-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, MwwKS0N0GKhHiFZORM1FcxseIt2z7agPrc0kLPymuvaREL5y6KVO4iykxUPMZe72 uQTzjHt/SdjADve8x7WjEA== 0001144204-11-007723.txt : 20110211 0001144204-11-007723.hdr.sgml : 20110211 20110211152347 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-11-007723 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110211 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110211 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CONSUMERS BANCORP INC /OH/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001006830 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6036] IRS NUMBER: 341771400 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-79130 FILM NUMBER: 11598546 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 614 E LINCOLN WAY STREET 2: PO BOX 256 CITY: MINERVA STATE: OH ZIP: 44657-2096 BUSINESS PHONE: 3308687701 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 614 E LINCOLN WAY STREET 2: PO BOX 256 CITY: MINERVA STATE: OH ZIP: 44657-2095 10-Q 1 v210959_10q.htm Unassociated Document
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x
Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2010

Or

¨
Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

for the transition period from _________________ to _________________

Commission File No.  033-79130

CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

OHIO
34-1771400
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
 
   
614 East Lincoln Way, P.O. Box 256, Minerva, Ohio
44657
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

(330) 868-7701
(Registrant’s telephone number)

Not applicable
(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. Yes x    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 (232.05 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).        Yes ¨    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.

Large accelerated filer ¨
Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer ¨  (Do not check if smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨   No x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Common Stock, no par value
Outstanding at February 11, 2011
 
2,043,556 Common Shares

 
 

 

CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
FORM 10-Q
QUARTER ENDED December 31, 2010

Table of Contents

 
Page 
Number (s)
Part I – Financial Information
Item 1 – Financial Statements (Unaudited)
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010
1
   
Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
2
   
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
3
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the three and six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
4
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
5
   
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
6-19
   
Item 2 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
20-31
   
Item 3 – Not Applicable for Smaller Reporting Companies
 
   
Item 4 – Controls and Procedures
32
Part II – Other Information
Item 1 – Legal Proceedings
33
   
Item 1A – Not Applicable for Smaller Reporting Companies
 
   
Item 2 – Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
33
   
Item 3 – Defaults Upon Senior Securities
33
   
Item 4 – Removed and Reserved
 
   
Item 5 – Other Information
33
   
Item 6 – Exhibits
34
   
Signatures
35

 
 

 

PART 1 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1 – Financial Statements (unaudited)
CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
   
December 31,
2010
   
June 30,
2010
 
ASSETS
           
Cash on hand and noninterest-bearing deposits in other banks
  $ 5,736     $ 5,973  
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
    6,146       7,833  
Total cash and cash equivalents
    11,882       13,806  
Certificates of deposit in other financial institutions
    3,185       980  
Securities, available-for-sale
    74,599       64,262  
Federal bank and other restricted stocks, at cost
    1,186       1,186  
Total loans
    176,678       174,283  
Less allowance for loan losses
    (2,266 )     (2,276 )
Net Loans
    174,412       172,007  
Cash surrender value of life insurance
    4,887       4,798  
Premises and equipment, net
    4,099       3,581  
Intangible assets
    169       250  
Other real estate owned
    -       25  
Accrued interest receivable and other assets
    2,661       2,498  
Total assets
  $ 277,080     $ 263,393  
                 
LIABILITIES
               
Deposits
               
Non-interest bearing demand
  $ 52,261     $ 47,659  
Interest bearing demand
    14,017       13,687  
Savings
    71,527       63,704  
Time
    91,694       91,264  
Total deposits
    229,499       216,314  
                 
Short-term borrowings
    13,626       13,086  
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    8,223       8,297  
Accrued interest and other liabilities
    1,954       1,980  
Total liabilities
    253,302       239,677  
                 
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Preferred stock (no par value, 350,000 shares authorized)
           
Common stock (no par value, 3,500,000 shares authorized; 2,173,998 and 2,168,329 shares issued as of December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, respectively)
    5,036       4,968  
Retained earnings
    20,270       19,470  
Treasury stock, at cost (130,442 common shares)
    (1,659 )     (1,659 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    131       937  
Total shareholders’ equity
    23,778       23,716  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 277,080     $ 263,393  
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Unaudited)
   
Three Months ended
December 31,
   
Six Months ended
December 31,
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
Interest income
                       
Loans, including fees
  $ 2,578     $ 2,481     $ 5,173     $ 4,941  
Securities
                               
Taxable
    373       472       798       970  
Tax-exempt
    221       192       431       380  
Federal funds sold and other interest bearing deposits
    13       21       23       45  
Total interest income
    3,185       3,166       6,425       6,336  
                                 
Interest expense
                               
Deposits
    432       582       897       1,233  
Short-term borrowings
    11       12       24       26  
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    66       77       135       155  
Total interest expense
    509       671       1,056       1,414  
                                 
Net interest income
    2,676       2,495       5,369       4,922  
Provision for loan losses
    142       141       244       343  
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
    2,534       2,354       5,125       4,579  
                                 
Non-interest income
                               
Service charges on deposit accounts
    327       414       662       851  
Debit card interchange income
    157       126       307       244  
Bank owned life insurance income
    44       44       89       88  
Securities gains, net
    53       102       70       213  
Other-than-temporary loss
                               
Total impairment loss
    (50 )     (203 )     (81 )     (180 )
Loss recognized in other comprehensive income
     -        23       31        -  
Net impairment loss recognized in earnings
    (50 )     (180 )     (50 )     (180 )
Gain on sale of OREO
    -       1       2       5  
Other
    51       33       108       69  
Total non-interest income
    582       540       1,188       1,290  
                                 
Non-interest expenses
                               
Salaries and employee benefits
    1,187       1,134       2,364       2,206  
Occupancy and equipment
    247       259       511       534  
Data processing expenses
    140       132       276       264  
Professional and director fees
    82       80       185       191  
FDIC Assessments
    78       78       156       159  
Franchise taxes
    59       52       117       107  
Telephone and network communications
    58       61       110       122  
Debit card processing expenses
    84       71       168       142  
Amortization of intangible
    40       40       81       81  
Other
    403       348       774       686  
Total non-interest expenses
    2,378       2,255       4,742       4,492  
                                 
Income before income taxes
    738       639       1,571       1,377  
Income tax expense
    164       138       364       311  
Net Income
  $ 574     $ 501     $ 1,207     $ 1,066  
                                 
Basic earnings per share
  $ 0.28     $ 0.25     $ 0.59     $ 0.52  
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)
   
Three Months ended
December 31,
   
Six Months ended
December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
                         
Net Income
  $ 574     $ 501     $ 1,207     $ 1,066  
                                 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
                               
Net change in unrealized gains (losses):
                               
Other-than-temporarily impaired securities:
                               
Unrealized gains (losses) on other-than-temporarily impaired securities
    (50 )     (23 )     (31 )     137  
Reclassification adjustment for losses included in income
    50       180       50       180  
Net unrealized gain
          157       19       317  
Income tax effect
          53       6       108  
            104       13       209  
                                 
Available-for-sale securities:
                               
Unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period
    (1,423 )     (1,133 )     (1,170 )     538  
Reclassification adjustment for gains included in income
    (53 )     (102 )     (70 )     (213 )
Net unrealized gain (losses)
    (1,476 )     (1,235 )     (1,240 )     325  
Income tax effect
    (502 )     (421 )     (421 )     110  
      (974 )     (814 )     (819 )     215  
                                 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
    (974 )     (710 )     (806 )     424  
                                 
Total comprehensive income (loss)
  $ (400 )   $ (209 )   $ 401     $ 1,490  

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
   
Three Months ended
December 31,
   
Six Months ended
December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
                         
Balance at beginning of period
  $ 24,349     $ 22,974     $ 23,716     $ 21,461  
                                 
Comprehensive income
                               
Net Income
    574       501       1,207       1,066  
Other comprehensive income (loss)
    (974 )     (710 )     (806 )     424  
Total comprehensive income (loss)
    (400 )     (209 )     401       1,490  
                                 
Common stock issued for dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan (2,680 shares and 5,669 shares for the three and six months in 2010 and 1,733 shares and 3,156 shares for the three and six months in 2009, respectively)
    32       21       68       38  
Common cash dividends
    (203 )     (204 )     (407 )     (407 )
                                 
Balance at the end of the period
  $ 23,778     $ 22,582     $ 23,778     $ 22,582  
                                 
Common cash dividends per share
  $ 0.10     $ 0.10     $ 0.20     $ 0.20  

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)
 
Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Cash flows from operating activities
           
Net cash from operating activities
  $ 2,208     $ 790  
                 
Cash flow from investing activities
               
Securities available-for-sale
               
Purchases
    (24,247 )     (15,835 )
Maturities, calls and principal pay downs
    7,225       7,984  
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities
    5,123       6,009  
Net (increase) decrease in certificates of deposits in other financial Institutions
    (2,205 )     589  
Net increase in loans
    (2,649 )     (6,945 )
Acquisition of premises and equipment
    (718 )     (154 )
Sale of other real estate owned
    27       136  
Net cash from investing activities
    (17,444 )     (8,216 )
                 
Cash flow from financing activities
               
Net increase in deposit accounts
    13,185       4,870  
Net change in short-term borrowings
    540       (3,553 )
Proceeds of Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    1,000       -  
Repayments of Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    (1,074 )     (84 )
Proceeds from dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan
    68       38  
Dividends paid
    (407 )     (407 )
Net cash from financing activities
    13,312       864  
                 
Decrease in cash or cash equivalents
    (1,924 )     (6,562 )
                 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    13,806       18,891  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 11,882     $ 12,329  
                 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
               
Cash paid during the period:
               
Interest
  $ 1,071     $ 1,443  
Federal income taxes
    505       370  
Non-cash items:
               
Transfer from loans to repossessed assets
  $ -     $ 137  

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

Nature of Operations: Consumers Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Minerva, Ohio that provides, through its banking subsidiary, a broad array of products and services throughout its primary market area of Stark, Columbiana, Carroll and contiguous counties in Ohio. The Bank’s business involves attracting deposits from businesses and individual customers and using such deposits to originate commercial, mortgage and consumer loans in its primary market area.

Basis of Presentation: The consolidated financial statements for interim periods are unaudited and reflect all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments), which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the financial position and results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The unaudited financial statements are presented in accordance with the requirements of Form 10-Q and do not include all disclosures normally required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  The financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Consumers Bancorp, Inc.’s Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2010. The results of operations for the interim period disclosed herein are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for a full year.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Consumers Bancorp, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Consumers National Bank (the “Bank”). All significant inter-company transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation.

Segment Information: Consumers Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company engaged in the business of commercial and retail banking, which accounts for substantially all of the revenues, operating income, and assets. Accordingly, all of its operations are recorded in one segment, banking.

Earnings per Share:  Earnings per common share are computed based on the weighted average common shares outstanding. The weighted average number of outstanding shares was 2,041,517 and 2,031,377 for the quarters ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The weighted average number of outstanding shares was 2,040,043 and 2,030,622 for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Corporation’s capital structure contains no dilutive securities.

Reclassifications: Certain items in prior financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

New Accounting Standards Updates: On July 21, 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-20, “Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses,” which requires significant new disclosures about the allowance for credit losses and the credit quality of financing receivables. The requirements are intended to enhance transparency regarding credit losses and the credit quality of loan and lease receivables. Under this statement, allowance for credit losses and fair value are to be disclosed by portfolio segment, while credit quality information, impaired financing receivables and nonaccrual status are to be presented by class of financing receivable. Disclosure of the nature and extent, the financial impact and segment information of troubled debt restructurings will also be required. The disclosures are to be presented at the level of disaggregation that management uses when assessing and monitoring the portfolio’s risk and performance. This ASU is effective for interim and annual reporting periods after December 15, 2010. See Note 3 - Loans.

Note 2 – Securities

Description of Securities
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair
Value
 
December 31, 2010
                       
Obligations of government sponsored entities
  $ 8,889     $ 61     $ (5 )   $ 8,945  
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
    22,877       120       (877 )     22,120  
Mortgage-backed securities – residential
    28,539       1,088       (31 )     29,596  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    13,574       46       (73 )     13,547  
Trust preferred security
    522             (131 )     391  
Total securities
  $ 74,401     $ 1,315     $ (1,117 )   $ 74,599  

   
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair
Value
 
June 30, 2010
                       
Obligations of government sponsored entities
  $ 10,771     $ 236     $ (3 )   $ 11,004  
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
    20,073       392       (218 )     20,247  
Mortgage-backed securities - residential
    24,333       1,279             25,612  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    7,094       34       (151 )     6,977  
Trust preferred security
    572             (150 )     422  
Total securities
  $ 62,843     $ 1,941     $ (522 )   $ 64,262  

Proceeds from the sale of available-for-sale securities were as follows:

   
Three Months Ended
December 31,
   
Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
 
Proceeds from sales
  $ 2,570     $ 2,845     $ 5,123     $ 6,009  
Gross realized gains
    53       102       97       213  
Gross realized losses
                27        
 
 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

The amortized cost and fair values of available-for-sale securities at December 31, 2010, by expected maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties. Securities not due at a single maturity date, primarily mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations and the trust preferred security are shown separately.

   
Amortized
Cost
   
Estimated Fair
Value
 
Due in one year or less
  $ 2,679     $ 2,706  
Due after one year through five years
    6,259       6,322  
Due after five years through ten years
    6,216       6,170  
Due after ten years
    16,612       15,867  
Total
    31,766       31,065  
                 
Mortgage-backed securities - residential
    28,539       29,596  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    13,574       13,547  
Trust preferred security
    522       391  
Total
  $ 74,401     $ 74,599  
 
The following table summarizes the securities with unrealized losses at December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position:
 
   
Less than 12 Months
   
12 Months or more
   
Total
 
Description of Securities
 
Fair
Value
   
Unrealized
Loss
   
Fair
Value
   
Unrealized
Loss
   
Fair
Value
   
Unrealized
Loss
 
December 31, 2010
                                   
Obligations of government sponsored entities
  $ 1,010     $ (5 )   $     $     $ 1,010     $ (5 )
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    14,754       (659 )     1,133       (218 )     15,887       (877 )
Mortgage-backed securities - residential
    6,514       (31 )                 6,514       (31 )
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    9,578       (73 )                 9,578       (73 )
Trust preferred security
                391       (131 )     391       (131 )
                                                 
Total temporarily impaired
  $ 31,856     $ (768 )   $ 1,524     $ (349 )   $ 33,380     $ (1,117 )

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

   
Less than 12 Months
   
12 Months or more
   
Total
 
Description of Securities
 
Fair
Value
   
Unrealized
Loss
   
Fair
Value
   
Unrealized
Loss
   
Fair
Value
   
Unrealized
Loss
 
June 30, 2010
                                   
Obligations of government sponsored entities
  $ 764     $ (3 )   $     $     $ 764     $ (3 )
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    5,331       (179 )     649       (39 )     5,980       (218 )
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    4,763       (151 )                 4,763       (151 )
Trust preferred security
                422       (150 )     422       (150 )
                                                 
Total temporarily impaired
  $ 10,858     $ (333 )   $ 1,071     $ (189 )   $ 11,929     $ (522 )

Management evaluates securities for other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market conditions warrant such an evaluation. The securities portfolio is evaluated for OTTI by segregating the portfolio into two general segments and applying the appropriate OTTI model. Investment securities are generally evaluated for OTTI under FASB ASC Topic 320, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. However, the trust preferred security is evaluated using the model outlined in FASB ASC Topic 325,  Recognition of Interest Income and Impairment on Purchased Beneficial Interests and Beneficial Interests that Continue to be Held by a Transfer in Securitized Financial Assets.
 
