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Form 10-Q for FIRST BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.


30-Jul-2009

Quarterly Report


Item 2. - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations
General
You should read the following discussion together with the Corporation's unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements, which are included elsewhere in this Report. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect plans, estimates and beliefs. When used in written documents or oral statements, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "objective" and similar expressions and verbs in the future tense are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The statements contained herein and such future statements involve or may involve certain assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Corporation's control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this Report are only made as of the date of its filing, and the Corporation undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Forward-looking statements may also be made by the Corporation from time to time in other reports and documents as well as oral presentations. In addition to the assumptions and other factors referenced specifically in connection with such statements, the following factors could impact the business and financial prospects of the Corporation: continued deterioration in commercial real estate markets; general economic conditions; legislative and regulatory initiatives; increased competition and other effects of deregulation and consolidation of the financial services industry; monetary and fiscal policies of the federal government; deposit flows; disintermediation; the cost and availability of funds; general market rates of interest; interest rates or investment returns on competing investments; demand for loan products; demand for financial services; changes in accounting policies or guidelines; and acts of terrorism and developments in the war on terrorism. See also Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and factors regarding future operations listed below.
Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context requires otherwise, all references in this Report to "First Business Financial Services", the "Corporation", "FBFS", "we", "us", "our", or similar references mean First Business Financial Services, Inc. together with our subsidiaries. "First Business Bank" or "First Business Bank - Milwaukee" or the "Banks" are used to refer to our subsidiaries, First Business Bank and First Business Bank - Milwaukee, alone.
Overview
FBFS is a registered bank holding company incorporated under the laws of the State of Wisconsin and is engaged in the commercial banking business through its wholly-owned banking subsidiaries, First Business Bank and First Business Bank - Milwaukee. All of the operations of FBFS are conducted through the Banks and certain subsidiaries of First Business Bank. The Corporation operates as a business bank focusing on delivering a full line of commercial banking products and services tailored to meet the specific needs of small and medium sized businesses, business owners, executives, professionals and high net worth individuals. The Corporation does not utilize a branch network to attract retail clients.
General Overview
• Total assets were $1.06 billion as of June 30, 2009 compared to $1.01 billion as of December 31, 2008.

• Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2009 was $260,000 compared to net income of $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2008. Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was $66,000 compared to net income of $1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008.


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• Net interest margin decreased to 2.72% for the three months ended June 30, 2009 from 2.85% for the three months ended June 30, 2008. Net interest margin decreased to 2.69% for the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared to 2.77% for the six months ended June 30, 2008.

• Top line revenue increased 8.5% to $16.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared to $15.1 million for the comparable period of the prior year.

• Loan and lease loss provision was $1.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared to $743,000 for same time period in the prior year. Loan and lease loss provision was $3.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared to $1.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008. Allowance for loan and lease loss as a percentage of gross loans and leases was 1.48% at June 30, 2009 compared to 1.39% at December 31, 2008.

• Diluted earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2009 were $0.10 compared to $0.42 for the three months ended June 30, 2008. Diluted earnings per share were $0.03 and $0.73 for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

• Annualized return on average equity and return on average assets were 1.91% and 0.10%, respectively for the three month period ended June 30, 2009, compared to 8.31% and 0.44%, respectively, for the same time period in 2008. Return on average equity and return on average assets were 0.24% and 0.01%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared to 7.27% and 0.39%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2008.

• In March 2009, we elected not to participate in the U.S. Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program.

• In the second quarter of 2009 we recorded a special FDIC assessment equivalent to 5 basis points of total assets less Tier 1 Capital of our subsidiary banks, or approximately $481,000.

                             Results of Operations
Top Line Revenue
Top line revenue is comprised of net interest income and non-interest income.
This measurement is also commonly referred to as operating revenue. Top line
revenue grew 8.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2009 over the same period in
the prior year. The components of top line revenue were as follows:

                               For the Three Months Ended               For the Six Months Ended
                                        June 30,                                June 30,
                             2009           2008       Change        2009          2008       Change
                                                    (Dollars In Thousands)
 Net interest income      $    6,845       $ 6,652         2.9 %   $  13,333     $ 12,714         4.9 %
 Non-interest income           1,455         1,267        14.8         3,017        2,359        27.9

 Total top line revenue   $    8,300       $ 7,919         4.8     $  16,350     $ 15,073         8.5

