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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
     
þ   Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009
or
     
o   Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from                     to                    
Commission File Number: 0-23636
HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Missouri   43-1626350
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
300 Southwest Longview Boulevard, Lee’s Summit, Missouri 64081
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
(816) 347-8100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.       þ Yes      o No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).      o Yes      o No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer þ   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
    (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).      o Yes      þ No
As of November 9, 2009 the registrant had 4,301,955 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, outstanding.
 
 
Index to Exhibits located on page 43

 


 

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.   Financial Statements
HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
                 
    September 30,   December 31,
    2009   2008
 
ASSETS
               
 
               
Loans
  $ 993,452,421     $ 1,009,103,532  
Allowances for loan losses
    (13,927,534 )     (12,666,546 )
 
Net loans
    979,524,887       996,436,986  
 
Investment in available-for-sale securities, at fair value
    159,013,809       149,400,929  
Investment in equity securities, at cost
    8,875,250       8,875,250  
 
Total investment securities
    167,889,059       158,276,179  
 
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell
    106,226       104,393  
Cash and due from banks
    21,834,033       53,723,075  
Premises and equipment — net
    37,222,310       39,260,220  
Other real estate owned and repossessed assets
    11,578,503       7,828,278  
Accrued interest receivable
    6,878,022       7,476,093  
Mortgage servicing rights
    1,881,355       1,171,225  
Intangible assets — net
    1,654,505       2,130,097  
Cash surrender value — life insurance
    1,910,652       1,852,902  
Other assets
    9,748,122       11,439,419  
 
 
               
Total assets
  $ 1,240,227,674     $ 1,279,698,867  
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
 
               
Deposits:
               
Non-interest bearing demand
  $ 126,116,754     $ 125,245,200  
Savings, interest checking and money market
    357,905,369       342,626,702  
Time deposits $100,000 and over
    144,097,466       142,972,489  
Other time deposits
    340,015,283       344,451,998  
 
 
               
Total deposits
    968,134,872       955,296,389  
 
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    32,374,577       29,138,623  
Subordinated notes
    49,486,000       49,486,000  
Other borrowed money
    71,481,166       129,057,483  
Accrued interest payable
    2,391,949       3,847,415  
Other liabilities
    7,867,557       6,454,574  
 
 
               
Total liabilities
    1,131,736,121       1,173,280,484  
 
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Preferred stock, $1,000 par value
               
Authorized and issued 30,255 shares
    28,245,649       27,888,294  
Common stock, $1 par value
               
Authorized 15,000,000 shares; issued 4,463,813 and 4,298,353 shares respectively
    4,463,813       4,298,353  
Surplus
    26,939,983       25,144,323  
Retained earnings
    50,759,013       51,598,678  
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax
    1,599,913       1,005,553  
Treasury stock; 161,858 shares, at cost
    (3,516,818 )     (3,516,818 )
 
 
               
Total stockholders’ equity
    108,491,553       106,418,383  
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,240,227,674     $ 1,279,698,867  
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
                                 
    For the Three Months Ended   For the Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2009   2008   2009   2008
 
INTEREST INCOME
                               
Interest and fees on loans
  $ 14,340,996     $ 15,757,925     $ 43,332,581     $ 47,531,888  
Interest on debt securities:
                               
Taxable
    1,152,935       1,140,427       3,430,153       3,864,716  
Nontaxable
    350,839       406,598       1,088,561       1,288,395  
Interest on federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell
    60       14,238       253       58,464  
Interest on interest-bearing deposits
    11,556       12       43,565       301  
Dividends on equity securities
    53,742       110,627       110,010       233,035  
 
Total interest income
    15,910,128       17,429,827       48,005,123       52,976,799  
 
INTEREST EXPENSE
                               
Interest on deposits:
                               
Savings, interest checking and money market
    693,242       1,100,575       2,390,089       3,673,278  
Time deposit accounts $100,000 and over
    949,273       1,333,732       3,056,793       4,419,749  
Other time deposit accounts
    2,532,085       2,975,430       8,311,234       9,721,086  
Interest on federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    23,458       170,386       64,028       823,425  
Interest on subordinated notes
    588,554       736,663       1,878,657       2,319,585  
Interest on other borrowed money
    687,535       1,258,578       2,320,481       3,104,659  
 
Total interest expense
    5,474,147       7,575,364       18,021,282       24,061,782  
 
Net interest income
    10,435,981       9,854,463       29,983,841       28,915,017  
Provision for loan losses
    1,250,000       1,000,000       4,404,000       3,950,000  
 
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
    9,185,981       8,854,463       25,579,841       24,965,017  
 
NON-INTEREST INCOME
                               
Service charges on deposit accounts
    1,547,038       1,636,165       4,380,248       4,636,065  
Trust department income
    237,939       198,743       623,258       604,617  
Gain on sale of mortgage loans, net
    489,069       132,988       2,437,169       685,782  
Other
    326,560       353,429       732,189       1,082,040  
 
Total non-interest income
    2,600,606       2,321,325       8,172,864       7,008,504  
 
INVESTMENT SECURITIES GAINS (LOSSES), NET
                      2,773  
 
NON-INTEREST EXPENSE
                               
Salaries and employee benefits
    4,454,183       4,483,943       13,403,853       13,662,257  
Occupancy expense, net
    599,555       601,435       1,762,990       1,802,215  
Furniture and equipment expense
    506,469       536,786       1,794,400       1,805,304  
FDIC insurance assessment
    421,690       39,264       2,085,472       165,284  
Legal, examination, and professional fees
    311,780       312,485       985,274       838,482  
Advertising and promotion
    301,348       328,696       901,066       839,831  
Postage, printing, and supplies
    271,434       259,538       833,846       894,188  
Processing expense
    845,288       774,314       2,538,067       2,327,224  
Other real estate expense
    239,747       85,686       575,008       430,303  
Other
    1,088,245       959,696       2,815,972       2,887,285  
 
Total non-interest expense
    9,039,739       8,381,843       27,695,948       25,652,373  
 
Income before income taxes
    2,746,848       2,793,945       6,056,757       6,323,921  
Less income taxes
    840,070       779,745       1,889,060       1,905,386  
 
Net income
    1,906,778       2,014,200       4,167,697       4,418,535  
Preferred stock dividends
    497,306             1,491,918        
 
Net income available to common shareholders
  $ 1,409,472     $ 2,014,200     $ 2,675,779     $ 4,418,535  
 
Basic earnings per share
  $ 0.33     $ 0.47     $ 0.62     $ 1.02  
Diluted earnings per share
  $ 0.33     $ 0.47     $ 0.62     $ 1.02  
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
                 
    Nine months ended September 30,
    2009   2008
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income
  $ 4,167,697     $ 4,418,535  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Provision for loan losses
    4,404,000       3,950,000  
Depreciation expense
    1,540,942       1,619,146  
Net amortization (accretion) of debt securities, premiums, and discounts
    366,383       (49,056 )
Amortization of intangible assets
    475,592       532,901  
Stock based compensation expense
    99,697       190,107  
Decrease in accrued interest receivable
    598,071       1,113,112  
Increase in cash surrender value -life insurance
    (57,750 )     (34,000 )
Decrease (increase) in other assets
    93,894       (153,536 )
Decrease in accrued interest payable
    (1,455,466 )     (619,265 )
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities
    1,808,432       (426,773 )
Gain on sales of debt securities
          (2,773 )
Origination of mortgage loans for sale
    (125,186,177 )     (39,900,081 )
Proceeds from the sale of mortgage loans
    127,623,346       40,585,863  
Gain on sale of mortgage loans, net
    (2,437,169 )     (685,782 )
Loss on sales and dispositions of premises and equipment
    147,166       74,932  
Other real estate owned impairment charges
    62,535       153,500  
(Decrease) increase in deferred tax asset
    380,001       (258,438 )
Other, net
    371,107       11,780  
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    13,002,301       10,520,172  
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Net (decrease) increase in loans
    6,768,359       (93,628,211 )
Purchase of available-for-sale debt securities
    (110,865,517 )     (258,120,019 )
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale debt securities
    83,996,365       186,799,283  
Proceeds from calls of available-for-sale debt securities
    17,805,000       39,132,640  
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale debt securities
          30,920,778  
Purchase of equity securities
          (5,040,800 )
Proceeds from sales of equity securities
          494,800  
Purchases of premises and equipment
    (420,575 )     (884,886 )
Proceeds from sales of premises and equipment
    582,816       29,900  
Proceeds from sales of other real estate owned and repossessions
    1,929,955       1,486,453  
 
Net cash used in investing activities
    (203,597 )     (98,810,062 )
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Net increase (decrease) in demand deposits
    871,554       (13,395,525 )
Net increase in interest-bearing transaction accounts
    15,278,667       2,069,084  
Net (decrease) increase in time deposits
    (3,311,738 )     18,722,934  
Net increase in federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    3,235,954       1,043,214  
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank advances
          257,300,000  
Repayment of Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    (57,576,317 )     (175,954,819 )
Cash dividends paid — preferred stock
    (991,691 )      
Cash dividends paid — common stock
    (2,192,342 )     (2,625,731 )
Purchase of treasury stock
          (802,445 )
 
Net cash (used) in provided by financing activities
    (44,685,913 )     86,356,712  
 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (31,887,209 )     (1,933,178 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
    53,827,468       35,873,385  
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 21,940,259     $ 33,940,207  
 
 
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
               
Cash paid during the year for:
               
Interest
  $ 19,476,748     $ 24,681,047  
Income taxes
  $ 390,000     $ 2,240,000  
Supplemental schedule of noncash investing and financing activities:
               
Other real estate and repossessions acquired in settlement of loans
  $ 6,807,763     $ 6,471,593  
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Basis of Presentation
          The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary in order to make those statements not misleading. Certain amounts in the 2008 condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the 2009 condensed consolidated presentation. Such reclassifications have no effect on previously reported net income or stockholders’ equity. Operating results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2009. Our Company’s management has evaluated and did not identify any subsequent events or transactions requiring recognition or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements through November 9, 2009, the dated the financial statements herein were issued.
          These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with our Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its 2008 Annual Report to Shareholders under the caption “Consolidated Financial Statements” and incorporated by reference into its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 as Exhibit 13.
          The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed and omitted. These financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) necessary to present fairly our Company’s consolidated financial position as of September 30, 2009 and the consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.
          On July 1, 2009, our Company paid a special stock dividend of four percent to common shareholders of record at the close of business on June 15, 2009. For all periods presented, share information, including basic and diluted earnings per share, have been adjusted retroactively to reflect this change.
Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses
Major classifications in the Company’s loan portfolio at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 are as follows:
                 
    September 30,   December 31,
    2009   2008
    Amount   Amount
Commercial, financial, and agricultural
  $ 145,553,629     $ 153,386,062  
Real estate Construction
    114,438,639       129,638,759  
Real estate Mortgage
    697,187,716       692,530,252  
Installment loans to individuals
    36,272,437       33,548,459  
 
Total loans
  $ 993,452,421     $ 1,009,103,532  
     
          Included in the table above are impaired loans in the amount of $37,859,612 at September 30, 2009 and $29,933,773 at December 31, 2008. A loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that all amounts due under the contractual terms of the agreement will not be collected. Such loans increased $7,925,839 during the first nine months of 2009 primarily due to higher levels of impaired construction and commercial real estate loans.

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The following table shows outstanding amounts of impaired loans as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008:
                 
    September 30,   December 31,
    2009   2008
 
Loans classified as impaired:
               
Impaired loans with reserves
  $ 27,372,066     $ 18,482,148  
Impaired loans without reserves
    10,487,546       11,451,625  
 
Total impaired loans
  $ 37,859,612     $ 29,933,773  
 
 
               
Reserves for impaired loans
  $ 5,250,757     $ 3,837,419  
Average balance of impaired loans during the period
  $ 33,344,450     $ 20,645,519  
 
The following is a summary of the allowance for loan losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 as follows:
                                 
    Three Months   Nine Months
    Ended September 30,   Ended September 30,
    2009   2008   2009   2008
 
    Amount   Amount   Amount   Amount
Balance at beginning of period
  $ 13,704,736     $ 11,131,032     $ 12,666,546     $ 9,281,848  
 
Additions:
                               
Provision for loan losses
    1,250,000       1,000,000       4,404,000       3,950,000  
 
Total additions
    1,250,000       1,000,000       4,404,000       3,950,000  
 
Deductions:
                               
Loans charged off
    1,198,165       2,937,682       3,549,572       4,331,793  
Less recoveries on loans
    (170,963 )     (162,867 )     (406,560 )     (456,162 )
         
Net loans charged off
    1,027,202       2,774,815       3,143,012       3,875,631  
         
Balance at end of period
  $ 13,927,534     $ 9,356,217     $ 13,927,534     $ 9,356,217  
         

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Investment Securities
The amortized cost and fair value of securities classified as available-for-sale at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 are as follows:
                                 
            Gross   Gross    
    Amortized   unrealized   unrealized    
    cost   gains   losses   Fair value
 
September 30, 2009
                               
 
                               
Government sponsored enterprises
  $ 46,670,668     $ 695,110     $     $ 47,365,778  
Asset-backed securities
    68,076,303       2,591,350       36,590       70,631,063  
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    39,972,384       1,051,630       7,046       41,016,968  
 
Total debt securities
    154,719,355       4,338,090       43,636       159,013,809  
 
Equity securities
    8,875,250                   8,875,250  
 
 
Total investment securities
  $ 163,594,605     $ 4,338,090     $ 43,636     $ 167,889,059  
 
 
                               
December 31, 2008
                               
 
                               
Government sponsored enterprises
  $ 54,018,436     $ 1,526,240     $     $ 55,544,676  
Asset-backed securities
    48,801,151       1,292,982       3,148       50,090,985  
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    43,201,999       755,091       191,822       43,765,268  
 
Total debt securities
    146,021,586       3,574,313       194,970       149,400,929  
 
Equity securities
    8,875,250                   8,875,250  
 
 
Total investment securities
  $ 154,896,836     $ 3,574,313     $ 194,970     $ 158,276,179  
 
          Equity securities in the amount of $8,875,250 as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 are recorded at cost, and consist primarily of Federal Home Loan Bank Stock and the Company’s interest in the statutory trusts.
The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities classified as available-for-sale at September 30, 2009 December 31, 2008, by contractual maturity are shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without prepayment penalties.
                 
