarter of 2009. One credit is a Shared National Credit to a continuing care retirement community in which Univest participates. The parent company of the community has come under financial difficulty and as a result the parent company and all communities declared bankruptcy. The credit has $7.3 million outstanding at December 31, 2009 and is listed within the real estate — construction loan category. There is a specific allowance on this credit of $665 thousand to cover deficiencies in the underlying real estate value under current market conditions. The second credit is for four separate facilities to a local commercial real estate developer/home builder which aggregated $16.6 million at December 31, 2009; of which $11.8 million is listed within the real estate — commercial loan category and $4.9 million is listed within the real estate — construction loan category. There is no specific allowance on this credit as the value of the underlying collateral is more than sufficient to cover the outstanding balance. Univest will continue to closely monitor these credits and may have to provide additional reserves in future quarters related to these credits.
The Corporation sold the two other real estate owned properties acquired during 2008. During 2009, the Corporation acquired five other real estate owned properties.
Table 9 — Nonaccrual, Past Due and Restructured Loans and Leases, and Other Real Estate Owned
The following table details the aggregate principal balance of loans and leases classified as nonaccrual, past due and restructured as of the dates indicated:
At December 31,
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Nonaccruing loans and leases:
Commercial, financial and agricultural
$ 3,275 $ 520 $ 3,473 $ 4,480 $ 1,216
Real estate — commercial
14,005 1,758 1,036 1,794 2,047
Real estate — construction
14,872 1,640 2,308 2,169
Real estate — residential
572 813
Leases financings
774 298 61
Total nonaccruing loans and leases
33,498 5,029 6,878 8,443 3,263
Restructured loans and leases, not included above
3,611 380
Total impaired loans and leases
$ 37,109 $ 5,409 $ 6,878 $ 8,443 $ 3,263
Accruing loans and leases 90 days or more past due:
Real estate — residential
$ 273 $ 175 $ 401 $ 227 $ 114
Real estate — commercial
299 243
Commercial and industrial loans
134 315 1,147 48 146
Loans to individuals
319 356 126 485 350
Total accruing loans and leases, 90 days or more past due
$ 726 $ 1,145 $ 1,917 $ 760 $ 610
Other real estate owned
$ 3,428 $ 346 $ $ $ 344
Total non-performing assets
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Reserve for Loan and Lease Losses
Management believes the reserve for loan and lease losses is maintained at a level that is adequate to absorb known and inherent losses in the loan and lease portfolio. Management’s methodology to determine the adequacy of and the provision to the reserve considers specific credit reviews, past loan and lease loss experience, current economic conditions and trends and the volume, growth, and composition of the loan portfolio.
The reserve for loan and lease losses is determined through a monthly evaluation of reserve adequacy. This analysis takes into consideration the growth of the loan and lease portfolio, the status of past-due loans and leases, current economic conditions, various types of lending activity, policies, real estate and other loan commitments, and significant changes in charge-off activity. Nonaccrual loans and leases, and those which have been restructured, are evaluated individually. All other loans and leases are evaluated as pools. Based on historical loss experience, loss factors are determined giving consideration to the areas noted in the first paragraph and applied to the pooled loan and lease categories to develop the general or allocated portion of the reserve. Loans are also reviewed for impairment based on discounted cash flows using the loans’ initial effective interest rate or the fair value of the collateral for certain collateral-dependent loans. Management also reviews the activity within the reserve to determine what actions, if any, should be taken to address differences between estimated and actual losses. Any of the above factors may cause the provision to fluctuate.
Wholesale leasing portfolios are purchased by the Bank’s subsidiary, Univest Capital. Credit losses on these purchased portfolios are largely the responsibility of the seller up to pre-set dollar amounts initially equal to 10 to 20 percent of the portfolio purchase amount. The dollar amount of recourse for purchased portfolios is inclusive of cash holdbacks and purchase discounts.
The reserve for loan and lease losses is based on management’s evaluation of the loan or lease portfolio under current economic conditions and such other factors, which deserve recognition in estimating loan and lease losses. This evaluation is inherently subjective, as it requires estimates including the amounts and timing of future cash flows expected to be received on impaired loans that may be susceptible to significant change. Additions to the reserve arise from the provision for loan and lease losses charged to operations or from the recovery of amounts previously charged off. Loan and lease charge-offs reduce the reserve. Loans and leases are charged off when there has been permanent impairment or when in the opinion of management the full amount of the loan and lease, in the case of non-collateral dependent borrowings, will not be realized. Certain impaired loans are reported at the present value of expected future cash flows using the loan’s initial effective interest rate, or at the loan’s observable market price or the fair value of the collateral, less cost to sell, if the loan is collateral dependent.
The reserve for loan and lease losses consists of allocated reserve and unallocated reserve categories. The allocated reserve is comprised of reserves established on specific loans and leases, and class reserves based on historical loan and lease loss experience, current trends, and management assessments. The unallocated reserve is based on both general economic conditions and other risk factors in the Corporation’s individual markets and portfolios.
The specific reserve element is based on a regular analysis of impaired commercial and real estate loans. For these loans, the specific reserve established is based on an analysis of related collateral value, cash flow considerations and, if applicable, guarantor capacity.
The class reserve element is determined by an internal loan and lease grading process in conjunction with associated allowance factors. The Corporation revises the class allowance factors whenever necessary, but no less than quarterly, in order to address improving or deteriorating credit quality trends or specific risks associated with a given loan or lease pool classification.
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Table 10 — Allocated, Other Loan and Lease Loss Reserves
The reserve for loan and lease losses is made up of the allocated reserve and the unallocated portion. The following table summarizes the two categories as of the dates indicated:
At December 31,
2009 2008 2007
Allocated
$ 23,744 $ 12,387 $ 12,217
Unallocated
1,054 731 869
Total
$ 24,798 $ 13,118 $ 13,086
Allocated reserves in 2009 increased by $11.4 million due to the migration of loans to higher-risk ratings as a result of deterioration of underlying collateral and economic factors. Unallocated reserves increased by $323 thousand in 2009 primarily due to current economic volatility. As a result, the allowance for loan and lease losses as a percentage of total loans and leases increased to 1.74% at December 31, 2009 from 0.90% at December 31, 2008 and from 0.97% at December 31, 2007. The allowance for loan and lease losses to nonperforming loans and leases equaled 65.54% at December 31, 2009, 200.15% at December 31, 2008, and 190.7% at December 31, 2007. At December 31, 2009, the specific allowance on impaired loans was $1.4 million, or 3.8% of the impaired loan balance of $37.1 million. At December 31, 2008 the specific allowance on impaired loans was $36 thousand, or 0.64% of the balance of impaired loans of $5.4 million. Although the coverage ratio of the specific allowance on the impaired loans and leases increased, the ratio of the allowance to nonperforming loans and leases decreased. The increase in the allocated allowance for loan and lease losses was impacted more by the migration of loans to higher-risk ratings than the increase in non-performing loans and leases. Management closely monitors the credit worthiness and the value of underlying collateral as a commercial credit becomes past-due. These factors along with historical and economic trends, and management’s assumptions, are taken into consideration in providing the allowance for loan and lease losses. When the loan becomes impaired and is placed on non-accrual, a specific allowance is created for the impaired loan.
Allocated reserves in 2008 increased by $170 thousand as higher allocations to account for growth in the lease financings portfolio were more than offset by lower reserves against declining indirect and commercial loan portfolios. Lease financings, net of unearned discounts, rose to $102.5 million at December 31, 2008 from $62.4 million when compared to the same period in 2007. Homogeneous retail loans, including residential real estate and consumer loans outstanding, declined by $18.4 million, contributing to a homogeneous loan pool allocation reduction of $271 thousand. Commercial loans (including commercial real estate loans) increased by $75.0 million, which resulted in an increase of $218 thousand in the allocated reserve. Unallocated reserves declined by $138 thousand in 2008 as well as a decrease in reserves for impaired loans of $1.7 million at December 31, 2008. Nonperforming loans as a percentage of loans and leases decreased to 0.45% at December 31, 2008 from 0.65% as of December 31, 2007; the allowance for loan and lease losses to total loans and leases decreased to 0.90% at December 31, 2008 compared to 0.97% at December 31, 2007 primarily due to the decline in nonaccrual loans and the related reserve. Management closely monitors the credit worthiness and the value of underlying collateral as a commercial credit becomes past-due. These factors along with historical and economic trends, and management’s assumptions, are taken into consideration in providing the allowance for loan and lease losses. When the loan becomes impaired and is placed on non-accrual, a specific allowance is created for the impaired loan. At December 31, 2008 the specific allowance on impaired loans was $36 thousand, or 0.64% of the balance of impaired loans of $5.4 million. At December 31, 2007 the specific allowance on impaired loans was $1.8 million, or 25.5% of the impaired loan balance of $6.9 million.


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Table 11 — Summary of Loan and Lease Loss Experience
The following table presents average loans and leases and summarizes loan and lease loss experience as of the dates indicated:
For the Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Average amount of loans and leases outstanding
$ 1,453,174 $ 1,401,971 $ 1,367,017 $ 1,317,711 $ 1,198,881
Loan and lease loss reserve at beginning of period
$ 13,118 $ 13,086 $ 13,283 $ 13,363 $ 13,099
Charge-offs:
Commercial, financial and agricultural loans
3,857 6,008 902 1,860 1,329
Real estate loans
2,088 1,373 499 911
Loans to individuals
1,808 1,422 1,513 1,133 1,019
Lease financings
2,695 502 106
Total charge-offs
10,448 9,305 3,020 2,993 3,259
Recoveries:
Commercial, financial and agricultural loans
275 97 176 139 625
Real estate loans
33 27 95 168 368
Loans to individuals
491 353 386 391 421
Lease financings
443 91
Total recoveries
1,242 568 657 698 1,414
Net charge-offs
9,206 8,737 2,363 2,295 1,845
Provisions to loan and lease loss reserve
20,886 8,769 2,166 2,215 2,109
Loan and lease loss reserve at end of period
$ 24,798 $ 13,118 $ 13,086 $ 13,283 $ 13,363
Ratio of net charge-offs to average loans and leases
.63 % .62 % .17 % .17 % .15 %
The increase in charge-offs during 2009 compared to 2008 was primarily due to the increase in lease financings charge-offs due to the deterioration in the economy impacting small businesses, the primary customer base of the leasing portfolio. These increases were offset by a reduction of charge-off activity for commercial, financial and agricultural loans. The increase in charge-offs during 2008 compared to 2007 was primarily due to the increase of activity for commercial, financial and agricultural loans, real estate loans, and lease financings charge-offs due to the deterioration in the economy. These increases were offset by a reduction of charge-off activity for loans to individuals. Loans and leases that are charged-off are considered to be permanently impaired.


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The following table summarizes the allocation of the allowance for loan and lease losses and the percentage of loans and leases in each major loan category to total loans and leases as of the dates indicated:
At December 31,
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Commercial, financial and agricultural
$ 12,148 31.4 % $ 6,432 29.3 % $ 6,295 28.2 % $ 6,963 32.6 % $ 6,005 30.7 %
Real estate loans
9,534 59.3 4,800 59.9 4,836 61.9 4,266 58.7 5,431 61.1
Loans to individuals
887 3.3 581 3.7 730 5.3 1,005 6.6 949 8.2
Lease financings
1,175 6.0 574 7.1 356 4.6 171 2.1
Unallocated
1,054 N/A 731 N/A 869 N/A 878 N/A 978 N/A
Total
$ 24,798 100.0 % $ 13,118 100.0 % $ 13,086 100.0 % $ 13,283 100.0 % $ 13,363 100.0 %
The ratio of the reserve for loan and lease losses to total loans and leases was 1.74% at December 31, 2009 and 0.90% at December 31, 2008.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
The Corporation has completed the 2009 and 2008 annual impairment tests on goodwill and other intangible assets and no impairment was noted. There can be no assurance that future goodwill impairment tests will not result in a charge to earnings.
The Corporation has intangible assets due to bank and branch acquisitions, core deposit intangibles, covenants not to compete (in favor of the Corporation), customer related intangibles and mortgage servicing rights, which are not deemed to have an indefinite life and therefore will continue to be amortized over their useful life. The amortization for these intangible assets was $1.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009; $642 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2008 and $742 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2007. The Corporation also has goodwill of $50.4 million, which is deemed to be an indefinite intangible asset and will not be amortized.
Accrued Interest and Other Assets
On September 28, 2009, the FDIC Board proposed an institutional prepaid FDIC assessment to recapitalize the Deposit Insurance Fund which was finalized in the Fourth Quarter of 2009. The amount was paid on December 30, 2009 for the Fourth Quarter 2009, and for all of 2010, 2011 and 2012. This assessment was based on an estimated 5% annual growth rate in deposits during 2010, 2011 and 2012; and a 3 basis-point increase in the base assessment rate at September 30, 2009 to be applied in 2011 and 2012. The Bank paid $9.0 million to the FDIC on December 30, 2009 of which $8.4 million will remain in a prepaid asset account. The prepaid amount of $8.4 million has a zero percent risk-weighting for risk-based capital ratio calculations. The prepaid amount will be expensed over the 2010 though 2012 period as the actual FDIC assessment are determined for each interim quarterly period. Any excess prepaid amounts may be utilized up to December 30, 2014 at which time any excess will be returned to the Bank.
On December 23, 2008, the FHLB announced that it would be suspending the payment of dividends and the repurchase of excess capital stock in-order to rebuild its capital levels. This is due to the other-than-temporary impairment write down required on its private-label mortgage portfolio which could reduce their capital below required levels. Additionally, the FHLB might require its members to increase its capital stock requirement. Based on current information from the FHLB, Management believes that if there is any impairment in the stock, it is temporary. Therefore, as of December 31, 2009, the FHLB stock is recorded at cost.


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LIABILITIES
The following table presents liabilities as of the dates indicated:
At December 31,
2009 2008 $ Change % Change
Deposits
$ 1,564,257 $ 1,527,328 $ 36,929 2.4 %
Short-term borrowings
183,379 192,730 (9,351 ) (4.9 )
Long-term borrowings
30,684 120,002 (89,322 ) (74.4 )
Other liabilities
39,294 41,526 (2,232 ) (5.4 )
Total liabilities
$ 1,817,614 $ 1,881,590 $ (63,976 ) (3.4 )
Deposits
Total deposits increased during 2009 primarily due to increases in savings deposits of $92.9 million. These increases were partially offset by decreases in time deposits of $59.4 million. Due to market and economic conditions, customers took advantage of shorter-term interest-earning deposits. Additionally, as a result of the increase in savings deposits, the Corporation was able to reduce its reliance on wholesale deposits by $83.9 million to $7.0 million which are included in time deposits.
Table 12 — Deposits
The following table summarizes the average amount of deposits for the periods indicated:
For the Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 2007
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits
$ 224,417 $ 223,353 $ 221,738
Interest-bearing checking deposits
162,615 144,415 137,699
Money market savings
305,113 409,586 387,315
Regular savings
353,748 276,908 212,977
Time deposits
508,337 483,872 539,048
Total average deposits
$ 1,554,230 $ 1,538,134 $ 1,498,777
The following table summarizes the maturities of time deposits with balances of $100 thousand or more at December 31, 2009:
Due Over Three
Due Over Six
Due Three Months
Months to Six
Months to Twelve
Due Over Twelve
or Less Months Months Months
Time deposits
$ 44,355 $ 19,762 $ 38,483 $ 26,130
Borrowings
Long-term borrowings decreased $89.3 million during 2009 as compared to 2008 primarily due to an $87.0 million reclass of long-term advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank to short-term borrowings as the remaining maturity of these borrowing became one year or less. Short-term borrowings decreased during 2008 primarily due to paydowns more than offsetting the $87.0 million reclass from long-term FHLB advances.


