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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:   
Robert K. Chapman,
May 7, 2012
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
   
United Bancorp, Inc.
   
734-214-3801


UNITED BANCORP, INC. ANNOUNCES UNAUDITED
FIRST QUARTER 2012 RESULTS

Company reports profitable quarter
Combined net interest income and noninterest income grows 8.8%
Asset quality trends continue to improve


ANN ARBOR, MI – United Bancorp, Inc. (UBMI.ob) reported consolidated net income of $842,000, or $0.04 per share of common stock, for the first quarter of 2012, compared to $359,000, or $0.01 per share of common stock, for the first quarter of 2011.

Robert K. Chapman, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Bancorp, Inc. (“United” or the “Company”), commented that the improvement in income in the first quarter of 2012 resulted primarily from increased noninterest income and a lower level of provision for loan losses, which were partially offset by continued elevated levels of expenses related to other real estate owned (“ORE”) and foreclosed property.

Mr. Chapman noted that United’s business model contributed positively to the Company’s improved profitability. Noninterest income represented 38.6% of the Company’s combined net interest income and noninterest income for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to 34.7% for the same period of 2011.

The Company’s combined net interest income and noninterest income was up 8.8% in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period of 2011. This growth was driven, in part, by increased loan originations, both of residential mortgages and commercial loans. The opening of the Company’s loan production office in Brighton, Michigan in December 2011 has contributed to this increase in lending activity. United continues to pursue lending opportunities in existing and adjacent markets, and anticipates that it will open a loan production office within the City of Monroe, Michigan in mid-2012. 

Credit quality measures for the Company continued to show improvement for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. The Company’s provision for loan losses for the first quarter of 2012 was $2.1 million, compared to $2.8 million for the same quarter of 2011, and exceeded net charge-offs of $1.7 million for the quarter. The Company’s ratios of nonperforming loans to total loans of 4.51%, and nonperforming assets to total assets of 3.22% at March 31, 2012 were at their lowest levels since the second quarter of 2009.

Results of Operations

The Company’s consolidated net income was $842,000 in the first quarter of 2012, compared to $359,000 for the first quarter of 2011. Net income per share of common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2012 was $0.04, up from $0.01 per share of common stock for the comparable period of 2011. Return on average assets (“ROA”) was 0.38% for the first quarter of 2012, compared

 
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to 0.17% for the same period of 2011. Return on average shareholders’ equity (“ROE”) was 3.61% for the first quarter of 2012, compared to 1.57% for the same period of 2011. The Company’s combined net interest income and noninterest income was up 8.8% in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period of 2011.

United’s net interest margin of 3.62% for the three months ended March 31, 2012 was unchanged from the same period of 2011. For the first quarter of 2012, net interest income of $7.6 million was up 2.3% compared to the same period of 2011. The Company’s yield on earning assets and its cost of funds both declined in the first quarter of 2012 as compared to the same period of 2011. The Company continues to maintain elevated levels of liquidity, as discussed below under “Balance Sheet,” and this additional liquidity reduces the Company’s yield on earning assets. At the same time, the Company has continued to reduce its average balances of FHLB advances and higher-cost deposits, contributing to lower interest costs.

Noninterest income of $4.8 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 improved by 21.2% compared to the first quarter of 2011. Substantial increases in income from loan sales and servicing and gains on the sale of ORE properties were responsible for this increase. Noninterest income represented 38.6% of the Company’s combined net interest income and noninterest income for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to 34.7% for the same period of 2011.

Total noninterest expense for the first quarter of 2012 was up 11.6% from the first quarter of 2011. In the first quarter of 2012, the largest increase in noninterest expense was in expenses related to ORE and other foreclosed properties, which included write-downs of the value and losses on the sale of property held as ORE, costs to maintain and carry those properties, and probable incurred losses and fees related to foreclosed mortgage loans previously sold on the secondary market.

Expenses related to salaries and employee benefits increased by 9.3% in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period of 2011. The increase reflects, in part, continued higher levels of commissions and other compensation costs related to the generation of income from loan sales and servicing. In addition, the Company has increased its staffing levels modestly to accommodate its anticipated future expansion, including expansion into Livingston County, and salary increases were reinstated effective April 1, 2011. However, the Company did not pay or accrue any cash bonus or other payout to executive officers or non-commissioned employees under its bonus plans in 2011 or in the first quarter of 2012.

