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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
     
þ   Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2007
Commission file number 000-51028
FIRST BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Wisconsin   39-1576570
 
(State or jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
401 Charmany Drive Madison, WI   53719
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(608) 238-8008
 
Telephone number
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 and 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 is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non- accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer o      Accelerated filer o      Non-accelerated filer þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
Yes o       No þ
The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s sole class of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, on July 23, 2007 was 2,552,749 shares.
 
 

 


 

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 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
 Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

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PART I. Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements
First Business Financial Services, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
                 
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2007     2006  
    (In Thousands, Except Share Data)  
    (Unaudited)          
Assets
               
Cash and due from banks
  $ 14,466     $ 19,215  
Short-term investments
    76       246  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents
    14,542       19,461  
Securities available-for-sale, at fair value
    90,166       100,008  
Loans and leases receivable, net of allowance for loan and lease losses of $9,598 and $8,296, respectively
    702,350       639,867  
Leasehold improvements and equipment, net
    1,106       1,051  
Cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance
    14,399       13,469  
Investment in Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost
    2,313       2,024  
Goodwill and other intangibles
    2,801       2,817  
Accrued interest receivable and other assets
    11,623       9,626  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 839,300     $ 788,323  
 
           
 
               
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
               
Deposits
  $ 736,495       640,266  
Securities sold under agreement to repurchase
          451  
Federal Home Loan Bank and other borrowings
    45,721       92,519  
Accrued interest payable and other liabilities
    10,429       9,331  
 
           
Total liabilities
    792,645       742,567  
 
           
 
               
Commitments and contingencies
               
 
               
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Preferred stock, $10 par value, 10,000 Series A shares and 10,000 Series B shares authorized, none issued or outstanding
           
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 8,000,000 shares authorized, 2,525,278 and 2,516,193 shares issued, 2,502,196 and 2,493,578 outstanding in 2007 and 2006, respectively
    25       25  
Additional paid-in capital
    23,172       23,029  
Retained earnings
    25,369       24,237  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (1,371 )     (1,005 )
Treasury stock (23,082 and 22,615 shares in 2007 and 2006, respectively), at cost
    (540 )     (530 )
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    46,655       45,756  
 
           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 839,300     $ 788,323  
 
           
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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First Business Financial Services, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
                                 
    For the Three Months Ended     For the Six Months Ended,  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
            (In Thousands, Except Share Data)          
Interest income:
                               
Loans and leases
  $ 13,407     $ 10,509     $ 26,100     $ 20,318  
Securities income, taxable
    1,044       982       2,130       1,948  
Short-term investments
    37       45       74       81  
 
                       
Total interest income
    14,488       11,536       28,304       22,347  
 
                       
 
                               
Interest expense:
                               
Deposits
    7,914       5,950       15,498       11,516  
Notes payable and other borrowings
    936       526       1,787       999  
Junior subordinated debentures
          254             502  
 
                       
Total interest expense
    8,850       6,730       17,285       13,017  
 
                       
 
                               
Net interest income
    5,638       4,806       11,019       9,330  
Provision for loan and lease losses
    701       71       1,277       71  
 
                       
Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses
    4,937       4,735       9,742       9,259  
 
                       
 
                               
Non-interest income:
                               
Service charges on deposits
    167       181       347       377  
Credit, merchant and debit card fees
    52       41       103       78  
Loan fees
    195       143       338       291  
Increase in cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance
    177       146       340       298  
Trust and investment services fee income
    500       359       891       661  
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps
          (12 )           (171 )
Net cash settlement of interest rate swaps
          44             18  
Other
    66       34       139       118  
 
                       
Total non-interest income
    1,157       936       2,158       1,670  
 
                       
 
                               
Non-interest expense:
                               
Compensation
    3,055       2,483       5,965       5,016  
Occupancy
    259       257       521       496  
Equipment
    115       125       237       247  
Data processing
    252       229       496       445  
Marketing
    248       213       528       420  
Professional fees
    308       334       763       582  
Other
    550       419       1,153       844  
 
                       
Total non-interest expense
    4,787       4,060       9,663       8,050  
 
                       
 
                               
Income before income tax expense
    1,307       1,611       2,237       2,879  
Income tax expense
    448       532       780       943  
 
                       
Net income
  $ 859     $ 1,079     $ 1,457     $ 1,936  
 
                       
 
                               
Earnings per share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.35     $ 0.44     $ 0.59     $ 0.79  
Diluted
    0.35       0.44       0.59       0.79  
Dividends declared per share
    0.065       0.06       0.13       0.12  
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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First Business Financial Services, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)
                                                 
                            Accumulated              
            Additional             other              
    Common     paid-in     Retained     comprehensive     Treasury        
    stock     capital     earnings     loss     stock     Total  
    (In Thousands, Except Share Data)  
Balance at December 31, 2005
  $ 24     $ 22,712     $ 21,085     $ (1,469 )   $ (509 )   $ 41,843  
Comprehensive income:
                                               
Net income
                1,936                   1,936  
Unrealized securities losses arising during the period
                      (1,036 )           (1,036 )
Unrealized derivatives gains arising during the period
                      10             10  
Reclassification adjustment for realized loss on derivatives
                      65             65  
Income tax effect
                      352             352  
 
                                   
Comprehensive income
                                            1,327  
Share-based compensation – restricted shares
          71                         71  
Cash dividends ($0.06 per share)
                (296 )                 (296 )
Treasury stock purchased (712 shares)
                            (17 )     (17 )
Stock options exercised (9,280 shares)
    1       90                         91  
 
                                   
Balance at June 30, 2006
  $ 25     $ 22,873     $ 22,725     $ (2,078 )   $ (526 )   $ 43,019  
 
                                   
                                                 
                            Accumulated              
            Additional             other              
    Common     paid-in     Retained     comprehensive     Treasury        
    stock     capital     earnings     loss     stock     Total  
    (In Thousands, Except Share Data)  
Balance at December 31, 2006
  $ 25     $ 23,029     $ 24,237     $ (1,005 )   $ (530 )   $ 45,756  
Comprehensive income:
                                               
Net income
                1,457                   1,457  
Unrealized securities losses arising during the period
                      (563 )           (563 )
Unrealized derivative gains arising during the period
                      2             2  
Reclassification adjustment for realized losses on derivatives
                      1             1  
Income tax effect
                      194             194  
 
                                   
Comprehensive income
                                            1,091  
Share-based compensation – restricted shares
          143                         143  
Cash dividends ($0.13 per share)
                (325 )                 (325 )
Treasury stock purchased (467 shares)
                            (10 )     (10 )
 
                                   
Balance at June 30, 2007
  $ 25     $ 23,172     $ 25,369     $ (1,371 )   $ (540 )   $ 46,655  
 
                                   
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

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First Business Financial Services, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
                 
    For the Six Months Ended  
    June 30,  
    2007     2006  
    (In Thousands)  
Operating activities
               
Net income
  $ 1,457     $ 1,936  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Deferred income taxes, net
    (740 )     (180 )
Provision for loan and lease losses
    1,277       71  
Depreciation, amortization and accretion, net
    239       346  
Share-based compensation
    143       71  
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps
          171  
Increase in cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance
    (340 )     (298 )
Origination of loans originated for sale
    (1,340 )     (457 )
Sale of loans originated for sale
    1,346       461  
Gain on sale of loans originated for sale
    (6 )     (4 )
(Increase) decrease in accrued interest receivable and other assets
    (1,049 )     92  
Increase (decrease) in accrued interest payable and other liabilities
    1,088       (1,235 )
 
           
Net cash provided by operating activities
    2,075       974  
 
           
Investing activities
               
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities
    10,244       9,660  
Purchases of available-for-sale securities
    (1,001 )     (14,936 )
Proceeds from sale of FHLB stock
          771  
Purchases of FHLB stock
    (289 )      
Net increase in loans and leases
    (63,760 )     (9,359 )
Purchases of leasehold improvements and equipment, net
    (256 )     (148 )
Purchase of bank-owned life insurance
    (590 )      
 
           
Net cash used in investing activities
    (55,652 )     (14,012 )
 