In determining OTTI under the ASC Topic 320 model, management considers many factors, including: (1) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, (3) whether the market decline was affected by macroeconomic conditions, and (4) whether the entity has the intent to sell the debt security or more likely than not will be required to sell the debt security before its anticipated recovery. The assessment of whether an other-than-temporary decline exists involves a high degree of subjectivity and judgment and is based on the information available to management at a point in time.

The second segment of the portfolio uses the OTTI guidance provided by ASC Topic 325. Under the ASC Topic 325 model, the present value of the remaining cash flows as estimated at the preceding evaluation date are compared to the current expected remaining cash flows. An OTTI is deemed to have occurred if there has been an adverse change in the remaining expected future cash flows. The analysis of the trust preferred security falls within the scope of ASC Topic 325.

The Corporation owns a trust preferred security, which represents collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) issued by other financial and insurance companies. The following table summarizes the relevant characteristics of the pooled-trust-preferred security at December 31, 2010. The security is part of a pool of issuers that support a more senior tranche of securities. Due to the illiquidity in the market, it is unlikely the Corporation would be able to recover its investment in this security if the Corporation sold the security at this time.

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Deal Name
 
Par
Value
   
Book
Value
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Loss
   
# of Issuers
Currently
Performing/
Remaining
   
Actual
Deferrals and
Defaults as a
of Original
Collateral
   
Expected
Defaults as a
of
Remaining
Collateral
   
Excess
Subordination
(2)
 
Pre Tsl XXII (1)
  $ 982     $ 522     $ 391     $ 131       64/98       29.3 %     13.3 %      

(1) Security was determined to have other-than-temporary impairment. As such, the book value is net of recorded credit impairment.

(2) Excess subordination percentage represents the additional defaults in excess of both current and projected defaults that the security can absorb before the bond experiences credit impairment. Excess subordinated percentage is calculated by: (a) determining what percentage of defaults a deal can experience before the bond has credit impairment, and (b) subtracting from this default breakage percentage both total current and expected future default percentages.

Due to an increase in principal and/or interest deferrals by the issuers of the underlying securities, the cash interest payments for the trust preferred security are being deferred. On December 31, 2010, the lowest credit rating on this security was Fitch’s rating of C, which is defined as highly speculative. The issuers in this security are primarily banks, bank holding companies and a limited number of insurance companies. The investment security is evaluated using a model to compare the present value of expected cash flows to prior periods expected cash flows to determine if there has been an adverse change in cash flows during the period. The discount rate used to calculate the cash flows is the coupon rate of the security, based on the forward LIBOR curve. The OTTI model considers the structure and term of the CDO and the financial condition of the underlying issuers. Specifically, the model details interest rates, principal balances of note classes and underlying issuers, the timing and amount of interest and principal payments of the underlying issuers, and the allocation of the payments to the note classes. The current estimate of expected cash flows is based on the most recent trustee reports and any other relevant market information including announcements of interest payment deferrals or defaults of underlying trust preferred securities. Assumptions used in the model include expected future default rates and prepayments. We assume no recoveries on defaults and all interest payment deferrals are treated as defaults with an assumed recovery rate of 15% on deferrals. In addition we use the model to “stress” the CDO, or make assumptions more severe than expected activity, to determine the degree to which assumptions could deteriorate before the CDO could no longer fully support repayment of the Corporation’s note class. According to the December 31, 2010 analysis, the expected cash flows were below the recorded amortized cost of the trust preferred security. Therefore, management determined it was appropriate to record an other-than-temporary impairment loss of $50 from this security during the second fiscal quarter of 2011. Management has reviewed this security and these conclusions with an independent third party. If there is further deterioration in the underlying collateral of this security, other-than-temporary impairments may also occur in future periods.

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Note 3 – Loans

Major classifications of loans were as follows:

   
December 31,
2010
   
June 30,
2010
 
Commercial
  $ 14,559     $ 14,559  
Commercial real estate:
               
Construction
    531       2,916  
Other
    102,321       99,761  
1 – 4 Family residential real estate:
               
Owner occupied
    35,128       34,428  
Non-owner occupied
    18,484       16,738  
Construction
    396       328  
Consumer
    5,512       5,824  
Subtotal
    176,931       174,554  
Less:  Net deferred loan fees
    (253 )     (271 )
Allowance for loan losses
    (2,266 )     (2,276 )
Net Loans
  $ 174,412     $    172,007  

A summary of activity in the allowance for loan losses for the six months ended December 31, 2010, and 2009, was as follows:

   
2010
   
2009
 
Beginning of period
  $ 2,276     $ 1,992  
Provision
    244       343  
Charge-offs
    (285 )     (222 )
Recoveries
    31       56  
Balance at December 31,
  $ 2,266     $ 2,169  

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

The following table presents the balance in the allowance for loan losses and the recorded investment in loans by portfolio segment and based on impairment method as of December 31, 2010. Included in the recorded investment in loans is $(253) of net deferred loan fees and $493 of accrued interest receivable.

         
Commercial
   
Residential
             
         
Real
   
Real
             
   
Commercial
   
Estate
   
Estate
   
Consumer
   
Total
 
Allowance for loan losses:
                             
Ending allowance balance attributable to loans:
                             
Individually evaluated for impairment
  $ 18     $ 237     $ 341     $     $ 596  
Collectively evaluated for impairment
    62       873       666       69       1,670  
                                         
Total ending allowance balance
  $ 80     $ 1,110     $ 1,007     $ 69     $ 2,266  
                                         
Recorded Investment in Loans:
                                       
Loans individually evaluated for impairment
  $ 93     $ 1,787     $ 1,057     $     $ 2,937  
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment
    14,511       101,097       53,095       5,531       174,234  
                                         
Total ending loans balance
  $ 14,604     $ 102,884     $ 54,152     $ 5,531     $ 177,171  
 
 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Impaired loans were as follows:
   
December 31,
2010
   
June 30,
2010
 
Period-end loans with no allocated allowance for loan losses
  $ 570     $ 717  
Period-end loans with allocated allowance for loan losses
    2,367       1,918  
Total
  $ 2,937     $ 2,635  
Amount of allowance allocated to impaired loans
  $ 596     $ 543  

The following table presents impaired loans by class of loans as of December 31, 2010:

   
Unpaid
         
Allowance for
 
   
Principal
   
Recorded
   
Loan Losses
 
   
Balance
   
Investment
   
Allocated
 
                   
With no related allowance recorded:
                 
Commercial
  $ 20     $ 20     $  
Commercial real estate:
                       
Other
    550       550        
With an allowance recorded:
                       
Commercial
    73       73       18  
Commercial real estate:
                       
Other
    1,238       1,239       237  
1-4 Family residential real estate:
                       
Owner occupied
    330       330       45  
Non-owner occupied
    726       727       296  
Total
  $ 2,937     $ 2,939     $ 596  

Nonaccrual loans and loans past due 90 days still on accrual were as follows:

   
December 31,
2010
   
June 30,
2010
   
December 31,
2009
 
Loans past due over 90 days and still accruing
  $ 11     $     $  
Nonaccrual loans
    2,157       2,342       2,648  

Nonaccrual loans and loans past due 90 days still on accrual include both smaller balance homogeneous loans that are collectively evaluated for impairment and individually classified impaired loans.

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

The following table presents the recorded investment in nonaccrual and loans past due over 90 days still on accrual by class of loans as of December 31, 2010:

         
Loans Past Due
 
         
Over 90 Days
 
         
Still
 
   
Nonaccrual
   
Accruing
 
Commercial
  $ 102     $  
Commercial real estate:
               
Other
    1,099        
1 – 4 Family residential:
               
Owner occupied
    230        
Non-owner occupied
    726        
Consumer
          11  
Total
  $ 2,157     $ 11  

The following table presents the aging of the recorded investment in past due loans as of December 31, 2010 by class of loans:

   
30 - 59
   
60 - 89
   
Greater than
                   
   
Days
   
Days
   
90 Days
   
Total
   
Loans Not
       
   
Past Due
   
Past Due
   
Past Due
   
Past Due
   
Past Due
   
Total
 
Commercial
  $ 30     $     $ 29     $ 59     $ 14,545     $ 14,604  
Commercial real estate:
                                               
Construction
                            533       533  
Other
    255       584       762       1,601       100,750       102,351  
1-4 Family residential:
                                               
Owner occupied
    318       23             341       34,910       35,251  
Non-owner occupied
                726       726       17,779       18,505  
Construction
                            396       396  
Consumer
    8             11       19       5,512       5,531  
Total
  $ 611     $ 607     $ 1,528     $ 2,746     $ 174,425     $ 177,171  

The above table of past due loans includes the recorded investment in nonaccrual loans of $435 in the 30-59 days past due category and $1,517 in the greater than 90 days past due category.

Troubled Debt Restructurings:

The Corporation has allocated $52 and $5 of specific reserves to customers whose loan terms have been modified in troubled debt restructurings as of December 31, 2010 and 2009. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Corporation had not committed to lend any additional amounts to customers with outstanding loans that are classified as troubled debt restructurings.

 
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Credit Quality Indicators:
The Corporation categorizes loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the ability of borrowers to service their debt such as: current financial information, historical payment experience, credit documentation, public information, and current economic trends, among other factors. The Corporation analyzes loans individually by classifying the loans as to credit risk. This analysis includes loans with a total outstanding loan relationship greater than $100,000 and non-homogeneous loans, such as commercial and commercial real estate loans. This analysis is performed on a monthly basis. The Corporation uses the following definitions for risk ratings:

Special Mention. Loans classified as special mention have a potential weakness that deserves management's close attention. If left uncorrected, these potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for the loan or of the institution's credit position at some future date.

Substandard. Loans classified as substandard are inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged, if any. Loans so classified have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt. They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the institution will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.

Doubtful. Loans classified as doubtful have all the weaknesses inherent in those classified as substandard, with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions, and values, highly questionable and improbable.

Loans not meeting the criteria above that are analyzed individually as part of the above described process are considered to be pass rated loans. Loans listed as not rated are either less than $100,000 or are included in groups of homogeneous loans. As of December 31, 2010, and based on the most recent analysis performed, the unpaid principal balance by risk category of loans by class of loans is as follows:

         
Special
               
Not
 
   
Pass
   
Mention
   
Substandard
   
Doubtful
   
Rated
 
Commercial
  $ 13,728     $ 541     $ 112     $ 93     $ 85  
Commercial real estate:
                                       
Construction
    312       106       113              
Other
    92,220       5,281       3,032       1,788        
1-4 Family residential real estate:
                                       
Owner occupied
    3,405       312       34       330       31,047  
Non-owner occupied
    12,929       1,943       1,951       726       935  
Construction
                            396  
Consumer
                            5,512  
Total
  $ 122,594     $ 8,183     $ 5,242     $ 2,937     $ 37,975  
 
 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Note 4 - Fair Value

Fair value is the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair values:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.

Level 2: Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. Valuation techniques include use of discounted cash flow models and similar techniques.

The Corporation used the following methods and significant assumptions to estimate the fair value of items:

Securities: When available, the fair values of available-for-sale securities are determined by obtaining quoted prices on nationally recognized securities exchanges (Level 1 inputs). If quoted market prices are not available, fair values are estimated using matrix pricing, which is a mathematical technique widely used in the industry to value debt securities without relying exclusively on quoted prices for the specific securities, but rather by relying on the securities’ relationship to other benchmark quoted securities (Level 2 inputs). For securities where quoted prices or market prices of similar securities are not available, fair values are estimated using a discounted cash flow model and market liquidity premium (Level 3 inputs). Discounted cash flows are calculated using spread to the swap and LIBOR curves. Rating agency and industry research reports as well as defaults and deferrals on individual securities are reviewed and incorporated into the calculations.

Federal bank and other restricted stocks includes stock acquired for regulatory purposes, such as Federal Home Loan Bank stock and Federal Reserve Bank stock that are accounted for at cost due to restrictions placed on their transferability; and therefore, are not subject to the fair value disclosure requirements.

Impaired Loans: The fair value of impaired loans with specific allocations of the allowance for loan losses is generally based on recent real estate appraisals. These appraisals may utilize a single valuation approach or a combination of approaches including comparable sales and the income approach. Adjustments are routinely made in the appraisal process by the appraisers to adjust for differences between the comparable sales and income data available. Such adjustments are usually significant and typically result in a Level 3 classification of the inputs for determining fair value.

 
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Other Real Estate Owned: Nonrecurring adjustments to certain commercial and residential real estate properties classified as other real estate owned (OREO) are measured at the lower of carrying amount or fair value, less costs to sell. Fair values are generally based on third party appraisals of the property, resulting in a Level 3 classification. In cases where the carrying amount exceeds the fair value, less costs to sell, an impairment loss is recognized.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below:
   
Balance at 
December 31,
   
Fair Value Measurements at 
December 31, 2010 Using
 
   
2010
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Assets:
                       
Obligations of government-sponsored entities
  $ 8,945     $     $ 8,945     $  
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    22,120             22,120        
Mortgage-backed securities - residential
    29,596             29,596        
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    13,547             13,547        
Trust preferred security
    391                   391  

   
Balance at
   
Fair Value Measurements at 
June 30, 2010 Using
 
   
June 30, 2010
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Assets:
                       
Obligations of government sponsored entities
  $ 11,004     $     $ 11,004     $  
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    20,247             20,247        
Mortgage-backed securities - residential
    25,612             25,612        
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    6,977             6,977        
Trust preferred security
    422                   422  

The following table presents a reconciliation of the trust preferred security measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the six months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009:

   
2010
   
2009
 
Beginning balance
  $ 422     $ 356  
Realized losses included in non-interest income
    (50 )     (180 )
Change in fair value included in other comprehensive income
     19       317  
Ending balance, December 31
  $ 391     $ 493  
 
 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis are summarized below:

   
Balance at
December 31,
   
Fair Value Measurements at 
December 31, 2010 Using
 
   
2010
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Assets:
                       
Impaired loans
  $ 1,771     $     $     $ 1,771  

   
Balance at
   
Fair Value Measurements at 
June 30, 2010 Using
 
   
June 30, 2010
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Assets:
                       
Impaired loans
  $ 1,375     $     $     $ 1,375  
Other real estate owned, net
    5                   5  

Impaired loans, which are generally measured for impairment using the fair value of the collateral for collateral dependant loans, had a principal balance of $2,367, with a valuation allowance of $596 at December 31, 2010, resulting in an additional provision for loan losses of $185 being recorded for the six month period ended December 31, 2010. As of June 30, 2010, impaired loans with a principal balance of $1,918, with a valuation allowance of $543, resulting in an additional provision for loan losses of $344 being recorded for the year ended June 30, 2010.