Balance Sheet

Total consolidated assets of the Company were $914.5 million at March 31, 2012, compared to $885.0 million at December 31, 2011. Total portfolio loans of $575.5 million increased in the first quarter of 2012 by $11.8 million, and have declined by just $2.6 million, or 0.5%, over the most recent twelve months. Total loans at March 31, 2012 were at their highest quarterly levels of the past five quarters, as loan demand has improved and charge-offs have declined. 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 total portfolio loans have declined by $2.6 million, or 0.5%, since March 31, 2011, the balance of loans serviced for others was $758.3 million at March 31, 2012, and has increased by $71.6 million, or 10.4%, since March 31, 2011.

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

 
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uncertainty. United’s balances in federal funds sold and other short-term investments were $96.4 million at March 31, 2012, compared to $91.8 million at December 31, 2011 and $126.2 million at March 31, 2011. Securities available for sale of $183.4 million at March 31, 2012 were up 5.9% from December 31, 2011 and were up 30.4% from March 31, 2011 levels.

Total deposits of $792.5 million at March 31, 2012 were up $27.6 million, or 3.6%, from $764.9 million at December 31, 2011, with most of the increase in non-interest bearing deposit balances. 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. Public clients include local government and municipal bodies, hospitals, universities and other educational institutions. As a result of its strong core funding, the Company’s cost of interest-bearing deposits was 0.68% for the first quarter of 2012, down from 0.92% for the same period of 2011.

Asset Quality

The Company’s ratio of allowance for loan losses to total loans was 3.66% and the ratio of allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans was 81.0% at March 31, 2012, compared to 3.66% and 80.0%, respectively, at December 31, 2011. The Company’s allowance for loan losses increased by $415,000, or 2.0%, from December 31, 2011 to March 31, 2012. Net charge-offs of $1.7 million for the first quarter of 2012 were $1.1 million lower than in the first quarter of 2011, and were at the lowest quarterly level since the second quarter of 2008.

Within the Company’s loan portfolio, $26.0 million of loans were considered nonperforming at March 31, 2012, compared to $25.8 million at December 31, 2011 and $27.8 million at March 31, 2011. Total nonperforming loans as a percent of total portfolio loans decreased from 4.57% at the end of 2011 and 4.80% at March 31, 2011 to 4.51% at March 31, 2012. 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, 2012, December 31, 2011 and March 31, 2011 were $20.4 million, $21.8 million and $18.5 million, respectively.

Capital Management

Under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (“OFIR”), United Bank & Trust (the “Bank”) is required, among other things, to have and maintain its Tier 1 leverage capital ratio at a minimum of 9% for the duration of the MOU, and to maintain its ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets at a minimum of 12% for the duration of the MOU. In December, 2010, the Company closed its public offering of common stock, and the Company has contributed capital to the Bank. At March 31, 2012, the Bank was in compliance with the capital requirements of its MOU with the FDIC and OFIR, with the Bank’s Tier 1 capital ratio of 9.17%, and its ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets of 15.36%.

About United Bancorp, Inc.

United Bancorp, Inc. is a community-based financial services company located in Washtenaw, Lenawee, Livingston and Monroe Counties in Michigan. United Bank & Trust is the Company’s only subsidiary, and the Bank provides financial solutions to its clients based on their unique circumstances and needs, through a line of business delivery system that includes banking, mortgage,

 
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structured finance and wealth management. 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 ”trends,” “continue,” “anticipates,” “future,” “uncertainty,” “believes” 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 statements include, among others, statements related to asset and credit quality trends, future levels of other real estate owned and other foreclosed properties and related expenses, loan demand, and future expansion of the Company, including plans to open a loan production office. All statements referencing future time periods are forward-looking.

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 or at all. Our ability to fully comply with all of the provisions of our memorandum of understanding, successfully implement new programs and initiatives, increase efficiencies, utilize our deferred tax asset, address regulatory issues, respond to declines in collateral values and credit quality, and 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, 2011. 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 pre-tax, pre-provision return on average assets. These disclosures are non-GAAP financial measures. For additional information about our pre-tax, pre-provision income and pre-tax, pre-provision return on average assets, please see the unaudited consolidated financial statements and related footnotes 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 this Qtr.
   
