Triumph Bancorp Reports First Quarter Net Income to Common Stockholders of $13.9 Million

DALLAS, April 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:TBK) today announced earnings and operating results for the first quarter of 2015.

"Our first quarter 2015 results reflect our opportunistic approach to our business," said Aaron P. Graft, Chief Executive Officer, Triumph Bancorp, Inc. "Our acquisition of Doral Money, Inc. added approximately $700 million to our asset management business and generated a profit for our investors, in addition to core earnings for the quarter."

As part of how we measure our results, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures to ascertain performance. These non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled in the section labeled "Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Reconciliation" at the end of this document.

First Quarter Highlights

• For the first quarter of 2015, net income was $14.0 million and net income available to common stockholders was $13.9 million, compared to net income of $2.8 million and net income available to common stockholders of $2.0 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2014.
• Triumph Capital Advisors ("TCA") completed the acquisition of Doral Money, Inc. ("DMI"). This transaction added two active collateralized loan obligation ("CLO") management contracts to TCA's portfolio, which increased assets under management by approximately $700 million. Triumph recorded a preliminary bargain purchase gain associated with this transaction of $12.5 million.
• Fully diluted earnings per share were $0.76 for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, compared to $0.14 for the quarter ended December 31, 2014. Excluding the impact of the net contribution of the DMI acquisition, fully diluted earnings per share were $0.14 for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.
• For the quarter ended March 31, 2015, excluding the DMI transaction, our annualized return on average common equity and return on average assets were 4.29% and 0.69%, compared to 4.30% and 0.78%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 31, 2014.

Doral Money, Inc. Transaction Summary

Set forth below is a summary of the estimated acquisition date fair value of the assets acquired as part of the DMI acquisition, the consideration transferred, and the resulting bargain purchase gain recorded from the acquisition. As previously disclosed, TCA financed a portion of the consideration paid in the acquisition with the proceeds of a credit facility in an amount equal to the value of the acquired CLO securities, which was repaid immediately following the closing through transfer of the acquired CLO securities to the lender.

In addition to the delivery of the CLO securities to the lender as described above, the shared national credit ("SNC") loan portfolio was sold to third parties shortly following the closing at its acquisition date fair value. There were no material gains or losses associated with this liquidation. Following the delivery of the CLO securities to the lender and the sale of the SNC loan portfolio, the remaining primary assets resulting from the acquisition consist of the cash, prepaid tax asset and CLO contracts set forth above. In conjunction with the transaction, the Company incurred direct transaction expenses of $243 thousand. 

Also as a result of the transaction, the Company recognized $300 thousand in other income due to the release of cash previously held in escrow but controlled by DMI as part of the Company's June 2014 purchase agreement to acquire Doral Healthcare Finance, and accrued $1.8 million in incremental bonus expense for the anticipated amount expected to be paid to team members to recognize their contribution to this transaction. 

Balance Sheet

Total loans held for investment were $1.011 billion at March 31, 2015, an increase of $5.6 million or 0.6% during the first quarter. This increase was primarily due to continued growth in our commercial finance loan portfolio, which consists of factored receivables, asset based and equipment loans originated under our Triumph Commercial Finance brand, and healthcare asset based loans originated under our Triumph Healthcare Finance brand. Our commercial finance loan portfolio totaled $385.8 million as of March 31, 2015, an increase of $10.4 million or 2.8% in the first quarter of 2015.

Total deposits were $1.174 billion at March 31, 2015, an increase of $8.5 million or 0.7% for the first quarter of 2015. Noninterest-bearing deposits accounted for 14.3% of total deposits and non-time deposits accounted for 50.6% of total deposits. The average cost of our interest-bearing deposits was 0.64% for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 compared to 0.61% for the quarter ended December 31, 2014, on an annualized basis.

Net Interest Income

We earned net interest income for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, of $19.7 million compared to $21.3 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2014. Yields on loans for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 were down 0.48% to 8.50% (8.04% adjusted for loan discount accretion) compared to 8.98% (8.29% adjusted for loan discount accretion) for the quarter ended December 31, 2014.  Net interest margin ("NIM") decreased 0.47% to 6.11% for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 from 6.58% for the quarter ended December 31, 2014. Net interest margin adjusted for loan discount accretion was 5.76% for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 compared to 6.05% for the quarter ended December 31, 2014. The decrease in adjusted loan yield and adjusted NIM is largely attributable to the change in the mix of our loan portfolio between higher yielding factored receivables and mortgage warehouse loans during the quarter.

Asset Quality

Our provision for loan losses was $0.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 compared to $1.8 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2014. We experienced net charge-offs of $0.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 compared to net charge-offs of $0.3 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2014. From December 31, 2014 to March 31, 2015, our allowance for loan and lease losses ("ALLL") increased from $8.8 million or 0.88% of total loans to $9.3 million or 0.92% of total loans.  Nonperforming Assets ("NPAs") improved 11 bps from December 31, 2014 to March 31, 2015 to 1.62% of total assets.

Noninterest Income and Expense

We earned noninterest income for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 of $16.7 million (or $3.9 million excluding the DMI transaction) compared to $3.7 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2014. 

For the quarter ended March 31, 2015, noninterest expense totaled $20.8 million (or $18.8 million excluding the DMI transaction), compared to $19.7 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2014, an increase of $1.1 million.

