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8-K - UNITED BANCORP, INC. REPORT ON FORM 8-K - UNITED BANCORP INC /MI/form8kapr222011.htm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:   
Robert K. Chapman,
APRIL 22, 2011
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
   
United Bancorp, Inc.
   
734-214-3801

UNITED BANCORP, INC. ANNOUNCES
UNAUDITED FIRST QUARTER 2011 RESULTS

Company reports profitable quarter

Continued improvement in credit quality trends

Continued strong core earnings

ANN ARBOR, MI – United Bancorp, Inc. (UBMI.ob) reported consolidated net income of $359,000, or $0.01 per share of common stock, for the first quarter of 2011, compared to a consolidated net loss of $809,000, or $0.21 per share, for the first quarter of 2010 and a consolidated net loss for the fourth quarter of 2010 of $427,000, or $0.11 per share.

Robert K. Chapman, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Bancorp, Inc. (“United” or the “Company”), credited United’s ongoing proactive efforts to resolve nonperforming loans, improving economic conditions and the Company’s diverse income stream for its positive earnings for the first quarter of 2011 and the favorable trends of recent quarters. In addition, Chapman noted that the Company’s capital ratios remained strong, and the Company and its subsidiary bank continued to exceed the capital levels required by its regulators.

United has exhibited positive trends in several key measures of the Company’s credit quality. The Company’s provision for loan losses of $2.8 million for the first quarter of 2011 was at its lowest level since the second quarter of 2008 and continued its trend of covering net charge-offs. United’s allowance for loan losses coverage of nonperforming loans at March 31, 2011 surpassed 90% for the first time since 2007. Nonperforming loans and nonperforming assets at March 31, 2011 were at their lowest levels since the second quarter of 2009, and other credit quality measures also continued to show improvement.

Mr. Chapman noted that the Company’s core earnings, as measured by its pre-tax, pre-provision return on average assets, remained strong. He indicated that United’s four business lines -- banking, wealth management, mortgage and structured finance – continued to make solid contributions to the Company’s profitability.

Results of Operations

The Company achieved consolidated net income of $359,000 in the first quarter of 2011, as a result of strong pre-tax, pre-provision income and reduced levels of provision to the Company’s allowance for loan losses. This compared to a consolidated net loss of $809,000 for the first quarter of 2010.

Net interest margin declined from 3.69% for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 to 3.62% for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. For the first three months of 2011, net interest income of $7.4 million was down 4.0% compared to the same period of 2010. Noninterest income for the most

 
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recent quarter of $3.9 million improved by 21.7% compared to the first quarter of 2010, as Wealth Management revenue and income from loan sales and servicing provided the biggest share of the increase. Noninterest income represented 34.7% of the Company’s net revenues for the first quarter of 2011, compared to 29.5% for the same period of 2010.

Total noninterest expense of $8.2 million for the first quarter of 2011 was substantially unchanged from the fourth quarter of 2010, but was up 7.3% over the first three months of 2010. Contributing to the increase were higher expenses associated with salaries and employee benefits and professional fees and expenses related to nonperforming loans. Salaries and employee benefit costs for the three months ended March 31, 2011 reflected, in part, the reinstatement of the Company’s 401(k) match effective January 1, 2011, and commission costs relating to an increased volume of loans originated and sold on the secondary market during the quarter.

The Company’s provision for loan losses of $2.8 million in the first quarter of 2011 was down from $4.8 million for the first quarter of 2010 and $4.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2010. Return on average assets (“ROA”) for the first quarter of 2011 was 0.17%, compared to -0.36% for the first quarter of 2010. Return on average shareholders’ equity (“ROE”) for the most recent quarter was 1.57%, compared to -4.05% for the same quarter of 2010.