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Table 13 — Short Term Borrowings
The following table details key information pertaining to securities sold under agreement to repurchase on an overnight basis as of the dates indicated:
2009 2008 2007
Balance at December 31
$ 95,624 $ 81,230 $ 94,276
Weighted average interest rate at year end
0.50 % 0.49 % 1.80 %
Maximum amount outstanding at any month’s end
$ 133,140 $ 92,962 $ 94,276
Average amount outstanding during the year
$ 91,390 $ 84,254 $ 86,641
Weighted average interest rate during the year
0.60 % 1.12 % 2.30 %
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
The following table presents the shareholders’ equity as of the dates indicated:
At December 31,
2009 2008 $ Change % Change
Common stock
$ 91,332 $ 74,370 $ 16,962 22.8 %
Additional paid-in capital
60,126 22,459 37,667 N/M
Retained earnings
150,507 151,816 (1,309 ) (0.9 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(524 ) (8,619 ) 8,095 93.9
Treasury stock
(33,634 ) (36,819 ) 3,185 8.7
Total shareholders’ equity
$ 267,807 $ 203,207 $ 64,600 31.8
Total shareholders’ equity increased since December 31, 2008 primarily due to an additional $55.6 million in capital as a result of the issuance of common stock during the third quarter 2009.
On August 12, 2009, the Corporation completed its public offering of 3,392,500 shares of common stock at a price of $17.50 per share, including 442,500 shares of common stock purchased by the underwriters pursuant to their over-allotment option, which was exercised in full. The net proceeds of the offering after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses were approximately $55.6 million. The Corporation intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including supporting the capital needs of the Bank, the financing of its operations, the repayment of short-term indebtedness and potential acquisitions.
Treasury stock decreased primarily due to shares issued for the employee stock purchase plan, employee options and restricted stock awards. There is a buyback program in place that allows the Corporation to purchase an additional 643,782 shares of its outstanding common stock in the open market or in negotiated transactions.
Accumulated other comprehensive income related to securities of $5.4 million and $2.3 million, net of taxes, is included in shareholders’ equity at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to securities is the unrealized gain (loss), or difference between the book value and fair value, on the available-for-sale investment portfolio, net of taxes. The period-to-period recovery in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) was a result of increases in the fair values of mortgage-backed government agency debt securities and other mortgage-backed securities.
Accumulated other comprehensive income related to an interest rate swap, net of taxes, amounted to $1.1 million and a loss of $149 thousand at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to an interest-rate swap reflects the current fair value of the swap used for cash flow hedging purposes, net of taxes.
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benefits represent the changes in the actuarial gains and losses and the prior service costs and credits that arise during the period.
Capital Adequacy
Capital guidelines which banking regulators have adopted assign minimum capital requirements for categories of assets depending on their assigned risks. The components of risk-based capital for the Corporation are Tier 1 and Tier 2. Minimum required total risk-based capital is 8.00%. At December 31, 2009, the Corporation had a Tier 1 capital ratio of 14.41% and total risked-based capital ratio of 15.76%. At December 31, 2008, the Corporation had a Tier 1 capital ratio of 10.65% and total risked-based capital ratio of 11.60% The Corporation continues to be in the “well-capitalized” category under regulatory standards. Details on the capital ratios can be found in Note 20 “Regulatory Matters” of this Form 10-K along with a discussion on dividend and other restrictions.
The increase in the Corporation’s risk-based capital ratios is attributable to the net proceeds from its public offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, of $55.6 million.
Asset/Liability Management
The primary functions of Asset Liability Management are to assure adequate earnings, capital and liquidity while maintaining an appropriate balance between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Liquidity management involves the ability to meet cash flow requirements of customers and corporate needs. Interest-rate sensitivity management seeks to avoid fluctuating net interest margins and to enhance consistent growth of net interest income through periods of changing rates.
The Corporation uses both an interest-sensitivity gap analysis and a simulation model to quantify its exposure to interest rate risk. The Corporation uses the gap analysis to identify and monitor long-term rate exposure and uses a simulation model to measure the short-term rate exposures. The Corporation runs various earnings simulation scenarios to quantify the effect of declining or rising interest rates on the net interest margin over a one-year horizon. The simulation uses existing portfolio rate and repricing information, combined with assumptions regarding future loan and deposit growth, future spreads, prepayments on residential mortgages, and the discretionary pricing of non-maturity assets and liabilities.
On March 24, 2009, the Corporation entered into a $22.0 million notional interest rate swap, which had been classified as a fair value hedge on a real estate-commercial loan. Under the terms of the swap agreement, the Corporation pays a fixed rate of 6.49% and receives a floating rate which is based on the one month U.S. London Interbank Borrowing Rate (“LIBOR”) with a 357 basis point spread and a termination date of April 1, 2019. During the fourth quarter of 2009, a portion of the hedged loan was participated which caused the swap to become ineffective. At December 31, 2009, the interest rate swap had a positive fair value of $1.2 million, of which $276 thousand was ineffective, and is classified on the balance sheet as other assets. The underlying real estate-commercial loan had a negative fair value adjustment of $431 thousand which is classified on the balance sheet as a component of loans and leases. The Corporation recorded the change in fair value of the interest rate swap and underlying commercial loan as a component of noninterest income on the income statement.
On December 23, 2008, the Corporation entered into a $20.0 million notional value interest rate swap, which has been classified as a cash flow hedge on $20.0 million of trust preferred securities. Under the terms of the swap agreement, the Corporation will pay a fixed rate of 2.65% and receive a floating rate which is based on the three-month U.S. London Interbank Borrowing Rate (“LIBOR”) with a termination date of January 7, 2019. Interest-rate swaps in which the Corporation pays a floating rate and receives a fixed rate are used to reduce the impact of changes in interest rates on the Corporation’s net income.


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Credit Risk
Extending credit exposes the Corporation to credit risk, which is the risk that the principal balance of a loan and any related interest will not be collected due to the inability of the borrower to repay the loan. The Corporation manages credit risk in the loan portfolio through adherence to consistent standards, guidelines and limitations established by the Board of Directors. Written loan policies establish underwriting standards, lending limits and other standards or limits as deemed necessary and prudent.
The loan review department conducts ongoing, independent reviews of the lending process to ensure adherence to established policies and procedures, monitors compliance with applicable laws and regulations, provides objective measurement of the risk inherent in the loan portfolio, and ensures that proper documentation exists.
The Corporation focuses on both assessing the borrower’s capacity and willingness to repay and on obtaining sufficient collateral. Commercial and industrial loans are generally secured by the borrower’s assets and by personal guarantees. Commercial real estate loans are originated primarily within the Eastern Pennsylvania market area at conservative loan-to-value ratios and often by a guarantee of the borrowers. Management closely monitors the composition and quality of the total commercial loan portfolio to ensure that any credit concentrations by borrower or industry are closely monitored.
Credit risk in the direct consumer loan portfolio and credit card portfolio is controlled by strict adherence to conservative underwriting standards that consider debt-to-income levels and the creditworthiness of the borrower and, if secured, collateral values. In the home equity loan portfolio, combined loan-to-value ratios at origination are generally limited to 80%. Other credit considerations may warrant higher combined loan-to-value ratios and are generally insured by private mortgage insurance.
The Corporation originates fixed-rate and adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans that are secured by the underlying 1- to 4-family residential properties. Credit risk exposure in this area of lending is minimized by the evaluation of the credit worthiness of the borrower, including debt-to-equity ratios, credit scores and adherence to underwriting policies that emphasize conservative loan-to-value ratios of generally no more than 80%. Residential mortgage loans granted in excess of the 80% loan-to-value ratio criterion are generally insured by private mortgage insurance.
The Corporation closely monitors delinquencies as another means of maintaining high asset quality. Collection efforts begin after a loan payment is missed, by attempting to contact all borrowers. If collection attempts fail, the Corporation will proceed to gain control of any and all collateral in a timely manner in order to minimize losses. While liquidation and recovery efforts continue, officers continue to work with the borrowers, if appropriate, to recover all monies owed to the Corporation. The Corporation monitors delinquency trends and past due reports which are submitted to the Board of Directors.
Liquidity
The Corporation, in its role as a financial intermediary, is exposed to certain liquidity risks. Liquidity refers to the Corporation’s ability to ensure that sufficient cash flow and liquid assets are available to satisfy demand for loans and leases and deposit withdrawals. The Corporation manages its liquidity risk by measuring and monitoring its liquidity sources and estimated funding needs. The Corporation has a contingency funding plan in place to address liquidity needs in the event of an institution-specific or a systemic financial crisis.
Sources of Funds
Core deposits and cash management repurchase agreements (“Repos”) have historically been the most significant funding sources for the Corporation. These deposits and Repos are generated from a base of consumer, business and public customers primarily located in Bucks and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania. The Corporation faces increased competition for these deposits from a large array of financial market participants, including banks, thrifts, mutual funds, security dealers and others.


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The Corporation supplements its core funding with money market funds it holds for the benefit of various trust accounts. These funds are fully collateralized by the Bank’s investment portfolio and are at current money market mutual fund rates. This funding source is subject to changes in the asset allocations of the trust accounts.
The Bank may purchase Certificates from the Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust (“PLGIT”) to augment its short-term fixed funding sources. The PLGIT deposits are public funds collateralized with a letter of credit that PLGIT maintains with the FHLB; therefore, Univest National Bank is not required to provide collateral on these deposits. At December 31, 2008, the Bank had $50.0 million in PLGIT deposits. At December 31, 2009 the Bank had no PLGIT deposits.
The Corporation, through the Bank, has short-term and long-term credit facilities with the FHLB with a maximum borrowing capacity of approximately $374.1 million. At December 31, 2009, total outstanding short-term and long-term borrowings with the FHLB totaled $92.0 million. The maximum borrowing capacity changes as a function of qualifying collateral assets and the amount of funds received may be reduced by additional required purchases of FHLB stock.
The Bank maintains federal fund credit lines with several correspondent banks totaling $82.0 million and $77.0 million at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Outstanding borrowings under these lines totaled $54.0 million at December 31, 2008; there were no outstanding balances at December 31, 2009. Future availability under these lines is subject to the prerogatives of the granting banks and may be withdrawn at will.
The Corporation, through the Bank, has an available line of credit at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the amount of which is dependent upon the balance of loans and securities pledged as collateral. At December 31, 2009, the Corporation had no outstanding borrowings under this line.
Cash Requirements
The Corporation has cash requirements including various financial obligations, including contractual obligations and commitments that require cash payments. The following contractual obligations and commitments table presents, as of December 31, 2009, significant fixed and determinable contractual obligations to third parties. The most significant obligation, in both the under and over one year time period, is for the Bank to repay its certificates of deposit. Short-term borrowings constitute the next largest payment obligation. The Bank anticipates meeting these obligations by continuing to provide convenient depository and cash management services through its branch network, thereby replacing these contractual obligations with similar fund sources at rates that are competitive in our market.
The table also shows the amounts and expected maturities of significant commitments as of December 31, 2009. These commitments do not necessarily represent future cash requirements in that these commitments often expire without being drawn upon. Commitments to extend credit are the Bank’s most significant commitment in both the under and over one year time periods.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
The Corporation enters into contractual obligations in the normal course of business as a source of funds for its asset growth and its asset/liability management, to fund acquisitions and to meet required capital needs. These obligations require the Corporation to make cash payments over time as detailed in the table below.
The Corporation is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to manage the Corporation’s exposure to fluctuation in interest rates. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit, standby and commercial letters of credit and forward contracts. These financial instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets. The contract or notional amounts of these financial instruments reflect the extent of involvement the Corporation has in particular classes of financial instruments.


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The Corporation’s exposure to credit loss in the event of non-performance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit and standby and commercial letters of credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. The Corporation uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments. Unless noted otherwise, the Corporation does not require and is not required to pledge collateral or other security to support financial instruments with credit risk. These commitments expire over time as detailed in Table 14. For further information regarding the Corporation’s commitments, refer to Footnote 16 of the Consolidated Financial Statements, herein.
Table 14 — Contractual Obligations
The following table sets forth contractual obligations and other commitments representing required and potential cash outflows, including interest payable, as of December 31, 2009:
Payments Due by Period
Due after One
Due after Four
Due in Over
Due in One
Year to
Years to
Five
Total Year or Less Three Years Five Years Years
Long-term debt(a)
$ 5,568 $ 188 $ 375 $ 5,005 $
Subordinated capital notes(b)
5,016 1,571 3,068 377
Trust preferred securities(c)
37,807 688 1,375 1,375 34,369
Securities sold under agreement to repurchase(d)
95,624 95,624
Other short-term borrowings
88,906 88,906
Time deposits(e)
471,944 377,211 60,137 12,756 21,840
Operating leases
8,742 1,781 2,927 1,870 2,164
Standby and commercial letters of credit
61,313 48,061 13,115 137
Commitments to extend credit(f)
445,731 150,446 19,840 16,069 259,376
Derivative loan commitments(g)
156 156
Total contractual obligations
$ 1,220,807 $ 764,632 $ 100,837 $ 37,589 $ 317,749
Notes:
(a) Interest expense is projected based upon the weighted average interest rate of long-term debt.
(b) Includes interest on both fixed and variable rate obligations. The interest expense associated with the variable rate obligations is based upon interest rates in effect at December 31, 2009. The contractual amounts to be paid on variable rate obligations are affected by changes in the market interest rates. Future changes in the market interest rates could materially affect the contractual amounts to be paid.
(c) Includes interest on variable rate obligations. The interest expense is based upon interest rates in effect at December 31, 2009. The contractual amounts to be paid on variable rate obligations are affected by changes in the market interest rates. Future changes in the market interest rates could materially affect the contractual amounts to be paid. The trust preferred securities mature in 2033 and interest is calculated to this maturity date. The first non-penalized call date was in 2008. The Corporation may choose to call these securities as a result of interest rate fluctuations and capital needs without penalty for the remainder of the term.
(d) Includes interest on variable rate obligations. The interest expense is based upon the fourth quarter average interest rate. The contractual amounts to be paid on variable rate obligations are affected by changes in the market interest rates. Future changes in the market interest rates could materially affect the contractual amounts to be paid.
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are affected by changes in the market interest rates. Future changes in the market interest rates could materially affect the contractual amounts to be paid.
(f) Includes both revolving and straight lines of credit. Revolving lines, including unused credit card lines, are reported in the “Due in One Year or Less” category.
(g) Includes the fair value of these contractual arrangements at December 31, 2009.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market risk is the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and rates. In the course of its lending, leasing and deposit taking activities, the Corporation is subject to changes in the economic value and/or earnings potential of these assets and liabilities due to changes in interest rates. The Corporation’s Asset/Liability Management Committee (“ALMC”) manages interest rate risk in a manner so as to provide adequate and reliable earnings. This is accomplished through the establishment of policy limits on maximum risk exposures, as well as the regular and timely monitoring of reports designed to quantify risk and return levels.
The Corporation uses both an interest-rate sensitivity gap analysis and a simulation model to quantify its exposure to interest rate risk. The Corporation uses the gap analysis to identify and monitor long-term rate exposure and uses a simulation model to measure the short-term rate exposures. The Corporation runs various earnings simulation scenarios to quantify the effect of declining or rising interest rates on the net interest margin over a one-year horizon. The simulation uses existing portfolio rate and repricing information, combined with assumptions regarding future loan and deposit growth, future spreads, prepayments on residential mortgages, and the discretionary pricing of non-maturity assets and liabilities. The Corporation is permitted to use interest-rate swaps and interest-rate caps/floors with indices that correlate to on-balance sheet instruments, to modify its indicated net interest sensitivity to levels deemed to be appropriate based on the Corporation’s current economic outlook.
At December 31, 2009, the simulation, based upon forward-looking assumptions, projects that the Corporation’s greatest interest margin exposure to interest-rate risk would occur if interest rates decreased from present levels. Given the assumptions, a 200 basis point parallel shift in the yield curve applied on a ramp-up basis would cause the Corporation’s net interest margin, over a 1-year horizon, to be approximately 1.49% more than it would be if market rates would remain unchanged. A 100 basis point (a 200 basis point ramp down would not be relevant in the current market conditions) parallel shift in the yield curve applied on a ramp-down basis would cause the Corporation’s net interest margin, over a 1-year horizon, to be approximately 2.06% less than it would be if market rates would remain unchanged. Policy limits have been established which allow a tolerance for no more than approximately a 5.0% negative impact to the interest margin resulting from a 200 basis point parallel yield curve shift over a forward looking 12-month period. See Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — “Net Interest Income” and “Asset/Liability Management, Liquidity” and Table 15.


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Table 15 — Interest Sensitivity Analysis
Interest Sensitivity Analysis at December 31, 2009:
After Three Months
After One Year
Within
to Twelve
to Five
Over
Non-Rate
Three Months Months Years Five Years Sensitive Total
Assets:
Cash and due from banks
$ $ $ $ $ 20,535 $ 20,535
Interest-earning deposits with other banks
48,062 48,062
Investment securities
71,674 85,002 138,941 124,427 420,045
Loans held for sale
1,693 1,693
Loans and leases, net of reserve for loan and lease losses:
608,138 246,892 476,064 94,887 (24,798 ) 1,401,182
Other assets
193,904 193,904
Total assets
$ 729,567 $ 331,894 $ 615,005 $ 219,314 $ 189,641 $ 2,085,421
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity:
Demand deposits — noninterest-bearing
$ $ $ $ $ 242,691 $ 242,691
Demand deposits — interest-bearing
299,569 27,288 143,715 470,572
Savings deposits
21,733 60,434 318,285 400,452
Time deposits
124,530 176,137 129,437 20,438 450,542
Borrowed funds
147,493 60,130 6,250 190 214,063
Other liabilities
39,294 39,294
Shareholders’ equity
267,807 267,807
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$ 593,325 $ 323,989 $ 597,687 $ 20,628 $ 549,792 $ 2,085,421
Incremental gap
$ 136,242 $ 7,906 $ 17,318 $ 198,686 $ (360,151 )
Cumulative gap
$ 136,242 $ 144,148 $ 161,465 $ 360,151
Cumulative gap as a percentage of interest-earning assets
7.19 % 7.60 % 8.52 % 19.00 %
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
For information regarding recent accounting pronouncements, refer to Footnote 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of this Form 10-K.


