UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 11-K
(X) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001
OR
( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
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Commission file number: 0-26350
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ALLEGIANT BANCORP, INC. 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
ALLEGIANT BANCORP, INC.
2122 Kratky Road
Saint Louis, Missouri 63114
(Name and issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plans
and addresses of its principal executive office)
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AND SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE
Allegiant Bancorp, Inc.
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Years Ended December 31, 2001 and 2000
Allegiant Bancorp, Inc.
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Financial Statements
and Supplemental Schedule
Years Ended December 31, 2001 and 2000
CONTENTS
Report of Independent Auditors.............................................1
Financial Statements
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits............................2
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits.................3
Notes to Financial Statements..............................................4
Supplemental Schedule
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year).............9
Report of Independent Auditors
The Trustees
Allegiant Bancorp, Inc.
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for
benefits of Allegiant Bancorp, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan as of
December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related statements of changes in net
assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based
on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining,
on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan
at December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the changes in net assets available for
benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the
financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental
schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2001 is
presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of
the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the
Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure
under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental
schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental
schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits
of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all
material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
St. Louis, Missouri
June 21, 2002
Allegiant Bancorp, Inc.
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
DECEMBER 31
2001 2000
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ASSETS
Investments at fair value $ 4,933,628 $ 1,701,391
Participant loans 94,375 35,834
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5,028,003 1,737,225
Employer contributions receivable 72,868 7,896
Employee contributions receivable 27,208 -
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Net assets available for benefits $ 5,128,079 $ 1,745,121
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See accompanying notes.
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Allegiant Bancorp, Inc.
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31
2001 2000
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Additions to net assets attributed to:
Dividends and interest $ 42,542 $ 73,319
Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments 615,994 (179,911)
Contributions:
Employer 246,626 116,579
Employee 626,367 376,647
Rollovers from other plans 419,710 38,448
Asset transfer from Equality Savings and Security Plan 1,642,974 -
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Total additions 3,594,213 425,082
Deductions from net assets for distributions to participants (211,255) (340,906)
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Net increase in net assets available for assets 3,382,958 84,176
Net assets available for benefits:
Beginning of year 1,745,121 1,660,945
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End of year $5,128,079 $1,745,121
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See accompanying notes.
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Allegiant Bancorp, Inc.
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
Year Ended December 31, 2001
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
The following description of Allegiant Bancorp, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing
Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer
to the plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan's
provisions.
GENERAL
The Plan was established by Allegiant Bancorp, Inc. (the Company) as of
January 1, 1993 and has been amended subsequently, most recently in March
2002.
The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all employees of the
Company who have reached age 21 and have completed three months of service.
Prior to December 16, 2000, eligibility required six months of service. The
Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (ERISA).
CONTRIBUTIONS
Employees may elect to contribute up to 15 percent of their eligible
compensation as defined. Historically, and in 2001 and 2000, the Company has
matched 50 percent of employees' contributions up to a maximum of 6 percent
of pretax compensation. All Company contributions are discretionary. All
employer contributions are initially invested in Company common stock, but
may be immediately redirected by participants. All contributions are subject
to applicable limitations.
PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS
Individual accounts are maintained for each participant in the Plan. In
addition to participants' contributions, each participant's account is
credited with the Company's matching contribution and plan earnings.
Investment earnings are allocated daily to each participant by investment
fund based on that participant's share of total investments.
VESTING
Participants are entitled to the benefit that can be provided from the
vested portion of the participant's account. Participants are immediately
vested in their contributions and the related earnings thereon. Vesting in
the Company's matching contribution portion of their accounts is based on
years of service, as defined, with participants being 20 percent vested for
each year of service (100 percent vested after five years of service).
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Allegiant Bancorp, Inc.
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN (CONTINUED)
Forfeitures of non-vested Company matching contributions are available to
pay administrative expenses of the plan or used to reduce future Company
contributions. For the year ended December 31, 2001, forfeited balances
applied to administrative expenses or used to reduce Company contributions
were approximately $41,000.
PARTICIPANT WITHDRAWALS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Participants, while employed by the Company, may elect to withdraw all or a
portion of their vested account balance upon attainment of age 65 or sooner
or if they experience a financial hardship, as defined in the Plan, subject
to Internal Revenue Code (Code) limitations and possible penalties.
Upon termination of service, a participant or the participant's beneficiary
may elect to receive his or her vested account balance in the form of a
lump-sum distribution or may elect to transfer the account balance to an
individual retirement account or another employer's qualified plan if the
subsequent employer permits such transfer.
LOANS
Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $500 up to a
maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50 percent of their vested account
balance. Loan transactions are treated as a transfer from (to) the
investment fund to (from) the loan fund. Loan terms range from one to five
years. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant's account and
bear interest at a rate commensurate with local prevailing rates as
determined quarterly by the plan administrator. Interest rates ranged from
6.00 percent to 10.50 percent in 2001 and 8.00 percent to 10.50 percent in
2000.
PLAN ADMINISTRATION
The cost of administering the Plan may be paid by the Company. If the
Company does not pay the cost of administering the Plan, it shall be paid
from assets of the Plan, including the use of forfeitures on non-vested
amounts. The Company has historically paid all of the costs associated with
administering the Plan.
