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21MAR200523282374

INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION
ALL BANKS MEMBER FDIC
MEMBER BANKS:
International Bank Of Commerce
1200 San Bernardo Avenue
(956) 722-7611

Laredo
7002 San Bernardo Ave.
(956) 728-0060
1002 Matamoros
(956) 726-6622
1300 Guadalupe
(956) 726-6601
2418 Jacaman Rd.
(956) 764-6161
5300 San Dario Ste. 440D
(956) 728-0063
5300 San Dario Ste. 202
(956) 790-6500
9710 Mines Road
(956) 728-0092
4501  San Bernardo
(956) 722-0485
7909 McPherson Ave.
(956) 728-0064
2442 San Isidro Pkwy
(956) 726-6611
2415 S. Zapata Hwy.
(956) 728-0061
1320 San Dario Ave.
(956) 790-6511
5610 San Bernardo
(956) 726-6688
2320 Bob Bullock Lp 20
(956) 728-0062
4401 Highway 83 South
(956) 794-8140
1911 N.E. Bob Bullock
(956) 764-6171
4801 San Dario
(956) 794-8130
210 West Del Mar Blvd.
(956) 794-8145

Administration Center
2418 Jacaman Rd. (Rear)
(956) 722-7611

San Antonio
130 East Travis
(210) 518-2500
5029 Broadway
(210) 518-2523
6630 Callaghan
(210) 369-2960
6301 NW Lp. 410 Ste. Q14
(210) 369-2910
2201 NW Military Dr.
(210) 369-2949
12400 Hwy. 281 North
(210) 369-2900
16339 Huebner Rd.
(210) 369-2974
7400 San Pedro, Ste. 608
(210) 369-2940
1500 NE Lp. 410
(210) 281-2400
10200 San Pedro Ave.
(210) 366-5400
18750  Stone Oak Pkwy Ste. 100
(210) 496-6111
5300 Walzem Rd.
(210) 564-2300
11831 Bandera Rd.
(210) 369-2980
15900 La Cantera Parkway Ste.
10005
(210)354-6984
6909 N. Loop 1604 E Ste. E-01
(210) 369-2922
8503 NW Military Hwy
(210) 369-2918
1150 NW Loop 1604
(210) 930-9865

6030 Montgomery Rd.
(210) 930-9845
9900 Wurzbach Rd.
(210) 883-1410
4100 S. New Braunfels Ave.
(210) 883-1415
10660 FM 471
(210) 883-1420
18140 San Pedro Ave.
(210) 518-2500
3119 SE Military Drive
(210) 354-6980
327 SW Loop 410
(210) 930-9825
2310 SW Military Dr. Ste. #216
(210) 518-2558
6818 South Zarzamora
(210) 354-6986
999 E. Basse Rd. Ste. 150
(210) 369-2920
20760 US Hwy 281 N, Ste. 100
(210) 369-2914
24165 IH 10 W. Ste. 300
(210) 369-2912
12018 Perrin Beitel Rd.
(210) 369-2916
6580 FM 78
(210) 930-9810
10718 Potranco Rd.
(210) 930-9821
2130 Culebra
(210) 930-9830
2101 NW Military Dr.
(210) 369-2949
938 S.E Military Dr.
(210) 930-9815
735 S. W. Military
(210) 930-9835
11002 Culebra
(210) 930-9850

Service Center
2416 Cee Gee
(210) 821-4700
8770 Tesoro
(210) 821-4700

Luling
200 S. Pecan St.
(830) 875-2445

Marble Falls
2401 Hwy. 281 North
(830) 693-4301

San Marcos
1081 Wonder World
(512) 353-1011

New Braunfels
955 N. Walnut Ave.
(830) 608-9665

Shertz
3800 FM 3009
(210) 354-6984
17460 IH 35 North
(210) 930-9855

Boerne
420 Bandera
(210) 249-1589

Kyle
5401 South FM 1626
(512) 397-4567

McAllen
One S. Broadway
(956) 686-0263
7124 N. 23rd.
(956) 630-9310
1301 Ash
(956) 632-3545

301  S.  10th  St.
(956)  688-3610
3600  N.10th.  St.
(956)  688-3690
2200  S. 10th St.  (La Plaza East)
(956)  688-3670
2200 S.  10th  St.  (La  Plaza  West)
(956)  688-3660
2225  Nolana
(956)  688-3600
1200  E. Jackson
(956)  688-3685
2800  Nolana
(956)  688-3620
2900  W.  Exp  83
(956)  630-9350
3601 Pecan  Blvd.
(956)  630-9325

Alamo
1421 West Frontage  Rd.
(956)  688-3645

Edinburg
400 S. Closner
(956)  688-3640
4101 S. McColl
(956)  630-9337
1724 W.  University  Dr.  Ste.  B
(956)  688-3680
2205 W.  University  Dr.
(956)  630-9340

Mission
900 N.  Bryan Rd.
(956)  688-3630
200 E.  Griffin  Pkwy
(956)  632-3512
2410 E. Expressway  83
(956)  688-3625
2206 Palma  Vista  Dr.
(956)  630-9355
2409 E.  Expressway  83
(956) 630-9315

Pharr
401 South Cage
(956)  688-3635
1007 North  I Rd.
(956)  688-3655

Weslaco
606  S.  Texas Blvd.
(956)  688-3605
1310  N.  Texas
(956)  937-9500
1004 N. TX  Blvd.
(956)  968-5551

Hidalgo
1023 S. Bridge
(956)  688-3665

San Juan
108 E.  FM 495
(956)  630-9320

Palmhurst
215 E.  Mile  3 Rd.
(956)  688-3675

Corpus Christi
221 S. Shoreline
(361)  888-4000
6130 S. Staples
(361)  991-4000
4622 Everhart
(361)  903-7265
14066 Northwest  Blvd.
(361)  903-7285

Sinton
301 West Sinton
(361)  364-1230

Rockport
2701 N. Hwy. 35
(361)  729-0500
2431 Hwy. 35
(361)  729-0500

Aransas Pass
2501 W.  Wheeler
(361)  729-0500

Portland
1800 US Hwy 181
(361)  886-9910

Port  Lavaca
311 N. Virginia  St.
(361)  552-9771
101 Calhoun Plaza
(361)  553-4211

Bay  City
1916 7th St.
(979)  245-5781
2700 7th St.
(979)  244-7410

Victoria
6411 N. Navarro
(361)  575-8394
6106 N. Navarro
(361)  573-8035

Houston
5615 Kirby Dr.
(713)  526-1211
5706 Kirby Dr.
(713)  526-1211
8203 S. Kirkwood
(713)  285-2165
1001 McKinney  Ste. 150
(713)  285-2140
9710 Katy Freeway
Houston, TX 77055
5250 FM 1640
(832)  595-0920
1777 Sage Rd.
(713)  285-2133
3200 Woodridge,  Ste. 1350
(713)  285-2266
3939 Montrose Ste. W
(713)  285-2195
5085 Westheimer  Ste.  4640
(713)  285-2292
1545 Eldridge  Parkway
(713)  285-2042
12400 FM 1960 W.
(713)  285-2212
7747 Kirby Dr.
(713)  285-2118
1950 El Dorado
(713)  285-2001
10251 Kempwood
(713)  535-8330
10100 Beechnut
(713)  535-8310
1630 Spencer Highway
(713)  535-8344
3111 Woodridge #500
(713)  535-8350

Sugarland
11565 S. Hwy  6
(713)  285-2200
4955 N Hwy 6
(713)  535-8320

League City
2955 S.  Gulf Freeway
(713)  285-2084

Sugarland
10570 Hwy 6 South
(713)  285-2286
11565 S. Hwy  6
(713)  285-2200

Friendswood
3135  FM 528
(281)  316-0670

Kingwood
4303 Kingwood Dr.
(713)  535-8301

The Woodlands
9595 Six Pines Dr.
(713)  535-8340

College  Station
1900 Texas Avenue South
(979)  764-7564

Bryan
725 E.  Villa Maria
(979)  764-7264

Galveston
2931 Central City Blvd.
(409)  741-2573
500 Seawall  Blvd., Ste. 200
(409)  763-2254

Cypress
24224 NW  Freeway
(713)  535-8370

Spring
10919 Louetta
(713)  535-8390
7310 Louetta
(713)  535-8420

Humble
7405 FM 1960  East
(713)  535-8361

Wharton
1616 North  Alabama
(979)  282-2233

Pearland
2805 Business Center Drive
(713)  535-8380

El  Campo
306 N. Mechanic
(979)  543-1039

Katy
6055 Fry Road
(713)  285-2241
1525 Mason Road
(713)  285-2196
544 West Grand Parkway
(713)  285-2037
6711 South Fry  Road
(713)  285-2090

Missouri City
8900 Hwy  6
(713)  535-8425

Lake Jackson
212 That Way
(979)  297-2466

Angleton
200 East Mulberry
(979)  849-7711

Freeport
1208 N. Brazosport Blvd.
(979)  233-2677

Dickinson
2301 FM 646  West
(713)  285-2021

Eagle Pass
2395 E.  Main St.
(830)  773-2313
2538 E.  Main St.
(830)  773-2313
439 E.  Main St.
(830)  773-2313

2305 Del Rio Blvd.
(830) 773-2313
455 S. Bibb Ave. Ste. 502
(830) 773-2313
2135 Eas Main St.
(830) 773-2313

Del Rio
2410 Dodson St.
(830) 775-4265
1507 Veteran’s Blvd.
(830) 775-4265

Uvalde
3100 E. Hwy. 90
(830) 278-8045
2065 E. Main St.
(830) 278-8045
201 E. Main St.
(830) 278-8045

Austin
816 Congress Ave., Ste. 100
(512) 397-4506
11400 Burnett Rd. Bldg. 46
(512) 397-4595
9606 N. Mopac Expressway, Ste.
110
(512) 338-3922
10405 FM 2222
(512) 397-4584
814 San Jacinto Blvd.
(512) 397-4531
6001 Airport Blvd. Ste. 2390
(512) 397-4542
12625 North IH 35 Bldg. D
(512) 397-4570
11400 Burnett Road Bldg. 46
(512) 397-4595
7112 Ed Bluestein #125
(512) 397-4545
9900 South IH 35 Southbound
Svc. Rd.
(512) 397-4530

Buda
15300 IH 35 South
(512) 295-6368

Georgetown
1101 South IH 35
(512) 863-9300

Cedar Park
301 W. Whiteston Blvd.
(512) 397-4552
170 E. Whitestone Blvd.
(512) 320-9512
11200 Lakeline Mall Dr.
(512) 397-4555

Round Rock
2051 Gattis School Rd.
(512) 397-4520

Leander
651 N. US Highway 183
(512) 397-4562

Taylor
100 NW Carlos Parket Blvd.
(512) 397-4576

Oklahoma

Ardmore
313 W. Broadway
(580) 223-0345
2302 12th Ave.
(580) 223-0345

Bethany
7723 NW 23rd St.
(405) 775-8063

Broken Arrow
3359 S. Elm Place
(918) 497-2492
8112 S. Garnett Rd.
(918) 497-2840

Chandler
1804 E. 1st St.
(405) 258-2351

Chickasha
628 Grand Ave.
(405) 775-8052

International Bank Of Commerce
1200 San Bernardo Avenue
(956) 722-7611

Claremore
1050  N.  Lynn Riggs Blvd.
(918) 497-2456

Clinton
1002  W.  Frisco  Ave.
(580) 323-0730

Duncan
1006 West Main St.
(580)  255-8187
2210 North  Hwy.  81
(580)  255-9055

Edmond
301 S.  Bryant Ave. Ste.  A-100
(405)  775-8061
421 S. Santa Fe  Ave.
(405)  775-8055

Grove
100 E.  3rd St.
(918)786-4438

Guthrie
120 N. Division  St.
(405)  775-8064

Tulsa
2808 E. 101st St.
(918)  497-2810
1951 S.  Yale  Ave.
(918)  497-2452
7021 S. Memorial  Ste. 0269
(918)  497-2812
4202 S.  Garnett
(918)  497-2880
2250 E.  73rd St.
(918)  497-2400
111 W.  5th St.
(918)  497-2449
8202 E.  71st St.
(918)  497-2454
5302 E.  Skelly Dr.
(918)  497-2453

Oklahoma City
3601 NW  63rd  St.
(405)  841-2100
100 W.  Park  Ave.
(405)  775-8093

Commerce Bank
5800 San Dario
Laredo, Texas 78041
(956) 724-1616

2320  Blaine  St.
(956)  724-1616

5701 N. May Ave.
(405)  775-8056
8700 S. Pennsylvania Ave.
(405)  775-8058
1924 Portland Ave.
(405)  775-8068
12241 N. May Ave.
(405)  775-8059
6233 NW  Expressway
(405)  775-8062
2501 W.  Memorial Rd. Ste. 105
(405)  775-1730
4902 N. Western Ave.
(405)  775-8054
14001 N. McArthur  Blvd.
(405)  775-1710

Lawton
#10  Central  Mall
(580)  248-2265
2101 W.  Gore
(580)  355-0253
6425 NW  Cache Rd.
(580)  250-4311
1420 W.  Lee Blvd.
(580)  250-4116

Miami
2520 N. Main
(918)  542-4411

Midwest  City
414 N. Air Depot Blvd.
(405)  775-8092
2200 S.  Douglas  Blvd.
(405)  775-8057

Moore
513 NE  12th
(405)  775-8066
901 SW 19th
(405)  775-1720

Muskogee
2401 E.  Chandler Rd. Ste.  100
(918)  682-2300

Norman
2403 W.  Main  St.
(405)  775-8069

Lindsey
420  S.  Main St.
(405) 756-4494

Owasso
9350 N.  Garnett
(918)  497-2835

Pauls Valley
700  W.  Grant  Ave.
(405) 238-7318

Purcell
430 Lincoln St.
(405)  775-8094
2015  S. Green
(405)  775-1781

Sand Springs
800 E. Charles Page  Blvd.
(918)  497-2457
3402  State Hwy.  97
(918) 497-2459

Sapulpa
911 E. Taft  St.
(918)  497-2458

Shawnee
2512  N.  Harrison  Ave.
(405) 775-8067

Sulphur
2009 W.  Broadway Ave.
(580)  622-3118

Weatherford
109 E. Franklin Ave.
(580)  772-7441

Yukon
1203 Cornwell  Dr.
(405)  775-1711

Stillwater
1900 N. Perkins
(405)  372-0889

Elk  City
200 E.  Broadway  Ave.
(580)  225-7200

2120 Saunders
(956) 724-1616

1623 Central Blvd.
(956) 547-1320
4520 E. 14th St.
(956) 547-1300
630 E. Elizabeth St.
(956) 547-1350

International Bank of Commerce, Brownsville
1600 Ruben Torres Blvd.
Brownsville, TX 78522-1831
(956) 547-1000
7480 S.  HWY  48
(956)  547-1370
2721  Boca  Chica  Blvd.
(956)  547-1260
2250 Boca  Chica Blvd.
(956) 547-1280

2370  N. Expressway
(956)  547-1380
3600 W. Alton Gloor Blvd.
(956)  547-1390
79 E. Alton  Gloor Blvd.
(956)  547-1360

Harlingen
501 S. Dixieland  Rd.
(956)  428-6902
902 N. 77th Sunshine  Strip
(956)  428-6454
1801 W.  Lincoln
(956)428-4559

International Bank of Commerce, Zapata
U.S Hwy. 83 @ 10th Ave.
Zapata, TX 78076
(956) 765-8361

Roma
U.S Hwy. 83 @ Port Aleza
(956) 849-1047

Alice
2001 Main St.
(361) 661-1211

Rio Grande City
E.  Hwy. 83  # 4015
(956) 487-5531
4534 E. Hwy. 83
(956) 488-6367

4031 E. Hwy 83
(956)  487-5535

Hebbronville
401 N. Smith  Ave.
(361)  527-2645

Kingsville
1320 General  Cavazos Blvd.
(361)  516-1040
715  W. Santa Gertrudis
(361)  516-1040

1200  Welby  Court
(956)  724-1616

South Padre Island
911 Padre Blvd.
(956)  547-1471

Port  Isabel
1401 W.  Hwy. 100
(956)  943-2108

Freer
405 S. Norton
(361) 661-1211

Beeville
802 E.  Houston St.
(361)  358-8700

INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION  AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Consolidated)

The following consolidated selected financial data is derived from the Corporation’s audited financial
statements as of and for the five years ended December 31, 2008. The following consolidated financial data
should  be  read  in  conjunction  with  Management’s  Discussion  and  Analysis  of  Financial  Condition  and
Results of Operations and the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes in this  report.

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

AS OF OR FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share  Data)

STATEMENT OF CONDITION

Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other borrowed funds . . . . . . .
Junior subordinated deferrable

interest debentures . . . . . . . .
Shareholders’ equity . . . . . . . . .

$12,439,341
5,799,372
6,858,784
2,522,986

$11,167,161
5,474,902
7,157,606
1,456,936

$10,911,454
4,970,273
6,989,918
2,095,576

$10,391,853
4,547,896
6,656,426
1,870,075

$9,921,505
4,807,623
6,571,104
1,670,199

201,048
1,257,297

200,929
935,905

210,908
842,056

236,391
792,867

235,395
753,090

INCOME STATEMENT

Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest expense . . . . . . . . . . .

$

Net interest income . . . . . . . . .
Provision (credit) for probable

loan losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-interest income . . . . . . . .
Non-interest expense . . . . . . . .

Income before income taxes . . .

Minority interest in

consolidated subsidiary . . . . .
Income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Per common share (Note 1):

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$
$

564,603
231,731

332,872

19,813
189,809
300,811

202,057

415
69,530

132,112

1.93
1.92

$

$

643,573
333,340

310,233

(1,762)
165,363
300,282

177,076

—
55,764

121,312

1.76
1.75

$

$
$

$

$
$

609,073
319,588

289,485

3,849
176,971
288,677

173,930

40
56,889

117,001

1.68
1.67

$

$

$
$

508,705
206,830

301,875

960
167,222
255,988

212,149

$ 352,378
108,602

243,776

5,196
134,816
196,484

176,912

—
71,370

—
57,880

140,779

$ 119,032

2.01
1.98

$
$

1.74
1.71

Note  1:  Per  share  information  has  been  re-stated  giving  retroactive  effect  to  stock  dividends  distributed.

1

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS  OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS  OF OPERATIONS

Management’s discussion and analysis represents an explanation of significant changes in the financial
position  and  results  of  operations  of  International  Bancshares  Corporation  and  subsidiaries  (the
‘‘Company’’ or the ‘‘Corporation’’) on a consolidated basis for the three-year period ended December 31,
2008.  The  following  discussion  should  be  read  in  conjunction  with  the  Company’s  Annual  Report  on
Form  10-K  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  2008,  and  the  Selected  Financial  Data  and  Consolidated
Financial Statements included elsewhere  herein.

Special Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward Looking Information

Certain  matters  discussed  in  this  report,  excluding  historical  information,  include  forward-looking
statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbor created by these
sections.  Although  the  Company  believes  such  forward-looking  statements  are  based  on  reasonable
assumptions,  no  assurance  can  be  given  that  every  objective  will  be  reached.  The  words  ‘‘estimate,’’
‘‘expect,’’ ‘‘intend,’’ ‘‘believe’’ and ‘‘project,’’ as well as other words or expressions of a similar meaning are
intended  to  identify  forward-looking  statements.  Readers  are  cautioned  not  to  place  undue  reliance  on
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Such statements are based on
current  expectations,  are  inherently  uncertain,  are  subject  to  risks  and  should  be  viewed  with  caution.
Actual  results  and  experience  may  differ  materially  from  the  forward-looking  statements  as  a  result  of
many  factors.

Risk  factors  that  could  cause  actual  results  to  differ  materially  from  any  results  that  are  projected,
forecasted, estimated or budgeted by the Company in forward-looking statements include, among others,
the following possibilities:

(cid:127) Local, regional, national and international economic business conditions and the impact they may
have on the Company, the Company’s customers, and such customers’ ability to transact profitable
business with the Company, including the ability of its borrowers to repay their loans according to
their terms or a change in the value of the related collateral.

(cid:127) Volatility and disruption in national  and international financial markets.

(cid:127) Government intervention in the U.S. financial  system.

(cid:127) Changes in consumer spending, borrowings and  savings  habits.

(cid:127) Changes  in  interest  rates  and  market  prices,  which  could  reduce  the  Company’s  net  interest

margins, asset valuations and expense  expectations.

(cid:127) Changes  in  the  capital  markets  utilized  by  the  Company  and  its  subsidiaries,  including  changes  in

the interest rate environment that may  reduce margins.

(cid:127) Changes in state and/or federal laws and regulations to which the Company and its subsidiaries, as
well  as  their  customers,  competitors  and  potential  competitors,  are  subject,  including,  without
limitation, changes in the accounting, tax and regulatory treatment of trust preferred securities, as
well as changes in banking, tax, securities,  insurance and employment  laws and  regulations.

(cid:127) Changes  in  U.S.—Mexico  trade,  including,  without  limitation,  reductions  in  border  crossings  and
commerce  resulting  from  the  Homeland  Security  Programs  called  ‘‘US-VISIT,’’  which  is  derived
from Section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of  1996.

(cid:127) The loss of senior management or  operating personnel.

(cid:127) Increased competition from both within  and outside the banking  industry.

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(cid:127) The timing, impact and other uncertainties of the Company’s potential future acquisitions including
the  Company’s  ability  to  identify  suitable  potential  future  acquisition  candidates,  the  success  or
failure  in  the  integration  of  their  operations  and  the  Company’s  ability  to  maintain  its  current
branch network and to enter new markets successfully and  capitalize on growth opportunities.

(cid:127) Changes in the Company’s ability to pay  dividends on its  Preferred Stock  or Common Stock.

(cid:127) The effects of the proceedings pending with the Internal Revenue Service regarding the Company’s

lease financing transactions.

(cid:127) Additions  to  the  Company’s  loan  loss  allowance  as  a  result  of  changes  in  local,  national  or

international conditions which adversely affect the Company’s  customers.

(cid:127) Greater  than  expected  costs  or  difficulties  related  to  the  development  and  integration  of  new

products and lines of business.

(cid:127) Changes in the soundness of other  financial institutions with which  the Company interacts.

(cid:127) Political instability in the United States and Mexico.

(cid:127) Technological changes.

(cid:127) Acts of war or terrorism.

(cid:127) Natural disasters.

(cid:127) Reduced  earnings  resulting  from  the  write  down  of  the  carrying  value  of  securities  held  in  our
the  securities  are

following  a  determination 

that 

securities  available-for-sale  portfolio 
other-than-temporarily impaired.

(cid:127) The  effect  of  changes  in  accounting  policies  and  practices  as  may  be  adopted  by  the  regulatory
agencies,  as  well  as  the  Public  Company  Accounting  Oversight  Board,  the  Financial  Accounting
Standards Board and other accounting standards  setters.

(cid:127) The Company’s success at managing the risks involved in the  foregoing items.

Forward-looking  statements  speak  only  as  of  the  date  on  which  such  statements  are  made.  It  is  not
possible  to  foresee  or  identify  all  such  factors.  The  Company  makes  no  commitment  to  update  any
forward-looking statement, or to disclose any facts, events or circumstances after the date hereof that may
affect the accuracy of any forward-looking  statement, unless  required by law.

Recent Developments

In  response  to  the  financial  crisis  affecting  the  banking  system  and  financial  markets  and  going
concern threats to investment banks and other financial institutions, on October 3, 2008, the Emergency
Economic  Stabilization  Act  of  2008  (the  ‘‘EESA’’)  was  signed  into  law.  Pursuant  to  the  EESA,  the  U.S.
Treasury  was  given  the  authority  to,  among  other  things,  purchase  up  to  $700  billion  of  mortgages,
mortgage-backed  securities  and  certain  other  financial  instruments  from  financial  institutions  for  the
purpose of stabilizing and providing liquidity to the  U.S. financial  markets.

On  October  14,  2008,  the  Secretary  of  the  Department  of  the  Treasury  announced  that  the
Department of the Treasury will purchase equity stakes in a wide variety of banks and thrifts. Under the
program,  known  as  the  Troubled  Asset  Relief  Program  Capital  Purchase  Program  (the  ‘‘TARP  Capital
Purchase  Program’’),  from  the  $700  billion  authorized  by  the  EESA,  the  Treasury  made  $250  billion  of
capital  available  to  U.S.  financial  institutions  in  the  form  of  preferred  stock.  In  conjunction  with  the
purchase  of  preferred  stock,  the  Treasury  received,  from  participating  financial  institutions,  warrants  to
purchase  common  stock  with  an  aggregate  market  price  equal  to  15%  of  the  preferred  investment.
Participating  financial  institutions  were  required  to  adopt  the  Treasury’s  standards  for  executive

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compensation  and  corporate  governance  for  the  period  during  which  the  Treasury  holds  equity  issued
under the TARP Capital Purchase Program.

On December 23, 3008, as part of the TARP Capital Purchase Program, the Company entered into a
Letter Agreement incorporating an attached Securities Purchase Agreement Standard Terms (collectively
the ‘‘Securities Purchase Agreement’’) with the Treasury. The closing of the transactions contemplated in
the Securities Purchase Agreement occurred on  December 23,  2008.

Under  the  Securities  Purchase  Agreement,  the  Company  agreed  to  sell  216,000  shares  of  the
Company’s fixed-rate cumulative perpetual preferred stock, Series A, par value $.01 per share (the ‘‘Senior
Preferred  Stock’’),  having  a  liquidation  preference  of  $1,000  per  share,  for  a  total  price  of  $216,000,000.
The Senior Preferred Stock will pay dividends at the rate of 5% per year for the first five years and 9% per
year  thereafter.  The  Senior  Preferred  Stock  has  no  maturity  date  and  ranks  senior  to  the  Company’s
common  stock  with  respect  to  the  payment  of  dividends  and  distributions  and  amounts  payable  upon
liquidation,  dissolution  and  winding  up  of  the  Company.  The  Senior  Preferred  Stock  generally  is
non-voting except for class voting rights on matters that would adversely affect the rights of the holders of
the Senior Preferred Stock.

Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company may redeem the Senior Preferred Stock
in  whole  or  in  part  at  par  after  three  years  from  the  date  of  the  investment.  Prior  to  such  date,  the
Company may redeem the Senior Preferred Stock in whole or in part, at par if (i) the Company has raised
aggregate gross proceeds in one or more Qualified Equity Offerings (as defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement)  in  excess  of  $54  million  and  (ii)  the  aggregate  redemption  is  subject  to  the  consent  of  the
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, which  is  the Company’s primary Federal banking regulator.

In conjunction with the purchase of the Senior Preferred Stock, the Treasury received a warrant (the
‘‘Warrant’’)  to  purchase  1,326,238  shares  of  the  Company’s  common  stock  (the  ‘‘Warrant  Shares’’)  at
$24.43  per  share,  which  would  represent  an  aggregate  common  stock  investment  in  the  Company  on
exercise  of  the  warrant  in  full  equal  to  15%  of  the  Senior  Preferred  Stock  investment.  The  term  of  the
Warrant is ten years. The per share exercise price and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrant is subject to adjustment pursuant to customary anti-dilutive provisions in certain events, such as
stock splits, certain distributions of securities or other assets to holders of the Company’s common stock,
and  upon  certain  issuances  of  the  Company’s  common  stock  at  or  below  specified  prices  relative  to  the
initial  per  share  exercise  price  of  the  Warrant.  The  Warrant  is  immediately  exercisable.  The  number  of
shares  issuable  upon  exercise  of  the  Warrant  is  also  subject  to  reduction  in  certain  limited  events  that
involve the Company conducting Qualified Equity Offerings on or prior to December 31, 2009. Both the
Senior Preferred Stock and Warrant  will be accounted for as components  of Tier 1 capital.

