UNITED STATES
 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 11-K
 
 (Mark One)

 
þ
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010
 
OR

 
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from                      to                     
 
Commission file number 000-49929

A.
Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
 
Access National Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
(As Restated January 1, 2010)

B.
Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
 
Access National Corporation
 1800 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite 300
 Reston, Virginia 20191
 

 
 
 

 
 
ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION
 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN
 RESTON VA, 20191
 
REQUIRED INFORMATION
 
The Access National Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (as restated January 1, 2010) (the Plan) is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Therefore, in lieu of the requirements of Items 1-3 of Form 11-K, the following financial statements and schedule of the Plan as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and for the year ending December 31, 2010, which have been prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of ERISA, are provided:

   
Page
         
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
   
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
       
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
   
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
   
5
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
   
6
 
SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
   
12
 
SIGNATURES
   
13
 
         
EXHIBITS
       
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
   
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Plan Administrator and Trustees
Access National Corporation
401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Reston, Virginia

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Access National Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2010.  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.  The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.  Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, 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 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2010 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming opinions on the basic financial statements taken as a whole.  The accompanying supplemental schedule Assets Held for Investment Purposes as of December 31, 2010 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/ BDO USA, LLP

BDO USA, LLP
Richmond, Virginia
June 28, 2011

 
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ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN
 Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
 December 31, 2010 and 2009

   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Assets
           
             
Investments, at fair value:
           
Mutual funds
  $ 7,178,190     $ 6,023,364  
Self-directed brokerage accounts
    950,717       778,604  
Total Investments
    8,128,907       6,801,968  
                 
Receivables:
               
Employer contribution
    202,537       212,139  
Employee deferrals
    32,017       30,908  
Notes receivable from participants
    221,348       115,991  
Total receivables
    455,902       359,038  
                 
Cash
    42,505       37,640  
                 
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 8,627,314     $ 7,198,646  
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 
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ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN
 Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 Available for Benefits
 For the Year Ended December 31, 2010

   
2010
 
Additions to net assets attributed to:
     
Investment Income:
     
Mutual funds
  $ 638,773  
Self-directed brokerage accounts
    78,340  
Dividends
    136,804  
      853,917  
         
Interest on participant notes receivable
    6,146  
         
Contributions:
       
Employer
    402,710  
Participant
    865,556  
Rollovers
    61,728  
      1,329,994  
Total additions
    2,190,057  
         
Deductions from net assets attributed to:
       
Benefits paid to participants
    691,945  
Administrative expenses
    69,444  
         
Total deductions
    761,389  
         
Net increase
    1,428,668  
         
Net assets available for benefits:
       
Beginning of period
    7,198,646  
End of period
  $ 8,627,314  
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 
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ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION
 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN
 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 December 31, 2010
 
NOTE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF PLAN
 
The following description of the Access National Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (As Restated January 1, 2010) (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 is a Profit Sharing Plan pursuant to the provisions of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC or Code) and covers eligible employees of Access National Corporation (the Company) and its subsidiaries. The Plan was originally established in 2000 and was last amended January 1, 2010 to reflect provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (the PPA), the Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act (the WRERA) and certain other applicable laws. The Plan provides for retirement, death, and disability benefits. The Plan is subject to the applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA).
 
Contributions: Employees of the Company and its subsidiaries are eligible to participate in the Plan if they have completed six months of service, as defined by the Plan, and have attained age 21.  Participation in the Plan is voluntary.  Eligible employees may elect to make contributions up to a maximum dollar amount prescribed by law.  Any participant who has attained age 50 by the end of the Plan year may make catch-up contributions in accordance with Code Section 414(v). Participants direct the investment of their contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan. The Company may contribute, at its discretion, a percentage of the participant’s salary deferral contribution, to be determined each year (the employer matching contribution).  Employer matching contributions of $202,537 and $212,139 were made subsequent to December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and are reflected under receivables in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.
 
In accordance with IRC limits, the Plan is required to return excess contributions received during the Plan year.  The Plan passed the Average Deferral Percentage (ADP) test in compliance with IRC Section 415 for the year ended December 31, 2010; therefore, no participant contribution refunds were necessary for the Plan’s 2010 fiscal year.
 
Participant Accounts: Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution, employer matching contributions, if any, and an allocation of Plan earnings. Allocations are based on participant account balances as defined in the Plan. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.
 
Vesting: Participants are immediately vested in their voluntary and rollover contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Participants become 100% vested in the employer matching contribution and earnings thereon after completion of three years of credited service.

Number of Years of
     
Credited Service
 
Vested Interest
 
Less than 3 years
    0 %
3 years
    100 %
 
Payment of Benefits: Upon termination of service, death, disability or retirement, a participant may elect to receive an amount equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in his or her account. Benefit payments are distributed in a lump sum payment.

 
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NOTE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF PLAN (Continued)
 
Investment Options: All assets in the Plan are invested as directed by individual participants. Participants are given the option to direct account balances and all contributions into mutual funds, money market funds and personal brokerage accounts. The Company’s common stock is not a direct investment option and can only be acquired through the personal brokerage account.
 
