For purposes of the Bank’s Credit Policy regarding this section of the ALLL methodology, the following practices and definitions apply.
If the calculation produces a collateral excess, it is not appropriate to assign a Specific Reserve. If the calculation results in a collateral shortfall, the Specific Reserve should equal the amount of the shortfall.
Noninterest income during the first half of 2006 of $1,154,000 was $16,000 less than during the comparable half of 2005. The Corporation reflected a decrease in service charges of $30,000 from the prior year, related to its free checking program and to the increasing earning credit on business accounts, due to higher interest rates, which also reduce service charges on these accounts. Fee income from other sources increased $17,000 during the comparable periods.
Noninterest income from discontinued operations during the first six months of 2006, which are included in Income from Discontinued Operations, was $4,871,000 and during the same period in 2005 were $6,456,000. The primary reason for the decrease is because this subsidiary was discontinued as of May 1, 2006, resulting in only four months of reported income vs. six in 2005. Their income was also reduced due to rising interest rates and the related slow-down in the mortgage market.
During the second quarter of 2006 noninterest income was $594,000 which was comparable to the second quarter of 2005 of $603,000. The modest decrease was primarily related to a decrease in service charge income of $6,000.
Noninterest income from discontinued operatons during the three months ending June 30, 2006, was $1,295,000, and for the comparable period in 2005, were $3,621,000. The same reasons as reported for the six month period apply. There was only one month of reported income for the discontinued subsidiary during the second quarter of 2006 vs. three in 2005.
Noninterest Expense
Noninterest expense during the first half of 2006 was $9,402,000, which was $1,102,000 greater than during the comparable half of 2005. The increase in 2006 was primarily related to increases in salaries and related benefits, which was $572,000 over the first half of 2005. Over $90,000 was related to the expensing of stock options, which is required beginning this year. We do not expect to grant any additional employee options, assuming our agreement and plan of merger with First Republic Bank is consummated. The additional increase is related to the continued growth and increased activity of the Corporation, on the increases in medical costs, cost-of-living increases and on the provision for probable bonuses (tied to performance goals) and on merit increases. The Bank averaged 118 FTE during the first half of 2006 as compared to 113 during the same period in 2005.
Occupancy expense of $900,000 increased $41,000 during the first half of the current year, as compared to the prior year related to CPI indexed annual increases and to operating cost increases.
Furniture and equipment expense of $333,000 was up $17,000 from the prior year related to replacement of older equipment including a new mainframe computer.
Other expenses of $2,714,000 increased $472,000 from the prior year, of which approximately $350,000 were one time charges related to the merger activities of the Corporation with First Republic Bank.
Noninterest expense from discontinued operatons during the first six months of 2006, which are included in Income from Discontinued Operations, was $5,025,000 and during the same period in 2005 were $6,267,000. The primary reason for the decrease is because this subsidiary was discontinued as of May 1, 2006, resulting in only four months of reported expenses vs. six months in 2005. Their expense was also reduced due to rising interest rates and the related slow-down in the mortgage market.
During the second quarter of 2006 noninterest expense of $4,819,000 was $702,000 greater than in the second quarter of 2005. Of this increase, $350,000 is due to charges related to the Corporation’s merger agreement with First Republic Bank. The balance of $352,000 is related primarily to salary and benefit increases of $261,000.
Noninterest expense from discontinued operatons during the three months ending June 30, 2006, was $1,366,000, and for the comparable period in 2005, were $3,434,000. The same reasons as reported for the six month period apply. There was only one month of reported expense for the discontinued subsidiary during the second quarter of 2006 vs. three in 2005.
Other Real Estate Owned
As of June 30, 2006, the Corporation had no “other real-estate-owned” assets (assets acquired as the result of foreclosure on real estate collateral) on its books.
Capital Adequacy
In 1989, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) established risk-based capital guidelines requiring banks to maintain certain ratios of "qualifying capital" to "risk-weighted assets". Under the guidelines, qualifying capital is classified into two tiers, referred to as Tier 1 (core) and Tier 2 (supplementary) capital. Currently, the bank's Tier 1 capital consists of shareholders' equity, while Tier 2 capital also includes the eligible allowance for loan losses. The Bank has no subordinated notes or debentures included in its capital. Risk-weighted assets are calculated by applying risk percentages specified by the FDIC to categories of both balance-sheet assets and off-balance-sheet assets.