Mar. 31,
   
12-Month Change
 
Period-end Balance Sheet
 
2012
   
2011
     $       %       2011      $       %  
Assets
                                               
 Cash and due from banks
  $ 15,109     $ 15,798     $ (689 )     -4.4 %   $ 11,758     $ 3,351       28.5 %
 Interest bearing bal. with banks
    96,386       91,428       4,958       5.4 %     126,227       (29,841 )     -23.6 %
 Federal funds sold
    -       366       (366 )     -100.0 %     -       -       100.0 %
 Total cash & cash equivalents
    111,495       107,592       3,903       3.6 %     137,985       (26,490 )     -19.2 %
                                                         
 Securities available for sale
    183,416       173,197       10,219       5.9 %     140,635       42,781       30.4 %
 FHLB Stock
    2,571       2,571       -       0.0 %     2,788       (217 )     -7.8 %
 Loans held for sale
    11,719       8,290       3,429       41.4 %     519       11,200       2158.0 %
                                                         
 Portfolio loans
                                                       
Personal
    103,395       103,405       (10 )     0.0 %     107,251       (3,856 )     -3.6 %
Business (1)
    347,765       337,178       10,587       3.1 %     346,206       1,559       0.5 %
Residential mortgage
    82,759       83,072       (313 )     -0.4 %     84,738       (1,979 )     -2.3 %
Construction & development
    41,220       39,721       1,499       3.8 %     39,440       1,780       4.5 %
Deferred fees and costs
    369       326       43       13.1 %     476       (107 )     -22.5 %
 Total portfolio loans
    575,508       563,702       11,806       2.1 %     578,111       (2,603 )     -0.5 %
 Allowance for loan losses
    21,048       20,633       415       2.0 %     25,194       (4,146 )     -16.5 %
 Net loans
    554,460       543,069       11,391       2.1 %     552,917       1,543       0.3 %
                                                         
 Premises and equipment, net
    10,756       10,795       (39 )     -0.4 %     11,062       (306 )     -2.8 %
 Bank owned life insurance
    13,923       13,819       104       0.8 %     13,496       427       3.2 %
 Other assets
    26,110       25,676       434       1.7 %     26,074       36       0.1 %
Total Assets
  $ 914,450     $ 885,009     $ 29,441       3.3 %   $ 885,476     $ 28,974       3.3 %
                                                         
Liabilities
                                                       
 Deposits
                                                       
 Non-interest bearing
  $ 160,527     $ 139,346     $ 21,181       15.2 %   $ 134,471     $ 26,056       19.4 %
 Interest bearing
    631,970       625,510       6,460       1.0 %     625,762       6,208       1.0 %
 Total deposits
    792,497       764,856       27,641       3.6 %     760,233       32,264       4.2 %
 FHLB advances outstanding
    24,035       24,035       -       0.0 %     29,321       (5,286 )     -18.0 %
 Other liabilities
    3,653       2,344       1,309       55.8 %     3,091       562       18.2 %
Total Liabilities
    820,185       791,235       28,950       3.7 %     792,645       27,540       3.5 %
Shareholders' Equity
    94,265       93,774       491       0.5 %     92,831       1,434       1.5 %
Total Liabilities and Equity
  $ 914,450     $ 885,009     $ 29,441       3.3 %   $ 885,476     $ 28,974       3.3 %
                                                         
     
Three months ended Mar. 31,
   
Three months ended Mar. 31,
 
Average Balance Data
      2012       2011    
% Change
      2012       2011    
% Change
 
Total loans
    $ 585,686     $ 589,974       -0.7 %   $ 585,686     $ 634,678       -7.7 %
Earning assets
      851,836       841,824       1.2 %     851,836       834,642       2.1 %
Total assets
      894,346       879,695       1.7 %     894,346       874,768       2.2 %
Deposits
      773,977       752,724       2.8 %     773,977       757,236       2.2 %
Shareholders' Equity
      93,732       92,824       1.0 %     93,732       79,544       17.8 %
                                                   
Asset Quality
                                                 
Net charge offs
    $ 1,685     $ 2,769       -39.2 %   $ 1,685     $ 16,387       -89.7 %
Non-accrual loans
      25,958       25,451       2.0 %                        
Non-performing loans
      25,971       27,777       -6.5 %                        
Non-performing assets
      29,455       32,418       -9.1 %                        
Nonperforming loans/total loans
      4.51 %     4.80 %     -6.1 %                        
Nonperforming assets/total assets
      3.22 %     3.66 %     -12.0 %                        
Allowance for loan loss/total loans
      3.66 %     4.36 %     -16.1 %                        
Allowance/nonperforming loans
      81.0 %     90.7 %     -10.6 %                        
                                                   
 (1)
Business loans include commercial mortgages and tax exempt loans
                               

 
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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
 