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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The following audited consolidated financial statements and related documents are set forth in this Annual Report on Form 10-K on the following pages:
Page
55
56
57
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated March 5, 2010 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
KPMG LLP
March 5, 2010
Philadelphia, PA


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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
At December 31,
2009 2008
(Dollars in thousands,
except per share data)
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks
$ 20,535 $ 34,800
Interest-earning deposits with other banks
48,062 5,266
Investment securities held-to-maturity (fair value $108 and $1,432 at
December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively)
103 1,368
Investment securities available-for-sale
419,942 430,898
Loans held for sale
1,693 544
Loans and leases
1,425,980 1,449,892
Less: Reserve for loan and lease losses
(24,798 ) (13,118 )
Net loans and leases
1,401,182 1,436,774
Premises and equipment, net
34,201 32,602
Goodwill
50,393 50,236
Other intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of $8,015 and $6,497 at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
5,577 5,815
Bank owned life insurance
46,740 45,419
Accrued interest and other assets
56,993 41,075
Total assets
$ 2,085,421 $ 2,084,797
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits, noninterest-bearing
$ 242,691 $ 221,863
Demand deposits, interest-bearing
470,572 487,983
Savings deposits
400,452 307,512
Time deposits
450,542 509,970
Total deposits
1,564,257 1,527,328
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
95,624 81,230
Other short-term borrowings
87,755 111,500
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
39,294 41,526
Long-term debt
5,190 92,637
Subordinated notes
4,875 6,750
Company-obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred securities of subsidiary trusts holding junior subordinated debentures of Univest (“Trust Preferred Securities”)
20,619 20,619
Total liabilities
1,817,614 1,881,590
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common stock, $5 par value; 48,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2009 and 2008; 18,266,404 and 14,873,904 shares issued at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively; and 16,465,083 and 12,938,514 shares outstanding at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
91,332 74,370
Additional paid-in capital
60,126 22,459
Retained earnings
150,507 151,816
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax benefit
(524 ) (8,619 )
Treasury stock, at cost; 1,801,321 shares and 1,935,390 shares at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
(33,634 ) (36,819 )
Total shareholders’ equity
267,807 203,207
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$ 2,085,421 $ 2,084,797
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
For the Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 2007
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Interest income
Interest and fees on loans and leases:
Taxable
$ 74,002 $ 82,874 $ 92,606
Exempt from federal income taxes
3,815 3,742 4,061
Total interest and fees on loans and leases
77,817 86,616 96,667
Interest and dividends on investment securities:
Taxable
14,014 16,762 15,069
Exempt from federal income taxes
4,512 4,269 3,859
Interest on federal funds sold and term federal funds
394 454
Other interest income
16 16 95
Total interest income
96,359 108,057 116,144
Interest expense
Interest on demand deposits
1,981 9,324 16,289
Interest on savings deposits
2,955 4,348 3,833
Interest on time deposits
17,371 20,894 25,001
Interest on short-term borrowings
3,481 1,744 2,771
Interest on long-term borrowings
2,935 6,000 6,233
Total interest expense
28,723 42,310 54,127
Net interest income
67,636 65,747 62,017
Provision for loan and lease losses
20,886 8,769 2,166
Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses
46,750 56,978 59,851
Noninterest income
Trust fee income
5,536 6,004 5,921
Service charges on deposit accounts
7,036 6,808 6,822
Investment advisory commission and fee income
3,427 2,374 2,680
Insurance commission and fee income
7,081 5,723 5,730
Other service fee income
3,410 3,484 3,662
Bank owned life insurance income
1,321 2,791 1,503
Other-than-temporary impairment on equity securities
(1,708 ) (1,251 )
Other-than-temporary impairment on other long lived assets
(500 )
Net gain on sales of securities
1,150 280 435
Net gain on sales of loans held for sale
2,222 82 64
Net loss on dispositions of fixed assets
(144 ) (40 ) (112 )
Other
1,086 360 563
Total noninterest income
29,917 26,615 27,268
Noninterest expense
Salaries and benefits
37,422 32,413 30,811
Net occupancy
5,274 5,230 4,753
Equipment
3,438 3,247 3,127
Marketing and advertising
1,840 1,499 831
Deposit insurance premiums
3,185 767 178
Other
14,165 14,069 12,511
Total noninterest expense
65,324 57,225 52,211
Income before income taxes
11,343 26,368 34,908
Applicable income taxes
563 5,778 9,351
Net income
$ 10,780 $ 20,590 $ 25,557
Net income per share:
Basic
$ 0.75 $ 1.60 $ 1.98
Diluted
$ 0.75 $ 1.60 $ 1.98
Dividends declared
$ 0.80 $ 0.80 $ 0.80
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Accumulated
Other
Common
Comprehensive
Additional
Shares
(Loss)
Common
Paid-in
Retained
Treasury
Outstanding Income Stock Capital Earnings Stock Total
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Balance at January 1, 2007
13,005,329 $ (4,463 ) $ 74,370 $ 22,459 $ 128,242 $ (35,223 ) $ 185,385
Comprehensive Income:
Net Income for 2007
25,557 25,557
Other comprehensive income, net of income tax of $1,451:
Unrealized gain on investment securities available-for-sale
2,073 2,073
Unrecognized pension costs
622 622
Total comprehensive income
28,252
Cash dividends declared ($0.800 per share)
(10,304 ) (10,304 )
Stock issued under dividend reinvestment and employee stock purchase plans
78,882 29 1,978 2,007
Exercise of stock options
55,446 (459 ) 1,201 742
Tax benefits on stock based compensation
121 121
Purchases of treasury stock
(328,048 ) (7,498 ) (7,498 )
Restricted stock awards granted
19,000 (390 ) 1 389
Vesting of restricted stock awards
21 21
Balance at December 31, 2007
12,830,609 (1,768 ) 74,370 22,211 143,066 (39,153 ) 198,726
Cumulative effect of adoption of a new accounting principle on January 1, 2008
(1,550 ) (1,550 )
Comprehensive Income:
Net Income for 2008
20,590 20,590
Other comprehensive loss, net of income tax benefit of $3,689:
Unrealized gain on investment securities available-for-sale
382 382
Unrealized loss on swap
(149 ) (149 )
Unrecognized pension costs
(7,084 ) (7,084 )
Total comprehensive income
13,739
Cash dividends declared ($0.800 per share)
(10,302 ) (10,302 )
Stock issued under dividend reinvestment and employee stock purchase plans
85,415 64 1,950 2,014
Exercise of stock options,
87,134 (88 ) 12 1,904 1,828
Tax benefits on stock based compensation
204 204
Purchases of treasury stock
(69,235 ) (1,614 ) (1,614 )
Restricted stock awards granted
4,591 (94 ) 94
Vesting of restricted stock awards
162 162
Balance at December 31, 2008
12,938,514 (8,619 ) 74,370 22,459 151,816 (36,819 ) 203,207
Comprehensive Income:
Net Income for 2009
10,780 10,780
Other comprehensive income, net of income tax of $4,359:
Unrealized gain on investment securities available-for-sale
3,092 3,092
Unrealized gain on swap
1,299 1,299
Unrecognized pension costs
3,704 3,704
Total comprehensive income
18,875
Cash dividends declared ($0.800 per share)
(11,786 ) (11,786 )
Stock issued under dividend reinvestment and employee stock purchase plans
95,973 27 (344 ) 2,375 2,058
Issuance of common stock
3,392,500 16,962 38,635 55,597
Exercise of stock options
2,547 (10 ) 43 60 93
Purchases of treasury stock
(11,642 ) (370 ) (370 )
Restricted stock awards granted
47,191 (1,118 ) (2 ) 1,120
Vesting of restricted stock awards
133 133
Balance at December 31, 2009
16,465,083 $ (524 ) $ 91,332 $ 60,126 $ 150,507 $ (33,634 ) $ 267,807
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 2007
(Dollars in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income
$ 10,780 $ 20,590 $ 25,557
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Provision for loan and lease losses
20,886 8,769 2,166
Depreciation of premises and equipment
2,357 2,246 1,987
Other-than-temporary impairment on equity securities
1,708 1,251
Other-than-temporary impairment on other long-lived assets
500
Net gain on sales of investment securities
(1,150 ) (280 ) (435 )
Realized losses on dispositions of fixed assets
144 40 112
Net gain on sales of loans and leases held for investment
(116 ) (133 )
Net gain loss on sale of loans held for sale
(2,222 ) (82 ) (64 )
Originations of loans held for sale
(143,615 ) (4,976 ) (11,664 )
Proceeds from the sale of loans held for sale
144,688 4,514 12,946
Bank owned life insurance income
(1,321 ) (2,791 ) (1,503 )
Net amortization (accretion) on investment securities
97 (339 ) (270 )
Amortization, fair market value adjustments and capitalization of other intangibles
238 642 760
Premium accretion on deposits and FHLB borrowings
(447 ) (453 ) (605 )
Deferred tax (benefit) expense
(4,480 ) (124 ) 421
Realized loss (gain) on sale of real estate owned
207 (9 )
Net decrease (increase) in deferred loan and lease fees and amortization of premiums on loans and leases
11 47 (557 )
(Increase) decrease in interest receivable and other assets
(11,218 ) (3,352 ) 5,802
Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses and other liabilities
2,893 (3,389 ) (1,727 )
Net cash provided by operating activities
20,056 22,188 32,793
Cash flows from investing activities:
Net cash paid due to acquisitions, net of cash acquired
(157 ) (9,720 ) (198 )
Net capital expenditures
(3,289 ) (6,752 ) (8,198 )
Proceeds from maturities of securities held-to-maturity
336 44,971 758
Proceeds from maturities of securities available-for-sale
58,424 167,768 67,345
Proceeds from calls of securities held-to-maturity
930 28,800
Proceeds from sales and calls of securities available-for-sale
198,835 152,186 43,316
Purchases of investment securities held-to-maturity
(73,275 )
Purchases of investment securities available-for-sale
(242,202 ) (337,295 ) (148,175 )
Purchases of lease financings
(4,178 ) (49,671 ) (34,711 )
Net decrease (increase) loans and leases
15,584 (56,524 ) 27,187
Proceeds from sales of loans and leases
2,679 4,059
(Increase) decrease in interest-earning deposits
(42,796 ) (4,764 ) 80
Net decrease in federal funds sold
11,748 11,069
Purchases of bank owned life insurance
(8,500 )
Proceeds from bank owned life insurance
3,984
Net cash used in investing activities
(18,513 ) (125,865 ) (45,968 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net increase (decrease) in deposits
36,929 (5,269 ) 44,211
Net (decrease) increase in short-term borrowings
(97,162 ) 75,954 (23,385 )
Issuance of long-term debt
30,000 10,000
Repayment of long-term debt
(1,000 )
Repayment of subordinated debt
(1,875 ) (1,500 ) (1,500 )
Issuance of common stock
55,597
Purchases of treasury stock
(370 ) (1,614 ) (7,498 )
Stock issued under dividend reinvestment and employee stock purchase plans
2,058 2,014 2,007
Proceeds from exercise of stock options, including tax benefits
93 2,032 863
Cash dividends paid
(11,078 ) (10,275 ) (10,344 )
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
(15,808 ) 91,342 13,354
Net (decrease) increase in cash and due from banks
(14,265 ) (12,335 ) 179
Cash and due from banks at beginning of year
34,800 47,135 46,956
Cash and due from banks at end of year
$ 20,535 $ 34,800 $ 47,135
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest
$ 30,440 $ 44,593 $ 54,249
Income taxes, net of refunds received
5,080 8,180 8,845
Assets acquired through acquisition
159
Goodwill and other intangibles due to acquisitions
157 9,561 198
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(All dollar amounts presented in tables are in thousands, except
per share data. “N/M” equates to “not meaningful”; “-” equates to “zero”
or “doesn’t round to a reportable number”; and “N/A” equates to “not
applicable”.)
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Organization
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (the “Corporation”) through its wholly owned subsidiary, Univest National Bank and Trust Co. (the “Bank”), is engaged in domestic commercial and retail banking services and provides a full range of community banking and trust services to its customers. The Bank wholly owns Univest Capital, Inc., which provides lease financing, and Delview, Inc., who through its subsidiaries, Univest Investments, Inc. and Univest Insurance, Inc., provides financial planning, investment management, insurance products and brokerage services. Univest Investments, Univest Insurance, Univest Capital and Univest Reinsurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation, were formed to enhance the traditional banking and trust services provided by the Bank. Univest Investments, Univest Insurance, Univest Capital and Univest Reinsurance do not currently meet the quantitative thresholds for separate disclosure provided as a business segment. Therefore, the Corporation currently has one reportable segment, “Community Banking,” and strategically is how the Corporation operates and has positioned itself in the marketplace. The Corporation’s activities are interrelated, each activity is dependent, and performance is assessed based on how each of these activities supports the others. Accordingly, significant operating decisions are based upon analysis of the Corporation as one Community Banking operating segment. The Bank serves Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Lehigh counties of Pennsylvania through thirty-two banking offices and provides banking and trust services to the residents and employees of twelve retirement communities, a work site office which performs a payroll check cashing service and an express banking center located in the Montgomery Mall. Banking services are also available on-line at the Corporation’s websites at www.univest.net and www.univestdirect.com .
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries, the Bank, Univest Realty Corporation, Univest Delaware, Inc. and Univest Reinsurance Company. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation and certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant changes include fair value measurement of investment securities available for sale and assessment for impairment of certain investment securities, the allowance for loan losses, impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets, deferred tax assets and liabilities, stock-based compensation expense, and mortgage servicing rights.
Subsequent Events
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
Interest-earning Deposits with Other Banks
Interest-earning deposits with other banks consist of deposit accounts with other financial institutions generally having maturities of three months or less.
Investment Securities
Securities are classified as investment securities held-to-maturity and carried at amortized cost if management has the positive intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity. Securities purchased with the intention of recognizing short-term profits are placed in the trading account and are carried at fair value. The Corporation did not have any trading account securities as of December, 31, 2009 or 2008. Securities not classified as held-to-maturity or trading are designated securities available-for-sale and carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of estimated income taxes. Realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are recognized using the specific identification method and are included in the consolidated statements of income. The amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts are included in interest income and calculated using the effective yield method for mortgage-backed securities and the constant yield method for all other securities.
Management evaluates debt securities, which comprise of U.S. Government, Government Sponsored Agencies, municipalities and other issuers, for other-than-temporary impairment and considers the current economic conditions, the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, interest rates and the bond rating of each security. All of the debt securities are highly rated as investment grade and Management believes that it will not incur any losses. The unrealized losses on the Corporation’s investments in debt securities are temporary in nature since they are primarily related to market interest rates and are not related to the underlying credit quality of the issuers within our investment portfolio. The Corporation does not have the intent to sell the debt securities and believes it is more likely than not, that it will not have to sell the securities before recovery of their cost basis. The credit portion of any loss on debt securities is recognized through earnings and the noncredit portion of any loss related to debt securities that the Corporation does not intend to sell and it is more likely than not that the Corporation will not be required to sell the securities prior to recovery is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax. The Corporation has not recognized any other-than-temporary impairment charges on debt securities during 2007 through 2009.
The Corporation evaluates its equity securities for other-than-temporary impairment and recognizes other-than-temporary impairment charges when it has determined that it is probable that certain equity securities will not regain market value equivalent to the Corporation’s cost basis within a reasonable period of time due to a decline in the financial stability of the underlying companies. Management evaluates the near-term prospects of the issuers in relation to the severity and duration of the impairment and the Corporation’s positive intent and ability to hold these securities until recovery to the Corporation’s cost basis occurs.
Loans and Leases
Loans and leases are stated at the principal amount less net deferred fees and unearned discount. Interest income on commercial, consumer, and mortgage loans is recorded on the outstanding balance method, using actual interest rates applied to daily principal balances. Loan commitments are made to accommodate the financial needs of the customers. These commitments represent off-balance sheet items that are unfunded. Accrual of interest income on loans and leases ceases when collectability of interest and/or principal is questionable. If it is determined that the collection of interest previously accrued is uncertain, such accrual is reversed and charged to current earnings. Loans and leases are considered past due based upon failure to comply with contractual terms.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
When a loan or lease, including an impaired loan or lease, is classified as nonaccrual, the accrual of interest on such a loan or lease is discontinued. A loan or lease is classified as nonaccrual when the contractual payment of principal or interest has become 90 days past due or management has serious doubts about the further collectability of principal or interest, even though the loan or lease is currently performing. A loan or lease may remain on accrual status if it is in the process of collection and is either guaranteed or well secured. When a loan or lease is placed on nonaccrual status, unpaid interest credited to income in the current year is reversed. Interest received on nonaccrual loans and leases is either applied against principal or reported as interest income, according to management’s judgment as to the collectability of principal. Loans and leases are usually restored to accrual status when the obligation is brought current, has performed in accordance with the contractual terms for a reasonable period of time, and the ultimate collectability of the total contractual principal and interest is no longer in doubt.
Loan and Lease Fees
Fees collected upon loan or lease origination and certain direct costs of originating loans and leases are deferred and recognized over the contractual lives of the related loans and leases as yield adjustments using the interest method. Upon prepayment or other disposition of the underlying loans and leases before their contractual maturities, any associated unearned fees or unamortized costs are recognized.
Reserve for Loan and Lease Losses
The reserve for loan and lease losses is based on management’s evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio under current economic conditions and such other factors, which deserve recognition in estimating loan and lease losses. This evaluation is inherently subjective, as it requires estimates including the amounts and timing of future cash flows expected to be received on impaired loans and leases that may be susceptible to significant change. Additions to the reserve arise from the provision for loan and lease losses charged to operations or from the recovery of amounts previously charged off. Loan and lease charge-offs reduce the reserve. Loans and leases are charged off when there has been permanent impairment or when in the opinion of management the full amount of the loan or lease, in the case of non-collateral dependent borrowings, will not be realized. Certain impaired loans and leases are reported at the present value of expected future cash flows using the loan’s or lease’s initial effective interest rate, or at the loan’s or lease’s observable market price or the fair value of the collateral if the loan or lease is collateral dependent.
The reserve for loan and lease losses consists of an allocated reserve and an unallocated reserve. The allocated reserve is comprised of reserves established on specific loans and leases, and class reserves based on historical loan and lease loss experience, current trends, and management assessments. The unallocated reserve is based on both general economic conditions and other risk factors in the Corporation’s individual markets and portfolios, and is to account for a level of imprecision in management’s estimation process.
The specific reserve element is based on a regular analysis of impaired commercial and real estate loans and leases. The specific reserve established for these loans and leases is based on a careful analysis of related collateral value, cash flow considerations and, if applicable, guarantor capacity.
The class reserve element is determined by an internal loan and lease grading process in conjunction with associated allowance factors. The Corporation revises the class allowance factors whenever necessary in order to address improving or deteriorating credit quality trends or specific risks associated with a given loan or lease pool classification.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
The Corporation maintains an unallocated reserve to recognize the existence of credit exposures that are within the loan and lease portfolio although currently undetected. There are many factors considered such as the inherent delay in obtaining information regarding a customer’s financial condition or changes in their business condition, the judgmental nature of loan and lease evaluations, the delay in the interpretation of economic trends and the judgmental nature of collateral assessments. The Corporation also maintains a reserve in other liabilities for off-balance sheet credit exposures that currently are unfunded. In addition, the Bank’s primary examiner, as a regular part of their examination process, may require the Bank to increase the level of reserves.
Premises and Equipment
Land is stated at cost, and bank premises and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed on the straight-line method and charged to operating expenses over the estimated useful lives of the assets. The estimated useful life for new buildings constructed on land owned is forty years, and for new buildings constructed on leased land, is the lesser of forty years or the lease term including anticipated renewable terms. The useful life of purchased existing buildings is the estimated remaining useful life at the time of the purchase. Land improvements are considered to have estimated useful lives of fifteen years or the lease term including anticipated renewable terms. Furniture, fixtures and equipment have estimated useful lives ranging from three to ten years.
Business Combinations and Intangible Assets
The Corporation accounts for its acquisitions using the purchase accounting method. Purchase accounting requires the total purchase price to be allocated to the estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including certain intangible assets that must be recognized. Typically, this allocation results in the purchase price exceeding the fair value of net assets acquired, which is recorded as goodwill. Core deposit intangibles are a measure of the value of checking, money market and savings deposits acquired in business combinations accounted for under the purchase method. Core deposit intangibles and other identified intangibles with finite useful lives are amortized using the sum of the year’s digits over their estimated useful lives of up to fifteen years. The Corporation completes annual impairment tests for goodwill and other intangible assets. Identifiable intangible assets are evaluated for impairment if events and circumstances indicate a possible impairment. There can be no assurance that future goodwill impairment tests will not result in a charge to earnings. Customer related intangibles are being amortized over their estimated useful lives of five to twelve years. Core deposit intangibles are being amortized over their average estimated useful lives of eight years. The covenants not to compete are being amortized over their three- to five-year contractual lives.
Mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) are recognized as separate assets when mortgage loans are sold and the rights are retained. Capitalized MSRs are reported in other assets and are amortized into noninterest income in proportion to, and over the period of, the estimated future net servicing period of the underlying mortgage loans. MSRs are evaluated for impairment based upon the fair value of the rights as compared to amortized cost. The Corporation estimates the fair value of MSRs using discounted cash flow models that calculate the present value of estimated future net servicing income. The model uses readily available prepayment speed assumptions for the current interest rates of the portfolios serviced. MSRs are carried at the lower of amortized cost or estimated fair value. Impairment is recognized through a valuation allowance, to the extent that fair value is less than the unamortized capitalized amount.
Bank Owned Life Insurance
The Corporation carries bank owned life insurance (“BOLI”) at the net cash surrender value of the policy. Changes in the net cash surrender value of these policies are reflected in noninterest income.


