Summit Financial (SMMF) 10-Q 2008 Q1 Quarterly report

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10 – Q

 [X]         QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES

                EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934                                                              

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008.

or

                                                                        [  ]         TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES

                                                                          EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934  For the transition period from ___________ to __________.

Commission File Number 0-16587

Summit Financial Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

West Virginia	55-0672148
(State or other jurisdiction of	(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)	Identification No.)

300 North Main Street
Moorefield, West Virginia	26836
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(304) 530-1000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

                          Large accelerated fileroAccelerated filerþ

                    Non-accelerated fileroSmaller reporting companyo

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes o No þ

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of Common Stock as of the latest practicable date.

Common Stock, $2.50 par value

7,410,741 shares outstanding as of May 7, 2008

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Table of Contents

			Page
PART  I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION
	Item 1.	Financial Statements
		Consolidated balance sheets March 31, 2008 (unaudited), December 31, 2007, and March 31, 2007 (unaudited)	4
		Consolidated statements of income for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (unaudited)	5
		Consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (unaudited)	6
		Consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (unaudited)	7-8
		Notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited)	9-25
	Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	26-36
	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	35
	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	36

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PART  II.	OTHER INFORMATION
	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings		37
	Item 1A.	Risk Factors		37
	Item 2.	Changes in 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		None
	Item 6.	Exhibits
		Exhibits
		Exhibit 11	Statement re:  Computation of Earnings per Share – Information contained in Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements on page 14 of this Quarterly Report is incorporated herein by reference.
		Exhibit 31.1	Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
		Exhibit 31.2	Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
		Exhibit 32.1	Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 906 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
		Exhibit 32.2	Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 906 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
SIGNATURES				38

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Consolidated Balance Sheet (unaudited)

	March 31,			December 31,			March 31,
	2008			2007			2007
Dollars in thousands	(unaudited)				(*)		(unaudited)
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks	$	21,912		$	21,285		$	12,232
Interest bearing deposits with other banks		103			77			106
Federal funds sold		1,514			181			1,412
Securities available for sale		284,082			283,015			244,438
Other Investments		17,947			17,051			13,735
Loan held for sale, net		489			1,377			-
Loans, net		1,079,223			1,052,489			930,769
Property held for sale		2,183			2,058			42
Premises and equipment, net		22,055			22,130			22,178
Accrued interest receivable		6,851			7,191			6,656
Intangible assets		9,968			10,055			3,159
Other assets		18,783			18,413			17,631
Assets related to discontinued operations		-			214			2,170
Total assets	$	1,465,110		$	1,435,536		$	1,254,528
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Liabilities
Deposits
Non interest bearing	$	64,111		$	65,727		$	60,644
Interest bearing		772,833			762,960			816,581
Total deposits		836,944			828,687			877,225
Short-term borrowings		93,950			172,055			79,886
Long-term borrowings		412,329			315,738			183,819
Subordinated debentures owed to unconsolidated subsidiary trusts		19,589			19,589			19,589
Other liabilities		10,343			9,241			10,954
Liabilities related to discontinued operations		-			806			1,105
Total liabilities		1,373,155			1,346,116			1,172,578
Commitments and Contingencies
Shareholders' Equity
Common stock and related surplus, $2.50 par value;
authorized 20,000,000 shares, issued and outstanding
2008 - 7,408,941 shares; issued December 2007 - 7,408,941
shares; issued March 2007 -  7,084,980 shares		24,394			24,391			18,029
Retained earnings		68,901			65,077			63,822
Accumulated other comprehensive income		(1,340	)		(48	)		99
Total shareholders' equity		91,955			89,420			81,950
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	1,465,110		$	1,435,536		$	1,254,528
(*) - December 31, 2007 financial information has been extracted from audited consolidated financial statements
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,			March 31,
Dollars in thousands	2008			2007
Interest income
Interest and fees on loans
Taxable	$	19,948		$	18,597
Tax-exempt		121			115
Interest and dividends on securities
Taxable		3,196			2,579
Tax-exempt		590			545
Interest on interest bearing deposits with other banks		2			3
Interest on Federal funds sold		2			3
Total interest income		23,859			21,842
Interest expense
Interest on deposits		7,124			9,028
Interest on short-term borrowings		919			958
Interest on long-term borrowings and subordinated debentures		4,877			2,653
Total interest expense		12,920			12,639
Net interest income		10,939			9,203
Provision for loan losses		1,000			390
Net interest income after provision for loan losses		9,939			8,813
Other income
Insurance commissions		1,327			206
Service fees		743			617
Gain (loss) on sale of assets		-			2
Net cash settlement on derivative instruments		(170	)		(184	)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments		705			226
Other		243			189
Total other income		2,848			1,056
Other expense
Salaries and employee benefits		4,395			3,226
Net occupancy expense		476			418
Equipment expense		534			446
Supplies		194			172
Professional fees		118			174
Amortization of intangibles		88			38
Other		1,284			1,175
Total other expense		7,089			5,649
Income before income taxes		5,698			4,220
Income tax expense		1,874			1,286
Income from continuing operations	$	3,824		$	2,934
Discontinued Operations
Reversal of severance in exit costs		-			80
Operating income(loss)		-			(372	)
Income from discontinued operations before income tax expense(benefit)		-			(292	)
Income tax expense(benefit)		-			(97	)
Income from discontinued operations		-			(195	)
Net Income	$	3,824		$	2,739
Basic earnings from continuing operations per common share	$	0.52		$	0.41
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.52		$	0.39
Diluted earnings from continuing operations per common share	$	0.51		$	0.41
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.51		$	0.38
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited)

					Accumulated			Total
	Common				Other			Share-
	Stock and		Retained		Compre-			holders'
	Related		Earnings		hensive			Equity
Dollars in thousands	Surplus		(Restated)		Income			(Restated)
Balance, December 31, 2007	$	24,391	$	65,077	$	(48	)	$	89,420
Three Months Ended March 31, 2008
Comprehensive income:
Net income		-		3,824		-			3,824
Other comprehensive income,
net of deferred tax benefit
of $792:
Net unrealized loss on
securities of ($1,292), net
of reclassification adjustment
for gains included in net
income of $0		-		-		(1,292	)		(1,292	)
Stock compensation expense		3		-		-			3
Total comprehensive income									2,532
Exercise of stock options		-		-		-			-
Balance, March 31, 2008	$	24,394	$	68,901	$	(1,340	)	$	91,955
Balance, December 31, 2006	$	18,021	$	61,083	$	(352	)	$	78,752
Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
Comprehensive income:
Net income		-		2,739		-			2,739
Other comprehensive income,
net of deferred tax expense
of $276:
Net unrealized gain on
securities of $451, net
of reclassification adjustment
for gains included in net
income of $0		-		-		451			451
Total comprehensive income									3,190
Exercise of stock options		8		-		-			8
Balance, March 31, 2007	$	18,029	$	63,822	$	99		$	81,950
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,			March 31,
Dollars in thousands	2008			2007
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net income	$	3,824		$	2,739
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		398			386
Provision for loan losses		1,000			640
Stock compensation expense		3			8
Deferred income tax (benefit)		(26	)		113
Loans originated for sale		(1,608	)		(8,149	)
Proceeds from loans sold		2,523			15,674
(Gain) on sales of loans held for sale		(28	)		(286	)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments		(705	)		(226	)
Securities (gains)		-			-
Reversal of exit costs accrual of discontinued operations		-			(80	)
(Gain) loss on disposal of other assets		-			(2	)
Amortization of securities premiums, net		(104	)		(15	)
Amortization of goodwill and purchase accounting
adjustments, net		91			41
(Decrease) in accrued interest receivable		340			(305	)
(Increase) in other assets		(945	)		(819	)
Increase  in other liabilities		2,430			530
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		7,193			10,249
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Net (increase) decrease in interest bearing deposits
with other banks		(26	)		165
Proceeds from maturities and calls of securities available for sale		13,814			4,484
Proceeds from sales of securities available for sale		-			-
Principal payments received on securities available for sale		7,169			6,817
Purchases of securities available for sale		(24,029	)		(19,173	)
Purchases of other investments		(3,935	)		(3,325	)
Redemption of Federal Home Loan Bank stock		3,039			1,624
Net (increase) decrease in federal funds sold		(1,333	)		(895	)
Net loans made to customers		(27,881	)		(15,361	)
Purchases of premises and equipment		(324	)		(123	)
Proceeds from sales of other assets		-			86
Proceeds from early termination of interest rate swap		212			-
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(33,294	)		(25,701	)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net increase in demand deposit, NOW and
savings accounts		(10,040	)		5,239
Net increase(decrease) in time deposits		18,293			(16,754	)
Net increase(decrease) in short-term borrowings		(78,105	)		19,458
Proceeds from long-term borrowings		100,000			10,000
Repayment of long-term borrowings		(13,408	)		(2,290	)
Proceeds from issuance of subordinated debentures		9,988			-
Net cash provided by financing activities		26,728			15,653
Increase (decrease) in cash and due from banks		627			201
Cash and due from banks:
Beginning		21,285			12,031
Ending	$	21,912		$	12,232
(Continued)
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,		March 31,
Dollars in thousands	2008		2007
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information
Cash payments for:
Interest	$	12,561	$	12,232
Income taxes	$	-	$	-
Supplemental Schedule of Noncash Investing and Financing Activities
Other assets acquired in settlement of loans	$	147	$	43

