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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 10-K
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
or
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number 000-49929
Access National Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Organized under the laws of Virginia   82-0545425
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1800 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite 310, Reston, Virginia 20191
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
(703) 871-2100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
     
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:    
Title of each class
n/a
  Name of each exchange on which registered
n/a
     
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act:    
Common Stock $.835 par value
(Title of class)
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities 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 checkmark if disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K þ
Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
     Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act) o Yes þ No
The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant, computed by reference to the price at which the stock was last sold as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was approximately $41,618,000.
As of March 15, 2006, there were 8,043,130 shares of Common Stock, par value $.835 per share of Access National Corporation issued and outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for the Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 23, 2006, are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K.
 
 

 


 

Access National Corporation
FORM 10-K
INDEX
         
    Page  
PART I
       
 
       
Item 1 Business
    2  
Item 1A Risk Factors
    10  
Item 1B Unresolved Staff Comments
    13  
Item 2 Properties
    13  
Item 3 Legal Proceedings
    13  
Item 4 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
    13  
 
       
PART II
       
 
       
Item 5 Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
    13  
Item 6 Selected Financial Data
    16  
Item 7 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
    16  
Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
    35  
Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
    36  
Item 9 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants On Accounting and Financial Disclosure
    69  
Item 9A Controls and Procedures
    69  
Item 9B Other Information
    69  
 
       
PART III
       
 
       
Item 10 Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
    70  
Item 11 Executive Compensation
    70  
Item 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
    70  
Item 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
    70  
Item 14 Principal Accountant Fees and Services
    70  
 
       
PART IV
       
 
       
Item 15 Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
    71  
Signatures
    72  

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PART I
In addition to historical information, the following report contains forward looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the Corporation’s actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s analysis only as of the date of the Report.
ITEM 1 – BUSINESS
Access National Corporation, (the “Corporation”) was organized April 17, 2002 under the laws of Virginia to operate as a bank holding company. The Corporation has three wholly owned subsidiaries: Access National Bank, Access Capital Trust I and Access Capital Trust II. Effective June 15, 2002, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated April 18, 2002 between the Corporation and Access National Bank (the “Bank”), the Corporation acquired all of the outstanding stock of the Bank in a statutory share exchange transaction. The Corporation does not have any significant operations and serves primarily as the parent company for the Bank. Access Capital Trust I and Access Capital Trust II were formed for the purpose of issuing redeemable capital securities. The Corporation’s income is primarily derived from dividends received from the Bank. These dividends are determined by the Bank’s earnings and capital position.
Access National Bank is the primary operating business of the Corporation. The Bank provides commercial credit, deposit and mortgage services to the middle market businesses and associated professionals, primarily in the greater Washington, D.C. area. The Bank was organized under federal law as a national banking association to engage in a general banking business to serve the communities in and around Northern Virginia. The Bank opened for business on December 1, 1999 at 14006 Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway in Chantilly, Virginia. The headquarters for the Corporation, Bank and Access National Mortgage Corporation (the “Mortgage Corporation”) is located at 1800 Robert Fulton Drive, Reston, Virginia. Deposits with the Bank are insured to the maximum amount provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Bank offers a comprehensive range of financial services and products and specializes in providing customized financial services to small and medium sized businesses, professionals, and associated individuals. The Bank provides its customers with personal customized service utilizing the latest technology and delivery channels.
Bank revenues are derived from interest and fees received in connection with loans, deposits and investments. Interest paid on deposits and borrowings are the major expenses followed by administrative and operating expenses. Revenues from the Mortgage Corporation consist primarily of gains from the sale of loans and loan origination fees. Major expenses of the Mortgage Corporation consist of personnel, interest, advertising and other operating expenses.
The economy, interest rates, monetary and fiscal policies of the federal government and regulatory policies have a significant influence on the banking industry.
The Bank has experienced consistent growth and profitability since inception. Our goal is to become a leading provider of financial services to small to medium sized businesses, and professionals in Northern Virginia. Our strategy is to know the needs of our clients and to deliver the corresponding financial services. We employ highly qualified personnel and emphasize the use of the latest technology in operations and the services we provide. Our marketing efforts are directed to prospective clients that value high quality service and that are, or have the potential to become, highly profitable.
Assets at year end totaled over $537.0 million and net income amounted to $5.9 million. The Bank operates from three banking centers located in Chantilly, Tysons Corner and Reston, Virginia and online at www.accessnationalbank.com. Additional offices may be added from time to time based upon management’s constant analysis of the market and opportunities.
On December 1, 1999, the Bank acquired Access National Mortgage Corporation, formerly known as Mortgage Investment Corporation. The Mortgage Corporation is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The Mortgage Corporation specializes in the origination of conforming and non-conforming residential mortgages primarily in the greater Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area and the surrounding areas of its branch locations. The Mortgage Corporation has established offices throughout Virginia, in Roanoke, Richmond, Reston, Fredericksburg, Staunton and Vienna. Offices outside the state of Virginia include Westminster and Bowie in Maryland, Clearwater in Florida, Nashville in Tennessee and Denver in Colorado.
On April 10, 2002 the Bank acquired Access National Leasing Corporation (the “Leasing Corporation”), formerly known as Commercial Finance Corporation. The Leasing Corporation is presently inactive. However commercial and industrial lease financing is offered through and managed by the Bank.
On May 19, 2003 the Bank formed Access Real Estate LLC (“Access Real Estate”). The sole purpose of forming Access Real Estate was to acquire and hold title to real estate for the Corporation. On July 10, 2003, Access Real Estate acquired a 45,000 square foot, three story office building located at 1800 Robert Fulton Drive in Reston, Virginia at a cost of approximately $7.1 million that serves as the corporate headquarters for the Corporation, Bank, and Mortgage Corporation.

