FORM 11-K For Year End December 31, 2005

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SECURITITES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
___________________

FORM 11-K

(Mark One)

     [x]          Annual Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange of 1934 [Fee Required]

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005

OR

     [  ]          Transition Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [No Fee Required]

For the transition period from ___  to ___

Commission File Number      1-13578     

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

DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, F.A.
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

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

DOWNEY FINANCIAL CORP.
3501 Jamboree Road
Newport Beach, CA 92660

 

 

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DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, F.A.
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

December 31, 2005 and 2004

(With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Thereon)

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DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, F.A.
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

 

Index to Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

1

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits – December 31, 2005 and 2004

2

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits – Years Ended December 31, 2005 and 2004

3

Notes to Financial Statements

4

Supplemental Schedule

Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) – December 31, 2005

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All other supplemental schedules omitted are not applicable or are not required based on disclosure requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and regulations issued by the Department of Labor.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

The Administrative Committee
Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A.
          Employees’ Retirement and Savings Plan:

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A. Employees’ Retirement and Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, 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 the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (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 Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A. Employees’ Retirement and Savings Plan as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with U. S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year), as of December 31, 2005, is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic 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 the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Los Angeles, California
June 12, 2006

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DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, F.A.
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

 

December 31,


2005

2004


Assets

Investments, at fair value:

Money market funds

$

9,162,293

$

8,764,919

Mutual funds

47,460,329

40,401,634

Downey Financial Corp. common stock

9,813,349

8,352,153

Participant loans

1,930,703

1,715,201


Total investments, at fair value

68,366,674

59,233,907

Receivables – investment income

2,109

894

Cash

13,953

35,226


Total assets

68,382,736

59,270,027


Liabilities

Excess contributions payable

244,495

188,855

Due to broker for securities purchased

55,087

138,220


Total liabilities

299,582

327,075


Net assets available for benefits

$

68,083,154

$

58,942,952


See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, F.A.
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

 

Years Ended December 31,


2005

2004


Additions to net assets attributed to

Investment income:

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

$

1,322,658

$

3,979,298

Interest and dividends

3,362,004

1,523,814


4,684,662

5,503,112

Less investment expense

(15,561

)

(12,996

)


Total investment income, net

4,669,101

5,490,116

Contributions:

Employer

2,087,200

1,814,358

Participant

7,460,431

6,410,400


Total contributions

9,547,631

8,224,758


Total additions

14,216,732

13,714,874

Deductions from net assets attributed to

Benefits paid to participants

5,006,538

4,302,347

Administrative expense

69,992

50,380


Total deductions

5,076,530

4,352,727


Net increase

9,140,202

9,362,147

Net assets available for benefits

Beginning of year

58,942,952

49,580,805


End of year

$

68,083,154

$

58,942,952


See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, F.A.
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

(1)          Description of the Plan

          (a)          General

The Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A. Employees’ Retirement and Savings Plan (the Plan) was established as a profit-sharing plan on January 1, 1978 and was originally called the Employees’ Profit-Sharing Plan of Downey Savings and Loan Association. The Plan was amended and restated in its entirety as of October 1, 1997 and July 1, 2002 and continues to qualify as a qualified cash or deferred arrangement under the Internal Revenue Code Sections 401(a) and 401(k). The following description provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

The Plan is a defined contribution plan that provides retirement benefits for eligible employees of Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A., its affiliates, and subsidiaries (Downey). It is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

          (b)          Administration of the Plan

The Plan is administered by Downey (the Plan Administrator). Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A. Administrative Committee (the Committee) also administers the Plan and consists of at least three members and has the authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan. The assets of the Plan are held in a nondiscretionary trust by Fidelity Management Trust Company as trustee and are administered under a trust agreement that requires the trustee hold, administer, and distribute the funds of the Plan in accordance with the text of the Plan and the instructions of the Plan Administrator, the Committee, or its designees.

