0000775345-11-000065.txt : 20111121 0000775345-11-000065.hdr.sgml : 20111121 20111121110556 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000775345-11-000065 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-Q/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111121 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111121 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNITED BANCORP INC /MI/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000775345 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 382606280 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-16640 FILM NUMBER: 111218095 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2723 SOUTH STATE STREET CITY: ANN ARBOR STATE: MI ZIP: 48104 BUSINESS PHONE: 7342143700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2723 SOUTH STATE STREET CITY: ANN ARBOR STATE: MI ZIP: 48104 10-Q/A 1 form10qa.htm UNITED BANCORP, INC. FORM 10Q/A FOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 form10qa.htm

United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
_______________________________

Form 10-Q/A (Amendment No. 1)

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011
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Commission File #0-16640

UBI Logo
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Michigan
 
 38-2606280
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2723 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (517) 423-8373

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 þ                      No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ   No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):

 
Large accelerated Filer o
 
Accelerated filer o
 
 
Non-accelerated filer o (do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
 
Smaller reporting company þ

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

As of November 14, 2011, there were outstanding 12,697,265 shares of the registrant's common stock, no par value.


United Bancorp, Inc. is filing this Amendment No. 1 (this "Amendment") to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, originally filed with the Commission on November 14, 2011 (the "Original Report"), solely to file Part I (Financial Information), Items 1 through 4 and Part II (Other Information), Item 6, Exhibits 31 and 32 of the report, which were omitted from the Original Report pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 12b-25. No other changes have been made to the Original Report.
 
 
Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates and projections about the financial services industry, the economy, and United Bancorp, Inc. Forward-looking statements are identifiable by words or phrases such as "outlook" or "strategy"; that an event or trend "may", "should", "will", "is likely", or is "probable" to occur or "continue" or "is scheduled" or "on track" or that the Company or its management "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "plans", "forecasts", "intends", "predicts", "projects", or "expects" a particular result, or is "confident," "optimistic" or has an "opinion" that an event will occur, or other words or phrases such as "ongoing", "future", or "tend" and variations of such words and similar expressions.  Such statements are based upon current beliefs and expectations and involve substantial risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These statements include, among others, statements related to deployment of liquidity and loan demand, future economic conditions, future investment opportunities, future levels of expenses associated with other real estate owned, real estate valuation, future recognition of income, future levels of non-performing loans, the rate of asset dispositions, dividends, future growth, future funding sources, future liquidity levels, future profitability levels, future capital levels, future effects of modified or new accounting standards, future compliance with our Memorandum of Understanding, the effects on earnings of changes in interest rates and the future level of other revenue sources. All of the information concerning interest rate sensitivity is forward-looking. All statements with reference to future time periods are forward-looking.

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

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



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Item 1 – Financial Statements

(a)
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets


In thousands of dollars
 
(unaudited)
       
   
September 30
   
December 31,
 
Assets
 
2011
   
2010
 
Cash and demand balances in other banks
  $ 15,894     $ 10,623  
Interest bearing balances with banks
    99,420       95,599  
Total cash and cash equivalents
    115,314       106,222  
                 
Securities available for sale
    164,945       124,544  
FHLB Stock
    2,571       2,788  
Loans held for sale
    7,709       10,289  
                 
Portfolio loans
    577,600       591,985  
Less allowance for loan losses
    24,357       25,163  
Net portfolio loans
    553,243       566,822  
                 
Premises and equipment, net
    10,631       11,241  
Bank-owned life insurance
    13,710       13,391  
Accrued interest receivable and other assets
    26,282       26,413  
Total Assets
  $ 894,405     $ 861,710  
                 
Liabilities
               
Deposits
               
Noninterest bearing
  $ 134,673     $ 113,206  
Interest bearing deposits
    640,856       620,792  
Total deposits
    775,529       733,998  
                 
Federal funds purchased and other short term borrowings
    -       1,234  
FHLB advances payable
    24,054       30,321  
Accrued interest payable and other liabilities
    3,016       3,453  
Total Liabilities
    802,599       769,006  
                 
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
    0       0  
                 
Shareholders' Equity
               
Preferred stock, no par value; 2,000,000 shares authorized, 20,600 shares outstanding; liquidation preference $1,000 per share
    20,337       20,258  
Common stock and paid in capital, no par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized; 12,692,111 and 12,667,111 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
    85,418       85,351  
Accumulated deficit
    (15,758 )     (13,526 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax
    1,809       621  
Total Shareholders' Equity
    91,806       92,704  
                 
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
  $ 894,405     $ 861,710  
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 



(b)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)

   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
In thousands of dollars, except per share data
 
September 30
   
September 30
 
Interest Income
 
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
Interest and fees on loans
  $ 7,918     $ 9,157     $ 24,253     $ 27,667  
Interest on securities
                               
Taxable
    739       572       2,043       1,587  
Tax exempt
    186       218       586       772  
Interest on federal funds sold and balances with banks
    63       46       204       177  
Total interest income
    8,906       9,993       27,086       30,203  
                                 
Interest Expense
                               
Interest on deposits
    1,250       1,680       3,969       5,827  
Interest on fed funds and other short term borrowings
    -       68       11       123  
Interest on FHLB advances
    219       281       742       905  
Total interest expense
    1,469       2,029       4,722       6,855  
Net Interest Income
    7,437       7,964       22,364       23,348  
Provision for loan losses
    6,000       3,150       11,900       16,600  
Net Interest Income after Provision for Loan Losses
    1,437       4,814       10,464       6,748  
                                 
Noninterest Income
                               
Service charges on deposit accounts
    486       549       1,500       1,636  
Wealth Management fee income
    1,226       1,177       3,780       3,327  
Gains on securities transactions
    -       -       -       31  
Income from loan sales and servicing
    1,610       2,219       4,540       4,270  
ATM, debit and credit card fee income
    550       491       1,619       1,435  
Income from bank-owned life insurance
    108       114       320       340  
Other income
    276       262       817       706  
Total noninterest income
    4,256       4,812       12,576       11,745  
                                 
Noninterest Expense
                               
Salaries and employee benefits
    4,759       4,502       14,101       12,493  
Occupancy and equipment expense, net
    1,276       1,296       3,819       3,929  
External data processing
    392       304       1,041       899  
Advertising and marketing
    164       154       482       474  
Attorney, accounting and other professional fees
    476       424       1,342       1,370  
Director fees
    102       88       305       265  
Expenses relating to ORE property
    815       394       1,326       1,248  
FDIC insurance premiums
    288       456       1,021       1,405  
Other expenses
    812       697       2,366       2,189  
Total noninterest expense
    9,084       8,315       25,803       24,272  
Income (Loss) Before Federal Income Tax
    (3,391 )     1,311       (2,763 )     (5,779 )
Federal income tax (benefit)
    (1,291 )     284       (1,383 )     (2,498 )
Net Income (Loss)
  $ (2,100 )   $ 1,027     $ (1,380 )   $ (3,281 )
                                 
Preferred stock dividends and amortization
    (284 )     (283 )     (852 )     (847 )
Income (Loss) Available to Common Shareholders
  $ (2,384 )   $ 744     $ (2,232 )   $ (4,128 )
                                 
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share
  $ (0.19 )   $ 0.14     $ (0.18 )   $ (0.81 )
Cash dividends declared per share of common stock
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
                                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 



(c)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (unaudited)


In thousands of dollars
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
Net income (loss)
  $ (2,100 )   $ 1,027     $ (1,380 )   $ (3,281 )
Other comprehensive income net of tax:
                               
Net change in unrealized gains on securities available for sale
    36       173       1,188       454  
Reclass adjustment for realized gains and related taxes
    -       -       -       (21 )
Total comprehensive income (loss)
  $ (2,064 )   $ 1,200     $ (192 )   $ (2,848 )
                                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 


(d)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited)


In thousands of dollars
 
Three Months Ended
September 30
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30
 
Total Shareholders' Equity
 
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
Balance at beginning of period
  $ 94,064     $ 76,397     $ 92,704     $ 80,867  
Net income (loss)
    (2,100 )     1,027       (1,380 )     (3,281 )
Other comprehensive income
    36       173       1,188       433  
Cash dividends paid on preferred shares
    (258 )     (258 )     (772 )     (772 )
Other common stock transactions
    64       56       66       148  
Balance at end of period
  $ 91,806     $ 77,395     $ 91,806     $ 77,395  
                                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 



(e)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)


In thousands of dollars
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
           
Net loss
  $ (1,380 )   $ (3,281 )
                 
Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash from Operating Activities
               
Depreciation and amortization
    2,756       1,894  
Provision for loan losses
    11,900       16,600  
Gain on sale of loans
    (3,725 )     (3,624 )
Proceeds from sales of loans originated for sale
    155,182       163,090  
Loans originated for sale
    (148,877 )     (167,161 )
Gains on securities transactions
    -       (31 )
Change in deferred income taxes
    (33 )     (1,544 )
Stock option expense
    101       113  
Increase in cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance
    (320 )     (340 )
Change in investment in limited partnership
    (128 )     (13 )
Change in accrued interest receivable and other assets
    2,162       4,267  
Change in accrued interest payable and other liabilities
    (248 )     (529 )
Net cash from operating activities
    17,390       9,441  
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
               
Securities available for sale
               
Purchases
    (62,208 )     (58,764 )
Sales
    -       4,376  
Maturities and calls
    10,472       29,360  
Principal payments
    11,486       7,661  
Sale or retirement of FHLB stock
    217       -  
Net change in portfolio loans
    (1,232 )     30,393  
Premises and equipment expenditures
    (274 )     (72 )
Net cash from investing activities
    (41,539 )     12,954  
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
               
Net change in deposits
    41,531       (42,299 )
Net change in fed funds sold and short term borrowings
    (1,234 )     1,625  
Principal payments on FHLB advances
    (6,267 )     (11,759 )
Other common stock transactions
    (17 )     35  
Cash dividends paid on preferred shares
    (772 )     (772 )
Net cash from financing activities
    33,241       (53,170 )
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
    9,092       (30,775 )
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    106,222       125,589  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 115,314     $ 94,814  
                 
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
               
Interest paid
  $ 4,853     $ 7,078  
Loans transferred to other real estate
    2,911       2,247  
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
 
 
 
(f)
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Note 1 - Basis of Presentation

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of United Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company" or “United”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) believed necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The condensed consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2010 has been derived from the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of that date. Operating results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2011. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and related footnotes included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Note 2 – Allowance for Loan Losses and Credit Risk

The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level believed adequate by management to absorb probable incurred credit losses in the loan portfolio. The allowance is increased by provisions for loan losses charged to income. Loan losses are charged against the allowance when management believes a loan is uncollectible. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance. This policy applies to each of the Company’s portfolio segments.

The Company’s established methodology for evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses considers both components of the allowance; (1) specific allowances allocated to loans evaluated individually for impairment under the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Section 310-10-35 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), and (2) allowances calculated for pools of loans evaluated collectively for impairment under FASB ASC Subtopic 450-20. Until the third quarter of 2011, the Company’s past loan loss experience was determined by evaluating the average charge-offs over the most recent eight quarters. Effective September 30, 2011, the Company changed its allocation methodology as described in detail below.

For the quarter ended September 30, 2011, the Company changed its methodology for evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses by revising and enhancing the  methodology for loans evaluated collectively for impairment. Under its new methodology, the Company revised and further disaggregated its pools of loans evaluated collectively for impairment. Similar to the prior methodology, pools are analyzed by general loan types, and further analyzed by collateral types, where appropriate. However, under the new methodology, pools are further disaggregated by internal credit risk ratings for commercial loans, commercial mortgages and construction loans and by delinquency status for residential mortgages, consumer loans and all other loan types.



Allowance allocations for each pool are determined through a migration analysis based on activity for the period beginning March, 2008. The analysis computes loss rates based on a probability of default (“PD”) and loss given default (“LGD”). Allowance allocations were previously computed based on weighted average charge-off rates as opposed to the use of credit migration matrices, which computes PDs and LGDs based on historical losses as loans migrate through the various risk rating or delinquency categories. The March, 2008 date was selected in an effort to capture sufficient data points to provide a meaningful migration analysis using available data in comparable formats.

Under both the current and previous methodologies, loss rates are adjusted to consider qualitative factors such as economic conditions and trends, among others. However, under the new methodology, the Company applies a more detailed analysis of qualitative factors that are assessed on a quarterly basis based upon gradings specific to the Company, as well as regional economic metrics. As of September 30, 2011, the allowance for loan losses for loans evaluated collectively for impairment decreased from $15.6 million under the Company’s prior methodology to $11.9 million under the new methodology.

Loan impairment is reported when full payment under the loan terms is not expected. Impaired loans are carried at the present value of estimated future cash flows using the loan's existing rate, or the fair value of collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. A portion of the allowance for loan losses is allocated to impaired loans if the value of such loans is deemed to be less than the unpaid balance. If these allocations require an increase in the allowance for loan losses, that increase is recorded as a component of the provision for loan losses. Loans are evaluated for impairment when payments are delayed or when the internal grading system indicates a substandard or doubtful classification. This policy applies to each class of the Company’s loan portfolio.

Impairment is evaluated in total for smaller-balance loans of similar nature, such as residential mortgage, consumer, home equity and second mortgage loans. Commercial loans and mortgage loans secured by other properties are evaluated individually for impairment. When credit analysis of borrower operating results and financial condition indicates that underlying cash flows of the borrower's business are not adequate to meet its debt service requirements, including loans to the borrower by United Bank & Trust (the “Bank”), the loan is evaluated for impairment. Often this is associated with a delay or shortfall of payments of thirty days or more. Loans are generally moved to nonaccrual status when ninety days or more past due or in bankruptcy. These loans are often also considered impaired. Impaired loans are charged off, in part or in full, when deemed uncollectible. This typically occurs when the loan is 120 or more days past due, unless the loan is both well-secured and in the process of collection. This policy applies to each class of the Company’s loan portfolio.



An analysis of the allowance for loan losses for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011, the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010, and the year ended December 31, 2010 follows:


   
Three Months Ended September 30, 2011
       
Thousands of dollars
 
Business &
Commercial
Mortgages
   
CLD (1)
   
Residential
Mortgage
   
Personal
Loans
   
Total
   
2010
 
Balance, July 1
  $ 17,264     $ 2,604     $ 3,121     $ 2,381     $ 25,370     $ 23,362  
Provision charged to expense
    5,766       3,289       6       653       9,714       3,150  
Amounts related to change in allocation methodology
    (2,246 )     49       (990 )     (527 )     (3,714 )     -  
Net provision after amounts related to change in allocation methodology
    3,520       3,338       (984 )     126       6,000       3,150  
Losses charged off
    (5,408 )     (776 )     (324 )     (785 )     (7,293 )     (3,448 )
Recoveries
    176       2       54       48       280       427  
Balance, September 30
  $ 15,552     $ 5,168     $ 1,867     $ 1,770     $ 24,357     $ 23,491  



   
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
       
Thousands of dollars
 
Business &
Commercial
Mortgages
   
CLD (1)
   
Residential
Mortgage
   
Personal
Loans
   
Total
   
2010
 
Balance, January 1
  $ 16,672     $ 3,248     $ 2,661     $ 2,582     $ 25,163     $ 20,020  
Provision charged to expense
    9,088       4,031       1,294       1,201       15,614       16,600  
Amounts related to change in allocation methodology
    (2,246 )     49       (990 )     (527 )     (3,714 )     -  
Net provision after amounts related to change in allocation methodology
    6,842       4,080       304       674       11,900       16,600  
Losses charged off
    (8,643 )     (2,328 )     (1,164 )     (1,668 )     (13,803 )     (13,738 )
Recoveries
    681       168       66       182       1,097       609  
Balance, September 30
  $ 15,552     $ 5,168     $ 1,867     $ 1,770     $ 24,357     $ 23,491  
                                                 
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment
  $ 7,206     $ 4,337     $ 896     $ 41     $ 12,480          
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment
  $ 8,346     $ 831     $ 971     $ 1,729     $ 11,877          
                                                 
Total Loans:
                                               
Ending balance
  $ 337,283     $ 31,670     $ 91,176     $ 117,471     $ 577,600          
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment
  $ 31,341     $ 15,423     $ 5,073     $ 184     $ 52,021          
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment
  $ 305,942     $ 16,247     $ 86,103     $ 117,287     $ 525,579          



 
 
   
Twelve Months Ended December 30, 2010
       
Thousands of dollars
 
Business &
Commercial
Mortgages
   
CLD (1)
   
Residential
Mortgage
   
Personal
Loans
   
Total
       
Balance, January 1
  $ 12,221     $ 5,164     $ 760     $ 1,875     $ 20,020          
Provision charged to expense
    11,710       3,716       3,655       2,449       21,530          
Losses charged off
    (7,683 )     (5,919 )     (1,820 )     (1,907 )     (17,329 )        
Recoveries
    424       287       66       165       942          
Balance, December 31
  $ 16,672     $ 3,248     $ 2,661     $ 2,582     $ 25,163          
                                                 
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment
  $ 6,402     $ 1,765     $ 708     $ 283     $ 9,158          
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment
  $ 10,270     $ 1,483     $ 1,953     $ 2,299     $ 16,005          
                                                 
Total Loans:
                                               
Ending balance
  $ 354,020     $ 32,924     $ 90,867     $ 114,174     $ 591,985          
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment
  $ 26,628     $ 14,699     $ 3,290     $ 566     $ 45,183          
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment
  $ 327,392     $ 18,225     $ 87,577     $ 113,608     $ 546,802          
                                                 
 (1)
Construction and land development loans
         


Credit Exposure and Quality Indicators

The Company categorizes commercial and tax-exempt loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the ability of borrowers to service their debt, such as current financial information, management capacity, historical payment experience, credit documentation, public information and current economic trends, among other factors. The Company analyzes loans individually by classifying the loans as to credit risk. This analysis is performed during the loan approval process and is updated as circumstances warrant.

The risk characteristics of each loan portfolio segment are as follows:

Business and Commercial Mortgages. The Business and Commercial Mortgages segment consists of commercial and industrial loans and commercial real estate loans. Commercial and industrial loans are primarily based on the identified cash flows of the borrower and secondarily on the underlying collateral provided by the borrower. The cash flows of borrowers, however, may not be as expected and the collateral securing these loans may fluctuate in value. Most commercial loans are secured by the assets being financed or other business assets, such as accounts receivable or inventory, and may include a personal guarantee. Some short-term loans may be made on an unsecured basis. In the case of loans secured by accounts receivable, the availability of funds for the repayment of these loans may be substantially dependent on the ability of the borrower to collect amounts due from its customers.

Commercial real estate loans are viewed primarily as cash flow loans and secondarily as loans secured by real estate. Commercial real estate lending typically involves higher loan principal amounts and the repayment of these loans is generally dependent on the successful operation of the property securing the loan or the business conducted on the property securing the loan.


Commercial real estate loans may be more adversely affected by conditions in the real estate markets or in the general economy. The characteristics of properties securing the Company’s commercial real estate portfolio are diverse, but with geographic location almost entirely in the Company’s market area. Management monitors and evaluates commercial real estate loans based on collateral, geography and risk grade criteria. In general, the Company avoids financing single purpose projects unless other underwriting factors are present to help mitigate risk. In addition, management tracks the level of owner-occupied commercial real estate loans versus non-owner occupied loans.

Construction and Land Development. Construction and Land Development (“CLD”) loans are underwritten utilizing feasibility studies, independent appraisal reviews, sensitivity analysis of absorption and lease rates and financial analysis of the developers and property owners. CLD loans are generally based on estimates of costs and value associated with the complete project. These estimates may be inaccurate. CLD loans often involve the disbursement of substantial funds with repayment substantially dependent on the success of the ultimate project. Sources of repayment for these types of loans may be pre-committed permanent loans from approved long-term lenders, sales of developed property or an interim loan commitment from the Company until permanent financing is obtained. These loans are closely monitored by on-site inspections and are considered to have higher risks than other real estate loans due to their ultimate repayment being sensitive to interest rate changes, governmental regulation of real property, general economic conditions and the availability of long-term financing.

Consumer. Consumer loans consist of two segments – residential mortgage loans and personal loans. For residential mortgage loans that are secured by 1-4 family residences and are generally owner occupied, the Company generally establishes a maximum loan-to-value ratio and requires private mortgage insurance if that ratio is exceeded. Home equity loans are typically secured by a subordinate interest in 1-4 family residences, and personal loans are secured by personal assets, such as automobiles or recreational vehicles. Some personal loans are unsecured, such as small installment loans and certain lines of credit. Repayment of these loans is primarily dependent on the personal income of the borrowers, which can be impacted by economic conditions in their market areas, such as unemployment levels. Repayment can also be impacted by changes in property values on residential properties. Risk is mitigated by the fact that the loans are of smaller individual amounts and spread over a large number of borrowers.

Internal Risk Categories

Commercial and tax-exempt loans that are analyzed individually are assigned one of eight internal risk categories. Categories 1-4 are considered to be Pass-rated loans. Other risk category definitions for individually-analyzed commercial and tax-exempt loans are as follows:

5
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 Bank’s credit position at some future date.
   
 6 Substandard. Loans classified as substandard are inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral securing the loans, 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.
   
7
Doubtful. Loans classified as doubtful have all the weaknesses inherent in those classified as substandard, with the additional characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions and values, highly questionable and improbable.
   
8
Loss. Loans classified as loss are regarded as uncollectible and should be charged off.

Consumer loans are not rated on the above-listed risk categories, but are classified by their payment activity, either as performing, accruing restructured, delinquent less than 90 days, or nonperforming.

Quality indicators for portfolio loans as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 based on the Bank’s internal risk categories are detailed in the following tables.


In thousands of dollars
 
At September 30, 2011
 
Commercial & Tax-exempt Loans
 
CLD
   
Owner-Occupied CRE
   
Other CRE
   
Commercial & Industrial
   
Total Commercial
 
Credit Risk Profile by Internally Assigned Rating
 1-4  
Pass
  $ 12,762     $ 74,727     $ 97,909     $ 59,591     $ 244,989  
 5  
Special Mention
    3,106       16,386       16,229       17,349       53,070  
 6  
Substandard
    14,874       5,685       21,109       8,383       50,051  
 7  
Doubtful
    928       -       -       521       1,449  
 8  
Loss
    -       -       -       -       -  
 
Total
  $ 31,670     $ 96,798     $ 135,247     $ 85,844     $ 349,559  

 
Consumer Loans
                             
Credit risk profile based on payment activity
 
Residential Mortgage
   
Consumer Construction
   
Home Equity
   
Other Consumer
   
Total Consumer
 
Performing
  $ 97,887     $ 9,809     $ 76,062     $ 24,452     $ 208,210  
Accruing restructured
    2,569       -       300       -       2,869  
Delinquent less than 90 days
    1,473       -       248       7       1,728  
Nonperforming
    3,962       -       97       70       4,129  
Total
  $ 105,891     $ 9,809     $ 76,707     $ 24,529     $ 216,936  
Subtotal
    $ 566,495  
Deferred loan fees and costs, overdrafts, in-process accounts
      11,105  
Total Portfolio Loans
    $ 577,600  
 

In thousands of dollars
 
At December 31, 2010
 
Commercial & Tax-exempt Loans
 
CLD
   
Owner-Occupied CRE
   
Other CRE
   
Commercial & Industrial
   
Total Commercial
 
Credit Risk Profile by Internally Assigned Rating
 1-4 
Pass
  $ 16,246     $ 79,929     $ 106,379     $ 51,751     $ 254,305  
 5 
Special Mention
    5,942       12,556       20,467       22,697       61,662  
 6 
Substandard
    13,381       12,641       10,773       9,350       46,145  
 7 
Doubtful
    427       416       74       120       1,037  
 8 
Loss
    -       -       -       -       -  
 
Total
  $ 35,996     $ 105,542     $ 137,693     $ 83,918     $ 363,149  



 
Consumer Loans
                             
Credit risk profile based on payment activity
 
Residential Mortgage
   
Consumer Construction
   
Home Equity
   
Other Consumer
   
Total Consumer
 
Performing
  $ 105,932     $ 5,558     $ 77,389     $ 24,632     $ 213,511  
Accruing restructured
    2,844       -       -       -       2,844  
Delinquent less than 90 days
    1,854       -       411       125       2,390  
Nonperforming
    4,765       -       762       56       5,583  
Total
  $ 113,541     $ 5,558     $ 78,151     $ 24,688     $ 221,938  
Subtotal
                                  $ 585,087  
Deferred loan fees and costs, overdrafts, in-process accounts
      6,898  
Total Portfolio Loans
    $ 591,985  

Loan totals in the classifications above are based on categories of loans as classified within the Bank’s regulatory reporting. As a result, they may differ from totals of similar classifications in Note 4 and in the tables above.

Loan Portfolio Aging Analysis

The entire balance of a loan is considered delinquent if the minimum payment contractually required to be made is not received by the specific due date. Schedules detailing the loan portfolio aging analysis as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 follow.