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On July 19, 2004, the Corporation’s common stock commenced trading on the NASDAQ National Market system under the ticker symbol “ANCX”.
On August 17, 2004, the Bank acquired 100% of the common stock in United First Mortgage Corporation (“UFM”) from Community First Bank N.A of Bluefield, Virginia in a stock purchase transaction. The transaction resulted in the Bank recognizing extraordinary income during the third quarter in the amount $330 thousand, net of income taxes. The operations of UFM have been merged into that of the Mortgage Corporation and the corporate entity acquired is now inactive.
On July 25, 2005 Access Real Estate purchased Lot # 1 in the Fredericksburg Business Park at a cost of $1.2 million. This property was purchased for future expansion of the Bank and Mortgage Corporation. The property is presently undeveloped.
On December 23, 2005, the Corporation issued a 2 for 1 stock split. The authorized shares of common stock increased from 30,000,000 to 60,000,000 and par value decreased from $1.67 to $.835. Prior periods have been restated to reflect the stock split.
Our Strategy – historical and prospective
We consider our business to be a young and emerging enterprise that is well positioned to be an effective competitor in the financial services industry over the long term. Our view of the financial services market place is that community banks must be effective in select market niches that are under-served and stay clear of competing with large national competitors on a head to head basis for broad based consumer business. We started by organizing a de novo national bank in 1999. The focus of the bank was and is serving the small to middle market businesses and their associated professionals in the greater Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. We find that large national competitors are ineffective at addressing this market as it is difficult to distinguish where a business’s financial needs stop and the personal financial needs of that business’s professionals start. Emerging businesses and the finances of their owners are best served hand-in-hand.
Our core competency is judgmental discipline of commercial lending based upon personnel and practices that help our clients strategize and grow their businesses from a financial perspective. As financial success takes hold in the business, personal goals and wealth objectives of the business owners become increasingly important. Our second competency is a derivative of the first. We have the personnel and know how to provide private banking services, the skills and strategy that assist our individual clients to acquire assets, build wealth and manage their resources. Mortgage banking and the related activities in our model goes hand-in-hand with supplying effective private banking services. Unlike most banking companies, the heart of our Mortgage Corporation is ingrained into our commercial bank, serving the same clients side-by-side in a coordinated and seamless fashion. Lending is not enough in today’s environment. The credit services must be backed up by competitive deposit and cash management products and operational excellence. We have made significant investments in skilled personnel and the latest technology to ensure we can deliver on these promises.
We generally expect to have fewer branch locations compared to similar size banking companies. We do not view our branch network as a significant determinant of our growth. Our marketing strategies focus on benefits other than branch location convenience.
The acquisition of the Mortgage Corporation in 1999 provided two key benefits to our strategy: 1) it solidified our second competency from a personnel and operational perspective that would have taken years to replicate with organic growth alone; and 2) it provided a fee income and overhead base from which to launch a new banking business. Strong profits and cash flow from the Mortgage Corporation in the early years subsidized the growth and development of the Bank and allowed for the acceleration of its growth plans and, in time, its profitability.
The long term goal was and is to generate 70-80% of the Corporation’s earnings from the core business bank, with the rest of our consolidated earnings to be generated from related fee income activities. At the present time, the sole related activity remains our Mortgage Corporation. We will consider entering other related fee income businesses that serve our target market as opportunities, market conditions and our capacity dictate. A detailed review of the “Segment Reporting” elements of the financial statements and analysis readily reveal that contribution from our Banking Segment has grown steadily.
The acquisition of UFM in 2004 allowed us to acquire mortgage offices and skilled professionals that are more consistent with our core bank strategy while jettisoning other offices that no longer fit strategically. This strategic acquisition has helped us more closely align the activity of our two key business segments.
We expect to grow our business bank by continuing to hire skilled personnel, train our own and provide a sound infrastructure that facilitates the success of businesses, their owners and key personnel, not only today but tomorrow and on into the ensuing decades.
Lending Activities
The Bank’s lending activities involve commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, commercial and residential real estate construction loans, residential mortgage loans, home equity loans, and consumer loans. These lending activities provide access to

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credit to small businesses, professionals and consumers in the greater Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. Loans originated by the Bank are classified as loans held for investment. The Mortgage Corporation originates residential mortgages and home equity loans that are only held temporarily pending their sale to third parties and in some cases the Bank. The Mortgage Corporation also brokers loans that do not conform to existing products offered. Each of our principal loan types are described below.
At December 31, 2005 loans held for investment totaled $369.7 million compared to $292.6 million at year end 2004. The increase in loans is attributable to continued expansion of our customer base and the purchase of $19.2 million in first trust mortgage loans from our mortgage subsidiary. The Bank is predominantly a secured lender. Secured loans comprise over 99% of the total loan portfolio. Table 4, Loan Portfolio, reflects the composition of loans held for investment.
The Bank’s lending activities are subject to a variety of lending limits imposed by federal law. While differing limits apply in certain circumstances based on the type of loan, in general, the Bank’s lending limit to any one borrower on loans that are not fully secured by readily marketable or other permissible collateral is equal to 15% of the Bank’s capital and surplus. The Bank has established relationships with correspondent banks to participate in loans when loan amounts exceed the Bank’s legal lending limits or internal lending policies.
We have an established credit policy that includes procedures for underwriting each type of loan and lending personnel have been assigned specific authorities based upon their experience. Loans in excess of an individual loan officer’s authority are presented to our Loan Committee for approval. The Loan Committee meets weekly to facilitate a timely approval process for our clients. Loans are approved based on the borrower’s capacity for credit, collateral and sources of repayment. Loans are actively monitored to detect any potential performance issues. We manage our loans within the context of a risk grading system developed by management based upon extensive experience in administering loan portfolios in our market. Payment performance is carefully monitored for all loans. When loan repayment is dependent upon an operating business or investment real estate, periodic financial reports, site visits and select asset verification procedures are used to ensure that we accurately rate the relative risk of our assets. Based upon criteria that are established by management and the Board of Directors, the degree of monitoring is escalated or relaxed for any given borrower based upon our assessment of the future repayment risk.
Loan Portfolio – Loans Held for Investment. The composition of Loans Held for Investment is summarized in Table 4. The table and numbers discussed in this section do not reflect information regarding Loans Held for Sale.
Commercial Loans: Commercial Loans represent 10.4% of our held for investment portfolio as of December 31, 2005. These loans are to businesses or individuals within our target market for business purposes. Typically the loan proceeds are used to support working capital and the acquisition of fixed assets of an operating business. These loans are underwritten based upon our assessment of the obligor(s)’ ability to generate operating cash flow in the future necessary to repay the loan. To address the risks associated with the uncertainties of future cash flow, these loans are generally well secured by assets owned by the business or its principal shareholders and the principal shareholders are typically required to guarantee the loan.
Real Estate Construction Loans: Real Estate Construction Loans, also known as construction and land development loans, comprise 10.0% of our held for investment loan portfolio, as of December 31, 2005. These loans generally fall into one of three circumstances: first, loans to individuals that are ultimately used to acquire property and construct an owner occupied residence; second, loans to builders for the purpose of acquiring property and constructing homes for sale to consumers; and third, loans to developers for the purpose of acquiring land that is developed into finished lots for the ultimate construction of residential or commercial buildings. Loans of these types are generally secured by the subject property within limits established by the Board of Directors based upon an assessment of market conditions and up-dated from time to time. The loans typically carry recourse to principal owners. In addition to the repayment risk associated with loans to individuals and businesses, loans in this category carry construction completion risk. To address this additional risk, loans of this type are subject to additional administration procedures designed to verify and ensure progress of the project in accordance with allocated funding, project specifications and time frames.
Commercial Real Estate Loans: Also known as “Commercial Mortgages”, loans in this category represent 37.2% of our loan portfolio held for investment, as of December 31, 2005. These loans generally fall into one of three situations in order of magnitude: first, loans supporting an owner occupied commercial property; second, properties used by non-profit organizations such as churches or schools where repayment is dependent upon the cash flow of the non-profit organizations; and third, loans supporting a commercial property leased to third parties for investment. Commercial Real Estate Loans are secured by the subject property and underwritten to policy standards. Policy standards approved by the Board of Directors from time to time set forth, among other considerations, loan to value limits, cash flow coverage ratios, and the general creditworthiness of the obligors.
Residential Real Estate Loans: This category includes loans secured by first or second mortgages on one to four family residential properties and represent 42.2% of the portfolio, as of December 31, 2005. Of this amount, the following sub-categories exist as a percentage of the whole Residential Real Estate Loan portfolio: Home Equity Lines of Credit 14.4%; First Trust Mortgage Loans 78.6%; Loans Secured by a Junior Trust 3.9%; Multi-family loans and loans secured by Farmland 3.1%.