    Amortized   Fair
    cost   value
 
Due in one year or less
  $ 14,576,193     $ 14,770,578  
Due after one year through five years
    45,887,667       46,702,223  
Due after five years through ten years
    21,916,619       22,487,280  
Due after ten years
    4,262,573       4,422,665  
     
 
    86,643,052       88,382,746  
Asset-backed securities
    68,076,303       70,631,063  
     
Total debt securities
    154,719,355       159,013,809  
Equity securities
    8,875,250       8,875,250  
 
Total available for sale investment securities
  $ 163,594,605     $ 167,889,059  
 

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          Our Company conducts periodic reviews to identify and evaluate each investment that has an unrealized loss, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and its Application to Certain Investments. In June 2009, FASB issued authoritative guidance on recognition and presentation of other-than-temporary impairments, which changed the accounting requirements for other than temporary impairment for debt securities, and, in certain prescribed circumstances, separated the amount of total impairment into credit and noncredit-related amounts.
          The following table presents proceeds from sales of securities and the components of investment securities gains and losses which have been recognized in earnings:
                                 
    For the three months   For the nine months
    ended September 30,   ended September 30,
    2009   2008   2009   2008
 
Proceeds from sales of available for sale securities
  $     $     $     $ 30,920,778  
 
Available for sale:
                               
Gains realized on sales
                      2,773  
Losses realized on sales
                       
Other-than-temporary impairment recognized
                       
 
Investment securities gains (losses), net
  $     $     $     $ 2,773  
 
          At September 30, 2009, our Company’s investment portfolio had unrealized gains of $4,338,090 and unrealized losses of $43,636. Of the $43,636 in unrealized losses, $1 of the unrealized loss has been in the loss position for greater than twelve months. The carrying value of the investments in this loss position at September 30, 2009 was $43,310 and consisted of one asset-backed security. Our Company continues to monitor the performance of our investment securities. Our Company does not intend to sell these investments and it is not likely that our Company will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their amortized cost basis, which may be at maturity.
          Gross unrealized losses on debt securities and the fair value of the related securities, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, were as follows:
                                                         
    Less than 12 months   12 months or more           Total
 
                                    Number of        
    Fair   Unrealized   Fair   Unrealized   Investment   Fair   Unrealized
    Value   Losses   Value   Losses   Positions   Value   Losses
 
At September 30, 2009
                                                       
Government sponsored enterprises
  $     $     $     $           $     $  
Asset-backed securities
    7,033,374       (36,589 )     43,310       (1 )     9       7,076,684       (36,590 )
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    773,287       (7,046 )                 5       773,287       (7,046 )
 
 
  $ 7,806,661     $ (43,635 )   $ 43,310     $ (1 )     14     $ 7,849,971     $ (43,636 )
 
                                                         
    Less than 12 months   12 months or more           Total
 
                                    Number of        
    Fair   Unrealized   Fair   Unrealized   Investment   Fair   Unrealized
    Value   Losses   Value   Losses   Positions   Value   Losses
 
At December 31, 2008
                                                       
Government sponsored enterprises
  $     $     $     $           $     $  
Asset-backed securities
    890,039       (1,904 )     210,667       (1,244 )     11       1,100,706       (3,148 )
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    7,674,965       (191,822 )                 27       7,674,965       (191,822 )
 
 
  $ 8,565,004     $ (193,726 )   $ 210,667     $ (1,244 )     38     $ 8,775,671     $ (194,970 )
 

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Fair Value Measurements
          The FASB’s ASC, Fair Value Measurement, defines fair value, establishes a framework for the measurement of fair value, and enhances disclosures about fair value measurements. The standard applies whenever other standards require (permit) assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value but does not expand the use of fair value in any new circumstances. In this standard, FASB clarified the principle that fair value should be based on the assumptions market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability. In support of this principle, the standard establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the information used to develop those assumptions.
The fair value hierarchy is as follows:
Level 1 — Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These might include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.
Level 3 — Inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability and significant to the fair value. These may be internally developed using our Company’s best information and assumptions that a market participant would consider.
          Fair Value Measurement also requires separate disclosure of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, as documented above, from those measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. Nonfinancial assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis would include foreclosed real estate, long-lived assets, and core deposit intangible assets, which are reviewed when circumstances or other events indicate that impairment may have occurred.
Valuation methods for instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis
          Following is a description of our Company’s valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis:
Available-for-sale securities
     Available-for-sale securities are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Available-for-sale securities is the only balance sheet category our Company is required, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP), to carry at fair value on a recurring basis. Securities classified as available for sale are reported at fair value utilizing Level 2 inputs. For these securities, our Company obtains fair value measurements from an independent pricing service. The fair value measurements consider observable data that may include dealer quotes, market spreads, cash flows, the U.S. Treasury yield curve, live trading levels, trade execution data, market consensus prepayment speeds, credit information and the bond’s terms and conditions, among other things.
                                 
            Fair Value Measurements
            At September 30, 2009 Using
            Quoted Prices        
            in Active        
            Markets for   Other   Significant
            Identical   Observable   Unobservable
    Fair Value   Assets   Inputs   Inputs
Description   September 30, 2009   (Level 1)   (Level 2)   (Level 3)
 
Available-for-Sale Securities
  $ 159,013,809     $     $ 159,013,809     $  
 

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Valuation methods for instruments measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis
          Following is a description of our Company’s valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis:
Impaired Loans
     Our Company does not record loans at fair value on a recurring basis other than loans that are considered impaired. Once a loan is identified as individually impaired, management measures impairment in accordance with the FASB’s ASC, Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan. Impaired loans for which an allowance is established based on the fair value of collateral require classification in the fair value hierarchy. At September 30, 2009, all impaired loans were evaluated based on the fair value of the collateral. In determining the fair value of the collateral, our Company relies on external appraisals and assessment of property values by our internal staff. Because many of these inputs are not observable, the measurements are classified as Level 3. As of September 30, 2009, our Company identified $27.4 million in impaired loans that had specific allowances for losses aggregating $5.3 million. Related to these loans, there was $1.8 million in charge-offs recorded in the first nine months of 2009.
Other Real Estate Owned and Repossessed Assets
          Other real estate owned and repossessed assets consist of loan collateral which has been repossessed through foreclosure. This collateral is comprised of commercial and residential real estate and other non-real estate property, including autos, manufactured homes, and construction equipment. Other real estate owned assets are recorded as held for sale initially at the lower of the loan balance or fair value of the collateral less estimated selling costs. Our Company relies on external appraisals and assessment of property values by our internal staff. In the case of non-real estate collateral, reliance is placed on a variety of sources, including external estimates of value and judgment based on experience and expertise of internal specialists. Subsequent to foreclosure, valuations are updated periodically, and the assets may be written down to reflect a new cost basis. Because many of these inputs are not observable, the measurements are classified as Level 3.
                                         
            Fair Value Measurements    
            At September 30, 2009 Using    
            Quoted Prices                    
            in Active                   Nine Months
            Markets for   Other   Significant   Ended
            Identical   Observable   Unobservable   Sept. 30, 2009
    Fair Value   Assets   Inputs   Inputs   Total Gains
Description   September 30, 2009   (Level 1)   (Level 2)   (Level 3)   (Losses)
 
Impaired loans
  $ 22,121,309     $     $     $ 22,121,309     $ (1,805,526 )
Other real estate owned and repossessed assets
  $ 11,578,503     $     $     $ 11,578,503     $ (1,099,383 )
 

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Earnings per Share
     Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Diluted earnings per share gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares that were outstanding during the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
     The weighted average common and diluted shares outstanding and earnings per share amounts have been adjusted to give effect to the 4% stock dividend on July 1, 2009. The calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows:
                                 
    For the Three Months Ended   For the Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2009   2008   2009   2008
 
Net income, basic and diluted
  $ 1,906,778     $ 2,014,200     $ 4,167,697     $ 4,418,535  
Less: preferred stock dividends
    497,306             1,491,918        
 
Net income available to common shareholders
    1,409,472       2,014,200       2,675,779       4,418,535  
Average shares outstanding
    4,301,955       4,316,662       4,301,955       4,328,702  
Effect of dilutive stock options
          13,799             20,162  
 
Average shares outstanding including dilutive stock options
  $ 4,301,955     $ 4,330,461     $ 4,301,955     $ 4,348,864  
 
Net income per share, basic
  $ 0.33     $ 0.47     $ 0.62     $ 1.02  
Net income per share, diluted
    0.33       0.47       0.62       1.02  
 
          Under the treasury stock method, outstanding stock options are dilutive when the average market price of our Company’s common stock, when combined with the effect of any unamortized compensation expense, exceeds the option price during the period, except when our Company has a loss from continuing operations available to common shareholders. In addition, proceeds from the assumed exercise of dilutive options along with the related tax benefit are assumed to be used to repurchase common shares at the average market price of such stock during the period.
          The following options and warrant to purchase shares during the three and nine month-periods ended 2009 and 2008 were not included in the respective computations of diluted earnings per share because the exercise price, when combined with the effect of the unamortized compensation expense, was greater than the average market price of the common shares and were considered anti-dilutive.
                 
Anti-dilutive shares   2009   2008
 
     Three months ended September 30,
    531,226       267,086  
     Nine months ended September 30,
    531,226       212,595  
 

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Stock-Based Compensation
          Our Company’s stock option plan provides for the grant of options to purchase up to 450,000 shares of our Company’s common stock to officers and other key employees of our Company and its subsidiaries. All options have been granted at exercise prices equal to fair value and vest over periods ranging from four to five years, except 4,821 options issued in 2002, and 9,519 options issued in 2008 to acquire shares that vested immediately.
The following table summarizes our Company’s stock option activity:
                                 
                            Weighted
            Weighted   Aggregate   Average
            Average   Intrinsic   Contractual
            Exercise   Value   Term
    Options   Price   (000)   (in years)
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2009 - adjusted *
    277,454     $ 25.10                  
Granted
                           
Exercised
                           
Forfeited
    (1,488 )     30.22                  
Canceled
                           
 
Outstanding at September 30, 2009
    275,966     $ 25.07     $       5.2  
 
Exercisable at September 30, 2009
    215,711     $ 24.70     $       4.5  
 
*   On July 1, 2009 a 4% stock dividend was issued.
          Total stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 was $31,000 and $86,000, respectively. Total stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 was $100,000 and $190,000, respectively. As of September 30, 2009, the total unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested stock awards was $274,000 and the related weighted average period over which it is expected to be recognized is approximately two years.
Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income for the three and nine-months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 is summarized as follows:
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2009   2008   2009   2008
 
Net income
  $ 1,906,778     $ 2,014,200     $ 4,167,697     $ 4,418,535  
Other comprehensive income:
                               
Unrealized loss on securities:
                               
Unrealized gain (loss) on debt and equity securities available-for-sale, net of tax
    808,079       250,158       558,218       (458,592 )
Adjustment on sales and calls of debt and equity securities, net of tax
                      (1,692 )
Defined benefit pension plan:
                               
Amortization of prior service cost included in net periodic pension cost, net of tax
    12,052       3,928       36,142       11,780  
 
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
    820,131       254,086       594,360       (448,504 )
 
Comprehensive income
  $ 2,726,909     $ 2,268,286     $ 4,762,057     $ 3,970,031  
 

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets
          Our Company’s goodwill is tested annually for potential impairment. As a result of our 2008 review, we determined that the Company’s goodwill was fully impaired as of December 31, 2008, and recorded an impairment charge of $40,323,775, before tax, in the fourth quarter of 2008.
A summary of other intangible assets at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 is as follows:
                                                         
    September 30, 2009   December 31, 2008        
    Gross                   Gross                
    Carrying   Accumulated   Net   Carrying   Accumulated   Net        
    Amount   Amortization   Amount   Amount   Amortization   Amount        
 
Amortizable intangible assets:
                                                       
