NEW SOUTH BANCSHARES INC
10-K405/A, 2000-04-07
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

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                                  Form 10-K/A


ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 333-49459


                           NEW SOUTH BANCSHARES, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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            DELAWARE                                    63-1132716
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

         1900 Crestwood Boulevard
           Birmingham, Alabama                            35210
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                (Zip Code)

                                 (205) 951-4000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

          Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

           Title of Each Class               Name of Each Exchange on Which
           to be so Registered               Each Class is to be Registered
  -------------------------------------      ------------------------------
  Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities         American Stock Exchange
 (and the Guarantee with respect thereto)

       Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes     X        No
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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.  [X]

Number of shares of Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value, outstanding as of March 1,
2000:  1,255,537.10

                      DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

                             None, except Exhibits
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ITEM 6.  SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

     The following information summarizes selected consolidated financial data
for the last five years.  The summary below should be read in conjunction with
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of
Operations" and the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes
included therein.
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<CAPTION>
                                                                   December 31
                                     --------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        1999            1998             1997            1996            1995
                                     ----------      ----------        --------        --------        --------
                                                 (In thousands, except percentage and per share data)
<S>                                  <C>             <C>               <C>             <C>             <C>
Summary of Operations Data
Interest income                      $   85,356      $   83,251        $ 75,491        $ 65,535        $ 55,064
Interest expense                         53,584          52,299          47,723          43,158          37,523
                                     ----------      ----------        --------        --------        --------
Net interest income                      31,772          30,952          27,768          22,377          17,541
Provision for loan losses                 3,638           3,944           2,954           2,492             572
                                     ----------      ----------        --------        --------        --------
Net interest income after
  provision for loan losses              28,134          27,008          24,814          19,885          16,969

Noninterest income
Loan administration income               12,427           6,191           4,915           4,870           4,547
Gain on sale of loan                      9,979          11,387           5,079             457             629
Other income                             15,563          15,992           5,320           2,998           1,490
                                     ----------      ----------        --------        --------        --------
Total                                    37,969          33,570          15,314           8,325           6,666

Noninterest expense:
Salaries and benefits                    34,347          26,286          16,024           7,424           5,371
Other expense                            27,759          22,467          15,398          15,742          12,633
                                     ----------      ----------        --------        --------        --------
Total                                    62,106          48,753          31,422          23,166          18,004
Income before income taxes                3,997          11,825           8,706           5,044           5,631
Income taxes expense                      1,406           5,088           3,990           2,482           2,265
                                     ----------      ----------        --------        --------        --------
Net Income                           $    2,591      $    6,737        $  4,716        $  2,562        $  3,366
                                     ==========      ==========        ========        ========        ========
Per Share Data
Earnings per share                   $     2.06      $     5.05        $   3.42        $   1.84        $   2.42
Weighted average shares
  outstanding                             1,255           1,333           1,377           1,391           1,393

Selected Year End Balances
Total assets                         $1,021,107      $1,142,622        $994,053        $822,980        $746,518
Investment securities
  available for sale                    132,482         109,591         197,135          94,451          96,678
Loans, net of unearned
  income                                748,277         812,877         727,854         681,730         561,611
Allowance for loan losses                11,114           9,107           7,333           5,904           4,562
Deposits                                745,085         775,448         695,365         660,668         539,011
Federal Home Loan Bank
  Advances                              128,417         198,418         179,420          95,388         104,000
Total liabilities                       973,799       1,094,182         941,739         775,039         700,738
Shareholders' equity                     47,308          48,440          52,314          47,941          45,780

Performance Ratios
Return on average assets                   0.24%           0.65%           0.51%           0.31%           0.47%
Return of average equity                   5.44           13.71            9.17            5.22            7.75
Interest rate spread                       2.56            2.72            2.74            2.53            2.28
Net interest margin                        3.04            3.22            3.21            2.94            2.65
Ratio of average
  interest-earning assets
  to average interest-bearing
  liabilities                            109.40          109.14          108.46          107.19          106.56
Ratio of noninterest expense
  to average assets                        5.71            4.71            3.42            2.84            2.52
Efficiency ratio                          89.05           75.56           72.94           75.45           74.38
Average equity to
  average assets                           4.38            4.75            5.59            6.02            6.08