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Home Equity Loans are extended to borrowers in our target market. Real estate equity is the largest component of consumer wealth in our marketplace. Once approved, this consumer finance tool allows the borrower to access the equity in their home or investment property and use the proceeds for virtually any purpose. Home Equity Loans are most frequently secured by a second lien on residential property. 1-4 Family Residential First Trust Loan, or “First Mortgage Loan,” proceeds are used to acquire or refinance the primary financing on owner occupied and residential investment properties. Junior Trust Loans, or “Loans Secured by a Second Trust Loans,” are to consumers wherein the proceeds have been used for a stated consumer purpose. Examples of consumer purposes are education, refinancing debt, or purchasing consumer goods. The loans are generally extended in a single disbursement and repaid over a specified period of time.
Loans in the Residential Real Estate portfolio are underwritten to standards within a traditional consumer framework that is periodically reviewed and up-dated by our management and Board of Directors: repayment source and capacity, value of the underlying property, credit history, savings pattern and stability.
Consumer Loans: Consumer Loans make up less than 1% of our loan portfolio. Most loans are well secured with assets other than real estate, such as marketable securities or automobiles. Very few loans are unsecured. As a matter of operation, management discourages unsecured lending. Loans in this category are underwritten to standards within a traditional consumer framework that is periodically reviewed and up-dated by our management and Board of Directors: repayment source and capacity, collateral value, savings pattern, credit history and stability.
Loans Held for Sale (LHFS) Loans Held for Sale are originated by Access National Mortgage Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Access National Bank. Loans of these types are residential mortgage loans extended to consumers and underwritten in accordance with standards set forth by an institutional investor to whom we expect to sell the loan for a profit. Loan proceeds are used for the purchase or refinance of the property securing the loan. Loans are sold with the servicing released to the investor.
The LHFS loans are closed in our name and carried on our books until the loan is delivered to and purchased by an investor. In 2005, we originated $754 million of loans processed in this manner. Repayment risk of this activity is minimal since the loans are on the books for a short time period. Loans are sold without recourse and subject to industry standard representations and warranties. The risks associated with this activity center around borrower fraud and failure of our investors to purchase the loans. These risks are addressed by the on-going maintenance of an extensive quality control program, an internal audit and verification program, and a selective approval process for investors. To date we have been able to absorb the financial impact of these risks without material impact on our operating performance. At December 31, 2005 loans held for sale totaled $45.0 million compared to $36.2 million at year end 2004. The increase in loans held for sale at year end 2005 is due to the expansion in our bulk loan sale initiative. This initiative entails accumulating loans, the interest rate for which has not been locked with an investor, and then obtaining bids on a large pool of loans. During the accumulation period the interest rate risk is managed by issuing forward commitments.
Brokered Loans
Brokered loans are underwritten and closed by a third party lender. We are paid a fee for procuring and packaging brokered loans. In 2005, we originated a total volume of $237 million in residential mortgage loans under these types of delivery methods. Brokered loans accounted for 23.9% of the total loan volume of Access National Mortgage Corporation.
Deposits
Deposits are the primary source of funding loan growth. Average deposits totaled $337.4 million, a 43.3% increase over 2004. Deposits totaled $419.6 million on December 31, 2005, compared to $317.4 million on December 31, 2004, an increase of $102.2 million. Deposits have grown as a result of increasing our client base and through local advertising of our deposit products. Most of our core depositors are also borrowers or accounts related to borrowers. Table 7, Average Deposits and Average Rates Paid, reflects the composition of deposits and interest rates.
Market Area
Access National Corporation, Access National Bank, and Access National Mortgage Corporation are headquartered in Fairfax County and serve the Northern Virginia region. Fairfax County is a diverse and thriving urban county. As the most populous jurisdiction in both Virginia and the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area, the County’s population exceeds that of seven states. The median household income of Fairfax County is one of the highest in the nation. Northern Virginia had a population of 2.16 million according to the 2000 Census. The proximity to Washington, D.C. and the influence of the federal government and its spending provides somewhat of a recession shelter.

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Competition
The Bank competes with virtually all banks and financial institutions which offer services in its market area. Much of this competition comes from large financial institutions headquartered outside the state of Virginia, each of which has greater financial and other resources to conduct large advertising campaigns and offer incentives. To attract business in this competitive environment, the Bank relies on personal contact by its officers and directors, local promotional activities, and the ability to provide personalized custom services to small businesses and professionals. In addition to providing full service banking, the Bank offers and promotes alternative and modern conveniences such as internet banking, automated clearinghouse transactions and offers courier services for commercial clients.
Employees
At December 31, 2005 the Corporation had 242 employees, 72 of whom were employed by the Bank and 170 of whom were employed by the Mortgage Corporation. The Bank recruits experienced and motivated personnel and emphasizes the use of technology. Employee relations have been good.
Supervision and Regulation
Set forth below is a brief description of the material laws and regulations that affect the Corporation. The description of these statutes and regulations is only a summary and does not purport to be complete. This discussion is qualified in its entirety by reference to the statutes and regulations summarized below. No assurance can be given that these statutes or regulations will not change in the future.
General. The Corporation is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which include, but are not limited to, the filing of annual, quarterly and other reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). As an Exchange Act reporting company, the Corporation is directly affected by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “SOX”), which aimed at improving corporate governance and reporting procedures and requires expanded disclosure of the Corporation’s corporate operations and internal controls. The Corporation is already complying with new SEC and other rules and regulations implemented pursuant to the SOX and intends to comply with any applicable rules and regulations implemented in the future. Although the Corporation has incurred, and expects to continue to incur, additional expense in complying with the provisions of the SOX and the resulting regulations, such compliance has not had a material impact on the Corporation’s financial condition or results of operations and the management does not expect it to in the future.
The Corporation is a bank holding company within the meaning of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and is registered as such with, and subject to the supervision of, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (the “FRB”). Generally, a bank holding company is required to obtain the approval of the FRB before it may acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any bank, and before it may acquire ownership or control of the voting shares of any bank if, after giving effect to the acquisition, the bank holding company would own or control more than 5% of the voting shares of such bank. The FRB’s approval is also required for the merger or consolidation of bank holding companies.
The Corporation is required to file periodic reports with the FRB and provide any additional information as the FRB may require. The FRB also has the authority to examine the Corporation and the Bank, as well as any arrangements between the Corporation and the Bank, with the cost of any such examinations to be borne by the Corporation.
Banking subsidiaries of bank holding companies are also subject to certain restrictions imposed by Federal law in dealings with their holding companies and other affiliates. Subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Federal Reserve Act, a bank can loan or extend credit to an affiliate, purchase or invest in the securities of an affiliate, purchase assets from an affiliate or issue a guarantee, acceptance or letter of credit on behalf of an affiliate, as long as the aggregate amount of such transactions of a bank and its subsidiaries with its affiliates does not exceed 10% of the capital stock and surplus of the bank on a per affiliate basis or 20% of the capital stock and surplus of the bank on an aggregate affiliate basis. In addition, such transactions must be on terms and conditions that are consistent with safe and sound banking practices. In particular, a bank and its subsidiaries generally may not purchase from an affiliate a low-quality asset, as defined in the Federal Reserve Act. These restrictions also prevent a bank holding company and its other affiliates from borrowing from a banking subsidiary of the bank holding company unless the loans are secured by marketable collateral of designated amounts. Additionally, the Corporation and its subsidiary are prohibited from engaging in certain tie-in arrangements in connection with any extension of credit, sale or lease of property or furnishing of services.
A bank holding company is prohibited from engaging in or acquiring direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 5% of the voting shares of any company engaged in non-banking activities. A bank holding company may, however, engage in or acquire an interest in a company that engages in activities which the FRB has determined by regulation or order are so closely related to banking as to be a proper incident to banking. In making these determinations, the FRB considers whether the performance of such activities