Core deposit intangible
  $ 7,060,224     $ (5,405,719 )   $ 1,654,505     $ 7,060,224     $ (4,930,127 )   $ 2,130,097          
Mortgage servicing rights
    3,425,091       (1,543,736 )     1,881,355       2,767,180       (1,595,955 )     1,171,225          
 
 
Total amortizable intangible assets
  $ 10,485,315     $ (6,949,455 )   $ 3,535,860     $ 9,827,404     $ (6,526,082 )   $ 3,301,322          
 
Changes in the net carrying amount of other intangible assets for the nine month period ended September 30, 2009 are as follows:
                 
    Core Deposit   Mortgage
    Intangible   Servicing
    Asset   Rights
 
Balance at December 31, 2008
  $ 2,130,097     $ 1,171,225  
Additions
          1,456,812  
Amortization
    (475,592 )     (746,682 )
 
Balance at September 30, 2009
  $ 1,654,505     $ 1,881,355  
 
          Mortgage loans serviced for others totaled approximately $258,101,000 and $213,074,000 at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
          Our Company’s amortization expense on intangible assets in any given period may be different from the estimated amounts depending upon the acquisition of intangible assets, changes in mortgage interest rates, prepayment rates and other market conditions. The following table shows the estimated future amortization expense based on existing asset balances and the interest rate environment as of September 30, 2009 and for the next five years:
                 
    Core Deposit   Mortgage
    Intangible   Servicing
    Asset   Rights
 
2009
  $ 150,519     $ 254,000  
2010
    526,477       405,000  
2011
    434,763       308,000  
2012
    408,062       234,000  
2013
    134,684       179,000  
2014
          137,000  
 

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          The aggregate amortization expense of intangible assets subject to amortization for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 is as follows:
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
Aggregate amortization expense   2009   2008   2009   2008
 
Core deposit intangible asset
  $ 150,519     $ 168,543     $ 475,592     $ 532,900  
Mortgage servicing rights
    156,365       123,153       746,682       470,677  
 
Income Taxes
          As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, our Company had $749,000 of gross unrecognized tax benefits of which $487,000 would impact the effective tax rate, if recognized. Our Company expects a reduction of $187,000 in gross unrecognized tax benefits during the remainder of 2009 as a result of the state statute of limitations closing for the 2005 tax year. Our Company and subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U. S. federal jurisdiction and the state of Missouri.
          As of September 30, 2009, interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits was approximately $108,000. Our Company’s state and federal income tax returns for 2005 to 2008 are open tax years. As of September 30, 2009, there were no federal or state income tax examinations in process.
Employee Benefit Plans
          Employee benefits charged to operating expenses are summarized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 in the table below.
                                 
    For the Three Months Ended   For the Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2009   2008   2009   2008
 
Payroll taxes
  $ 246,232     $ 193,391     $ 855,229     $ 869,491  
Medical plans
    370,113       354,704       1,127,477       1,093,697  
401k match
    81,045       79,120       227,902       229,888  
Pension plan
    229,000       218,337       687,000       655,010  
Profit-sharing
    99,000       87,600       233,350       191,415  
Other
    28,906       48,777       81,539       150,359  
 
 
Total employee benefits
  $ 1,054,296     $ 981,929     $ 3,212,497     $ 3,189,860  
 

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Our Company provides a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan for all full-time employees. Pension expense for the periods indicated is as follows:
                 
    Estimated   Actual
    2009   2008
 
Service cost — benefits earned during the year
  $ 851,000     $ 820,401  
Interest cost on projected benefit obligations
    509,000       452,524  
Expected return on plan assets
    (523,000 )     (454,344 )
Amortization of prior service cost
    79,000       78,628  
Amortization of net gains
          (42,802 )
 
Net periodic pension expense — Annual
  $ 916,000     $ 854,407  
 
 
               
Pension expense — three months ended September 30 (actual)
  $ 229,000     $ 218,337  
 
 
               
Pension expense — nine months ended September 30 (actual)
  $ 687,000     $ 655,010  
 
          Our Company made a $1,500,000 contribution to the defined benefit plan in 2008. Although there is no required minimum required contribution for 2009, our Company may contribute up to $5,560,000. As of September 30, 2009 we have not determined whether our Company will make any contributions for 2009.
Preferred Stock
          On December 19, 2008, our Company announced its participation in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Capital Purchase Program (CPP) a voluntary program that provides capital to financially healthy banks. This program was designed to attract broad participation by banking institutions to help stabilize the financial system by encouraging lending. Our Company has used the funds received, as discussed below, to continue to provide loans to its customers and to look for ways to deploy additional funds to benefit the communities in our Company’s market area.
          Participating in this program included our Company’s issuance of 30,255 shares of senior preferred stock (with a par value of $1,000 per share) and a ten year warrant to purchase approximately 255,260 shares of common stock (see below for additional information) to the U.S. Department of Treasury in exchange for $30,255,000. The proceeds received were allocated between the preferred stock and the common stock warrant based upon their relative fair values. This resulted in the recording of a discount on the preferred stock upon issuance that reflects the value allocated to the warrant. The discount on the preferred stock will be accreted over five years, consistent with management’s estimate of the life of the preferred stock. Such accretion will be treated as additional dividends on the preferred stock. The allocated carrying values of the senior preferred stock and common stock warrants at September 30, 2009 were $28,246,000 and $2,382,000, respectively.
          The preferred shares carry a 5% cumulative dividend for the first five years and 9% thereafter if not redeemed. The preferred shares are redeemable after three years at par plus accrued dividends, or before three years if our Company raises Tier 1 capital in an amount equal to the preferred stock issued. The preferred stock generally does not have any voting rights, subject to an exception in the event our Company fails to pay dividends on the preferred stock for six or more quarterly periods, whether or not consecutive. Under such circumstances, the Treasury will be entitled to vote to elect two directors to the board until all unpaid dividends            have been paid or declared and set apart for payment. Our Company is prohibited from paying any dividends with respect to shares of common stock unless all accrued and unpaid dividends are paid in full on the senior preferred stock for all past dividend periods. The Treasury Department may also transfer the senior preferred stock to a third party at any time.
          The common stock warrant is exercisable immediately with a ten year term, in whole or in part, at an exercise price of $17.78 per share. The amount of shares covered by the warrant will be reduced by one half if our Company raises equity capital of at least $30,255,000 by December 31, 2009. The Treasury Department may not exercise or transfer the common stock warrant with respect to more than half of the initial shares of common stock underlying the common stock warrant prior to the earlier of the date on which our Company receives aggregate

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gross proceeds of not less than $30,255,000 from one or more qualified equity offerings or before December 31, 2009.
                The preferred stock and warrant are classified as stockholders’ equity in the consolidated balance sheets and qualify, for regulatory capital purposes, as Tier I capital. Through the nine months ended September 30, 2009, our Company had declared and paid dividends in the amount of $991,692 on the preferred stock.
Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments
          The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate such value:
Loans
          Fair values are estimated for portfolios of loans with similar financial characteristics. Loans are segregated by type, such as real estate, installment and other consumer, commercial, and bankers’ acceptances. Each loan category is further segmented into fixed and adjustable interest rate terms and by performing and nonperforming categories.
          The fair value of performing loans is calculated by discounting scheduled cash flows through estimated maturity using estimated market discount rates that reflect the credit and interest rate risk inherent in the loan. The estimate of maturity is based on the Company’s historical experience with repayments for each loan classification, modified, as required, by an estimate of the effect of current economic and lending conditions.
          The fair value for significant nonperforming loans is based on recent external appraisals. If appraisals are not available, estimated cash flows are discounted using a rate commensurate with the risk associated with the estimated cash flows. Assumptions regarding credit risk, cash flows, and discount rates are judgmentally determined using available market and specific borrower information.
Investment in Debt and Equity Securities
          Fair values are based on quoted market prices or dealer quotes.
Federal Funds Sold, Cash, and Due from Banks
          For federal funds sold, cash, and due from banks, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value, as such instruments reprice in a short time period.
Mortgage Servicing Rights
          The fair value of mortgage servicing rights is based on the discounted value of contractual cash flows utilizing servicing rate, constant prepayment rate, servicing cost, and discount rate factors.
Accrued Interest Receivable and Payable
          For accrued interest receivable and payable, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short maturity for these financial instruments.
Deposits
          The fair value of deposits with no stated maturity, such as noninterest-bearing demand, NOW accounts, savings, and money market, is equal to the amount payable on demand. The fair value of time deposits is based on the discounted value of contractual cash flows. The discount rate is estimated using the rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities.
Securities Sold under Agreements to Repurchase and Interest-bearing Demand Notes to U.S. Treasury
          For securities sold under agreements to repurchase and interest-bearing demand notes to U.S. Treasury, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value, as such instruments reprice in a short time period.
Other Borrowings
          The fair value of other borrowings, which include subordinated notes and Federal Home Loan borrowings, is based on the discounted value of contractual cash flows. The discount rate is estimated using the rates currently offered for other borrowed money of similar remaining maturities.

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A summary of the carrying amounts and fair values of the Company’s financial instruments at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 is as follows:
                                 
    September 30,   December 31,
    2009   2008
    Carrying   Fair   Carrying   Fair
    amount   value   amount   value
 
Assets:
                               
Loans
  $ 979,524,887     $ 987,863,000     $ 996,436,986     $ 1,000,594,000  
Investment in debt and equity securities
    167,889,059       167,889,059       158,276,179       158,276,179  
Federal fund sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell
    106,226       106,226       104,393       104,393  
Cash and due from banks
    21,834,033       21,834,033       53,723,075       53,723,075  
Mortgage servicing rights
    1,881,355       3,020,000       1,171,225       2,455,000  
Accrued interest receivable
    6,878,022       6,878,022       7,476,093       7,476,093  
 
 
 
  $ 1,178,113,582     $ 1,187,590,340     $ 1,217,187,951     $ 1,222,628,740  
 
 
                               
Liabilities:
                               
Deposits:
                               
Demand
  $ 126,116,754     $ 126,116,754     $ 125,245,200     $ 125,245,200  
NOW
    133,142,824       133,142,824       123,288,896       123,288,896  
Savings
    47,430,953       47,430,953       43,370,172       43,370,172  
Money market
    177,331,592       177,331,592       175,967,634       175,967,634  
Time
    484,112,749       495,854,000       487,424,487       494,427,000  
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    32,374,577       32,374,577       29,138,623       29,138,623  
Subordinated notes
    49,486,000       18,909,000       49,486,000       35,180,000  
Other borrowings
    71,481,166       76,303,000       129,057,483       130,454,000  
Accrued interest payable
    2,391,949       2,391,949       3,847,415       3,847,415  
 
 
 
  $ 1,123,868,564     $ 1,109,854,649     $ 1,166,825,910     $ 1,160,918,940  
 

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Item 2 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
And Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Statements
          This report contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business of our Company and its subsidiaries, including, without limitation:
  statements that are not historical in nature, and
 
  statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends” or similar expressions.
          Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements due to, among others, the following factors:
  competitive pressures among financial services companies may increase significantly,
 
  changes in the interest rate environment may reduce interest margins,
 
  general economic conditions, either nationally or in Missouri, may be less favorable than expected and may adversely affect the quality of our loans and other assets,
 
  increases in non-performing assets in our loan portfolios and adverse economic conditions may necessitate increases to our provisions for loan losses,
 
  costs or difficulties related to the integration of the business of Hawthorn and its acquisition targets may be greater than expected,
 
  legislative or regulatory changes may adversely affect the business in which Hawthorn and its subsidiaries are engaged, and
 
  changes may occur in the securities markets.
          We have described under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and in other reports that we file with the SEC from time to time, additional factors that could cause actual results to be materially different from those described in the forward-looking statements. Other factors that we have not identified in this report could also have this effect. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on any forward-looking statement, which speak only as of the date they were made.
Overview
          Our Company, Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc., is a community-based, financial institution bank holding company headquartered in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Our Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri on October 23, 1992 as Exchange National Bancshares, Inc. and changed its name to Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. in August 2007. Our Company owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Union State Bancshares, Inc., which in turn owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Hawthorn Bank. Our Company conducts operations primarily through our Bank. Our Bank, a state charted bank, had $1.24 billion in assets at September 30, 2009, and 24 full-service banking offices, including its principal office in Jefferson City, Missouri. Our Company is committed to providing the most up-to-date financial products and services and delivering these products and services to our market area with superior customer service.
          Through our branch network, our Company provides a broad range of commercial and personal banking services, including certificates of deposit, individual retirement and other time deposit accounts, checking and other demand deposit accounts, interest checking accounts, savings accounts, and money market accounts. We also provide a wide range of lending services, including real estate, commercial, installment, and other consumer loans. Other financial services that we provide include automatic teller machines, trust services, credit related insurance, and safe deposit boxes. The geographic areas in which we provide our products and services include the