           
Financing activities
               
Net increase in deposits
    96,229       7,309  
Net decrease in FHLB line of credit
    (17,048 )      
Repayment of FHLB advances
    (5 )     (4 )
Proceeds from FHLB advances
          7,000  
Net decrease in short-term borrowed funds
    (30,196 )     (4,291 )
Termination of interest rate swaps
          (1,384 )
Exercise of stock options
          91  
Cash dividends paid
    (312 )     (295 )
Purchase of treasury stock
    (10 )     (17 )
 
           
Net cash provided by financing activities
    48,658       8,409  
 
           
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (4,919 )     (4,629 )
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
    19,461       16,707  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
  $ 14,542     $ 12,078  
 
           
 
               
Supplementary cash flow information
               
Interest paid on deposits and borrowings
  $ 16,194     $ 12,885  
Income taxes paid
    1,783       1,616  
Transfer to other real estate owned
    660        
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 – Principles of Consolidation.
The unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts and results of First Business Financial Services, Inc. (FBFS or the Corporation), and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, First Business Bank, and First Business Bank – Milwaukee. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Note 2 – Basis of Presentation.
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and with 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. The Corporation has not changed its significant accounting and reporting policies from those disclosed in the Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 with the exception of the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. Refer to Note 3 — Recent Accounting Changes for the impacts of the adoption of this interpretation. There have been no significant changes in the methods or assumptions used in accounting policies requiring material estimates and assumptions.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of the unaudited consolidated financial statements have been included. The results of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or the entire fiscal year ending December 31, 2007. Certain amounts in prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. Weighted average common and diluted shares outstanding and the dilutive effect of stock options have been modified from prior year presentation to account for a correction of an error in applying the treasury stock method. Basic and diluted earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2006 as previously presented were $0.44 and $0.43, respectively compared to basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.44 and $0.44 as restated. Both basic and diluted earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2006 as previously presented were $0.78 compared to basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.79 as restated. Management has quantitatively and qualitatively deemed the impact of the disclosure error to be immaterial.
Note 3 – Recent Accounting Changes.
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. The Corporation adopted the provisions of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, there were no adjustments to the liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits. At the date of adoption, the Corporation had $1.4 million of unrecognized tax benefits. Approximately $983,000 of the unrecognized tax benefit would impact the effective tax rate if recognized. As of June 30, 2007, there was no unrecognized tax benefit that was expected to significantly increase or decrease within the next twelve months. The Corporation recognizes accrued interest relating to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense and penalties in other non-interest expense. As of January 1, 2007, the Corporation had accrued $91,000 of interest related to the unrecognized tax benefit. As of June 30, 2007, State of Wisconsin tax years that remain open are 1997 and 1999 through 2006. Federal tax years that remain open are 2003 through 2006.
Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Liabilities – Including an Amendment of SFAS No. 115 (SFAS No. 159). This standard permits an entity to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. This option is available to all entities, including not-for-profit organizations. Most of the provisions in SFAS No. 159 are elective; however, the amendment to SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, applies to all entities with available-for sale and trading securities.

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The fair value option established by SFAS No. 159 permits all entities to choose to measure eligible items at fair value at specified election dates. A business entity will report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The fair value option: (a) may be applied instrument by instrument, with a few exceptions, such as investments otherwise accounted for by the equity method; (b) is irrevocable (unless a new election date occurs); and (c) is applied only to entire instruments and not to portions of instruments.
SFAS No. 159 is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007. Early adoption was permitted as of the beginning of the previous fiscal year provided that the entity make that choice in the first 120 days of that fiscal year and also elected to apply the provisions of SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. The Corporation has not early adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 159 and is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard.
Note 4 – Share-Based Compensation.
The Corporation adopted an equity incentive plan in 1993 as amended in 1995, an equity incentive plan in 2001 and the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plans). The Plans are administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of FBFS and provide for the grant of equity ownership opportunities through incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options (stock options) and restricted stock (unvested shares). A maximum of 425,772 common shares are currently authorized for awards under the Plans. 199,519 shares are available for future grants under the Plans as of June 30, 2007. Shares covered by awards that expire, terminate or lapse will again be available for the grant of awards under the Plans. The Corporation may issue new shares and shares from treasury for shares delivered under the Plans.
Stock Options
Stock options may be granted to senior executives and other employees under the Plans. Options generally have an exercise price that is equal to the fair value of the common shares on the date the option is granted. Options granted under the Plans are subject to graded vesting, generally ranging from four to eight years, and have a contractual term of 10 years. For any new awards issued, compensation expense is recognized over the requisite service period for the entire award on a straight-line basis. There were no stock options granted during the six month period ended June 30, 2007. No stock options have been granted since the Corporation met the definition of a public entity and no stock options have been modified, repurchased or cancelled. Therefore, no stock-based compensation was recognized in the consolidated statement of income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, except with respect to restricted stock awards. The Corporation expects that a majority of the outstanding stock options will fully vest. Stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was as follows:
                         
                    Weighted
                    Average
                    Remaining
            Weighted   Contractual
    Options   Average Price   Life (Years)
Outstanding at December 31, 2006
    166,168     $ 21.97       6.68  
Granted
                   
Exercised
                   
Forfeited
    (2,500 )     25.00          
 
                       
Outstanding at June 30, 2007
    163,668     $ 21.92       6.09  
 
                       
 
                       
Options exercisable at June 30, 2007
    129,613     $ 21.38          
 
                       

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Restricted Shares
Under the 2001 and 2006 Equity Incentive Plans, participants may be granted restricted shares, subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of certain events until dates specified in the participant’s award agreement. While the restricted shares are subject to forfeiture, the participant may exercise full voting rights and will receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the restricted shares. The restricted shares granted under this plan are subject to graded vesting. For awards with graded vesting, compensation expense is recognized over the requisite service period of four years for the entire award on a straight-line basis. Upon vesting of restricted stock awards, the benefits of tax deductions in excess of recognized compensation expense is recognized as a financing cash flow activity. For the six months ended June 30, 2007, restricted share awards vested at a market price lower than the market value on the date of grant; therefore, there is no excess tax benefit reflected in the consolidated statements of cash flows for the period. There were no vesting events during the six month period ending June 30, 2006. Restricted share activity for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was as follows:
                 
            Weighted
    Number of   Average
    Restricted   Grant-Date
    Shares   Fair Value
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2006
    45,125     $ 23.08  
Granted
    9,085       21.53  
Vested
    (7,183 )     23.13  
Forfeited
           
 
               
Nonvested balance as of June 30, 2007
    47,027     $ 22.77  
 
               
As of June 30, 2007, there was approximately $912,000 of deferred compensation expense related to unvested shares which was expected to be recognized over four years. As of June 30, 2007, there were no restricted shares vested and not delivered. For the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, share-based compensation expense included in net income totaled approximately $143,000 and $71,000, respectively.
Note 5 – Earnings Per Share.
Basic earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 have been determined by dividing net income for the respective periods by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the effect of dilutive securities. The effect of dilutive securities is computed using the treasury stock method. For the three month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, average anti-dilutive employee stock options totaled 132,200 and 65,250, respectively. For the six month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, average anti-dilutive employee stock options totaled 132,200 and 65,250, respectively.
                                 