Other real estate owned which is measured at the lower of carrying or fair value less costs to sell, had a net carrying amount of $5, which is made up of the outstanding balance of $22, net of a valuation allowance of $17 at June 30, 2010, resulting in a write-down of $17 for the year ended June 30, 2010. There was no other real estate owned as of December 31, 2010.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following table shows the estimated fair value at December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, and the related carrying value of financial instruments:
 
 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited) (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

   
December 31, 2010
   
June 30, 2010
 
   
Carrying
Amount
   
Estimated
Fair
Value
   
Carrying
Amount
   
Estimated
Fair
Value
 
Financial Assets:
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 11,882     $ 11,882     $ 13,806     $ 13,806  
Certificates of deposits in other financial institutions
    3,185       3,183       980       980  
Securities available-for-sale
    74,599       74,599       64,262       64,262  
Loans, net
    174,412       174,464       172,007       167,577  
Accrued interest receivable
    926       926       943       943  
Financial Liabilities:
                               
Demand and savings deposits
    (137,805 )     (137,805 )     (125,050 )     (125,050 )
Time deposits
    (91,694 )     (92,545 )     (91,264 )     (91,926 )
Short-term borrowings
    (13,626 )     (13,626 )     (13,086 )     (13,086 )
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    (8,223 )     (8,583 )     (8,297 )     (8,681 )
Accrued interest payable
    (107 )     (107 )     (122 )     (122 )

For purposes of the above disclosures of estimated fair value, the following assumptions were used. Estimated fair value for cash and cash equivalents, accrued interest receivable and payable, demand and savings deposits and short-term borrowings were considered to approximate carrying value for instruments that reprice frequently and fully. Fair value for loans was estimated for portfolios of loans with similar financial characteristics. For adjustable rate loans that reprice at least annually and for fixed rate commercial loans with maturities of six months or less which possess normal risk characteristics, carrying value was determined to be fair value. Fair value of other types of loans (including adjustable rate loans which reprice less frequently than annually and fixed rate term loans or loans which possess higher risk characteristics) was estimated by discounting future cash flows using the current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for similar anticipated maturities. Fair value for impaired loans was based on recent appraisals of the collateral or, if appropriate, using estimated discounted cash flows. The Corporation has not considered market illiquidity in estimating the fair value of loans due to uncertain and inconsistent market pricing being experienced on December 31, 2010. 

Fair value of core deposits, including demand deposits, savings accounts and certain money market deposits, was the amount payable on demand. Fair value of fixed-maturity certificates of deposit was estimated using the rates offered at December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, for deposits of similar remaining maturities. Estimated fair value does not include the benefit that result from low-cost funding provided by the deposit liabilities compared to the cost of borrowing funds in the market. Fair value of short-term borrowings and accrued interest was determined to be the carrying amounts since these financial instruments generally represent obligations that are due on demand. Fair value of Federal Home Loan Bank advances was estimated using current rates at December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 for similar financing. The fair value of unrecorded commitments at December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 was not material.

 
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Item 2 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

General
The following is management’s analysis of the Corporation’s results of operations for the three and six month periods ended December 31, 2010, compared to the same period in 2009, and the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2010 compared to June 30, 2010. This discussion is designed to provide a more comprehensive review of the operating results and financial condition than could be obtained from an examination of the financial statements alone. This analysis should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related footnotes and the selected financial data included elsewhere in this report.

Overview
Consumers Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio, owns all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Consumers National Bank, a bank chartered under the laws of the United States of America. The Corporation’s activities have been limited primarily to holding the common shares of the Bank. The Bank’s business involves attracting deposits from businesses and individual customers and using such deposits to originate commercial, mortgage and consumer loans in its market area, consisting primarily of Stark, Columbiana, Carroll and contiguous counties in Ohio. The Bank also invests in securities consisting primarily of U.S. government agency obligations, municipal obligations and mortgage-backed securities.

Results of Operations
Three and Six Months Ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009

Net Income
Net income increased by $73 and $141 for the three and six months periods ended December 31, 2010, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year. The increase in net income for the three and six month periods was mainly attributed to an increase in net interest income as a result of an increase in average interest-earning assets and a decline in cost of funds from the same periods last year. Earnings per common share were $0.28 and $0.59 for the three and six month periods ended December 31, 2010, as compared to $0.25 and $0.52, respectively, for the same periods last year.

Return on average equity (ROE) and return on average assets (ROA) were 9.33% and 0.82%, respectively, for the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 compared to 8.66% and 0.78%, respectively, for the second quarter of fiscal year 2010.

ROE and ROA were 9.85% and 0.88%, respectively, for the 2011 fiscal year-to-date period compared to 9.42% and 0.84%, respectively, for the same periods last year.

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Net Interest Income
Net interest income, the difference between interest income earned on interest-earning assets and interest expense incurred on interest-bearing liabilities, is the largest component of the Corporation’s earnings. Net interest income is affected by changes in the volumes, rates and composition of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest margin is calculated by dividing net interest income on a fully tax equivalent basis (FTE) by total average interest-earning assets. FTE income includes tax-exempt income, restated to a pre-tax equivalent, based on the statutory federal income tax rate. All average balances are daily average balances. Non-accruing loans are included in average loan balances.

The Corporation’s net interest margin for the three months ended December 31, 2010 was 4.20%, compared to 4.23% for the same period a year ago. Net interest income for the three months ended December 31, 2010 increased by $181, or 7.3%, to $2,676 from $2,495 for the same year ago period. The increase in net interest income was primarily the result of an increase of $20,953, or 8.6%, in average interest-earning assets and a decline in the Corporation’s cost of funds. The Corporation’s cost of funds decreased to 1.02% for the three month period ended December 31, 2010 from 1.45% for the same year ago period mainly due to lower market rates affecting the rates paid on all interest-bearing deposit accounts and borrowings. These increases were partially offset by a decline in the yield on average interest-earning assets to 4.97% for the three month period ended December 31, 2010 from 5.32% from the same year ago period.

The Corporation’s net interest margin for the six months ended December 31, 2010 was 4.27%, compared to 4.20% for the same year ago period. Net interest income for the six months ended December 31, 2010 increased by $447, or 9.1%, to $5,369 from $4,922 for the same year ago period. The increase in net interest income was primarily the result of an increase of $19,458, or 8.1%, in average interest-earning assets and a decline in the Corporation’s cost of funds. The Corporation’s cost of funds decreased to 1.07% for the six month period ended December 31, 2010 from 1.53% for the same year age period mainly due to lower market rates affecting the rates paid on all interest-bearing deposit accounts and borrowings. These increases were partially offset by a decline in the yield on average interest-earning assets to 5.08% for the six months ended December 31, 2010 from 5.37% from the same year ago period.
 
 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Average Balance Sheets and Analysis of Net Interest Income for the Three Months Ended December 31,
(In thousands, except percentages)

   
2010
   
2009
 
   
Average
Balance
   
Interest
   
Yield/
Rate
   
Average
Balance
   
Interest
   
Yield/
Rate
 
Interest-earning assets:
                                   
Taxable securities
  $ 51,160     $ 373       2.96 %   $ 46,271     $ 472       4.13 %
Nontaxable securities (1)
    22,285       324       5.80       18,989       280       5.95  
Loans receivable (1)
    175,111       2,585       5.86       165,040       2,489       5.98  
Interest bearing deposits and federal funds sold
    15,686       13       0.33       12,989       21       0.64  
Total interest-earning assets
    264,242       3,295       4.97 %     243,289       3,262       5.32 %
                                                 
Noninterest-earning assets
    12,283                       11,291                  
                                                 
Total Assets
  $ 276,525                     $ 254,580                  
                                                 
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
NOW
  $ 14,010     $ 4       0.11 %   $ 13,306     $ 6       0.18 %
Savings
    67,163       33       0.19       57,646       43       0.30  
Time deposits
    93,277       395       1.68       90,989       533       2.32  
Short-term borrowings
    15,129       11       0.29       12,728       12       0.37  
FHLB advances
    8,237       66       3.18       9,303       77       3.28  
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    197,816       509       1.02 %     183,972       671       1.45 %
                                                 
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Noninterest-bearing checking accounts
    52,287                       45,746                  
Other liabilities
    1,999                       1,920                  
Total liabilities
    252,102                       231,638                  
Shareholders’ equity
    24,423                       22,942                  
                                                 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 276,525                     $ 254,580                  
                                                 
Net interest income, interest rate spread (1)
          $ 2,786       3.95 %           $ 2,591       3.87 %
                                                 
Net interest margin (net interest as a percent of average interest-earning assets) (1)
                    4.20 %                     4.23 %
                                                 
Federal tax exemption on non-taxable securities and loans included in interest income
          $ 110                     $ 96          
                                                 
Average interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities
    133.58 %                     132.24 %                
(1) calculated on a fully taxable equivalent basis

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Average Balance Sheets and Analysis of Net Interest Income for the Six Months Ended December 31,
(In thousands, except percentages)

   
2010
   
2009
 
   
Average
Balance
   
Interest
   
Yield/
Rate
   
Average
Balance
   
Interest
   
Yield/
Rate
 
Interest-earning assets:
                                   
Taxable securities
  $ 49,793     $ 798       3.26 %   $ 46,011     $ 970       4.25 %
Nontaxable securities (1)
    21,790       631       5.82       18,442       556       5.99  
Loans receivable (1)
    174,951       5,186       5.88       163,486       4,956       6.01  
Interest bearing deposits and federal funds sold
    14,174       23       0.32       13,311       45       0.67  
Total interest-earning assets
    260,708       6,638       5.08 %     241,250       6,527       5.37 %
                                                 
Noninterest-earning assets
    12,151                       11,684                  
                                                 
Total Assets
  $ 272,859                     $ 252,934                  
                                                 
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
NOW
  $ 13,900     $ 10       0.14 %   $ 13,286     $ 13       0.19 %
Savings
    67,241       75       0.22       57,381       100       0.35  
Time deposits
    92,571       812       1.74       91,332       1,120       2.43  
Short-term borrowings
    14,151       24       0.34       12,601       26       0.41  
FHLB advances
    8,256       135       3.24       9,327       155       3.30  
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    196,119       1,056       1.07 %     183,927       1,414       1.53 %
                                                 
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Noninterest-bearing checking accounts
    50,383                       44,628                  
Other liabilities
    2,040                       1,936                  
Total liabilities
    248,542                       230,491                  
Shareholders’ equity
    24,317                       22,443                  
                                                 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 272,859                     $ 252,934                  
                                                 
Net interest income, interest rate spread (1)
          $ 5,582       4.01 %           $ 5,113       3.84 %
                                                 
Net interest margin (net interest as a percent of average interest-earning assets) (1)
                    4.27 %                     4.20 %
                                                 
Federal tax exemption on non-taxable securities and loans included in interest income
          $ 213                     $ 191          
                                                 
Average interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities
    132.93 %                     131.17 %                
 
 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Provision for Loan Losses
The provision for loan losses represents the charge to income necessary to adjust the allowance for loan losses to an amount that represents management's assessment of the estimated probable credit losses in the Bank’s loan portfolio that have been incurred at each balance sheet date. For the three and six month periods ended December 31, 2010, the provision for loan losses was $142 and $244, a decrease of $99 from the same six month period in the prior year.

Net charge-offs for the six months ending December 31, 2010 were $254, compared to $166 for the same period ending December 31, 2009. Net charge-offs for the period ending December 31, 2010 included $175 of commercial real estate and $58 of 1-4 family non-owner occupied residential real estate loans. The allowance for loan losses as a percent of total loans at December 31, 2010 was 1.28% compared with 1.31% at June 30, 2010 and from 1.30% a year ago.

Non-performing loans were $2,168 as of December 31, 2010 and represented 1.23% of total loans. This compared with $2,342, or 1.34%, at June 30, 2010 and $2,648, or 1.59%, as of December 31, 2009. The decline in non-performing loans was primarily the result of the return of one larger commercial real estate loan to accrual status. The provision for loan losses as of December 31, 2010 was considered sufficient by management for maintaining an appropriate allowance for loan losses.

Non-Interest Income
Non-interest income totaled $582 for the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, compared to $540 for the same period last year. Adjusted for net security gains and impairment loss on securities, non-interest income totaled $579 for the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, compared with $618 for the same period last year.

Service charges on deposits decreased by $87, or 21.0%, during the second fiscal quarter of 2011 mainly due to a new rule issued by the Federal Reserve Board that became effective in August 2010 that prohibits financial institutions from charging consumers fees for paying overdrafts on automated teller machine and debit card transactions, unless a consumer consents, or opts in, to the overdraft service for those types of transactions. The future trend of overdraft charges is uncertain as a result of these new consumer regulatory provisions.

Debit card interchange income increased by $31, or 24.6%, during the second fiscal quarter of 2011 mainly due to an increase in debit card usage. On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Act amended the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to, among other things, give the Federal Reserve the authority to establish rules regarding interchange fees charged for electronic debit transactions by payment card issuers having assets over $10 billion and to enforce a new statutory requirement that such fees be reasonable and proportional to the actual cost of a transaction to the issuer. Because of the uncertainty as to any future rulemaking by the Federal Reserve, the Corporation cannot provide any assurance as to the ultimate impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on the amount of interchange income from debit card transactions reported in future periods.

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Non-interest income totaled $1,188 during the first six months of fiscal year 2011, compared to $1,290 for the same period last year. Service charges on deposits decreased by $189 mainly due to the new rule issued by the Federal Reserve Board that was previously discussed. Debit card interchange income increased by $63 mainly due to an increase in debit card usage.

Net gains recognized on the sale of securities totaled $70 during the first six months of fiscal year 2011 and $213 during the same year ago period. During fiscal year 2011, the Corporation sold callable agency securities that were projected to be called within a short period of time and recognized gains totaling $97. These gains were partially offset by a $27 loss from the sale of a collateralized mortgage obligation that was underperforming. An other-than-temporary impairment loss of $50 was recorded during the second fiscal quarter of 2011 and a $180 loss recorded during the same year ago period related to a trust preferred security the Corporation owns. A discussion of this impairment loss is included on the following pages under the heading “Financial Condition”.

