UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒     Quarterly report under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014 or

☐     Transition report under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission file number: 000-49814

MONARCH COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

375 North Willowbrook Road, Coldwater, MI 49036

(Address of principal executive offices)

517-278-4566

(Registrant’s telephone number)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes: ☒ No: ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large Accelerated Filer ☐     Accelerated Filer ☐     Non-Accelerated Filer ☐     Smaller reporting company ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes: ☐ No: ☒

State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of the latest practical date: At April 28, 2014, there were 8,660,147 shares of the issuer’s Common Stock outstanding.

Monarch Community Bancorp, Inc.

Index

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

MONARCH COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

ORGANIZATION

Monarch Community Bancorp, Inc. (the “Corporation”) was incorporated in 2002 under Maryland law to hold all of the common stock of Monarch Community Bank (the “Bank”), formerly known as Branch County Federal Savings and Loan Association. The Bank converted to a stock savings institution effective August 29, 2002. In connection with the conversion, the Corporation sold 2,314,375 shares of its common stock in a subscription offering. On May 28, 2013, the Corporation completed a one for five reverse split of its common stock.

On November 15, 2013, the Corporation completed its offering of 8,250,000 shares of its common stock. The shares were issued at a purchase price of $2.00 per share, for aggregate consideration of $16.5 million. The closing of the offering occurred simultaneously with the closing of the series of transactions between the Corporation and the Department of Treasury pursuant to which, the Department of Treasury received 2,272,601 shares of the Corporation’s common stock in exchange the 6,785 shares of Preferred Stock and the Warrants it held, and accrued dividends and interest on the preferred stock totaling $1,491,951. The transactions with Treasury resulted in the preferred stock and other obligations being settled at a discount, which was credited to paid-in-capital. The shares issued to the Treasury were sold as part of the public offering, resulting in $4,545,202 of the offering proceeds being paid to the Department of Treasury. The net cash proceeds of the offering to the Corporation were approximately $10.5 million (net of the Treasury shares sold and total costs of $1.4 million).

Monarch Community Bank is headquartered in Coldwater, Michigan and operates five full service retail offices in Branch, Calhoun and Hillsdale Counties and nine loan production offices in Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Berrien, Ingham, Lenawee, Kent, Livingston and Jackson Counties in Michigan and one in Steuben County, Indiana. The Bank owns 100% of First Insurance Agency. First Insurance Agency is a licensed insurance agency established to allow for the receipt of fees on insurance services provided to the Bank’s customers. The Bank also owns a 24.98% interest in a limited partnership formed to construct and operate multi-family housing units.

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The condensed consolidated financial statements of the Corporation include the accounts of Monarch Community Bank and First Insurance Agency. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The condensed consolidated financial statements for interim periods are unaudited; however, in the opinion of the Corporation’s management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation of the Corporation’s financial position and results of operations have been included.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions for Form 10-Q and, therefore, do not include all information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles in annual consolidated financial statements. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The results of operations for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year period.

ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES

The appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses is reviewed by management based upon our evaluation of then-existing economic and business conditions affecting our key lending areas and other conditions, such as credit quality trends (including trends in delinquencies, nonperforming loans and foreclosed assets expected to result from existing conditions), collateral values, loan volumes and concentrations, specific industry conditions within portfolio segments and recent loss experience in particular segments of the portfolio that existed as of the balance sheet date and the impact that these conditions were believed to have had on the collectability of the loan. Senior management reviews these conditions at least quarterly.

To the extent that any of these conditions is evidenced by a specifically identifiable problem credit or portfolio segment as of the evaluation date, management’s estimate of the effect of this condition may be reflected as a specific allowance applicable to this credit or portfolio segment. The specific components as mentioned, which relate to identifiable problem credits, are loans classified as doubtful, substandard or special mention. For such loans that are also classified as impaired, an allowance is established when the discounted cash flows, collateral value or observable market price of the impaired loan is lower than the carrying value of the loan.

The allowance also consists of general and unallocated components. The general component covers non-classified loans and is based on historical loss experience. Weighted average historical losses are used in this analysis, which are based on actual losses over the prior eighteen month, with the most recent nine months weighted 60% and the latter nine months 40%. Our methodology as described permits adjustments to any loss factor used in the computation of the formula allowance in the event that, in management’s judgment, significant factors which affect the collectability of the portfolio as of the evaluation date are not reflected in the loss factors. Management estimates probable losses by evaluating quantitative and qualitative factors for each loan portfolio segment, including net charge-off trends, internal risk ratings, changes in internal risk ratings, loss forecasts, collateral values, geographic location, delinquency rates, nonperforming and restructured loans, origination channel, product mix, underwriting practices, industry conditions, and economic trends.