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communities in and surrounding Jefferson City, Clinton, Warsaw, Springfield, Branson and Lee’s Summit, Missouri. The products and services are offered to customers primarily within these geographical areas.
          Our Company’s primary source of revenue is net interest income derived primarily from lending and deposit taking activities. A secondary source of revenue is investment income. Our Company also derives income from trust, brokerage, credit card and mortgage banking activities and service charge income.
          Much of our Company’s business is commercial, commercial real estate development, and mortgage lending. Our Company has experienced continued strong loan demand in the communities within which we operate even during the current economic slowdown. Our Company’s income from mortgage brokerage activities is directly dependent on mortgage rates and the level of home purchases and refinancings.
Critical Accounting Policies
          The following accounting policies are considered most critical to the understanding of our Company’s financial condition and results of operations. These critical accounting policies require management’s most difficult, subjective and complex judgments about matters that are inherently uncertain. Because these estimates and judgments are based on current circumstances, they may change over time or prove to be inaccurate based on actual experiences. In the event that different assumptions or conditions were to prevail, and depending upon the severity of such changes, the possibility of a materially different financial condition and/or results of operations could reasonably be expected. The impact and any associated risks related to our critical accounting policies on our business operations is discussed throughout “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” where such polices affect our reported and expected financial results.
Allowance for Loan Losses
          We have identified the accounting policy related to the allowance for loan losses as critical to the understanding of our Company’s results of operations, since the application of this policy requires significant management assumptions and estimates that could result in materially different amounts to be reported if conditions or underlying circumstances were to change. The impact and any associated risks related to these policies on our business operations are discussed in the “Lending and Credit Management” section below.
Income Taxes
          Our Company accounts for income taxes under the asset / liability method by recognizing the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current period and deferred tax assets and liabilities for future tax consequences of events that been that have been recognized in an entity’s financial statements or tax returns. Judgment is required in addressing our Company’s future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our consolidated financial statements or tax returns such as realization of the effects of temporary differences, net operating loss carry forwards, and changes in tax laws or interpretations thereof. A valuation allowance is established when in the judgment of management, it is more likely than not that such deferred tax assets will not become realizable. In this case, our Company would adjust the recorded value of our deferred tax asset, which would result in a direct charge to income tax expense in the period that the determination was made. Likewise, our Company would reverse the valuation allowance when the realization of the deferred tax asset is expected. In addition, our Company is subject to the continuous examination of our tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service and other taxing authorities.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
          Goodwill represents the excess of costs over fair value of net assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a purchase business combination and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but instead are tested for impairment at least annually. Intangible assets with estimable useful lives are amortized over their respective estimated useful lives and reviewed for impairment in accordance with Accounting Standard, Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.
          Our Company performs an annual review of goodwill and intangible assets for impairment to determine whether the carrying value of underlying assets may not be recoverable. Our Company measures recoverability based upon the future cash flows expected to result from the use of the underlying asset and its eventual disposition. If the sum of the expected future cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) is less than the carrying value of the underlying asset, our Company recognizes an impairment loss. The impairment loss recognized represents the amount by which the carrying value of the underlying asset exceeds the fair value of the underlying

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asset. As a result of the 2008 annual review, our Company determined that goodwill was fully impaired and recorded an impairment charge of $40,323,775, before tax. See the notes to the consolidated financial statements (unaudited) for further discussion.
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
          The following table presents selected consolidated financial information for our Company as of and for each of the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and September 30, 2008, respectively. The selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements of our Company, including the related notes, presented elsewhere herein.
Selected Financial Data
                                 
    Three Months   Nine Months
    Ended   Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
(In thousands, except per share data)   2009   2008   2009   2008
 
Per Share Data
                               
 
Basic earnings per common share
  $ 0.33     $ 0.47     $ 0.62     $ 1.02  
Diluted earnings per common share
    0.33       0.47       0.62       1.02  
Dividends paid on preferred stock
    378             992        
Amortization of discount on preferred stock
    119             357        
Dividends paid on common stock
    455       873       2,192       2,626  
Book value per common share
                    18.65       27.06  
Market price common stock
                    9.75       23.95  
 
Selected Ratios
                               
 
(Based on average balance sheets)
                               
 
                               
Return on average total assets
    0.60 %     0.63 %     0.44 %     0.48 %%
Return on average common stockholders’ equity
    7.03 %     7.17 %     4.51 %     5.25 %
Average common stockholders’ equity to average total assets
    6.33 %     8.85 %     6.28 %     9.07 %
(Based on end-of-period data)
                               
 
                               
Efficiency ratio (1)
    69.34 %     68.85 %     72.58 %     71.40 %
Period-end stockholders’ equity to period-end assets
                    6.47 %     8.71 %
Period-end common stockholders’ equity to period-end assets
                    8.75 %     8.71 %
Total risk-based capital ratio
                    16.50       12.47  
Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio
                    14.01       10.48  
Leverage ratio
                    11.24       8.67  
 
     
(1)   Efficiency ratio is calculated as non-interest expense as a percent of revenue. Total revenue includes net interest and non-interest income.

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Results of Operations
Summary
                                                                 
            Three Months                   Nine Months        
    Ended September 30,   Ended September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)   2009   2008   $ Change   % Change   2009   2008   $ Change   % Change
 
Net interest income
  $ 10,436     $ 9,855     $ 581       5.9 %   $ 29,984     $ 28,915     $ 1,069       3.7 %
Provision for loan losses
    1,250       1,000       250       25.0       4,404       3,950       454       11.5  
Noninterest income
    2,600       2,321       279       12.0       8,173       7,008       1,165       16.6  
Investment securities gains, net
                                  3       (3 )     (100.0 )
Noninterest expense
    9,040       8,382       658       7.9       27,696       25,652       2,044       8.0  
Income before income taxes
    2,746       2,794       (48 )     (1.7 )     6,057       6,324       (267 )     (4.2 )
 
Income taxes
    840       780       60       7.7       1,889       1,905       (16 )     (0.8 )
 
Net income
  $ 1,906     $ 2,014     $ (108 )     (5.4 )%   $ 4,168     $ 4,419     $ (251 )     (5.7 )%
 
Less: preferred dividends
    497             497             1,492             1,492        
 
Net income available to common shareholders
  $ 1,409     $ 2,014     $ (605 )     (30.0 )%   $ 2,676     $ 4,419     $ (1,743 )     (39.4 )%
 
          Our Company’s consolidated net income of $1,906,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 decreased $108,000, or 5.4%, compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Our Company recorded preferred stock dividends of $497,000 in the third quarter of 2009, resulting in $1,409,000 of net income available to common shareholders, or $.33 per diluted common share, compared to $2,014,000, or $.47 per diluted common share for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. For the third quarter of 2009, the annualized return on average assets was 0.60%, the annualized return on average common shareholders’ equity was 7.03%, and the efficiency ratio was 69.3%. Net interest margin increased 0.08% from 3.49% to 3.57%. Net interest income, on a tax equivalent basis, increased $554,000 or 5.5% from 2008 to 2009.
          Our Company’s consolidated net income of $4,168,000 for the first nine months of 2009 decreased $251,000, or 5.7%, compared to $4,419,000 for the first nine months of 2008. Our Company recorded preferred stock dividends of $1,492,000 in the first nine months of 2009, resulting in $2,676,000 of net income available to common shareholders, or $.62 per diluted common share, compared to $4,419,000, or $1.02 per diluted common share for the first nine months ended September 30, 2008. For the first nine months of 2009, the annualized return on average assets was 0.44%, the annualized return on average common shareholders’ equity was 4.51%, and the efficiency ratio was 72.6%. Our Company did experience substantial real estate refinancing activity in the first nine months of 2009, which contributed additional revenues of approximately $2,437,000. However, this was offset by an industry-wide increase in FDIC insurance assessments as well as an increase in our provision for loan losses. Net interest margin decreased 0.07% from 3.51% to 3.44%. Net interest income, on a tax equivalent basis, increased $972,000 or 3.3% from 2008 to 2009. Total assets at September 30, 2009 were $1,240,228,000, compared to $1,279,699,000 at December 31, 2008, a decrease of $39,471,000, or 3.1%.

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Net Interest Income
          Net interest income is the largest source of revenue resulting from our Company’s lending, investing, borrowing, and deposit gathering activities. It is affected by both changes in the level of interest rates and changes in the amounts and mix of interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities.
Average Balance Sheets
          The following table presents average balance sheets, net interest income, average yields of earning assets, average costs of interest bearing liabilities, net interest spread and net interest margin on a fully taxable equivalent basis for each of the three month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
                                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,
    2009   2008
            Interest   Rate           Interest   Rate
    Average   Income/   Earned/   Average   Income/   Earned/
(dollars in thousands)   Balance   Expense(1)   Paid(1)   Balance   Expense(1)   Paid(1)
 
ASSETS
                                               
Loans: (2) (4)
  $ 1,002,252     $ 14,367       5.69 %   $ 986,139     $ 15,793       6.35 %
Investment in securities: (3)
                                               
Government sponsored enterprises
    114,773       1,131       3.91       101,630       1,122       4.38  
State and municipal
    39,527       536       5.38       44,191       606       5.44  
Other
    8,875       54       2.41       9,851       111       4.47  
Federal funds sold
    262                   3,118       14       1.78  
Interest bearing deposits in other financial institutions
    14,288       11       0.31       125              
 
Total interest earning assets
    1,179,977       16,099       5.41       1,145,054       17,646       6.11  
All other assets
    89,610                       128,237                  
Allowance for loan losses
    (13,857 )                     (11,216 )                
 
Total assets
  $ 1,255,730                     $ 1,262,075                  
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                               
NOW accounts
  $ 138,149     $ 268       0.77 %   $ 118,360     $ 343       1.15 %
Savings
    47,199       35       0.29       44,894       58       0.51  
Money market
    178,719       389       0.86       162,322       699       1.71  
Time deposits of $100,000 and over
    141,791       950       2.66       141,917       1,334       3.73  
Other time deposits
    347,783       2,532       2.89       313,824       2,976       3.76  
 
Total time deposits
    853,641       4,174       1.94       781,317       5,410       2.75  
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    36,416       23       0.25       36,358       170       1.86  
Subordinated notes
    49,486       589       4.72       49,486       737       5.91  
Other borrowed money
    71,603       688       3.81       152,158       1,258       3.28  
 
Total interest bearing liabilities
    1,011,146       5,474       2.15       1,019,319       7,575       2.95  
Demand deposits
    125,092                       122,421                  
Other liabilities
    11,794                       8,588                  
 
Total liabilities
    1,148,032                       1,150,328                  
Stockholders’ equity
    107,698                       111,747                  
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,255,730                     $ 1,262,075                  
 
Net interest income (FTE)
          $ 10,625                     $ 10,071          
 
Net interest spread
                    3.26 %                     3.16 %
Net interest margin
                    3.57 %                     3.49 %
 
(1)   Interest income and yields are presented on a fully taxable equivalent basis using the Federal statutory income tax rate of 35%, net of nondeductible interest expense. Such adjustments totaled $189,000 and $217,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
(2)   Non-accruing loans are included in the average amounts outstanding.
 
(3)   Average balances based on amortized cost.
 
(4)   Fees and costs on loans are included in interest income.

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    Nine Months Ended September 30,
    2009   2008
            Interest   Rate           Interest   Rate
    Average   Income/   Earned/   Average   Income/   Earned/
(dollars in thousands)   Balance   Expense(1)   Paid(1)   Balance   Expense(1)   Paid(1)
 
ASSETS
                                               
Loans: (2) (4)
  $ 1,006,892     $ 43,404       5.76 %   $ 950,454     $ 47,632       6.68 %
Investment in securities: (3)
                                               
Government sponsored enterprises
    111,210       3,366       4.05       113,724       3,810       4.46  
State and municipal
    39,725       1,646       5.54       46,966       1,905       5.40  
Other
    8,875       110       1.66       7,997       233       3.88  
Federal funds sold
    308                   3,257       59       2.41  
Interest bearing deposits in other financial institutions
    20,551       44       0.29       160              
 
Total interest earning assets
    1,187,561       48,570       5.47       1,122,558       53,639       6.37  
All other assets
    89,073                       127,076                  
Allowance for loan losses
    (13,303 )                     (10,274 )                
 
Total assets
  $ 1,263,331                     $ 1,239,360                  
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                               
NOW accounts
  $ 139,765     $ 902       0.86 %   $ 116,695     $ 970       1.11 %
Savings
    45,912       106       0.31       44,328       173       0.52  
Money market
    176,562       1,382       1.05       167,395       2,531       2.01  
Time deposits of $100,000 and over
    140,658       3,057       2.91       142,231       4,419       4.14  
Other time deposits
    357,403       8,311       3.11       313,000       9,721       4.14  
 
Total time deposits
    860,300       13,758       2.14       783,649       17,814       3.03  
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    32,483       64       0.26       45,860       823       2.39  
Subordinated notes
    49,486       1,879       5.08       49,486       2,320       6.25  
Other borrowed money
    79,874       2,320       3.88       117,718       3,105       3.51  
 
Total interest bearing liabilities
    1,022,143       18,021       2.36       996,713       24,062       3.22  
Demand deposits
    123,206                       121,435                  
Other liabilities
    10,606                       8,773                  
 
Total liabilities
    1,155,955                       1,126,921                  
Stockholders’ equity
    107,376                       112,439                  
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,263,331                     $ 1,239,360                  
 
Net interest income (FTE)
          $ 30,549                     $ 29,577          
 
Net interest spread
                    3.11 %                     3.15 %
Net interest margin
                    3.44 %                     3.51 %
 
(1)   Interest income and yields are presented on a fully taxable equivalent basis using the Federal statutory income tax rate of 35%, net of nondeductible interest expense. Such adjustments totaled $565,000 and $662,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
(2)   Non-accruing loans are included in the average amounts outstanding.
 
