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Midwestone Financial Group
Annual Report 2011

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2 0 11   an n ual  r e p o rt

Take good care of our customers

Hire and retain excellent employeesalways conduct yourself witH tHe utmost integritywork as one teamlearn constantly so we can continually improveOur Operating principles:To our 
shareholders

Charles N. FuNk, President & CEO

keviN W. MoNsoN, Chairman

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his space is reserved each year 

to succinctly communicate in direct 
terms about the corporate events of the 
prior year as well as our thoughts on 
the future. Some letters are easier to 
write than others but this year’s letter 
contains positive and exciting news 
for our shareholders. 2011 was a good 
year for MidWestOne Financial Group, 
Inc. It was a year of record earnings for 
your company. It was a year of deposit 
and loan growth. It was a year in which 
the company’s TARP obligations were 
completely repaid from internal funds. 
It was a year of significantly increased 
dividends and share repurchases. And, 
most importantly, it was a year in which 
we continued to build a strong founda-
tion for the future.

  When ISB Financial Corp. merged 
with the “former” MidWestOne in 
2008, we assumed many synergies and 
efficiencies would occur. What we did 
not forecast was the worst recession in 
our lifetime and dealing with the reces-
sion certainly impeded earnings prog-
ress for the new company. Nevertheless, 
one must give credit to our staff as they 
never took their “eye off the ball” and 
continued to plant the seeds of efficien-
cy that finally began to emerge in 2011. 
2011 earnings available to common 
shareholders improved to $12,672,000, 
a 36.8% improvement over 2010 earn-
ings of $9,262,000. Better yet, basic 
earnings per share of $1.47 is an all 
time record for your company. $1.47 
per share is a 36.1% improvement over 
$1.08 in 2010 and handily surpasses the 
prior peak of $1.39 per share in 2004.

Among the positive surprises in 
2011 was the healthy growth of our 
balance sheet. Total assets and deposits 
each increased more than 7% and we 
ended the year just under $1.7 billion 
in total assets, at $1,695,000,000. Our 

 
 
bank loan portfolio grew more than $48 
million or 5.1%, to more than $986 
million at year-end. Most of this growth 
occurred in the last half of 2011 with 
the strongest quarter being the fourth. 
We tire of hearing the press and some 
politicians say “banks aren’t making 
loans” while MidWestOne and many 
other community banks in Iowa and 
throughout the nation increased their 
loan portfolios in 2011. 

  MidWestOne continues to enjoy 
asset quality metrics that are better than 
our peers, whether viewed on a regional 
or national scale. At year-end 2011, our 
non-performing bank loans as a percent-
age of total bank loans stood at 1.84%, 
down from 2.11% a year earlier. Our 
total level of non-performing bank loans 
stood at $18.1 million, down from $19.8 
million a year earlier. Other real estate 
owned increased by less than $200,000, 
from $3.9 million at year-end 2010 to 
$4.0 million at year-end 2011. We are 
pleased that our net charged off loans fell 
to 0.30% of total loans in 2011, down 
from 0.50% in 2010. Through the finan-
cial crisis, our net charge-offs have never 
exceeded 0.50% of loans. The allowance 
for loan losses in the bank portfolio 
remained strong at 1.59% of total loans 
at year-end. Overall, we believe this is 
exceptional performance and thank the 
many in our company who have had a 
hand in this success.

  Our capital ratios are strong, with 
tangible common equity to tangible 
assets standing at 8.68% at year-end. All 
regulatory capital ratios are well above 
the minimum levels set by our regulators. 
Our liquidity levels remain very strong 
with the closely watched loan to deposit 
ratio standing at 79.5% at year-end. Our 
strong capital and liquidity metrics afford 
us flexibility as we evaluate options to 
expand in the coming years.

As we look to the future, we believe 

the ingredients for success in banking and 
financial services will not be much differ-
ent than in the past. To be sure, our in-
dustry is changing, but the basic formula 
for success in our industry is centered 
around the ability to collect deposits and 
make sound loans. Increasingly, banks 
such as ours must develop and increase 
the contribution to bottom line earnings 
from non-interest income. And we must 
never become complacent in our search 
for further operating efficiencies. 

  Our company has traditionally done 
a bit better than the typical community 

bank in terms of the ability to generate 
non-interest income as a percentage 
of total operating revenues. Our long 
term goal is 30% and we are far short of 
the goal, with the 2011 number com-
ing in at 22.8%. MidWestOne’s major 
components of non-interest income in 
the future will be the fees associated 
with residential real estate lending, trust 
services, investment services and com-
missions from our insurance agencies. 
We are very focused on improving each 
of these areas and bringing MidWestOne 
services to more customers throughout 
our geographic footprint. Unfortunately, 
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and 
other regulatory pronouncements have 
impeded our ability to recover fees for 
consumer banking services we provide 
and we expect this component of the in-
come statement to remain flat or decline 
in the years ahead.