Loan Portfolio Aging Analysis
                                     
 Thousands of dollars
 
Delinquent Loans
   
Current 
(c-b-d)
   
Total Portfolio Loans (c)
   
Nonaccrual Loans (d)
   
Total Nonperform-ing (a+d)
 
 As of September 30, 2011
 
30-89 Days Past Due
   
90 Days and Over (a) (1)
   
Total Past Due (b)
 
Commercial
                                         
Commercial CLD
  $ 52     $ -     $ 52     $ 24,475     $ 31,670     $ 7,143     $ 7,143  
Owner-Occupied CRE
    1,037       292       1,329       91,019       96,798       4,450       4,742  
Other CRE
    227       86       313       125,469       135,247       9,465       9,551  
Commercial & Industrial
    569       5       574       81,062       85,844       4,208       4,213  
Consumer
                                                       
Residential Mortgage
    1,473       -       1,473       100,456       105,891       3,962       3,962  
Consumer Construction
    -       -       -       9,809       9,809       -       -  
Home Equity
    248       3       251       76,362       76,707       94       97  
Other Consumer
    7       -       7       24,452       24,529       70       70  
Subtotal
  $ 3,613     $ 386     $ 3,999     $ 533,104     $ 566,495     $ 29,392     $ 29,778  
Deferred loan fees and costs, overdrafts, in-process accounts
      11,105                  
Total Portfolio Loans
    $ 577,600                  

 
As of December 31, 2010
                                         
Commercial
                                         
Commercial CLD
  $ 1,044     $ -     $ 1,044     $ 26,393     $ 35,996     $ 8,559     $ 8,559  
Owner-Occupied CRE
    688       -       688       101,317       105,542       3,537       3,537  
Other CRE
    2,982       -       2,982       128,126       137,693       6,585       6,585  
Commercial & Industrial
    734       142       876       78,204       83,918       4,838       4,980  
Consumer
                                                       
Residential Mortgage
    1,854       441       2,295       106,922       113,541       4,324       4,765  
Consumer Construction
    -       -       -       5,558       5,558       -       -  
Home Equity
    411       -       411       76,978       78,151       762       762  
Other Consumer
    125       -       125       24,507       24,688       56       56  
Subtotal
  $ 7,838     $ 583     $ 8,421     $ 548,005     $ 585,087     $ 28,661     $ 29,244  
Deferred loan fees and costs, overdrafts, in-process accounts
      6,898                  
Total Portfolio Loans
    $ 591,985                  
(1) All are accruing.
 



Impaired Loans

Information regarding impaired loans as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 follows. Data for December 31, 2010 has been modified from presentation in previous periods to match the current period presentation:
 

Impaired Loans at September 30, 2011
   
This Quarter
   
Year to Date
 
 Thousands of dollars
 
Recorded Balance
   
Unpaid Principal Balance
   
Specific Allowance
   
Average Investment in Impaired Loans
   
Interest Income Recognized
   
Average Investment in Impaired Loans
   
Interest Income Recognized
 
Loans without a specific valuation allowance
 
Commercial
                                         
Commercial CLD
  $ 5,752     $ 11,884     $ -     $ 5,752     $ -     $ 6,655     $ -  
Owner-Occupied CRE
    5,465       6,333       -       5,466       7       3,313       33  
Other CRE
    2,240       2,398       -       2,242       16       2,483       38  
Commercial & Industrial
    1,309       3,432       -       1,315       1       817       2  
Consumer
                    -                                  
Residential Mortgage
    986       1,784       -       1,155       -       777       -  
Consumer Construction
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Home Equity
    38       38       -       227       -       337       -  
Other Consumer
    205       205       -       176       -       424       -  
Subtotal
  $ 15,995     $ 26,074     $ -     $ 16,333     $ 24     $ 14,806     $ 73  
 
Loans with a specific valuation allowance
 
Commercial
                                         
Commercial CLD
  $ 9,672     $ 13,984     $ 4,337     $ 9,678     $ 110     $ 7,422     $ 227  
Owner-Occupied CRE
    2,199       3,300       566       2,201       16       3,993       96  
Other CRE
    19,344       20,923       6,259       19,367       174       16,384       522  
Commercial & Industrial
    783       2,446       381       783       3       1,993       26  
Consumer
                                                       
Residential Mortgage
    5,037       6,980       896       6,449       49       5,764       113  
Consumer Construction
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Home Equity
    171       171       36       172       1       189       4  
Other Consumer
    5       5       5       5       -       5       1  
Subtotal
  $ 37,211     $ 47,809     $ 12,480     $ 38,655     $ 353     $ 35,750     $ 989  
   
Total Impaired Loans
 
Commercial
                                         
Commercial CLD
  $ 15,424     $ 25,868     $ 4,337     $ 15,430     $ 110     $ 14,077     $ 227  
Owner-Occupied CRE
    7,664       9,633       566       7,667       23       7,306       129  
Other CRE
    21,584       23,321       6,259       21,609       190       18,867       560  
Commercial & Industrial
    2,092       5,878       381       2,098       4       2,810       28  
Consumer
                                                       
Residential Mortgage
    6,023       8,764       896       7,604       49       6,541       113  
Consumer Construction
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Home Equity
    209       209       36       399       1       526       4  
Other Consumer
    210       210       5       181       -       429       1  
Total Impaired Loans
  $ 53,206     $ 73,883     $ 12,480     $ 54,988     $ 377     $ 50,556     $ 1,062  


 
 
Impaired Loans at December 31, 2010
               
Year Ended 12/31/2010
 
 Thousands of dollars
 
Recorded Balance
   
Unpaid Principal Balance
   
Specific Allowance
   
Average Investment in Impaired Loans
   
Interest Income Recognized
 
Loans without a specific valuation allowance
                         
Commercial
                             
Commercial CLD
    3,434     $ 8,194     $ -     $ 3,872     $ -  
Owner-Occupied CRE
    2,457       2,853       -       2,225       60  
Other CRE
    1,300       1,681       -       1,405       16  
Commercial & Industrial
    1,301       1,330       -       783       48  
Consumer
                                       
Residential Mortgage
    3,129       3,693       -       4,418       -  
Consumer Construction
    -       -       -       -       -  
Home Equity
    257       257       -       478       -  
Other Consumer
    253       253       -       542       -  
Subtotal
  $ 12,131     $ 18,262     $ -     $ 13,723     $ 124  
                           
Loans with a specific valuation allowance
                         
Commercial
                             
Commercial CLD
  $ 10,519     $ 17,999     $ 1,627     $ 9,786     $ 161  
Owner-Occupied CRE
    6,511       7,185       1,532       5,595       198  
Other CRE
    14,062       18,043       4,305       13,230       408  
Commercial & Industrial
    1,713       2,397       703       917       20  
Consumer
                                       
Residential Mortgage
    3,290       3,327       708       2,396       105  
Consumer Construction
    -       -       -       -       -  
Home Equity
    588       611       278       430       13  
Other Consumer
    8       8       5       10       7  
Subtotal
  $ 36,691     $ 49,571     $ 9,158     $ 32,364     $ 911  
                               
Total Impaired Loans
                             
Commercial
                             
Commercial CLD
  $ 13,953       26,193       1,627       13,658       161  
Owner-Occupied CRE
    8,968       10,038       1,532       7,820       257  
Other CRE
    15,362       19,724       4,305       14,635       424  
Commercial & Industrial
    3,014       3,728       703       1,700       68  
Consumer
                                       
Residential Mortgage
    6,419       7,020       708       6,814       105  
Consumer Construction
    -       -       -       -       -  
Home Equity
    845       868       278       908       13  
Other Consumer
    261       261       5       552       7  
Total Impaired Loans
  $ 48,822     $ 67,833     $ 9,158     $ 46,087     $ 1,035  

Included in the above impaired loan totals were $21.4 million and $17.3 million of loan modifications meeting the definition of a troubled debt restructuring that were accruing interest and performing in accordance with their agreements at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Substantially all of the interest income recognized in the tables above was recorded on a cash basis.

Interest payments received on impaired loans are recorded as interest income unless collection of the remaining recorded investment is doubtful, at which time payments received are recorded as reductions to principal. Subsequent payments on non-accrual loans are recorded as a reduction of principal, and interest income is recorded only after principal recovery is reasonably assured. Nonaccrual loans are returned to accrual status when, in the judgment of management, the financial position of the borrower indicates there is no longer any reasonable doubt as to the timely collection of interest or principal. The Company requires a period of satisfactory


performance of not less than six months before returning a nonaccrual loan to accrual status. These policies apply to each class of the Company’s loan portfolio.

Troubled Debt Restructurings

In the course of working with borrowers, the Bank may choose to restructure the contractual terms of certain loans. In this scenario, the Bank attempts to work-out an alternative payment schedule with the borrower in order to optimize collectability of the loan. Any loans that are modified are reviewed by the Bank to identify if a troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) has occurred, which is when, for economic or legal reasons related to a borrower’s financial difficulties, the Bank grants a concession to the borrower that it would not otherwise consider. Terms may be modified to fit the ability of the borrower to repay in line with its current financial status and the restructuring of the loan may include the transfer of assets from the borrower to satisfy the debt, a modification of loan terms, or a combination of the two. If such efforts by the Bank do not result in a satisfactory arrangement, the loan is referred to legal counsel, at which time foreclosure proceedings are initiated. At any time prior to a sale of the property at foreclosure, the Bank may terminate foreclosure proceedings if the borrower is able to work-out a satisfactory payment plan.

It is the Bank’s policy to have any restructured loans which are on nonaccrual status prior to being restructured remain on nonaccrual status until six months of satisfactory borrower performance, at which time management would consider its return to accrual status. The balance of nonaccrual restructured loans, which is included in nonaccrual loans, was $10.3 million at September 30, 2011 and $8.5 million at December 31, 2010. If the restructured loan is on accrual status prior to being restructured, it is reviewed to determine if the restructured loan should remain on accrual status. The balance of accruing restructured loans was $21.4 million at September 30, 2011 and $17.3 million at December 31, 2010.

Loans that are considered TDRs are classified as performing, unless they are on nonaccrual status or greater than 90 days delinquent as of the end of the most recent quarter. All TDRs are considered impaired by the Company. When it is determined that the borrower has met the six month satisfactory performance period (or six payments) under modified terms and the restructuring agreement specified an interest rate greater than or equal to an acceptable rate for a comparable new loan, the loan is considered to be performing. On a quarterly basis, the Company individually reviews all TDR loans to determine if a loan meets both of these criteria.

Accruing restructured loans at September 30, 2011 are comprised of two categories of loans on which interest is being accrued under their restructured terms, and the loans are current or less than ninety days past due. The first category consists of $18.5 million of commercial loans, primarily comprised of business loans that have been temporarily modified as interest-only loans, generally for a period of up to one year, without a sufficient corresponding increase in the interest rate. Within this category are $8.2 million of CLD loans that have been renewed as interest only, generally for a period of up to one year, to assist the borrower.



The Bank does not generally forgive principal or interest on restructured loans. However, when a loan is restructured, principal is generally received on a delayed basis as compared to the original repayment schedule. CLD loans that are restructured are generally modified to require interest-only for a period of time. The Bank does not generally reduce interest rates on restructured commercial loans. The average yield on modified commercial loans was 5.37%, compared to 5.43% earned on the entire commercial loan portfolio in the third quarter of 2011.

The second category included in accruing restructured loans consists of residential mortgage and home equity loans whose terms have been restructured at less than market terms and include rate modifications, extension of maturity, and forbearance. This category consists of fifteen loans for a total of $2.9 million at September 30, 2011. The average yield on modified residential mortgage and home equity loans was 4.49%, compared to 5.50% earned on the entire residential mortgage loan portfolio in the third quarter of 2011.

The Company has no personal loans other than the loans described in the paragraph above that are classified as troubled debt restructurings.

With regard to determination of the amount of the allowance for loan losses, all restructured loans are considered to be impaired. As a result, the determination of the amount of impaired loans for each portfolio segment within troubled debt restructurings is the same as detailed previously above.

The following tables present information regarding troubled debt restructurings for the third quarter and first nine months of 2011, and for the year ended December 31, 2010.


As of September 30, 2011
 
Newly Classified Accruing Troubled Debt Restructurings
 
 Dollars in thousands
 
This Quarter
   
Year to Date 2011
 
   
Total Number of Loans
   
Pre-
Modification Outstanding
Recorded
Balance
   
Post-
Modification Outstanding
Recorded
Balance
   
Total Number of Loans
   
Pre-
Modification Outstanding
Recorded
Balance
   
Post-
Modification Outstanding
Recorded
Balance
 
Commercial
                                   
 Commercial CLD
    3     $ 3,507     $ 3,507       4     $ 3,858     $ 3,858  
 Owner-Occupied CRE
    1       405       405       1       405       405  
 Other CRE
    2       511       511       4       3,177       3,177  
 Commercial & Industrial
    1       113       113       1       113       113  
Consumer
                                               
 Residential Mortgage
    2       1,078       1,078       3       1,199       1,199  
Total
    9     $ 5,614     $ 5,614       13     $ 8,752     $ 8,752  



 
   
Troubled Debt Restructurings that Subsequently Defaulted
 
 As of September 30, 2011
 
This Quarter
   
Year to Date 2011
 
 Dollars in thousands
 
Number
of Loans
   
Recorded
Balance
   
Number
of Loans
   
Recorded
Balance
 
Commercial
                       
 Commercial CLD
    1     $ 119       1     $ 119  
 Other CRE
    -       -       2       277  
Consumer
                               
 Residential Mortgage
    2       1,175       2       1,175  
Total
    3     $ 1,294       5     $ 1,571  



As of December 31, 2010
 
Newly Classified Accruing Troubled
Debt Restructurings in 2010
 
 Dollars in thousands
 
Number
of Loans
   
Pre-
Modification
Outstanding
Recorded
Balance
   
Post-
Modification
Outstanding
Recorded
Balance
 
Commercial
                 
 Commercial CLD
    6     $ 4,508     $ 4,521  
 Other CRE
    5       6,853       6,620  
 Commercial & Industrial
    4       443       435  
Consumer
                       
 Residential Mortgage
    9       1,879       1,883  
 Home Equity
    1       175       173  
Total
    25     $ 13,858     $ 13,632  


As a result of adopting the amendments in ASU No. 2011-02, the Company reassessed all restructurings that occurred on or after the beginning of the current fiscal year (January 1, 2011) to determine whether they are now considered troubled debt restructurings. The Company identified as TDRs certain loans for which the allowance for loan losses had previously been measured under a general allowance methodology. Upon identifying those loans as TDRs, the Company identified them as impaired under the guidance in ASC 310-10-35. The amendments in ASU No. 2011-02 require prospective application of the impairment measurement guidance in ASC 310-10-35 for those loans newly identified as impaired. At the end of the first interim period of adoption (September 30, 2011), the recorded investment in loans for which the allowance was previously measured under a general allowance methodology and are now impaired under ASC 310-10-35 was $4.0 million, and the allowance for loan losses associated with those loans, on the basis of a current evaluation of loss, was $1.5 million.

Note 3 - Securities

Securities classified as available for sale consist of bonds and notes that might be sold prior to maturity. Securities classified as available for sale are reported at their fair values and the related net unrealized holding gain or loss is reported in other comprehensive income. Premiums and discounts on securities are recognized in interest income using the interest method over the


period to maturity. Realized gains or losses are based upon the amortized cost of the specific securities sold.

Balances of securities by category are shown below at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010. All securities are classified as available for sale.


At September 30, 2011, in thousands of dollars
 
Amortized Cost
   
Unrealized Gains
   
Unrealized Losses
   
Fair Value
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
  $ 50,740     $ 424     $ -       51,164  
Mortgage backed agency securities
    90,865       1,285       (335 )     91,815  
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    20,447       1,365       -       21,812  
Corporate, asset backed and other debt securities
    126       -       -       126  
Equity securities
    26       2       -       28  
Total
  $ 162,204     $ 3,076     $ (335 )   $ 164,945  
                                 
At December 31, 2010, in thousands of dollars
                               
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
  $ 33,897     $ 157     $ (367 )   $ 33,687  
Mortgage backed agency securities
    65,714       821       (437 )     66,098  
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    23,841       817       (53 )     24,605  
Corporate, asset backed and other debt securities
    126       -       -       126  
Equity securities
    26       2       -       28  
Total
  $ 123,604     $ 1,797     $ (857 )   $ 124,544  


The following tables show fair value and the gross unrealized losses of the Company's investments, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.


At September 30, 2011
 
Less than 12 Months
   
12 Months or Longer
   
Total
 
In thousands of dollars
 
Fair Value
   
Losses
   
Fair Value
   
Losses
   
Fair Value
   
Losses
 
Mortgage backed agency securities
  $ 33,238     $ (315 )   $ 1,818     $ (20 )   $ 35,056     $ (335 )
Total
  $ 33,238     $ (315 )   $ 1,818     $ (20 )   $ 35,056     $ (335 )
                                                 
At December 31, 2010
                                               
In thousands of dollars
 
Fair Value
   
Losses
   
Fair Value
   
Losses
   
Fair Value
   
Losses
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
  $ 22,677     $ (367 )   $ -     $ -     $ 22,677     $ (367 )
Mortgage backed agency securities
    35,933       (437 )     -       -       35,933       (437 )
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    2,214       (53 )     -       -       2,214       (53 )
Total
  $ 60,824     $ (857 )   $ -     $ -     $ 60,824     $ (857 )


Unrealized losses within the investment portfolio are determined to be temporary. The Company has performed an evaluation of its investments for other than temporary impairment, and no losses were recognized during the first nine months of 2011 or 2010.


The unrealized losses on the Company’s investment in residential mortgage-backed securities were caused by interest rate changes. The Company expects to recover the amortized cost basis over the term of the securities. Because the decline in market value is attributable to changes in interest rates and not credit quality, and because the Company does not intend to sell the investments and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the investments before recovery of their amortized cost bases, which may be maturity, the Company does not consider those investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at September 30, 2011 or December 31, 2010.

The entire investment portfolio is classified as available for sale. However, management has no specific intent to sell any securities, and management believes that it is more likely than not that the Company will not have to sell any security before recovery of its cost basis. Sales activity for securities for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is shown in the following table. All sales were of securities identified as available for sale.
 
   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30
   
September 30
 
In thousands of dollars
 
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
Sales proceeds
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 4,376  
Gross gains on sales
    -       -       -       38  
Gross loss on sales
    -       -       -       (7 )

The fair value and amortized cost of securities available for sale by contractual maturity as of September 30, 2011 is shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties. Asset-backed securities are included in the “Due in one year or less” category.
 
In thousands of dollars
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Fair Value
 
Due in one year or less
  $ 32,975     $ 33,294  
Due after one year through five years
    125,932       127,961  
Due after five years through ten years
    2,786       3,090  
Due after ten years
    485       572  
Equity securities
    26       28  
Total securities
  $ 162,204     $ 164,945  

Securities carried at $3.0 million as of September 30, 2011 were pledged to secure deposits of public funds, funds borrowed, repurchase agreements, and for other purposes as required by law.

Note 4 – Loans

The following table shows the balances of the various categories of loans of the Company, and the percentage composition of the portfolio by type at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.


 
 
   
September 30, 2011
   
December 31, 2010
 
In thousands of dollars
 
Balance
   
% of total
   
Balance
   
% of total
 
Personal
  $ 106,207       18.4 %   $ 107,399       18.1 %
Business, including commercial mortgages
    345,818       59.8 %     354,340       59.9 %
Tax exempt
    2,080       0.4 %     2,169       0.4 %
Residential mortgage
    81,734       14.2 %     86,006       14.5 %
Construction and development
    41,478       7.2 %     41,554       7.0 %
Deferred loan fees and costs
    283       -       517       0.1 %
Total portfolio loans
  $ 577,600       100.0 %   $ 591,985       100.0 %


Note 5 - Stock Based Compensation

The Company has stock based compensation plans as described below. The Company recorded $37,725 and $37,500, respectively, in compensation expense related to stock based compensation plans for the three month periods and $100,800 and $112,500, respectively, for the nine month periods, ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. The Company has a policy of issuing authorized but unissued shares to satisfy exercises of stock options or stock only stock appreciation rights, and does not expect to issue any shares during 2011 based on expectations of no exercises during 2011.

Stock Incentive Plan

The Company’s Stock Incentive Plan of 2010 (the "Incentive Plan") permits the grant and award of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock awards and other stock-based and stock-related awards (collectively referred to as "incentive awards") to directors, consultative board members, officers and other key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.

The following table shows activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 for the Company’s Incentive Plan:


   
SOSARs (1)
   
RSU (2)
   
Restricted Stock
 
   
Awards
Outstanding
   
Weighted Avg.
Exercise Price
   
Awards
Outstanding
   
Grant Date
Fair Value
   
Awards
Outstanding
   
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
Balance at January 1
    -     $ -       -     $ -       -     $ -  
Awards granted
    87,250       3.35       28,000       3.35       25,500       3.35  
Awards forfeited
    -               -               (500 )     3.35  
Balance at Sept. 30
    87,250     $ 3.35       28,000     $ 3.35       25,000     $ 3.35  
                                                 
 
Stock Only Stock Appreciation Rights
 
 
Restricted Stock Units
 


As of September 30, 2011, unrecognized compensation expense related to the Incentive Plan totaled $213,800. Costs for SOSARs are recognized over approximately three years. The compensation costs for RSUs are based on an expected level of achievement of performance targets as determined at the time of each grant, and are expected to be recognized over three years. Compensation costs for restricted stock grants will be recognized over two years.



The fair value of restricted stock grants is considered to be the market price of Company stock at the grant date. The fair value of RSU grants is considered to be the market price of Company stock at the grant date, adjusted for an estimated probability of achieving performance targets. The Company has established three performance targets for 2011 grants. Those targets are based on the Company’s pre-tax, pre-provision return on average assets, return on average assets, and nonperforming assets as a percent of total assets. Each target is weighted equally, and target levels are based on United’s 2011 financial plan. Pre-tax, pre-provision return on average assets is not consistent with, or intended to replace, presentation under generally accepted accounting principles. For additional information about our pre-tax, pre-provision income and return on average assets, please see "Pre-Tax, Pre-provision Income and Return on Average Assets” under “Results of Operations” below.

The fair value of each SOSAR grant is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. There were no grants in the third quarter of 2011. Fair value of the March, 2011 grant is based on the weighted-average assumptions shown in the table below.


   
2011
 
Dividend yield
    0.0 %
Expected life in years
    5  
Expected volatility
    35 %
Risk-free interest rate
    2.16 %
Fair value
  $ 1.136  


At September 30, 2011, the SOSARs outstanding had no intrinsic value. Intrinsic value was determined by calculating the difference between the Company's closing stock price on September 30, 2011 and the exercise price of the SOSARs, multiplied by the number of in-the-money units held by each holder, assuming all option holders had exercised their SOSARs on September 30, 2011. The weighted–average period over which nonvested SOSARs are expected to be recognized is 1.33 years.

Stock Option Plan

Through December 31, 2009, the Company granted stock options under its 2005 Stock Option Plan (the "2005 Plan"), which is a non-qualified stock option plan as defined under Internal Revenue Service regulations. The shares of stock that are subject to options are the authorized and unissued shares of common stock of the Company. Under the 2005 Plan, directors and management of the Company and subsidiaries were given the right to purchase stock of the Company at the then-current market price at the time the option was granted. The options have a three-year vesting period, and with certain exceptions, expire at the end of ten years, three years after retirement or ninety days after other separation from the Company. The 2005 Plan expired effective January 1, 2010, and no additional options may be granted under the plan. The following summarizes year to date option activity for the 2005 Plan:


 
 
Stock Options
 
Options
Outstanding
   
Weighted Avg.
Exercise Price
 
Balance at January 1, 2011
    407,730     $ 21.02  
Options expired
    (15,373 )     17.99  
Options forfeited
    (8,062 )     19.26  
Balance at September 30, 2011
    384,295     $ 21.18  


The table below provides information regarding stock options outstanding under the 2005 Plan at September 30, 2011.


   
Options Outstanding
   
Options Exercisable
 
 Exercise Prices
 
Number
Outstanding
   
Weighted Average Remaining
Contractual Life
 
Weighted Avg.
Exercise Price
   
Number
Outstanding
   
Weighted Avg.
Exercise Price
 
 $6.00 to $32.14
    384,295       4.70  
Years
  $ 21.18       353,722     $ 22.39  


As of the end of the third quarter of 2011, unrecognized compensation expense related to the stock options granted under the 2005 Plan totaled $20,900 and is expected to be recognized over twelve months.

At September 30, 2011, the total outstanding stock options granted under the 2005 Plan had no intrinsic value. Intrinsic value was determined by calculating the difference between the Company's closing stock price on September 30, 2011 and the exercise price of each option, multiplied by the number of in-the-money stock options held by each holder, assuming all holders had exercised their stock options on September 30, 2011.

Note 6 - Loan Servicing

Loans serviced for others are not included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The unpaid principal balance of loans serviced for others was $716.6 million and $655.1 million at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The balance of loans serviced for others related to servicing rights that have been capitalized was $713.3 million at September 30, 2011 and $651.6 million at December 31, 2010.

Unamortized cost of loan servicing rights included in accrued interest receivable and other assets on the consolidated balance sheet, for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 are shown below.


   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30
   
September 30
 
In thousands of dollars
 
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
Balance at beginning of period
  $ 5,178     $ 4,130     $ 4,763     $ 3,775  
Amount capitalized
    342       554       1,125       1,128  
Amount amortized
    (286 )     (277 )     (654 )     (497 )
Change in valuation allowance
    -       -       -       1  
Balance at September 30
  $ 5,234     $ 4,407     $ 5,234     $ 4,407  



The fair value of servicing rights was as follows:

 
In thousands of dollars
 
9/30/11
   
12/31/10
 
Fair value, January 1
  $ 5,806     $ 4,535  
Fair value, end of period
  $ 7,169     $ 5,806  


Note 7 - Common Stock and Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per common share is determined by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus contingently issuable shares during the period. Diluted earnings per share further assumes the dilutive effect of additional common shares issuable under stock incentive plans and warrants.

A reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per share follows:


   
Three Months Ended
September 30
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30
 
In thousands, except per-share data
 
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
Net income (loss)
  $ (2,100 )   $ 1,027     $ (1,380 )   $ (3,281 )
Less:
                               
Accretion of discount on preferred stock
    (26 )     (25 )     (80 )     (74 )
Dividends on preferred stock
    (258 )     (258 )     (772 )     (773 )
Income (loss) available to common shareholders
  $ (2,384 )   $ 744     $ (2,232 )   $ (4,128 )
                         
Basic and diluted income (loss):
                               
Weighted avg. common shares outstanding
    12,670.7       5,083.3       12,668.2       5,076.6  
Weighted avg. contingently issuable shares
    84.3       54.7       77.6       60.5  
Total weighted avg. shares outstanding
    12,755.0       5,138.0       12,745.8       5,137.1  
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share
  $ (0.19 )   $ 0.14     $ (0.18 )   $ (0.81 )


A total of 384,295 and 415,374 shares, respectively, for the three month periods, and 384,295 and 415,374 shares, respectively, for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, subject to stock options granted, and 311,492 shares subject to warrants, are not included in the above calculations as they were non-dilutive as of September 30, 2011 and 2010.

Note 8 – Other Comprehensive Income

Other comprehensive income components and related taxes for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:


   
Three Months Ended
September 30
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30
 
In thousands of dollars
 
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
Net unrealized gain on securities available for sale
  $ 56     $ 262     $ 1,801     $ 657  
Tax expense
    (20 )     (89 )     (613 )     (224 )
Other comprehensive income
  $ 36     $ 173     $ 1,188     $ 433  



The components of accumulated other comprehensive income included in shareholders’ equity at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were as follows:


In thousands of dollars
 
9/30/11
   
12/31/10
 
Net unrealized gains on securities available for sale
  $ 2,741     $ 940  
Tax expense
    (932 )     (319 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
  $ 1,809     $ 621  


Note 9 - Disclosures About Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities

Fair Value Measurements. The Fair Value Measurements Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“FASB ASC”) defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. FASB ASC Topic 820-10-20 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Topic 820-10-55 establishes a fair value hierarchy that emphasizes use of observable inputs and minimizes use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
   
Level 2
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 for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities
   
Level 3
Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities

Following is a description of the inputs and valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis and recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, as well as the general classification of those instruments under the valuation hierarchy.

Available-for-sale Securities
Where quoted market prices are available in an active market, securities are classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. If quoted market prices are not available, then fair values are estimated by using pricing models, quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics, or discounted cash flows. Level 2 securities include U.S. Government agency securities, mortgage backed securities, obligations of states and municipalities, and certain corporate securities. Matrix pricing is a mathematical technique widely used in the banking industry to value investment securities without relying exclusively on quoted prices for specific investment securities, but rather, relying on the investment securities’ relationship to other benchmark quoted investment securities. In certain cases where Level 1 or Level 2 inputs are not available, securities are classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy. The Company has no Level 3 securities.



The following table presents the fair value measurements of assets recognized in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets measured at fair value on a recurring basis and the level within the FASB ASC fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements were classified at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010:


In thousands of dollars
       
Fair Value Measurements Using
 
September 30, 2011
 
Fair Value
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Available for sale securities:
                       
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
  $ 51,164     $ -     $ 51,164     $ -  
Mortgage backed agency securities
    91,815       -       91,815       -  
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    21,812       -       21,812       -  
Corporate, asset backed and other debt securities
    126       -       126       -  
Equity securities
    28       28       -       -  
Total available for sale securities
  $ 164,945     $ 28     $ 164,917     $ -  
 

December 31, 2010
       
Fair Value Measurements Using
 
Available for sale securities:
 
Fair Value
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
  $ 33,687     $ -     $ 33,687     $ -  
Mortgage backed agency securities
    66,098       -       66,098       -  
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    24,605       -       24,605       -  
Corporate, asset backed and other debt securities
    126       -       126       -  
Equity securities
    28       28       -       -  
Total available for sale securities
  $ 124,544     $ 28     $ 124,516     $ -  


The following table presents the fair value measurements of assets recognized in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis and the level within the FASB ASC fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements fall at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010:


In thousands of dollars
       
Fair Value Measurements Using
 
Impaired Loans (Collateral Dependent)
 
Fair Value
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
September 30, 2011
  $ 37,369     $ -     $ -     $ 37,369  
December 31, 2010
    33,961       -       -       33,961  


Loans for which it is believed to be probable that the Company will not collect all principal and interest due according to contractual terms are measured for impairment. Allowable methods for determining the amount of impairment include estimating fair value using the fair value of the collateral for collateral-dependent loans, based on current appraisals. If the impaired loan is identified as collateral dependent, the fair value of collateral method of measuring the amount of impairment is utilized.

The Company’s practice is to obtain new or updated appraisals on the loans subject to the initial impairment review and then to generally update on an annual basis thereafter. The Company discounts the appraisal amount as necessary for selling costs and past due real estate taxes. If a new or updated appraisal is not available at the time of a loan’s impairment review, the Company typically applies a discount to the value of an old appraisal to reflect the property’s current estimated value if there is believed to be deterioration in either (i) the physical or economic aspects of the subject property or (ii) any market conditions. The results of the impairment


review results in an increase in the allowance for loan loss or in a partial charge-off of the loan, if warranted. Impaired loans that are collateral dependent are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy when impairment is determined using the fair value method based on current appraisals.

The carrying amounts and estimated fair value of principal financial assets and liabilities at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were as follows:


   
September 30, 2011
   
December 31, 2010
 
In thousands of dollars
 
Carrying Value
   
Fair Value
   
Carrying Value
   
Fair Value
 
Financial Assets
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 115,314     $ 115,314     $ 106,222     $ 106,222  
Securities available for sale
    164,945       164,945       124,544       124,544  
FHLB Stock
    2,571       2,571       2,788       2,788  
Loans held for sale
    7,709       7,709       10,289       10,289  
Net portfolio loans
    553,243       559,810       566,822       571,830  
Accrued interest receivable
    2,820       2,820       2,777       2,777  
 
                       
 Financial Liabilities                        
Total deposits
  $ (775,529 )   $ (779,845 )   $ (733,998 )   $ (738,117 )
Short term borrowings
    -       -       (1,234 )     (1,234 )
FHLB advances
    (24,054 )     (25,573 )     (30,321 )     (31,700 )
Accrued interest payable
    (481 )     (481 )     (612 )     (612 )


Estimated fair values require subjective judgments and are approximate. The above estimates of fair value are not necessarily representative of amounts that could be realized in actual market transactions, or of the underlying value of the Company. Changes in the following methodologies and assumptions could significantly affect the estimated fair value:

 
Cash and cash equivalents, FHLB stock, loans held for sale, accrued interest receivable and accrued interest payable The carrying amounts are reasonable estimates of the fair values of these instruments at the respective balance sheet dates.
   
 
Net portfolio loans – The carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value for personal loans for which rates adjust quarterly or more frequently, and for business and tax-exempt loans that are prime related and for which rates adjust immediately or quarterly. The fair value of all other loans is estimated by discounting future cash flows using current rates for loans with similar characteristics and maturities. The allowance for loan losses is considered to be a reasonable estimate of discount for credit quality concerns.
   
 
Total deposits – With the exception of certificates of deposit, the carrying value is deemed to be the fair value due to the demand nature of the deposits. The fair value of fixed maturity certificates of deposit is estimated by discounting future cash flows using the current rates paid on certificates of deposit with similar maturities.
   
 
 
 
Short Term Borrowings – The carrying amounts are reasonable estimates of the fair values of these instruments at the respective balance sheet dates.
   
 
FHLB Advances – The fair value is estimated by discounting future cash flows using current rates on advances with similar maturities.
   
 
Off-balance-sheet financial instruments – Commitments to extend credit, standby letters of credit and undisbursed loans are deemed to have no material fair value as such commitments are generally fulfilled at current market rates.

Note 10 – Accounting Developments

ASU No. 2011-02; A Creditor’s Determination of Whether a Restructuring Is a Troubled Debt Restructuring (“TDR”). In April, 2011, FASB issued ASU No. 2011-02, intended to provide additional guidance to assist creditors in determining whether a restructuring of a receivable meets the criteria to be considered a troubled debt restructuring. The amendments in this ASU are effective for the first interim or annual period beginning on or after June 15, 2011, and are to be applied retrospectively to the beginning of the annual period of adoption. As a result of applying these amendments, an entity may identify receivables that are newly considered impaired. The Company has adopted the methodologies prescribed by this ASU effective with this quarter’s financial statements.

ASU No. 2011-03; Reconsideration of Effective Control for Repurchase Agreements. In April, 2011, FASB issued ASU No. 2011-03. The amendments in this ASU remove from the assessment of effective control the criterion relating to the transferor’s ability to repurchase or redeem financial assets on substantially the agreed terms, even in the event of default by the transferee. The amendments in this ASU also eliminate the requirement to demonstrate that the transferor possesses adequate collateral to fund substantially all the cost of purchasing replacement financial assets.

The guidance in this ASU is effective for the first interim or annual period beginning on or after December 15, 2011. The guidance is to be applied prospectively to transactions or modifications of existing transactions that occur on or after the effective date. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company will adopt the methodologies prescribed by this ASU by the date required, and does not anticipate that the ASU will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.

ASU No. 2011-04; Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. In May, 2011, FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04. The amendments in this ASU generally represent clarifications of Topic 820, but also include some instances where a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or disclosing information about fair value measurements has changed. This ASU results in common principles and requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and IFRSs.

The amendments in this ASU are to be applied prospectively. For public entities, the amendments are effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Early application by public entities is not permitted. The Company will adopt the methodologies


prescribed by this ASU by the date required, and does not anticipate that the ASU will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.

ASU No. 2011-05; Amendments to Topic 220, Comprehensive Income. In June, 2011, FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05. Under the amendments in this ASU, an entity has the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In both choices, an entity is required to present each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income. This ASU eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders' equity. The amendments in this ASU do not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income.

The amendments in this ASU should be applied retrospectively. For public entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted, because compliance with the amendments is already permitted. The amendments do not require any transition disclosures. The Company has adopted the methodologies prescribed by this ASU effective with this quarter’s financial statements.

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

This discussion provides information about the consolidated financial condition and results of operations forUnited Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company" or “United”) and its subsidiary bank, United Bank & Trust (“UBT” or the “Bank”), for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.


United is a Michigan corporation headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan and is the holding company for UBT, a Michigan-chartered bank organized over 115 years ago. We are registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. At September 30, 2011, we had total assets of approximately $894.4 million, deposits of approximately $775.5 million, and total shareholders' equity of approximately $91.8 million. Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol "UBMI."

We have four primary lines of business under one operating segment of commercial banking: banking services, residential mortgage, wealth management and structured finance. We believe that these four lines of business provide us with a diverse and strong core revenue stream that is unmatched by our community bank competitors and position us well for future revenue growth and profitability. During the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011, our non-interest income equaled 36.4% and 36.0%, respectively, of our operating revenues. For each of the last five years ended December 31, 2010, non-interest income approximated 32.3% of our operating revenues.


This diverse revenue stream has enabled us to recognize a pre-tax, pre-provision return on average assets of 1.19% and 1.40%, respectively, for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011. Pre-tax, pre-provision return on average assets is not consistent with, or intended to replace, presentation under generally accepted accounting principles. For additional information about our pre-tax, pre-provision income and return on average assets, please see "Pre-Tax, Pre-provision Income and Return on Average Assets” under “Results of Operations” below.

Our bank offers a full range of services to individuals, corporations, fiduciaries and other institutions. Banking services include checking accounts, NOW accounts, savings accounts, time deposit accounts, money market deposit accounts, safe deposit facilities and money transfers. Lending operations provide real estate loans, secured and unsecured business and personal loans, consumer installment loans, credit card and check-credit loans, home equity loans, accounts receivable and inventory financing, and construction financing.

Our mortgage company, United Mortgage Company, offers our customers a full array of conventional residential mortgage products, including purchase, refinance and construction loans. Due to our local decision making and fully-functional back office, we believe we have consistently been the most active originator of residential mortgage loans in our market area.

Our Wealth Management Group is a key focus of our growth and diversification strategy and offers a variety of investment services to individuals, corporations and governmental entities. Our Wealth Management Group generated 28.8% and 30.1% of our noninterest income, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011.

Our structured finance group, United Structured Finance Company, offers simple, effective financing solutions to small businesses and commercial property owners, primarily by utilizing various government guaranteed loan programs and other off-balance sheet finance solutions through secondary market sources.


Memorandum of Understanding

On January 15, 2010, UBT entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (“OFIR”). On January 11, 2011, we entered into a revised Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with substantially the same requirements as the Memorandum of Understanding dated January 15, 2010. The MOU is not a “written agreement” for purposes of Section 8 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. The MOU documents an understanding among UBT, the FDIC and OFIR, that, among other things, (i) UBT will not declare or pay any dividend to the Company without the prior consent of the FDIC and OFIR; and (ii) UBT will have and maintain its Tier 1 leverage capital ratio at a minimum of 9% for the duration of the MOU, and will maintain its ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets at a minimum of 12% for the duration of the MOU.



For additional information about the capital ratios of UBT, see the information under the heading "Capital Management" below, which information is incorporated here by reference.

Board Resolution

At the direction of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (“FRB”), the Company’s Board of Directors adopted a resolution requiring the Company to obtain written approval from the FRB prior to any of the following: (i) declaration or payment of common or preferred stock dividends; (ii) any increase in debt or issuance of trust preferred obligations; or (iii) the redemption of Company stock.

Capital Management

In December, 2010, the Company closed its public offering of common stock. The net proceeds to the Company, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, were approximately $17.1 million. The Company has contributed $11.5 million of the net proceeds of the offering to the capital of the Bank to increase the Bank's capital and regulatory capital ratios. As a result of the additional capital, the Bank was in compliance with the capital requirements of its MOU with the FDIC and OFIR at December 31, 2010, March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011. At September 30, 2011, the Bank’s Tier 1 leverage capital ratio was 8.88%, and its ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets was 14.47%. United Bancorp, Inc. had cash balances of $6.3 million at September 30, 2011, which is available to provide additional capital to the Bank. The Company will re-evaluate its capital position in the fourth quarter of 2011, and believes it has the resources to once again bring the capital ratios of the Bank into compliance with the capital requirements of its MOU by December 31, 2011.


The Company incurred a consolidated net loss of $2.1 million in the third quarter of 2011, compared to consolidated net income for the third quarter of 2010 of $1.027 million. Consolidated net loss for the first nine months of 2011 was $1.4 million, which is an improvement of $1.9 million from its consolidated net loss of $3.3 million incurred during the first nine months of 2010.

Net loss per share for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 was -$0.19 and -$0.18, respectively, compared to net income of $0.14 and net loss of $0.81 per share for the comparable periods of 2010. Return on average assets (“ROA”) was -0.95% for the third quarter of 2011 and -0.21% for the first nine months of 2011, compared to 0.47% and -0.50%, respectively, for the same periods of 2010. Return on average shareholders’ equity (“ROE”) was -8.85% for the most recent quarter of 2011 and -1.97% for the first nine months of 2011, compared to 5.25% and -5.52% for the same periods of 2010.

Net revenue consists of net interest income plus noninterest income. The Company’s net revenue was down 8.5% and 0.4%, respectively, in the third quarter and first nine months of 2011, compared to the same periods of 2010. Most categories of noninterest income increased in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same period of 2010, but income from loan sales and servicing declined by $609,000, when compared to the third quarter in 2010. Total noninterest income for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 declined by 11.6% compared to the same


quarter of 2010. For the first nine months of 2011, total noninterest income was up 7.1% from the same period of 2010, with the largest increases in Wealth Management fee income and income from loan sales and servicing.

The Company’s noninterest expenses for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 increased from the same periods in 2010, with the largest increases in compensation expense and expenses related to ORE property. Total noninterest expenses were up 9.2% and 6.3%, respectively, in the third quarter and first nine months of 2011, compared to the same periods of 2010.

The Company’s provision for loan losses for the third quarter of 2011 was $6.0 million. For the first nine months of 2011, the Company’s provision for loan losses of $11.9 million was down from $16.6 million for the same period of 2010.

Several factors impacted the provision for the third quarter of 2011. The Company adopted the amendments required by ASU 2011-01 for troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”) during the quarter. In addition, the Company performed its quarterly evaluation of the specific reserves on all of its loans previously identified as TDRs. The combined impact of these two items resulted in an increase in specific reserves on the Company’s accruing TDRs of $5.5 million. All of the Company’s accruing TDRs are performing in accordance with their modified terms and have demonstrated the necessary performance for the accrual of interest. In addition to the effect of the specific reserves on TDRs, updated information was received regarding collateral values for two borrowers with commercial real estate loans, resulting in additional specific reserves of $1.9 million during the third quarter of 2011.The impact of these items was partially offset by a decrease in the allowance (and provision) for loans collectively evaluated for impairment. The Company’s allowance for loans evaluated collectively for impairment decreased by $3.7 million as a result of a change in allocation methodology as of September 30, 2011. The Company believes that the new methodology, which utilizes a migration analysis incorporating internal credit risk gradings, is a better reflection of the probable incurred losses in the Company’s non-impaired loan portfolio.

Total consolidated assets of the Company were $894.4 million at September 30, 2011, up from $861.7 million at December 31, 2010. Gross portfolio loans of $577.6 million increased in the third quarter of 2011, but have declined in the first nine months of 2011 and over the most recent twelve months as a result of slowing loan demand, charge-offs and the Company’s effective use of loan sales and servicing to mitigate credit and interest rate risk. The Company generally sells its fixed rate long-term residential mortgages on the secondary market, and retains adjustable rate mortgages in its loan portfolio. While the Company’s gross portfolio loans have declined by $26.7 million, or 4.4%, since September 30, 2010, the balance of loans serviced for others has increased by $108.2 million, or 17.8%, during the same time period.

The Company continued to hold elevated levels of investments, federal funds sold and cash equivalents in order to protect the balance sheet during this prolonged period of economic uncertainty. United’s balances in federal funds sold and other short-term investments were $99.4 million at September 30, 2011, compared to $95.6 million at December 31, 2010 and $80.1 million at September 30, 2010. Securities available for sale of $164.9 million at September 30, 2011 were up 32.4% from December 31, 2010 levels and were up 50.6% from September 30, 2010 levels.



Total deposits of $775.5 million at September 30, 2011 were up $41.5 million, or 5.7%, from $734.0 million at December 31, 2010, with the increase relatively evenly split between non-interest bearing and interest bearing deposit balances. The majority of the Bank’s deposits are derived from core client sources, relating to long-term relationships with local individual, business and public clients. Public clients include local government and municipal bodies, hospitals, universities and other educational institutions. As a result of its strong core funding, the Company’s cost of interest-bearing deposits was 0.81% for the third quarter and 0.86% for the first nine months of 2011, down from 1.09% and 1.19%, respectively, for the same periods of 2010.

The Company’s ratio of allowance for loan losses to total loans at September 30, 2011 was 4.22% and covered 81.8% of nonperforming loans, compared to 3.89% and 79.3%, respectively, at September 30, 2010. The Company’s allowance for loan losses increased by $866,000, or 3.7%, from September 30, 2010 to September 30, 2011. Net charge-offs of $7.0 million for the third quarter of 2011 were up 132.1% from the net charge-offs of $3.0 million for the third quarter of 2010. Net charge-offs of $12.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 were 3.2% below levels experienced in the same period of 2010.

Within the Company’s loan portfolio, $29.8 million of loans were considered nonperforming at September 30, 2011, compared to $29.2 million at December 31, 2010 and $29.6 million at September 30, 2010. Total nonperforming loans as a percent of total portfolio loans increased from 4.94% at the end of 2010 and 4.90% at September 30, 2010 to 5.16% at September 30, 2011. For purposes of this presentation, nonperforming loans consist of nonaccrual loans and accruing loans that are past due 90 days or more, and exclude accruing restructured loans. Balances of accruing restructured loans at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were $21.4 million and $17.3 million, respectively.

Securities

Balances in the securities portfolio have increased in recent periods, generally reflecting deposit growth in excess of loan growth. The makeup of the Company’s investment portfolio evolves with the changing price and risk structure, and liquidity needs of the Company. The table below reflects the carrying value of various categories of investment securities of the Company, along with the percentage composition of the portfolio by type as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.


 
 
   
September 30, 2011
   
December 31, 2010
 
In thousands of dollars
 
Balance
   
% of total
   
Balance
   
% of total
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
  $ 51,164       31.0 %   $ 33,687       27.0 %
Mortgage backed agency securities
    91,815       55.7 %     66,098       53.1 %
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    21,812       13.2 %     24,605       19.8 %
Corporate, asset backed, and other debt securities
    126       0.1 %     126       0.1 %
Equity securities
    28       0.0 %     28       0.0 %
Total Investment Securities
  $ 164,945       100.0 %   $ 124,544       100.0 %


Investments in U.S. Treasury and agency securities are considered to possess low credit risk. Obligations of U.S. government agency mortgage-backed securities possess a somewhat higher interest rate risk due to certain prepayment risks. The municipal portfolio contains a small level of geographic risk, as approximately 2.1% of the investment portfolio is issued by political subdivisions located within Lenawee County, Michigan and 3.1% in Washtenaw County, Michigan. The Company's portfolio contains no mortgage-backed securities or structured notes that the Company believes to be “high risk.” The Bank’s investment in local municipal issues also reflects our commitment to the development of the local area through support of its local political subdivisions.

Management believes that the unrealized losses within the investment portfolio are temporary, since they are a result of market changes, rather than a reflection of credit quality. Management has no specific intent to sell any securities, although the entire investment portfolio is classified as available for sale. The following chart summarizes net unrealized gains (losses) in each category of the portfolio at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.


Unrealized gains (losses)in thousands of dollars
 
9/30/11
   
12/31/10
   
Change
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
  $ 424     $ (210 )   $ 634  
Mortgage backed agency securities
    950       384       566  
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
    1,365       764       601  
Equity securities
    2       2       -  
Total Investment Securities
  $ 2,741     $ 940     $ 1,801  


FHLB Stock

The Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis (“FHLBI”) and holds a $2.6 million investment in stock of the FHLBI. The investment is carried at par value, as there is not an active market for FHLBI stock. If total Federal Home Loan Bank gross unrealized losses were deemed “other than temporary” for accounting purposes, this would significantly impair the Federal Home Loan Bank capital levels and the resulting value of FHLBI stock. The FHLBI reported a profit of $44.3 million for the first six months of 2011, and continues to pay dividends on its stock.1 The Company regularly reviews the credit quality of FHLBI stock for impairment, and determined that no impairment of FHLBI stock was necessary as of September 30, 2011.


 
1 Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2011.


Loans

The following table shows the dollar and percent change in each category of loans for the periods reported. All loans are domestic and contain no significant concentrations by industry or client.


   
This Quarter
   
Year to Date
   
Twelve-Month
 
In thousands of dollars
 
Change
   
Percent
   
Change
   
Percent
   
Change
   
Percent
 
Personal
  $ (1,435 )     -1.4 %   $ (1,192 )     -1.1 %   $ (3,649 )     -3.3 %
Business, including commercial mortgages
    5,521       1.6 %     (8,522 )     -2.4 %     (17,238 )     -4.7 %
Tax exempt
    (34 )     -1.6 %     (89 )     -4.1 %     (109 )     -5.0 %
Residential mortgage
    (1,898 )     -2.3 %     (4,272 )     -5.0 %     (2,948 )     -3.5 %
Construction and development
    217       0.5 %     (76 )     -0.2 %     (2,431 )     -5.5 %
Deferred loan fees and costs
    (67 )     -23.7 %     (234 )     -45.3 %     (309 )     -52.2 %
Total portfolio loans
  $ 2,304       0.4 %   $ (14,385 )     -2.4 %   $ (26,684 )     -4.4 %


Loan balances increased by $2.3 million, or 0.4%, in the third quarter of 2011. Loan balances were down $14.4 million, or 2.4%, from December 31, 2010 and were down $26.7 million, or 4.4%, from September 30, 2010. Personal loans on the Company’s balance sheet included home equity lines of credit, direct and indirect loans for automobiles, boats, recreational vehicles and other items for personal use. Personal loan balances have declined by 1.4% in the third quarter of 2011, 1.1% in the first nine months of 2011, and 3.3% over the twelve months ended September 30, 2011. Business loan balances increased by $5.5 million, or 1.6% during the three months ended September 30, 2011, but decreased by 2.4% since December 31, 2010, and were down 4.7% over the twelve months ended September 30, 2011. Growth of business loans in the third quarter of 2011 reflects an increase in loan demand, net of write-downs, charge-offs and payoffs, while the decline in the nine- and twelve-month periods ended September 30, 2011 reflects a reduction in demand, primarily relating to the current economic conditions, and write-downs, charge-offs and payoffs.

The Bank generally sells its production of fixed-rate residential mortgages on the secondary market, and retains high credit quality residential mortgage loans that are not otherwise eligible to be sold on the secondary market and shorter-term adjustable rate residential mortgages in its portfolio. As a result, the mix of residential mortgage production for any given year will have an impact on the amount of residential mortgages held in the portfolio of the Bank. The Bank continues to experience significant volume in residential real estate mortgage financing, and this includes the refinancing of some portfolio loans and sale of those loans on the secondary market. Portfolio balances of residential mortgages decreased by 2.3% in the third quarter of 2011 and decreased by 5.0% and 3.5%, respectively, in the nine and twelve months ended September 30, 2011.

The Bank’s loan portfolio includes $7.5 million of purchased participations in business loans originated by other institutions. These participations represent 1.3% of total loans. Of those participation loans, 82.0% of the outstanding balances are the result of participations purchased from other Michigan community banks.

Outstanding balances of loans for construction and development have remained relatively flat. Balances increased by 0.5%, in the third quarter of 2011 and have declined by 0.2% since


December 31, 2010 and 5.5% since September 30, 2010. Residential construction loans generally convert to residential mortgages to be retained in the Bank's portfolio or to be sold in the secondary market, while commercial construction loans generally will be converted to commercial mortgages.