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by a bank holding company would offer advantages to the public that outweigh possible adverse effects.
As a national bank, the Bank is subject to regulation, supervision and regular examination by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “Comptroller”). Each depositor’s account with the Bank is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) to the maximum amount permitted by law, which is currently $100,000 for each depositor. The Bank is also subject to certain regulations promulgated by the FRB and applicable provisions of Virginia law, insofar as they do not conflict with or are not preempted by Federal banking law.
The regulations of the FDIC, the Comptroller and FRB govern most aspects of the Corporation’s business, including deposit reserve requirements, investments, loans, certain check clearing activities, issuance of securities, payment of dividends, branching, deposit interest rate ceilings and numerous other matters. As a consequence of the extensive regulation of commercial banking activities in the United States, the Corporation’s business is particularly susceptible to changes in state and Federal legislation and regulations, which may have the effect of increasing the cost of doing business, limiting permissible activities or increasing competition.
Governmental Policies and Legislation. Banking is a business that depends primarily on interest rate differentials. In general, the difference between the interest rates paid by the Bank on its deposits and its other borrowings and the interest rates received by the Bank on loans extended to its customers and securities held in its portfolio, comprise the major portion of the Corporation’s earnings. These rates are highly sensitive to many factors that are beyond the Corporation’s control. Accordingly, the Corporation’s growth and earnings are subject to the influence of domestic and foreign economic conditions, including inflation, recession and unemployment.
The commercial banking business is affected not only by general economic conditions, but is also influenced by the monetary and fiscal policies of the Federal government and the policies of its regulatory agencies, particularly the FRB. The FRB implements national monetary policies (with objectives such as curbing inflation and combating recession) by its open-market operations in U.S. Government securities, by adjusting the required level of reserves for financial institutions subject to its reserve requirements and by varying the discount rates applicable to borrowings by depository institutions. The actions of the FRB in these areas influence the growth of bank loans, investments and deposits, and also affect interest rates charged on loans and paid on deposits. The nature and impact of any future changes in monetary policies cannot be predicted.
From time to time, legislation is enacted which has the effect of increasing the cost of doing business, limiting or expanding permissible activities or affecting the competitive balance between banks and other financial institutions. Proposals to change the laws and regulations governing the operations and taxation of bank holding companies, banks and other financial institutions are frequently made in Congress, in the Virginia Legislature and brought before various bank holding company and bank regulatory agencies. The likelihood of any major changes and the impact such changes might have are impossible to predict.
Dividends. There are both federal and state regulatory restrictions on dividend payments by both the Bank and the Corporation that may affect the Corporation’s ability to pay dividends on its Common Stock. As a bank holding company, the Corporation is a separate legal entity from the Bank. Virtually all of the Corporation’s income results from dividends paid to the Corporation by the Bank. The amount of dividends that may be paid by the Bank depends upon the Bank’s earnings and capital position and is limited by federal and state law, regulations and policies. In addition to specific regulations governing the permissibility of dividends, both the FRB and the Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions are generally authorized to prohibit payment of dividends if they determine that the payment of dividends by the Bank would be an unsafe and unsound banking practice. See “Item 5 — Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.”
Capital Requirements. The FRB, the Comptroller and the FDIC have adopted risk-based capital adequacy guidelines for bank holding companies and banks. These capital adequacy regulations are based upon a risk-based capital determination, whereby a bank holding company’s capital adequacy is determined in light of the risk, both on- and off-balance sheet, contained in the company’s assets. Different categories of assets are assigned risk weightings and are counted at a percentage of their book value.
The regulations divide capital between Tier 1 capital (core capital) and Tier 2 capital. For a bank holding company, Tier 1 capital consists primarily of common stock, related surplus, non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries and a limited amount of qualifying cumulative preferred securities. Goodwill and certain other intangibles are excluded from Tier 1 capital. Tier 2 capital consists of an amount equal to the allowance for loan and lease losses up to a maximum of 1.25% of risk weighted assets, limited other types of preferred stock not included in Tier 1 capital, hybrid capital instruments and term subordinated debt. Investments in and loans to unconsolidated banking and finance subsidiaries that constitute capital of those subsidiaries are excluded from capital. The sum of Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital constitutes qualifying total capital. The guidelines generally require banks to maintain a total qualifying capital to weighted risk assets level of 8% (the “Risk-based Capital Ratio”). Of the total 8%, at least 4% of the total qualifying capital to weighted risk assets (the “Tier 1 Risk-based Capital Ratio”) must be Tier 1 capital.

