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Exhibit 99.1
(CITIZENS)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT
Kristine D. Brenner
Director of Investor Relations
(810) 257-2506
kristine.brenner@citizensbanking.com
Citizens Republic Bancorp Announces Fourth Quarter 2010 Results
FLINT, MICHIGAN, January 27, 2011 — Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRBC) announced today a net loss from continuing operations of $106.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010, compared with net losses of $62.5 million for the third quarter of 2010 and $65.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. After incorporating the $5.5 million accrued but unpaid dividend to the preferred shareholder, Citizens reported a net loss attributable to common shareholders of $111.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010, compared with $67.9 million for the third quarter of 2010 and $70.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. Results for the fourth quarter of 2009 included net income from discontinued operations of $1.2 million. Diluted net loss from continuing operations per share was $0.28 for the three months ended December 31, 2010, compared with $0.17 for the third quarter of 2010 and $0.18 for the fourth quarter of 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2010, Citizens recorded a net loss from continuing operations of $289.1 million compared with a net loss from continuing operations of $505.7 million for 2009.
“Last quarter we announced a plan to accelerate the workout of certain problem assets. We are pleased with the execution of that plan during the fourth quarter and expect to substantially complete it during the first quarter of 2011,” commented Cathleen H. Nash, president and chief executive officer.
“We reduced the level of non-performing assets by 35% during the quarter. Our watchlist declined by almost 20% and delinquencies are down 25% and at their lowest level since December 2006. We have significantly reduced our balance sheet risk while maintaining strong regulatory capital levels. Our strong reserve for loan losses supports the remaining work we have to do this year,” added Ms. Nash.
“We produced solid operating results for the quarter. Net interest margin increased 10 basis points to 3.42% compared to last quarter. Pre-tax pre-provision profit totaled $32 million for the fourth quarter,” continued Ms. Nash.
“We are very pleased with the progress we made during 2010 in working through the stressed loans in our portfolio. Non-performing assets at the end of the year are at half the level of last year. Our actions should allow us to regain quarterly profitability by the third quarter of 2011,” Ms. Nash concluded.
Key Points in the Quarter:
  In an effort to reduce overall problem asset levels, Citizens resolved $466.2 million of problem assets in the fourth quarter of 2010 through a combination of bulk sales and individual workouts, recording a provision for loan losses of $131.3 million and net charge-offs of $159.3 million.
 
  Total delinquent loans at December 31, 2010 were $98.4 million, or 1.58% of total portfolio loans, a decrease of $33.1 million or 25.2% from September 30, 2010. Total nonperforming assets at December 31, 2010 were $286.6 million, a decrease of $156.7 million or 35.3% from September 30, 2010.
 
  Net interest margin for the fourth quarter of 2010 was 3.42% compared with 3.32% for the third quarter of 2010.
 
  Pre-tax pre-provision profit (non-GAAP) for the fourth quarter of 2010 totaled $32.1 million, compared with $36.2 million for the third quarter of 2010.

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Balance Sheet
Total assets at December 31, 2010 were $10.0 billion, a decrease of $673.3 million or 6.3% from September 30, 2010 and a decrease of $2.0 billion or 16.5% from December 31, 2009. The declines were primarily due to reductions in total portfolio loans as a result of the accelerated resolution of problem assets, customer loan paydowns, loan charge-offs and weak customer demand. The decrease from 2009 was also due to the sale of Citizens’ wholly-owned subsidiary, F&M Bank-Iowa (“F&M”) during the second quarter of 2010.
Money market investments at December 31, 2010 totaled $409.1 million, a decrease of $121.1 million or 22.8% from September 30, 2010 and a decrease of $277.2 million or 40.4% from December 31, 2009. The decreases were primarily the result of using money market investments to payoff maturing wholesale funding.
Investment securities at December 31, 2010 totaled $2.5 billion, an increase of $153.9 million or 6.5% from September 30, 2010 and an increase of $333.3 million or 15.2% over December 31, 2009. Increases in investment securities were largely due to reinvesting a portion of the loan portfolio paydowns.
The following table displays total portfolio loans at quarter end for each of the last five quarters. The following definitions are provided to clarify the types of loans included in each of the commercial real estate segments identified in the table. Land hold loans are secured by undeveloped land which has been acquired for future development. Land development loans are secured by land undergoing infrastructure improvements to create finished marketable lots for commercial or residential construction. Construction loans are secured by commercial, retail and residential real estate in the construction phase with the intent to be sold or become an income producing property. Income producing loans are secured by non-owner occupied real estate leased to one or more tenants. Owner occupied loans are secured by real estate occupied by the owner.
                                         
Loan Portfolios   December 31,     September 30,     June 30,     March 31,     December 31,  
(in millions)   2010     2010     2010     2010     2009  
 
Land hold
  $ 28.3     $ 37.1     $ 37.8     $ 39.3     $ 35.9  
Land development
    34.8       73.8       84.3       101.0       103.6  
Construction
    103.7       155.4       156.3       164.4       177.9  
Income producing
    1,171.0       1,382.3       1,481.7       1,532.1       1,514.0  
Owner-occupied
    783.0       855.1       886.1       931.5       980.1  
 
                             
Total commercial real estate
    2,120.8       2,503.7       2,646.2       2,768.3       2,811.5  
Commercial and industrial
    1,474.2       1,657.4       1,686.8       1,824.8       1,921.8  
 
                             
Total commercial
    3,595.0       4,161.1       4,333.0       4,593.1       4,733.3  
 
                                       
Residential mortgage
    756.2       800.5       858.9       877.2       1,025.2  
Direct consumer
    1,045.5       1,091.7       1,132.2       1,174.7       1,224.2  
Indirect consumer
    819.9       834.7       814.0       794.2       805.2  
 
                             
Total consumer
    2,621.6       2,726.9       2,805.1       2,846.1       3,054.6  
 
                             
Total portfolio loans
  $ 6,216.6     $ 6,888.0     $ 7,138.1     $ 7,439.2     $ 7,787.9  
 
                             
Decreases in total portfolio loans in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared to the prior quarters reflect the efforts of the accelerated problem asset resolution initiatives undertaken during that quarter, continued weak customer demand from credit-worthy clients, paydowns as a result of normal client activity, and charge-offs. In addition, the decline from December 31, 2009 in residential mortgage loans was primarily the result of transferring nonperforming residential mortgage loans to loans held for sale at the end of the first and third quarters of 2010. More than 90% of new mortgage originations are sold into the secondary market, resulting in minimal new loans being retained in the residential mortgage portfolio.

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Loans held for sale at December 31, 2010 were $40.3 million, a decrease of $11.8 million or 22.7% from September 30, 2010 and a decrease of $39.9 million or 49.7% from December 31, 2009. The decrease from September 30, 2010 was primarily the result of a bulk loan sale of nonperforming residential mortgage loans with a book value of $9.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, which were transferred to loans held for sale at the end of the third quarter of 2010. The variance from both prior periods reflects declines due to the sale of commercial loans held for sale, customer paydowns, workout activities, writedowns to reflect further fair-value declines for the underlying collateral, and transfers to ORE.
Core deposits, which exclude all time deposits, totaled $4.9 billion at December 31, 2010, essentially the same levels that existed at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009. Time deposits totaled $2.9 billion at December 31, 2010, a decrease of $298.9 million or 9.5% from September 30, 2010 and a decrease of $844.3 million or 22.8% from December 31, 2009. The decrease from September 30, 2010 was primarily the result of a strategic reduction in brokered time deposits and rate sensitive single service retail time deposits. The decrease from December 31, 2009 was due to the aforementioned factors and retail customers shifting balances from time deposits to savings accounts. As a result of these changes in deposit balances, total deposits at December 31, 2010 were $7.7 billion, a decrease of $374.1 million or 4.6% from September 30, 2010 and a decrease of $773.9 million or 9.1% from December 31, 2009.
Other interest-bearing liabilities, which include federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase, other short-term borrowings, and long-term debt, totaled $1.1 billion at December 31, 2010, a decrease of $153.4 million or 12.5% from September 30, 2010 and a decrease of $477.8 million or 30.8% from December 31, 2009. The decreases were the result of a strategic reduction in long-term debt.
Capital Adequacy and Liquidity
Shareholders’ equity at December 31, 2010 totaled $1.0 billion, a decrease of $145.3 million or 12.6% from September 30, 2010 and a decrease of $319.3 million or 24.0% from December 31, 2009. The decreases were primarily the result of net losses incurred.
Citizens continues to maintain a strong capital position, and its regulatory capital ratios are above “well-capitalized” standards, as evidenced in the table below.
                                         
    Regulatory                                
    Minimum for                             Excess Capital over  
    “Well-     December 31,     September 30,     June 30,     Minimum  
Capital Ratios   Capitalized”     2010     2010     2010     (in millions)  
 
Leverage ratio
    5.00 %     7.71 %     8.50 %     8.72 %   $ 272.8  
Tier 1 capital ratio
    6.00       12.11       12.41       12.79       391.8  
Total capital ratio
    10.00       13.50       13.80       14.17       224.9  
Tier 1 common equity (non-GAAP)
            6.62       7.50       8.10          
Tangible equity to tangible assets (non-GAAP)
            7.09       8.03       8.45          
Tangible common equity to tangible assets (non-GAAP)
            4.20       5.34       5.83          
Citizens maintains a strong liquidity position, with substantial on- and off-balance sheet liquidity sources and a stable funding base comprised of approximately 78% deposits, 11% long-term debt, 10% equity, and 1% short-term liabilities. Citizens’ loan-to-deposit ratio, another measure of liquidity, continues to improve with levels of 80.5%, 85.0%, and 91.6% at December 31, 2010, September 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively, as a result of the decrease in outstanding loans. Securities available-for-sale and money market investments could be sold for cash to provide additional liquidity if necessary. Citizens’ parent company cash totaled $68.1 million at December 31, 2010 as compared with $109.8 million at December 31, 2009. The decrease was primarily the result of contributing $100.0 million from the parent company to the bank during the third quarter of 2010. This decrease was partially offset by $50.0 million in cash received as a result of completing the sale of F&M during the second quarter of 2010.

