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First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBIZ) Q2 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-07-31. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:05.273 Hello and welcome to the First Business Financial Services Second Quarter 2026 00:00:05.273 -- 00:00:09.994 Earnings Conference Call. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to 00:00:09.994 -- 00:00:11.635 ask questions. 00:00:11.635 -- 00:00:16.056 If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 to raise your hand. 00:00:16.056 -- 00:00:19.637 To withdraw your question, press star 1 again. 00:00:19.637 -- 00:00:24.319 Please note this event is being recorded, and today's comments may contain forward-looking 00:00:24.319 -- 00:00:28.067 statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. 00:00:28.067 -- 00:00:31.928 Thank you for joining us. We appreciate your time and your interest in First Business 00:00:31.928 -- 00:00:33.928 Bank. 00:00:58.161 -- 00:01:02.163 Joining me today is our CFO, Brian Spielmann. 00:01:02.163 -- 00:01:06.805 We encourage you to review our earnings release and supplemental earnings call slides, 00:01:06.805 -- 00:01:11.086 which are available through our website at ir.firstbusiness.bank 00:01:12.088 -- 00:01:15.548 along with our other investor materials. 00:01:16.270 -- 00:01:21.496 Our team's outstanding execution drove our exceptional performance in the second quarter. 00:01:21.496 -- 00:01:25.521 We reported earnings per share of $1.84, 00:01:25.521 -- 00:01:31.347 which included a net benefit of 14 cents related to two one-time events. 00:01:31.347 -- 00:01:37.094 Excluding this benefit, EPS grew 18% from the first quarter and 26% 00:01:37.094 -- 00:01:39.923 from last year's second quarter. 00:01:39.923 -- 00:01:45.189 Pre-tax, pre-provision earnings grew to a record $19.8 million for 00:01:45.189 -- 00:01:50.135 the quarter and were up 15% for the first six months of ...