 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Note 1.  Basis of Presentation

We, Summit Financial Group, Inc. and subsidiaries, prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for annual year end financial statements.  In our opinion, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included and are of a normal recurring nature.

The presentation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2008 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.  The consolidated financial statements and notes included herein should be read in conjunction with our 2007 audited financial statements and Annual Report on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A.  Certain accounts in the consolidated financial statements for December 31, 2007 and March 31, 2007, as previously presented, have been reclassified to conform to current year classifications.

Note 2.  Significant New Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157). SFAS 157 replaces various definitions of fair value in existing accounting literature with a single definition, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 does not expand the use of fair value to any new circumstances. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.  In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) FAS 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157.”  This FSP delays the effective date of FAS 157 for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis (at least annually) to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years.  We adopted SFAS 157 on January 1, 2008 and the adoption of this statement did not have a material effect on our financial statements.  See Note 3 for a discussion of our fair value measurements.

In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard 159 (SFAS 159), The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities-Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115.  SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value at specified election dates. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The fair value option (i) is applicable on an instrument by instrument basis, with certain exceptions, (ii) is irrevocable (unless a new election date occurs), and (iii) is applied only to entire instruments and not to portions of instruments. We adopted SFAS 159 on January 1, 2008 and the adoption of this statement did not have a material effect on our financial statements.

In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement 141 (revised 2007) (SFAS 141R), Business Combinations.  SFAS 141R will significantly change how the acquisition method will be applied to business combinations.  SFAS 141R requires an acquirer, upon initially obtaining control of another entity, to recognize the assets, liabilities and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at fair value as of the acquisition date. Contingent consideration is required to be recognized and measured at fair value on the date of acquisition rather than at a later date when the amount of that consideration may be determinable beyond a reasonable doubt. This fair value approach replaces the cost-allocation process required under SFAS 141 whereby the cost of an acquisition was allocated to the individual assets acquired

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair value. SFAS 141R requires acquirers to expense acquisition-related costs as incurred rather than allocating such costs to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as was previously the case under SFAS 141. Under SFAS 141R, the requirements of SFAS 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities, would have to be met in order to accrue for a restructuring plan in purchase accounting. Pre-acquisition contingencies are to be recognized at fair value, unless it is a non-contractual contingency that is not likely to materialize, in which case, nothing should be recognized in purchase accounting and, instead, that contingency would be subject to the probable and estimable recognition criteria of SFAS 5, Accounting for Contingencies.  Reversals of deferred income tax valuation allowances and income tax contingencies will be recognized in earnings subsequent to the measurement period.  The allowance for loan losses of an acquiree will not be permitted to be recognized by the acquirer. Additionally, SFAS 141(R) will require new and modified disclosures surrounding subsequent changes to acquisition-related contingencies, contingent consideration, noncontrolling interests, acquisition-related transaction costs, fair values and cash flows not expected to be collected for acquired loans, and an enhanced goodwill rollforward.  We will be required to prospectively apply SFAS 141(R) to all business combinations completed on or after January 1, 2009. Early adoption is not permitted.  We are currently evaluating SFAS 141(R) and have not determined the impact it will have on our financial statements.

Note 3.  Fair Value Measurements

SFAS 157 defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.  SFAS 157 also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.  The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value.

Level 1:  Quoted prices (unadjusted) or identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the   ability to access as of the measurement date.

Level 2:  Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, and other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3:  Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

Accordingly, securities available-for-sale and derivatives are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Additionally, from time to time, we may be required to record other assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, such as loans held for sale, and impaired loans held for investment.  These nonrecurring fair value adjustments typically involve application of lower of cost or market accounting or write-downs of individual assets.

Following is a description of valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities recorded at fair value.

Available-for-Sale Securities:  Investment securities available-for-sale are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Fair value measurement is based upon quoted prices, if available.  If quoted prices are not available, fair values are measured using independent pricing models or other model-based valuation techniques such as the present value of future cash flows, adjusted for the security’s credit rating, prepayment assumptions and other factors such as credit loss assumptions.  Level 1 securities include those traded on an active exchange, such as the New York Stock Exchange, U.S. Treasury securities that are traded by dealers or brokers in active over-the-counter markets and money market funds.  Level 2 securities include mortgage-backed securities issued by government sponsored entities, municipal bonds and corporate debt securities.

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Loans Held for Sale:  Loans held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or market value.  The fair value of loans held for sale is based on what secondary markets are currently offering for portfolios with similar characteristics.  As such, we classify loans subject to nonrecurring fair value adjustments as Level 2.

Loans:  We do not record loans at fair value on a recurring basis.  However, from time to time, a loan is considered impaired and an allowance for loan losses is established.  Loans for which it is probable that payment of interest and principal will not be made in accordance with the contractual terms of the loan agreement are considered impaired. Once a loan is identified as individually impaired, management measures impairment in accordance with SFAS 114, “Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan,” (SFAS 114).  The fair value of impaired loans is estimated using one of several methods, including collateral value, liquidation value and discounted cash flows.  Those impaired loans not requiring an allowance represent loans for which the fair value of the expected repayments or collateral exceed the recorded investments in such loans.  At March 31, 2008, substantially all of the total impaired loans were evaluated based on the fair value of the collateral.  In accordance with SFAS 157, impaired loans where an allowance is established based on the fair value of collateral require classification in the fair value hierarchy.  When the fair value of the collateral is based on an observable market price or a current appraised value, we record the impaired loan as nonrecurring Level 2.  When an appraised value is not available or management determines the fair value of the collateral is further impaired below the appraised value and there is no observable market price, we record the impaired loan as nonrecurring Level 3.

Derivative Assets and Liabilities:  Substantially all derivative instruments held or issued by us for risk management or customer-initiated activities are traded in over-the-counter markets where quoted market prices are not readily available.  For those derivatives, we measure fair value using models that use primarily market observable inputs, such as yield curves and option volatilities, and include the value associated with counterparty credit risk.  We classify derivative instruments held or issued for risk management or customer-initiated activities as Level 2.  Examples of Level 2 derivatives are interest rate swaps.