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Net Interest Margin and Net Interest Income
Net interest margin was 3.42% for the fourth quarter of 2010 compared with 3.32% for the third quarter of 2010 and 3.13% for the fourth quarter of 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2010, net interest margin was 3.31%, compared with 2.90% for the same period of 2009. The increase in net interest margin over the third quarter of 2010 was primarily the result of declining deposit costs, the repricing of fixed rate funding to a lower rate, and reduced costs of carrying non-performing loans, partially offset by lower reinvestment rates in the investment and loan portfolios. The increases in net interest margin in the three months and year ended December 31, 2010 over the comparable periods in 2009 were primarily the result of expanding commercial and consumer loan spreads, declining deposit costs, reductions in high-cost funding, and wholesale funding repricing to lower fixed rates, partially offset by the effect of replacing declining loan balances with lower-yielding investment securities and money market investments.
Net interest income was $81.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2010, essentially unchanged over the third quarter of 2010 and the fourth quarter of 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2010, net interest income was $329.1 million, an increase of $18.6 million or 6.0% over the same period of 2009. The increase over 2009 was primarily the result of the higher net interest margin, partially offset by decreases in average earning assets. The decreases in average earning assets were due to weak loan demand in the current Midwest economic environment, partially offset by increases in investment securities and money market investments.
Credit Quality
The quality of Citizens’ loan portfolio is impacted by numerous factors, including the economic environment in the markets in which Citizens operates. Citizens carefully monitors its loans in an effort to identify and mitigate any potential credit quality issues and losses in a proactive manner. Citizens performs quarterly reviews of the non-watch commercial credit portfolio focusing on industry segments and asset classes that have or may be expected to experience stress due to economic conditions. This process seeks to validate the credit’s risk rating, underwriting structure and exposure management under current and stressed economic scenarios while strengthening these relationships and improving communication with these clients.
The following tables represent four qualitative aspects of the loan portfolio that illustrate the overall level of quality and risk inherent in the loan portfolio.
  Delinquency Rates by Loan Portfolio — Loans where the contractual payment is 30 to 89 days past due and interest is still accruing. While these loans are actively worked to bring them current, past due loan trends may be a leading indicator of potential future nonperforming loans and charge-offs.
 
  Commercial Watchlist — Commercial loans that, while still accruing interest, we believe may be at risk due to general economic conditions or changes in a borrower’s financial status and therefore require increased oversight. Watchlist loans that are in nonperforming status are included in the nonperforming assets table below.
 
  Nonperforming Assets — Loans that are in nonaccrual status, loans past due 90 days or more on which interest is still accruing, restructured loans, nonperforming loans that are held for sale, and other repossessed assets acquired. The commercial loans included in this table are reviewed as part of the watchlist process in addition to the loans displayed in the commercial watchlist table below.
 
  Net Charge-Offs — The portion of loans that have been charged-off during each quarter.

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Delinquency Rates By Loan Portfolio   December 31, 2010     September 30, 2010     June 30, 2010     March 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
30 to 89 days past due           % of             % of             % of             % of             % of  
(in millions)   $     Portfolio     $     Portfolio     $     Portfolio     $     Portfolio     $     Portfolio  
 
Land hold
  $ 2.2       7.90 %   $       %   $ 1.3       3.34 %   $ 0.6       1.64 %   $ 0.6       1.56 %
Land development
    0.2       0.62       4.5       6.04       2.0       2.43       3.0       3.00       4.7       4.56  
Construction
    0.5       0.45       2.4       1.53       6.4       4.07       0.9       0.55       1.7       0.95  
Income producing
    20.7       1.76       35.2       2.55       22.9       1.55       51.7       3.37       40.8       2.70  
Owner-occupied
    14.7       1.88       18.3       2.14       16.4       1.85       13.6       1.46       25.0       2.55  
 
                                                                     
Total commercial real estate
    38.3       1.80       60.4       2.41       49.0       1.85       69.8       2.52       72.8       2.59  
Commercial and industrial
    9.0       0.61       23.8       1.43       10.3       0.61       15.1       0.83       16.9       0.88  
 
                                                                     
Total commercial
    47.3       1.32       84.2       2.02       59.3       1.37       84.9       1.85       89.7       1.90  
 
                                                                               
Residential mortgage
    15.4       2.03       14.6       1.82       20.8       2.42       21.5       2.45       22.0       2.14  
Direct consumer
    22.4       2.14       20.5       1.88       20.2       1.79       21.9       1.86       26.5       2.16  
Indirect consumer
    13.3       1.62       12.2       1.46       11.4       1.40       14.8       1.86       16.3       2.02  
 
                                                                     
Total consumer
    51.1       1.95       47.3       1.73       52.4       1.87       58.2       2.05       64.8       2.12  
 
                                                                     
Total delinquent loans
  $ 98.4       1.58     $ 131.5       1.91     $ 111.7       1.57     $ 143.1       1.92     $ 154.5       1.98  
 
                                                                     
The decreases in total delinquencies were primarily the result of continued emphasis on proactively managing and resolving delinquent commercial and consumer loans. This marks the first time in four years that 30-89 day delinquent loans have been less than $100 million.
As part of its overall credit underwriting and review process and loss mitigation strategy, Citizens carefully monitors commercial and commercial real estate credits that are current in terms of principal and interest payments but may deteriorate in quality as economic conditions decline. Commercial relationship officers monitor their clients’ financial condition and initiate changes in loan ratings based on their findings. Loans that have migrated within the loan rating system to a level that requires increased oversight are considered watchlist loans (generally consistent with the regulatory definition of special mention, substandard, and doubtful loans) and include loans that are accruing or nonperforming (included in the other tables in this section). Citizens utilizes the watchlist process as a proactive credit risk management practice to help mitigate the migration of commercial loans to nonperforming status and potential loss. Once a loan is placed on the watchlist, it is reviewed quarterly by the chief credit officer, senior credit officers, senior market managers, and commercial relationship officers to assess cash flows, collateral valuations, guarantor liquidity, and other pertinent trends. During these meetings, action plans are implemented or reviewed to address emerging problem loans or to remove loans from the portfolio. Additionally, loans viewed as substandard or doubtful are transferred to Citizens’ special loans or small business workout groups and are subjected to more intensive monitoring and workout activity.
                                                                                 
Commercial Watchlist   December 31, 2010     September 30, 2010     June 30, 2010     March 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
Accruing loans only           % of             % of             % of             % of             % of  
(in millions)   $     Portfolio     $     Portfolio     $     Portfolio     $     Portfolio     $     Portfolio  
 
Land hold
  $ 21.5       76.35 %   $ 27.6       74.32 %   $ 27.8       73.58 %   $ 29.0       73.73 %   $ 24.8       68.99 %
Land development
    18.7       53.66       45.4       61.54       40.5       47.97       50.4       49.95       86.7       83.66  
Construction
    33.2       32.05       46.5       29.90       52.5       33.61       54.4       33.07       63.5       35.68  
Income producing
    444.5       37.96       543.7       39.33       553.9       37.38       523.5       34.17       521.4       34.44  
Owner-occupied
    196.9       25.15       225.7       26.40       224.1       25.29       237.0       25.44       247.2       25.22  
 
                                                                     
Total commercial real estate
    714.8       33.71       888.9       35.50       898.8       33.96       894.3       32.31       943.6       33.56  
Commercial and industrial
    347.2       23.55       432.8       26.11       445.5       26.41       484.7       26.56       473.0       24.61  
 
                                                                     
Total watchlist loans
  $ 1,062.0       29.54     $ 1,321.7       31.76     $ 1,344.3       31.02     $ 1,379.0       30.02     $ 1,416.6       29.93  
 
                                                                     
Watchlist credits declined $259.7 million from the third quarter of 2010, primarily due to the accelerated resolution of problem assets in the fourth quarter, along with a decrease in the level of new inflows. Watchlist credits as of December 31, 2010 declined $354.6 million from the previous year, primarily as a result of the aforementioned resolution activities.