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Proceeds from and purchases of bank owned life insurance are reflected on the statement of cash flows under investing activities.
On January 1, 2008, the Corporation recognized a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings totaling $1.6 million related to accounting for certain endorsement split-dollar life insurance arrangements in connection with the adoption of new authoritative accounting guidance. The new accounting guidance requires the Corporation to recognize a liability for the future death benefit for agreements that provide an employee with a death benefit in a postretirement/termination period.
Other Real Estate Owned
Other real estate owned represents properties acquired through customers’ loan defaults and is included in accrued interest and other assets. The real estate is stated at an amount equal to the loan balance prior to foreclosure, plus costs incurred for improvements to the property, but no more than the fair value of the property, less estimated costs to sell. Any write-down, at or prior to the dates the real estate is considered foreclosed, is charged to the allowance for loan losses. Subsequent write-downs and any gain or loss upon the sale of real estate owned is recorded in other noninterest income. Expenses incurred in connection with holding such assets are recorded in other noninterest expense.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Corporation recognizes all derivative financial instruments on its balance sheet at fair value. Derivatives that are not hedges must be adjusted to fair value through income. If a derivative is a hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative are either offset against the change in fair value of the hedged assets, liabilities, or firm commitments through earnings, or recognized in other comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value is recognized in earnings immediately. To determine fair value, the Corporation uses a third party’s pricing models that incorporate assumptions about market conditions and risks that are current as of the reporting date.
The Corporation may use interest-rate swap agreements to modify the interest rate characteristics from variable to fixed or fixed to floating in order to reduce the impact of interest rate changes on future net interest income. The Corporation accounts for its interest-rate swap contracts in cash flow hedging relationships by establishing and documenting the effectiveness of the instrument in offsetting the change in cash flows of assets or liabilities that are being hedged. To determine effectiveness, the Corporation performs an analysis to identify if changes in fair value or cash flow of the derivative correlate to the equivalent changes in the forecasted interest receipts related to a specified hedged item. Recorded amounts related to interest-rate swaps are included in other assets or liabilities. The change in fair value of the ineffective part of the instrument would need to be charged to the statement of operations, potentially causing material fluctuations in reported earnings in the period of the change relative to comparable periods. In a fair value hedge, the fair values of the interest rate swap agreements and changes in the fair values of the hedged items are recorded in the Corporation’s consolidated balance sheets with the corresponding gain or loss being recognized in current earnings. The difference between changes in the fair values of interest rate swap agreements and the hedged items represents hedge ineffectiveness and is recorded in net interest income in the statement of operations. The Corporation performs an assessment, both at the inception of the hedge and quarterly thereafter, to determine whether these derivatives are highly effective in offsetting changes in the value of the hedged items.
In connection with its mortgage banking activities, the Corporation enters into commitments to originate certain fixed-rate residential mortgage loans for customers, also referred to as interest rate locks. In addition, the Corporation enters into forward commitments for the future sale or purchase of mortgage-backed securities to or from third-party investors to hedge the effect of changes in interest rates on the


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value of the interest rate locks. Forward sales commitments may also be in the form of commitments to sell individual mortgage loans at a fixed price at a future date. Both the interest rate locks and the forward commitments are accounted for as derivatives and carried at fair value, determined as the amount that would be necessary to settle each derivative financial instrument at the end of the period. Gross derivative assets and liabilities are recorded within other assets and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets, with changes in fair value during the period recorded within gains on sales of mortgage loans on the consolidated statements of operations.
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock, Federal Reserve Bank Stock and Certain Other Investments without Readily Determinable Fair Values
Federal Home Loan Bank stock, Federal Reserve Bank stock and certain other investments without readily determinable fair values are classified as other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. These investments are carried at cost and evaluated for impairment periodically or if events or circumstances indicate that there may be impairment.
Low Income Housing Investments
Low income housing (LIH) investments are amortized under the effective interest method over the life of the Federal income tax credits generated as of such investments, generally ten years. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Corporation’s LIH investments, included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets, totaled $1 thousand and $54 thousand, respectively. The net income tax benefit associated with these investments was $76 thousand for each year of 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. None of the Corporation’s LIH investments met consolidation criteria as of December 31, 2009 or 2008.
Income Taxes
There are two components of income tax expense: current and deferred. Current income tax expense approximates cash to be paid or refunded for taxes for the applicable period. Deferred income taxes are provided for temporary differences between amounts reported for financial statement and tax purposes. Deferred income taxes are computed using the asset and liability method, such that deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between financial reporting amounts and the tax basis of existing assets and liabilities based on currently enacted tax laws and tax rates in effect for the periods in which the differences are expected to reverse. Deferred tax assets are subject to management’s judgment based upon available evidence that future realizations are “more likely than not.” If management determines that the Corporation is not, more likely than not, to realize some or all of the net deferred tax asset in the future, a charge to income tax expense may be required to reduce the value of the net deferred tax asset to the expected realizable value. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. Penalties are recorded in non-interest expense in the year they are assessed and paid and are treated as a non-deductible expense for tax purposes. Interest is recorded in non-interest expense in the year it is assessed and paid and is treated as a deductible expense for tax purposes.
Retirement Plan, Supplemental Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
Substantially all employees are covered by a noncontributory retirement plan. The plan provides benefits based on a formula of each participant’s final average pay. On June 24, 2009, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation resolved that effective December 31, 2009, the benefits under the noncontributory retirement plan, in its current form, would be frozen and the current plan would be amended and converted to a cash balance plan under which employees would continue to


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receive future benefits in accordance with the provisions of the cash balance plan. Additionally, participation in the plan was frozen to new entrants effective December 7, 2009. The Corporation also provides supplemental executive retirement benefits, a portion of which is in excess of limits imposed on qualified plans by federal tax law. These plans are non-qualified benefit plans. The Corporation provides certain postretirement healthcare and life insurance benefits for retired employees. The Corporation’s measurement date for plan assets and obligation is fiscal year-end. The Corporation recognizes on its balance sheet the funded status of its defined pension plans and changes in the funded status of the plan in the year in which the changes occur. An under-funded position would create a liability and an over-funded position would create an asset, with a correlating deferred tax asset or liability. The net impact would be an adjustment to equity as accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). The Corporation also recognizes as a component of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, the actuarial gains and losses and the prior service costs and credits that arise during the period.
The Corporation sponsors a 401(k) deferred salary savings plan, which is a qualified defined contribution plan, and which covers all employees of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, and provides that the Corporation make matching contributions as defined by the plan.
Stock Based Compensation
The fair value of share based awards is recognized as compensation expense over the vesting period based on the grant-date fair value of the awards. The Corporation uses the Black-Scholes Model to estimate the fair value of each option on the date of grant. The Black-Scholes Model estimates the fair value of employee stock options using a pricing model which takes into consideration the exercise price of the option, the expected life of the option, the current market price and its expected volatility, the expected dividends on the stock and the current risk-free interest rate for the expected life of the option. The Corporation grants stock options to employees with an exercise price equal to the fair value of the shares at the date of grant. The fair value of restricted stock is equivalent to the fair value on the date of grant and is amortized over the vesting period.
Dividend Reinvestment and Employee Stock Purchase Plans
The Univest Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Reinvestment Plan”) allows for the issuance of 1,968,750 shares of common stock. During 2009 and 2008, 75,936 and 69,235 shares, respectively, were issued under the Reinvestment Plan, with 1,039,534 shares available for future purchase as of December 31, 2009.
The 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”) allows for the issuance of 984,375 shares of common stock. Employees may elect to make contributions to the Purchase Plan in an aggregate amount not less than 2% nor more than 10% of such employee’s total compensation. These contributions are then used to purchase stock during an offering period determined by the Corporation’s Administrative Committee. The purchase price of the stock is based solely on the market price of the shares at the date of purchase. Compensation expense is recognized if the discount is greater than 5% of the fair value. During 2009 and 2008, 14,412 and 11,494 shares, respectively, were issued under the Purchase Plan, with 843,803 shares available for future purchase as of December 31, 2009.
Marketing and Advertising Costs
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Statement of Cash Flows
The Corporation has defined those items included in the caption “Cash and due from banks” as cash and cash equivalents.
Trust Assets
Assets held by the Corporation in a fiduciary or agency capacity for its customers are not included in the consolidated financial statements since such items are not assets of the Corporation.
Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings per share represents income available to common shareholders divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects additional common shares that would have been outstanding if option common shares had been issued, as well as any adjustment to income that would result from the assumed issuance. Potential common shares that may be issued by the Corporation relate solely to outstanding stock options, and are determined using the treasury stock method. The effects of options to issue common stock are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share in periods in which the effect would be antidilutive.
Variable Interest Entities
Variable interest entities (VIE’s) are entities in which equity investors do not have a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance activities without additional financial support from other parties. A company must consolidate a VIE if the company has a variable interest that will absorb a majority of the VIE’s losses, if they occur, and/or receive a majority of the VIE’s residual returns, if they occur.
The accounting standards related to Subsidiary Trusts, as interpreted by the SEC, disallow consolidation of Subsidiary Trusts in the financial statements of the Corporation. As a result, securities that were issued by the trusts (Trust Preferred Securities) are not included on the Corporation’s consolidated balance sheets. The junior subordinated debentures issued by the Parent Company to the Subsidiary Trusts, which have the same total balance and rate as the combined equity securities and trust preferred securities issued by the Subsidiary Trusts remain in long-term debt.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In January 2010, the FASB issued an Accounting Standard Codification Update for improving disclosures about fair value measurements. This update requires companies to disclose, and provide the reasons for, all transfers of assets and liabilities between the Level 1 and 2 fair value categories. It also clarifies that companies should provide fair value measurement disclosures for classes of assets and liabilities which are subsets of line items within the balance sheet, if necessary. In addition, the update clarifies that companies provide disclosures about the fair value techniques and inputs for assets and liabilities classified within Level 2 or 3 categories. The disclosure requirements prescribed by this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2009, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, or March 31, 2010 for the Corporation. This update also requires companies to reconcile changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities by separately providing information about Level 3 purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis. This provision of this update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, or March 31, 2011 for the Corporation. The adoption of this update is not expected to materially impact the Corporation’s fair value measurement disclosures.


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In September 2009, the FASB issued an Accounting Standard Codification Update for fair value measurements and disclosures related to investments in certain entities that calculate net asset value per share or its equivalent. The update permits, as a practical expedient, a reporting entity to measure the fair value of an investment that is within the scope of the amendments in this update on the basis of the net asset value per share of the investment (or its equivalent) if the net asset value of the investment (or its equivalent) is calculated in a manner consistent with the measurement principles of this update as of the reporting entity’s measurement date. The update also requires disclosures by major category of investment about the attributes of investments within the scope of the update. The update is effective for interim and annual periods ending after December 15, 2009. The adoption of this update did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2009.
In June 2009, the FASB issued the Accounting Standards Codification (the ASC or the Codification) establishing the Codification as the single source of authoritative nongovernmental U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The Codification did not change current GAAP, but was intended to simplify user access to all authoritative GAAP by providing all the authoritative literature related to a particular topic in one place. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. On the effective date of the Codification, all existing accounting standard documents are superseded and all other accounting literature not included in the Codification is considered nonauthoritative, other than guidance issued by the SEC. The Codification was effective for interim or annual reporting periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of the Codification did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s financial statements as of December 31, 2009, although references to specific authoritative literature in financial statements were eliminated and discussions of accounting concepts were enhanced.
In June 2009, the FASB issued standards for accounting for transfers of financial assets and amendments to guidance relating to consolidation of variable interest entities. The standards change off-balance-sheet accounting of financial instruments including the way entities account for securitizations and special-purpose entities. The standards relating to accounting for transfers of financial assets require more information about sales of securitized financial assets and similar transactions, particularly if the seller retains some risk to the assets. They eliminate the concept of a “qualifying special purpose entity,” change the requirement for derecognizing financial assets, and require sellers of the assets to make additional disclosures about them. The guidance relating to consolidation of variable interest entities alters how a company determines when an entity that is insufficiently capitalized or is not controlled through voting should be consolidated. A company has to determine whether it should provide consolidated reporting of any entity based upon the entity’s purpose and design and the parent company’s ability to direct the entity’s actions. The standards are effective at the start of the first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2009 and are not anticipated to have a material impact on the Corporation’s financial statements.
In May 2009, the FASB issued general standards of accounting and disclosure for subsequent events. Subsequent events are events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date but before the release of financial statements. The subsequent events standards were effective for reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. The application of these standards did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2009.
In April 2009, the FASB issued standards for recognition and presentation of other-than-temporary impairments. The standards (i) change existing guidance for determining whether an impairment is other- than-temporary for debt securities and (ii) replace the existing requirement that the entity’s management assert it has both the intent and ability to hold an impaired security until recovery with a requirement that management assert: (a) it does not have the intent to sell the security; and (b) it is more likely than not it will


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not have to sell the security before recovery of its cost basis. Declines in the fair value of held-to-maturity and available-for-sale securities below their cost that are deemed to be other-than-temporary are reflected in earnings as realized losses to the extent the impairment is related to credit losses. The amount of impairment related to other factors is recognized in other comprehensive income. These standards were effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. The application of the provisions of these standards did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2009.
In April 2009, the FASB issued standards for 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. The standards were effective prospectively for interim periods and annual years ending after June 15, 2009. The application of the provisions of these standards did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2009.
In April 2009, the FASB issued standards for accounting for assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination that arise from contingencies. The standards provide guidance in respect of initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement, and disclosures concerning assets and liabilities arising from pre-acquisition contingencies in a business combination. The standards were effective for business combinations for which the acquisition date was on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The application of the provisions of these standards did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2009.
In December 2008, the FASB issued standards to require disclosure of additional information concerning assets held in a defined benefit pension or other postretirement benefit plan. Under these standards, disclosures should provide users of financial statements with an understanding of how investment allocation decisions are made, the factors that are pertinent to an understanding of investment policies and strategies, the major categories of plan assets, the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of plan assets, the effect of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs on changes in plan assets for the period and significant concentrations of risk within plan assets. The additional disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009, with earlier application permitted. Upon initial application, comparative information is not required for earlier periods presented. The additional required disclosures under these standards are included in Note 10, “Retirement Plan and Supplemental Retirement Plans.”
Note 2. Restrictions on Cash and Due from Bank Accounts
The Bank maintains reserve balances under Federal Reserve Bank requirements. The reserve requirement at December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $4.4 million and $6.0 million, respectively, and was satisfied by vault cash held at the Bank’s branches. No additional reserves were required to be maintained at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia in excess of the required $25 thousand clearing balance requirement. The average balances at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia were $26.5 million and $6.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.


