TMAK Touchmark Bancshares Inc (PK)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

x       ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011

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

For the Transition Period from                  to                  

Commission file number 333-143840

TOUCHMARK BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

3651 Old Milton Parkway

Alpharetta, Georgia 30005

(Address of principal executive offices)

(770) 407-6700

(Registrant’s telephone number)

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $.01 par value per share

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  x

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  x

Note —Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from their obligations under those Sections.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 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  o

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 (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes  x  No  o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) 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.

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

The estimated aggregate market value of the Registrant’s Common Stock held by non-affiliates on June 30, 2011 was $7,151,408. Because there is not an active trading market for the Common Stock, we have used recent market trades at $3.70 as an estimate of the market value of a share of our Common Stock for purposes of calculating public float at June 30, 2011. For purposes of this Response, Officers, Directors, and Holders of 10% or more of the Registrant’s Common Stock are considered to be affiliates of the Registrant at that date.

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock was 3,465,391 at March 30, 2012.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant’s Proxy Statement related to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 16, 2012 are incorporated by reference in response to Part III of this Annual Report.

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SPECIAL NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report contains statements which constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These statements are based on many assumptions and estimates and are not guarantees of future performance. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements, as they will depend on many factors about which we are unsure, including many factors which are beyond our control. The words “may,” “would,” “could,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,” “plan,” and “estimate,” as well as similar expressions, are meant to identify such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the following:

·                   reduced earnings due to higher credit losses generally, and specifically because losses in the sectors of our loan portfolio secured by real estate are greater than expected due to economic factors, including declining real estate values, increasing interest rates, increasing unemployment, or changes in payment behavior or other factors;

·                   reduced earnings due to higher credit losses because our loans are concentrated by loan type, industry segment, borrower type, or location of the borrower or collateral;

·                   the amount of our real estate-based loan portfolio collateralized by real estate, and the weakness in the commercial real estate market;

·                   significant increases in competitive pressure in the banking and financial services industries;

·                   changes in the interest rate environment which could reduce anticipated margins;

·                   changes in political conditions or the legislative or regulatory environment;

·                   general economic conditions, either nationally or regionally and especially in our primary service area, becoming less favorable than expected, resulting in, among other things, a deterioration in credit quality;

·                   changes occurring in business conditions and inflation;

·                   changes in deposit flows;

·                   changes in technology;

·                   changes in monetary and tax policies;

·                   adequacy of the level of our allowance for loan losses;

·                   the rate of delinquencies and amount of loans charged-off;

·                   the rate of loan growth;

·                   adverse changes in asset quality and resulting credit risk-related losses and expenses;

·                   loss of consumer confidence and economic disruptions resulting from terrorist activities;

·                   changes in the securities markets; and/or

·                   other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The foregoing risks are exacerbated by the negative developments in national and international financial and credit markets over the past four years, and we are unable to predict what effect these uncertain market conditions will have on our Company. During 2011 and 2010, the capital and credit markets continued to experience unprecedented levels of extended volatility and disruption. There can be no assurance that these unprecedented recent developments will not materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

All forward-looking statements in this report are based on information available to us as of the date of this report. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee you that these expectations will be achieved. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or otherwise revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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PART I

Item 1.          Business

General

Touchmark Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Georgia in April 2007 for the purposes of operating as a bank holding company and to own and control all of the capital stock of Touchmark National Bank (the “Bank”). Touchmark National Bank is a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States and provides banking services to small- to mid-sized commercial, professional and service companies and consumers, principally in Gwinnett, DeKalb, north Fulton and south Forsyth counties, Georgia. The Bank opened for business on January 28, 2008.

Marketing Focus

Our primary focus is to fulfill the banking and financial needs of small- to mid-size business owners in our target markets. We strive to provide our clients a superior experience by combining innovative products with industry leading client service. Additionally, we continue to take advantage of the diverse ethnic backgrounds and strong ethnic ties of our directors within the Asian business community to create business opportunities for the Bank.

Banking Services

The Bank is primarily engaged in the business of accepting demand and time deposits and providing commercial, consumer and real estate related loans to the general public. Deposits in the Bank are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to a maximum amount, which is currently $250,000. The Bank is participating in the FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (discussed below in greater detail) which, in part, fully insures non-interest bearing transaction accounts. Other services which the Bank offers include online banking, merchant services, remote deposit capture, safe deposit boxes, bank official checks, ACH, wire transfer capabilities and international services.

Locations and Service Area

Our primary market area consists of Gwinnett, DeKalb, north Fulton and south Forsyth counties in the northern metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. This market area is characterized by a diverse economy, a large business base, growing jobs and population. Major employers include Gwinnett County Public Schools, Gwinnett County Government, Gwinnett Health Care System, Wal-Mart, Publix, the U.S. Postal Service, and the State of Georgia. The amenities and opportunities that our market area offers are wide-ranging from housing, education, healthcare, shopping, recreation, and culture. We believe these factors make the quality of life in the area attractive.

Our headquarters is located at 3651 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia. In addition to our Alpharetta location, we operate a full service branch in Duluth, at the intersection of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Abbotts Bridge Road, and a second full service branch in Doraville, in the Pavilion Shopping Center at the intersection of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Peachtree Road. These branch offices allow us to cover our desired market area and have increased our personal service delivery capabilities to all of our customers. We have and plan to continue to take advantage of existing contacts and relationships with individuals and companies in our market areas to more effectively market the services of the Bank.

Lending Activities

General.    We emphasize a range of lending services, including real estate, commercial, Small Business Administration (SBA), and equity-line and consumer loans to individuals, small to mid-sized businesses, and professional concerns that are located in or conduct a substantial portion of their business in the Bank’s market area. We compete for these loans with financial institutions that are well established in our service area and have greater resources and lending limits. As a result, in some instances, we may charge lower interest rates or structure more customized loan facilities to attract borrowers.

The well established banks in our service area will likely make proportionately more loans to medium- to large-sized businesses than we will. Many of the Bank’s commercial loans are made to small- to medium-sized businesses which may be less able to withstand competitive, economic, and financial conditions than larger borrowers.

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Loan Approval and Review .     Certain credit risks are inherent in making loans. These include prepayment risks, risks resulting from uncertainties in the future value of collateral, risks resulting from changes in economic and industry conditions, and risks inherent in dealing with individual borrowers. We attempt to mitigate repayment risks by adhering to internal credit policies and procedures. These policies and procedures include officer and client lending limits, a multi-layered approval process for larger loans, documentation examination, and follow-up procedures for exceptions to credit policies. Our loan approval policies provide for various levels of officer lending authority. When the amount of aggregate loans to a single borrower exceeds that individual officer’s lending authority, the loan request is considered and approved by an officer with a higher lending limit or the board of directors’ loan committee. We do not make loans to any director of the Bank unless the loan is approved by the board of directors of the Bank (with the interested director recusing him or herself from the deliberation process and the vote) and is made on terms not more favorable to the person than would be available to a person not affiliated with the Bank.

Loan Distribution .     The percentage distribution of our loans as of December 31, 2011 was as follows:

Our loan distribution will vary over time based upon demand across our client base. Note that many loans secured by real estate, even if made to support the operation of a commercial enterprise or consumer households, are classified as Real Estate loans.

Credit Administration and Loan Review .     We monitor our loan portfolio on an ongoing basis. We also apply a credit grading system to each loan, and we use an independent consultant to review the loan files on a test basis to confirm our loan grading and adherence to policy. Each loan officer is responsible for each loan he or she makes, regardless of whether other individuals or committees joined in the approval. This responsibility continues until the loan is repaid or until the loan is officially assigned to another officer.

Allowance for Loan Losses.    We maintain an allowance for loan losses, which we establish through a provision for loan losses charged against operations. We will charge loans against this allowance when we believe the collectability of principal is unlikely. The allowance is an estimate based on our loss history that we believe will be adequate to absorb losses inherent in the loan portfolio based on regular evaluations of its collectability. Our allowance to gross loans was 2.30% at December 31, 2011. We periodically adjust the amount of the allowance based on our consideration of factors including:

·                   the quality, mix and size of our overall loan portfolio;

·                   our historical loan loss experience;

·                   evaluation of economic conditions and other qualitative factors;

·                   regular reviews of loan delinquencies and loan portfolio quality by our chief credit officer and internal audit staff, independent third-parties, and by our bank regulators; and

·                   the amount and quality of collateral, including guarantees, securing the loans.

Lending Limits.    The Bank’s lending activities are subject to a variety of lending limits imposed by federal law. In general, the Bank is subject to a legal limit on loans to a single borrower equal to 15% of the Bank’s capital and unimpaired surplus. Different limits may apply based on the type of loan or the nature of the borrower, including the borrower’s relationship to the Bank. These limits will increase or decrease as the Bank’s capital increases or decreases. Unless the Bank is able to sell participations in its loans to other financial institutions, the Bank is not able to meet all of the lending needs of loan customers requiring aggregate extensions of credit above these limits.

Credit Risk .     The principal credit risk associated with each category of loans is the creditworthiness of the borrower. Borrower creditworthiness is affected by general economic conditions and the strength of the manufacturing, services, and retail market segments. General economic factors affecting a borrower’s ability to repay include interest rates, inflation, employment rates,

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and the strength of the local and national economies as well as other factors affecting a borrower’s customers, suppliers, and employees.

Real Estate Loans.    Loans secured by first or second mortgages on real estate comprise 90.5% of the Bank’s loan portfolio. These loans generally fall into one of two categories: commercial real estate loans and construction development loans.

Commercial real estate loans generally have terms of five years or less, although payments may be structured on a 10-25 year amortization basis. We evaluate each borrower on an individual basis and attempt to determine its business risks and credit profile. We attempt to reduce credit risk in the commercial real estate portfolio by emphasizing loans on owner-occupied office and retail buildings with the loan-to-value ratio established by independent appraisals. We typically review all of the personal financial statements of the principal owners and require their personal guarantees. These reviews generally reveal secondary sources of payment and liquidity to support a loan request.

Construction and development real estate loans were offered to builders, developers and consumers at adjustable and fixed rates; however, their volume has been significantly curtailed. With some exceptions, the term of construction and development loans generally is limited to 12 months, although payments may be structured on a longer amortization basis. Most loans will mature and require payment in full upon the sale of the property. We believe that construction and development loans generally carry a higher degree of risk than long term financing of existing properties. Repayment depends on the ultimate completion of the project and usually on the sale of the property. Specific risks include:

·                   cost overruns;

·                   mismanaged construction;

·                   inferior or improper construction techniques;

·                   economic changes or downturns during construction;

·                   a downturn in the real estate market;

·                   rising interest rates which may prevent sale of the property; and

·                   failure to sell completed projects in a timely manner.