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The FRB, the Comptroller and the FDIC have adopted leverage requirements that apply in addition to the risk-based capital requirements. Banks and bank holding companies are required to maintain a minimum leverage ratio of Tier 1 capital to average total consolidated assets (the “Leverage Ratio”) of at least 3.0% for the most highly-rated, financially sound banks and bank holding companies and a minimum Leverage Ratio of at least 4.0% for all other banks. The FDIC and the FRB define Tier 1 capital for banks in the same manner for both the Leverage Ratio and the Risk-based Capital Ratio. However, the FRB defines Tier 1 capital for bank holding companies in a slightly different manner. An institution may be required to maintain Tier 1 capital of at least 4% or 5%, or possibly higher, depending upon the activities, risks, rate of growth, and other factors deemed material by regulatory authorities. As of December 31, 2005, the Corporation and Bank both met all applicable capital requirements imposed by regulation.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (“FDICIA”). There are five capital categories applicable to insured institutions, each with specific regulatory consequences. If the appropriate Federal banking agency determines, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, that an insured institution is in an unsafe or unsound condition, it may reclassify the institution to the next lower capital category (other than critically undercapitalized) and require the submission of a plan to correct the unsafe or unsound condition. The Comptroller has issued regulations to implement these provisions. Under these regulations, the categories are:
a. Well Capitalized — The institution exceeds the required minimum level for each relevant capital measure. A well capitalized institution is one (i) having a Risk-based Capital Ratio of 10% or greater, (ii) having a Tier 1 Risk-based Capital Ratio of 6% or greater, (iii) having a Leverage Ratio of 5% or greater and (iv) that is not subject to any order or written directive to meet and maintain a specific capital level for any capital measure.
b. Adequately Capitalized — The institution meets the required minimum level for each relevant capital measure. No capital distribution may be made that would result in the institution becoming undercapitalized. An adequately capitalized institution is one (i) having a Risk-based Capital Ratio of 8% or greater, (ii) having a Tier 1 Risk-based Capital Ratio of 4% or greater and (iii) having a Leverage Ratio of 4% or greater or a Leverage Ratio of 3% or greater if the institution is rated composite 1 under the CAMELS (Capital, Assets, Management, Earnings, Liquidity and Sensitivity to market risk) rating system.
c. Undercapitalized — The institution fails to meet the required minimum level for any relevant capital measure. An undercapitalized institution is one (i) having a Risk-based Capital Ratio of less than 8% or (ii) having a Tier 1 Risk-based Capital Ratio of less than 4% or (iii) having a Leverage Ratio of less than 4%, or if the institution is rated a composite 1 under the CAMEL rating system, a Leverage Ratio of less than 3%.
d. Significantly Undercapitalized — The institution is significantly below the required minimum level for any relevant capital measure. A significantly undercapitalized institution is one (i) having a Risk-based Capital Ratio of less than 6% or (ii) having a Tier 1 Risk-based Capital Ratio of less than 3% or (iii) having a Leverage Ratio of less than 3%.
e. Critically Undercapitalized — The institution fails to meet a critical capital level set by the appropriate federal banking agency. A critically undercapitalized institution is one having a ratio of tangible equity to total assets that is equal to or less than 2%.
An institution which is less than adequately capitalized must adopt an acceptable capital restoration plan, is subject to increased regulatory oversight, and is increasingly restricted in the scope of its permissible activities. Each company having control over an undercapitalized institution must provide a limited guarantee that the institution will comply with its capital restoration plan. Except under limited circumstances consistent with an accepted capital restoration plan, an undercapitalized institution may not grow. An undercapitalized institution may not acquire another institution, establish additional branch offices or engage in any new line of business unless determined by the appropriate Federal banking agency to be consistent with an accepted capital restoration plan, or unless the FDIC determines that the proposed action will further the purpose of prompt corrective action. The appropriate Federal banking agency may take any action authorized for a significantly undercapitalized institution if an undercapitalized institution fails to submit an acceptable capital restoration plan or fails in any material respect to implement a plan accepted by the agency. A critically undercapitalized institution is subject to having a receiver or conservator appointed to manage its affairs and for loss of its charter to conduct banking activities.
An insured depository institution may not pay a management fee to a bank holding company controlling that institution or any other person having control of the institution if, after making the payment, the institution, would be undercapitalized. In addition, an institution cannot make a capital distribution, such as a dividend or other distribution that is in substance a distribution of capital to the owners of the institution if following such a distribution the institution would be undercapitalized. Thus, if payment of such a management fee or the making of such would cause the Bank to become undercapitalized, it could not pay a management fee or dividend to the Corporation.

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As of December 31, 2005, both the Corporation and the Bank were considered “well capitalized.”
Deposit Insurance Assessments. FDICIA also requires the FDIC to implement a risk-based assessment system in which the insurance premium relates to the probability that the deposit insurance fund will incur a loss and directs the FDIC to set semi-annual assessments in an amount necessary to increase the reserve ratio of the Bank Insurance Fund to at least 1.25% of insured deposits or a higher percentage as determined to be justified by the FDIC.
The FDIC has promulgated implementing regulations that base an institution’s risk category partly upon whether the institution is well capitalized (“1”), adequately capitalized (“2”) or less than adequately capitalized (“3”), as defined under the Prompt Corrective Action Regulations described above. In addition, each insured depository institution is assigned to one of three “supervisory subgroups.” Subgroup “A” institutions are financially sound institutions with few minor weaknesses, subgroup “B” institutions demonstrate weaknesses which, if not corrected, could result in significant deterioration, and subgroup “C” institutions are those as to which there is a substantial probability that the FDIC will suffer a loss in connection with the institution unless effective action is taken to correct the areas of weakness.
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (the “GLBA”) implemented major changes to the statutory framework for providing banking and other financial services in the United States. The GLBA, among other things, eliminated many of the restrictions on affiliations among banks and securities firms, insurance firms and other financial service providers. A bank holding company that qualifies as a financial holding company will be permitted to engage in activities that are financial in nature or incidental or complimentary to financial activities. The activities that the GLBA expressly lists as financial in nature include insurance underwriting, sales and brokerage activities, providing financial and investment advisory services, underwriting services and limited merchant banking activities.
To become eligible for these expanded activities, a bank holding company must qualify as a financial holding company. To qualify as a financial holding company, each insured depository institution controlled by the bank holding company must be well-capitalized, well-managed and have at least a satisfactory rating under the CRA (discussed below). In addition, the bank holding company must file with the Federal Reserve a declaration of its intention to become a financial holding company. While the Corporation satisfies these requirements, the Corporation has not elected for various reasons to be treated as a financial holding company under the GLBA.
We do not believe that the GLBA has had a material adverse impact on the Corporation’s or the Bank’s operations. To the extent that it allows banks, securities firms and insurance firms to affiliate, the financial services industry may experience further consolidation. The GLBA may have the result of increasing competition that we face from larger institutions and other companies offering financial products and services, many of which may have substantially greater financial resources.
The GLBA and certain other regulations issued by federal banking agencies also provide new protections against the transfer and use by financial institutions of consumer nonpublic personal information. A financial institution must provide to its customers, at the beginning of the customer relationship and annually thereafter, the institution’s policies and procedures regarding the handling of customers’ nonpublic personal financial information. These privacy provisions generally prohibit a financial institution from providing a customer’s personal financial information to unaffiliated third parties unless the institution discloses to the customer that the information may be so provided and the customer is given the opportunity to opt out of such disclosure.
Community Reinvestment Act. The Bank is subject to the requirements of the Community Reinvestment Act (the “CRA”). The CRA imposes on financial institutions an affirmative and ongoing obligation to meet the credit needs of their local communities, including low and moderate-income neighborhoods, consistent with the safe and sound operation of those institutions. A financial institution’s efforts in meeting community credit needs currently are evaluated as part of the examination process pursuant to three performance tests. These factors also are considered in evaluating mergers, acquisitions and applications to open a branch or facility.
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Atlanta. The Bank is a member of the FHLB of Atlanta, which is one of twelve regional FHLBS that provide funding to their members for making housing loans as well as for affordable housing and community development lending. Each FHLB serves as a reserve or central bank for its members within its assigned region. It is funded primarily from proceeds derived from the sale of consolidated obligations of the FHLB System. It makes loans to members (i.e., advances) in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Board of Directors of the FHLB. As a member the Bank is required to purchase and maintain stock in the FHLB in an amount equal to 4.5% of aggregate outstanding advances in addition to the membership stock requirement of 0.2% of the Bank’s total assets.
Mortgage Banking Regulation. The Bank’s mortgage banking subsidiary is subject to the rules and regulations of, and examination by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), the Federal Housing Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs and state regulatory authorities with respect to originating, processing and selling mortgage loans. Those rules and regulations, among other things, establish standards for loan origination, prohibit discrimination, provide for inspections and appraisals of