The  Company’s  intention  is  to  utilize  the  extra  capital  provided  by  the  TARP  funds  to  support  its

efforts to prudently and transparently  provide lending  and liquidity.

On  November  21,  2008,  the  Board  of  Directors  for  the  Federal  Deposit  Insurance  Corporation
(‘‘FDIC’’) adopted a final rule relating to the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (‘‘TLG Program’’).
The  TLG  Program  was  announced  by  the  FDIC  on  October  14,  2008,  preceded  by  the  determination  of
systemic risk by the Secretary of the Department of Treasury (after consultation with the President), as an
initiative  to  counter  the  system-wide  crisis  in  the  nation’s  financial  sector.  Under  the  TLG  Program,  the
FDIC  will  (i)  guarantee  through  the  earlier  of  maturity  or  June  30,  2012,  certain  newly  issued  senior
unsecured debt issued by participating institutions on or after October 14, 2008, and before June 30, 2009
(the  ‘‘Debt  Guaranty  Program’’)  and  (ii)  provide  full  FDIC  deposit  insurance  coverage  for  non-interest
bearing transaction deposit accounts, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (‘‘NOW’’) accounts paying less than
0.5%  interest  per  annum  and  Interest  on  Lawyers  Trust  Accounts  (‘‘IOLTA’’)  held  at  participating
FDIC-insured  institutions  through  December  31,  2009  (the  ‘‘Transaction  Account  Guaranty  Program’’).
Coverage under the TLG Program was available for the first 30 days without charge. The fee assessment
for  coverage  of  senior  unsecured  debt  ranges  from  50  basis  points  to  100  basis  points  per  annum,

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depending on the initial maturity of the debt. The fee assessment for deposit insurance coverage is 10 basis
points  per  quarter  on  amounts  in  covered  accounts  exceeding  $250,000.  On  December  5,  2008,  the
Company  elected  to  opt  out  of  the  Debt  Guaranty  Program,  but  the  Company  will  participate  in  the
Transaction Account Guaranty Program.

Overview

The Company, which is headquartered in Laredo, Texas, with 265 facilities and more than 420 ATMs,
provides  banking  services  for  commercial,  consumer  and  international  customers  of  South,  Central  and
Southeast Texas and the State of Oklahoma. The Company is one of the largest independent commercial
bank  holding  companies  headquartered  in  Texas.  The  Company,  through  its  bank  subsidiaries,  is  in  the
business of gathering funds from various sources and investing those funds in order to earn a return. The
Company either directly or through a bank subsidiary owns two insurance agencies, a broker/dealer and a
majority  interest  in  an  investment  banking  unit  that  owns  a  broker/dealer.  The  Company’s  primary
earnings come from the spread between the interest earned on interest-bearing assets and the interest paid
on interest-bearing liabilities. In addition, the Company generates income from fees on products offered to
commercial, consumer and international  customers.

A  primary  goal  of  the  Company  is  to  grow  net  interest  income  and  non-interest  income  while
adequately  managing  credit  risk,  interest  rate  risk  and  expenses.  Effective  management  of  capital  is  a
critical objective of the Company. A key measure of the performance of a banking institution is the return
on  average  common  equity  (‘‘ROE’’).  The  Company’s  ROE  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  2008  was
13.34% as compared to 13.73% for the year ended  December  31, 2007.

The  Company  is  very  active  in  facilitating  trade  along  the  United  States  border  with  Mexico.  The
Company does a large amount of business with customers domiciled in Mexico. Deposits from persons and
entities  domiciled  in  Mexico  comprise  a  large  and  stable  portion  of  the  deposit  base  of  the  Company’s
bank  subsidiaries.  The  Company  also  serves  the  growing  Hispanic  population  through  the  Company’s
facilities located throughout South, Central and Southeast  Texas and the State of Oklahoma.

Expense  control  is  an  essential  element  in  the  Company’s  long-term  profitability.  As  a  result,  the
Company monitors the efficiency ratio, which is a measure of non-interest expense to net interest income
plus non-interest income closely. The efficiency ratio during 2007 was negatively affected by an impairment
charge of $13.1 million, after tax, arising from a charge on certain investment securities. This impairment
charge negatively affected the efficiency ratio but does not necessarily reflect a long-term negative trend.
Additionally, the Company’s efficiency ratio has been negatively impacted over the last few years because
of  the  Company’s  aggressive  branch  expansion  which  has  added  a  total  of  61  branches  during  2007  and
2008. During rapid expansion periods, the Company’s efficiency ratio will suffer but the long-term benefits
of  the  expansion  should  be  realized  in  future  periods  and  the  benefits  should  positively  impact  the
efficiency  ratio  in  future  periods.  The  Company  monitors  this  ratio  over  time  to  assess  the  Company’s
efficiency relative to its peers taking into account the Company’s branch expansion. The Company uses this
measure  as  one  factor  in  determining  if  the  Company  is  accomplishing  its  long-term  goals  of  providing
superior returns to the Company’s shareholders.

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Results of Operations

Summary

Consolidated Statements of Condition Information

December 31,
2008

December 31,
2007

(Dollars in Thousands)

Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other borrowed funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Junior subordinated deferrable interest  debentures . . . . . . . . . .
Shareholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$12,439,341
5,799,372
6,858,784
2,522,986
201,048
1,257,297

$11,167,161
5,474,902
7,157,606
1,456,936
200,929
935,905

Consolidated Statements of Income Information

Percent
Increase
(Decrease)

11.4%
5.9
(4.2)
73.2
.1
34.3

Year Ended
December 31,
2008

Year Ended
December 31,
2007

Percent
Increase
(Decrease)
2008 vs. 2007

Year Ended
December  31,
2006

Percent
Increase
(Decrease)
2007 vs. 2006

(Dollars in Thousands)

$564,603
231,731
332,872

$643,573
333,340
310,233

(12.3)% $609,073
319,588
(30.5)
289,485
7.3

19,813
189,809
300,811
132,112

(1,762)
165,363
300,282
121,312

(1,224.5)
14.8
.2
8.9

3,849
176,971
288,677
117,001

5.7%
4.3
7.2

(145.8)
(6.6)
4.0
3.7

Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net interest income . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision (credit) for probable loan

losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-interest income . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-interest expense . . . . . . . . . . .
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Per common share:

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

1.93
1.92

$

1.76
1.75

9.7% $
9.7

1.68
1.67

4.8%
4.8

Net Income

Net income for the year ended December 31, 2008 increased by 8.9% compared to the same period in
2007.  Net  income  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  2008  was  negatively  impacted  by  increases  in  the
provision for probable loan losses charged to expense. The increase was due to the financial crisis in the
United States, which has negatively impacted the Company’s loan portfolio. Net income for the year ended
December  31,  2007  was  positively  affected  by  the  credit  for  probable  loan  losses  recorded  in  2007.  Net
income  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  2007  was  negatively  impacted  by  an  impairment  charge  of
$13.1  million,  after  tax,  on  certain  investments.  A  significant  portion  of  the  impairment  charge  was  the
result of the Company’s strategic sale of certain investment securities in the second quarter of 2007 with
the proceeds from the sales used to reduce Federal Home Loan Bank (‘‘FHLB’’) borrowings. Net income
for  the  same  period  was  positively  affected  by  the  sale  of  the  securities,  which  generated  gains  of
$1.5 million, after tax. The investments sold were certain hybrid mortgage-backed securities with a coupon
re-set date that exceeded 30 months and a weighted average yield to coupon re-set that was approximately
100 basis points less than the FHLB certificate of indebtedness short-term rate. The sale of the securities
facilitated a re-positioning of the balance sheet to a more neutral position in terms of interest rate risk and
also improved operating ratios.

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Net income for the year ended December 31, 2007 increased by 3.7% compared to the same period in
2006. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2006 was negatively impacted by a $8.9 million, net of
tax, charge to operations as a result of the loss of a tax lawsuit with the Internal Revenue Service that was
litigated  during  the  third  quarter  of  2005  in  the  Federal  District  Court  in  San  Antonio,  Texas  and  that
relates  to  certain  leasing  transactions  previously  discussed  in  Note  17  of  the  Notes  to  Consolidated
Financial  Statements.  Because  of  the  trial  court  judgment  issued  on  March  31,  2006,  and  the  loss  of  the
case  at  the  appellate  level,  and  the  similarity  between  the  litigated  lawsuit  and  the  other  tax  case  that  is
pending, the Company took the $8.9 million charge, net of tax. Additionally, net income for the three years
ended  December  31,  2008,  2007  and  2006  was  negatively  impacted  due  to  an  inverted  yield  curve  and
increasing competition for deposits and loans. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2006 was also
affected by the Company’s strategic decisions to reduce certain loan and deposit categories acquired from
Local Financial Corporation (‘‘LFIN’’).

Net Interest Income

Net  interest  income  is  the  spread  between  income  on  interest-earning  assets,  such  as  loans  and
securities,  and  the  interest  expense  on  liabilities  used  to  fund  those  assets,  such  as  deposits,  repurchase
agreements  and  funds  borrowed.  Net  interest  income  is  the  Company’s  largest  source  of  revenue.  Net
interest  income  is  affected  by  both  changes  in  the  level  of  interest  rates  and  changes  in  the  amount  and
composition of interest-earning assets  and  interest-bearing  liabilities.

For the years ended December 31,

2008
Average
Rate/Cost

2007
Average
Rate/Cost

2006
Average
Rate/Cost

Assets
Interest earning assets:

Loan, net of unearned discounts:

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.60%
6.03

8.58%
7.43

8.42%
7.16

Investment securities:

Taxable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax-exempt
Federal funds sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.59
4.87
1.75
4.99

4.69
4.89
4.96
5.81

4.58
4.88
4.79
6.82

Total interest-earning assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.70%

6.82%

6.51%

Liabilities
Interest bearing liabilities:

Savings and interest bearing demand deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Time deposits:

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Securities sold under repurchase agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other borrowings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Junior subordinated deferrable interest  debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.17%

2.31%

1.91%

3.25
3.11
3.51
2.44
7.03

4.32
4.28
4.46
5.15
8.06

3.81
3.77
4.50
5.07
9.72

Total interest bearing liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.67%

4.01%

3.84%

For  the  three  years  ended  December  31,  2008,  as  short  term  interest  rates  have  fluctuated,  the
Company has monitored and adjusted interest rates on loans and deposits accordingly. The level of interest
rates and the volume and mix of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities impact net income and net
interest  margin.  The  yield  on  average  interest-earning  assets  decreased  16.4%  from  6.82%  in  2007  to

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5.70%  in  2008,  and  the  rates  paid  on  average  interest-bearing  liabilities  decreased  33.4%  from  4.01%  in
2007 to 2.67% in 2008. The yield on average interest-earning assets increased 4.8% from 6.51% in 2006 to
6.82% in 2007, and the rates paid on average interest-bearing liabilities increased 4.4% from 3.84% in 2006
to  4.01%  in  2007.  The  majority  of  the  Company’s  taxable  investment  securities  are  invested  in  mortgage
backed securities and during rapid increases or reduction in interest rates, the yield on these securities do
not re-price as quickly as the loans.

The following table analyzes the changes in net interest income during 2008 and 2007 and the relative
effect of changes in interest rates and volumes for each major classification of interest-earning assets and
interest-bearing liabilities. Non-accrual loans have been included in assets for the purpose of this analysis,
which  reduces the resulting yields:

2008 compared to 2007
Net increase (decrease) due to

2007 compared to 2006
Net increase (decrease) due to

Volume(1)

Rate(1)

Total

Volume(1)

Rate(1)

Total

(Dollars in Thousands)

(Dollars in Thousands)

Interest earned on:

Loans, net of unearned

discounts:
Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Investment securities:

Taxable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax-exempt
Federal funds sold . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$37,681
(463)

3,026
(740)
(80)
(2,075)

$(106,085) $ (68,404) $ 34,772
55

(4,442)

(3,979)

$ 7,927
790

$ 42,699
845

(4,469)
(16)
(1,705)
(65)

(1,443)
(756)
(1,785)
(2,140)

(14,817)
(320)
(977)
2,482

4,714
13
93
(232)

(10,103)
(307)
(884)
2,250

Total interest income . . . . . . . . .

$37,349

$(116,319) $ (78,970) $ 21,195

$ 13,305

$ 34,500

Interest incurred on:

Savings and interest bearing

demand deposits . . . . . . . . . .

$ (972) $ (26,155) $ (27,127) $ 3,921

$ 9,413

$ 13,334

Time deposits:

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Securities sold under repurchase
agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other borrowings . . . . . . . . . . .
Junior subordinated deferrable

interest debentures . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(100)
907

(18,206)
(19,142)

(18,306)
(18,235)

(605)
3,605

8,601
8,342

7,996
11,947

20,226
(3,465)

(13,663)
(37,876)

6,563
(41,341)

14,067
(29,285)

(367)
1,240

13,700
(28,045)

(973)
(122)

(2,068)
—

(3,041)
(122)

(1,860)
210

(3,530)
—

(5,390)
210

Total interest expense . . . . . . . .

$15,501

$(117,110) $(101,609) $ (9,947) $ 23,699

$ 13,752

Net interest income . . . . . . . . . . . .

$21,848

$

791

$ 22,639

$ 31,142

$(10,394) $ 20,748

(Note  1)  The  change  in  interest  due  to  both  rate  and  volume  has  been  allocated  to  volume  and  rate
changes in proportion to the relationship  of the absolute  dollar amounts of the  change  in each.

As part of the strategy to manage interest rate risk, the Company strives to manage both assets and
liabilities so that interest sensitivities match. One method of calculating interest rate sensitivity is through
gap analysis. A gap is the difference between the amount of interest rate sensitive assets and interest rate
sensitive  liabilities  that  re-price  or  mature  in  a  given  time  period.  Positive  gaps  occur  when  interest  rate
sensitive assets exceed interest rate sensitive liabilities, and negative gaps occur when interest rate sensitive
liabilities  exceed  interest  rate  sensitive  assets.  A  positive  gap  position  in  a  period  of  rising  interest  rates

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should have a positive effect on net interest income as assets will re-price faster than liabilities. Conversely,
net interest income should contract somewhat in a period of falling interest rates. Management can quickly
change  the  Company’s  interest  rate  position  at  any  given  point  in  time  as  market  conditions  dictate.
Additionally, interest rate changes do not affect all categories of assets and liabilities equally or at the same
time.  Analytical  techniques  employed  by  the  Company  to  supplement  gap  analysis  include  simulation
analysis to quantify interest rate risk exposure. The gap analysis prepared by management is reviewed by
the  Investment  Committee  of  the  Company  twice  a  year.  The  Investment  Committee  is  comprised  of
certain  senior  managers  of  the  various  Company  bank  subsidiaries  along  with  consultants.  Management
currently  believes  that  the  Company  is  properly  positioned  for  interest  rate  changes;  however,  if
management determines at any time that the Company is not properly positioned, it will strive to adjust the
interest rate sensitive assets and liabilities  in  order  to  manage the effect of interest rate changes.

At December 31, 2008, based on these simulations, a rate shift of 200 basis points in interest rates up
will vary net interest income by 5.17%, while a rate shift of 100 basis points down will not vary net interest
income by more than .18% of projected 2009 net interest income. The basis point shift in interest rates is a
hypothetical rate scenario used to calibrate risk, and does not necessarily represent management’s current
view of future market developments. The Company believes that it is properly positioned for a potential
interest rate increase or decrease.

Allowance for Probable Loan Loss

The following table presents information concerning the aggregate amount of non-accrual, past due

and restructured domestic loans; certain loans may  be  classified in one or  more categories:

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

December 31,

Loans accounted for on a non-accrual  basis . . . . . .
Accruing loans contractually past due  ninety days

$163,700

(Dollars in Thousands)
$13,490

$32,900

$17,129

$16,998

or more as to interest or principal payments . . . .

6,208

21,330

9,201

5,478

7,833

Loans accounted for as ‘‘troubled debt

restructuring’’

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

—

—

—

—

—

The  allowance  for  probable  loan  losses  increased  19.0%  to  $73,461,000  at  December  31,  2008  from
$61,726,000  at  December  31,  2007.  The  provision  (credit)  for  probable  loan  losses  charged  to  expense
increased  $21,575,000  to  $19,813,000  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  2008  from  $(1,762,000)  for  the
same  period  in  2007.  The  Company’s  provision  for  probable  loan  losses  increased  for  the  year  ended
December 31, 2008 in part because of the economic turmoil in the United States resulting in a slowdown in
the general economic activity in the areas the Company serves. The Company has continued to re-evaluate
certain  areas  of  concentrations  within  the  Company’s  allowance  for  probable  loan  losses  to  reflect  the
appropriate amount needed in the allowance. The decrease in the allowance for probable loan losses for
the  year  ended  December  31,  2007,  can  be  attributed  to  the  charge  off  of  loans  acquired  as  part  of  the
LFIN acquisition. The Company did experience good results from the loan portfolio during 2007; provided
however,  the  subsequent  subprime  crisis  occurred  and  other  unforeseen  events  in  the  United  States
economy  rapidly  deteriorated  causing  the  provision  for  probable  loan  losses  to  increase  rapidly.  The
allowance for probable loan losses was 1.25% of total loans, net of unearned income at December 31, 2008
and 1.11% at December 31, 2007.

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The  following  table  presents  information  concerning  the  aggregate  amount  of  non-accrual  and  past
due foreign loans extended to persons or entities in foreign countries. Certain loans may be classified in
one or more category:

December 31,

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

Loans accounted for on a non-accrual  basis . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accruing loans contractually past due  ninety days  or more

$530

(Dollars in Thousands)
$12,946

$4,298

$722

$13,741

as to interest or principal payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

66

510

199

608

104

The  gross  income  that  would  have  been  recorded  during  2008  and  2007  on  non-accrual  and
restructured  loans  in  accordance  with  their  original  contract  terms  was  $6,148,000  and  $922,000  on
domestic loans and $94,000 and $1,023,000 on foreign loans, respectively. The amount of interest income
on such loans that was recognized in 2008 and 2007 was $193,000 and $1,716,000 on domestic loans and $0
and $310,000 for foreign loans, respectively.

The non-accrual loan policy of the bank subsidiaries is to discontinue the accrual of interest on loans
when management determines that it is probable that future interest accruals will be uncollectible. Interest
income  on  non-accrual  loans  is  recognized  only  to  the  extent  payments  are  received  or  when,  in
management’s  opinion,  the  creditor’s  financial  condition  warrants  reestablishment  of  interest  accruals.
Under special circumstances, a loan may be more than 90 days delinquent as to interest or principal and
not be placed on non-accrual status. This situation generally results when a bank subsidiary has a borrower
who is experiencing financial difficulties, but not to the extent that requires a restructuring of indebtedness.
The majority of this category is composed of loans that are considered to be adequately secured and/or for
which  there  has  been  a  recent  history  of  payments.  When  a  loan  is  placed  on  non-accrual  status,  any
interest accrued, not paid is reversed and  charged to operations against interest  income.

Loan commitments, consisting of unused commitments to lend, letters of credit, credit card lines and
other approved loans, that have not been funded, were $1,914,733,000 and $2,066,859,000 at December 31,
2008 and 2007, respectively. See Note  19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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The following table summarizes loan balances at the end of each year and average loans outstanding
during  the  year;  changes  in  the  allowance  for  probable  loan  losses  arising  from  loans  charged-off  and
recoveries  on  loans  previously  charged-off  by  loan  category;  and  additions  to  the  allowance  which  have
been charged to expense:

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

(Dollars in Thousands)

Loans, net of unearned discounts,

outstanding at December 31 . . . . . .

$5,872,833

$5,536,628

$5,034,810

$4,625,692

$4,888,974

Average loans outstanding during the

year (Note 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$5,683,130

$5,215,435

$4,796,489

$4,830,881

$3,982,580

Balance of allowance at January 1 . . .
Provision (credit) charged to expense .

$

61,726
19,813

$

64,537
(1,762)

$

77,796
3,849

$

81,351
960

$

46,396
5,196

Loans charged off:

Domestic:

Commercial, financial and

agricultural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Real estate—mortgage . . . . . . . .
Real estate—construction . . . . . .
Consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total loans charged off:

. . . . . . . . . . .

Recoveries credited to allowance:

Domestic:

Commercial, financial and

agricultural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Real estate—mortgage . . . . . . . .
Real estate—construction . . . . . .
Consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total recoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net loans charged off . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Allowance acquired in purchase

transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5,754)
(1,400)
(202)
(1,770)
(8)

(9,134)

576
94
21
361
4

1,056

(8,078)

(3,606)
(800)
(202)
(1,741)
(102)

(6,451)

(7,302)
(554)
(99)
(2,056)
(8,377)

(18,388)

810
58
89
306
3,085

4,348

625
130
53
448
24

1,280

(2,703)
(806)
(41)
(2,948)
(73)

(6,571)

1,436
69
24
511
16

2,056

(5,732)
(1,179)
(295)
(2,034)
(273)

(9,513)

4,841
93
17
451
5

5,407

(2,103)

(17,108)

(4,515)

(4,106)

—

1,054

—

—

33,865

Balance of allowance at December 31 .

$

73,461

$

61,726

$

64,537

$

77,796

$

81,351

Ratio of net loans charged-off during

the year to average loans
outstanding during the year
(Note 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ratio of allowance to loans, net of

unearned discounts, outstanding at
December 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.14%

.04%

.36%

.09%

.10%

1.25%

1.11%

1.28%

1.68%

1.66%

(Note 1) The average balances for purposes of the above table are calculated on the basis of daily balances
for 2008, 2007 and 2006 and month-end balances for  the years ended 2005 and 2004.

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The  allowance  for  probable  loan  losses  has  been  allocated  based  on  the  amount  management  has
deemed  to  be  reasonably  necessary  to  provide  for  the  probable  losses  incurred  within  the  following
categories of loans at the dates indicated  and the  percentage  of  loans to total loans in each category:

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

At December 31,

Percent
Allowance of total Allowance of total Allowance of total Allowance of total Allowance of total

Percent

Percent

Percent

Percent

(Dollars in Thousands)

Commercial,  Financial and

Agricultural

. . . . . . . . .
Real estate—Mortgage . . . .
Real estate—Construction . .
Consumer . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$33,737
11,639
25,058
2,223
804

43.8% $28,117
9,256
15.1
21,277
32.6
2,212
2.9
864
5.6

43.9% $28,158
9,461
14.4
16,914
33.2
2,392
3.4
7,612
5.1

46.5% $34,283
12,228
15.6
13,007
27.9
3.9
3,154
15,124
6.1

51.4% $46,061
16,325
18.3
12,741
19.5
3,897
4.7
2,327
6.1

55.5%
19.6
15.3
4.7
4.9

$73,461

100.0% $61,726

100.0% $64,537

100.0% $77,796

100.0% $81,351

100.0%

The  allowance  for  probable  loan  losses  consists  of  the  aggregate  loan  loss  allowances  of  the  bank
subsidiaries.  The  allowances  are  established  through  charges  to  operations  in  the  form  of  provisions  for
probable loan losses.

The bank subsidiaries charge off that portion of any loan which management considers to represent a
loss as well as that portion of any other loan which is classified as a ‘‘loss’’ by bank examiners. Commercial,
financial and agricultural or real estate loans are generally considered by management to represent a loss,
in  whole  or  part,  (i)  when  an  exposure  beyond  any  collateral  coverage  is  apparent,  (ii)  when  no  further
collection of the portion of the loan so exposed is anticipated based on actual results, (iii) when the credit
enhancements,  if  any,  are  not  adequate,  and  (iv)  when  the  borrower’s  financial  condition  would  indicate
so. Generally, unsecured consumer loans are charged  off when 90 days  past due.

The  reserve  allocated  to  all  categories  of  loans  increased  approximately  $11.7  million  from  2007  to
2008.  The  increase  in  the  reserve  occurred  as  the  result  of  the  deterioration  of  economic  conditions  in
2008. The reserve allocated to Commercial and Real Estate - Construction loans increased from 2007 to
2008 primarily due to increases in impaired loans in which a specified valuation allowance was determined
in  accordance  with  SFAS  No.  114.  Please  refer  to  Note  5  -  Allowance  for  Probable  Loan  Losses  in  the
accompanying Notes to the consolidated  Financial Statements.

While  management  of  the  Company  considers  that  it  is  generally  able  to  identify  borrowers  with
financial problems reasonably early and to monitor credit extended to such borrowers carefully, there is no
precise  method  of  predicting  loan  losses.  The  determination  that  a  loan  is  likely  to  be  uncollectible  and
that  it  should  be  wholly  or  partially  charged  off  as  a  loss  is  an  exercise  of  judgment.  Similarly,  the
determination of the adequacy of the allowance for probable loan losses can be made only on a subjective
basis.  It  is  the  judgment  of  the  Company’s  management  that  the  allowance  for  probable  loan  losses  at
December  31,  2008  was  adequate  to  absorb  probable  losses  from  loans  in  the  portfolio  at  that  date.  See
Critical Accounting Policies on page 25.

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Non-Interest Income

Service charges on deposit accounts .
Other service charges, commissions

and fees
Banking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-banking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Investment securities transactions,

net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other investments, net . . . . . . . . . .
Other income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Year Ended
December 31,
2008

Year Ended
December 31,
2007

Percent
Increase
(Decrease)
2008 vs. 2007

Year Ended
December  31,
2006

Percent
Increase
(Decrease)
2007 vs. 2006

$ 98,466

$ 89,186

10.4% $ 84,770

5.2%

(Dollars in Thousands)

40,543
7,592

6,427
15,183
21,598

34,897
18,675

(15,938)
19,821
18,722

16.2
(59.3)

(140.3)
(23.4)
15.4

29,523
21,605

(930)
20,035
21,968

18.2
(13.6)

1,613.8
(1.1)
(14.8)

Total non-interest income . . . . . .

$189,809

$165,363

14.8% $176,971

(6.6)%

During  2008,  the  Company  sold  certain  equity  securities  resulting  in  a  gain  of  $6.2  million,  before
taxes.  The  loss  in  the  investment  securities  transactions  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  2007  can  be
attributed to a $17.0 million impairment charge recorded in connection with certain investment securities
identified  for  sale  in  the  first  quarter  2007  and  the  sale  of  certain  equity  investments.  The  impairment
charge  in  2007  was  the  result  of  the  Company’s  strategic  sale  of  certain  investment  securities  with  the
proceeds from the sales used to reduce Federal Home Loan Bank (‘‘FHLB’’) borrowings. The investments
identified  were  certain  hybrid  mortgage  backed  securities  with  a  coupon  re-set  date  that  exceeded
30 months and a weighted average yield to coupon re-set that was approximately 100 basis points less than
the FHLB certificate of indebtedness short-term rate. The sale of the securities facilitated a re-positioning
of the balance sheet to a more neutral position in terms of interest rate risk and was done to improve the
Company’s  operating  ratios.  As  a  result  of  this  decision,  the  Company  marked  the  securities  to  market.
The increase in banking service charges, commissions and fees for the year ended December 31, 2008 can
be attributed to increased surcharge and interchange income from customers using the IBC debit card and
automated teller machines (ATM). The increase in service charges on deposit accounts can be attributed
partially  to  the  Company’s  sales  programs  and  the  additional  accounts  created  as  a  result  of  those
programs.

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Non-Interest Expense

Employee compensation and

benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Depreciation of bank premises and

equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Professional fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stationery and supplies . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization of identified intangible
assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Year Ended
December 31,
2008

Year Ended
December 31,
2007

Percent
Increase
(Decrease)
2008 vs. 2007

Year Ended
December  31,
2006

Percent
Increase
(Decrease)
2007 vs. 2006

(Dollars in Thousands)

$129,084
38,315

$130,385
33,583

(1.0)% $124,359
27,886
14.1

4.8%

20.4

36,700
11,078
6,129

5,195
13,189
61,121

32,069
10,613
6,414

5,188
11,973
70,057

14.4
4.4
(4.4)

0.1
10.2
(12.8)

28,251
11,050
6,490

4,866
12,052
73,723

13.5
(4.0)
(1.2)

6.6
(0.7)
(5.0)

Total non-interest expense . . . . . .