    For the Three Months     For the Six Months  
    Ended June 30,     Ended June 30,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
Income available to common stockholders
  $ 858,532     $ 1,079,025     $ 1,457,164     $ 1,935,678  
 
                       
 
                               
Basic average shares
    2,455,156       2,443,574       2,454,117       2,440,973  
Dilutive effect of share-based awards
    6,611       18,035       7,329       15,749  
 
                       
Dilutive average shares
    2,461,767       2,461,609       2,461,446       2,456,722  
 
                       
 
                               
Earnings per share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.35     $ 0.44     $ 0.59     $ 0.79  
Diluted
  $ 0.35     $ 0.44     $ 0.59     $ 0.79  

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Note 6 – Securities.
The amortized cost and estimated fair values of securities available-for-sale were as follows:
                                 
    As of June 30, 2007  
            Gross     Gross        
    Amortized     unrealized     unrealized     Estimated  
    cost     holding gains     holding losses     fair value  
    (In Thousands)  
Securities available-for-sale
                               
 
U.S. Government corporations and agencies
  $ 1,498     $     $ (20 )   $ 1,478  
Municipals
    85             (1 )     84  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    90,675             (2,071 )     88,604  
 
                       
 
  $ 92,258     $     $ (2,092 )   $ 90,166  
 
                       
                                 
    As of December 31, 2006  
            Gross     Gross        
    Amortized     unrealized     unrealized     Estimated  
    cost     holding gains     holding losses     fair value  
    (In Thousands)  
Securities available-for-sale
                               
 
                               
U.S. Government corporations and agencies
  $ 1,497     $     $ (30 )   $ 1,467  
Municipals
    185             (3 )     182  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    99,855       85       (1,581 )     98,359  
 
                       
 
  $ 101,537     $ 85     $ (1,614 )   $ 100,008  
 
                       
The table below shows the Corporation’s gross unrealized losses and fair value of investments, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual investments have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006. At June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Corporation had 107 and 105 securities that were in an unrealized loss position, respectively. Such securities have declined in value due to current interest rate environments and not credit quality and do not presently represent realized losses. The Corporation has the ability to and anticipates that these securities, which have been in a continuous loss position but are not other-than-temporarily impaired, will be kept in the portfolio until the unrealized loss is recovered. If held until maturity, it is anticipated that the investments will be realized with no loss. If the Corporation determines that any of the above securities are deemed other-than-temporarily impaired, the impairment loss will be recognized in the income statement.
A summary of unrealized loss information for investment securities, categorized by security type follows:
                                                 
    As of June 30, 2007  
    Less than 12 months     12 months or longer     Total  
            Unrealized             Unrealized             Unrealized  
    Fair value     losses     Fair value     losses     Fair value     losses  
                    (In Thousands)                  
U.S. Government corporations and agencies
  $     $     $ 1,478     $ 20     $ 1,478     $ 20  
Municipals
                84       1       84       1  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    28,290       458       60,314       1,613       88,604       2,071  
 
                                   
 
  $ 28,290     $ 458     $ 61,876     $ 1,634     $ 90,166     $ 2,092  
 
                                   

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    As of December 31, 2006  
    Less than 12 months     12 months or longer     Total  
            Unrealized             Unrealized             Unrealized  
    Fair value     losses     Fair value     losses     Fair value     losses  
                    (In Thousands)                  
U.S. Government corporations and agencies
  $     $     $ 1,467     $ 30     $ 1,467     $ 30  
Municipals
                182       3       182       3  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    14,451       107       69,021       1,474       83,472       1,581  
 
                                   
 
  $ 14,451     $ 107     $ 70,670     $ 1,507     $ 85,121     $ 1,614  
 
                                   
The Corporation has not sold any available-for-sale securities during the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 and has therefore not realized any gains or losses on such transactions.
At June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, securities with a fair value of approximately $45.9 million and $35.4 million, respectively, were pledged to secure public deposits, securities sold under arrangements to repurchase, and FHLB advances.
Note 7 – Loans, Leases and Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses.
Loans and leases receivable consisted of the following:
                 
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2007     2006  
    (In Thousands)  
First mortgage loans:
               
Commercial real estate
  $ 306,064     $ 274,262  
Construction
    94,759       78,257  
Multi-family
    35,180       34,635  
1-4 family
    40,208       35,721  
 
           
 
    476,211       422,875  
Commercial business loans
    189,953       176,701  
Direct financing leases, net
    23,532       23,203  
Home equity loans
    10,288       8,859  
Credit card and other
    12,143       16,712  
 
           
 
    712,127       648,350  
 
               
Less:
               
Allowance for loan and lease losses
    9,598       8,296  
Deferred loan fees
    179       187  
 
           
Loans and lease receivables, net
  $ 702,350     $ 639,867  
 
           

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An analysis of the allowance for loan and lease losses is presented below:
                 
    Six        
    Months Ended     Year Ended  
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2007     2006  
    (In Thousands)  
Allowance at beginning of period
  $ 8,296     $ 6,773  
Charge-offs:
               
Commercial real estate and other mortgage
           
Commercial
           
Lease
           
Consumer
           
 
           
Total charge-offs
           
 
           
Recoveries:
               
Commercial real estate and other mortgage
    2       4  
Commercial
    23        
Lease
           
Consumer
           
 
           
Total recoveries
    25       4  
 
           
Net recoveries (charge-offs)
    25       4  
 
           
Provision for loan and lease losses
    1,277       1,519  
 
           
Allowance at end of period
  $ 9,598     $ 8,296  
 
           
 
               
Allowance to gross loans and leases
    1.35 %     1.28 %
Note 8 – Deposits.
Deposits consisted of the following:
                                 
    June 30, 2007     December 31, 2006  
            Weighted             Weighted  
    Balance     average rate     Balance     average rate  
    (In Thousands)  
Transaction accounts:
                               
Demand deposits
  $ 45,808       0.00 %   $ 45,171       0.00 %
Negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW) accounts
    67,600       4.43       58,927       4.26  
 
                           
 
    113,408               104,098          
Money market accounts
    166,779       4.69       171,996       4.57  
Certificates of deposit
    456,308       4.91       364,172       4.63  
 
                           
 
  $ 736,495             $ 640,266          
 
                           

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Note 9 – Borrowings.
Borrowings consisted of the following:
                                                 
    June 30, 2007     December 31, 2006  
            Weighted     Weighted             Weighted     Weighted  
            average     average             average     average  
    Balance     balance     rate     Balance     balance     rate  
    (In Thousands)  
Fed funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase
  $     $ 12,776       5.43 %   $ 33,751     $ 13,875       5.12 %
FHLB advances
    19,531       21,991       4.86       36,584       19,059       4.83  
Junior subordinated debentures
                0.00             9,915       12.52  
Line of credit
    5,190       2,525       7.12       1,635       3,167       6.82  
Subordinated notes payable
    21,000       21,000       7.77       21,000       6,929       7.58  
Other
          50       7.00                   0.00  
 
                                       
 
  $ 45,721     $ 58,342       6.13     $ 92,970     $ 52,945       6.82  
 
                                       
 
                                               
Short-term borrowings
  $ 11,200                     $ 52,443                  
Long-term borrowings
    34,521                       40,527                  
 
                                           
 
  $ 45,721                     $ 92,970                  
 
                                           
During 2007, the Corporation increased its line of credit to $7.5 million and amended a subordinated loan agreement to provide for an additional $10 million of subordinated debt for a total of $31 million available. As of June 30, 2007, the Corporation had $5.2 million outstanding under its line of credit, and $21.0 million of subordinated notes payable was outstanding.
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 that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.
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.

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Cautionary Factors
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: 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 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; general economic developments; acts of terrorism and developments in the war on terrorism; and changes in the quality or composition of loan and investment portfolios. See also Item 1A. Risk Factors in our annual Report on Form 10-K and factors regarding future operations discussed below.
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 its 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 its locations to attract retail customers.
Results of Operations
General. Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2007 was $859,000, down 20.4% from $1.1 million for the same time period in 2006. The principal factors contributing to this decline included a $701,000 provision for loan and lease losses during the second quarter of 2007 and an increase in non-interest expense of $727,000. Increases in expenses were partially offset by an increase in net interest income of $832,000 caused by volume increases associated with organic growth and increase in non-interest income of $221,000 primarily due to increased trust and investment service fee income. Basic earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2007 decreased to $0.35 from $0.44 for the same period in 2006. Diluted earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2007 decreased to $0.35 from $0.44 for the same period in 2006. The decrease is largely attributable to the decline in net income. The annualized returns on average assets and average return on equity are 0.42% and 7.31%, respectively, for the three month period ending June 30, 2007 compared to 0.64% and 10.10%, respectively for the same time period of 2006.
Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $1.5 million, down 24.7% from $1.9 million for the same time period in 2006. Similar to the three months ended June 30, 2007 results, the principal factors contributing to the decline in net income are related to the $1.3 million provision for loan and lease losses recorded and an increase in non-interest expense of $1.6 million. Positive factors offsetting the previously mentioned reductions of income include a $1.7 million increase in net interest income and $488,000 increase in non-interest income. Basic and diluted earnings per share decreased to $0.59 per share from $0.79 per share for the same time period in 2006 primarily due to the decline in net income. The annualized returns on average assets and average return on equity were 0.36% and 6.25%, respectively, for the six month period ending June 30, 2007 compared to 0.58% and 9.14%, respectively for the same time period of 2006.
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. We use this measurement to monitor our revenue growth and as one half of the performance measurements used for our non-equity incentive plans. The growth in top line revenue exceeds our target of 12.5% growth and based on the current pipeline and continued