Credit Quality

Nonperforming Assets. The Company actively monitors delinquencies, nonperforming assets and potential problem loans. The accrual of interest income is discontinued when a loan becomes ninety days past due unless the loan is both well secured and in the process of collection, or the borrower's capacity to repay the loan and the collateral value appears sufficient. The chart below shows the amount of nonperforming assets by category for the past five quarters.


In thousands of dollars
 
9/30/11
   
6/30/11
   
3/31/11
   
12/31/10
   
9/30/10
 
Nonaccrual loans
  $ 29,392     $ 28,099     $ 25,451     $ 28,661     $ 27,680  
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more
    386       3,138       2,326       583       1,926  
Total nonperforming loans
    29,778       31,237       27,777       29,244       29,606  
Nonperforming loans % of total portfolio loans
    5.16 %     5.43 %     4.80 %     4.94 %     4.90 %
Allowance coverage of nonperforming loans
    81.8 %     81.2 %     90.7 %     86.0 %     79.3 %
                                         
Other assets owned
    4,301       4,967       4,641       4,304       3,686  
Total nonperforming assets
  $ 34,079     $ 36,204     $ 32,418     $ 33,548     $ 33,292  
Nonperforming assets % of total assets
    3.81 %     4.20 %     3.66 %     3.89 %     3.90 %
                                         
Loans delinquent 30-89 days
  $ 3,613     $ 4,896     $ 5,939     $ 7,838     $ 10,019  
 

Accruing restructured loans
                             
Business, including commercial mortgages
  $ 10,301     $ 10,347     $ 10,551     $ 10,382     $ 11,275  
Construction and development
    8,231       4,844       4,401       4,045       4,058  
Residential mortgage
    2,569       3,667       3,504       2,844       1,911  
Home Equity
    300       -       -       -       -  
Total accruing restructured loans
  $ 21,401     $ 18,858     $ 18,456     $ 17,271     $ 17,244  


Total nonaccrual loans have increased by $731,000 since the end of 2010 and $1.7 million since September 30, 2010, while accruing loans past due 90 days or more have decreased by $197,000 and $1.5 million, respectively, for the same periods. The change in nonaccrual loans principally reflects the payoff or charge-off of some nonperforming loans, net of the migration of some loans to nonaccrual status. Subsequent payments on non-accrual loans are recorded as a reduction of principal, and interest income is recorded only after principal recovery is reasonably assured. Nonaccrual loans are returned to accrual status when, in the judgment of management, the financial position of the borrower indicates there is no longer any reasonable doubt as to the timely collection of interest or principal. The Company requires a period of satisfactory performance of not less than six months before returning a nonaccrual loan to accrual status.

Total nonperforming loans have increased by $172,000 since September 30, 2010. Total nonperforming loans as a percent of total portfolio loans were 5.16% at September 30, 2011, up from 4.90% at September 30, 2010, while the allowance coverage of nonperforming loans improved from 79.3% at September 30, 2010 to 81.8% at September 30, 2011. Loan workout


and collection efforts continue with all delinquent clients, in an effort to bring them back to performing status.

Other assets owned includes other real estate owned and other repossessed assets, which may include automobiles, boats and other personal property. Holdings of other assets owned decreased by $3,000 since the end of 2010, as the Bank continued to sell assets while others have been added to its totals. At September 30, 2011, other real estate owned included forty properties that were acquired through foreclosure or in lieu of foreclosure. The properties included twenty-six commercial properties, eight of which were the result of out-of-state loan participations, and fourteen residential properties. One commercial property is leased, and all properties are for sale. Other repossessed assets at September 30, 2011 consisted of one automobile.

The following table reflects the changes in other assets owned during 2011.
 
In thousands of dollars
 
ORE
   
Other Assets
   
Total
 
 Balance at January 1
  $ 4,278     $ 26     $ 4,304  
 Additions
    2,911       90       3,001  
 Sold
    (2,383 )     (103 )     (2,486 )
 Write-downs of book value
    (517 )     -       (517 )
 Balance at September 30
  $ 4,289     $ 12     $ 4,301  

Troubled Debt Restructurings. In the course of working with borrowers, the Bank may choose to restructure the contractual terms of certain loans. In this scenario, the Bank attempts to work out an alternative payment schedule with the borrower in order to optimize collectability of the loan. Any loans that are modified are reviewed by the Bank to identify if a troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) has occurred, which is when, for economic or legal reasons related to a borrower’s financial difficulties, the Bank grants a concession to the borrower that it would not otherwise consider. Terms may be modified to fit the ability of the borrower to repay in line with its current financial status and the restructuring of the loan may include the transfer of assets from the borrower to satisfy the debt, a modification of loan terms, or a combination of the two. If such efforts by the Bank do not result in a satisfactory arrangement, the loan is referred to legal counsel, at which time foreclosure proceedings are initiated. At any time prior to a sale of the property at foreclosure, the Bank may terminate foreclosure proceedings if the borrower is able to work-out a satisfactory payment plan.

Accruing restructured loans at September 30, 2011 are comprised of two categories of loans on which interest is being accrued under their restructured terms, and the loans are current or less than ninety days past due. The first category consists of $18.5 million of commercial loans, primarily comprised of business loans that have been temporarily modified as interest-only loans, generally for a period of up to one year, without a sufficient corresponding increase in the interest rate. Within this category are $8.2 million of CLD loans that have been renewed as interest only, generally for a period of up to one year, to assist the borrower.

The Bank does not generally forgive principal or interest on restructured loans. However, when a loan is restructured, principal is generally received on a delayed basis as compared to the original repayment schedule. CLD loans that are restructured are generally modified to require interest-


only for a period of time. The Bank does not generally reduce interest rates on restructured commercial loans. The average yield on modified commercial loans was 5.37%, compared to 5.43% earned on the entire commercial loan portfolio in the third quarter of 2011.

The second category included in accruing restructured loans consists of residential mortgage and home equity loans whose terms have been restructured at less than market terms and include rate modifications, extension of maturity, and forbearance. This category consists of fifteen loans for a total of $2.9 million at September 30, 2011. The average yield on modified residential mortgage and home equity loans was 4.49%, compared to 5.50% earned on the entire residential mortgage loan portfolio in the third quarter of 2011.

As a result of adopting the amendments in ASU No. 2011-02, the Company reassessed all restructurings that occurred on or after the beginning of the current fiscal year (January 1, 2011) to determine whether they are now considered troubled debt restructurings. The Company identified as TDRs certain loans for which the allowance for loan losses had previously been measured under a general allowance methodology. Upon identifying those loans as TDRs, the Company identified them as impaired under the guidance in ASC 310-10-35. The amendments in ASU No. 2011-02 require prospective application of the impairment measurement guidance in ASC 310-10-35 for those loans newly identified as impaired. At the end of the first interim period of adoption (September 30, 2011), the recorded investment in loans for which the allowance was previously measured under a general allowance methodology and are now impaired under ASC 310-10-35 was $4.0 million, and the allowance for loan losses associated with those loans, on the basis of a current evaluation of loss, was $1.5 million.

In addition, the Company performed its quarterly evaluation of the specific reserves on all of its loans previously identified as TDRs at September 30, 2011. The Company performed an internal evaluation of the collateral values on certain TDRs where the current appraisals were performed in the fourth quarter of 2010. These properties will be re-appraised during the fourth quarter of 2011. In addition, the Company utilized collateral values to estimate the fair value of certain TDR loans. All of the Company’s accruing TDRs are performing in accordance with their modified terms and have demonstrated the necessary performance for the accrual of interest.

The following table compares the recorded investment in accruing TDR loans and their specific reserve amount, as of September 30, 2011 and June 30, 2011.


In thousands of dollars
 
9/30/11
   
6/30/11
   
Increase
 
 Balance of TDR Loans
  $ 21,401     $ 18,858     $ 2,543  
 Specific reserve on above loans
    7,641       2,132       5,509  
 Percent
    35.7 %     11.3 %        


Impaired Loans. A loan is classified as impaired when it is probable that the Bank will be unable to collect all amounts due (including both interest and principal) according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Within the Bank’s loan portfolio, $53.2 million of impaired loans have been identified as of September 30, 2011, up from $48.8 million as of December 31, 2010. The specific allowance for impaired loans was $12.5 million at September 30, 2011, up from $9.2 million at December 31, 2010. The ultimate amount of the impairment and the potential losses to the Company may be substantially higher or lower than estimated, depending on the


realizable value of the collateral. The level of the provision made in connection with impaired loans reflects the amount management believes to be necessary to maintain the allowance for loan losses at an adequate level, based upon the Bank’s current analysis of losses inherent in its loan portfolios.

Business loans carry the largest balances per loan, and any single loss would be proportionally larger than losses in other portfolios. In addition to internal loan rating systems and active monitoring of loan trends, the Bank uses an independent loan review firm to assess the quality of its business loan portfolio. Interest payments received on impaired loans are recorded as interest income unless collection of the remaining recorded investment is doubtful, at which time payments received are recorded as reductions to principal.

CLD loans include residential and non-residential construction and land development loans. The residential CLD loan portfolio consists mainly of loans for the construction, development, and improvement of residential lots, homes, and subdivisions. The non-residential CLD loan portfolio consists mainly of loans for the construction and development of office buildings and other non-residential commercial properties. This type of lending is generally considered to have more complex credit risks than traditional single-family residential lending because the principal is concentrated in a limited number of loans with repayment dependent on the successful completion and sales of the related real estate project. Consequently, these loans are often more sensitive to adverse conditions in the real estate market or the general economy than other real estate loans. These loans are generally less predictable and more difficult to evaluate and monitor and collateral may be difficult to dispose of in a market decline.

The Bank’s portfolio of residential mortgages consists of loans to finance 1-4 family residences, second homes, vacation homes, and residential investment properties. In the second quarter of 2010, the Company began recognizing losses on specific residential mortgage loans in the process of foreclosure at an earlier point in the foreclosure process, in accordance with regulatory guidance.

The personal loan portfolio consists of direct and indirect installment, home equity and unsecured revolving line of credit loans. Installment loans consist primarily of home equity loans and loans for consumer durable goods, principally automobiles. Indirect personal loans, which make up a small percent of the personal loans, consist of loans for automobiles, boats and manufactured housing.

Allowance for Loan Losses. The Company’s allowance for loan losses has decreased by $1.0 million during the third quarter of 2011, but has increased by $866,000 over the twelve months ended September 30, 2011. A number of factors caused the decline in the third quarter of 2011. Net charge-offs for the third quarter of 2011 were $7.0 million, most of which represented specific reserves which had been provided for in previous quarters.

As discussed in Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company’s allowance for loan losses for loans evaluated collectively for impairment decreased by $3.7 million as a result of a change in allocation methodology as of September 30, 2011. The impact of the decrease in the allowance due to the new methodology was offset by an increase in the specific reserve associated with the Company’s troubled debt restructurings during the third quarter of 2011 of $5.5 million, which includes the impact of adopting the amendments in ASU


No. 2011-02. Additionally, updated information was received regarding collateral values for two borrowers with commercial real estate loans, resulting in additional specific reserves of $1.9 million during the third quarter of 2011.

The allowance as a percent of total loans has increased from 3.89% at September 30, 2010 to 4.22% at September 30, 2011, but is down slightly from 4.25% at December 31, 2010. The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level believed adequate by management to absorb probable incurred credit losses in the loan portfolio. Management’s determination of the adequacy of the allowance is based on an evaluation of the portfolio, past loan loss experience, current economic conditions, volume, amount and composition of the loan portfolio, and other factors management believes to be relevant.

Deposits

United internally funds its operations through a large, stable base of core deposits that provides cost-effective funding for its lending operations. The majority of deposits are derived from core client sources, relating to long term relationships with local individual, business and public clients. Public clients include local governments and municipal bodies, hospitals, universities and other educational institutions. At September 30, 2011, core deposits accounted for 98.7% of total deposits, compared to 97.3% at December 31, 2010. For this presentation, core deposits consist of total deposits less national certificates of deposit and brokered deposits. Core deposits include CDARS deposits as they represent deposits originated in the Bank’s market area.

The table below shows the change in the various categories of the deposit portfolio for the reported periods.


   
This Quarter
   
Year to Date
   
Twelve-Month
 
In thousands of dollars
 
Change
   
Percent
   
Change
   
Percent
   
Change
   
Percent
 
Noninterest bearing
  $ (4,641 )     -3.3 %   $ 21,467       19.0 %   $ 34,292       34.2 %
Interest bearing deposits
    42,642       7.1 %     20,064       3.2 %     735       0.1 %
Total deposits
  $ 38,001       5.2 %   $ 41,531       5.7 %   $ 35,027       4.7 %


Deposit balances increased by $38.0 million, or 5.2% in the third quarter of 2011, compared to growth of $41.5 million, or 5.7%, and $35.0 million, or 4.7%, from December 31 and September 30, 2010, respectively. In the most recent quarter, demand deposit balances decreased by $4.6 million, while interest bearing deposits increased by $42.6 million. The increase in interest bearing deposits during the three month period ended September 30, 2011 primarily reflects a seasonal increase in public funds. The increase in the nine month period ended September 30, 2011 reflects relatively large increases in interest bearing checking and personal savings accounts.

The Bank utilizes purchased or brokered deposits for interest rate risk management purposes, but does not support its growth through the use of those products. In addition, the Bank participates in the CDARS program, which allows it to provide competitive CD products while maintaining FDIC insurance for clients with larger balances. Management believes the Bank's deposit rates are consistently competitive with other banks in its market areas.


Noninterest bearing deposits made up 17.4% of total deposits at September 30, 2011, compared to 15.4% at December 31, 2010 and 13.6% at September 30, 2010. The table below shows the makeup of the Company’s deposits at September 30, 2011, December 31, 2010 and September 30, 2010.


Percentage Makeup of Deposit Portfolio
 
9/30/11
   
12/31/10
   
9/30/10
 
Noninterest bearing
    17.4 %     15.4 %     13.6 %
Interest bearing deposits
    82.6 %     84.6 %     86.4 %
Total deposits
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %


Cash Equivalents and Borrowed Funds

The Company maintains correspondent accounts with a number of other banks for various purposes. In addition, cash sufficient to meet the operating needs of its banking offices is maintained at its lowest practical levels. The Bank is sometimes a participant in the federal funds market, either as a borrower or seller. Federal funds are generally borrowed or sold for one-day periods. The Bank maintains interest-bearing deposit accounts with the Federal Reserve Bank and the FHLBI, as alternatives to federal funds. The Bank also has the ability to utilize short term advances from the FHLBI and borrowings at the discount window of the Federal Reserve Bank as additional short-term funding sources, but has not used either of these borrowing sources during the reported periods.

At December 31, 2010, the Company’s balance sheet included short-term borrowings representing the secured borrowing portion of SBA 7a loans held for sale, as a result of adoption of ASU 2009-16 in 2010. Qualifying loans were carried as loans held for sale, while the sold portion of the loans was carried as secured borrowing for a 90-day period. In the first quarter of 2011, the Company modified its SBA 7a loan sales contract to eliminate a 90-day warranty period to the purchaser of the loans, eliminating the requirement to record a liability for the sold portion of the loans, and the Company’s balance sheet included no short term borrowings related to SBA loans at September 30, 2011.

The Company periodically finds it advantageous to utilize longer-term borrowings from the FHLBI. These longer-term borrowings serve to provide a balance to some of the interest rate risk inherent in the Company's balance sheet. Additional information regarding borrowed funds is found in the Liquidity section below.

 

Earnings Summary and Key Ratios

The Company incurred consolidated net losses of $2.1 million in the third quarter of 2011 and $1.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. This compares to consolidated net income of $1.027 million and a loss of $3.3 million, respectively, for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010. The loss in the third quarter of 2011 resulted primarily from increased amounts in the Company’s provision for loan loss, combined with elevated levels of expenses relating to ORE property.


United’s net interest margin declined from 3.97% and 3.79%, respectively, for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2010 to 3.58% and 3.63%, respectively, for same periods of 2011. For the third quarter of 2011, net interest income of $7.4 million was down 6.6% compared to the same period of 2010, and net interest income of $22.4 million for the first nine months of 2011 was 4.2% lower than the same period of 2010. Noninterest income of $4.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 declined by 11.6% compared to the third quarter of 2010, while noninterest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was 7.1% higher than the same period of 2010. Noninterest income represented 36.4% and 36.0%, respectively, of the Company’s net revenues for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011, compared to 37.7% and 33.5%, respectively, for the same periods of 2010.

Total noninterest expense for the third quarter of 2011 was up 9.2% from the third quarter of 2010 and 6.3% for the first nine months of 2011 compared to the same period of 2010. For the third quarter of 2011, the largest increase in noninterest expense was in expenses related to ORE property, which included write-downs of the value and losses on the sale of property held as ORE, along with costs to maintain and carry those properties. The largest increase in expenses for the first nine months of 2011 as compared to the same period of 2010 was in expenses related to salaries and employee benefits. The increase reflects, in part, the reinstatement of the Company’s match portion of its 401(k) effective January 1, 2011, increased health and life insurance premiums, and continued higher levels of commissions and other compensation costs related to the generation of income from loan sales and servicing. In addition, the Company has increased its staffing levels modestly to accommodate its future anticipated growth, and salary increases were reinstated effective April 1, 2011. However, the Company did not and will not pay or accrue any cash bonus or other payout to executive officers or non-commissioned employees under our bonus plans in 2010 or 2011.
 
The Company’s provision for loan losses of $6.0 million in the third quarter of 2011 was up from $3.15 million for the third quarter of 2010. For the first nine months of 2011, provision for loan losses of $11.9 million was lower than the $16.6 million provision for loan losses taken by the Company in the same period of 2010. ROA was -0.95% for the third quarter of 2011 and -0.21% for the first nine months of 2011, compared to 0.47% and -0.50%, respectively, for the same periods of 2010. ROE was -8.85% for the most recent quarter and -1.97% for the first nine months of 2011, compared to 5.25% and -5.52%, respectively, for the same periods of 2010.


The following chart shows trends in these and other ratios, along with trends of the major components of earnings for the five most recent quarters.


   
2011
   
2010
 
in thousands of dollars, where appropriate
 
3rd Qtr
   
2nd Qtr
   
1st Qtr
   
4th Qtr
   
3rd Qtr
 
Net interest income
  $ 7,437     $ 7,525     $ 7,402     $ 7,735     $ 7,964  
Provision for loan losses
    6,000       3,100       2,800       4,930       3,150  
Noninterest income
    4,256       4,395       3,925       4,553       4,812  
Noninterest expense
    9,084       8,501       8,218       8,225       8,315  
Federal income tax provision
    (1,291 )     (42 )     (50 )     (440 )     284  
Net income (loss)
    (2,100 )     361       359       (427 )     1,027  
Earnings (loss) per common share
  $ (0.19 )   $ 0.01     $ 0.01     $ (0.11 )   $ 0.14  
Return on average assets (a)
    -0.95 %     0.17 %     0.17 %     -0.20 %     0.47 %
Return on average shareholders' equity (a)
    -8.85 %     1.55 %     1.57 %     -2.12 %     5.25 %
Net interest margin
    3.58 %     3.69 %     3.62 %     3.81 %     3.97 %
Efficiency ratio (On tax equivalent basis)
    77.0 %     70.7 %     71.8 %     66.3 %     64.5 %
                                         
 (a)
annualized
                                       


Pre-tax, Pre-provision Income and Return on Average Assets

In an attempt to evaluate the trends of net interest income, noninterest income and noninterest expense, the Company calculates pre-tax, pre-provision income (“PTPP Income”) and pre-tax, pre-provision return on average assets (“PTPP ROA”). PTPP Income adjusts net income by the amount of the Company’s federal income tax (benefit) and provision for loan losses, which is excluded because its level is elevated and volatile in times of economic stress. PTPP ROA measures PTPP Income as a percent of average assets. While this information is not consistent with, or intended to replace, presentation under generally accepted accounting principles, it is presented here for comparison.

Management believes that PTPP Income and PTPP ROA are useful and consistent measures of the Company’s earning capacity, as these financial measures enable investors and others to assess the Company’s ability to generate capital to cover credit losses through a credit cycle, particularly in times of economic stress.

The Company’s strong PTPP Income has been achieved through a substantial core funding base which has resulted in a comparatively strong net interest margin, a diversity of noninterest income sources and expansion of our markets. The Company's PTPP ROA decreased to 1.19% and 1.40%, respectively, for the third quarter and first nine months of 2011, compared to 2.08% and 1.64%, respectively, for the same periods in 2010.
 


PTPP ROA declined in the third quarter of 2011 as a result of a reduction in net interest income and an increase in noninterest expense. The changes in net interest income reflect in part the significant liquidity that the Company maintains on its balance sheet, along with a relatively large amount of interest income reversed in the third quarter of 2011 as a result of loans for one large client being placed on nonaccrual status, as discussed below in “Net Interest Income.” Noninterest expenses were impacted in the third quarter of 2011 by increases in expenses related to OREO properties, compared to prior periods.

The following table shows the calculation and trend of PTPP Income and PTPP ROA for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.


   
Three Months Ended September 30
   
Nine Months Ended September 30
 
In thousands of dollars
 
2011
   
2010
   
Change
   
2011
   
2010
   
Change
 
 Interest income
  $ 8,906     $ 9,993       -10.9 %   $ 27,086     $ 30,203       -10.3 %
 Interest expense
    1,469       2,029       -27.6 %     4,722       6,855       -31.1 %
Net interest income
    7,437       7,964       -6.6 %     22,364       23,348       -4.2 %
 Noninterest income
    4,256       4,812       -11.6 %     12,576       11,745       7.1 %
 Noninterest expense
    9,084       8,315       9.2 %     25,803       24,272       6.3 %
 Pre-tax, pre-provision income
    2,609       4,461       -41.5 %     9,137       10,821       -15.6 %
 Pre-tax, pre-provision ROA
    1.19 %     2.08 %     -0.89 %     1.40 %     1.64 %     -0.24 %
Reconcilement to GAAP income:
 
 Provision for loan losses
    6,000       3,150               11,900       16,600          
 Income tax (benefit)
    (1,291 )     284               (1,383 )     (2,498 )        
 Net income (loss)
  $ (2,100 )   $ 1,027             $ (1,380 )   $ (3,281 )        


Net Interest Income

The Company’s yield on earning assets and its cost of funds both declined in the third quarter and first nine months of 2011, as compared to the same periods of 2010. United has continued to maintain high levels of liquidity during the first nine months of 2011 compared to 2010, with investments, federal funds and cash equivalents held to improve the liquidity of the balance sheet during this extended period of economic uncertainty, and the Company expects to maintain higher than normal levels of liquidity until economic conditions improve and more attractive investment opportunities emerge. This additional liquidity also contributes to the Company’s lower net interest margin. At the same time, the Bank has continued to reduce its average balances of FHLB advances and higher-cost deposits, contributing to lower interest costs. Net interest margin of 3.58% and 3.63% for the third quarter and first nine months of 2011, respectively, were down from 3.97% and 3.79%, respectively, for the same periods of 2010.

New information regarding loans to one large client resulted in those loans being placed on nonaccrual status in the third quarter of 2011. Interest income during the quarter was reduced by $262,000 as a direct result of this change in status.

The following table provides a summary of the various components of net interest income, and the results of changes in balance sheet makeup that have resulted in the changes in spread and net interest margin for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.




   
Three Months Ended September 30
   
Nine Months Ended September 30
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
dollars in thousands
 
Average Balance
   
Interest (b)
   
Yield/ 
Rate
(c)
   
Average Balance
   
Interest (b)
   
Yield/ 
Rate
(c)
   
Average Balance
   
Interest (b)
   
Yield/ 
Rate
(c)
   
Average Balance
   
Interest (b)
   
Yield/ 
Rate
(c)
 
Assets
                                                                       
Interest earning assets (a)
                                                                       
Federal funds & equivalents
  $ 97,514     $ 63       0.26 %   $ 72,121     $ 46       0.25 %   $ 107,004     $ 204       0.25 %   $ 93,201     $ 177       0.25 %
Taxable investments
    135,346       739       2.14 %     81,236       572       2.85 %     123,167       2,043       2.22 %     74,495       1,587       2.85 %
Tax exempt securities (b)
    20,627       279       5.28 %     25,540       319       5.69 %     22,659       877       5.16 %     26,171       1,133       5.71 %
Taxable loans
    580,949       7,888       5.39 %     626,911       9,127       5.90 %     581,411       24,165       5.56 %     639,719       27,566       5.76 %
Tax exempt loans (b)
    2,093       43       8.09 %     2,156       44       8.33 %     2,122       131       8.25 %     2,421       149       8.24 %
Total int. earning assets (b)
    836,529       9,012       4.28 %     807,964       10,108       5.07 %     836,363       27,420       4.38 %     836,007       30,612       4.88 %
Less allowance for loan losses
    (25,752 )                     (23,313 )                     (25,568 )                     (21,705 )                
Other assets
    65,318                       62,105                       63,013                       64,782                  
Total Assets
  $ 876,095                     $ 846,756                     $ 873,808                     $ 879,084                  
                                                                                                 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
                                                 
NOW and savings deposits
  $ 349,956       212       0.24 %   $ 352,047       324       0.37 %   $ 348,110       690       0.27 %   $ 354,786       1,089       0.41 %
Other interest bearing deposits
    263,655       1,038       1.56 %     273,985       1,356       2.01 %     265,324       3,278       1.65 %     301,968       4,737       2.10 %
Total int. bearing deposits
    613,611       1,250       0.81 %     626,032       1,680       1.09 %     613,434       3,968       0.86 %     656,754       5,826       1.19 %
Short term borrowings
    1       -       0.00 %     5,002       68       5.51 %     252       11       5.99 %     2,023       123       5.45 %
Other borrowings
    24,924       219       3.49 %     31,002       281       3.68 %     27,926       742       3.50 %     33,263       905       3.64 %
Total int. bearing liabilities
    638,536       1,469       0.91 %     662,036       2,029       1.24 %     641,612       4,721       0.98 %     692,040       6,854       1.32 %
Noninterest bearing deposits
    138,744       -               106,307       -               135,648       -               104,010       -          
Total including noninterest bearing deposits
    777,280       1,469       0.75 %     768,343       2,029       1.05 %     777,260       4,721       0.81 %     796,050       6,854       1.15 %
Other liabilities
    4,656                       816                       3,071                       3,578                  
Shareholders' equity
    94,159                       77,597                       93,477                       79,456                  
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
  $ 876,095                     $ 846,756                     $ 873,808                     $ 879,084                  
Net interest income (b)
            7,543                       8,079                       22,699                       23,758          
Net spread (b)
              3.37 %                     3.83 %                     3.40 %                     3.56 %
Net yield on interest earning assets (b)
              3.58 %                     3.97 %                     3.63 %                     3.79 %
Tax equivalent adjustment on interest income
      (106 )                     (115 )                     (335 )                     (410 )        
Net interest income per income statement
    $ 7,437                     $ 7,964                     $ 22,364                     $ 23,348          
Ratio of interest earning assets to interest bearing liabilities
              1.31                       1.22                       1.30                       1.21  
                                                                                                 
 (a)
Non-accrual loans and overdrafts are included in the average balances of loans
 
 (b)
Fully tax-equivalent basis, net of nondeductible interest impact; 34% tax rate
 
 (c)
Annualized
 


Provision for Loan Losses

The Company’s provision for loan losses for the third quarter of 2011 was $6.0 million, up from $3.15 million for the third quarter of 2010. Through the first nine months of 2011, United’s provision of $11.9 million was 28.3% lower than the Company’s $16.6 million provision for the same period of 2010. The provision for loan losses provides for probable incurred credit losses inherent in the loan portfolio.