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Note 3. Investment Securities
The following table shows the amortized cost and the approximate fair value of the held-to-maturity securities and available-for-sale securities at December 31, 2009 and 2008, by maturity within each type:
December 31, 2009 December 31, 2008
Gross
Gross
Gross
Gross
Amortized
Unrealized
Unrealized
Fair
Amortized
Unrealized
Unrealized
Market
Cost Gains Losses Value Cost Gains Losses Value
Held-to-Maturity Securities
Residential mortgage-backed securities:
Within 1 year
$ $ $ $ $ 5 $ $ $ 5
After 1 year to 5 years
87 5 92 222 8 230
After 5 years to 10 years
199 10 209
Over 10 years
927 46 973
87 5 92 1,353 64 1,417
Other securities:
After 1 year to 5 years
16 16 15 15
16 16 15 15
Total
$ 103 $ 5 $ $ 108 $ 1,368 $ 64 $ $ 1,432
Securities Available-for-Sale
U.S. Treasury:
Within 1 year
$ $ $ $ 5,871 $ $ (9 ) $ 5,862
5,871 (9 ) 5,862
U.S. government corporations and agencies:
Within 1 year
$ 7,000 $ $ $ 7,000 $ $ $ $
After 1 year to 5 years
112,937 293 (238 ) 112,992 97,994 884 (34 ) 98,844
119,937 293 (238 ) 119,992 97,994 884 (34 ) 98,844
State and political subdivisions:
After 1 year to 5 years
8,287 262 (2 ) 8,547 3,048 109 (5 ) 3,152
After 5 years to 10 years
28,894 636 (23 ) 29,507 28,176 939 (37 ) 29,078
Over 10 years
68,560 1,200 (248 ) 69,512 68,572 478 (930 ) 68,120
105,741 2,098 (273 ) 107,566 99,796 1,526 (972 ) 100,350
Residential mortgage-backed securities:
Within 1 year
1,461 18 1,479 175 1 176
After 1 year to 5 years
6 6 2,910 3 (4 ) 2,909
After 5 years to 10 years
15,865 452 16,317 3,760 130 3,890
Over 10 years
80,464 3,852 (829 ) 83,487 119,907 3,091 (65 ) 122,933
97,796 4,322 (829 ) 101,289 126,752 3,225 (69 ) 129,908
Commercial mortgage obligations:
After 5 years to 10 years
8,644 327 8,971 4,763 13 (55 ) 4,721
Over 10 years
68,440 2,043 70,483 75,957 1,421 (1,894 ) 75,484
77,084 2,370 79,454 80,720 1,434 (1,949 ) 80,205
Asset backed securities:
After 1 year to 5 years
564 9 573 1,231 (20 ) 1,211
564 9 573 1,231 (20 ) 1,211
Other securities:
Within 1 year
5,968 48 6,016 4,583 4,583
After 1 year to 5 years
2,996 132 3,128 6,992 165 (130 ) 7,027
8,964 180 9,144 11,575 165 (130 ) 11,610
Equity securities:
No stated maturity
1,589 363 (28 ) 1,924 3,447 53 (592 ) 2,908
1,589 363 (28 ) 1,924 3,447 53 (592 ) 2,908
Total
$ 411,675 $ 9,635 $ (1,368 ) $ 419,942 $ 427,386 $ 7,287 $ (3,775 ) $ 430,898
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Securities with a fair value of $300.7 million and $311.7 million at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, were pledged to secure public deposits and for other purposes as required by law.
During the year ended December 31, 2009, available-for-sale securities with a fair value at the date of sale of $50.8 million were sold; $58.9 million were sold in 2008; and $6.1 million were sold in 2007. Gross realized gains on such sales totaled $1.2 million during 2009, $282 thousand during 2008 and $435 thousand in 2007. Gross realized losses on sales totaled $28 thousand in 2009, $2 thousand in 2008 and there were no losses on realized sales in 2007. Tax expense related to net realized gains from the sales of investment securities for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 were $403 thousand, $99 thousand and $152 thousand, respectively. Accumulated other comprehensive income related to securities of $5.4 million and $2.3 million, net of taxes, has been included in shareholders’ equity at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Unrealized losses in investment securities at December 31, 2009 and 2008 do not represent other-than-temporary impairments.
The Corporation realized other-than-temporary impairment charges of $1.7 million and $1.3 million, respectively, to noninterest income on its equity portfolio during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. The Corporation determined that it was probable that certain equity securities would not regain market value equivalent to the Corporation’s cost basis within a reasonable period of time due to a decline in the financial stability of the underlying companies. The Corporation carefully monitors all of its equity securities and has not taken impairment losses on certain other under-water equity securities, at this time, as the financial performance of the underlying companies is not indicative of the market deterioration of their stock and it is probable that the market value of the equity securities will recover to the Corporation’s cost basis in the individual securities in a reasonable amount of time. The equity securities within the following table consist of common stocks of other financial institutions, which have experienced recent declines in value consistent with the industry as a whole. Management evaluated the near-term prospects of the issuers in relation to the severity and duration of the impairment. The Corporation has the positive intent and ability to hold these securities until recovery to the Corporation’s cost basis occurs. The Corporation does not consider those investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at December 31, 2009.
At December 31, 2009 and 2008, there were no investments in any single non-federal issuer representing more than 10% of shareholders’ equity.
The following table shows the amount of securities that were in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2009 and 2008:
At December 31, 2009
Less than Twelve Months Twelve Months or Longer Total
Fair
Unrealized
Fair
Unrealized
Fair
Unrealized
Value Losses Value Losses Value Losses
U.S. government corporations and agencies
$ 47,057 $ (238 ) $ $ $ 47,057 $ (238 )
State and political subdivisions
16,378 (248 ) 1,141 (25 ) 17,519 (273 )
Residential mortgage-backed securities
5,323 (829 ) 5,323 (829 )
Commercial mortgage obligations
Other securities
Equity securities
128 (15 ) 95 (13 ) 223 (28 )
Total
$ 63,563 $ (501 ) $ 6,559 $ (867 ) $ 70,122 $ (1,368 )


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At December 31, 2008
Less than Twelve Months Twelve Months or Longer Total
Fair
Unrealized
Fair
Unrealized
Fair
Unrealized
Value Losses Value Losses Value Losses
U.S. Treasury
$ 5,862 $ (9 ) $ $ $ 5,862 $ (9 )
U.S. government corporations and agencies
5,007 (34 ) 5,007 (34 )
State and political subdivisions
32,985 (704 ) 6,897 (268 ) 39,882 (972 )
Residential mortgage-backed securities
12,718 (69 ) 12,718 (69 )
Commercial mortgage obligations
4,449 (9 ) 8,909 (1,940 ) 13,358 (1,949 )
Asset-backed securities
1,211 (20 ) 1,211 (20 )
Other securities
2,863 (130 ) 2,863 (130 )
Equity securities
1,062 (270 ) 1,137 (322 ) 2,199 (592 )
Total
$ 66,157 $ (1,245 ) $ 16,943 $ (2,530 ) $ 83,100 $ (3,775 )
Note 4. Loans and Leases
The following is a summary of the major loan and lease categories:
At December 31,
2009 2008
Commercial, financial and agricultural
$ 447,495 $ 424,649
Real estate-commercial
487,688 399,003
Real estate-construction
91,891 153,506
Real estate-residential
266,622 316,039
Loans to individuals
46,761 54,212
Lease financings
95,678 110,095
Total gross loans and leases
1,436,135 1,457,504
Less: Unearned income
(10,155 ) (7,612 )
Total loans and leases, net of unearned income
$ 1,425,980 $ 1,449,892
Net unamortized deferred loan and lease origination fees, which are recorded within each loan category, for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, were $1.1 million and $936 thousand, respectively. Overdraft deposits are re-classified as loans and are included in the total loans and leases on the balance sheet. For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, overdrafts were $495 thousand and $283 thousand, respectively.

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The Corporation is a lessor of primarily small-ticket equipment under agreements expiring at various dates through the Year 2015. At December 31, 2009, the schedule of minimum lease payments is as follows:
2009
$ 38,937
2010
29,809
2011
16,611
2012
7,816
2013
2,455
Thereafter
50
Total future minimum lease payments receivable
95,678
Less: Unearned income
(10,155 )
Total lease financing receivables, net of unearned income
$ 85,523
Note 5. Reserve for Loan and Lease Losses
A summary of the activity in the reserve for loan and lease losses is as follows:
For the Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 2007
Balance at beginning of year
$ 13,118 $ 13,086 $ 13,283
Provision for loan and lease losses
20,886 8,769 2,166
Recoveries
1,242 568 657
Loans and leases charged off
(10,448 ) (9,305 ) (3,020 )
Balance at end of year
$ 24,798 $ 13,118 $ 13,086
Information with respect to loans and leases that are impaired is as follows:
December 31,
2009 2008
Loan
Specific
Loan
Specific
Balance Reserve Balance Reserve
Average recorded investment in impaired loans and leases
$ 16,570 $ 7,135
Recorded investment in impaired loans and leases at year-end subject to a specific reserve for loan and lease losses and corresponding specific reserve
$ 9,549 $ 1,424 $ 166 $ 36
Recorded investment in impaired loans and leases at year-end requiring no specific reserve for loan and lease losses
27,560 5,243
Recorded investment in impaired loans and leases at year-end
$ 37,109 $ 5,409
Recorded investment in nonaccrual and restructured loans and leases
$ 37,109 $ 5,409
Loans and leases greater than 90 days past due and still accruing interest were $726 thousand and $1.1 million at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Any income accrued on one-to-four family


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residential properties after the loan becomes 90 days past due is held in a reserve for uncollected interest. The reserve for uncollected interest was $29 thousand and $8 thousand at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Other real estate owned was $3.4 million and $346 thousand at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
The Bank maintains a reserve in other liabilities for off-balance sheet credit exposures that currently are unfunded. The reserve for off-balance sheet credits was $145 thousand and $150 thousand at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
The following is an analysis of interest on nonaccrual and restructured loans and leases:
December 31,
2009 2008 2007
Nonaccrual and restructured loans and leases
$ 37,109 $ 5,409 $ 6,878
Interest income that would have been recognized under original terms
969 685 747
Interest income of $79 thousand and $11 thousand was recognized on these loans and leases at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. No interest income was recognized on these loans and leases for the year ended December 31, 2007.
Note 6. Premises and Equipment
The following table reflects the components of premises and equipment:
At December 31,
2009 2008
Land and land improvements
$ 8,270 $ 8,025
Premises and improvements
34,493 32,567
Furniture and equipment
17,307 18,039
Total cost
60,070 58,631
Less: accumulated depreciation
(25,869 ) (26,029 )
Net book value
$ 34,201 $ 32,602
Note 7. Intangible Assets
The Corporation has completed an annual impairment test for the intangible asset category. There were no impairments in 2009 and 2008 and $14 thousand was recognized in other noninterest expense on customer related intangibles in 2007. There can be no assurance that future impairment tests will not result in a charge to earnings.
The Corporation has covenants not to compete, intangible assets due to branch acquisitions, core deposit intangibles, customer-related intangibles and mortgage servicing rights, which are not deemed to have an indefinite life and therefore will continue to be amortized over their useful life using the present value of projected cash flows. The amortization for these intangible assets was: $1.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009; $642 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2008; and $742 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2007. The Corporation also has goodwill with a net carrying amount of $50.4 million, which is deemed to be an indefinite intangible asset and is not amortized. On December 29, 2008, the Corporation completed the acquisition of Liberty Benefits, Inc., a full service employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm specializing in providing comprehensive employee benefits packages to businesses both large and small. The Corporation recorded $2.8 million in goodwill and $740 thousand in customer related intangibles as a result of the Liberty Benefits, Inc. acquisition. On December 31, 2008,


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the Corporation completed the acquisition of the Trollinger Consulting Group and related entities, an independent actuarial, administrative, consulting/compliance, and investment counseling firm that exclusively serves Municipal Pension Plan clients. The Corporation recorded $2.9 million in goodwill and $3.0 million in customer related intangibles as a result of the Trollinger Consulting Group acquisition. On July 27, 2006, the Corporation completed the acquisition of B. G. Balmer & Company, Inc., a full-service insurance agency, located in West Chester, Pa. In connection with this acquisition, $3.1 million was recorded to goodwill, $1.5 million was recorded to a customer-related intangible and $100 thousand was recorded for a covenant not to compete. The Corporation recorded additional goodwill of $157 thousand in 2009 related to its 2008 acquisition of Trollinger Consulting Group. The Corporation recorded additional goodwill of $151 thousand in 2008 related to its 2005 acquisition of Donald K. Martin & Company.
Changes in the carrying amount of the Corporation’s goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were as follows:
Balance as of December 31, 2007
$ 44,438
Additions:
Donald K. Martin & Company
151
Liberty Benefits, Inc.
2,720
Trollinger Consulting Group
2,927
Balance as of December 31, 2008
$ 50,236
Additions:
Trollinger Consulting Group
157
Balance as of December 31, 2009
$ 50,393
The following table reflects the components of intangible assets as of the dates indicated:
December 31, 2009 December 31, 2008
Accumulated
Accumulated
Gross
Amortization
Net
Gross
Amortization
Net
Carrying
and Fair Value
Carrying
Carrying
and Fair Value
Carrying
Amount Adjustments Amount Amount Adjustments Amount
Amortized intangible assets:
Covenants not to compete
$ 320 $ 288 $ 32 $ 320 $ 268 $ 52
Branch acquisitions
2,951 2,951 2,951 2,951
Core deposit intangibles
2,201 1,786 415 2,201 1,539 662
Customer related intangibles
5,302 1,609 3,693 5,302 619 4,683
Mortgage servicing rights, net
2,818 1,381 1,437 1,538 1,120 418
Total amortized intangible assets
$ 13,592 $ 8,015 $ 5,577 $ 12,312 $ 6,497 $ 5,815
The estimated aggregate amortization expense includes covenants not to compete, core deposit intangibles and customer related intangibles for each of the five succeeding fiscal years was as follows:
Year
Amount
2010
$ 864
2011
740
2012
618
2013
498
2014
380


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The Corporation has originated mortgage servicing rights which are included in other intangible assets on the consolidated balance sheets. Mortgage servicing rights are amortized in proportion to, and over the period of, estimated net servicing income on a basis similar to the interest method using an accelerated amortization method and are subject to periodic impairment testing.
Changes in the mortgage servicing rights balance are summarized as follows:
For the Years Ended
December 31,
2009 2008 2007
Beginning balance
$ 418 $ 512 $ 540
Servicing rights capitalized
1,280 51 31
Amortization of servicing rights
(178 ) (27 ) (44 )
Changes in valuation
(83 ) (118 ) (15 )
Ending balance
$ 1,437 $ 418 $ 512
Mortgage loans serviced for others
$ 174,066 $ 55,138 $ 57,774
Activity in the valuation allowance for mortgage servicing rights was as follows:
For the Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 2007
Beginning balance.
$ (167 ) $ (49 ) $ (33 )
Additions
(83 ) (118 ) (16 )
Reductions
Direct write-downs
Ending balance
$ (250 ) $ (167 ) $ (49 )
The estimated amortization expense of mortgage servicing rights for each of the five succeeding fiscal years was as follows:
Year
Amount
2010
$ 104
2011
93
2012
71
2013
55
2014
42
Thereafter
128
The balance of mortgage servicing rights, net of fair value adjustments and accumulated amortization, or fair value, included in other intangibles at December 31, 2009 was $1.4 million and at December 31, 2008 was $418 thousand. The aggregate fair value of these rights was $1.4 million and $418 thousand at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The fair value of mortgage servicing rights was determined using discount rates ranging from 4.4% to 6.3% for 2009. Amortization of mortgage servicing rights of approximately $178 thousand was recorded during 2009, $27 thousand during 2008, and $44 thousand during 2007. The cumulative unfavorable fair value adjustments were $250 thousand, $167 thousand and $49 thousand at December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.


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Note 8. Accrued Interest and Other Assets
The following table provides the details of accrued interest and other assets:
At December 31,
2009 2008
Other real estate owned
$ 3,428 $ 346
Accrued interest receivable
7,613 8,319
Accrued income and other receivables
2,772 2,707
Fair market value of derivative instruments
3,124 34
Prepaid FDIC insurance assessments
8,427
Other prepaid expenses
9,145 8,417
Federal Reserve Bank stock, Federal Home Loan Bank stock and other not readily marketable equity securities
11,910 10,761
Net deferred tax assets
9,947 9,834
Other
627 657
Total accrued interest and other assets
$ 56,993 $ 41,075
On September 28, 2009, the FDIC Board proposed an institutional prepaid FDIC assessment to recapitalize the Deposit Insurance Fund which was finalized in the Fourth Quarter of 2009. The amount was paid on December 30, 2009 for the Fourth Quarter 2009, and for all of 2010, 2011 and 2012. This assessment was based on an estimated 5% annual growth rate in deposits during 2010, 2011 and 2012; and a 3 basis-point increase in the base assessment rate at September 30, 2009 to be applied in 2011 and 2012. The Bank paid $9.0 million to the FDIC on December 30, 2009 of which $8.4 million will remain in a prepaid asset account. The prepaid amount of $8.4 million has a zero percent risk-weighting for risk-based capital ratio calculations. The prepaid amount will be expensed over the 2010 though 2012 period as the actual FDIC assessment are determined for each interim quarterly period. Any excess prepaid amounts may be utilized up to December 30, 2014 at which time any excess will be returned to the Bank.
At December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Bank held $3.3 million and $1.7 million, respectively, in Federal Reserve Bank stock as required by the Federal Reserve Bank. The Bank is required to hold stock in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (“FHLB”) in relation to the level of outstanding borrowings. The Bank held FHLB stock of $7.4 million as of December 31, 2009 and 2008. On December 23, 2008, the FHLB announced that it would be suspending the payment of dividends and the repurchase of excess capital stock in-order to rebuild its capital levels. This is due to the other-than-temporary impairment write down required on their private-label mortgage portfolio which could reduce their capital below required levels. Additionally, the FHLB might require its members to increase its capital stock requirement. Based on current information from the FHLB, Management believes that if there is any impairment in the stock it is temporary. Therefore, as of December 31, 2009, the FHLB stock is recorded at cost.
At December 31, 2009, the Corporation held certain equity investments for which it is restricted from trading and had been carried at cost. During 2009, the Corporation recorded an other-than-temporary impairment on these long-lived assets of $500 thousand. The Corporation determined that it was probable that these long-lived assets would not regain market value equivalent to the Corporation’s cost basis within a reasonable period of time due to a decline in the financial stability of the underlying company.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
Note 9. Income Taxes
The provision for federal and state income taxes included in the accompanying consolidated statements of income consists of the following:
For the Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 2007
Current:
Federal
$ 5,057 $ 5,727 $ 8,688
State
(14 ) 175 242
Deferred:
Federal
(4,543 ) (124 ) 421
State
63
$ 563 $ 5,778 $ 9,351
The provision for income taxes differs from the expected statutory provision as follows:
For the Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 2007
Expected provision at statutory rate
35.0 % 35.0 % 35.0 %
Difference resulting from:
Tax exempt interest income
(25.0 ) (9.9 ) (7.3 )
Increase in value of bank owned life insurance assets
(4.1 ) (3.7 ) (1.5 )
Other, including state income taxes, valuation allowance and rate differential
(0.9 ) 0.5 0.6
5.0 % 21.9 % 26.8 %
During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Corporation recorded tax benefits resulting from the exercise of employee stock options and restricted stock of $210 thousand to additional paid-in capital. There were no tax benefits recorded during the year ended December 31, 2009.
As of December 31, 2009 the Corporation had no material unrecognized tax benefits, accrued interest or penalties. Penalties are recorded in non-interest expense in the year they are assessed and are treated as a non-deductible expense for tax purposes. Interest is recorded in non-interest expense in the year it is assessed and is treated as a deductible expense for tax purposes. As of December 31, 2009, the Corporation’s 2006 and 2007 federal tax returns were examined with some minor adjustments, and tax years 2006 through 2008 remain subject to federal examination as well as examination by state taxing jurisdictions.
Deferred income taxes reflect the tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amount used for income tax purposes. Deferred state taxes are combined with federal deferred taxes (net of the impact of deferred state tax on the deferred federal tax) and are shown in the table below by major category of deferred income or expense. There were no deferred state taxes recorded in 2008 other than those on state net operating loss carryforwards. The Corporation had state net operating loss carryforwards of $13.0 million which will begin to expire after December 31, 2018 if not utilized. A valuation allowance at December 31, 2009 and 2008 was attributable to deferred tax assets generated in certain state jurisdictions for which management believes it is more likely than not that such deferred tax assets will not be realized.


