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AmericanWest Bancorporation Announces 2005 Year End Results.


SPOKANE Spokane, city, United States
Spokane (spōkăn`), city (1990 pop. 177,196), seat of Spokane co., E Wash., at the spectacular falls of the Spokane River; inc. 1881.
, Wash. -- AmericanWest Bancorporation (Nasdaq:AWBC AWBC Australian Wine Brandy Corporation ) today announced that net income for the year ended December December: see month.  31, 2005 was $13.9 million or $1.31 per diluted di·lute  
tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.

2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 share, which is 45.9% higher than the $9.5 million or $0.91 per diluted share earned for the year ended December 31, 2004.

On November November: see month.  30, 2005, AWBC and Columbia Columbia, cities, United States
Columbia (kəlŭm`bēə).

1 City (1990 pop. 75,883), Howard co., central Md., between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore.
 Trust Bancorp (CTB CTB Council Tax Benefit (UK)
CTB Coopération Technique Belge (French: Belgian Technical Cooperation)
CTB Commonwealth Transportation Board (Virginia Department of Transportation) 
) jointly announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which AWBC will acquire CTB, the holding company for Columbia Trust Bank, based in Pasco, Washington Pasco (IPA: [ˈpæs ko]) is a city located in Franklin County, in the state of Washington, USA. Pasco is the county seat of Franklin CountyGR6. , in a transaction valued at $37.75 million. Columbia Trust Bank had total assets of $209 million and total deposits of $179 million as of September September: see month.  30, 2005. CTB has branches located in Pasco Pasco (păs`kō), city (1990 pop. 20,337), seat of Franklin co., SE Wash., on the Columbia River near its confluence with the Snake and Yakima rivers. It is a trade and shipping center for the Columbia basin project. , Kennewick Kennewick (kĕn`əwĭk), city (1990 pop. 42,155), Benton co., SE Wash., on the Columbia River near the influx of the Snake River, in an irrigated farm and vineyard region; inc. 1904. , Sunnyside Sunnyside may refer to the following:

Communities and neighborhoods in the United States
  • Sunnyside, San Francisco (see Neighborhoods in San Francisco, California)
  • Sunnyside, Queens, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City
 and Yakima, Washington
For the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, or simply Yakama Nation (formerly Yakima) see Yakama.


Yakima (IPA: [ˈjæ.kɪ.
 through which it provides commercial banking services. Upon completion of the merger, AWBC is expected to have approximately $1.4 billion in assets and $1.1 billion in deposits and will operate, through its wholly-owned banking subsidiary AmericanWest Bank (AWB See House Air Waybill.  or the Bank), 46 branches throughout Central and Eastern Washington
For the university, see Eastern Washington University.
Eastern Washington is a region of the United States defined as the part of Washington east of the Cascade Mountains.
 and Northern Idaho Idaho (ī`dəhō), one of the Rocky Mt. states in the NW United States. It is bordered by Montana and Wyoming (E), Utah and Nevada (S), Oregon and Washington (W), and the Canadian province of British Columbia (N). . The boards of both companies have approved the transaction, which is now subject to customary conditions, including the approval of CTB's shareholders and bank regulatory authorities Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest
regulatory agency

administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities
. Closing on this transaction is expected during the last half of the first quarter of 2006 and it is expected to be accretive to earnings within the first twelve months after closing.

AWBC also announced during the final quarter of 2005 the filing of two applications by AWB with the Washington Washington, town, England
Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area.
 Department of Financial Institutions (DFI See Direct foreign investment. ) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), an independent U.S. federal executive agency designed to promote public confidence in banks and to provide insurance coverage for bank deposits up to $100,000.  (FDIC FDIC

See: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


FDIC

See Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
) for approval for AWB to open de novo [Latin, Anew.] A second time; afresh. A trial or a hearing that is ordered by an appellate court that has reviewed the record of a hearing in a lower court and sent the matter back to the original court for a new trial, as if it had not been previously heard nor decided.  branches in the fast growing markets of Coeur d'Alene Coeur d'Alene, city, United States
Coeur d'Alene (kûrdəlān`), city (1990 pop. 24,563), seat of Kootenai co., N Idaho, near the Wash. line; inc. 1907.
 and Sandpoint, Idaho Sandpoint is a city in and the county seat of Bonner County, Idaho, United States.GR6 Its population was 6,835 at the 2000 census.

