SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 

FORM 8-K 

CURRENT REPORT 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April January 1615, 2004 

COASTAL BANCORP, INC. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 


TEXAS	0-24526	76-0428727

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5718 Westheimer, Suite 600, Houston, Texas	77057
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number including area code:	(713) 435-5000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report):	Not applicable

Item 7.   Exhibits. 

(c)  Exhibits 

No.    Description 

99      Press Release, dated April 15, 2004 

Item 9 .  Regulation FD Disclosure 

OnThe Januaryfollowing 16,information 2004,and theexhibit Companyis heldbeing afurnished webunder castItem to9 discuss(Regulation theFD pressDisclosure) releasein issuedsatisfaction onof JanuaryItem 1512, 2004"Disclosure regardingof itsResults results of operationsOperations and financialFinancial condition for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2003Condition." 

On April 15, 2004, Coastal Bancorp, Inc. issued a press release regarding the results of operations and financial condition for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2004. The text of the webpress castrelease is included as follows:Exhibit 99 to this report. The information included in the press release is considered to be "filed" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company will include final financial statements and additional analyses for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2004, as part of its Form 10-Q covering the period. 

COASTALOn BANCORPApril 16, INC2004, the Company held a web cast to discuss the press release issued on April 15, 2004 regarding its results of operations and financial condition for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2004. 

FOURTHItem QUARTER12 2003.   Results EARNINGSof WEBCASTOperations and Financial Condition 

JanuarySee 16,Item 20049 per SEC Release 33-8216. 

10:00 AM

I. Welcome & Introductions

Good Morning, my name is Catherine Wylie and I am the Chief Financial Officer for Coastal Banc. With me this morning is Manny Mehos our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. We would like to welcome you to our fourth quarter earnings release conference call.

Our press release was published after the market closed yesterday. If you have not received a copy one can be obtained from our website at www.coastalbanc.com .

In just a few moments, I will turn the call over to Manny. Once he has completed his statement, we will have a short period in which we will answer questions. If you would like to email us a question you can do so by sending your question to ir@coastalbanc.com . We will retrieve the question and read it on the conference call.

At this time, I would like to officially begin the conference call by reading our safe harbor statement.

II. Safe Harbor Statement

The statements made in this conference call which are not historical facts contain forward looking statements with respect to plans, projections or future performance of the Company, the occurrence of which involve certain risks and uncertainties. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those in the forward looking statements is contained in Coastal Bancorp, Inc.'s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Investors are cautioned that any such forward looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward looking statements. We do not intend (and are not obligated) to update publicly any forward-looking statement.

At this time, I will turn this call over to Manny Mehos, our Chairman and CEO to discuss our 4th quarter results.

III. Summary Financial Results for the Quarter

Fully diluted EPS for the 4th quarter was 60¢ based on approximately 5.5 million outstanding common stock equivalents.

Net interest margin

	4th quarter	3rd quarter
	2.46%	2.34%

Book Value is $24.78 with Tangible Book at $20.71

Assets: $2.7 billion

Net Loans Receivable: approximately $2.0 billion

Deposits: $1.7 billion. An increase of $61.5 million from 12-31-02 however, our deposit composition continues to change.

Net interest income, before provision for loan loss, was $16.0 million, which is down approximately $2.1 million from the same quarter last year.

Noninterest income: $4.0 million for the 4th quarter

Including fee income of:	4th quarter	3rd quarter
Service charges	$3.1 million	$3.0 million
Loan fees	$186,000	$259,000

Noninterest expense: $14.4 million for the quarter which is comparable to the results from the 4th quarter of 2002. Overall for the year we reduced expenses and were below our expense budget.

Provision for loan loss at $600,000 for the fourth quarter. This is down $300,000 from previous quarters in 2003 based on the current level of unallocated reserves. We continue to re-evaluate this each month/quarter.

We are "well capitalized". We have $33.4 million excess core capital that we could utilize and still maintain our well capitalized status

Effective tax rate was 35% for the quarter. This is up slightly due to the decrease in FDIC tax benefits previously used to offset preferred stock dividends via our FDIC tax return.

IV. Specific Item Impact on Financial Statements for the Quarter

Pay down rates for the single-family mortgage loan portfolio (annualized)

	4th quarter	3rd quarter	2003
	39%	over 60%	48%

Pay down rates for the mortgage-backed securities portfolio (annualized)

	4th quarter	3rd quarter	2003
	38%	49%	43%

Gain on sale of mortgage backed securities of $191,000. During the 4th quarter we purchased $60.8 million and sold $31.3 million mortgage-backed securities.

Gain on sale of mortgage loans held for sale of $128,000

Net gain on sale of real estate owned of $147,000

V. Changes in Loans and Deposits for the Year ended December 2003

Loans receivable as of December 31:
	2003	2002	Change $	Change %
Net loans receivable	$2.0 billion	$1.8 billion	$169,139	9%
Gross loans by type:
Single-family mortgage	1,007,566	855,633	151,933	18
Commercial real estate	468,761	433,712	35,049	8
Construction	431,897	507,676	(75,779)	(15)
Commercial & Industrial	175,869	135,209	40,660	30
Consumer & other	45,613	47,895	(2,282)	(5)

Deposits as of December 31:
	2003	2002	Change $	Change %
Total Deposits	$1.7 billion	$1.6 billion	$61,689	4%
Deposits prior to reclass under FRB Reg D by type:
Noninterest bearing	212,003	182,364	29,639	16
Interest bearing checking	128,610	134,034	(5,424)	(4)
Money market	360,376	279,717	80,659	29
Savings	45,459	44,603	856	2
CDs	929,683	973,724	(44,041)	(5)

VI. Asset Quality

Nonperforming loans were $20.3 million comprised of:

$10.3 million – Single-family mortgages

$6.0 million - Acquisition and development - $5.5 million is to one borrower and we are working on a resultion

$2.9 million – Commercial & industrial

$902,000 - Commercial real estate

Ratio of nonperforming assets to total assets was .85 basis points

Nonperforming assets were $22.8 million which include REO properties totaling $2.5 million.

Ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans was 1.02 basis points

Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans was 95.7% compared to 97.7% at 12-31-02.

Net charged off loans for the quarter was $277,000 with a net charge-off to average loan ratio of 0.01%.

VII. Hibernia Acquisition

Applications are scheduled to be filed by end of this month.

Hibernia Acquisition to close 2 nd quarter of 2004.

Definitive Agreement will be filed with Proxy materials late March 2004.

Shareholders will vote on acquisition at Annual Shareholders meeting on April 22, 2004.

VIII. Questions and Answers

Steve Covington at Stifel Nicolaus & Co. asked what is the status of the non performing commercial and industrial loans that are accruing? Mr. Mehos responded that there are three loans and they are now current.

Steve Covington also asked what is the Outlook in 2004 for customers and lenders in the Houston market? Mr. Mehos responded that there is more cautious optimism now.

Thank you all for listening to our conference call. We appreciate your interest in Coastal.

SIGNATURES 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. 

Date: JanuaryApril 16, 2004        COASTAL BANCORP, INC. 

/s/ Catherine N. Wylie        

By: Catherine N. Wylie 

Senior Executive Vice President/ 

Chief Financial Officer 

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