We attempt to reduce risk by obtaining personal guarantees where possible, and by keeping the loan-to-value ratio of the completed project below specified percentages. We also may reduce risk by selling participations in larger loans to other institutions when possible.

We focus our real estate-related activity in two areas: (1) owner-occupied commercial real estate loans and (2) investor-owned commercial real estate loans. Interest rates for all real estate loans may be fixed or adjustable, and will more likely be fixed for shorter-term loans. We generally charge an origination fee for each loan. Other loan fees consist primarily of late charge fees. These loans are made consistent with the Bank’s appraisal policy and with the ratio of the loan principal to the value of collateral as established by independent appraisal generally not to exceed 85%. Some loans may be sold in the secondary market in conjunction with performance management or portfolio management goals.

Real estate loans are subject to the same general risks as other loans. Real estate loans are also sensitive to fluctuations in the value of the real estate securing the loan. On first and second mortgage loans we do not advance more than regulatory limits. We require a valid mortgage lien on all loans secured by real property. We also require borrowers to obtain hazard insurance policies and flood insurance if applicable. Additionally, certain types of real estate loans have specific risk characteristics that vary according to the collateral type securing the loan and the terms and repayment sources for the loan.

Commercial Loans/Small Business Lending .     Our commercial lending is focused on small- to medium-size businesses located in or serving the Bank’s primary service area. We consider “small businesses” to include commercial, professional and retail firms with annual sales of $50 million or less.

Commercial/small business products include:

·                   working capital lines of credit;

·                   business term loans to purchase fixtures and equipment, site acquisition or business expansion;

·                   inventory, accounts receivable lending; and

·                   construction and permanent loans for owner-occupied buildings.

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Within commercial and small business lending, we also utilize government enhancements such as the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) programs. These loans will typically be partially guaranteed by the government. Government guarantees of SBA loans have historically not exceeded 75% of the loan value, although in 2009 enhanced SBA programs were authorized that provided guarantees of up to 90% of loan value for certain classes of loans.

Equipment loans typically will be made for a term of five years or less at fixed or variable rates, with the loan fully amortized over the term and secured by the financed equipment. Longer terms may be available with an SBA guaranty. Working capital loans typically have terms not exceeding one year and usually are secured by accounts receivable, inventory, or personal guarantees of the principals of the business. For loans secured by accounts receivable or inventory, principal will typically be repaid as the assets securing the loan are converted into cash, and in other cases principal will typically be due at maturity. Trade letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and foreign exchange will generally be handled by the Bank. Construction loans are also available for eligible borrowers. The construction lending will be short-term, generally with maturities of less than twelve months, and be set up on a draw basis.

Commercial loans primarily have risk that operating cash flows, the primary source of repayment, will be insufficient to service the debt. Often this occurs as the result of changes in local economic conditions or in the industry in which the borrower operates which impact cash flow or collateral value. While our Bank routinely takes real estate as collateral, our credit policy places emphasis on the cash flow characteristics of its borrowing clients.

Consumer Loans .     We offer consumer loans to customers in our primary service area. Consumer lending products include:

·                   home improvement loans;

·                   automobile, RV and boat loans;

·                   installment loans (secured and unsecured); and

·                   consumer real estate lending as discussed above.

Consumer loans are generally considered to have greater risk than first or second mortgages on real estate because the value of the collateral may depreciate rapidly, they are often dependent on the borrower’s employment status as the sole source of repayment, and some of them are unsecured. To mitigate these risks, we analyze selective underwriting criteria for each prospective borrower, which may include the borrower’s employment history, income history, credit bureau reports, or debt to income ratios. If the consumer loan is secured by property, such as an automobile loan, we also attempt to offset the risk of rapid depreciation of the collateral with a shorter loan amortization period. Despite these efforts to mitigate our risks, consumer loans have a higher rate of default than real estate loans. For this reason, we also attempt to reduce our loss exposure to these types of loans by limiting their sizes relative to other types of loans. We have no plans to engage in any sub-prime or speculative lending, including plans to originate loans with high loan-to-value ratios.

Deposit Services

We offer a full range of deposit services that are typically available in most banks and savings and loan associations. These include checking accounts, NOW accounts, savings accounts, and other time deposits of various types, ranging from daily money market accounts to longer-term certificates of deposit. The transaction accounts and time certificates are tailored to our primary service area at competitive rates. In addition, we offer IRAs to individuals.

Other Banking Services

We offer cashier’s checks, banking by mail, remote deposit, ACH origination, lock box services and United States Savings Bonds. We are associated with national ATM networks that can be used by the Bank’s customers throughout the country. We believe that by being associated with a shared network of ATMs, we are better able to serve our customers and will be able to attract customers who are accustomed to the convenience of using ATMs. We also offer debit card and credit card services through a correspondent bank as an agent for the Bank. We also offer other services including lines of credit, 24-hour telephone banking, on-line banking and electronic bill-pay. We do not have trust powers and do not expect to utilize trust powers in the near future.

Competition

The banking business is highly competitive. We compete as a financial intermediary with other commercial banks, savings banks, credit unions, finance companies and money market mutual funds in our primary service area. Many of these institutions have

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resources and lending limits that exceed our own, and many of our large competitors operate extensive branch networks and trust services that we do not offer. Our competitors include large national, super regional and regional banks like Wells Fargo, SunTrust Bank, Regions Bank, as well as other community banks in our service area such as Metro City Bank, Keyworth Bank, and Piedmont Bank. Nevertheless, we believe that our management team, our focus on relationship banking and the economic and demographic dynamics of our service area will allow us to gain a meaningful share of the area’s deposits.

Employees

As of March 15, 2012, the Bank had 24 full-time employees.

Corporate Information

Our corporate headquarters are located at 3651 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia, 30005, and our telephone number is (770) 407-6700. Our website is located at www.touchmarknb.com . The information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this report.

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). You may read and copy any reports, statements or other information that we file at the SEC’s public reference facilities at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549. Please call the SEC at (800) SEC-0330 for further information regarding the public reference facilities. The SEC maintains a website, http://www.sec.gov , which contains reports, proxy statements and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC, including us. Our SEC filings are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval services.

You may also request a copy of our filings at no cost by writing to us at Touchmark Bancshares, Inc., 3651 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia, 30005, Attention: Mr. Jorge Forment, Chief Financial Officer, or telephoning us at: (770) 407-6700.

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SUPERVISION AND REGULATION

Both the Company and the Bank are subject to extensive state and federal banking laws and regulations that impose specific requirements or restrictions on and provide for general regulatory oversight of virtually all aspects of our operations. These laws and regulations are generally intended to protect depositors, not shareholders. The following summary is qualified by reference to the statutory and regulatory provisions discussed therein. Changes in applicable laws or regulations may have a material effect on our business and prospects. Our operations may be affected by legislative changes and the policies of various regulatory authorities. We cannot predict the effect that fiscal or monetary policies, economic control, or new federal or state legislation may have on our business and earnings in the future.

The following discussion is not intended to be a complete list of all the activities regulated by the banking laws or of the impact of such laws and regulations on our operations. It is intended only to briefly summarize some material provisions.

Recent Regulatory Developments

The following is a summary of recently enacted laws and regulations that could materially impact our business, financial condition or results of operations. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the remainder of the “Supervision and Regulation” section of this Form 10-K.

Economic Stabilization Legislation .  In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the federal government enacted several laws and certain key federal regulatory agencies enacted various regulations and programs designed to stabilize the economy. The two principal pieces of legislation were the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the “EESA”) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  Under these laws and other authority, government agencies enacted the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”), Capital Purchase Program, Public-Private Investment Program, Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (“TLGP”) and other initiatives.  The Board of Directors of the Bank elected to participate only in the TLGP, although the Bank may elect to participate in other programs in the future.

The Dodd-Frank Act .  The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) was signed into law on July 21, 2010 and will result in sweeping changes in the regulation of financial institutions.  Many provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act apply to, and are more likely to affect, larger financial institutions. However, the Dodd-Frank Act contains numerous other provisions that affect community banks.

Certain of these provisions may have the consequence of increasing expenses and decreasing revenues of all community banking organizations.  Further, the environment in which community banking organizations will operate in the future, including legislative and regulatory changes affecting, among other things, their capital, liquidity, and supervision, may have long-term effects on the business model and profitability of community banking organizations, which effects cannot, now, be predicted.  The specific impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on the current and future financial performance of the Bank, will, in large part, depend on the terms of the required regulations and policies to be developed and implemented by the appropriate regulatory agencies, pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act.

The Dodd-Frank Act affects a number of statutory changes that are, together with the regulations to be promulgated thereunder, likely to affect community banks.  Certain of these changes are discussed below, as follows:

·                   Assessment Base for Deposit Insurance .  The Dodd-Frank Act changes the assessment base for federal deposit insurance from the amount of insured deposits to consolidated assets less tangible capital, eliminates the ceiling on the size of the Deposit Insurance Fund (the “DIF”), and increases the floor applicable to the size of the DIF, which may require an increase in the level of assessments for institutions such as the Bank.

·                   Deposit Insurance Limits .  The Dodd-Frank Act makes permanent the $250,000 limit on federal deposit insurance.  Further, the Dodd-Frank Act provides unlimited federal deposit insurance, until December 31, 2012, for noninterest-bearing transaction accounts at all insured depository institutions.  Noninterest-bearing transaction accounts, as defined in the Dodd-Frank Act, include only traditional, noninterest-bearing demand deposit (or checking) accounts that allow for an unlimited number of transfers and withdrawals at any time, whether held by a business, individual, or other type of depositor.

·                   Consumer Financial Protection Bureau .  The Dodd-Frank Act centralizes responsibility for consumer financial protection by creating a new agency responsible for implementing, examining, and enforcing compliance with federal consumer financial laws.  The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) will be created under the Federal Reserve and will have rule-making, enforcement and investigative authority over consumer financial protection statutes.  Many new consumer

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protection regulations are expected to be promulgated over the next few years.  Many of those regulations will increase compliance costs for depository institutions or limit the fees they can charge.  Community banks may find it more difficult than larger institutions to absorb the increased compliance costs and reduction in income.  The new CFPB is specifically authorized to take action and promulgate rules to prohibit unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices in connection with any transaction with a consumer for a consumer financial product.  Unfair and deceptive acts are already prohibited by the Federal Trade Commission Act and many state laws.  However, the Dodd-Frank Act provides minimal guidance as to what activities will be considered “abusive.”  This will likely be an area of significant consumer litigation in the future.  State attorneys general are specifically granted the authority to enforce the regulations promulgated by the CFPB against national banks, which will likely result in increased enforcement of the new consumer regulations.