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investment in the infrastructure of our Corporation, we believe this level of growth can be sustained through the remainder of the year. The components of top line revenue were as follows:
                                                 
    For the Three Months Ended     For the Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2007     2006     Change     2007     2006     Change  
Net interest income
  $ 5,638     $ 4,806       17.3 %   $ 11,019     $ 9,330       18.1 %
Non-interest income
    1,157       936       23.6       2,158       1,670       29.2  
 
                                       
Total top line revenue
  $ 6,795     $ 5,742       18.3     $ 13,177     $ 11,000       19.8  
 
                                       
Net Interest Income. Net interest income is dependent 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. The table below presents the change in net interest income resulting from change in the volume of interest-earning assets or interest-bearing liabilities and change in interest rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the same period of 2006.
                                                                 
    For the three months ended June 30, 2007     For the six months ended June 30, 2007  
                    Rate/                             Rate/        
    Rate     Volume     Volume     Net     Rate     Volume     Volume     Net  
Interest-Earning Assets
 
Commercial real estate and other mortgage loans
  $ 158     $ 1,905     $ 46     $ 2,109     $ 604     $ 3,339     $ 161     $ 4,104  
Commercial loans
    30       783       6       819       190       1,350       37       1,577  
Leases
    (107 )     102       (27 )     32       (63 )     171       (16 )     92  
Consumer loans
    (2 )     5       (1 )     2       (2 )     12       (1 )     9  
 
                                               
Total loans and leases receivable
    79       2,795       24       2,898       729       4,872       181       5,782  
Mortgage-related securities
    64       11       1       76       150       55       4       209  
Investment securities
    2       (15 )     (1 )     (14 )     6       (30 )     (3 )     (27 )
Other investments
    (5 )     (5 )     2       (8 )     (4 )     (11 )     1       (14 )
Fed funds sold and other
    1       (1 )     (1 )     (1 )           6             6  
Short-term investments
    3       (2 )           1       5       (4 )           1  
 
                                               
Total net change in income on interest-earning assets
    144       2,783       25       2,952       886       4,888       183       5,957  
 
                                               
Interest-Bearing Liabilities
 
NOW accounts
    21       204       8       233       94       370       33       497  
Money market
    43       273       7       323       268       645       55       968  
Certificates – regular
    322       936       91       1,349       723       1,575       179       2,479  
Certificates – large
    56       3             59       161       (103 )     (17 )     41  
 
                                               
Total deposits
    442       1,416       106       1,964       1,246       2,487       249       3,982  
Junior subordinated debentures
          (254 )           (254 )           (502 )           (502 )
FHLB advances
    5       37             42       10       116       1       127  
Other borrowings
    39       290       39       368       134       429       98       661  
 
                                               
Total net change in expense on interest-bearing liabilities
    486       1,489       145       2,120       1,390       2,530       348       4,268  
 
                                               
Net change in net interest income
  $ (342 )   $ 1,294     $ (120 )   $ 832     $ (504 )   $ 2,358     $ (165 )   $ 1,689  
 
                                               
Net interest income was $5.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007, up 17.3% from the same period in 2006. Net interest margin was 2.87% for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to 3.00% for the three months ended June 30, 2006. The yield on earning assets was 7.39% for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to 7.21% for the comparable period in 2006. The yield on interest-bearing liabilities was 4.92% and 4.64% for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The improvement in net interest income is primarily attributable to favorable volume increases due to organic growth.

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Interest income increased $3.0 million, or 27.8%, to $13.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the same time period of the prior year primarily due to volume increases in the commercial real estate and other mortgage and commercial loan portfolios. Average loans and leases receivable have increased 27.0%. The average balance of the commercial real estate and other mortgage loan portfolio was $468.0 million with a weighted average yield of 7.29% for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to an average balance of $361.0 million with a weighted average yield of 7.12% for the same three months of the prior year. The average balance of the commercial loan portfolio was $192.3 million with a weighted average yield of 9.26% for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to an average balance of $158.2 million with a weighted average yield of 9.18% for the same time period of the prior year. Growth in the loan portfolio is partially attributable to the loan production office located in OshKosh, Wisconsin which serves the Northeast region of Wisconsin coupled with the addition of new business development officers in the Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin markets. Yields on commercial loans also reflect the recognition of prepayment fees received on certain of our asset based lending loans. The majority of our variable rate interest loan products are priced using a Prime index. Prime rates increased during the second quarter of 2006 increasing from approximately 7.75% at the beginning of the second quarter to 8.25% at the end of that quarter. There has been no change in Prime during the second quarter of 2007, as a result there has been little change to our loans and leases interest income relating to rate changes.
Interest expense increased $2.1 million, or 31.5%, to $8.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the same time period of 2006. The increase in interest expense was caused by increased average deposit liability balances needed to fund asset growth, rate increases on deposits due to a rising rate environment and the need to competitively price deposit products to attract local deposits. Shortfalls in attracting local deposits are supplemented with brokered deposits. Average deposit balances, including brokered deposits, were approximately $657.9 million at June 30, 2007 with a weighted average cost of 4.81% compared to an average balance of $530.9 million with a weighted average cost of funds of 4.48% for the same time period of 2006. Typically our variable rate deposit liabilities, including NOW accounts and our money market accounts, are indexed to the 91 day Treasury Bill. The Treasury Bill rates in the second quarter of 2006 were increasing while they were decreasing in second quarter of 2007 resulting in an average rate for the respective periods being relatively similar. As a result, the change in interest expense for these deposits due to rate changes was minimal. The majority of the increase in the rate paid on deposits is the result of adding brokered certificates of deposit during the second quarter of 2007 at market rates that are higher than our existing deposit base. The interest rates on these deposits are fixed; however, purchases of brokered certificates are structured to match the repricing and maturity of the interest-earning asset portfolio. Average borrowings were $61.1 million with a weighted average yield of 6.13% for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $49.2 million, including junior subordinated debentures at June 30, 2006 with a weighted average yield of 6.34% for the three months ended June 30, 2006. $10.3 million of junior subordinated debentures were repaid during the fourth quarter of 2006. The decrease in the yield for borrowings is directly related to the repayment of the junior subordinated debt in 2006 replaced with subordinated notes payable at a lower rate.
Net interest margin was 2.87% for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to 3.00% for the comparable time period of 2006. Overall, interest rates impacting net interest margin were relatively stable during the second quarter of 2007; however, market rates increased from the same period of 2006. While average earning assets increased by approximately 22.6% and average interest-bearing liabilities increased by approximately 23.9%, the average yields of assets and liabilities did not grow as consistently. The average yield of the interest earning portfolio has increased 18 basis points while the yield on the interest-bearing liabilities has increased 28 basis points thus impacting the overall net interest income and creating margin compression. We continue to market price our assets and manage our gap position and duration of our liabilities to minimize the impact of a changing rate environment.
For the six months ended June 30, 2007, net interest income was $11.1 million, up 18.1% from the same period in 2006. Net interest margin was 2.86% compared to 2.92% for the same period in the prior year. The yield on earning assets was 7.35% for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to 7.00% for the six months ended June 30, 2006. The yield on interest bearing liabilities was 4.91% and 4.49% for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

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Interest income increased $6.0 million, or 26.6%, to $28.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the same time period of the prior year primarily due to volume increases in the commercial real estate and other mortgage and commercial loan portfolios. Average loans and leases receivable have increased 24.4%. The average balance of the commercial real estate and other mortgage loan portfolio was $454.2 million with a weighted average yield of 7.30% for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to an average balance of $358.2 million with a weighted average yield of 6.96% for the six months ended June 30, 2006. The average balance of the commercial loan portfolio was $190.0 million with a weighted average yield of 9.13% for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to an average balance of $159.7 million with a weighted average yield of 8.89% for the same time period of the prior year. Similar to the explanation of second quarter activity, growth in the loan portfolio is partially attributable to the loan production office located in OshKosh, Wisconsin which serves the Northeast region of Wisconsin coupled with the addition of new business development officers in the Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin markets.
Interest expense increased $4.3 million, or 32.8%, to $17.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the same time period of 2006. The increase in interest expense was primarily caused by increased average deposit liability balances needed to fund asset growth, rate increases due to a rising rate environment and the need to competitively price deposit products to attract local deposits. Shortfalls in attracting local deposits are offset with brokered deposits. Average deposit balances, including brokered deposits, were approximately $646.0 million at June 30, 2007 with a weighted average cost of 4.80% compared to an average balance of $531.0 million with a weighted average cost of funds of 4.34% for the same time period of 2006. Average borrowings were $58.3 million at June 30, 2007 with a weighted average yield of 6.13% for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $48.5 million, including junior subordinated debentures at June 30, 2006 with a weighted average yield of 6.18% for the same time period of the prior year. $10.3 million of junior subordinated debentures were repaid during the fourth quarter of 2006. The decrease in the yield for borrowings is a direct result of the repayment of junior subordinated debentures during 2006 with subordinated notes payable at a lower rate.
Net interest margin was 2.86% for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to 2.92% for the comparable period of 2006. As discussed above, interest rates have been relatively stable during the first six months of 2007; however, interest rates increased from the same period of 2006. Our net interest margin remained relatively stable primarily due to market-based pricing of asset and liabilities as well as managing the composition and duration of our interest-bearing liabilities to limit the exposure to changing rates.