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property, require credit reports on prospective borrowers and, in some cases, restrict certain loan features, and fix maximum interest rates and fees. In addition to other federal laws, mortgage origination activities are subject to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Truth-in-Lending Act, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, and Home Ownership Equity Protection Act, and the regulations promulgated there under. These laws prohibit discrimination, require the disclosure of certain basic information to mortgagors concerning credit and settlement costs, limit payment for settlement services to the reasonable value of the services rendered and require the maintenance and disclosure of information regarding the disposition of mortgage applications based on race, gender, geographical distribution and income level.
USA PATRIOT Act. The USA PATRIOT Act became effective on October 26, 2001 and provides for the facilitation of information sharing among governmental entities and financial institutions for the purpose of combating terrorism and money laundering. Among other provisions, the USA PATRIOT Act permits financial institutions, upon providing notice to the United States Treasury, to share information with one another in order to better identify and report to the federal government concerning activities that may involve money laundering or terrorists’ activities. The USA PATRIOT Act is considered a significant banking law in terms of information disclosure regarding certain customer transactions. Certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act impose the obligation to establish anti-money laundering programs, including the development of a customer identification program, and the screening of all customers against any government lists of known or suspected terrorists. Although it does create a reporting obligation and a cost of compliance, the Bank does not expect the USA PATRIOT Act to materially affect its products, services or other business activities.
Reporting Terrorist Activities. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) has sent, and will send, our banking regulatory agencies lists of the names of persons suspected of involvement in terrorist activities. The Bank has been requested, and will be requested, to search its records for any relationships or transactions with persons on those lists. If the Bank finds any relationships or transactions, it must file a suspicious activity report and contact the FBI.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), which is a division of the Department of the Treasury is responsible for helping to insure that United States entities do not engage in transactions with “enemies” of the United States, as defined by various Executive Orders and Acts of Congress. OFAC has sent, and will send, our banking regulatory agencies lists of names of persons and organizations suspected of aiding, harboring or engaging in terrorist acts. If the Bank finds a name on any transaction, account or wire transfer that is on an OFAC list, it must freeze such account, file a suspicious activity report and notify the FBI. The Bank has appointed an OFAC compliance officer to oversee the inspection of its accounts and the filing of any notifications. The Bank actively checks high-risk OFAC areas such as new accounts, wire transfers and customer files. The Bank performs these checks utilizing software, which is updated each time a modification is made to the lists provided by OFAC and other agencies of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.
Consumer Laws and Regulations. The Bank is also subject to certain consumer laws and regulations that are designed to protect consumers in transactions with banks. While the list set forth herein is not exhaustive, these laws and regulations include the Truth in Lending Act, the Truth in Savings Act, the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, the Expedited Funds Availability Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Housing Act, among others. These laws and regulations mandate certain disclosure requirements and regulate the manner in which financial institutions transact business with customers. The Bank must comply with the applicable provisions of these consumer protection laws and regulations as part of its ongoing customer relations.
ITEM 1A – RISK FACTORS
Our profitability depends on interest rates generally, and changes in monetary policy may impact us.
Our profitability depends in substantial part on our net interest margin, which is the difference between the rates we receive on loans and investments and the rates we pay for deposits and other sources of funds. Our net interest margin depends on many factors that are partly or completely outside of our control, including competition, federal economic, monetary and fiscal policies, and economic conditions generally. Our net interest income will be adversely affected if market interest rates change so that the interest we pay on deposits and borrowings increases faster than the interest we earn on loans and investments. Changes in interest rates also affect the value of our loans. An increase in interest rates could adversely affect borrowers’ ability to pay the principal or interest on existing loans or reduce their desire to borrow more money. This may lead to an increase in our nonperforming assets or a decrease in loan originations, either of which could have a material and negative effect on our results of operations. We try to minimize our exposure to interest rate risk, but we are unable to completely eliminate this risk. Fluctuations in market rates are neither predictable nor controllable and may have a material and negative effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our performance depends substantially upon our credit quality.
As a lender, we are exposed to the risk that our loan customers may not repay their loans according to their terms and any collateral securing payment may be insufficient to fully compensate us for the outstanding balance of the loan plus the costs we incur disposing of the collateral. Although we have collateral for most of our loans, that collateral can fluctuate in value and may not always cover the outstanding balance on the loan. We devote substantial management attention to setting reserves that we believe are adequate to cover

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potential credit quality problems. If we are wrong in our assessment, or events occur that reduce the likelihood of loan repayment, our reserves may not be adequate. If it becomes necessary to make material additions to our reserves, our net income could be materially decreased. In general, if the quality of our loans and the underlying collateral decreases, that may reduce our earnings and damage our financial condition.
Our allowance for loan losses could become inadequate.
We maintain an allowance for loan losses that we believe is adequate for absorbing any potential losses in our loan portfolio. Management conducts a periodic review and consideration of the loan portfolio to determine the amount of the allowance for loan losses based upon general market conditions, credit quality of the loan portfolio and performance of our customers relative to their financial obligations with us. The amount of future losses, however, is susceptible to changes in economic and other market conditions, including changes in interest rates and collateral values that are beyond our control, and these future losses may exceed our current estimates. Although we believe the allowance for loan losses is adequate to absorb probable losses in our loan portfolio, we cannot predict such losses or that our allowance will be adequate in the future. Excessive loan losses could have a material impact on our financial performance.
Our profitability depends significantly on local economic conditions.
Our success depends primarily on the general economic conditions of the markets in which we operate. Unlike larger banks that are more geographically diversified, we provide banking and financial services to customers primarily in the Northern Virginia region. The local economic conditions in this area have a significant impact on our business, real estate and construction loans, the ability of the borrowers to repay these loans, the value of the collateral securing these loans and could decrease the demand for loans and other banking services. A significant decline in general economic conditions, caused by inflation, recession, acts of terrorism, an outbreak of hostilities or other international or domestic calamities, unemployment or other factors beyond our control could impact these local economic conditions and could negatively affect the financial results of our banking operations.
Our focus on commercial and real estate loans may increase the risk of credit losses.
We offer a variety of loans including commercial lines of credit, commercial term loans, real estate, construction, home equity, consumer and other loans. Many of these loans are secured by real estate (both residential and commercial) in the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Although we believe our credit underwriting adequately considers the underlying collateral in the evaluation process, a major change in the real estate market could have an adverse effect on our customer’s ability to repay their loans, which in turn could adversely affect our credit quality and our net income. If the value of real estate serving as collateral for the loan portfolio were to decline materially, a significant part of the loan portfolio could become under-collateralized. If the loans that are secured by real estate become troubled when real estate market conditions are declining or have declined, in the event of foreclosure, we may not be able to realize the amount of collateral that we anticipated at the time of originating the loan. In that event, we might have to increase the provision for loan losses, which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition. Risk of loan defaults, foreclosures and under-collateralization is unavoidable in the banking industry, and we try to limit our exposure to this risk by monitoring our extensions of credit carefully. We cannot, however, fully eliminate credit risk and credit losses may occur in the future.
Our small to medium-sized business target market may have fewer financial resources to weather a downturn in the economy.
We target our commercial development and marketing strategy primarily to serve the banking and financial services needs of small and medium-sized businesses. These businesses generally have fewer financial resources in terms of capital or borrowing capacity than larger entities. If general economic conditions negatively impact this major economic sector in the markets in which we operate, our results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.
We may be adversely affected by changes in government monetary policy.
As a bank holding company, our business is affected by the monetary policies established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, which regulates the national money supply in order to mitigate recessionary and inflationary pressures. In setting its policy, the Federal Reserve may utilize techniques such as the following:
    Engaging in open market transactions in United States government securities;
 