Non-Interest Expenses
Total non-interest expenses increased to $2,378, or 5.5%, during the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, compared with $2,255 during the same year ago period.

Salaries and employee benefits increased by $53, or 4.7%, during the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 mainly due to normal merit increases that went into effect on July 1, 2010, following the removal of a salary freeze that was in place during the preceding eighteen months.

Debit card processing expenses increased by $13, or 18.3%, during the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 mainly as a result of increased debit card usage by our customers.

Other expenses increased by $55, or 15.8%, during the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 mainly due to higher marketing expenses as a result of increased marketing efforts and additional cost from a new vendor providing enhanced webhosting services.

Total non-interest expenses increased to $4,742, or 5.6%, during the first six months of fiscal year 2011, compared with $4,492 during the same year ago period.

Salaries and employee benefits increased by $158, or 7.2%, during the first six months of fiscal year 2011 mainly due to staff added in fiscal year 2010 in the lending and credit administration functions and due to normal merit increases that went into effect on July 1, 2010, following the removal of a salary freeze that was in place during the preceding eighteen months.

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Occupancy and equipment expenses decreased by $23, or 4.3%, during the first six months of fiscal year 2011 mainly due to the renegotiation of miscellaneous equipment and service contracts.

Debit card processing expenses increased by $26, or 18.3%, during the first six months of fiscal year 2011. This increase was mainly the result of increased debit card usage by our customers.

Other expenses increased by $88, or 12.8%, during the first six month period of fiscal year 2011 mainly due to higher marketing expenses as a result of increased marketing efforts, one-time security expenses following robberies at two of the Corporation’s branch locations, and additional cost from a new vendor providing enhanced webhosting services.

Income Taxes
Income tax expense for the three month period ended December 31, 2010 increased by $26, to $164 from $138, compared to a year ago. The effective tax rate was 22.2% for the current quarter as compared to 21.6% for the same period last year.

Income tax expense for the six month period ended December 31, 2010 increased by $53, to $364 from $311, compared to a year ago. The effective tax rate was 23.2% for the current period as compared to 22.6% for the same period last year.

The effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate principally as a result of tax-exempt income from obligations of states and political subdivisions, loans and earnings on bank owned life insurance.

Financial Condition
Total assets at December 31, 2010 were $277,080 compared to $263,393 at June 30, 2010, an increase of $13,687, or 5.2%.

Available-for-sale securities increased by $10,337 from $64,262 at June 30, 2010 to $74,599 at December 31, 2010 due to the deployment of excess liquidity attributed to an increase in deposit balances. Within the securities portfolio, the Corporation owns a trust preferred security, which represents CDOs issued by other financial and insurance companies. As of December 31, 2010, the trust preferred security had an adjusted amortized cost of $522 and a fair value of $391. Due to the illiquidity in the market, it is unlikely the Corporation would be able to recover its investment in this security if the Corporation sold the security at this time.

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Due to an increase in principal and/or interest deferrals by the issuers of the underlying securities, the cash interest payments for the trust preferred security are being deferred. On December 31, 2010, the lowest credit rating on this security was Fitch’s rating of C, which is defined as highly speculative. The issuers in this security are primarily banks, bank holding companies and a limited number of insurance companies. The investment security is evaluated using a model to compare the present value of expected cash flows to prior periods expected cash flows to determine if there has been an adverse change in cash flows during the period. The discount rate used to calculate the cash flows is the coupon rate of the security, based on the forward LIBOR curve. The OTTI model considers the structure and term of the CDO and the financial condition of the underlying issuers. Specifically, the model details interest rates, principal balances of note classes and underlying issuers, the timing and amount of interest and principal payments of the underlying issuers, and the allocation of the payments to the note classes. The current estimate of expected cash flows is based on the most recent trustee reports and any other relevant market information including announcements of interest payment deferrals or defaults of underlying trust preferred securities. Assumptions used in the model include expected future default rates and prepayments. We assume no recoveries on defaults and all interest payment deferrals are treated as defaults with an assumed recovery rate of 15% on deferrals. In addition we use the model to “stress” the CDO, or make assumptions more severe than expected activity, to determine the degree to which assumptions could deteriorate before the CDO could no longer fully support repayment of the Corporation’s note class. According to the December 31, 2010 analysis, the expected cash flows were below the recorded amortized cost of the trust preferred security. Therefore, management determined it was appropriate to record an other-than-temporary impairment loss of $50 from this security during the second fiscal quarter of 2011. Management has reviewed this security and these conclusions with an independent third party. If there is further deterioration in the underlying collateral of this security, other-than-temporary impairments may also occur in future periods.

Loan receivables increased by $2,395 to $176,678 at December 31, 2010 compared to $174,283 at June 30, 2010. Total shareholders’ equity increased by $62 from June 30, 2010, to $23,778 as of December 31, 2010.  The increase was mainly due to net income for the current six month period offset by a decrease in the fair value of available-for-sale securities and by cash dividends paid during the period.

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Non-Performing Assets
The following table presents the aggregate amounts of non-performing assets and respective ratios as of the dates indicated.

   
December 31,
2010
   
June 30,
2010
   
December 31,
2009
 
Nonaccrual loans
  $ 2,157     $ 2,342     $ 2,648  
Loans past due over 90 days and still accruing
    11              
Total non-performing loans
    2,168       2,342       2,648  
Other real estate owned
    -       25       187  
Total non-performing assets
  $ 2,168     $ 2,367     $ 2,835  
                         
Non-performing loans to total loans
    1.23 %     1.34 %     1.59 %
Allowance for loan losses to total non-performing loans
    104.52 %     97.18 %     81.94 %

As of December 31, 2010, impaired loans totaled $2,937, of which $2,149 are included in nonaccrual loans. Commercial and commercial real estate loans are classified as impaired if management determines that full collection of principal and interest, in accordance with the terms of the loan documents, is not probable. Impaired loans and non-performing loans have been considered in management’s analysis of the appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses. Management and the Board of Directors are closely monitoring these loans and believe that the prospects for recovery of principal and interest, less identified specific reserves, are favorable.

Contractual Obligations, Commitments, Contingent Liabilities and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Liquidity
The objective of liquidity management is to ensure adequate cash flows to accommodate the demands of our customers and provide adequate flexibility for the Corporation to take advantage of market opportunities under both normal operating conditions and under unpredictable circumstances of industry or market stress. Cash is used to fund loans, purchase investments, fund the maturity of liabilities, and at times to fund deposit outflows and operating activities. The Corporation’s principal sources of funds are deposits; amortization and prepayments of loans; maturities, sales and principal receipts from securities; borrowings; and operations. Management considers the asset position of the Corporation to be sufficiently liquid to meet normal operating needs and conditions.  The Corporation's earning assets are mainly comprised of loans and investment securities. Management continually strives to obtain the best mix of loans and investments to both maximize yield and insure the soundness of the portfolio, as well as to provide funding for loan demand as needed.

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Net cash inflow from operating activities for the six month period ended December 31, 2010 was $2,208, net cash outflows from investing activities was $17,444 and net cash inflows from financing activities was $13,312. A major source of cash was $12,348 from sales, maturities, calls or principal pay downs on available-for-sale securities and a $13,185 increase in deposits. A major use of cash included the $24,247 purchase of securities. Total cash and cash equivalents was $11,882 as of December 31, 2010 compared to $13,806 at June 30, 2010 and $12,329 at December 31, 2009.

The Bank offers several types of deposit products to its customers. The rates offered by the Bank and the fees charged for them are competitive with others currently available in the market area. Total deposits increased by $13,185, or 12.1% on an annualized basis, during the first six months of fiscal year 2011. Also, during the same period, the overall cost for funds decreased by 46 basis points from the same year ago period.

To provide an additional source of liquidity, the Corporation has entered into an agreement with the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Cincinnati. At December 31, 2010, FHLB advances totaled $8,223 as compared with $8,297 at June 30, 2010. As of December 31, 2010, the Bank had the ability to borrow an additional $16,579 from the FHLB based on a blanket pledge of qualifying first mortgage loans. In October 2010, the Corporation exchanged $1,000 of outstanding FHLB advances with maturities of less than one year and an average rate of 3.17% with advances that have an average maturity of six years and an average effective rate of 2.00%. The exchange resulted in the payment of a prepayment penalty of $16 that is being amortized as an adjustment to interest expense over the term of the new advances. The Corporation considers the FHLB to be a reliable source of liquidity funding, secondary to its deposit base.

Short-term borrowings consisted of repurchase agreements which is a financing arrangement that matures daily. The Bank pledges securities as collateral for the repurchase agreements. Short-term borrowings increased to $13,626 at December 31, 2010 from $13,086 at June 30, 2010.

Jumbo time deposits (those with balances of $100 thousand and over) increased from $33,764 at June 30, 2010 to $36,014 at December 31, 2010. These deposits are monitored closely by the Corporation and are mainly priced on an individual basis. When these deposits are from a municipality, certain bank-owned securities are pledged to guarantee the safety of these public fund deposits as required by Ohio law. The Corporation has the option to use a fee-paid broker to obtain deposits from outside its normal service area as an additional source of funding. The Corporation however, does not rely upon these deposits as a primary source of funding. Although management monitors interest rates on an ongoing basis, a quarterly rate sensitivity report is used to determine the effect of interest rate changes on the financial statements. In the opinion of management, enough assets or liabilities could be repriced over the near term (up to three years) to compensate for such changes. The spread on interest rates, or the difference between the average earning assets and the average interest-bearing liabilities, is monitored quarterly.

 
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CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Capital Resources
The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal regulatory agencies. Capital adequacy guidelines and prompt corrective-action regulations involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items calculated under regulatory accounting practices.  Failure to meet various capital requirements can initiate regulatory action that could have a direct material effect on the Corporation’s financial statements.

The Bank’s leverage and risk-based capital ratios as of December 31, 2010 were 7.7% and 13.8%, respectively. This compares to leverage and risk-based capital ratios of 7.8% and 13.4%, respectively, as of June 30, 2010. The Bank exceeded minimum regulatory capital requirements to be considered well-capitalized for both periods.  Management is not aware of any matters occurring subsequent to December 31, 2010 that would cause the Bank’s capital category to change.

Critical Accounting Policies
The financial condition and results of operations for the Corporation presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements, accompanying notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations are, to a large degree, dependent upon the Corporation’s accounting policies. The selection and application of these accounting policies involve judgments, estimates and uncertainties that are susceptible to change.

The Corporation has identified the appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses and the valuation of securities as critical accounting policies and an understanding of these policies are necessary to understand the financial statements. Critical accounting policies are those policies that require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Footnote one (Securities and Allowance for Loan Losses), footnote two (Securities), footnote three (Loans) and Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results from Operation (Critical Accounting Policies) of the 2010 Form 10-K provide detail with regard to the Corporation’s accounting for the allowance for loan losses and valuation of securities and other-than-temporary impairment. There have been no significant changes in the application of accounting policies since June 30, 2010.

 
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Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations (continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Forward-Looking Statements
When used in this report (including information incorporated by reference in this report), the words or phrases “will likely result,” “are expected to,” “will continue,” “is anticipated,” “estimate,” “project,” “believe” or similar expressions are intended to identify “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  These forward-looking statements may involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict, may be beyond the Corporation’s control, and could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such statements.  Any such forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this report or the respective dates of the relevant incorporated documents, as the case may be, and, except as required by law, the Corporation undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Factors that could cause actual results for future periods to differ materially from those anticipated or projected include, but are not limited to:
 
·
regional and national economic conditions becoming less favorable than expected, resulting in, among other things, a deterioration in credit quality of assets and the underlying value of collateral could prove to be less valuable than otherwise assumed;
 
·
the nature, extent, and timing of government and regulatory actions;
 
·
material unforeseen changes in the financial condition or results of Consumers National Bank’s customers;
 
·
changes in levels of market interest rates which could reduce anticipated or actual margins;
 
·
competitive pressures on product pricing and services; and
 
·
a continued deterioration in market conditions causing debtors to be unable to meet their obligations.

The risks and uncertainties identified above are not the only risks the Corporation faces. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Corporation or that the Corporation currently believes to be immaterial also may adversely affect the Corporation.  Should any known or unknown risks and uncertainties develop into actual events, those developments could have material adverse effects on the Corporation’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

 
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Item 4 – Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by the report, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Corporation's management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Corporation's disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a- 15e. Based on the evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures were effective. There have not been any changes in the Corporation's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Corporation's last quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, internal control over financial reporting.

 
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1 – Legal Proceedings
None

Item 2 – Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None

Item 3 – Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None

Item 5 – Other Information
On February 11, 2011, Consumers National Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, entered into an amended and restated salary continuation agreement with Ralph J. Lober, II, President and Chief Executive Officer, and a noncompetition agreement with Renee K. Wood, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in order to replace prior agreements that were previously in place.

The amended and restated salary continuation agreement (the “Agreement”) entered into with Mr. Lober replaces a prior change of control entered into on May 7, 2007 and salary continuation agreement entered into on August 29, 2008. The Agreement was made under the Corporation’s salary continuation program; a plan that exists to encourage the long-term retention of executives and avoid the cost of executive turnover. Under the Agreement, upon a retirement from the Corporation at the age of 65, Mr. Lober will receive 180 months of salary continuation payments in an amount equal to 53% of his average compensation during the three years preceding his retirement. Vesting under the Agreement commences at age 50 allowing Mr. Lober to be eligible to receive a reduced benefit if he retires between the age of 50 and 65. If Mr. Lober dies during active service, his beneficiary is entitled to receive the retirement benefit. Upon termination of employment following a disability, Mr. Lober will be fully vested under the plan and eligible to receive a payment equal to the amount accrued by the Corporation at the time of disability. Upon termination of employment within twelve months following a change of control for reasons other than death, disability, or retirement, Mr. Lober will be fully vested under the plan and eligible to receive a payment equal to the greater of (1) two times Mr. Lober’s base salary in effect immediately proceeding termination of employment or (2) the amount accrued by the Corporation as of the month preceding termination of employment.

The noncompetition agreement entered into with Ms. Wood replaces a prior change of control agreement that was entered into on July 1, 2005. The noncompetition agreement was entered into with Ms. Wood, in order to restrict Ms. Wood’s availability to other employers or entities that compete with the Corporation in exchange for a payment of an amount equal to the aggregate of one times Ms. Wood’s annual rate of base salary upon termination of employment without cause by the Corporation; or a termination of employment for good reason by Ms. Wood. Upon termination of employment within twelve consecutive months after a change in control, Ms. Wood shall be entitled to receive in a single lump sum payment equal to one times annual rate of base salary.
 