Adjusted Net Income
Adjusted net income is comprised of our net income as presented under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) adjusted for the after tax effects of the provision for loan and lease losses and actual net charge-offs incurred during the year. Historically, we have experienced significant organic growth in our loan and lease portfolio. As a result of this organic growth and the need for an additional provision for loan and lease losses required to support the increased inherent risk associated with a growing portfolio, we adjust our GAAP net income to add back the after tax effects of the provision for loan and lease losses and to reduce GAAP net income by the related after tax net charge-off activities to allow our management to better analyze the growth of our earnings, including a comparison to our benchmark peers. Institutions with different loan and lease growth rates may not have comparable provisions for loan and lease loss amounts and net charge-off activity. Due to increased loan charge-off activity and overall increased costs of credit including collateral liquidation costs in the first six months of 2009, our adjusted net income has declined by 75.5% for the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared to the comparable period of the


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prior year. In our judgment, presenting net income excluding the after tax effects of the provision for loan and lease losses and actual net charge-offs allows investors to trend, analyze and benchmark our results of operations in a more meaningful manner. Adjusted net income is a non-GAAP financial measure that does not represent and should not be considered as an alternative to net income derived in accordance with GAAP.
A reconciliation of net income to adjusted net income is as follows:

                                  For the Three Months Ended                       For the Six Months Ended
                                           June 30,                                        June 30,
                             2009             2008          Change            2009            2008          Change
                                                            (Dollars In Thousands)
Net income, presented
under US GAAP              $     260         $ 1,068          (75.7 )%      $      66        $ 1,837          (96.4 )%
Add back:
Provision for loan
and lease losses,
after tax                      1,001             452          121.5             2,337            788          196.6
Less:
Net charge-offs,
after tax                      1,150             127          805.5             1,824            260          601.5

Adjusted net income        $     111         $ 1,393          (92.0 )       $     579        $ 2,365          (75.5 )

Return on Equity
Return on equity for the three months ended June 30, 2009 was 1.91%, compared to 8.31% for the three months ended June 30, 2008. Return on equity for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was 0.24% compared to 7.27% for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The decrease in return on equity from the comparable periods of the prior year is primarily attributable to the decrease in net income which was caused by increased costs of credit, including provision for loan and lease losses and collateral liquidation costs, and increased FDIC insurance including the special assessment accrued during the second quarter of 2009 among other factors discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We view return on equity to be an important measurement to monitor profitability and we are continuing to focus on improving our return on equity throughout 2009 by enhancing the overall profitability of our client relationships, controlling our expenses and minimizing our costs of credit.
Net Interest Income. Net interest income depends on the amounts of and yields on interest-earning assets as compared to the amounts of and rates on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest income is sensitive to changes in market rates of interest and the asset/liability management procedures used by management in responding to such changes.


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The table below provides information with respect to (1) the effect on interest income attributable to changes in rate (changes in rate multiplied by prior volume), (2) the effect on interest income attributable to changes in volume (changes in volume multiplied by prior rate) and (3) the changes in rate/volume (changes in rate multiplied by changes in volume) for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to the same periods of 2008.

                                                  Three Months                                           Six Months
                                                            Rate/                                                 Rate/
                                  Rate        Volume       Volume         Net           Rate        Volume       Volume         Net
                                                                            (In Thousands)
Interest-Earning Assets
Commercial real estate and
other mortgage loans            $ (1,035 )    $   701      $   (84 )    $   (418 )    $ (2,665 )    $ 1,417      $  (215 )    $ (1,463 )
Commercial loans                     (79 )       (247 )          5          (321 )        (660 )        (66 )          5          (721 )
Direct financing leases              (12 )         36           (1 )          23           (18 )         64           (1 )          45
Consumer loans                       (46 )        (19 )          2           (63 )         (67 )        (13 )          1           (79 )

Total loans and leases
receivable                        (1,172 )        471          (78 )        (779 )      (3,410 )      1,402         (210 )      (2,218 )
Mortgage-related securities          (45 )        135           (6 )          84           (51 )        273           (6 )         216
Investment securities                  -           (1 )          -            (1 )           -          (10 )          -           (10 )
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock           -            -            -             -             -            -            -             -
Short-term investments               (15 )        140         (124 )           1           (53 )        227         (205 )         (31 )

Total net change in income
on interest-earning assets        (1,232 )        745         (208 )        (695 )      (3,514 )      1,892         (421 )      (2,043 )

Interest-Bearing Liabilities
NOW accounts                        (177 )         55          (39 )        (161 )        (541 )         (2 )          2          (541 )
Money market                         (62 )        252          (28 )         162          (657 )        446         (182 )        (393 )
Certificates - regular              (150 )        355          (88 )         117          (425 )        824         (251 )         148
Certificates - large                (745 )       (460 )         59        (1,146 )      (1,695 )       (128 )         19        (1,804 )