Several factors impacted the provision for loan losses for the third quarter of 2011. The Company adopted the amendments required by ASU 2011-01 (TDRs) during the quarter. In addition, the Company performed its quarterly evaluation of the specific reserves on all of its loans previously identified as TDRs, as discussed in the “Credit Quality” section, above. The combined impact of these two items resulted in an increase in specific reserves on the Company’s troubled debt restructurings of $5.5 million. Additionally, updated information was received regarding collateral values for two borrowers with commercial real estate loans, resulting in additional specific reserves of $1.9 million during the third quarter of 2011.

The impact of these items was partially offset by a decrease in the allowance (and provision) for loan losses for loans collectively evaluated for impairment. As discussed in Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company’s allowance for loan losses for loans evaluated collectively for impairment decreased by $3.7 million as a result of a change in allocation methodology as of September 30, 2011.

While the local real estate markets and the economy in general have experienced some signs of stabilization, the loan portfolio of the Bank continues to be affected by loans to a number of larger commercial borrowers that continue to struggle to meet their financial obligations. Loans in the Bank's residential CLD loan portfolio are secured by unimproved and improved land, residential lots, and single-family homes and condominium units. In addition, loans secured by commercial real estate are continuing to experience stresses resulting from the current economic conditions. The Bank has continued to closely monitor the impact of economic circumstances on its lending clients, and is working with these clients to minimize losses. Information regarding the allowance for loan losses is included in the “Credit Quality” discussion above.

Noninterest Income

Total noninterest income declined by 11.6% for the third quarter and increased by 7.1% for the first nine months of 2011, compared to the same periods of 2010. The following table summarizes changes in noninterest income by category for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.


 
 
   
Three Months Ended September 30
   
Nine Months Ended September 30
 
In thousands of dollars
 
2011
   
2010
   
Change
   
2011
   
2010
   
Change
 
Service charges on deposit accounts
  $ 486     $ 549       -11.5 %   $ 1,500     $ 1,636       -8.3 %
Wealth Management fee income
    1,226       1,177       4.2 %     3,780       3,327       13.6 %
Gains on securities transactions
    -       -       0.0 %     -       31       -100.0 %
Income from loan sales and servicing
    1,610       2,219       -27.4 %     4,540       4,270       6.3 %
ATM, debit and credit card fee income
    550       491       12.0 %     1,619       1,435       12.8 %
Income from bank-owned life insurance
    108       114       -5.3 %     320       340       -5.9 %
Other income
    276       262       5.3 %     817       706       15.7 %
Total noninterest income
  $ 4,256     $ 4,812       -11.6 %   $ 12,576     $ 11,745       7.1 %


Service charges on deposit accounts were down 11.5% in the third quarter of 2011 and 8.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, compared to the same periods a year earlier. Substantially all of the decline over the past twelve months was due to a reduction in non-sufficient funds and overdraft fees collected, in part as a result of changes in banking regulations governing collection of these fees, effective in mid-2010.

The Wealth Management Group of UBT provides a relatively large component of the Company's noninterest income. Wealth Management Group income includes trust and investment management fee income and income from the sale of non-deposit investment products. Wealth Management Group income improved by 4.2% in the third quarter of 2011 and 13.6% in the first nine months of 2011, compared to the same periods of 2010. A portion of that increase reflects increased fee income on managed accounts resulting from improved market performance.

Income from loan sales and servicing includes gains on the sale of residential mortgages and the guaranteed portion of SBA loans sold on the secondary market, along with servicing income resulting from loans sold with servicing retained. Income in this category has continued at elevated levels in 2011, but has declined by 27.4% when compared to  the third quarter in 2010.

While the Company’s volume of rate-driven refinancing of residential mortgages had slowed in the first half of 2010, loan origination and sale activity for both residential mortgage and SBA loans increased significantly in the third quarter of 2010, resulting in record levels of income from the sales and servicing of loans for that quarter. The volume of SBA loans originated and sold was strong in the first half of 2011, but slowed in the third quarter of 2011.  For the first nine months of 2011, income from USFC loan sales and servicing was up 9.6% compared to the same period of 2010. For the first nine months of 2011, income from loan servicing was up 6.3% compared to the same period of 2010.

The Bank generally sells the fixed rate long-term residential mortgages it originates on the secondary market, and retains adjustable rate residential mortgages for its portfolios. The guaranteed portion of SBA loans originated by its structured finance group, United Structured Finance Company (“USFC”), is typically sold on the secondary market, and gains on the sale of those loans contribute to income from loan sales and servicing.


The Company maintains a portfolio of sold residential real estate mortgages that it services, and this servicing provides ongoing income for the life of the loans. The Bank also originates, sells and services SBA loans through USFC. Loans serviced consist primarily of residential mortgages sold on the secondary market. The following table shows the breakdown of income from loan sales and servicing between residential mortgages and USFC.


   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30
   
September 30
 
In thousands of dollars
 
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
Residential mortgage sales and servicing
  $ 1,569     $ 1,497     $ 3,685     $ 3,490  
USFC commercial loan sales and servicing
    41       722       855       780  
Total income from loan sales and servicing
  $ 1,610     $ 2,219     $ 4,540     $ 4,270  


ATM, debit and credit card fee income provide a source of noninterest income for the Company. The Bank operates twenty ATMs throughout its market areas, and Bank clients are active users of debit cards. The Bank receives ongoing fee income from credit card referrals and operation of its credit card merchant business. Income from these areas was up 12.0% and 12.8%, respectively, in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, compared to the same periods of 2010. Other income includes income from various fee-based banking services, including sale of official checks, wire transfer fees, safe deposit box income, sweep account and other fees. Other income for 2011 includes gains on the sale of ORE property of $125,000 in the third quarter and $201,300 in the first nine months of 2011. Total other income was up 5.3% in the third quarter of 2011 and 15.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, compared to the same periods of 2010.

The following table shows the trends of various noninterest income categories for the most recent five quarters.


   
2011
   
2010
 
In thousands of dollars
 
3rd Qtr
   
2nd Qtr
   
1st Qtr
   
4th Qtr
   
3rd Qtr
 
Service charges on deposit accounts
  $ 486     $ 511     $ 503     $ 555     $ 549  
Wealth Management fee income
    1,226       1,291       1,263       1,191       1,177  
Income from loan sales and servicing
    1,610       1,619       1,311       2,081       2,219  
ATM, debit and credit card fee income
    550       556       513       505       491  
Income from bank-owned life insurance
    108       107       105       111       114  
Other income
    276       311       230       110       262  
Total noninterest income
  $ 4,256     $ 4,395     $ 3,925     $ 4,553     $ 4,812  


Noninterest Expense

The following table shows the trends of various noninterest expense categories for the most recent five quarters.


 
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
In thousands of dollars
 
3rd Qtr
   
2nd Qtr
   
1st Qtr
   
4th Qtr
   
3rd Qtr
 
Salaries and employee benefits
  $ 4,759     $ 4,767     $ 4,575     $ 4,724     $ 4,502  
Occupancy and equipment expense, net
    1,276       1,291       1,252       1,278       1,296  
External data processing
    392       329       320       307       304  
Advertising and marketing
    164       158       160       136       154  
Attorney, accounting and other professional fees
    476       433       433       191       424  
Director fees
    102       101       102       60       88  
Expenses relating to ORE property
    815       254       257       450       394  
FDIC insurance premiums
    288       302       431       401       456  
Other expenses
    812       866       688       678       697  
Total noninterest expense
  $ 9,084     $ 8,501     $ 8,218     $ 8,225     $ 8,315  


Total noninterest expense for the third quarter of 2011 increased by $583,000, or 6.9%, compared to the second quarter of 2011. The higher level of expense was primarily due to increased expenses relating to ORE properties, along with increases in external data processing. At the same time, several categories of noninterest expense were flat compared to the second quarter of 2011, while other categories of expenses declined.

Expenses related to ORE property included write-downs of the value and losses on the sale of property held as ORE, along with costs to maintain and carry those properties. In the third quarter of 2011, the Company wrote down the value of ORE properties by $466,900, as a result of ongoing evaluation of the value and likely sale proceeds of its ORE properties. The increase in external data processing costs in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the second quarter of 2011 reflects in part conversion expenses in the third quarter of 2011 relating to the conversion of the Wealth Management Group to a different processing provider.

The following table summarizes changes in the Company's noninterest expense by category for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.


   
Three Months Ended September 30
   
Nine Months Ended September 30
 
In thousands of dollars
 
2011
   
2010
   
Change
   
2011
   
2010
   
Change
 
Salaries and employee benefits
  $ 4,759     $ 4,502       5.7 %   $ 14,101     $ 12,493       12.9 %
Occupancy and equipment expense, net
    1,276       1,296       -1.5 %     3,819       3,929       -2.8 %
External data processing
    392       304       28.9 %     1,041       899       15.8 %
Advertising and marketing
    164       154       6.5 %     482       474       1.7 %
Attorney, accounting and other professional fees
    476       424       12.3 %     1,342       1,370       -2.0 %
Director fees
    102       88       15.9 %     305       265       15.1 %
Expenses relating to ORE property
    815       394       106.9 %     1,326       1,248       6.3 %
FDIC insurance premiums
    288       456       -36.8 %     1,021       1,405       -27.3 %
Other expenses
    812       697       16.5 %     2,366       2,189       8.1 %
Total noninterest expense
  $ 9,084     $ 8,315       9.2 %   $ 25,803     $ 24,272       6.3 %


Total noninterest expenses were up 9.2% in the third quarter and 6.3% in the first nine months of 2011, respectively, compared to the same periods of 2010. Two categories of noninterest expense declined during the third quarter and first nine months of 2011 compared to the same periods of


2010. Occupancy and equipment expenses were down 1.5% and 2.8%, respectively, in the third quarter and first nine months of 2011, compared to the same periods of 2010. In addition, FDIC insurance premiums declined during the same periods as a result of lower base charges.

The largest increase in noninterest expense in the nine month period ended September 30, 2011 was in salaries and employee benefits, which increased by 12.9% over the same period one year earlier. The increase reflects, in part, the reinstatement of the Company’s match portion of its 401(k) effective January 1, 2011, increased health and life insurance premiums, and continued higher levels of commissions and other compensation costs related to the generation of income from loan sales and servicing. In addition, the Company has increased its staffing levels modestly to accommodate its future anticipated growth, and salary increases were reinstated effective April 1, 2011. However, the Company did not and will not pay or accrue any cash bonus or other payout to executive officers or non-commissioned employees under our bonus plans in 2010 or 2011.
 
Expenses related to ORE property increased by 106.9% and 6.3%, respectively, compared to the same periods of 2010. Those expenses included write-downs of the value and losses on the sale of property held as ORE, along with costs to maintain and carry those properties. Advertising and marketing expenses increased by 6.5% in the third quarter and 1.7% for the first nine months of 2011, respectively, compared to the same periods of 2010. Attorney, accounting and other professional fees were up 12.3% for the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter of 2010, but have declined by 2.0% for the first nine months of 2011 compared to the same period of 2010.

Federal Income Tax

The table below shows the Company’s effective tax rates for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.


   
Current Quarter
   
YTD
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
Effective tax rate
    38.1 %     21.7 %     50.1 %     43.2 %


The Company’s effective tax rates for both periods of 2011 were a calculated benefit based upon pre-tax losses, resulting in a tax benefit for the third quarter and first nine months of 2011.

The Company’s net deferred tax asset was $9.1 million at September 30, 2011. The Company’s net deferred tax asset is included in the category “Accrued interest receivable and other assets” on the balance sheet. A valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets is required when it is considered more likely than not that all or part of the benefit related to such assets will not be realized. The following lists the evidence considered in determining whether a valuation allowance was necessary for deferred tax assets:

Negative Evidence

·  
Cumulative losses of $12.5 million for the two year period ending December 31, 2010, and losses of $1.4 million for the first nine months of 2011.
 


Positive Evidence

·  
The Company had many years of consistently profitable operations before 2009;
 
·  
The Company’s NOL carry-forward position of $1.5 million at December 31, 2010 is not large in comparison to historical profitability (taxable income of $41.6 million from 2004 to 2008);
 
·  
The Company can carry-forward losses for twenty years;
 
·  
The Company’s taxable loss has been reduced from $11.6 million in 2009 to $1.6 million in 2010;
 
·  
The Company’s losses have been driven primarily by high loan loss charge-offs, which were reduced from $24.1 million in 2009 to $16.4 million in 2010, and to $12.7 million for the first nine months of 2011;
 
·  
Nearly 60% of the 2009 loan charge-offs were due to weakness in the Company’s construction and land development portfolio, even though the CLD portfolio represented less than 10% of the loan portfolio. CLD charge-offs during 2010 decreased over 60% from 2009 and the Company’s CLD exposure was reduced by nearly 50% during 2009 and 2010, providing further evidence of Management’s belief that the CLD credit problems have been largely recognized;
 
·  
Management expects a return to sustained profitability in future years as a result of strong core earnings and continued reduction in loan losses.
 
·  
Available tax planning strategies, including:
 
o  
Sale and leaseback of premises
 
o  
Sale of mortgage servicing rights
 
o  
Sale of municipal securities
 

Based upon our analysis of the evidence (both negative and positive), Management has determined that no valuation allowance was required at September 30, 2011 or December 31, 2010.


Liquidity, Cash Equivalents and Borrowed Funds

The Company maintains correspondent accounts with a number of other banks for various purposes. In addition, cash sufficient to meet the operating needs of its banking offices is maintained at its lowest practical levels. At times, the Bank is a participant in the federal funds market, either as a borrower or seller. Federal funds are generally borrowed or sold for one-day periods. In 2011 and 2010, the Bank generally utilized short-term interest-bearing balances with banks as an alternative to federal funds sold.

The Company’s balances in federal funds sold and short-term interest-bearing balances with banks were $99.4 million at September 30, 2011, compared to $95.6 million at December 31, 2010 and $80.1 million at September 30, 2010. The Company continued to maintain high levels of liquidity, with investments, federal funds and cash equivalents held to improve the liquidity of the balance sheet during this prolonged period of economic uncertainty. The Company expects to


maintain higher than normal levels of liquidity until economic conditions improve and more attractive investment opportunities emerge.

The Bank also has the ability to utilize short-term advances from the FHLBI and borrowings at the discount window of the Federal Reserve Bank as additional short-term funding sources. Short-term advances and discount window borrowings were not utilized during 2011 or 2010.

The Company’s balance sheet at December 31, 2010 included short-term borrowings representing the secured borrowing portion of SBA 7a loans held for sale, as a result of adoption of ASU 2009-16 in 2010. Qualifying loans are carried as loans held for sale, while the sold portion of the loans was carried as secured borrowing for a 90-day period. In the first quarter of 2011, the Company eliminated the 90-day warranty period to borrowers in its sales contracts for SBA 7a loans, and there were no short-term borrowings on the books of the Company at September 30, 2011.

The Company periodically finds it advantageous to utilize longer term borrowings from the FHLBI. These longer-term borrowings serve primarily to provide a balance to some of the interest rate risk inherent in the Company's balance sheet. In the third quarter of 2011, the Bank procured no new advances and repaid $1.0 million in matured borrowings, resulting in a decrease in total FHLBI borrowings outstanding during the quarter. Year to date, maturities and principal payments on advances have reduced outstanding balances by $6.3 million.

Regulatory Capital

The Company and the Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company and the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings and other factors. Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company and the Bank to maintain minimum ratios of Total and Tier I capital to risk-weighted assets and of Tier I capital to average assets.

UBT is party to the MOU as described under “Other Developments – Memorandum of Understanding” above. The Bank has continued to maintain its ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets above the prescribed minimum level of 12%. The Bank did not reach the Tier 1 leverage capital ratio level required to comply with the MOU within the timeframe provided, but was in compliance with all capital ratio requirements at December 31, 2010, March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011. At September 30, 2011, the Bank’s Tier 1 leverage capital ratio was below the levels required by its MOU. United Bancorp, Inc. had cash balances of $6.3 million at September 30, 2011, which is available to provide additional capital to the Bank. The Company will re-evaluate its capital position in the fourth quarter of 2011, and believes it has the resources to once again bring the capital ratios of the Bank into compliance with the capital requirements of its MOU by December 31, 2011.


The following table shows information about the Company's and the Banks' capital levels compared to regulatory requirements at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.


   
Actual
   
Regulatory Minimum for Capital Adequacy (1)
   
Regulatory Minimum to be Well Capitalized (2)
   
Required by MOU (3)
 
      $000    
%
      $000    
%
      $000    
%
      $000    
%
 
As of September 30, 2011
 
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets
 
Consolidated
  $ 83,558       9.6 %   $ 34,786       4.0 %     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Bank
    76,794       8.9 %     34,603       4.0 %     43,254       5.0 %     77,858       9.0 %
                                                                 
Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets
 
Consolidated
    83,558       14.3 %     23,324       4.0 %     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Bank
    76,794       13.2 %     23,303       4.0 %     34,955       6.0 %     N/A       N/A  
                                                                 
Total Capital to Risk Weighted Assets
 
Consolidated
    91,057       15.6 %     46,648       8.0 %     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Bank
    84,287       14.5 %     46,607       8.0 %     58,258       10.0 %     69,910       12.0 %
 
 
As of December 31, 2010
 
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets
 
Consolidated
  $ 88,022       10.2 %   $ 34,380       4.0 %     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Bank
    78,806       9.2 %     34,232       4.0 %     42,791       5.0 %     77,023       9.0 %
                                                                 
Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets
 
Consolidated
    88,022       15.0 %     23,510       4.0 %     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Bank
    78,806       13.4 %     23,491       4.0 %     35,237       6.0 %     N/A       N/A  
                                                                 
Total Capital to Risk Weighted Assets
 
Consolidated
    95,589       16.3 %     47,020       8.0 %     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Bank
    86,367       14.7 %     46,982       8.0 %     58,728       10.0 %     70,474       12.0 %
                                                                 
(1)  
Represents minimum required to be categorized as adequately capitalized under Federal regulatory requirements.
 
(2)
 
 
Represents minimum generally required to be categorized as well-capitalized under Federal regulatory prompt corrective action provisions. The bank is currently subject to higher requirements by its regulators.
 
(3)
 
Represents requirements by the Bank's regulators under terms of the MOU.
 



Generally accepted accounting principles are complex and require management to apply significant judgments to various accounting, reporting and disclosure matters. The Company's management must use assumptions and estimates to apply these principles where actual measurement is not possible or practical. For a complete discussion of the Company's significant accounting policies, see “Note 1 – Significant Accounting Policies” to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on Page A-34 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. Certain policies are considered critical because they are highly dependent upon subjective or complex judgments, assumptions and estimates. Changes in such estimates may have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements. See “Forward-Looking Statements.”

Item 3 – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Not applicable.



Item 4 – Controls and Procedures

Internal Control

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective disclosure controls and procedures, as defined under Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"). Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report (the "Evaluation Date"), and have concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms.

There have been no changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2011 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

Part II – Other Information

Item 6 – Exhibits

The exhibits filed in response to Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed in the Exhibit Index, which is here incorporated by reference.


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.

United Bancorp, Inc.

November 21, 2011


  /s/ Robert K. Chapman     /s/ Randal J. Rabe
Robert K. Chapman
 
Randal J. Rabe
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
(Principal Financial Officer)



Exhibit
 
 Description
 
 2.1  
Agreement of Consolidation. Previously filed with the Commission on January 15, 2010 in United Bancorp, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K, Exhibit 2.1. Incorporated here by reference.
 
 3.1  
Restated Articles of Incorporation of United Bancorp, Inc. Previously filed with the Commission on October 1, 2010 in United Bancorp, Inc.'s Form S-1 Registration Statement, Exhibit 3.1. Incorporated here by reference.
 
 3.2  
Amended and Restated Bylaws of United Bancorp, Inc. Previously filed with the Commission on December 9, 2009 in United Bancorp, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K, Exhibit 3.1. Incorporated here by reference.
 
 3.3  
Certificate of Designations for Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A. Previously filed with the Commission on January 16, 2009 in United Bancorp, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K, Exhibit 3.1. Incorporated here by reference.
 
4.1
 
Restated Articles of Incorporation of United Bancorp, Inc. Exhibit 3.1 is incorporated here by reference.
 
4.2
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws of United Bancorp, Inc. Exhibit 3.2 is incorporated here by reference.
 
4.3
 
Form of Certificate for Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A. Previously filed with the Commission on January 16, 2009 in United Bancorp, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K, Exhibit 4.1. Incorporated here by reference.
 
4.4
 
Warrant, dated January 16, 2009, issued to the United States Department of the Treasury. Previously filed with the Commission on January 16, 2009 in United Bancorp, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K, Exhibit 4.2. Incorporated here by reference.
 
4.5
 
Certificate of Designations for Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A. Exhibit 3.3 is incorporated here by reference.
 
 10.1  
United Bancorp, Inc. Amended and Restated Director Retainer Stock Plan (as amended through October 20, 2011.
 
10.2
 
United Bancorp, Inc. Senior Management Bonus Deferral Stock Plan (as amended through October 20, 2011).
 
 10.3  
United Bancorp, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan of 2010 (as amended through October 20, 2011).
 
 31.1  
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
31.2  
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
32.1
 
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
 
 
 



EX-10.1 2 exhibit101.htm DIRECTOR RETAINER STOCK PLAN exhibit101.htm
United Bancorp, Inc.
Amended and Restated
Director Retainer Stock Plan
January 22, 2007
(As amended through October 20, 2011)
1 -- PURPOSE
 
The purpose of this Director Retainer Stock Plan is to provide Eligible Directors with a means of deferring payment of retainers and board meeting fees payable to them in the future as a result of serving as a director of the Company and/or its subsidiary Banks, while at the same time expressing their commitment to the Company by subjecting such deferred retainers and fees to the stock market performance of the common stock of the Company.
 
2 -- DEFINITIONS
 
As used in the Plan, the following terms have the following respective meanings:
 
"Bank" means a subsidiary bank of the Company.
 
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
"Committee" has the meaning given in Section 3 hereof.
 
"Company" means United Bancorp, Inc., a Michigan corporation, and any successor thereof.
 
“Determination Date” means, for each Participating Director, the earliest date on which, due to death, Disability or Separation of Service, such Participating Director is neither an employee of the Company nor an employee of any Affiliated Entity.
 
“Disability” means, the employee is unable to perform any substantially gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable mental impairment that is expected to last for more than twelve (12) months or result in death.
 
"Eligible Director" means, for any relevant time, each individual who at that time is a Director of the Company and/or the Bank and is not also an employee of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company.
 
“Exchange” means national securities exchanges, including for this purpose the NASDAQ National Market" or the OTC Bulletin Board, if applicable.
 
“Key Employee” means, an employee has met the requirements of Code §§ 414(i)(1)(A)(i), 414(i)(1)(A)(ii) or 414(i)(1)(A)(iii), but disregarding Code § 416(i)(5) at any time during the twelve (12) month period ending on December 31st of each calendar year.
 
“Market Price” means, for any given date, the last sale price of the Shares reported on the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successor exchange or system that is the primary stock exchange or system for trading of Shares) prior to the close of market (i) on such date, or (ii) if no sale occurs on such date, the last day for which a sale price was reported.  If the Shares are not readily tradable on an established securities market, Market Value shall be determined by any means deemed fair and reasonable by the Committee, taking into account such factors as it considers advisable in a manner consistent with the valuation principles of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.

 
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"NASDAQ" means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System.
 
"Participating Director" means an individual who, while an Eligible Director, has elected to participate in the Plan as contemplated by Section 5.1 hereof.
 
"Participation Election" has the meaning given in Section 5.1 hereof.
 
"Plan" means this Director Retainer Stock Plan.
 