Sandpoint's major industry is tourism and recreation, thanks to its proximity to scenic Lake Pend Oreille and
.

AWBC previously announced that the DFI and the FDIC had terminated their supervisory directive following the recently completed joint Safety and Soundness Examination of the Bank. AWBC has also previously announced that, following the most recently completed Compliance Examination of the Bank by the FDIC, the FDIC had terminated the memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment.  (MOU (Minutes Of Usage) A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use. ) between AWB and the FDIC relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

relating to relate prepbezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc 
 the Bank's compliance controls, processes and training, and that the Bank is no longer restricted by any supervisory enforcement action. Both the MOU and the supervisory directive had been issued based upon AWB's operations under prior management.

"Our organization has been very successful in its tremendous efforts toward improvements in our credit quality and culture, processes and compliance that have cleared the way for our future expansion," said Robert Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923.

American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876).

Noun 1.
 M. Daugherty Daugherty can refer to: People
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, President and Chief Executive Officer. "With our recently announced acquisition in the Columbia Basin The Columbia Basin, the drainage basin of the Columbia River, occupies a large area–about 673,396 square kilometres (260,000 square miles)—of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.  market and the de novo expansions into Northern Idaho, we are elevating and strengthening our presence within and expanding our existing footprint The amount of geographic space covered by an object. A computer footprint is the desk or floor surface it occupies. A satellite's footprint is the earth area covered by its downlink. See form factor.

1.
. We anticipate that our ability to provide enhanced service Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information;  and products in these locations will attract new business and ultimately contribute to loan and deposit growth leading to greater profitability," he continued. "While 2005 saw only modest loan and deposit growth, this was a period of significant restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics).  of our business toward a heightened focus on relationship banking vs. transactional business. We anticipate that this ongoing effort will also contribute to enhanced profitability and generate a more predictable rate of earnings growth."

LOAN GROWTH AND CREDIT QUALITY:

Despite a significant reduction of unwanted credit lines and the resolution and repayment of a number of substandard substandard,
adj below an acceptable level of performance.
 loans, gross loans increased $38.4 million to $966.3 million compared to $927.9 million at December 31, 2004. This includes an increase of commercial and industrial loans of $29.1 million and real estate mortgage loans of $29.5 million. Commercial real estate loans continue to be a significant percentage of the total portfolio at 51.9% as of December 31, 2005 compared to 53.6% at December 31, 2004.

Total nonperforming loans were $14.5 million or 1.50% of total gross loans at December 31, 2005 as compared to $24.3 million or 2.62% of total gross loans at December 31, 2004. The decrease from the prior year is due mainly to management's continued efforts to collect on past due loans and to improve the overall credit quality of the portfolio.

The Company's total nonperforming assets Nonperforming asset

An asset that is not effectively producing income, such as an overdue loan.


nonperforming asset

An asset that produces no income.
, including foreclosed real estate and other foreclosed assets, were $16.7 million or 1.51% of total assets at December 31, 2005 compared to $28.5 million or 2.71% of total assets at December 31, 2004. This decrease is due mainly to the sales of three foreclosed real estate assets with a total value of approximately $3.5 million during the year and the full repayment of a $6.2 million nonperforming loan.

The Company's accruing loans that were delinquent delinquent 1) adj. not paid in full amount or on time. 2) n. short for an underage violator of the law as in juvenile delinquent.


DELINQUENT, civil law. He who has been guilty of some crime, offence or failure of duty.
 in excess of 30 days were $9.8 million or 1.02% of total loans at December 31, 2005 compared to $4.2 million or 0.45% of total loans at December 31, 2004. This increase is due mainly to one relationship that was 60 days past due at December 31, 2005. The Company is currently attempting to collect on this relationship.

The allowance for loan losses was $14.4 million at December 31, 2005 compared to $18.5 million at December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2005 the allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total gross loans was 1.49% as compared to the December 31, 2004 allowance of 1.99%. The decline from the prior year-end year-end also year·end
n.
The end of a year.

adj.
Occurring or done at the end of the year: a year-end audit.

Noun 1.
 is due to the resolution of various nonperforming loans in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[]

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 with the provisions provided for the years ended December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004.