2012
   
2011
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
Interest Income
                       
 Interest and fees on loans
  $ 7,926     $ 8,204     $ (278 )     -3.4 %
 Interest on investment securities
    853       811       42       5.2 %
 Interest on fed funds sold & bank balances
    54       74       (20 )     -27.0 %
 Total interest income
    8,833       9,089       (256 )     -2.8 %
                      -          
Interest Expense
                    -          
 Interest on deposits
    1,056       1,410       (354 )     -25.1 %
 Interest on short term borrowings
    -       11       (11 )     -100.0 %
 Interest on FHLB advances
    208       266       (58 )     -21.8 %
 Total interest expense
    1,264       1,687       (423 )     -25.1 %
Net Interest Income
    7,569       7,402       167       2.3 %
 Provision for loan losses
    2,100       2,800       (700 )     -25.0 %
Net Interest Income After Provision
    5,469       4,602       867       18.8 %
                      -          
Noninterest Income
                    -          
 Service charges on deposit accounts
    433       503       (70 )     -13.9 %
 Trust & Investment fee income
    1,225       1,263       (38 )     -3.0 %
 Gains on securities transactions
    4       -       4       0.0 %
 Income from loan sales and servicing
    1,904       1,311       593       45.2 %
 ATM, debit and credit card fee income
    507       513       (6 )     -1.2 %
 Income from bank-owned life insurance
    104       105       (1 )     -1.0 %
 Other income
    581       230       351       152.6 %
 Total noninterest income
    4,758       3,925       833       21.2 %
                      -          
Noninterest Expense
                    -          
 Salaries and employee benefits
    5,001       4,575       426       9.3 %
 Occupancy and equipment expense
    1,318       1,252       66       5.3 %
 External data processing
    247       320       (73 )     -22.8 %
 Advertising and marketing expenses
    193       160       33       20.6 %
 Attorney & other professional fees
    468       433       35       8.1 %
 Director fees
    98       102       (4 )     -3.9 %
 Expenses relating to ORE property and foreclosed assets
    933       257       676       263.0 %
 FDIC Insurance premiums
    295       431       (136 )     -31.6 %
 Other expense
    616       688       (72 )     -10.5 %
 Total noninterest expense
    9,169       8,218       951       11.6 %
Income Before Federal Income Tax
    1,058       309       749       242.4 %
Federal income tax (benefit)
    216       (50 )     266       -532.0 %
Net Income
  $ 842     $ 359     $ 483       134.5 %
                                 
Performance Ratios
                               
 Return on average assets
    0.38 %     0.17 %     0.21 %     122.7 %
 Return on average equity
    3.61 %     1.57 %     2.04 %     130.0 %
 Pre-tax, pre-provision ROA (1)
    1.42 %     1.43 %     -0.01 %     -0.9 %
 Net interest margin (FTE)
    3.62 %     3.62 %     0.00 %     0.0 %
 Efficiency ratio
    73.8 %     71.8 %     2.0 %     2.7 %
                                 
Common Stock Performance
                               
 Basic & diluted earnings per share
  $ 0.04     $ 0.01     $ 0.03          
 Book value per share
    5.82       5.72       0.10       1.8 %
 Tangible book value per share
    5.82       5.72       0.10       1.8 %
 Market value per share (2)
    3.35       3.75       (0.40 )     -10.7 %

 
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United Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiary
 
Trends of Selected Consolidated Financial Data (Unaudited)
 
   
Dollars in thousands except per share data
 
2012
   
2011
 
Balance Sheet Data
 
1st Qtr
   
4th Qtr
   
3rd Qtr
   
2nd Qtr
   
1st Qtr
 
Period-end:
                             
 Portfolio loans
  $ 575,508     $ 563,702     $ 577,600     $ 575,296     $ 578,111  
 Total loans
    587,227       571,992       585,309       577,840       578,630  
 Allowance for loan losses
    21,048       20,633       24,357       25,370       25,194  
 Earning assets
    869,231       839,554       852,245       824,127       848,280  
 Total assets
    914,450       885,009       894,405       862,099       885,476  
 Deposits
    792,497       764,856       775,529       737,528       760,233  
 Shareholders' Equity
    94,265       93,774       91,806       94,064       92,831  
Average:
                                       
 Total loans
  $ 585,686     $ 582,956     $ 583,042     $ 577,662     $ 589,974  
 Earning assets
    851,836       841,457       836,529       830,838       841,824  
 Total assets
    894,346       881,480       876,095       869,523       879,695  
 Deposits
    773,977       762,706       752,355       742,171       752,724  
 Shareholders' Equity
    93,732       92,122       94,159       93,409       92,824  
                                         