    Setting the discount rate on member bank borrowings; and
 
    Determining reserve requirements.
These techniques may have an adverse effect on our deposit levels, net interest margin, loan demand or our business and operations.

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We may be adversely affected by unanticipated changes in government regulations.
We and our wholly-owned subsidiary, Access National Bank, are subject to extensive regulation and supervision by the Federal Reserve Bank, the FDIC and the Virginia State Corporation Commission. Any of these agencies, or other governmental or regulatory authorities, could revise existing regulations or adopt new regulations at any time. We cannot predict whether or what form of proposed statute or regulation will be adopted or the extent to which such adoption may affect our business. Regulatory changes may increase our costs, limit the types of financial services and products we may offer and/or increase the ability of non-banks to offer competing financial services and products and thus place other entities that are not subject to similar regulation in stronger, more favorable competitive positions, which could adversely affect our growth. Failure to comply with existing or new laws, regulations or policies could result in sanctions by regulatory agencies, civil money penalties and/or reputation damage, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our future success will depend on our ability to compete effectively in the highly competitive financial services industry.
We face substantial competition in all phases of our operations from a variety of different competitors. In particular, there is very strong competition for financial services in the areas of Virginia in which we conduct a substantial portion of our business. Our future growth and success will depend on our ability to compete effectively in this highly competitive financial services environment. Many of our competitors offer products and services which we do not, and many have substantially greater resources, name recognition and market presence that benefit them in attracting business. In addition, larger competitors may be able to price loans and deposits more aggressively than we            do. If we have to raise interest rates paid on deposits to compete effectively, our net interest margin and income could be decreased. Some of the financial services organizations with which we compete are not subject to the same degree of regulation as is imposed on bank holding companies and federally insured state chartered banks. As a result, these non-bank competitors have certain advantages over us in accessing funding and in providing various services. Failure to compete effectively to attract new, or to retain existing, customers may reduce or limit our net income and our market share and may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
We depend on the services of key personnel, and a loss of any of those personnel would disrupt our operations and result in reduced revenues.
Our success depends upon the continued service of our senior management team and upon our ability to attract and retain qualified financial services personnel. Competition for qualified employees is intense. In our experience, it can take a significant period of time to identify and hire personnel with the combination of skills and attributes required in carrying out our strategy. If we lose the services of our key personnel, or are unable to attract additional qualified personnel, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be materially adversely affected.
Our common stock has substantially less liquidity than the average trading market for many other publicly traded common stock.
Although our common stock is listed for trading on the NASDAQ National Market, the trading market in our common stock has substantially less liquidity than the average trading market for many other publicly traded companies, including many companies quoted on the NASDAQ National Market or traded on the New York Stock Exchange. A public trading market having the desired characteristics of depth, liquidity and orderliness depends on the presence in the market place of willing buyers and sellers of our common stock at any given time. This presence depends on the individual decisions of investors and general economic and market conditions over which we have no control.
Although we have announced a policy of quarterly dividend payments commencing with the quarter beginning January 1, 2006, we cannot guarantee that we will continue to pay dividends to shareholders in the future.
We have announced our intention to commence the payment of dividends on a quarterly basis, at a rate of $0.005 per share, beginning with the quarter commencing January 1, 2006. Nevertheless, dividends are subject to determination and declaration by our board of directors, which takes into account many factors. The declaration of dividends by us on our common stock is subject to the discretion of our board and to applicable federal regulatory limitations. We cannot guarantee that dividends will not be reduced or eliminated in future periods. Our ability to pay dividends on our common stock depends on our receipt of dividends from our wholly-owned subsidiary bank, Access National Bank.
Virginia law and our charter documents contain anti-takeover provisions that may make it more difficult or expensive to acquire us in the future or may adversely affect our stock price.
Virginia corporate law and our charter documents contain several provisions that may make it more difficult for a third party to acquire control of us without the approval of our board of directors and may make it more difficult or expensive for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding common stock. They may also delay, prevent or deter a merger, acquisition, tender offer, proxy contest or other transaction that might otherwise result in our shareholders receiving a premium over the market price for their common stock. Our stock price could also be negatively affected as a result of these anti-takeover provisions.

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ITEM 1B – UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None
ITEM 2 — PROPERTIES
The Bank and the Mortgage Corporation leases offices that are used in the normal course of business. The principal executive office of the Corporation, Bank and Mortgage Corporation is owned by Access Real Estate, a subsidiary of the Bank and is located at 1800 Robert Fulton Drive, Reston, Virginia. The Bank leases offices in Chantilly and Vienna, Virginia. The Mortgage Corporation leases offices in Vienna, Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Roanoke in Virginia. The Mortgage Corporation leases two offices in Maryland located at Bowie and Westminster in addition to the offices in Florida, Tennessee and Colorado. On July 25, 2005, Access Real Estate purchased Lot 1 in the Fredericksburg Business Park at a cost of $1.2 million for future expansion of the Bank and Mortgage Corporation. At present the lot is undeveloped.
All of the owned and leased properties are in good operating condition and are adequate for the Corporation’s present and anticipated future needs.
ITEM 3 – LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Bank is a party to legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. Management is of the opinion that these legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Corporations’ financial condition or results of operations. From time to time the Bank may initiate legal actions against borrowers in connection with collecting defaulted loans. Such actions are not considered material by management unless otherwise disclosed.
ITEM 4 — SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
There were no matters submitted to a vote of security holders during the quarter ended December 31, 2005.
PART II
ITEM 5 – MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
In July 2004, Access National Corporations’ common stock became listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”) national market system and is quoted under the symbol of “ANCX”.
Set forth below is certain financial information relating to the Corporation’s common stock price history. Prices starting from the third quarter of 2004 reflect transactions executed on NASDAQ. The stock prices prior to the third quarter of 2004 reflect the prices paid in the indicated periods in the actual private trades of which the Corporation is aware. There may have been other transactions of which the Corporation is unaware. Due to the limited volume of trading in the Corporation’s common stock, these transactions do not necessarily reflect the intrinsic or market value of the stock at the time they were completed.
                                 