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Average Interest-Earning Assets, Average Interest-Bearing Liabilities and Interest Rate Spread. The tables on the following pages show the Corporation’s 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,  
    2007     2006  
    Average             Average     Average             Average  
    balance     Interest     yield/cost     balance     Interest     yield/cost  
                    (In Thousands)                  
Interest-Earning Assets
                                               
Commercial real estate and other mortgage loans(1)
  $ 467,957     $ 8,534       7.29 %   $ 360,951     $ 6,425       7.12 %
Commercial loans(1)
    192,297       4,451       9.26       158,210       3,632       9.18  
Leases
    23,456       372       6.34       18,721       404       8.63  
Consumer loans
    3,102       50       6.45       2,831       48       6.78  
 
                                       
Total loans and leases receivable(1)
    686,812       13,407       7.81       540,713       10,509       7.77  
Mortgage-related securities(2)
    92,115       1,030       4.47       91,083       954       4.19  
Investment securities(2)
    1,630       14       3.44       3,454       28       3.24  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
    2,195       14       2.55       2,804       22       3.14  
Fed funds sold and other
    44       1       5.21       113       2       5.02  
Short-term investments
    1,715       22       5.13       1,864       21       4.51  
 
                                       
Total interest-earning assets
    784,511       14,488       7.39       640,031       11,536       7.21  
 
                                           
Non-interest-earning assets
    32,140                       30,263                  
 
                                           
Total assets
    816,651                       670,294                  
 
                                           
 
Interest-Bearing Liabilities
                                               
NOW accounts
    70,343       768       4.37       50,926       535       4.20  
Money market
    170,849       1,974       4.62       146,573       1,651       4.51  
Certificates – regular
    374,515       4,632       4.95       291,451       3,283       4.51  
Certificates – large
    42,213       540       5.12       41,967       481       4.58  
 
                                       
Total deposits
    657,920       7,914       4.81       530,917       5,950       4.48  
Junior subordinated debentures
                      10,310       254       9.85  
FHLB advances
    22,581       277       4.91       19,552       235       4.81  
Other borrowings
    38,512       659       6.84       19,297       291       6.03  
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    719,013       8,850       4.92       580,076       6,730       4.64  
 
                                           
Non-interest-bearing liabilities
    50,667                       47,498                  
 
                                           
Total liabilities
    769,680                       627,574                  
Stockholders’ equity
    46,971                       42,720                  
 
                                           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 816,651                     $ 670,294                  
 
                                           
Net interest income/interest rate spread
          $ 5,638       2.47 %           $ 4,806       2.57 %
 
                                       
Net interest-earning assets
  $ 65,498                     $ 59,955                  
 
                                           
Net interest margin
                    2.87 %                     3.00 %
 
                                           
Average interest-earning assets to average interest-earning liabilities
    109.11 %                     110.34 %                
 
                                           
Return on average assets
    0.42 %                     0.64 %                
 
                                           
Return on average equity
    7.31 %                     10.10 %                
 
                                           
Average equity to average assets
    5.75 %                     6.37 %                
 
                                           
Non-interest expense to average assets
    2.34 %                     2.42 %                
 
                                           
 
(1)   The average balances of loans and leases include non-performing loans and leases. Interest income related to non-performing loans and leases is recognized when collected.
 
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    For the Six Months Ended June 30,  
    2007     2006  
    Average             Average     Average             Average  
    balance     Interest     yield/cost     balance     Interest     yield/cost  
    (In Thousands)  
Interest-Earning Assets
                                               
Commercial real estate and other mortgage loans(1)
  $ 454,119     $ 16,566       7.30 %   $ 358,166     $ 12,462       6.96 %
Commercial loans(1)
    190,040       8,674       9.13       159,666       7,097       8.89  
Leases
    23,180       757       6.53       18,439       665       7.21  
Consumer loans
    3,167       103       6.50       2,820       94       6.67  
 
                                       
Total loans and leases receivable(1)
    670,506       26,100       7.79       539,091       20,318       7.54  
Mortgage-related securities(2)
    94,028       2,100       4.47       91,373       1,891       4.14  
Investment securities(2)
    1,641       30       3.66       3,455       57       3.30  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
    2,110       30       2.84       2,851       44       3.09  
Fed funds sold and other
    280       8       5.24       66       2       4.95  
Short-term investments
    1,492       36       4.83       1,665       35       4.20  
 
                                       
Total interest-earning assets
    770,057       28,304       7.35       638,501       22,347       7.00  
Non-interest-earning assets
    31,914                     31,163                
 
                                           
Total assets
    801,971                       669,664                  
 
                                           
 
                                               
Interest-Bearing Liabilities
                                               
NOW accounts
    69,492       1,540       4.43       51,300       1,043       4.07  
Money market
    173,860       4,079       4.69       144,022       3,111       4.32  
Certificates – regular
    362,639       8,861       4.89       290,884       6,385       4.39  
Certificates – large
    40,035       1,018       5.09       44,762       977       4.37  
 
                                       
Total deposits
    646,026       15,498       4.80       530,968       11,516       4.34  
Junior subordinated debentures
                      10,310       502       9.74  
FHLB advances
    21,991       534       4.86       17,156       407       4.74  
Other borrowings
    36,351       1,253       6.89       21,068       592       5.62  
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    704,368       17,285       4.91       579,502       13,017       4.49  
 
                                           
Non-interest-bearing liabilities
    50,989                       47,786                  
 
                                           
Total liabilities
    755,357                       627,288                  
Stockholders’ equity
    46,614                       42,376                  
 
                                           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 801,971                     $ 669,664                  
 
                                           
 
                                               
Net interest income/interest rate spread
          $ 11,019       2.44 %           $ 9,330       2.51 %
 
                                       
Net interest-earning assets
  $ 65,689                     $ 58,999                  
 
                                           
Net interest margin
                    2.86 %                     2.92 %
 
                                           
Average interest-earning assets to average interest-earning liabilities
    109.33 %                     110.18 %                
 
                                           
Return on average assets
    0.36 %                     0.58 %                
 
                                           
Return on average equity
    6.25 %                     9.14 %                
 
                                           
Average equity to average assets
    5.81 %                     6.33 %                
 
                                           
Non-interest expense to average assets
    2.41 %                     2.40 %                
 
                                           
 
(1)   The average balances of loans and leases include non-performing loans and leases. Interest income related to non-performing loans and leases is recognized when collected.
 