Total deposits                    (1,134 )        202          (96 )      (1,028 )      (3,318 )      1,140         (412 )      (2,590 )
FHLB advances                         (2 )       (133 )          1          (134 )         (37 )       (333 )         16          (354 )
Other borrowings                     116          (97 )        (22 )          (3 )        (181 )       (105 )         16          (270 )
Junior subordinated notes            277          277         (277 )         277           552          552         (552 )         552

Total net change in expense
on interest-bearing
liabilities                         (743 )        249         (394 )        (888 )      (2,984 )      1,254         (932 )      (2,662 )

Net change in net interest
income                          $   (489 )    $   496      $   186      $    193      $   (530 )    $   638      $   511      $    619

The yield on earning assets was 5.58% for the three months ended June 30, 2009, a decline of 74 basis points from 6.32% for the three months ended June 30, 2008. The decline in the yield on earning assets is attributable to the loan and lease portfolio. Loan yields were primarily impacted by the declining interest rate environment and the repricing of adjustable rate loans mitigated by the existence of interest rate floors within the terms of the contracts. The existence of the interest rate floors and fixed rate loans provide opportunities to protect our interest income in a low rate environment. As of June 30, 2009, approximately 52% of our loan and lease portfolio had a fixed interest rate while 25% of our loan and lease portfolio contained interest rate floors. The magnitude of the portfolio being fixed rate in nature or represented by "in-the-money" floors has protected our loan and lease portfolio yield from declines of the same magnitude as the overall interest rate environment. The average prime rate declined 183 basis points to 3.25% for the three months ended June 30, 2009 compared to 5.08% for the same three month period of 2008. In addition we have experienced increased levels of non-accrual loans, resulting in foregone interest of approximately $389,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2009, compared to $132,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2008. This equates to approximately a 12 basis point reduction in the overall loan and lease portfolio yield. We also recognize as part of interest yield prepayment fees for loans that are paid in full prior to their stated maturity. For the three months ended June 30, 2009, we recognized approximately $228,000 of prepayment fees compared to $16,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2008 resulting in an increase of the overall yield of the loan and lease portfolio of approximately 10 basis points.


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The rate on interest-bearing liabilities was 3.09% for the three months ended June 30, 2009, a decrease of 68 basis points from 3.77% for the comparable period of the prior year. Rates on interest-bearing deposits were 2.87% for the three months ended June 30, 2009, a decrease of 83 basis points from 3.70% for the comparable period of the prior year. The decrease is primarily due to the overall declining rate environment partially offset by influences of competitive pricing necessary to retain balances. Rates on other borrowings for the three months ended June 30, 2009 are indexed to 1 Month LIBOR plus an interest spread. A portion of these borrowings are subject to an interest rate of floor of 5.5%, which was active for substantially the entire period. The outstanding average balance of other borrowings for the three month period ended June 30, 2009 includes our subordinated notes payable and senior line of credit. The outstanding average balance of other borrowings also included average balances for federal funds purchased outstanding during the three months ended June 30, 2008. The rates on these funds are substantially lower than those associated with our subordinated notes payable. The increase in the weighted average rate on other borrowings is due to the repayment of the lower cost federal funds purchased and the impact of the interest rate floors on our subordinated debt. Net interest margin decreased to 2.72% for the three months ended June 30, 2009 from 2.85% for the three months ended June 30, 2008. As interest rates declined, the contribution of net free funds also declined. Net free funds are non-interest bearing liabilities plus stockholders' equity less non-interest earning assets. Our net free funds are principally non-interest bearing demand deposit accounts and stockholders' equity. The margin compression was also caused by increased foregone interest on non-accrual loans and leases as well as additional interest expense associated with our junior subordinated debt at a fixed cost substantially greater than rates on borrowings outstanding in the prior year. We completed our trust preferred offering in September of 2008 which resulted in the addition of $10.3 million of junior subordinated notes on our balance sheet. We continue to manage the composition and duration of interest-bearing liabilities to limit our exposure to changing interest rates. We also continue to implement interest rate floors on variable rate loans to limit our exposure to further declines in interest rates.
Average earning assets increased 7.8% to $1.0 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2009 from $932.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2008, with the growth occurring primarily in our commercial real estate loan portfolios and our short-term investments. As we continue to build our on-balance sheet liquidity, short-term investments primarily include balances on deposit with the Federal Reserve Bank. We experienced a strong level of growth in the loan and lease portfolio during the second quarter of 2008, but experienced limited growth in the loan and lease portfolio in the second quarter of 2009 as we continued to compete with other lenders for fewer high quality loan opportunities. The average balance of our commercial and industrial loan portfolio decreased $13.4 million, or 5.9%, due to many clients reducing their balance sheets and outstanding debt obligations due to the current economic environment.
Average interest bearing liabilities increased 8.5% to $929.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009 from $856.2 million for the comparable period of the prior year, with the growth occurring primarily in our money market deposit accounts.
The yield on earning assets was 5.62% for the six months ended June 30, 2009, a decline of 88 basis points from 6.50% for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The decline in the yield on earning assets is attributable to the loan and lease portfolio. Similar to the discussion of the fluctuations in the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 above, loan yields have been primarily impacted by the declining interest rate environment and the repricing of adjustable rate loans mitigated by the existence of interest rate floors within the terms of the contracts. Foregone interest was approximately $731,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared to $299,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2008 resulting in a reduction in the loan and lease portfolio yield of approximately 10 basis points. The remaining decline in the yield on earning assets is directly related to the changing interest rate environment.
The rate on interest-bearing liabilities was 3.17% for the six months ended June 30, 2009, a decrease of 89 basis points from 4.06% for the comparable period of the prior year. Rates on interest-bearing deposits were 2.99% for the six months ended June 30, 2009, a decrease of 99 basis points from 3.98% for the