  We continue to make very good 
progress at becoming more efficient and 
the best measure of this is evident in our 
non-interest expense line. In 2009, our 
non-interest expense was $45,579,000. 
This number fell to $43,289,000 in 2010 
and fell again to $42,235,000 in 2011. 
While not disclosed in this report, our 
subsidiary bank, MidWestOne Bank, saw 
its efficiency ratio fall below 60% for the 
first time in many years. The efficiency 
ratio is one metric that measures bank 
efficiency and the fact that our bank 
crashed the 60% barrier is very positive. 
Our goal is to improve our company-
wide efficiency each year and we have set 
a five year goal of 55% for MidWestOne 
Bank. It is critical that we continue to 
improve our efficiency each year, not 
only within the Bank, but also in the 
holding company.

  We see two increasingly problem-
atic issues that come from Washington, 
D.C. The first is the Federal Reserve’s 
continued maintenance of a “zero inter-
est rate policy.” While the Fed’s poli-
cymakers are clearly well meaning, this 
policy, now in its fifth year, has served 
to put tremendous pressure on bank net 
interest margins. It is our opinion that 
the longer this policy is maintained, 
the more risk will find its way into the 
commercial banking system as banks 
are explicitly or implicitly encouraged to 
take on more risk in order to maintain 
profit margins. This is an important 
issue that all bank managements must 
confront and, frankly, we see few good 
solutions to this problem.

The second, is regulatory over-
reach. Sadly, for the past three years, 
we’ve written about this and, yet again, 
no progress has been made on this front 
in the past year. We have more—not 
less—paper required to originate a mort-
gage loan. It still takes nearly an hour 
to properly open a new account because 
of all of the required information we 
must collect. We’ve added one more 
compliance position in the company 
during the past year. Our bankers are 
spending more time checking boxes and 
filling out required forms and less time 
in front of customers. It is the world in 
which we live and we continue to look 
hard for better ways to comply without 
inconveniencing our customers.

Since our 2008 merger, we’ve used 
this letter to communicate on progress 
in satisfying our four main constituen-
cies—our customers, our employees, our 
communities, and our shareholders. 
We believe the news is compelling that 
we’ve improved our standing with each 
group over the past twelve months but 
we’ll let them (and you) be the ultimate 
arbiters of that statement.

our CustoMers: We are 
fortunate that we live in the State of 
Iowa, which has not seen the extreme 
economic duress other states have seen 
over the past few years. Unemployment 
ended the year at 5.6% in Iowa, the 
lowest level in two years. That does not 
mean, however, that all of our custom-
ers have escaped economic hardship. 
At year-end, MidWestOne Bank had 18 
customers with home properties in fore-
closure. We serve 19 communities and 
have 2,152 residential real estate loans 
on our books as of year-end. Only 18 
(0.84%) of those properties were in fore-
closure. As you might expect, we take 
great care to exhaust all possible avenues 
before entering foreclosure. When we 
are working with many of our past due 
home mortgage borrowers, it may be 
Jason Swestka, Second Vice President, 
who is the bank representative talking 
to the customer. Jason practices a few 
rather simple rules: Always treat the 
customer with respect, always give the 
customer every opportunity to try to 
continue to pay on the loan even if it is 
a partial payment, and always try to put 
our customer on the best possible path 
to succeed. As Jason would say, “We will 
work with you if you will work with us.” 
Our 77-year-old mission statement is to 

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(lEFt tO riGht) 

JeFF JohNsoN

FraN katko

JasoN sWestka

“take care of our customers and those 
who should be” and Jason excels in 
working with a segment of our customer 
base that is under daily pressure. 

Fran Katko, Service Associate 

Managing Officer, will retire in May 
after taking care of our customers and 
serving our employees for 26 years in 
our Oskaloosa office. Fran understands 
that every customer interaction is an op-
portunity to live our mission statement. 
It is an opportunity to provide courte-
ous and efficient service and send the 
satisfied customer on his/her way. It is 
an opportunity to suggest a service, such 
as mobile banking or the OneCard, that 
might make the customer’s life simpler. 
It might be an opportunity to put her 
arm around a customer’s shoulder and 
ask how a family member who has 
been ill is doing. Fran’s contribution to 
the company goes well beyond serv-
ing our customers. Fran manages our 
service associates in Oskaloosa and is 
a constant source of encouragement to 
them. She is a mentor. She is a teacher. 
And, perhaps most importantly, she is 
a friend. Fran says that “it is important 
that my work is accurate and completed 
on time” and that her employees know 
“I expect the same from them.” 

our CoMMuNities: MidWestOne 
is a community bank. We cannot suc-
ceed unless our communities prosper. 
We know we have an obligation to do 
more than write “donation” checks 
(we do that, too; more than $329,000 
in 2011). We expect our officers to be 
engaged in their respective communities. 
We serve on boards and we raise funds 
for organizations we love. In short, we 
do whatever needs to be done to move 
our communities ahead. Jeff Johnson is 
our Sigourney Market Manager and a ten 
year veteran of MidWestOne. In addition 
to overseeing the coordination of numer-

ous bank efforts to help the community, 
Jeff sits on the Sigourney City Council 
and chairs its Finance Committee. He is 
a past President and sits on the Sigour-
ney Economic Development Corpora-
tion. And if that isn’t enough, he is the 
Treasurer of First Resource Corp., which 
provides services to the disabled in a ten 
county region in Southeast Iowa. The 
Sigourney community is clearly better 
because of Jeff Johnson!