Balance Sheet

Total consolidated assets of the Company were $885.5 million at March 31, 2011, up 2.8% from $861.7 million at December 31, 2010, and down 1.7% from $900.8 million at March 31, 2010. Gross portfolio loans of $578.1 million at March 31, 2011 have declined in the first three months of 2011 and over the most recent twelve months as a result of slowing loan demand, charge-offs and the Company’s effective use of loan sales and servicing to mitigate credit and interest rate risk. The Company generally sells its fixed rate long-term residential mortgages on the secondary market, and retains adjustable rate mortgages in its loan portfolio. While the Company’s portfolio loans have declined by $55.9 million, or 8.8%, since March 31, 2010, the balance of loans serviced for others has increased by $138.2 million, or 25.4%, during the same time period.

The Company continued to hold elevated levels of investments, federal funds sold and cash equivalents in order to protect the balance sheet during this prolonged period of economic uncertainty. United’s balances in federal funds sold and other short-term investments were $126.2 million at March 31, 2011, compared to $95.6 million at December 31, 2010 and $115.0 million at March 31, 2010. Securities available for sale of $140.6 million at March 31, 2011 were up 12.9% from December 31, 2010 and were up 45.8% from March 31, 2010 levels.

Total deposits of $760.2 million at March 31, 2011 were up $26.2 million, or 3.6%, from $734.0 million at December 31, 2010, with substantially all of the increase in non-interest bearing deposit balances, which accounted for 17.7% of total deposits at March 31, 2011. The majority of the Bank’s deposits are derived from core client sources, relating to long-term relationships with local individual, business and public clients. As a result of its strong core funding, the Company’s cost of interest bearing deposits was 0.92% for the first quarter of 2011, down from 1.29% for the first quarter of 2010.

 
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Asset Quality

Within the Company’s loan portfolio, $27.8 million of loans were classified as nonperforming at March 31, 2011, compared to $29.2 million as of December 31, 2010. Total nonperforming loans declined by $1.5 million, or 5.0%, since December 31, 2010 and $3.9 million, or 12.2%, since March 31, 2010. Total nonperforming loans as a percent of total portfolio loans improved from 4.99% at March 31, 2010 and 4.94% at the end of 2010 to 4.80% at March 31, 2011. For purposes of this presentation, nonperforming loans consist of nonaccrual loans and accruing loans that are past due 90 days or more, and exclude accruing restructured loans. Balances of accruing restructured loans at March 31, 2011 and 2010 were $18.5 million and $17.5 million, respectively.

The Company’s ratio of allowance for loan losses to total portfolio loans at March 31, 2011 was 4.36%, and covered 90.7% of nonperforming loans, compared to 3.37% and 67.5%, respectively, at March 31, 2010. The Company’s allowance for loan losses of $25.2 million at March 31, 2011 increased by $3.8 million from March 31, 2010. The Company’s provision for loan losses for the first quarter of 2011 continued its trend of covering net charge-offs. Net charge-offs during the first quarter of 2011 were $2.8 million, down from $3.5 million for the first quarter of 2010. United’s allowance coverage of nonperforming loans improved from 67.5% at March 31, 2010 and 86.0% at December 31, 2010 to 90.7% at March 31, 2011.

Capital Management

The Company has contributed a total of $11.5 million of the proceeds of its fourth quarter 2010 public stock offering to the capital of United Bank & Trust (the “Bank”) to increase the Bank’s capital and regulatory capital ratios. As a result of the additional capital, the Bank continues to be in compliance with the capital requirements of its Memorandum of Understanding with the FDIC and the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation. At March 31, 2011, the Bank’s Tier 1 leverage capital ratio was 9.17%, and its ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets was 15.27%.

About United Bancorp, Inc.

United Bancorp, Inc. is a community-based financial services company that provides financial solutions to the markets and clients that we serve, based on their unique circumstances and needs. We provide our services through the Bank’s system of sixteen banking offices, one trust office, and 20 automated teller machines, located in Washtenaw, Lenawee and Monroe Counties, Michigan. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ubat.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on management’s beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates and projections about the financial services industry, the economy, and United Bancorp, Inc. Forward-looking statements are identifiable by words or phrases such as “improve,” “continue,” “ongoing,” “proactive, “ “trend” and variations of such words and similar expressions. Such statements are based upon current beliefs and expectations and involve substantial risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These

 
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statements include, among others, statements related to credit quality trends and measures, future levels of nonperforming loans and nonperforming assets and economic trends.