$300,811

$300,282

0.2%

$288,677

4.0%

Non-interest expense was affected by the aggressive de novo branching activity that has added 23 new
branches  in  2008,  38  branches  in  2007,  including  two  acquired  in  the  Southwest  First  Community
acquisition,  and  32  branches  in  2006.  The  aggressive  de  novo  branching  adds  additional  expenses  in
employee  compensation,  occupancy  and  depreciation  prior  to  the  additional  revenue  that  is  generated
from  the  branch  to  offset  the  additional  expenses.  The  Company  deems  expense  control  as  an  essential
element  in  the  Company’s  profitability  bearing  in  mind  the  effects  of  aggressive  de  novo  branching.
Expense control is achieved through maintaining optimum staffing levels, an effective budgeting process,
and internal consolidation of bank functions.

Effects of Inflation

The principal component of earnings is net interest income, which is affected by changes in the level
of interest rates. Changes in rates of inflation affect interest rates. It is difficult to precisely measure the
impact  of  inflation  on  net  interest  income  because  it  is  not  probable  to  accurately  differentiate  between
increases  in  net  interest  income  resulting  from  inflation  and  increases  resulting  from  increased  business
activity. Inflation also raises costs of  operations, primarily  those  of  employment and services.

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Financial Condition

Investment Securities

The  following  table  sets  forth  the  carrying  value  of  investment  securities  as  of  December  31,  2008,

2007 and 2006:

December 31,

2008

2007

2006

(Dollars in Thousands)

U.S.  Treasury  Securities

Available for sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

1,319

$

1,308

$

1,268

Mortgage-backed securities

Available for sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4,974,317

4,066,829

4,376,284

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

Available for sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

82,214

84,633

95,897

Equity securities

Available for sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14,030

13,500

14,629

Other securities

Held to maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Available for sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,300
—

2,300
1,618

2,375
—

Total

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$5,074,180

$4,170,188

$4,490,453

The following tables set forth the contractual maturities of investment securities, based on amortized
cost, at December 31, 2008 and the average yields of such securities, except for the totals, which reflect the
weighted average yields. Actual maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may
have the right to prepay obligations with or  without  prepayment  penalties.

Available for Sale
Maturing

Within one
year

Adjusted

After one but
within five years

After five but
within  ten years

Adjusted

Adjusted

After ten years

Adjusted

Cost

Yield

Cost

Yield

Cost

Yield

Cost

Yield

(Dollars in Thousands)

U.S. Treasury and obligations of

U.S. Government  agencies . . . . .
Mortgage-backed  securities . . . . . .
Obligations of states and political

subdivisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Equity securities . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 1,319
10,488

1.97% $ —
74,416
4.94

— —
325 —
— —

—
—
—

4.79

—
—
—

—% $

— —% $
5.04

288,801

— —%

4,573,645

4.82

8,474

4.72
— —
— —

72,734
13,500

4.82
4.25
— —

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,132

4.49% $74,416

4.79% $297,275

5.03% $4,659,879

4.82%

Held to Maturity
Maturing

Within one
year

Adjusted

After one but
within five years

After five but
within  ten years

Adjusted

Adjusted

After ten years

Adjusted

Cost

Yield

Cost

Yield

Cost

Yield

Cost

Yield

(Dollars in Thousands)

Other securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$

350

350

5.32% $ 1,950

2.98% $

— —

5.32% $ 1,950

2.98% $

— —

$

$

— —

— —

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Mortgage-backed  securities  are  securities  primarily  issued  by  the  Federal  Home  Loan  Mortgage
Corporation  (‘‘Freddie  Mac’’),  Federal  National  Mortgage  Association  (‘‘Fannie  Mae’’),  and  the
Government National Mortgage Association (‘‘Ginnie Mae’’). Investments in mortgage-backed securities
issued  by  Ginnie  Mae  are  fully  guaranteed  by  the  U.S.  Government.  Investments  in  mortgage-backed
securities  issued  by  Freddie  Mac  and  Fannie  Mae  are  not  fully  guaranteed  by  the  U.S.  Government,  but
carry an implied AAA rating with limited credit risk, particularly given the placement of Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac into conservatorship by the federal government  in early September 2008.

Loans

The amounts of loans outstanding, by classification, at December 31, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004

are shown in the following table:

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

December 31,

Commercial, financial and agricultural
.
Real estate—mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Real estate—construction . . . . . . . . . . .
Consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$2,574,247
888,095
1,911,954
169,589
328,948

$2,426,064
798,708
1,835,950
190,899
285,008

(Dollars in Thousands)
$2,337,573
785,401
1,404,186
198,580
309,144

$2,376,276
847,512
901,518
218,607
281,947

$2,710,270
960,599
749,689
229,302
239,622

Total loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Unearned discount

5,872,833
—

5,536,629
(1)

5,034,884
(74)

4,625,860
(168)

4,889,482
(508)

Loans, net of unearned discount . . . .

$5,872,833

$5,536,628

$5,034,810

$4,625,692

$4,888,974

The following table shows the amounts of loans (excluding real estate mortgages and consumer loans)
outstanding  as  of  December  31,  2008,  which  based  on  remaining  scheduled  repayments  of  principal  are
due in the years indicated. Also, the amounts due after one year are classified according to the sensitivity
to changes in interest rates:

Maturing

Within
one year

After one but
within five years

After
five  years

Total

(Dollars in Thousands)

Commercial, financial and agricultural . . . . . . . . .
Real estate—construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 760,911
1,394,919
214,830

$1,642,972
498,448
107,806

$170,364
18,587
6,312

$2,574,247
1,911,954
328,948

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$2,370,660

$2,249,226

$195,263

$4,815,149

Due after one but within five years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Due after five years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$195,166
46,160

$2,054,060
149,103

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$241,326

$2,203,163

Interest sensitivity

Fixed Rate

Variable Rate

(Dollars in Thousands)

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International Operations

On December 31, 2008, the Company had $328,948,000 (2.6% of total assets) in loans outstanding to
borrowers domiciled in foreign countries. The loan policies of the Company’s bank subsidiaries generally
require that loans to borrowers domiciled in foreign countries be primarily secured by assets located in the
United  States  or  have  credit  enhancements,  in  the  form  of  guarantees,  from  significant  United  States
corporations. The composition of such loans and the related amounts of allocated allowance for probable
loan losses as of December 31, 2008 is presented  below.

Secured by certificates of deposit in United States banks . . . . . . . . . . .
Secured by United States real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Secured by other United States collateral (securities, gold,  silver, etc.) .
Direct  unsecured Mexican sovereign  debt  (principally former

FICORCA debt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other (principally  Mexico real estate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amount of Loans

Related
Allowance for
Probable Losses

(Dollars in Thousands)

$197,844
34,885
25,784

2,379
68,056

$328,948

$ 99
95
233

—
177

$604

The transactions for the year ended December 31, 2008, in that portion of the allowance for probable

loan losses related to foreign debt were  as follows:

(Dollars in Thousands)

Balance at December 31, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 864

Charge-offs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Recoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net recoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Credit to expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Balance at December 31, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9)
3

(6)
(254)

$ 604

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Deposits

Deposits:

Demand—non-interest bearing

2008
Average Balance

2007
Average Balance

(Dollars in Thousands)

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,324,178
130,879

$1,291,513
126,238

Total demand non-interest bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,455,057

1,417,751

Savings and interest bearing demand

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,924,622
361,378

Total savings and interest bearing demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,286,000

1,964,411
363,667

2,328,078

Time certificates of deposit

$100,000 or more:

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

874,040
1,249,290

827,830
1,228,124

Less than $100,000:

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

828,510
395,706

877,041
395,667

Total time, certificates of deposit

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,347,546

3,328,662

Total deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$7,088,603

$7,074,491

Interest expense:

Savings and interest bearing demand

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 23,197
3,454

$ 46,878
6,900

$ 36,606
3,838

Total savings and interest bearing demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26,651

53,778

40,444

2008

2007

2006

(Dollars in Thousands)

Time, certificates of deposit

$100,000 or more

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Less than $100,000

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28,990
41,383

26,297
9,809

37,133
54,494

36,460
14,933

32,851
44,143

33,225
12,858

Total time, certificates of deposit

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

106,479

143,020

123,077

Total interest expense on deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$133,130

$196,798

$163,521

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Scheduled maturities of time deposits in amounts of $100,000 or more at December 31, 2008, were as

follows:

Due within 3 months or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Due after 3 months and within 6 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Due after 6 months and within 12 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Due after 12 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 876,867
1,101,492
138,744
19,689

$2,136,792

The Company offers a variety of deposit accounts having a wide range of interest rates and terms. The
Company  relies  primarily  on  its  high  quality  customer  service,  sales  programs,  customer  referrals  and
advertising  to  attract  and  retain  these  deposits.  Deposits  provide  the  primary  source  of  funding  for  the
Company’s lending and investment activities, and the interest paid for deposits must be managed carefully
to  control  the  level  of  interest  expense.  Deposits  at  December  31,  2008  were  $6,858,784,000  decrease  of
4.2% from $7,157,606,000 at December 31, 2007. The decrease in deposits from 2007 to 2008 is primarily
the  result  of  current  market  conditions  which  have  created  enormous  pressure  to  pay  rates  above  what
would  be  typically  customary  in  the  current  rate  environment  as  well  as  the  lack  of  secondary  funding
markets that institutions rely upon for funding their lending and investment activities. As a result of these
pressures, many institutions have paid excessively for certain deposits thereby forcing the Company to not
compete to retain certain deposits.

Return on Equity and Assets

Certain  key  ratios  for  the  Company  for  the  years  ended  December  31,  2008,  2007  and  2006  follows

(Note 1):

Years ended December 31,

2008

2007

2006

Percentage of net income to:

Average shareholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Average total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Percentage of average shareholders’ equity to average total assets . . . . . . .
Percentage of cash dividends per share  to  net income per share . . . . . . . .

13.34% 13.73% 14.02%
1.12
1.17
8.19
8.81
38.45
34.27

1.10
7.82
37.64

(Note 1) The average balances for purposes of the above table are calculated on the basis of daily balances.

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Liquidity and  Capital Resources

Liquidity

The  maintenance  of  adequate  liquidity  provides  the  Company’s  bank  subsidiaries  with  the  ability  to
meet  potential  depositor  withdrawals,  provide  for  customer  credit  needs,  maintain  adequate  statutory
reserve  levels  and  take  full  advantage  of  high-yield  investment  opportunities  as  they  arise.  Liquidity  is
afforded  by  access  to  financial  markets  and  by  holding  appropriate  amounts  of  liquid  assets.  The
Company’s  bank  subsidiaries  derive  their  liquidity  largely  from  deposits  of  individuals  and  business
entities. Deposits from persons and entities domiciled in Mexico comprise a stable portion of the deposit
base of the Company’s bank subsidiaries. Historically, the Mexico based deposits of the Company’s bank
subsidiaries  have  been  a  stable  source  of  funding.  Such  deposits  comprised  approximately  30%,  of  the
Company’s bank subsidiaries’ total deposits at each of the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006.
Other  important  funding  sources  for  the  Company’s  bank  subsidiaries  have  been  borrowings  from  the
Federal Home Loan Bank (‘‘FHLB’’), securities sold under repurchase agreements and large certificates
of deposit, requiring management to closely monitor its asset/liability mix in terms of both rate sensitivity
and  maturity  distribution.  Primary  liquidity  of  the  Company  and  its  subsidiaries  has  been  maintained  by
means  of  increased  investment  in  shorter-term  securities,  certificates  of  deposit  and  repurchase
agreements.  As  in  the  past,  the  Company  will  continue  to  monitor  the  volatility  and  cost  of  funds  in  an
attempt  to  match  maturities  of  rate-sensitive  assets  and  liabilities,  and  respond  accordingly  to  anticipate
fluctuations in interest rates over reasonable periods  of time.

Asset/Liability Management

The Company’s fund management policy has as its primary focus the measurement and management
of the banks’ earnings at risk in the face of rising or falling interest rate forecasts. The earliest and most
simplistic  concept  of  earnings  at  risk  measurement  is  the  gap  report,  which  is  used  to  generate  a  rough
estimate  of  the  vulnerability  of  net  interest  income  to  changes  in  market  rates  as  implied  by  the  relative
re-pricings of assets and liabilities. The gap report calculates the difference between the amounts of assets
and liabilities re-pricing across a series of intervals in time, with emphasis typically placed on the one-year
period. This difference, or gap, is usually  expressed  as a percentage of total assets.

If an excess of liabilities over assets matures or re-prices within the one-year period, the statement of
condition  is  said  to  be  negatively  gapped.  This  condition  is  sometimes  interpreted  to  suggest  that  an
institution  is  liability-sensitive,  indicating  that  earnings  would  suffer  from  rising  rates  and  benefit  from
falling  rates.  If  a  surplus  of  assets  over  liabilities  occurs  in  the  one-year  time  frame,  the  statement  of
condition is said to be positively gapped, suggesting a condition of asset sensitivity in which earnings would
benefit from rising rates and suffer from falling  rates.

The gap report thus consists of an inventory of dollar amounts of assets and liabilities that have the
potential to mature or re-price within a particular period. The flaw in drawing conclusions about interest
rate  risk  from  the  gap  report  is  that  it  takes  no  account  of  the  probability  that  potential  maturities  or
re-pricings of interest-rate-sensitive accounts will occur, or at what relative magnitudes. Because simplicity,
rather  than  utility,  is  the  only  virtue  of  gap  analysis,  financial  institutions  increasingly  have  either
abandoned  gap  analysis  or  accorded  it  a  distinctly  secondary  role  in  managing  their  interest-rate  risk
exposure.

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The  net  interest  rate  sensitivity  at  December  31,  2008,  is  illustrated  in  the  following  table.  This
information reflects the balances of assets and liabilities whose rates are subject to change. As indicated in
the  table  on  the  following  page,  the  Company  is  liability-sensitive  during  the  early  time  periods  and  is
asset-sensitive in the longer periods. The table shows the sensitivity of the statement of condition at one
point in time and is not necessarily indicative of the  position at future dates.

INTEREST RATE SENSITIVITY
(Dollars in Thousands)

Rate/Maturity

3 Months
or Less

Over 3 Months
to  1 Year

Over 1 Year
to  5 Years

Over
5 Years

Total

(Dollars in Thousands)

December 31,  2008

Rate sensitive assets

Federal funds sold . . . . . . . . . .
Time deposits with banks . . . . .
Investment securities . . . . . . . . .
Loans, net of non-accruals . . . .

$

— $
396
722,295
4,316,136

— $
—
1,958,219
309,689

— $
—
2,393,136
466,840

— $
—
530
688,314

—
396
5,074,180
5,780,979

Total earning assets . . . . . . . . . .

$ 5,038,827

$2,267,908

$ 2,859,976

$

688,844

$10,855,555

Cumulative earning assets . . . . .

$ 5,038,827

$7,306,735

$10,166,711

$10,855,555

Rate sensitive liabilities

Time deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other interest bearing deposits .
Securities sold under repurchase
agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other borrowed funds . . . . . . . .
Junior subordinated deferrable

$ 1,429,899
2,081,602

$1,577,527
—

$

309,485
—

$

601
—

$ 3,317,512
2,081,602

331,183
2,522,986

104,866
—

5,082
—

1,000,000
—

1,441,131
2,522,986

interest debentures . . . . . . . .

61,858

—

128,868

10,322

201,048

Total interest bearing liabilities .

$ 6,427,528

$1,682,393

$

443,435

$ 1,010,923

$ 9,564,279

Cumulative sensitive liabilities . .

$ 6,427,528

$8,109,921

$ 8,553,356

$ 9,564,279

Repricing gap . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cumulative repricing gap . . . . .
Ratio of interest-sensitive assets
to liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ratio of cumulative, interest-

sensitive assets to liabilities . .

$(1,388,701)
(1,388,701)

$ 585,515
(803,186)

$ 2,416,541
1,613,355

$ (322,079) $ 1,291,276

1,291,276

.784

.784

1.348

.901

6.450

1.189

.681

1.135

1.135

The detailed inventory of statement of condition items contained in gap reports is the starting point of
income  simulation  analysis.  Income  simulation  analysis  also  focuses  on  the  variability  of  net  interest
income  and  net  income,  but  without  the  limitations  of  gap  analysis.  In  particular,  the  fundamental,  but
often  unstated,  assumption  of  the  gap  approach  that  every  statement  of  condition  item  that  can  re-price
will do so to the full extent of any movement in market interest rates is taken into consideration in income
simulation analysis.

Accordingly,  income  simulation  analysis  captures  not  only  the  potential  of  assets  and  liabilities  to
mature  or  re-price,  but  also  the  probability  that  they  will  do  so.  Moreover,  income  simulation  analysis

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focuses  on  the  relative  sensitivities  of  these  balance  sheet  items  and  projects  their  behavior  over  an
extended  period  of  time  in  a  motion  picture  rather  than  snapshot  fashion.  Finally,  income  simulation
analysis permits management to assess the probable effects on balance sheet items not only of changes in
market interest rates, but also of proposed strategies for responding to such changes. The Company and
many  other  institutions  rely  primarily  upon  income  simulation  analysis  in  measuring  and  managing
exposure to interest rate risk.

At December 31, 2008, based on these simulations, a rate shift of 200 basis points in interest rates up
will vary projected 2009 net interest income by 5.17%, while a rate shift of 100 basis points down will not
vary net interest income by more than .18% of projected 2009 net interest income. The basis point shift in
interest  rates  is  a  hypothetical  rate  scenario  used  to  calibrate  risk,  and  does  not  necessarily  represent
management’s  current  view  of  future  market  developments.  The  Company  believes  that  it  is  properly
positioned for a potential interest rate  increase or decrease.

All the measurements of risk described above are made based upon the Company’s business mix and
interest rate exposures at the particular point in time. The exposure changes continuously as a result of the
Company’s  ongoing  business  and  its  risk  management  initiatives.  While  management  believes  these
measures  provide  a  meaningful  representation  of  the  Company’s  interest  rate  sensitivity,  they  do  not
necessarily take into account all business developments that have an effect on net income, such as changes
in credit quality or the size and composition of the  statement  of  condition.

Principal  sources  of  liquidity  and  funding  for  the  Company  are  dividends  from  subsidiaries  and
borrowed  funds,  with  such  funds  being  used  to  finance  the  Company’s  cash  flow  requirements.  The
Company closely monitors the dividend restrictions and availability from the bank subsidiaries as disclosed
in Note 20 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. At December 31, 2008, the aggregate amount legally
available  to  be  distributed  to  the  Company  from  bank  subsidiaries  as  dividends  was  approximately
$237,000,000, assuming that each bank subsidiary continues to be classified as ‘‘well capitalized’’ under the
applicable  regulations.  The  restricted  capital  (capital  and  surplus)  of  the  bank  subsidiaries  was
approximately $981,876,000 as of December 31, 2008. The undivided profits of the bank subsidiaries were
approximately  $627,902,000  as  of  December  31,  2008.  Additionally,  as  a  result  of  the  Company’s
participation  in  the  TARP  Capital  Purchase  Program,  the  Company  is  restricted  in  the  payment  of
dividends  and  may  not  without  the  Treasury  Department’s  consent,  declare  or  pay  any  dividend  on  the
Company Common Stock other than a regular semi-annual cash dividend of not more than $.33 per share,
as adjusted for any stock dividend or stock split. The restriction ceases to exist only on the earlier to occur
of December 23, 2011 or the date on which the Company has redeemed all of the Series A Preferred Stock
issued as part of the Capital Purchase Program or the date on which the Treasury has transferred all of the
Preferred Stock to third parties affiliated  with  the Treasury.

At  December  31,  2008,  the  Company  has  outstanding  $2,522,986,000  in  other  borrowed  funds  and
$201,048,000  in  junior  subordinated  deferrable  interest  debentures.  In  addition  to  borrowed  funds  and
dividends, the Company has a number of other available alternatives to finance the growth of its existing
banks as well as future growth and expansion.

Capital

The  Company  maintains  an  adequate  level  of  capital  as  a  margin  of  safety  for  its  depositors  and
shareholders. At December 31, 2008, shareholders’ equity was $1,257,297,000 compared to $935,905,000 at
December 31, 2007, an increase of $321,392,000, or 34.3%. Shareholders’ equity increased primarily due to
the  issuance  of  $216,000,000  of  Series  A  Preferred  Shares  to  the  Treasury  as  part  of  the  Company’s
participation in the TARP Capital Purchase Program and the retention of earnings offset by the payment
of  cash  dividends  to  shareholders.  The  accumulated  other  comprehensive  income  is  not  included  in  the
calculation of regulatory capital ratios.

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During 1990, the Federal Reserve Board (‘‘FRB’’) adopted a minimum leverage ratio of 3% for the
most  highly  rated  bank  holding  companies  and  at  least  4%  to  5%  for  all  other  bank  holding  companies.
The  Company’s  leverage  ratio  (defined  as  shareholders’  equity  plus  eligible  trust  preferred  securities
issued and outstanding less goodwill and certain other intangibles divided by average quarterly assets) was
9.97%  at  December  31,  2008  and  7.76%  at  December  31,  2007.  The  large  increase  in  the  Company’s
leverage  ratio  is  primarily  due  to  the  Company’s  participation  in  the  Treasury’s  CPP  program.  The  core
deposit  intangibles  and  goodwill  of  $309,917,000  as  of  December  31,  2008,  recorded  in  connection  with
financial institution acquisitions of the Company after February 1992, are deducted from the sum of core
capital elements when determining the capital ratios of the Company.

The  FRB  has  adopted  risk-based  capital  guidelines  which  assign  risk  weightings  to  assets  and
off-balance  sheet  items.  The  guidelines  also  define  and  set  minimum  capital  requirements  (risk-based
capital ratios). Under the final 1992 rules, all banks are required to have Tier 1 capital of at least 4.0% of
risk-weighted assets and total capital of 8.0% of risk-weighted assets. Tier 1 capital consists principally of
shareholders’ equity plus trust preferred securities issued and outstanding less goodwill and certain other
intangibles,  while  total  capital  consists  of  Tier  1  capital,  certain  debt  instruments  and  a  portion  of  the
reserve for loan losses. In order to be deemed well capitalized pursuant to the regulations, an institution
must  have  a  total  risk-weighted  capital  ratio  of  10%,  a  Tier  1  risk-weighted  ratio  of  6%  and  a  Tier  1
leverage ratio of 5%. The Company had risk-weighted Tier 1 capital ratios of 15.30% and 11.98% and risk
weighted total capital ratios of 16.35% and 12.99% as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, which
are well above the minimum regulatory requirements and exceed the well capitalized ratios (see Note 20 to
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements).

During the past few years the Company has expanded its banking facilities. Among the activities and
commitments the Company funded during 2008 and 2007 were certain capital expenditures relating to the
modernization and improvement of several existing bank facilities and the expansion of the bank branch
network.

Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest  Debentures

The Company has formed twelve statutory business trusts under the laws of the State of Delaware, for
the  purpose  of  issuing  trust  preferred  securities.  As  part  of  the  Local  Financial  Corporation  (‘‘LFIN’’)
acquisition,  the  Company  acquired  three  additional  statutory  business  trusts  previously  formed  by  LFIN
for  the  purpose  of  issuing  trust  preferred  securities.  The  twelve  statutory  business  trusts  formed  by  the
Company and the three business trusts acquired in the LFIN transaction (the ‘‘Trusts’’) have each issued
Capital  and  Common  Securities  and  invested  the  proceeds  thereof  in  an  equivalent  amount  of  junior
subordinated  debentures  (the  ‘‘Debentures’’)  issued  by  the  Company  or  LFIN,  as  appropriate.  As  of
December  31,  2008,  the  Debentures  issued  by  four  of  the  trusts  formed  by  the  Company  and  the
Debentures issued by all three of the trusts formed by LFIN have been redeemed by the Company. As of
December 31, 2008, the principal amount of debentures outstanding totaled $201,048,000. As a result of
participation  in  the  TARP  Capital  Purchase  Program,  the  Company  may  not  without  the  consent  of  the
Treasury  Department  redeem  any  of  the  Debentures  until  the  earlier  to  occur  of  December  23,  2011,  or
the date on which the Company has redeemed all of the Series A Preferred Stock issued under the Capital
Purchase Program or the date on which the Treasury has transferred all of the Series A Preferred Stock to
third parties not affiliated with the Treasury.

The  Debentures  are  subordinated  and  junior  in  right  of  payment  to  all  present  and  future  senior
indebtedness  (as  defined  in  the  respective  indentures)  of  the  Company,  and  are  pari  passu  with  one
another.  The  interest  rate  payable  on,  and  the  payment  terms  of  the  Debentures  are  the  same  as  the
distribution rate and payment terms of the respective issues of Capital and Common Securities issued by
the  Trusts.  The  Company  has  fully  and  unconditionally  guaranteed  the  obligations  of  each  of  the  Trusts
with  respect  to  the  Capital  and  Common  Securities.  The  Company  has  the  right,  unless  an  Event  of
Default (as defined in the Indentures) has occurred and is continuing, to defer payment of interest on the

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Debentures  for  up  to  ten  consecutive  semi-annual  periods  on  Trust  I  and  for  up  to  twenty  consecutive
quarterly periods on Trusts VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII. If interest payments on any of the Debentures
are  deferred,  distributions  on  both  the  Capital  and  Common  Securities  related  to  that  Debenture  would
also  be  deferred.  The  redemption  prior  to  maturity  of  any  of  the  Debentures  may  require  the  prior
approval of the Federal Reserve and/or other regulatory bodies.

For  financial  reporting  purposes,  the  Trusts  are  treated  as  investments  of  the  Company  and  not
consolidated in the consolidated financial statements. Although the Capital Securities issued by each of the
Trusts are not included as a component of shareholders’ equity on the consolidated statement of condition,
the  Capital  Securities  are  treated  as  capital  for  regulatory  purposes.  Specifically,  under  applicable
regulatory guidelines, the Capital Securities issued by the Trusts qualify as Tier 1 capital up to a maximum
of 25% of Tier 1 capital on an aggregate basis. Any amount that exceeds the 25% threshold would qualify
as  Tier  2  capital.  As  of  December  31,  2008,  the  total  $201,048,000,  of  the  Capital  Securities  outstanding
qualified as Tier 1 capital.

In  March  2005,  the  Federal  Reserve  Board  issued  a  final  rule  that  allowed  the  inclusion  of  trust
preferred  securities  in  Tier  1  capital,  but  placed  stricter  quantitative  limits.  Under  the  final  rule,  after  a
transition  period  ending  March  31,  2009,  the  aggregate  amount  of  trust  preferred  securities  and  certain
other  capital  elements  would  be  limited  to  25%  of  Tier  1  capital,  net  of  goodwill,  less  any  associated
deferred tax liability. The amount of trust preferred securities and certain other elements in excess of the
limit could be included in Tier 2 capital, subject to restrictions. The Company believes that substantially all
of  the  current  trust  preferred  securities  will  be  included  in  Tier  1  capital  after  the  five-year  transition
period ending March 31, 2009.

The following table illustrates key information about each of the Debentures and their interest rates

at December 31, 2008:

Trust  I . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trust VI
. . . . . . . . . .
Trust VII . . . . . . . . . .
Trust VIII
. . . . . . . . .
Trust IX . . . . . . . . . .
Trust X . . . . . . . . . . .
Trust XI
. . . . . . . . . .
Trust XII . . . . . . . . . .