·                   Loss of Federal Preemption .  The Dodd-Frank Act restricts the preemption of state law by federal law and disallows subsidiaries and affiliates of national banks from availing themselves of such preemption.

·                   Interstate Branching .  The Dodd-Frank Act, subject to a state’s restrictions on intra-state branching, now permits interstate branching.  Therefore a bank may enter a new state by acquiring a branch of an existing institution or by establishing a new branch office.  As a result, there will be no need for the entering bank to acquire or merge with an existing institution in the target state.  This ability to establish a de novo branch across state lines will have the effect of increasing competition within a community bank’s existing markets and may create downward pressure on the franchise value for existing community banks.

·                   Requirement for Mortgage Loans .  The Dodd-Frank Act creates additional requirements for residential mortgage loans made by community banks and other mortgage lenders, including restrictions on prepayment penalties and yield-spread premiums, requirements for verification of a borrower’s ability to repay the mortgage loan, and other requirements and restrictions.  The likely result of these provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act will be an increase in the compliance and management costs of community banks associated with the origination of residential mortgage loans.

·                   Interchange Fees .  The Dodd-Frank Act amends the Electronic Funds Transfer Act to, among other things, give the Federal Reserve, on and after July 21, 2010, the authority to establish rules regarding interchange fees charged for electronic debit transactions by payment card issuers having assets over $10 billion and to enforce a new statutory requirement that such fees be reasonable and proportional to the actual cost of a transaction to the issuer.  Although community banks will be exempt from a cap on interchange fees, the cap on the fees of large banks will create market forces that force all fees downward.  Therefore, community banks should expect lower interchange revenues in the future.

·                   Source of Financial Strength .  The Dodd-Frank Act codifies the existing policy of the Federal Reserve, whereunder a bank holding company serves as the “source of financial strength” for its subsidiary banks.  This provision of the Dodd-Frank Act became effective on July 21, 2011, and clarifies ambiguities that might exist with respect to the requirements of a “policy”, as compared to the requirements of a “statute”.  Presumably, the regulations promulgated under the statutory requirements will further clarify these source-of-financial-strength requirements for bank holding companies, together with the enforcement powers of the Federal Reserve relating thereto.

·                   Minimum Capital Requirements and Enhanced Supervision . On June 14, 2011, the federal banking agencies published a final rule regarding minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements for banks and bank holding companies consistent with the requirements of Section 171 of the Dodd-Frank Act.  The Dodd-Frank Act also increased regulatory oversight, supervision and examination of banks, bank holding companies and their respective subsidiaries by the appropriate regulatory agency.

·                   Payment of Interest on Demand Deposits . On July 21, 2011, the Federal Reserve’s final rule repealing Regulation Q, Prohibition Against Payment of Interest on Demand Deposits, became effective. Regulation Q was promulgated to implement the statutory prohibition against payment of interest on demand deposits by institutions that are member banks of the Federal Reserve. This will increase community banks’ cost of funds as they may need to pay interest on demand deposits of business entities to retain such customers.

·                   Transactions with Affiliates . The Dodd-Frank Act enhances the requirements for certain transactions with affiliates under Section 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act, including an expansion of the definition of “covered transactions” and increasing the amount of time for which collateral requirements regarding covered transactions must be maintained. These requirements became effective on July 21, 2011.

·                   Enhanced Lending Limits . The Dodd-Frank Act strengthened the previous limits on a depository institution’s credit exposure to one borrower which limited a depository institution’s ability to extend credit to one person (or group of related persons) in an amount exceeding certain thresholds. The Dodd-Frank Act expanded the scope of these restrictions to include credit exposure arising from derivative transactions, repurchase agreements, and securities lending and borrowing transactions.

·                   Compensation Practices . The Dodd-Frank Act provides that the appropriate federal regulators must establish standards prohibiting as an unsafe and unsound practice any compensation plan of a bank holding company or other “covered financial institution” that provides an insider or other employee with “excessive compensation” or compensation that gives rise to

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excessive risk or could lead to a material financial loss to such firm. In June 2010, prior to the Dodd-Frank Act, the bank regulatory agencies promulgated the Interagency Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies, which requires that financial institutions establish metrics for measuring the impact of activities to achieve incentive compensation with the related risk to the financial institution of such behavior.

Although a significant number of the rules and regulations mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act have been finalized, many of the new requirements called for have yet to be implemented and will likely be subject to implementing regulations over the course of several years. Given the uncertainty associated with the manner in which the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act will be implemented by the various regulatory agencies, the full extent of the impact such requirements will have on financial institutions’ operations is unclear. The changes resulting from the Dodd-Frank Act may impact the profitability of our business activities, require changes to certain of our business practices, impose upon us more stringent capital, liquidity and leverage ratio requirements or otherwise adversely affect our business. These changes may also require us to invest significant management attention and resources to evaluate and make necessary changes in order to comply with new statutory and regulatory requirements.

Touchmark Bancshares, Inc.

We own 100% of the outstanding capital stock of the Bank, and therefore we are considered to be a bank holding company under the federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the “Bank Holding Company Act”). As a result, we are primarily subject to the supervision, examination and reporting requirements of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) under the Bank Holding Company Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Moreover, as a bank holding company of a bank located in Georgia, we also are subject to regulation by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance.

Investments, Control, and Activities .    With certain limited exceptions, the Bank Holding Company Act requires every bank holding company to obtain the prior approval of the Federal Reserve before:

·                   acquiring substantially all of the assets of any bank;

·                   acquiring direct or indirect ownership or control of any voting shares of any bank if after the acquisition it would own or control more than 5% of the voting shares of such bank (unless it already owns or controls the majority of such shares); or

·                   merging or consolidating with another bank holding company.

Permitted Activities .    Under the Bank Holding Company Act, we are generally permitted to engage in the following activities:

·                   managing or controlling banks;

·                   furnishing services to or performing services for our subsidiaries; and

·                   any activity that the Federal Reserve determines to be so closely related to banking as to be a proper incident to the business of banking.

Activities that the Federal Reserve has found to be so closely related to banking as to be a proper incident to the business of banking include:

·                   factoring accounts receivable;

·                   making, acquiring, brokering or servicing loans and usual related activities;

·                   leasing personal or real property;

·                   operating a non-bank depository institution, such as a savings association;

·                   trust company functions;

·                   financial and investment advisory activities;

·                   conducting discount securities brokerage activities;

·                   underwriting and dealing in government obligations and money market instruments;

·                   providing specified management consulting and counseling activities;

·                   performing selected data processing services and support services;

·                   acting as agent or broker in selling credit life insurance and other types of insurance in connection with credit transactions; and

·                   performing selected insurance underwriting activities.

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As a bank holding company we can also elect to be treated as a “financial holding company,” which would allow us to engage in a broader array of activities. In summary, a financial holding company can engage in activities that are financial in nature or incidental or complimentary to financial activities, including insurance underwriting, sales and brokerage activities, providing financial and investment advisory services, underwriting services and limited merchant banking activities. We have not sought financial holding company status, but may elect such status in the future as our business matures. If we were to elect financial holding company status, each insured depository institution we control would have to be well capitalized, well managed, and have at least a satisfactory rating under the Community Reinvestment Act (discussed below).

The Federal Reserve has the authority to order a bank holding company or its subsidiaries to terminate any of these activities or to terminate its ownership or control of any subsidiary when it has reasonable cause to believe that the bank holding company’s continued ownership, activity or control constitutes a serious risk to the financial safety, soundness or stability of it or any of its bank subsidiaries.

Change in Control .     In addition, and subject to certain exceptions, the Bank Holding Company Act and the Change in Bank Control Act, together with regulations promulgated thereunder, require Federal Reserve approval prior to any person or company acquiring “control” of a bank holding company. Control is conclusively presumed to exist if an individual or company acquires 25% or more of any class of voting securities of a bank holding company. Control is rebuttably presumed to exist if a person or company acquires 10% or more, but less than 25%, of any class of voting securities and certain other conditions are present.

Source of Strength .     In accordance with Federal Reserve policy, and the Frank-Dodd Act, we are expected to act as a source of financial strength to the Bank and to commit resources to support the Bank in circumstances in which we might not otherwise do so. Under the Bank Holding Company Act, the Federal Reserve may require a bank holding company to terminate any activity or relinquish control of a non-bank subsidiary, other than a non-bank subsidiary of a bank, upon the Federal Reserve’s determination that such activity or control constitutes a serious risk to the financial soundness or stability of any depository institution subsidiary of a bank holding company. Further, federal bank regulatory authorities have additional discretion to require a bank holding company to divest itself of any bank or non-bank subsidiaries if the agency determines that divestiture may aid the depository institution’s financial condition. Further, any loans by a bank holding company to a subsidiary bank are subordinate in right of payment to deposits and certain other indebtedness of the subsidiary bank. In the event of a bank holding company’s bankruptcy, any commitment by the bank holding company to a federal bank regulatory agency to maintain the capital of a subsidiary bank at a certain level would be assumed by the bankruptcy trustee and entitled to priority payment.

Capital Requirements .     The Federal Reserve imposes certain capital requirements on bank holding companies under the Bank Holding Company Act, including a minimum leverage ratio and a minimum ratio of “qualifying” capital to risk-weighted assets. These requirements are essentially the same as those that apply to the Bank and are described below under “Touchmark National Bank”. We are able to raise capital for contribution to the Bank by issuing securities without having to receive regulatory approval, subject to compliance with federal and state securities laws.

Subsidiary Dividends .     The Company is a legal entity separate and distinct from the Bank. The Company’s principal source of cash flow, including cash flow to pay dividends to its shareholders, is dividends it receives from the Bank. The Company and the Bank are subject to various general regulatory policies and requirements relating to the payment of dividends, including requirements to maintain adequate capital above regulatory minimums. As a general rule, the amount of a dividend may not exceed, without prior regulatory approval, the sum of net income in the calendar year to date and the retained net earnings of the immediately preceding two calendar years. The appropriate federal regulatory authority is authorized to determine under certain circumstances relating to the financial condition of a bank or bank holding company, that the payment of dividends would be an unsafe or unsound practice and to prohibit payment thereof. The appropriate federal regulatory authorities have indicated that paying dividends that deplete a bank’s capital base to an inadequate level would be an unsafe and unsound banking practice and that banking organizations should generally pay dividends only out of current operating earnings.