(3)   Average balances based on amortized cost.
 
(4)   Fees and costs on loans are included in interest income.
Comparison of the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
     Three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
          Financial results for the third quarter of 2009 compared to 2008 included an increase in net interest income, on a tax equivalent basis of $554,000, or 5.5%. Average interest-earning assets increased $34,923,000, or 3.0%, to $1,179,977,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $1,145,054,000 at September 30, 2008, while average interest bearing liabilities decreased $8,173,000, or 0.80%, to $1,101,146,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $1,019,319,000 at September 30, 2008.

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          Average loans outstanding increased $16,113,000, or 1.6%, to $1,002,252,000 for the third quarter of 2009 compared to $986,139,000 for the third quarter of 2008. Average commercial loans outstanding decreased approximately $919,000, or 0.61%, for 2009 compared to 2008. Average real estate loans outstanding increased approximately $13,642,000, or 1.7%, for 2009 compared to 2008. Average consumer loans outstanding increased approximately $3,390,000, or 10.6%, for 2009 compared to 2008. See the “Lending and Credit Management” section of this discussion for further discussion of changes in the composition of our lending portfolio.
          Average investment securities and federal funds sold increased $4,647,000, or 2.9%, to $163,437,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $158,790,000 for 2008. Average interest bearing deposits increased $14,163,000 to $14,288,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $125,000 in 2008. These variances are the result of the Company switching its overnight investment of excess funds from federal funds sold to interest bearing reserve balances at the Federal Reserve Bank.
          Average time deposits increased $72,325,000, or 9.2%, to $853,642,000 for 2009 compared to $781,317,000 for 2008. The increase was primarily a result of increased public fund deposits and customers increasing savings in light of the current economy. Product specials promoting interest bearing checking accounts and certificate of deposits also contributed to the increase in new deposits.
          Average federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase increased $58,000, or 0.16%, to $36,416,000 for 2009 compared to $36,358,000 for 2008. This primarily is a result of a $3,086,000 increase in repurchase agreements, and a $3,028,000 decrease in federal funds purchased for the third quarter of 2009 compared to the third quarter of 2008. Average other borrowed money decreased $80,555,000, or 52.9%, to $71,603,000 for 2009 compared to $152,158,000 for 2008. The decrease in 2009 reflects a net decrease in Federal Home Loan Bank advances and is the primary reason for the decrease in average interest bearing liabilities.
     Nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
          Financial results for the first nine months of 2009 compared to 2008 included an increase in net interest income, on a tax equivalent basis, of $972,000, or 3.3%. Average interest-earning assets increased $65,003,000, or 5.8%, to $1,187,561,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $1,122,558,000 at September 30, 2008 and average interest bearing liabilities increased $25,430,000, or 2.5%, to $1,022,143,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $996,713,000 at September 30, 2008.
          Average loans outstanding increased $56,438,000, or 5.9%, to $1,006,892,000 for the first nine months of 2009 compared to $950,454,000 for the first nine months of 2008. Average commercial loans outstanding decreased approximately $621,000, or 0.41%, for 2009 compared to 2008. Average real estate loans outstanding increased approximately $56,230,000, or 7.3%, for 2009 compared to 2008. Average consumer loans outstanding increased approximately $829,000, or 2.5%, for 2009 compared to 2008. See the “Lending and Credit Management” section of this discussion for further discussion of changes in the composition of our lending portfolio.
          Average investment securities and federal funds sold decreased $11,826,000, or 6.9%, to $160,118,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $171,944,000 for 2008. Average interest bearing deposits increased $20,391,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to September 30, 2008. As mentioned in the quarterly information above, these variances are the result of the Company switching its overnight investment of excess funds from federal funds sold to interest bearing reserve balances at the Federal Reserve Bank.
          Average time deposits increased $76,651,000, or 9.8%, to $860,300,000 for 2009 compared to $783,649,000 for 2008. The increase was primarily a result of increased public fund deposits and customers increasing savings in light of the current economy. Product specials promoting interest bearing checking accounts and certificate of deposits also contributed to the increase in new deposits.
          Average federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase decreased $13,377,000, or 29.2%, to $32,483,000 for 2009 compared to $45,860,000 for 2008. This primarily is a result of a $3,771,000 decrease in federal funds purchased, and a $9,606,000 decrease in repurchase agreements for the first nine months of 2009 compared to 2008. Average other borrowed money decreased $37,844,000, or 32.2%, to $79,874,000 for 2009 compared to $117,718,000 for 2008. The decrease in 2009 reflects a net decrease in Federal Home Loan Bank advances.

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Rate and volume analysis
          The following table summarizes the changes in net interest income on a fully taxable equivalent basis, by major category of interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities, indentifying changes related to volumes and rates for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 compared to September 30, 2008. The change in interest due to the combined rate/volume variance has been allocated to rate and volume changes in proportion to the absolute dollar amounts of change in each.
                                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,   Nine Months Ended September 30,
    2009 vs. 2008   2009 vs. 2008
            Change due to           Change due to
    Total   Average   Average   Total   Average   Average
(Dollars In thousands)   Change   Volume   Rate   Change   Volume   Rate
 
Interest income on a fully taxable equivalent basis:
                                               
Loans: (1) (3)
  $ (1,426 )   $ 254     $ (1,680 )   $ (4,228 )   $ 2,712     $ (6,940 )
Investment securities:
                                               
Government sponsored entities
    9       136       (127 )     (444 )     (83 )     (361 )
State and municipal(2)
    (70 )     (63 )     (7 )     (259 )     (299 )     40  
Other
    (57 )     (10 )     (47 )     (123 )     24       (147 )
Federal funds sold
    (14 )     (7 )     (7 )     (59 )     (28 )     (31 )
Interest bearing deposits in other financial institutions
    11             11       44             44  
 
Total interest income
    (1,547 )     310       (1,857 )     (5,069 )     2,326       (7,395 )
 
Interest expense:
                                               
NOW accounts
    (75 )     51       (126 )     (68 )     172       (240 )
Savings
    (23 )     3       (26 )     (67 )     6       (73 )
Money market
    (310 )     65       (375 )     (1,149 )     132       (1,281 )
Time deposits of 100,000 and over
    (384 )     (1 )     (383 )     (1,362 )     (48 )     (1,314 )
Other time deposits
    (444 )     298       (742 )     (1,410 )     1,254       (2,664 )
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    (147 )           (147 )     (759 )     (187 )     (572 )
Subordinated notes
    (148 )           (148 )     (441 )           (441 )
Other borrowed money
    (570 )     (749 )     179       (785 )     (1,075 )     290  
 
Total interest expense
    (2,101 )     (333 )     (1,768 )     (6,041 )     254       (6,295 )
 
Net interest income on a fully taxable equivalent basis
  $ 554     $ 643     $ (89 )   $ 972     $ 2,072     $ (1,100 )
 
(1)   Interest income and yields are presented on a fully taxable equivalent basis using the Federal statutory income tax rate of 35%, net of nondeductible interest expense. Such adjustments totaled $189,000 and $217,000 for the third quarter and $565,000 and $662,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
(2)   Non-accruing loans are included in the average amounts outstanding.
 
(3)   Fees and costs on loans are included in interest income.
          Net interest income on a fully taxable equivalent basis increased $554,000, or 5.5%, to $10,625,000 for the third quarter of 2009 compared to $10,071,000 for 2008. Measured as a percentage of average earning assets, the net interest margin (expressed on a fully taxable equivalent basis) increased from 3.49% for the third quarter of 2008 to 3.57% for 2009. This increase is primarily the result of an increase in average earning assets. Our Company’s net interest spread increased from 3.16% in the third quarter of 2008 to 3.26% in the third quarter of 2009. While our Company was able to decrease the rate paid on interest bearing liabilities to 2.15% in the third quarter of 2009 from 2.95% in 2008, this decrease was partially offset by a decrease in the rates earned on interest bearing assets from 6.11% in 2008 to 5.41% in 2009.

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          Net interest income on a fully taxable equivalent basis increased $972,000 or 3.3% to $30,549,000 for the first nine months of 2009 compared to $29,577,000 for 2008. Measured as a percentage of average earning assets, the net interest margin (expressed on a fully taxable equivalent basis) decreased from 3.51% for the nine months ended 2008 to 3.44% for 2009. The increase in net interest income for the first nine months of 2009 was due to lower rates paid on interest bearing liabilities and an increase in average earning assets which was partially offset by a decrease in the rates earned on these balances. In addition, interest on nonaccrual loans, which would have been recorded under the original terms of the loans, was approximately $1,152,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $807,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The rate paid on interest bearing liabilities decreased to 2.36% in first nine months of 2009 versus 3.22% in 2008. This decrease was more than offset by a decrease in the rates earned on interest bearing assets from 6.37% in 2008 to 5.47% in 2009.
Provision for loan losses
          The provision for loan losses for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was $1,250,000 compared to $1,000,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2008. Loans charged off, net of recoveries, for the three months ended September 30, 2009 were $1,027,000 compared to $2,775,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2008. Approximately $157,000 of the 2009 net charge-offs represents various commercial loan losses, $427,000 represents real estate construction losses, $371,000 represents real estate mortgage loan losses, and approximately $72,000 represents various consumer loan losses.
          The provision for loan losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $4,404,000 compared to $3,950,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Loans charged off, net of recoveries, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were $3,143,000 compared to $3,876,000 for the nines months ended September 30, 2008. Approximately $417,000 of the 2009 net charge-offs represents various commercial loan losses, $1,277,000 represents real estate construction losses, $1,269,000 represents real estate mortgage loan losses, and approximately $180,000 represents various consumer loan losses.
          Further discussion of management’s methodology related to the allowance and provision for loan losses may be found in the “Lending and Credit Management” section of this report.
Non-interest Income and Expense
Non-interest income
                                                                 
    Three Months   Nine Months
    Ended September 30,   Ended September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)   2009   2008   $ Change   % Change   2009   2008   $ Change   % Change
 
Non-interest Income
                                                               
Service charges on deposit accounts
  $ 1,547     $ 1,636     $ (89 )     (5.4 )%   $ 4,380     $ 4,636     $ (256 )     (5.5 )%
Trust department income
    238       199       39       19.6       624       605       19       3.1  
Gains on sales of mortgage loans, net
    489       133       356       267.7       2,437       686       1,751       255.2  
Other
    327       353       (26 )     (7.4 )     732       1,082       (350 )     (32.3 )
 
Total non-interest income
  $ 2,601     $ 2,321     $ 280       12.1 %   $ 8,173     $ 7,009     $ 1,164       16.6 %
 
Investment securities gains (losses), net
  $     $     $       %   $     $ 3     $ (3 )     (100.0 )%
 
Non-interest income as a % of total revenue *
    20.0 %     19.1 %                     21.4 %     19.5 %                
Total revenue per full time equivalent employee
  $ 37.9     $ 35.4                     $ 110.9     $ 104.4                  
 
 
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Three Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
          Noninterest income for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was $2,601,000 compared to $2,321,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2008, resulting in a $280,000, or 12.1%, increase. The increase was primarily due to a $356,000 increase on gains on sales of mortgage loans as a result of increased refinancing activity. Our Company was servicing $258,101,000 of mortgage loans at September 30, 2009 compared to $210,794,000 at September 30, 2008.
Nine months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
          Noninterest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $8,173,000 compared to $7,009,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, resulting in a $1,164,000, or 16.6%, increase. The increase was primarily the result of a $1,751,000 increase in the gains on sales of mortgage loans due to increased refinancing activity. Other income decreased $350,000, or 32.3%, to $732,000 compared to the prior period, primarily due to a $114,000 recovery of legal and collection costs in 2008, $81,000 increase in real estate servicing fees offset by a $276,000 increase in amortization of mortgage loan servicing rights, and a $84,000 decrease in brokerage and credit card income.
Non-interest expense
                                                                 
    Three Months   Nine Months
    Ended September 30,   Ended September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)   2009   2008   $ Change   % Change   2009   2008   $ Change   % Change
 
Non-interest Expense
                                                               
Salary expense
  $ 3,400     $ 3,502     $ (102 )     (2.9 )%   $ 10,192     $ 10,472     $ (280 )     (2.7 )%
Employee benefits
    1,054       982       72       7.3       3,212       3,190       22       0.7  
Occupancy expense, net
    600       601       (1 )     (0.2 )     1,763       1,802       (39 )     (2.2 )
Furniture and equipment expense
    507       537       (30 )     (5.6 )     1,794       1,805       (11 )     (0.6 )
FDIC insurance assessment
    422       39       383     NM     2,086       165       1,921     NM
Legal, examination, and professional fees
    312       312       0       0.0       985       839       146       17.4  
Advertising and promotion
    301       329       (28 )     (8.5 )     901       840       61       7.3  
Postage, printing, and supplies
    271       260       11       4.2       834       894       (60 )     (6.7 )
Processing expense
    845       774       71       9.2       2,538       2,327       211       9.1  
Other real estate expense
    240       86       154       179.1       575       430       145       33.7  
Other
    1,088       960       128       13.3       2,816       2,888       (72 )     (2.5 )
 
Total non-interest expense
  $ 9,040     $ 8,382     $ 658       7.9 %   $ 27,696     $ 25,652     $ 2,044       8.0 %
 
Efficiency ratio
    69.3 %     68.9 %                     72.6 %     71.4 %                
Salaries and benefits as a % of total non-interest expense
    49.3 %     53.5 %                     48.4 %     53.3 %                
Number of full-time equivalent employees
                                    344       344                  
 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
          Noninterest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was $9,040,000 compared to $8,382,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2008, resulting in a $658,000, or 7.9%, increase. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance assessment increased $383,000, other real estate expense increased $154,000, or 179.1%, and other expenses increased $128,000, or 13.3%. The increase in the FDIC insurance assessment is a result of higher rates in effect for the current year as well as the depletion of the Bank’s one-time FDIC assessment credit. The $154,000 increase in other real estate expense reflects expenses incurred on the maintenance and preparation for sale on the increase in foreclosed property. The $128,000 increase in other expenses was primarily due to a $178,000 donation of a foreclosed property.