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comparable period of the prior year primarily due to the overall declining rate environment partially offset by influences of competitive pricing necessary to retain balances.
The net interest margin decreased to 2.69% for the six months ended June 30, 2009 from 2.77% for the six months ended June 30, 2008. Margin compression is primarily due to the decline in net free funds of approximately nine basis points and increased foregone interest due to elevated non-accrual loans. Average earning assets increased 7.8% to $991.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009 from $919.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008, with the growth occurring primarily in our commercial real estate loan portfolio and our short-term investments as we continue to build our on-balance sheet liquidity. We experienced a strong level of growth in the loan and lease portfolio during the first half of 2008, but have experienced limited growth in the loan and lease portfolio in the first half of 2009 as we continue to compete with other lenders for fewer high quality loan opportunities.
Average interest bearing liabilities increased 8.4% to $916.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009 from $845.3 million for the comparable period of the prior year, with the growth occurring primarily in our in-market interest-bearing accounts.


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Average Interest-Earning Assets, Average Interest-Bearing Liabilities and Interest Rate Spread.The table below shows our average balances, interest, average rates, net interest margin and the spread between the combined average rates earned on interest-earning assets and average cost of interest-bearing liabilities for the periods indicated. The average balances are derived from average daily balances.

                                                               For the Three Months Ended June 30,
                                                    2009                                                   2008
                                Average                             Average            Average                            Average
                                balance          Interest          yield/cost          balance         Interest          yield/cost
                                                                      (Dollars In Thousands)
Interest-Earning Assets
Commercial real estate
and other mortgage
loans(1)                      $   592,222        $   8,178                5.52 %      $ 547,544        $   8,596                6.28 %
Commercial and
industrial loans(1)               214,798            3,896                7.26          228,148            4,217                7.39
Direct financing
leases(1)                          30,731              474                6.17           28,433              451                6.34
Consumer loans                     21,921              259                4.73           23,333              322                5.52

Total loans and leases
receivable(1)                     859,672           12,807                5.96          827,458           13,586                6.57
Mortgage-related
securities(2)                     110,928            1,206                4.35           99,038            1,122                4.53
Investment securities(2)                -                -                   -               58                1                5.62
Federal Home Loan Bank
stock                               2,367                -                   -            2,367                -                   -
Short-term investments             31,994               18                0.23            3,466               17                1.96

Total interest-earning
assets                          1,004,961           14,031                5.58          932,387           14,726                6.32

Non-interest-earning
assets                             38,784                                                31,128

Total assets                  $ 1,043,745                                             $ 963,515


Interest-Bearing
Liabilities
NOW accounts                  $    83,357               87                0.42        $  68,133              248                1.46
Money market                      209,313              723                1.38          144,380              561                1.55
Certificates of deposits          113,004              719                2.55           71,062              602                3.39
Brokered certificates of
deposit                           455,656            4,646                4.08          494,937            5,792                4.68

Total deposits                    861,330            6,175                2.87          778,512            7,203                3.70
FHLB advances                      18,512              219                4.73           29,654              353                4.76
Other borrowings                   39,010              515                5.28           48,012              518                4.32
Junior subordinated
notes                              10,315              277               10.74                -                -                   -

Total interest-bearing
liabilities                       929,167            7,186                3.09          856,178            8,074                3.77

Non-interest-bearing
liabilities                        60,419                                                55,916

Total liabilities                 989,586                                               912,094
Stockholders' equity               54,159                                                51,421

Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity          $ 1,043,745                                             $ 963,515


Net interest
income/interest rate
spread                                           $   6,845                2.49 %                       $   6,652                2.55 %

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