Incentive Compensation .     On June 21, 2010, the Federal Reserve, along with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”), the Office of Thrift Supervision (the “OTS”), and FDIC issued final guidance on incentive compensation policies. The guidance is intended to ensure that the incentive compensation policies of financial institutions do not undermine the safety and soundness of such institutions by encouraging excessive risk-taking.

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each financial institution based on the scope and complexity of the institution’s activities and the prevalence of incentive compensation arrangements. The findings of the supervisory initiatives will be included in reports of examination. Deficiencies will be incorporated into the financial institution’s supervisory ratings, which can affect the institution’s ability to make acquisitions and take other actions. Enforcement actions may be taken against a financial institution if its incentive compensation arrangements, or related risk-management control or governance processes, pose a risk to the institution’s safety and soundness and the institution is not taking prompt and effective measures to correct the deficiencies.

The guidance is designed to ensure that incentive compensation arrangements at banking organizations appropriately tie rewards to longer-term performance and do not undermine the safety and soundness of the firm or create undue risks to the financial system. Because improperly structured compensation arrangements for both executive and non-executive employees may pose safety and soundness risks, the guidance applies not only to top-level managers, but also to other employees who have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of an organization, either individually or as part of a group.

The guidance is based upon the key principles that a financial institution’s incentive compensation arrangements should (i) provide incentives that do not encourage risk-taking beyond the institution’s ability to effectively identify and manage risks, (ii) be compatible with effective internal controls and risk management, and (iii) be supported by strong corporate governance, including active and effective oversight by the institution’s board of directors.

The scope and content of banking regulators’ policies on executive compensation are continuing to develop and are likely to continue evolving in the near future. It cannot be determined at this time whether compliance with such policies will adversely affect the Company’s ability to hire, retain and motivate its key employees.

The Federal Reserve and the Dodd-Frank Act addressed loan officer origination compensation practices with new rules in 2010. See the discussion under “Other Regulations.”

State Law Restrictions .                  As a Georgia business corporation, we are subject to certain limitations and restrictions under applicable Georgia corporate law.

Touchmark National Bank

The Bank operates as a national banking association incorporated under the laws of the United States and subject to examination by the OCC. Deposits in the Bank are insured by the FDIC up to $250,000 for substantially all depository accounts. The OCC and the FDIC regulate or monitor virtually all areas of the Bank’s operations, including:

·                   security devices and procedures;

·                   adequacy of capitalization and loss reserves;

·                   loans;

·                   investments;

·                   borrowings;

·                   deposits;

·                   mergers;

·                   issuances of securities;

·                   payment of dividends;

·                   interest rates payable on deposits;

·                   interest rates or fees chargeable on loans;

·                   establishment of branches;

·                   corporate reorganizations;

·                   maintenance of books and records; and

·                   adequacy of staff training to carry on safe lending and deposit gathering practices.

The OCC requires that the Bank maintain specified ratios of capital to assets and imposes limitations on the Bank’s aggregate investment in real estate, bank premises, and furniture and fixtures. Two categories of regulatory capital are used in calculating these ratios—Tier 1 capital and total capital. Tier 1 capital generally includes common equity, retained earnings, a limited amount of qualifying preferred stock, and qualifying minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries, reduced by goodwill and certain other

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intangible assets, such as core deposit intangibles, and certain other assets. Total capital generally consists of Tier 1 capital plus Tier 2 capital, which includes the allowance for loan losses, preferred stock that did not qualify as Tier 1 capital, certain types of subordinated debt and a limited amount of other items.

The Bank is required to calculate three ratios: the ratio of Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, the ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets, and the “leverage ratio,” which is the ratio of Tier 1 capital to average assets on a non-risk-adjusted basis. For the two ratios of capital to risk-weighted assets, certain assets, such as cash and U.S. Treasury securities, have a zero risk weighting. Others, such as commercial and consumer loans, have a 100% risk weighting. Some assets, notably purchase-money loans secured by first-liens on residential real property, are risk-weighted at 50%. Assets also include amounts that represent the potential funding of off-balance sheet obligations such as loan commitments and letters of credit. These potential assets are assigned to risk categories in the same manner as funded assets. The total assets in each category are multiplied by the appropriate risk weighting to determine risk-adjusted assets for the capital calculations.

The minimum capital ratios for both the Company and the Bank are generally 8% for total capital, 4% for Tier 1 capital and 4% for leverage. To be eligible to be classified as “well-capitalized,” the Bank must generally maintain a total capital ratio of 10% or more, a Tier 1 capital ratio of 6% or more, and a leverage ratio of 5% or more. In addition, as a de novo bank, the Bank must maintain a Tier 1 capital ratio of at least 8%.

Prompt Corrective Action .                          The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (“FDICIA”) established a “prompt corrective action” program in which every bank is placed into one of five regulatory categories, depending primarily on its regulatory capital levels. The OCC and the other federal banking regulators are permitted to take increasingly severe action as a bank’s capital position or financial condition declines below the “Adequately Capitalized” level described below. Regulators are also empowered to place in receivership or require the sale of a bank to another depository institution when a bank’s leverage ratio reaches two percent. Better capitalized institutions are generally subject to less onerous regulation and supervision than banks with lesser amounts of capital. The OCC’s regulations set forth five capital categories, each with specific regulatory consequences. The categories are:

·                   Well Capitalized—The institution exceeds the required minimum level for each relevant capital measure. A well capitalized institution is one (i) having a total capital ratio of 10% or greater, (ii) having a Tier 1 capital ratio of 6% or greater, (iii) having a leverage capital ratio of 5% or greater and (iv) that is not subject to any order or written directive to meet and maintain a specific capital level for any capital measure.

·                   Adequately Capitalized—The institution meets the required minimum level for each relevant capital measure. No capital distribution may be made that would result in the institution becoming undercapitalized. An adequately capitalized institution is one (i) having a total capital ratio of 8% or greater, (ii) having a Tier 1 capital ratio of 4% or greater and (iii) having a leverage capital ratio of 4% or greater or a leverage capital ratio of 3% or greater if the institution is rated composite 1 under the CAMELS (Capital, Assets, Management, Earnings, Liquidity and Sensitivity to market risk) rating system.

·                   Undercapitalized—The institution fails to meet the required minimum level for any relevant capital measure. An undercapitalized institution is one (i) having a total capital ratio of less than 8% or (ii) having a Tier 1 capital ratio of less than 4% or (iii) having a leverage capital ratio of less than 4%, or if the institution is rated a composite 1 under the CAMELS rating system, a leverage capital ratio of less than 3%.

·                   Significantly Undercapitalized—The institution is significantly below the required minimum level for any relevant capital measure. A significantly undercapitalized institution is one (i) having a total capital ratio of less than 6% or (ii) having a Tier 1 capital ratio of less than 3% or (iii) having a leverage capital ratio of less than 3%.

·                   Critically Undercapitalized—The institution fails to meet a critical capital level set by the appropriate federal banking agency. A critically undercapitalized institution is one having a ratio of tangible equity to total assets that is equal to or less than 2%.

If the OCC determines, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, that the Bank is in an unsafe or unsound condition, the regulator is authorized to reclassify the Bank to the next lower capital category (other than critically undercapitalized) and require the submission of a plan to correct the unsafe or unsound condition.

If the Bank is not well capitalized, it cannot accept brokered time deposits without prior FDIC approval and, if approval is granted, cannot offer an effective yield in excess of 75 basis points on interest paid on deposits of comparable size and maturity in such institution’s normal market area for deposits accepted from within its normal market area, or national rate paid on deposits of

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comparable size and maturity for deposits accepted outside the Bank’s normal market area. Moreover, if the Bank becomes less than adequately capitalized, it must adopt a capital restoration plan acceptable to the OCC that is subject to a limited performance guarantee by the corporation. The Bank would also become subject to increased regulatory oversight, and would be increasingly restricted in the scope of its permissible activities. Each company having control over an undercapitalized institution also must provide a limited guarantee that the institution will comply with its capital restoration plan. Except under limited circumstances consistent with an accepted capital restoration plan, an undercapitalized institution may not grow. An undercapitalized institution may not acquire another institution, establish additional branch offices or engage in any new line of business unless determined by the appropriate Federal banking agency to be consistent with an accepted capital restoration plan, or unless the FDIC determines that the proposed action will further the purpose of prompt corrective action. The appropriate federal banking agency may take any action authorized for a significantly undercapitalized institution if an undercapitalized institution fails to submit an acceptable capital restoration plan or fails in any material respect to implement a plan accepted by the agency. A critically undercapitalized institution is subject to having a receiver or conservator appointed to manage its affairs and for loss of its charter to conduct banking activities.

An insured depository institution may not pay a management fee to a bank holding company controlling that institution or any other person having control of the institution if, after making the payment, the institution, would be undercapitalized. In addition, an institution cannot make a capital distribution, such as a dividend or other distribution that is in substance a distribution of capital to the owners of the institution if following such a distribution the institution would be undercapitalized. Thus, if payment of such a management fee or the making of such would cause the Bank to become undercapitalized, it could not pay a management fee or dividend to us.

As of December 31, 2011, the Bank was deemed to be “well capitalized.”

Standards for Safety and Soundness .     The Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDIA”) also requires the federal banking regulatory agencies to prescribe, by regulation or guideline, operational and managerial standards for all insured depository institutions relating to: (i) internal controls, information systems and internal audit systems; (ii) loan documentation; (iii) credit underwriting; (iv) interest rate risk exposure; and (v) asset growth. The agencies must also prescribe standards for asset quality, earnings, and stock valuation, as well as standards for compensation, fees and benefits. The federal bank regulatory agencies have adopted regulations and Interagency Guidelines Prescribing Standards for Safety and Soundness to implement these required standards. These guidelines set forth the safety and soundness standards that the federal bank regulatory agencies use to identify and address problems at insured depository institutions before capital becomes impaired. Under the regulations, if the OCC determines that the Bank fails to meet any standards prescribed by the guidelines, the agency may require the Bank to submit to the agency an acceptable plan to achieve compliance with the standard, as required by the OCC. The final regulations establish deadlines for the submission and review of such safety and soundness compliance plans.

Regulatory Examination .     The OCC requires the Bank to prepare annual reports on the Bank’s financial condition and to conduct an annual audit of its financial affairs in compliance with its minimum standards and procedures.