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    December 31, 2010     September 30, 2010     June 30, 2010     March 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
Nonperforming Assets           % of             % of             % of             % of             % of  
(in millions)   $     Portfolio     $     Portfolio     $     Portfolio     $     Portfolio     $     Portfolio  
 
Land hold
  $ 3.2       11.50 %   $ 5.6       15.13 %   $ 5.2       13.76 %   $ 4.9       12.49 %   $ 4.8       13.42 %
Land development
    3.1       8.82       16.0       21.64       22.3       26.48       27.1       26.86       1.0       0.92  
Construction
    7.5       7.21       27.4       17.65       25.0       15.99       35.2       21.39       25.2       14.19  
Income producing
    62.0       5.30       147.7       10.69       148.4       10.02       144.0       9.40       121.5       8.02  
Owner-occupied
    42.8       5.47       63.3       7.40       59.5       6.71       89.0       9.56       83.4       8.51  
 
                                                                     
Total commercial real estate
    118.6       5.59       260.0       10.39       260.4       9.84       300.2       10.85       235.9       8.39  
Commercial and industrial
    57.8       3.92       61.5       3.71       67.0       3.97       69.7       3.82       84.0       4.37  
 
                                                                     
Total nonaccruing commercial
    176.4       4.91       321.5       7.73       327.4       7.56       369.9       8.05       319.9       6.76  
 
                                                                               
Residential mortgage
    22.1       2.92       16.9       2.11       31.0       3.61       17.6       2.01       125.1       12.20  
Direct consumer
    12.5       1.20       15.5       1.42       18.7       1.65       16.5       1.41       21.3       1.74  
Indirect consumer
    1.3       0.16       1.7       0.20       1.5       0.18       2.4       0.30       2.6       0.33  
 
                                                                     
Total nonaccruing consumer
    35.9       1.37       34.1       1.25       51.2       1.82       36.5       1.28       149.0       4.88  
Total nonaccruing loans
    212.3       3.42       355.6       5.16       378.6       5.30       406.4       5.46       468.9       6.02  
Loans 90+ days still accruing
    1.6       0.03       1.6       0.02       1.5       0.02       2.4       0.03       3.0       0.04  
Restructured loans still accruing
    6.4       0.10       7.0       0.10       4.6       0.06       4.8       0.06       2.6       0.03  
 
                                                                     
Total nonperforming portfolio loans
    220.3       3.54       364.2       5.29       384.7       5.39       413.6       5.56       474.5       6.09  
Nonperforming held for sale
    24.1               38.4               44.0               95.3               65.2          
Other repossessed assets acquired
    42.2               40.7               43.9               47.3               54.4          
 
                                                                     
Total nonperforming assets
  $ 286.6             $ 443.3             $ 472.6             $ 556.2             $ 594.1          
 
                                                                     
 
                                                                               
Commercial inflows
  $ 110.9             $ 95.6             $ 75.9             $ 124.8             $ 101.0          
Commercial outflows
    (256.0 )             (101.5 )             (118.6 )             (74.8 )             (150.1 )        
 
                                                                     
Net change
  $ (145.1 )           $ (5.9 )           $ (42.7 )           $ 50.0             $ (49.1 )        
 
                                                                     
Nonperforming assets decreased from the third quarter of 2010 and fourth quarter of 2009, primarily due to our efforts to reduce overall problem asset levels and work through our stressed commercial real estate and residential mortgage portfolios. The nonperforming commercial loan outflows were $256.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, primarily due to a combination of individual workouts and a bulk sale. In addition, the decrease in nonperforming held for sale assets in the fourth quarter of 2010 was primarily the result of the aforementioned bulk sale of residential loans.
                                                                                 
                                    Three Months Ended              
    December 31, 2010     September 30, 2010     June 30, 2010     March 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
Net Charge-Offs           % of             % of             % of             % of             % of  
(in millions)   $     Portfolio*     $     Portfolio*     $     Portfolio*     $     Portfolio*     $     Portfolio*  
 
Land hold
  $ 5.2       73.54 %   $ 0.3       3.30 %   $ 0.4       3.72 %   $       %   $ 5.6       62.32 %
Land development
    19.7       N/M       9.0       48.29       9.8       46.68       0.1       0.49       9.7       36.97  
Construction
    10.0       38.44       0.4       1.10       8.7       22.23                   9.5       21.21  
Income producing
    64.2       21.74       30.8       8.85       12.6       3.41       7.6       2.01       13.2       3.45  
Owner-occupied
    18.1       9.16       4.8       2.21       18.9       8.57       6.9       3.01       2.5       1.01  
 
                                                                     
Total commercial real estate
    117.2       21.92       45.3       7.18       50.4       7.63       14.6       2.13       40.5       5.71  
Commercial and industrial
    26.0       7.01       6.8       1.62       11.4       2.71       12.9       2.86       22.4       4.63  
 
                                                                     
Total commercial
    143.2       15.81       52.1       4.97       61.8       5.72       27.5       2.43       62.9       5.27  
 
Residential mortgage
    6.1       3.20       23.3       11.57       0.6       0.29       80.1       37.05       6.0       2.33  
Direct consumer
    7.1       2.70       9.8       3.56       5.5       1.96       7.1       2.44       6.1       1.97  
Indirect consumer
    2.9       1.39       2.2       1.05       3.3       1.61       3.2       1.63       6.3       3.10  
 
                                                                     
Total consumer
    16.1       2.43       35.3       5.14       9.4       1.35       90.4       12.88       18.4       2.39  
 
                                                                     
Total net charge-offs
  $ 159.3       9.46     $ 87.4       4.91     $ 71.2       3.90     $ 117.9       6.25     $ 81.3       4.05  
 
                                                                     
 
*   Represents an annualized rate.
 
N/M — Not Meaningful
The increases in net charge-offs as compared with the third quarter of 2010 and the fourth quarter of 2009 were primarily the result of the resolution of certain problem assets through both bulk sale and individual workout efforts. Approximately $62.0 million in charge-offs were related to the transfer of certain nonperforming commercial loans to held for sale during the fourth quarter of 2010 that were then subsequently sold.

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    December 31, 2010     September 30, 2010     December 31, 2009  
Allocation of the Allowance for Loan Losses(1)   Allowance     Related     % of     % of     Allowance     Related     % of     % of     Allowance     Related     % of     % of  
(in millions)   Amount     NPL(2)     NPL     Portfolio(3)     Amount     NPL(2)     NPL     Portfolio (3)     Amount     NPL(2)     NPL     Portfolio (3)  
 
Specific allocated allowance:
                                                                                               
Commercial and industrial
  $ 9.5     $ 43.5       21.8 %           $ 11.2     $ 44.3       25.3 %           $ 16.3     $ 65.2       25.0 %        
Commercial real estate
    23.5       98.4       23.9               48.7       230.7       21.1               29.6       208.3       14.2          
Residential mortgage
    1.1       5.4       20.7               1.0       4.9       19.9               6.9       30.9       22.4          
Direct consumer
    0.1       1.2       11.0                                                              
 
                                                                                   
Total specific allocated allowance
    34.2       148.5       23.1               60.9       279.9       21.7               52.8       304.4       17.3          
 
                                                                                               
Risk allocated allowance:
                                                                                               
Commercial and industrial
    33.5       16.3       205.0       2.3 %     46.0       18.8       244.9       2.9 %     40.2       21.8       184.4       2.2 %
Commercial real estate (CRE)
    99.1       22.7       436.4       4.9       116.1       31.8       365.1       5.1       116.4       27.6       421.9       4.5  
Incremental risk allocated allowance — CRE
    29.5             N/M       N/M                   N/M       N/M                   N/M       N/M  
Residential mortgage
    46.5       18.6       250.4       6.2       47.3       15.6       303.0       5.9       50.6       95.6       53.0       5.1  
Direct consumer
    32.1       12.9       248.6       3.1       31.2       16.4       190.5       2.9       33.0       22.0       149.7       2.7  
Indirect consumer
    16.6       1.3       N/M       2.0       17.4       1.7       N/M       2.1       39.5       3.1       N/M       4.9  
 
                                                                                   
Total risk allocated allowance
    257.3       71.8       358.2       4.2       258.0       84.3       306.2       3.9       279.7       170.1       164.4       3.7  
 
                                                                                   
Total
    291.5                               318.9                               332.5                          
General valuation allowance
    4.5                               5.1                               6.4                          
 
                                                                                         
Total
  $ 296.0     $ 220.3       134.4       4.8     $ 324.0     $ 364.2       89.0       4.7     $ 338.9     $ 474.5       71.4       4.4  
 
                                                                                   
 
N/M — Not Meaningful
 
(1)   The allocation of the allowance for loan losses in the above table is based upon ranges of estimates and is not intended to imply either limitations on the usage of the allowance or precision of the specific amounts. Citizens does not view the allowance for loan losses as being divisible among the various categories of loans. The entire allowance is available to absorb any future losses without regard to the category or categories in which the charged-off loans are classified.
 