Loans: Participants may borrow from their Plan accounts, in accordance with the Plan’s terms and applicable law, up to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of the participant’s vested interest in the Plan for terms not to exceed five years, unless the loan is for the purchase of a principal residence. Loans to participants are evidenced by promissory notes and are secured by the balance in the participant’s account.  Loan principal and interest payments are made in accordance with the note’s amortization schedule. Participants repay loan principal and interest through payroll deductions.
 
In-service Withdrawals: A Plan participant may request an in-service withdrawal if he or she has attained age 59-1/2 .
 
Forfeitures: Forfeitures represent the non-vested portion of the participant’s account plus earnings thereon that are not fully distributable to participants who terminate employment before they are 100% vested. Forfeitures may be used to reduce future employer matching contribution expense to the Plan, to pay administrative expenses of the Plan or to fund a qualified non-elective contribution (QNEC).  As of December 31, 2010 forfeitures of $22,342 were available for these purposes and were used to pay administrative expenses of the Plan for the Plan year ended December 31, 2010.
 
NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Accounting Method: The Plan’s financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
 
Investments: The investments held by the Plan are shown at fair value. Purchases and sales are recorded on a trade date basis.  The Plan’s investments in mutual funds are valued based on quoted market prices as of the end of the Plan year. The self-directed brokerage accounts consist of common stock and mutual funds, stated at fair value, based on quoted market prices.
 
Notes Receivable from Participants: Notes receivable from participants are carried at unpaid principal plus accrued interest.  In September 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update 2010-25 (ASU 2010-25) Reporting Loans to Participants by Defined Contribution Pension Plans. ASU 2010-25 updates Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 962 – Defined Contribution Pension Plans.  ASU 2010-25 requires defined contribution plans to report loans to employees as notes receivable rather than plan investments subject to fair value reporting. ASU 2010-25 is effective for plan years beginning after December 15, 2010 and permits early adoption.  The Plan adopted ASU 2010-25 effective for the fiscal year 2010 and accordingly reclassified prior year participant loan balances from investments to notes receivable from participants consistent with current presentation.  ERISA rules require the Plan to report participant loans as plan investments; accordingly these loans are included in Form 5500, Part IV, Schedule H, Line 4(i) Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as well as Form 5500, Part I, Line c(8) Participant Loans.

 
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NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements:
 
In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06, Improving Disclosures About Fair Value Measurements.  ASU No. 2010-06 was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 and requires reporting entities to make disclosures about: the amount of and reasons for significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements; the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3; and information on purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measures.  The new and revised disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010.  The Plan had no Level 2 or Level 3 investments during the Plan year ended December 31, 2010; therefore, ASU 2010-06 had no impact on the Plan’s financial statements.
 
In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (Topic 820) – Fair Value Measurement (ASU 2011-04), to provide a consistent definition of fair value and ensure that the fair value measurements and disclosure requirements are similar between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards.  ASU 2011-04 changes certain fair value measurement principles and enhances the disclosure requirements, particularly for Level 3 fair value measurements.  ASU 2011-04 is effective for plans prospectively for the year ending December 31, 2012.  At this time, management is evaluating the implications of ASU 2011-04. The impact on the Plan’s financial statements has not yet been determined.
 
Payment of Benefits: Benefits are recorded when paid.
 
Risk and Uncertainties: The Plan provides for various investment options including any combination of certain mutual funds, and through participants’ self-directed brokerage accounts, investments with readily determinable market values including common stock of the Company. The underlying 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 and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of 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 the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits and participants’ individual account balances.

 
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NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
 
Reclassifications: Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year to conform to current year presentation.
 
Use of Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Plan administrator to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures, and actual results may differ from these estimates.
 
Fair Value Measurements:  The Plan measures certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value in accordance with ASC 820 which defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.  The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3).  The three levels within the fair value hierarchy are described as follows:
 
Level 1
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;
 
Level 2
Quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not considered to be active or financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly;
 
Level 3 
Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and are unobservable.
 
A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy:
 
Common stock – Valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual security is traded.
 
Mutual funds  - Valued at the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end.
 
The following tables summarize investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

   
Investment Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2010
 
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Mutual Funds:
                       
Growth funds
  $ 2,259,463     $ -     $ -     $ 2,259,463  
International growth funds
    1,025,129       -       -       1,025,129  
Index funds
    1,911,788       -       -       1,911,788  
Target-date retirement funds
    425,216       -       -       425,216  
Fixed income funds
    1,295,910       -       -       1,295,910  
Money market funds (1)
    434,303       -       -       434,303  
Total Mutual Funds
    7,351,809       -       -       7,351,809  
Common stock (2)
    777,098       -       -       777,098  
Total investment assets at fair value
  $ 8,128,907     $ -     $ -     $ 8,128,907  

 
(1)
Includes $173,619 held in self-directed brokerage accounts.
 
(2)
Consists of $467,136 common stock of the Company and $309,962 other common stock held in self-directed brokerage accounts.