Assets and Liabilities Recorded at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The table below presents the recorded amount of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

	Total at		Fair Value Measurements Using:
Dollars in thousands	March 31, 2008		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Available for sale securities	$	284,082	$	-	$	284,082	$	-
Derivatives	$	267			$	267
Liabilities:
Derivatives	$	196			$	196

Assets and Liabilities Recorded at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

We may be required, from time to time, to measure certain assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  These include assets that are measured at the lower of cost or market that were recognized at fair value below cost at the end of the period.  Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are included in the table below.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

	Total at		Fair Value Measurements Using:
Dollars in thousands	March 31, 2008		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Loans held for sale	$	489	$	-	$	489	$	-
Impaired loans		11,755		-		-		11,755

Impaired loans, which are measured for impairment using the fair value of the collateral for collateral-dependent loans, had a carrying amount of $13,853,000, with a valuation allowance of $2,098,000, resulting in an additional provision for loan losses of $512,000 for the period.

Note 4.  Discontinued Operations

As of January 1, 2008 we no longer have activity related to discontinued operations.  The following table lists the assets and liabilities of Summit Mortgage included in the balance sheet as assets and liabilities related to discontinued operations in 2007.

	December 31,		March 31,
Dollars in thousands	2007		2007
Assets:
Loans held for sale, net	$	-	$	1,190
Loans, net		-		134
Premises and equipment, net		-		-
Property held for sale		-		-
Other assets		214		846
Total assets	$	214	$	2,170
Liabilities:
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	806	$	1,015
Total liabilities	$	806	$	1,015

The results of Summit Mortgage are presented as discontinued operations in a separate category on the income statements following the results from continuing operations.  The income (loss) from discontinued operations for the period ended March 31, 2007 is presented below.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Statements of Income from Discontinued Operations
	For the Quarter
	Ended
Dollars in thousands	March 31, 2007
Interest income	$	112
Interest expense		45
Net interest income		67
Provision for loan losses		250
Net interest income after provision for loan losses		(183	)
Noninterest income
Mortgage origination revenue		803
(Loss) on sale of assets		(51	)
Total noninterest income		752
Noninterest expense
Salaries and employee benefits		442
Net occupancy expense		(4	)
Equipment expense		22
Professional fees		97
Postage		-
Advertising		98
Impairment of long-lived assets		-
Exit costs		(80	)
Other		286
Total noninterest expense		861
Income (loss) before income tax expense		(292	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		(97	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	(195	)

Included in liabilities related to discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated financial statements is an accrual for exit costs related to the discontinuance of the mortgage banking segment.  During fourth quarter 2006, we accrued $1,859,000 for exit costs, which was comprised of costs related to operating lease terminations, vendor contract terminations, and severance payments.  The changes in that accrual are as follows:

Dollars in thousands	Operating Lease Terminations			Vendor Contract Termination		Severance Payments		Total
Balance, December 31, 2007	$	586		$	-	$	-	$	586
Less:
Payments from the accrual		(198	)		-		-		(198	)
Reversal of over accrual		-			-		-		-
Balance, March 31, 2008	$	388		$	-	$	-	$	388

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Note 5.  Earnings per Share

The computations of basic and diluted earnings per share follow:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
Dollars in thousands	2008		2007
Numerator for both basic and diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations	$	3,824	$	2,934
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		-		(195	)
Net Income	$	3,824	$	2,739
Denominator
Denominator for basic earnings per share -
weighted average common shares outstanding		7,408,941		7,084,980
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options		40,164		62,190
		40,164		62,190
Denominator for diluted earnings per share -
weighted average common shares outstanding and
assumed conversions		7,449,105		7,147,170
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations	$	0.52	$	0.41
Basic earnings per share from discontinued operations		-		(0.03	)
Basic earnings per share	$	0.52	$	0.39
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations	$	0.51	$	0.41
Diluted earnings per share from discontinued operations		-		(0.03	)
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.51	$	0.38

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Note 6.  Securities

The amortized cost, unrealized gains, unrealized losses and estimated fair values of securities at March 31, 2008, December 31, 2007, and March 31, 2007 are summarized as follows:

	March 31, 2008
	Amortized		Unrealized				Estimated
Dollars in thousands	Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
Available for Sale
Taxable:
U. S. Government agencies
and corporations	$	42,453	$	1,041	$	54	$	43,440
Mortgage-backed securities		186,520		2,495		4,881		184,134
State and political subdivisions		3,759		35		7		3,787
Corporate debt securities		1,349		22		39		1,332
Other equity securities		844		-		-		844
Total taxable		234,925		3,593		4,981		233,537
Tax-exempt:
State and political subdivisions		44,846		1,050		163		45,733
Other equity securities		6,470		-		1,658		4,812
Total tax-exempt		51,316		1,050		1,821		50,545
Total	$	286,241	$	4,643	$	6,802	$	284,082

	December 31, 2007
	Amortized		Unrealized				Estimated
Dollars in thousands	Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
Available for Sale
Taxable:
U. S. Government agencies
and corporations	$	45,871	$	420	$	77	$	46,214
Mortgage-backed securities		180,838		1,294		1,351		180,781
State and political subdivisions		3,759		26		-		3,785
Corporate debt securities		1,348		18		30		1,336
Other equity securities		844		-		-		844
Total taxable		232,660		1,758		1,458		232,960
Tax-exempt:
State and political subdivisions		43,960		880		335		44,505
Other equity securities		6,470		-		920		5,550
Total tax-exempt		50,430		880		1,255		50,055
Total	$	283,090	$	2,638	$	2,713	$	283,015

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	March 31, 2007
	Amortized		Unrealized				Estimated
Dollars in thousands	Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
Available for Sale
Taxable:
U. S. Government agencies
and corporations	$	36,774	$	8	$	263	$	36,519
Mortgage-backed securities		153,539		649		1,876		152,312
State and political subdivisions		3,759		26		-		3,785
Corporate debt securities		1,680		18		2		1,696
Federal Reserve Bank stock		729		-		-		729
Other equity securities		150		-		-		150
Total taxable		196,631		701		2,141		195,191
Tax-exempt:
State and political subdivisions		41,686		1,046		61		42,671
Other equity securities		5,974		614		12		6,576
Total tax-exempt		47,660		1,660		73		49,247
Total	$	244,291	$	2,361	$	2,214	$	244,438

The maturities, amortized cost and estimated fair values of securities at March 31, 2008, are summarized as follows:

	Available for Sale
	Amortized		Estimated
Dollars in thousands	Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	54,295	$	54,032
Due from one to five years		107,896		107,948
Due from five to ten years		64,252		64,859
Due after ten years		52,484		51,587
Equity securities		7,314		5,656
	$	286,241	$	284,082

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Note 7.  Loans

Loans are summarized as follows:

	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
Dollars in thousands	2008		2007		2007
Commercial	$	111,442	$	92,599	$	69,700
Commercial real estate		396,414		384,478		329,561
Construction and development		209,257		225,270		220,430
Residential real estate		336,985		322,640		279,564
Consumer		30,206		31,956		33,845
Other		6,395		6,641		7,209
Total loans		1,090,699		1,063,584		940,309
Less unearned income		1,878		1,903		1,757
Total loans net of unearned income		1,088,821		1,061,681		938,552
Less allowance for loan losses		9,598		9,192		7,783
Loans, net	$	1,079,223	$	1,052,489	$	930,769

Note 8.  Allowance for Loan Losses

An analysis of the allowance for loan losses for the three month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, and for the year ended December 31, 2007 is as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Year Ended
	March 31,				December 31,
Dollars in thousands	2008		2007		2007
Balance, beginning of period	$	9,192	$	7,511	$	7,511
Losses:
Commercial		-		50		50
Commercial real estate		-		40		154
Construction and development		-		-		80
Real estate - mortgage		550		-		618
Consumer		50		49		216
Other		46		67		160
Total		646		206		1,278
Recoveries:
Commercial		-		21		2
Commercial real estate		3		5		14
Construction and development		-		-		20
Real estate - mortgage		3		-		15
Consumer		17		14		57
Other		29		48		104
Total		52		88		212
Net losses		594		118		1,066
Provision for loan losses		1,000		390		2,055
Reclassification of reserves related to loans
previously reflected in discontinued operations		-		-		692
Balance, end of period	$	9,598	$	7,783	$	9,192

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Note 9.  Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The following tables present our goodwill at March 31, 2008 and other intangible assets at March 31, 2008, December 31, 2007, and March 31, 2007.