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Additionally, deferred tax assets of $7 thousand and $6 thousand were reversed during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, as a result of unrecognizable restricted stock and non-qualified stock option expense.
The assets and liabilities giving rise to the Corporation’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
At December 31,
2009 2008
Deferred tax assets:
Loan and lease loss
$ 8,756 $ 4,591
Deferred compensation
2,426 2,041
Postretirement benefits
578 459
Actuarial adjustments on postretirement benefits*
3,794 5,789
Vacation accrual
366 376
Depreciation
12
State net operating losses
846 837
Other-than-temporary impairment on equity securities
1,315 438
Other
822 374
Gross deferred tax assets
18,903 14,917
Valuation allowance
(1,405 ) (837 )
Total deferred tax assets
17,498 14,080
Deferred tax liabilities:
Market discount
691 263
Retirement plans
1,117 1,696
Depreciation
273
Deferred fees and expense
175 63
Prepaid expenses
371 340
Intangible assets
564 334
Net unrealized holding gains on securities available for sale and swaps*
3,512 1,148
Other
848 402
Total deferred tax liabilities
7,551 4,246
Net deferred tax assets
$ 9,947 $ 9,834
* Represents the amount of deferred taxes recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
Note 10. Retirement Plan and Supplemental Retirement Plans
Substantially all employees are covered by a noncontributory retirement plan. The plan provides benefits based on a formula of each participant’s final average pay. On June 24, 2009, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation resolved that effective December 31, 2009, the benefits under the noncontributory retirement plan, in its current form, would be frozen and the current plan would be amended and converted to a cash balance plan under which employees would continue to receive future benefits in accordance with the provisions of the cash balance plan. Additionally,


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participation in the plan was frozen to new entrants effective December 7, 2009. The Corporation also provides supplemental executive retirement benefits, a portion of which is in excess of limits imposed on qualified plans by federal tax law. These plans are non-qualified benefit plans. Information on these plans are aggregated and reported under “Retirement Plans” within this footnote.
The Corporation also provides certain postretirement healthcare and life insurance benefits for retired employees. Information on these benefits is reported under “Other Postretirement Benefits” within this footnote.
The Corporation sponsors a 401(k) deferred salary savings plan, which is a qualified defined contribution plan, and which covers all employees of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, and provides that the Corporation makes matching contributions as defined by the plan. Expense recorded by the Corporation for the 401(k) deferred salary savings plan for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 was $536 thousand, $493 thousand and $507 thousand, respectively.
Information with respect to the Retirement and Supplemental Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits follows:
Other
Postretirement
Retirement Plans Benefits
2009 2008 2009 2008
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation at beginning of year
$ 36,405 $ 30,425 $ 1,486 $ 1,319
Service cost
1,407 1,209 68 47
Interest cost
1,964 1,868 91 75
Plan amendment
(2,726 )
Actuarial (gain) loss
(76 ) 4,906 72 134
Benefits paid
(1,989 ) (2,003 ) (81 ) (89 )
Benefit obligation at end of year
$ 34,985 $ 36,405 $ 1,636 $ 1,486
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year
$ 19,422 $ 23,452 $ $
Actual return on plan assets
3,543 (4,342 )
Benefits paid
(1,989 ) (2,003 ) (81 ) (89 )
Employer contribution and non-qualified benefit payments
630 2,315 81 89
Fair value of plan assets at end of year
21,606 19,422
Funded status
(13,379 ) (16,983 ) (1,636 ) (1,486 )
Unrecognized net actuarial loss
13,128 16,123 333 285
Unrecognized prior service (costs) benefits
(2,531 ) 243 (88 ) (109 )
Net amount recognized
$ (2,782 ) $ (617 ) $ (1,391 ) $ (1,310 )


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
Information for the pension plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets:
At December 31,
2009 2008
Projected benefit obligation
$ 28,896 $ 30,886
Accumulated benefit obligation
26,615 26,615
Fair value of plan assets
21,606 19,422
The retirement benefit cost includes the following components:
Other
Postretirement
Retirement Plans Benefits
2009 2008 2007 2009 2008 2007
Service cost
$ 1,407 $ 1,209 $ 1,290 $ 68 $ 47 $ 61
Interest cost
1,964 1,868 1,763 91 75 76
Expected return on plan assets
(1,545 ) (1,872 ) (1,798 )
Amortization of net loss
899 358 366 25 3 6
Amortization (accretion) of prior service cost
47 46 (43 ) (20 ) (20 ) (20 )
Net periodic benefit cost
$ 2,772 $ 1,609 $ 1,578 $ 164 $ 105 $ 123
Other
Retirement
Postretirement
Expected amortization expense for 2010:
Plans Benefits
Amortization (accretion) of net loss (gain)
$ (676 ) $ (39 )
Amortization (accretion) of prior service cost
167 20
During 2010, the Corporation expects to contribute approximately $471 thousand to the Retirement Plans and approximately $202 thousand to Other Postretirement Benefits.
The following benefit payments, which reflect an expected future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid:
Other
Retirement
Postretirement
For the fiscal year ending:
Plans Benefits
2010
$ 2,165 $ 97
2011
2,310 105
2012
2,487 112
2013
2,648 123
2014
2,703 126
Years 2015-2019
13,092 710
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations at December 31, 2009 and 2008 were as follows:
Other
Retirement
Postretirement
Plans Benefits
Expected amortization expense for 2010
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Other Postretirement
Retirement Plans Benefits
2009 2008 2009 2008
Assumed discount rate for obligation
5.9 % 5.9 % 6.0 % 5.9 %
Assumed salary increase rate
3.0 % 5.1 %
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic costs for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were as follows:
Other
Postretirement
Retirement Plans Benefits
2009 2008 2009 2008
Assumed discount rate for obligation
5.9 % 6.2 % 5.9 % 6.5 %
Assumed long-term rate of investment return
8.0 8.0
Assumed salary increase rate
5.1 5.1
The discount rate was determined utilizing the Citigroup Pension Discount Curve. Historical investment returns is the basis used to determine the overall expected long-term rate of return on assets.
Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates
2009 2008 2007
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year
6.5 % 6.5 % 6.5 %
Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline
5.0 5.0 5.0
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate rate
2011 2010 2009
Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for health care plans. A one-percentage-point change in the assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects:
One Percentage Point
Increase Decrease
Effect on total of service and interest cost components
$ 5 $ (5 )
Effect on postretirement benefit obligation
60 (5 )
The Corporation’s pension plan asset allocation at December 31, 2009 and 2008, by asset category was as follows:
Percentage of Plan
Assets at December 31,
Asset Category:
2009 2008
Equity securities
50 % 44 %
Debt securities
44 49
Other
6 7
Total
100 % 100 %
Plan assets include marketable equity securities, corporate and government debt securities, and certificates of deposit. The investment strategy is to keep a 50%-equity-to-50%-fixed-income mix to achieve the overall expected long-term rate of return of 8.0%. Equity securities do not include any common stock of the Corporation.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
The major categories of assets in the Corporation’s pension plan as of year-end are presented in the following table. Assets are segregated by the level of the valuation inputs within the fair value hierarchy described in Note 18, “Fair Value Disclosures.”
Fair Value
Measurements at December 31,
2009 2008
Level 1:
Common stocks
$ 8,666 $ 6,913
Mutual funds
2,968 2,408
Short-term investments
1,324 1,379
Level 2:
U.S. government obligations
2,156 3,018
Corporate bonds
4,219 3,800
Level 3:
Certificates of deposit
2,273 1,904
Total fair value of plan assets
$ 21,606 $ 19,422
The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for measurements in hierarchy Level 3 at December 31, 2009.
Total
Total
Balance at
Unrealized
Realized
Purchases
Balance at
December 31,
(Losses) or
Gains or
(Sales or
December 31,
2008 Gains (Losses) Paydowns) 2009
Certificates of deposit
$ 1,904 $ $ $ 369 $ 2,273
Total Level 3 assets
$ 1,904 $ $ $ 369 $ 2,273
Note 11. Long-Term Incentive Plan
The Corporation has a shareholder-approved 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan under which the Corporation may grant options and share awards to employees up to 1,500,000 shares of common stock. The plan provides for the issuance of options to purchase common shares at prices not less than 100 percent of the fair market value at the date of option grant and have a contractual term of ten years; and for restricted stock awards valued at not less than 100 percent of the fair market value at the date of award grant. For the majority of options issued, after two years, 33.3 percent of the optioned shares become exercisable in each of the following three years and remain exercisable for a period not exceeding ten years from the date of grant. For the majority of the restricted stock awards, the restriction lapses over a three-year period at 33.3 percent per year. There were 967,639 common shares available for future grants at December 31, 2009 under the plan. At December 31, 2009 there were 405,532 options to purchase common stock and 56,024 unvested restricted stock awards outstanding under the plan.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
Following is a summary of the status of options granted under the 2003 Long-term Incentive Plan during 2009:
Weighted
Weighted
Aggregate
Average
Average
Intrinsic
Shares
Exercise
Remaining
Value at
Under
Price per
Contractual
December 31,
Option Share Life (Years) 2009
Outstanding at December 31, 2008
391,115 $ 23.51
Granted
25,500 22.38
Expired
(5,450 ) 25.92
Forfeited
(1,500 ) 22.90
Exercised
(4,133 ) 26.88
Outstanding at December 31, 2009
405,532 23.37 6.9 $
Exercisable at December 31, 2009
208,204 25.38 5.6
The total intrinsic values of options exercised during 2009, 2008 and 2007 were $25 thousand, $1.1 million and $606 thousand, respectively. The Corporation has a stock-for-stock-option exchange (or cashless exercise) program in place, whereby optionees can exchange the value of the spread of in-the-money vested options for Corporation stock having an equivalent value. This exchange allows the optionees to exercise their vested options on a net basis without having to pay the exercise price and or related taxes in cash. However, it will result in the executives acquiring fewer shares than the number of options exercised. During 2009, optionees exchanged 1,586 shares, net shares acquired amounted to 2,547 common shares.
The Corporation’s estimate of the fair value of a stock option is based on expectations derived from historical experience and may not necessarily equate to its market value when fully vested. The life of the option is based on historical factors which include the contractual term, vesting period, exercise behavior and employee turnover. The risk-free rate for periods within the expected term of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. Expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of the Corporation’s stock over the expected life of the grant. The Corporation uses a straight-line accrual method to recognize stock-based compensation expense over the time-period it expects the options to vest.
The Corporation recognizes compensation expense for stock options over the requisite service period based on the grant-date fair value of those awards expected to ultimately vest. Forfeitures are estimated on the date of grant and revised if actual or expected forfeiture activity differs materially from original estimates. The following aggregated assumptions were made for options granted during fiscal years 2009 and 2007; there were no options granted in 2008:
For the Years Ended
December 31,
2009 2008 2007
Expected option life in years
7.8 7.1
Risk free interest rate
2.34 % 3.70 %
Expected dividend yield
3.60 % 3.79 %
Expected volatility
45.95 % 25.76 %
Fair value of options
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
Following is a summary of nonvested restricted stock awards as of December 31, 2009 including changes during the year:
Weighted
Nonvested
Average
Share
Grant Date
Awards Fair Value
Nonvested share awards at December 31, 2008
14,918 $ 22.61
Granted
47,191 23.08
Vested
(6,085 ) 21.85
Forfeited
Nonvested share awards at December 31, 2009
56,024 23.09
The fair value of restricted stock is equivalent to the fair value on the date of grant and is amortized over the vesting period. The fair value of the restricted stock awards granted during 2009, 2008 and 2007 was $23.08, $26.00 and $21.12 per share, respectively. The total intrinsic value of restricted stock awards that vested during 2009, 2008 and 2007 was $112 thousand, $229 thousand and $21 thousand, respectively. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, there was $1.3 million and $337 thousand, respectively, in total unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.3 years and 2.7 years, respectively.
During the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, the Corporation recognized stock-based compensation expense of $376 thousand, $449 thousand and $420 thousand, respectively, on stock options; $445 thousand, $184 thousand and $22 thousand during 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively, on restricted stock awards; and $32 thousand, $28 thousand and $26 thousand during 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively, on the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. During the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, the Corporation recognized a tax benefit on nonqualified stock option expense and restricted stock awards of $171 thousand, $125 thousand and $47 thousand, respectively.
During the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Corporation accelerated the vesting of 5,000, and 5,150 options, respectively as permitted under the plan upon retirement. The accelerated options became exercisable upon the date of retirement and are exercisable up to a two-year period post-retirement; however incentive stock options become nonqualified after 90-days post-retirement. As a result of these modifications, additional compensation expense of $38 thousand and $33 thousand was recognized for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Corporation accelerated the vesting of 2,500 restricted stock awards as permitted under the plan upon retirement. As a result of this modification, additional compensation expense of $53 thousand was recognized in 2008. There were no modifications or accelerations to options or restricted stock awards during 2009.
During the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options were $93 thousand, $1.8 million and $742 thousand, respectively; the tax benefit recognized and recorded to additional paid in capital was $0, $210 thousand and $121 thousand, respectively.
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Note 12. Time Deposits
The aggregate amount of time deposits in denominations of $100 thousand or more was $128.7 million at December 31, 2009 and $141.1 million at December 31, 2008, with interest expense of $4.4 million for 2009 and $4.8 million for 2008.
At December 31, 2009, the scheduled maturities of time deposits in denominations of $100 thousand or more are as follows:
Due in 2010
$ 102,601
Due in 2011
9,283
Due in 2012
6,532
Due in 2013
871
Due in 2014
4,012
Thereafter
5,431
Total
$ 128,730
Note 13. Borrowings
At December 31, 2009 and 2008 long-term borrowings consisted of the following:
Balance Interest Rate
2009 2008 2009 2008 Maturity
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances*
$ 5,000 $ 92,000 3.75 % 4.31 % January 2013
Subordinated Term Loan Note
1,625 2,250 1.64 % 3.31 % April 2013
Subordinated Term Loan Note
3,250 4,500 1.64 % 3.31 % May 2013
Trust Preferred Securities
20,619 20,619 3.33 % 7.87 % October 2033
$ 30,494 $ 119,369
* Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) Advances are calculated at a weighted average rate and do not include the fair value adjustment of $190 thousand and $637 thousand at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, recorded on debt assumed through the 2003 acquisitions. There were $87.0 million of FHLB Advances reclassed during 2009 to short-term borrowing as the maturities become less than one year
The contractual maturities of long-term borrowings as of December 31, 2009 are as follows:
Due in 2010
$ 1,125
Due in 2011
1,500
Due in 2012
1,500
Due in 2013
5,750
Due in 2014
Thereafter
20,619
$ 30,494
Advances from the FHLB are collateralized by Federal Home Loan Bank stock and substantially all first mortgage loans of the Bank. As a result of the acquisitions of First County Bank and Suburban Community Bank, $18.0 million in FHLB advances were assumed. The net carrying value of the fair value


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adjustment of the assumed advances was $190 thousand at December 31, 2009. The Corporation, through the Bank, has short-term and long-term credit facilities with the FHLB with a maximum borrowing capacity of approximately $374.1 million. At December 31, 2009, the Bank’s outstanding short-term and long-term borrowings under the FHLB credit facilities totaled $92.0 million. The maximum borrowing capacity changes as a function of the Bank’s qualifying collateral assets and the amount of funds received may be reduced by additional required purchases of FHLB stock. Included in the $92.0 million of outstanding FHLB borrowings are $32.0 million of convertible advances whereby the FHLB has the option at a pre-determined time to convert the fixed interest rate to an adjustable rate tied to three-month U.S. London Interbank Borrowing Rate (“LIBOR”). The Bank has the option to prepay these advances without penalty if the rate on these borrowings is converted and on each quarterly reset date thereafter. Management does not believe that conversion is likely unless short-term interest rates increase several hundred basis points.
The Corporation secured two subordinated term loan notes during the second quarter of 2003. The first note was issued for $5.0 million at the fixed rate of 5.5% per annum. This note converted to a floating rate in second quarter 2008 based upon the one-month LIBOR plus 1.40% per annum. Quarterly principal and interest payments are made on this note. The second note was issued for $10.0 million at a floating rate based upon the one-month LIBOR plus 1.40% per annum. Quarterly principal and interest payments are made on this note. Both of these notes mature in second quarter 2013. At December 31, 2009 and 2008, the outstanding balance of these notes was $4.9 million and $6.8 million, respectively.
On August 27, 2003, the Corporation issued $20.0 million of Capital Securities of Univest Capital Trust I, a Delaware statutory trust formed by the Corporation. This issuance constitutes Trust Preferred Securities, which were completed through a placement in Junior Subordinated Debentures of the Corporation. The deconsolidation of Univest Capital Trust I increased the carrying amount of the Trust Preferred Securities by $619 thousand. The 30-year term securities were issued on a variable rate based upon the published LIBOR rate plus 3.05% per annum. The initial interest rate of the securities was 4.19% and is callable by Univest at par in whole or in part after five years. Quarterly interest payments are made on this note. At December 31, 2009, the $20.6 million in Trust Preferred Securities qualified as Tier 1 capital under capital guidelines of the Federal Reserve. The proceeds from the Trust Preferred Securities were used to support the future growth of the Corporation and its banking subsidiary, the Bank.
The Bank maintains federal fund credit lines with several correspondent banks totaling $82.0 million and $77.0 million at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Outstanding borrowings under these lines totaled $54.0 million at December 31, 2008; there was no outstanding balance at December 31, 2009. Future availability under these lines is subject to the prerogatives of the granting banks and may be withdrawn at will.
The Corporation, through the Bank, has an available line of credit at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the amount of which is dependent upon the balance of loans and securities pledged as collateral. At December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Corporation had no outstanding borrowings from this line.
The following table details key information pertaining to securities sold under agreement to repurchase on an overnight basis for the periods indicated:
2009 2008 2007
Balance at December 31
$ 95,624 $ 81,230 $ 94,276
Weighted average interest rate at year end
0.50 % 0.49 % 1.80 %
Maximum amount outstanding at any month’s end
$ 133,140 $ 92,962 $ 94,276
Average amount outstanding during the year
$ 91,390 $ 84,254 $ 86,641
Weighted average interest rate during the year
0.60 % 1.12 % 2.30 %


