Forward-Looking Statements This presentation may contain statements
that are not historical in nature and 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 amended.
Forward-looking statements are those that are not historical facts.
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 statements. These
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements
related to our projected growth, anticipated future financial
performance, and management’s long-term performance goals, as well
as statements relating to the anticipated effects on results of operations
and financial condition from expected developments or events,
or business and growth strategies, including anticipated
internal growth and balance sheet restructuring. These forward-looking
statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause
our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated
in such statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are
not limited to: • the strength of the United States economy in general
and the strength of the local economies in which we conduct operati
ons; • our ability to successfully manage interest rate 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 and deferred
tax asset valuation allowance; • the efficiency and effectiveness of our
internal control procedures and processes; • our ability to comply with
the extensive laws and regulations to which we are subject, including
the laws for each jurisdiction where
we operate; • adverse changes or conditions in capital and financial
markets, including actual or potential stresses in the banking industry;
• deposit attrition and the level of our uninsured deposits; • legislative
or regulatory changes and changes in accounting principles,
policies, practices or guidelines, including the on-going effects
of the implementation of the Current Expected Credit Losses (“CECL”)
standard; • 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 concentration in loans secured by real estate; • effects
of climate change; • the concentration of ownership of our common
stock; • fluctuations in the price of our common stock; • our
ability to fund or access the capital markets at attractive rates
and terms and manage our growth, both organic growth as well as growth
through other means, such as future acquisitions; • inflation,
interest rate, unemployment rate, market, and monetary fluctuations;
• impacts of international hostilities and geopolitical events; • increased
competition and its effect on the pricing of our products and services
as well as our margin; • 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 expectations. Therefore, you are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.
Further, forward-looking statements included in this presentation are
made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to
update or
revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect
the occurrence of unanticipated events, unless required to do so under
the federal securities laws. You should also review the
risk factors described in the reports USCB Financial Holdings, Inc. filed
or will file with the SEC. Non-GAAP Financial Measures This
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 non-GAAP measures because it believes these measures may
provide useful supplemental information for evaluating the Company’s
expectations and 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 as an alternative to
or substitute for, measures determined in accordance
with GAAP, and are not necessarily comparable to non-GAAP measures
that may be presented by other companies. Reconciliations of
these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP
measures can be found in the ‘Non-GAAP Reconciliation Tables’
included in the presentation. 2 All numbers included in this presentation
are unaudited unless otherwise noted. 2