 
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Item 6 – Exhibits

Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description
Exhibit 10.6
 
2011 Amendment and Restatement of Salary Continuation agreement entered into with Mr. Lober on February 11, 2011.
     
Exhibit 10.7
 
Form Noncompetition agreement entered into with Ms. Wood on February 11, 2011.
     
Exhibit 11
 
Statement regarding Computation of Per Share Earnings (included in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).
     
Exhibit 31.1
 
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer
     
Exhibit 31.2
 
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer
     
Exhibit 32.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

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.

 
CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
     
Date:
February 11, 2011
 
/s/ Ralph J. Lober
 
 
Ralph J. Lober, II
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
     
Date:
February 11, 2011
 
/s/ Renee K. Wood
 
 
Renee K. Wood
 
 
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
 
 
 
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EX-10.6 2 v210959_ex10-6.htm
Exhibit 10.6

CONSUMERS NATIONAL BANK
SALARY CONTINUATION AGREEMENT
(2011 AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT)
 
THIS CONSUMERS NATIONAL BANK SALARY CONTINUATION AGREEMENT (2011 Amendment and Restatement) (this “Agreement”) is made this _____ day of February, 2011, by and between CONSUMERS NATIONAL BANK, a nationally chartered commercial bank located in Minerva, Ohio (the “Company”), and RALPH LOBER (the “Executive”).
 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive entered into a Consumers National Bank Salary Continuation Agreement on August 29, 2008 (the “2008 Agreement”);
 
WHEREAS, the Company desires to restrict, after the Executive’s Termination of Employment with the Company, the Executive’s availability to other employers or entities that compete with Consumers;
 
WHEREAS, to encourage the Executive to undertake these and other covenants, the Company is willing to provide salary continuation benefits to the Executive that are more expansive than those provided under the 2008 Agreement;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises, the mutual promises and undertakings set forth in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Executive and the Company hereby agree to amend and restate the 2008 Agreement as follows.
 
Article 1
Definitions
 
Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings specified:
 
1.1           “Accrual Balance” means the liability that should be accrued by the Company, under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), for the Company’s obligation to the Executive under this Agreement by applying Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715 (Compensation – Retirement Benefits) (formerly, Accounting Principles Board Opinion Number 12, as amended by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Number 106) and the Discount Rate.  Any one of a variety of amortization methods may be used to determine the Accrual Balance.  However, once chosen, the method must be consistently applied.  The Accrual Balance shall be reported annually by the Company to the Executive.
 
1.2           “Affiliate” means the Company and any other entity with which the Company would be considered a single employer under Sections 414(b) and 414(c) of the Code, applying fifty percent (50%) instead of eighty percent (80%) both in Code Sections 1563(a)(1), (2), and (3) for purposes of determining a controlled group of corporations under Code Section 414(b) and in Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(c)-2 for purposes of determining trades or businesses under common control under Code Section 414(c).
 
 
 

 
 
1.3           “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
1.4           “Cause” means (i) fraud; (ii) embezzlement; (iii) conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, any felony; (iv) a material breach of, or the willful failure or refusal by the Executive to perform and discharge the Executive’s duties, responsibilities, and obligations under this Agreement; (v) any act of moral turpitude or willful misconduct by the Executive intended to result in personal enrichment of the Executive at the expense of Consumers or any of its Affiliates or which has a material adverse impact on the business or reputation of Consumers (such determination to be made by the Board in its reasonable judgment); (vi) intentional material damage to the property or business of Consumers; (vii) gross negligence; or (viii) the ineligibility of the Executive to perform the Executive’s duties because of a ruling, directive, or other action by any agency of the United States or any state of the United States having regulatory authority over Consumers; but in each case only if (a) the Executive has been provided with written notice of any assertion that there is a basis for termination for Cause, which notice shall specify in reasonable detail specific facts regarding any such assertion, (b) such written notice is provided to the Executive in a reasonable time (and in any event no less than three (3) business days) before the Board meets to consider any possible termination for Cause, (c) at or prior to the meeting of the Board to consider the matters described in the written notice, an opportunity is provided to the Executive and his counsel to be heard before the Board with respect to the matters described in the written notice, (d) any resolution or other Board action held with respect to any deliberation regarding or decision to terminate the Executive for Cause is duly adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the entire Board (excluding the Executive) at a meeting of the Board duly called and held, and (e) the Executive is promptly provided with a copy of the resolution or other corporate action taken with respect to such termination.  No act or failure to act by the Executive shall be considered willful unless done or omitted to be done by him not in good faith and without reasonable belief that his action or omission was in the best interests of Consumers.
 
1.5           “Change of Control” means the transfer of shares of the Company’s voting common stock such that one entity or one person, or more than one entity or one person acting as a group, acquires (or is deemed to acquire when applying Section 318 of the Code) more than fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s outstanding voting common stock.
 
1.6           “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor statute, rule or regulation of similar effect.
 
1.7           “Company” means Consumers National Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation.
 
1.8           “Confidential Information” means all business and other information relating to the business of Consumers, including without limitation, technical or nontechnical data, programs, methods, techniques, processes, financial data, financial plans, product plans, and lists of actual or potential customers, which (i) derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other Persons, and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy or confidentiality. Such information and compilations of information shall be contractually subject to protection under this Agreement whether or not such information constitutes a trade secret and is separately protectable at law or in equity as a trade secret.
 
 
 

 
 
1.9           “Consumers” means the Company, Consumers Bancorp, Inc., and any Affiliate.
 
1.10         “Customer” means any individual, joint venturer, entity of any sort, or other business partner of Consumers with, for, or to whom Consumers has provided Financial Products or Services during the final two (2) years of the Executive’s employment with Consumers, or any individual, joint venturer, entity of any sort, or business partner whom Consumers has identified as a prospective customer of Financial Products or Services within the final year of the Executive’s employment with Consumers.
 
1.11         “Disability” means, if the Executive is covered by a Company sponsored disability policy, total disability as defined in such policy without regard to any waiting period.  If the Executive is not covered by such a policy, Disability means the Executive suffering a sickness, accident, or injury which, in the judgment of a physician satisfactory to the Company, prevents the Executive from performing substantially all of the Executive’s normal duties for the Company.  As a condition to receiving any Disability benefits, the Company may require the Executive to submit to such physical or mental evaluations and tests as the Company’s Board of Directors deems appropriate.
 
1.12         “Discount Rate” means the rate used by the plan administrator for determining the Accrual Balance.  The initial Discount Rate is six percent (6%).  However, in order to maintain the Discount Rate within reasonable standards according to GAAP and/or applicable bank regulatory guidance, the Discount Rate will adjust to reflect a rate of return on a high-quality fixed-income debt security rounded up to the nearest quarter percentage.  For purposes of this Agreement, the Discount Rate will be reviewed and updated annually prior to each January 1 using the twenty- (20-) year term Moody AA Corporate Rate for a high- quality fixed-income debt security.
 
1.13         “Early Termination” means Termination of Employment before Normal Retirement Age for reasons other than death, Disability, Termination for Cause, or following a Change of Control.
 
1.14         “Early Termination Date” means the month, day, and year in which Early Termination occurs.
 
1.15         “Effective Date” means August 29, 2008.
 
1.16         “Final Pay” means the average of the base pay plus annual performance-based incentive plan paid to the Executive by the Company for the last three (3) full calendar years prior to Normal Retirement Age.
 
1.17         “Financial Products or Services” means any product or service that a financial institution or a financial holding company could offer by engaging in any activity that is financial in nature or incidental to such a financial activity under Section 4(k) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and that is offered by Consumers on the date of the Executive’s Termination of Employment, including but not limited to banking activities and activities that are closely related and a proper incident to banking, or other products or services of the type in which the Executive was involved during the Executive’s employment with Consumers.
 
 
 

 
 
1.18         “Normal Retirement Age” means the Executive’s sixty-fifth (65th) birthday.
 
1.19        Normal Retirement Date” means the later of the Normal Retirement Age or Termination of Employment.
 
1.20         “Plan Administrator” means the Company or such committee or person as the Board shall appoint.
 
1.21         “Plan Year” means a twelve- (12-) month period commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31 of each year.  The initial Plan Year shall commence on the Effective Date of this Agreement.
 
1.22         “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder by the United States Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service.
 
1.23         “Specified Employee” means an employee who at the time of Termination of Employment is a key employee of Consumers, if any stock of Consumers is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise.  For purposes of this Agreement, an employee is a key employee if the employee meets the requirements of Code Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii), or (iii) (applied in accordance with the regulations thereunder and disregarding section 416(i)(5)) at any time during the twelve- (12-) month period ending on December 31 (the “identification period”).  If the employee is a key employee during an identification period, the employee is treated as a key employee for purposes of this Agreement during the twelve- (12-) month period that begins on the first day of January following the close of the identification period.
 
1.24         “Termination of Employment” means termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company for reasons other than death, excepting a leave of absence approved by Consumers.  Whether a Termination of Employment has occurred is determined in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the Consumers and Executive reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Executive would perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period (or the full period of services to Consumers if the Executive has been providing services to Consumers less than thirty-six (36) months).  Termination of Employment shall be construed consistently with a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A.
 
Article 2
Benefits
 
2.1           Retirement Benefit.  Upon Termination of Employment on or after Normal Retirement Age for reasons other than death, the Company shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.1 (the “Retirement Benefit”) in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.
 
 
 

 
 
2.1.1   Amount of Retirement Benefit.  The annual benefit under this Section 2.1 is fifty-three percent (53%) of Final Pay at the Normal Retirement Date.
 
2.1.2   Payment of Retirement Benefit.  Subject to Section 2.5, the Company shall pay the annual Retirement Benefit to the Executive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments payable on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date for fifteen (15) years.
 
2.2         Early Termination Benefit.  Upon Early Termination, the Company shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.2 (the “Early Termination Benefit”) in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.
 
2.2.1   Amount of Early Termination Benefit.  The Early Termination Benefit is the vested Accrual Balance determined as of the month preceding Termination of Employment.  The Early Termination Benefit is determined by vesting the Executive in six and two-thirds percent (6.67%) of the Accrual Balance for the Plan Year during employment with the Company in which the Executive attains age fifty (50), and an additional six and two-thirds percent (6.67%) of said amount for each succeeding year during Company employment thereafter until the Executive becomes one hundred percent (100%) vested in the Accrual Balance.
 
2.2.2   Payment of Early Termination Benefit.  Subject to Section 2.5, the Early Termination Benefit to the Executive shall be a fixed annuity payable in one hundred eighty (180) equal monthly installments, with interest credited on the unpaid balance at an annual rate equal to the Discount Rate, compounded monthly, payable on the first day of each month commencing with the month following Termination of Employment.
 
2.3         Disability Benefit.  If the Executive incurs a Termination of Employment due to Disability prior to Normal Retirement Age, the Company shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.3 (the “Disability Benefit”) in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.
 
2.3.1   Amount of Disability Benefit.  The Disability Benefit is one hundred percent (100%) of the Accrual Balance determined as of the end of the month preceding Termination of Employment.
 
2.3.2   Payment of Disability Benefit.  Subject to Section 2.5, the Disability Benefit to the Executive shall be a fixed annuity payable in one hundred eighty (180) equal monthly installments, with interest credited on the unpaid balance at an annual rate equal to the Discount Rate, compounded monthly, payable on the first day of each month commencing with the month following Termination of Employment.
 
2.4         Change of Control Benefit.  Upon the Executive’s Termination of Employment within twelve (12) months following a Change of Control for reasons other than death, Disability, or Retirement, the Company shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.4 (the “Change in Control Benefit”) in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.
 
 
 

 
 
2.4.1   Amount of Change in Control Benefit.  The Change in Control Benefit is the greater of (i) two (2) times the Executive’s base salary in effect immediately preceding the Termination of Employment or (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the Accrual Balance determined as of the end of the month preceding Termination of Employment.
 
2.4.2   Payment of Change in Control Benefit.  Subject to Section 2.5, the Company shall pay the Change in Control Benefit to the Executive in a lump sum within sixty (60) days following Termination of Employment; provided that if such sixty- (60-) day period begins in one calendar year and ends in another, the Executive shall not have the right to designate the calendar year of payment).
 
2.4.3   Excess Parachute Payment.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not pay any Change in Control Benefit under this Agreement to the extent the benefit would create an excise tax under the excess parachute rules of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code.
 
2.5         Potential Restriction on Timing of Distributions.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive is considered a Specified Employee at Termination of Employment under such procedures as established by the Company in accordance with Section 409A, and if payments under this Article 2 would be considered deferred compensation under Section 409A, and finally if an exemption from the six- (6-) month delay requirement of Section 409A is not available, the benefit distributions that are made upon Termination of Employment may not commence earlier than the first day of the seventh month after the month in which the Executive’s Termination of Employment occurs.  Therefore, in the event this Section 2.5 is applicable to the Executive, any distribution which would otherwise be paid to the Executive within the first six months following the Termination of Employment shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following the month of the Termination of Employment.  All subsequent distributions shall be paid in accordance with the original payment schedule specified herein.
 
2.6         Distributions Upon Income Inclusion Under Section 409A.  Upon the inclusion of any amount in the Executive’s income as a result of the failure of this non-qualified deferred compensation plan to comply with the requirements of Section 409A, to the extent such tax liability can be covered by the Accrual Balance, a distribution shall be made within ninety (90) days following the discovery of the plan failure; provided that if such ninety- (90-) day period begins in one calendar year and ends in another, the Executive shall have no right to specify the calendar year of distribution.
 
2.7         Change in Form or Timing of Distributions.  All changes in the form or timing of distributions hereunder must comply with the following requirements.  The changes:
 
(a)           may not accelerate the time or schedule of any distribution, except as provided in Section 409A and the regulations thereunder;
 
 
 

 
 
(b)           must, for benefits distributable under Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4, delay the commencement of distributions for a minimum of five (5) years from the date the first distribution was originally scheduled to be made;
 
(c)           must take effect not less than twelve (12) months after the election is made; and
 
(d)           must be made not less than twelve (12) months before the date that the payment is scheduled to be paid.
 
Article 3
Payments on Account of Death
 
3.1         Death During Active Service.  If the Executive dies while in the active service of the Company, the Company shall pay to the Executive’s beneficiary the benefit described in this Section 3.1.  This benefit shall be paid in lieu of the benefits under Article 2.
 
3.1.1   Amount of Benefit.  The annual benefit under this Section 3.1 is the same amount that would have been paid under Section 2.1.
 
3.1.2   Payment of Benefit.  The Company shall pay the benefit to the Executive’s beneficiary in twelve (12) equal monthly installments payable on the first day of each month commencing with the month following the Executive’s death for fifteen (15) years.
 
3.2         Death During Payment of Retirement Benefit.  If the Executive dies after any Retirement Benefit payments have commenced under this Agreement but before receiving all such payments, the Company shall pay the remaining benefits to the Executive’s beneficiary at the same time and in the same amounts they would have been paid to the Executive had the Executive survived.
 