Provision for loan losses for the year ended December 31, 2005 was $2.4 million as compared to $13.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. The 2004 provision included two specific provisions of $4.0 million each related to single borrower relationships. Loan charge offs for the year ended December 31, 2005 were in line with expectations at $6.9 million compared to $8.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2004.

DEPOSIT AND BORROWING BALANCES:

Deposits were $897.4 million as of December 31, 2005, which is an increase of $2.6 million from $894.8 million at December 31, 2004. The Bank is continuing to cultivate cul·ti·vate  
tr.v. cul·ti·vat·ed, cul·ti·vat·ing, cul·ti·vates
1.
a. To improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till.

b.
 a retail branch sales culture, including a significantly expanded line-up line-up
Noun

1. people or things assembled for a particular purpose: Christmas TV line-up

2.
 of retail products, staff sales training and targeted marketing efforts. Time deposits increased 15.2% and noninterest bearing deposits increased 12.7% from December 31, 2004. NOW, MMDA MMDA

See: Money Market Demand Account. Same as Money Market Deposit Account
 and savings accounts Savings Account

A deposit account intended for funds that are expected to stay in for the short term. A savings account offers lower returns than the market rates.

Notes:
 decreased 13.4% during this same period.

Short-term Short-term

Any investments with a maturity of one year or less.


short-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss on the value of an asset that has been held less than a specified period of time.
 borrowings were $67.9 million as of December 31, 2005, an increase of $43.4 million from $24.5 million at December 31, 2004. Long-term Long-term

Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year.


long-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term.
 borrowings were $3.2 million at December 31, 2005, which is a decrease of $2.4 million from December 31, 2004. The overall increased borrowing levels support the loan growth experienced in the current year.

NET INTEREST MARGIN:

Net interest margin was 5.47% for the year ended December 31, 2005 compared to 6.04% for the similar period of 2004. This net interest margin reduction was in line with expectations as the Bank focused in 2005 on reducing the overall risk profile in its loan portfolio. This should reduce the Bank staff's future time spent and expenses related to loan workout Workout

Informal repayment or loan forgiveness arrangement between a borrower and creditors.


workout

1. The process of a debtor's meeting a loan commitment by satisfying altered repayment terms.
 matters. The Bank is continuing to book new business at competitive rates while maintaining profitable margins. The yield on securities is also slightly lower due to changes in the mix of the portfolio as a result of the sale of some longer term investments in late 2004 and the lack of dividends on FHLB FHLB Federal Home Loan Bank  stock. The overall yield on earning assets Earning Assets

Any income-earning asset owned by a company.

Notes:
These assets are generally interest-bearing accounts, bonds, and securities available for sale.
See also: Asset, Asset Valuation, Earnings, Net Interest Margin
 has decreased by 12 basis points. The cost of borrowings and deposits were higher in 2005 due to higher interest rates reflecting increases in rates by the Federal Reserve Board. The cost of deposits increased to 2.19% for 2005 compared to 1.62% for 2004. The cost of borrowings increased to 4.12% for 2005 compared to 2.47% for 2004. The overall cost of interest bearing liabilities has increased 67 basis points during the year.

Net interest income decreased $5.7 million to $54.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to $59.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. This decrease is due mainly to the increase in interest expense on deposits by $3.4 million from the prior year and the decrease in interest income of $1.4 million from the prior year. The average balance of taxable and nontaxable adj. 1. Not subject to taxation; - of goods imported into a country or sold at retail outlets; as, most laws imposing sales taxes make food nontaxable s>. Opposite of taxable nt>.

Adj. 1.
 securities decreased $38.7 million from the prior year while the average balance of loans increased $38.3 million from the prior year. The interest income decrease is due mainly to the origination Origination

The process through which a mortgage lender creates a mortgage secured by some amount of the mortgagor's real property.

Notes:
Also known as loan origination, everyone must go through the origination process when securing a mortgage for a piece of real
 of lower risk loans compared to the higher risk loans with higher yields that were originated under prior management. The competition for loans is also contributing to lower loan yields.