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Nine months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
          Noninterest expense for the nine months ended September 31, 2009 was $27,696,000 compared to $25,652,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, resulting in a $2,044,000, or 8.0%, increase. Salary expense decreased $280,000, or 2.7%, FDIC insurance assessment increased $1,921,000, legal and professional fees increased $146,000, or 17.4%, and other real estate expense increased $145,000, or 33.7%. The $280,000 decrease in salary expense primarily reflects a $126,000 decrease in salaries, an $84,000 reduction in incentive compensation expense, and a $90,000 decrease in stock option compensation expense. The $1,921,000 increase in the FDIC insurance assessment is a result of higher regular and special assessment rates in effect for the current year as well as the depletion of the Bank’s one-time FDIC assessment credit. The FDIC has proposed to require all insured financial institutions to prepay their estimated risk-based assessments in the fourth quarter, for the fourth quarter of 2009 through 2012, in addition to the regular accrued third quarter assessment. However, no such assessment has been finally approved. If this proposal is approved, the payment of these assessments will be treated as a prepaid asset and amortized to expense over the future periods covered by the assessments. The increase in legal and professional fees consisted of a $210,000 increase in legal fees, $11,000 increase in examination expenses, offset by a $75,000 decrease in audit and consulting fees. The increase in legal fees was primarily due to researching the benefits of participating in the Capital Purchase Program and increased legal fees related to large foreclosed property. The $145,000 increase in other real estate expense reflects expenses incurred on the maintenance and preparation for sale on the increase in foreclosed property, including a $63,000 impairment charge on five of the properties.
Income Taxes
          Income taxes as a percentage of earnings before income taxes as reported in the consolidated financial statements were 30.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to 27.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2008. The effective tax rate during the third quarter of 2008 reflects the reduction of unrecognized tax benefits as a result of the expiration of the statute of limitations on our Company’s 2004 federal tax return. For the first nine months of 2009, income taxes as a percentage of earnings before income taxes was 31.2% compared to 30.1% for 2008.
Lending and Credit Management
          Interest earned on the loan portfolio is a primary source of interest income for our Company. Net loans represented 79.0% of total assets as of September 30, 2009 compared to 77.8% as of December 31, 2008.
          Lending activities are conducted pursuant to an established loan policy approved by our Bank’s Board of Directors. The Bank’s credit review process is comprised of a regional loan committee with an established approval limit. In addition, a senior loan committee reviews all credit relationships in aggregate over an established dollar amount. The senior loan committee meets weekly and is comprised of senior managers of the Bank.
          The following table shows the composition of the loan portfolio by major category and each category as a percentage of the total portfolio as of the dates indicated.
                                 
    September 30,   December 31,
(In thousands)   2009   2008
    Amount   %   Amount   %
Commercial, financial, and agricultural
  $ 145,554       14.7 %   $ 153,386       15.2 %
Real estate Construction
    114,439       12.9       129,639       12.8  
Real estate Mortgage
    697,187       70.2       692,530       68.6  
Installment loans to individuals
    36,272       3.7       33,548       3.3  
 
Total loans
  $ 993,452       100.0 %   $ 1,009,103       100.0 %
 
          Our Company’s loan portfolio decreased $15,651,000, or 1.6%, from December 31, 2008 to September 30, 2009. This decrease was a result of a decrease in commercial loans of $7,832,000, or 5.1%, a decrease in real estate construction loans of $15,200,000, or 11.7%, partially offset by an increase in real estate mortgage loans of $4,657,000, or 0.67%, and an increase in individual consumer loans of $2,724,000, or 8.1%. During the current

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down-turn in the economy, management continues to focus on the improvement of asset quality. Management has tightened underwriting standards and is focused on lending to credit worthy borrowers with the capacity to service the debts. Our growth in real estate mortgage loans was partially the result of loans moving from construction to amortizing loans, thus contributing to the decrease in our construction portfolio. In addition, the decrease in lending activities in the real estate construction market also reflects the slow down in the housing industry and residential construction industry as well as foreclosures on various residential construction properties. Construction lending will continue to be closely monitored.
          Our Company does not extend credit to sub-prime residential real estate markets. While much publicity has been directed at this market during recent years, our Company extends credit to its local community market through traditional mortgage products.
          Our Company generally does not retain long-term fixed rate residential mortgage loans in its portfolio. Fixed rate loans conforming to standards required by the secondary market are offered to qualified borrowers, but are not funded until our Company has a non-recourse purchase commitment from the secondary market at a predetermined price. At September 30, 2009 our Company was servicing approximately $258,000,000 of loans sold to the secondary market.
          Mortgage loans retained in our Company’s portfolio generally include provisions for rate adjustments at one to three year intervals. Commercial loans and real estate construction loans generally have maturities of less than one year. Installment loans to individuals are primarily fixed rate loans with maturities from one to five years.
          The provision for loan losses is based on management’s evaluation of the loan portfolio in light of national and local economic conditions, changes in the composition and volume of the loan portfolio, changes in the volume of past due and nonaccrual loans, the value of underlying collateral and other relevant factors. The allowance for loan losses which is reported as a deduction from loans is available for loan charge-offs. This allowance is increased by the provision charged to expense and is reduced by loan charge-offs net of loan recoveries.
          Management along with senior loan committee, and internal loan review, formally review all loans in excess of certain dollar amounts (periodically established) at least annually. Currently, loans in excess of $2,000,000 in aggregate and all adversely classified credits identified by management as containing more than usual risk are reviewed. On a monthly basis, the senior loan committee reviews and reports to the Board of Directors past due, “classified,” and “watch list” loans in order to classify or reclassify loans as “loans requiring attention,” “substandard,” “doubtful,” or “loss.” During this review, management also determines which loans should be considered “impaired.” Management follows the guidance provided in the FASB’s ASC, Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan, in identifying and measuring loan impairment. If management determines that it is probable that all amounts due on a loan will not be collected under the original terms of the loan agreement, the loan is considered to be impaired. Once a loan has been identified as impaired management generally measures impairment based upon the fair value of the underlying collateral. Management believes, but there can be no assurance, that these procedures keep management informed of possible problem loans. Based upon these procedures, both the allowance and provision for loan losses are adjusted to maintain the allowance at a level considered adequate by management for probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio.
Allowance for Loan Losses
          The provision for loan losses increased $454,000 or 11.5% to $4,404,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $3,950,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The provision reflects the amounts management determined necessary to maintain the allowance for loan losses at a level that was adequate to cover probable losses in the loan portfolio. The allowance for loan losses totaled $13,928,000 or 1.4% of loans outstanding at September 30, 2009 compared to $12,667,000 or 1.2% of loans outstanding at December 31, 2008. The allowance for loan losses expressed as a percentage of nonperforming loans was 41.1% at September 30, 2009 and 50.9% at December 31, 2008.

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The following table summarizes loan loss experience for the periods indicated:
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)   2009   2008   2009   2008
 
Provision for loan losses
  $ 1,250     $ 1,000     $ 4,404     $ 3,950  
 
Net loan charge-offs:
                               
Commercial, financial, and agricultural
    157       2,351       417       3,141  
Real estate — construction
    427       23       1,277       115  
Real estate — mortgage
    371       335       1,269       398  
Installment loans to individuals
    72       66       180       222  
 
Total net loan charge-offs
  $ 1,027     $ 2,775     $ 3,143     $ 3,876  
 
          The increased provision for loan losses was the result of an increase in the level of nonperforming loans. As shown in the table above, our Company experienced net loan charge-offs of $3,143,000 during the first nine months of 2009 and $3,876,000 during the first nine months of 2008.
          Nonperforming loans, defined as loans on nonaccrual status, loans 90 days or more past due, and restructured troubled loans totaled $33,876,000 or 3.41% of total loans at September 30, 2009 compared to $24,866,000 or 2.46% of total loans at December 31, 2008. The following table summarizes our Company’s nonperforming assets at the dates indicated:
                 
    September 30,   December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)   2009   2008
 
Nonaccrual loans:
               
Commercial, financial, and agricultural
  $ 2,259     $ 2,071  
Real estate — construction
    11,745       10,347  
Real estate — mortgage
    15,724       7,850  
Installment loans to individuals
    139       119  
 
Total nonaccrual loans
    29,867       20,387  
 
Loans contractually past — due 90 days or more and still accruing:
               
Commercial, financial, and agricultural
          140  
Real estate — construction
          52  
Real estate — mortgage
    193       547  
Installment loans to individuals
          4  
 
Total loans contractually past -due 90 days or more and still accruing
    193       743  
Troubled debt restructured loans
    3,816       3,736  
 
Total nonperforming loans
    33,876       24,866  
Other real estate and repossessions
    11,578       7,828  
 
Total nonperforming assets
  $ 45,454     $ 32,694  
 
Loans
  $ 993,453     $ 1,009,103  
Allowance for loan losses to loans
    1.40 %     1.26 %
Nonperforming loans to loans
    3.41 %     2.46 %
Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans
    41.11 %     50.94 %
Nonperforming assets to loans and foreclosed assets
    4.52 %     3.21 %
 
          It is our Company’s policy to discontinue the accrual of interest income on loans when the full collection of principal or interest is in doubt, or when the payment of principal or interest has become contractually 90 days past due unless the obligation is both well secured and in the process of collection. Subsequent interest payments received on such loans are applied to principal if any doubt exists as to the collectibles of such principal; otherwise, such receipts are recorded as interest income. Interest on nonaccrual loans, which would have been recorded under the original terms of the loans, was approximately $1,152,000 and $807,000 for the nine months ended September

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30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Approximately $42,000 and $182,000 was recorded as interest income on such loans for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
          Total non-accrual loans at September 30, 2009 increased $9,480,000 from December 31, 2008. The increase resulted primarily from an increase of $1,398,000 in real estate construction non-accrual loans and an increase of $7,874,000 in real estate mortgage non-accrual loans. This increase primarily represents four commercial customers with balances totaling $10,603,000.
          Loans past due 90 days and still accruing interest decreased $550,000 from December 31, 2008 to September 30, 2009. Foreclosed real estate and other repossessions increased $3,750,000 to $11,578,000. At September 30, 2009, loans classified as troubled debt restructured loans (TDR) totaled $5,780,000, of which $1,964,000 was on non-accrual status and $3,816,000 was on accrual status. At December 31, 2008, loans classified as TDR totaled $3,736,000 were on accrual status. Our Company has experienced an increase in its loan delinquencies much like the rest of the banking industry as current economic conditions negatively impact our borrowers’ ability to keep their debt payments current.
The following table summarizes outstanding amounts of impaired loans as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008:
                 
    September 30,   December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)   2009   2008
 
Loans classified as impaired:
               
Impaired loans with reserves
  $ 27,372     $ 18,482  
Impaired loans without reserves
    10,488       11,452  
 
Total impaired loans *
  $ 37,860     $ 29,934  
 
 
               
Reserves for impaired loans
  $ 5,251     $ 3,837  
Average balance of impaired loans during the period
  $ 33,344     $ 20,646  
 