As of March 31, 2014 the residential loan historical loss ratios were increased by .08% to 1.39% based on the particular segment. Multi-family real estate loan historical loss ratios were increased by .32% to 1.32%. All other commercial real estate loan historical loss ratios were increased by .92% to 1.32%. Construction loan historical loss ratios were increased by .04% to .50%, consumer loan historical loss ratios by .50% to .60%, commercial and industrial loan historical loss ratios by .28% to 1.57% and home equity lines of credit historical loss ratios by .03% to 1.34%. As of March 31, 2014, 18% of the allowance for loan loss reserve was attributable to adjustments to the loss factors. By assessing the estimated losses inherent in the loan portfolio on a quarterly basis, we are able to adjust specific and inherent loss estimates based upon any more recent information that has become available.

The unallocated component is maintained to cover uncertainties that could affect management’s estimates of probable losses. The unallocated component of the allowance reflects the margin of imprecision inherent in the underlying assumptions used in the methodologies for estimating specific and general losses in the portfolio.

RECLASSIFICATIONS

Certain 2013 amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2014 presentation.

NOTE 2 - SECURITIES

The amortized cost and fair value of securities at period-end were as follows (dollars in thousands):

There were no proceeds from the sale of investment securities for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013. Gross realized gains were $0 and gross realized losses were $0 on the sales of investment securities for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013.

The amortized cost and fair value of securities available for sale at March 31, 2014 by contractual maturity follow (dollars in thousands). The actual maturity may differ from the contractual maturity because issuers may have a right to call or prepay obligations.

Other-Than Temporary-Impairment

Our portfolio of available for sale securities is reviewed quarterly for other-than-temporary-impairment (OTTI) in value. In performing this review many factors are considered including: (1) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, (2) the financial condition and near term prospect of the issuer, (3) the impact of changes in market interest rates on the market value of the security and (4) an assessment of whether management intends to sell the security, or it is more likely than not that management will be required to sell the security at a loss before anticipated recovery.

Management determined that there were no securities with OTTI at March 31, 2014.

The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and the fair value of the Corporation’s investments, aggregated by the investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position. As of March 31, 2014 17 securities were in a loss position. There were 21 securities in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2013.

NOTE 3 - EARNINGS PER SHARE

A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators used in the computation of the basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share is presented below (000s omitted except per share data). The share numbers reflect a one-for-five reverse stock split effective May 28, 2013.

NOTE 4 - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

In general, fair values determined by Level 1 inputs use quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Corporation has the ability to access.

Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs use other inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly. These Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and other inputs such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.

Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs, including inputs that are available in situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the related asset or liability.

In instances where inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels in the above fair value hierarchy, fair value measurements in their entirety are categorized based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. The Corporation’s assessment of the significance of particular inputs to these fair value measurements requires judgment and considers factors specific to each asset or liability.

The following table presents information about the Corporation’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, and the valuation techniques used by the Corporation to determine those fair values. Investment securities with fair value determined by Level 2 inputs include mortgage backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, obligations of states and political subdivisions and U.S Government Agency obligations.

The Corporation also has assets that under certain conditions are subject to measurement at fair value on a non-recurring basis. These assets include loans and foreclosed assets. These assets are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis, but are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances (for example, when there is evidence of impairment). Adjustments in 2014 and 2013 to the impaired loans were recorded as additional allocations to the allowance for loan and lease losses. Adjustments in 2014 and 2013 to foreclosed assets were recorded as additional allocations to the allowance for loan and lease losses.

The following table presents the Corporation’s assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (000s omitted):

The fair value of impaired loans is estimated using either discounted cash flows or collateral value. Those impaired loans not requiring an allowance represent loans for which the fair value of the expected repayments or collateral exceed the recorded investments in such loans. Impaired loans where a specific reserve is established based on the fair value of the collateral require classification in the fair value hierarchy. Impaired loans are categorized as level 3 assets because the values are based on available collateral (typically based on outside appraisals obtained at least annually) and discounted based on internal loan to value limits which typically range from 50% to 80% based on the collateral. Management reviews the impaired loans no less than quarterly for potential additional impairment and when there is little prospect of collecting principal or interest, loans or portions thereof may be charged off to the allowance for loan losses. Losses are recognized in the period a debt becomes uncollectible. The recognition of a loss does not mean that the loan has no recovery or salvage value, but rather it is not practical or desirable to defer writing off the loan even though a partial recovery may occur in the future.