Conference Call Information

Aaron P. Graft, Vice Chairman and CEO and Bryce Fowler, CFO will review the quarterly results in a conference call for investors and analysts beginning at 8:00 a.m. Central Time on Thursday, April 30^th, 2015. Dan Karas, Chief Lending Officer of Triumph Savings Bank and Gibran Mahmud, Senior Managing Director at Triumph Capital Advisors will also be available for questions.

To participate in the live conference call, please dial 1 (855) 779-1042 (U.S. and Canada) and enter Conference ID # 21869542. A simultaneous audio-only webcast may be accessed via the Company's website at www.triumphbancorp.com through the Investor Relations, Webcasts and Presentations links, or through a direct link here at http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/c9f3zyrb/lan/en. An archive of this conference call will subsequently be available at this same location on the Company's website.

About Triumph

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:TBK) is a financial holding company with a diversified line of community banking, commercial finance and asset management activities. www.triumphbancorp.com

Forward-Looking Statements

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While forward-looking statements reflect our good-faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of future performance. All forward-looking statements are necessarily only estimates of future results. Accordingly, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or contemplated by the particular forward-looking statement, and, therefore, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances, except as required by applicable law. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" and the forward-looking statement disclosure contained in Triumph's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2015.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release includes certain Non-GAAP financial measures intended to supplement, not substitute for, comparable GAAP measures. Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures are provided at the end of this press release.

The following table sets forth key metrics used by Triumph to monitor its operations. Footnotes in this table can be found in our definitions of non-GAAP financial measures at the end of this document. 

Unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of: 

Unaudited consolidated statement of income for the three months ended: 

Loans held for investment summarized for the most recent five quarters: 

A portion of our total loan portfolio consists of commercial finance products offered on a nationwide basis, as further summarized below: 

*Denotes equipment loans offered under our Triumph Commercial Finance brand, general asset based loans offered under our Triumph Commercial Finance brand and healthcare asset based loan products offered under our Triumph Healthcare Finance brand.

Deposits summarized for the most recent five quarters: 

Net interest margin summarized for the most recent two quarters: 

1)  The Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to provide meaningful supplemental information regarding the Company's operational performance and to enhance investors' overall understanding of such financial performance. The non-GAAP measures used by the Company include the following:

• "Common stockholders' equity" is defined as total stockholders' equity at end of period less the liquidation preference value of the preferred stock.
• "Adjusted diluted earnings per common share" is defined as adjusted net income available to common stockholders divided by adjusted weighted average diluted common shares outstanding. Excluded from net income available to common stockholders are material gains and expenses related to merger and acquisition-related activities, net of tax. In our judgment, the adjustments made to net income available to common stockholders allow management and investors to better assess our performance in relation to our core net income by removing the volatility associated with certain acquisition-related items and other discrete items that are unrelated to our core business. Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding are adjusted as a result of changes in their dilutive properties given the gain and expense adjustments described herein.  
• "Adjusted average common equity" is defined as average common equity less the average bargain purchase gain.
• "Adjusted average total assets" is defined as average total assets less the average bargain purchase gain.
• "Adjusted return on average common equity" is defined as adjusted net income available to common stockholders divided by adjusted average common equity.
• "Adjusted return on average total assets" is defined as adjusted net income available to common stockholders divided by adjusted average total assets.
• "Net interest margin" is defined as net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets.
• "Tangible common stockholders' equity" is common stockholders' equity less goodwill and other intangible assets.
• "Total tangible assets" is defined as total assets less goodwill and other intangible assets.
• "Tangible book value per share" is defined as tangible common stockholders' equity divided by total common shares outstanding. This measure is important to investors interested in changes from period-to-period in book value per share exclusive of changes in intangible assets.
• "Tangible common stockholders' equity ratio" is defined as the ratio of tangible common stockholders' equity divided by total tangible assets. We believe that this measure is important to many investors in the marketplace who are interested in relative changes from period-to-period in common equity and total assets, each exclusive of changes in intangible assets.
• "Return on Average Tangible Common Equity" is defined as net income available to common stockholders divided by average tangible common stockholders' equity.
• "Efficiency ratio" is defined as noninterest expenses divided by our operating revenue, which is equal to net interest income plus noninterest income. Also excluded are material gains and expenses related to merger and acquisition-related activities, including divestitures. In our judgment, the adjustments made to operating revenue allow management and investors to better assess our performance in relation to our core operating revenue by removing the volatility associated with certain acquisition-related items and other discrete items that are unrelated to our core business.
• "Net noninterest expense to average total assets" is defined as noninterest expenses net of noninterest income divided by total average assets. Excluded are material gains and expenses related to merger and acquisition-related activities, including divestitures. This metric is used by our management to better assess our operating efficiency. 
• "Adjusted yield on loans" is our yield on loans after excluding loan accretion from our acquired loan portfolio. Our management uses this metric to better assess the impact of purchase accounting on our yield on loans, as the effect of loan discount accretion is expected to decrease as the acquired loans roll off of our balance sheet.
• "Adjusted net interest margin" is net interest margin after excluding loan accretion from the acquired loan portfolio. Our management uses this metric to better assess the impact of purchase accounting on net interest margin, as the effect of loan discount accretion is expected to decrease as the acquired loans mature or roll off of our balance sheet. 

2)  Asset quality ratios exclude loans held for sale.

3)  Current quarter ratios are preliminary and, beginning January 1, 2015, are calculated under the requirements of Basel III.