 
*   Total impaired loans includes $31,798,000 of nonperforming loans
          A loan is considered impaired when it is probable a creditor will be unable to collect all amounts due — both principal and interest — according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Once a loan has been identified as impaired, management generally measures impairment based upon the fair value of the underlying collateral. In general, market prices for loans in our portfolio are not available, and we have found the fair value of the underlying collateral to be more readily available and reliable than discounting expected future cash flows to be received. Once the fair value of collateral has been determined and the impairment amount calculated, a specific reserve allocation is made. At September 30, 2009, $5,251,000 of our Company’s allowance for loan losses was allocated to impaired loans totaling approximately $27,372,000. The balance of impaired loans with no specific loan loss allocation was approximately $10,488,000 at September 30, 2009, compared to $11,452,000 at December 31, 2008.
          As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 approximately $19,465,000 and $13,389,000, respectively, of loans not included in the table above have been classified by management as having more than normal risk which raised doubts as to the ability of the borrower to comply with present loan repayment terms. The $6,076,000 increase in classified loans is the result of several borrowers who have experienced cash flow problems as well as some deterioration in collateral value. Management elected to allocate non-specific reserves to these credits based upon the inherent risk present. This increase in reserves was the result of our Company’s internal loan review process which assesses credit risk.
          The allowance for loan losses is available to absorb probable loan losses regardless of the category of loan to be charged off. The allowance for loan losses consists of three components: asset-specific reserves, reserves based on expected loss estimates, and unallocated reserves.
          The asset-specific component applies to loans evaluated individually for impairment and is based on management’s best estimate of proceeds from liquidating collateral. The actual timing and amount of repayments and the ultimate realizable value of the collateral may differ from management’s estimate.
          The expected loss component is generally determined by applying percentages to pools of loans by asset type. These pre-established percentages are based upon standard bank regulatory classification percentages as well

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as average historical loss percentages. These expected loss estimates are sensitive to changes in delinquency status, realizable value of collateral, and other risk factors.
          The unallocated portion of the allowance is based on management’s evaluation of conditions that are not directly reflected in the determination of the asset-specific component and the expected loss component discussed above. The evaluation of inherent loss with respect to these conditions is subject to a higher degree of uncertainty because they may not be identified with specific problem credits or portfolio segments. Conditions evaluated in connection with the unallocated portion of the allowance include general economic and business conditions affecting our key lending areas, credit quality trends (including trends in substandard loans expected to result from existing conditions), collateral values, specific industry conditions within portfolio segments, bank regulatory examination results, and findings of our internal loan review department.
          The underlying assumptions, estimates and assessments used by management to determine these components are continually evaluated and updated to reflect management’s current view of overall economic conditions and relevant factors impacting credit quality and inherent losses. Changes in such estimates could significantly impact the allowance and provision for credit losses. Our Company could experience credit losses that are different from the current estimates made by management.
          At September 30, 2009, management allocated $13,043,000 of the $13,927,000 total allowance for loan losses to specific loans and loan categories and $884,000 was unallocated. At December 31, 2008, management allocated $11,163,000 of the $12,666,000 total allowance for loan losses to specific loans and loan categories and $1,503,000 was unallocated. Considering the size of several of our Company’s lending relationships and the loan portfolio in total, management believes that the September 30, 2009 allowance for loan losses is adequate.
          Our Company does not lend funds for the type of transactions defined as “highly leveraged” by bank regulatory authorities or for foreign loans. Additionally, our Company does not have any concentrations of loans exceeding 10% of total loans which are not otherwise disclosed in the loan portfolio composition table. Our Company does not have any interest-earning assets which would have been included in nonaccrual, past due, or restructured loans if such assets were loans.
Financial Condition
          Total assets decreased $39,471,000 or 3.1% to $1,240,228,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $1,279,699,000 at December 31, 2008. Earning assets at September 30, 2009 were $1,166,173,000 and consisted of 85.2% in loans and 13.6% in available for sale investment securities, compared to 84.2% and 12.5%, respectively at December 31, 2008. Total liabilities decreased $41,544,000 or 3.5% to $1,131,736,000 compared to $1,173,280,000 at December 31, 2008. Stockholders’ equity increased $2,073,000 or 1.9% to $108,491,000 compared to $106,418,000 at December 31, 2008.
          As described in further detail in the “Lending and Credit Management” section above, during the first nine months of 2009, total period end loans decreased $15,651,000 to $993,452,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $1,009,103,000 at December 31, 2008. This decrease was primarily the result of a $7,832,000 decrease in commercial loans, a $15,200,000 decrease in real estate construction loans, partially offset by a $4,657,000 increase in real estate mortgage loans, and a $2,724,000 increase in consumer loans.
          Investment in debt securities classified as available-for-sale, excluding fair value adjustments, increased $8,698,000 or 6.0% to $154,719,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $146,021,000 at December 31, 2008. The net increase consisted of an increase in mortgage-backed securities totaling $19,275,000, offset by a $7,348,000 and $3,230,000 reduction in federal agency securities and municipal obligations, respectively. Investment in equity securities of $8,875,000 did not change from December 31, 2008 to September 30, 2009.
          Although all securities, except equity securities, are classified as available-for-sale and have on occasion been sold prior to maturity to meet liquidity needs or to improve portfolio yields, management has the ability and intent to hold securities until maturity and expects that the securities will be redeemed at par. Therefore management does not consider any of the securities, with fair value less than amortized cost, to be other than temporarily impaired.
          Total deposits increased $12,838,000 or 1.3% to $968,135,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $955,296,000 at December 31, 2008. The increase is primarily a result of an increase in public fund deposits.

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          Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase increased $3,236,000 or 11.1% to $32,374,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $29,139,000 at December 31, 2008. The increase is due to an increase in public funds.
          Other borrowed money decreased $57,576,000 or 44.6% to $71,481,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $129,057,000 at December 31, 2008. The decrease reflects the repayment of Federal Home Loan Bank advances. There were no new Federal Home Loan Bank advances during the first nine months of 2009.
          Stockholders’ equity increased $2,073,000 or 1.9% to $108,491,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $106,418,000 at December 31, 2008. The increase in stockholders’ equity reflects net income of $4,168,000 less cash dividends declared of $2,788,000, a $558,000 change in unrealized holding gains, net of taxes, on investment in debt securities available-for-sale, $36,000 amortization of prior service cost for defined benefit plan, and a $99,000 increase, net of taxes, related to stock option compensation expense.
No material changes in our Company’s liquidity or capital resources have occurred since September 30, 2009.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity Management
          The role of liquidity management is to ensure funds are available to meet depositors’ withdrawal and borrowers’ credit demands while at the same time maximizing profitability. This is accomplished by balancing changes in demand for funds with changes in the supply of those funds. Liquidity to meet the demands is provided by maturing assets, short-term liquid assets that can be converted to cash and the ability to attract funds from external sources, principally depositors. Due to the nature of services offered by our Company, management prefers to focus on transaction accounts and full service relationships with customers. Management believes it has the ability to increase deposits at any time by offering rates slightly higher than the market rate.
          Our Company’s Asset/Liability Committee (ALCO), primarily made up of senior management, has direct oversight responsibility for our Company’s liquidity position and profile. A combination of daily, weekly and monthly reports provided to management detail the following: internal liquidity metrics, composition and level of the liquid asset portfolio, timing differences in short-term cash flow obligations, available pricing and market access to the financial markets for capital and exposure to contingent draws on our Company’s liquidity.
          Our Company has a number of sources of funds to meet liquidity needs on a daily basis. Our Company’s most liquid assets are comprised of available for sale marketable investment securities, federal funds sold, and securities purchased under agreements to resell, and excess reserves held at the Federal Reserve as follows:
                 
  September 30,   December 31,
(dollars in thousands)   2009   2008
 
Liquid assets:
               
Federal funds sold
  $ 106     $ 104  
Federal Reserve — excess reserves
    4,702       31,099  
Available for sale investments securities
    159,014       149,401  
 
Total
  $ 163,822     $ 180,604  
 
          Federal funds sold and resale agreements normally have overnight maturities and are used for general daily liquidity purposes. The fair value of the available for sale investment portfolio was $159,014,000 at September 30, 2009 and included an unrealized net gain of $4,294,000. The portfolio includes maturities of approximately $17,262,000 with an additional $10,334,000 callable over the next twelve months, which offer resources to meet either new loan demand or reductions in our Company’s deposit base. Our Company pledges portions of its investment securities portfolio to secure public fund deposits, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, trust funds, and borrowing capacity at the Federal Reserve Bank.

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At September 30, 2009, total investment securities pledged for these purposes were as follows:
         
  September 30,
(dollars in thousands)   2009
 
Investment securities pledged for the purpose of securing:
       
Federal Reserve Bank borrowings
  $ 3,575  
Repurchase agreements
    38,427  
Other Deposits
    103,666  
 
Total pledged, at fair value
  $ 145,668  
 
          At September 30, 2009, our Company’s unpledged securities in the available for sale portfolio totaled approximately $13,346,000.
          Liquidity is also available from our Company’s base of core customer deposits, defined as demand, interest, checking, savings, and money market deposit accounts. At September 30, 2009, such deposits totaled $484,022,000 and represented 50.0% of our Company’s total deposits. These core deposits are normally less volatile and are often tied to other products of our Company through long lasting relationships. Time deposits and certificates of deposit of $100,000 and over totaled $484,113,000 at September 30, 2009. These accounts are normally considered more volatile and higher costing representing 50.0% of total deposits at September 30, 2009.
                 
  September 30,   December 31,
(dollars in thousands)   2009   2008
 
Core deposit base:
               
Non-interest bearing demand
  $ 126,117     $ 125,245  
Interest checking
    133,143       123,289  
Savings and money market
    224,762       219,338  
 
Total
  $ 484,022     $ 467,872  
 
          Other components of liquidity are the level of borrowings from third party sources and the availability of future credit. Our Company’s outside borrowings are comprised of securities sold under agreements to repurchase, FHLB advances, and subordinated notes as follows:
                 
  September 30,   December 31,
(dollars in thousands)   2009   2008
 
Borrowings:
               
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
  $ 32,375     $ 29,139  
FHLB advances
    71,481       129,057  
Subordinated notes
    49,486       49,486  
 
Total
  $ 153,342     $ 207,682  
 
          Federal funds purchased are overnight borrowings obtained mainly from upstream correspondent banks with which our Company maintains approved credit lines. As of September 30, 2009, under agreements with these unaffiliated banks, the Bank may borrow up to $35,000,000 in federal funds on an unsecured basis and $15,490,000 on a secured basis. There were no federal funds purchased outstanding at September 30, 2009. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase are generally borrowed overnight and are secured by a portion of our Company’s investment portfolio. At September 30, 2009 there was $30,375,000 in repurchase agreements and $2,000,000 in a term repurchase agreement due December 2009. Our Company may periodically borrow additional short-term funds from the Federal Reserve Bank through the discount window; although no such borrowings were outstanding at the current quarter end. The Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (FHLB). As a member of the FHLB, the Bank has access to credit products of the FHLB. As of September 30, 2009, the Bank had $71,481,000 in outstanding borrowings with the FHLB. In addition, our Company has $49,486,000 in outstanding subordinated notes issued to wholly-owned grantor trusts, funded by preferred securities issued by the trusts.

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          Our Company pledges certain assets, including loans and investment securities to the Federal Reserve Bank, FHLB, and other correspondent banks as security to establish lines of credit and borrow from these entities. Based on the type and value of collateral pledged, our Company may draw advances against this collateral. The following table reflects collateral value of assets pledged, borrowings, and letters of credit outstanding, in addition to the estimated future funding capacity available to our Company at September 30, 2009:
                         
  September 30, 2009
            Federal    
(dollars in thousands)   FHLB   Reserve   Other
 
Collateral value pledged
  $ 310,106     $ 3,435     $ 12,055  
Advances outstanding
    (71,481 )            
Letters of credit issued
    (100 )            
 
Total
  $ 238,525     $ 3,435     $ 12,055  
 
Sources and Uses of Funds
          Cash and cash equivalents were $21,940,000 at September 30, 2009 compared to $53,827,000 at December 31, 2008. The $31,887,000 decrease resulted from changes in the various cash flows produced by operating, investing, and financing activities of our Company, as shown in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Cash flow provided from operating activities consists mainly of net income adjusted for certain non-cash items. Operating activities provided cash flow of $13,002,000 during the first nine months of 2009. Investing activities consisting mainly of purchases, sales and maturities of available for sale securities, and changes in the level of the loan portfolio, used total cash of $204,000. The cash outflow primarily consisted of purchases of $110,865,000 of investment securities offset by a $6,768,000 decrease in the loan portfolio, $101,801,000 in proceeds from maturities, calls, and pay-downs of investment securities, and $1,930,000 in proceeds from sales of other real estate owned and repossessions. Financing activities used total cash of $44,686,000, resulting primarily from $57,576,000 repayment of FHLB advances offset by $12,838,000 increase in deposits. Future short-term liquidity needs arising from daily operations are not expected to vary significantly during 2009.
Regulatory Capital
          Our Company and our Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal and state banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory, and possibly additional discretionary, actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on our Company’s consolidated financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines, our Company and our Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The capital amounts and classification of our Company and our Bank are subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk-weightings, and other factors.
          Quantitative measures established by regulations to ensure capital adequacy require our Company and our Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the following table) of total and Tier I capital to risk-weighted assets, and of Tier I capital to adjusted-average assets. Management believes, as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, our Company and our Bank each meet all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.