(2)   Related NPL amounts in risk allocated allowances include restructured loans and still accruing and loans 90+ days still accruing but classified as nonperforming.
 
(3)   The portfolio balance of the loans with a specific allocated allowance is equal to the Related NPL for said loans.
The allowance for loan losses was $296.0 million or 134.4% of nonperforming portfolio loans at December 31, 2010, compared with $324.0 million or 89.0% at September 30, 2010 and $338.9 million or 71.4% at December 31, 2009. The decreases in amount were primarily the result of an overall decrease in loan balances, an improvement in risk mix of the commercial portfolio, and the continuing stability in both portfolio and economic trends, as well as lower reserves identified for specific commercial loans. These decreases were partially offset by an incremental risk allocated allowance recorded in the fourth quarter of 2010 associated with the accelerated workout of commercial real estate loans.
The allowance as a percentage of nonperforming loans at December 31, 2010 increased from September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 primarily as a result of loss reserves having remained relatively stable while nonperforming loans declined 35.3% and 51.8%, respectively. While nonperforming loans declined over both periods, other factors that affect the risk allocated allowance such as credit metrics, delinquencies, the depressed real estate market and the accelerated workout of commercial real estate loans made it appropriate to maintain the allowance at this level.
After determining what Citizens believes is an appropriate allowance for loan losses based on the risk in the portfolio, the provision for loan losses is calculated as a result of the net effect of the quarterly change in the allowance for loan losses and the quarterly net charge-offs. The provision for loan losses was $131.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared with $89.6 million in the third quarter of 2010 and $84.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2009. The increases were primarily due to the additional charge-offs related to the aforementioned sale of nonperforming commercial loans and the incremental risk allocated allowance during the fourth quarter of 2010.
Noninterest Income
Noninterest income for the fourth quarter of 2010 was $24.0 million, a decrease of $1.9 million or 7.4% from the third quarter of 2010 and an increase of $9.8 million or 68.3% over the fourth quarter of 2009. Noninterest income for the year ended December 31, 2010 totaled $94.7 million, an increase of $31.5 million or 49.9% over the same period of 2009.
The decrease in noninterest income over the third quarter of 2010 included higher losses on loans held for sale, a decrease in other income and lower deposit service charges, partially offset by higher mortgage and other loan income and higher trust fees. The increase in losses on loans held for sale was

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primarily the result of the sale of commercial real estate loans in the fourth quarter of 2010, partially offset by a gain on the sale of residential mortgage loans in the same quarter. The decrease in other income was primarily the result of lower unrealized gains on deferred compensation plans and interest income received in the third quarter of 2010 for refunds of previous years’ tax returns, partially offset by an increase in interest rate swap income recognition in the fourth quarter of 2010. The decrease in service charges on deposit accounts was primarily the result of lower customer transaction volume. The increase in mortgage and other loan income was primarily the result of higher residential mortgage origination volume. The increase in trust fees was directly related to improved conditions in the debt and equity markets.
The increase in noninterest income over the fourth quarter of 2009 was primarily the result of lower losses on loans held for sale and an increase in other income. The decrease in losses on loans held for sale was primarily the result of additional writedowns incurred in the fourth quarter of 2009 to reflect market-value declines for the underlying collateral. The increase in other income was primarily the result of interest rate swap income recognition.
The increase in noninterest income over the year ended 2009 was primarily a result of the net loss on the extinguishment of debt in connection with the exchange offers completed on September 30, 2009 as well as higher gains on investment securities in 2010.
Noninterest Expense
Noninterest expense for the fourth quarter of 2010 was $77.2 million, an increase of $2.5 million or 3.3% from the third quarter of 2010 and a decrease of $4.1 million or 5.1% from the fourth quarter of 2009. Noninterest expense for the year ended December 31, 2010 totaled $307.1 million, a decrease of $278.1 million or 47.5% from the same period of 2009. The year ended December 31, 2009 included a $256.3 million goodwill impairment charge.
The increase in noninterest expense from the third quarter of 2010 was primarily the result of higher other expense and higher other loan expense, partially offset by a decrease in losses on other real estate. The increase in other expenses was primarily the result of a reduction of telephone expense incurred in the third quarter of 2010 related to a refund of excise tax on telephone expenses incurred prior to 2006, higher fraud and other losses and additional use tax expense. The increase in other loan expense was primarily the result of higher provision for off-balance sheet credit losses as well as higher mortgage processing fees as a result of higher residential mortgage origination volume. The decline in losses on other real estate was primarily the result of additional writedowns incurred in the third quarter of 2010 to reflect fair-value declines for the underlying collateral.
The decrease in noninterest expense from the fourth quarter of 2009 was primarily the result of lower losses on other real estate, partially offset by increases in salaries and employee expense and occupancy expense. The decline in losses on other real estate was primarily the result of additional writedowns incurred in the fourth quarter of 2009 to reflect fair-value declines for the underlying collateral. The increase in salaries and benefits was primarily the result of higher severance expense and benefits related to those agreements, higher commission-based compensation, as well as higher pension costs.
The decrease in noninterest expense in the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to 2009 was primarily the result of the goodwill impairment charge of $256.3 million in the second quarter of 2009, lower salaries and employee benefits, and lower other loan expenses. The decline in salaries and employee benefits was primarily due to lower staffing levels in 2010 and suspending employer contributions to the 401(k) plan in 2009. Lower other loan expense was primarily the result of lower commercial and residential mortgage origination volume and foreclosure-related expenses.
Citizens had 2,026 full-time equivalent employees at December 31, 2010 compared with 2,039 at September 30, 2010 and 2,053 at December 31, 2009.
Income Tax Provision (Benefit)
The income tax provision for the fourth quarter of 2010 was $3.4 million, compared with a provision of $5.6 million for the third quarter of 2010 and a benefit of $3.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. Income tax provision for the year ended December 31, 2010 totaled $12.9 million, compared with a benefit of $29.6 million from the same period of 2009. The variances were primarily the result of alternative minimum tax calculations.

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Pre-Tax Pre-Provision Profit (non-GAAP)
The following table displays pre-tax pre-provision profit (non-GAAP) for each of the last five quarters.
                                         
    Three Months Ended  
Pre-Tax Pre-Provision Profit (non-GAAP)   December 31,     September 30,     June 30,     March 31,     December 31,  
(in thousands)   2010     2010     2010     2010     2009  
 
Loss from continuing operations
  $ (106,154 )   $ (62,471 )   $ (44,456 )   $ (76,023 )   $ (65,883 )
Income tax provision (benefit) from continuing operations
    3,383       5,628       3,700       147       (3,307 )
Provision for loan losses
    131,296       89,617       70,614       101,355       84,007  
Investment securities losses (gains)
    171             (8,051 )     (6,016 )      
Fair-value adjustment on loans held for sale
    3,069       1,441       8,405       7,702       8,724  
Fair-value adjustment on ORE
    930       1,967       3,778       6,763       8,089  
Fair-value adjustment on bank owned life insurance (1)
    (105 )     (159 )     280       (83 )     (19 )
Fair-value adjustment on swaps (1)
    (535 )     202       279       836       1,449  
 
                             
Pre-Tax Pre-Provision Profit (non-GAAP)
  $ 32,055     $ 36,225     $ 34,549     $ 34,681     $ 33,060  
 
                             
 
(1)   Fair-value adjustment amounts contained in line item “Other income” on Consolidated Statements of Operations
Other Developments
On January 19, 2011, Citizens received a notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market stating that the minimum bid price of Citizens’ common stock continued to be below $1.00 per share and that Citizens had therefore not regained compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5450(a)(1) following receipt of the previously disclosed initial notification of noncompliance from The Nasdaq Stock Market, dated July 19, 2010. The notification letter does not affect the listing of Citizens’ common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market at this time and it will continue to trade under the symbol CRBC.
The notification letter states that Citizens will be afforded an additional 180 calendar days, or until July 18, 2011, to regain compliance with the minimum closing bid price requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of Citizens’ common stock must meet or exceed $1.00 per share for at least ten consecutive business days. If Citizens does not regain compliance by July 18, 2011, Nasdaq will provide a written notification that Citizens’ common stock will be delisted. Citizens may appeal the determination to delist at that time and submit a plan of compliance to The Nasdaq Stock Market, which would temporarily stay any delisting action.
Citizens intends to actively monitor the bid price for its common stock and is considering available options to resolve the deficiency and regain compliance with the Nasdaq minimum bid price requirement.
Conference Call
Citizens’ senior management will review the quarter’s results in a conference call at 10:00 a.m. ET on Friday, January 28, 2011. A live audio webcast is available on Citizens’ investor relations page at www.citizensbanking.com or by calling (800) 862-9098 (conference ID: Citizens Republic). To participate in the conference call, please connect approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled conference time.
The call will be archived for 90 days at www.citizensbanking.com. In addition, a digital recording will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the conference call until February 4, 2011. To listen to the replay, please dial (800) 723-0528.
Discontinued Operations
As a result of the sale of Citizens’ wholly-owned subsidiary, F&M during the second quarter of 2010, the financial condition and operating results for this subsidiary have been segregated from the financial condition and operating results of Citizens’ continuing operations throughout this release and, as such, are presented as a discontinued operation. While all prior periods have been revised retrospectively to align with this treatment, these changes do not affect Citizens’ reported consolidated financial condition or net income for any of the prior periods.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to results presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), this release includes non-GAAP financial measures such as tangible equity to tangible assets ratio, tangible common equity to tangible assets ratio, Tier 1 common equity ratio, pre-tax pre-provision profit,