NONINTEREST INCOME AND EXPENSE:

Noninterest income decreased $0.9 million to $8.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to $9.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. The decrease is due mainly to gains on sales of foreclosed real estate and other foreclosed assets in the prior year which were not repeated in 2005. In 2004, a $0.6 million gain was recorded on the divesture Di`ves´ture

n. 1. Divestiture.
 of a branch which was included in noninterest income. During the fourth quarter of 2005, a $0.7 million gain was recorded on the sale of the Bank's credit card portfolio.

Noninterest expense decreased $1.6 million to $41.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 from $42.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. Foreclosed real estate and other foreclosed assets expense decreased $4.6 million from the prior year as there were significant write-downs which occurred during 2004 and no meaningful write-downs occurred during 2005. This improvement was partially offset by increases in the other expense categories. Salaries and employee benefits expense increased over the prior year by $0.5 million due to an increase in the number of employees which was partially offset by write-offs of deferred compensation and salary continuation agreements during 2005 due to the unfortunate passing of a prior executive of the Bank. Occupancy expense increased over the prior year by $0.5 million as a result of rent costs at executive offices that were placed into service late in 2004. Equipment expense increased $0.4 million over the prior year as the Company continues to update and improve technology bankwide. Lastly, other operating expense Operating Expense

The essential things that a company must purchase in order to maintain business.

Notes:
For example, the payment of employees wages are an operating expense.

Also known as OPEX.
 increased $1.6 million from the prior year due to the loss on an exchange of bank owned life insurance policies of $0.6 million during 2005, higher other professional fees of $0.5 million and increases in training and travel related expenses of $0.4 million.

The efficiency ratio rose to 65.95% during 2005 compared to 61.98% for the prior year. Expenses were higher than normal in 2005 due to the costs associated with bringing the organization back into compliance with regulatory directives, the training and marketing expenses related to our rollout of new products, upgrading our infrastructure with new technology, and redirecting the culture of the organization toward a relationship vs. transaction business focus. Management believes that these initiatives have laid the groundwork for an improved efficiency ratio going forward.

INCOME TAXES:

The effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2005 was 26.5% as compared to 27.9% for the year ended December 31, 2004. The slight decrease in the tax rate is due mainly to the reversal of a $0.9 million tax reserve recorded in 2004 for the anticipated surrender of some bank owned life insurance policies. These policies were exchanged, rather than surrendered, during 2005 and this resulted in a $0.6 million write-down Write-Down

Reducing the book value of an asset because it is overvalued compared to the market value.

Notes:
This is usually reflected in the company's income statement as an expense, thereby reducing net income.
 of the asset rather than a tax loss.

AmericanWest Bancorporation is a community bank holding company with 42 locations in Eastern and Central Washington Central Washington is a region of the United States defined as the western half of Eastern Washington, or those counties lying east of the Cascade Mountains but west of the 119th meridian.  and Northern Idaho. For further information on the Company or to access Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
 banking, please visit our web site at www.awbank.net.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995 (PSLRA PSLRA Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
PSLRA Public Service Labour Relations Act (Canada) 
). Such forward looking statements include but are not limited to the Company's ability to acquire CTB and to achieve expected financial results from the merger with CTB, as well as the timing of the closing of the transaction and the ability to obtain regulatory approval on a timely basis or at all, the ability to attract new business and increase profitability, and that the Company will be able to generate a more predictable rate of earnings growth. The forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Those factors include, but are not limited to, impact of the current national and regional economy on small business loan demand in the Company's market, loan delinquency delinquency

Criminal behaviour carried out by a juvenile. Young males make up the bulk of the delinquent population (about 80% in the U.S.) in all countries in which the behaviour is reported.
 rates, changes in portfolio composition, the bank's ability to attract quality commercial business, interest rate movements and the impact on margins such movement may cause, changes in the demographic make-up Make-up

The amount of deficiency when a cash flow or capital item is deficient. For example, an interest make-up relates to the interest amount above a ceiling percentage.
 of the Company's market, fluctuation Fluctuation

A price or interest rate change.
 in demand for the Company's products and services, the Company's ability to attract and retain qualified people, regulatory changes, competition with other banks and financial institutions, and other factors. For a discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ, please see the Company's reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Words such as "targets," "expects," "anticipates," "believes," other similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "may," "should," "would," and "could" are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which reflect management's view only as of the date hereto here·to  
adv.
To this document, matter, or proposition.