Management’s determination of the provision and allowance for loan losses, the appropriate carrying value of intangible assets (including mortgage servicing rights and deferred tax assets) and other real estate owned and the fair value of investment securities (including whether any impairment on any investment security is temporary or other-than-temporary and the amount of any impairment) involves judgments that are inherently forward-looking. There can be no assurance that future loan losses will be limited to the amounts estimated or that other real estate owned can be sold at its carrying value. Our ability to improve profitability is not entirely within our control and is not assured. The future effect of changes in the financial and credit markets and the national and regional economy on the banking industry, generally, and on United Bancorp, Inc., specifically, are also inherently uncertain. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions (“risk factors”) that are difficult to predict with regard to timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence. Therefore, actual results and outcomes may materially differ from what may be expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. United Bancorp, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update, clarify or revise forward-looking statements to reflect developments that occur or information obtained after the date of this report.

Risk factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors described in “Item 1A – Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. These and other factors are representative of the risk factors that may emerge and could cause a difference between an ultimate actual outcome and a preceding forward-looking statement.

Non-GAAP Financial Information

This press release includes disclosures about our pre-tax, pre-provision income and return on average assets. These disclosures are non-GAAP financial measures. For additional information about our pre-tax, pre-provision income and return on average assets, please see the unaudited consolidated financial statements that follow.

Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements Follow.

 
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United Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
 
Comparative Consolidated Balance Sheet Data (Unaudited)
 
   
Dollars in thousands
 
Mar. 31,
   
Dec. 31,
   
Change
   
Mar. 31,
   
Change
 
Period-end Balance Sheet
 
2011
   
2010
   
Dollars
   
Percent
   
2010
   
Dollars
   
Percent
 
Assets
                                         
 Cash and due from banks
  $ 11,758     $ 10,623     $ 1,135       10.7 %   $ 11,796     $ (38 )     -0.3 %
 Interest bearing bal. with banks
    126,227       95,599       30,628       32.0 %     114,986       11,241       9.8 %
 Federal funds sold
    -       -       -       0.0 %     -       -       0.0 %
 Total cash & cash equivalents
    137,985       106,222       31,763       29.9 %     126,782       11,203       8.8 %
                                                         
 Securities available for sale
    140,635       124,544       16,091       12.9 %     96,444       44,191       45.8 %
 FHLB Stock
    2,788       2,788       -       0.0 %     2,992       (204 )     -6.8 %
 Loans held for sale
    519       10,289       (9,770 )     -95.0 %     10,231       (9,712 )     -94.9 %
                                                         
 Portfolio loans
                                                       
 Personal
    108,072       108,544       (472 )     -0.4 %     111,238       (3,166 )     -2.8 %
 Business
    379,460       392,577       (13,117 )     -3.3 %     431,055       (51,595 )     -12.0 %
 Residential mortgage
    90,579       90,864       (285 )     -0.3 %     91,721       (1,142 )     -1.2 %
 Total portfolio loans
    578,111       591,985       (13,874 )     -2.3 %     634,014       (55,903 )     -8.8 %
 Allowance for loan losses
    25,194       25,163       31       0.1 %     21,351       3,843       18.0 %
 Net loans
    552,917       566,822       (13,905 )     -2.5 %     612,663       (59,746 )     -9.8 %
                                                         
 Premises and equipment, net
    11,062       11,241       (179 )     -1.6 %     12,024       (962 )     -8.0 %
 Bank owned life insurance
    13,496       13,391       105       0.8 %     13,052       444       3.4 %
 Other assets
    26,074       26,413       (339 )     -1.3 %     26,602       (528 )     -2.0 %
Total Assets
  $ 885,476     $ 861,710     $ 23,766       2.8 %   $ 900,790     $ (15,314 )     -1.7 %
                                                         