Asset Quality Data
Net charge-offs to average
  loans, net of unearned income            0.18%           0.28%           0.21%           0.18%           0.22%
Nonperforming assets to
  total assets                             1.18            0.94            0.93            1.20            0.78
Nonperforming loans to
  total loans, net of
  unearned income                          1.17            1.19            1.12            1.21            0.69
Allowance for loan losses to
  total loans, net of
  unearned income                          1.49            1.12            1.01            0.87            0.81
Allowance for loan losses
  to total nonperforming
  assets                                  92.53           84.57           78.97           59.99           78.43

Capital Ratios(1)
Tangible capital (tier 1
  to total assets)                         8.64%           7.00%           6.17%           6.89%           7.24%
Tier 1 capital (to risk
  weighted assets)                        11.87%           9.96%           9.51%          10.27%          11.12%
Total risk-based capital
  (to risk weighted assets)               12.10%          10.38%          10.48%          11.10%          11.78%
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(1) Capital ratio data for all period presented are for New South only



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Nonperforming Assets

     The following table sets forth the Company's nonperforming assets for the
periods indicated.

                             Nonperforming Assets
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                        As of December 31,
                                                                       ----------------------------------------------
                                                                        1999      1998      1997     1996      1995
                                                                       -------   -------   ------   -------   -------
                                                                              (In thousands, except percentages)
<S>                                                                    <C>       <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>
Nonaccrual loans(1)                                                    $ 5,813   $ 7,629   $6,065   $6,168    $1,639

Restructured loans                                                       2,910     2,010    2,062    2,088     2,241
                                                                       -------   -------   ------   ------    ------
   Total nonperforming loans                                             8,723     9,639    8,127    8,256     3,880

Foreclosed properties and repossessed assets                             3,288     1,129    1,159    1,585     1,937
                                                                       -------   -------   ------   ------    ------
   Total nonperforming assets                                          $12,011   $10,768   $9,286   $9,841    $5,817
                                                                       =======   =======   ======   ======    ======
Nonperforming assets to period end loans, net of
   unearned income, and foreclosed properties                             1.60%     1.32%    1.27%    1.44%     1.03%

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(1) Includes all loans contractually past due 90 days or more as to principal or
    interest

     Management closely monitors loans and other assets which are classified as
nonperforming assets. Nonperforming assets include nonaccrual loans,
restructured loans, foreclosed properties, and repossessions. Management
utilizes tracking and monitoring systems to identify potential problem assets
within all lending portfolios. It is the Company's policy to place on nonaccrual
status any loan that is contractually 90 days or more past due with respect to
principal or interest. When a loan is placed in nonaccrual status, all accrued
but unpaid interest is reversed and deducted from interest income. No additional
interest is accrued on the loan balance until collection of both principal and
interest is reasonably certain.

     The amount of interest income earned in 1999 on the $5.8 million of
nonaccruing loans outstanding at year-end was approximately $217,000. If these
loans had been current in accordance with their original terms, approximately
$606,000 would have been earned on these loans in 1999. Additional interest
income of approximately $4,000 would have been earned in 1999 under the
original terms of the $2.9 million in restructured loans outstanding at December
31, 1999. Approximately $287,000 in interest income was actually earned in 1999
on these loans, due in part to recognition of interest foregone in prior years.

     Total nonperforming assets as a percentage of loans, net of unearned
income, and foreclosed properties has increased from 1.32 percent at December
31, 1998 to 1.60 percent at December 31, 1999. This increase is due to
additional foreclosures in the nonconforming residential mortgage loan
portfolio, as this portfolio continues to grow and mature.  The percentage
increase at year end 1999 was also due to a lower level of outstanding loans in
the nonconforming category as a result of securitizations during 1999.


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    The following tables set forth nonperforming loans by portfolio for the
periods presented.