The Bank's Tier 1 and Total (which included Tier 1 and Tier 2) risk-based capital ratios surpassed the regulatory minimum of 4% and 8% at June 30 for both 2006 and 2005. The FDIC also adopted a leverage ratio requirement. This ratio supplements the risk-based capital ratios and is defined as Tier 1 capital divided by the quarterly average assets during the reporting period. The requirement established a minimum leverage ratio of 3% for the highest-rated banks.
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The following table shows the Corporation's risk-based capital ratios and leverage ratio as of June 30, 2006, December 31, 2005, and June 30, 2005.
Risk-based capital ratios: | Capital Ratios | |
Minimum |
Current guidelines | June 30, | December 31, | June 30, | Regulatory |
| 2006 | 2005 | 2005 | Requirements |
Tier 1 capital | 10.94% | 10.83% | 10.34% | 4.00% |
Total capital | 12.19% | 12.07% | 11.56% | 8.00% |
Leverage ratio | 9.87% | 9.23% | 9.48% | 3.00% |
Off-Balance Sheet Commitments:
In the normal course of business, we become contractually obligated under various commitments and contingent liabilities, such as commitments to extend credit that are not reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The following table provides information about the amount of these commitments at the dates indicated.
A schedule of significant commitments at June 30, 2006 follows: |
In thousands | |
Commitments to extend credit: | |
Unused real estate construction commitments | $ 49,246 |
Unused commercial loan commitments | 72,524 |
Revolving home equity and credit card lines | 67,036 |
Standby letters of credit | 3,906 |
Total | $ 192,712 |
Liquidity
The objective of liquidity management is to ensure that the cash flow requirements of depositors and borrowers, as well as the operating cash needs of the Corporation, are met, taking into account all on- and off-balance-sheet funding demands. Liquidity management also includes ensuring cash flow needs are met at a reasonable cost. Liquidity risk arises from the possibility the Corporation may not be able to satisfy current or future financial commitments, or the Corporation may become unduly reliant on alternative funding sources. The Corporation maintains a liquidity risk management policy to address and manage this risk. The policy identifies the primary sources of liquidity, establishes procedures for monitoring and measuring liquidity, and establishes minimum liquidity requirements which comply with regulatory guidance. The policy also includes a contingency funding plan to address liquidity needs in the event of an institution-specific or a systemic financial market crisis. The Corporation’s securities portfolio has an average duration of less than two years, with 46% maturing within one year and 71% within 2 years. The Bank can also raise liquidity through the sale of Commercial Real Estate loans and SBA Loans.
Cash flows from operations contribute significantly to liquidity as well as proceeds from maturities of securities and increasing customer deposits. As indicated on the Corporation’s Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, the largest source of funds was in financing activities. The Corporation’s new Repo Sweep product brought in $27,412,000 for the period ended June 30, 2006. Also, an increase in long-term FHLB borrowing provided funds available for lending activities of $6,986,000 since the first of the year. The primary area of uses of funds was in investing activities from the origination of loans which increased $39,727,000 since the first of the year, as compared to $11,916,000 during the first half of 2005. Refer to the Statement of Cash Flows for additional information on sources and uses of cash.
The majority of the Corporation’s funding normally comes from customer deposits within its operating region. In the period ended June 30, 2005 the Corporation received $22,539,000 from the growth of deposits; however, for the period ended June 30, 2006 the Corporation only received $862,000, whereas loan growth in 2006 used $39,727,000 in fund sources. This demand for funds was met primarily from maturing/called investments of $16,384,000 and from the Repo Sweep program.
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Deposits, the most significant source of funding, comprised approximately 74%, 78% and 75% of total assets, as of June 30, 2006, December 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005.
The Corporation’s management has an effective asset and liability management program and carefully monitors its liquidity on a continuing basis. Additionally, the Corporation has available from correspondent banks Federal Fund lines of credit totaling $30,000,000. In addition, the Corporation has approximately $33,029,000 in secured borrowing capacity with the Federal Home Loan Bank and a $1,000,000 secured borrowing line with the Federal Reserve Bank. The Corporation can also raise funds through the sale of SBA and Commercial Real Estate loans into the secondary market.
At the holding company level, the Corporation uses cash to repurchase common stock and pay for professional services and miscellaneous expenses. The main sources of funding for the holding company include dividends and returns on investment from its subsidiaries.