our eMployees: Employees such 
as Jason, Fran and Jeff are what make 
our company great. One thing that this 
trio has in common is that they have 
continued to increase their contribution 
to the bank with each passing year. They 
have chosen to pursue their careers at 
MidWestOne and they’ve found tangible 
ways to make a difference in the lives 
of their customers, their co-workers, 
and their communities. We chose to 
highlight them in this year’s letter, but 
we could have chosen dozens of others 
who have made strong contributions 
to the success of our company. We also 
focus on service excellence stories later in 
this report as a means of displaying the 
continual commitment our employees 
make toward serving our customers.

  We have a talented staff. And we are 
grateful for their good work. We remain 
focused on internal staff development 
and we offer various opportunities for 
our employees to sharpen and improve 
their skills. The MidWestOne Leader-
ship Institute is in its third year and 
we already have 23 “alumni” who have 
benefitted from this leadership training. 
All of our employees receive “EDGE” 
(Exceptional Deeds through Genuine Ef-
fort) training within the first few months 
of their hire. But we also know that it 
takes more than “top down” corporate 
programs to sustain an engaged and 
talented staff. That is why we continue 

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to work with all of our managers and 
supervisors to assure that we reward and 
recognize achievement and encourage 
accountability at all levels. To assure 
continued success, we believe we must 
develop our culture and give our employ-
ees the tools they need to succeed.

our shareholders: Our 
shareholders received tangible rewards 
in 2011. Following a year of exceptional 
stock price performance in 2010, our 
stock price declined 3% in 2011. This 
decline was significantly less than the av-
erage publicly traded bank stock. Repay-
ing our TARP obligations in July without 
raising additional capital was one of our 
achievements. Immediately following this 
repayment, we raised our dividend to 
common stock shareholders by 20% and 
raised it another 42% in January, 2012. 
We also commenced a share repurchase 
program and repurchased more than 
102,000 shares of our stock during the 
last six months of 2011 at an average 
price of $14.66, well below our tangible 
book value. This returned $1.5 million 
to our shareholders and we believe that 
this is a very good investment your com-
pany has made in its future.

  We are excited about our future and 
we hope you are as well. Thank you for 
your support and your encouragement. 
You’re the Ones for whom we will dili-
gently work to exceed your expectations.

Charles N. Funk
President & CEO

Kevin W. Monson
Chairman

 
Building on 
bedroCk values

keviN W. MoNsoN 

ChairMan OF thE bOard

“O

ur emphasis has always been to share with the community, do quality work, 
provide great service, and develop lifelong relationships,” says Kevin Monson, presi-
dent and CEO of Neumann Monson Architects in Iowa City.

But wait: Is he talking about architecture or community banking? In fact, 
Monson explains, “MidWestOne’s philosophy and the way our firm does business 
are very much aligned”—which is among the reasons Kevin Monson is so well suited 
to his new role as chairman of the MidWestOne Board of Directors.

A board member since 2006, Monson says he was surprised and humbled 
when MidWestOne President & CEO Charles Funk and former board chairman W. 
Richard Summerwill approached him about becoming chair. But he readily accepted, 
despite some trepidation about stepping into the shoes of his well-known predecessor.

“Dick Summerwill is a stalwart fixture in the banking community in Iowa, and 
certainly one of the most revered bankers in Iowa City,” he says. “I’m going to be a 
far different chairman. But thanks to Charlie’s leadership, we have a fantastic staff 
in place—a team of people who understand the challenges ahead, know where we’re 
going, and are committed to delivering great service to our customers. 

“That’s why I joined the MidWestOne board in the first place,” he continues. 
“We treat people like Iowans here, and I like that. We are locally controlled, and 
we care about and give back to the communities we serve. My mission as board 
chair is to make sure we stay firmly grounded in our communities and continue 
to be viewed as a true community asset. By working together, we can help our 
customers and our communities grow, be more competitive, and become better at 
everything they do.”

  Monson’s focus on customer service is a natural extension 
of his architectural practice. “I love being able to create some-
thing for clients that they never dreamed possible, and having 
them be delighted by the results,” he says. “Building projects 
require so many different talents, and I enjoy working on large 
teams. Everyone involved gets a huge amount of pride and satis-
faction in creating something that’s unique and that lasts.” 

A “farm kid” from Forest City, Iowa, Monson’s desire to 
create can be traced back to childhood, when he was drawn to 
the idea of building shelter. He remembers constructing “little 
hovels” out of discarded objects and machine parts. In college, 
he found architecture to be “a great combination of science and 
artistic expression and discovery, and that balance intrigued 
me.” After earning a degree in architecture from Iowa State Uni-
versity and working for another local firm, he and two partners 
formed Neumann Monson Architects in 1977. 