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
Note 14. Earnings per Share
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:
For the Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 2007
Numerator:
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share — income available to common shareholders
$ 10,780 $ 20,590 $ 25,557
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share — weighted-average shares outstanding
14,347 12,873 12,885
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options
22 26
Denominator for diluted earnings per share — adjusted weighted-average shares outstanding
14,347 12,895 12,911
Basic earnings per share
$ 0.75 $ 1.60 $ 1.98
Diluted earnings per share
$ 0.75 $ 1.60 $ 1.98
Anti-dilutive options have been excluded in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the options’ exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common stock. For 2009, 2008 and 2007, there were 406,615, 88,267 and 232,204 anti-dilutive options at an average price of $23.45, $28.26, and $25.96, per share, respectively.
Note 15. Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The following shows the components of comprehensive income, net of income taxes, for the periods presented:
For the Years Ended December 31,
2009 2008 2007
Net Income
$ 10,780 $ 20,590 $ 25,557
Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investment securities:
Net unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period
2,730 (249 ) 2,356
Less: reclassification adjustment for net gains on sales realized in net income
748 182 283
Less: reclassification adjustment for other-than-temporary impairment on equity securities realized in net income
(1,110 ) (813 )
Total net unrealized gains on available-for-sale investment securities
3,092 382 2,073
Net change in fair value of derivative used for cash flow hedges
1,299 (149 )
Defined benefit pension plans:
Net unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period
1,314 (7,336 ) 534
Less: amortization of net loss included in net periodic pension costs
(601 ) (235 ) (242 )
Prior service costs (benefits) rising during the period
1,771 34 (195 )
Less: (amortization) accretion of prior service cost included in net periodic pension costs
(18 ) 17 (41 )
Total defined benefit pension plans
3,704 (7,084 ) 622
Total comprehensive income, net of tax
$ 18,875 $ 13,739 $ 28,252


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
The following shows the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes, for the periods presented:
Net
Unrealized
Net
(Losses)
Net Change
Change
Gains on
in Fair Value
Related to
Available for
of Derivative
Defined
Accumulated
Sale
Used for
Benefit
Other
Investment
Cash Flow
Pension
Comprehensive
Securities Hedges Plan Loss
Balance, December 31, 2006
$ (174 ) $ $ (4,289 ) $ (4,463 )
Net Change
2,073 622 2,695
Balance, December 31, 2007
1,899 (3,667 ) (1,768 )
Net Change
382 (149 ) (7,084 ) (6,851 )
Balance, December 31, 2008
2,281 (149 ) (10,751 ) (8,619 )
Net Change
3,092 1,299 3,704 8,095
Balance, December 31, 2009
$ 5,373 $ 1,150 $ (7,047 ) $ (524 )
Note 16. Commitments and Contingencies
Loan commitments are made to accommodate the financial needs of the Bank’s customers. The Bank offers commercial, mortgage, and consumer credit products to their customers in the normal course of business, which are detailed in Note 4. These products represent a diversified credit portfolio and are generally issued to borrowers within the Bank’s branch office systems in eastern Pennsylvania. The ability of the customers to repay their credit is, to some extent, dependent upon the economy in the Bank’s market areas. Collateral is obtained based on management’s credit assessment of the customer.
Standby letters of credit commit the Bank to make payments on behalf of customers when certain specified future events occur. They primarily are issued to support commercial paper, medium and long-term notes and debentures, including industrial revenue obligations. The approximate term is usually one year but some can be up to five years. Historically, substantially all standby letters of credit expire unfunded. If funded the majority of the letters of credit carry current market interest rates if converted to loans. Because letters of credit are generally unassignable by either the Bank or the borrower, they only have value to the Bank and the borrower. The carrying amount is recorded as unamortized deferred fees and any credit risk. As of December 31, 2009, the maximum potential amount of future payments under the standby letters of credit is $61.1 million. The current carrying amount of the contingent obligation is $303 thousand.
This arrangement has credit risk essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to customers and is subject to the Bank’s normal credit policies. Collateral is obtained based on management’s credit assessment of the customer.
The Bank also controls their credit risk by limiting the amount of credit to any business, institution, or individual. Management evaluates the creditworthiness of the institution on at least a quarterly basis in an effort to monitor its credit risk associated with this concentration.
The Bank significantly grew its mortgage-banking business during 2009 and due to this growth increased its potential to have to repurchase the mortgages due to errors in documentation and underwriting. The exposure to repurchase these mortgages is $139.9 million as of December 31, 2009. The Bank maintains a reserve in other liabilities for sold mortgages that may be repurchased. At December 31, 2009, the reserve for sold mortgages was $28 thousand.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
Based on consultation with the Corporation’s legal counsel, Management is not aware of any litigation that would have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position of the Corporation. There are no proceedings pending other than the ordinary routine litigation incident to the business of the Corporation. In addition, there are no material proceedings pending or known to be threatened or contemplated against the Corporation or the Bank by government authorities.
The following schedule summarizes the Corporation’s off-balance sheet financial instruments:
Contract/Notional
Amount
Financial instruments representing credit risk:
Commitments to extend credit
$ 445,731
Performance letters of credit
23,629
Financial standby letters of credit
37,487
Other letters of credit
197
As of December 31, 2009, the Corporation and its subsidiaries were obligated under non-cancelable leases for various premises and equipment. A summary of the future minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable operating leases net of related sublease revenue is as follows:
Year
Amount
2010
$ 1,781
2011
1,590
2012
1,337
2013
1,089
2014
781
Thereafter
2,164
Total
$ 8,742
Rental expense charged to operations was $1.9 million, $2.0 million and $1.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
Note 17. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
The Corporation may use interest-rate swap agreements to modify the interest rate characteristics from variable to fixed or fixed to floating in order to reduce the impact of interest rate changes on future net interest income. The Corporation accounts for its interest-rate swap contracts in cash flow and fair value hedging relationships by establishing and documenting the effectiveness of the instrument in offsetting the change in cash flows or fair value of assets or liabilities that are being hedged. To determine effectiveness, the Corporation performs an analysis to identify if changes in fair value or cash flow of the derivative correlate to the equivalent changes in the forecasted interest receipts related to a specified hedged item. Recorded amounts related to interest-rate swaps are included in other assets or liabilities. The change in fair value of the ineffective part of the instrument would need to be charged to the statement of operations, potentially causing material fluctuations in reported earnings in the period of the change relative to comparable periods.
The Corporation’s credit exposure on interest rate swaps includes fair value and any collateral that is held by a third party. Changes in the fair value of derivative instruments designated as hedges of future cash flows are recognized in equity until the underlying forecasted transactions occur, at which time the deferred gains and losses are recognized in income. For a qualifying fair value hedge, the gain or loss on the hedging instrument is recognized in earnings, and the change in fair value on the hedge item to the


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
extent attributable to the hedged risk adjusts the carrying amount of the hedge item and is recognized in earnings.
Derivative loan commitments represent agreements for delayed delivery of financial instruments in which the buyer agrees to purchase and the seller agrees to deliver, at a specified future date, a specified instrument at a specified price or yield. The Corporation’s derivative loan commitments are commitments to sell loans secured by 1-to-4 family residential properties whose predominant risk characteristic is interest rate risk. The fair values of these derivative loan commitments are based upon the estimated amount the Corporation would receive or pay to terminate the contracts or agreements, taking into account current interest rates and, when appropriate, the current creditworthiness of the counterparties. At December 31, 2009, the notional amounts of interest rate locks with customers and forward loan commitments were $11.6 million and $13.3 million, respectively with fair values of $24 thousand and $132 thousand, respectively. At December 31, 2008, the notional amounts of interest rate locks with customers and forward loan commitments were $2.1 million and $2.7 million, respectively with fair values of $34 thousand and negative $1 thousand, respectively.
On March 24, 2009, the Corporation entered into a $22.0 million notional interest rate swap, which had been classified as a fair value hedge on a real estate-commercial loan. Under the terms of the swap agreement, the Corporation pays a fixed rate of 6.49% and receives a floating rate which is based on the one month U.S. London Interbank Borrowing Rate (“LIBOR”) with a 357 basis point spread and a termination date of April 1, 2019. The Corporation performed an assessment of the hedge at inception. At December 31, 2009, the interest rate swap had a positive fair value of $1.2 million, of which $276 thousand was ineffective, and is classified on the balance sheet as other assets. The underlying commercial loan had a negative fair value adjustment of $431 thousand which is classified on the balance sheet as a component of loans and leases.
On December 23, 2008, the Corporation entered into a cash flow hedge with a notional amount of $20.0 million that had the effect of converting the variable rates on trust preferred securities to a fixed rate. Under the terms of the swap agreement, the Corporation pays a fixed rate of 2.65% and receives a floating rate based on the three month LIBOR with a termination date of January 7, 2019. The Corporation has performed an assessment of the hedge at inception and determined that this derivative is highly effective in offsetting the value of the hedged item. At December 31, 2008, the interest rate swap had a negative fair value of $229 thousand. The cash payments on the interest rate swap of $377 thousand during 2009 was recorded as a component of interest expense on the income statement. At December 31, 2009, the interest rate swap had a positive fair value of $1.8 million, which is classified on the balance sheet as a component of other assets, and was determined to be highly effective in offsetting the value of the hedged item. The fair value of the interest rate swap, net of taxes, of $1.1 million is recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income on the balance sheet.
Note 18. Fair Value Disclosures
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The Corporation determines the fair value of its financial instruments based on the fair value hierarchy. The Corporation maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Observable inputs are inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Corporation. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Corporation’s assumptions that the market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Three levels of inputs are used to measure fair value. A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input significant to the fair value measurement.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
Level 1 — Valuations are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Corporation has the ability to access. Since valuations are based on quoted prices that are readily and regularly available in an active market, valuation of these products does not entail a significant degree of judgment. Assets and liabilities utilizing Level 1 inputs include: Exchange-traded equity and most U.S. treasury securities.
Level 2 — Valuations are based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly. Assets and liabilities generally utilizing Level 2 inputs include: most U.S. Government agency mortgage-backed debt securities (“MBS”), corporate debt securities, corporate and municipal bonds, asset-backed securities (“ABS”), residential mortgage loans held for sale, certain commercial loans, mortgage servicing rights and derivative financial instruments.
Level 3 — Valuations are based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. Assets and liabilities utilizing Level 3 inputs include: financial instruments whose value is determined using pricing models, discounted cash-flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the fair value calculation requires significant management judgment or estimation. These assets and liabilities include: certain commercial mortgage obligations (“CMOs”) and certain ABS securities.
Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy.
Investment Securities
Where quoted prices are available in an active market for identical instruments, investment securities are classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. Level 1 investment securities include highly liquid U.S. Treasury securities and most equity securities. If quoted market prices are not available, then fair values are estimated by using pricing models, quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or discounted cash flows. Examples of instruments, which would generally be classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy, include U.S. Government sponsored enterprises, certain MBS, CMOs, and municipal bonds. In cases where there is limited activity or less transparency around inputs to the valuation, investment securities are classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy. Investment securities classified within Level 3 include certain CMO and certain ABS securities.
Loans Held for Sale
The fair value of the Corporation’s loans held for sale are generally determined using a pricing model based on current market information obtained from external sources, including, interest rates, and bids or indications provided by market participants on specific loans that are actively marketed for sale. The Corporation’s loans held for sale are primarily residential mortgage loans and are generally classified in Level 2 due to the observable pricing data. Loans held for sale at December 31, 2009 were carried at the lower of cost or estimated fair value.
Mortgage Servicing Rights
The Corporation estimates the fair value of Mortgage Servicing Rights (“MSR’s”) using discounted cash flow models that calculate the present value of estimated future net servicing income. The model uses readily available prepayment speed assumptions for the current interest rates of the portfolios serviced. MSR’s are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy. MSR’s are carried at the lower of amortized cost or estimated fair value.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
Derivative Financial Instruments
The fair values of derivative financial instruments are based upon the estimated amount the Corporation would receive or pay to terminate the contracts or agreements, taking into account current interest rates and, when appropriate, the current creditworthiness of the counterparties. Derivative financial instruments are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.
The following table presents the assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, classified using the fair value hierarchy:
At December 31, 2009
Assets/ Liabilities
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 at Fair Value
Assets:
Available-for-sale securities:
U.S. government corporations and agencies
$ $ 119,992 $ $ 119,992
State and political subdivisions
107,566 107,566
Mortgage-backed securities
101,289 101,289
Commercial mortgage obligations
74,282 5,172 79,454
Asset-backed securities
573 573
Other securities
9,144 9,144
Equity securities
1,924 1,924
Total available-for-sale securities
1,924 412,273 5,745 419,942
Mortgage servicing rights
1,437 1,437
Interest rate swaps
2,968 2,968
Interest rate locks with customers
24 24
Forward loan commitments
132 132
Total assets
$ 1,924 $ 416,834 $ 5,745 $ 424,503
Liabilities:
Liabilities
$ $ $ $
Total liabilities
$ $ $ $


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
At December 31, 2008
Assets/ Liabilities
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 at Fair Value
Assets:
Available-for-sale securities:
U.S. Treasury
$ 5,862 $ $ $ 5,862
U.S. government corporations and agencies
98,844 98,844
State and political subdivisions
100,350 100,350
Mortgage-backed securities
129,908 129,908
Commercial mortgage obligations
74,865 5,340 80,205
Asset-backed securities
1,211 1,211
Other securities
11,610 11,610
Equity securities
2,908 2,908
Total available-for-sale securities
8,770 415,577 6,551 430,898
Mortgage servicing rights
418 418
Interest rate locks with customers
34 34
Total assets
$ 8,770 $ 416,029 $ 6,551 $ 431,350
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps
$ $ 229 $ $ 229
Forward loan commitments
1 1
Total liabilities
$ $ 230 $ $ 230
The following table presents additional information about assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and for which the Corporation utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value:
Total
Total
Balance at
Unrealized
Realized
Purchases
Balance at
December 31,
(Losses) or
Gains or
(Sales or
December 31,
2008 Gains (Losses) Paydowns) 2009
Available-for-sale securities:
Asset-backed securities
$ 1,211 $ 29 $ $ (667 ) $ 573
Commercial mortgage obligations
5,340 1,057 (1,225 ) 5,172
Total Level 3 assets
$ 6,551 $ 1,086 $ $ (1,892 ) $ 5,745
Total
Total
Balance at
Unrealized
Realized
Purchases
Balance at
December 31,
(Losses) or
Gains or
(Sales or
December 31,
2007 Gains (Losses) Paydowns) 2008
Available-for-sale securities:
Asset-backed securities
$ 1,995 $ (15 ) $ $ (769 ) $ 1,211
Commercial mortgage obligations
7,644 (1,650 ) (654 ) 5,340
Total Level 3 assets
$ 9,639 $ (1,665 ) $ $ (1,423 ) $ 6,551

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
Realized gains or losses are recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income. There were no realized gains or losses recognized on Level 3 assets during the years ended December 31, 2009 or 2008.
The following table represents assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of December 31, 2009. There were no assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of December 31, 2008.
Assets/Liabilities
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 at Fair Value
Acquired leases
$ $ $ 3,796 $ 3,796
Real estate-commercial loan
16,569 16,569
Impaired loans and leases
35,685 35,685
Other long-lived assets
1,080 1,080
Total assets
$ $ 17,649 $ 39,481 $ 57,130
Acquired leases are measured at the time of acquisition and are based on the fair value of the collateral securing these leases. Acquired leases are classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy.
The fair value of the previously hedged real estate-commercial loan (as discussed in Note 17) is based on a discounted cash flow model which takes into consideration the changes in market value due to changes in LIBOR. Commercial loans are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.
Impaired loans and leases include those collateral-dependent loans and leases for which the practical expedient was applied, resulting in a fair-value adjustment to the loan or lease. Impaired loans and leases are evaluated and valued at the time the loan is identified as impaired, at the lower of cost or fair value. Fair value is measured based on the value of the collateral securing these loans less cost to sell and is classified at a Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of collateral is based on appraisals performed by qualified licensed appraisers hired by the Corporation. During 2009, the carrying value of impaired loans and leases was reduced by $1.4 million based on the fair value of the underlying collateral, with an offset to the allowance for loan and lease losses.
The fair value of long-lived assets is based upon readily available market prices adjusted for underlying restrictions on selling; therefore, long-lived assets are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.
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The following table represents the estimates of fair value of financial instruments:
At December 31, 2009 At December 31, 2008
Carrying,
Carrying,
Notional
Notional or
or Contract
Fair
Contract
Fair
Amount Value Amount Value
Assets:
Cash and short-term assets
$ 68,597 $ 68,597 $ 40,066 $ 40,066
Investment securities
420,045 420,050 432,266 432,330
Loans held for sale
1,693 1,708 544 550
Net loans and leases
1,401,182 1,459,568 1,436,774 1,502,733
Interest rate swaps
42,000 2,968
Liabilities:
Deposits
1,564,257 1,542,882 1,527,328 1,539,879
Short-term borrowings
183,379 185,139 192,730 192,730
Long-term borrowings
30,684 31,248 120,006 124,084
Interest rate swap
20,000 229
Off-Balance-Sheet:
Commitments to extend credit
(935 ) (389 )
The following methods and assumptions were used by the Corporation in estimating its fair value disclosures for financial instruments:
Cash and short-term assets: The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash and due from banks, interest-earning deposits with other banks, and federal funds sold and other short-term investments approximates those assets’ fair values.
Investment securities: Fair values for the held-to-maturity and available-for-sale investments securities are based on quoted market prices that are available in an active market for identical instruments. If quoted market prices are not available, then fair values are estimated by using pricing models, quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or discounted cash flows.
Loans and leases: The fair values for loans are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses, using a discount rate consisting of an appropriate risk free rate, as well as components for credit risk, operating expense, and embedded prepayment options. As permitted, the fair value of the loans and leases are not based on the exits price concept as discussed in the first paragraph of this note.
Deposit liabilities: The fair values for deposits with fixed maturities are estimated by discounting the final maturity, and the fair values for non-maturity deposits are established using a decay factor estimate of cash flows based upon industry-accepted assumptions. The discount rate applied to deposits consists of an appropriate risk free rate and includes components for operating expense.
Short-term borrowings: The carrying amounts of securities sold under repurchase agreements, and fed funds purchased approximate their fair values. Short-term FHLB advances with embedded options are estimated using a discounted cash flow analysis using a discount rate consisting of an appropriate risk free rate, as well as operating expense, and embedded prepayment options.
Long-term borrowings: The fair values of the Corporation’s long-term borrowings (other than deposits) are estimated using a discounted cash flow analysis using a discount rate consisting of an appropriate risk free rate, as well as components for credit risk, operating expense, and embedded prepayment options.
Off-balance-sheet instruments: Fair values for the Corporation’s off-balance-sheet instruments are based on the fees currently charged to enter into similar agreements, taking into account the remaining terms of the agreements and the counterparties’ credit standing.