hereto
Adverb

Formal or law to this place, matter, or document

Adv. 1.
. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact.
     2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or
. This statement is included for the express purpose of protecting the Company under PSLRA's safe harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 provisions.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

This press release may be deemed to be offering materials of AWBC and CTB in connection with AWBC's proposed acquisition of CTB, on the terms and subject to the conditions in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 29, 2005, between AWBC and CTB. AWBC and CTB shareholders and other investors are urged to read the proxy statement/prospectus that is included in the registration statement on Form S-4, which AWBC filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed merger, because it contains important information about AWBC, CTB, the merger and related matters. Investors and security holders are urged to carefully review and consider AWBC's public filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
 for the year ended December 31, 2004 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
 for the first three quarters of 2005. The documents filed by AWBC with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at AWBC's website at www.awbank.net or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov See .gov and GovNet.

(networking) gov - The top-level domain for US government bodies.
. These documents may also be obtained free of charge from AWBC by requesting them in writing at AmericanWest Bank, 41 W. Riverside Avenue, Suite 400, Spokane, Washington Spokane (pronounced [spoʊ̯ˈkæn]) is a city located in Eastern Washington. The seat of Spokane County, Spokane is the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest, the second largest city in Washington state, and  99201, or by telephone at 509-232-1536.
AmericanWest Bancorporation
              Selected Consolidated Financial Highlights
    ($ in thousands, except per share data and ratios; unaudited)

Consolidated Statements of  Income

                                  Year Ended
                            -----------------------
                            12/31/2005  12/31/2004  $ Change  % Change
Interest Income
  Interest and fees on
   loans                       $70,898     $70,565     $333       0.5%
  Interest on securities         1,198       3,030   (1,832)    -60.5%
  Other interest income            224          84      140     166.7%
                            ----------- -----------
Total Interest Income           72,320      73,679   (1,359)     -1.8%
                            ----------- -----------
Interest Expense
  Interest on deposits          15,223      11,813    3,410      28.9%
  Interest on borrowings         3,110       2,146      964      44.9%
                            ----------- -----------
Total Interest Expense          18,333      13,959    4,374      31.3%
                            ----------- -----------

Net Interest Income             53,987      59,720   (5,733)     -9.6%
Provision for loan losses        2,365      13,046  (10,681)    -81.9%
                            ----------- -----------
Net Interest Income After
 Provision for Loan Losses      51,622      46,674    4,948      10.6%
                            ----------- -----------

Noninterest Income
  Fees and service charges       4,942       4,925       17       0.3%
  Other                          3,441       4,322     (881)    -20.4%
                            ----------- -----------
Total Noninterest Income         8,383       9,247     (864)     -9.3%
                            ----------- -----------
Noninterest Expense
  Salaries and employee
   benefits                     23,439      22,936      503       2.2%
  Occupancy expense, net         3,534       3,078      456      14.8%
  Equipment expense              2,657       2,232      425      19.0%
  State business and
   occupation tax                  960         936       24       2.6%
  Foreclosed real estate
   and other foreclosed
   assets expense                  669       5,281   (4,612)    -87.3%
  Intangible assets
   amortization                    251         251        -       0.0%
  Other                          9,625       8,032    1,593      19.8%
                            ----------- -----------
Total Noninterest Expense       41,135      42,746   (1,611)     -3.8%
                            ----------- -----------
Income Before Provision for
 Income Tax                     18,870      13,175    5,695      43.2%

Provision for Income Tax         4,998       3,670    1,328      36.2%
                            ----------- -----------
Net Income                     $13,872      $9,505    4,367      45.9%
                            =========== ===========


                     AmericanWest Bancorporation
              Selected Consolidated Financial Highlights
    ($ in thousands, except per share data and ratios; unaudited)

                                                     Year Ended
                                               -----------------------
Share Data:                                    12/31/2005  12/31/2004
Basic earnings per share                            $1.33       $0.93
Diluted earnings per share                          $1.31       $0.91
Basic weighted average shares outstanding      10,407,180  10,185,246
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding    10,593,903  10,478,969

                                                     Year Ended
                                               -----------------------
Financial Ratios, annualized:                  12/31/2005  12/31/2004
Return on average assets                             1.29%       0.88%
Return on average equity                            12.34%       9.37%
Efficiency ratio                                    65.95%      61.98%
Noninterest expenses to average assets               3.84%       3.94%
Net interest margin to average earning assets        5.47%       6.04%