All insured institutions must undergo regular on-site examinations by their appropriate banking agency. The cost of examinations of insured depository institutions and any affiliates may be assessed by the appropriate federal banking agency against each institution or affiliate as it deems necessary or appropriate. Insured institutions are required to submit annual reports to the FDIC, their federal regulatory agency, and state supervisor when applicable. The FDIC has developed a method for insured depository institutions to provide supplemental disclosure of the estimated fair market value of assets and liabilities, to the extent feasible and practicable, in any balance sheet, financial statement, report of condition or any other report of any insured depository institution. The federal banking regulatory agencies prescribe, by regulation, standards for all insured depository institutions and depository institution holding companies relating, among other things, to the following:

·                                                           internal controls;

·                                                           information systems and audit systems;

·                                                           loan documentation;

·                                                           credit underwriting;

·                                                           interest rate risk exposure; and

·                                                           asset quality.

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Insurance of Accounts and Regulation by the FDIC .     The Bank’s deposits are insured up to applicable limits by the DIF of the FDIC. The DIF is the successor to the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund, which were merged effective March 31, 2006. As insurer, the FDIC imposes deposit insurance premiums and is authorized to conduct examinations of and to require reporting by FDIC insured institutions. It may also prohibit any FDIC insured institution from engaging in any activity the FDIC determines by regulation or order to pose a serious risk to the insurance fund. The FDIC also has the authority to initiate enforcement actions against savings institutions, after giving the OCC an opportunity to take such action, and may terminate the deposit insurance if it determines that the institution has engaged in unsafe or unsound practices or is in an unsafe or unsound condition.

The Dodd-Frank Act permanently raised the basic limit on federal deposit insurance coverage from $100,000 to $250,000 per depositor. The FDIC insurance also temporarily provides unlimited coverage for certain qualifying and participating non-interest bearing transaction accounts.  The increased coverage is in effect until December 31, 2012.

Currently, initial base rate assessments for all FDIC-insured institutions range from 12 to 45 basis points, with assessment rates of 12 to 16 basis points for banks in the best risk category.

In November 2009, the FDIC issued a rule that required all insured depository institutions, with limited exceptions, to prepay their estimated quarterly risk-based assessments for the fourth quarter of 2009 and for all of 2010, 2011 and 2012. The FDIC also adopted a uniform three-basis point increase in assessment rates effective on January 1, 2011. In December 2009, we paid $399,481 in prepaid risk-based assessments, which included $23,970 related to the fourth quarter of 2009 that would have been otherwise payable in the first quarter of 2010. This amount is included in deposit insurance expense for 2009. AS of December 31, 2011, the balance of the prepaid deposit insurance was $17,474 and is included in other assets in the accompanying balance sheet.

In February 2011, the FDIC board of directors approved a final plan to impose parity in the deposit-insurance system by basing the assessment base on average total consolidated assets minus average tangible equity instead of domestic deposits. The new initial base rate schedule is substantially lower than the prior schedule. Institutions in Risk Category I, which includes more than 90 percent of community banks, will be paying 5-9 basis points instead of the current base rate schedule of 12-16 basis points. Institutions in Risk Categories II, III and IV will pay 14, 23 and 35 basis points, respectively, compared to the current rates of 22, 32 and 45 basis points, respectively. In addition, the secured liability adjustment was eliminated under the proposal (although secured liabilities will likely be reflected in a bank’s new assessment base), and the unsecured debt adjustment and the broker deposit adjustment will also stay but with some modifications. The new rate schedule went into effect during the second quarter of 2011. Under the final rule, institutions with less than $1 billion in assets can report average weekly balances of their consolidated total assets rather than reporting average daily balances. The final rule also allows institutions with less than $1 billion in average consolidated total assets to report the end-of-quarter amount of Tier 1 capital as a proxy for average tangible equity.

The FDIC may terminate the deposit insurance of any insured depository institution, including the Bank, if it determines after a hearing that the institution has engaged in unsafe or unsound practices, is in an unsafe or unsound condition to continue operations or has violated any applicable law, regulation, rule, order or condition imposed by the FDIC or the OCC. It may also suspend deposit insurance temporarily during the hearing process for the permanent termination of insurance, if the institution has no tangible capital. If insurance of accounts is terminated, the accounts at the institution at the time of the termination, less subsequent withdrawals, shall continue to be insured for a period of six months to two years, as determined by the FDIC. Management of the Bank is not aware of any practice, condition or violation that might lead to termination of the Bank’s deposit insurance.

Commercial Real Estate Lending .     Lending operations that involve concentration of commercial real estate loans are subject to enhanced scrutiny by federal banking regulators. The financial regulators have issued guidance with respect to the risks posed by commercial real estate lending concentrations.  Real estate loans generally include land development, construction loans, loans secured by multi-family property and nonfarm nonresidential real property where the primary source of repayment is derived from rental income associated with the property. The guidance prescribes the following guidelines for examiners to help identify institutions that are potentially exposed to concentration risk and may warrant greater supervisory scrutiny:

·                   total reported loans for construction, land development and other land represent 100 percent or more of the institutions total capital, or

·                   total commercial real estate loans represent 300 percent or more of the institution’s total capital and the outstanding balance of the institution’s commercial real estate loan portfolio has increased by 50 percent or more during the prior 36 months.

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In October 2009, the federal bank regulatory agencies issued additional guidance on real estate lending that emphasizes these considerations.

Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders .     The Company is a legal entity separate and distinct from the Bank and its other subsidiaries. Various legal limitations restrict the Bank from lending or otherwise supplying funds to the Company or its non-bank subsidiaries. The Company and the Bank are subject to Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act and Federal Reserve Regulation W. Section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act places limits on the amount of loans or extensions of credit to, or investments in, or certain other transactions with, affiliates and on the amount of advances to third parties collateralized by the securities or obligations of affiliates. The aggregate of all covered transactions is limited in amount, as to any one affiliate, to 10% of the Bank’s capital and surplus and, as to all affiliates combined, to 20% of the Bank’s capital and surplus. Furthermore, within the foregoing limitations as to amount, each covered transaction must meet specified collateral requirements. The Bank is forbidden to purchase low quality assets from an affiliate.

Section 23B of the Federal Reserve Act, among other things, prohibits an institution from engaging in certain transactions with certain affiliates unless the transactions are on terms substantially the same, or at least as favorable to such institution or its subsidiaries, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with nonaffiliated companies.

Regulation W generally excludes all non-bank and non-savings association subsidiaries of banks from treatment as affiliates, except to the extent that the Federal Reserve decides to treat these subsidiaries as affiliates. The regulation also limits the amount of loans that can be purchased by a bank from an affiliate to not more than 100% of the bank’s capital and surplus.

The Bank is also subject to certain restrictions on extensions of credit to executive officers, directors, certain principal shareholders, and their related interests. Such extensions of credit (i) must be made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates, and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with third parties and (ii) must not involve more than the normal risk of repayment or present other unfavorable features.

Branching .     National banks are required by the National Bank Act to adhere to branch office banking laws applicable to state banks in the states in which they are located. Under current Georgia law, the Bank may open branch offices throughout Georgia with the prior approval of the OCC. In addition, with prior regulatory approval, the Bank is able to acquire existing banking operations in Georgia. The Frank-Dodd Act, subject to a state’s restrictions on intra-state branching, now permits inter-state branching. Therefore, a bank may enter a new state by acquiring a branch of an existing institution or by establishing a new branch office.

Anti-Tying Restrictions .     Under amendments to the Bank Holding Company Act and Federal Reserve regulations, a bank is prohibited from engaging in certain tying or reciprocity arrangements with its customers. In general, a bank may not extend credit, lease or sell property, or furnish any services or fix or vary the consideration for these on the condition that (i) the customer obtain or provide some additional credit, property, or services from or to the bank, the bank holding company or subsidiaries thereof or (ii) the customer may not obtain some other credit, property, or services from a competitor, except to the extent reasonable conditions are imposed to assure the soundness of the credit extended. Certain arrangements are permissible: a bank may offer combined-balance products and may otherwise offer more favorable terms if a customer obtains two or more traditional bank products; and certain foreign transactions are exempt from the general rule. A bank holding company or any bank affiliate also is subject to anti-tying requirements in connection with electronic benefit transfer services.

Community Reinvestment Act .     The Community Reinvestment Act requires that the OCC evaluate the record of the Bank in meeting the credit needs of its local community, including low and moderate income neighborhoods. These factors are also considered in evaluating mergers, acquisitions, and applications to open a branch or facility. Failure to adequately meet these criteria could impose additional requirements and limitations on the Bank.

Financial Subsidiaries .     Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (the “GLBA”), subject to certain conditions imposed by their respective banking regulators, national and state-chartered banks are permitted to form “financial subsidiaries” that may conduct financial or incidental activities, thereby permitting bank subsidiaries to engage in certain activities that previously were impermissible. The GLBA imposes several safeguards and restrictions on financial subsidiaries, including that the parent bank’s equity investment in the financial subsidiary be deducted from the bank’s assets and tangible equity for purposes of calculating the bank’s capital adequacy. In addition, the GLBA imposes new restrictions on transactions between a bank and its financial subsidiaries similar to restrictions applicable to transactions between banks and non-bank affiliates.

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Consumer Protection Regulations .                            Activities of the Bank are subject to a variety of statutes and regulations designed to protect consumers. Interest and other charges collected or contracted for by the Bank are subject to state usury laws and federal laws concerning interest rates. The Bank’s loan operations are also subject to federal laws applicable to credit transactions, such as:

·                   effective April 1, 2011, the Federal Reserve has implemented new rules regarding all persons who originate loans, including mortgage loan officers and brokers. The new rules include, among other things, prohibition of payments to loan originators based on the loan’s interest rate, prohibiting dual payment of a mortgage originator from both the consumer and the creditor, prohibiting a loan officer from steering a consumer to a lender with less favorable terms that increase the loan officer or broker’s compensation. The Dodd-Frank Act also addressed loan originator compensation in a similar manner but with additional provisions;

·                   the federal Truth-In-Lending Act, governing disclosures of credit terms to consumer borrowers;

·                   the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975, requiring financial institutions to provide information to enable the public and public officials to determine whether a financial institution is fulfilling its obligation to help meet the housing needs of the community it serves;

·                   the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, creed or other prohibited factors in extending credit;

·                   the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1978, governing the use and provision of information to credit reporting agencies;

·                   the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, governing the manner in which consumer debts may be collected by collection agencies; and

·                   the rules and regulations of the various federal agencies charged with the responsibility of implementing such federal laws.

The deposit operations of the Bank also are subject to:

·                   the Right to Financial Privacy Act, which imposes a duty to maintain confidentiality of consumer financial records and prescribes procedures for complying with administrative subpoenas of financial records; and

·                   the Electronic Funds Transfer Act and Regulation E issued by the Federal Reserve to implement that act, which governs automatic deposits to and withdrawals from deposit accounts and customers’ rights and liabilities arising from the use of automated teller machines and other electronic banking services.