 
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Investment Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2009
 
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
                         
Mutual Funds:
                       
Growth funds
  $ 1,561,329     $ -     $ -     $ 1,561,329  
International growth funds
    837,400       -       -       837,400  
Index funds
    1,532,964       -       -       1,532,964  
Target-date retirement funds
    410,755       -       -       410,755  
Fixed income funds
    1,370,189       -       -       1,370,189  
Money market funds (1)
    412,183       -       -       412,183  
Total Mutual Funds
    6,124,820       -       -       6,124,820  
Common stock (2)
    677,148       -       -       677,148  
Total investment assets at fair value
  $ 6,801,968     $ -     $ -     $ 6,801,968  

 
(1)
Includes $101,456 held in self-directed brokerage accounts.
 
(2)
Consists of $391,978 common stock of the Company and $285,170 of other common stock held in self-directed brokerage accounts.
 
NOTE 3 — RIGHTS UPON PLAN TERMINATION
 
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company 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 accounts.

 
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NOTE 4 — SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE INVESTMENTS
 
The following table presents investments that represented 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets at December 31, 2010 and 2009, except as otherwise noted:
   
2010
   
2009
 
American Funds Cap World Growth & Income R5
  $ 1,025,129     $ 837,400  
American Funds Income Fund of America R5
    471,197       *  
American Funds Wash Mutual Invest R5
    511,011       442,996  
Dodge & Cox Income Fund
    *       377,571  
T Rowe Price Retirement Funds
    *       410,755  
Vanguard 500 Index Fund
    934,493       781,578  
Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund
    522,818       415,458  
Vanguard Short Term Bond Index Fund
    *       396,272  
Vanguard Short Term Federal Fund
    *       567,763  
Vanguard Small Cap Growth Index
    454,477       *  
Self-directed brokerage accounts
    950,717       778,604  
 
*Did not represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets at end of respective year.
 
The following table summarizes appreciation in fair value of the Plan’s investments, including net realized and unrealized gains and losses for the year ended December 31, 2010:
   
December 31, 2010
 
       
Mutual Funds
  $ 638,773  
Self-directed brokerage accounts
    78,340  
Total
  $ 717,113  
 
NOTE 5 — PARTIES-IN-INTEREST
 
Parties-in-interest are defined under Department of Labor Regulations as any fiduciary of the Plan, any party rendering services to the Plan, the employer, and certain others. Certain professional fees for the administration of the Plan were paid by the Company. Fees paid by the Plan to Columbia Benefits Consultants Inc., the Plan record keeper, and Mid-Atlantic Trust Company, the Custodian, totaled $69,444 for 2010.
 
NOTE 6 — TAX STATUS
 
The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company, by a letter dated March 16, 2010, that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code.

 
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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE
 
ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN
 EIN 82-0545425, Plan 001
 Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
 As of December 31, 2010

(a)
 
(b)
Identity of issue
 
(c)
Description of
Investments
 
(d)
Cost
***
 
(e)
Current Value
 
   
American Funds Cap World Growth & Income R5
 
Mutual Fund
      $ 1,025,129  
   
American Funds Growth Fund of America R5
 
Mutual Fund
        205,668  
   
American Funds Income Fund of America R5
 
Mutual Fund
        471,197  
   
American Funds Wash Mutual Invest R5
 
Mutual Fund
        511,011  
   
Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund
 
Mutual Fund
        297,543  
   
Dodge & Cox Income Fund
 
Mutual Fund
        428,487  
   
Fidelity Small Cap Stock
 
Mutual Fund
        108,692  
   
Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund
 
Mutual Fund
        179,841  
   
Pioneer High Yield Fund A
 
Mutual Fund
        33,923  
   
Royce Special Equity Fund
 
Mutual Fund
        38,502  
   
T Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth
 
Mutual Fund
        194,883  
   
T Rowe Price Equity Income
 
Mutual Fund
        98,164  
   
T Rowe Price Mid Cap Value
 
Mutual Fund
        153,962  
   
T Rowe Price Retirement Funds
 
Mutual Fund
        425,216  
   
Vanguard 500 Index Fund
 
Mutual Fund
        934,493  
   
Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund
 
Mutual Fund
        522,818  
   
Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund Investor Class
 
Mutual Fund
        260,684  
   
Vanguard Short Term Bond Index Fund
 
Mutual Fund
        425,544  
   
Vanguard Short Term Federal Fund
 
Mutual Fund
        407,956  
   
Vanguard Small Cap Growth Index
 
Mutual Fund
        454,477  
   
Total Mutual Funds
            7,178,190  
                     
*
 
Self-directed brokerage accounts
            950,717  
**
 
Notes receivable from participants with interest rates of 4.25% to 9.25%
            221,348  
   
Total Assets
          $ 8,350,255  

*
Self directed brokerage accounts include stock of the Plan sponsor, Access National Corporation, a party-in-interest to the Plan.
**
Each note receivable is payable by a party-in-interest to the Plan.
***
Cost information omitted for participant-directed investments

 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the administrators of the Access National Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (As Restated January 1, 2010) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION
 
 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN (As
 
 Restated January 1, 2010)
 
  
Date: June 28, 2011
By:  
/s/ Michael W. Clarke
   
Michael W. Clarke 
   
President and Chief Executive Officer
Access National Corporation, Trustee 

 
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