(2)   Includes amortized cost of basis of assets held and available for sale.
Non-Interest Income. Non-interest income, consisting primarily of fees earned for trust and investment services, deposit and loan related fees, changes in fair value of derivatives and income from bank-owned life insurance, increased $221,000, or 23.6%, to $1.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007

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from $936,000 for the same period in 2006. Trust and investment services fee income increased $141,000, or 39.3%, to $500,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $359,000 for the same period in 2006. Fee income generated from trust assets under management increased $94,000 when comparing the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Trust assets under management increased approximately $98.9 million to $268.1 million at June 30, 2007 compared to $169.4 million at June 30, 2006, primarily due to successful sales efforts. Trust and investment service fee income also includes investment service commissions. As a result of increased activity of transactions processed for clients, investment service commissions increased approximately $47,000, or 57.8% when comparing the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006.
Non-interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2007 increased $488,000, or 29.2%, to $2.2 million from $1.7 million for the comparable period of 2006. Similar to the explanation for the second quarter activity, non-interest income increases are primarily due to increased trust and investment services fee income. Trust and investment service fee income increased $230,000, or 34.8%, to $891,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2007 from $661,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2006. This is primarily driven by a 58.4% increase in trust assets under management. In addition, non-interest income also increased due to the 2006 negative change in fair value of interest rate swaps and net cash settlement of interest rate swaps which decreased 2006 period revenue by approximately $153,000. A majority of our interest rate swaps were terminated during the first quarter of 2006, and the remaining interest rate swaps matured in subsequent periods. No new swaps were entered into during the last twelve months ending June 30, 2007.
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses. The provision for loan and lease losses totaled $701,000 and $71,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The provision for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 was $1.3 million and $71,000, respectively. The increase in the provision for loan and lease losses is primarily due to the increase of specific reserves required for impaired loans and increased inherent risk associated with a growing loan and lease portfolio among other factors prescribed by our allowance for loan and lease loss methodology. The provision for loan and lease losses is dependent upon the credit quality of loans and leases, the increased inherent risk associated with a growing portfolio, the risk inherent in specific loan types and management’s assessment of the collectibility of loans and leases under current economic conditions. There have been no material changes to our underwriting standards. In order to establish the level of the allowance for loan and lease losses, management regularly reviews its historical charge-off migration analysis and an analysis of the current level and trend of several factors that management believes provide an indication of losses in the loan and lease portfolio. These factors include delinquencies, volume, average size, average risk rating, technical defaults, geographic concentrations, industry concentrations, loans and leases on the management attention watch list, experience in the credit granting functions and changes in underwriting standards, and level of non-performing assets and related fair value of underlying collateral. Refer to Asset Quality for further information.
Non-Interest Expense. Non-interest expense increased $727,000, or 17.9%, to $4.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007 from $4.0 million for the comparable period of 2006, primarily due to an increase in compensation expense and other expense. In general, non-interest expenses are influenced by the growth of operations, with additional employees necessary to staff such growth. Compensation expense increased $572,000, or 23.0%, to $3.1 million from $2.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006. This increase is due to more full-time equivalent employees, higher compensation levels from normal annual salary reviews, additional compensation expense associated with share-based compensation awards, and increased healthcare costs. Other non-interest expense increased $131,000, or 31.2%, to $550,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 from $419,000 for the comparable period of 2006. This fluctuation is primarily caused by two factors. The first factor relates to the recognition of a loss of $47,000 for our investment in Aldine Capital Fund Limited Partnership which began operations during the third quarter of 2006. The second factor relates to donations and contributions of approximately $46,000 made to various not-for-profit organizations during the second quarter of 2007.

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Non-interest expense increased $1.6 million, or 20.0%, to $9.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 from $8.1 million for the comparable period of 2006, primarily due to an increase in compensation expense, marketing expense, professional fees, and other expenses. Compensation expense increased $949,000, or 18.9%, to $6.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $5.1 million for the comparable period of 2006. As discussed earlier, the increase was due to more full-time equivalent employees, higher compensation levels from normal annual salary reviews, additional compensation expense associated with share-based compensation awards and increased healthcare costs. We continue to invest in additional people to provide for the future growth of our Corporation. From June 2006 to June 2007, we added 20 new positions. Of these 20 new positions, approximately 13 were for business development officers. The majority of the positions created are bonus eligible positions, which resulted in an increased bonus accrual. Salary expense is offset by the effects of the compensation differential associated with the retirement of our former Chief Executive Officer and recognition of a sizable signing bonus paid in 2006. We believe this investment in our people provides a strong foundation to meet our growth initiatives. Share-based compensation expense increased approximately $71,000 when comparing the six months ended June 30, 2007 to the six months ended June 30, 2006. We began issuing restricted share awards in 2006, and the increase in this expense represents the recognition of six months of expense relating to the 2006 awards that were granted sporadically throughout fiscal year 2006. Marketing expense increased $108,000, or 25.7%, to $528,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2007 from $420,000 in the comparable period of 2006. The increase is due to the timing of completion of planned advertising campaigns conducted during 2007 and 2006. Professional fees increased $181,000, or 31.1%, to $763,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2007 from $582,000 for the comparable period of 2006. The increase was attributable to increased audit fees, directors’ fees and use of third party consultants to assist us with a system upgrade. Other non-interest expense increased $309,000, or 36.6%, to $1.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 from $844,000 for the comparable period in 2006. The increase was caused by several factors including the recognition of our portion of the loss associated with Aldine Capital Fund Limited Partnership (approximately $183,000), increased legal fees associated with defending our positions with certain loans and real estate owned (approximately $48,000), increased charitable donations (approximately $38,000), and increased training expenses (approximately $20,000). Our investment in Aldine Capital Fund Limited Partnership is accounted for under the equity method and the losses represent our pro-rata share of the costs associated with starting up a new private equity partnership.
Income Taxes. Income tax expense was $448,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007, with an effective rate of 34.3% compared to $532,000 with an effective rate of 33.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2006. The primary reason for the increase in the effective tax rate is due to increased state income tax expense as a result of related uncertain tax liabilities and a decline in the level of tax credits.
Income tax expense was $780,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2007, with an effective rate of 34.9% compared to $943,000 with an effective rate of 32.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2006. Similar to the explanation provided for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, the increase in the effective tax rate is due to increased state income tax expense as a result of related uncertain tax liabilities and a decline in the level of tax credits.
Financial Condition
General. The total assets of the Corporation increased $50.8 million, or 6.4%, to $839.1 million at June 30, 2007 from $788.3 million at December 31, 2006, primarily in the loan and lease portfolio. Loan growth was funded by an overall net increase in the liabilities of $50.9 million and reduction of the investment portfolio of $9.8 million. The allowance for loan and lease losses was 1.35% at June 30, 2007 of gross loans and leases compared to 1.28% at December 31, 2006.
Securities. Securities available-for-sale decreased $9.8 million to $90.1 million at June 30, 2007 from $100.0 million at December 31, 2006. Principal pay-downs received from our collateralized mortgage obligation portfolio were used to fund loan and lease growth. Our available-for-sale investment portfolio primarily consists of collateralized mortgage obligations and is used to provide a source of liquidity while maximizing the earnings potential of the Banks’ assets. We purchase investment securities intended to protect our net interest margin while maintaining an acceptable risk profile.