“When our firm was looking for a bank,” Monson recalls, “we really wanted 
to have a relationship with people we knew and trusted, people who cared about 
the community and cared about us. It was important to bank with someone who 
would look after our best interests but also set limits, so we could grow smartly 
and sustainably. We chose what was then Iowa State Bank & Trust Company, 
now MidWestOne.”

Neumann Monson Architects has become increasingly well known for its 

leading-edge work on projects that incorporate energy conservation and sustain-
ability. “To me, sustainability is about people, and about creating a healthy environ-
ment in which people have the tools and conditions that allow them to outperform 
what they’ve done in the past,” Monson explains. “Of course our buildings have to 
be beautiful and affordable and function well—but if they also focus on the human 
dimension of sustainability, the dividends will be huge.” 

  Monson clearly values the dividends he’s gained through his relationship with 
MidWestOne. “Working with the board and staff has been a wonderfully educa-
tional opportunity for me,” he says. “I know we face great challenges in the future, 
and we need to be very fluid in the face of growing change. But at the same time, 
our key values are unchanging and non-negotiable. Those values have given us the 
backbone to weather storms as they come and go, while continuing to serve our 
communities. MidWestOne has a rock-solid foundation, we’re working as one, and 
we’re very optimistic about the future.” 

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Take good care of our
CustoMers

“i just acted on instinct.”

I

t was a cold, rainy, windy Saturday 

morning in November 2011 when an 
elderly customer pulled up to the drive-
in window at MidWestOne Bank in 
Sigourney. As she placed three checks 
in the teller drawer, a gust of wind tore 
the top check away and sent it wheeling 
through the air. 

Inside the teller window—five steps 
down from the main bank lobby, which 
is closed on Saturdays—MidWestOne 
Service Associate Don Banning watched 
the check fly up to Main Street and 
turn north. “I didn’t even have time to 
think and just acted on instinct,” he 
recalls. “I raced up the steps, hollered at 
my colleague to unlock the front door, 
and chased down the check. It got away 
from me a couple of times, but it finally 
got a little wet and then I could grab it.” 

“While I’m doing this, the 

customer is still sitting in her car 
by the window, worrying about the 
process she’s going to have to go 
through to replace that check. She 
was really kind of glad to see me 
show up,” he says in characteristic 
understatement. Banning is a retired 
educator who works at MidWestOne 
on a part-time basis. “We’re talking 
about a retired man, yes,” he says. “But 
I’m in pretty good shape!”

Banning lives in North English 

and also works part-time in the 
MidWestOne office there. “My primary 
job is customer service,” he says. “We’re 
taught to go the extra mile.” Even in the 
wind, rain, cold, and on Saturdays.

doN baNNiNg, MidWestone Service associate

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spotlight on Service 

in 1934, when Ben Summerwill, Sr. 
formed the bank that would become 
MidWestone, he wisely advised 
his staff to focus on providing good 
customer service. Seventy-seven 
years later, MidWestone and its 
employees live by five core operating 
Principles—and customer service 
remains at the very top of the list:

•	 Take	good	care	of	our	customers	

•	 Hire	and	retain	excellent	

employees

•	 Always	conduct	yourself	with	the	

utmost integrity

•	 Work	as	one	team

•	 Learn	constantly	so	we	can	

continually improve

This year’s annual report—the first 
in a five-part series—highlights the 
ways in which our employees truly 
deliver “above and beyond” service. 
although we’ve chosen to feature 
just a few of our communities in this 
report, they are emblematic of the 
entire MidWestone family. for staff in 
every MidWestone location, first-rate 
service is second nature. 

Next	year,	our	Annual	Report	will	
focus on another of MidWestone’s 
five operating Principles. We look 
forward to sharing more employee-
customer stories that illustrate 
our	commitment	to	excellence	in	
everything we do. as we say, at 
MidWestone . . . You’re the one.

Mike FiNlaysoN, MidWestone

Mike draper, raYgun 

When philosophies align
W

hen Mike Draper made plans 

to expand RAYGUN—his irreverent 
and highly successful Des Moines 
T-shirt store—into downtown Iowa 
City, he knew he needed a local 
banking partner. And he had one very 
important qualification. “I’m sure there 
are better ways to pick a bank,” Draper 
admits, “but for me, it’s all about how 
easy the people are to work with.” 

Referred to MidWestOne by his 
Iowa City landlord, Draper met with 
Second Vice President and Retail 
Managing Officer Mike Finlayson about 
a business loan. “Mike’s sales team 
is phenomenal,” Draper says. “From 
our very first meeting, everyone at 
MidWestOne has listened to our needs 
and been very agreeable. That’s why 
MidWestOne is our main bank today.”

Draper’s sales career started in 

college. During his senior year at 
the University of Pennsylvania, he 
and a friend began selling T-shirts to 
college students in major cities on the 
East Coast. “It was the front lines of 

capitalism,” Draper recalls. “Much of 
what we use at RAYGUN today, from 
sales techniques to marketing to the 
design of our shirts, stems from what I 
learned selling T-shirts on the street.” 