3.3         Death After Termination of Employment But Before Payment of Retirement Benefit Commences.  If the Executive is entitled to a Retirement Benefit under this Agreement, but dies prior to the commencement of such benefit payments, the Company shall pay the same benefit payments to the Executive’s beneficiary that the Executive was entitled to prior to death, except that the benefit payments shall commence on the first day of the month following the date of the Executive’s death.
 
Article 4
Beneficiaries
 
4.1         Beneficiary Designations.  The Executive shall designate a beneficiary by filing a written designation with the Company.  The Executive may revoke or modify the designation at any time by filing a new designation.  However, designations will only be effective if signed by the Executive and accepted by the Company during the Executive’s lifetime.  The Executive’s beneficiary designation shall be deemed automatically revoked if the beneficiary predeceases the Executive, or if the Executive names a spouse as beneficiary and the marriage is subsequently dissolved.  If the Executive dies without a valid beneficiary designation, all payments shall be made to the Executive’s estate.
 
 
 

 
 
4.2         Facility of Payment.  If a benefit is payable to a minor, to a person declared incapacitated, or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of his or her property, the Company may pay such benefit to the guardian, legal representative, or person having the care or custody of such minor, incapacitated person, or incapable person.  The Company may require proof of incapacity, minority, or guardianship as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of the benefit.  Such distribution shall completely discharge the Company from all liability with respect to such benefit.
 
Article 5
General Limitations
 
5.1         Termination for Cause.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not pay any benefit under this Agreement if the Company terminates the Executive’s employment for Cause.
 
5.2         Suicide or Misstatement.  The Company shall not pay any benefit under this Agreement if the Executive commits suicide within two (2) years after the date of this Agreement, or if the Executive has made any material misstatement of fact on any application for life insurance purchased by the Company.
 
Article 6
Claims and Review Procedures
 
6.1         Claims Procedure.  An Executive or beneficiary (“claimant”) who has not received benefits under this Agreement that he or she believes should be distributed shall make a claim for such benefits as follows:
 
6.1.1   Initiation - - Written Claim.  The claimant initiates a claim by submitting to the Plan Administrator a written claim for the benefits.  If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the claimant, the claim must be made within sixty (60) days after such notice was received by the claimant.  All other claims must be made within one hundred eighty (180) days of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise occurred.  The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the claimant.
 
6.1.2   Timing of Plan Administrator Response.  The Plan Administrator shall respond to such claimant within ninety (90) days after receiving the claim (forty-five (45) days for a claim based upon Disability).  If the Plan Administrator determines that special circumstances require additional time for processing the claim, the Plan Administrator can extend the response period by an additional ninety (90) days (thirty (30) days in the case of Disability) by notifying the claimant in writing, prior to the end of the initial ninety (90) (or, if applicable, forty-five (45)) day period, that an additional period is required.  The notice of extension must set forth the special circumstances and the date by which the Plan Administrator expects to render its decision.
 
6.1.3   Notice of Decision.  If the Plan Administrator denies part or all of the claim, the Plan Administrator shall notify the claimant in writing of such denial.  The Plan Administrator shall write the notification in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant.  The notification shall set forth that the claim has been allowed in full or that the Plan Administrator has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in part, to the claimant’s requested determination:
 
 
 

 
 
(a)           The specific reasons for the decision;
 
(b)           A reference to the specific provisions of this Agreement on which the denial is based;
 
(c)           A description of any additional information or material necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why it is needed;
 
(d)           An explanation of this Agreement’s review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures; and
 
(e)           A statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a) following an adverse benefit determination on review.
 
6.2         Review Procedure.  If the Plan Administrator denies part or all of the claim, the claimant shall have the opportunity for a full and fair review by the Plan Administrator of the denial as follows:
 
6.2.1   Initiation - - Written Request.  To initiate the review, the claimant, within sixty (60) days (one hundred eighty (180) for a claim based upon Disability) after receiving the Plan Administrator’s notice of denial, must file with the Plan Administrator a written request for review.
 
6.2.2   Additional Submissions - Information Access.  The claimant shall then have the opportunity to submit written comments, documents, records, and other information relating to the claim.  The Plan Administrator shall also provide the claimant, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant (as defined in applicable ERISA regulations) to the claimant’s claim for benefits.
 
6.2.3   Considerations on Review.  In considering the review, the Plan Administrator shall take into account all materials and information the claimant submits relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination.  Any review of a decision involving a claim based upon Disability shall not be conducted by an individual(s) who made the adverse benefit determination that is the subject of the appeal, nor the subordinate of such individual(s).  If a decision on review of a claim based upon Disability is based upon a medical judgment, a health care professional who has appropriate training and experience in the field of medicine involved in the medical judgment will be consulted.
 
6.2.4   Timing of Plan Administrator Response.  The Plan Administrator shall respond in writing to such claimant within sixty (60) days (forty-five (45) days for a claim based upon Disability) after receiving the request for review.  If the Plan Administrator determines that special circumstances require additional time for processing the claim, the Plan Administrator can extend the response period by an additional sixty (60) days (forty-five (45) days for a claim based upon Disability) by notifying the claimant in writing, prior to the end of the initial sixty- (60-) (forty-five-  (45-)) day period, that an additional period is required.  The notice of extension must set forth the special circumstances and the date by which the Plan Administrator expects to render its decision.
 
 
 

 
 
6.2.5   Notice of Decision.  The Plan Administrator shall notify the claimant in writing of its decision on review.  The Plan Administrator shall write the notification in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant.  The notification shall set forth:
 
(a)           The specific reasons for the decision;
 
(b)           A reference to the specific provisions of this Agreement on which the denial is based;
 
(c)           A statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant (as defined in applicable ERISA regulations) to the claimant’s claim for benefits; and
 
(d)           A statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a).

6.3         Legal Action.  A claimant's compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Article 6 is a mandatory prerequisite to a claimant's right to commence any legal action with respect to any claim for benefits under the Agreement.
 
Article 7
Amendments and Termination
 
7.1         Amendments.  This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement signed by the Company and the Executive.  However, the Company may unilaterally amend this Agreement to conform with written directives to the Company from its auditors or Company regulators or to comply with legislative changes or tax law, including without limitation Section 409A.
 
7.2         Plan Termination Generally.  The Company and Executive may terminate this Agreement at any time.  The benefit hereunder shall be the Accrual Balance as of the date the Agreement is terminated.  However, if the Board determines in good faith that the Executive is no longer a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees, as that phrase applies to ERISA, for reasons other than death, Disability, or retirement, the Company may terminate this Agreement.  Upon such termination, the Executive shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested in the Accrual Balance.  Except as provided in Section 7.3, the termination of this Agreement shall not cause a distribution of benefits under this Agreement.  Rather, after such termination, benefit distributions will be made at the earliest distribution event permitted under Article 2 or Article 3.
 
7.3         Plan Terminations Under Section 409A.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 7.2, if this Agreement terminates in the following circumstances:
 
 
 

 
 
(a)           Within thirty (30) days before, or twelve (12) months after a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company as described in Section 409A(2)(A)(v) of the Code; provided that all distributions are made no later than twelve (12) months following such termination of the Agreement and further provided that all the Company’s arrangements which are substantially similar to the Agreement are terminated so the Executive and all participants in the similar arrangements are required to receive all amounts of compensation deferred under the terminated arrangements within twelve (12) months of the termination of the arrangements in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix)(B);
 
(b)           Within twelve (12) months of the Company’s dissolution under Code Section 331 or with the approval of a bankruptcy court; provided that the amounts deferred under the Agreement are included in the Executive’s gross income in the latest of (i) the calendar year in which the Agreement terminates; (ii) the first calendar year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture; or (iii) the first calendar year in which the distribution is administratively practical; or
 
(c)           Upon the Company’s termination of this and all other non-account balance plans (subject to the limitations in connection with a downturn in the financial health of the Company in Section 409A); provided that all distributions are made no earlier than twelve (12) months and no later than twenty-four (24) months following such termination, and the Company does not adopt any new non-account balance plans for a minimum of three (3) years following the date of such termination;
 
the Company may distribute the vested Accrual Balance, determined as of the date of the termination of the Agreement, to the Executive in a lump sum subject to the above terms.
 
Article 8
Covenants against Competition, Solicitation, or
Disclosure of Confidential Information
 
8.1 Competition.  For and in consideration of the payments described in Articles 2 and 3, the Executive shall not, either separately, jointly, or in association with others, directly or indirectly, as an agent, employee, owner, partner, member, stockholder, or otherwise, compete with Consumers or establish, engage in, or become interested in any business, trade, or occupation that competes with Consumers in the Financial Products or Services industry in any county in any of the States of the United States in which Consumers’ business is currently being conducted during the Executive’s employment with Consumers, or is being conducted when the Executive’s Termination of Employment occurs and all counties that are contiguous to such counties.  The Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the term of the Executive’s employment the Executive has acquired special and confidential knowledge regarding the operations of Consumers.  Furthermore, although not a term or condition of this Agreement, the Company and the Executive acknowledge and agree that the Executive’s services have been used and are being used by Consumers in executive, managerial, and supervisory capacities throughout the areas in which Consumers conducts business.  The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the non-compete restrictions contained herein are reasonable and fair in scope and necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of Consumers.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 8.1 the contrary, nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the Executive from owning equity in other businesses that are competitive with Consumers; provided that such ownership in any competitive business does not exceed the value of the Executive’s equity ownership in Consumers.
 
 
 

 
 
8.2 Solicitation.  For and in consideration of the payments described in Articles 2 and 3, the Executive shall not (x) directly or indirectly solicit or attempt to solicit any Customer of Consumers to accept or purchase Financial Products or Services of the same nature, kind, or variety currently being provided to the Customer by Consumers or being provided to the Customer by Consumers when the Executive’s Termination of Employment occurs, (y) directly or indirectly influence or attempt to influence any Customer, joint venturer, or other business partner of Consumers to alter that person or entity’s business relationship with Consumers in any way, and (z) accept the Financial Products or Services business of any Customer or provide Financial Products or Services to any Customer on behalf of anyone other than Consumers.  In addition, the Executive shall not solicit or attempt to solicit and shall not encourage or induce in any way any employee, joint venturer, or business partner of Consumers to terminate an employment or contractual relationship with Consumers, and shall not hire any person employed by Consumers during the two- (2-) year period immediately before the Executive’s Termination of Employment or any person employed by Consumers during the term of this covenant pursuant to this Section 8.2.
 
8.3 Disclosure of Confidential Information.  For and in consideration of the payments described in Articles 2 and 3, the Executive shall not reveal to any person, firm, or corporation any Confidential Information of any nature concerning Consumers or the business of Consumers.  The covenant in this Section 8.3 does not prohibit disclosure required by an order of a court having jurisdiction, a subpoena from an appropriate governmental agency, or disclosure made by the Executive in the ordinary course of business and within the scope of the Executive’s authority.
 
8.4 Duration; No Impact on Existing Obligations under Law or Contract.  The covenants in this Article 8 shall apply during the Executive’s employment with Consumers and throughout the twenty-four (24) month period immediately following the Executive’s Termination of Employment, whether or not Consumers has engaged the services of the Executive pursuant to an agreement to provide consulting services upon the Executive’s Termination of Employment with Consumers; provided, however, that such twenty-four (24) month period shall automatically be reduced to six (6) months upon the occurrence of a Change of Control.  The twenty-four (24) (or, if applicable, six (6)) month durational period referenced herein shall be tolled and shall not run during any such time that the Executive is in breach of this Agreement and/or in violation of any of the covenants contained herein, and once tolled hereunder shall not begin to run again until such time as all such breach and/or violations have ceased.  The Executive acknowledges and agrees that nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall have any impact on the Executive’s obligations as an officer or employee of Consumers to refrain from competing against, soliciting Customers, officers, or employees of, or disclosing Confidential Information of Consumers while the Executive is serving as an officer or employee of Consumers or thereafter, whether the Executive’s obligations arise under applicable law or under an employment agreement or otherwise.
 
 
 

 
 
8.5 Remedies.  The Executive acknowledges and agrees that remedies at law for the Executive’s breach of the covenants contained herein are inadequate and that for violation of the covenants contained herein, in addition to any and all legal and equitable remedies that may be available, the covenants may be enforced by an injunction in a suit in equity without the necessity of proving actual damage, and that a temporary injunction may be granted immediately upon the commencement of any such suit, and without notice.  The parties hereto intend that the covenants contained in this Article 8 shall be deemed to be a series of separate covenants, one for each county of each state in which Consumers does business.  If in any judicial proceeding a court refuses to enforce any or all of the separate covenants, the unenforceable covenants shall be deemed eliminated from the provisions hereof for the purposes of that proceeding to the extent necessary to permit the remaining separate covenants to be enforced.  Furthermore, if in any judicial proceeding a court refuses to enforce any covenant because of the covenant’s duration or geographic scope, the covenant shall be construed to have only the maximum duration or geographic scope permitted by law.
 
8.6 Forfeiture of Payments Under This Agreement.  If the Executive breaches any of the covenants in this Article 8, the Executive’s right to any of the payments specified in Article 2 after the date of the breach shall be forever forfeited and the right of the Executive’s designated beneficiary or estate to any payments under this Agreement shall likewise be forever forfeited.  This forfeiture is in addition to and not instead of any injunctive or other relief that may be available to the Company.  The Executive further acknowledges and agrees that any breach of any of the covenants in this Article 8 shall be deemed a material breach by the Executive of this Agreement.
 
Article 9
Miscellaneous
 
9.1 Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall bind the Executive and the Company, and their beneficiaries, survivors, executors, successors, administrators, and transferees.
 
9.2 No Guarantee of Employment.  This Agreement is not an employment policy or contract.  It does not give the Executive the right to remain an employee of Consumers, nor does it interfere with Consumers’ right to discharge the Executive.  It also does not require the Executive to remain an employee nor interfere with the Executive’s right to terminate employment at any time.
 
9.3 Non-Transferability.  Benefits under this Agreement cannot be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, attached, or encumbered in any manner.
 
9.4 Reorganization.  The Company shall not merge or consolidate into or with another company, or reorganize, or sell substantially all of its assets to another company, firm, or person unless such succeeding or continuing company, firm, or person agrees to assume and discharge the obligations of the Company under this Agreement.  Upon the occurrence of such event, the term “Company” as used in this Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the successor or survivor company.
 
 
 

 
 
9.5 Reporting and Withholding.  The Company shall report all income in connection with, and withhold any taxes that are required to be withheld from, the benefits provided under this Agreement.
 
