NOTE B: ACQUISITIONS

In July 2013, Community Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”) entered into a purchase and assumption agreement to acquire eight branch-banking locations across its Northeast Pennsylvania markets from Bank of America, N.A. Under the terms of the agreement, Community Bank will acquire approximately $340 million in deposits at a deposit premium of approximately 2.4% and approximately $1 million of loans. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2013.

On September 7, 2012, the Bank completed its acquisition of three branches in Western New York from First Niagara Bank, N.A. (“First Niagara”), acquiring approximately $54 million of loans and $101 million of deposits. The assumed deposits consisted primarily of core deposits (checking, savings and money market accounts) and the purchased loans consisted of in-market performing loans, primarily residential real estate loans. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, the Bank paid a blended deposit premium of 3.1%, or approximately $3 million. The effects of the acquired assets and liabilities have been included in the consolidated financial statements since that date.

On July 20, 2012, the Bank completed its acquisition of 16 retail branches in Central, Northern and Western New York from HSBC Bank USA, N.A. (“HSBC”), acquiring approximately $106 million in loans and $697 million of deposits. The assumed deposits consisted primarily of core deposits (checking, savings and money markets accounts) and the purchased loans consisted of in-market performing loans, primarily residential real estate loans. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, the Bank paid First Niagara (who acquired HSBC’s Upstate New York banking business and assigned its right to purchase the 16 branches to the Bank) a blended deposit premium of 3.4%, or approximately $24 million. The effects of the acquired assets and liabilities have been included in the consolidated financial statements since that date.

The assets and liabilities assumed in the acquisitions were recorded at their estimated fair values based on management's best estimates using information available at the dates of the acquisition, and are subject to adjustment based on updated information not available at the time of acquisition. The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed during 2012.

(000s omitted)
Consideration received:
Cash/Total net consideration received	($595,462)
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Cash and cash equivalents	5,510
Loans	160,116
Premises and equipment	4,941
Accrued interest receivable	588
Other assets and liabilities, net	171
Core deposit intangibles	6,521
Deposits	(797,962)
Total identifiable liabilities, net	(620,115)
Goodwill	$24,653

The following is a summary of the loans acquired from HSBC and First Niagara at the date of acquisition:

	Acquired	Acquired	Total
	Impaired	Non-Impaired	Acquired
(000’s omitted)	Loans	Loans	Loans
Contractually required principal and interest at acquisition	$0	$201,745	$201,745
Contractual cash flows not expected to be collected	0	(3,555)	(3,555)
Expected cash flows at acquisition	0	198,190	198,190
Interest component of expected cash flows	0	(38,074)	(38,074)
Fair value of acquired loans	$0	$160,116	$160,116

The fair value of checking, savings and money market deposit accounts acquired were assumed to approximate the carrying value as these accounts have no stated maturity and are payable on demand. Certificate of deposit accounts were valued as the present value of the certificates’ expected contractual payments discounted at market rates for similar certificates.

The core deposit intangible related to the HSBC acquisition is being amortized using an accelerated method over the estimated useful life of eight years. The goodwill associated with the First Niagara and HSBC acquisitions, which is not amortized for book purposes, was assigned to the Banking segment. The goodwill arising from the HSBC branch and First Niagara branch acquisitions is deductible for tax purposes.

Direct costs related to the acquisitions were expensed as incurred. Merger and acquisition integration-related expenses amount to $0.1 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and $4.8 million and $5.2 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and have been separately stated in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

Supplemental pro forma financial information related to the HSBC and First Niagara acquisitions has not been provided as it would be impracticable to do so. Historical financial information regarding the acquired branches is not accessible and thus the amounts would require estimates so significant as to render the disclosure irrelevant.