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          The following table summarizes our Company’s risk-based capital and leverage ratios at the dates indicated.
                                                 
                    Minimum   Well-Capitalized
    Actual   Capital requirements   Capital Requirements
    Amount   Ratio   Amount   Ratio   Amount   Ratio
 
September 30, 2009
                                               
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets):
                                               
Company
  $ 165,829       16.50 %   $ 80,420       8.00 %            
Hawthorn Bank
    132,908       13.46       79,024       8.00     $ 98,780       10.00 %
 
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets):
                                               
Company
  $ 140,867       14.01     $ 40,210       4.00 %            
Hawthorn Bank
    120,547       12.20       39,512       4.00     $ 59,268       6.00 %
 
Tier I capital (to adjusted average assets):
                                               
Company
  $ 140,867       11.24     $ 37,601       3.00 %            
Hawthorn Bank
    120,547       9.79       36,948       3.00     $ 61,579       5.00 %
 
                                                 
                    Minimum   Well-Capitalized
    Actual   Capital requirements   Capital Requirements
    Amount   Ratio   Amount   Ratio   Amount   Ratio
 
December 31, 2008
                                               
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets):
                                               
Company
  $ 163,949       16.01 %   $ 81,912       8.00 %            
Hawthorn Bank
    125,510       12.35       81,310       8.00     $ 101,638       10.00 %
 
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets):
                                               
Company
  $ 138,756       13.55     $ 40,956       4.00 %            
Hawthorn Bank
    113,158       11.13       40,655       4.00     $ 60,983       6.00 %
 
Tier I capital (to adjusted average assets):
                                               
Company
  $ 138,756       10.80     $ 38,543       3.00 %            
Hawthorn Bank
    113,158       8.82       38,497       3.00     $ 64,162       5.00 %
 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
          Market risk arises from exposure to changes in interest rates and other relevant market rate or price risk. Our Company faces market risk in the form of interest rate risk through transactions other than trading activities. Our Company uses financial modeling techniques to measure interest rate risk. These techniques measure the sensitivity of future earnings due to changing interest rate environments. Guidelines established by our Company’s Asset/Liability Committee and approved by the Board of Directors are used to monitor exposure of earnings at risk. General interest rate movements are used to develop sensitivity as our Company feels it has no primary exposure to specific points on the yield curve. For the period ended September 30, 2009, our Company utilized a 300 basis point immediate and gradual move in interest rates (both upward and downward) applied to both a parallel and proportional yield curve.
          The following table represents estimated interest rate sensitivity and periodic and cumulative gap positions calculated as of September 30, 2009:
                                                         
                                            Over    
                                            5 years or    
                                            no stated    
(Dollars in thousands)   Year 1   Year 2   Year 3   Year 4   Year 5   Maturity   Total
 
ASSETS
                                                       
Investment securities
  $ 37,957     $ 6,886     $ 9,004     $ 17,282     $ 12,982     $ 83,778     $ 167,889  
Interest-bearing deposits
    4,726                                     4,726  
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell
    106                                     106  
Loans
    527,964       148,264       131,008       103,899       45,616       36,701       993,452  
 
Total
  $ 570,753     $ 155,150     $ 140,012     $ 121,181     $ 58,598     $ 120,479     $ 1,166,173  
 
 
                                                       
LIABILITIES
                                                       
 
                                                       
Savings, Now deposits
  $     $     $ 124,768     $     $     $     $ 124,768  
Rewards checking, Super Now, money market deposits
    233,580                                     233,580  
Time deposits
    349,414       76,707       27,210       28,236       2,097       6       483,670  
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    32,375                                     32,375  
Subordinated notes
    49,486                                     49,486  
Other borrowed money
    27,352       43,689       305       135                   71,481  
 
Total
  $ 692,207     $ 120,396     $ 152,283     $ 28,371     $ 2,097     $ 6     $ 995,360  
 
 
                                                       
Interest-sensitivity GAP
                                                       
Periodic GAP
  $ (121,454 )   $ 34,754     $ (12,271 )   $ 92,810     $ 56,501     $ 120,473     $ 170,813  
 
Cumulative GAP
  $ (121,454 )   $ (86,700 )   $ (98,971 )   $ (6,161 )   $ 50,340     $ 170,813     $ 170,813  
 
 
                                                       
Ratio of interest-earnings assets to interest-bearing liabilities
                                                       
Periodic GAP
    0.82       1.29       0.92       4.27       27.94     NM     1.17  
Cumulative GAP
    0.82       0.89       0.90       0.99       1.05       1.17       1.17  
 

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
          Our Company’s management has evaluated, with the participation of our principal executive and principal financial officers, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a — 15(e) or 15d — 15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as of September 30, 2009. Based upon and as of the date of that evaluation, our principal executive and principal financial officers concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file and submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required. It should be noted that any system of disclosure controls and procedures, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the system are met. In addition, the design of any system of disclosure controls and procedures is based in part upon assumptions about the likelihood of future events. Because of these and other inherent limitations of any such system, there can be no assurance that any design will always succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.
          There has been no change in our Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Impact of New Accounting Standards
          In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued authoritative guidance on — The FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM, or Codification, became the source of authoritative GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, under authority of federal securities laws, are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The Codification superseded all then-existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. All other non-grandfathered non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification became non-authoritative. This is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The interim disclosures required by this new guidance are reported in the notes to our Company’s consolidated financial statements.
          In April 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance on interim disclosures about fair value of financial statements, which became effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009. The new guidance requires companies to disclose the fair value of financial instruments within interim financial statements, adding to the current requirement to provide those disclosures annually. Under this guidance, a publicly traded company shall include disclosures about the fair value of its financial instruments whenever it issues summarized financial information for interim reporting periods. In addition, a publicly traded company must disclose, in the body or in the accompanying notes of its summarized financial information for interim reporting periods and in its financial statements for annual reporting periods, the fair value of all financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value, whether recognized or not recognized in the statement of financial position. The interim disclosures required by this new guidance are reported in the notes to our Company’s consolidated financial statements.
          In April 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance for determining fair value when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased and identifying transactions that are not orderly, which is effective for interim and fiscal years ending after June 15, 2009. The new requirement provides additional guidance for estimating fair value when there is no active market or where the price inputs being used represent distressed sales. Our Company follows the new requirements provided by this authoritative guidance which did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements or the disclosures presented in our consolidated financial statements.
          In April 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance on recognition and presentation of other-than-temporary impairment, which became effective for periods ending after June 15, 2009. This new guidance modifies the requirements for recognizing other than temporary impairment on debt securities and significantly changes the impairment model for such securities. Under this guidance, a security is considered to be other than temporarily impaired if the present value of cash flows expected to be collected are less than the security’s amortized cost basis or if the fair value of the security is less than the security’s amortized cost basis and the investor intends, or more

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likely than not will be required, to sell the security before recovery of the security’s amortized cost basis. If an other than temporary impairment exists, the charge to earnings is limited to the amount of credit loss. If the investor does not intend to sell the security, and it is more likely than not that it will not be required to sell the security before recovery of the security’s amortized cost basis, any remaining difference between fair value and amortized cost is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes. Otherwise, the entire difference between fair value and amortized cost is charged to earnings. Upon adoption of this position, an entity reclassifies from retained earnings to other comprehensive income the non-credit portion of an other than temporary impairment loss previously recognized on a security it holds if the entity does not intend to sell the security, and it is more likely than not that it will not be required to sell the security, before recovery of the security’s amortized cost basis. This new guidance also modifies the presentation of other than temporary impairment losses and increases related to disclosure requirements. Our Company follows the requirements under this new guidance, which did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements or the disclosures presented in our consolidated financial statements.
          In May 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance for disclosing subsequent events, which became effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. The new guidance was issued to establish standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued, making management directly responsible for subsequent-events accounting and disclosure. The new requirement sets forth: (a) the period after the balance sheet date during which management shall evaluate events or transactions that may occur for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements; (b) the circumstances under which an entity shall recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements; and (c) the disclosures that an entity shall make about events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date. The interim disclosures required by this new guidance are reported in our consolidated financial statements and the notes to our Company’s consolidated financial statements.
          In August 2009, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update, ASU, 2009-05, which amends Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, overall. This update provides clarification that in circumstances in which a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, a reporting entity is required to measure fair value using one or more of the following techniques: 1. A valuation technique that uses: a. the quoted price of the identical liability when traded as an asset, b. Quoted prices for similar liabilities or similar liabilities when traded as assets. 2. Another valuation technique that is consistent with this standard, such as income approach, such as a present value technique, or a market approach, such as a technique that is based on the amount at the measurement dated that the reporting entity would pay to transfer the identical liability or would receive to enter into the identical liability. This ASU is effective for the first reporting period beginning after issuance. Our Company follows the requirements provided by this authoritative guidance which did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements or the disclosures presented in our consolidated financial statements.
Impact of New Accounting Standards not yet Adopted
          In December 2008, FASB issued authoritative guidance on employers’ disclosures about postretirement benefit plan assets, which is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009. The new requirement will require more detailed disclosures regarding defined benefit pension plan assets including investment policies and strategies, major categories of plan assets, valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of plan assets and significant concentrations of risk within plan assets. Upon initial application, the provisions of this new requirement are not required for earlier periods that are presented for comparative purposes. Our Company is currently evaluating the disclosure requirements of this new position.
          In June 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance on accounting for transfers of financial assets. The new guidance requires more information about transfers of financial assets, including securitization transactions, and where companies have continuing exposure to the risks related to transferred financial assets. The guidance eliminates the concept of a “qualifying special-purpose entity,” changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets and requires additional disclosures. This is effective for the annual period beginning after November 15, 2009 and for interim periods within the first annual reporting period, and must be applied to transfers occurring on or after the effective date. Our Company is currently evaluating the requirements of the new guidance, which are not expected to significantly impact our consolidated financial statements or the disclosures that will be presented in our consolidated financial statements.

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          In June 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance which amends how a company determines when a variable interest entity that is insufficiently capitalized or is not controlled through voting (or similar rights) should be consolidated, and requires additional disclosures about involvement with variable interest entities, any significant changes in risk exposure due to that involvement and how that involvement affects the company’s financial statements. The determination of whether a company is required to consolidate an entity is based on, among other things, an entity’s purpose and design and a company’s ability to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance. The new requirements are effective for the annual period beginning after November 15, 2009 and for interim periods within the first annual reporting period. Our Company is currently evaluating the requirements of the new guidance, which are not expected to significantly impact our consolidated financial statements or the disclosures that will be presented in our consolidated financial statements.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
         
Item 1.
  Legal Proceedings   None
         
Item 1A.
  Risk Factors   None
         
Item 2.
  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds   None
         
Item 3.
  Defaults Upon Senior Securities   None
         
Item 4.
  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders   None
         
Item 5.
  Other Information   None
     
Item 6.
  Exhibits
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
3.1
  Restated Articles of Incorporation of our Company (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to our Company’s current report on Form 8-K on August 9, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
3.1.1
  Certificate of Designations of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series 2008, dated December 17, 2008 (filed as Exhibit 3.1.1 to our Company’s current report on Form 8-K on December 23, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
3.2
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of our Company (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to our Company’s current report on Form 8-K on June 8, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.1
  Specimen certificate representing shares of our Company’s $1.00 par value common stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to our Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 (Commission file number 0-23636) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.2
  Specimen certificate representing shares of our Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series 2008 (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to our Company’s current report on Form 8-K on December 23, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
4.3
  Warrant to purchase shares of our Company’s $1.00 par value Common Stock, dated December 19, 2008 (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to our Company’s current report on Form 8-K on December 23, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
31.1
  Certificate of the Chief Executive Officer of our Company pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
31.2
  Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of our Company pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
32.1
  Certificate of the Chief Executive Officer of our Company pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
32.2
  Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of our Company pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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


Date

HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC.
 
 
  /s/ James E. Smith    
November 9, 2009            James E. Smith, Chairman of the Board   
  and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   
 
     
  /s/ Richard G. Rose    
November 9, 2009            Richard G. Rose, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial   
  Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)   

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HAWTHORN BANCSHARES, INC.
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
September 30, 2009 Form 10-Q
         
Exhibit No.   Description   Page No.
   
 
   
3.1  
Restated Articles of Incorporation of our Company (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to our Company’s current report on Form 8-K on August 9, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).
  **
   
 
   
3.1.1  
Certificate of Designations of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series 2008, dated December 17, 2008 (filed as Exhibit 3.1.1 to our Company’s current report on Form 8-K on December 23, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference).
  **
   
 
   
3.2  
Amended and Restated Bylaws of our Company (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to our Company’s current report on Form 8-K on June 8, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference).
  **
   
 
   
4.1  
Specimen certificate representing shares of our Company’s $1.00 par value common stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to our Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 (Commission file number 0-23636) and incorporated herein by reference).
  **
   
 
   
4.2  
Specimen certificate representing shares of our Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series 2008 (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to our Company’s current report on Form 8-K on December 23, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference).
  **
   
 
   
4.3  
Warrant to purchase shares of our Company’s $1.00 par value Common Stock, dated December 19, 2008 (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to our Company’s current report on Form 8-K on December 23, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference).
  **
   
 
   
31.1  
Certificate of the Chief Executive Officer of our Company pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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31.2  
Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of our Company pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  45
   
 
   
32.1  
Certificate of the Chief Executive Officer of our Company pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  46
   
 
   
32.2  
Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of our Company pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  47
 
**   Incorporated by reference.

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