| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Dollars in thousands) | September 30, 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges |
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Including interest on deposits in fixed charges (1) |
1.26 | 1.53 | 1.27 | 1.27 | 1.45 | 1.84 | ||||||||||||||||||
Excluding interest on deposits in fixed charges (2) |
1.87 | 2.87 | 2.03 | 1.90 | 2.06 | 3.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Combined Fixed Charges and Preference
Dividends to Earnings |
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Including
interest on deposits in fixed charges (3) |
0.82 | 0.65 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.69 | 0.54 | ||||||||||||||||||
Excluding
interest on deposits in fixed charges (4) |
0.59 | 0.35 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.49 | 0.32 | ||||||||||||||||||
(a) Pre-tax income from continuing operations |
$9,562 | $ | 31,056 | $ | 18,774 | $ | 15,560 | $ | 16,229 | $ | 17,579 | |||||||||||||
(b) Interest expense on deposits* |
25,195 | 41,733 | 50,597 | 41,044 | 21,048 | 12,393 | ||||||||||||||||||
(c) Interest expense on borrowings* |
10,310 | 15,738 | 17,422 | 16,767 | 15,067 | 8,331 | ||||||||||||||||||
(d) Rent expense** |
655 | 866 | 785 | 460 | 300 | 132 | ||||||||||||||||||
(e) Preference security dividend *** |
1,212 | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
| * | Interest expense includes amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness. | |
| ** | Consists of one third of rent expense which approximates the interest rate component of rent expense. | |
| *** | Represents dividends and accretion on preferred stock, divided by 1 minus the effective tax rate of the company for the period shown. The preference security dividend excludes the $2.954 million amount recorded as a non-cash deemed dividend in the second quarter of 2009 related to the Companys decision to redeem the preferred stock. |