During the past two years, the primary source of funding for the holding company has been receipts from dividends, stock options exercised, and returns on investment from its subsidiary, the Bank of Walnut Creek. The Bank declared a $500,000 dividend to the holding company during the first half of 2006. The Corporation also received approximately $1,029,000 related to the sale of its interest in BWC Mortgage Services. During the first half of 2005, the Bank declared a $500,000 dividend to the Corporation. The Bank also provided liquidity to the Corporation in the form of returns of capital during the first half of 2006 and 2005 of $4,214,000 and $3,451,000, respectively. As of January 1, 2006, the amount of dividends the bank subsidiary can pay to the parent company without prior regulatory approval was $19,158,000, versus $13,410,000 at January 1, 2005. The subsidiary bank is subject to regulation and, among other things, may be limited in its ability to pay dividends or transfer funds to the holding company. Accordingly, consolidated cash flows as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows may not represent cash immediately available to the holding company.
Funds are available from a number of off-balance sheet sources, including the Federal Home Loan Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank, the Federal Funds borrowing lines the Bank has, and the capital markets. The liquidity position is continually monitored and reported on monthly to the Asset/Liability Management Committee.
ITEM 3: | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk: |
Interest-Rate Risk Management
Movement in interest rates can create fluctuations in the Corporation’s income and economic value due to an imbalance in the re-pricing or maturity of assets or liabilities. The components of interest-rate risk which are actively measured and managed include re-pricing risk and the risk of non-parallel shifts in the yield curve. Interest-rate risk exposure is actively managed with the goal of minimizing the impact of interest-rate volatility on current earnings and on the market value of equity.
In general, the assets and liabilities generated through ordinary business activities do not naturally create offsetting positions with respect to re-pricing or maturity characteristics. Therefore, the Corporation uses a variety of measurement tools to monitor and control the overall interest-rate risk exposure of the on-balance-sheet positions. For each measurement tool, the level of interest-rate risk created by the assets and liabilities is a function primarily of their contractual interest-rate re-pricing dates and contractual maturity (including principal amortization) dates. The Corporation employs a variety of modeling tools to monitor interest-rate risks. One of the earlier and more basic models is GAP reporting. The net difference between the amount of assets and liabilities within a cumulative calendar period is typically referred to as the “rate sensitivity position.”
As part of the GAP analysis to help manage interest-rate risk, the Corporation also performs an earnings simulation analysis to identify the interest-rate risk exposures resulting from the Corporation’s asset and liability positions, such as its loans, investment securities and customer deposits. The Corporation’s policy is to maintain a risk of a 2% rate shock to net interest income at risk to a level of not more than 15%. The earnings simulation analysis as of June 30, 2006 estimated that a 2% interest-rate shock (decrease) could lower net interest income by $1,041,000, which is 3.49% of 2006 annualized net interest income.
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This earnings simulation does not account for the potential impact of loan prepayments, deposit drifts, or other balance sheet movements in response to modeled changes in interest rates, and the resulting effect, if any, on the Corporation’s simulated earnings analysis.
Interest Rate Sensitivity
Proper management of the rate sensitivity and maturities of assets and liabilities is required to provide an optimum and stable net interest margin. Management of interest rate sensitivity spread is important for achieving this objective and for developing strategies and means to improve profitability. The schedules shown below reflect the interest-rate sensitivity position of the Corporation as of June 30, 2006. In a rising interest-rate environment, the Corporation’s net interest margin and net interest income will improve. A falling interest-rate environment will have the opposite effect. Management believes that the sensitivity ratios reflected in these schedules fall within acceptable ranges, and represent no undue interest-rate risk to the future earnings prospects of the Corporation.