“Related Employer” means, an employer and any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code § 414(b)), any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control (as defined in Code § 414(c)) or an affiliated service group (as defined in Code §§ 414(m) and 414(o)) hereinafter referred to as the “Related Group.” Only a member of the Related Group who has adopted this Agreement may contribute to it and only employees of an adopting member of the Related Group may become eligible to participate and receive benefits under the Agreement.
 
"Reserve Account" has the meaning given in Section 6.1 hereof.
 
"Retainer" means the entire amount payable to a Participating Director for serving as a director of the Company and/or the Bank during a given period, including amounts payable for attendance during such period at meetings of the Board or of the board of directors of the Bank, but excluding any amounts payable for serving on or as chair of any committee of either board and excluding any amounts payable for reimbursement of expenses.
 
"Rule 16b-3" means Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 16b-3 (or any successor rule or regulation), as in effect and applicable to the Company at a given time.
 
“Separation from Service” shall have the same meaning given to that term under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(h) and shall be determined in the same manner.
 
“Specified Employee” means, an employee, as of the date of Separation from Service, is treated as a Key Employee and is employed by a Related Employer whose stock is publicly traded on an established securities market.
 
"Shares" means shares of the no par value common stock of the Company, or such other securities or other property as hereafter may become issuable to a Participating Director in lieu of shares of such stock pursuant to an adjustment made under Section 9 hereof.
 
3 -- ADMINISTRATION
 
The Plan shall be administered by a committee of the Board (the "Committee") consisting of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (or, if the Chief Executive Officer is a not a member of the Board at a given time, consisting of all members of the Board who are not Eligible Directors). To the extent consistent with the terms of the Plan, the Committee shall have the power to interpret any Plan provision, to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and to make all other determinations that it deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan. The Committee may appoint such agents to assist in administration of the Plan, other than Eligible Directors, as the Committee deems appropriate.

 
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4 -- SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
 
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 9 hereof, no more than 400,000 Shares in the aggregate may be issued pursuant to the Plan. There shall at all times be reserved for issuance under the Plan from the authorized and unissued Shares a number of Shares equal to the maximum number that in future may be issued under the Plan.
 
5 -- ELECTION PROCEDURES
 
5.1  Initial Elections. After the Plan becomes effective, an Eligible Director may elect to defer payment of all or a portion of his or her future Retainer by executing and delivering to the Secretary of the Company (or such other officer of the Company as the Committee hereafter may designate) a written election to participate in the Plan (a "Participation Election"), identifying (as a multiple of 10%) the percentage of the director's Retainer elected to be deferred and otherwise in such form as the Committee shall have approved. If a Participation Election is executed and delivered by an Eligible Director no later than 30 days after the Plan becomes effective (or, for an individual who later becomes an Eligible Director, no later than 30 days after he or she became eligible), the director's election shall be given effect commencing as of the next calendar quarter after delivery of the Participation Election or, if later, the date specified in the Participation Election. If a Participation Election is executed and delivered by an Eligible Director after the 30 day period applicable to such director, the director's election shall be given effect commencing as of the next calendar year after delivery of the Participation Election or, if later, the date specified therein.
 
5.2  Changes in Elections. An Eligible Director who has become a Participating Director by complying with the procedures set forth above thereafter may increase or decrease the percentage of his or her Retainer to be deferred or may terminate future deferrals by executing and delivering to the Secretary or other designated officer another Participation Election reflecting such increase, decrease, or termination. However, the change reflected in such other Participation Election shall not be given effect until the next calendar year after it is delivered or, if later, the date specified therein.
 
6 -- RESERVE ACCOUNTS
 
6.1  Establishment of Accounts. For each Participating Director, the Company shall establish and maintain a bookkeeping account (a "Reserve Account") in which all units allocable to the Participating Director due to his or her participation in the Plan shall be credited.
 
6.2  Credits to Accounts for Deferred Retainers. Whenever a portion of his or her Retainer is earned by a Participating Director, the cash amount payable shall be reduced by the percentage of such amount which the Participating Director has elected to defer pursuant to his or her Participation Election then in effect, and there shall be credited to the Participating Director's Reserve Account a number (to four decimal places) of units that is equal to the amount by which the Participating Director's cash payment has been reduced, divided by the Market Price as of the cash payment date. For this purpose, portions of a Retainer attributable to meeting attendance shall be deemed earned as meetings are attended, and one quarter of the remainder of a Retainer for any calendar year shall be deemed earned as of the first business day of each calendar quarter.

 
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6.3  Credits for Cash Dividends or Distributions. On the payment date for any cash dividend or other cash distribution declared upon the Shares, there shall be credited to each Participating Director's Reserve Account that number (to four decimal places) of units that is equal to the total of units which on the related record date were in the Participating Director's Reserve Account, multiplied by the per Share cash dividend or other distribution, and divided by the Market Price on such payment date.
 
6.4  Reports Concerning Accounts. In January of each year, the Company shall provide each Participating Director with a report of his or her Reserve Account balance as of the end of the preceding year.
 
7 -- PAYMENT OF ACCOUNT VALUES
 
7.1  General. Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.2 and 7.3, on or within 30 days after a Participating Director's Determination Date, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Participating Director that number of Shares which equals the number of whole units credited to his or her Reserve Account as of the Determination Date and shall pay to the Participating Director in cash an amount equal to the difference (if any) between the total number of whole and fractional units credited to the Reserve Account as of the Determination Date and the number of Shares being distributed, multiplied by the Market Price as of the Determination Date. If, on the date such Shares are issued and/or such payment is made, any cash dividend or other cash distribution has been declared upon the Shares with a record date earlier than the issuance date but after the Determination Date, then the Company also shall pay to the Participating Director in cash an amount equal to the total number of units in his or her Reserve Account on the Determination Date multiplied by the per Share cash dividend or distribution.
 
7.2  Effect of Plan Limits on Shares. In any case in which the distribution of Shares to a Participating Director in accordance with Section 7.1 would be impermissible due to the Plan's limits on available Shares (after taking into account any then pending distribution to be made to any other Participating Director having an earlier Determination Date), the number of Shares to be issued to the affected Participating Director shall be reduced to the maximum number of Shares then permissible under such limits (or, if more than one Participating Director having the same Determination Date is affected, the highest whole number determined by multiplying the maximum number of Shares then available by a fraction the numerator of which is the Determination Date number of units in his or her Reserve Account and the denominator of which is the aggregate Determination Date number of units in the affected Participating Directors' Reserve Accounts), and the remaining value of his or her Reserve Account (or, if necessary, the entire value of such account) shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.1 and shall be payable in cash.
 
7.3  Distribution in Case of Death or Disability. If a Participating Director’s Determination Date occurs due to death, or if he or she dies prior to delivery of Shares and any cash required to be delivered pursuant to the Plan, the Shares deliverable shall be issued in the name of, and such Shares and any cash required to be delivered under the Plan shall be delivered to, the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated in the Participating Director’s then most recent Participation Election, or, if no beneficiary has been designated, the legally appointed personal representative of the Participating Director’s estate. If no such representative is appointed by the time delivery is due, then the

 
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Company shall hold the items to be delivered until appointment occurs or proper claim for such items otherwise is made of the Company by the person or persons entitled thereto. If the Company is notified that a Participating Director has been adjudicated mentally incompetent, using criteria that satisfied the requirements of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(4), as of the time Shares and any cash deliverable under the Plan are to be delivered to the Participating Director, or if it otherwise is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Company, by a method permissible under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(4), that such mental incapacity then exists by a person authorized by a durable power of attorney or similar document to attend to the Participating Director’s financial affairs, the Shares shall be issued in the name of, and such Shares and any required cash shall be delivered to, the Participating Director’s legally appointed guardian or conservator or, if none has been appointed, the holder of such power of attorney or similar document.
 
8 -- MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
 
8.1  Director Rights Concerning Reserve Accounts. Reserve Accounts are not intended to be and shall not be trust accounts or escrow accounts for the benefit of any Participating Director or other person, nor shall the establishment and maintenance of a Reserve Account in itself afford any Participating Director or other person any right or interest in any asset the Company may determine to earmark or in any Shares reserved for future payment of benefits under the Plan. Rather, future benefits payable under the Plan are intended to be unfunded for tax purposes, and the sole right of a Participating Director or beneficiary or other successor in interest thereof with respect to his or Reserve Account shall be the right as an unsecured general creditor of the Company to claim any Shares or cash to which the Participating Director becomes entitled after his or her Determination Date, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
 
8.2  Inalienability of Reserve Accounts. A Participating Director's right and interest in his or her Reserve Account shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment, garnishment for the benefit of creditors of the Participating Director, or other transfer whatsoever, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
 
8.3  Rights as Holder of Shares. A Participating Director shall have no rights as a holder of Shares to be delivered pursuant to the Plan unless and until a certificate evidencing such Shares is issued by the Company.
 
8.4  Future Terms as a Director. Nothing in the Plan or any Participation Election shall obligate any Eligible Director or Participating Director to continue as a director of the Company or the Bank, or to accept any nomination for a future term as such a director, or require the Company to nominate or cause the nomination of any Eligible Director or Participating Director for a future term as a director of the Company or the Bank.
 
8.5  Withholding. The Company shall be entitled to withhold and deduct from any amounts due from the Company to a Participating Director, all legally required amounts necessary to satisfy any Federal, state or local withholding taxes arising directly or indirectly in connection with the Plan or any Participation Election, and the Company may require the Participating Director to remit promptly to the Company the amount of such taxes before taking any future actions with respect to the Participating Director's Reserve Account or Participation Election.
 
8.6  Applicable Law. The Plan and all actions taken under it shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Michigan.
 
8.7  Specified Employee Limitation. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection a distribution made because of a Separation of Service by a Specified Employee shall not occur before the date which is six (6) months after the Separation of Service. For this purpose, if an employee is treated as a Specified Employee he shall be treated as a Specified Employee for the entire twelve (12) month period beginning on April 1st of each calendar year. This subsection shall not apply to payments that occur after the death of an employee.
 
9 -- ADJUSTMENTS
 
In the event of any non-cash dividend or other distribution, or any stock split, reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, split-up, spin-off, merger, consolidation, share exchange, or other like change in the capital or corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares, there shall be made such adjustment or adjustments (if any) in the number and type of Shares issuable under the Plan and in the numbers of units credited to the Reserve Accounts of Participating Directors as the Board determines to be appropriate in light of such event in order to continue to make available the benefits intended by the Plan, but no adjustment shall be required by reason of any sales of Shares or other Company securities by the Company at any price, whether below, or at or about, Market Price, and whether by or pursuant to warrant, option, right, conversion right or privilege, or otherwise.
 
10 -- DURATION OF THE PLAN
 
10.1  Effective Date. The Plan has been adopted by the Board subject to shareholder approval at the Company's 1996 annual meeting of shareholders and shall become effective when, and only when, such approval is obtained.
 
10.2 Termination and Amendment. The Board may at any time and from time to time amend, modify, suspend, or terminate the Plan, with or without the approval of shareholders of the Company, except that: (i) no amendment or modification of the Plan shall be effective without shareholder approval at any time at which such approval is required, either by applicable rules of any securities exchange (including the NASDAQ National Market) on which Company stock is then principally traded, or by Rule 16b-3; (ii) none of the foregoing actions by the Board shall adversely affect the rights of a Participating Director with respect to an effective Participation Election without such Participating Director's consent; and (iii) for so long as may be necessary in order for the Plan to satisfy Rule 16b-3 requirements for "formula plans," the eligibility provisions of the Plan and those provisions affecting the type, extent, and timing of awards under the Plan may not be amended on a frequent basis, other than to comport with changes in the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules thereunder.

 
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EX-10.2 3 exhibit102.htm SENIOR MANAGEMENT BONUS DEFERRAL STOCK PLAN exhibit102.htm
UNITED BANCORP, INC.
SENIOR MANAGEMENT BONUS DEFERRAL STOCK PLAN
(As amended through October 20, 2011)
1 -- PURPOSE
 
1.1  Deferred Compensation. The purpose of this Senior Management Bonus Deferral Stock Plan is to provide Eligible Employees with a means of deferring payment of certain bonuses payable to them in the future as a result of serving as an employee of the Company and/or an Affiliated Entity, while at the same time expressing their commitment to the Company by subjecting such deferred payments to the stock market performance of the common stock of the Company.
 
1.2  Unfunded Plan. The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees as described in Sections 201(a)(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA.
 
2 -- DEFINITIONS
 
As used in the Plan, the following terms have the following respective meanings:
 
“Affiliated Entity” means, an employer and any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code § 414(b)), any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control (as defined in Code § 414(c)) or an affiliated service group (as defined in Code §§ 414(m) and 414(o)) hereinafter referred to as the “Related Group.” Only a member of the Related Group who has adopted this Agreement may contribute to it and only employees of an adopting member of the Related Group may become eligible to participate and receive benefits under the Agreement.
 
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
"Bonus" means, for any given calendar year, the entire amount payable in cash to an Eligible Employee in such year pursuant to the Senior Management Cash Bonus Plan or, if less, the amount payable to the employee pursuant to such plan which equals the Deferral Limit applicable for such calendar year.
 
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
 
"Committee" has the meaning given in Section 3 hereof.
 
"Company" means United Bancorp, Inc., a Michigan corporation, and any successor thereof.
 
"Deferral Limit" means, for any given calendar year, the maximum amount which any person eligible to participate in the Director Plan during the immediately preceding calendar year could elect to defer under that plan for such preceding year.
 
“Determination Date” means, for each Participating Director, the earliest date on which, due to death, Disability or Separation of Service, such Participating Director is neither an employee of the Company nor an employee of any Affiliated Entity.
 
"Director Plan" means the Director Retainer Stock Plan, as submitted for approval by the shareholders of the Company at its 1996 annual meeting and (provided such approval is obtained) as it thereafter may be amended from time to time.

 
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“Disability” means, the employee is unable to perform any substantially gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable mental impairment that is expected to last for more than twelve (12) months or result in death.
 
"Eligible Employee" means, for any relevant time, each employee of the Company or an Affiliated Entity who at that time is eligible to participate in the Senior Management Cash Bonus Plan.
 
"ERISA" means the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
 
“Key Employee” means, an employee has met the requirements of Code §§ 414(i)(1)(A)(i), 414(i)(1)(A)(ii) or 414(i)(1)(A)(iii), but disregarding Code § 416(i)(5) at any time during the twelve (12) month period ending on December 31st of each calendar year.
 
“Market Price” means, for any given date, the last sale price of the Shares reported on the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successor exchange or system that is the primary stock exchange or system for trading of Shares) prior to the close of market (i) on such date, or (ii) if no sale occurs on such date, the last day for which a sale price was reported.  If the Shares are not readily tradable on an established securities market, Market Value shall be determined by any means deemed fair and reasonable by the Committee, taking into account such factors as it considers advisable in a manner consistent with the valuation principles of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.
 
"NASDAQ" means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System.
 
"Participant" means an individual who, while an Eligible Employee, has elected to participate in the Plan as contemplated by Section 5.1 hereof.
 
"Participation Election" has the meaning given in Section 5.1 hereof.
 
"Plan" means this Senior Management Bonus Deferral Stock Plan.
 
"Reserve Account" has the meaning given in Section 6.1 hereof.
 
"Rule 16b-3" means Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 16b-3 (or any successor rule or regulation), as in effect and applicable to the Company at a given time.
 
"Shares" means shares of the no par value common stock of the Company, or such other securities or other property as hereafter may become issuable to a Participant in lieu of shares of such stock pursuant to an adjustment made under Section 9 hereof.
 
"Senior Management Cash Bonus Plan" means the United Bancorp, Inc. “Cash Incentive Plan–Tier # 1" and “Management Committee Incentive Compensation Plan”, as in effect at a relevant time or such successor cash bonus plan of the Company as is then in effect at a relevant time or such successor cash bonus plan of the Company as is then in effect for senior management employees of the Company and/or the Affiliated Entities.
 
“Separation from Service” shall have the same meaning given to that term under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(h) and shall be determined in the same manner.

 
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“Specified Employee” means, an employee, as of the date of Separation from Service, is treated as a Key Employee and is employed by a Related Employer whose stock is publicly traded on an established securities market.
 
3 -- ADMINISTRATION
 
The Plan shall be administered by a committee of the Board (the "Committee") consisting of all Directors of the Company other than any who are Eligible Employees. To the extent consistent with the terms of the Plan, Committee shall have the power to interpret, any Plan provision, to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to appoint such agents to assist in the administration of the Plan as the Committee deems appropriate, and to make all other determinations that it deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan. The Committee's interpretation and construction of the Plan and all other Committee decisions concerning the Plan or the rights of any Participant or other person thereunder shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes upon all interested parties, subject only to the procedures and limited review permitted under Sections 11.1 through 11.4 of the Plan.
 
4 -- SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
 
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 9 hereof, no more than 5,000 Shares in the aggregate may be issued pursuant to the Plan. There shall at all times be reserved for issuance under the Plan from the authorized and unissued Shares a number of Shares equal to the maximum number that in the future may be issued under the Plan.
 
5 -- ELECTION PROCEDURES
 
5.1  Initial Elections. After the Plan becomes effective, an Eligible Employee may elect to defer payment of all or a portion of his or her future Bonuses by executing and delivering to the Secretary of the Company (or such other officer of the Company as the Committee hereafter may designate) a written election to participate in the Plan (a "Participation Election"), identifying (as a multiple of 10%) the percentage of the Eligible Employee's Bonuses elected to be deferred and otherwise in such form as the Committee shall have approved. If a Participation Election is executed and delivered by an Eligible Employee no later than 30 days after the Plan becomes effective (or, for an individual who later becomes an Eligible Employee, no later than 30 days after he or she first became eligible), the employee's election shall be given effect commencing with any Bonus payable to the employee in the next calendar year, unless a later calendar year is specified in the Participation Election.  If a Participation Election is executed and delivered by an Eligible Employee after the 30 day period applicable to such employee, the election shall be given effect commencing with the second calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participation Election is delivered or, if later, the year specified therein.
 
For any calendar year occurring after 2004, an Eligible Employee may elect in writing to defer payment of all or a portion of his or her future Bonuses by executing and delivering to the Secretary of the Company (or such other officer of the Company as the Committee hereafter may designate) a written election to participate in the Plan (a “Participation Election”), identifying (as a multiple of 10%) the percentage of the Eligible Employee’s Bonuses elected to be deferred and otherwise in such form as the Committee shall have approved provided such election is made prior to the following dates:
 
 
(a)
June 30, 2005, with respect to Bonuses declared in the 2005 calendar year; and,
     
 
(b)
Prior to the commencement of the calendar year in which such Bonuses are declared, with respect to  Bonuses declared in the 2006 calendar year and thereafter.

Notwithstanding the above, in the year in which an employee first becomes eligible to participate in this Plan, the Eligible Employee may make a deferral election, with respect to future compensation only. The election must be made within 30 days after initial eligibility.

A cash payment of a Bonus which is not deferred hereunder shall be made as soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year to which the Bonus relates.
 
A Participant may terminate an election to defer an immediate cash payment or may terminate participation in the Plan during all or part of the calendar year 2005.
 
5.2  Changes in Elections. An Eligible Employee who has become a Participant by complying with the procedures set forth above thereafter may increase or decrease the percentage of his or her Bonuses to be deferred or may terminate future deferrals by executing and delivering to the Secretary or other designated officer another Participation Election reflecting such increase, decrease, or termination. However, the change reflected in such other Participation Election shall only become effective commencing with the second calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participation Election is delivered or, if later, the year specified therein.
 
6 -- RESERVE ACCOUNTS
 
6.1  Establishment of Accounts. For each Participant, the Company shall establish and maintain a bookkeeping account (a "Reserve Account") in which all units allocable to the Participant due to his or her participation in the Plan shall be credited.
 
6.2  Credits to Accounts for Deferred Bonuses. Whenever a Bonus is payable to a Participant, the cash amount otherwise payable shall be reduced by the percentage of such amount which the Participant has elected to defer pursuant to his or her Participation Election then in effect (up to the applicable Deferral Limit), and there shall be credited to the Participant's Reserve Account a number (to four decimal places) of units that is equal to the amount by which the Participant's cash payment has been reduced, divided by the Market Price as of the date the cash payment is payable.
 
6.3  Credits for Cash Dividends or Distributions. On the payment date for any cash dividend or other cash distribution declared upon the Shares, there shall be credited to each Participant's Reserve Account that number (to four decimal places) of units that is equal to the total of units which on the related record date were in the Participant's Reserve Account, multiplied by the per Share cash dividend or other distribution, and divided by the Market Price on such payment date.
 
6.4  Reports Concerning Accounts. In January of each year, the Company shall provide each Participant with an report of his or her Reserve Account balance as of the end of the preceding year, which report shall show any gain or loss in the value of the Participant's Reserve Account since the prior report.

 
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7 -- PAYMENT OF ACCOUNT VALUES
 
7.1  General. Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.2 and 7.3 and to applicable tax withholding as contemplated in Section 8.5, on or within 30 days after a Participant's Determination Date, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Participant that number of Shares which equals the number of whole units credited to his or her Reserve Account as of the Determination Date and shall pay to the Participant in cash an amount equal to the difference (if any) between the total number of whole and fractional units credited to the Reserve Account as of the Determination Date and the number of Shares being distributed, multiplied by the Market Price as of the Determination Date. If, on the date such Shares are issued and/or such payment is made, any cash dividend or other cash distribution has been declared upon the Shares with a record date earlier than the issuance date but after the Determination Date, then the Company also shall pay to the Participant in cash an amount equal to the total number of units credited to his or her Reserve Account on the Determination Date multiplied by the per Share cash dividend or distribution, but net of required tax withholding.
 
A distribution of Shares and/or cash to a "specified employee", under this section or under section 7.3, to the extent applicable to benefits which accrue after December 31, 2004 must be delayed until at least six months after separation from service (or until death, if earlier) if the Participant is a Specified Employee. A “ Specified Employee" is a an employee who: (a) own more than 5% of the stock of the Company; (b) owns more than 1% of the stock of the Company and has compensation from the Company in excess of $150,000 a year; or (c) is an officer of the Company under rules promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service under IRC §416 having compensation in excess of $130,000 a year (indexed in accordance with rules promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service under IRC §416).
 
7.2  Effect of Plan Limits on Shares. In any case in which the distribution of Shares to a Participant in accordance with Section 7.1 would be impermissible due to the Plan's limits on available Shares (after taking into account any then pending distribution to be made to any other Participant having an earlier Determination Date), the number of Shares to be issued to the affected Participant shall be reduced to the maximum number of Shares then permissible under such limits (or, if more than one Participant having the same Determination Date is affected, the highest whole number determined by multiplying the maximum number of Shares then available by a fraction the numerator of which is the Determination Date number of units in his or her Reserve Account and the denominator of which is the aggregate Determination Date number of units in the affected Participants' Reserve Accounts), and the remaining value of his or her Reserve Account (or, if necessary, the entire value of such account) shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.1 and shall be payable in cash.
 
7.3  Distribution in Case of Death or Disability. If a Participating Director’s Determination Date occurs due to death, or if he or she dies prior to delivery of Shares and any cash required to be delivered pursuant to the Plan, the Shares deliverable shall be issued in the name of, and such Shares and any cash required to be delivered under the Plan shall be delivered to, the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated in the Participating Director’s then most recent Participation Election, or, if no beneficiary has been designated, the legally appointed personal representative of the Participating Director’s estate. If no such representative is appointed by the time delivery is due, then the Company shall hold the items to be delivered until appointment occurs or proper claim for such items otherwise is made of the Company by the person or persons entitled thereto. If the

 
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Company is notified that a Participating Director has been adjudicated mentally incompetent, using criteria that satisfied the requirements of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(4), as of the time Shares and any cash deliverable under the Plan are to be delivered to the Participating Director, or if it otherwise is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Company, by a method permissible under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(4), that such mental incapacity then exists by a person authorized by a durable power of attorney or similar document to attend to the Participating Director’s financial affairs, the Shares shall be issued in the name of, and such Shares and any required cash shall be delivered to, the Participating Director’s legally appointed guardian or conservator or, if none has been appointed, the holder of such power of attorney or similar document. Payments made pursuant to this Section 7.3 shall operate as a complete discharge of the Company, each Affiliated Entity and the Committee.
 
8 -- MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
 
8.1  Participant Rights Concerning Reserve Accounts. Reserve Accounts are not intended to be and shall not be trust accounts or escrow accounts for the benefit of any Participant or other person, nor shall the establishment and maintenance of a Reserve Account in itself afford any Participant or other person any right or interest in any asset the Company may determine to earmark or in any Shares reserved for future payment of benefits under the Plan. Rather, deferred compensation credited to the Reserve Accounts shall constitute general assets of the Company, shall be subject to the claims of the Company's general creditors, and shall not cause this to be a funded plan within the meaning of any section of ERISA or the Code. Future benefits payable under the Plan shall be paid only from the authorized stock and general funds of the Company, and are intended to be unfunded for tax purposes. The sole right of a Participant or beneficiary or other successor in interest thereof with respect to his or her Reserve Account shall be the right as an unsecured general creditor of the Company to claim any Shares or cash to which the Participant becomes entitled after his or her Determination Date, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
 
8.2  Inalienability of Reserve Accounts. A Participant's right and interest in his or her Reserve Account and in the benefits provided under the Plan shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment, garnishment for the benefit of creditors of the Participant, or other transfer whatsoever, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Reserve Accounts and Plan benefits shall be exempt from the claims of creditors or other claimants and from all orders, decrees, levies, garnishment or executions to the fullest extent allowed by law.
 
8.3  Rights as Holder of Shares. A Participant shall have no rights as a holder of Shares to be delivered pursuant to the Plan unless and until a certificate evidencing such Shares is issued by the Company.
 