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Allegiant Bancorp, Inc.
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN (CONTINUED)
PLAN TERMINATION
Although the Company has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has
the right to discontinue its contributions to the Plan and to terminate the
Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of plan termination,
participants will become 100 percent vested in their accounts.
INVESTMENT OPTIONS
Upon enrollment in the Plan, a participant may direct employee contributions
in any of the investment options offered by the Plan, which include trusteed
mutual funds and Company stock. All investments are participant-directed.
Participants may change their investment options as often as they choose by
directly contacting the plan trustee.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS OF ACCOUNTING
The financial statements of the Plan are presented on the accrual basis.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to
make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the
financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ
from those estimates.
INVESTMENT VALUATION AND INCOME RECOGNITION
The Plan's investments are stated at fair value. The shares of mutual funds
are valued at quoted market prices, which represent the net asset values of
shares held by the Plan at year-end. The participant loans are valued at
their outstanding balances which approximate fair value.
Shares of Company common stock are valued at the closing bid price on the
last business day of the year.
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Allegiant Bancorp, Inc.
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis.
Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on
the ex-dividend date.
3. INVESTMENTS
The fair values of investments representing more than 5 percent of assets
held by the Plan at December 31, 2001 and 2000, are as follows:
CURRENT VALUE
DESCRIPTION 2001 2000
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Prudential Government Securities Trust - Money Market LESS THAN 5% $ 125,814
Prudential Stock Index Fund $ 397,874 395,056
AIM International Equity Fund LESS THAN 5% 98,291
Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund 364,054 266,936
Allegiant Bancorp, Inc. common stock 3,024,695 517,092
Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth Fund LESS THAN 5% 99,879
Fidelity Adv. Growth and Income Fund LESS THAN 5% 150,577
During the year, the Plan's investments (including investments bought, sold,
and held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in value as follows:
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31
2001 2000
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Mutual funds $ (130,616) $ (110,511)
Common stock 746,610 (69,400)
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615,994 $ (179,911)
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During the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, dividends earned on
Company stock included in plan assets amounted to $22,427 and $10,723
respectively.
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Allegiant Bancorp, Inc.
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
4. INCOME TAX STATUS
The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) dated May 20, 1998, stating that the Plan is qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from
taxation. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with
the Code to maintain its qualification. The Plan was amended subsequent to
the IRS determination letter. The plan administrator believes the Plan is
being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code
and, therefore, believes the Plan is qualified and the related trust is
tax-exempt.
5. MERGER WITH EQUALITY BANCORP, INC.
Effective November 16, 2000, the Company merged with Equality Bancorp, Inc.
(Equality). Employees who participated in the Equality Savings and Security
Plan were required to transfer their Equality retirement funds to the Plan.
In April 2001, the Plan received an approximate $1.6 million transfer from
the Equality plan's trustee for Company employees. The individual
participant account balances were allocated such that the investment goals
of funds provided by the Plan's trustee were matched to the extent possible
to the funds provided by the Equality plan's trustee.
6. MERGER WITH SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES CORP.
Effective September 29, 2001, the Company merged with Southside Bancshares
Corp. (Southside). Employees who participated in the Southside 401(k) Plan
were required to transfer their Southside retirement funds to the Plan. In
March 2002, the Plan received an approximate $5.5 million transfer from the
Southside plan's trustee for Company employees. The individual participant
account balances were allocated such that the investment goals of funds
provided by the Plan's trustee were matched to the extent possible to the
funds provided by Southside plan's trustee.
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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE
Allegiant Bancorp, Inc.
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
EIN: 43-0437475 Plan 001
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2001
DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT
IDENTITY OF ISSUER INVESTMENT VALUE
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Prudential Government Securities Trust - Money Market* 174,847,48 shares of $ 174,847
mutual funds
Prudential Government Income Fund A* 3,362.40 shares of 30,228
mutual funds
Prudential Government Securities Money Market 24,277.92 shares of 24,278
Services - Private Shares* mutual funds
Prudential Stock Index Fund* 15,572.35 shares of 397,874
mutual funds
AIM International Equity Fund 10,012.01 shares of 149,179
mutual funds
Jennison Growth Fund 10,597.54 shares of 154,936
mutual funds
Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth Fund* 8,484.54 shares of 127,862
mutual funds
Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund 11,426.68 shares of 364,054
mutual funds
Davis NY Venture Fund 5,247.53 shares of 133,445
mutual funds
Fidelity Adv. Growth and Income Fund 15,565.30 shares of 251,691
mutual funds
Scudder Technology Fund 8,213.98 shares of 100,539
mutual funds
Allegiant Bancorp, Inc. Company Stock* 219,977.81 shares of 3,024,695
common stock
Participant loans (various individuals; term of 1 to 5
years; interest rates ranging from 6.00% to 10.50%) 94,375
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$ 5,028,003
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*Party-in-interest to the Plan.
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SIGNATURES
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, the trustees (or other persons who administer the
employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ALLEGIANT BANCORP, INC. 401(k)
PROFIT SHARING PLAN
By: /s/ Karen E. Box
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Karen E. Box
Sr. Vice President - Human Resources
June 28, 2002
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