Repricing within: | 3 | 3-6 | 12 | 1-5 | Over 5 | |
In thousands | Months | Months | Months | Years | Years | Totals |
Assets: | | | | | | |
Federal Funds Sold & Short-term | | | | | | |
Investments | $ 13,157 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 13,157 |
Investment securities | 11,652 | 17,191 | 12,767 | 47,825 | 456 | 89,891 |
Construction & Real Estate Loans | 143,428 | 29,069 | 1,772 | 45,275 | 54,243 | 273,787 |
Commercial Loans | 73,160 | 12,055 | 1,997 | 11,410 | 6,638 | 105,260 |
Installment Loans | 41,773 | 4 | 8 | 26 | - | 41,811 |
Leases | 3,087 | 2,348 | 4,441 | 11,900 | - | 21,776 |
Interest-bearing assets | $ 286,257 | $ 60,667 | $ 20,985 | $ 116,436 | $ 61,337 | $ 545,682 |
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Liabilities: | | | | | | |
Money market accounts | $ 91,567 | $ 91,566 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 183,133 |
Time deposits <$100,000 | 6,547 | 4,759 | 6,309 | 1,994 | - | 19,609 |
Time deposits >$100,000 | 5,983 | 6,091 | 6,116 | 1,435 | - | 19,625 |
Federal Funds Borrowed | - | | - | - | - | - |
Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings | 422 | 428 | 872 | 13,577 | 47,994 | 63,293 |
Repo Sweep accounts | 27,412 | - | - | - | - | 27,412 |
Interest-bearing liabilities | $ 131,931 | $ 102,844 | $ 13,297 | $ 17,006 | $ 47,994 | $ 313,072 |
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Rate-sensitive gap | $ 154,326 | $ (42,177) | $ 7,688 | $ 99,430 | $ 13,343 | $ 232,610 |
Cumulative rate-sensitive gap | $ 154,326 | $ 112,149 | $ 119,837 | $ 219,267 | $ 232,610 | |
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Cumulative rate-sensitive ratio | 2.17 | 1.48 | 1.48 | 1.83 | 1.74 | |
ITEM 4: | Controls and Procedures: |
As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Corporation carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Corporation’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Securities Exchange Act Rule 13(a)-15(e). Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in a timely manner to alert them to material information relating to the Corporation which is required to be included in the Corporation’s periodic Securities and Exchange Commission filings. No change in internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Securities and Exchange Act Rule 13(a)-15(f), occurred during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006 that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1 - Legal Proceedings
None
Item 1A - Risk Factors
Risk factors are determined to be the same as set forth in the Corporation’s 10-K statement for 2005.
Item 2 - Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None
Item 3 - Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None
Item 4 - Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
None
Item 5 - Other Information
A $.10 per share cash dividend was declared by the Board of Directors on April 25, 2006 to Shareholders of Record as of May 11, 2006 and again on July 25, 2006 to Shareholders of Record as of August 7, 2006.
Item 6 - Exhibits
a) Index to Exhibits |
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The following exhibits are attached hereto and filed herewith: |
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Exhibit |
Number Description of Exhibit |
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31.1 Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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31.2 Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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32.1 Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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32.2 Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
BWC FINANCIAL CORP.
(Registrant)
August 11, 2006
___________________________ | _________________________________ |
| Date | James L. Ryan | |
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |
| | | | | | |
August 11, 2006
______________________ | ________________________________ |
| Date | Leland E. Wines | |
| CFO and Corp. Secretary | |
| | | | | | |
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Certification:
I, Leland E. Wines, EVP/CFO, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of BWC Financial Corp; |
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, nor misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13(a)-13(e) and 15(d)-15(e) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13(a)-13(f) and 15(d)-15(f) for the registrant and we have:
| a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervisions, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| b) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
| c) | disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. |
5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the Audit Committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
| a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
| b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls over financial reporting. |
Date: August 11, 2006
Leland E. Wines
EVP/CFO
Exhibit 31.1
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Certification:
I, James L. Ryan, Chairman and CEO, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of BWC Financial Corp; |
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, nor misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13(a)-13(e) and 15(d)-15(e) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13(a)-13(f) and 15(d)-15(f) for the registrant and we have:
| a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervisions, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| b) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
| c) | disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. |
5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the Audit Committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
| a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
| b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls over financial reporting. |
Date: August 11, 2006
James L. Ryan
Chairman and CEO
Exhibit 31.2
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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of BWC Financial Corp. (the “Corporation”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Leland E. Wines, Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
| 1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13 (a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
| 2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Corporation. |
DATE: August 11, 2006
________________________
LELAND E. WINES
EVP/CFO & Corp. Secretary
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of BWC Financial Corp. (the “Corporation”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James L. Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
| 1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13 (a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
| 2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Corporation. |
DATE: August 11, 2006
________________________
JAMES L. RYAN
Chairman and CEO
Exhibit 32.2
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Where You Can Find More Information
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Sections 13 and 15(d), periodic and current reports must be filed with the SEC. The Corporation electronically files the following reports with the SEC: Forms 10-K (Annual Report), Forms 10-Q (Quarterly Report), Forms 8-K (Report of Unscheduled Material Events), and Form DEF 14A (Proxy Statement). The Corporation may file additional forms. The SEC maintains an Internet site, www.sec.gov, in which all forms filed electronically may be accessed. Additionally, 10-K and 10-Q forms filed with the SEC and additional shareholder information is available free of charge on the Corporation’s website: www.bowc.com. The Corporation posts these reports to its website as soon as reasonably practicable after filing them with the SEC. None of the information on or hyperlinked from the Corporation’s website is incorporated into this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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