UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 11-K

 

(Mark One)

 

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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

 

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002

 

 

or

 

 

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

 

 

For the transition period from                                to                               

 

 

Commission file number    001-12647

 

 

 

 

A.

Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

ORIENTAL GROUP CODA PROFIT SHARING PLAN

Professional Office Park
996 San Roberto Street
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926

 

 

 

B.

Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

ORIENTAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC.

Professional Office Park
1000 San Roberto Street
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

REQUIRED INFORMATION

 

1.

The Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules of Oriental Group CODA Profit Sharing Plan, prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

2.

SIGNATURES

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 23.

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1.

 

Plan Administrator’s  certification pursuant to  Section 906 of the Sabarnes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.2.

 

Trust Officer’s  certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sabarnes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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ORIENTAL GROUP CODA PROFIT SHARING PLAN

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Independent Auditors’ Report

 

Financial Statements:

 

 

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
as of December 31, 2002 and 2001

 

 

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
for the Year Ended December 31, 2002

 

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

Supplemental Schedules:

 

 

 

Schedule I – Schedule of Assets Held at December 31, 2002
(Schedule H, Line 4(i) on Form 5500)

 

 

 

Schedule II – Schedule of Reportable Transactions for the Year Ended
December 31, 2002 (Schedule H, Line 4(j) on Form 5500)

 

 

 

Schedule III – Nonexempt Transactions for the Year Ended
December 31, 2002 (Schedule H, Line 4(a) on Form 5500)

 

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

 

To the Participants and the Oriental Group Retirement Committee of
Oriental Group CODA Profit Sharing Plan:

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Oriental Group CODA Profit Sharing Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2002.  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 of America.  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, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2002 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole.  The accompanying supplemental schedules listed in the Table of Contents are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements, but are 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.  These schedules are the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  Such schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic 2002 financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

 

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

June 12, 2003

 

 

Stamp No. 1887635
affixed to original.

 

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ORIENTAL GROUP CODA PROFIT SHARING PLAN

 

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

DECEMBER 31, 2002 AND 2001

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS, At fair value

 

$

5,430,852

 

$

4,375,902

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECEIVABLES:

 

 

 

 

 

Participants’ contributions

 

16,446

 

19,872

 

Employer’s contributions

 

 

 

4,167

 

Other

 

57,764

 

47,709

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total receivables

 

74,210

 

71,748

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

5,505,062

 

4,447,650

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES -  Excess contribution to be recognized next year

 

67,594

 

54,434

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

 

$

5,437,468

 

$

4,393,216

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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ORIENTAL GROUP CODA PROFIT SHARING PLAN

 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002

 

ADDITIONS:

 

 

 

Additions to net assets atributed to:

 

 

 

Investment income:

 

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

 

$

951,707

 

Dividends

 

95,264

 

Interest

 

1,520

 

Total investment income

 

1,048,491

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions:

 

 

 

Participants

 

345,074

 

Employer

 

122,074

 

Total contributions

 

467,148

 

Total additions

 

1,515,639

 

 

 

 

 

DEDUCTIONS - Deductions from net assets atributed to benefits paid to participants

 

471,387

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE

 

1,044,252

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

4,393,216

 

End of year

 

$

5,437,468

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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ORIENTAL GROUP CODA PROFIT SHARING PLAN

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002

 

1.                    DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN

 

The following description of Oriental Group CODA 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.

 

a.               General - The Plan is a defined contribution plan maintained by Oriental Financial Group Inc. (the “Employer”) for the benefit of its employees and those of its affiliated companies (Oriental Bank & Trust (the “Bank”), Oriental Financial Services Corp., Oriental Mortgage Corp. and FISA Insurance Agency, Inc.), who are residents of Puerto Rico, have completed six-months of service and are age twenty-one or older.  The Plan was established effective January 1, 1992.  Effective January 1, 2002, the Plan was amended to transfer the sponsorship of the Plan from Oriental Bank & Trust to the Employer and to change the name of the Plan from Oriental Bank & Trust Cash or Deferred Arrangement Profit Sharing Plan to Oriental Group CODA Profit Sharing Plan.  This Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).

 

b.              Contributions - Each year, participants may contribute up to 10 percent of pretax annual compensation, as defined in the Plan, not exceeding the maximum deferral amount specified by the Puerto Rico tax laws.  Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or contribution plans.  Participants direct the investment of their contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan.  The Plan currently offers eleven mutual funds, a fund, which invests in Oriental Bank & Trust time deposits, and a fund which invests in common stock of the Employer as investment options for participants.  The Employer contributes 80 percent of the first $1,040 of the participant’s contributions.  The Employer’s matching contributions are invested directly in the Employer common stock.  Contributions are subject to certain limitations.