                     AmericanWest Bancorporation
              Selected Consolidated Financial Highlights
    ($ in thousands, except per share data and ratios; unaudited)

Consolidated Statement of Condition

                                 2005        2004  $ Change   % Change
          ASSETS
Cash and due from banks    $   40,825  $   26,915  $ 13,910      51.7%
Overnight interest bearing
 deposits with other banks     11,119       2,302     8,817     383.0%
                            ----------  ----------
     Cash and cash
      equivalents              51,944      29,217    22,727      77.8%

Securities                     36,761      33,886     2,875       8.5%

Loans, net of allowance
 for loan losses of
  $14,361 and $18,475,
   respectively               951,288     909,255    42,033       4.6%

Accrued interest
 receivable                     6,969       6,520       449       6.9%
Premises and equipment,
 net                           21,762      23,955    (2,193)     -9.2%
Foreclosed real estate and
 other foreclosed assets        2,221       4,201    (1,980)    -47.1%
Life insurance and salary
 continuation assets           16,987      18,912    (1,925)    -10.2%
Goodwill                       12,050      12,050         -       0.0%
Intangible assets               2,391       2,642      (251)     -9.5%
Other assets                    6,761       8,356    (1,595)    -19.1%
                            ----------  ----------
     TOTAL ASSETS          $1,109,134  $1,048,994    60,140       5.7%
                            ==========  ==========

       LIABILITIES
Noninterest bearing demand
 deposits                  $  191,192  $  169,579    21,613      12.7%
Interest bearing deposits:
     NOW, MMDA and savings
      accounts                391,876     452,357   (60,481)    -13.4%
     Time, $100,000 and
      over                    149,101     123,006    26,095      21.2%
     Other time               165,261     149,856    15,405      10.3%
                            ----------  ----------
     Total Deposits           897,430     894,798     2,632       0.3%

Short-term borrowings          67,931      24,539    43,392     176.8%
Long-term borrowings            3,238       5,668    (2,430)    -42.9%
Capital lease obligations         368         416       (48)    -11.5%
Junior subordinated debt       10,310      10,310         -       0.0%
Accrued interest payable        1,754       1,000       754      75.4%
Other liabilities               6,626       7,188      (562)     -7.8%
                            ----------  ----------
     TOTAL LIABILITIES        987,657     943,919    43,738       4.6%

   STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common stock, no par,
 shares authorized 15
 million; issued and
 outstanding 10,547,407
 and 10,269,454,
 respectively                 104,667     100,812     3,855       3.8%
Retained earnings              17,967       4,057    13,910     342.9%
Unearned compensation          (1,095)          -    (1,095)   -100.0%
Accumulated other
 comprehensive income, net
 of tax                           (62)        206      (268)   -130.1%
                            ----------  ----------
    TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS'
     EQUITY                   121,477     105,075    16,402      15.6%
                            ----------  ----------
    TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
     STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY  $1,109,134  $1,048,994    60,140       5.7%
                            ==========  ==========


                      AmericanWest Bancorporation
              Selected Consolidated Financial Highlights
     ($ in thousands, except per share data and ratios; unaudited)

Loan Portfolio:                               12/31/2005   12/31/2004
Commercial real estate                       $   501,328  $   497,253
Commercial and industrial                        226,964      197,912
Agricultural                                     119,355      122,735
Real estate mortgage                              62,198       32,703
Real estate construction                          33,906       45,908
Installment                                       17,341       22,454
Bankcards and other                                5,186        8,909
                                              -----------  -----------
     Total loans                                 966,278      927,874
Allowance for loan losses                        (14,361)     (18,475)
Deferred loan fees, net of deferred costs           (629)        (144)
                                              -----------  -----------
     Net loans                               $   951,288  $   909,255
                                              ===========  ===========

                                                     Year Ended
Allowance for Loan Losses:                    12/31/2005   12/31/2004
Balance, beginning of year                   $    18,475  $    12,453
Provision charged to operations                    2,365       13,046
Loans charged-off                                 (6,925)      (8,122)
Recoveries                                           446        1,098
                                              -----------  -----------
Balance, end of year                         $    14,361  $    18,475
                                              ===========  ===========
Allowance for loan loss to total gross loans        1.49%        1.99%