Junior
Subordinated
Deferrable
Interest Debentures

(in thousands)
$ 10,322
$ 25,774
$ 10,310
$ 25,774
$ 41,238
$ 34,021
$ 32,990
$ 20,619

$201,048

Repricing
Frequency

Interest
Rate

Interest
Rate
Index

Maturity
Date

Optional
Redemption
Date

Fixed
Quarterly
Quarterly
Quarterly
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed

10.18% Fixed

June 2031

June 2011
5.60% LIBOR + 3.45 November  2032 May 2009
April 2009
6.44% LIBOR + 3.25 April 2033
April 2009
7.87% LIBOR + 3.05 October 2033
October 2011
October  2036
7.10% Fixed
February 2012
February 2037
6.66% Fixed
July 2012
July 2037
6.82% Fixed
September 2012
September 2037
6.85% Fixed

(1) Trust IX, X, XI and XII accrue interest at a fixed rate for the first five years, then floating at LIBOR + 1.62%, 1.65%, 1.62%

and 1.45% thereafter, respectively.

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Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

The  following  table  presents  contractual  cash  obligations  of  the  Company  (other  than  deposit

liabilities) as of December 31, 2008:

Contractual Cash Obligations

Securities sold under repurchase

agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings . . .
Junior subordinated deferrable interest

Payments due by Period

Total

Less than
One Year

One to
Three Years

Three  to
Five Years

After
Five Years

(Dollars in Thousands)

$1,441,131
$2,522,986

$ 436,049
2,522,986

$ 4,482
—

$ 600
—

$1,000,000
—

debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Operating leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 201,048
37,151
$

—
9,541

—
15,154

—
6,352

201,048
6,104

Total Contractual Cash Obligations . . . . .

$4,202,316

$2,968,576

$19,636

$6,952

$1,207,152

The  following  table  presents  contractual  commercial  commitments  of  the  Company  (other  than

deposit liabilities) as of December 31,  2008:

Commercial Commitments

of Credit

Financial and Performance Standby Letters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commercial Letters of Credit . . . . . . . . . .
Credit  Card Lines
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other Commercial Commitments . . . . . . .

Amount of Commitment Expiration Per Period

Total

Less than
One Year

One to
Three Years

Three  to
Five Years

After
Five Years

(Dollars in Thousands)

$ 137,708
18,468
$
$
45,157
$1,713,400

$ 121,780
18,468
45,157
1,028,667

$ 15,826
—
—
499,515

$

102
—
—
139,378

$ —
—
—
45,840

Total Commercial Commitments . . . . . .

$1,914,733

$1,214,072

$515,341

$139,480

$45,840

Due to the nature of the Company’s commercial commitments, including unfunded loan commitments
and  lines  of  credit,  the  amounts  presented  above  do  not  necessarily  reflect  the  amounts  the  Company
anticipates funding in the periods presented above.

Critical Accounting Policies

The Company has established various accounting policies which govern the application of accounting
principles  in  the  preparation  of  the  Company’s  consolidated  financial  statements.  The  significant
accounting  policies  are  described  in  the  Notes  to  the  Consolidated  Financial  Statements.  Certain
accounting policies involve significant subjective judgments and assumptions by management which have a
material  impact  on  the  carrying  value  of  certain  assets  and  liabilities;  management  considers  such
accounting policies to be critical accounting  policies.

The  Company  considers  its  Allowance  for  Probable  Loan  Losses  as  a  policy  critical  to  the  sound
operations of the bank subsidiaries. The allowance for probable loan losses consists of the aggregate loan
loss allowances of the bank subsidiaries. The allowances are established through charges to operations in
the form of provisions for probable loan losses. Loan losses or recoveries are charged or credited directly
to the allowances. The allowance for probable loan losses of each bank subsidiary is maintained at a level
considered  appropriate  by  management,  based  on  estimated  probable  losses  in  the  loan  portfolio.  The
allowance  is  derived  from  the  following  elements:  (i)  allowances  established  on  specific  loans
(ii)  allowances  based  on  quantitative  historical  loss  experience  on  the  Company’s  loan  portfolio  and
(iii)  allowances  based  on  qualitative  data,  which  includes  general  economic  conditions  and  other  risk

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factors  both  internal  and  external  to  the  Company.  See  also  discussion  regarding  the  allowance  for
probable  loan  losses  and  provision  for  probable  loan  losses  included  in  the  results  of  operations  and
‘‘Provision  and  Allowance  for  Probable  Loan  Losses’’  included  in  Notes  1  and  5  of  the  Notes  to
Consolidated Financial Statements.

The  specific  loan  loss  provision  is  determined  using  the  following  methods.  On  a  weekly  basis,  loan
past due reports are reviewed by the servicing loan officer to determine if a loan has any potential problem
and  if  a  loan  should  be  placed  on  the  Company’s  internal  classified  report.  Additionally,  the  Company’s
credit department reviews the majority of the Company’s loans regardless of whether they are past due and
segregates  any  loans  with  potential  problems  for  further  review.  The  credit  department  will  discuss  the
potential  problem  loans  with  the  servicing  loan  officers  to  determine  any  relevant  issues  that  were  not
discovered  in  the  evaluation.  Also,  any  analysis  on  loans  that  is  provided  through  examinations  by
regulatory  authorities  is  considered  in  the  review  process.  After  the  above  analysis  is  completed,  the
Company  will  determine  if  a  loan  should  be  placed  on  an  internal  classified  report  because  of  issues
related to the analysis of the credit, credit documents, collateral and/or  payment history.

The  Company’s  internal  classified  report  is  segregated  into  the  following  categories:  (i)  ‘‘Special
Review  Credits,’’  (ii)  ‘‘Watch  List—Pass  Credits,’’  or  (iii)  ‘‘Watch  List—Substandard  Credits.’’  The  loans
placed  in  the  ‘‘Special  Review  Credits’’  category  reflect  the  Company’s  opinion  that  the  loans  reflect
potential weakness which require monitoring on a more frequent basis. The ‘‘Special Review Credits’’ are
reviewed and discussed on a regular basis with the credit department and the lending staff to determine if a
change in category is warranted. The loans placed in the ‘‘Watch List—Pass Credits’’ category reflect the
Company’s  opinion  that  the  credit  contains  weaknesses  which  represent  a  greater  degree  of  risk,  which
warrant ‘‘extra attention.’’ The ‘‘Watch List—Pass Credits’’ are reviewed and discussed on a regular basis
with  the  credit  department  and  the  lending  staff  to  determine  if  a  change  in  category  is  warranted.  The
loans  placed  in  the  ‘‘Watch  List—Substandard  Credits’’  classification  are  considered  to  be  potentially
inadequately  protected  by  the  current  sound  worth  and  debt  service  capacity  of  the  borrower  or  of  any
pledged  collateral.  These  credit  obligations,  even  if  apparently  protected  by  collateral  value,  have  shown
defined  weaknesses  related  to  adverse  financial,  managerial,  economic,  market  or  political  conditions
which may jeopardize repayment of principal and interest. Furthermore, there is the possibility that some
future  loss  could  be  sustained  by  the  bank  if  such  weaknesses  are  not  corrected;  provided  however,
management  may  evaluate  these  credits  under  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  No.  114,
‘‘Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan,’’ criteria and, if deemed necessary, a specific reserve is
allocated to the credit, but management does not necessarily believe there is a loss present in this classified
credit  category.  The  specific  reserve  allocated  under  SFAS  No.  114,  is  based  on  (1)  the  present  value  of
expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate; (2) the loan’s observable market
price;  or  (3)  the  fair  value  of  the  collateral  if  the  loan  is  collateral  dependent.  Substantially  all  of  the
Company’s loans evaluated under SFAS No. 114 are measured using the fair value of collateral method. In
limited cases, the Company may use other methods to determine the specific reserve of a loan under SFAS
No. 114 if such loan is not collateral  dependent.

The allowance based on historical loss experience on the Company’s remaining loan portfolio, which
includes  the  ‘‘Special  Review  Credits,’’  ‘‘Watch  List—Pass  Credits,’’  and  ‘‘Watch  List—Substandard
Credits’’  is  determined  by  segregating  the  remaining  loan  portfolio  into  certain  categories  such  as
commercial  loans,  installment  loans,  international  loans,  loan  concentrations  and  overdrafts.  Installment
loans  are  then  further  segregated  by  number  of  days  past  due.  A  historical  loss  percentage,  adjusted  for
(i)  management’s  evaluation  of  changes  in  lending  policies  and  procedures,  (ii)  current  economic
conditions in the market area served by the Company, (iii) other risk factors, (iv) the effectiveness of the
internal loan review function, (v) changes in loan portfolios, and (vi) the composition and concentration of
credit volume is applied to each category. Each category is then added together to determine the allowance
allocated under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5.

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The Company’s management continually reviews the allowance for loan loss of the bank subsidiaries
using the amounts determined from the allowances established on specific loans, allowance established on
quantitative  historical  percentages,  allowance  based  on  qualitative  data,  and  the  loans  charged  off  and
recoveries to establish an appropriate amount to maintain in the Company’s allowance for loan loss. If the
basis of the Company’s assumptions change, the allowance for loan loss would either decrease or increase
and the Company would increase or decrease the provision for loan loss charged to operations accordingly.

Recent  Accounting Standards Issued

See  Note  1—Summary  of  Significant  Accounting  Policies  in  the  accompanying  Notes  to  the
Consolidated Financial Statements for details of recently issued and recently adopted accounting standards
and their impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Preferred Stock, Common Stock and  Dividends

The Company had issued and outstanding 68,603,091 shares of $1.00 par value Common Stock held by
approximately  2,523  holders  of  record  at  February  20,  2009.  The  book  value  of  the  Common  Stock  at
December  31,  2008  was  $16.25  per  share  compared  with  $14.54  per  share  at  December  31,  2007.  The
Company has issued and outstanding 216,000 shares of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock,
Series A, par value $0.01 per share, having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, as of February 25,
2009. The book value of the Series A Preferred at  December 31,  2008 was $1,000  per  share.

The  Common  Stock  is  traded  on  the  NASDAQ  National  Market  under  the  symbol  ‘‘IBOC.’’  The
following table sets forth the approximate high and low bid prices in the Company’s Common Stock during
2008 and 2007, as quoted on the NASDAQ National Market for each of the quarters in the two year period
ended  December  31,  2008.  Some  of  the  quotations  reflect  inter-dealer  prices,  without  retail  mark-up,
mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions. The closing sales price of
the  Company’s  Common  Stock  was  $10.50  per  share  at  February  20,  2009.

2008: First quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Second quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Third quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fourth quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$24.61
26.05
35.80
27.40

$18.25
21.36
19.28
19.08

High

Low

2007: First quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Second quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Third quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fourth quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$29.05
27.69
26.18
23.65

$25.85
23.03
19.45
19.64

High

Low

The  Company  paid  cash  dividends  to  the  shareholders  in  2008  of  $.33  per  share  on  April  18  and
October  15,  2008,  to  all  holders  of  record  on  March  31,  2008  and  September  30,  2008,  respectively,  or
$45,253,000 in the aggregate during 2008. In 2007, the Company paid cash dividends of $.32 (adjusted for
the  effect  of  the  May  21,  2007  stock  dividend)  and  $.35  on  May  1  November  1,  2007,  respectively,  or
$44,765,000 in the aggregate during 2007.

Additionally, as a result of the Company’s participation in the TARP Capital Purchase Program, the
Company  is  restricted  in  the  payment  of  dividends  and  may  not  without  the  Treasury  Department’s
consent,  declare  or  pay  any  dividend  on  the  Company  Common  Stock  other  than  a  regular  semi-annual
cash  dividend  of  not  more  than  $.33  per  share,  as  adjusted  for  any  stock  dividend  or  stock  split.  The
restriction  ceases  to  exist  only  on  the  earlier  to  occur  of  December  23,  2011  or  the  date  on  which  the
Company has redeemed all of the Series A Preferred Stock issued as part of the Capital Purchase Program

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or the date on which the Treasury has transferred all of the Preferred Stock to third parties not affiliated
with the Treasury.

In  addition,  the  Company  has  issued  common  stock  dividends  during  the  last  five-year  period  as

follows:

Date

May 3, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
May 2, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
May 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
May 21, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
May 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Stock
Dividend

25%
25%
0%
10%
0%

The  Company’s  principal  source  of  funds  to  pay  cash  dividends  on  its  Common  Stock  and  Series  A
Preferred Stock is cash dividends from its bank subsidiaries. For a discussion of the limitations, please see
Note 20 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Stock Repurchase Program

The Company terminated its formal stock repurchase program on December 19, 2008. The Company
terminated  its  formal  stock  repurchase  program  as  a  condition  to  participation  in  the  TARP  Capital
Purchase Program. Under the Capital Purchase Program, the Company may not repurchase any shares of
Common  Stock  until  the  earlier  to  occur  of  December  23,  2011,  or  the  date  on  which  the  Company  has
redeemed all of the Series A Preferred Stock issued under the Capital Purchase Program or the date on
which the Treasury has transferred all of the Series A Preferred Stock to third parties not affiliated with the
Treasury,  unless  the  repurchase  of  Common  Stock  is  in  connection  with  the  administration  of  any
employee  benefit  plan  in  the  ordinary  course  of  business  and  consistent  with  past  practices.  Prior  to  the
termination,  the  program  had  been  expanded  periodically,  as  needed.  Under  the  expanded  stock
repurchase  program  that  prior  to  termination,  the  Company  was  authorized  to  repurchase  up  to
$225,000,000  of  its  common  stock  through  December  2008.  Stock  repurchases  were  made  from  time  to
time, on the open market or through private transactions. Shares repurchased in the program were held in
treasury  for  reissue  for  various  corporate  purposes,  including  employee  stock  option  plans.  As  of
December  31,  2008,  a  total  of  6,204,332  shares  had  been  repurchased  under  the  program  at  a  cost  of
$213,090,000. As of December 31, 2008, the Company has approximately $234,063,000 invested in treasury
shares, which amount has been accumulated  since the inception  of  the Company.

During 2008, share repurchases were only conducted under publicly announced repurchase programs
approved by the Board of Directors. The following table includes information about share repurchases for
the quarter ended December 31, 2008.

October 1 - October 31, 2008 . . . . . . .
November 1 - November 30, 2008 . . .
December 1 - December 31, 2008 . . .

Total Number
of Shares
Purchased

Average Price
Paid Per Share

Approximate
Total Number of
Dollar Value  of
Shares Purchased as
Part of  a Publicly-
Shares Available
Announced Program for Repurchase(2)

1,387
—
4,106

5,493

24.51
—
20.70

$21.66

—
—
—

—

$11,995,000
11,995,000
—

(2) The formal stock repurchase program was initiated in 1999 and has been expanded periodically with
the most recent expansion occurring in May 2007. The current program allows for the repurchase of
up to $225,000,000 of stock through  December 2008.

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

The  following  table  sets  forth  information  as  of  December  31,  2008,  with  respect  to  the  Company’s

equity compensation plans:

Plan Category

Equity Compensation plans approved

by security holders . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(A)
Number of securities to
be issued upon exercise
of outstanding options,
warrants and  rights

(B)
Weighted average
exercise  price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights

(C)
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance  under
equity compensation
plans (excluding securities
reflected in column A)

833,597

833,597

$21.43

$21.43

368,197

368,197

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Stock Performance

COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE FIVE YEAR TOTAL RETURN

$150

$100

$50

$0

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

International Bancshares Corporation

S&P 500 Index

S&P 500 Banks

15FEB200920570249

Total Return To Shareholders
(Includes reinvestment of dividends)

Company / Index

Base Period
2003

INDEXED RETURNS

December 31,

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

International Bancshares Corporation . . . . . . .
S&P 500 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S&P 500 Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

100
100
100

106.52
110.88
114.42

101.45
116.33
112.75

109.34
134.70
130.90

83.72
142.10
91.91

89.64
89.53
48.26

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
International Bancshares Corporation:

We  have  audited  the  accompanying  consolidated  statements  of  income,  comprehensive  income,
shareholders’  equity,  and  cash  flows  of  International  Bancshares  Corporation  and  subsidiaries  (the
‘‘Company’’)  for  the  year  ended  December 31,  2006.  These  consolidated  financial  statements  are  the
responsibility  of  the  Company’s  management.  Our  responsibility  is  to  express  an  opinion  on  these
consolidated financial statements based  on  our audit.

We  conducted  our  audit  in  accordance  with  the  standards  of  the  Public  Company  Accounting
Oversight  Board  (United  States).  Those  standards  require  that  we  plan  and  perform  the  audit  to  obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes  examining,  on  a  test  basis,  evidence  supporting  the  amounts  and  disclosures  in  the  financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by  management,  as  well  as  evaluating  the  overall  financial  statement  presentation.  We  believe  that  our
audit provides a reasonable basis for our  opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the results of operations and cash flows of International Bancshares Corporation and subsidiaries
for the year ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

As  discussed  in  Note  1  to  the  consolidated  financial  statements,  effective  January  1,  2006,  the
Company  adopted  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  No.  123(R),  Share-based  Payment,  to
account for stock-based compensation.

/s/ KPMG, LLP

San Antonio, Texas
February  28,  2007

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
International Bancshares Corporation:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of condition of International Bancshares
Corporation  and  subsidiaries  (the  ‘‘Company’’)  as  of  December  31,  2008  and  2007,  and  the  related
consolidated  statements  of  income,  comprehensive  income,  shareholders’  equity,  and  cash  flows  for  the
years  then  ended.  These  consolidated  financial  statements  are  the  responsibility  of  the  Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based
on our audits.

We  conducted  our  audits  in  accordance  with  the  standards  of  the  Public  Company  Accounting
Oversight  Board  (United  States).  Those  standards  require  that  we  plan  and  perform  the  audit  to  obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes  examining,  on  a  test  basis,  evidence  supporting  the  amounts  and  disclosures  in  the  financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by  management,  as  well  as  evaluating  the  overall  financial  statement  presentation.  We  believe  that  our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our  opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects,  the  financial  position  of  International  Bancshares  Corporation  and  subsidiaries  as  of
December  31,  2008  and  2007,  and  the  results  of  their  operations  and  their  cash  flows  for  the  years  then
ended, in conformity with U.S. generally  accepted accounting principles.

As discussed in Note 1 to the Financial Statements, effective January 1, 2008, the Company adopted

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards. No. 157, ‘‘Fair  Value Measurements.’’

We also have audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board  (United  States),  International  Bancshares  Corporation  and  subsidiaries’  internal  control  over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and
our report dated February 24, 2009 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of International
Bancshares Corporation and subsidiaries’ internal  control over  financial reporting.

/s/ McGladrey & Pullen, LLP

Dallas, Texas
February  24,  2009

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Consolidated Statements of Condition

December 31, 2008 and 2007

(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

Assets
Cash and due from banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Federal funds sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

Total cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Time deposits with banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investment securities:

Held to maturity (Market value of $2,300 on  December  31,  2008 and

2008

2007

$

298,720
—

298,720
396

329,052
17,000

346,052
4,852

$2,300 on December 31, 2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,300

2,300

Available for sale (Amortized cost of $5,043,703 on December 31, 2008

and $4,167,624 on December 31, 2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5,071,880

4,167,888

Total investment securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less allowance for probable loan losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bank premises and equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued interest receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Identified intangible assets, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goodwill, net
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5,074,180
5,872,833
(73,461)

5,799,372
466,371
48,712
388,071
27,385
282,532
53,602

4,170,188
5,536,628
(61,726)

5,474,902
435,654
54,301
323,885
31,507
283,198
42,622

Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$12,439,341

$11,167,161

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Consolidated Statements of Condition (Continued)

December 31, 2008 and 2007

(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

2008

2007

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Liabilities:
Deposits:

Demand—non-interest bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Savings and interest bearing demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 1,459,670
2,081,602
3,317,512

$ 1,512,627
2,292,589
3,352,390

Total deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Securities sold under repurchase agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other borrowed funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Junior subordinated deferrable interest  debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6,858,784
1,441,131
2,522,986
201,048
158,095

7,157,606
1,328,983
1,456,936
200,929
86,802

Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11,182,044

10,231,256

Commitments, Contingent Liabilities  and Other Tax  Matters (Note  17)

Shareholders’ equity:

Series A Cumulative perpetual preferred shares, $.01 par value, $1,000 per
share liquidation  value. Authorized 25,000,000 shares; issued 216,000
shares on December 31, 2008, net of discount of $12,442 . . . . . . . . . . .
Common shares of $1.00 par value. Authorized  275,000,000 shares; issued

95,499,339 shares on December 31, 2008 and 95,440,983 shares on
December 31, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Retained earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accumulated other comprehensive income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

203,558

—

95,499
158,110
1,016,004
18,189

95,441
144,140
929,145
165

1,491,360

1,168,891

Less  cost  of  shares  in  treasury,  26,898,219  shares  on  December  31,  2008

and  26,848,880  shares  on  December  31,  2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(234,063)

(232,986)

Total shareholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,257,297

935,905

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$12,439,341

$11,167,161

See accompanying notes to consolidated  financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Income

Years ended December 31, 2008, 2007  and 2006

(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

Interest income:

Loans, including fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Federal funds sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investment securities:

Taxable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax-exempt
Other interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Interest expense:

Savings and interest bearing demand deposits . . . . . . . . . . .
Time deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Securities sold under repurchase agreements . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other borrowings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Junior subordinated deferrable interest  debentures . . . . . . .
Other interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2008

2007

2006

$

370,718
927

$

443,564
2,712

$

400,020
3,596

188,928
3,514
516

564,603

26,651
106,479
50,400
33,976
14,137
88

231,731

332,872

190,371
4,270
2,656

643,573

53,778
143,020
43,837
75,317
17,178
210

333,340

310,233

200,474
4,577
406

609,073

40,444
123,077
30,137
103,362
22,568
—

319,588

289,485

Provision (credit) for probable loan losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19,813

(1,762)

3,849

Net interest income after provision (credit) for probable

loan losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

313,059

311,995

285,636

Non-interest income:

Service charges on deposit accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other service charges, commissions and fees

Banking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-banking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investment securities transactions, net
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other investments, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

98,466

89,186

84,770

40,543
7,592
6,427
15,183
21,598

34,897
18,675
(15,938)
19,821
18,722

29,523
21,605
(930)
20,035
21,968

Total non-interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

189,809

165,363

176,971

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Consolidated Statements of Income (Continued)

Years ended December 31, 2008, 2007  and 2006

(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

Non-interest expense:

Employee compensation and benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Depreciation of bank premises and equipment
. . . . . . . . . .
Professional fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stationery and supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization of identified intangible  assets . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

Total non-interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Income before income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision for income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2008

2007

2006

$

129,084
38,315
36,700
11,078
6,129
5,195
13,189
61,121

300,811

202,057

415
69,530

$

130,385
33,583
32,069
10,613
6,414
5,188
11,973
70,057

300,282

177,076

—
55,764

124,359
27,886
28,251
11,050
6,490
4,866
12,052
73,723

288,677

173,930

40
56,889

Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

132,112

$

121,312

$

117,001

Basic earnings per common share:

Weighted average number of shares outstanding . . . . . . . . .
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

68,576,654
1.93

$

69,036,274
1.76

$

69,446,874
1.68

$

Fully diluted earnings per common share:

Weighted average number of shares outstanding . . . . . . . . .
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

68,714,390
1.92

$

69,370,111
1.75

$

70,154,577
1.67

$

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION  AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

Years ended December 31, 2008, 2007,  and 2006

(Dollars in Thousands)

Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$132,112

$121,312

$117,001

2008

2007

2006

Other comprehensive income, net of  tax:

Net unrealized gains on securities available for sale arising during

the year (tax effects of $7,456, $27,416,  and $1,175) . . . . . . . . . .
Reclassification adjustment for gains (losses) on  securities available
for  sale  included  in  net  income  (tax  effects  of  $2,249,  $(5,578),
and $(326)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13,846

50,915

2,182

4,178

(10,360)

(604)

Comprehensive income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$150,136

$161,867

$118,579

See accompanying notes to consolidated  financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity

Years ended December 31, 2008, 2007  and 2006

(in Thousands)

Number Preferred Common
Stock
of Shares

Stock

Retained
Surplus Earnings

Other
Comprehensive
Income
(Loss)

Treasury
Stock

Total

Balance at December 31, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . .

86,059

$

— $86,059 $135,619 $ 788,416

$(41,968)

$(175,259) $ 792,867

Net Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dividends:

Cash ($.70 per share) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchase of treasury stock  (981,977 shares) . .
Exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stock compensation expense  recognized  in

earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other comprehensive  income, net  of  tax:

Net change in unrealized gains  and  losses
on available for sale  securities,  net of
reclassification  adjustment . . . . . . . . . .

—

—
—
165

—

—

—
—
—

—

—

—
—
165

—

— 117,001

— (44,166)
—
—
—
1,754

874

—

—

—
—
—

—

— 117,001

— (44,166)
(28,017)
1,919

(28,017)
—

—

874

—

—

—

—

—

1,578

—

1,578

Balance at December 31, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . .

86,224

— 86,224

138,247

861,251

(40,390)

(203,276)

842,056

Net Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dividends:

—

Shares issued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash ($.68 per share) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8,653
—

Purchase of treasury

(1,196,688 shares) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stock compensation expense  recognized  in

earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other comprehensive  income, net  of  tax:

Net change in unrealized gains  and  losses
on available for sale  securities,  net of
reclassification  adjustment . . . . . . . . . .

—
564

—

—

—
—

—
—

—

—

— 121,312

8,653
—

—
564

—

—
(8,653)
— (44,765)

—
5,122

771

—
—

—

—

—
—

—
—

—

— 121,312

—
—
— (44,765)

(29,710)
—

(29,710)
5,686

—

771

—

—

—

—

—

40,555

—

40,555

Balance at December 31, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . .

95,441

— 95,441

144,140

929,145

165

(232,986)

935,905

Net Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dividends:

Cash ($.66 per share) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Issuance of preferred  stock . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchase of treasury stock  (48,339  shares)
. .
Exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stock compensation expense  recognized  in

earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other comprehensive  income, net  of  tax:

Net change in unrealized gains  and  losses
on available for sale  securities,  net of
reclassification  adjustment . . . . . . . . . .

—

—
—
—
58

—

—

—

—

— 132,112

—
203,558
—
—

—
— 12,442
—
—
836
58

— (45,253)
—
—
—

—

—

692

—

—

—
—
—
—

—

— 132,112

— (45,253)
— 216,000
(1,077)
894

(1,077)
—

—

692

—

—

—

—

18,024

—

18,024

Balance at December 31, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . .

95,499

$203,558

$95,499 $158,110 $1,016,004

$ 18,189

$(234,063) $1,257,297

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Years ended December 31, 2008, 2007  and 2006

(Dollars in Thousands)

Operating activities:

Net income: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adjustments to reconcile net income  to  net cash  provided

$

132,112

$

121,312

$

117,001

2008

2007

2006

by operating activities:
Provision (credit) for probable loan losses
. . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization of loan premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accretion of discounts on time deposits with  banks . . . . .
Accretion of time deposit discounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Decrease in loans held for sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Depreciation of bank premises and equipment . . . . . . . .
Loss (gain) on sale of bank premises and equipment . . . .
Depreciation and amortization of leased assets . . . . . . . .
Accretion of investment securities discounts . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization of investment securities  premiums . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investment securities transactions, net
Accretion of junior subordinated debenture discounts . . .
Amortization of identified intangible  assets . . . . . . . . . . .
Stock based compensation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Earnings from affiliates and other investments . . . . . . . .
Deferred tax benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Decrease (increase) in accrued interest receivable . . . . . .
(Increase) decrease in other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Decrease) increase in other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19,813
134
1
(36)
1,411
36,700
282
880
(1,405)
6,017
(6,427)
119
5,195
692
(11,324)
(4,683)
5,589
(10,677)
(18,878)

(1,762)
191
(60)
(19)
18,630
32,069
(3,434)
2,167
(546)
4,528
15,938
332
5,188
771
(12,298)
(4,626)
3,505
(1,976)
3,482

3,849
1,190
—
—
3,834
28,251
2,096
2,169
(416)
4,097
930
548
4,866
874
(12,204)
(15,686)
(8,641)
9,424
13,560

Net cash provided by operating activities . . . . . . . . . . .

