Forward
Looking Statements
This presentation may contain statements that are not historical
in nature are intended to be, and are hereby identified as,
forward
-
looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provided by
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amend
ed. The words “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “should,” “would,”
“believe,” “contemplate,” “expect,” “aim,” “plan,” “estimate,”
“continue,” and “intend,” as well as other similar words and expressions
of the future, are intended to identify forward
looking st
atements. These forward
looking statements include statements related to our projected growth, anticipated
future financial performance, and manageme
nt’s long
-
term performance goals, as well as statements relating to the anticipated
effects on results of o
perations and financial condition from expected developments
or events, or business and growth strategies, including anticipa
ted internal growth.
These forward
looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could
cause our actual resul
ts to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not lim
ited to:
the strength of the United States economy in general and
the strength of the local economies in which we conduct operati
ons;
the COVID
19 pandemic and its impact on us, our employees, customers and third
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party service providers, and the ultimate extent of the impacts of
the pandemic and related government stimulus programs;
our ability to successfully manage interest ra
te risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, and other risks inherent to our industry;
the accuracy of our financial statement estimates and assumptions,
including the estimates used for our credit loss reserve a
nd deferred tax asset valuation allowance;
the
efficiency and effectiveness of our internal control environment;
our ability to comply with the extensive laws and regulations
to which we are subject, including the laws for each jurisdiction where
we operate;
legislative or regulatory changes and ch
anges in accounting principles, policies, practices or guidelines,
including the effects of the forthcoming implementation of
the
Current Expected Credit Losses (“CECL”)
tandard;
the effects of our lack of a diversified loan portfolio and concentration
in the South Florida market, including the risks of geographic, depositor,
and industry concentrations, including our concent
ration in loans secured by
real estate;
the concentration of ownership of our Class A common stock;
fluctuations in the price o
f our Class A common stock;
our ability to fund or access the capital markets at attractive
rates and terms and manage our growt
h, both organic growth as well as growth through other means,
such as future acquisitions;
inflation, interest rate,
unemployment rate, market, and monetary fluctuations;
increased competition and its effect on the pricing of our products
and services as well as our margins;
the effectiveness of our risk management strategies, including
operational risks, including,
but not limited to, client, employee, or third
party fraud and security breaches; and
other risks described in this presentation and other filings we make with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
All forward
looking statements are necessarily
only estimates of future results, and there can be no assurance
that actual results will not differ materially from expectati
ons. Therefore, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on any forward
-
looking statements. Further, forward
-
looking statemen
ts included in this presentation are made only as of the date hereof,
and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any
forward
look
ing statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on
which the statement is made or to reflect the occurr
ence of unanticipated events, unless required
to do so under the federal securities laws. You should also review
the risk factors described in the reports the Company filed
or will file with the SEC and, for periods prior to the completion
of the bank holding company reorganization in December 31, 2021,
the Bank filed with the FDIC.NonGAAP
Financial MeasuresThis presentation includes financial information
determined by methods other than in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). This financial information
includes certain operating performance measures. Management
has included these nonGAAP measures because it believes these
measures may provide useful supplemental information for evaluating
the Company’s underlying performance
trends. Further, management uses these measures in managing and evaluating
the Company’s business and intends to refer to them
in discussions about our operations and performance.
Operating performance measures should be viewed in addition to, and not
asan alternative to or substitute for, measures
determined in accordance with GAAP, and are not necessarily
comparable to nonGAAP measures that
may be presented by other companies. To the extent applicable,
reconciliations of these nonGAAP measures to the most directly comparable
GAAP measures can be found in the ‘NonGAAP
Reconciliation Tables’ included in the presentation.You should assume
that all numbers are unaudited unless otherwise noted.2