 

c.               Participant Accounts - Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution and allocations of (a) the Employer’s contribution and, (b) Plan earnings.  Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined.  The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

 

d.              Vesting - Participants are vested immediately in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon.  The Employer’s contribution portion of their accounts plus actual earnings thereon vest upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

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completion of three years of credited service; attaining age 65; total disability while employed by the Employer or death while employed by the Employer.

 

e.               Payment of Benefits - On termination of service due to death, disability or retirement, a participant may elect to receive the value of the vested interest in his or her account in either a lump-sum distribution or a fixed period that may not exceed the participant’s life expectancy.  For termination of service for other reasons, a participant may receive the value of the vested interest in his or her account as a lump-sum distribution.

 

f.                 Loans to Participants - Loans to participants are not permitted.

 

g.              Forfeited Accounts - At December 31, 2002, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $118,681.  These accounts will be used to reduce future contributions to the Plan by the Employer.

 

h.              Plan Termination - Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Employer has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.  In the event of plan termination, participants will become 100% vested in their employer contributions.

 

2.                    SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Following are the significant accounting policies followed by the Plan:

 

a.               Basis of Presentation - The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

b.              Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the plan administrator to make estimates and assumptions that affect the participant account balances and the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and changes therein.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

c.               Risks and Uncertainties - The Plan utilizes various investment instruments.  Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility.  Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for plan benefits.

 

d.              Investments Valuation and Income Recognition - The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value.  Shares of mutual funds and common stock are valued at quoted closing market prices, which, for mutual funds, represent the Net Asset

 

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Value (NAV) of shares held by the Plan at year-end.  Money market funds and time deposits are stated at fair value, which approximates cost plus accumulated interest earnings less distributions to date.

 

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.

 

e.               Payment of Benefits - Benefits are recorded when paid.

 

f.                 Plan Expenses - All mutual funds incur expenses that reduce earnings in the fund and are reflected in the daily NAV.  The amount of these expenses, stated as a percentage of assets is called an expense ratio.  The NAVs for the mutual funds are listed publicly and the same NAV applies whether the mutual fund is purchased on the open market or through the Plan.  Expense ratios charged by mutual funds cover costs relating to investing, such as the mutual fund managers’ asset management fees and cost related to administration of the fund.  Examples of administrative costs include issuing quarterly statements, operating a service center and having toll-free numbers available for the participants.  Expenses incurred by the mutual funds are netted against earnings of the respective funds in the accompanying statement of changes in net assets available for benefits.

 

Administrative expenses, including trustee, legal, auditing and other fees, may be paid out of the invested assets unless paid by the Employer.

 

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3.                    INVESTMENTS

 

The following presents investments as of December 31, 2002 and 2001 that represent five percent or more of the Plan’s net assets.

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oriental Financial Group Inc. - common stock; 164,776 and 152,377 shares, respectively

 

$

4,050,194

 

$

2,834,214

 

Fidelity Advisor Growth Opportunities Fund - Class T; 21,641 and 25,625 units, respectively

 

480,209

 

736,973

 

Fidelity Advisor Equity Growth Fund - Class T; 10,911 and 10,409 units, respectively

 

368,481

 

506,824

 

 

During 2002, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in value by $951,707 as follows:

 

Oriental Financial Group Inc. - common stock

 

$

1,266,154

 

Mutual funds

 

(314,447

)

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

951,707

 

 

Certain plan assets are invested in shares of mutual funds as directed by participants.  Oriental Bank & Trust, Inc. (the “Bank”), the Trustee of the Plan, accumulates all investment income (interest and dividends) together with the appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of the fund investments and reports the accumulation in the single unit value of each share.  Since the amount of investment income is not significant, separate disclosure of investment income and appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of the fund investments is not presented for the mutual funds.

 

4.                    NONPARTICIPANT – DIRECTED INVESTMENTS

 

Information about the net assets and the significant components of the changes in net assets relating to the nonparticipant – directed investment (the Employer’s matching contributions that are invested in Oriental Financial Group, Inc. common stock) is as follows:

 

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2002

 

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets at December 31, 2002 and 2001 -
Oriental Financial Group Inc. common stock 92,317 and 74,957 shares, respectively

 

$

2,023,362

 

$

1,394,200

 

Changes in net assets for the year ended December 31, 2002:

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions

 

$

126,242

 

 

 

Dividends

 

47,241

 

 

 

Net appreciation

 

602,074

 

 

 

Benefits paid to participants

 

(146,395

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets

 