155,515

183,392

155,742

Investing activities:

Proceeds from maturities of securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from sales of available for sale securities . . . . . . .
Purchases of available for sale securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principal collected on mortgage backed securities . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from matured time deposits with banks . . . . . . . .
Net increase in loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of other investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Distributions from other investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of bank premises and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from sales of bank premises and  equipment . . . . .
Adjustment to goodwill related tax contingencies . . . . . . . .
Purchase of identified intangible asset (Note  2) . . . . . . . . .
Cash paid in purchase transaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash acquired in purchase transaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18,124
8,376
(2,002,446)
1,186,450
4,457
(345,829)
(60,567)
7,385
(68,537)
838
—
(1,074)
—
—

25,903
841,084
(1,522,833)
1,036,364
42,155
(489,084)
(56,460)
93,411
(80,614)
7,973
5,885
—
(23,470)
30,772

7,720
60,447
(1,159,306)
864,611
—
(431,250)
(15,294)
16,832
(85,363)
16,679
—
—
—
—

Net cash used in investing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1,252,823)

(88,914)

(724,924)

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

Years ended December 31, 2008, 2007  and 2006

(Dollars in Thousands)

2008

2007

2006

Financing activities:

Net (decrease) increase in non-interest bearing demand

deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

(52,957) $

29,813

$

114,096

Net (decrease) increase in savings and interest bearing

demand deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net (decrease) increase in time deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net increase (decrease) in securities sold under repurchase

agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other borrowed funds, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principal payments of long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchase of treasury stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from stock transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payments of cash dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payments of cash dividends in lieu of fractional shares . . . .

(210,987)
(34,842)

31,517
(11,624)

48,217
171,179

112,148
1,066,050
—
—
(1,077)
216,894
(45,253)
—

622,648
(638,887)
(63,920)
53,609
(29,710)
5,686
(44,738)
(27)

(54,427)
225,501
(101,290)
75,259
(28,017)
1,919
(44,166)
—

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities . . . .

1,049,976

(45,633)

408,271

(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . .
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . .

Cash and cash equivalents at end of  year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Supplemental cash flow information:

Interest paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income taxes paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of available-for-sale securities not yet settled . . . .
Adjustment to goodwill arising from  acquisition . . . . . . . . .

$

$

(47,332)
346,052

298,720

245,509
69,646
84,768
—

$

$

48,845
297,207

346,052

333,907
62,145
—
7,960

$

$

(160, 911)
458,118

297,207

312,018
67,421
—
7,016

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accounting and reporting policies of International Bancshares Corporation (‘‘Corporation’’) and
Subsidiaries (the Corporation and Subsidiaries collectively referred to herein as the ‘‘Company’’) conform
to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and to general practices within
the banking industry. The following is  a  description  of  the more significant of those policies.

Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Corporation and its wholly-owned
bank  subsidiaries,  International  Bank  of  Commerce,  Laredo  (‘‘IBC’’),  Commerce  Bank,  International
Bank of Commerce, Zapata, International Bank of Commerce, Brownsville, and the Corporation’s wholly-
owned  non-bank  subsidiaries,  IBC  Subsidiary  Corporation,  IBC  Life  Insurance  Company,  IBC  Trading
Company,  Premier  Tierra  Holdings,  Inc.  and  IBC  Capital  Corporation.  All  significant  inter-company
balances and transactions have been  eliminated in  consolidation.

The Company, through its subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in the business of banking, including the
acceptance  of  checking  and  savings  deposits  and  the  making  of  commercial,  real  estate,  personal,  home
improvement, automobile and other installment and term loans. The primary markets of the Company are
South,  Central,  and  Southeast  Texas  and  the  state  of  Oklahoma.  Each  bank  subsidiary  is  very  active  in
facilitating  international  trade  along  the  United  States  border  with  Mexico  and  elsewhere.  Although  the
Company’s  loan  portfolio  is  diversified,  the  ability  of  the  Company’s  debtors  to  honor  their  contracts  is
primarily  dependent  upon  the  economic  conditions  in  the  Company’s  trade  area.  In  addition,  the
investment  portfolio  is  directly  impacted  by  fluctuations  in  market  interest  rates.  The  Company  and  its
bank subsidiaries are subject to the regulations of certain Federal agencies as well as the Texas Department
of Banking and undergo periodic examinations by those regulatory authorities. Such agencies may require
certain standards or impose certain limitations based on their judgments or changes in law and regulations.

The  Company  owns  two  insurance-related  subsidiaries,  IBC  Life  Insurance  Company  and  IBC
Insurance Agency, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IBC, the bank subsidiary. Neither of the insurance-
related subsidiaries conducts underwriting activities. The IBC Life Insurance Company is in the business of
reinsuring  credit  life  and  credit  accident  and  health  insurance.  The  business  is  assumed  from  an
unaffiliated  insurer  and  the  only  business  written  is  generated  by  the  bank  subsidiaries  of  the  Company.
The risk assumed on each of the policies is not significant  to  the consolidated financial  statements.

The  preparation  of  the  consolidated  financial  statements  in  conformity  with  accounting  principles
generally  accepted  in  the  United  States  of  America  requires  management  to  make  estimates  and
assumptions  that  affect  the  reported  amounts  of  assets  and  liabilities  as  of  the  dates  of  the  statement  of
condition  and  income  and  expenses  for  the  periods.  Actual  results  could  differ  significantly  from  those
estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant changes in the near-term relate
to the determination of the allowance  for probable loan losses.

Per Share Data

All  share  and  per  share  information  has  been  restated  giving  retroactive  effect  to  stock  dividends

distributed.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Fair Value—Financial Instruments

Effective  January  1,  2008,  the  Company  adopted  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards
No.  157  (‘‘SFAS  No.  157’’),  ‘‘Fair  Value  Measurements’’  for  financial  assets  and  financial  liabilities.  In
accordance  with  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  Staff  Position  No.  157-2,  (‘‘FSP  No.  157-2’’),
‘‘Effective  date  of  FASB  Statement  No.  157,’’  the  Company  will  delay  application  of  SFAS  No.  157  for
non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities until January 1, 2009, except for those that are recognized
or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis. SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value
measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies to all financial instruments that are being measured and reported on
a fair value basis. SFAS No. 157 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or
paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
SFAS  No.  157  also  establishes  a  fair  value  hierarchy  that  prioritizes  the  inputs  used  in  valuation
methodologies into the following three levels:

(cid:127) Level 1 Inputs—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for  identical assets  or liabilities.

(cid:127) Level  2  Inputs—Observable  inputs  other  than  Level  1  prices,  such  as  quoted  prices  for  similar
assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable
or  can  be  corroborated  by  observable  market  data  for  substantially  the  full  term  of  the  assets  or
liabilities.

(cid:127) Level 3 Inputs—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are
significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 assets and liabilities include financial
instruments whose value is determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies,
or  other  valuation  techniques,  as  well  as  instruments  for  which  the  determination  of  fair  value
requires significant management judgment or estimation.

A description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, as well as

the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the  valuation  hierarchy  is set forth  below.

The  following  table  represents  assets  and  liabilities  reported  on  the  consolidated  balance  sheets  at
their  fair  value  as  of  December  31,  2008  by  level  within  the  SFAS  No.  157  fair  value  measurement
hierarchy:

Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using

Assets/Liabilities
Measured at
Fair Value
December 31,
2008

Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level  2)

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

(Dollars in Thousands)

Measured on a recurring basis:
Assets:

Investment securities available-for-sale . .

$5,071,880

$530

$5,071,350

$

—

Measured on a non-recurring basis:
Assets:

Impaired Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

116,482

—

—

116,482

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Investment  securities  available-for-sale  are  classified  within  Level  2  of  the  valuation  hierarchy,  with
the  exception  of  certain  equity  investments  that  are  classified  within  Level  1.  The  Company  obtains  fair
value  measurements  for  investment  securities  from  an  independent  pricing  service.  The  fair  value
measurements  consider  observable  data  that  may  include  dealer  quotes,  market  spreads,  cash  flows,  the
U.S. Treasury yield curve, live trading levels, trade execution data, market consensus prepayment speeds,
credit information and the bond’s terms and conditions, among other  things.

As  of  December 31,  2008,  the  Company’s  Financial  instruments  measured  at  fair  value  on  a  non-
recurring basis are limited to impaired loans. Impaired loans are classified within Level 3 of the valuation
hierarchy.  The  fair  value  of  impaired  loans  is  derived  in  accordance  with  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting  Standards  No.  114  (‘‘SFAS  No.  114’’),  ‘‘Accounting  by  Creditors  for  Impairment  of  a  Loan.’’
The  fair  value  of  impaired  loans  is  based  on  the  fair  value  of  the  collateral,  as  determined  through  an
external appraisal process, discounted based on internal criteria. Impaired loans are primarily comprised of
collateral-dependent commercial loans.

Certain financial assets and financial liabilities are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. The
instruments are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair value adjustments in
certain circumstances (for example, when there is evidence  of impairment).

Investment Securities

The  Company  classifies  debt  and  equity  securities  into  one  of  these  categories:  held-to-maturity,
available-for-sale,  or  trading.  Such  classifications  are  reassessed  for  appropriate  classification  at  each
reporting  date.  Securities  that  are  intended  and  expected  to  be  held  until  maturity  are  classified  as
‘‘held-to-maturity’’ and are carried at amortized cost for financial statement reporting. Securities that are
not  positively  expected  to  be  held  until  maturity,  but  are  intended  to  be  held  for  an  indefinite  period  of
time  are  classified  as  ‘‘available-for-sale’’  or  ‘‘trading’’  and  are  carried  at  their  fair  value.  Unrealized
holding  gains  and  losses  are  included  in  net  income  for  those  securities  classified  as  ‘‘trading’’,  while
unrealized  holding  gains  and  losses  related  to  those  securities  classified  as  ‘‘available-for-sale’’  are
excluded  from  net  income  and  reported  net  of  tax  as  other  comprehensive  income  and  in  shareholders’
equity  as  accumulated  other  comprehensive  income  until  realized.  The  Company  did  not  maintain  any
trading securities during the three year period ended December 31, 2008.

Mortgage-backed  securities  held  at  December  31,  2008  and  2007  represent  participating  interests  in
pools of long-term first mortgage loans originated and serviced by the issuers of the securities. Mortgage-
backed  securities  are  either  issued  or  guaranteed  by  the  U.S.  Government  or  its  agencies  including  the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (‘‘Freddie Mac’’), the Federal National Mortgage Association
the  Government  National  Mortgage  Association  (‘‘Ginnie  Mae’’)  or  other
(‘‘Fannie  Mae’’), 
non-government  entities.  Investments  in  mortgage-backed  securities  issued  by  Ginnie  Mae  are  fully
guaranteed  by  the  U.  S.  Government.  Investments  in  mortgage-backed  securities  issued  by  Freddie  Mac
and Fannie Mae are not fully guaranteed by the U.S. Government, but carry an implied AAA rating with
limited credit risk, particularly given the placement of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship
by  the  federal  government  in  early  September  2008.  Market  interest  rate  fluctuations  can  affect  the
prepayment speed of principal and the yield  on the security.

Premiums and discounts are amortized using the level yield or ‘‘interest method’’ over the terms of the
securities.  Declines  in  the  fair  value  of  held-to-maturity  and  available-for  sale-securities  below  their  cost
that  are  deemed  to  be  other  than  temporary  are  reflected  in  earnings  as  realized  losses.  In  determining

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

whether  other-than-temporary  impairment  exists,  management  considers  many  factors,  including  (1)  the
length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, (2) the financial condition and
near-term prospects of the issuer, and (3) the intent and ability of the Company to retain its investment in
the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value. Gains and losses
on the sale of securities are recorded on the trade date and are determined using the specific identification
method.

Unearned Discounts

Consumer loans are frequently made on a discount basis. The amount of the discount is subsequently
included in interest income ratably over the term of the related loans to approximate the effective interest
method.

Provision and Allowance for Probable Loan Losses

The allowance for probable loan losses is maintained at a level considered adequate by management
to provide for probable loan losses. The allowance is increased by provisions charged to operating expense
and  reduced  by  net  charge-offs.  The  provision  for  probable  loan  losses  is  the  amount,  which,  in  the
judgment of management, is necessary to establish the allowance for probable loan losses at a level that is
adequate to absorb known and inherent  risks in the  loan  portfolio.

Management  believes  that  the  allowance  for  probable  loan  losses  is  adequate.  While  management
uses available information to recognize losses on loans, future additions to the allowance may be necessary
based on changes in economic conditions. In addition, various regulatory agencies, as an integral part of
their  examination  process,  periodically  review  the  Company’s  bank  subsidiaries’  allowances  for  probable
loan losses. Such agencies may require the Company’s bank subsidiaries to make additions or reductions to
their  GAAP  allowances  based  on  their  judgments  of  information  available  to  them  at  the  time  of  their
examination.

Loans

Loans are reported at the principal balance outstanding, net of unearned discounts. Interest income
on  loans  is  reported  on  an  accrual  basis.  Loan  fees  and  costs  associated  with  originating  the  loans  are
amortized over the life of the loan using the interest method. The Company originates mortgage loans that
may subsequently be sold to an unaffiliated third party. The loans are not securitized and if sold, are sold
without  recourse.  Loans  held  for  sale  are  carried  at  cost  and  the  principal  amount  outstanding  is  not
significant to the consolidated financial statements.

Non-Accrual Loans

The  non-accrual  loan  policy  of  the  Company’s  bank  subsidiaries  is  to  discontinue  the  accrual  of
interest  on  loans  when  management  determines  that  it  is  probable  that  future  interest  accruals  will  be
un-collectible.  As  it  relates  to  consumer  loans,  management  charges  off  those  loans  when  the  loan  is
contractually  90  days  past  due.  Under  special  circumstances,  a  consumer  or  non-consumer  loan  may  be
more  than  90  days  delinquent  as  to  interest  or  principal  and  not  be  placed  on  non-accrual  status.  This
situation generally results when a bank subsidiary has a borrower who is experiencing financial difficulties,
but  not  to  the  extent  that  requires  a  restructuring  of  indebtedness.  The  majority  of  this  category  is
composed of loans that are considered to be adequately secured and/or for which there has been a recent

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

history of payments. When a loan is placed on non-accrual status, any interest accrued, not paid is reversed
and charged to operations against interest income. As it relates to non-consumer loans that are not 90 days
past  due,  management  will  evaluate  each  of  these  loans  to  determine  if  placing  the  loan  on  non-accrual
status  is  warranted.  Interest  income  on  non-accrual  loans  is  recognized  only  to  the  extent  payments  are
received or when, in management’s opinion, the  debtor’s  financial condition warrants reestablishment of
interest accruals.

Other Real Estate Owned

Other  real  estate  owned  is  comprised  of  real  estate  acquired  by  foreclosure  and  deeds  in  lieu  of
foreclosure. Other real estate is carried at the lower of the recorded investment in the property or its fair
value  less  estimated  costs  to  sell  such  property  (as  determined  by  independent  appraisal).  Prior  to
foreclosure,  the  value  of  the  underlying  loan  is  written  down  to  the  fair  value  of  the  real  estate  to  be
acquired by a charge to the allowance for loan probable losses, if necessary. Any subsequent write-downs
are charged against other non-interest expense. Operating expenses of such properties and gains and losses
on  their  disposition  are  included  in  other  non-interest  expense.  Other  real  estate  owned  totaled
$27,733,000  and  $2,363,000  at  December 31,  2008  and  2007,  respectively.  Other  real  estate  owned  is
included in other assets.

Bank Premises and Equipment

Bank  premises  and  equipment  are  stated  at  cost  less  accumulated  depreciation.  Depreciation  is
computed on straight-line and accelerated methods over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Repairs
and maintenance are charged to operations as incurred and expenditures for renewals and betterments are
capitalized.

Other Investments

Other investments include equity investments in non-financial companies, bank owned life insurance,
as  well  as  equity  securities  with  no  readily  determinable  fair  market  value.  Equity  investments  are
accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Equity securities with no readily determinable fair
value are accounted for using the cost method.

Income Taxes

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined using the asset and liability method. Under
this method, the net deferred tax asset or liability is determined based on the tax effects of the differences
between  the  book  and  tax  basis  of  the  various  balance  sheet  assets  and  liabilities  and  gives  current
recognition to changes in tax rates and laws. The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return
with its subsidiaries.

Recognition of deferred tax assets is based on management’s belief that the benefit related to certain
temporary  differences,  tax  operating  loss  carry  forwards,  and  tax  credits  are  more  likely  than  not  to  be
realized. A valuation allowance is recorded for the amount of the deferred tax items for which it is more
likely than not that the tax benefits will not be realized.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Stock Options

Through December 31, 2005, the Company accounted for stock-based employee compensation plans
based on the intrinsic value method provided in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 ‘‘Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees,’’ (‘‘APB No. 25’’), and related interpretations. Because the exercise price of
the  Company’s  employee  stock  options  equals  the  market  price  of  the  underlying  stock  on  the
measurement  date,  which  is  generally  the  date  of  grant,  no  compensation  expense  was  recognized  on
options granted. Compensation expense for stock awards is based on the market price of the stock on the
measurement date, which is generally the date of grant, and is recognized ratably over the service period of
the award.

Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  No.  123  (‘‘SFAS  No.  123’’),  ‘‘Accounting  for  Stock-
Based  Compensation,’’  as  amended  by  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  No.  148  (‘‘SFAS
No.  148’’),  ‘‘Accounting  for  Stock-Based  Compensation—Transition  and  Disclosure,  an  amendment  of
FASB  Statement  No.  123,’’  requires  pro  forma  disclosures  of  net  income  and  earnings  per  share  for
companies not adopting its fair value accounting method for stock-based employee compensation. The pro
forma disclosures presented in Note 16 in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
included  elsewhere  in  this  report  use  the  fair  value  method  of  SFAS  No.  123  to  measure  compensation
expense  for  stock-based  employee  compensation  plans.  The  fair  value  of  stock  options  granted  was
estimated  as  the  measurement  date,  which  is  generally  the  date  of  grant,  using  the  Black-Sholes-Merton
option-pricing  model.  This  model  was  developed  for  use  in  estimating  the  fair  value  of  publicly  traded
options  that  have  no  vesting  restrictions  and  are  fully  transferable.  Additionally,  the  model  requires  the
input of highly subjective assumptions. Because the Company’s employee stock options have characteristics
significantly  different  from  those  of  publicly  traded  options,  and  because  changes  in  the  subjective  input
assumptions  can  materially  affect  the  fair  value  estimate,  in  management’s  opinion,  the  Black-Scholes-
Merton option-pricing model does not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of the
Company’s stock options.

In  December  2004,  the  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  (‘‘FASB’’)  issued  Statement  of
Financial  Accounting  Standards  No.  123R  (‘‘SFAS  No.  123R’’),  ‘‘Share-Based  Payment  (Revised  2004).’’
Among other things, SFAS No. 123R eliminates the ability to account for stock-based compensation using
APB  No.  25  and  requires  that  such  transactions  be  recognized  as  compensation  cost  in  the  income
statement based on their fair values on the date of the grant. SFAS No. 123R was adopted by the Company
on January 1, 2006.

Net Income Per Share

Basic  Earnings  Per  Share  (‘‘EPS’’)  is  calculated  by  dividing  net  income  by  the  weighted  average
number of common shares outstanding. The computation of diluted EPS assumes the issuance of common
shares for all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the reporting period. The dilutive effect
of  stock  options  is  considered  in  earnings  per  share  calculations,  if  dilutive,  using  the  treasury  stock
method.

Goodwill and Identified Intangible Assets

Goodwill  represents  the  excess  of  costs  over  fair  value  of  assets  of  businesses  acquired.  Goodwill  is
tested for impairment at least annually or on an interim basis if an event triggering impairment may have

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

occurred. As of December 31, 2008, after completing goodwill testing, the Company has determined that
no goodwill impairment exists.

Identified  intangible  assets  are  acquired  assets  that  lack  physical  substance  but  can  be  distinguished
from goodwill because of contractual or other legal rights or because the asset is capable of being sold or
exchanged either on its own or in combination with a related contract, asset, or liability. The Company’s
identified  intangible  assets  relate  to  core  deposits  and  contract  rights.  As  of  December  31,  2008,  the
Company  has  determined  that  no  impairment  of  identified  intangibles  exists.  Identified  intangible  assets
with  definite  useful  lives  are  amortized  on  an  accelerated  basis  over  their  estimated  life.  See  Note  7—
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived  assets,  such  as  property,  plant  and  equipment,  and  purchased  intangibles  subject  to
amortization, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured
by a comparison of the carrying value of the asset to the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected
to be generated by the asset. If the carrying value of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an
impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying value of the asset exceeds the fair
value  of  the  asset.  Assets  to  be  disposed  of  would  be  separately  presented  in  the  statement  of  condition
and  reported  at  the  lower  of  the  carrying  value  or  fair  value  less  costs  to  sell,  and  are  no  longer
depreciated.  The  assets  and  liabilities  of  a  disposed  group  classified  as  held  for  sale  would  be  presented
separately in the appropriate asset and  liability  sections  of  the statement of condition.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For  purposes  of  the  consolidated  statements  of  cash  flows,  the  Company  considers  all  short-term
investments with a maturity at date of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Also, the
Company reports transactions related to deposits and loans  to  customers  on  a net basis.

Accounting for Transfers and Servicing  of Financial Assets

The Company accounts for transfers and servicing of financial assets and extinguishments of liabilities
based on the application of a financial-components approach that focuses on control. After a transfer of
financial assets, the Company recognizes the financial and servicing assets it controls and liabilities it has
incurred,  derecognizes  financial  assets  when  control  has  been  surrendered  and  derecognizes  liabilities
when  extinguished.  The  Company  has  retained  mortgage  servicing  rights  in  connection  with  the  sale  of
mortgage loans. Because the Company may not initially identify loans as originated for resale, all loans are
initially treated as held for investment. The value of the mortgage servicing rights are reviewed periodically
for impairment and are amortized in proportion to, and over the period of estimated net servicing income
or  net  servicing  losses.  The  value  of  the  mortgage  servicing  rights  is  not  significant  to  the  consolidated
statements of condition.

Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information

The  Company  operates  as  one  segment.  The  operating  information  used  by  the  Company’s  chief
executive  officer  for  purposes  of  assessing  performance  and  making  operating  decisions  about  the
Company is the consolidated financial statements presented in this report. The Company has four active

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(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

operating  subsidiaries,  namely,  the  bank  subsidiaries,  otherwise  known  as  International  Bank  of
Commerce, Laredo, Commerce Bank, International Bank of Commerce, Zapata and International Bank
of  Commerce,  Brownsville.  The  Company  applies  the  provisions  of  SFAS  No.  131,  ‘‘Disclosures  about
Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,’’ in determining its reportable segments and related
disclosures.

Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive 

income  consists  of  net 

income  and  other  comprehensive 

income.  Other

comprehensive income includes unrealized gains and losses  on securities available  for sale.

Advertising

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred.

Reclassifications

Certain  amounts  in  the  prior  year’s  presentations  have  been  reclassified  to  conform  to  the  current

presentation.  These reclassifications had  no effect on  previously reported net income or total assets.

New Accounting Standards

In  February 2006,  the  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  issued  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting Standards No. 155, (‘‘SFAS No. 155’’), ‘‘Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments -
an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140.’’ SFAS No. 155 amends SFAS No. 133, ‘‘Accounting
for  Derivative  Instruments  and  Hedging  Activities,’’  and  SFAS  No.  140,  ‘‘Accounting  for  Transfers  and
Servicing  of  Financial  Assets  and  Extinguishments  of  Liabilities.’’  SFAS  No.  155  permits  fair  value
measurements for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative and that otherwise
would require bifurcation, clarifies which interest-only strips and principal-only strips are not subject to the
requirements  of  SFAS  No.  133,  establishes  a  requirement  to  evaluate  interests  in  securitized  financial
assets  to  identify  interests  that  are  freestanding  derivatives  or  that  are  hybrid  financial  instruments  that
contain  an  embedded  derivative  requiring  bifurcation,  clarifies  that  concentrations  of  credit  risk  in  the
form  of  subordination  are  not  embedded  derivatives,  and  amends  SFAS  No.  140  to  eliminate  the
prohibition  on  a  qualifying  special  purpose  entity  from  holding  a  derivative  financial  instrument  that
pertains to a beneficial interest other than another derivative financial interest. SFAS No. 155 is effective
for  all  financial  instruments  acquired,  issued,  or  subject  to  a  re-measurement  event  occurring  after  the
beginning  of  an  entity’s  first  fiscal  year  that  begins  after  September 15,  2006.  The  adoption  of  this  new
standard at January 1, 2007 did not have  an impact  on  the Company’s financial statements.

In March 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards  No.  156,  (‘‘SFAS  No.  156’’),  ‘‘Accounting  for  Servicing  of  Financial  Assets  -  an  amendment  of
FASB Statement No. 140.’’ SFAS No. 156 amends SFAS No. 140, ‘‘Accounting for Transfers and Servicing
of  Financial  Assets  and  Extinguishments  of  Liabilities  -  a  replacement  of  FASB  Statement  No.  125,’’  by
requiring,  in  certain  situations,  an  entity  to  recognize  a  servicing  asset  or  servicing  liability  each  time  it
undertakes  an  obligation  to  service  a  financial  asset  by  entering  into  a  servicing  contract.  All  separately
recognized  servicing  assets  and  servicing  liabilities  are  required  to  be  initially  measured  at  fair  value.
Subsequent measurement methods include the amortization method, whereby servicing assets or servicing
liabilities  are  amortized  in  proportion  to  an  over  the  period  of  estimated  net  servicing  income  or  net

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(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

servicing loss or the fair value method, whereby servicing assets or servicing liabilities are measured at fair
value at each reporting date and changes in fair value are reported in earnings in the period in which they
occur. If the amortization method is used, an entity must assess servicing assets or servicing liabilities for
impairment  or  increased  obligation  based  on  the  fair  value  at  each  reporting  date.  SFAS  No.  156  is
effective  as  of  the  beginning  of  an  entity’s  first  fiscal  year  that  begins  after  September 15,  2006.  The
adoption  of  this  new  standard  at  January 1,  2007  did  not  have  a  significant  impact  on  the  Company’s
consolidated financial statements.

In  September  2006,  the  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  issued  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting Standards No. 157 (‘‘SFAS No. 157’’), ‘‘Fair Value Measurements.’’ SFAS No. 157 defines fair
value,  establishes  a  framework  for  measuring  fair  value  in  generally  accepted  accounting  principles,  and
expands  disclosures  about  fair  value  measurements.  The  Company  adopted  SFAS  No.  157  on  January  1,
2008. The impact of the adoption of  the new  accounting standard  was not significant.

