United Community Banks, Inc. · NYSE:UCB

United Community Banks — Q3 2011 Earnings Presentation

61 slides from United Community Banks's earnings presentation, Oct 27, 2011

  1. Slide 1: United Community Banks, Inc. Investor Presentation Third Quarter 2011

    United Community Banks, Inc. Investor PresentationThird Quarter 2011 Rex S. Schuette EVP & CFOrex_schuette@ucbi.com (706) 781-2266 David P. Shearrow EVP & CRO Jimmy C. Tallent President & CEO

  2. Slide 2: Cautionary Statement

    This presentation contains forward-looking statements, as defined by Federal Securities Laws, including statements about financial outlook and business environment. These statements are provided to assist in the understanding of future financial performance. Such performance involves risks and uncer

  3. Slide 3: Non-GAAP Measures

    This presentation also contains non-GAAP financial measures determined by methods other than in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). Such non-GAAP financial measures include the following: net interest margin - pre credit, core net interest margin, core net interest rev

  4. Slide 4: Third Quarter Highlights

    Highlights Third Quarter Special Loan Loss ProvisionOther credit trends stable or improvingMargin Improving With Lower Deposit PricingStrong Core Deposit Growth 4

  5. Slide 5: Loan Portfolio & Credit Quality

    LOAN PORTFOLIO & CREDIT QUALITY 5

  6. Slide 6: Geographic Diversity Loan Portfolio

    Geographic Diversity Loan Portfolio (total $4.11 billion) $ in millions 6

  7. Slide 7: Geographic Diversity Commercial Loans

    Geographic Diversity Commercial Loans (total $2.37 billion) $ in millions 7

  8. Slide 8: Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Characteristics

    59% owner-occupiedSmall business, doctors, dentists, attorneys, CPAs$12 million project limitAverage Loan Size -$458 Composite CRE -$396 Owner Occupied -$630 Income Producing Portfolio Characteristics Commercial Real Estate (by loan type) 8

  9. Slide 9: Commercial Construction Portfolio Characteristics

    Average loan size: $450k Portfolio Characteristics Commercial Construction (by loan type) 9

  10. Slide 10: Residential Mortgage Portfolio Geographic Diversity

    Geographic Diversity Avg loan size: $43k Avg loan size: $94k Origination CharacteristicsNo broker loansPolicy Max LTV: 80-85%51% of HE Primary Lien Residential Mortgage (total $1.15 billion) $ in millions 10

  11. Slide 11: Residential Construction Geographic Diversity

    Geographic Diversity Developing Average Loan Size Construction Land Residential Construction (total $.47 billion) $ in millions 11

  12. Slide 12: Residential Construction - Total Company

    Residential Construction - Total Company 12

  13. Slide 13: New Loans Funded - Category and Market

    New Loans Funded - Category and Market 13

  14. Slide 14: Credit Quality

    Credit Quality (in riions) san zon sai 4010 3010 Operating Net Charge-offs"” $s 7S $ 65 $ we $ 477 $ 500 ‘8 % of Awrage Loans” 168% 158% 271% 403 % 412% ‘Allowance for Loan Losses S$ We1 $176 $184 SATA §17HG ‘8 ef Total Laan 385 % 307 % 317 % 379% 367 % Se ONL 101 180 159 8 ra Past Due Loans (30 89

  15. Slide 15: NPL Inflow Trends

    Quarterly NPL Inflows Since 2009 ($mm) Com. Construction Resi. Mortgage Resi Construction Consumer Commercial Com. RE Total NPLs ($mm) 46.5% Decline from Peak86.2% Decline without SLR* NPL Inflow Trends 15 *SLR - Single Loan Relationship $76.6 million added in Q3; excluding SLR NPL Inflow was $26.7

  16. Slide 16: Net Charge-offs by Loan Category

    Net Charge-offs by Loan Category 16

  17. Slide 17: Net Charge-offs by Market

    Net Charge-offs by Market (in thousands) 3ait % of Average Loans (Annualized) % of Avg Total Loans 2a1t' sant” 4Qi0” Atlanta MSA S$ 2,813 94% 165% = 1.04. % = 4.48 % Gainesville MSA 1,804 2.64 3.73 1.32 437 North Georgia 8,124 2.16 2m 2.06 4.26 Western North Carolina 3,608 231 2.67 3.98 2.87 Coastal

  18. Slide 18: NPAs by Loan Category and Market

    NPAs by Loan Category and Market 18

  19. Slide 19: Financial Review

    Financial Review = UNITED

  20. Slide 20: Core Earnings Summary

    Core Earnings Summary (In Thousands) Variance - Incr / (Decr) 3Q11 2Q11 3Q10 Net Interest Revenue $ 59,281 $ 335, $ (733) Fee Revenue 11,309 213 (687) Gross Revenue 70,590 548 (1,420) Operating Expense (Excl OREO) 44,093 (1,587) (790) Pre-Tax, Pre-Credit (Core) $ 26,497 $ 2,135 $ (630) Net Interest