Nonperforming assets:                         12/31/2005   12/31/2004
Accruing loans over 90 days past due         $        31  $        53
Nonaccrual loans                                  14,452       24,222
                                              -----------  -----------
Total nonperforming loans                    $    14,483  $    24,275
Foreclosed real estate and other foreclosed
 assets                                            2,221        4,201
                                              -----------  -----------
Total nonperforming assets                   $    16,704  $    28,476

Ratio of total nonperforming assets to total
 assets                                             1.51%        2.71%
Ratio of total nonperforming loans to total
 gross loans                                        1.50%        2.62%
Ratio of allowance for loan loss to
 nonperforming loans                               99.16%       76.11%


                     AmericanWest Bancorporation
              Selected Consolidated Financial Highlights
    ($ in thousands, except per share data and ratios; unaudited)

Average Balances, Interest and Yields        Year Ended December 31,
                                                      2005
                                              Average
                  Assets                      Balance   Interest   %
Loans                                       $  952,151  $70,898  7.45%
Taxable securities                              23,197      842  3.63%
Nontaxable securities                            8,536      538  6.30%
Overnight deposits with other banks and
 other                                           5,533      224  4.05%
                                             ----------  ------- -----
     Total interest earning assets             989,417   72,502  7.33%
                                             ----------  ======= =====
Noninterest earning assets                      81,872
                                             ----------
     Total assets                           $1,071,289
                                             ==========

                Liabilities
Interest bearing demand deposits            $   67,700  $   278  0.41%
Savings deposits                               343,574    6,858  2.00%
Time deposits                                  283,639    8,086  2.85%
                                             ----------  -------
Total interest bearing deposits                694,913   15,222  2.19%
                                             ----------  -------
Overnight borrowings                            30,727      970  3.16%
Other borrowings                                44,737    2,140  4.78%
                                             ----------  ------- -----
     Total interest bearing liabilities        770,377   18,332  2.38%
                                             ----------  ======= =====
Noninterest bearing demand deposits            179,115
Other noninterest bearing liabilities            9,341
                                             ----------
     Total liabilities                         958,833
           Stockholders' Equity                112,456
                                             ----------
     Total liabilities and stockholders'
      equity                                $1,071,289
                                             ==========

Net interest income and spread                          $54,170  4.95%
                                                         ======= =====
Net interest margin to average earning assets                    5.47%
                                                                 =====


Average Balances, Interest and Yields        Year Ended December 31,
                                                      2004
                                              Average
                  Assets                      Balance   Interest   %
Loans                                       $  913,844  $70,565  7.72%
Taxable securities                              61,315    2,639  4.30%
Nontaxable securities                            9,070      523  5.77%
Overnight deposits with other banks and
 other                                           6,118       84  1.37%
                                             ----------  ------- -----
     Total interest earning assets             990,347   73,811  7.45%
                                             ----------  ======= =====
Noninterest earning assets                      93,777
                                             ----------
     Total assets                           $1,084,124
                                             ==========

               Liabilities
Interest bearing demand deposits            $   62,046  $   159  0.26%
Savings deposits                               384,064    5,544  1.44%
Time deposits                                  282,182    6,110  2.17%
                                             ----------  -------
Total interest bearing deposits                728,292   11,813  1.62%
                                             ----------  -------
Overnight borrowings                            34,187      501  1.47%
Other borrowings                                52,786    1,645  3.12%
                                             ----------  ------- -----
     Total interest bearing liabilities        815,265   13,959  1.71%
                                             ----------  ======= =====
Noninterest bearing demand deposits            159,704
Other noninterest bearing liabilities            7,665
                                             ----------
     Total liabilities                         982,634
           Stockholders' Equity                101,490
                                             ----------
     Total liabilities and stockholders'
      equity                                $1,084,124
                                             ==========

Net interest income and spread                          $59,852  5.74%
                                                         ======= =====
Net interest margin to average earning assets                    6.04%
                                                                 =====

The above table includes nonaccrual loans in the average loan
balances. Tax exempt securities income has been presented using a tax
equivalent basis and an assumed tax rate of 34%.
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