$

629,162

 

 

 

 

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5.                    RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Certain Plan investments are shares of Oriental Financial Group Inc. common stock.  Oriental Financial Group Inc. is the Plan sponsor and therefore qualifies as a related party.  At December 31, 2002 and 2001, the Plan held an investment of 164,776 and 152,377 shares of Oriental Financial Group Inc. common stock, respectively.  The fair value of the common stock fund at December 31, 2002 and 2001 was $4,050,194 and $2,834,214, respectively.  For the year ended December 31, 2002, the Plan purchased 14,563 shares of Oriental Financial Group Inc. common stock at a cost of $275,597.  For the year ended December 31, 2002, the Plan sold 17,470 shares of Oriental Financial Group Inc. common stock with proceeds of $412,937.  For the year ended December 31, 2002, the Plan received dividends income and a 10% stock dividend from Oriental Financial Group Inc. of $95,264 and 15,306 shares, respectively.

 

The money market account amounted to $107,525 and $160,014 at December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and consists of a time deposit at the Bank, earning interest at 3.00% and 3.10%, respectively.  The Bank is a subsidiary of the Plan sponsor and therefore qualifies as a related party.

 

6.                    INCOME TAXES

 

The Plan is exempt from Puerto Rico income taxes under the provisions of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 1994 (“PRIRC”), as amended.  The Plan is not qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, but it is exempt from United States taxation under Section 1022 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  The Plan is required to operate in conformity with the PRIRC to maintain its qualification.

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

ORIENTAL GROUP CODA PROFIT SHARING PLAN

 

SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD AT DECEMBER 31, 2002

(FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i)

 

Identity of Issue

 

Shares/Units
Par Value

 

Fair
Value

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oriental Financial Group Inc. - Common Stock (Cost of $2,015,004)**

 

164,776

 

$

4,050,194

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual Funds:

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Advisor Growth Opportunities Fund - Class T*

 

21,641

 

480,209

 

Fidelity Advisor Equity Growth Fund - Class T*

 

10,911

 

368,481

 

Fidelity Advisor Government Investment Fund - Class T*

 

13,575

 

140,099

 

Fidelity Advisor Growth & Income Fund - Class T*

 

4,107

 

53,557

 

Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund - Class T*

 

4,679

 

50,719

 

Fidelity Advisor Mid Cap Fund - Class T*

 

3,103

 

48,371

 

Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Fund - Class T*

 

5,465

 

46,511

 

Fidelity Advisor Equity Value Fund - Class T*

 

5,435

 

44,677

 

Fidelity Advisor Small Cap Fund - Class T*

 

2,158

 

30,925

 

Fidelity Advisor Intermediate Bond Fund - Class T*

 

608

 

6,849

 

Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund - Class T*

 

277

 

2,735

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oriental Bank & Trust - Time deposit, earning interest at 3%**

 

107,525

 

107,525

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

$

5,430,852

 

 


*

Registered Investment Company

**

Party-in-interest

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

ORIENTAL GROUP CODA PROFIT SHARING PLAN

 

SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002

(FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, LINE 4j)

 

SINGLE TRANSACTIONS -  None.

 

SERIES OF TRANSACTIONS:

 

Description of Asset

 

Number of
Purchases

 

Number of
Sales

 

Purchase
Amount

 

Selling
Amount

 

Expense
Incurred
with
Transaction

 

Cost of
Asset

 

Current
Value of
Asset on
Transaction
Date

 

Net
Gain
on Sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oriental Financial Group Inc. - common stock

 

30

 

37

 

$

275,597

 

$

412,937

 

None

 

$

213,636

 

$

412,937

 

$

199,301

 

 

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SCHEDULE III

 

ORIENTAL GROUP CODA PROFIT SHARING PLAN

 

SCHEDULE OF NONEXEMPT TRANSACTIONS

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002

(FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, ITEM 4a)

 

Identity of Party Involved

 

Relationship
to Plan

 

Description of
Transaction

 

Cost of
Asset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oriental Financial Group Inc.

 

Plan Sponsor

 

Certain participant contributions for the year ended December 31, 2002 were remitted to the Plan after the maximum time period described in 29 CFR 2510.3-102

 

$

14,941

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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.

 

Oriental Group CODA Profit Sharing Plan

(Name of Plan)

 

 

Date:  June 24, 2003

By

:/s/Vanessa González

 

 

Vanessa González
Senior Vice President Human Resources
and Plan Administrator

 

 

Date:  June 24, 2003

By

:/s/Juan José Santiago

 

 

Juan José Santiago, C.P.A.
Senior Vice President and Trust Officer

 

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