          (c)          Contributions

All employees of Downey are eligible to participate in the Plan after completing three full months of service, provided they are at least 18 years of age. Prior to October 2004, employees of Downey were eligible to participate in the Plan after completing one year of service provided they were at least 18 years of age. Participants may contribute up to 60% of their annual compensation, not to exceed the IRS limit in a calendar year. In addition, participants who reach age 50 or older by December 31 of the Plan year may contribute an additional amount of their annual compensation as a catch-up contribution as provided by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act. Downey makes a matching contribution equal to 50% of the participant’s pretax contributions to the Plan that do not exceed 6% of the participant’s annual compensation after completing one full year of service. Participants may rollover into the Plan amounts representing distributions from other qualified plans.

          (d)          Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions, allocations of Downey’s matching contributions, and the Plan’s earnings and losses. 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.

          (e)          Vesting

Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in Downey’s matching contributions plus actual earnings thereon is based on years of service. A participant vests at the rate of 20% after one year of service and 20% each year thereafter until 100% vesting is reached after five years of service. In addition, participants hired prior to July 1, 2002 become 100% vested if the sum of the participant’s age and years of service equals at least 60.

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DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, F.A.
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements – (Continued)
December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

          (f)          Forfeited Accounts

At years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, forfeited accounts totaled $11,493 and $375, respectively. These accounts are first used to pay Plan expenses and then to reduce future employer contributions. For Plan years 2005 and 2004, forfeitures of $47,241 and $32,159, respectively, were used to pay Plan expenses, and $70,476 and $37,456, respectively, were used to reduce employer contributions.

          (g)          Participant Loans

Participants may borrow from their fund accounts for general purposes, as defined within the Plan. Participant loans are limited to the lesser of 1) 50% of the participant’s current vested fund balance, or 2) $50,000 reduced by the highest outstanding loan balance during the previous 12 months. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear a fixed rate of interest equal to prime plus 2% at the time the loan is originated. Participants pay $75 to establish a loan and then pay $6.25 on a quarterly basis for maintenance. Principal and interest is paid ratably through payroll deductions.

          (h)          Payments of Benefits

Upon termination of service, a participant may elect to remain in the Plan, or to receive either a single lump-sum payment in cash or Downey stock equal to the value of the vested interest in his or her account, or a series of substantially equal annual or more frequent installments over a period not to exceed five years.

          (i)          Administrative Expense

All administrative costs of the Plan, excluding fees for participant loans, are paid by Downey for active participants. Beginning December 1, 2005, participants no longer employed by Downey will be charged an annual maintenance fee, payable quarterly as a reduction from the participant’s account balance.

(2)          Significant Accounting Policies

          (a)          Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting.

          (b)          Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

Publicly traded securities are carried at fair value based on published market quotations. Purchases and sales of investments are recorded on a specific identification and trade-date basis. Net appreciation or depreciation of investments includes both realized and unrealized gains and losses. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Participant loans are included in the statements of net assets available for benefits at their outstanding balance, which approximates fair value of the loans.

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DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, F.A.
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements – (Continued)
December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

          (c)          Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires the Plan Administrator to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

          (d)          Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

          (e)          Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications of 2004 amounts were made to conform to the current year presentation, including a reclassification of cash from investments totaling $35,226 and a reclassification to increase investments and amounts due to a broker for securities purchased totaling $138,220.

(3)          Investments

In accordance with the terms of the Plan’s investment policies, guidelines, and objectives, the Plan will offer a minimum of five investment options. Plan participants select the options they prefer and allocate their contributions among options as they deem appropriate.

The following table presents investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets.

December 31,


Investment

2005

2004


Equity securities:

Downey Financial Corp. Stock Fund

$

9,813,349

$

8,352,153

Mutual funds:

Fidelity Retirement Money Market Fund

9,162,293

8,764,919

PIMCO Low Duration Institutional Fund (a)

3,176,585

3,062,720

Fidelity Growth & Income Fund

10,174,172

10,070,720

Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund

9,257,372

8,354,855

Fidelity Puritan Fund

5,361,893

5,000,965

Fidelity Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund

4,152,655

3,869,951

All other mutual funds less than 5%

15,337,652

10,042,423

Participant loans

1,930,703

1,715,201


Total investments, at fair value

$

68,366,674

$

59,233,907


(a) Less than 5% as of December 31, 2005, presented for comparison purposes only.