In  February  2007,  the  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  issued  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting  Standards  No.  159  (‘‘SFAS  No.  159’’),  ‘‘The  Fair  Value  Option  for  Financial  Assets  and
Financial  Liabilities—Including  an  amendment  of  FASB  Statement  No.  115.’’  SFAS  No.  159  permits
entities  to  choose  to  measure  eligible  items  at  fair  value  at  certain  specified  review  dates.  Changes  in
unrealized  gains/losses  for  items  elected  to  be  measured  using  the  fair  value  option  are  reported  in
earnings  at  each  subsequent  reporting  date.  The  fair  value  option  (i)  may  be  applied  instrument  by
instrument,  with  certain  exceptions,  (ii)  is  irrevocable  (unless  a  new  election  date  occurs)  and  (iii)  is
applied  only  to  entire  instruments  and  not  to  portions  of  instruments.  The  Company  adopted  SFAS
No. 159 on January 1, 2008. The adoption of the new accounting standard did not have an impact on the
Company’s Financial statements.

In  December  2007,  the  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  issued  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting  Standards  No.  141R  (‘‘SFAS  No.  141R’’),  ‘‘Business  Combinations  (Revised  2007).’’  SFAS
No.  141R,  replaces  SFAS  No.  141,  ‘‘Business  Combinations,’’  and  applies  to  all  transactions  and  other
events  in  which  one  entity  obtains  control  over  one  or  more  other  entities.  SFAS  No.  141R  requires  an
acquirer,  upon  initially  obtaining  control  of  another  entity,  to  recognize  the  assets,  liabilities,  and  any
non-controlling interest in the acquiree at fair value as of the acquisition date. Contingent consideration is
required to be recognized and measured at fair value on the date of acquisition rather than at a later date
when  the  amount  of  that  consideration  may  be  determinable  beyond  a  reasonable  doubt.  This  fair  value
approach  replaces  the  cost-allocation  process  required  under  SFAS  No.  141,  whereby  the  cost  of  an
acquisition was allocated to the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated
fair  value.  SFAS  No.  141R  requires  the  acquiring  entity  to  expense  acquisition-related  costs  as  incurred
rather than allocating such costs to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as was previously the case
under  SFAS  No.  141.  Under  SFAS  No.  141R,  the  requirements  of  SFAS  No.  146,  ‘‘Accounting  for  Costs
Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities,’’ would have to be met in order to accrue for a restructuring
plan in purchase accounting. Pre-acquisition contingencies are to be recognized at fair value, unless it is a
non-contractual contingency that is not likely to materialize, in which case, nothing should be recognized in
purchase  accounting  and,  instead,  that  contingency  would  be  subject  to  the  probable  and  estimateable
criteria of SFAS No. 5, ‘‘Accounting for Contingencies.’’ SFAS No. 141R applies prospectively to business
combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period
beginning on or after December 15, 2008. An entity may not adopt this standard early. It is unknown what
the impact of the adoption of this new standard  will have on  the Company’s  financial statements.

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(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

In  December  2007,  the  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  issued  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting  Standards  No.  160  (‘‘SFAS  No.  160’’),  ‘‘Noncontrolling  Interests  in  Consolidated  Financial
Statements,  an  amendment  of  ARB  Statement  No.  51.’’  SFAS  No.  160  amends  Accounting  Research
Bulleting  (ARB)  No.  51.  ‘‘Consolidated  Financial  Statements,’’  to  establish  accounting  and  reporting
standards for the non-controlling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. SFAS
No. 160 clarifies that a non-controlling interest in a subsidiary, which is sometimes referred to as minority
interest,  is  an  ownership  interest  in  the  consolidated  entity  that  should  be  reported  as  a  component  of
equity  in  the  consolidated  financial  statements.  Among  other  requirements,  SFAS  No.  160  requires
consolidated  net  income  to  be  reported  at  amounts  that  include  the  amounts  attributable  to  both  the
parent and the non-controlling interest. It also requires disclosure, on the face of the consolidated financial
statements,  of  the  amounts  of  consolidated  net  income  attributable  to  the  parent  and  to  the
non-controlling  interest.  SFAS  No.  160  is  effective  for  fiscal  year,  and  interim  periods  within  those  fiscal
years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008, or January 1, 2009 for entities with a calendar year end.
An entity may not adopt this standard early. The Company does not anticipate a significant impact to the
financial statements upon the adoption of this  new standard.

In March 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 161 (‘‘SFAS No. 161’’), ‘‘Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,
an  amendment  of  FASB  Statement  No.  133.’’  SFAS  No.  161  amends  and  expands  the  disclosure
requirements  of  SFAS  No.  133  to  provide  greater  transparency  about  how  and  why  and  entity  uses
derivative instruments, how derivative instruments and related hedge items are accounted for under SFAS
No. 133 and its related interpretations and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an
entity’s  financial  position,  results  of  operations  and  cash  flows.  SFAS  No.  161  requires  qualitative
disclosures  about  objectives  and  strategies  for  using  derivatives,  quantitative  disclosures  about  fair  value
amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent
features in derivative agreements. SFAS No. 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning
after November 15, 2008. The Company does not anticipate a significant impact to the financial statements
upon the adoption of this new standard.

In  May  2008,  the  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  issued  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting
Standards  No.  162  (‘‘SFAS  No.  162’’),  ‘‘The  Hierarchy  of  Generally  Accepted  Accounting  Principles.’’
SFAS No. 162 identifies the sources of accounting principles and framework for selecting the principles to
be  used  in  the  preparation  of  financial  statements  of  nongovernmental  entities  that  are  presented  in
conformity  with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles  in  the  United  States.  The  hierarchy  guidance
provided by SFAS No. 162 did not have a  significant impact  on the Company’s financial  statements.

(2) Acquisitions

On  December  4,  2008,  the  Company  completed  its  acquisition  of  certain  rights  to  InsCorp,  Inc.
insurance  contracts  for  $1,074,000.  InsCorp,  Inc.  is  a  multiline  independently  owned  insurance  agency,
which insures oil operators, merchants  and industrial  businesses.

On  March  16,  2007,  the  Company  completed  its  acquisition  of  Southwest  First  Community,  Inc.
(‘‘SWFC’’), a bank holding company with approximately $133 million in assets that owned State Bank &
Trust in Beeville, Texas and Commercial State Bank in Sinton, Texas. The transaction was pursuant to the
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 1, 2006 (the ‘‘Merger Agreement’’). The Company paid
consideration totaling $23.5 million in cash.

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(3) Investment Securities

The amortized cost and estimated fair value by type of investment security at December 31, 2008 are

as follows:

Held to Maturity

Amortized
cost

Gross
unrealized
gains

Gross
unrealized
losses

Estimated
fair value

Carrying
value

(Dollars in Thousands)

Other securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total investment securities . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$

2,300

2,300

$ — $

$ — $

— $

— $

2,300

2,300

$

$

2,300

2,300

U.S. Treasury securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mortgage-backed securities . . . . . . . . . . .
Obligations of states and political

subdivisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Equity securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Available for Sale

Amortized
cost

Gross
unrealized
gains

Gross
unrealized
losses

Estimated
fair  value

Carrying
value(1)

(Dollars in Thousands)

$

1,319
4,947,351

$ — $

— $

59,915

(32,949)

1,319
4,974,317

$

1,319
4,974,317

81,208
13,825

1,346
205

(340)
—

82,214
14,030

82,214
14,030

Total investment securities . . . . . . . . . . . .

$5,043,703

$61,466

$(33,289) $5,071,880

$5,071,880

(1) Included  in  the  carrying  value  of  mortgage-backed  securities  are  $1,820,988  of  mortgage-backed
securities issued by Ginnie Mae, $3,087,038 of mortgage-backed securities issued by Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac and $66,291 issued by non-government entities

The  amortized  cost  and  estimated  fair  value  of  investment  securities  at  December  31,  2008,  by
contractual maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because
borrowers may have the right to prepay  obligations  with or  without prepayment penalties.

Held to Maturity

Available for Sale

Amortized
Cost

Estimated
fair value

Amortized
Cost

Estimated
fair value

Due in one year or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Due after one year through five years . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Due after five years through ten years . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Due after ten years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mortgage-backed securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Equity securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 350
1,950
—
—
—
—

(Dollars in Thousands)
1,319
$
—
8,474
72,734
4,947,351
13,825

$ 350
1,950
—
—
—
—

$

1,319
—
8,560
73,654
4,974,317
14,030

Total investment securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$2,300

$2,300

$5,043,703

$5,071,880

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(3) Investment Securities (Continued)

The amortized cost and estimated fair value by type of investment security at December 31, 2007 are

as follows:

Other securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total investment securities . . . . . . . . . . . .

U.S. Treasury securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mortgage-backed securities . . . . . . . . . . .
Obligations of states and political

subdivisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Equity securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Held to Maturity

Amortized
cost

Gross
unrealized
gains

Gross
unrealized
losses

Estimated
fair value

Carrying
value

$

$

2,300

2,300

(Dollars in Thousands)

$ — $ — $

$ — $ — $

2,300

2,300

$

$

2,300

2,300

Available for Sale

Amortized
cost

Gross
unrealized
gains

Gross
unrealized
losses

Estimated
fair  value

Carrying
value(1)

(Dollars in Thousands)

$

1,308
4,068,568

$ — $ — $

7,095

(8,835)

1,308
4,066,828

$

1,308
4,066,828

82,937
985
13,826

1,721
12
296

(25)
—
—

84,633
997
14,122

84,633
997
14,122

Total investment securities . . . . . . . . . . . .

$4,167,624

$9,124

$(8,860)

$4,167,888

$4,167,888

(1) Included  in  the  carrying  value  of  mortgage-backed  securities  are  $1,784,523  of  mortgage-backed
securities issued by Ginnie Mae and $2,282,305 of mortgage-backed securities issued by Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac

Mortgage-backed  securities  are  securities  issued  by  the  Freddie  Mac,  Fannie  Mae,  Ginnie  Mae  or
non-government  entities.  Investments  in  mortgage-backed  securities  issued  by  Ginnie  Mae  are  fully
guaranteed  by  the  U.S.  Government.  Investments  in  mortgage-backed  securities  issued  by  Freddie  Mac
and Fannie Mae are not fully guaranteed by the U.S. Government, but carry an implied AAA rating with
limited credit risk, particularly given the placement of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship
by the federal government in early September 2008.

The  amortized  cost  and  fair  value  of  available  for  sale  investment  securities  pledged  to  qualify  for
fiduciary powers, to secure public monies as required by law, repurchase agreements and short-term fixed
borrowings was $4,255,447,000 and $4,297,440,000,  respectively, at  December  31, 2008.

Proceeds from the sale of securities available-for-sale were $8,376,000, $841,084,000 and $60,477,000
during  2008,  2007  and  2006,  respectively,  which  amounts  included  $0,  $838,561,000  and  $61,377,000  of
mortgage-backed  securities.  In  2007,  the  Company  sold  approximately  $833,160,000  of  mortgage-backed
securities  that  were  in  a  loss  position.  The  securities  identified  for  sale  had  unique  attributes  that
distinguished them from the rest of the portfolio and caused them to not meet the interest rate risk profile
of  the  Company  at  the  time.  The  first  sale  occurred  in  the  first  quarter.  The  securities  sold  were  certain
hybrid  mortgage-backed  securities  with  a  coupon  re-set  date  that  exceeded  30  months  and  a  weighted
average yield to coupon re-set that was approximately 100 basis points less than the FHLB certificate of

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(3) Investment Securities (Continued)

indebtedness  short-term  rate.  The  second  sale  occurred  in  the  third  quarter.  The  securities  sold  were
certain  hybrid  mortgage-backed  securities  with  a  coupon  re-set  date  that  was  15  -  30  months  and  a
weighted average yield coupon re-set that was approximately 60 basis points below the FHLB short-term
advance rate. In both quarters, the proceeds from the sales of the securities were used to pay down FHLB
borrowings. The sales of the securities facilitated a re-positioning of the balance sheet to a more neutral
position  in  terms  of  interest  rate  risk  and  are  expected  to  improve  operating  ratios  in  the  short  term.  In
2006,  the  Company  sold  approximately  $61,377,000  of  mortgage-backed  securities  that  were  in  a  loss
position in order to re-position a portion of the balance sheet of one of its subsidiary banks in response to
unexpected  changes  in  the  economic  landscape  of  the  subsidiary  bank.  Gross  gains  of  $6,427,000,
$2,431,000 and $412,000 and gross losses of $0, $18,369,000 and $1,342,000 were realized on the sales in
2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Gross unrealized losses on investment securities and the fair value of the related securities, aggregated
by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized
loss position,  at December 31, 2008 were as follows:

Available for sale:

Mortgage-backed securities . . . . .
Obligations of states and political
subdivisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Less than 12 months

12 months or  more

Total

Fair Value

Unrealized
Losses

Fair Value

Unrealized
Losses

Fair  Value

Unrealized
Losses

(Dollars in Thousands)

$893,067

$(32,335)

$96,734

$(614)

$989,801

$(32,949)

8,262

(274)

1,299

(66)

9,561

(340)

$901,329

$(32,609)

$98,033

$(680)

$999,362

$(33,289)

Gross unrealized losses on investment securities and the fair value of the related securities, aggregated
by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous loss position,
at December 31, 2007 were as follows:

Less than 12 months

12 months  or more

Total

Fair Value

Unrealized
Losses

Fair Value

Unrealized
Losses

Fair  Value

Unrealized
Losses

(Dollars in Thousands)

$678,596

$(1,551)

$1,273,719

$(7,284)

$1,952,315

$(8,835)

Available for sale:

Mortgage-backed securities . .
Obligations of states and

political subdivisions . . . . .

2,520

(25)

—

—

2,520

(25)

$681,116

$(1,576)

$1,273,719

$(7,284)

$1,954,835

$(8,860)

The unrealized losses on investments in mortgage-backed securities are primarily caused by changes
in  market  interest  rates.  Mortgage-backed  securities  are  primarily  securities  issued  by  the  Freddie  Mac,
Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae. The contractual cash obligations of the securities issued by Ginnie Mae are
fully  guaranteed  by  the  U.S.  Government.  The  contractual  cash  obligations  of  the  securities  issued  by
Freddie  Mac  and  Fannie  Mae  are  not  fully  guaranteed  by  the  U.S.  Government;  however,  the  securities

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(3) Investment Securities (Continued)

carry an implied AAA rating with limited credit risk, particularly given the placement of Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac into conservatorship by the federal government in early September 2008. The decrease in fair
value on mortgage-backed securities issued by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae is due to market
interest  rates.  The  Company  has  the  ability  and  intent  to  hold  these  investments  until  a  market  price
recovery or maturity of the securities; therefore, it is the conclusion of the Company that the investments
in  mortgage-backed  securities  issued  by  Freddie  Mac,  Fannie  Mae  and  Ginnie  Mae  are  not  considered
other-than-temporarily  impaired.  In  addition,  the  Company  has  a  minor  investment  in  non-agency
mortgage-backed  securities  that  have  strong  credit  backgrounds  and 
include  additional  credit
enhancements  to  protect  the  Company  from  losses  arising  from  high  foreclosure  rates.  These  securities
have  additional  market  volatility  beyond  economically  induced  interest  rate  events.  The  Company  has
received  principal  and  interest  payments  in  line  with  expected  cash  flows  at  the  time  of  purchase.  The
Company has the ability and intent to hold the non-agency mortgage-backed securities until a market price
recovery or maturity and has continued to receive cash as expected; therefore, it is the conclusion of the
Company  that  the  investments  in  non-agency  mortgage-backed  securities  are  not  other-than-temporarily
impaired.

The unrealized losses on investments in other securities are caused by fluctuations in market interest
rates. The underlying cash obligations of the securities are guaranteed by the entity underwriting the debt
instrument. It is the belief of the Company that the entity issuing the debt will honor its interest payment
schedule,  as  well  as  the  full  debt  at  maturity.  The  securities  are  purchased  by  the  Company  for  their
economic value. The decrease in fair value is primarily due to market interest rates and not other factors,
and because the Company has the ability and intent to hold these investments until a market price recovery
or maturity of the securities, it is the conclusion of the Company that the investments are not considered
other-than-temporarily impaired.

(4) Loans

A summary of net loans, by loan type at December 31, 2008 and 2007 is  as follows:

December 31,

2008

2007

(Dollars in thousands)

Commercial, financial and agricultural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Real estate—mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Real estate—construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$2,574,247
888,095
1,911,954
169,589
328,948

$2,426,064
798,708
1,835,950
190,899
285,008

Total loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unearned discount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5,872,833
—

5,536,629
(1)

Loans, net of unearned discount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$5,872,833

$5,536,628

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(5) Allowance for Probable Loan Losses

A  summary  of  the  transactions  in  the  allowance  for  probable  loan  losses  for  the  years  ended

December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 is as follows:

2008

2007

2006

Balance at January 1, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Dollars in Thousands)
$64,537

$ 77,796

$61,726

Losses charged to allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Recoveries credited to allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net losses charged to allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision (credit) charged to operations . . . . . . . . .
Acquired in purchase transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9,134)
1,056

(8,078)
19,813
—

(6,451)
4,348

(2,103)
(1,762)
1,054

(18,388)
1,280

(17,108)
3,849
—

Balance at December 31,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$73,461

$61,726

$ 64,537

Loans  accounted  for  on  a  non-accrual  basis  at  December  31,  2008,  2007  and  2006  amounted  to
$164,230,000,  $33,622,000  and  $17,788,000,  respectively.  The  effect  of  such  non-accrual  loans  reduced
interest income by $6,242,000, $1,378,000 and $1,868,000 for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006, respectively. Amounts received on non-accruals are applied, for financial accounting purposes, first
to  principal  and  then  to  interest  after  all  principal  has  been  collected.  Accruing  loans  contractually  past
due 90 days or more as to principal or interest payments at December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 amounted
to $6,274,000, $21,840,000 and $9,400,000, respectively.

Impaired  loans  are  those  loans  where  it  is  probable  that  all  amounts  due  according  to  contractual
terms  of  the  loan  agreement  will  not  be  collected.  The  Company  has  identified  these  loans  through  its
normal loan review procedures. Impaired loans are measured based on (1) the present value of expected
future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate; (2) the loan’s observable market price; or
(3)  the  fair  value  of  the  collateral  if  the  loan  is  collateral  dependent.  Substantially  all  of  the  Company’s
impaired loans are measured at the fair value of the collateral. In limited cases the Company may use other
methods to determine the level of impairment  of  a loan  if such loan is  not collateral dependent.

The following table details key information regarding the Company’s impaired  loans:

2008

2007

2006

(Dollars in Thousands)

Balance of impaired loans where there is  a related

allowance for loan loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$137,153

$39,618

$22,909

Balance of impaired loans where there is  no related

allowance for loan loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27,786

—

—

Total impaired loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$164,939

$39,618

$22,909

Allowance allocated to impaired loans . . . . . . . . . .

$ 20,671

$ 4,903

$ 7,171

The  impaired  loans  included  in  the  table  above  were  primarily  comprised  of  collateral  dependent
commercial  loans,  which  have  not  been  fully  charged  off.  The  average  recorded  investment  in  impaired
loans  was  $93,654,000,  $22,590,000,  and  $25,684,000  for  the  years  ended  December  31,  2008,  2007  and
2006, respectively. Interest income recorded on impaired loans was $236,000, $1,989,000 and $404,000 for
the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006. The increase in the balance of impaired loans can be

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(5) Allowance for Probable Loan Losses  (Continued)

partially  attributed  to  certain  loans  that  filed  for  bankruptcy  protection  and  a  loan  relationship  that
deteriorated during 2008. A substantial amount of the impaired loans have adequate collateral and credit
enhancements  to  not  require  a  related  allowance  for  loan  loss.  The  increase  in  the  impaired  loans  from
2006 to 2007 is the result of certain loans being placed in this category, and does not necessarily reflect the
environment of the current sub-prime crisis. The Company has no direct exposure to sub-prime loans, in its
loan portfolio, but the sub-prime crisis has affected the credit markets on a national level, and as a result,
the Company has experienced an increasing amount of impaired loans; however, management’s decision to
place loans in this category does not necessarily mean that the Company will experience significant losses
from these loans.

The bank subsidiaries charge off that portion of any loan which management considers to represent a
loss as well as that portion of any other loan which is classified as a ‘‘loss’’ by bank examiners. Commercial
and industrial or real estate loans are generally considered by management to represent a loss, in whole or
part, when an exposure beyond any collateral coverage is apparent and when no further collection of the
loss portion is anticipated based on the borrower’s financial condition and general economic conditions in
the borrower’s industry. Generally, unsecured consumer loans are charged-off  when 90  days past due.

While  management  of  the  Company  considers  that  it  is  generally  able  to  identify  borrowers  with
financial problems reasonably early and to monitor credit extended to such borrowers carefully, there is no
precise method of predicting loan losses. The determination that a loan is likely to be un-collectible and
that  it  should  be  wholly  or  partially  charged-off  as  a  loss  is  an  exercise  of  judgment.  Similarly,  the
determination of the adequacy of the allowance for probable loan losses can be made only on a subjective
basis.  It  is  the  judgment  of  the  Company’s  management  that  the  allowance  for  probable  loan  losses  at
December 31, 2008 was adequate to absorb probable  losses  from loans in the portfolio at that date.

(6) Bank Premises and Equipment

A summary of bank premises and equipment, by asset classification, at December 31, 2008 and 2007

were as follows:

. . . . . . . . .
Bank buildings and improvements
Furniture, equipment and vehicles . . . . . . . . .
Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Real estate held for future expansion:

Land, building, furniture, fixture and

equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less: accumulated depreciation . . . . . . . . . . .

Bank premises and equipment, net . . . . . .

Estimated
useful lives

5 - 40 years
1 - 20 years

2008

2007

(Dollars in Thousands)

$ 351,766
252,290
109,214

$ 323,382
229,495
97,713

7 - 27 years

766
(247,665)

817
(215,753)

$ 466,371

$ 435,654

(7) Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The  majority  of  the  Company’s  identified  intangibles  are  in  the  form  of  amortizable  core  deposit
premium.  In  2008,  the  Company  purchased  $1,074,000  in  identified  intangibles  in  the  acquisition  of  the
InsCorp,  Inc.  insurance  agency,  which  will  be  amortized  over  a  7  year  period.  In  2007,  the  Company

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(7) Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Continued)

acquired $2,337,000 in identified intangibles in the form of core deposit premium in the SWFC acquisition,
which will be amortized over a ten year period. Information on the Company’s identified intangible assets
follows:

Carrying
Amount

Accumulated
Amortization

Net

(Dollars in Thousands)

December 31, 2008:

Core deposit premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Identified intangible (contract rights) . . . . . . . . .

$58,675
1,074

$32,364
—

$26,311
1,074

Total identified intangibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$59,749

$32,364

$27,385

December 31, 2007:

Core  deposit premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$58,675

$27,168

$31,507

Amortization expense of intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, was
$5,195,000,  $5,188,000  and  $4,866,000,  respectively.  Estimated  amortization  expense  for  each  of  the  five
succeeding fiscal years, and thereafter,  is  as follows:

Fiscal year ending:

2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total

(in thousands)

$ 5,286
5,240
5,202
4,496
4,477
2,684

$27,385

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 were as

illustrated in the table below.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Balance at January 1,
Adjustment to goodwill related to prior acquisition (Note 17) .
Decrease in goodwill due to sale of partnership interest
. . . . .
Goodwill from purchase transaction (Note  2) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2008

2007

(Dollars in Thousands)
$282,246
$283,198
(7,960)
—
—
(841)
8,912
175

Balance as of December 31,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$282,532

$283,198

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(8) Deposits

Deposits  as  of  December  31,  2008  and  2007  and  related  interest  expense  for  the  years  ended

December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 were  as follows:

2008

2007

(Dollars in Thousands)

Deposits:

Demand—non-interest bearing

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,325,272
134,398

$1,371,711
140,916

Total demand non-interest bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,459,670

1,512,627

Savings  and interest bearing demand

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,750,317
331,285

1,932,415
360,174

Total savings and interest bearing demand . . . . . . . . . . .

2,081,602

2,292,589

Time, certificates of deposit

$100,000 or more

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

945,348
1,191,444

841,832
1,262,119

Less than $100,000

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

793,953
386,767

851,438
397,001

Total time, certificates of deposit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,317,512

3,352,390

Total deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$6,858,784

$7,157,606

2008

2007

2006

(Dollars in Thousands)

Interest expense:

Savings  and interest bearing demand

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 23,197
3,454

$ 46,878
6,900

$ 36,606
3,838

Total savings and interest bearing demand . . . . .

26,651

53,778

40,444

Time, certificates of deposit

$100,000 or more

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Less than $100,000

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28,990
41,383

26,297
9,809

37,133
54,494

36,460
14,933

32,851
44,143

33,225
12,858

Total time, certificates of deposit . . . . . . . . . . . .

106,479

143,020

123,077

Total interest expense on deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$133,130

$196,798

$163,521

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(8) Deposits (Continued)

Scheduled maturities of time deposits as  of  December  31, 2008 were as follows:

2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total

(in thousands)
$3,011,164
204,534
57,648
39,716
3,851
599

Total

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$3,317,512

Scheduled maturities of time deposits in amounts of $100,000 or more at December 31, 2008, were as

follows:

Due within 3 months or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Due after 3 months and within 6  months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Due after 6 months and within 12 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Due after 12 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 876,867
1,101,492
138,744
19,689

$2,136,792

(9) Securities Sold Under Repurchase  Agreements

The  Company’s  bank  subsidiaries  have  entered  into  repurchase  agreements  with  an  investment
banking firm and individual customers of the bank subsidiaries. The purchasers have agreed to resell to the
bank  subsidiaries  identical  securities  upon  the  maturities  of  the  agreements.  Securities  sold  under
repurchase  agreements  were  mortgage-backed  book  entry  securities  and  averaged  $1,436,224,000  and
$982,747,000 during 2008 and 2007, respectively, and the maximum amount outstanding at any month end
during 2008 and 2007 was $1,556,734,000 and $1,334,147,000, respectively.

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(9) Securities Sold Under Repurchase  Agreements (Continued)

Further information related to repurchase agreements at December 31, 2008 and 2007 is set forth in

the following table:

Collateral Securities

Repurchase Borrowing

Book Value of
Securities Sold

Fair Value of
Securities Sold

Balance of
Liability

Weighted Average
Interest Rate

(Dollars in Thousands)

December 31, 2008 term:

Overnight agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 to 29 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30 to 90 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Over 90 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 344,161
66,002
105,195
1,341,304

$ 348,784
66,341
105,917
1,350,612

$ 250,268
26,942
53,972
1,109,949

Total

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,856,662

$1,871,654

$1,441,131

December 31, 2007 term:

Overnight agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 to 29 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30 to 90 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Over 90 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 286,367
50,684
118,456
1,207,423

$ 286,709
50,933
118,672
1,208,842

$ 234,060
24,227
48,416
1,022,280

Total

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,662,930

$1,665,156

$1,328,983

1.30%
2.40
2.42
3.65

3.17%

3.67%
4.66
4.66
4.25

4.17%

The  book  value  and  fair  value  of  securities  sold  includes  the  entire  book  value  and  fair  value  of

securities partially or fully pledged under repurchase agreements.

(10) Other Borrowed Funds

Other borrowed funds include Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings, which are short and long-term
fixed borrowings issued by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas at the market price offered at the time
of funding. These borrowings are secured by mortgage-backed investment securities and a portion of the
Company’s loan portfolio.