Dollars in thousands	Goodwill Activity
Balance, January 1, 2008	$	6,198
Acquired goodwill, net		-
Balance, March 31, 2008	$	6,198

	Other Intangible Assets
	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
Dollars in thousands	2008		2007		2007
Unidentifiable intangible assets
Gross carrying amount	$	2,267	$	2,267	$	2,267
Less:  accumulated amortization		1,347		1,310		1,196
Net carrying amount	$	920	$	957	$	1,071
Identifiable intangible assets
Gross carrying amount	$	3,000	$	3,000	$	-
Less:  accumulated amortization		150		100		-
Net carrying amount	$	2,850	$	2,900	$	-

We recorded amortization expense of approximately $88,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008 relative to our unidentifiable intangible assets.  Annual amortization is expected to be approximately $351,000 for each of the years ending 2008 through 2011.

Note 10.  Deposits

The following is a summary of interest bearing deposits by type as of March 31, 2008 and 2007 and December 31, 2007:

	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
Dollars in thousands	2008		2007		2007
Interest bearing demand deposits	$	201,820	$	222,825	$	230,634
Savings deposits		53,427		40,845		44,713
Retail time deposits		332,790		322,899		287,440
Brokered time deposits		184,796		176,391		253,794
Total	$	772,833	$	762,960	$	816,581

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Brokered deposits represent certificates of deposit acquired through a third party.  The following is a summary of the maturity distribution of certificates of deposit in denominations of $100,000 or more as of March 31, 2008:

Dollars in thousands	Amount		Percent
Three months or less	$	87,279		28.4	%
Three through six months		58,906		19.1	%
Six through twelve months		63,062		20.5	%
Over twelve months		98,569		32.0	%
Total	$	307,816		100.0	%

A summary of the scheduled maturities for all time deposits as of March 31, 2008 is as follows:

Dollars in thousands
Nine month period ending December 31, 2008	$	349,111
Year Ending December 31, 2009		107,016
Year Ending December 31, 2010		51,888
Year Ending December 31, 2011		2,433
Year Ending December 31, 2012		4,107
Thereafter		3,031
	$	517,586

Note 11.  Borrowed Funds

Short-term borrowings:    A summary of short-term borrowings is presented below:

	Quarter Ended March 31, 2008
							Federal Funds
	Short-term						Purchased
	FHLB			Repurchase			and Lines
Dollars in thousands	Advances			Agreements			of Credit
Balance at March 31	$	81,534		$	11,458		$	958
Average balance outstanding for the period		98,829			9,206			863
Maximum balance outstanding at
any month end during period		82,894			11,458			958
Weighted average interest rate for the period		3.47	%		2.11	%		5.41	%
Weighted average interest rate for balances
outstanding at March 31		2.26	%		1.18	%		4.75	%

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	Year Ended December 31, 2007
							Federal Funds
	Short-term						Purchased
	FHLB			Repurchase			and Lines
Dollars in thousands	Advances			Agreements			of Credit
Balance at December 31	$	159,168		$	10,370		$	2,517
Average balance outstanding for the period		86,127			7,005			2,305
Maximum balance outstanding at
any month end during period		159,168			11,080			3,047
Weighted average interest rate for the period		4.03	%		3.86	%		7.45	%
Weighted average interest rate for balances
outstanding at December 31		3.80	%		3.13	%		6.75	%

	Quarter Ended March 31, 2007
							Federal Funds
	Short-term						Purchased
	FHLB			Repurchase			and Lines
Dollars in thousands	Advances			Agreements			of Credit
Balance at March 31	$	71,133		$	7,358		$	1,395
Average balance outstanding for the period		64,450			6,507			1,458
Maximum balance outstanding at
any month end during period		71,133			7,358			1,626
Weighted average interest rate for the period		5.36	%		4.09	%		7.51	%
Weighted average interest rate for balances
outstanding at March 31		5.35	%		4.13	%		7.75	%

Long-term borrowings:  Our long-term borrowings of $412,329,000, $315,738,000 and $183,819,000 at March 31, 2008, December 31, 2007, and March 31, 2007 respectively, consisted primarily of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”).  Included in the total is also $10 million of subordinated debt issued to an unrelated institution, which bears a variable interest rate of 1 month LIBOR plus 275 basis points, a term of 7.5 years, and it is not prepayable by us within the first two and one half years.

These borrowings bear both fixed and variable rates and mature in varying amounts through the year 2016.

The average interest rate paid on long-term borrowings for the three month period ended March 31, 2008 was 4.65% compared to 5.54% for the first three months of 2007.

Subordinated Debentures Owed to Unconsolidated Subsidiary Trusts:We have three statutory business trusts that were formed for the purpose of issuing mandatorily redeemable securities (the “capital securities”) for which we are obligated to third party investors and investing the proceeds from the sale of the capital securities in our junior subordinated debentures (the “debentures”).  The debentures held by the trusts are their sole assets.  Our subordinated debentures totaled $19,589,000 at March 31, 2008, December 31, 2007, and March 31, 2007.

In October 2002, we sponsored SFG Capital Trust I, in March 2004, we sponsored SFG Capital Trust II, and in December 2005, we sponsored SFG Capital Trust III, of which 100% of the common equity of each trust is owned by us.  SFG Capital Trust I issued $3,500,000 in capital securities and $109,000 in common securities and invested the proceeds in $3,609,000 of debentures. SFG Capital Trust II issued $7,500,000 in capital securities and $232,000 in

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common securities and invested the proceeds in $7,732,000 of debentures. SFG Capital Trust III issued $8,000,000 in capital securities and $248,000 in common securities and invested the proceeds in $8,248,000 of debentures.  Distributions on the capital securities issued by the trusts are payable quarterly at a variable interest rate equal to 3 month LIBOR plus 345 basis points for SFG Capital Trust I, 3 month LIBOR plus 280 basis points for SFG Capital Trust II, and 3 month LIBOR plus 145 basis points for SFG Capital Trust III, and equals the interest rate earned on the debentures held by the trusts, and is recorded as interest expense by us.  The capital securities are subject to mandatory redemption in whole or in part, upon repayment of the debentures.  We have entered into agreements which, taken collectively, fully and unconditionally guarantee the capital securities subject to the terms of the guarantee.  The debentures of SFG Capital Trust I are redeemable by us quarterly, and the debentures of SFG Capital Trust II, and SFG Capital Trust III are first redeemable by us in March 2009 and March 2011, respectively.

 The capital securities held by SFG Capital Trust I, SFG Capital Trust II, and SFG Capital Trust III qualify as Tier 1 capital under Federal Reserve Board guidelines.  In accordance with these Guidelines, trust preferred securities generally are limited to 25% of Tier 1 capital elements, net of goodwill.  The amount of trust preferred securities and certain other elements in excess of the limit can be included in Tier 2 capital.

