FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This presentation
may contain statements that are not historical in nature and are
intended to be, and are hereby identified as, forward-looking statements
for purposes of the safe harbor provided by Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements
are those that are not historical facts. The words “may,” “will,”
“anticipate,” “could,” “ should,” “would,” “believe,” “contemplate,”
“expect,” “aim,” “plan,” “estimate,” “continue,” “seek,” and
“intend,” the negative of these terms, as well as other similar words and expressions
of the future, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements
related to our projected growth, anticipated future
financial performance, and management’s long-term performance
goals, as well as statements relating to the anticipated effects
on our results of operations and financial condition from expected or potential
developments or events, or business and growth strategies, including
anticipated internal growth and balance sheet restructuring.
These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties
that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to: the strength of the United States economy
in general and the strength of the local economies in which we conduct
operations; our ability to successfully manage interest rate
risk, credit
risk, liquidity risk, and other risks inherent to our industry; the
accuracy of our financial statement estimates and assumptions,
including the estimates used for our allowance for credit losses
and deferred tax asset valuation allowance; the efficiency
and effectiveness of our internal control procedures and processes; our
ability to comply with the extensive laws and
regulations to which we are subject, including the laws for each jurisdiction
where we operate; adverse changes or conditions in the capi
tal and financial markets, including actual or potential stresses in
the banking industry; deposit attrition and the level of our uninsured
deposits; legislative or regulatory changes and changes in accounting
principles, policies, practices or guidelines, including the
on-going effects of the implementation of the Current Expected
Credit Losses (“CECL”) standard; the lack of a significantly diversified
loan portfolio and our concentration in the South Florida market,
including the risks of geographic, depositor, and industry
concentrations, including our concentration in loans secured
by real estate, in particular, commercial real estate; the effects
of climate change; the concentration of ownership of our common stock;
fluctuations in the price of our common stock; our ability to fund
or access the capital markets at attractive rates and terms and manage
our growth, both organic growth as well as growth through other
means, such as future acquisitions; inflation, interest rate, unemployment
rate, and market and monetary fluctuations; the effects
of potential new or increased tariffs and trade restrictions; the impact
of international hostilities and geopolitical events; increased
competition and its effect on the pricing of our products and services as well
as our net interest rate spread and net interest margin; the
loss of key employees; the effectiveness of our risk management strategies,
including operational risks, including, but not limited to, client,
employee, or third-party fraud and security breaches; and other
risks described in this presentation and other filings we make with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). All forward
-looking statements are necessarily only estimates of future results, and
there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ
materially from
expectations. Therefore, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on any forward-looking statements. Further, forward-looking statements
included in this presentation are made only as of the date hereof,
and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward
-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after
the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence
of unanticipated events, unless required to do so under the federal securities
laws. You should also review the risk factors described in
the reports USCB Financial Holdings, Inc. filed or will file with
the SEC. Non-GAAP Financial Measures This presentation includes
financial information determined by methods other than in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). This financial
information includes certain operating performance measures.
Management has included these non-GAAP financial measures
because it believes these measures may provide useful supplemental
information for evaluating the Company’s expectations and underlying
performance trends. Further, management uses these measures
in managing and evaluating the Company’s business and
intends to refer to them in discussions about our operations and
performance. Operating performance measures should be
viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative to or substitute for,
measures determined in accordance with GAAP, and are
not necessarily comparable to non-GAAP measures that may be presented
by other companies. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to
the most directly comparable GAAP measures can be found in the
Non-GAAP financial measures reconciliation tables included in
this presentation. All numbers included in this presentation are
unaudited unless otherwise noted. 2