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UNIVEST CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
Note 19. Common Stock Issuance
On August 12, 2009, the Corporation completed its public offering of 3,392,500 shares of common stock at a price of $17.50 per share, including 442,500 shares of common stock purchased by the underwriters pursuant to their over-allotment option, which was exercised in full. The net proceeds of the offering after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses were approximately $55.6 million. As a result of the stock issuance, common stock increased by $17.0 million and additional paid-in capital increased by $38.7 million.
Note 20. Regulatory Matters
The Corporation and the Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Corporation’s and Bank’s financial statements. Capital adequacy guidelines, and additionally for the Bank prompt corrective action regulations, involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators about components, risk weighting and other factors.
Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Corporation and the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the following table) of total and Tier 1 capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and of Tier 1 capital (as defined) to average assets (as defined).
To Be Well-
For Capital
Capitalized
Adequacy
Under Prompt Corrective
Actual Purposes Action Provisions
Amount Ratio Amount Ratio Amount Ratio
As of December 31, 2009:
Total Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets):
Consolidated
$ 255,482 15.76 % $ 129,711 8.00 % $ 162,139 10.00 %
Univest National Bank
241,177 15.13 127,502 8.00 159,377 10.00
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets):
Consolidated
233,654 14.41 64,856 4.00 97,283 6.00
Univest National Bank
221,193 13.88 63,751 4.00 95,626 6.00
Tier 1 Capital (to Average Assets):
Consolidated
233,654 11.46 81,539 4.00 81,539 4.00
Univest National Bank
221,193 10.97 80,666 4.00 80,666 4.00
As of December 31, 2008:
Total Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets):
Consolidated
$ 191,469 11.60 % 132,060 8.00 % $ 165,075 10.00 %
Univest National Bank
178,535 10.97 130,196 8.00 162,745 10.00
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets):
Consolidated
175,801 10.65 66,030 4.00 99,045 6.00
Univest National Bank
165,267 10.16 65,098 4.00 97,647 6.00
Tier 1 Capital (to Average Assets):
Consolidated
175,801 8.94 78,697 4.00 78,697 4.00
Univest National Bank
165,267 8.46 78,186 4.00 78,186 4.00


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UNIVEST CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
As of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, management believes that the Corporation and the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject. The Corporation, like other bank holding companies, currently is required to maintain Tier 1 Capital and Total Capital (the sum of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 capital) equal to at least 4.0% and 8.0%, respectively, of its total risk-weighted assets (including various off-balance-sheet items, such as standby letters of credit). The Bank, like other depository institutions, is required to maintain similar capital levels under capital adequacy guidelines. For a depository institution to be considered “well capitalized” under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, its Tier 1 and Total Capital ratios must be at least 6.0% and 10.0% on a risk-adjusted basis, respectively. As of December 31, 2009, the most recent notification from the Office of Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) categorized the Bank as “well capitalized” under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the Bank’s category.
Dividend and Other Restrictions
The primary source of the Corporation’s dividends paid to its shareholders is from the earnings of its subsidiaries paid to the Corporation in the form of dividends.
The approval of the Office of Comptroller of the Currency is required for a national bank to pay dividends if the total of all dividends declared in any calendar year exceeds the Bank’s net profits (as defined) for that year combined with its retained net profits for the preceding two calendar years. Under this formula, the Bank can declare dividends in 2010 without approval of the Office of Comptroller of the Currency of approximately $8.2 million plus an additional amount equal to the Bank’s net profits for 2010 up to the date of any such dividend declaration.
The Federal Reserve Act requires that extension of credit by the Bank to certain affiliates, including Univest Corporation (parent), be secured by readily marketable securities, that extension of credit to any one affiliate be limited to 10% of the Bank’s capital and surplus (as defined), and that extensions of credit to all such affiliates be limited to 20% of the Bank’s capital and surplus.
Note 21. Related Party Transactions
At December 31, 2009, loans to directors and executive officers of the Corporation and companies in which directors have an interest (“Related Parties”) aggregated $37.0 million. These loans have been made in the ordinary course of business on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the same time for comparable transactions with customers and did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable terms.
The summary of activity for the past year is as follows:
Balance at
Amounts
Balance at
January 1, 2009
Additions Collected December 31, 2009
$46,004
$75,258 $84,260 $37,002
The Corporation paid $1.7 million and $3.6 million during 2009 and 2008, respectively, to H. Mininger & Son, Inc. for building expansion projects which were in the normal course of business on substantially the same terms as available for others. H. Ray Mininger, a director of the Corporation, is secretary of H. Mininger & Son, Inc.
Deposits received from Related Parties as of December 31, 2009 were $9.8 million.
At December 31, 2009, the Bank had commitments to extend credit to Related Parties of $17.9 million and standby and commercial letters of credit for Related Parties of $872 thousand. These commitments have been made in the ordinary course of business on substantially the same terms, including interest


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the same time for comparable transactions with customers and did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable terms.
Note 22. Parent Company Financial Information
Condensed financial statements of Univest, parent company only, follow:
At December 31,
Balance Sheets 2009 2008
Assets:
Cash and balances due from financial institutions
$ 86 $ 1,042
Investments in securities
8,924 10,350
Investments in subsidiaries, at equity in net assets:
Bank
266,026 208,580
Non-banks
21,458 21,426
Other assets
20,265 14,622
Total assets
$ 316,759 $ 256,020
Liabilities:
Dividends payable
$ 3,294 $ 2,586
Other borrowings
755
Subordinated capital notes
4,875 6,750
Trust preferred securities
20,619 20,619
Other liabilities
19,409 22,858
Total liabilities
48,952 52,813
Shareholders’ equity
267,807 203,207
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$ 316,759 $ 256,020


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UNIVEST CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
For the Years Ended December 31,
Statements of Income 2009 2008 2007
Dividends from bank
$ 12,482 $ 13,542 $ 15,985
Dividends from non-banks
1,190 1,200 1,200
Other-than-temporary impairment on equity securities
(1,708 ) (1,251 )
Other-than-temporary impairment on other long-lived assets
(500 )
Net (loss) gain on sales of securities
(28 ) 79 52
Other income
14,014 13,325 13,380
Total operating income
25,450 26,895 30,617
Operating expenses
16,376 15,444 14,216
Income before income tax benefit and equity in undistributed (loss) income of subsidiaries
9,074 11,451 16,401
Applicable income tax benefit
(1,745 ) (852 ) (178 )
Income before equity in undistributed (loss) income of subsidiaries
10,819 12,303 16,579
Equity in undistributed (loss) income of subsidiaries:
Bank
(71 ) 8,264 8,989
Non-banks
32 23 (11 )
Net income
$ 10,780 $ 20,590 $ 25,557


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UNIVEST CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
For the Years Ended December 31,
Statements of Cash Flows 2009 2008 2007
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income
$ 10,780 $ 20,590 $ 25,557
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Equity in undistributed net loss (income) of subsidiaries
39 (8,287 ) (8,978 )
Other-than-temporary impairment on equity securities
1,708 1,251
Other-than-temporary impairment on other long-lived assets
500
Net loss (gain) on sales of securities
28 (79 ) (52 )
Depreciation of premises and equipment
143 99 146
Increase in other assets
(1,298 ) (1,013 ) (539 )
(Decrease) increase in other liabilities
(820 ) (856 ) 2,466
Net cash provided by operating activities
11,080 11,705 18,600
Cash flows from investing activities:
Investments in subsidiaries
(55,000 ) (310 )
Proceeds from sales of securities
5,989 5,702 4,553
Purchases of investment securities
(7,000 ) (6,680 ) (6,631 )
Other, net
(393 ) (126 )
Net cash used in investing activities
(56,404 ) (1,414 ) (2,078 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net change in purchased funds and other short-term borrowings
(57 )
Repayment of long-term debt
(1,875 ) (1,500 ) (1,500 )
Purchases of treasury stock
(370 ) (1,614 ) (7,498 )
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock
55,597
Stock issued under dividend reinvestment and employee stock purchase plans
2,058 2,014 2,007
Proceeds from exercise of stock options, including tax benefits
93 2,032 863
Cash dividends paid
(11,078 ) (10,275 ) (10,344 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
44,368 (9,343 ) (16,472 )
Net (decrease) increase in cash and due from financial institutions
(956 ) 948 50
Cash and due from financial institutions at beginning of year
1,042 94 44
Cash and due from financial institutions at end of year
$ 86 $ 1,042 $ 94
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest
$ 1,480 $ 1,810 $ 2,349
Income tax, net of refunds received
$ 4,977 $ 7,791 $ 8,583


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UNIVEST CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
Note 23. Quarterly Data (Unaudited)
The unaudited results of operations for the quarters for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were as follows:
2009 Quarterly Financial Data: Fourth Third Second First
Interest income
$ 23,184 $ 24,244 $ 24,529 $ 24,402
Interest expense
6,409 6,901 7,356 8,057
Net interest income
16,775 17,343 17,173 16,345
Provision for loan and lease losses
7,449 5,928 5,353 2,156
Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses
9,326 11,415 11,820 14,189
Noninterest income
8,819 7,098 7,826 6,174
Noninterest expense
17,468 15,563 16,790 15,503
Income before income taxes
677 2,950 2,856 4,860
Applicable income taxes
(845 ) 197 187 1,024
Net income
$ 1,522 $ 2,753 $ 2,669 $ 3,836
Per share data:
Net income:
Basic
$ 0.09 $ 0.19 $ 0.21 $ 0.30
Diluted
$ 0.09 $ 0.19 $ 0.21 $ 0.30
Dividends per share
$ 0.20 $ 0.20 $ 0.20 $ 0.20
2008 Quarterly Financial Data: Fourth Third Second First
Interest income
$ 26,455 $ 26,661 $ 26,935 $ 28,006
Interest expense
9,630 10,148 10,370 12,162
Net interest income
16,825 16,513 16,565 15,844
Provision for loan and lease losses
2,427 3,046 2,297 999
Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses
14,398 13,467 14,268 14,845
Noninterest income
5,328 5,564 7,979 7,744
Noninterest expense
14,867 13,665 15,085 13,608
Income before income taxes
4,859 5,366 7,162 8,981
Applicable income taxes
1,054 1,176 1,288 2,260
Net income
$ 3,805 $ 4,190 $ 5,874 $ 6,721
Per share data:
Net income:
Basic
$ 0.30 $ 0.33 $ 0.46 $ 0.52
Diluted
$ 0.29 $ 0.33 $ 0.46 $ 0.52
Dividends per share
$ 0.20 $ 0.20 $ 0.20 $ 0.20


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Item 9. Change in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosures
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Management is responsible for the disclosure controls and procedures of the Corporation. Disclosure controls and procedures are in place to assure that all material information is collected and disclosed in accordance with Rule 13a — 15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on their evaluation Management believes that the financial information required to be disclosed in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is presented fairly, recorded summarized and reported within the required time periods.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
The Management of the Corporation is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. The Corporation’s internal control system is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management assessed the effectiveness of the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, using the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control — Integrated Framework. Based on this assessment, Management concluded that, as of December 31, 2009, the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria.
The Corporation’s financial information as shown in the Annual Report Form 10-K for the Years 2009, 2008 and 2007 has been audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm. KPMG LLP presented the Corporation with unqualified opinions for these years.


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania:
We have audited Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania and subsidiaries (the “Company”) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009, and our report dated March 5, 2010 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
KPMG LLP
March 5, 2010
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Item 9B. Other Information
None.
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Information required by Items 401, 405, 406 and 407(c)(3), (d)(4) and (d)(5), of Regulation S-K is incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the annual meeting of shareholders on April 20, 2010 (“2010 Proxy”), under the headings: “Election of Directors and Alternate Directors,” “Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,” “The Board, the Board’s Committees and Their Functions,” “Audit Committee,” “Board Compensation Committee,” “Corporate Governance Disclosure” and “Nominating and Governance Committee.”
The Corporation has adopted a Code of Conduct for Directors and a Code of Conduct for all officers and employees, which includes the CEO and senior financial officers. The waiver reporting requirement process was established in 2004 and there have been no waivers. The codes of conduct are available on the Corporation’s website. The Corporation’s website also includes the charters for its audit committee, compensation committee, and nominating and governance committee as well as its corporate governance principles. These documents are located on the Corporation’s website at www.univest.net in the “Investors Section” under Governance Documents and are also available to any person without charge by sending a request to the Corporate Secretary at Univest Corporation, P. O. Box 64197, Souderton, PA 18964.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Information required by Item 402 and paragraphs (e)(4) and (e)(5) of item 407 of Regulation S-K is incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant’s 2010 Proxy under the headings: “The Board, the Board’s Committees and Their Functions,” “Executive and Director Compensation,” and “Compensation Committee Report.”
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matter
Information required by Items 201(d) and 403 of Regulation S-K is incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant’s 2010 Proxy under the heading, “Beneficial Ownership of Directors and Officers.”
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Information required by Items 404 and 407(a) of Regulation S-K is incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant’s 2010 Proxy under the headings, “The Board, the Board’s Committees and Their Functions” and “Related Party Transactions.”
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Information required by Item 9(e) of Schedule 14A is incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant’s 2010 Proxy under the headings: “Audit Committee” and “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees.”


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Part IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a) 1. & 2. Financial Statements and Schedules
The financial statements listed in the accompanying index to financial statements are filed as part of this annual report.
3. Listing of Exhibits
The exhibits listed on the accompanying index to exhibits are filed as part of this annual report.
(b) Exhibits — The response to this portion of item 15 is submitted as a separate section.
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UNIVEST CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
[Item 15(a) 1. & 2.]
Annual Report
to Shareholders
Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
55
Consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2009 and 2008
56
Consolidated statements of income for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2009
57
Consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2009
58
Consolidated statements of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2009
59
Notes to consolidated financial statements
60
Financial statement schedules are omitted since the required information is not present or is not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedule, or because the information required is included in the financial statements and notes thereto.


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UNIVEST CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
[Item 15(a) 3. and 15(b)]
Description
(3.1)
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation are incorporated by reference to Appendix A of Form DEF14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on March 9, 2006.
(3.2)
Amended By-Laws dated September 26, 2007 are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on September 27, 2007.
(10.1)
Univest 2003 Amended and Restated Long-term Incentive Plan is incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Corporation’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form DEF14A, File No. 000-07617, filed with the SEC on March 7, 2008.
(10.2)
Non-Qualified Pension Plan, including Split-dollar Agreement, for certain executive officers, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of Form 10-K, filed with the SEC March 7, 2005.
(10.3)
Supplemental Retirement Plan incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of Form 10-K, filed with the SEC March 7, 2005.
(11)
Statement Re Computation of Per Share Earnings — is incorporated by reference from Footnote 14 in Item (8) of this Form 10-K.
(14)
Code of Ethics — is incorporated by reference from Item (10) of this Form 10-K.
(21)
Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
(23.1)
KPMG LLP — Consent of independent registered public accounting firm.
(31.1)
Certification of William S. Aichele, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as enacted by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
(31.2)
Certification of Jeffrey M. Schweitzer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as enacted by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
(32.1)*
Certification of William S. Aichele, Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, pursuant to 18 United States Code Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
(32.2)*
Certification of Jeffrey M. Schweitzer, Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, pursuant to 18 United States Code Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
* A certification furnished pursuant to this item will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
UNIVEST CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
Registrant
By:
/s/ Jeffrey M. Schweitzer
Jeffrey M. Schweitzer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
March 5, 2010
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ William S. Aichele

William S. Aichele
Chairman, President, CEO and Director March 4, 2010
/s/ Marvin A. Anders

Marvin A. Anders
Retired Chairman, Director March 4, 2010
/s/ Charles H. Hoeflich

Charles H. Hoeflich
Chairman Emeritus March 4, 2010
/s/ R. Lee Delp

R. Lee Delp
Director March 4, 2010
/s/ William G. Morral

William G. Morral
Director March 4, 2010
/s/ Thomas K. Leidy

Thomas K. Leidy
Director March 4, 2010
/s/ H. Paul Lewis

H. Paul Lewis
Director March 4, 2010
/s/ H. Ray Mininger

H. Ray Mininger
Director March 4, 2010
/s/ Mark A. Schlosser

Mark A. Schlosser
Director March 4, 2010
/s/ P. Greg Shelly

P. Greg Shelly
Director March 4, 2010
/s/ John U. Young

John U. Young
Director March 4, 2010
/s/ K. Leon Moyer

K. Leon Moyer
Vice Chairman March 4, 2010


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Part IItem 1. BusinessItem 1A. Risk FactorsItem 1B. Unresolved Staff CommentsItem 2. PropertiesItem 3. Legal ProceedingsItem 4. Submission Of Matters To A Vote Of Security HoldersPart IIItem 5. Market For The Registrant S Common Stock, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases Of Equity SecuritiesPart OfItem 6. Selected Financial DataItem 7. Management S Discussion and Analysis Of Financial Condition and Results Of OperationsItem 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market RiskItem 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary DataNote 1. Summary Of Significant Accounting PoliciesNote 2. Restrictions on Cash and Due From Bank AccountsNote 3. Investment SecuritiesNote 4. Loans and LeasesNote 5. Reserve For Loan and Lease LossesNote 6. Premises and EquipmentNote 7. Intangible AssetsNote 8. Accrued Interest and Other AssetsNote 9. Income TaxesNote 10. Retirement Plan and Supplemental Retirement PlansNote 11. Long-term Incentive PlanNote 12. Time DepositsNote 13. BorrowingsNote 14. Earnings Per ShareNote 15. Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive LossNote 16. Commitments and ContingenciesNote 17. Derivative Instruments and Hedging ActivitiesNote 18. Fair Value DisclosuresNote 19. Common Stock IssuanceNote 20. Regulatory MattersNote 21. Related Party TransactionsNote 22. Parent Company Financial InformationNote 23. Quarterly Data (unaudited)Item 9. Change in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and FinancialItem 9A. Controls and ProceduresItem 9B. Other InformationPart IIIItem 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate GovernanceItem 11. Executive CompensationItem 12. Security Ownership Of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder MatterItem 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director IndependenceItem 14. Principal Accountant Fees and ServicesPart IVItem 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

Exhibits

EXHIBIT 21.1 EX-23.1 EXHIBIT 31.1 EXHIBIT 31.2 EXHIBIT 32.1 EXHIBIT 32.2