Foreclosed assets, which include real estate owned and real estate in judgment and subject to redemption, acquired through, or in lieu of, loan foreclosure are held for sale and are initially recorded at fair value at the date of the foreclosure, establishing a new cost basis. Subsequent to foreclosure, valuations are performed annually by management and the assets are carried at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less estimated selling expenses, which consist primarily of commissions that will be paid to an independent real estate agent upon sale of the property. The valuations consist of obtaining a broker price opinion or a new appraisal depending on the value of the asset. Revenue and expenses from operations and changes in the valuation allowance are included in net expenses from foreclosed assets. Assets held as real estate in judgment may be subject to redemption for a period of six to twelve months depending on the collateral, following the foreclosure sale. Assets may be redeemed by the borrower for the foreclosure sale price, accrued interest and foreclosure costs. Any asset redeemed would be treated as a paid off loan. As of March 31, 2014 the Corporation held $1.2 million in foreclosed assets owned as a result of foreclosure or the acceptance of a deed in lieu and $1.1 million in foreclosed assets as of December 31, 2013. No assets were redeemed by borrowers in 2013 or in the first three months of 2014.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of a financial instrument is the current amount that would be exchanged between willing parties, other than in a forced liquidation. Fair value is best determined based upon quoted market prices. However, in many instances, there are no quoted market prices for the Corporation’s various financial instruments. In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair values are based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques. Those techniques are significantly affected by the assumptions used, including the discount rate and estimates of future cash flows. Accordingly, the fair value estimates may not be realized in an immediate settlement of the instrument. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), Accounting Standards Codification (ASC), FASB ASC 820-10-50, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, excludes certain financial instruments and all nonfinancial instruments from its disclosure requirements. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts presented may not necessarily represent the underlying fair value of the Corporation.

The fair value of all financial instruments not discussed below (cash and cash equivalents, federal funds sold, Federal Home Loan Bank stock, accrued interest receivable, federal funds purchased and interest payable) are estimated to be equal to their carrying amounts as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. The following methods and assumptions were used by the Corporation in estimating fair value disclosures for financial instruments:

Securities - Fair values for securities, excluding Federal Home Loan Bank stock, are based on quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and other inputs such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.

Mortgage Loans Held for Sale - Fair values of mortgage loans held for sale are based on commitments on hand from investors or prevailing market prices.

Loans Receivable - For variable-rate loans that reprice frequently and with no significant change in credit risk, fair values are based on carrying values. Fair values for other loans are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses using current market rates applied to the estimated life. Fair values for non-performing loans are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses or underlying collateral values, where applicable.

Deposit Liabilities - The fair values disclosed for demand deposits (e.g., interest and non-interest checking, passbook savings, and certain types of money market accounts) are, by definition, equal to the amount payable on demand at the reporting date (i.e., their carrying amounts). The carrying amounts of variable-rate, fixed term money market accounts and certificates of deposit approximate their fair values at the reporting date. Fair values for fixed-rate certificates of deposit are estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies interest rates currently being offered on certificates to a schedule of aggregated expected monthly maturities on time deposits.

Federal Home Loan Bank Advances - The fair values of the Corporation’s Federal Home Loan Bank advances are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses based on the Corporation’s current incremental borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements.

The estimated fair values, and related carrying or notional amounts, of the Corporation’s financial instruments are as follows (000s omitted):

NOTE 5 - LOANS

The following table presents information concerning the composition of our loan portfolio in dollar amounts and in percentages as of the dates indicated:

Loans are considered past due if the required principal and interest payments have not been received as of the date such payments were due. All loan classes on which principal or interest is in default for 90 days or more are put on nonaccrual status, unless there is sufficient documentation to conclude that the loan is well secured and in the process of collection. Loans will also be placed on nonaccrual status if the Bank cannot reasonably expect full and timely repayment. All nonaccrual loans are also deemed to be impaired unless they are residential loans whose status as nonaccrual loans is based solely on having reached 90 days past due, are in the process of collection, but whose status as well secured has not yet been established.

A loan is considered impaired when it is probable that the Corporation will be unable to collect all amounts due, including principal and interest, according to the contractual terms of the agreement. All impaired loans are also classified as nonaccrual loans unless they are deemed to be impaired solely due to their status as a troubled debt restructure and, 1) the borrower is not past due or, 2) there is verifiable adequate cash flow to support the restructured debt service or, 3) there is an adequate collateral valuation supporting the restructured loan.

An age analysis of past due loans including nonaccrual loans, segregated by class of loans, as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows:

All commercial loans will be assigned a risk rating by the Credit Analyst at inception. The risk rating system is composed of eight levels of quality and utilizes the following definitions.

Risk Rating Scores by definition:

The following table represents the risk category of loans by class based on the analysis performed as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

For consumer residential real estate, and consumer loans, the Corporation also evaluates credit quality based on the aging status of the loan which was previously stated, and by payment activity. The following tables present the recorded investment in those classes based on payment activity and assigned grades as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

The following table presents loans individually evaluated for impairment by class of loans as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands).

The following table presents loans individually evaluated for impairment by class of loans for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013 (in thousands).

Payments received on loans in nonaccrual status are typically applied to reduce the recorded investment in the asset. While a loan is in nonaccrual status, some or all of the cash interest payments received may be treated as interest income on a cash basis as long as the remaining recorded investment in the asset (i.e., after charge-off of identified losses, if any) is deemed to be fully collectible. The following presents, by class, the recorded investment in loans and leases on non-accrual status as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.