Income Statement Summary
                                       
 Net interest income
  $ 7,569     $ 7,687     $ 7,437     $ 7,525     $ 7,402  
 Non-interest income
    4,758       4,635       4,256       4,395       3,925  
 Non-interest expense
    9,169       8,815       9,084       8,501       8,218  
 Pre-tax, pre-provision income (1)
    3,158       3,507       2,609       3,419       3,109  
 Provision for loan losses
    2,100       250       6,000       3,100       2,800  
 Federal income tax
    216       960       (1,291 )     (42 )     (50 )
 Net income (loss)
    842       2,297       (2,100 )     361       359  
 Basic & diluted income (loss) per share
  $ 0.04     $ 0.16     $ (0.19 )   $ 0.01     $ 0.01  
                                         
Performance Ratios and Liquidity
                                       
 Return on average assets
    0.38 %     1.03 %     -0.95 %     0.17 %     0.17 %
 Return on average common equity
    3.61 %     9.89 %     -8.85 %     1.55 %     1.57 %
 Pre-tax, pre-provision ROA (1)
    1.42 %     1.59 %     1.19 %     1.57 %     1.43 %
 Net interest margin (FTE)
    3.62 %     3.67 %     3.58 %     3.69 %     3.62 %
 Efficiency ratio
    73.8 %     70.9 %     77.0 %     70.7 %     71.8 %
 Ratio of loans to deposits
    72.6 %     73.7 %     74.5 %     78.0 %     76.0 %
                                         
Asset Quality
                                       
 Net charge offs
  $ 1,685     $ 3,974     $ 7,013     $ 2,924     $ 2,769  
 Non-accrual loans
    25,958       25,754       29,392       28,099       25,451  
 Non-performing loans
    25,971       25,785       29,778       31,237       27,777  
 Non-performing assets
    29,455       29,454       34,079       36,204       32,418  
 Nonperforming loans/portfolio loans
    4.51 %     4.57 %     5.16 %     5.43 %     4.80 %
 Nonperforming assets/total assets
    3.22 %     3.33 %     3.81 %     4.20 %     3.66 %
 Allowance for loan loss/portfolio loans
    3.66 %     3.66 %     4.22 %     4.41 %     4.36 %
 Allowance/nonperforming loans
    81.0 %     80.0 %     81.8 %     81.2 %     90.7 %
                                         
Market Data for Common Stock
                                       
 Book value per share
  $ 5.82     $ 5.78     $ 5.63     $ 5.81     $ 5.72  
 Market value per share (2)
                                       
 High
    3.45       2.80       3.50       3.75       4.05  
 Low
    2.49       2.20       2.90       3.00       3.35  
 Period-end
    3.35       2.50       2.95       3.25       3.75  
 Period-end shares outstanding
    12,699       12,697       12,697       12,692       12,692  
 Average shares outstanding
    12,697       12,697       12,696       12,692       12,675  

 
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Trends of Selected Consolidated Financial Data (continued)
 
   
   
2012
   
2011
 
Capital and Stock Performance
 
1st Qtr
   
4th Qtr
   
3rd Qtr
   
2nd Qtr
   
1st Qtr
 
 Tier 1 Leverage Ratio
    9.8 %     9.9 %     9.6 %     10.1 %     10.0 %
 Tangible common equity to total assets
    8.1 %     8.3 %     8.0 %     8.5 %     8.2 %
 Total capital to risk-weighted assets
    16.3 %     16.5 %     15.6 %     16.6 %     16.5 %
 Period-end common stock market price/book value
    57.6 %     43.2 %     52.4 %     55.9 %     65.6 %
 
(1)
In an attempt to evaluate the trends of net interest income, noninterest income and noninterest expense, the Company calculates pre-tax, pre-provision income (“PTPP Income”) and pre-tax, pre-provision return on average assets (“PTPP ROA”). PTPP Income adjusts net income by the amount of the Company’s federal income tax (benefit) and provision for loan losses, which is excluded because its level is elevated and volatile in times of economic stress. PTPP ROA measures PTPP Income as a percent of average assets. While this information is not consistent with, or intended to replace, presentation under generally accepted accounting principles, it is presented here for comparison.
 
Management believes that PTPP Income and PTPP ROA are useful and consistent measures of the Company’s earning capacity, as these financial measures enable investors and others to assess the Company’s ability to generate capital to cover credit losses through a credit cycle, particularly in times of economic stress.
   
(2)
Market value per share is based on the last reported transaction on OTCBB before period end.
 
 

 

 
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