Liabilities
                                                       
 Deposits
                                                       
 Non-interest bearing
  $ 134,471     $ 113,206     $ 21,265       18.8 %   $ 101,841     $ 32,630       32.0 %
 Interest bearing
    625,762       620,792       4,970       0.8 %     680,095       (54,333 )     -8.0 %
 Total deposits
    760,233       733,998       26,235       3.6 %     781,936       (21,703 )     -2.8 %
 Short term borrowings
    -       1,234       (1,234 )     -100.0 %     -       -       100.0 %
 FHLB advances outstanding
    29,321       30,321       (1,000 )     -3.3 %     35,598       (6,277 )     -17.6 %
 Other liabilities
    3,091       3,453       (362 )     -10.5 %     3,427       (336 )     -9.8 %
Total Liabilities
    792,645       769,006       23,639       3.1 %     820,961       (28,316 )     -3.4 %
                                                         
Shareholders' Equity
    92,831       92,704       127       0.1 %     79,829       13,002       16.3 %
Total Liabilities and Equity
  $ 885,476     $ 861,710     $ 23,766       2.8 %   $ 900,790     $ (15,314 )     -1.7 %
                                                         
   
1st Qtr
   
4th Qtr
                   
1st Qtr
                 
Average Balance Data
    2011       2010    
% Change
              2010    
% Change
         
 Total loans
  $ 589,974     $ 612,534       -3.7 %           $ 654,936       -9.9 %        
 Earning assets
    841,824       818,646       2.8 %             865,738       -2.8 %        
 Total assets
    879,695       863,555       1.9 %             909,196       -3.2 %        
 Deposits
    752,724       747,188       0.7 %             787,294       -4.4 %        
 Shareholders' Equity
    92,824       79,808       16.3 %             81,072       14.5 %        
                                                         
Asset Quality
                                                       
 Net charge offs
  $ 2,769     $ 3,258       -15.0 %           $ 3,469       -20.2 %        
 Non-accrual loans
    25,451       28,661       -11.2 %             29,712       -14.3 %        
 Non-performing loans
    27,777       29,244       -5.0 %             31,642       -12.2 %        
 Non-performing assets
    32,418       33,548       -3.4 %             34,995       -7.4 %        
 Nonperforming loans/total loans
    4.80 %     4.94 %     -2.7 %             4.99 %     -3.7 %        
 Nonperforming assets/total assets
    3.66 %     3.89 %     -6.0 %             3.88 %     -5.8 %        
 Allowance for loan loss/total loans
    4.36 %     4.25 %     2.5 %             3.37 %     29.4 %        
 Allowance/nonperforming loans
    90.7 %     86.0 %     5.4 %             67.5 %     34.4 %        

 
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United Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
 
Comparative Consolidated Income Statement and Performance Data (Unaudited)
 
   
Dollars in thousands except per share data
 
Three months ended Mar. 31,
 
Consolidated Income Statement
 
2011
   
2010
   
% Change
 
 Interest Income
                 
 Interest and fees on loans
  $ 8,204     $ 9,406       -12.8 %
 Interest on investment securities
    811       769       5.5 %
 Interest on fed funds sold & bank balances
    74       73       1.4 %
 Total interest income
    9,089       10,248       -11.3 %
                         
 Interest Expense
                       
 Interest on deposits
    1,410       2,194       -35.7 %
 Interest on short term borrowings
    11       -       100.0 %
 Interest on FHLB advances
    266       347       -23.3 %
 Total interest expense
    1,687       2,541       -33.6 %
 Net Interest Income
    7,402       7,707       -4.0 %
 Provision for loan losses
    2,800       4,800       -41.7 %
 Net Interest Income After Provision
    4,602       2,907       58.3 %
                         
 Noninterest Income
                       
 Service charges on deposit accounts
    503       539       -6.7 %
 Trust & Investment fee income
    1,263       1,043       21.1 %
 Gains (losses) on securities transactions
    -       -       0.0 %
 Income from loan sales and servicing
    1,311       892       47.0 %
 ATM, debit and credit card fee income
    513       445       15.3 %
 Income from bank-owned life insurance
    105       113       -7.1 %
 Other income
    230       192       19.8 %
 Total noninterest income
    3,925       3,224       21.7 %
                         