  When he returned to Iowa in 2005 
and opened RAYGUN in downtown 
Des Moines, Draper worked with a 
number of banks and quickly learned 
how not to do business. “Any banking 
issue you have is bound to be serious, so 
you want to talk to someone who knows 
what’s going on and has the power to 
help you,” he says. He was frustrated 
when banking staff were uninformed or 
unable to assist.

That’s why his MidWestOne 
experience has been so positive, and 
also happens to align with RAYGUN’s 
own philosophy. “We don’t have 
a secret ingredient other than our 
people,” Draper says. “We hire staff 
almost entirely on attitude and train 
them to be as helpful as possible. That 
kind of service makes the difference.” 

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Take good care of our
CustoMers

What it means to be a community bank

M

idWestOne customer Greg Martin 

of West Liberty spent much of the 
2011 Independence Day weekend boat 
shopping. On Saturday, July 2, he 
found what he was looking for. But it 

was a holiday weekend, the banks were 
closed, the boat was in Illinois, and the 
cautious seller was reluctant to accept 
either Martin’s personal check or a 
cashier’s check. Now what?

“I called Cindy at home and asked 
her if we could make this work,” Martin 
says, referring to Cindy Mays, Market 
President at the MidWestOne West 
Liberty office. Mays responds: “I’ve 
been in banking for 35 years. In a small 
town where you know everybody, if 
someone’s in a pinch over the weekend, 
I’m always happy to help.”

The personal service that 
MidWestOne customers have come 
to expect, says Martin, caught the 
Chicago-area boat seller by surprise. “I 
told him my bank was willing to cut 
him a check, and he simply could not 
believe a bank was going to open up 
over the 4th of July weekend just for 
me. He wanted to drive out here and 
see for himself. 

“So I gave him directions and we 

met in the bank parking lot on Sunday 
morning,” Martin continues. “Cindy 
had made some calls, and she and 
Service Associate Cathy Simon opened 
the bank, cut the cashier’s check, and 
hand-delivered it to the guy. He was 
just amazed. Cindy kind of ribbed him 
about it—she said, ‘You’re obviously 
banking at the wrong place.’”

That afternoon, Martin brought 

the boat back to Iowa and by Monday, 
July 4, he and his family were happily 
plying the waters of Coralville Lake. 
Meanwhile, Mays sees nothing out 
of the ordinary in this story. “To me, 
customer service is about meeting my 
customers’ needs with a smile and open 
arms and an open heart. That’s what it 
means to be a community bank.”

CiNdy Mays, MidWestone

greg MartiN, MidWestone customer

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“[the boat-seller from Chicago] was just amazed. Cindy kind of ribbed him about it —
she said, ‘You’re obviously banking at the wrong place.”

 
 
 
 
 
“…our best customer service is 
to ensure customer protection.”
I

n his position as a Personal Banker 
at MidWestOne Bank’s downtown Iowa 
City office, John Schickedanz deals with 
many University of Iowa students—one 
of whom needed his help more than 
she knew. 

The student came into the bank 
at the start of the 2011 fall semester. 
Over the summer, she had completed 
a website revision for an online 
employer. She received a paycheck of 
nearly $3,000, a sum that would allow 
her to pay tuition without relying on 
student loans. She was eager to open a 
MidWestOne account and excited about 
starting classes debt-free.

“She was a really nice young 
woman, and I saw no red flags as we 
went through the account-opening 
process,” Schickedanz explains. “But 
when I took the check from her to make 
the deposit, I realized something wasn’t 
right.” He noticed that key features were 
missing, including microprint on the 
front of the check and the “Original 
Document” text on the back. 

“I called the bank that had 
issued the check and it turned out to 
have been stolen,” Schickedanz says. 
“This student was trying to make an 
honest day’s pay and she’d done all 
the work, but the entire set-up was 
fraudulent. She ended up not being 
able to pay her tuition and it was a 
terrible situation. If the check had 
gone through, she would have had to 
reimburse the bank.” 

JohN sChiCkeNdaz, MidWestone

Fortunately, a hard-won lesson had 

a softer landing: With the student’s 
permission, MidWestOne contacted 
the University, explained what had 
happened, and the UI agreed to extend 
the student’s tuition-payment deadline 
so she could start fall classes as planned. 

“After it was all over, the student 
came back into the bank and was so 
thankful for our help,” Schickedanz says. 
“Sometimes, our best customer service is 
to ensure customer protection.”

“[the boat-seller from Chicago] was just amazed. Cindy kind of ribbed him about it —
she said, ‘You’re obviously banking at the wrong place.”