8.4  No Effect on Employment. Nothing in the Plan or any Participation Election shall be construed to limit in any way the right of the Company or Affiliated Entity to terminate a Participant's employment at any time for any reason whatsoever; nor shall it be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that the Company or any Affiliated Entity (i) will employ an employee in any particular position or for any particular period of time, (ii) will ensure participation in any incentive program, or (iii) will grant any awards from any such program. Nothing in the Plan or any Participation Election shall obligate any Eligible Employee or Participant to continue as an employee of the Company or any Affiliated Entity.

 
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8.5  Withholding. The Company shall be entitled to withhold and deduct from any amounts due from the Plan to a Participant all legally required amounts necessary to satisfy any Federal, state, or local withholding taxes arising directly or indirectly in connection with the Plan or any Participation Election, and the Company may require the Participant to remit promptly to the Company the amount of any such taxes before taking any future action with respect to the Participant's Reserve Account or Participation Election.
 
8.6  Severability. The provisions of the Plan shall be deemed severable, and in the event any provision of the Plan is held invalid or unenforceable, the same shall not affect in any respect whatsoever the validity and enforceability of any other provision of the Plan. The Board shall have the power to modify any provision so held to the extent reasonably necessary to make the provision, as so modified, valid, enforceable, and compatible with the other provisions of the Plan.
 
8.7  Specified Employee Limitation. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection a distribution made because of a Separation of Service by a Specified Employee shall not occur before the date which is six (6) months after the Separation of Service. For this purpose, if an employee is treated as a Specified Employee he shall be treated as a Specified Employee for the entire twelve (12) month period beginning on April 1st of each calendar year. This subsection shall not apply to payments that occur after the death of an employee.
 
8.8  Applicable Law. The Plan and all actions taken under it shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Michigan.
 
9 -- ADJUSTMENTS
 
In the event of any non-cash dividend or other distribution, or any stock split, reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, split-up, spin-off, merger, consolidation, share exchange, or other like change in the capital or corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares, there shall be made such adjustment or adjustments (if any) in the number and type of Shares issuable under the Plan and in the numbers of units credited to the Reserve Accounts of Participants as the Board determines to be appropriate in light of such event in order to continue to make available the benefits intended by the Plan, but no adjustment shall be required by reason of any sales of Shares or other Company securities by the Company at any price, whether below, or at or about, Market Price, and whether by or pursuant to warrant, option, right, conversion right or privilege, or otherwise.
 
10 -- DURATION OF THE PLAN
 
10.1  Effective Date; Plan Year. The Plan has been adopted by the Board subject to shareholder approval thereof and of the Director Plan at the Company's 1996 annual meeting of shareholders and shall become effective when, and only when, such approval is obtained. The records of the Plan shall be maintained on the basis of a calendar year, which shall be the Plan Year of the Plan.
 
10.2  Termination and Amendment. The Board may at any time and from time to time amend, modify, suspend, or terminate the Plan, with or without the approval of shareholders of the Company, except that: (i) no amendment or modification of the Plan shall be effective without shareholder approval at any time at which such approval is required, either by applicable rules of any securities exchange (including the NASDAQ National Market) on which Company

 
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stock is then principally traded, or by Rule 16b-3; (ii) none of the foregoing actions by the Board shall adversely affect the rights of a Participant with respect to benefits already accrued under the Plan without such Participant's consent; and (iii) for so long as may be necessary in order for the Plan to satisfy Rule 16b-3 requirements for "formula plans," the eligibility provisions of the Plan and those provisions affecting the type, extent, and timing of awards under the Plan may not be amended more often than every six months, other than to comport with changes in the Code, ERISA, or the rules thereunder. Notwithstanding the preceding, the Board may amend the Plan in any manner required by law or to the extent the Board determines that a modification is needed to ensure that the Plan does not provide incentives for senior executive officers to take unnecessary or excessive risks that threaten the value of UBI or any of its controlled group members as prohibited by Section 111 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (“EESA”), as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”).
 
 
11. -- CLAIMS AND DISPUTES; ARBITRATION
 
11.1  Claims. Claims for benefits under the Plan shall be made in writing to the Committee. The claimant may furnish the Committee with any written material he or she believes necessary to perfect the claim.
 
11.2  Request for review. A person whose claim for benefits under the Plan has been denied, or his or her duly authorized representative, may request a review upon written application to the Committee, may review pertinent documents, and may submit issues and comments in writing. The claimant's written request for review must be submitted to the Committee within 60 days after receipt by the claimant of written notification of the denial of a claim. A decision by the Committee shall be made promptly, and not later than 60 days after the Committee's receipt of a request for review, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for proceeding, in which case a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than 120 days after receipt of the request for review. The decision on review shall be in writing, shall include reasons for the decision, may include specific reference to the pertinent provision of the Plan on which the decision is based, and shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant.
 
11.3  Arbitration. Unless otherwise required by law, any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Plan or the breach thereof shall be settled by binding arbitration in the City of Tecumseh in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan by three arbitrators, one of whom shall be appointed by the Company, one by the claimant, and the third of whom shall be appointed by the first two arbitrators. If the selected (third) arbitrator declines or is unable to serve for any reason, the appointed arbitrators shall select another arbitrator. Upon their failure to agree on another arbitrator, the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Lenawee County, Michigan shall be invoked to make such selection. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association except as provided in Section 11.4 below. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Review by the arbitrators of any decision, action, or interpretation of the Board or Committee shall be limited to a determination of whether it was arbitrary and capricious or constituted an abuse of discretion, within the guidelines of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch, 489 U.S. 101 (1989). In the event the claimant shall retain legal counsel and/or incur other costs and expenses in connection with enforcement of any of the

 
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claimant's rights under this Plan, the claimant shall not be entitled to recover from the Company any attorney fees, costs, or expenses in connection with the enforcement of such rights (including enforcement of any arbitration award in court), regardless of the final outcome.
 
11.4  Conduct of Arbitration Hearing. Any arbitration shall be conducted as follows:
 
The arbitrators shall follow the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, except as otherwise provided herein. The arbitrators shall substantially comply with the rules of evidence, shall grant essential but limited discovery, shall provide for the exchange of witness lists and exhibit copies, and shall conduct a pretrial and consider dispositive motions. Each party shall have the right to request the arbitrators to make findings of specific factual issues.
 
The arbitrators shall complete their proceedings and render their decision within 40 days after submission of the dispute to them, unless both parties agree to an extension. Each party shall cooperate with the arbitrators to comply with procedural time requirements and the failure of either to do so shall entitle the arbitrators to extend the arbitration proceedings accordingly and to impose sanctions on the party responsible for the delay, payable to the other party. In the event the arbitrators do not fulfill their responsibilities on a timely basis, either party shall have the right to require a replacement and the appointment of new arbitrators.
 
The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the parties, and a judgment by any Circuit Court of the State of Michigan or any other court of competent jurisdiction may be entered in accordance therewith.
 
The costs of the arbitration shall be borne equally by the parties to such arbitration, except that each party shall bear its own legal and accounting expenses relating to its participation in the arbitration.
 
Every asserted claim to benefits or other right of action by or on behalf of any Participant (or any beneficiary or other successor in interest or guardian, personal representative, or other representative thereof) against the Company or any Affiliated Entity arising out of or in connection with the Plan shall, irrespective of the place where such right of action may arise or be asserted, cease and be barred by the expiration of the earliest of: (i) one year from the date of the alleged act or omission in respect of which such right of action first arises in whole or in part, (ii) one year after the Participant's Determination Date, or (iii) six months after notice is given to the Participant (or his or her beneficiary or other successor in interest or guardian, personal representative, or other representative, as the case may be) of the amount of benefits payable to or in the right of the Participant under the Plan.
 
12 -- RECOVERY
 
If any payment received by a Participant under this Plan is determined to have been based on statements of earnings, revenue, gains or other criteria that are later proven to be materially inaccurate, and the payment is determined to be subject to the recovery provisions of EESA as amended by ARRA, the Participant shall return to the Company the excess of any value received under this Plan over the value that would have been received based on an accurate determination of such criteria.

 
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EX-10.3 4 exhibit103.htm STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN OF 2010 exhibit103.htm
UNITED BANCORP, INC.
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN OF 2010

Effective February 25, 2010
(As amended through October 20, 2011)

SECTION 1

Establishment of Plan; Purpose of Plan

1.1           Establishment of Plan.  The Company hereby establishes the STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN OF 2010 for its corporate and Subsidiary directors, Consultative Board Members, officers and other key employees.  The Plan permits the grant and award of Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Awards and other stock-based and stock-related awards.

1.2           Purpose of Plan.  The purpose of the Plan is to provide Participants with an increased incentive to contribute to the long-term performance and growth of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to join the interests of Participants with the interests of the Company’s shareholders through the opportunity for increased stock ownership and to attract and retain Participants.  The Plan is further intended to provide flexibility to the Company in structuring long-term incentive compensation to best promote the foregoing objectives.  Within that context, it is intended that the Plan may provide performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.  Finally, it is intended that all grants and payments under the Plan are exempt from Section 409A of the Code as either equity-based compensation or short-term deferrals and the Plan shall be interpreted accordingly.

SECTION 2

Definitions

The following words have the following meanings unless a different meaning plainly is required by the context:

2.1           “Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2.2           “Affiliate” means any organization controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company.

2.3           “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.4           “Change in Control,” unless otherwise defined in an Incentive Award agreement, means an occurrence of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A issued under the Act.  Without limiting the inclusiveness of the definition in the preceding sentence, a Change in Control of the Company shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day that any one or more of the following

 
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conditions is satisfied: (a) any Person is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the Company=s then outstanding securities; (b) the failure at any time of the Continuing Directors to constitute at least a majority of the Board; or (c) any of the following occur: (i) any merger or consolidation of the Company, other than a merger or consolidation in which the voting securities of the Company immediately prior to the merger or consolidation continue to represent (either by remaining outstanding or being converted into securities of the surviving entity) 60% or more of the combined voting power of the Company or surviving entity immediately after the merger or consolidation with another entity; (ii) any sale, exchange, lease, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of assets or earning power aggregating more than 50% of the assets or earning power of the Company on a consolidated basis; (iii) any complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; (iv) any reorganization, reverse stock split or recapitalization of the Company which would result in a Change in Control as otherwise defined in this Plan; or (v) any transaction or series of related transactions having, directly or indirectly, the same effect as any of the foregoing.

2.5           “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  Each reference herein to a section or sections of the Code shall, unless otherwise noted, be deemed to include a reference to the rules and regulations issued under such section or sections of the Code.

2.6           “Committee” means the Compensation and Governance Committee of the Board or such other committee as the Board may designate from time to time.  The Committee shall consist of at least two members of the Board and all of its members shall be “non-employee directors” as defined in Rule 16b-3 issued under the Act and “outside directors” as defined in Section 162(m) of the Code.

2.7           “Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, no par value.

2.8           “Company” means United Bancorp, Inc., a Michigan corporation, and its successors and assigns.

2.9           “Consultative Board Member” means any person appointed to a Community Consultative Board by the board of directors of a bank Subsidiary of the Company.

2.10           “Continuing Directors” means the individuals who were either (a) first elected or appointed as a director prior to February 25, 2010, or (b) subsequently appointed as a director, if appointed or nominated by at least a majority of the Continuing Directors in office at the time of the nomination or appointment, but specifically excluding any individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened solicitation subject to Rule 14a-12(c) of Regulation 14A issued under the Act or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board.

2.11           “Covered Employee” means any Employee who is or may become a “Covered Employee,” as defined in Section 162(m) of the Code, and who is designated, either as an individual Employee or class of Employees, by the Committee within the shorter of (i) 90 days

 
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after the beginning of the Performance Period, or (ii) the period of time after the beginning of the Performance Period and before 25% of the Performance Period has elapsed, as a “Covered Employee” under this Plan for such applicable Performance Period.

2.12           “Director” means a member of the Board or a member of the board of directors of one of the Company’s Subsidiaries.

2.13           “Disability” means an inability of a Participant to perform his or her employment duties due to physical or mental disability for a continuous period of 180 days or longer and the Participant is eligible for benefits under the Company’s long-term disability policy or as otherwise may be set forth in the Incentive Award agreement or other grant document with respect to a Participant and a particular Incentive Award.

2.14           “Employee” means an employee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

2.15           “Incentive Award” means the award or grant of a Stock Option, a Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, a Restricted Stock Unit, a Stock Award, or another stock-based or stock-related award, to a Participant pursuant to the Plan.

2.16           “Market Value” means the last sale price of the Common Stock reported on the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successor exchange or system that is the primary stock exchange or system for trading of Common Stock) prior to the close of market (i) on the date of grant, exercise, or vesting, as applicable, or (ii) if no sale occurs on such date, the last day for which a sale price was reported.  If the Common Stock is not readily tradable on an established securities market, Market Value shall be determined by any means deemed fair and reasonable by the Committee, taking into account such factors as it considers advisable in a manner consistent with the valuation principles of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.

2.17           “Participant” means a Director, Consultative Board Member, officer or any key employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries who is granted an Incentive Award under the Plan.

2.18           “Performance” means the level of achievement of the performance goals established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10.1.

2.19           “Performance Measures” means measures as described in Section 10 on which the performance goals are based.

2.20           “Performance Period” means the period of time during which the performance goals must be met to determine the degree of payout, the vesting, or both, with respect to an Incentive Award that is intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation.

2.21           “Performance-Based Compensation” means compensation under an Incentive Award that satisfies the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code for certain “performance-based compensation” paid to Covered Employees.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Plan shall be construed to mean that an Incentive Award that does not satisfy the

 
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requirements for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code does not constitute performance-based compensation for other purposes, including Section 409A of the Code.

2.22           “Person” has the same meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Act.

2.23           “Plan” means the United Bancorp, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan of 2010 as set forth herein, as it may be amended from time to time.

2.24           “Restricted Period” means the period of time during which Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or other stock-based or stock-related awards that are awarded under the Plan are subject to the risk of forfeiture, restrictions on transfer and other restrictions or conditions pursuant to Sections 7 or 8.  The Restricted Period may differ among Participants and may have different expiration dates with respect to shares of Common Stock covered by the same Incentive Award.

2.25           “Restricted Stock” means Common Stock awarded to a Participant pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan while such Common Stock remains subject to the risk of forfeiture, restrictions on transfer and other restrictions or conditions pursuant to Section 7.

2.26           “Restricted Stock Unit” means an award to a Participant pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan and described as a “Restricted Stock Unit” in Section 7.

2.27           “Retirement” means the voluntary termination of directorship or all employment by the Participant after the Participant has attained 65 years of age for an Employee or 70 years of age for a Director or as otherwise may be set forth in the Incentive Award agreement or other grant document with respect to a Participant and a particular Incentive Award.

2.28           “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means any right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.

2.29           “Stock Award” means an award of Common Stock awarded to a Participant pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan.

2.30           “Stock Option” means the right to purchase Common Stock at a stated price for a specified period of time.  For purposes of the Plan, a Stock Option may be either an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code or a nonqualified stock option.

2.31           “Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity in which the Company has a 50% or more controlling interest either directly or through a chain of corporations or other entities.  “Controlling interest” for this purpose means “controlling interest” as defined under the Code Section 409A regulations.

2.32           “Termination” or “Cessation of employment shall be considered to occur on the date on which the Employee is no longer obligated to perform services for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and the Employee’s right to re-employment is not guaranteed

 
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by statute, contract or written policy of the Company, regardless of whether the Employee continues to receive compensation from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates after such date.  The following shall not be considered such a termination or cessation: (i) a transfer of an employee among the Company and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; (ii) a leave of absence, duly authorized in writing by the Participant’s employer, for military service or for any other purpose approved by the Participant’s employer if the period of such leave does not exceed 90 days; (iii) a leave of absence in excess of 90 days, duly authorized in writing by the Participant’s employer, provided that the employee’s right to re-employment is guaranteed by statute, contract or written policy of the Participant’s employer; or (iv) a termination of employment as an officer with continued service as an Employee or director.

SECTION 3

Administration

3.1           Power and Authority.  The Committee shall administer the Plan.  The Committee may delegate any, some or all of its record keeping, calculation, payment and other ministerial or administrative authority and responsibility from time to time to and among one or more individuals, who may be members of the Committee or Employees, but all actions taken pursuant to delegated authority and responsibility shall be subject to such review, change and approval by the Committee as the Committee considers appropriate.  Except as limited in the Plan or as may be necessary to ensure, to the extent that the Committee so desires, that the Plan provides Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee shall have all of the express and implied powers and duties set forth in the Bylaws of the Company and the Plan, shall have full power and authority to interpret the provisions of the Plan and Incentive Awards granted under the Plan and shall have full power and authority to supervise the administration of the Plan and Incentive Awards granted under the Plan and to make all other determinations and do all things considered necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.  All determinations, interpretations and selections made by the Committee regarding the Plan shall be final and conclusive.  The Committee shall hold its meetings at such times and places as it considers advisable.  Action may be taken by a written instrument signed by all of the members of the Committee and any action so taken shall be fully as effective as if it had been taken at a meeting duly called and held.  The Committee shall make such rules and regulations for the conduct of its business as it considers advisable.

3.2           Grants or Awards to Participants.  In accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have the authority to determine all provisions of Incentive Awards as the Committee may consider necessary or desirable and as are consistent with the terms of the Plan, including, without limitation, the following: (a) the persons who shall be selected as Participants; (b) the nature and, subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 of the Plan, extent of the Incentive Awards to be made to each Participant (including the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to each Incentive Award, any exercise or purchase price, the manner in which an Incentive Award will vest or become exercisable and the form of payment for the Incentive Award); (c) the time or times when Incentive Awards will be granted; (d) the duration of each Incentive Award; (e) the restrictions and other conditions to which payment or vesting of Incentive Awards may be subject; and (f) any restrictions on shares

 
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of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Incentive Award under the Plan as the Committee considers advisable, including without limitation holding periods, transfer restrictions, forfeiture or “claw-back” provisions and restrictions under federal and state securities laws.

3.3           Amendments or Modifications of Incentive Awards.  Subject to Section 12, the Committee shall have the authority to amend or modify the terms of any outstanding Incentive Award in any manner, provided that the amended or modified terms are not prohibited by the Plan as then in effect and provided such actions do not cause an Incentive Award to become subject to Section 409A of the Code, including, without limitation, the authority to: (a) modify the number of shares or other terms and conditions of an Incentive Award; provided that any increase in the number of shares of an Incentive Award other than pursuant to Section 4.3 shall be considered to be a new grant with respect to such additional shares for purposes of Section 409A of the Code and such new grant shall be made at Market Value on the date of grant; (b) extend the term of an Incentive Award to a date that is no later than the earlier of the latest date upon which the Incentive Award could have expired by its terms under any circumstances or the 10th anniversary of the date of grant; (c) extend the term of an Incentive Award at a time when the exercise price or base price equals or exceeds the Market Value, provided that any such extension shall be considered to be a new grant for purposes of Section 409A of the Code and such new grant shall be made at Market Value on the date of grant; (d) accelerate the exercisability or vesting or otherwise terminate, waive or modify any restrictions relating to an Incentive Award; (e) accept the surrender of any outstanding Incentive Award; and (f) to the extent not previously exercised or vested, authorize the grant of new Incentive Awards in substitution for surrendered Incentive Awards; provided, however, that such grant of new Incentive Awards shall be considered to be a new grant for purposes of Section 409A of the Code and shall be made at Market Value on the date of grant.

3.4           Indemnification of Committee Members.  Neither any member or former member of the Committee, nor any individual or group to whom authority or responsibility is or has been delegated, shall be personally responsible or liable for any act or omission in connection with the performance of powers or duties or the exercise of discretion or judgment in the administration and implementation of the Plan.  Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Committee, and any other individual or group exercising delegated authority or responsibility with respect to the Plan, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from and against any cost, liability or expense imposed or incurred in connection with such person’s or the Committee’s taking or failing to take any action under the Plan or the exercise of discretion or judgment in the administration and implementation of the Plan.  This Section 3.4 shall not be construed as limiting the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s ability to terminate or otherwise alter the terms and conditions of the employment of an individual or group exercising delegated authority or responsibility with respect to the Plan, or to discipline any such person.  Each such person shall be justified in relying on information furnished in connection with the Plan’s administration by any appropriate person or persons.

 
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SECTION 4

Shares Subject to the Plan

4.1           Number of Shares.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3 of the Plan,  the total number of shares available for Incentive Awards under the Plan shall be 500,000 shares of Common Stock; plus (a) shares subject to Incentive Awards that are canceled, surrendered, modified, exchanged for substitute Incentive Awards or that expire or terminate prior to the exercise or vesting of the Incentive Awards in full, (b) shares that are surrendered to the Company in connection with the exercise or vesting of Incentive Awards, whether previously owned or otherwise subject to such Incentive Awards, including shares surrendered to satisfy tax withholding obligations, and (c) with respect to SARs, shares subject to an SAR that are not actually issued upon settlement of the SAR.  Such shares shall be authorized and may be unissued shares, shares issued and repurchased by the Company (including shares purchased on the open market), and shares issued and otherwise reacquired by the Company.

4.2           Limitation Upon Incentive Awards.  No Participant shall be granted, during any calendar year, Incentive Awards with respect to more than 25% of the total number of shares of Common Stock available for Incentive Awards under the Plan set forth in Section 4.1 of the Plan, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3 of the Plan, but only to the extent that such adjustment will not affect the status of any Incentive Award theretofore issued or that may thereafter be issued as Performance-Based Compensation.  The purpose of this Section 4.2 is to ensure that the Plan provides Performance-Based Compensation and this Section 4.2 shall be interpreted, administered and amended if necessary to achieve that purpose.  The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of incentive stock options (within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code) granted under the Plan shall not exceed 250,000, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3, but only to the extent that such adjustment will not affect the status of any Stock Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option under Section 422(b) of the Code.

 
4.3
Adjustments.

(a)           Stock Dividends and Distributions.  If the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding changes by reason of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other general distribution of Common Stock or other securities to holders of Common Stock, the number and kind of securities subject to outstanding Incentive Awards and available for issuance under the Plan, together with applicable exercise prices and base prices and the limitations provided in Sections 4.1 and 4.2, shall be adjusted on a pro rata basis in such manner and at such time as shall be equitable under the circumstances.  No fractional shares shall be issued pursuant to the Plan and any fractional shares resulting from such adjustments shall be eliminated from the respective Incentive Awards.

(b)           Other Actions Affecting Common Stock.  If there occurs, other than as described in Section 4.3(a), any merger, business combination, recapitalization, reclassification, subdivision or combination approved by the Board that would result in the persons who were shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the effective

 
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time of any such transaction owning or holding, in lieu of or in addition to shares of Common Stock, other securities, money and/or property (or the right to receive other securities, money and/or property) immediately after the effective time of such transaction, then the outstanding Incentive Awards (including exercise prices and base prices) and reserves for Incentive Awards under the Plan shall be adjusted in such manner and at such time as shall be equitable under the circumstances and would not cause the Incentive Award to become subject to Section 409A of the Code.  It is intended that in the event of any such transaction, Incentive Awards under the Plan shall entitle the holder of each Incentive Award to receive (upon exercise in the case of Stock Options and SARs), in lieu of or in addition to shares of Common Stock, any other securities, money and/or property receivable upon consummation of any such transaction by holders of Common Stock with respect to each share of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of such transaction; upon any such adjustment, holders of Incentive Awards under the Plan shall have only the right to receive in lieu of or in addition to shares of Common Stock such other securities, money and/or other property as provided by the adjustment.

SECTION 5

Stock Options

5.1           Grant.  A Participant may be granted one or more Stock Options under the Plan.  No Participant shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares of stock subject to Stock Options granted hereunder until such shares have been issued.  For purposes of determining the number of shares available under the Plan, each Stock Option shall count as the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Stock Option.  Stock Options shall be subject to such terms and conditions, consistent with the other provisions of the Plan, as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  In addition, the Committee may vary, among Participants and among Stock Options granted to the same Participant, any and all of the terms and conditions of the Stock Options granted under the Plan.  Subject to the limitation imposed by Section 4.2 of the Plan, the Committee shall have complete discretion in determining the number of Stock Options granted to each Participant.  The Committee may designate whether or not a Stock Option is to be considered an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422(b) of the Code, subject to Section 5.5 of the Plan.

5.2           Stock Option Agreements.  Stock Options shall be evidenced by stock option agreements, certificates of award, or both, containing the terms and conditions applicable to such Stock Options.  To the extent not covered by a stock option agreement or certificate of award, the terms and conditions of this Section 5 shall govern.

5.3           Stock Option Exercise Price.  The per share Stock Option exercise price shall be determined by the Committee, but shall be a price that is equal to or greater than 100% of the Market Value on the date of grant.  The date of grant of a Stock Option shall be the date the Stock Option is authorized by the Committee or a future date specified by the Committee as the date for issuing the Stock Option.

 
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     5.4           Medium and Time of Payment.  The exercise price for each share purchased pursuant to a Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be payable in cash or, if the Committee consents or provides in the applicable stock option agreement or grant, in shares of Common Stock or other consideration substantially equivalent to cash.  The time and terms of payment may be amended with the consent of a Participant before or after exercise of a Stock Option, provided that such amendment would not cause a Stock Option to become subject to Section 409A of the Code.  Except as limited by the Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or other laws, rules or regulations, the Committee may from time to time authorize payment of all or a portion of the Stock Option exercise price in the form of a promissory note or other deferred payment installments according to such terms as the Committee may approve; provided, however, that such promissory note or other deferred payment installments shall be with full recourse and shall bear a market rate of interest.  The Board may restrict or suspend the power of the Committee to permit such loans and may require that adequate security be provided.  The Committee may implement a program for the broker-assisted cashless exercise of Stock Options.