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(10) Other Borrowed Funds (Continued)

Further information regarding the Company’s other borrowed funds at December 31, 2008 and 2007 is

set forth in the following table:

December 31,

2008

2007

(Dollars in Thousands)

Federal Home Loan Bank advances—short-term

Balance at year end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rate on balance outstanding at year  end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Average daily balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Average rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maximum amount outstanding at any month end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$2,522,986

$1,456,870

1.07%

4.38%

$1,395,220

$1,462,435

2.44%

5.15%

$2,522,986

$2,157,148

Federal Home Loan Bank advances—long-term

Balance at year end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rate on balance outstanding at year  end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Average daily balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Average rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maximum amount outstanding at any month end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$

$

—
—
—
—
—

$

$

$

66
5.15%
69
5.15%
71

(11) Junior Subordinated Deferrable  Interest Debentures

The Company has formed twelve statutory business trusts under the laws of the State of Delaware, for
the  purpose  of  issuing  trust  preferred  securities.  As  part  of  the  Local  Financial  Corporation  (‘‘LFIN’’)
acquisition,  the  Company  acquired  three  additional  statutory  business  trusts  previously  formed  by  LFIN
for  the  purpose  of  issuing  trust  preferred  securities.  The  twelve  statutory  business  trusts  formed  by  the
Company and the three business trusts acquired in the LFIN transaction (the ‘‘Trusts’’) have each issued
Capital  and  Common  Securities  and  invested  the  proceeds  thereof  in  an  equivalent  amount  of  junior
subordinated  debentures  (the  ‘‘Debentures’’)  issued  by  the  Company  or  LFIN,  as  appropriate.  As  of
December  31,  2008,  the  Debentures  issued  by  four  of  the  trusts  formed  by  the  Company  and  the
Debentures issued by all three of the trusts formed by LFIN have been redeemed by the Company. As of
December 31, 2008, the principal amount of debentures outstanding totaled $201,048,000. As a result of
participation in the TARP Capital Purchase Program, the Company may not, without the consent of the
Treasury Department, redeem any of the Debentures until the earlier to occur of December 23, 2011, or
the date on which the Company has redeemed all of the Series A Preferred Stock issued under the Capital
Purchase Program or the date on which the Treasury has transferred all of the Series A Preferred Stock to
third parties not affiliated with the Treasury.

The  Debentures  are  subordinated  and  junior  in  right  of  payment  to  all  present  and  future  senior
indebtedness  (as  defined  in  the  respective  indentures)  of  the  Company,  and  are  pari  passu  with  one
another.  The  interest  rate  payable  on,  and  the  payment  terms  of  the  Debentures  are  the  same  as  the
distribution rate and payment terms of the respective issues of Capital and Common Securities issued by
the  Trusts.  The  Company  has  fully  and  unconditionally  guaranteed  the  obligations  of  each  of  the  Trusts
with  respect  to  the  Capital  and  Common  Securities.  The  Company  has  the  right,  unless  an  Event  of
Default (as defined in the Indentures) has occurred and is continuing, to defer payment of interest on the
Debentures  for  up  to  ten  consecutive  semi-annual  periods  on  Trust  I  and  for  up  to  twenty  consecutive
quarterly periods on Trusts VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII. If interest payments on any of the Debentures

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(11) Junior Subordinated Deferrable  Interest Debentures (Continued)

are  deferred,  distributions  on  both  the  Capital  and  Common  Securities  related  to  that  Debenture  would
also  be  deferred.  The  redemption  prior  to  maturity  of  any  of  the  Debentures  may  require  the  prior
approval of the Federal Reserve and/or other regulatory bodies.

For  financial  reporting  purposes,  the  Trusts  are  treated  as  investments  of  the  Company  and  not
consolidated in the consolidated financial statements. Although the Capital Securities issued by each of the
Trusts are not included as a component of shareholders’ equity on the consolidated statement of condition,
the  Capital  Securities  are  treated  as  capital  for  regulatory  purposes.  Specifically,  under  applicable
regulatory guidelines, the Capital Securities issued by the Trusts qualify as Tier 1 capital up to a maximum
of 25% of Tier 1 capital on an aggregate basis. Any amount that exceeds the 25% threshold would qualify
as  Tier  2  capital.  As  of  December  31,  2008,  the  total  $201,048,000,  of  the  Capital  Securities  outstanding
qualified as Tier 1 capital.

In  March  2005,  the  Federal  Reserve  Board  issued  a  final  rule  that  allowed  the  inclusion  of  trust
preferred  securities  in  Tier  1  capital,  but  placed  stricter  quantitative  limits.  Under  the  final  rule,  after  a
transition  period  ending  March  31,  2009,  the  aggregate  amount  of  trust  preferred  securities  and  certain
other  capital  elements  would  be  limited  to  25%  of  Tier  1  capital,  net  of  goodwill,  less  any  associated
deferred tax liability. The amount of trust preferred securities and certain other elements in excess of the
limit could be included in Tier 2 capital, subject to restrictions. The Company believes that substantially all
of  the  current  trust  preferred  securities  will  be  included  in  Tier  1  capital  after  the  five-year  transition
period  ending March 31, 2009.

On  November  7,  2007,  the  Company,  as  successor  issuer,  redeemed  all  of  its  Floating  Rate  Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities (‘‘the Debt Securities’’) issued to Local Financial Capital Trust III (‘‘LFIN
Trust III’’) at a redemption price equal to approximately $10,547,000, which includes accrued interest to,
but  not  including,  the  redemption  date.  The  proceeds  from  the  redemption  were  used  to  simultaneously
redeem an equal amount of LFIN Trust III Floating Rate Capital Securities and Floating Rate Common
Securities issued by LFIN Trust III.

On  July  30,  2007,  the  Company,  as  successor  issuer,  redeemed  all  of  its  Floating  Rate  Junior
Subordinated  Debt  Securities  (the  ‘‘Debt  Securities’’),  issued  to  Local  Financial  Capital  Trust  II  (‘‘LFIN
Trust  II’’)  at  a  redemption  price  equal  to  approximately  $10,764,000,  which  includes  accrued  interest  to,
but  not  including,  the  redemption  date.  The  proceeds  from  the  redemption  of  the  Debt  Securities  were
used  to  simultaneously  redeem  an  equal  amount  of  LFIN  Trust  II  Floating  Rate  Capital  Securities  and
Floating Rate Common Securities issued by LFIN Trust II.

On July 7, 2007, the Company redeemed all of its Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
(the ‘‘Debt Securities’’), issued to International Bancshares Capital Trust V (‘‘Trust V’’) at a redemption
price  equal  to  approximately  $21,088,000,  which  includes  accrued  interest  to,  but  not  including,  the
redemption  date.  The  proceeds  from  the  redemption  were  used  to  simultaneously  redeem  an  equal
amount  of  Trust  V  Floating  Rate  Capital  Securities  and  Floating  Rate  Common  Securities  issued  by
Trust  V.

On  June  11,  2007,  the  Company  formed  International  Bancshares  Corporation  Trust  XII
(‘‘Trust  XII’’),  for  the  purpose  of  issuing  trust  preferred  securities.  On  June  26,  2007,  Trust  XII  issued
$20,000,000  of  Capital  Securities.  The  Capital  Securities  accrue  interest  for  the  first  five  years  at  a  fixed
rate of 6.851% and subsequently at a floating rate of 1.45% over the three month LIBOR, and interest is
payable  quarterly  beginning  September  1,  2007.  The  Trust  XII  Capital  Securities  will  mature  on

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(11) Junior Subordinated Deferrable  Interest Debentures (Continued)

September 1, 2037; however, the Capital Securities may be redeemed at specified prepayment prices (a) in
whole  or  in  part  on  any  interest  payment  date  on  or  after  September  1,  2012,  or  (b)  in  whole  or  in  part
within 90 days upon the occurrence of certain  legal, regulatory, or tax events.

On  April  22,  2007,  the  Company  redeemed  all  of  its  Floating  Rate  Junior  Subordinated  Debt
Securities  (the  ‘‘Debt  Securities’’),  issued  to  International  Bancshares  Capital  Trust  IV  (‘‘Trust  IV’’)  at  a
redemption  price  equal  to  approximately  $23,723,000,  which  includes  accrued  interest  to,  but  not
including, the redemption date. The proceeds from the redemption were used to simultaneously redeem
an equal amount of Trust IV Floating Rate Capital Securities and Floating Rate Common Securities issued
by Trust IV.

On April 13, 2007, the Company formed International Bancshares Corporation Trust XI (‘‘Trust XI’’),
for  the  purpose  of  issuing  trust  preferred  securities.  On  April  19,  2007,  Trust  XI  issued  $32,000,000  of
Capital Securities. The Capital Securities accrue interest for the first five years at a fixed rate of 6.82% and
subsequently  at  a  floating  rate  of  1.62%  over  the  three  month  LIBOR,  and  interest  is  payable  quarterly
beginning July 1, 2007. The Trust XI Capital Securities will mature on July 1, 2037, however, the Capital
Securities may be redeemed at specified prepayment prices (a) in whole or in part on any interest payment
date on or after July 1, 2012, or (b) in whole or in part within 90 days upon the occurrence of certain legal,
regulatory, or tax events.

The following table illustrates key information about each of the Debentures and their interest rates

at December 31, 2008:

Trust  I . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trust VI
. . . . . . . . . .
Trust VII . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
Trust VIII
Trust IX . . . . . . . . . .
Trust X . . . . . . . . . . .
Trust XI
. . . . . . . . . .
Trust XII . . . . . . . . . .

Junior
Subordinated
Deferrable
Interest Debentures

(in thousands)
$ 10,322
$ 25,774
$ 10,310
$ 25,774
$ 41,238
$ 34,021
$ 32,990
$ 20,619

$201,048

Repricing
Frequency

Interest
Rate

Interest
Rate
Index(1)

Maturity
Date

Optional
Redemption
Date

Fixed
Quarterly
Quarterly
Quarterly
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed

10.18% Fixed

June 2031

June 2011
5.60% LIBOR + 3.45 November  2032 May 2009
April 2009
6.44% LIBOR + 3.25 April 2033
April 2009
7.87% LIBOR + 3.05 October 2033
October 2011
October  2036
7.10% Fixed
February 2012
February 2037
6.66% Fixed
July 2012
July 2037
6.82% Fixed
September 2012
September 2037
6.85% Fixed

(1) Trust IX, X, XI and XII accrue interest at a fixed rate for the first five years, then floating at LIBOR + 1.62%, 1.65%, 1.62%

and 1.45% thereafter, respectively.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(12) Earnings per Share (‘‘EPS’’)

Basic  EPS  is  calculated  by  dividing  net  income  by  the  weighted  average  number  of  common  shares
outstanding.  The  computation  of  diluted  EPS  assumes  the  issuance  of  common  shares  for  all  dilutive
potential  common  shares  outstanding  during  the  reporting  period.  The  calculation  of  the  basic  EPS  and
the diluted EPS for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006 is set forth in the following table:

Net Income
(Numerator)

Shares
(Denominator)

Per  Share
Amount

(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

December 31, 2008:
Basic EPS

Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Potential dilutive common shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$132,112
—

Diluted EPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$132,112

December 31, 2007:
Basic EPS

Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Potential dilutive common shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$121,312
—

Diluted EPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$121,312

December 31, 2006:
Basic EPS

Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Potential dilutive common shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$117,001
—

Diluted EPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$117,001

68,576,587
137,736

68,714,323

69,036,274
333,837

69,370,111

69,446,874
707,703

70,154,577

$1.93

$1.92

$1.76

$1.75

$1.68

$1.67

(13) Employees’ Profit Sharing Plan

The Company has a deferred profit sharing plan for full-time employees with a minimum of one year
of continuous employment. The Company’s annual contribution to the plan is based on a percentage, as
determined by the Board of Directors, of income before income taxes, as defined, for the year. Allocation
of the contribution among officers and employees’ accounts is based on length of service and amount of
salary earned. Profit sharing costs of $4,683,000, $4,628,000 and $4,685,000 were charged to income for the
years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006,  respectively.

(14) International Operations

The Company provides international banking services for its customers through its bank subsidiaries.
Neither  the  Company  nor  its  bank  subsidiaries  have  facilities  located  outside  the  United  States.
International  operations  are  distinguished  from  domestic  operations  based  upon  the  domicile  of  the
customer.

Because  the  resources  employed  by  the  Company  are  common  to  both  international  and  domestic
operations, it is not practical to determine net income generated exclusively from international activities.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(14) International Operations (Continued)

A  summary  of  assets  attributable  to  international  operations  at  December  31,  2008  and  2007  are  as

follows:

Loans:

2008

2007

(Dollars in Thousands)

Commercial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$270,298
58,650

$223,507
61,501

Less allowance for probable loan losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

328,948
(604)

285,008
(864)

Net loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$328,344

$284,144

Accrued interest receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

1,896

$

2,464

At December 31, 2008, the Company had $156,176,000 in outstanding standby and commercial letters
of  credit  to  facilitate  trade  activities.  The  letters  of  credit  are  issued  primarily  in  conjunction  with  credit
facilities, which are available to various  Mexican  banks doing business with the  Company.

Revenues  directly  attributable  to  international  operations  were  $17,084,000,  $21,525,000  and

$20,344,000 for the years ended December 31,  2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

(15) Income Taxes

The Company files a consolidated U.S. Federal and State income tax return. The current and deferred
portions of net income tax expense included in the consolidated statements of income are presented below
for the years ended December 31:

2008

2007

2006

(Dollars in Thousands)

Current
U.S.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$71,280
2,882
51

$60,462
(127)
55

$ 70,701
1,838
36

Total current taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

74,213

60,390

72,575

Deferred
U.S.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6,030)
1,347

582
(5,208)

(15,442)
(244)

Total deferred taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4,683)

(4,626)

(15,686)

Total income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$69,530

$55,764

$ 56,889

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(15) Income Taxes (Continued)

Total income tax expense differs from the amount computed by applying the U.S. Federal income tax
rate of 35% for 2008, 2007 and 2006 to income before income taxes. The reasons for the differences for the
years ended December 31 are as follows:

2008

2007

2006

Computed expected tax expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Change in taxes resulting from:

(Dollars in Thousands)
$61,977

$70,720

$60,876

Tax-exempt interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State tax, net of federal income taxes and tax  credit .
Other investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1,552)
2,834
(3,321)
849

(1,625)
(2,272)
(3,079)
763

(1,681)
1,037
(3,724)
381

Actual tax expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$69,530

$55,764

$56,889

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets

and deferred tax liabilities at December 31,  2008 and 2007 are reflected below:

2008

2007

(Dollars in Thousands)

Deferred tax assets:

Loans receivable, principally due to the allowance for

probable loan losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other real estate owned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goodwill
Accrued expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State net operating loss carryforwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 27,237
42
3,132
200
5,069
6,710

$ 24,788
5
3,132
200
6,620
6,079

Total deferred tax assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42,390

40,824

Deferred tax liabilities:

Lease financing receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bank premises and equipment, principally due to differences
on depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net unrealized gains on available for sale investment

(4,503)

(7,376)

(21,514)

(18,277)

securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FHLB  stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Identified intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9,988)
(1,398)
(20,202)
(8,021)

(99)
(6,305)
(19,993)
(6,803)

Total deferred tax liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(65,626)

(58,853)

Net deferred tax liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$(23,236) $(18,029)

The net deferred tax liability of $23,236,000 at December 31, 2008 is included in other liabilities in the
consolidated statements of condition. The net deferred tax liability of $18,029,000 at December 31, 2007 is
included in other liabilities in the consolidated statements of condition.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(15) Income Taxes (Continued)

State net operating loss carryforwards expire beginning in June 2013 and ending in December 2024.

(16) Stock Options

On  April  1,  2005,  the  Board  of  Directors  adopted  the  2005  International  Bancshares  Corporation
Stock Option Plan (the ‘‘2005 Plan’’). Effective May 19, 2008, the 2005 Plan was amended to increase the
number of shares available for stock option grants under the 2005 Plan by 300,000 shares. The 2005 Plan
replaced  the  1996  International  Bancshares  Corporation  Key  Contributor  Stock  Option  Plan  (the  ‘‘1996
Plan’’).  Under  the  2005  Plan,  both  qualified  incentive  stock  options  (‘‘ISOs’’)  and  non-qualified  stock
options  (‘‘NQSOs’’)  may  be  granted.  Options  granted  may  be  exercisable  for  a  period  of  up  to  10  years
from the date of grant, excluding ISOs granted to 10% shareholders, which may be exercisable for a period
of up to only five years. As of December 31, 2008, 368,197 shares were available for future grants under the
2005 Plan.

On  January  1,  2006,  the  Company  adopted  the  provisions  of  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting
Standards  No.  123R  (‘‘SFAS  No.  123R’’),’’Share-Based  Payment,  (Revised  2004).’’  SFAS  No.  123R  sets
accounting  requirements  for  ‘‘share-based’’  compensation  to  employees  and  non-employee  directors,
including  employee  stock  purchase  plans,  and  requires  companies  to  recognize  in  the  statement  of
operations the grant-date fair value of  stock options and other equity-based compensation.

The  Company  chose  the  modified-prospective  transition  alternative  in  adopting  SFAS  No.  123R.
Under  the  modified-prospective  transition  method,  compensation  cost  is  recognized  in  financial
statements  issued  subsequent  to  the  date  of  adoption  for  all  stock-based  payments  granted,  modified  or
settled after the date of adoption, as well as for any unvested awards that were granted prior to the date of
adoption.

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes-Merton
option valuation model that uses the assumptions noted in the following table. Expected volatility is based
on  the  historical  volatility  of  the  price  of  the  Company’s  stock.  The  Company  uses  historical  data  to
estimate  the  expected  dividend  yield  and  employee  termination  rates  within  the  valuation  model.  The
expected term of options is derived from historical exercise behavior. The risk-free rate for periods within
the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.

Expected Life (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dividend yield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Volatility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.13
6.13
2.27%
2.75%
1.44%
4.63%
31.08% 20.15%

2008

2007

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(16) Stock Options (Continued)

A summary of option activity under the stock option plans for the twelve months ended December 31,

2008 is as follows:

Number
of options

Weighted average
exercise price

Weighted average
remaining
contractual term
(years)

Aggregate
intrinsic
value  ($)

Options outstanding at December 31,  2007 . . .
Plus: Options granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less:

924,483
8,000

Options exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Options expired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Options forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

58,356
—
40,530

$21.00
21.54

13.26
—
23.54

Options outstanding at December 31,  2008 . . .

833,597

$21.43

3.67

$2,364,000

Options fully vested and exercisable  at

December 31, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

466,389

$18.07

2.23

$2,356,000

Stock-based compensation expense included in the consolidated statements of income for the twelve
months  ended  December  31,  2008  and  December  31,  2007  was  approximately  $692,000  and  $771,000,
respectively.  As  of  December  31,  2008  there  was  approximately  $1,113,000,  of  total  unrecognized  stock-
based  compensation  cost  related  to  non-vested  options  granted  under  the  Company  plans  that  will  be
recognized over a weighted average period of 1.4  years.

A summary of the status of the Company’s non-vested options as of December 31, 2008, and changes

during the twelve months ended December  31, 2008, is presented below:

Non-vested Options

Non-vested options at December 31, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Options

490,203
8,000
93,821
37,174

Non-vested options at December 31, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . .

367,208

Weighted average
grant-date
fair value ($)

$6.28
4.90
6.65
5.98

$6.19

Other information pertaining to option activity during the twelve month period ending December 31,

2008 and December 31, 2007 is as follows:

Weighted average grant date fair value of stock options

granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total fair value of stock options vested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised . . . . . . . . . .

4.90
$
$624,000
$591,000

5.35
$
$
392,000
$10,542,000

Twelve Months Ended
December 31,

2008

2007

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(17) Commitments, Contingent Liabilities and  Other  Tax Matters

The Company is involved in various legal proceedings that are in various stages of litigation. Some of
these  actions  allege  ‘‘lender  liability’’  claims  on  a  variety  of  theories  and  claim  substantial  actual  and
punitive damages. The Company has determined, based on discussions with its counsel that any material
loss  in  such  actions,  individually  or  in  the  aggregate,  is  remote  or  the  damages  sought,  even  if  fully
recovered, would not be considered material to the consolidated financial position or results of operations
of  the  Company.  However,  many  of  these  matters  are  in  various  stages  of  proceedings  and  further
developments could cause management to revise  its assessment of  these matters.

The  Company  leases  portions  of  its  banking  premises  and  equipment  under  operating  leases.  Total
rental expense for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 were $11,700,000, $10,100,000 and
$7,800,000,  respectively.  Future  minimum  lease  payments  due  under  non-cancellable  operating  leases  at
December 31, 2008 were as follows:

Fiscal year ending:

2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thereafter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total

(in thousands)

$ 9,541
8,510
6,644
3,979
2,373
6,104

$37,151

It is expected that certain leases will be renewed, as these leases expire. Aggregate future minimum
rentals to be received under non-cancellable sub-leases greater than one year at December 31, 2008 were
$13,300,000.

Cash of approximately $60,405,000 and $65,931,000 at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, was

maintained to satisfy regulatory reserve  requirements.

The  Company’s  lead  bank  subsidiary  has  invested  in  partnerships,  which  have  entered  into  several
lease-financing  transactions.  The  lease-financing  transactions  in  two  of  the  partnerships  have  been
examined by the Internal Revenue Service (‘‘IRS’’). In both partnerships, the lead bank subsidiary was the
owner  of  a  ninety-nine  percent  (99%)  limited  partnership  interest.  The  IRS  issued  a  separate  Notice  of
Final Partnership Administrative Adjustments (‘‘FPAA’’) to the partnerships and on September 25, 2001,
and January 10, 2003, the Company  filed lawsuits contesting the  adjustments asserted in the FPAAs.

Prior  to  filing  the  lawsuits,  the  Company  was  required  to  deposit  the  estimated  tax  due  of
approximately $4,083,000 with respect to the first FPAA and $7,710,606 with respect to the second FPAA
with the IRS pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. If it is determined that the amount of tax due, if any,
related to the lease-financing transactions is less than the amount of the deposits, the remaining amount of
the deposits would be returned to the Company.

In order to curtail the accrual of additional interest related to the disputed tax benefits and because
interest  rates  were  unfavorable,  on  March  7,  2003,  the  Company  submitted  to  the  IRS  a  total  of
approximately  $13.7  million,  which  constitutes  the  interest  that  would  have  accrued  based  on  the

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(17) Commitments, Contingent Liabilities and  Other  Tax Matters (Continued)

adjustments proposed in the FPAAs related to both of the lease-financing transactions. If it is determined
that  the  amount  of  interest  due,  if  any,  related  to  the  lease-financing  transactions  is  less  than  the
approximate  $13.7  million,  the  remaining  amount  of  the  prepaid  interest  would  be  refunded  to  the
Company, plus interest thereon.

Beginning August 29, 2005, IBC proceeded to litigate one of the partnership tax cases in the Federal
District  Court  in  San  Antonio,  Texas.  The  case  was  tried  over  nine  days  beginning  August  29,  2005.  On
March 31, 2006, the trial court rendered a judgment against the Company on the first FPAA. IBC timely
filed its notice of appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeal was argued on August 8, 2007
and the Trial Court decision was affirmed on August 23, 2007. The judgment became non-appealable on
November  21,  2007.  The  other  partnership  case  was  stayed  by  the  same  Trial  Court  pending  the  appeal.
Following  the  resolution  of  the  first  case,  the  trial  court  reopened  the  second  case  and  set  it  for  trial  on
September 2, 2008. Subsequently, the Company engaged in settlement negotiations with the Department
of  Justice,  and  agreed  to  settle  the  second  case.  Under  the  terms  of  the  settlement,  the  Company  has
conceded the entire amount in dispute based upon the similarity of the facts of the second case to the first
case  and  the  likelihood  of  an  unfavorable  outcome  if  litigated  based  upon  the  Court  rulings  in  the  first
case. On August 13, 2008, the Company filed a lawsuit in the Texas State District Court in Laredo, Texas
against KPMG, LLP and a number of other third parties asserting claims against the defendants related to
the underlying transactions of the two partnership tax cases. The Company is currently pursuing settlement
discussions  with  a  number  of  the  defendants  and  reached  a  settlement  agreement  with  KPMG,  LLP  on
January 16, 2009.

The Company, through December 31, 2005, had previously expensed approximately $12.0 million in
connection with the lawsuits. Because of the above-referenced trial court judgment against the Company
on  the  first  FPAA  and  the  similarity  between  the  two  FPAAs,  the  Company  additionally  expensed  an
approximate $13.7 million in the first quarter of 2006. The resultant approximately $25.7 million expensed
is  the  total  of  the  tax  adjustments  due  and  the  interest  due  on  such  adjustments  for  both  FPAAs.
Management  will  continue  to  evaluate  the  correspondence  with  the  IRS  on  the  FPAAs  and  make  any
appropriate revisions to the amounts  as deemed necessary.

(18) Transactions with Related Parties

In  the  ordinary  course  of  business,  the  subsidiaries  of  the  Company  make  loans  to  directors  and
executive officers of the Corporation, including their affiliates, families and companies in which they are
principal  owners.  In  the  opinion  of  management,  these  loans  are  made  on  substantially  the  same  terms,
including  interest  rates  and  collateral,  as  those  prevailing  at  the  time  for  comparable  transactions  with
other  persons  and  do  not  involve  more  than  normal  risk  of  collectibility  or  present  other  unfavorable
features.  The  aggregate  amounts  receivable  from  such  related  parties  amounted  to  approximately
$79,438,000 and $76,711,000 at December  31, 2008 and  2007,  respectively.

(19) Financial Instruments with Off-Statement of Condition Risk and Concentrations of Credit  Risk

In  the  normal  course  of  business,  the  bank  subsidiaries  are  party  to  financial  instruments  with
off-statement of condition risk to meet the financing needs of their customers. These financial instruments
include commitments to their customers. These financial instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements
of credit risk in excess of the amounts recognized in the consolidated statement of condition. The contract
amounts  of  these  instruments  reflect  the  extent  of  involvement  the  bank  subsidiaries  have  in  particular

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(19) Financial Instruments with Off-Statement of Condition Risk and Concentrations of Credit  Risk
(Continued)

classes  of  financial  instruments.  At  December  31,  2008,  the  following  financial  amounts  of  instruments,
whose contract amounts represent credit risks, were  outstanding:

Commitments to extend credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Credit card lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Standby letters of credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commercial letters of credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,713,400,000
45,157,000
137,708,000
18,468,000

The Company enters into a standby letter of credit to guarantee performance of a customer to a third
party. These guarantees are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements. The
credit  risk  involved  is  represented  by  the  contractual  amounts  of  those  instruments.  Under  the  standby
letters of credit, the Company is required to make payments to the beneficiary of the letters of credit upon
request by the beneficiary so long as all performance criteria have been met. At December 31, 2008, the
maximum  potential  amount  of  future  payments  is  $137,708,000.  At  December  31,  2008,  the  fair  value  of
these  guarantees  is  not  significant.  Unsecured  letters  of  credit  totaled  $28,771,000  and  $54,461,000  at
December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

The  Company  enters  into  commercial  letters  of  credit  on  behalf  of  its  customers  which  authorize  a
third  party  to  draw  drafts  on  the  Company  up  to  a  stipulated  amount  and  with  specific  terms  and
conditions.  A  commercial  letter  of  credit  is  a  conditional  commitment  on  the  part  of  the  Company  to
provide payment on drafts drawn in accordance with the terms of the commercial letter of credit.

The bank subsidiaries’ exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the
above  financial  instruments  is  represented  by  the  contractual  amounts  of  the  instruments.  The  bank
subsidiaries use the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as they do for
on-statement of condition instruments. The bank subsidiaries control the credit risk of these transactions
through credit approvals, limits and monitoring procedures. Commitments to extend credit are agreements
to  lend  to  a  customer  as  long  as  there  is  no  violation  of  any  condition  established  in  the  contract.
Commitments  generally  have  fixed  expiration  dates  normally  less  than  one  year  or  other  termination
clauses  and  may  require  the  payment  of  a  fee.  Since  many  of  the  commitments  are  expected  to  expire
without  being  drawn  upon,  the  total  commitment  amounts  do  not  necessarily  represent  future  cash
requirements.  The  bank  subsidiaries  evaluate  each  customer’s  credit-worthiness  on  a  case-by-case  basis.
The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the subsidiary banks upon extension of credit, is
based  on  management’s  credit  evaluation  of  the  customer.  Collateral  held  varies,  but  may  include
residential and commercial real estate, bank certificates of deposit, accounts receivable and inventory.