During 2005 and 2004, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in value by $1,322,658 and $3,979,298, respectively, as follows:

Years Ended December 31,


2005

2004


Mutual funds

$

(434,393

)

$

2,869,909

Downey Financial Corp. Stock Fund

1,757,051

1,109,389


Net appreciation in fair value of investments

$

1,322,658

$

3,979,298


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DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, F.A.
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements – (Continued)
December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

(4)          Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, Downey 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 would become 100% vested in their employer contributions.

(5)          Tax Status

The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed Downey by a letter dated August 1, 2003, that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan Administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.

(6)          Related Party Transactions

Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds managed by Fidelity Management Research, which is affiliated with Fidelity Management Trust Company, which is the trustee as defined by the Plan, and therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest. Fees for the trust management services are paid by Downey.

(7)          Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

The Plan allows participants to invest in the common stock of the Plan Sponsor, Downey. The Plan’s investment in the common stock of the Plan Sponsor was 14.4% and 14.1% of Plan assets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

(8)          Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

The following are reconciliations of net assets available for benefits and total contributions per the financial statements to Form 5500 for the Plan year separately identified:

Year Ended December 31,


2005

2004


Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

$

68,083,154

$

58,942,952

Add excess contributions

244,495

188,855


Net assets per Form 5500

$

68,327,649

$

59,131,807


Total contributions per financial statements

$

9,547,631

$

8,224,758

Add excess contributions

244,495

188,855

Less prior year excess contributions

(188,855

)

(80,237

)


Total contributions per Form 5500

$

9,603,271

$

8,333,376


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DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, F.A.
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) – December 31, 2005

 

 

Description of investment

including maturity date, rate

Identity of issue, borrower,

of interest, collateral, par, or

lessor, or similar party

maturity value

Current value


*

Downey Financial Corp. Stock Fund

143,491 shares common stock

$

9,813,349

*

Fidelity Retirement Money Market Fund

Money market fund

9,162,293

PIMCO Low Duration Institutional Fund

317,976 shares mutual fund

3,176,585

Templeton Foreign Fund

201,262 shares mutual fund

2,551,999

Rainier Small/Mid Cap Stock

62,194 shares mutual fund

2,061,741

OAKMARK Fund I

18,971 shares mutual fund

775,515

PIMCO Total Return Adm. Fund

10,823 shares mutual fund

113,641

*

Fidelity Growth & Income Fund

295,761 shares mutual fund

10,174,172

*

Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund

226,674 shares mutual fund

9,257,372

*

Fidelity Puritan Fund

286,273 shares mutual fund

5,361,893

*

Fidelity Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund

94,037 shares mutual fund

4,152,655

*

Fidelity Value Fund

27,995 shares mutual fund

2,124,264

*

Fidelity Freedom Income Fund

170,665 shares mutual fund

1,940,457

*

Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund

13,388 shares mutual fund

577,828

*

Fidelity International Discovery Fund

13,100 shares mutual fund

414,737

*

Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fund

14,311 shares mutual fund

261,900

*

Fidelity Freedom 2000 Fund

9,258 shares mutual fund

113,036

*

Fidelity Freedom 2005 Fund

4,252 shares mutual fund

47,278

*

Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund

66,531 shares mutual fund

934,762

*

Fidelity Freedom 2015 Fund

17,656 shares mutual fund

203,927

*

Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund

82,816 shares mutual fund

1,218,229

*

Fidelity Freedom 2025 Fund

36,794 shares mutual fund

440,060

*

Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund

53,374 shares mutual fund

801,685

*

Fidelity Freedom 2035 Fund

13,425 shares mutual fund

164,187

*

Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund

67,090 shares mutual fund

592,406

*

Participants loans

Participant loans (interest rates

from 6.00% to 11.50%)

1,930,703


Total investments, at fair value

$

68,366,674


* Denotes a party-in-interest.

See accompanying report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

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REQUIRED INFORMATION

I.          Financial Statements.

Financial statements and schedule prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, together with independent auditors’ report thereon.

II.          Exhibits:

99.1C Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

32.1 Certification of Director of Human Resources pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the Plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION, F.A. EMPLOYEES’
RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

Date:              June 22, 2006          

By            /s/ Brian E. Côté            
Brian E. Côté
Member, Administrative Committee

 

 

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