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net interest margin, and the efficiency ratio. Citizens believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide additional information that is useful to investors in understanding the underlying performance of Citizens, its business, and performance trends and such measures help facilitate performance comparisons with others in the banking industry. Non-GAAP financial measures have inherent limitations, are not required to be uniformly applied and are not audited. Readers should be aware of these limitations and should be cautious as to their use of such measures. To mitigate these limitations, Citizens has procedures in place to ensure that these measures are calculated using the appropriate GAAP or regulatory components in their entirety and to ensure that Citizens’ performance is properly reflected to facilitate consistent period-to-period comparisons. Although Citizens believes the above non-GAAP financial measures disclosed in this release enhance investors’ understanding of its business and performance, these non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for GAAP basis financial measures.
Tangible Equity, Tangible Common Equity and Tier 1 Common Equity Ratios (non-GAAP financial measures)
Citizens believes the exclusion of goodwill and other intangible assets to create “tangible assets” and “tangible equity” facilitates the comparison of period to period results for ongoing business operations. Citizens’ management internally assesses the company’s performance based, in part, on these non-GAAP financial measures. The tangible common equity ratio and Tier 1 common equity ratio have become a focus of some investors and management believes that these ratios may assist investors in analyzing Citizens’ capital position absent the effects of intangible assets and preferred stock. Because tangible common equity and Tier 1 common equity are not formally defined by GAAP or codified in the federal banking regulations, these measures are considered to be non-GAAP financial measures. Because analysts and banking regulators may assess Citizens’ capital adequacy using tangible common equity and Tier 1 common equity, Citizens believes that it is useful to provide investors the ability to assess its capital adequacy on the same bases. Tier 1 common equity is often expressed as a percentage of net risk-weighted assets. Under the risk-based capital framework, a bank’s balance sheet assets and credit equivalent amounts of off-balance sheet items are assigned to one of four broad risk categories. The aggregated dollar amount in each category is then multiplied by the risk weight assigned to that category. The resulting weighted values from each of the four categories are added together and this sum is the risk-weighted assets total that, as adjusted, comprises the denominator of certain risk-based capital ratios. Tier 1 capital is then divided by this denominator (net risk-weighted assets) to determine the Tier 1 capital ratio. Adjustments are made to Tier 1 capital to arrive at Tier 1 common equity as shown in the Non-GAAP Reconciliation Table later in this release. The amounts disclosed as net risk-weighted assets are calculated consistent with banking regulatory requirements.
Pre-tax Pre-Provision Profit (non-GAAP financial measure)
Pre-tax pre-provision profit (“PTPP”), as defined by Citizens’ management represents total revenue (total net interest income and noninterest income) excluding any securities gains/losses, fair-value adjustments on loans held for sale, interest rate swaps, and bank owned life insurance, less noninterest expense excluding any goodwill impairment charges, credit writedowns, fair-value adjustments and special assessments. While certain of these items are an integral part of Citizens’ banking operations, in each case, the excluded items are items that management believes are particularly impacted by economic stress or significant changes in the credit cycle and are therefore likely to make it more difficult to understand our underlying performance trends and the ability of our banking operations to generate revenue. Net interest income, noninterest income and noninterest expense are all calculated in accordance with GAAP and are presented in the consolidated statement of operations. While noninterest income and noninterest expense are adjusted for the specific items listed above in the calculation of PTPP, these adjustments represent the excluded items in their entirety for each period presented to better facilitate period to period comparisons.

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Viewed together with Citizens’ GAAP results, PTPP provides management, investors and others with a useful metric to evaluate and better understand trends in Citizens’ period-to-period earnings power and ability to generate capital to cover credit losses, in each case exclusive of the effects of the current and recent economic stress and the credit cycle. As recent results for the banking industry demonstrate, loan charge-offs, related credit provision, and credit writedowns can vary significantly from period to period, making a measure that helps isolate the impact of credit costs on profitability all the more important to investors. The “Credit Quality” section of this release isolates the challenges and issues related to the credit quality of Citizens’ loan portfolio and their impact on Citizens’ earnings as reflected in the provision for loan losses.
A portion of the compensation awarded to Citizens’ Named Executive Officers and certain other management employees for their performance in 2009 and 2010 is measured against a PTPP performance target (as defined above) as Citizens believes that PTPP is a key measurement that helps keep revenue generation as a focus for its business and a particularly valuable measure during challenging credit cycles. Based on 2009 full-year results, the total cash compensation award linked to PTPP was $0.1 million. Additionally during 2009, approximately 234,000 shares of restricted stock were granted, which vest only if both the PTPP performance condition and the GAAP net income performance condition are met. Based on 2010 full year results, the total potential cash compensation award linked to PTPP is $1.1 million, payable in early 2011. Additionally, during 2010, approximately 1,129,000 shares of restricted stock and restricted stock units were granted which have a two-year vesting period based partially on PTPP results and partially on total provision expense. The grants are designed so that a portion of the compensation is based on provision expense while the remainder does not depend on management’s performance with regard to managing loan losses, securities impairments, and other asset impairments.
Like all non-GAAP metrics, PTPP’s usefulness is inherently limited. Because Citizens’ calculation of PTPP may differ from the calculation of similar measures used by other bank holding companies, PTPP should be used to determine and evaluate period to period trends in Citizens’ performance and in comparison to Citizens’ loan charge-offs, related credit provision, and credit writedowns, rather than in comparison to non-GAAP metrics used by other companies. In addition, investors should bear in mind that income tax expense (benefit), the provision for loan losses, and the other items excluded from revenues and expenses in the PTPP calculation are recurring and integral expenses to Citizens’ banking operations, and that these expenses will still accrue under GAAP, thereby reducing GAAP earnings and, ultimately, shareholders’ equity.
Net Interest Margin and Efficiency Ratio (non-GAAP financial measures)
In accordance with industry standards, certain designated net interest income amounts are presented on a taxable equivalent basis, including the calculation of net interest margin and the efficiency ratio. Citizens believes the presentation of net interest margin on a taxable equivalent basis using a 35% effective tax rate allows comparability of net interest margin with industry peers by eliminating the effect of the differences in portfolios attributable to the proportion represented by both taxable and tax-exempt investments. See the Selected Quarterly Information Table, the Non-GAAP Reconciliation Table, and the Average Balances, Yields and Rates Table later in this release for additional information.
Corporate Profile
Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc. is a diversified financial services company providing a wide range of commercial, consumer, mortgage banking, trust and financial planning services to a broad client base. Citizens serves communities in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Indiana with 218 offices and 252 ATMs. Citizens is the largest bank holding company headquartered in Michigan with roots dating back to 1871 and is the 52nd largest bank holding company headquartered in the United States. More information about Citizens is available at www.citizensbanking.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
Discussions and statements in this release that are not statements of historical fact, including without limitation, statements that include terms such as “will,” “may,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “intend,” and “plan,” and statements regarding Citizens’ future financial and operating results, plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Citizens’ control or are subject to change. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance and actual results could differ materially.

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As an example, although we expect to substantially complete our problem assets resolution efforts in the first quarter of 2011, clients may be unwilling or unable to repay Citizens on a timely basis or renegotiate their loans, or there may be no market for Citizens to exit these loans or economic conditions could result in a more significant increase in nonperforming loans than expected. If any of these conditions occurs, Citizens may not be able to substantially complete the resolution of problem assets during the expected time frame, which could have a negative impact on its capital, results of operations and financial position, and could delay Citizens’ return to profitability.
Other factors that could cause or contribute to actual results differing materially for Citizens’ expectations include risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in Citizens’ annual and quarterly filings with the SEC, which are available at the SEC’s web site www.sec.gov. Other factors not currently anticipated may also materially and adversely affect Citizens’ results of operations, cash flows, financial position and prospects. There can be no assurance that future results will meet expectations. While Citizens believes that the forward-looking statements in this release are reasonable, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement. In addition, these statements speak only as of the date made. Citizens does not undertake, and expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter any statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
Citizens Republic Bancorp and Subsidiaries
                         
    December 31,     September 30,     December 31,  
(in thousands)   2010     2010     2009  
 
Assets
                       
Cash and due from banks
  $ 127,585     $ 142,025     $ 156,093  
Money market investments
    409,079       530,169       686,285  
Investment Securities:
                       
Securities available for sale, at fair value
    2,049,528       2,258,452       2,076,794  
Securities held to maturity, at amortized cost (fair value of $469,421, $118,155 and $116,368, respectively)
    474,832       112,029       114,249  
 