  21. Slide 21: Net Interest Margin

    3Q10 4Q10 1Q11 2Q11 3Q11 Net Interest Margin 0.0357 0.0358 0.0341 0.0341 0.0355 0.0056 0.0047 0.0047 0.003 0.0029 Core margin -Up 14 bps vs. 2Q10 -Credit costs flatMaintained loan pricing Lowered core & CD pricing3Q Excess liquidity lowered Margin by 67 bps and 76 bps in Q2 NIM Characteristics 3.87%

  22. Slide 22: Credit Costs Impacting Margin

    Historically 8 to 12 bpsSignificant improvement with de-risking balance sheet first quarterCost 3Q11 vs. Historical - 17 bps (annual earnings impact of $11.2 million)1 bps = $660 thousand in NIR*Excludes bulk loan sale impact of 10 bps Credit CostsImpacting Margin ..47% ..30% ..29% ..46%* Lost Inter

  23. Slide 23: Loan Pricing - New and Renewed

    Loan Pricing - New and Renewed 4.11 4.35 4.31 4.74 4.76 Loan Pricing Spreads Key Drivers of Net Interest Revenue / Margin 23 Holding loan pricing flatActively lowering deposit pricing Positive Impacton Margin

  24. Slide 24: CD Pricing and Deposit Pricing

    CD Pricing Deposit Pricing, Excluding Brokered Deposits 24 Note - CD pricing reflects the quarterly average of new and renewed pricing for each quarter. MMDA / NOW pricing reflects the deposit yield for each quarter

  25. Slide 25: Deposit Mix

    Deposit Mix (total $6.0 billion) 25 3Q11$6.0B 4Q08$7.0B 48% 30%

  26. Slide 26: Core Deposit Growth - Category and Market

    Core Deposit Growth - Category and Market 26

  27. Slide 27: Fee Revenue - Core

    Fee Revenue - Core (In Thousands) Variance - Incr / (Decr) 3Q11 2Q11 3Q10 NSF & Overdraft Fees $ 3,541 $ (117) $ (886) ATM Fees 3,302 23 785 Other Service Charges 691 20 (13) Total Service Charges and Fees 7,534 (74) (114) Mortgage Loan & Related Fees 1,148 196 (923) Brokerage Fees 836 145 105 Other

  28. Slide 28: Operating Expenses - Core

    Operating Expenses - Core (In Thousands) Variance - Incr / (Decr) 3Q11 2Q11 3Q10 Salaries & Employee Benefits $ 25,648 $ 369 1,028 Communications & Equipment 3,284 (94) (336) Occupancy 3,794 (11) 74 FDIC Assessment 2,603 (1,041) (653) Advertising & Public Relations 1,052 (265) (76) Postage, Printing

  29. Slide 29: Net Operating Loss

    Net Operating Loss (in Thousands) 3011 2011 3010 Pre-Tax, Pre-Credit (Core) S$ 26497 $ 24362 $27,127 Provision for Loan Loss (26,000) (11,000) (60,500) Foreclosed Property Costs: ‘Write-downs (1.772) (3.118) (7.051) Gains (Losses) on Sales 804 3.218 (7.136) Maintenance, Taxes, Etc. 1.845) 4,991 (5.5

  30. Slide 30: Net Income (Loss)

    Net Income (Loss) (In Thousands) 3Qit 2011 3a10 Net Income (Loss) $ (6,202) $ 7,617 — $ (236,445) Preferred Stock Dividends (3,019) (3,016) (2,581) Net income (Loss) Availto Common Shareholders _$ (9,221) $ 4,601 _$ (238,996) Net Income (Loss) Per Share $ (16) $ 08 = $ (12.62) Tangible Book Value $

  31. Slide 31: Capital Ratios

    Capital Ratios Gapitaized Guideline sept sunt Tier 1 RBC 6% >9% 138% 136% 120% Total REC 10 > 184 184 147 Leverage 5 >8 88 as 83 Tangible Equity to Assets 18 m4 a7 Tangible Common to Assets oa 39° a4 Tier 1 RBC 6 >9 140 139 1 Total REC 10 > 158 164 183 Leverage 5 >8 90 87 50 “Ratio calculated as of

  32. Slide 32: Appendix

    APPENDIX 32

  33. Slide 33: United at a Glance

    Assets $7.2 BillionDeposits $6.0 Billion Banks 27Offices 105 United at a Glance 33

  34. Slide 34: Experienced Proven Leadership

    Experienced Proven Leadership Joined Years in UCBI BankingJimmy Tallent President & CEO 1984 37Guy Freeman Chief Operating Officer 1992 53Rex Schuette Chief Financial Officer 2001 34David Shearrow Chief Risk Officer 2007 30Glenn White President, Atlanta Region 2007 37Craig Metz Marketing 2002 19Bill

  35. Slide 35: Business and Operating Model

    Business and Operating Model Twenty-seven "community banks" Local CEOs with deep roots in their communitiesResources of $7.2 billion bankService is point of differentiation#1 in Customer Satisfaction according to Customer Service ProfilesJ.D. Power Customer Service ChampionRecognized 40 companies in