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While collateralized mortgage obligations present prepayment risk and extension risk, the overall credit risk associated with these investments is minimal as approximately 41.6% of the obligations we hold were issued by government agencies and 58.4% of the obligations we hold were issued by government sponsored agencies. The estimated pre-payment streams associated with this portfolio allow us to better match our short-term liabilities. There were no sales of securities during the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006.
The average balance of our available-for-sale portfolio for the three months ended June 30, 2007 was $93.7 million, with an average yield of 4.45%, compared to an average balance of $94.5 million, with an average yield of 4.15% for the same period last year. The average balance of our available-for-sale portfolio for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $95.7 million, with an average yield of 4.45%, compared to an average balance of $94.8 million, with an average yield of 4.11% for the same six months of last year.
Loans and Leases Receivable. Loans and lease receivables, net of allowance for loan and lease losses increased $62.5 million, or 9.8%, to $702.4 million at June 30, 2007 from $639.9 million at December 31, 2006. The Banks principally originate commercial business loans and commercial real estate loans. The overall mix of the loan and lease portfolio at June 30, 2007 remains relatively consistent with the mix at December 31, 2006 with a concentration in commercial real estate mortgage loans. Growth in the loan and lease portfolio is attributable to successful sales efforts by the expanded sales team to extend credit to established and new client relationships, including production from our new loan production office located in the Northeast region of Wisconsin. Approximately 27% of our loan and lease portfolio growth has been generated by this location. Our pipeline of potential new business remains strong, and we expect continued growth in the loan and lease portfolio.
Allowance for loan loss as a percentage of gross loans was 1.35% as of June 30, 2007 compared to 1.28% at December 31, 2006. Non-accrual loans increased to 0.45% of total loans at June 30, 2007 from 0.17% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2006. Increased amount of non-accrual loans, increased specific reserves needed for impaired loans, increased levels of loans on our management attention watch lists and increased inherent risk due to a growing portfolio has resulted in an increased loan loss provision during the six month period ending June 30, 2007. Management believes the allowance for loan losses is adequate at June 30, 2007. Our non-performing assets as a percentage of total assets were 0.46% which is lower than our peer group median. Refer to the Asset Quality section for more information.
Deposits. As of June 30, 2007, deposits increased $96.2 million to $736.5 million from $640.3 million at December 31, 2006. The increase during the six months ended June 30, 2007 was primarily attributable to an increase of brokered certificates of deposit. Brokered certificates of deposit represented $406.1 million of total deposits at June 30, 2007 compared to $323.4 million of total deposits at June 30, 2006. We experienced a significant amount of growth in our loan and lease portfolio during the second quarter of 2007 — approximately $45.7 million of the $62.4 million year-to-date growth occurred during this time. This growth was primarily funded through the attainment of brokered certificates of deposit. Brokered deposits are utilized to support asset growth and are generally a lower cost source of funds when compared to the interest rates on deposits with similar terms that would need to be offered in the local markets to generate a sufficient level of funds. The increase in brokered certificates of deposits is also affected by the completion of an initiative to obtain brokered certificates to fund the growth we experienced during the fourth quarter of 2006. This growth was temporarily funded by federal funds purchased and other short-term FHLB advances while the Corporation orderly obtained brokered certificates of deposit from the market. The attainment of the appropriate level of brokered certificates of deposits was completed in January of 2007. At that time, the funds obtained were used to pay down the federal funds purchased.
Borrowings. The Corporation had borrowings of $45.7 million as of June 30, 2007 compared to $93.0 million as of December 31, 2006, a decrease of $46.8 million, or 50.6%. We use borrowings to offset variability of deposit flows and as a temporary funding source for the growth of our balance sheet. As discussed above, the primary reason for the decrease of borrowings was caused by the repayment of short-term borrowings, including federal funds purchased, upon the attainment of the level of brokered certificates of deposit needed to repay short-term borrowings and fund the asset growth of our balance sheet.

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Asset Quality
Non-performing Assets. Non-performing assets consisted of non-accrual loans and leases of $3.8 million and foreclosed property of $660,000 as of June 30, 2007. This represented approximately 0.46% of total assets as of June 30, 2007, compared to $1.1 million, or 0.14% of total assets, as of December 31, 2006. The increase in non-accrual loans is a function of the addition of four unrelated relationships where the contractual principal and interest payments have gone 90 days past due. The primary growth in non-accrual loans is related to loans with principal source of repayment from the sale of real estate. The real estate markets in our primary business areas have slowed. Adding to the increase in non-accrual loans is one commercial credit experiencing significant cash flow problems. In addition, non-performing assets have increased due to the addition of one foreclosed property, with a carrying value of $660,000, during the first quarter of 2007. Currently, First Business Bank does not expect a loss on this property.
As discussed in the results of operations, we recorded a provision for loan and lease losses of $701,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $71,000 provision for the three months ended June 30, 2006. For the six month period ended June 30, 2007, we recorded a provision for loan and lease loss of $1.3 million compared to $71,000 for the comparable period of the prior year. The primary drivers of the increased provision are an increased amount of specific reserves required for impaired loans and increased inherent risk associated with a growing portfolio. There have been no significant changes to our underwriting standards. Through proactive loan and lease portfolio monitoring, management has identified weakening of key performance indicators based upon our clients’ financial statements which has elevated the number and amount of loans on management attention watch lists. In addition, there is an increase in non-accrual loans and leases with no specific concentration of any particular industry identified. Non-accrual loans and leases are considered an indicator of potential future losses.
The Corporation’s non-accrual loans and leases consisted of the following at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.
                 
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2007     2006  
Non-accrual loans
  $ 3,181     $ 1,109  
Non-accrual leases
           
 
           
Total non-accrual loans and leases
    3,181       1,109  
Foreclosed properties and repossessed assets
    660        
 
           
Total non-performing assets
  $ 3,841     $ 1,109  
 
           
Performing troubled debt restructurings
  $     $  
 
           
 
               
Total non-accrual loans and leases to total loans and leases
    0.45 %     0.17 %
Total non-performing assets to total assets
    0.46       0.14  
Allowance for loan and lease losses to total loans and leases
    1.35       1.28  
Allowance for loan and lease losses to non-accrual loans and leases
    301.73       748.06  

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The following represents information regarding the Corporation’s impaired loans:
                 
    As of and for     As of and for  
    the Six Months     the Year  
    ended     Ended  
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2007     2006  
Impaired loans and leases with no impairment reserves required
  $ 1,050     $ 683  
Impaired loans and leases with impairment reserves required
    2,136       1,404  
 
           
Total impaired loans and leases
    3,186       2,087  
Less:
               
Impairment reserve (included in allowance for loan and lease loss)
    1,369       863  
 
           
Net impaired loans and leases
  $ 1,817     $ 1,224  
 
           
Average impaired loans and leases
  $ 2,710     $ 1,444  
 
           
 
               
Foregone interest income attributable to impaired loans and leases
  $ 188     $ 210  
Interest income recognized on impaired loans and leases
    27       217  
 
           
Net foregone interest income on impaired loans and leases
  $ 161     $ (7 )
 
           
A summary of the activity in the allowance for loan and lease losses follows:
                                 
    For the Three Months Ended     For the Six Months  
    June 30,     Ended June 30,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
            (In Thousands)          
Allowance at beginning of period
  $ 8,896     $ 6,774       8,296     $ 6,773  
 
                       
Recoveries:
                               
Commercial real estate and other mortgage
    1       1       2       2  
Commercial
                23        
 
                       
Total recoveries
    1       1       25       2  
Provision for loan and lease loss
    701       71       1,277       71  
 
                       
Allowance at end of period
  $ 9,598     $ 6,846       9,598     $ 6,846  
 
                       
Allowance to average loans and leases
    1.40 %     1.27 %     1.43 %     1.27 %
There were no charge-offs in the loan portfolio for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 or June 30, 2006.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006, the Banks did not make dividend payments to the Corporation. The Banks are subject to certain regulatory limitations regarding their ability to pay dividends to the Corporation. Management believes that the Corporation will not be adversely affected by these dividend limitations. The Corporation’s principal liquidity requirements at June 30, 2007 are the repayment of interest payments due on subordinated debentures. The Corporation expects to meet its liquidity needs through existing cash flow sources, its line of credit in the amount of $7.5 million of which $5.2 million is outstanding on June 30, 2007 and through any future dividends received from the Banks. The Corporation and its subsidiaries continue to have a strong capital base and the Corporation’s regulatory capital ratios continue to be above the defined minimum regulatory ratios. In addition to the capital instruments on the June 30, 2007 balance sheet the Corporation has the option through September 2007 to draw up to an additional $10.0 million of subordinated debt in order to manage its capital position.

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We manage our liquidity to ensure that funds are available to each of our Banks to satisfy the cash flow requirements of depositors and borrowers and to ensure the Corporation’s own cash requirements are met. The Banks maintain liquidity by obtaining funds from several sources.
The Banks’ primary sources of funds are principal and interest repayments on loans receivable and mortgage-related securities, deposits and other borrowings such as federal funds and Federal Home Loan Bank advances. The scheduled repayments of loans and the repayments of mortgage-related securities are a predictable source of funds. Deposit flows and loan prepayments, however, are greatly influenced by general interest rates, economic conditions and competition.
Brokered deposits are used by the Banks, which allows them to gather funds across a larger geographic base at price levels considered attractive. Access to such deposits allows the flexibility to not pursue single service deposit relationships in markets that have experienced some unprofitable pricing levels. There were $406.1 million of outstanding brokered deposits at June 30, 2007 compared to $325.9 million of deposits as of December 31, 2006. In addition, the administrative costs associated with brokered deposits are considerably less than the administrative costs that would be incurred to administer a similar level of local deposits. Although local market deposits are expected to increase as new client relationships are established and as marketing efforts are made to increase the balances in existing clients’ deposit accounts, we will likely continue to use brokered deposits. In order to provide for ongoing liquidity and funding, all of the brokered deposits are certificates of deposit that do not allow for withdrawal, at the option of the depositor, before the stated maturity. In the event that there is a disruption in the availability of brokered deposits at maturity, the Banks have managed the maturity structure so that at least 90 days of maturities would be funded through other means, including but not limited to advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank, replacement with higher cost local market deposits or cash flow from borrower repayments and security maturities.
The Banks are required by federal regulation to maintain sufficient liquidity to ensure safe and sound operations. Management believes that its Banks have an acceptable liquidity percentage to match the balance of net withdrawable deposits and short-term borrowings in light of present economic conditions and deposit flows.
Under Federal law and regulation, the Corporation and the Banks are required to meet certain Tier 1 and risk-based capital requirements. Tier 1 capital generally consists of stockholders’ equity plus certain qualifying debentures and other specified items less intangible assets such as goodwill. Risk-based capital requirements presently address credit risk related to both recorded and off-balance sheet commitments and obligations.
As of June 30, 2007, the most recent notification from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the State of Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) categorized the Banks as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.
In addition, the Banks exceeded minimum net worth requirement of 6.0% as required by the State of Wisconsin at December 31, 2006.