A summary of the maturities of all long-term borrowings and subordinated debentures for the next five years and thereafter is as follows:

Dollars in thousands
Year Ending
December 31,	Amount
2008	$	38,969
2009		83,911
2010		76,481
2011		32,465
2012		99,409
Thereafter		100,683
	$	431,918

Note 12.  Stock Option Plan

On January 1, 2006, we adopted SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment (Revised 2004), which is a revision of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock Issued for Employees.  SFAS No. 123R establishes accounting requirements for share-based compensation to employees and carries forward prior guidance on accounting for awards to non-employees. Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, we reported employee compensation expense under stock option plans only if options were granted below market prices at grant date in accordance with the intrinsic value method of Accounting Principles Board Opinion (“APB”) No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations. In accordance with APB No. 25, we reported no compensation expense on options granted as the exercise price of the options granted always equaled the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant. SFAS No. 123R eliminates the ability to account for stock-based compensation using APB No. 25 and requires that such transactions be recognized as compensation cost in the income statement based on their fair values on the measurement date, which is generally the date of the grant.

We transitioned to SFAS No. 123R using the modified prospective application method ("modified prospective application"). As permitted under modified prospective application, SFAS No. 123R applies to new awards and to awards modified, repurchased, or cancelled after January 1, 2006. Additionally, compensation cost for non-vested awards that were outstanding as of January 1, 2006 will be recognized as the remaining requisite service is rendered during the period of and/or the periods after the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, adjusted for estimated forfeitures. The

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recognition of compensation cost for those earlier awards is based on the same method and on the same grant-date fair values previously determined for the pro forma disclosures reported by us for periods prior to January 1, 2006.

The Officer Stock Option Plan, which provided for the granting of stock options for up to 960,000 shares of common stock to our key officers, was adopted in 1998 and expired in May, 2008.  Each option granted under the plan vested according to a schedule designated at the grant date and had a term of no more than 10 years following the vesting date.  Also, the option price per share was not to be less than the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant.

The fair value of our employee stock options granted is estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. This model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, changes to which can materially affect the fair value estimate. Additionally, there may be other factors that would otherwise have a significant effect on the value of employee stock options granted but are not considered by the model. Because our employee stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in management’s opinion, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its employee stock options at the time of grant.  There were no option grants during the first three months of 2008 or 2007.

During first quarter 2008, we recognized $3,000 of compensation expense for share-based payment arrangements in our income statement, with a deferred tax asset of $1,000, compared to $8,000 compensation expense for first quarter 2007 with a deferred tax asset of $3,000.  At March 31, 2008, we had approximately $9,000 total compensation cost related to nonvested awards not yet recognized and we expect to recognize it over the next year.

A summary of activity in our Officer Stock Option Plan during the first quarters of 2008 and 2007 is as follows:

	For the Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2008				March 31, 2007
			Weighted-				Weighted-
			Average				Average
			Exercise				Exercise
	Options		Price		Options		Price
Outstanding, January 1		337,580	$	18.28		349,080	$	17.83
Granted		-		-		-		-
Exercised		-		-		-		-
Forfeited		-		-		-		-
Outstanding, March 31		337,580	$	18.28		349,080	$	17.83

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Other information regarding options outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2008 is as follows:

		Options Outstanding								Options Exercisable
						Wted. Avg.		Aggregate						Aggregate
						Remaining		Intrinsic						Intrinsic
Range of		# of				Contractual		Value		# of				Value
exercise price		shares		WAEP		Life (yrs)		(in thousands)		shares		WAEP		(in thousands)
$	4.63 - $6.00		71,600	$	5.36		4.78		633		71,600	$	5.36		633
	6.01 - 10.00		31,680		9.49		7.76		149		31,680		9.49		149
	10.01 - 17.50		3,500		17.43		5.92		-		3,500		17.43		-
	17.51 - 20.00		52,300		17.79		8.75		-		41,400		17.79		-
	20.01 - 25.93		178,500		25.19		7.32		-		178,500		25.19		-
			337,580		18.28				782		326,680		18.30		782

Note 13.     Commitments and Contingencies

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We are a party to certain financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of our customers.  These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the statement of financial position.  The contract amounts of these instruments reflect the extent of involvement that we have in this class of financial instruments.

Many of our lending relationships contain both funded and unfunded elements.  The funded portion is reflected on our balance sheet.  The unfunded portion of these commitments is not recorded on our balance sheet until a draw is made under the loan facility.  Since many of the commitments to extend credit may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash flow requirements.

A summary of the total unfunded, or off-balance sheet, credit extension commitments follows:

	March 31,
Dollars in thousands	2008
Commitments to extend credit:
Revolving home equity and
credit card lines	$	37,583
Construction loans		63,454
Other loans		46,497
Standby letters of credit		12,903
Total	$	160,437

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract.  Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee.  We evaluate each customer's credit worthiness on a case-by-case basis.  The amount of collateral obtained, if we deem necessary upon extension of credit, is based on our credit evaluation.  Collateral held varies but may include accounts receivable, inventory, equipment or real estate.

Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party.  Standby letters of credit generally are contingent upon the failure of the customer to perform according to the terms of the underlying contract with the third party.

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Our exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments.  We use the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as we do for on-balance sheet instruments.

Note 14.  Restrictions on Capital

We and our subsidiaries are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the banking regulatory agencies.  Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, we and each of our subsidiaries must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of our and our subsidiaries’ assets, liabilities and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices.  We and each of our subsidiaries’ capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings and other factors.

Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require us and each of our subsidiaries to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of total and Tier I capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and of Tier I capital (as defined) to average assets (as defined).  We believe, as of March 31, 2007, that we and each of our subsidiaries met all capital adequacy requirements to which they were subject.

The most recent notifications from the banking regulatory agencies categorized us and each of our subsidiaries as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.  To be categorized as well capitalized, we and each of our subsidiaries must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier I risk-based, and Tier I leverage ratios as set forth in the table below.

Our actual capital amounts and ratios as well as our subsidiaries’, Summit Community Bank’s (“Summit Community”), and Shenandoah Valley National Bank’s (“Shenandoah”) are presented in the following table.

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(Dollars in thousands)
											To be Well Capitalized
						Minimum Required					under Prompt Corrective
	Actual					Regulatory Capital					Action Provisions
Dollars in thousands	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
As of March 31, 2008
Total Capital (to risk weighted assets)
Summit	$	121,927		11.1	%		88,122		8.0	%		110,153		10.0	%
Summit Community		113,763		10.4	%		87,417		8.0	%		109,271		10.0	%
Tier I Capital (to risk weighted assets)
Summit		102,329		9.3	%		44,061		4.0	%		66,092		6.0	%
Summit Community		104,165		9.5	%		43,708		4.0	%		65,563		6.0	%
Tier I Capital (to average assets)
Summit		102,329		7.1	%		43,099		3.0	%		71,832		5.0	%
Summit Community		104,165		7.3	%		42,771		3.0	%		71,285		5.0	%
As of December 31, 2007
Total Capital (to risk weighted assets)
Summit	$	108,167		10.0	%		86,162		8.0	%		107,703		10.0	%
Summit Community*		109,697		10.3	%		85,488		8.0	%		106,860		10.0	%
Tier I Capital (to risk weighted assets)
Summit		98,975		9.2	%		43,081		4.0	%		64,622		6.0	%
Summit Community*		100,505		9.4	%		42,744		4.0	%		64,116		6.0	%
Tier I Capital (to average assets)
Summit		98,975		7.3	%		40,897		3.0	%		68,161		5.0	%
Summit Community*		100,505		7.4	%		40,520		3.0	%		67,533		5.0	%
*Shenandoah was merged into Summit Community in 2007.

Note 15.  Subsequent Events

As announced on April 9, 2008, we exercised our right to terminate the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Agreement”) by and between Summit and Greater Atlantic Financial Corp. (“Greater Atlantic”) (Pink Sheets: GAFC.PK) dated April 12, 2007 under the terms of which Summit was to acquire Greater Atlantic.  The Agreement permitted either party to terminate the Agreement if the transaction was not completed by March 31, 2008.