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MidWEstOnE FinanCial 
GrOuP, inC. and 
MidWEstOnE bank  
boards oF direCtors

row one:
richard r. donohue
Managing Principal,  
td&t Financial Group, P.C.
MOFG and MidWestOne bank 
board Member

barbara kniff-McCulla
CEO, klk Construction
MOFG and MidWestOne bank 
board Member

richard J. schwab
investor, Entrepreneur, and builder
MidWestOne bank board Member

tracy s. McCormick 
Past Vice President, investment 
banking, JP Morgan and Co.
MOFG board Member 

robert d. Wersen 
President, interpower Corporation
MOFG board Member 

row two:
suzanne summerwill,
retired bank Executive, 
MidWestOne bank
MidWestOne bank board Member

robert J. latham 
Chairman and President, latham 
and associates, inc.
MOFG and MidWestOne bank 
board Member 

John s. koza
retired bank Executive, 
MidWestOne bank
MOFG and MidWestOne bank 
board Member

stephen l. West
President, West Music Company, inc.
MOFG and MidWestOne bank 
board Member

row three:
kevin W. Monson
Chairman, Managing Partner, 
neumann Monson architects, PC
MOFG and MidWestOne bank 
board Member

Charles N. Funk
President & CEO, MidWestOne 
Financial Group, inc. and President 
& CEO, MidWestOne bank

John p. pothoven 
retired bank Executive,  
MidWestOne bank
MOFG and MidWestOne bank 
board Member 

Charles s. howard
retired bank Executive, 
MidWestOne bank
MOFG board Member

r. scott zaiser
Owner, Zaiser’s landscaping, inc.
MOFG and MidWestOne bank 
board Member

MidWEstOnE FinanCial 
GrOuP, inC. oFFiCers

kevin W. Monson
Chairman

Charles N. Funk
President & Chief Executive Officer 

susan r. evans
Chief Operating Officer

gary J. ortale
Executive Vice President, Chief 
Financial Officer & treasurer

kent l. Jehle
Executive Vice President & Chief 
Credit Officer

James M. Cantrell
Vice President & Chief risk Officer

gregory W. turner
Vice President & head of Wealth 
Management

kenneth r. urmie
secretary

not pictured:
W. richard summerwill
retired bank Executive, 
MidWestOne bank 
director Emeritus of MOFG  
and MidWestOne bank

MidWEstOnE FinanCial GrOuP, inC.  
exeCutive oFFiCers (lEFt tO riGht)

kent l. Jehle, Executive Vice President & Chief Credit Officer

susan r. evans, Chief Operating Officer

gary J. ortale, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & treasurer

10 MidWEstOnE FinanCial GrOuP, inC. 2011 annual rEPOrt

FinanCial highlights 

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

year-eNd balaNCes
assets
investment securities
loans
loan Pools
deposits
shareholders’ Equity

average balaNCes 
assets
investment securities
loans
loan Pools
deposits
shareholders’ Equity

results oF operatioNs
net interest income
Provision for loan losses
noninterest income
noninterest Expense
income before income taxes
net income

per CoMMoN share
net income — basic
net income — diluted
dividends
book Value
tangible Common Equity Per share
Closing share Price

asset quality
bank loans Past due 30–89 days
non-performing bank loans
net Charge Offs

2011
$  1,695,244 
 536,116 
 986,173 
 52,186 
1,306,642 
 156,494 

$  1,628,253 
 507,466 
 953,392 
 59,972 
 1,262,705 
 158,146 

$ 

$ 

48,798 
 3,350 
 14,716 
 42,235 
 17,929 
 13,317 

1.47 
1.47 
0.22 
18.35 
17.15
14.62 

2010
 $ 1,581,259 
 465,986 
 938,035 
 68,005 
1,219,328 
 158,466 

 $ 1,559,035 
 415,571 
 955,562 
 78,150 
 1,192,751 
 157,190 

 $ 

 $ 

47,865 
 5,950 
 14,907 
 43,289 
 13,533 
 10,130 

1.08 
1.07 
0.20 
18.39 
15.27
15.11 

2009
 $  1,534,783 
 370,912 
 966,998 
 85,186 
1,179,868 
 152,208 

 $  1,543,307 
 347,965 
 990,540 
 92,456 
 1,170,113 
 147,544 

 $ 

 $ 

45,115 
 7,725 
 12,519 
 45,579 
 4,330 
 4,409 

0.42 
0.42 
0.30 
17.69 
14.42
8.74 

$ 

7,001
18,106
2,841

$ 

10,482
19,781
4,740

$ 

10,075
13,879
4,745

ratios
return on average Equity
return on average tangible Common Equity
return on average assets
net interest Margin
Efficiency ratio
average Equity as a % of average assets
allowance for bank loan losses as a % of bank loans
net bank loan Charge-offs as a % of average bank loans
non-performing bank loans as a % of bank loans

%

8.42
9.51
0.82
3.34
62.94
9.71
1.59
0.30
1.84

%

6.44
7.66
0.65
3.43
64.44
10.08
1.62
0.50
2.11

%

2.99
3.64
0.29
3.27
71.92
9.56
1.44
0.48
1.44

MidWEstOnE FinanCial GrOuP, inC. 2011 annual rEPOrt 11

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COndE nsEd COnsOlidatEd balaNCe sheets 

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 

assets 
Cash and due from banks 
Federal funds sold and other short-term investments 