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The following table summarizes the Corporation and Banks’ capital ratios and the ratios required by their federal regulators at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively:
                                                 
                                    Minimum Required to be
                                    Well Capitalized Under
                    Minimum Required for   Prompt Corrective Action
    Actual   Capital Adequacy Purposes   Requirements
    Amount   Ratio   Amount   Ratio   Amount   Ratio
                    (In Thousands)                
As of June 30, 2007
                                               
 
                                               
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets) Consolidated
  $ 75,824       9.80 %   $ 61,866       8.00 %     N/A       N/A  
First Business Bank
    69,210       10.14       54,582       8.00     $ 68,228       10.00 %
First Business Bank – Milwaukee
    9,900       11.05       7,168       8.00       8,960       10.00  
 
                                               
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets) Consolidated
  $ 45,226       5.85 %   $ 30,933       4.00 %     N/A       N/A  
First Business Bank
    62,025       9.09       27,291       4.00     $ 40,937       6.00 %
First Business Bank – Milwaukee
    8,764       9.78       3,584       4.00       5,376       6.00  
 
                                               
Tier 1 capital (to average assets) Consolidated
  $ 45,226       5.55 %   $ 32,603       4.00 %     N/A       N/A  
First Business Bank
    62,025       8.77       28,292       4.00     $ 35,365       5.00 %
First Business Bank – Milwaukee
    8,764       7.84       4,470       4.00       5,588       5.00 %
                                                 
                                    Minimum Required to be
                                    Well Capitalized Under
                    Minimum Required for   Prompt Corrective Action
    Actual   Capital Adequacy Purposes   Requirements
    Amount   Ratio   Amount   Ratio   Amount   Ratio
                    (In Thousands)                
As of December 31, 2006
                                               
 
                                               
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets) Consolidated
  $ 73,241       10.40 %   $ 56,360       8.00 %     N/A       N/A  
First Business Bank
    64,443       10.49       49,144       8.00     $ 61,430       10.00 %
First Business Bank – Milwaukee
    10,205       11.31       7,218       8.00       9,022       10.00  
 
                                               
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets) Consolidated
  $ 43,944       6.24 %   $ 28,180       4.00 %     N/A       N/A  
First Business Bank
    57,838       9.42       24,572       4.00     $ 36,858       6.00 %
First Business Bank – Milwaukee
    9,070       10.05       3,609       4.00       5,413       6.00 %
 
                                               
Tier 1 capital (to average assets) Consolidated
  $ 43,944       5.99 %   $ 29,331       4.00 %     N/A       N/A  
First Business Bank
    57,838       9.22       25,086       4.00     $ 31,358       5.00 %
First Business Bank – Milwaukee
    9,070       8.50       4,269       4.00       5,336       5.00  

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Contractual Obligations and Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
There have been no significant changes to the Corporation’s contractual obligations and off-balance arrangements disclosed in our Form 10-K at December 31, 2006 with the exception of a new lease agreement signed for our loan production office located in the Northeast Region of Wisconsin. The lease begins upon completion of construction of the facility, which is expected during the fourth quarter of 2007, and provides for annual expense of $124,000 on a straight-line basis incorporating rental escalation clauses. As discussed in Note 2 of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements, we have adopted the provisions of FASB interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes and upon adoption have a liability associated with our uncertain tax positions of approximately $1.4 million recorded in our consolidated financial statements. At this time, there is no unrecognized tax benefit that is expected to significantly increase or decrease within the next twelve months. Management continues to believe there is adequate capital and liquidity available from various sources to fund projected contractual obligations and commitments.
Item 3. – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Interest rate risk, or market risk, arises from exposure of our financial position to changes in interest rates. It is our strategy to reduce the impact of interest rate risk on net interest margin by maintaining a favorable match between the maturities and repricing dates of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. This strategy is monitored by the Banks’ respective Asset/Liability Management Committees, in accordance with policies approved by the Banks’ respective Board of Directors. These committees meet regularly to review the sensitivity of our assets and liabilities to changes in interest rates, liquidity needs and sources, and pricing and funding strategies.
We use two techniques to measure interest rate risk. The first is simulation of earnings. The balance sheet is modeled as an ongoing entity whereby future growth, pricing, and funding assumptions are implemented. These assumptions are modeled under different rate scenarios.
The second measurement technique used is static gap analysis. Gap analysis involves measurement of the difference in asset and liability repricing on a cumulative basis within a specified time frame. A positive gap indicates that more interest-earning assets than interest-bearing liabilities reprice/mature in a time frame and a negative gap indicates the opposite. In addition to the gap position, other determinants of net interest income are the shape of the yield curve, general rate levels, reinvestment spreads, balance sheet growth and mix, and interest rate spreads. We manage the structure of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities by adjusting their mix, yield, maturity and/or repricing characteristics based on market conditions.
The process of asset and liability management requires management to make a number of assumptions as to when an asset or liability will reprice or mature. Management believes that its assumptions approximate actual experience and considers them reasonable, although the actual amortization and repayment of assets and liabilities may vary substantially. The Corporation’s economic sensitivity to change in rates at June 30, 2007 has not changed materially since December 31, 2006.
Item 4. – Controls and Procedures
In accordance with Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q, the Corporation’s management evaluated, with the participation of the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer along with its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based upon their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures, the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer and the Corporation’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q.

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There was no change in the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2007 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, such internal control over financial reporting.
Part II. Other Information
Item 1. – Legal Proceedings
From time to time, the Corporation and its subsidiaries are engaged in legal proceedings in the ordinary course of their respective businesses. Management believes that any liability arising from any such proceedings currently existing or threatened will not have a material adverse effect on the Corporation’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
Item 1A. – Risk Factors
There have been no material changes to risk factors as previously disclosed in Item 1A. to Part 1 of the Corporation’s Form 10-K filed on March 15, 2007.
Item 2. – Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
  (a)   None.
 
  (b)   None.
 
  (c)   Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
                                 
                    Total Number of   Maximum Number
                    Shares Purchased   that May Yet be
                    as Part of Publicly   Purchased Under
    Total Number of   Average Price Paid   Announced Plans   the Plans or
Period   Shares Purchased   Per Share   or Programs   Programs
April 1 – 30, 2007
    50     $ 22.00             N/A  
May 1 – 30, 2007
                      N/A  
June 1 – 30, 2007
                      N/A  
Item 3. – Defaults Upon Senior Securities
     Not applicable.
Item 4. – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
     The following matters were submitted to a vote during the annual meeting held May 7, 2007:
                                         
    Number of Shares
    For   Against   Abstained   Withheld   Non-Votes
Election of Directors for a three-year term expiring in 2010:
                                       
Jan A. Eddy
    1,884,438                   18,037        
John M. Silseth
    1,886,919                   15,556        
Dean W. Voeks
    1,876,468                   26,007        

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Item 5. – Other Information.
     None.
Item 6. – Exhibits.
(31.1) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer.
(31.2) Certification of the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
(32)    Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. paragraph 1350.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 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.
             
 
           
    FIRST BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Corey A. Chambas    
 
           
 
      Corey A. Chambas    
 
      Chief Executive Officer    
 
           
 
      July 26, 2007    

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