Greater Atlantic and Summit have initiated negotiations toward entering into a new definitive agreement.  However, no assurances can be given that the negotiations will lead to the parties entering into a new agreement.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and

Results of Operations

INTRODUCTION

The following discussion and analysis focuses on significant changes in our financial condition and results of operations of Summit Financial Group, Inc. (“Company” or “Summit”) and our operating units, Summit Community Bank (“Summit Community”), and Summit Insurance Services, LLC for the periods indicated.  Although our business operates as two separate segments, the insurance segment is not a reportable segment as it is immaterial, and thus our financial information is presented on an aggregated basis.  This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our 2007 audited financial statements and Annual Report on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A.

The Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995 indicates that the disclosure of forward-looking information is desirable for investors and encourages such disclosure by providing a safe harbor for forward-looking statements by us.  Our following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainty.  In order to comply with the terms of the safe harbor, we note that a variety of factors could cause our actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in those forward-looking statements.

OVERVIEW

Our primary source of income is net interest income from loans and deposits.  Business volumes tend to be influenced by the overall economic factors including market interest rates, business spending, and consumer confidence, as well as competitive conditions within the marketplace.

Growth in our interest earning assets resulted in an increase of 17.67%, or $1,695,000, in our net interest earnings on a tax equivalent basis for the first three months in 2008 compared to the same period of 2007.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and follow general practices within the financial services industry.  Application of these principles requires us to make estimates, assumptions, and judgments that affect the amounts reported in our financial statements and accompanying notes.  These estimates, assumptions, and judgments are based on information available as of the date of the financial statements; accordingly, as this information changes, the financial statements could reflect different estimates, assumptions, and judgments.  Certain policies inherently have a greater reliance on the use of estimates, assumptions, and judgments and as such have a greater possibility of producing results that could be materially different than originally reported.

Our most significant accounting policies are presented in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements of our 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K.  These policies, along with the disclosures presented in the other financial statement notes and in this financial review, provide information on how significant assets and liabilities are valued in the financial statements and how those values are determined.

Based on the valuation techniques used and the sensitivity of financial statement amounts to the methods, assumptions, and estimates underlying those amounts, we have identified the determination of the allowance for loan losses and the valuation of goodwill to be the accounting areas that require the most subjective or complex judgments, and as such could be most subject to revision as new information becomes available.

The allowance for loan losses represents our estimate of probable credit losses inherent in the loan portfolio.  Determining the amount of the allowance for loan losses is considered a critical accounting estimate because it requires significant judgment and the use of estimates related to the amount and timing of expected future cash flows

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on impaired loans, estimated losses on pools of homogeneous loans based on historical loss experience, and consideration of current economic trends and conditions, all of which may be susceptible to significant change.  The loan portfolio also represents the largest asset type on our consolidated balance sheet.  To the extent actual outcomes differ from our estimates, additional provisions for loan losses may be required that would negatively impact earnings in future periods.  Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements of our 2007Annual Report on Form 10-K describes the methodology used to determine the allowance for loan losses and a discussion of the factors driving changes in the amount of the allowance for loan losses is included in the Asset Quality section of the financial review of the 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Goodwill is subject to impairment testing at least annually to determine whether write-downs of the recorded balances are necessary.  A fair value is determined based on at least one of three various market valuation methodologies.  If the fair value equals or exceeds the book value, no write-down of recorded goodwill is necessary.  If the fair value is less than the book value, an expense may be required on our books to write down the goodwill to the proper carrying value.  During the third quarter, we will complete the required annual impairment test for 2008.  We cannot assure you that future goodwill impairment tests will not result in a charge to earnings. See Notes 1 and 10 of the consolidated financial statements of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion of our intangible assets, which include goodwill.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Earnings Summary

Income from continuing operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 grew 30.33% to $3,824,000, or $0.51 per diluted share as compared to $2,934,000, or $0.41 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.  Consolidated net income for the period ended March 31, 2007, which includes the results of discontinued operations, was $2,739,000.  As of January 31, 2008, we no longer have any material operations related to discontinued operations.  Returns on average equity and assets for the first three months of 2008 were 16.55% and 1.06%, respectively, compared with 13.40% and ..88% for the same period of 2007.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income is the principal component of our earnings and represents the difference between interest and fee income generated from earning assets and the interest expense paid on deposits and borrowed funds.  Fluctuations in interest rates as well as changes in the volume and mix of earning assets and interest bearing liabilities can materially impact net interest income.

Our consolidated net interest income on a fully tax-equivalent basis totaled $11,290,000 for the three month period ended March 31, 2008 compared to $9,595,000 for the same period of 2007, representing an increase of $1,695,000 or 17.67%.  This increase resulted from growth in interest earning assets, primarily loans, and also a 63 basis points decrease in the cost of interest bearing liabilities.  Average interest earning assets grew 15.99% from $1,193,946,000 during the first three months of 2007 to $1,384,816,000 for the first three months of 2008.  Average interest bearing liabilities grew 17.00% from $1,093,276,000 at March 31, 2007 to $1,279,084,000 at March 31, 2008, at an average yield for the first three months of 2008 of 4.06% compared to 4.69% for the same period of 2007.

Our consolidated net interest margin increased to 3.28% for the three month period ended March 31, 2008, compared to 3.26% for the same period in 2007.  Our net interest margin increased 4 basis points compared to the linked quarter.  While our margin continues to be pressured by an extremely competitive environment, both for loans and deposits, recent  rate reductions by the Federal Reserve have served to positively impact our net interest margin due to our liability sensitive balance sheet.  For the three months ended March 31, 2008 compared to March 31, 2007,

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the yields on earning assets decreased 52 basis points, while the cost of our interest bearing funds decreased by 63 basis points.

Assuming no significant change in market interest rates, we anticipate modest growth in our net interest income to continue over the near term due to modest growth in the volume of interest earning assets coupled with a expected relatively stable net interest margin over the same period.  If market interest rates significantly rise over the next 12 to 18 months, the spread between interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities could narrow such that its impact could not be offset by growth in earning assets.  Conversely, if market interest rates were to decline over the next 12 to 18 months, the spread between interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities would be expected to widen, thus increasing net interest income.  See the “Market Risk Management” section for further discussion of the impact changes in market interest rates could have on us.  Further analysis of our yields on interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities are presented in Tables I and II below.

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Table I - Average Balance Sheet and Net Interest Income Analysis
Dollars in thousands
	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2008								March 31, 2007
	Average			Earnings/		Yield/			Average			Earnings/		Yield/
	Balance			Expense		Rate			Balance			Expense		Rate
Interest earning assets
Loans, net of unearned income
Taxable	$	1,073,218		$	19,948		7.48	%	$	928,979		$	18,665		8.15	%
Tax-exempt (1)		8,949			183		8.22	%		8,917			173		7.87	%
Securities
Taxable		251,767			3,196		5.11	%		208,315			2,577		5.02	%
Tax-exempt (1)		50,426			879		7.01	%		47,289			814		6.98	%
Federal funds sold and interest
bearing deposits with other banks		456			4		3.53	%		446			5		4.55	%
Total interest earning assets		1,384,816			24,210		7.03	%		1,193,946			22,234		7.55	%
Noninterest earning assets
Cash & due from banks		12,613								13,099
Premises and equipment		22,110								22,332
Other assets		35,585								26,993
Allowance for loan losses		(9,533	)							(8,135	)
Total assets	$	1,445,591							$	1,248,235
Interest bearing liabilities
Interest bearing demand deposits	$	207,661		$	930		1.80	%	$	221,924		$	2,066		3.78	%
Savings deposits		46,551			195		1.68	%		46,407			217		1.90	%
Time deposits		506,036			5,999		4.77	%		556,525			6,745		4.92	%
Short-term borrowings		108,898			919		3.39	%		72,415			958		5.37	%
Long-term borrowings
and capital trust securities		409,938			4,877		4.78	%		196,005			2,653		5.49	%
Total interest bearing liabilities		1,279,084			12,920		4.06	%		1,093,276			12,639		4.69	%
Noninterest bearing liabilities
and shareholders' equity
Demand deposits		64,472								61,288
Other liabilities		9,604								11,881
Shareholders' equity		92,431								81,790
Total liabilities and
shareholders' equity	$	1,445,591							$	1,248,235
Net interest earnings				$	11,290							$	9,595
Net yield on interest earning assets							3.28	%							3.26	%
(1) - Interest income on tax-exempt securities has been adjusted assuming an effective tax rate of 34% for all periods presented.
The tax equivalent adjustment resulted in an increase in interest income of $351,000 and $319,000 for the periods ended
March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007, respectively.