Cash and cash equivalents 

deCeMber 31, 2011 
28,155  
$ 
 4,468  
 32,623  

deCeMber 31, 2010
13,720 
$ 
 6,803  
 20,523  

 534,080  
 2,036  
 1,955  
986,173  
 (15,676) 
 970,497  
 50,052  
 26,260  
 10,422  
 10,247  
 27,723  
 4,033  
 25,316  
 $  1,695,244  

461,954 
 4,032 
 702 
 938,035 
 (15,167)
 922,868  
 65,871 
 26,518 
 10,648 
 11,143 
 26,772 
 3,850 
 26,378  
$  1,581,259  

deCeMber 31, 2011 

deCeMber 31, 2010

securities available for sale 
securities held to maturity 
loans held for sale 
loans 
allowance for loan losses 

Loans, net 

loan pool participations, net 
Premises and equipment, net 
accrued interest receivable 
Other intangible assets, net 
bank owned life insurance 
Other real estate owned 
Other assets 

total assets 

liabilities aNd shareholders’ equity 
liabilities   
deposits:

non-interest-bearing demand 
interest-bearing checking 
savings  
Certificates of deposit under $100,000 
Certificates of deposit $100,000 and over 

Total deposits 

$  161,287  
 499,905  
 71,823  
 346,858  
 226,769  
 1,306,642  

 57,207  
 140,014  
 15,464  
 19,423  
 1,538,750  

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase   
Federal home loan bank borrowings 
long-term debt 
accrued expenses and other liabilities 

total liabilities 

shareholders’ equity

Preferred stock, no par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share;  

authorized 500,000 shares; issued and outstanding no shares as of  
december 31, 2011 and 16,000 shares as of december 31, 2010 

 -    

Capital stock, common, $1 par value; authorized 15,000,000 shares; 
8,690,398 shares issued at december 31, 2011 and 2010 

additional paid-in capital 

treasury stock, at cost; 160,868 shares and 75,608 shares at  

december 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively 

retained earnings 

accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 

total shareholders’ equity 

 8,690  

 80,333  

 (2,312) 

 66,299  

 3,484  

 156,494  

total liabilities and shareholders’ equity 

   $1,695,244  

12 MidWEstOnE FinanCial GrOuP, inC. 2011 annual rEPOrt

$  129,978 
 442,878 
 74,826 
 380,082 
 191,564  
 1,219,328  

 50,194 
 127,200 
 15,464 
 10,607  
 1,422,793  

 15,767 

 8,690 

 81,268 

 (1,052)

 55,619 

 (1,826)

 158,466  

  $1,581,259  

 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COndE nsEd COnsOlidatEd stateMeNts oF operatioNs 

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 

iNterest iNCoMe 

loans 
loan pool participations 

securities: 

taxable securities 
tax-exempt securities 

Federal funds sold and other short-term investments 

Total interest income 

iNterest expeNse 

interest-bearing checking 
savings 
Certificates of deposit 
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase   
Federal home loan bank advances 
long-term debt 
Other borrowings 

Total interest expense 
Net interest income 

years eNded  deCeMber 31,

2011 

2010 

2009

$  52,163  
 1,108  

$  54,731  
 2,631  

$  58,697 
 1,809 

 10,934  
 4,339  
 37  
 68,581  

2011 

 3,891  
 200  
 11,231  
 272  
 3,494  
 657  
 38  
 19,783  
 48,798  

 9,667  
 3,912  
 40  
   70,981  

 8,797 
 3,997 
 58  
   73,358  

2010 

2009

 4,260  
 183  
   13,137  
 303  
 4,650  
 534  
 49  
   23,116  
 47,865  

 4,501 
 213 
  16,897 
 464 
 5,450 
 658 
 60  
   28,243 
   45,115  

provision for loan losses 

Net interest income after provision for loan losses 

  3,350  
 45,448  

 5,950  
   41,915  

 7,725  
   37,390  

NoNiNterest iNCoMe 

trust, investment, and insurance fees 
service charges on deposit accounts 
Mortgage origination and servicing fees 
bank-owned life insurance income 
securities gains, net 
investment securities impairment losses 
Other income 

Total noninterest income 

NoNiNterest expeNse  

salaries and employee benefits 
net occupancy and equipment 
data processing 
FdiC insurance 
amortization of intangible assets 
Other expenses 

Total noninterest expense 
Income before income taxes 

income tax expense (benefit) 

Net income 
Less: Preferred stock dividends and discount accretion 

Net income available to common shareholders 

earNiNgs per CoMMoN share 

basic 
diluted 

2011 

4,537  
3,702 
2,691 
951 
490 

 -    

2,345 
14,716 

2010 

4,556 
4,042 
3,506 
685 
453 
(189) 
1,854 
14,907 

2009

4,180 
3,988 
2,770 
778 
813 
(2,404)
2,394  
12,519  

2011 

2010 

2009

 23,194  
 6,537  
 1,670  
 1,612  
 896  
 8,326  
 42,235  
 17,929  
 4,612  
$  13,317  
 645  
$  12,672  

   23,170  
 6,566  
 1,702  
 2,850  
 1,029  
 7,972  
   43,289  
   13,533  
 3,403  
$  10,130  
 868  
$  9,262  