Enforcement Powers .     The Bank and its “institution-affiliated parties,” including its management, employees, agents, independent contractors and consultants such as attorneys and accountants and others who participate in the conduct of the financial institution’s affairs, are subject to potential civil and criminal penalties for violations of law, regulations or written orders of a government agency. These practices can include the failure of an institution to timely file required reports or the filing of false or misleading information or the submission of inaccurate reports. Civil penalties may be as high as $1,000,000 a day for such violations. Criminal penalties for some financial institution crimes have been increased to twenty years. In addition, regulators are provided with greater flexibility to commence enforcement actions against institutions and institution-affiliated parties. Possible enforcement actions include the termination of deposit insurance. Furthermore, banking agencies’ power to issue cease-and-desist orders were expanded. Such orders may, among other things, require affirmative action to correct any harm resulting from a violation or practice, including restitution, reimbursement, indemnifications or guarantees against loss. A financial institution may also be ordered to restrict its growth, dispose of certain assets, rescind agreements or contracts, or take other actions as determined by the ordering agency to be appropriate.

Anti-Money Laundering .     Financial institutions must maintain anti-money laundering programs that include established internal policies, procedures, and controls; a designated compliance officer; an ongoing employee training program; and testing of the program by an independent audit function. The Company and the Bank are also prohibited from entering into specified financial transactions and account relationships and must meet enhanced standards for due diligence and “knowing your customer” in their dealings with foreign financial institutions and foreign customers. Financial institutions must take reasonable steps to conduct enhanced scrutiny of account relationships to guard against money laundering and to report any suspicious transactions, and recent laws provide law enforcement authorities with increased access to financial information maintained by banks. Anti-money laundering obligations have been substantially strengthened as a result of the USA Patriot Act, enacted in 2001 and renewed in 2006. Bank regulators routinely examine institutions for compliance with these obligations and are required to consider compliance in connection with the regulatory review of applications. The regulatory authorities have been active in imposing “cease and desist” orders and money penalty sanctions against institutions found to be violating these obligations.

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USA PATRIOT Act/Bank Secrecy Act .     The USA PATRIOT Act amended, in part, the Bank Secrecy Act and provides for the facilitation of information sharing among governmental entities and financial institutions for the purpose of combating terrorism and money laundering by enhancing anti-money laundering and financial transparency laws, as well as enhanced information collection tools and enforcement mechanics for the U.S. government, including: (i) requiring standards for verifying customer identification at account opening; (ii) rules to promote cooperation among financial institutions, regulators, and law enforcement entities in identifying parties that may be involved in terrorism or money laundering; (iii) reports by nonfinancial trades and businesses filed with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (the “Treasury”) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network for transactions exceeding $10,000; and (iv) filing suspicious activity reports if a bank believes a customer may be violating U.S. laws and regulations and requires enhanced due diligence requirements for financial institutions that administer, maintain, or manage private bank accounts or correspondent accounts for non-U.S. persons. Bank regulators routinely examine institutions for compliance with these obligations and are required to consider compliance in connection with the regulatory review of applications.

Under the USA PATRIOT Act, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the “FBI”) can send to the banking regulatory agencies lists of the names of persons suspected of involvement in terrorist activities. The Bank can be requested to search its records for any relationships or transactions with persons on those lists. If the Bank finds any relationships or transactions, it must file a suspicious activity report and contact the FBI.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), which is a division of the Treasury, is responsible for helping to ensure that United States entities do not engage in transactions with “enemies” of the United States, as defined by various Executive Orders and Acts of Congress. OFAC has sent, and will send, our banking regulatory agencies lists of names of persons and organizations suspected of aiding, harboring or engaging in terrorist acts. If the Bank finds a name on any transaction, account or wire transfer that is on an OFAC list, it must freeze such account, file a suspicious activity report and notify the FBI. The Bank has appointed an OFAC compliance officer to oversee the inspection of its accounts and the filing of any notifications. The Bank actively checks high-risk OFAC areas such as new accounts, wire transfers and customer files. The Bank performs these checks utilizing software, which is updated each time a modification is made to the lists provided by OFAC and other agencies of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.

Privacy and Credit Reporting .     Financial institutions are required to disclose their policies for collecting and protecting confidential information. Customers generally may prevent financial institutions from sharing nonpublic personal financial information with nonaffiliated third parties except under narrow circumstances, such as the processing of transactions requested by the consumer. Additionally, financial institutions generally may not disclose consumer account numbers to any nonaffiliated third party for use in telemarketing, direct mail marketing or other marketing to consumers. It is the Bank’s policy not to disclose any personal information unless required by law. The OCC and the federal banking agencies have prescribed standards for maintaining the security and confidentiality of consumer information. The Bank is subject to such standards, as well as standards for notifying consumers in the event of a security breach.

Like other lending institutions, the Bank utilizes credit bureau data in its underwriting activities. Use of such data is regulated under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act on a uniform, nationwide basis, including credit reporting, prescreening, sharing of information between affiliates, and the use of credit data. The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (the “FACT Act”) permits states to enact identity theft laws that are not inconsistent with the conduct required by the provisions of the FACT Act.

Check 21 .     The Check Clearing for the 21 st  Century Act (“Check 21”) gives “substitute checks,” such as a digital image of a check and copies made from that image, the same legal standing as the original paper check.  Check 21 also contains other provisions related to check status, communication and verification procedures.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.     The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “SOX”) was enacted to address corporate and accounting fraud. It established a new accounting oversight board that enforces auditing standards and restricts the scope of services that accounting firms may provide to their public company audit clients. Among other things, it also; (i) requires chief executive officers and chief financial officers to certify to the accuracy of periodic reports filed with the SEC; (ii) imposes new disclosure requirements regarding internal controls, off-balance-sheet transactions, and pro forma (non-GAAP) disclosures; (iii) accelerates the time frame for reporting of insider transactions and periodic disclosures by certain public companies; and (iv) requires companies to disclose whether or not they have adopted a code of ethics for senior financial officers and whether the audit committee includes at least one “audit committee financial expert.”

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The SOX requires the SEC, based on certain enumerated factors, to regularly and systematically review corporate filings.  To deter wrongdoing, it: (i) subjects bonuses issued to top executives to disgorgement if a restatement of a company’s financial statements was due to corporate misconduct; (ii) prohibits an officer or director from misleading or coercing an auditor; (iii) prohibits insider trades during pension fund “blackout periods;” (iv) imposes new criminal penalties for fraud and other wrongful acts; and (v) extends the period during which certain securities fraud lawsuits can be brought against a company or its officers.

Effective September 21, 2010, the SEC adopted amendments to its rules to conform to Section 404(c) of the SOX, as added by Section 989G of the Dodd-Frank Act. Section 404(c) provides that the SOX shall not apply to any audit report prepared by an issuer that is neither an accelerated filer nor a large accelerated filer as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act.

With market value of its common equity less than $75 million, the Company does not qualify as an accelerated filer or large accelerated filer and therefore is not presently subject to Section 404(c) of the SOX for the year ended December 31, 2011. Prior to the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Company, as a non-accelerated filer, would have been required to include an attestation report from its public accounting firm on internal control over financial reporting in this year’s annual report filed with the SEC.

The Company’s management continues to be responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as detailed in Item 9A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Effect of Governmental Monetary Policies .    Our earnings are affected by domestic economic conditions and the monetary and fiscal policies of the United States government and its agencies. The Federal Reserve Bank’s monetary policies have had, and are likely to continue to have, an important impact on the operating results of commercial banks through its power to implement national monetary policy in order, among other things, to curb inflation or combat a recession. The monetary policies of the Federal Reserve have major effects upon the levels of bank loans, investments and deposits through its open market operations in United States government securities and through its regulation of the discount rate on borrowings of member banks and the reserve requirements against member bank deposits. It is not possible to predict the nature or impact of future changes in monetary and fiscal policies.

Future Legislation.   Various other legislative and regulatory initiatives affecting the banking regulatory system are from time to time introduced in Congress and state legislatures, as well as regulatory agencies. Currently, the United States Congress is actively considering further significant changes to the manner of regulating financial institutions. The current legislation being considered and other future legislation regarding financial institutions may change banking statutes and the operating environment of the Company in substantial and unpredictable ways, and could increase or decrease the cost of doing business, limit or expand permissible activities or affect the competitive balance depending upon whether any of this potential legislation will be enacted, and if enacted, the effect that it or any implementing regulations, would have on the financial condition or results of operations of the Company. The nature and extent of future legislative and regulatory changes affecting financial institutions is very unpredictable at this time. The Company cannot determine the ultimate effect that such potential legislation, if enacted, would have upon its financial condition or operations.

Item 1A.  Risk Factors.

Not Applicable.

Item 1B.  Unresolved Staff Comments.

Not Applicable.

Item 2.    Properties.

Our executive offices are located at 3651 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia. Our building is roughly 8,600 square feet in size on approximately two acres of land located at the intersection of Old Milton Parkway and Brookside Parkway. Touchmark Bancshares, Inc. owns the building and property and leases the facility to Touchmark National Bank under terms of a 60 month lease with an option to renew. Fair market rent is $14,233.33 per month with an annual 2% escalator clause. Because this lease results in a payment from our bank to our holding company, there is no net effect; however the lease accomplishes a regular transfer of funds from Bank to the holding company.

We operate a branch located at the intersection of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Abbotts Bridge Road in Duluth, Georgia. The address is 3170 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Suite 100, Duluth, Georgia 30097. This office is approximately 3,000

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square feet and is leased for a period of five years with two five-year options to renew. Monthly rental payments began at $5,566 (including common area maintenance) and increase incrementally over the term of the lease.

We also operate a branch office in Doraville located in the Peachtree Pavilion Shopping Center at the intersection of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Peachtree Road. This location is operated under a five-year lease with a five-year renewal option. Monthly lease payments are $11,373 (including common area maintenance) and increase 2% periodically during the lease term. The Doraville lease covers approximately 4,300 square feet of office space.

Our headquarters branch was established in Alpharetta during the third quarter of 2009, The Company terminated its lease agreements at 3740 Davinci Court in Norcross in the third and fourth quarters of 2010 and recognized lease termination fees of $50,000 and $29,400, respectively.

During 2007, we purchased 9.7 acres of land for approximately $2.3 million on Satellite Boulevard near I-85 in Duluth, Georgia, as a potential site for our future main office. Our original business plan called for the construction of a permanent headquarters office in Duluth, Georgia. While the land represented an attractive opportunity for us, the 2009 decision to acquire our Alpharetta facility changed our plans in this regard.  The Company is currently marketing the site and the land is held for sale.