                              Nonperforming Loans

                                       As of December 31,
                          ---------------------------------------------
                                 1999                   1998
                          ---------------------   ---------------------
                                        % of                    % of
                                       Average                 Average
                                      Loans per               Loans per
                          Balance     Category    Balance     Category
                          -------     ---------   -------     ---------
                                (In thousands, except percentages)
Residential mortgage       8,287        1.38%     $7,074        1.68%
Automobile installment       339         .30         555        0.51
Commercial real estate        97         .05       2,010        1.62
                          ------                  ------
  Total Loans(1)          $8,723        0.97      $9,639        1.26
                          ======                  ======

(1)  There were no nonperforming loans or net charge-offs in the residential
     construction and land portfolio or the commercial portfolios for periods
     presented above.

     Total nonperforming loans decreased from $9.6 million at December 31, 1998
to $8.7 million at December 31, 1999. The decline is attributable to decreases
in commercial real estate.

     The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, loan
originations by significant category.

                              Loan Originations

                                        For the Year Ended December 31,
                                     ------------------------------------
                                        1999          1998         1997
                                     ----------    ----------    --------
                                               (In thousands)
Residential
  Conforming(1)                      $  709,418    $  985,630    $304,508
  Nonconforming                         248,375       246,581     186,150
Automobile installment
  Prime(2)                              134,687       111,349      67,926
  Nonprime                               10,131        12,241       7,856
Manufactured housing
  Mortgage                               17,173         1,556           -
  Nonmortgage                            82,963        12,420           -
Residential construction and land       233,629       230,453     129,277
Commercial real estate(3)                59,064       135,431     155,025
Commercial                                8,532         4,600       1,846
                                     ----------    ----------    --------
                                     $1,503,972    $1,740,261    $852,588
                                     ==========    ==========    ========

(1)  Includes only those loans originated from July 1, 1997, the effective date
     of the Transfer.
(2)  Includes certain other nonautomobile loans.
(3)  Consists primarily of commercial real estate loans generated by Collateral,
     for which Collateral earns an origination fee. The loans are funded by New
     South and close in New South's name.


Noninterest Income and Expense

Noninterest Income

     Noninterest income consists primarily of fees from mortgage banking
activities, including origination fees, loan administration fees,  gains or
losses on sales of loans, and gains or losses on securities sales. Total
noninterest income increased $4.4 million, or 13.1 percent, from $33.6 million
in 1998 to $38.0 million in 1999.  The following table sets forth, for the
periods indicated the principal components of noninterest income.

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                                    Part IV

Item 14.  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K.

(a)       The following documents are filed as part of this report:

          1. Financial Statements (Item 8)

          2. Financial Statement Schedules (see index annexed)

          3. Exhibits:

             The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index on page 23 of this Form
             10-K are filed herewith or are incorporated herein by reference. No
             management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement is required
             to be filed as an exhibit to this form. The Registrant will furnish
             a copy of any of the exhibits listed upon the payment of $5.00 per
             exhibit to cover the cost of the Registrant in furnishing the
             exhibit.

(b)  Reports on Form 8-K:

          No reports on Form 8-K were filed by the Company during the fourth
quarter.


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Company has duly caused this amended Report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                    NEW SOUTH BANCSHARES, INC.

                                    /s/ Robert M. Couch
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                                    By:  Robert M. Couch
                                         Executive Vice President


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     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
amended Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Company and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     CAPACITY IN WHICH
            SIGNATURE                     SIGNED                              DATE
<S>                                 <C>                                   <C>

- ------------------------------     Chairman and President                 April 7, 2000
William T. Ratliff, III *

/s/ Cheryl R. Stone
- ------------------------------     Acting Controller                      April 7, 2000
Cheryl R. Stone


- ------------------------------     Director and Vice President            April 7, 2000
William T. Ratliff, Jr. *


- ------------------------------     Director and Vice President            April 7, 2000
J. K. V. Ratliff *


- ------------------------------     Director                               April 7, 2000
David W. Whitehurst*
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*    Lizabeth R. Nichols hereby signs this Report on April 7, 2000 on behalf of
     each of the indicated persons for whom she is attorney-in-fact pursuant to
     powers of attorney duly executed by such persons and filed with the
     Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                         /s/ Lizabeth R. Nichols
                                         --------------------------------
                                         Lizabeth R. Nichols
                                         Attorney-In-Fact

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