9.6 Applicable Law, Venue, Waiver of Right to Jury Trial.  The Agreement and all rights hereunder shall be governed by the laws of Ohio, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions, except to the extent preempted by the laws of the United States of America.  The Executive and Consumers agree that the exclusive venue for resolution of any disputes regarding or arising out of this Agreement or the Executive’s employment shall be the state and federal courts located in Stark County, Ohio, or the federal courts located in the jurisdiction of the county wherever the corporate headquarters of the Company may be located in the future.  The Executive and Consumers further agree to waive any right to a jury trial with respect to any disputes regarding or arising out of this Agreement or the Executive’s employment with Consumers.  The Executive and Consumers each acknowledge and agree that this selection of venue and waiver of the right to a jury trial is knowingly, freely, and voluntarily given, is made after opportunity to consult with counsel of their choosing about this Agreement and its provisions, and is in the best interests of each party hereto.
 
9.7 Unfunded Arrangement.  The Executive and beneficiary are general unsecured creditors of the Company for the payment of benefits under this Agreement.  The benefits represent the mere promise by the Company to pay such benefits.  The rights to benefits are not subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment, or garnishment by creditors.  Any insurance on the Executive’s life is a general asset of the Company to which the Executive and beneficiary have no preferred or secured claim.
 
9.8 Entire Agreement.  This Agreement supersedes and amends and restates the 2008 Agreement, and constitutes the entire agreement between the Company and the Executive as to the subject matter hereof.  No rights are granted to the Executive by virtue of this Agreement other than those specifically set forth herein.
 
9.9 Administration.  The Company shall have powers which are necessary to administer this Agreement, including but not limited to:
 
(a)           Interpreting the provisions of the Agreement;
 
(b)           Establishing and revising the method of accounting for the Agreement;
 
(c)           Maintaining a record of benefit payments; and
 
(d)           Establishing rules and prescribing any forms necessary or desirable to administer the Agreement.
 
9.10       Named Fiduciary.  The Company shall be the named fiduciary and plan administrator under this Agreement.  It may delegate to others certain aspects of the management and operational responsibilities including the employment of advisors and the delegation of ministerial duties to qualified individuals.
 
 
 

 
 
9.11       Compliance with Section 409A.  This Agreement shall at all times be administered, and the provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted consistent with, the requirements of Section 409A.
 
 
9.12       Tax Treatment.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the federal, state, and local income and/or other tax treatment of payments and benefits under this Agreement shall not be, and is not, warranted or guaranteed.  Neither Consumers, its directors (including, without limitation, the Board), officers, employees, agents, attorneys, nor any of their designees shall be liable for any taxes, penalties, or other monetary amounts owed by the Executive or any other person as a result of the Agreement, any deferral or payment under the Agreement, or the administration of the Agreement.
 
9.13       Notices.  All notices, requests, demands, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand or mailed, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid, to the following addresses or to such other address as either party may designate by like notice.  If to the Company, notice shall be given to the Board or to such other or additional person or persons as the Company shall have designated to the Executive in writing.  If to the Executive, notice shall be given to the Executive at the Executive’s address appearing on the Company’s records, or to such other or additional person or persons as the Executive shall have designated to the Company in writing.
 
9.14       Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement not held invalid, and each such other provision shall continue in full force and effect to the full extent consistent with law.  If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid in part, such invalidity shall not affect the remainder of the provision not held invalid, and the remainder of such provision together with all other provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect to the full extent consistent with law.
 
9.15       Interpretation.  Caption headings and subheadings herein are included solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.  Words used in the singular in this Agreement shall include the plural, and words used in the masculine shall include the feminine.
 
9.16       EESA Limitations.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the terms of this Agreement shall be construed subject to the limitations of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (“EESA”).  It is expressly understood that this Agreement will be enforced in a manner which is consistent with Section 111 of EESA, as amended, and rules and regulations currently issued and to be issued thereunder.  Until such time that the United States Treasury ceases to own any debt or equity or equity securities of Consumers acquired pursuant to the Capital Purchase Program, Consumers and Executive agree that all payments under this Agreement shall be limited to the extent necessary to comply with Section 111 of EESA, as amended.
 
[Signature page follows]
 
 

 
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive and a duly authorized officer of the Company have signed this Agreement.
 
EXECUTIVE:
 
COMPANY:
     
RALPH LOBER
 
CONSUMERS NATIONAL BANK
     
By:
   
By:
 
         
Date:
   
Title:
 
       
   
Date:
 
 
 
 

 
EX-10.7 3 v210959_ex10-7.htm
Exhibit 10.7
NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT
 
This NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of the ____ day of ____________, 2011 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Consumers Bancorp, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), Consumers National Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation (the “Bank”), and _________________ (the “Executive”).
 
WHEREAS, Executive has provided guidance, leadership, and direction in the growth, management, and development of the Company, the Bank, and the Affiliates, and has learned trade secrets, confidential procedures, and information, and technical and sensitive plans of Consumers.
 
WHEREAS, the Company desires to restrict, after the Executive’s Termination of Employment with the Company and the Bank, the Executive’s availability to other employers or entities that compete with Consumers;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises, the mutual promises and undertakings set forth in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Executive, the Company and the Bank hereby agree as follows.
 
1.  Administration of this Agreement.
 
(a)  Administrator Duties.  This Agreement shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board or by such committee or person as the Board shall appoint (the “Administrator”).  The Executive may not be a member of the Administrator.  The Administrator shall have the discretion and authority to (x) make, amend, interpret, and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this Agreement and (y) decide or resolve any and all questions that may arise, including interpretations of this Agreement.
 
(b)  Agents.  In the administration of this Agreement the Administrator may employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit (including acting through a duly appointed representative) and may from time to time consult with counsel, who may be counsel to the Company.
 
(c)  Binding Effect of Decisions.  The decision or action of the Administrator concerning any question arising out of the administration, interpretation, and application of this Agreement and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest in this Agreement.
 
(d)  Indemnity of Administrator.  The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Administrator against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses, or liabilities arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this Agreement, except in the case of willful misconduct by the Administrator or any of its members.  No individual shall be liable while acting as Administrator for any action or determination made in good faith regarding this Agreement, and any such individual shall be entitled to indemnification and reimbursement in the manner provided in the Company’s charter and bylaws/regulations and under applicable law.
 
 
 

 
 
(e)  Information.  To enable the Administrator to perform its functions, the Company and the Bank shall supply full and timely information to the Administrator on all matters relating to the date and circumstances of the Termination of Employment of the Executive and such other pertinent information as the Administrator may reasonably require.
 
(f)   Action by the Administrator.  In addition to acting at a meeting in accordance with applicable laws, any action of the Administrator concerning this Agreement may be taken by a written instrument signed by the Administrator (including, if the Board or a Board committee serves as the Administrator, by written consent in accordance with Ohio law and the charter and bylaws/regulations of the Company, and any such action so taken by written consent shall be effective as if it had been taken by a majority of the members at a meeting duly called and held).
 
2.  Definitions
 
(a)   Affiliate shall mean the Bank and any other entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company.
 
(b)   Board shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
(c)   Cause shall mean (i) fraud; (ii) embezzlement; (iii) conviction of or plea of nolo contendere by the Executive of any felony; (iv) a material breach of, or the willful failure or refusal by the Executive to perform and discharge the Executive’s duties, responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement; (v) any act of moral turpitude or willful misconduct by the Executive intended to result in personal enrichment of the Executive at the expense of Consumers or any of its affiliates or which has a material adverse impact on the business or reputation of Consumers (such determination to be made by the Board in its reasonable judgment); (vi) intentional material damage to the property or business of Consumers; (vii) gross negligence; or (viii) the ineligibility of the Executive to perform the Executive’s duties because of a ruling, directive or other action by any agency of the United States or any state of the United States having regulatory authority over Consumers; but in each case only if (a) the Executive has been provided with written notice of any assertion that there is a basis for termination for Cause, which notice shall specify in reasonable detail specific facts regarding any such assertion, (b) such written notice is provided to the Executive in a reasonable time (and in any event no less than three (3) business days) before the Board meets to consider any possible termination for Cause, (c) at or prior to the meeting of the Board to consider the matters described in the written notice, an opportunity is provided to the Executive and his counsel to be heard before the Board with respect to the matters described in the written notice, (d) any resolution or other Board action held with respect to any deliberation regarding or decision to terminate the Executive for Cause is duly adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of the entire Board (excluding the Executive) at a meeting of the Board duly called and held, and (e) the Executive is promptly provided with a copy of the resolution or other corporate action taken with respect to such termination.  No act or failure to act by the Executive shall be considered willful unless done or omitted to be done by him not in good faith and without reasonable belief that his action or omission was in the best interests of Consumers.  The unwillingness of the Executive to accept any or all of a material change in the nature or scope of his position, authorities, or duties; a reduction in his total compensation or benefits; a relocation that he deems unreasonable in light of the Executive’s personal circumstances; or other action by or request of Consumers in respect of the Executive’s position, authority, or responsibility that he reasonably deems to be contrary to this Agreement, may not be considered by the Board to be a failure to perform or misconduct by the Executive.
 
 
 

 
 
(d)  Change in Control shall mean the transfer of shares of the Company’s voting common stock such that one entity or one person acquires (or is deemed to acquire when applying Section 318 of the Code) more than fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s outstanding voting common stock.
 
(e)  Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor statute, rule or regulation of similar effect.
 
(f)   Confidential Information shall mean all business and other information relating to the business of Consumers, including without limitation, technical or nontechnical data, programs, methods, techniques, processes, financial data, financial plans, product plans, and lists of actual or potential customers, which (i) derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other Persons, and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy or confidentiality. Such information and compilations of information shall be contractually subject to protection under this Agreement whether or not such information constitutes a trade secret and is separately protectable at law or in equity as a trade secret.
 
(g)  Consumers shall mean the Company, the Bank, and any Affiliate.
 
(h)  Customer shall mean any individual, joint venturer, entity of any sort, or other business partner of Consumers with, for, or to whom Consumers has provided Financial Products or Services during the final two years of the Executive’s employment with Consumers, or any individual, joint venturer, entity of any sort, or business partner whom Consumers has identified as a prospective customer of Financial Products or Services within the final year of the Executive’s employment with Consumers.
 
(i)   Disability or Disabled shall mean, if the Executive is covered by a Consumers-sponsored disability policy, total disability as defined in such policy without regard to any waiting period.  If the Executive is not covered by such a policy, Disability shall mean the Executive’s suffering a sickness, accident, or injury which, in the judgment of a physician satisfactory to Consumers, prevents the Executive from performing substantially all of the Executive’s normal duties for Consumers.  As a condition to receiving any Disability benefits, the Company may require the Executive to submit to such physical or mental evaluations and tests as the Board deems appropriate.
 
(j)   Financial Products or Services shall mean any product or service that a financial institution or a financial holding company could offer by engaging in any activity that is financial in nature or incidental to such a financial activity under Section 4(k) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and that is offered by Consumers on the date of the Executive’s employment termination, including but not limited to banking activities and activities that are closely related and a proper incident to banking, or other products or services of the type in which the Executive was involved during the Executive’s employment with Consumers.
 
 
 

 
 
(k)  Good Reason shall mean without the Executive’s written consent, (i) a material diminution in authority, duties or responsibilities; (ii) any reduction by Consumers in the Executive’s Base Salary; (iii) any failure of Company to obtain the assumption of, or the agreement to perform, this Agreement by any successor as contemplated in Section 12 hereof; (iv) Consumers materially breaches this Agreement; or (v) Consumers requiring the Executive to be permanently assigned to a location other than the current or future headquarters of the Company, except for required travel on Consumers’ business to an extent substantially consistent with the Executive’s present business travel obligations and as described under Section 3; or, in the event the Executive consents to any relocation, and such relocation is more than fifty (50) miles from the Executive’s previous location,  the failure by Consumers to pay (or reimburse the Executive) for all reasonable moving expenses incurred by the Executive relating to a change of the Executive’s principal residence in connection with such relocation and to indemnify the Executive against any loss realized on the sale of the Executive’s principal residence in connection with any such change of residence.  Good Reason shall be deemed to occur only when the Executive provides notice to the Company and the Bank of the Executive’s judgment that a Good Reason event has occurred within ninety (90) days of such occurrence, and the Company and the Bank will have at least thirty (30) days during which it may remedy the condition.
 
(l)  Person shall mean any individual, corporation, limited liability company, bank, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
 
(m)  Retirement shall mean Executive’s Voluntary Termination of Employment on or after attainment of age sixty-five (65).
 
(n)  Section 409A shall mean Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder by the United States Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service.
 
(o)  Specified Employee shall mean an employee who at the time of Termination of Employment is a key employee of Consumers, if any stock of Consumers is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise.  For purposes of this Agreement, an employee is a key employee if the employee meets the requirements of Code Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii), or (iii) (applied in accordance with the regulations thereunder and disregarding section 416(i)(5)) at any time during the twelve- (12-) month period ending on December 31 (the “identification period”).  If the employee is a key employee during an identification period, the employee is treated as a key employee for purposes of this Agreement during the twelve- (12-) month period that begins on the first day of January following the close of the identification period.
 
 
 

 
 
(p)  Termination of Employment shall mean that the Executive shall have ceased to be employed by Consumers for reasons other than death, excepting a leave of absence approved by Consumers.  Whether a termination of employment has occurred is determined based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that Consumers and the Executive reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Executive would perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period (or the full period of services to Consumers if the Executive has been providing services to Consumers less than thirty-six (36) months).  Termination of Employment shall be construed consistently with a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A.
 
(q)  Voluntary Termination of Employment shall mean the Termination of Employment by the Executive of the Executive’s employment with Consumers, which is not the result of Good Reason.
 
3.  Term.
 
(a)  The term of this Agreement shall commence upon the Effective Date and will continue for an initial term of one (1) year.  Commencing on the Effective Date, as each day lapses during such initial term, one (1) additional day shall be automatically added to the term so that the term of the Agreement after each one- (1-) day renewal shall always be one (1) year, unless terminated as provided in Section 3(b).
 
(b)  This Agreement may be terminated effective on or after the one- (1-) year anniversary of the Effective Date upon at least one (1) year’s advance written notice of termination by either party to the other party.
 
4.  Covenants against Competition, Solicitation, or Disclosure of Confidential Information.
 
(a)  Competition.  For and in consideration of the payments described in Section 5, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Administrator, either separately, jointly, or in association with others, directly or indirectly, as an agent, employee , owner, partner, member, or stockholder or otherwise, compete with Consumers or establish, engage in, or become interested in, any business, trade, or occupation that competes with Consumers in the Financial Products or Services industry through association with a financial institution that operates a corporate headquarters within 50 (fifty) miles of a physical branch or loan office location of Consumers existent during the Executive’s employment with Consumers or is existent on the date of  the Executive’s Termination of Employment.  The Executive acknowledges and agrees that during the terms of the Executive’s employment the Executive has acquired special and confidential knowledge regarding the operations of Consumers.  Furthermore, although not a term or condition of this Agreement, the Company, the Bank, and the Executive acknowledge and agree that the Executive services have been used and are being used by Consumers in executive, managerial and supervisory capacities throughout the areas in which Consumers does business .  The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the noncompete restrictions contained herein are reasonable and fair in scope and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of Consumers.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the Section 4(a) to the contrary, nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the Executive from owning equity in other businesses that are competitive with Consumers; provided that, while employed by Consumers, such ownership in any competitive business does not exceed the value of the Executives equity ownership in Consumers without the prior written consent of the Administrator and does not meet or exceed  five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding equity of such competitive business.
 