  23,152 
 6,961 
 1,844 
 3,244 
 1,141 
 9,237  
   45,579 
 4,330 
 (79)
$  4,409  
 779 
$  3,630  

2011 

1.47  
1.47  

$ 
$ 

2010 

$  1.08  
$  1.07  

$ 
$ 

2009

0.42 
0.42  

MidWEstOnE FinanCial GrOuP, inC. 2011 annual rEPOrt 13

 
   
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COnsOlidatE d statEMEnts OF shareholders’ equity

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 

aCCuMulated 
other 

years eNded deCeMber 31, 2011, 2010, aNd 2009 

stoCk 

preFerred  CoMMoN 

additioNal 
stoCk  paid-iN Capital  stoCk 

treasury  retaiNed  CoMpreheNsive 

earNiNgs 

iNCoMe 

total

balance, december 31, 2008 

$ 

- 

$  8,690 

$ 80,757 

$ (1,215)  $  43,683  $  (1,573) $ 130,342 

Effect of adoption of Fasb asC 320 on retained  

earnings, net of tax 

net income 
dividends paid on common stock ($0.30 per share)   
dividends paid on preferred stock 
release/lapse of restriction on rsus (2,278 shares) 
issuance of preferred shares (16,000 shares) 
Common Warrants issued 
Preferred stock discount accretion 
stock compensation 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax 

 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    

 -    

 57  

 -    
 -    

  15,642  

 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    

 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 (32) 
 -    

 358  

 -    

 96  

 -    

 -      
 -      
 -      
 -      

 3,266  
 4,409  
 (2,602) 
 (620) 

 32  

 -      
 -      
 -      
 -      
 -    

 -     
 -     
 -     

 (57) 

 -     
 -     

 3,266 
 -      
 - 
4,409 
 -        (2,602)
 (620)
 -      
-   
 -      
  15,642 
 - 
358 
 - 
 -   
-      
96 
 - 
  1,317 
1,317 

balance, december 31, 2009 

$ 15,699 

$  8,690 

$ 81,179  

$ (1,183)  $  48,079   $ 

(256) $  152,208  

net income 
dividends paid on common stock ($0.20 per share)   
dividends paid on preferred stock 
stock options exercised (3,953 shares) 
release/lapse of restriction on rsus (5,604 shares) 
Preferred stock discount accretion 
stock compensation 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax 

 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
-    

 68  

 -    
 -    

 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    

 -    
 -    
 -    

 (23) 
 (78) 

 -    

 190  

 -    

 -        10,130   
 (1,722) 
 -      
 (800) 
 -      

 53  
 78  

 -      
 -      
 -      

 -     
 -     

 (68) 

 -     
 -     

 -       10,130 
 -        (1,722)
 (800)
 -      
 30 
 -      
 -   
 -      
 -   
 -      
 190 
 -      
   (1,570) 

 (1,570) 

balance, december 31, 2010 

$ 15,767 

$  8,690 

$ 81,268 

$ (1,052)  $  55,619  $  (1,826) $ 158,466

net income 
dividends paid on common stock ($0.22 per share)   
dividends paid on preferred stock 
stock options exercised (6,832 shares) 
release/lapse of restriction on rsus (10,850 shares) 
Preferred stock discount accretion 
redemption of preferred stock (16,000 shares) 
repurchase of common stock warrant 
repurchase of common stock (102,190 shares) 
stock compensation 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax 

 233  
 (16,000) 
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    

 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    

 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    
 -    

 -    
 -    
 -    

 (17) 
 (138) 

 -    
 -    

   (1,000) 

 -        13,317  
 (1,891) 
 -      
 (513) 
 -      

 97  
 141  

 -      
 -      
 -      

 -     
 -     

 (233) 

 -     
 -     
 -     
 -     
 -     

 -       13,317 
 -        (1,891)
 (513)
 -      
 80 
-      
 3 
 -      
 -      
 -   
 -       (16,000)
 -        (1,000)
 -        (1,498)
 220 
 -      
 5,310 

 5,310  

 -    

  (1,498) 

 220  

 -    

 -      
 -      

balance, december 31, 2011 

$ 

- 

$  8,690 

$ 80,333 

$  (2,312)  $  66,299  $  3,484  $ 156,494  

14  MidWEstOnE FinanCial GrOuP, inC. 2011 annual rEPOrt

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
share priCe

2010 

First Quarter 

second Quarter 

third Quarter 

Fourth Quarter 

2011 

First Quarter 

second Quarter 

third Quarter 

Fourth Quarter 

high 

$  11.94 

$  17.00 

$  15.70 

$  15.95 

high 

$  15.45 

$  14.89 

$  15.00 

$  15.15 

loW 

Cash divideNd deClared

$ 

7.70 

$  11.26 

$  12.37 

$  13.91 

$  0.05 

$  0.05 

$  0.05 

$  0.05  

loW 

Cash divideNd de Clared

$  13.62 

$  12.20 

$  13.75 

$  13.66 

$  0.05 

$  0.05 

$  0.06 

$  0.06  

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