                 
Total investment securities
    2,524,360       2,370,481       2,191,043  
FHLB and Federal Reserve stock
    143,873       157,304       155,084  
Portfolio loans:
                       
Commercial and industrial
    1,474,227       1,657,383       1,921,755  
Commercial real estate
    2,120,735       2,503,685       2,811,539  
 
                 
Total commercial
    3,594,962       4,161,068       4,733,294  
Residential mortgage
    756,245       800,521       1,025,248  
Direct consumer
    1,045,530       1,091,704       1,224,182  
Indirect consumer
    819,865       834,712       805,181  
 
                 
Total portfolio loans
    6,216,602       6,888,005       7,787,905  
Less: Allowance for loan losses
    (296,031 )     (324,046 )     (338,940 )
 
                 
Net portfolio loans
    5,920,571       6,563,959       7,448,965  
Loans held for sale
    40,347       52,191       80,219  
Premises and equipment
    104,714       106,272       110,703  
Goodwill
    318,150       318,150       318,150  
Other intangible assets
    10,454       11,306       14,378  
Bank owned life insurance
    217,757       218,056       220,190  
Other assets
    148,755       168,991       214,560  
Assets of discontinued operations
                335,961  
 
                 
Total assets
  $ 9,965,645     $ 10,638,904     $ 11,931,631  
 
                 
Liabilities
                       
Noninterest-bearing deposits
  $ 1,325,383     $ 1,297,579     $ 1,288,303  
Interest-bearing demand deposits
    947,953       947,126       1,055,290  
Savings deposits
    2,600,750       2,704,589       2,460,114  
Time deposits
    2,852,748       3,151,652       3,697,056  
 
                 
Total deposits
    7,726,834       8,100,946       8,500,763  
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    41,699       42,334       32,900  
Other short-term borrowings
    620       710       6,900  
Other liabilities
    152,072       152,531       124,718  
Long-term debt
    1,032,689       1,185,322       1,512,987  
Liabilities of discontinued operations
                422,327  
 
                 
Total liabilities
    8,953,914       9,481,843       10,600,595  
Shareholders’ Equity
                       
Preferred stock — no par value
    278,300       276,676       271,990  
Common stock — no par value
    1,431,829       1,431,314       1,429,771  
Retained deficit
    (678,242 )     (566,543 )     (363,632 )
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income
    (20,156 )     15,614       (7,093 )
 
                 
Total shareholders’ equity
    1,011,731       1,157,061       1,331,036  
 
                 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 9,965,645     $ 10,638,904     $ 11,931,631  
 
                 

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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
Citizens Republic Bancorp and Subsidiaries
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Twelve Months Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,  
(in thousands, except per share amounts)   2010     2009     2010     2009  
 
Interest Income
                               
Interest and fees on loans
  $ 91,785     $ 107,730     $ 390,587     $ 449,067  
Interest and dividends on investment securities:
                               
Taxable
    17,603       17,333       72,545       73,796  
Tax-exempt
    3,304       5,903       16,035       25,074  
Dividends on FHLB and Federal Reserve stock
    1,013       750       3,776       4,216  
Money market investments
    319       368       1,501       1,257  
 
                       
Total interest income
    114,024       132,084       484,444       553,410  
 
                       
Interest Expense
                               
Deposits
    19,587       32,027       98,526       151,511  
Short-term borrowings
    19       33       80       193  
Long-term debt
    12,687       18,112       56,774       91,257  
 
                       
Total interest expense
    32,293       50,172       155,380       242,961  
 
                       
Net Interest Income
    81,731       81,912       329,064       310,449  
Provision for loan losses
    131,296       84,007       392,882       323,820  
 
                       
Net interest loss after provision for loan losses
    (49,565 )     (2,095 )     (63,818 )     (13,371 )
 
                       
Noninterest Income
                               
Service charges on deposit accounts
    10,072       10,826       40,336       42,116  
Trust fees
    4,135       4,211       15,603       14,784  
Mortgage and other loan income
    3,109       2,556       10,486       12,393  
Brokerage and investment fees
    1,264       1,061       4,579       5,194  
ATM network user fees
    1,825       1,631       7,057       6,283  
Bankcard fees
    2,325       1,879       8,859       7,714  
Net loss on loans held for sale
    (3,069 )     (8,724 )     (20,617 )     (20,086 )
Net loss on debt extinguishment
                      (15,929 )
Investment securities (losses) gains
    (171 )           13,896       5  
Other income
    4,538       834       14,460       10,659  
 
                       
Total noninterest income
    24,028       14,274       94,659       63,133  
Noninterest Expense
                               
Salaries and employee benefits
    32,294       30,012       126,384       135,389  
Occupancy
    6,834       6,155       26,963       26,723  
Professional services
    2,945       2,991       10,550       11,877  
Equipment
    3,355       2,988       12,482       11,714  
Data processing services
    4,636       4,772       18,734       17,692  
Advertising and public relations
    1,512       1,551       6,530       7,113  
Postage and delivery
    1,075       1,286       4,571       5,525  
Other loan expenses
    5,431       5,631       20,311       24,553  
Losses on other real estate (ORE)
    930       8,089       13,438       23,312  
ORE expenses
    1,653       1,281       4,970       4,389  
Intangible asset amortization
    851       1,173       3,923       7,036  
Goodwill impairment
                      256,272  
Other expense
    15,718       15,440       58,231       53,544  
 
                       
Total noninterest expense
    77,234       81,369       307,087       585,139  
 
                       
Loss from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes
    (102,771 )     (69,190 )     (276,246 )     (535,377 )
Income tax provision (benefit) from continuing operations
    3,383       (3,307 )     12,858       (29,633 )
 
                       
Loss from Continuing Operations
    (106,154 )     (65,883 )     (289,104 )     (505,744 )
Discontinued operations:
                               
Income (loss) from discontinued operations (net of income tax)
          1,155       (3,821 )     (8,469 )
 
                       
Net Loss
    (106,154 )     (64,728 )     (292,925 )     (514,213 )
Dividend on redeemable preferred stock
    (5,545 )     (5,253 )     (21,685 )     (19,777 )
 
                       
Net Loss Attributable to Common Shareholders
  $ (111,699 )   $ (69,981 )   $ (314,610 )   $ (533,990 )
 
                       
Loss Per Share from Continuing Operations
                               
Basic
  $ (0.28 )   $ (0.18 )   $ (0.79 )   $ (2.71 )
Diluted
    (0.28 )     (0.18 )     (0.79 )     (2.71 )
Loss Per Share from Discontinued Operations
                               
Basic
  $     $     $ (0.01 )   $ (0.04 )
Diluted
                (0.01 )     (0.04 )
Net Loss Per Common Share:
                               
Basic
  $ (0.28 )   $ (0.18 )   $ (0.80 )   $ (2.75 )
Diluted
    (0.28 )     (0.18 )     (0.80 )     (2.75 )
Average Common Shares Outstanding:
                               
Basic
    394,044       393,774       393,921       193,833  
Diluted
    394,044       393,774       393,921       193,833  

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    December 31,     September 30,     June 30,     March 31,     December 31,  
Selected Quarterly Information    2010     2010     2010     2010     2009  
 
Summary of Operations (in thousands)
                                       
Net interest income
  $ 81,731     $ 81,558     $ 84,586     $ 81,189     $ 81,912  
Provision for loan losses
    131,296       89,617       70,614       101,355       84,007  
Noninterest income (1)
    24,028       25,956       22,282       22,393       14,274  
Noninterest expense
    77,234       74,740       77,010       78,103       81,369  
Income tax provision (benefit) from continuing operations
    3,383       5,628       3,700       147       (3,307 )
Loss from continuing operations
    (106,154 )     (62,471 )     (44,456 )     (76,023 )     (65,883 )
Discontinued operations (after tax)
                5,151       (8,973 )     1,155  
Net loss
    (106,154 )     (62,471 )     (39,305 )     (84,996 )     (64,728 )
Net loss attributable to common shareholders (2)
    (111,699 )     (67,922 )     (44,711 )     (90,278 )     (69,981 )
Taxable equivalent adjustment, continuing operations
    2,247       2,372       2,605       3,357       3,721  
                               
Per Common Share Data
                                       
Net loss from continuing operations:
                                       
Basic
  $ (0.28 )   $ (0.17 )   $ (0.12 )   $ (0.21 )   $ (0.18 )
Diluted
    (0.28 )     (0.17 )     (0.12 )     (0.21 )     (0.18 )
Discontinued operations:
                                       
Basic
  $     $     $ 0.01     $ (0.02 )   $  
Diluted
                0.01       (0.02 )      
Net loss:
                                       