5.5           Incentive Stock Options.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5, in the case of the grant of a Stock Option that the Committee designates as intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” (within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code): (a) if the Participant owns stock possessing more than 10 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (a “10% Stockholder”), the purchase price of such Stock Option must be at least 110 percent of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant and the Stock Option must expire within a period of not more than five (5) years from the date of grant, and (b) termination of employment will be deemed to occur when the person to whom an Incentive Award was granted ceases to be an employee (as determined in accordance with Section 3401(c) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5 to the contrary, options designated as incentive stock options shall not be eligible for treatment under the Code as incentive stock options to the extent that either (i) the aggregate fair market value of shares of Common Stock (determined as of the time of grant) with respect to which such Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, taking Stock Options into account in the order in which they were granted, and (ii) such Stock Options otherwise remain exercisable but are not exercised within three (3) months of termination of employment (or such other period of time provided in Section 422 of the Code).  Options granted to Directors or Consultative Board Members who are not also Employees may not be designated as “incentive stock options.”

5.6           Limits on Exercisability.  Stock Options shall be exercisable for such periods, not to exceed 10 years from the date of grant, as may be fixed by the Committee.  At the time of exercise of a Stock Option, the holder of the Stock Option, if requested by the Committee, must represent to the Company that the shares are being acquired for investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof.  The Committee may in its discretion require a Participant to continue the Participant’s service with the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for a certain length of time prior to a Stock Option becoming exercisable and may eliminate such delayed vesting provisions.


 
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5.7           Restrictions on Transferability.

(a)           General.  Unless the Committee otherwise consents or permits (before or after the stock option grant) or unless the stock option agreement or grant provides otherwise, Stock Options granted under the Plan may not be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and, as a condition to any transfer permitted by the Committee or the terms of the stock option agreement or grant, the transferee must execute a written agreement permitting the Company to withhold from the shares subject to the Stock Option a number of shares having a Market Value at least equal to the amount of any federal, state or local withholding or other taxes associated with or resulting from the exercise of a Stock Option.  All provisions of a Stock Option that are determined with reference to the Participant, including without limitation those that refer to the Participant’s employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, shall continue to be determined with reference to the Participant after any transfer of a Stock Option.

(b)           Other Restrictions.  The Committee may impose other restrictions on any shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Option under the Plan as the Committee considers advisable, including, without limitation, holding periods or further transfer restrictions, forfeiture or “claw-back” provisions, and restrictions under applicable federal or state securities laws.

5.8           Termination of Employment.  Unless the Committee otherwise consents or permits (before or after the stock option grant) or unless the stock option agreement or grant provides otherwise:

(a)           General.  If a Participant is no longer a Director, Consultative Board Member, or employed by the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate for any reason other than the Participant’s Retirement or death or, with respect to Employees, the Employee’s Disability or termination for cause, the Participant may exercise his or her Stock Options in accordance with their terms for a period of 3 months after such termination of employment, but only to the extent the Participant was entitled to exercise the Stock Options on the date of termination.

(b)           Death.  If a Participant dies either while a Director, Consultative Board Member, or an Employee or otherwise during a time when the Participant could have exercised a Stock Option, the Stock Options issued to such Participant shall be exercisable in accordance with their terms by the personal representative of such Participant or other successor to the interest of the Participant for a period of one year after such Participant’s death to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise the Stock Options on the date of death or termination, whichever first occurred, but not beyond the original term of the Stock Options.

(c)           Disability.  If a Participant ceases to be employed by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates due to the Participant’s Disability, he or she may exercise his or her Stock Options in accordance with their terms for one year after he or she ceases

 
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to be employed unless such Stock Options earlier expire by their terms, but only to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise the Stock Options on the date of such event and not beyond the original terms of the Stock Options.

(d)           Participant Retirement.  If a Participant ceases to be a Director, Consultative Board Member, or employed by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates due to Retirement, the Participant may exercise his or her Stock Options in accordance with their terms after such termination of directorship, board membership or employment unless such Stock Options earlier expire by their terms.

(e)           Termination for Cause.  If a Participant’s employment is terminated for cause, the Participant shall have no further right to exercise any Stock Options previously granted to him or her.  The Committee or officers designated by the Committee shall have absolute discretion to determine whether a termination is for cause.

SECTION 6

Stock Appreciation Rights

6.1           Grant.  A Participant may be granted one or more Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan and such SARs shall be subject to such terms and conditions, consistent with the other provisions of the Plan, as shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  An SAR may relate to a particular Stock Option and may be granted simultaneously with or subsequent to the Stock Option to which it relates.  Except to the extent otherwise modified in the grant, (i) SARs not related to a Stock Option shall be granted subject to the same terms and conditions applicable to Stock Options as set forth in Section 5, and (ii) all SARs related to Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be granted subject to the same restrictions and conditions and shall have the same vesting, exercisability, forfeiture and termination provisions as the Stock Options to which they relate.  SARs may be subject to additional restrictions and conditions.  The per-share base price for exercise or settlement of SARs shall be determined by the Committee, but shall be a price that is equal to or greater than the Market Value of such shares on the date of the grant.

6.2           Exercise; Payment.  To the extent a SAR relates to a Stock Option, the SAR may be exercised only when the related Stock Option could be exercised and only when the Market Value of the shares subject to the Stock Option exceeds the exercise price of the Stock Option.  When a Participant exercises such SARs, the Stock Options related to such SARs shall automatically be cancelled with respect to an equal number of underlying shares.  Unless the Committee decides otherwise (in its sole discretion), SARs shall only be paid in cash or in shares of Common Stock.  For purposes of determining the number of shares available under the Plan, each Stock Appreciation Right shall count as one share of Common Stock, subject to the provisions for adding back such shares that are not actually issued upon settlement of a Stock Appreciation Right.


 
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SECTION 7

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

7.1           Grant.  Subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 of the Plan, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may be granted to Participants under the Plan.  Shares of Restricted Stock (which may also be called “Performance Shares”) are shares of Common Stock the retention, vesting and/or transferability of which is subject, during specified periods of time, to such conditions (including continued directorship, board membership or employment and/or achievement of performance goals established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10) and terms as the Committee deems appropriate.  Restricted Stock Units (which may also be called “Performance Units”) are Incentive Awards denominated in units of Common Stock under which the issuance of shares of Common Stock is subject to such conditions (including continued directorship or employment and/or achievement of performance goals established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10) and terms as the Committee deems appropriate, provided that such conditions constitute a substantial risk of forfeiture for purposes of Code Section 409A.  For purposes of determining the number of shares available under the Plan, each Restricted Stock Unit shall count as the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Unit.  Unless determined otherwise by the Committee, each Restricted Stock Unit shall be equal to one share of Common Stock and shall entitle a Participant to either shares of Common Stock or an amount of cash determined with reference to the value of shares of Common Stock.  Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the Plan need not be identical but shall be consistent with the terms of the Plan.  Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Committee shall determine the price, if any, at which awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, or shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to Restricted Stock Unit awards, shall be sold or awarded to a Participant, which may vary from time to time and among Participants.

7.2           Restricted Stock Agreements.  Awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by restricted stock or restricted stock unit agreements or certificates of award containing such terms and conditions, consistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall from time to time determine.  Unless the restricted stock or restricted stock unit agreement or certificate of award provides otherwise, awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 7.

7.3           Vesting.  The grant, issuance, retention, vesting and settlement of shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall occur at such time and in such installments as determined by the Committee or under criteria established by the Committee.  The Committee shall have the right to make the timing of the grant and/or issuance of, the ability to retain and  the vesting and/or the settlement of Restricted Stock Units and shares of Restricted Stock subject to continued directorship or employment, and/or such performance criteria as deemed appropriate by the Committee, provided that, with respect to Restricted Stock Units such criteria constitute a substantial risk of forfeiture for purposes of Code Section 409A.

7.4           Settlement.                      To the extent determined by the Committee, Restricted Stock  Units may be satisfied or settled in cash, in shares of Common Stock or in a combination thereof.  Restricted Stock Units shall be settled no later than the 15th day of the third month after the Restricted Stock Units vest.

 
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    7.5           Termination of Employment.  Unless the Committee otherwise consents or permits (before or after the grant of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units) or unless the restricted stock or restricted stock unit agreement or grant provides otherwise:

(a)           General.  If a Participant ceases to be a Director, Consultative Board Member, or an Employee during the Restricted Period for any reason other than death or Retirement or, with respect to Employees, Disability or termination for cause, each share of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit still subject in full or in part to restrictions at the date of such termination shall automatically be forfeited and returned to the Company.

(b)           Death, Retirement or Disability.  In the event a Participant terminates his or her directorship, board membership or employment with the Company because of Retirement or death or, with respect to Employees, Disability during the Restricted Period, the restrictions remaining on any or all shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall terminate automatically with respect to that respective number of such shares or Restricted Stock Units (rounded to the nearest whole number) equal to the respective total number of such shares or Restricted Stock Units granted to such Participant multiplied by the number of full months that have elapsed since the date of grant divided by the total number of full months in the respective Restricted Period.  All remaining shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited and returned to the Company; provided, that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, waive the restrictions remaining on any or all such remaining shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units either before or after the death, Disability or Retirement of the Participant.

(c)           Termination for Cause.  If a Participant’s employment is terminated for cause, the Participant shall have no further right to receive any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units and all Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units still subject to restrictions at the date of such termination shall automatically be forfeited and returned to the Company.  For purposes of the Plan, the Committee or officers designated by the Committee shall have absolute discretion to determine whether a termination is for cause.

7.6           Restrictions on Transferability.

(a)           General.  Unless the Committee otherwise consents or permits or unless the terms of the restricted stock or restricted stock unit agreement or grant provide otherwise: (i) neither shares of Restricted Stock nor Restricted Stock Units may be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated during the Restricted Period except by will or the laws of descent and distribution; and (ii) all rights with respect to Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by such Participant or his or her guardian or legal representative.

(b)           Other Restrictions.  The Committee may impose other restrictions on any shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an award of Restricted Stock or issuable

 
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pursuant to Restricted Stock Unit awards under the Plan as the Committee considers advisable, including, without limitation, holding periods or further transfer restrictions, forfeiture or “claw-back” provisions, and restrictions under applicable federal or state securities laws.

7.7           Legending of Restricted Stock.  In addition to any other legend that may be set forth on a Participant’s share certificate, any certificates evidencing shares of Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan shall bear the following legend:

The shares represented by this certificate were issued subject to certain restrictions under the United Bancorp, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan of 2010 (the “Plan”).  This certificate is held subject to the terms and conditions contained in a restricted stock agreement that includes a prohibition against the sale or transfer of the stock represented by this certificate except in compliance with that agreement and that provides for forfeiture upon certain events.  Copies of the Plan and the restricted stock agreement are on file in the office of the Secretary of the Company.

The Committee may require that certificates representing shares of Restricted Stock be retained and held in escrow by a designated employee or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary until any restrictions applicable to shares of Restricted Stock so retained have been satisfied or lapsed.

7.8           Rights as a Shareholder.  A Participant shall have all cash dividend, liquidation and other rights with respect to Restricted Stock held of record by such Participant as if the Participant held unrestricted Common Stock; provided, that the unvested portion of any award of Restricted Stock shall be subject to any restrictions on transferability or risks of forfeiture imposed pursuant to this Section 7 and the terms and conditions set forth in the Participant’s restricted stock agreement.  Unless the Committee otherwise determines or unless the terms of the applicable restricted stock unit agreement or grant provide otherwise, a Participant shall have all cash dividend and liquidation rights with respect to shares of Common Stock subject to awards of Restricted Stock Units held by such Participant as if the Participant held unrestricted Common Stock.  Unless the Committee determines otherwise or unless the terms of the applicable restricted stock or restricted stock unit agreement or grant provide otherwise, any noncash dividends or distributions paid with respect to shares of unvested Restricted Stock and shares of Common Stock subject to unvested Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the same restrictions and vesting schedule as the shares to which such dividends or distributions relate.  Any dividend payment with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall be made no later than the 15th day of the third month following the later of the date the dividends are paid to shareholders or, with respect to Restricted Stock Units, the date that any vesting restrictions related to that payment lapse.

7.9           Voting Rights.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Participants holding shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may exercise full voting rights with respect to those shares during the Restricted Period.  Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to shares of Common Stock underlying Restricted Stock Units unless and until such shares are reflected as issued and outstanding shares on the Company’s stock ledger.

 
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SECTION 8

Stock-Based Awards

8.1           Grant.  Subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 of the Plan, in addition to any Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, or Restricted Stock Units that a Participant may be granted under the Plan, a Participant may be granted one or more other types of awards based on or related to shares of Common Stock (including the grant of Stock Awards).  Such awards shall be subject to such terms and conditions, consistent with the other provisions of the Plan, as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the shares of stock subject to Stock Awards shall be issued no later than the 15th day of the third month after the end of the calendar year in which the award is granted.  Such awards shall be expressed in terms of shares of Common Stock or denominated in units of Common Stock.  For purposes of determining the number of shares available under the Plan, each such unit shall count as the number of shares of Common Stock to which it relates.

8.2           Rights as a Shareholder.

(a)           Stock Awards.  A Participant shall have all voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights with respect to shares of Common Stock issued to the Participant as a Stock Award under this Section 8 upon the Participant becoming the holder of record of the Common Stock granted pursuant to such Stock Award; provided, that the Committee may impose such restrictions on the assignment or transfer of Common Stock awarded pursuant to a Stock Award as it considers appropriate.  Any dividend payment with respect to a Stock Award shall be made no later than the 15th day of the third month following the date the dividends are paid to shareholders.

(b)           General.  With respect to shares of Common Stock subject to awards granted under the Plan other than Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and Stock Awards, a Participant shall have such rights as determined by the Committee and set forth in the respective award agreements; and the Committee may impose such restrictions on the assignment or transfer of Common Stock awarded pursuant to such awards as it considers appropriate.

 
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SECTION 9

Change in Control

9.1           Acceleration of Vesting.  If a Change in Control of the Company occurs, then, unless the Committee or the Board otherwise determines and expressly states in the agreements governing one or more Incentive Awards, without action by the Committee or the Board: (a) all outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall become vested and exercisable in full immediately prior to the effective time of a Change in Control and shall remain exercisable during the remaining terms thereof, regardless of whether the Participants to whom such Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights have been granted remain in the employ or service of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate; and (b) all other outstanding Incentive Awards shall become immediately fully vested and exercisable and nonforfeitable.

9.2           Cash Payment for Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.  If a Change in Control of the Company occurs, then the Committee, in its sole discretion and without the consent of any Participant affected thereby, may determine that some or all Participants holding outstanding Stock Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights shall receive, with respect to and in lieu of some or all of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Stock Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights, as of the effective date of any such Change in Control of the Company, cash in an amount equal to the excess of the greater of (a) the highest sales price of the shares on the applicable market or exchange on the date immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control of the Company or (b) the highest price per share actually paid in connection with any Change in Control of the Company, over the exercise price per share of such Stock Options and/or the base price per share of such Stock Appreciation Rights.  Such amount shall be paid no later than the 15th day of the third month following the date of the Committee’s determination.  Upon a Participant’s receipt of such amount with respect to some or all of his or her Stock Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights, the respective Stock Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be cancelled and may no longer be exercised by such Participant.

SECTION 10

Performance Measures

10.1           Performance Measures.  Unless and until the Committee proposes for shareholder vote and the shareholders approve a change in the general Performance Measures set forth in this Section 10, the performance goals upon which the payment or vesting of an Incentive Award to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation may be based shall be limited to the following Performance Measures:

 
(a)
Net income (before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, and/or amortization);
 
(b)
Net income per share;
 
(c)
Return on equity;
 
(d)
Cash earnings;

 
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(e)
Cash earnings per share (reflecting dilution of the Common Stock as the Committee deems appropriate and, if the Committee so determines, net of or including dividends);
 
(f)
Cash earnings return on equity;
 
(g)
Core earnings (pre-tax earnings excluding provisions for loan losses and asset impairments);
 
(h)
Ratios of core earnings to assets or shareholders’ equity;
 
(i)
Operating income;
 
(j)
Operating income per share;
 
(k)
Operating income return on equity;
 
(l)
Return on assets;
 
(m)
Cash flow;
 
(n)
Cash flow return on capital;
 
(o)
Return on capital;
 
(p)
Productivity ratios;
 
(q)
Share price (including without limitation growth measures, total shareholder return or comparison to indices);
 
(r)
Expense or cost levels;
 
(s)
Margins, including net interest income or contribution margins;
 
(t)
Operating efficiency;
 
(u)
Efficiency ratio;
 
(v)
Customer satisfaction, satisfaction based on specified objective goals or a Company-sponsored customer survey;
 
(w)
Economic value added measurements;
 
(x)
Market share, market penetration or growth with respect to specific designated products or services, product or service groups and/or specific geographic areas;
 
(y)
Reduction of losses, loss ratios, expense ratios, fixed costs or credit risk measurements;
 
(z)
Nonperforming assets and nonperforming asset ratios;
 
(aa)
Employee turnover; and
 
(bb)
Specified objective social goals.

One or more Performance Measures may be used to measure the performance of one or more of the Company, its Subsidiaries, its Affiliates, or any combination of the foregoing, compared to pre-determined levels, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or compared to the performance of a pre-established peer group, or published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.  The Committee also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Incentive Award based on the achievement of performance goals pursuant to the Performance Measures specified in this Section 10.

10.2           Evaluation of Performance.  The Committee may provide in any such Incentive Award that any evaluation of Performance may include or exclude any of the following events or their effects that occurs during a Performance Period: (a) asset write-downs, (b) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (c) changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results, (d) any reorganization and restructuring programs, (e) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion

 
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No. 30 and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to shareholders for the applicable fiscal year, (f) acquisitions, mergers, divestitures or accounting changes, (g) amortization of goodwill or other intangible assets, (h) discontinued operations, and (i) other special charges or extraordinary items.  To the extent such inclusions or exclusions affect Incentive Awards to Covered Employees, they shall be prescribed in a form that meets the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code for deductibility.

10.3           Committee Discretion.  In the event that applicable tax laws, securities laws, or both, change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Measures without obtaining shareholder approval of such changes, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such changes without obtaining shareholder approval.  In addition, in the event that the Committee determines that it is advisable to grant Incentive Awards that shall not qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee may make such grants without satisfying the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and may base vesting on Performance Measures other than those set forth in Section 10.1.

10.4           Adjustment of Performance-Based Compensation.  Incentive Awards that are designed to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, and that are held by Covered Employees, may not be increased or adjusted upward.  The Committee shall retain the discretion to decrease or adjust such Incentive Awards downward, and such Incentive Awards may be forfeited in whole or in part.

10.5           Performance-Based Compensation Conditioned on Performance.  Payment of Performance-Based Compensation to a Participant for a Performance Period under this Plan shall be entirely contingent upon achievement of the performance goals established by the Committee pursuant to this Section 10, the satisfaction of which must be substantially uncertain when established by the Committee for the Performance Period.

10.6           Time of Determination of Performance Goals by Committee.  All performance goals to be made by the Committee for a Performance Period pursuant to this Section 10 shall be established in writing by the Committee during the first 90 days of such Performance Period and before 25% of the Performance Period has elapsed.

10.7           Objective Standards.  Performance-Based Compensation shall be based solely upon objective criteria, consistent with this Section 10, from which an independent third party with knowledge of the facts could determine whether the performance goal or range of goals is met and from that determination could calculate the Performance-Based Compensation to be paid.  Although the Committee has authority to exercise reasonable discretion to interpret this Plan and the criteria it shall specify pursuant to this Section 10 of the Plan, it may not amend or waive such criteria after the 90th day of the respective Performance Period.  The Committee shall have no authority or discretion to increase any Performance-Based Compensation or to construct, modify or apply the measurement of a Participant’s Performance in a manner that will directly or indirectly increase the Performance-Based Compensation for the Participant for any Performance Period above the amount determined by the applicable objective standards established within the time period set forth in Section 10.6.

 
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SECTION 11

General Provisions

11.1           No Rights to Incentive Awards.  No Participant or other person shall have any claim to be granted any Incentive Award under the Plan and there is no obligation of uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Incentive Awards under the Plan.  The terms and conditions of Incentive Awards of the same type and the determination of the Committee to grant a waiver or modification of any Incentive Award and the terms and conditions thereof need not be the same with respect to each Participant or the same Participant.

11.2           Withholding.  The Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate shall be entitled to: (a) withhold and deduct from future wages of a Participant (or from other amounts that may be due and owing to a Participant from the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate), or make other arrangements for the collection of, all legally required amounts necessary to satisfy any and all federal, state, local and foreign withholding and employment-related tax requirements attributable to an Incentive Award, including, without limitation, the grant, exercise or vesting of, or payment of dividends with respect to, an Incentive Award or a disqualifying disposition of Common Stock received upon exercise of an incentive stock option; or (b) require a Participant promptly to remit the amount of such withholding to the Company before taking any action with respect to an Incentive Award.  Unless the Committee determines otherwise, withholding may be satisfied by withholding Common Stock to be received upon exercise or vesting of an Incentive Award or by delivery to the Company of previously owned Common Stock.  The Company may establish such rules and procedures concerning timing of any withholding election as it deems appropriate.

11.3           Compliance With Laws; Listing and Registration of Shares.  All Incentive Awards granted under the Plan (and all issuances of Common Stock or other securities under the Plan) shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to the requirement that if at any time the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of the shares covered thereby upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the grant of such Incentive Award or the issuance or purchase of shares thereunder, such Incentive Award may not be exercised in whole or in part, or the restrictions on such Incentive Award shall not lapse, unless and until such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Committee.

11.4           No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements.  Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from adopting or continuing in effect other or additional compensation arrangements, including the grant of Stock Options and other stock-based and stock-related awards, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

 
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    11.5           No Right to Employment or Directorship.  The grant of an Incentive Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate or to continue as a Director or Consultative Board Member of the Company or any Subsidiary.  The Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate may at any time dismiss a Participant from board membership or employment, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in any written agreement with the Participant.  The shareholders may in their unfettered discretion fail to re-elect or terminate the directorship of any Participant for any or no reason, consistent with the applicable articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company or the Subsidiary.

11.6           No Liability of Company.  The Company and any Subsidiary or Affiliate which is in existence or hereafter comes into existence shall not be liable to a Participant or any other person as to: (a) the non-issuance or non-sale of Common Stock as to which the Company has been unable to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares hereunder; (b) any tax consequence to any Participant or other person due to the receipt, exercise or settlement of any Incentive Award granted hereunder; and (c) any provision of law or legal restriction that prohibits or restricts the transfer of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any Incentive Award.

11.7           Suspension of Rights under Incentive Awards.  The Company, by written notice to a Participant, may suspend a Participant’s and any transferee’s rights under any Incentive Award for a period not to exceed 60 days while the termination for cause of that Participant’s employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates is under consideration.

11.8           Governing Law.  The validity, construction and effect of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan and applicable federal law.

11.9           Severability.  In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included, unless such construction would cause the Plan to fail in its essential purposes.




SECTION 12

Termination and Amendment

12.1           Board and Committee Actions.  The Board may terminate the Plan at any time or may from time to time amend or alter the Plan or any aspect of it as it considers proper and in the best interests of the Company; provided that no such amendment may be made, without the approval of shareholders of the Company, that would (i) reduce the exercise price at which Stock

 
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Options, or the base price at which Stock Appreciation Rights, may be granted below the prices provided for in Sections 5.3 and 6.1, respectively; (ii) increase the individual maximum limits in Section 4.2; (iii) require shareholder approval by law or under listing requirements or other applicable rules of an applicable exchange or market; or (iv)  cause the Plan to fail to be exempt from Section 409A of the Code.
 
12.2           No Impairment.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 12.1, no such amendment or alteration to the Plan or to any previously granted award agreement or Incentive Award shall be made which would impair the rights of the holder of the Incentive Award, without such holder’s consent; provided, that no such consent shall be required if the Committee determines in its sole discretion and prior to the date of any Change of Control that such amendment or alteration is required or advisable in order for the Company, the Plan or the Incentive Award to satisfy any law or regulation or to meet the requirements of or avoid adverse financial accounting consequences under any tax or accounting standard, law or regulation.

SECTION 13

Effective Date and Duration of the Plan

The Plan shall take effect February 25, 2010, subject to approval by the shareholders at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or any adjournment thereof or at a Special Meeting of Shareholders.  Unless earlier terminated by the Board of Directors, no Incentive Award shall be granted under the Plan after February 24, 2020.

 
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EX-31.1 5 exhibit311.htm CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER exhibit311.htm
Exhibit 31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer

I, Robert K. Chapman, certify that:

1.  
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of United 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 (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) 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 (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

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.

  /s/ Robert K. Chapman  
November 21, 2011
Robert K. Chapman (Principal Executive Officer)
 
Date
President and Chief Executive Officer
   

 
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EX-31.2 6 exhibit312.htm CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER exhibit312.htm
Exhibit 31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer

I, Randal J. Rabe, certify that:

1.  
 I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of United 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 (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) 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 (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

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.

  /s/ Randal J. Rabe  
November 21, 2011
Randal J. Rabe (Principal Financial Officer)
 
Date
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   

 
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EX-32.1 7 exhibit321.htm SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION exhibit321.htm
Exhibit 32.1

In connection with the accompanying Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of United Bancorp, Inc. (“Company”) for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 (“Report”), each of the undersigned, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
   
2.
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.



  /s/ Robert K. Chapman  
November 21, 2011
Robert K. Chapman (Principal Executive Officer)
 
Date
President and Chief Executive Officer
   


  /s/ Randal J. Rabe  
November 21, 2011
Randal J. Rabe (Principal Financial Officer)
 
Date
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   


 
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