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Table II - Changes in Interest Margin Attributable to Rate and Volume
Dollars in thousands
	For the Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2008 versus March 31, 2007
	Increase (Decrease)
	Due to Change in:
	Volume			Rate			Net
Interest earned on:
Loans
Taxable	$	2,849		$	(1,566	)	$	1,283
Tax-exempt		1			9			10
Securities
Taxable		571			48			619
Tax-exempt		61			4			65
Federal funds sold and interest
bearing deposits with other banks		-			(1	)		(1	)
Total interest earned on
interest earning assets		3,483			(1,507	)		1,976
Interest paid on:
Interest bearing demand  deposits		(125	)		(1,011	)		(1,136	)
Savings deposits		(4	)		(18	)		(22	)
Time deposits		(561	)		(185	)		(746	)
Short-term borrowings		385			(424	)		(39	)
Long-term borrowings and capital
trust securities		2,600			(376	)		2,224
Total interest paid on
interest bearing liabilities		2,295			(2,014	)		281
Net interest income	$	1,188		$	507		$	1,695

Noninterest Income

Total noninterest income from continuing operations increased to $2,848,000 for the first quarter of 2008, compared to $1,056,000 for the same period of 2007, with insurance commissions, service fees from deposit accounts, and changes in fair value of derivative instruments being the primary components.  Further detail regarding noninterest income is reflected in the following table.

Noninterest Income	For the Quarter Ended
	March 31,
Dollars in thousands	2008			2007
Insurance commissions	$	1,327		$	206
Service fees		743			617
Net cash settlement on derivative instruments		(170	)		(184	)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments		705			226
(Loss) on sale of assets		-			2
Other		243			189
Total	$	2,848		$	1,056

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Insurance commissions:  First quarter 2008 includes commissions derived from the Kelly Agencies, which were acquired in third quarter 2007.

Change in fair value of derivative instruments:  The $705,000 change in 2008 includes the gain realized upon termination of these interest rate swaps that did not qualify for hedge accounting.

Noninterest Expense

Total noninterest expense for continuing operations increased approximately $1,440,000, or 25.5% to $7,089,000 during the first three months of 2008 as compared to the same period in 2007.    Salaries and employee benefits expense represented the largest category of expense growth.  Table III below shows the breakdown of these increases.

Table III - Noninterest Expense
Dollars in thousands
	For the Quarter Ended March 31,
			Change
	2008		$			%		2007
Salaries and employee benefits	$	4,395	$	1,169		36.2	%	$	3,226
Net occupancy expense		476		58		13.9	%		418
Equipment expense		534		88		19.7	%		446
Supplies		194		22		12.8	%		172
Professional fees		118		(56	)	-32.2	%		174
Amortization of intangibles		88		50		131.6	%		38
Other		1,284		109		9.3	%		1,175
Total	$	7,089	$	1,440		25.5	%	$	5,649

Salaries and employee benefits:  The 36.2% growth in salaries and employee benefits was primarily due to the additional staff of the Kelly Agencies, which were acquired in third quarter 2007 and also general merit raises.

Amortization of intangibles:  Amortization of intangible assets increased 131.6% for first quarter 2008 compared to first quarter 2007 due to the amortization of the identifiable customer intangible related to the acquisition in 2007 of the Kelly Agencies.

Credit Experience

The provision for loan losses represents charges to earnings necessary to maintain an adequate allowance for potential future loan losses. Our determination of the appropriate level of the allowance is based on an ongoing analysis of credit quality and loss potential in the loan portfolio, change in the composition and risk characteristics of the loan portfolio, and the anticipated influence of national and local economic conditions.  The adequacy of the allowance for loan losses is reviewed quarterly and adjustments are made as considered necessary.

We recorded a $1,000,000 provision for loan losses for the first three months of 2008, compared to $390,000 for the same period in 2007.  Net loan charge offs for the first three months of 2008 were $594,000, as compared to $118,000 over the same period of 2007.  At March 31, 2008, the allowance for loan losses totaled $9,598,000 or 0.88% of loans, net of unearned income, compared to $9,192,000 or 0.86% of loans, net of unearned income at December 31, 2007.

As illustrated in Table IV below, our non-performing assets and loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest have increased during the past 12 months.

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Table IV - Summary of Past Due Loans and Non-Performing Assets
Dollars in thousands
	March 31,						December 31,
	2008			2007			2007
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more	$	2,821		$	4,233		$	7,416
Nonperforming assets:
Nonaccrual loans		11,136			241			2,917
Foreclosed properties		2,183			42			2,058
Repossessed assets		22			1			-
Total	$	16,162		$	4,517		$	12,391
Total nonperforming loans as a
percentage of total loans		1.28	%		0.48	%		0.97	%
Total nonperforming assets as a
percentage of total assets		1.10	%		0.36	%		0.86	%

During 2007, certain of our customers began experiencing difficulty making timely payments on their loans.  Due to current declining economic conditions, borrowers have in many cases been unable to refinance their loans due to a range of factors including declining property values.  As a result, we have experienced higher delinquencies and nonperforming assets, particularly in our residential real estate loan portfolios and in commercial construction loans to residential real estate developers.  It is not known when the housing market will stabilize.  Management expects that recent increasing trends in delinquencies and nonperforming assets will persist.

The following table shows our nonperforming loans by category as of March 31, 2008 and 2007 and December 31, 2007.

Nonperforming Loans by Type
Dollars in thousands	March 31,				December 31,
	2008		2007		2007
Commercial	$	695	$	48	$	716
Commercial real estate		5,095		84		4,346
Land development and construction		3,694		2,781		2,016
Residential real estate		4,247		1,504		3,012
Consumer		226		57		243
Total	$	13,957	$	4,474	$	10,333

Commercial nonperforming:  At March 31, 2008, seventy-three percent of the balance of commercial nonperforming loans at is attributable to one loan secured by heavy equipment.

Commercial real estate nonperforming:  Three properties comprise 74% of the balance of nonperforming commercial real estate loans at March 31, 2008.  One credit with a balance of $1.9 million is secured by a commercial office building located in Charleston, West Virginia; a relationship totaling $1.4 million is secured by a motel and service station in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle; and another relationship in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia totaling $0.5 million is secured by a mix of office space and individual storage units.

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Land development and construction nonperforming:  75% of the land development and construction nonperforming assets are related to residential development projects.   97 percent of these nonperforming loans is comprised of three credits.  One loan had a balance of $1.8 million for construction of a residential subdivision in Jefferson County, West Virginia; one loan had a balance of $0.8 million for infrastructure of residential building lots in Strasburg, Virginia; and one loan had a balance of $1.0 million on a commercially zoned parcel of real estate near Winchester, Virginia.

Residential real estate nonperforming:  Nonperforming residential real estate loans continued to increase during first quarter 2008 as many borrowers have been unable to make their payments due to a range of factors stemming from current declining economic conditions.