Basic
  $ (0.28 )   $ (0.17 )   $ (0.11 )   $ (0.23 )   $ (0.18 )
Diluted
    (0.28 )     (0.17 )     (0.11 )     (0.23 )     (0.18 )
Common book value
    1.85       2.22       2.37       2.46       2.69  
Tangible book value (non-GAAP)
    1.72       2.08       2.24       2.28       2.50  
Tangible common book value (non-GAAP)
    1.02       1.39       1.54       1.59       1.81  
Shares outstanding, end of period (000)
    397,167       397,071       396,979       394,392       394,397  
                               
At Period End, Continuing Operations (in millions)
                                       
Assets
  $ 9,966     $ 10,639     $ 10,834     $ 11,328     $ 11,596  
Earning assets
    9,303       9,932       10,098       10,595       10,864  
Portfolio loans
    6,217       6,888       7,138       7,439       7,788  
Allowance for loan losses
    296       324       322       322       339  
Deposits
    7,727       8,101       8,222       8,481       8,501  
Shareholders’ equity
    1,012       1,157       1,218       1,244       1,331  
                               
Average for the Quarter, Continuing Operations (in millions)
                                       
Assets
  $ 10,468     $ 10,803     $ 11,156     $ 11,575     $ 11,616  
Earning assets
    9,769       10,065       10,432       10,839       10,874  
Portfolio loans
    6,682       7,059       7,318       7,654       7,964  
Allowance for loan losses
    324       322       322       336       337  
Deposits
    7,965       8,198       8,431       8,544       8,353  
Shareholders’ equity
    1,145       1,215       1,239       1,323       1,392  
                               
Financial Ratios, Continuing Operations (annualized)
                                       
Return on average assets
    (4.02) %     (2.29 )%     (1.60 )%     (2.66 )%     (2.25 )%
Return on average shareholders’ equity
    (36.78 )     (20.40 )     (14.40 )     (23.30 )     (18.77 )
Average shareholders’ equity / average assets
    10.94       11.25       11.10       11.43       11.99  
Net interest margin (FTE) (3)
    3.42       3.32       3.35       3.14       3.13  
Efficiency ratio (non-GAAP) (4)
    71.39       68.02       75.93       77.39       81.45  
Allowance for loan losses as a percent of portfolio loans
    4.76       4.70       4.51       4.33       4.35  
Allowance for loan losses as a percent of nonperforming loans
    134.39       88.98       83.67       77.94       71.43  
Allowance for loan losses as a percent of nonperforming assets
    103.30       73.10       68.11       57.96       57.05  
Nonperforming loans as a percent of portfolio loans
    3.54       5.29       5.39       5.56       6.09  
Nonperforming assets as a percent of portfolio loans plus ORAA (5)
    4.55       6.35       6.53       7.32       7.50  
Nonperforming assets as a percent of total assets
    2.88       4.17       4.36       4.91       5.12  
Net loans charged off as a percent of average portfolio loans (annualized)
    9.46       4.91       3.90       6.25       4.05  
Leverage ratio
    7.71       8.50       8.72       8.47       9.21  
Tier 1 capital ratio
    12.11       12.41       12.79       12.12       12.52  
Total capital ratio
    13.50       13.80       14.17       13.49       13.93  
                               
 
(1)   Noninterest income includes a gain on investment securities of $8.0 million and $6.0 million in the second and the first quarter of 2010, respectively.
 
(2)   Net loss attributable to common shareholders includes a non-cash dividend to preferred shareholders of $5.5 million, $5.4 million, $5.3 million and $5.4 million in the fourth, third, second and first quarters of 2010, respectively, and $5.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2009.
 
(3)   Net interest margin is presented on an annual basis, includes taxable equivalent adjustments to interest income and is based on a tax rate of 35%.
 
(4)   The Efficiency ratio (non-GAAP) measures how efficiently a bank spends its revenues. The formula is: (Noninterest expense — Goodwill impairment)/(Net interest income + taxable equivalent adjustment + Total noninterest income — Investment securities (losses) gains).
 
(5)   Other real estate assets acquired (“ORAA”) includes loans held for sale.

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    December 31,     September 30,     June 30,     March 31,     December 31,  
Non-GAAP Reconciliation   2010     2010     2010     2010     2009  
 
Efficiency Ratio (non-GAAP) (in thousands)
                                       
Net interest income (A)
  $ 81,731     $ 81,558     $ 84,586     $ 81,189     $ 81,912  
Taxable equivalent adjustment (B)
    2,247       2,372       2,605       3,357       3,721  
Investment securities (losses) gain (C)
    (171 )           8,051       6,016        
Noninterest income (D)
    24,028       25,956       22,282       22,393       14,274  
Noninterest expense (E)
    77,234       74,740       77,010       78,103       81,369  
Efficiency ratio: E/(A+B-C+D) (non-GAAP)
    71.39 %     68.02 %     75.93 %     77.39 %     81.45 %
 
                                       
Ending Balances (in millions)
                                       
Tangible Common Equity to Tangible Assets
                                       
Total assets(1)
  $ 9,966     $ 10,639     $ 10,834     $ 11,652     $ 11,932  
Goodwill(2)
    (318 )     (318 )     (318 )     (331 )     (331 )
Other intangible assets
    (11 )     (11 )     (12 )     (13 )     (14 )
 
                             
Tangible assets (non-GAAP)
  $ 9,637     $ 10,310     $ 10,504     $ 11,308     $ 11,587  
 
                             
 
                                       
Total shareholders’ equity
  $ 1,012     $ 1,157     $ 1,218     $ 1,244     $ 1,331  
Goodwill(2)
    (318 )     (318 )     (318 )     (331 )     (331 )
Other intangible assets
    (11 )     (11 )     (12 )     (13 )     (14 )
 
                             
Tangible equity (non-GAAP)
  $ 683     $ 828     $ 888     $ 900     $ 986  
 
                             
 
                                       
Tangible equity
  $ 683     $ 828     $ 888     $ 900     $ 986  
Preferred stock
    (278 )     (277 )     (275 )     (274 )     (272 )
 
                             
Tangible common equity (non-GAAP)
  $ 405     $ 551     $ 613     $ 626     $ 714  
 
                             
 
                                       
Tier 1 Common Equity
                                       
Total shareholders’ equity
  $ 1,012     $ 1,157     $ 1,218     $ 1,244     $ 1,331  
Qualifying capital securities
    74       74       74       74       74  
Goodwill(2)
    (318 )     (318 )     (318 )     (331 )     (331 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (income)
    20       (16 )     (10 )     6       7  
Other intangible assets
    (11 )     (11 )     (12 )     (13 )     (14 )
 
                             
Tier 1 capital (regulatory)
  $ 777     $ 886     $ 952     $ 980     $ 1,067  
 
                             
 
                                       
Tier 1 capital (regulatory)
  $ 777     $ 886     $ 952     $ 980     $ 1,067  
Qualifying capital securities
    (74 )     (74 )     (74 )     (74 )     (74 )
Preferred stock
    (278 )     (277 )     (275 )     (274 )     (272 )
 
                             
 
                                       
Total Tier 1 common equity (non-GAAP)
  $ 425     $ 535     $ 603     $ 632     $ 721  
 
                             
 
                                       
Net risk-weighted assets (regulatory)(3)
  $ 6,417     $ 7,133     $ 7,432     $ 8,083     $ 8,541  
 
                                       
Equity to assets
    10.15 %     10.88 %     11.24 %     10.68 %     11.16 %
Tier 1 common equity (non-GAAP)
    6.62       7.50       8.10       7.82       8.47  
Tangible equity to tangible assets (non-GAAP)
    7.09       8.03       8.45       7.96       8.51  
Tangible common equity to tangible assets (non-GAAP)
    4.20       5.34       5.83       5.54       6.16  
 
 
(1)   Total asset represents assets for continuing operations, as shown on the balance sheet, and includes assets of discontinued operations of $324 million in the first quarter of 2010 and $336 million in the fourth quarter of 2009.
 
(2)   Goodwill represents goodwill for continuing operations, as shown on the balance sheet, and includes goodwill for discontinued operations of $12.6 million in the first quarter of 2010 and the fourth quarter of 2009.
 
(3)   Net risk-weighted assets (regulatory) for second quarter 2010 and fourth quarter 2009 were calculated on a combined basis.