The  bank  subsidiaries  make  commercial,  real  estate  and  consumer  loans  to  customers  principally
located in South, Central and Southeast Texas and the State of Oklahoma. Although the loan portfolio is
diversified,  a  substantial  portion  of  its  debtors’  ability  to  honor  their  contracts  is  dependent  upon  the
economic conditions in these areas, especially  in the real estate and commercial business sectors.

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(20) Capital Requirements

On December 23, 3008, as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program (the
‘‘TARP  Capital  Purchase  Program’’)  of  the  United  States  Department  of  the  Treasury  (‘‘Treasury’’),  the
Company  entered  into  a  Letter  Agreement  incorporating  an  attached  Securities  Purchase  Agreement—
Standard Terms (collectively, the ‘‘Securities Purchase Agreement’’) with the Treasury. The closing of the
transactions contemplated in the Securities  Purchase Agreement  occurred on  December 23, 2008.

Under  the  Securities  Purchase  Agreement,  the  Company  agreed  to  sell  216,000  shares  of  the
Company’s fixed-rate cumulative perpetual preferred stock, Series A, par value $.01 per share (the ‘‘Senior
Preferred  Stock’’),  having  a  liquidation  preference  of  $1,000  per  share,  for  a  total  price  of  $216,000,000.
The Senior Preferred Stock will pay dividends at the rate of 5% per year for the first five years and 9% per
year  thereafter.  The  Senior  Preferred  Stock  has  no  maturity  date  and  ranks  senior  to  the  Company’s
common  stock  with  respect  to  the  payment  of  dividends  and  distributions  and  amounts  payable  upon
liquidation,  dissolution  and  winding  up  of  the  Company.  The  Senior  Preferred  Stock  generally  is
non-voting except for class voting rights on matters that would adversely affect the rights of the holders of
the  Senior  Preferred  Stock.  The  Senior  Preferred  Stock  qualifies  for  inclusion  in  Tier 1  capital  for
regulatory capital purposes and the issuance of the Senior Preferred Stock increased the capital ratios of
the Company.

Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company may redeem the Senior Preferred Stock
in  whole  or  in  part  at  par  after  three  years  from  the  date  of  the  investment.  Prior  to  such  date,  the
Company may redeem the Senior Preferred Stock in whole or in part, at par if (i) the Company has raised
aggregate gross proceeds in one or more Qualified Equity Offerings (as defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement)  in  excess  of  $54 million  and  (ii) the  aggregate  redemption  is  subject  to  the  consent  of  the
Federal  Reserve Bank of Dallas, which is  the Company’s primary Federal banking regulator.

In conjunction with the purchase of the Senior Preferred Stock, the Treasury received a warrant (the
‘‘Warrant’’)  to  purchase  1,326,238  shares  of  the  Company’s  common  stock  (the  ‘‘Warrant  Shares’’)  at
$24.43  per  share,  which  would  represent  an  aggregate  common  stock  investment  in  the  Company  on
exercise  of  the  warrant  in  full  equal  to  15%  of  the  Senior  Preferred  Stock  investment.  The  term  of  the
Warrant is ten years. The per share exercise price and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrant is subject to adjustment pursuant to customary anti-dilutive provisions in certain events, such as
stock splits, certain distributions of securities or other assets to holders of the Company’s common stock,
and  upon  certain  issuances  of  the  Company’s  common  stock  at  or  below  specified  prices  relative  to  the
initial  per  share  exercise  price  of  the  Warrant.  The  Warrant  is  immediately  exercisable.  The  number  of
shares  issuable  upon  exercise  of  the  Warrant  is  also  subject  to  reduction  in  certain  limited  events  that
involve the Company conducting Qualified Equity Offerings on or prior to December 31, 2009. Both the
Senior Preferred Stock and Warrant  will be accounted for as components  of Tier 1 capital.

Bank  regulatory  agencies  limit  the  amount  of  dividends,  which  the  bank  subsidiaries  can  pay  the
Corporation,  through  IBC  Subsidiary  Corporation,  without  obtaining  prior  approval  from  such  agencies.
At  December  31,  2008,  the  subsidiary  banks  could  pay  dividends  of  up  to  $237,000,000  to  the  Company
without  prior  regulatory  approval  and  without  adversely  affecting  their  ‘‘well  capitalized’’  status.  In
addition to legal requirements, regulatory authorities also consider the adequacy of the bank subsidiaries’
total capital in relation to their deposits and other factors. These capital adequacy considerations also limit
amounts available for payment of dividends. The Company historically has not allowed any subsidiary bank
to pay dividends in such a manner as to impair its capital adequacy.

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(20) Capital Requirements (Continued)

The  Company  and  the  bank  subsidiaries  are  subject  to  various  regulatory  capital  requirements
administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate
certain  mandatory  and  possibly  additional  discretionary  actions  by  regulators  that,  if  undertaken,  could
have a direct material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Under capital adequacy
guidelines  and  the  regulatory  framework  for  prompt  corrective  action,  the  Company  must  meet  specific
capital  guidelines  that  involve  quantitative  measures  of  the  Company’s  assets,  liabilities,  and  certain
off-statement  of  condition  items  as  calculated  under  regulatory  accounting  practices.  The  Company’s
capital  amounts  and  classification  are  also  subject  to  qualitative  judgments  by  the  regulators  about
components, risk weightings, and other factors.

Additionally, as a result of the Company’s participation in the TARP Capital Purchase Program, the
Company is restricted in the payment of dividends and may not, without Treasury Department’s consent,
declare or pay any dividend on the Company Common Stock other than a regular semi-annual dividend of
not  more  than  $.33  per  share,  as  adjusted  for  any  stock  dividend  or  stock  split.  The  restriction  ceases  to
exist only on the earlier to occur of December 23, 2011 or the date on which the Company has redeemed
all of the Series A Preferred Stock issued as part of the Capital Purchase Program or the date on which the
Treasury has transferred all of the Preferred Stock to third parties not affiliated with the Treasury. Also, all
accrued  and  unpaid  dividends  on  the  Senior  Preferred  Stock  would  have  to  be  fully  paid  before  the
Company paid any dividends on its Common  Stock.

A company that participates in the TARP Capital Purchase Program must adopt certain standards for
executive  compensation  under  the  Emergency  Economic  Stabilization  Act  of  2008  (EESA)  and  the
American  Recovery  and  Reinvestment  Act  of  2009  (the  ‘‘ARRA’’)  which  was  signed  into  law  on
February 17,  2009.  While  the  U.S. Treasury  must  promulgate  regulations  to  implement  the  executive
compensation  restrictions  and  standards  set  forth  in  the  ARRA,  the  new  law  significantly  expands  the
executive compensation restrictions previously imposed by the EESA. Such restrictions apply to any entity
that  has  received  or  will  receive  funds  under  the  TARP  Capital  Purchase  Program,  and  shall  generally
continue  to  apply  for  as  long  as  any  obligation  arising  from  securities  issued  under  TARP,  including
preferred stock issued under the Capital Purchase Program, remain outstanding. These ARRA restrictions
shall  not  apply  to  any  TARP  Capital  Purchase  Program  recipient  during  such  time  when  the  federal
government  (i) only  holds  any  warrants  to  purchase  common  stock  of  such  recipient  or  (ii) holds  no
preferred  stock  or  warrants  to  purchase  common  stock  of  such  recipient.  As  a  result  of  the  Company’s
participation in the TARP Capital Purchase Program, the restrictions and standards set forth in the ARRA
shall be applicable to the Company, subject to regulations promulgated by the U.S. Treasury. Pursuant to
the provisions of the ARRA, the Company shall be permitted to repay the $216 million it received under
the TARP Capital Purchase Program, subject to consultation with the Federal Reserve, without regard to
certain repayment restrictions in the Securities Purchase Agreement, in accordance with regulations that
have  not, yet, been promulgated by the Treasury Department.

Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company to
maintain  minimum  amounts  and  ratios  (set  forth  in  the  table  on  the  following  page)  of  Total  and  Tier  1
capital  to  risk-weighted  assets  and  of  Tier  1  capital  to  average  assets.  Management  believes,  as  of
December  31,  2008,  that  the  Company  and  each  of  the  bank  subsidiaries  met  all  capital  adequacy
requirements to which it is subject.

As  of  December  31,  2008,  the  most  recent  notification  from  the  Federal  Deposit  Insurance
Corporation  categorized  all  the  bank  subsidiaries  as  well  capitalized  under  the  regulatory  framework  for

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(20) Capital Requirements (Continued)

prompt corrective action. To be categorized as ‘‘well capitalized’’ the Company and the bank subsidiaries
must maintain minimum Total risk-based, Tier 1 risk based, and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the
table. There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the
categorization of the Company or any of the bank  subsidiaries  as well  capitalized.

The Company’s and the bank subsidiaries’ actual capital amounts and ratios for 2008 are presented in

the following table:

Actual

For Capital Adequacy
Purposes

To Be Well Capitalized
Under Prompt Corrective
Action  Provisions

Amount Ratio

Amount

Ratio

Amount

Ratio

(greater than (greater than (greater than (greater  than
or equal  to)
or equal to)

or equal to)

or equal to)

As of December 31, 2008:

Total Capital  (to Risk Weighted Assets):

(Dollars in Thousands)

Consolidated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,205,014 16.35% $589,741
519,556
International  Bank of Commerce, Laredo . . . .
37,589
International  Bank of Commerce, Brownsville . .
13,207
International  Bank of Commerce, Zapata . . . . .
15,042
Commerce Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

804,621 12.39
89,087 18.96
42,120 25.51
53,451 28.43

Tier 1  Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):

Consolidated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,128,057 15.30% $294,870
259,778
International  Bank of Commerce, Laredo . . . .
18,795
International  Bank of Commerce, Brownsville . .
6,604
International  Bank of Commerce, Zapata . . . . .
7,521
Commerce Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

736,263 11.34
83,998 17.88
40,634 24.61
51,427 27.35

Tier 1  Capital (to Average Assets):

Consolidated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,128,057
International  Bank of Commerce, Laredo . . . .
736,263
International  Bank of Commerce, Brownsville . .
International  Bank of Commerce, Zapata . . . . .
Commerce Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9.97% $452,574
390,531
7.54
33,589
83,998 10.00
17,433
40,634
9.32
17,387
51,427 11.83

8.00%
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00

4.00%
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

4.00%
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

N/A
$649,445
46,987
16,509
18,803

N/A
$389,667
28,192
9,905
11,282

N/A
$488,164
41,987
21,791
21,734

N/A
10.00%
10.00
10.00
10.00

N/A
6.00%
6.00
6.00
6.00

N/A
5.00%
5.00
5.00
5.00

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(20) Capital Requirements (Continued)

The  Company’s  and  the  bank  subsidiaries’  actual  capital  amounts  and  ratios  for  2007  are  also

presented in the following table:

Actual

For Capital Adequacy
Purposes

To Be Well Capitalized
Under Prompt Corrective
Action  Provisions

Amount Ratio

Amount

Ratio

Amount

Ratio

(greater than (greater than (greater than (greater  than
or equal  to)
or equal to)

or equal to)

or equal to)

(Dollars in Thousands)

As of December 31, 2007:

Total Capital  (to Risk Weighted Assets):

Consolidated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $889,637 12.99% $547,708
483,532
International  Bank of Commerce, Laredo . . . . . .
32,983
International  Bank of Commerce, Brownsville . . .
12,692
International  Bank of Commerce, Zapata . . . . . .
15,346
Commerce Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

686,411 11.36
76,313 18.51
35,102 22.13
47,109 24.56

Tier 1  Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):

Consolidated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $820,319 11.98% $273,854
241,766
International  Bank of Commerce, Laredo . . . . . .
16,492
International  Bank of Commerce, Brownsville . . .
6,346
International  Bank of Commerce, Zapata . . . . . .
7,673
Commerce Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

625,133 10.34
71,594 17.36
33,845 21.33
45,045 23.48

Tier 1  Capital (to Average Assets):

Consolidated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $820,319
625,133
International  Bank of Commerce, Laredo . . . . . .
71,594
International  Bank of Commerce, Brownsville . . .
33,845
International  Bank of Commerce, Zapata . . . . . .
45,045
Commerce Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.76% $422,929
356,394
7.02
32,581
8.79
15,423
8.78
18,168
9.92

(21) Fair Value of Financial Instruments

8.00%
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00

4.00%
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

4.00%
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

N/A
$604,415
41,229
15,865
19,182

N/A
$362,649
24,738
9,519
11,509

N/A
$445,492
40,726
19,278
22,710

N/A
10.00%
10.00
10.00
10.00

N/A
6.00%
6.00
6.00
6.00

N/A
5.00%
5.00
5.00
5.00

The  fair  value  estimates,  methods,  and  assumptions  for  the  Company’s  financial  instruments  at

December 31, 2008 and 2007 are outlined  below.

Cash and Due From Banks and Federal Funds  Sold

For these short-term instruments, the  carrying  amount  is a reasonable estimate of fair  value.

Time Deposits with Banks

The carrying amounts of time deposits with  banks approximate fair  value.

Investment Securities

For  investment  securities,  which  include  U.  S.  Treasury  securities,  obligations  of  other  U.  S.
government  agencies,  obligations  of  states  and  political  subdivisions  and  mortgage  pass  through  and
related securities, fair values are based on quoted market prices or dealer quotes. Fair values are based on
the value of one unit without regard to any premium or discount that may result from concentrations of

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(21) Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Continued)

ownership  of  a  financial  instrument,  probable  tax  ramifications,  or  estimated  transaction  costs.  See
disclosures of fair value of investment securities in Note  3.

Loans

Fair  values  are  estimated  for  portfolios  of  loans  with  similar  financial  characteristics.  Loans  are
segregated by type such as commercial, real estate and consumer loans as outlined by regulatory reporting
guidelines. Each category is segmented into fixed and variable interest rate terms and by performing and
non-performing categories.

For  variable  rate  performing  loans,  the  carrying  amount  approximates  the  fair  value.  For  fixed  rate
performing loans, except residential mortgage loans, the fair value is calculated by discounting scheduled
cash flows through the estimated maturity using estimated market discount rates that reflect the credit and
interest rate risk inherent in the loan. For performing residential mortgage loans, fair value is estimated by
discounting  contractual  cash  flows  adjusted  for  prepayment  estimates  using  discount  rates  based  on
secondary market sources or the primary origination market. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, the carrying
amount  of  fixed  rate  performing  loans  was  $1,272,370,000  and  $1,385,715,000  respectively,  and  the
estimated  fair  value  was  $1,253,496,000  and  $1,372,652,000,  respectively.

Fair value for significant impaired loans is based on recent external appraisals, discounted based on
internal  criteria.  If  appraisals  are  not  available,  estimated  cash  flows  are  discounted  using  a  rate
commensurate  with  the  risk  associated  with  the  estimated  cash  flows.  Assumptions  regarding  credit  risk,
cash  flows  and  discount  rates  are  judgmentally  determined  using  available  market  and  specific  borrower
information.  As  of  December  31,  2008  and  2007,  the  net  carrying  amount  of  impaired  loans  was  a
reasonable estimate of the fair value.

Accrued Interest

The carrying amounts of accrued interest approximate fair value.

Deposits

The  fair  value  of  deposits  with  no  stated  maturity,  such  as  non-interest  bearing  demand  deposit
accounts, savings accounts and interest bearing demand deposit accounts, was equal to the amount payable
on demand as of December 31, 2007 and 2006. The fair value of time deposits is based on the discounted
value  of  contractual  cash  flows.  The  discount  rate  is  based  on  currently  offered  rates.  At  December  31,
2008 and 2007, the carrying amount of time deposits was $3,317,512,000 and $3,352,390,000, respectively,
and  the estimated fair value was $3,343,150,000 and $3,376,754,000, respectively.

Securities Sold Under Repurchase Agreements and Other Borrowed Funds

Due to the contractual terms of these financial instruments, the carrying amounts approximated fair

value at December 31, 2008 and 2007.

Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest  Debentures

The  Company  currently  has  fixed  and  floating  junior  subordinated  deferrable  interest  debentures
outstanding.  Due  to  the  contractual  terms  of  the  floating  rate  junior  subordinated  deferrable  interest
debentures, the carrying amounts approximated fair value at December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(21) Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Continued)

The  fair  value  of  the  fixed  junior  subordinated  deferrable  interest  debentures  is  based  on  established
market  spreads  to  the  debentures.  At  December 31,  2008  and  2007,  the  carrying  amount  of  fixed  junior
subordinated  deferrable  interest  debentures  was  $139,190,000  and  $139,154,000,  respectively,  and  the
estimated fair value was $44,704,000 and $139,566,000, respectively.

Commitments to Extend Credit and Letters of Credit

Commitments to extend credit and fund letters of credit are principally at current interest rates and

therefore the carrying amount approximates fair  value.

Limitations

Fair  value  estimates  are  made  at  a  point  in  time,  based  on  relevant  market  information  and
information about the financial instrument. These estimates do not reflect any premium or discount that
could  result  from  offering  for  sale  at  one  time  the  Company’s  entire  holdings  of  a  particular  financial
instrument. Because no market exists for a significant portion of the Company’s financial instruments, fair
value  estimates  are  based  on  judgments  regarding  future  expected  loss  experience,  current  economic
conditions,  risk  characteristics  of  various  financial  instruments  and  other  factors.  These  estimates  are
subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment and therefore cannot be
determined with precision. Changes in  assumptions could significantly  affect  the estimates.

Fair  value  estimates  are  based  on  existing  on-and  off-statement  of  condition  financial  instruments
without  attempting  to  estimate  the  value  of  anticipated  future  business  and  the  value  of  assets  and
liabilities that are not considered financial instruments. Other significant assets and liabilities that are not
considered financial assets or liabilities include the bank premises and equipment and core deposit value.
In addition, the tax ramifications related to the effect of fair value estimates have not been considered in
the above estimates.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(22) International Bancshares Corporation (Parent  Company Only)  Financial Information

Statements of Condition
(Parent Company Only)

December 31, 2008 and 2007
(Dollars in Thousands)

ASSETS
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repurchase Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investment in subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2008

2007

$ 160,754
—
38,079
350
1,264,021
1,037

$

580
1,000
31,449
1,841
1,103,690
2,667

Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,464,241

$1,141,227

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’  EQUITY

Liabilities:

Junior subordinated deferrable interest  debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Due to IBC Trading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 201,048
21
5,876

$ 200,929
21
4,372

Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

206,945

205,322

Shareholders’ equity:

Preferred shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Retained earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accumulated other comprehensive income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

203,558
95,499
158,110
1,016,003
18,189

—
95,441
144,140
929,145
165

Less cost of shares in treasury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,491,359
(234,063)

1,168,891
(232,986)

Total shareholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,257,296

935,905

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,464,241

$1,141,227

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(23) International Bancshares Corporation (Parent  Company Only)  Financial Information

Statements of Income
(Parent Company Only)

Years ended December 31, 2008, 2007  and 2006
(Dollars in Thousands)

2008

2007

2006

Income:

Dividends from subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest income on notes receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest income on other investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 53,460
80
5,313
486
65

$114,520
50
6,283
573
—

$113,839
126
2,508
1,339
7

Total income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

59,404

121,426

117,819

Expenses:

Interest expense (Debentures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Income before federal income taxes  and equity in  undistributed

net income of subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income tax benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Income before equity in undistributed net  income of subsidiaries . .
Equity in undistributed net income of  subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14,137
88
1,793

16,018

17,178
—
4,789

21,967

43,386
(3,593)

46,979
85,133

99,459
(5,281)

104,740
16,572

22,568
—
3,220

25,788

92,031
(7,918)

99,949
17,052

Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 132,112

$121,312

$117,001

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (Continued)

(24) International Bancshares Corporation (Parent  Company Only)  Financial Information

Statements of Cash Flows
(Parent Company Only)

Years ended December 31, 2008, 2007  and 2006
(Dollars in Thousands)

Operating activities:

Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adjustments to reconcile net income  to  net cash  provided by

operating activities:
Accretion of junior subordinated interest deferrable debentures .
Stock compensation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Equity in undistributed net income of subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . .

2008

2007

2006

$132,112

$121,312

$ 117,001

119
692
1,443
(85,133)

332
771
(1,732)
(16,572)

548
874
1,459
(17,052)

Net cash provided by operating activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

49,233

104,111

102,830

Investing activities:

Contributions to subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds (repurchase) of repurchase agreement with banks . . . . . .
Net decrease (increase) in notes receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Increase in other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(57,114)
1,000
1,491
(5,000)

(23,470)
5,303
(205)
(6,714)

Net cash used in investing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(59,623)

(25,086)

(424)
(3,703)
900
(4,215)

(7,442)

Financing activities:

Proceeds from issuance of subordinated  debentures . . . . . . . . . . .
Payments on subordinated debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from issuance of preferred  shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from stock transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payments of cash dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payments of cash dividends in lieu of fractional  shares . . . . . . . . .
Purchase of treasury stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

—
53,609
— (63,920)
—
5,686
(44,738)
(27)
(29,710)

216,000
894
(45,253)
—
(1,077)

75,259
(101,290)
—
1,919
(44,166)
—
(28,017)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing  activities . . . . . . . . . . . .

170,564

(79,100)

(96,295)

Increase (decrease) in cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash at beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

160,174
580

(75)
655

(907)
1,562

Cash at end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$160,754

$

580

$

655

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Condensed Quarterly Income Statements

(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

(Unaudited)

Fourth
Quarter

Third
Quarter

Second
Quarter

First
Quarter

2008

Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$140,817
49,835

$138,194
54,076

$136,931
56,790

$148,661
71,030

Net interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision for probable loan losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Income before income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries . . . . . . . . .
Income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

90,982
7,123
41,675
77,156

48,378

98
16,577

84,118
7,037
50,823
76,274

51,630

317
17,433

80,141
4,101
51,017
76,384

50,673

—
17,624

77,631
1,552
46,294
70,997

51,376

—
17,896

Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 31,703

$ 33,880

$ 33,049

$ 33,480

Per common share:

Basic
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Diluted
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$

.47

.46

$

$

.49

.49

$

$

.48

.48

$

$

.49

.49

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Condensed Quarterly Income Statements (Continued)

(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

(Unaudited)

Fourth
Quarter

Third
Quarter

Second
Quarter

First
Quarter

2007

Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$159,152
81,064

$159,158
81,350

$162,408
82,847

$162,855
88,079

Net interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Credit) provision for probable loan  losses . . . . . . . . . .
Non-interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

78,088
(405)
46,240
76,433

Income before income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

48,300

Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries . . . . . . . . .
Income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

—
12,884

77,808
(3,916)
45,617
78,352

48,989

—
16,327

79,561
1,198
47,266
73,429

74,776
1,361
26,240
72,068

52,200

27,587

(78)
17,688

78
8,865

Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 35,416

$ 32,662

$ 34,590

$ 18,644

Per common share:

Basic
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Diluted
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$

$

.52

.52

$

$

.47

.47

$

$

.50

.50

$

$

.27

.26

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Condensed Average Statements of Condition
(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)
(Unaudited)

Distribution of Assets, Liabilities and  Shareholders’ Equity

The following table sets forth a comparative summary of average interest earning assets and average
interest  bearing  liabilities  and  related  interest  yields  for  the  years  ended  December  31,  2008,  2007,  and
2006:

2008

2007

2006

Average
Balance

Average
Interest Rate/Cost

Average
Balance

Average
Interest Rate/Cost

Average
Balance

Average
Interest Rate/Cost

(Dollars  in Thousands)

Assets

Interest  earning assets:

Loan, net of unearned discounts:

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,360,116 $353,635
17,083
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

283,444

6.60% $ 4,920,774 $422,039
21,525
289,678
6.03

8.58% $ 4,507,583 $379,340
20,680
288,906
7.43

8.42%
7.16

Investment securities:

Taxable . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax-exempt . . . . . . . . . . . .
Federal funds sold . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other

4,120,008
72,117
53,019
9,874

188,928
3,514
927
516

4.59
4.87
1.75
5.23

4,055,546
87,234
54,634
22,448

190,371
4,270
2,712
2,656

4.69
4.89
4.96
5.81

4,379,218
93,776
75,016
5,956

200,474
4,577
3,596
406

4.58
4.88
4.79
6.82

Total interest-earning

assets

. . . . . . . . . . . .

9,898,578

564,603

5.70%

9,430,314

643,573

6.82%

9,350,455

609,073

6.51%

Non-interest earning assets:
Cash and due from banks
Bank premises and equipment,

. . . .

net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less allowance for probable loan
losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

236,656

445,487
728,038

(64,917)

Total

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,243,842

Liabilities and

Shareholders’ Equity

Interest bearing liabilities:

Savings and interest bearing

222,116

405,536
750,454

(65,688)

$10,742,732

243,374

369,058
764,330

(68,673)

$10,658,544

demand deposits

. . . . . . . . $ 2,286,000 $ 26,651

1.17% $ 2,328,078 $ 53,778

2.31% $ 2,122,302 $ 40,444

1.91%

Time deposits:

Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Securities sold under repurchase
agreements . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .

Other borrowings
Junior subordinated interest
deferrable debentures

. . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .

Senior notes

1,702,549
1,644,997

55,287
51,192

1,436,374
1,395,220

50,400
33,976

201,042
—

14,137
88

3.25
3.11

3.51
2.44

7.03
—

1,704,871
1,623,791

73,593
69,427

982,884
1,462,504

43,837
75,317

213,119
—

17,178
210

4.32
4.28

4.46
5.15

8.06
—

1,720,742
1,527,958

65,597
57,480

670,104
2,040,691

30,137
103,362

232,260
—

22,568
—

3.81
3.77

4.50
5.07

9.72
—

Total interest bearing

liabilities

. . . . . . . . . .

8,666,182

231,731

2.67%

8,315,247

333,340

4.01%

8,314,057

319,588

3.84%

Non-interest bearing liabilities:

Demand Deposits . . . . . . . . .
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . .
Shareholders’ equity . . . . . . . . .

1,455,036
132,306
990,318

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,243,842

1,417,751
125,952
883,782

$10,742,732

1,364,611
145,538
834,338

$10,658,544

Net interest income . . . . .

$332,872

$310,233

$289,485

Net yield on interest earning

assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.36%

3.29%

3.10%

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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

OFFICERS

DIRECTORS

DENNIS E. NIXON
Chairman of the Board and President

DENNIS E. NIXON
President, International Bank  of Commerce

R. DAVID GUERRA
Vice President

EDWARD J. FARIAS
Vice President

RICHARD CAPPS
Vice President

IMELDA NAVARRO
Treasurer

WILLIAM CUELLAR
Auditor

MARISA V. SANTOS
Secretary

HILDA V. TORRES
Assistant Secretary

IRVING GREENBLUM
International Investments/Real Estate

R. DAVID GUERRA
President
International Bank of Commerce
Branch in McAllen,  TX

DANIEL B. HASTINGS, JR.
Licensed U.  S. Custom Broker
President
Daniel B. Hastings, Inc.

RICHARD E.  HAYNES
Attorney at Law
Real  Estate  Investments

IMELDA NAVARRO
Senior Executive Vice President
International Bank of Commerce

SIOMA NEIMAN
International Entrepreneur

PEGGY J. NEWMAN
Investments

LEONARDO SALINAS
Investments

ANTONIO R. SANCHEZ, JR.
Chairman of the Board
Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation
Investments

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