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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 potential future additional balance
sheet restructuring. All numbers included in this presentation are
unaudited unless otherwise noted. 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; 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 capital
and financial markets, including actual or potential stresses in
the banking industry; deposit attrition and the level of our uninsured
deposits; legislative or regulatory changes and changes, including
the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill, in accounting principles,
policies, practices or guidelines; 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, retaliatory 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 fourth-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,
any 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.
has 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 accou
nting 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. 2