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                    Three Months Ended              
Noninterest Income and Noninterest Expense   December 31,     September 30,     June 30,     March 31,     December 31,  
(in thousands)   2010     2010     2010     2010     2009  
 
Service charges on deposit accounts
  $ 10,072     $ 10,609     $ 9,971     $ 9,684     $ 10,826  
Trust fees
    4,135       3,837       3,836       3,795       4,211  
Mortgage and other loan income
    3,109       2,590       2,198       2,589       2,556  
Brokerage and investment fees
    1,264       1,060       1,322       933       1,061  
ATM network user fees
    1,825       1,864       1,771       1,597       1,631  
Bankcard fees
    2,325       2,261       2,266       2,007       1,879  
Net loss on loans held for sale
    (3,069 )     (1,441 )     (8,405 )     (7,702 )     (8,724 )
Investment securities (losses) gains
    (171 )           8,051       6,016        
Other income
    4,538       5,176       1,272       3,474       834  
 
                             
Total noninterest income
  $ 24,028     $ 25,956     $ 22,282     $ 22,393     $ 14,274  
 
                             
 
                                       
Salaries and employee benefits
  $ 32,294     $ 32,740     $ 31,403     $ 29,947     $ 30,012  
Occupancy
    6,834       6,529       6,139       7,461       6,155  
Professional services
    2,945       2,737       2,615       2,253       2,991  
Equipment
    3,355       3,076       2,979       3,072       2,988  
Data processing services
    4,636       4,702       4,767       4,629       4,772  
Advertising and public relations
    1,512       1,605       2,116       1,297       1,551  
Postage and delivery
    1,075       1,187       1,295       1,014       1,286  
Other loan expenses
    5,431       4,355       4,551       5,974       5,631  
Losses on other real estate (ORE)
    930       1,967       3,778       6,763       8,089  
ORE expenses
    1,653       1,327       800       1,190       1,281  
Intangible asset amortization
    851       908       1,034       1,130       1,173  
Other expense
    15,718       13,607       15,533       13,373       15,440  
 
                             
Total noninterest expense
  $ 77,234     $ 74,740     $ 77,010     $ 78,103     $ 81,369  
 
                             

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                    Three Months Ended        
    December 31, 2010     September 30, 2010     December 31, 2009  
Average Balances, Yields and Rates   Average     Average     Average     Average     Average     Average  
(in thousands)   Balance     Rate     Balance     Rate     Balance     Rate  
 
Earning Assets
                                               
Money market investments
  $ 512,068       0.25 %   $ 560,792       0.25 %   $ 583,586       0.25 %
Investment securities:
                                               
Taxable
    2,076,584       3.39       1,911,268       3.78       1,562,019       4.44  
Tax-exempt
    300,838       6.76       321,256       6.73       551,140       6.59  
FHLB and Federal Reserve stock
    150,871       2.67       157,304       1.86       155,084       1.93  
Portfolio loans:
                                               
Commercial and industrial
    1,583,285       4.67       1,685,249       4.70       1,973,499       4.88  
Commercial real estate
    2,422,033       5.31       2,595,787       5.34       2,882,787       5.24  
Residential mortgage
    778,572       4.90       839,455       4.89       1,045,893       4.73  
Direct consumer
    1,068,615       6.11       1,112,768       6.03       1,246,596       6.04  
Indirect consumer
    829,969       6.84       825,885       6.82       815,261       6.81  
 
                                         
Total portfolio loans
    6,682,474       5.43       7,059,144       5.42       7,964,036       5.37  
Loans held for sale
    45,993       7.72       55,054       2.14       58,611       3.78  
 
                                         
Total earning assets
    9,768,828       4.73       10,064,818       4.79       10,874,476       4.97  
Nonearning Assets
                                               
Cash and due from banks
    146,433               154,119               152,384          
Premises and equipment
    105,509               106,503               111,808          
Investment security fair value adjustment
    63,711               65,693               47,741          
Other nonearning assets
    707,579               733,974               766,842          
Assets of discontinued operations
                                349,377          
Allowance for loan losses
    (323,742 )             (321,865 )             (336,763 )        
 
                                         
Total assets
  $ 10,468,318             $ 10,803,242             $ 11,965,865          
 
                                         
Interest-Bearing Liabilities
                                               
Deposits:
                                               
Interest-bearing demand deposits
  $ 941,221       0.24     $ 975,588       0.26     $ 1,022,155       0.38  
Savings deposits
    2,629,442       0.49       2,591,083       0.63       2,468,012       0.70  
Time deposits
    3,035,501       2.06       3,318,137       2.24       3,604,488       2.94  
Short-term borrowings
    41,591       0.18       36,888       0.22       46,097       0.29  
Long-term debt
    1,159,760       4.34       1,202,901       4.51       1,607,566       4.47  
 
                                         
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    7,807,515       1.64       8,124,597       1.82       8,748,318       2.28  
Noninterest-Bearing Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
                                               
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    1,358,685               1,312,957               1,258,832          
Other liabilities
    156,920               150,601               143,348          
Liabilities of discontinued operations
                                422,882          
Shareholders’ equity
    1,145,198               1,215,087               1,392,485          
 
                                         
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 10,468,318             $ 10,803,242             $ 11,965,865          
 
                                         
Interest Spread
            3.09               2.97               2.69  
Contribution of noninterest bearing sources of funds
            0.33               0.35               0.44  
 
                                         
Net Interest Margin
            3.42 %             3.32 %             3.13 %
 
                                         

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            Twelve Months Ended          
            December 31,          
      2010       2009  
Average Balances, Yields and Rates    Average     Average     Average     Average  
(in thousands)   Balance     Rate     Balance     Rate  
 
Earning Assets
                               
Money market investments
  $ 605,217       0.25 %   $ 502,584       0.25 %
Investment securities
                               
Taxable
    1,901,195       3.82       1,571,960       4.69  
Tax-exempt
    366,044       6.74       585,036       6.59  
FHLB and Federal Reserve stock
    154,959       2.44       152,762       2.76  
Portfolio loans:
                               
Commercial and industrial
    1,728,712       4.80       2,183,525       4.70  
Commercial real estate
    2,631,901       5.30       2,905,011       5.30  
Residential mortgage
    867,500       5.06       1,135,289       5.03  
Direct consumer
    1,133,691       6.07       1,313,718       6.06  
Indirect consumer
    813,845       6.84       811,844       6.79  
 
                           
Total portfolio loans
    7,175,649       5.44       8,349,387       5.37  
Loans held for sale
    69,705       2.76       75,485       3.61  
 
                           
Total earning assets
    10,272,769       4.82       11,237,214       5.06  
Nonearning Assets
                               
Cash and due from banks
    163,203               158,568          
Premises and equipment
    107,382               114,667          
Investment security fair value adjustment
    54,451               19,725          
Other nonearning assets
    725,101               900,810          
Assets of discontinued operations
    108,615               356,141          
Allowance for loan losses
    (325,844 )             (304,016 )        
 
                           
Total assets
  $ 11,105,677             $ 12,483,109          
 
                           
Interest-Bearing Liabilities
                               
Deposits:
                               
Interest-bearing demand deposits
  $ 1,008,871       0.27     $ 929,152       0.43  
Savings deposits
    2,561,596       0.62       2,521,100       0.78  
Time deposits
    3,405,281       2.35       3,867,946       3.31  
Short-term borrowings
    36,744       0.22       51,291       0.38  
Long-term debt
    1,280,839       4.43       1,904,455       4.79  
 
                           
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    8,293,331       1.87       9,273,944       2.62  
Noninterest-Bearing Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
                               
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    1,306,881               1,191,478          
Other liabilities
    146,669               155,401          
Liabilities of discontinued operations
    128,851               417,553          
Shareholders’ equity
    1,229,945               1,444,733          
 
                           
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 11,105,677             $ 12,483,109          
 
                           
Interest Spread
            2.95 %             2.44 %
Contribution of noninterest bearing sources of funds
            0.36               0.46  
 
                           
Net Interest Margin
            3.31 %             2.90 %
 
                           

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            Three Months Ended        
Summary of Loan Loss Experience    December 31,     September 30,     June 30,     March 31,     December 31,  
(in thousands)   2010     2010     2010     2010     2009  
 
Allowance for loan losses — beginning of period
  $ 324,046     $ 321,841     $ 322,377     $ 338,940     $ 336,270  
                                         
Provision for loan losses
    131,296       89,617       70,614       101,355       84,007  
                                         
Charge-offs:
                                       
Commercial and industrial
    24,634       6,083       10,943       12,356       23,103  
Small business
    2,747       2,061       1,398       1,169       1,640  
Commercial real estate
    119,986       45,910       51,183       15,976       41,096  
 
                             
Total commercial
    147,367       54,054       63,524       29,501       65,839  
Residential mortgage
    6,141       23,353       705       80,729       6,031  
Direct consumer
    7,701       10,256       5,907       7,528       6,502  
Indirect consumer
    3,647       2,808       4,028       3,813       6,873  
 
                             
Total charge-offs
    164,856       90,471       74,164       121,571       85,245  
 
                             
                                         
Recoveries:
                                       
Commercial and industrial
    1,017       1,321       899       623       1,887  
Small business
    309       89       38       46       345  
Commercial real estate
    2,813       579       829       1,319       656  
 
                             
Total commercial
    4,139       1,989       1,766       1,988       2,888  
Residential mortgage
    42       15       80       583       21  
Direct consumer
    587       452       386       453       409  
Indirect consumer
    777       603       782       629       590  
 
                             
Total recoveries
    5,545       3,059       3,014       3,653       3,908  
 
                             
                                         
Net charge-offs
    159,311       87,412       71,150       117,918       81,337  
 
                             
                                         
Allowance for loan losses — end of period
  $ 296,031     $ 324,046     $ 321,841     $ 322,377     $ 338,940  
 
                             
Reserve for loan commitments — end of period
  $ 1,933     $ 1,933     $ 2,522     $ 2,624     $ 3,118  
 
                             

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