Item 3.    Legal Proceedings.

In the ordinary course of operations, we may be a party to various legal proceedings from time to time. We do not believe that there is any pending or threatened proceeding against us, which, if determined adversely, would have a material effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Item 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures .

Not Applicable.

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PART II

Item 5.    Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Market Information

We are currently quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “TMAK” and have a sponsoring broker-dealer to match buy and sell orders for our common stock. Although we are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, the trading market of our common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board is limited and lacks the depth, liquidity, and orderliness necessary to maintain a liquid market. The OTC Bulletin Board prices are quotations, which reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown or commissions and may not represent actual transactions. There is currently no established public trading market in our common stock, and we are not aware of any trading or quotations of our common stock. Because there has not been an established market for our common stock, we may not be aware of all prices at which our common stock has been traded. Based on information available to us from a limited number of sellers and purchasers of common stock who have engaged in privately negotiated transactions of which we are aware, there were a limited number of stock trades in 2011 that took place at $4.10 per share. We have no current plans to seek listing on any stock exchange, and we do not expect to qualify for listing on NASDAQ or any other exchange for at least several years.

Holders of Common Stock

As of March 20, 2012, there were 3,465,391 shares of our common stock outstanding, held by approximately 550 shareholders of record. All of our outstanding common stock was issued in connection with our initial public offering, which was completed on March 31, 2008. The price per share in our initial public offering was $10.

Dividends

We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock since our inception. For the foreseeable future we do not intend to declare cash dividends as we are prohibited from declaring or paying any dividends without prior approval from the Federal Reserve.  We intend to retain earnings to grow our business and strengthen our capital base. Our ability to pay dividends depends on the ability of our subsidiary, the Bank, to pay dividends to us. As a national bank, Touchmark National Bank may only pay dividends out of its net profits, after deducting expenses, including losses and bad debts. In addition, the Bank is prohibited from declaring a dividend on its shares of common stock until its surplus equals its stated capital, unless there have been transfers to surplus no less than one-tenth of the Bank’s net profits of the preceding two consecutive half-year periods (in the case of an annual dividend). The approval of the OCC will be required if the total of all dividends declared in any calendar year by the Bank exceeds the Bank’s net profits to date for that year combined with its retained net profits for the preceding two years less any required transfers to surplus. The OCC also has the authority under federal law to enjoin a national bank from engaging in what, in its opinion, constitutes an unsafe or unsound practice in conducting its business, including the payment of a dividend under certain circumstances.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The Company currently has one equity compensation plan—the Touchmark Bancshares, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”).  The following table provides information as of December 31, 2011, regarding the Company’s then existing compensation plan:

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Touchmark Bancshares, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan

The 2008 Plan offers stock awards to key employees to encourage continued employment by facilitating their purchase of an equity interest in the Company. These awards are granted at the discretion of the board of directors at an exercise price determined by the board at the grant date. Options awarded under the 2008 Plan have a term of ten years from the date of grant and vest ratably over three years, unless otherwise stated in the award agreement. A total of 191,000 shares have been reserved under the 2008 Plan.

Item 6.    Selected Financial Data.

Not Applicable.

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Item 7.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Introduction

The following discussion describes our results of operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and also analyzes our financial condition as of December 31, 2011 and 2010. Like most community banks, we derive most of our income from interest we receive on our loans and investments. Our primary source of funds for making these loans and investments is our deposits, on the majority of which we pay interest. Consequently, one of the key measures of our success is our amount of net interest income, or the difference between the income on our interest-earning assets, such as loans and investments, and the expense on our interest-bearing liabilities, such as deposits. Another key measure is the spread between the yield we earn on these interest-earning assets and the rate we pay on our interest-bearing liabilities.

We have included a number of tables to assist in our description of these measures. For example, the “Average Balances” table shows the average balance in 2011 of each category of our assets and liabilities, as well as the yield we earned or the rate we paid with respect to each category. A review of this table shows that our loans typically provide higher interest yields than do other types of interest earning assets, which is why we intend to channel a substantial percentage of our earning assets into our loan portfolio. The Bank holds a significant portfolio of investment securities, but we expect that the size of this portfolio will diminish over time as we build lending relationships. We also track the sensitivity of our various categories of assets and liabilities to changes in interest rates, and we have included an “Interest Sensitivity Analysis Table” to help explain this. Finally, we have included a number of tables that provide detail about our investment securities, our loans and our deposits.

There are risks inherent in all loans, so we maintain an allowance for loan losses to absorb probable losses on existing loans that may become uncollectible. We establish and maintain this allowance by charging a provision for loan losses against our operating earnings. In the “Provision and Allowance for Loan Loss” section, we have included a detailed discussion of this process.

In addition to earning interest on our loans and investments, we earn income from the sale of the guaranteed portion of SBA loans, and other fees we charge to our customers. We describe the various components of this noninterest income, as well as our noninterest expense, in the “Noninterest Income” and “Noninterest Expense” sections.

The following discussion and analysis also identifies significant factors that have affected our financial position and operating results during the periods included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Basis of Presentation

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the “Business” section and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and the other information included elsewhere in this report. However, the ratios and percentages provided below are calculated using the detailed financial information contained in the financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Critical Accounting Policies

We have adopted various accounting policies, which govern the application of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America in the preparation of our financial statements. Our significant accounting policies are described in the notes to our audited financial statements included in this report.

Certain accounting policies involve significant judgments and assumptions by us that may have a material impact on the carrying value of certain assets and liabilities. We consider such accounting policies to be critical accounting policies. The judgments and assumptions we use are based on historical experience and other factors, which we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Because of the nature of the judgments and assumptions

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we make, actual results could differ from these judgments and estimates that could have a material impact on the carrying values of our assets and liabilities and our results of operations.

Allowance for Loan Losses. We believe that the determination of the allowance for loan losses is the critical accounting policy that requires the most significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements. Refer to the section “Allowance for Loan Losses” below for a more detailed description of the methodology related to the allowance for loan losses.

Income Taxes. We use assumptions and estimates in determining income taxes payable or refundable for the current year, deferred income tax liabilities and assets for events recognized differently in its financial statements and income tax returns, and income tax expense. Determining these amounts requires analysis of certain transactions and interpretation of tax laws and regulations. Management exercises judgment in evaluating the amount and timing of recognition of resulting tax liabilities and assets. These judgments and estimates are reevaluated on a continual basis as regulatory and business factors change. A valuation allowance for deferred tax assets is required when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. In assessing the realization of the deferred tax assets, management considers the scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future income (in the near-term based on current projections), and tax planning strategies.

No assurance can be given that either the tax returns submitted by us or the income tax reported on the financial statements will not be adjusted by either adverse rulings by the United States Tax Court, changes in the tax code, or assessments made by the Internal Revenue Service. We are subject to potential adverse adjustments, including, but not limited to, an increase in the statutory federal or state income tax rates, the permanent non-deductibility of amounts currently considered deductible either now or in future periods, and the dependency on the generation of future taxable income in order to ultimately realize deferred income tax assets.

Industry Overview

Despite limited signs of economic improvement, 2011 reflects continued economic instability which has negatively impacted liquidity and credit quality. Concerns regarding increased credit losses from the weakening economy have negatively affected capital and earnings of most financial institutions. Financial institutions have experienced significant declines in the value of collateral for real estate loans and serious deterioration in the credit quality of their loan portfolios. These factors have resulted in record levels of non-performing assets, charge-offs and foreclosures. The State of Georgia and the Atlanta metropolitan area in particular have gained the unfortunate distinction of experiencing among the highest incidences of bank closures nationwide since the onset of the 2007 financial crisis.

Due to credit quality concerns, liquidity in the debt market remains low in spite of enormous efforts by the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank to inject capital into financial institutions. The federal funds rate set by the Federal Reserve has remained at historically low levels since December 2008, following a decline from 4.25% to 0.25% during 2008 through a series of seven rate reductions.

Treasury, the FDIC and other governmental agencies continue to evolve rules and regulations to implement the EESA of 2008, TARP, the Financial Stability Plan, the ARRA and related economic recovery programs, many of which curtail the activities of financial institutions.

Difficult economic conditions are expected to prevail through the remainder of 2012. Reduced levels of commercial activity will continue to challenge prospects for stable balance sheet growth and earning asset yields at a time when the market for profitable commercial banking relationships is intensely competitive. As a result, financial institutions will, in general, continue to experience pressure on earning asset yields, funding costs, operating expenses, liquidity and capital.

General

Touchmark Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. Our national bank subsidiary, Touchmark National Bank, opened for business on January 28, 2008. The principal business

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activity of the Bank is to provide retail banking services in Gwinnett, DeKalb and north Fulton counties and surrounding market areas. The majority of our deposits are insured by the FDIC.

We completed an initial public offering of our stock on March 31, 2008 in which we sold a total of 3,470,391 shares at $10 per share, with net proceeds totaling $34,191,543. We initially capitalized the Bank with $26,000,000 of the proceeds from the stock offering and subsequently downstreamed an additional $1,000,000 of capital from the holding company to the Bank during 2009. In February 2012, we downstreamed an additional $1,647,543 of capital from the Company to the Bank in the form of land and building.

Results of Operations

General

Our net income for the year ended December 31, 2011 amounted to $67,960, or net income of $.02 per share, compared to a net loss of $4,025,047 for the year ended December 31, 2010, or $1.16 per share. Included in net income for the year ended December 31, 2011 is a non-cash expense of $209,563 related to the provision for loan losses. In 2010, the provision for loan losses was $5,110,717.  The allowance for loan loss reserve was $1,745,400 as of December 31, 2011, or 2.3% of gross loans.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income for the year ended December 31, 2011 amounted to $4,543,536, which represents a decrease of $111,652 or 2.4% over net interest income of $4,655,188 for the year ended December 31, 2010. Total interest income for the year ended December 31, 2011 amounted to $6,015,513 and was offset by interest expense of $1,471,977. The components of interest income were from loans, including fees, of $4,618,195, investment income of $1,396,183, and federal funds sold of $1,135.

Net interest spread is the difference between the yield we earn on our interest-earning assets and the rate we pay on our interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest margin is calculated as net interest income divided by average earning assets. Our net interest spread and net interest margin for the year ended December 31, 2011 amounted to 3.49% and 3.75% respectively. Net interest spread increased 31 basis points compared to the year ended December 31, 2010 in which spread amounted to 3.18%. Net interest margin increased 30 basis points compared to the year ended December 31, 2010 in which margin amounted to 3.45%. The primary reason for this increase is the reduction in the bank’s overall cost of funds and the continued deployment of capital. The largest components of average earning assets during 2011 were loans at $74,078,249 and securities at $46,675,280.