 Noninterest Expense
                       
 Salaries and employee benefits
    4,575       3,938       16.2 %
 Occupancy and equipment expense
    1,252       1,336       -6.3 %
 External data processing
    320       294       8.8 %
 Advertising and marketing expenses
    160       167       -4.2 %
 Attorney & other professional fees
    433       351       23.4 %
 Director fees
    102       88       15.9 %
 Expenses relating to ORE property
    257       315       -18.4 %
 FDIC Insurance premiums
    431       437       -1.4 %
 Other expense
    688       733       -6.1 %
 Total noninterest expense
    8,218       7,659       7.3 %
 Income (Loss) Before Federal Income Tax
    309       (1,528 )     -120.2 %
 Federal income tax (benefit)
    (50 )     (719 )     -93.0 %
 Net Income (Loss)
  $ 359     $ (809 )     -144.4 %
                         
Performance Ratios
                       
 Return on average assets
    0.17 %     -0.36 %        
 Return on average equity
    1.57 %     -4.05 %        
 Pre-tax, pre-provision ROA (1) (2)
    1.43 %     1.44 %     -0.5 %
 Net interest margin (FTE)
    3.62 %     3.69 %     -1.8 %
 Efficiency ratio
    71.8 %     69.0 %     4.1 %
                         
Common Stock Performance
                       
 Basic & diluted earnings (loss) per share
  $ 0.01     $ (0.21 )        
 Dividends per share
    0.00       0.00       0.0 %
 Dividend payout ratio
    0.0 %     0.0 %     0.0 %
 Book value per share
  $ 5.72     $ 11.76       -51.4 %
 Tangible book value per share
    5.72       11.76       -51.4 %
 Market value per share (3)
    3.75       7.00       -46.4 %

 
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United Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
 
Trends of Selected Consolidated Financial Data (Unaudited)
 
   
Dollars in thousands except per share data
 
2011
   
2010
 
Balance Sheet Data
 
1st Qtr
   
4th Qtr
   
3rd Qtr
   
2nd Qtr
   
1st Qtr
 
 Period-end:
                             
Portfolio loans
  $ 578,111       591,985       604,284     $ 622,812     $ 634,014  
Total loans
    578,630       602,274       619,958       641,395       644,245  
Allowance for loan losses
    25,194       25,163       23,491       23,362       21,351  
Earning assets
    848,280       825,205       812,492       808,546       858,667  
Total assets
    885,476       861,710       852,668       849,111       900,790  
Deposits
    760,233       733,998       740,502       730,204       781,936  
Shareholders' Equity
    92,831       92,704       77,395       76,397       79,829  
 Average:
                                       
Total loans
  $ 589,974       612,534       629,067     $ 642,702     $ 654,936  
Earning assets
    841,824       818,646       807,964       832,478       865,738  
Total assets
    879,695       863,555       846,756       878,427       909,196  
Deposits
    752,724       747,188       732,339       763,731       787,294  
Shareholders' Equity
    92,824       79,808       77,597       79,945       81,072  
                                         
Income Statement Summary
                                       
 Net interest income
  $ 7,402       7,735       7,964     $ 7,677     $ 7,708  
 Non-interest income
    3,925       4,553       4,812       3,709       3,224  
 Non-interest expense
    8,218       8,225       8,315       8,298       7,659  
 Pre-tax, pre-provision income (1) (2)
    3,109       4,063       4,461       3,088       3,273  
 Provision for loan losses
    2,800       4,930       3,150       8,650       4,800  
 Federal income tax
    (50 )     -440       284       (2,063 )     (719 )
 Net income (loss)
    359       -427       1,027       (3,499 )     (809 )
 Basic & diluted income (loss) per share
  $ 0.01     $ (0.11 )   $ 0.14     $ (0.74 )   $ (0.21 )
                                         