 
 

 
 
(b)  Solicitation.  For and in consideration of the monthly payments described in Section 5, the Executive shall not (x) directly or indirectly solicit or attempt to solicit any Customer of Consumers to accept or purchase Financial Products or Services of the same nature, kind, or variety currently being provided to the Customer by Consumers or being provided to the Customer by Consumers when the Executive’s Termination of Employment occurs, (y) directly or indirectly influence or attempt to influence any Customer, joint venturer, or other business partner of Consumers to alter that person or entity’s business relationship with Consumers in any way, and (z) accept the Financial Products or Services business of any Customer or provide Financial Products or Services to any Customer on behalf of anyone other than Consumers.  In addition, the Executive shall not solicit or attempt to solicit and shall not encourage or induce in any way any employee, joint venturer, or business partner of Consumers to terminate an employment or contractual relationship with Consumers, and shall not hire any person employed by Consumers during the two- (2-) year period immediately before the Executive’s Termination of Employment or any person employed by Consumers during the term of this covenant pursuant to this Section 4(b).
 
(c)  Disclosure of Confidential Information.  For and in consideration of the monthly payments described in Section 5, the Executive shall not reveal to any person, firm, or corporation any Confidential Information of any nature concerning Consumers or the business of Consumers.  The covenant in this Section 4(c) does not prohibit disclosure required by an order of a court having jurisdiction, a subpoena from an appropriate governmental agency, or disclosure made by the Executive in the ordinary course of business and within the scope of the Executive’s authority.
 
(d)  Duration; No Impact on Existing Obligations under Law or Contract.  The covenants in this Section 4 shall apply during the Executive’s employment with Consumers and throughout the twelve (12) month period immediately following the Executive’s Termination of Employment, whether or not Consumers has engaged the services of the Executive pursuant to an agreement to provide consulting services upon the Executive’s Termination of Employment with Consumers; provided, however, that such twelve (12) month period shall automatically be reduced to six (6) months upon the occurrence of a Change in Control.  The twelve (12) (or, if applicable, six (6)) month durational period referenced herein shall be tolled and shall not run during any such time that the Executive is in breach of this Agreement and/or in violation of any of the covenants contained herein, and once tolled hereunder shall not begin to run again until such time as all such breach and/or violations have ceased.  The Executive acknowledges and agrees that nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall have any impact on the Executive’s obligations as an officer or employee of Consumers to refrain from competing against, soliciting Customers, officers, or employees of, or disclosing Confidential Information of Consumers while the Executive is serving as an officer or employee of Consumers or thereafter, whether the Executive’s obligations arise under applicable law or under an employment agreement or otherwise.
 
 
 

 
 
(e)  Remedies.  The Executive acknowledges and agrees that remedies at law for the Executive’s breach of the covenants contained herein are inadequate and that for violation of the covenants contained herein, in addition to any and all legal and equitable remedies that may be available, the covenants may be enforced by an injunction in a suit in equity without the necessity of proving actual damage, and that a temporary injunction may be granted immediately upon the commencement of any such suit, and without notice.  The parties hereto intend that the covenants contained in this Section 4 shall be deemed to be a series of separate covenants, one for each county of each state in which Consumers does business.  If in any judicial proceeding a court refuses to enforce any or all of the separate covenants, the unenforceable covenants shall be deemed eliminated from the provisions hereof for the purposes of that proceeding to the extent necessary to permit the remaining separate covenants to be enforced.  Furthermore, if in any judicial proceeding a court refuses to enforce any covenant because of the covenant’s duration or geographic scope, the covenant shall be construed to have only the maximum duration or geographic scope permitted by law.
 
(f)  Forfeiture of Payments Under This Agreement.  If the Executive breaches any of the covenants in this Section 4, the Executive’s right to any of the payments specified in Section 5 after the date of the breach shall be forever forfeited and the right of the Executive’s designated beneficiary or estate to any payments under this Agreement shall likewise be forever forfeited.  This forfeiture is in addition to and not instead of any injunctive or other relief that may be available to the Company and the Bank.  The Executive further acknowledges and agrees that any breach of any of the covenants in this Section 4 shall be deemed a material breach by the Executive of this Agreement.
 
5.  Noncompete Payments.
 
(a)  Payments.  In consideration of the Executive’s covenants as described in Section 4 hereto:
 
(i)  Upon the Executive’s Termination of Employment by the Company or the Bank for Cause or upon a Voluntary Termination of Employment by the Executive, except for a Termination for Good Reason or Retirement, the Company shall pay to the Executive a monthly payment, in an amount equal to one hundred United States dollars (US$100), for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months, beginning the first day of the month following the Executive’s Termination of Employment; or
 
(ii)  Upon the a Termination of Employment without Cause by the Company; or a Termination of Employment for Good Reason by the Executive; the Company shall pay to the Executive an amount equal to the aggregate of one (1) times the Executive’s annual rate of base salary, excluding any bonus or incentive payment, then being paid to the Executive.  The aggregate amount payable identified in this Section 5(a)(ii) shall be paid in twelve (12) equal consecutive monthly payments beginning on the first day of the month following the Executive’s Termination of Employment.
 
(b)  Potential Six-Month Delay under Section 409A.  If, when Termination of Employment occurs, the Executive is a Specified Employee and if the noncompetition payments under this Section 5 would be considered deferred compensation under Section 409A, and finally if an exemption from the six- (6-) month delay requirement of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code is not available, the Executive’s noncompetition payments for the first six (6) months following the Executive’s Termination of Employment shall be paid to the Executive in a single lump sum on the first day of the seventh month after the month in which the Executive’s Termination of Employment occurs.  The remaining payments shall be paid in accordance with the original payment schedule.
 
 
 

 
 
(c)  Death and Disability.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no amounts shall be payable under this Agreement in the event of the Executive’s Termination of Employment as a result of death or Disability except as provided in Section 6(b).  Further, all payments under this Agreement shall cease upon Executive’s death, except as provided in Section 6(b).
 
6.  Payment After a Change in Control.
 
(a)  Termination of Employment After a Change in Control.  If the Executive’s Termination of Employment occurs within twelve (12) consecutive months after a Change in Control is consummated and if the Executive would otherwise be entitled to receive payments under Section 5(a)(i) or 5(a)(ii), the Executive shall be entitled to receive in a single lump sum, within five (5) days after the date of the Termination of Employment (provided that if such five- (5-) day period begins in one calendar year and ends in another, the Executive shall not have a right to designate the calendar year of payment), the aggregate payment due under Section 5, without present value discount for the time value of money; provided that Section 5(b) shall apply, if applicable.  The obligations of the Executive under Section 4 shall continue for a period of six (6) consecutive months following the date of Termination of Employment.
 
(b)  Death Subsequent to a Change in Control.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event of the Executive’s death subsequent to a Termination of Employment after a Change in Control and prior to payment of the amount specified in Section 6(a), all amounts due and unpaid shall be paid to the Executive’s designated beneficiary in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days of the date of death; provided that if such thirty- (30-) day period begins in one calendar year and ends in another, such beneficiary shall have no right to designate the calendar year of payment.
 
7.  Claims Procedure.  The Executive, or a designated beneficiary of the Executive, who has not received benefits under this Agreement that he or she believes should be paid shall make a claim for such benefits by submitting to the Administrator a written claim for the benefits.  The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the claimant.  All determinations and decisions made by the Administrator regarding claims for benefits under this Agreement will be final, conclusive, and binding on all persons, including Consumers, the Executive, and the Executive’s estate and designated beneficiary(ies).
 
8.  Assignment of Rights; Spendthrift Clause.  None of the Executive, the Executive’s estate, or the Executive’s beneficiary shall have any right to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, attach, encumber, or otherwise convey the right to receive any payment hereunder.  To the extent permitted by law, benefits payable under this Agreement shall not be subject to the claim of any creditor of the Executive, the Executive’s estate, or the Executive’s designated beneficiary(ies) or subject to any legal process by any creditor of the Executive, the Executive’s estate, or the Executive’s designated beneficiary(ies).
 
 
 

 
 
9.  Suicide.  If the Executive commits suicide within two (2) years after the Effective Date, all payments provided for herein shall be forfeited.
 
10.  Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall bind the Executive, the Company, the Bank and their beneficiaries, survivors, executors, successors and assigns, administrators, and transferees.
 
11.  Successors; Binding Agreement.  By an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Executive, the Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform this Agreement had no succession occurred.
 
12.  Amendment of Agreement.  This Agreement may not be altered or amended except by a written agreement signed by the Company, the Bank, and the Executive.  However, if the Company determines to its reasonable satisfaction that an alteration or amendment of this Agreement is necessary or advisable so that the Agreement complies with the Code or any other applicable tax law, then upon written notice to Executive, the Company and the Bank may unilaterally amend this Agreement in such manner and to such an extent as the Company and the Bank reasonably considers necessary or advisable to ensure compliance with the Code or other applicable tax law.  Nothing in this Section 12 shall be deemed to limit the Company’s and the Bank’s right to terminate this Agreement without stated cause pursuant to Section 3(b).
 
13.  Interpretation.  Caption headings and subheadings herein are included solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.  Words used in the singular in this Agreement shall include the plural, and words used in the masculine shall include the feminine.
 
14.  Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement not held invalid, and each such other provision shall continue in full force and effect to the full extent consistent with law.  If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid in part, such invalidity shall not affect the remainder of the provision not held invalid, and the remainder of such provision together with all other provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect to the full extent consistent with law.
 
15.  Governing Law, Venue, and Waiver of Right to Jury Trial.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions, except to the extent preempted by the laws of the United States of America.  The Executive, the Company and the Bank agree that the exclusive venue for resolution of any disputes regarding or arising out of this Agreement or the Executive’s employment shall be the state and federal courts located in Stark County, Ohio, or the federal courts located in the jurisdiction of the county wherever the corporate headquarters of the Company may be located in the future.  The Executive, the Company and the Bank further agree to waive any right to a jury trial with respect to any disputes regarding or arising out of this Agreement or the Executive’s employment with Consumers.  The Executive, the Company and the Bank each acknowledge and agree that this selection of venue and waiver of the right to a jury trial is knowingly, freely, and voluntarily given, is made after opportunity to consult with counsel of their choosing about this Agreement and its provisions, and is in the best interests of each party hereto.
 
 
 

 
 
16.  Entire Agreement.   This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Executive, the Company, and the Bank concerning the subject matter. No rights are granted to the Executive under this Agreement other than those specifically set forth.
 
17.  No Guarantee of Employment.  This Agreement is not an employment policy or contract.  It does not give the Executive the right to remain an employee of Consumers nor does it interfere with Consumer’s right to discharge the Executive.  It also does not require the Executive to remain an employee or interfere with the Executive’s right to terminate employment at any time.
 
18.  Tax Withholding.  If taxes are required by the Code or other applicable tax law to be withheld by the Company and the Bank from payments under this Agreement, the Company shall withhold any taxes that are, it its sole opinion, required to be withheld.
 
19.  Notices.  All notices, requests, demands, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand or mailed, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid, to the following addresses or to such other address as either party may designate by like notice.  If to the Company and/or the Bank, notice shall be given to the Board or to such other or additional person or persons as the Company shall have designated to the Executive in writing.  If to the Executive, notice shall be given to the Executive at the Executive’s address appearing on the Company’s records, or to such other or additional person or persons as the Executive shall have designated to the Company and the Bank in writing.
 
20.  Compliance with Section 409A.  To the extent applicable, the Company, the Bank, and the Executive intend that this Agreement shall comply with Section 409A and that the Agreement shall be construed in a manner to comply with Section 409A.
 
21.  Tax Treatment.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the federal, state, and local income and/or other tax treatment of payments and benefits under this Agreement shall not be, and is not, warranted or guaranteed.  Neither Consumers, its directors (including, without limitation, the Board), officers, employees, agents, attorneys, nor any of their designees shall be liable for any taxes, penalties, or other monetary amounts owed by the Executive or any other person as a result of the Agreement, any deferral or payment under the Agreement, or the administration of the Agreement.
 
22.  EESA Limitations.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the terms of this Agreement shall be construed subject to the limitations of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (“EESA”).  It is expressly understood that this Agreement will be enforced in a manner which is consistent with Section 111 of EESA, as amended, and rules and regulations currently issued and to be issued thereunder.  Until such time that the United States Treasury ceases to own any debt or equity or equity securities of Consumers acquired pursuant to the Capital Purchase Program, Consumers and Executive agree that all payments under this Agreement shall be limited to the extent necessary to comply with Section 111 of EESA, as amended.
 
 
 

 
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive and a duly authorized officer of the Company and of the Bank have executed this Noncompetition Agreement as of the date first written above.

 
COMPANY AND BANK:
 
Consumers Bancorp, Inc.
   
 
By:
 
       
   
Title:
 
     
 
Date:
 
   
 
Consumers National Bank
   
 
By:
 
     
   
Title:
 
     
 
Date:
 
   
 
EXECUTIVE
   
   
   
 
Date:
 
 
 
 

 
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EXHIBIT 31.1

I, Ralph J. Lober, certify that:

 
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Consumers Bancorp, Inc.;

 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a – 15(e) and 15d – 15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 
a.
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 
b.
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 
c.
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 
d.
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:

 
a.
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 
b.
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

February 11, 2011
 
By:       /s/ Ralph J. Lober
Date
 
Ralph J. Lober, II
Chief Executive Officer

 
 

 
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EXHIBIT 31.2

I, Renee K. Wood, certify that:

 
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Consumers Bancorp, Inc.;

 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a – 15(e) and 15d – 15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 
a.
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 
b.
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 
c.
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 
d.
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:

 
a.
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 
b.
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

February 11, 2011
 
By:       /s/ Renee K. Wood
Date
 
Renee K. Wood
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

 
 

 
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Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Consumers Bancorp, Inc. (the “Corporation”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (“the Report”), the undersigned officer of the Corporation does hereby certify that:

 
a)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
 
b)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Corporation.
 
 
Date:
February 11, 2011
 
     
 
/s/ Ralph J. Lober
 
 
Ralph J. Lober, II
 
Chief Executive Officer
     
 
/s/ Renee K. Wood
 
 
Renee K. Wood
 
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
 
 
 

 
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