  36. Slide 36: Robust Demographics (fast growing markets)

    Robust Demographics (fast growing markets) 36

  37. Slide 37: Market Share Opportunities

    1 FDIC deposit market share and rank as of 6/11 for markets where United takes deposits. Source: SNL and FDIC.2 Based on current quarter. Market Share Opportunities (excellent growth prospects) 37

  38. Slide 38: Leading Demographics

    Leading Demographics 38 Rank Ticker Company(1) State Total Assets ($ B) Total Assets ($ B) 2010 - 2015 Population Growth (2) 2010 - 2015 Population Growth (2) 1 CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. TX $18.5 $18.5 9.07 % 2 WAL Western Alliance Bancorporation AZ 6.5 6.5 7.60 3 FCNCA First Citizens Bancshare

  39. Slide 39: Proactively Addressing Credit Environment

    Structure Centralized underwriting and approval processSegregated work-out teamsHighly skilled ORE disposition groupSeasoned regional credit professionalsProcessContinuous external loan review Intensive executive management involvement:Weekly past due meetingsWeekly NPA/ORE meetingsQuarterly critici

  40. Slide 40: Performing Classified Loans

    Performing Classified Loans 40

  41. Slide 41: Business Mix Loans (at quarter-end)

    Business Mix Loans (at quarter-end) 41

  42. Slide 42: Loans - Markets Served (at quarter-end)

    Loans - Markets Served (at quarter-end) 42

  43. Slide 43: Residential Construction - North Georgia

    43 Residential Construction - North Georgia 43

  44. Slide 44: Residential Construction - Atlanta MSA

    Residential Construction - Atlanta MSA 44

  45. Slide 45: Business Mix Loans (at year-end)

    Business Mix Loans (at year-end) 45

  46. Slide 46: Loans - Markets Served (at year-end)

    Loans - Markets Served (at year-end) 46

  47. Slide 47: Lending - Credit Summary

    (in millions) Lending - Credit Summary Legal lending limit $220House lending limit 20Project lending limit 12Top 25 relationships 410Regional credit review - Standard underwriting 47

  48. Slide 48: NPAs by Loan Category, Market, and Activity

    NPAs by Loan Category, Market, and Activity 48

  49. Slide 49: Net Charge-offs by Category and Market

    Net Charge-offs by Category and Market 49

  50. Slide 50: Net Charge-offs by Category and Market - Asset Disposition Plan

    Net Charge-offs by Category and Market Asset Disposition Plan as of March 31, 2011 50

  51. Slide 51: Credit Quality - Bulk Loan Sale Summary

    Credit Quality - Bulk Loan Sale Summary as of March 31, 2011 51

  52. Slide 52: Loans / Deposits - Liquidity

    Loans / Deposits - Liquidity 52

  53. Slide 53: Wholesale Borrowings - Liquidity

    Wholesale Borrowings - Liquidity 53

  54. Slide 54: Business Mix - Deposits (at quarter-end)

    Business Mix - Deposits (at quarter-end) 54

  55. Slide 55: Core Transaction Deposits Geographic Diversity

    Geographic Diversity $ in millions 3Q 10 3Q 11 Atlanta MSA North Georgia Western North Carolina Gainesville MSA Coastal Georgia Eastern Tennessee Core Transaction Deposits 55

  56. Slide 56: NPA Sale in 2Q10

    NPA Sale in 2Q10 Sold $103 Million NPA's - With a $65 Million Capital Option and WarrantCompleted sale on April 30, 2010Accelerates disposition of the more illiquid assets 56

  57. Slide 57: NPA Sale - Fair Value Accounting

    NPA Sale - Fair Value Accounting 2Q10 Fair Value Accounting - Warrant / Option to Purchase EquityIncrease to Capital Surplus - $39.8 millionPre-tax expense charge - $45.3 million; after-tax cost - $30.0 millionGAAP Capital +$9.8million - Slight Negative to "Regulatory Capital" (DTA) 57

  58. Slide 58: Non-GAAP Reconciliation Tables

    Non-GAAP Reconciliation Tables 58

  59. Slide 59: Non-GAAP Reconciliation Tables

    Non-GAAP Reconciliation Tables 59

  60. Slide 60: Analyst Coverage

    Analyst Coverage ™ FBR Capital (Market Perform - Jul 28, 2011) FIG Partners (Market Perform - Sep 15, 2021) ™ Guggenheim Securities, LLC (Neutral - Oct 28, 2011) ™ Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (Market Perform - Oct 13, 2011) ™ Macquarie Capital (USA) (Neutral - Oct 12, 2012) ™ Raymond James & Assoc. (Mar

  61. Slide 61: United Community Banks, Inc. Investor Presentation Third Quarter 2011

    United Community Banks, Inc. Investor PresentationThird Quarter 2011 Copyright 2011United Community Banks, Inc.All rights reserved. 61

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