Performance Ratios and Liquidity
                                       
 Return on average assets
    0.17 %     -0.20 %     0.47 %     -1.60 %     -0.36 %
 Return on average common equity
    1.57 %     -2.12 %     5.25 %     -17.56 %     -4.05 %
 Pre-tax, pre-provision ROA (1) (2)
    1.41 %     1.88 %     2.08 %     1.41 %     1.44 %
 Net interest margin (FTE)
    3.62 %     3.81 %     3.97 %     3.76 %     3.69 %
 Efficiency ratio
    71.8 %     66.3 %     64.5 %     72.1 %     69.0 %
 Ratio of loans to deposits
    76.0 %     80.7 %     81.6 %     85.3 %     81.1 %
                                         
Asset Quality
                                       
 Net charge offs
  $ 2,769       3,258       3,021     $ 6,639     $ 3,469  
 Non-accrual loans
    25,451       28,661       27,680       30,319       29,712  
 Non-performing loans
    27,777       29,244       29,606       31,876       31,642  
 Non-performing assets
    32,418       33,548       33,292       34,956       34,995  
 Nonperforming loans/portfolio loans
    4.80 %     4.94 %     4.90 %     5.12 %     4.99 %
 Nonperforming assets/total assets
    3.66 %     3.89 %     3.90 %     4.12 %     3.88 %
 Allowance for loan loss/portfolio loans
    4.36 %     4.25 %     3.89 %     3.75 %     3.37 %
 Allowance/nonperforming loans
    90.7 %     86.0 %     79.3 %     73.3 %     67.5 %
                                         
Market Data for Common Stock
                                       
 Book value per share
  $ 5.72       5.72       11.25     $ 11.05     $ 11.76  
 Market value per share (3)
                                       
High
    4.05       4.00       6.25       7.00       8.50  
Low
    3.35       2.65       3.65       4.50       4.35  
Period-end
    3.75       3.50       3.65       6.25       7.00  
 Period-end shares outstanding
    12,692       12,667       5,083       5,083       5,072  
 Average shares outstanding
    12,675       6,320       5,077       5,078       5,068  

 
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Trends of Selected Consolidated Financial Data (continued)
 
2011
   
2010
 
   
1st Qtr
   
4th Qtr
   
3rd Qtr
   
2nd Qtr
   
1st Qtr
 
Capital and Stock Performance
                             
 Tier 1 Leverage Ratio
    10.0 %     10.2 %     8.5 %     8.1 %     8.4 %
 Tangible common equity to total assets
    8.2 %     8.4 %     6.7 %     6.6 %     6.6 %
 Total capital to risk-weighted assets
    16.5 %     16.3 %     13.3 %     12.9 %     13.4 %
 Dividends per common share
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
 Dividend payout ratio
    0.0 %     0.0 %     0.0 %     0.0 %     0.0 %
 Price/earnings ratio (TTM)
 
NA
   
NA
   
NA
   
NA
   
NA
 
 Period-end common stock market price/book value
    65.6 %     61.2 %     32.5 %     56.5 %     59.5 %
 
(1)
In an attempt to evaluate the trends of net interest income, noninterest income and noninterest expense, the Company's management focuses on pre-tax, pre-provision income and return on average assets as useful and consistent measures of the Company's earning capacity. This calculation adjusts net income before tax by the amount of the Company's provision for loan losses.  While this information is not consistent with, or intended to replace, presentation under generally accepted accounting principles, it is presented here for comparison.
 
 
A reconciliation of pre-tax, pre-provision income for the year to date periods ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 follows:
 
     
     
2011
   
2010
 
 
Pre-tax, pre-provision income
  $ 3,109     $ 3,272  
 
Provision for loan losses
    2,800       4,800  
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
    309       (1,528 )
 
Income taxes
    (50 )     (719 )
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 359     $ (809 )
 
(2)
Net income before provision for loan loss and income taxes, divided by average total assets.
(3)
Market value per share is based on the last reported transaction on OTCBB before period end.


 
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