All nonperforming loans are individually reviewed and adequate reserves are in place.  The majority of nonperforming loans are secured by real property with values supported by appraisals.  As a result of our internal loan review process, the ratio of internally classified loans to total loans increased from 6.21% at December 31, 2007 to 6.47% at March 31, 2008.  Our internal loan review process includes a watch list of loans that have been specifically identified through the use of various sources, including past due loan reports, previous internal and external loan evaluations, classified loans identified as part of regulatory agency loan reviews and reviews of new loans representative of current lending practices.  Once this watch list is reviewed to ensure it is complete, we review the specific loans for collectibility, performance and collateral protection.  In addition, a grade is assigned to the individual loans utilizing internal grading criteria, which is somewhat similar to the criteria utilized by our subsidiary bank's primary regulatory agency.  Refer to the Asset Quality section of the financial review of the 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion of the processes related to internally classified loans.

FINANCIAL CONDITION

Our total assets were $1,465,110,000 at March 31, 2008, compared to $1,435,536,000 at December 31, 2007, representing a 2.1% increase. Table V below serves to illustrate significant changes in our financial position between December 31, 2007 and March 31, 2008.

Table V - Summary of Significant Changes in Financial Position
Dollars in thousands
	Balance		Increase (Decrease)						Balance
	December 31,								March 31,
	2007		Amount			Percentage			2008
Assets
Securities available for sale	$	283,015		1,067			0.4	%	$	284,082
Loans, net of unearned income		1,061,681		27,140			2.6	%		1,088,821
Liabilities
Deposits	$	828,687	$	8,257			1.0	%	$	836,944
Short-term borrowings		172,055		(78,105	)		-45.4	%		93,950
Long-term borrowings
and subordinated debentures		335,327		96,591			28.8	%		431,918

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Loan growth during the first three months of 2008, occurring principally in the commercial portfolio, was funded primarily by both borrowings from the FHLB and brokered deposits.

Deposits increased approximately $8 million during the first quarter of 2008.  This increase was primarily in brokered deposits.  Total retail deposits remained stable when compared to year end 2007 balances.  We also replaced approximately $100 million of our FHLB overnight borrowings with longer term FHLB borrowings.

Refer to Notes 5, 6, 9, and 10 of the notes to the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information with regard to changes in the composition of our available for sale securities, loans, deposits and borrowings between March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007.

LIQUIDITY

Liquidity reflects our ability to ensure the availability of adequate funds to meet loan commitments and deposit withdrawals, as well as provide for other transactional requirements.  Liquidity is provided primarily by funds invested in cash and due from banks, Federal funds sold, non-pledged  securities, and available lines of credit with the FHLB, the total of which approximated $138 million, or 9.4% of total assets at  March 31, 2008 versus $181 million, or 12.6% of total assets at December 31, 2007.  This decrease in availability is the result of a change in the collateral policy of FHLB.  FHLB increased the “haircuts” applied to certain types of collateral, therefore reducing our available line of credit.

Our liquidity position is monitored continuously to ensure that day-to-day as well as anticipated funding needs are met.  We are not aware of any trends, commitments, events or uncertainties, other than the FHLB collateral change, that have resulted in or are reasonably likely to result in a material change to our liquidity.

CAPITAL RESOURCES

One of our continuous goals is maintenance of a strong capital position.  Through management of our capital resources, we seek to provide an attractive financial return to our shareholders while retaining sufficient capital to support future growth.  Shareholders’ equity at March 31, 2008 totaled $91,955,000 compared to $89,420,000 at December 31, 2007.

During first quarter 2008, we issued $10 million of subordinated debt which qualifies as Tier 2 capital.  This debt has an interest rate of 1 month LIBOR plus 275 basis points, a term of 7.5 years, and is not prepayable by us within the first two and a half years.

Refer to Note 13 of the notes to the accompanying consolidated financial statements for information regarding regulatory restrictions on our capital as well as our subsidiaries’ capital.

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CONTRACTUAL CASH OBLIGATIONS

During our normal course of business, we incur contractual cash obligations.  The following table summarizes our contractual cash obligations at March 31, 2008.

	Long		Capital
	Term		Trust		Operating
Dollars in thousands	Debt		Securities		Leases
2008	$	38,969	$	-	$	829
2009		83,911		-		574
2010		76,481		-		169
2011		32,465		-		89
2012		99,409		-		89
Thereafter		81,094		19,589		111
Total	$	412,329	$	19,589	$	1,861

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

We are involved with some off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have an effect on our financial condition, liquidity, or capital.  These arrangements at March 31, 2008 are presented in the following table.

	March 31,
	2008
Commitments to extend credit:
Revolving home equity and
credit card lines	$	37,583
Construction loans		63,454
Other loans		46,497
Standby letters of credit		12,903
Total	$	160,437

MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT

Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in the fair value of financial instruments due to changes in interest rates, exchange rates and equity prices.  Interest rate risk is our primary market risk and results from timing differences in the repricing of assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet instruments, changes in relationships between rate indices and the potential exercise of imbedded options.  The principal objective of asset/liability management is to minimize interest rate risk and our actions in this regard are taken under the guidance of our Asset/Liability Management Committee (“ALCO”), which is comprised of members of senior management and members of the

Board of Directors.  The ALCO actively formulates the economic assumptions that we use in our financial planning and budgeting process and establishes policies which control and monitor our sources, uses and prices of funds.

Some amount of interest rate risk is inherent and appropriate to the banking business.  Our net income is affected by changes in the absolute level of interest rates.  Our interest rate risk position is liability sensitive.  That is, absent any

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changes in the volumes of our interest earning assets or interest bearing liabilities, liabilities are likely to reprice faster than assets, resulting in a decrease in net income in a rising rate environment.  Net income would increase in a falling interest rate environment.  Net income is also subject to changes in the shape of the yield curve.  In general, a flattening yield curve would result in a decline in our earnings due to the compression of earning asset yields and funding rates, while a steepening would result in increased earnings as margins widen.

Several techniques are available to monitor and control the level of interest rate risk.  We primarily use earnings simulations modeling to monitor interest rate risk.  The earnings simulation model forecasts the effects on net interest income under a variety of interest rate scenarios that incorporate changes in the absolute level of interest rates and changes in the shape of the yield curve.  Each increase or decrease in interest rates is assumed to gradually take place over the next 12 months, and then remain stable.  Assumptions used to project yields and rates for new loans and deposits are derived from historical analysis.  Securities portfolio maturities and prepayments are reinvested in like instruments.  Mortgage loan prepayment assumptions are developed from industry estimates of prepayment speeds.  Noncontractual deposit repricings are modeled on historical patterns.

The following table shows our projected earnings sensitivity as of March 31, 2008 which is well within our ALCO policy limit of +/- 10%:

Change in	Estimated % Change in Net
Interest Rates	Interest Income Over:
(basis points)	0 - 12 Months			13 - 24 Months
Down 200 (1)		3.13	%		6.68	%
Steepening down 100 (2)		3.02	%		8.95	%
Up 100 (1)		-1.49	%		-2.49	%
Up 200 (1)		-2.98	%		-6.35	%
(1) assumes a parallel shift in the yield curve
(2) assumes steepening curve whereby short term rates decline by
100 basis points, while long term rates remain unchanged

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has conducted as of March 31, 2008, an evaluation of the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e).  Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2008 were effective.  There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2008 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

We are involved in various legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business.  In the opinion of counsel, the outcome of these matters will not have a significant adverse effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

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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.

	SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
	(registrant)
	By:	/s/ H. Charles Maddy, III
	H. Charles Maddy, III,
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	By:	/s/ Robert S. Tissue
	Robert S. Tissue,
	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	By:	/s/ Julie R. Cook
	Julie R. Cook,
	Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Date:  May  9, 2008

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