Average Balances, Income and Expenses, and Rates. The following tables set forth, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, certain information related to our average balance sheet and our average yields on assets and average costs of liabilities. Such yields are derived by dividing income or expense by the average balance of the corresponding assets or liabilities. Average balances have been derived from the daily balances throughout the period indicated.

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(1) Average nonaccrual loans of $6,006,415 were deducted from average loans.

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(1) Average nonaccrual loans of $6,472,647 were deducted from average loans.

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Rate/Volume Analysis

Net interest income can be analyzed in terms of the impact of changing average interest rates and volume. The following table sets forth the effect which varying levels of interest earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the applicable rates have had on changes in net interest income for the periods presented.

Interest Sensitivity. We monitor and manage the pricing and maturity of our assets and liabilities in order to diminish the potential adverse impact that changes in interest rates could have on our net interest income. A principal monitoring technique employed by us is the measurement of our interest sensitivity “gap,” which is the positive or negative dollar difference between assets and liabilities that are subject to interest rate re-pricing within a given period of time. Interest rate sensitivity can be managed by re-pricing assets or liabilities, selling securities available for sale, replacing an asset or liability at maturity or adjusting the interest rate during the life of an asset or liability. Managing the amount of assets and liabilities re-pricing over the same time interval helps to hedge the risk and minimize the impact on net interest income of rising or falling interest rates.

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The following table sets forth our interest rate sensitivity at December 31, 2011.

The above table reflects the balances of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities at the earlier of their re-pricing or maturity dates. Overnight federal funds are reflected at the earliest pricing interval due to the immediately available nature of the instruments. Debt securities are reflected at each instrument’s ultimate maturity date. Scheduled payment amounts of fixed rate amortizing loans are reflected at each scheduled payment date. Scheduled payment amounts of variable rate amortizing loans are reflected at each scheduled payment date until the loan may be re-priced contractually; the unamortized balance is reflected at that point. Interest-bearing liabilities with no contractual maturity, such as savings deposits and interest-bearing transaction accounts, are reflected in the earliest re-pricing period due to contractual arrangements which give us the opportunity to vary the rates paid on those deposits within a thirty-day or shorter period. Fixed rate time deposits, principally certificates of deposit, are reflected at their contractual maturity date. While gap is one measure of evaluating our exposure to the re-pricing of assets and liabilities, gap analysis has significant limitations. For example, prime-based floating rate loans with minimum interest rates or “floors” and subject to quarterly re-pricing based on the prime rate are categorized assets re-pricing within three months. In reality, however, prime-based floating rate loans with a floor of 5% will not re-price if the contracted floating rate is prime + 50 basis points, currently 3.75%.

We generally will benefit from increasing market rates of interest when we have an asset-sensitive gap position and generally will benefit from decreasing market rates of interest when our balance sheet is liability-sensitive. We are cumulatively liability sensitive through the first twelve months and cumulatively asset sensitive beyond one year. However, our gap analysis is not a precise indicator of our interest sensitivity position due to the predominance of floating rate loans in our portfolio, as well as mortgage backed securities, whose duration is generally considerably shorter than their term. The analysis presents only a static view of the timing of maturities and re-pricing opportunities, without taking into consideration that changes in interest rates do not affect all assets

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and liabilities equally. Net interest income may be impacted by other significant factors in a given interest rate environment, including changes in the volume and mix of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.

Provision for Loan Losses

We have established and maintain an allowance for loan losses through a provision for loan losses charged as a non-cash expense to our consolidated statement of operations. We review our loan portfolio periodically to evaluate our outstanding loans and to measure both the performance of the portfolio and the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses. Please see the discussion below under “Provision and Allowance for Loan Losses” for a description of the factors we consider in determining the amount of the provision we expense each period to maintain this allowance.

Historically, the Bank used a combination of peer loss history and its own loss history for its various loan types in arriving at its allowance for loan and lease loss (ALLL). Management revisited the Bank’s methodology after the second quarter of 2011 for the purposes of determining the most effective means for arriving at an appropriate allowance for loan loss balance commensurate with the Bank’s size and level of complexity.

Management concluded that a loss migration analysis, based on the Bank’s internal loan risk rating system, provides a more precise and accurate estimate of potential losses within the loan portfolio.  The basis for determining the appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses under the revised methodology focuses on the Bank’s internal risk rated loss experience over a rolling eight quarter period as opposed to reliance on peer group data. The revised methodology also expands loan categories to further stratify the Bank’s loss history by loan type.

The provision charged to expense during the year ended December 31, 2011 was $209,563, a decrease of $4,901,154 or 95.9% from provision of $5,110,717 for the year ended December 31, 2010. The reduction in provision expense for the year ended December 31, 2011 is a combination of an $11,272,002 decline in the volume of impaired and classified loans during the period;  stabilization in the values of these problem assets; and minimal loan growth.   Management concluded the provision was adequate and determined that the allowance for loan loss was deemed appropriate to support the risk inherent in the loan portfolio. The allowance as a percentage of gross loans decreased to 2.30% at December 31, 2011 from 3.99% as of December 31, 2010 due to charge-offs of loans with specific reserves. “Unallocated” reserves represent 0.35% of gross loans at December 31, 2011.  There were no “unallocated” reserves as of December 31, 2010.

Management continues to review and evaluate the adequacy of the reserve for possible loan losses given the size, mix, and quality of the current loan portfolio.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income for the year ended December 31, 2011 totaled $1,248,877, a decrease of $847,262 or 40.4% compared to $2,096,139 for the year ended December 31, 2010. The decline is attributable to a decrease of $684,880 in income on sales of loans held for sale and a decrease of $620,377 in gains on sales of securities available for sale. During 2011, the largest portion of noninterest income was generated by gains on the sales of SBA loans, which totaled $991,497.

Noninterest Expenses

Noninterest expense for the year ended December 31, 2011 totaled $5,514,890, a decrease of $150,767 or 2.66% compared to $5,665,657 for the year ended December 31, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to lower salary and employee benefit expenses associated with changes to executive management in 2010. Salaries and employee benefits totaled $2,751,178 for the year ended December 31, 2011, a decrease of $289,692 from the prior year. Additional components of noninterest expense for 2011 consisted of occupancy and equipment expense of $657,578 and other operating expenses of $2,106,134. During 2010, occupancy and equipment expense amounted to $796,525 and other operating expense totaled $1,828,262. Other operating expenses increased in 2011 due to expenses associated with non-performing loans and supervisory assessments.

Balance Sheet Review

General

At December 31, 2011, we had total assets of $132,600,966, a decrease of $12,395,793 or 8.5% from total assets of $144,996,759 at December 31, 2010. Compared to the prior year, investment securities available for sale decreased $13,000,495 due to a combination of sales and paydowns. Net loans decreased $9,011,283 from a

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combination of loan payoffs and the transfer of nonaccrual loans to Other Real Estate Owned (OREO) of $5,101,809. Loan volume during 2011 was primarily centered in SBA loans of which the guaranteed portion was sold in the secondary market. Total liabilities at December 31, 2011 were $107,375,905 compared to $120,866,485 at December 31, 2010, a decrease of $13,490,580 or 11.16%. Total deposits decreased by $12,818,109 as a result of deposit runoff from lower interest rates coupled with the outflow of brokered funds. Shareholders’ equity at December 31, 2011 was $25,225,061, compared to $24,130,274 at December 31, 2010, an increase of $1,094,787 or 4.54%. This increase was primarily a result of unrealized gains on available for sale securities, which were $429,760 in 2011 compared to a loss of $499,565 in 2010 resulting in an increase of $929,325. Our management closely monitors and seeks to maintain appropriate levels of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities so that maturities of assets are such that adequate funds are provided to meet customer withdrawals and demand. A more detailed analysis of the primary components of our balance sheet follows.

Loans

Since loans typically provide higher interest yields than other types of interest-earning assets, a substantial percentage of our earning assets are invested in our loan portfolio. Gross loans for the year ended December 31, 2011 were $76.0 million, representing over 57.3% of our total assets.

Our loan portfolio is principally comprised of loans secured by real estate. We obtain a security interest in real estate whenever possible, in addition to any other available collateral. This collateral is taken to increase the likelihood of the ultimate repayment of the loan.

The following table summarizes the composition of our loan portfolio as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

The largest component of our loan portfolio at year-end was commercial real estate loans which represented 67.40% of the total portfolio.

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Maturities and Sensitivity of Loans to Changes in Interest Rates

The information in the following table is based on the contractual maturities of individual loans, including loans which may be subject to renewal at their contractual maturity. Renewal of such loans is subject to review and credit approval, as well as modification of terms upon maturity. Actual repayments of loans may differ from the maturities reflected below because borrowers have the right to prepay obligations with or without prepayment penalties.

The following table summarizes the loan maturity distribution by type and related interest rate characteristics at December 31, 2011. All of our floating rate loans were at or below embedded floors at December 31, 2011, which causes our floating rate loans to be classified as fixed rate instruments.

Provision and Allowance for Loan Losses

Our allowance for loan losses amounted to $1,745,400 for the year ended December 31, 2011, a decrease of $1,716,975 or 49.59% from allowance of $3,462,375 for the year ended December 31, 2010. The decrease was directly attributed to the charge-off of loans with specific reserves at December 31, 2010. We have established an allowance for loan losses through a provision for loan losses charged to expense on our consolidated statement of operations reduced by charge-offs of uncollectible balances. The allowance for loan losses represents an amount which we believe will be adequate to absorb probable losses on existing loans that may become uncollectible. Our judgment as to the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses is based on a number of assumptions regarding current portfolio and economic conditions, which we believe to be reasonable, but which may or may not prove to be accurate. Over time, we will periodically determine the amount of the allowance based on our consideration of several factors, including an ongoing review of the quality, mix and size of our overall loan portfolio, our historical loan loss experience, evaluation of economic conditions and other qualitative factors, specific problem loans and commitments that may affect the borrower’s ability to pay. Periodically, we will adjust the amount of the allowance based on changing circumstances. We will charge recognized losses to the allowance when confirmed and add subsequent recoveries back to the allowance for loan losses. There can be no assurance that charge-offs of loans in future periods will not exceed the allowance for loan losses as estimated at any point in time or that provisions for loan losses will not be significant to a particular accounting period.

The following table summarizes average loan balances for the year determined using the daily average balance, changes in the allowance for loan losses and the ratio of net charge-offs to period average loans.

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As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the allocation of the allowance for loan losses to types of loans, is as indicated below (in thousands):