    2005   2004
    High   Low   High   Low
First Quarter
  $ 7.16     $ 6.35     $ 8.00     $ 7.00  
Second Quarter
  $ 7.19     $ 6.50     $ 8.00     $ 7.00  
Third Quarter
  $ 9.72     $ 7.10     $ 7.48     $ 6.38  
Fourth Quarter
  $ 14.25     $ 8.75     $ 7.14     $ 6.51  
                    Prices have been adjusted for all stock splits and dividends.
As of March 15, 2006, the Corporation had 8,043,130 outstanding shares of Common Stock, par value $.835 per share, held by approximately 324 shareholders of record.

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On April 10, 2002 the Bank issued 7,500 restricted shares (45,000 adjusted) of common stock (with a market value of approximately $150,000) in exchange for 100% of the shares of Commercial Finance Corporation (now known as Access National Leasing Corporation). These shares of common stock were exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 due to the Bank’s status as a National Bank. These shares were subsequently cancelled.
On April 15, 2002 the Bank sold 162,500 (975,000 adjusted, 6,000 of which were subsequently forfeited) shares of its common stock under a rights offering to existing shareholders and employees at a price of $18.00 per share and a par value of $5.00 ($6.00, $1.67 and $0.835 adjusted). The total offering price was $2,925,000. The offering was not underwritten and there were no underwriters’ discounts or commissions. A Series B warrant to purchase one share of common stock accompanied each share purchased, for a total of 162,500 (975,000 adjusted) Series B warrants issued in this rights offering. The Series B warrants were exercisable immediately at an exercise price of $20.00 per share at any time to and including June 4, 2004. In June 2004, 97% of the Series B Warrants were exercised that resulted in proceeds to the Corporation of $3.1 million. Both the shares of common stock and the Series B warrants were exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 due to the Bank’s status as a National Bank.
On July 30, 2002, Access National Capital Trust I, a Delaware business trust and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Access National Corporation, issued $4.0 million of Floating Rate Capital Securities in a private placement transaction with an accredited investor (in reliance upon Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and $125,000 of Floating Rate Common Securities to Access National Corporation. Proceeds from the issuance of both the Floating Rate Capital Securities and the Floating Rate Common Securities were immediately used by Access National Capital Trust I to purchase $4.125 million of Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures maturing on September 30, 2032 from Access National Corporation. Access National Corporation paid commissions of $120,000 in connection with the sale of the Floating Rate Capital Securities.
On September 30, 2003, Access National Capital Trust II, a Delaware business trust and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Access National Corporation, issued $6.0 million of Floating Rate Capital Securities in a private placement transaction with an accredited investor (in reliance upon Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and $186,000 of Floating Rate Common Securities to Access National Corporation. Proceeds from the issuance of both the Floating Rate Capital Securities and the Floating Rate Common Securities were immediately used by Access National Capital Trust II to purchase $6.186 million of Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures maturing on December 31, 2033 from Access National Corporation. Access National Corporation paid commissions of $144,000 in connection with the sale of the Floating Rate Capital Securities.
On June 1, 2003, the Corporation issued a 3 for 1 stock split. The authorized shares of common stock increased from 10,000,000 to 30,000,000 and par value decreased from $5.00 to $1.67.
On June 13, 2003, the Corporation exchanged all of its shares in Commercial Finance Corporation for the return of 7,500 shares of Access National Corporation’s common stock issued in connection with the April 10, 2002 transaction listed above.
On June 4, 2004, 473,253 shares were issued at a par value of $1.67. These shares represent the exercise of warrants issued in conjunction with the April 15, 2002 rights offering. This resulted in a capital injection to the Corporation of $3.1 million.
During the fourth quarter of 2004 the Corporation repurchased 5,617 shares of restricted stock from former employees. The Corporation also repurchased 18,370 shares of unrestricted stock from a former employee. These transactions were executed at the existing market price.
On December 23, 2005, the Corporation issued a 2 for 1 stock split. The authorized shares of common stock increased from 30,000,000 to 60,000,000 and par value decreased from $1.67 to $.835.

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At December 31, 2005, there were 1,018,000 outstanding Series A warrants. The Series A warrants were issued by the Bank in December 1999 to the organizing shareholders of the Bank (in conjunction with the organization of the Bank) and the shareholders of Mortgage Investment Company (in conjunction with the acquisition by the Bank of Mortgage Investment Company). Each Series A warrant is exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $1.67. As of December 31, 2005, 1,018,000 of the Series A warrants had vested and were exercisable.
On February 1, 2006, the Corporation established a Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (“Plan”). Under the Plan, shareholders may elect to purchase common stock of the Corporation with automatically reinvested dividends or optional cash payments at a discount of 5% from the market price.
The Corporation paid its first cash dividend of $.005 per share on February 24, 2006 to shareholders of record as of February 14, 2006. Payment of dividends is at the discretion of the Corporation’s Board of Directors, is subject to various federal and state, regulatory limitations. Future dividends are dependent upon the overall performance and capital requirements of the Corporation.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities for the Quarter Ended September 30 2005
                                 
                    Total Number     Maximum Number  
    Total     Average     of Shares     of Shares that  
    Number     Price     Purchased as     May Yet Be  
    of Shares     Paid Per     Part of Publicly     Purchased Under  
    Purchased (1)     Share     Announced Program     the Program  
July 1-31, 2005
        $              
August 1-31, 2005
                       
September 1-30, 2005
    2,666     $ 9.38              
 
                       
Total
    2,666     $ 9.38              
 
                       
 
(1)   The Bank purchased 2,666 shares of the Corporation’s common stock in open-market transactions that were not part of a publicly announced plan or program. The Bank purchased the shares in conjunction with a restricted share award to a new employee as a signing bonus. The employee subsequently forfeited the unvested restricted shares upon termination of his employment in December 2005. No consideration was paid to the employee for the forfeiture of the unvested restricted shares and, therefore, the forfeiture is not disclosed as an issuer purchase for the quarter ended December 31, 2005.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2005
The Corporation did not purchase any of its common stock in the fourth quarter of 2005.

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ITEM 6 – SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Information relating to selected financial data is in Table 1.
ITEM 7 — MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIALCONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis is intended to provide an overview of the significant factors affecting the financial condition and the results of operations of Access National Corporation and subsidiary (the “Corporation”) for the twelve months ended December 31, 2005 and 2004. The consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with this discussion and analysis.
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to historical information, this Annual Report on Form 10-K may contain forward-looking statements. For this purpose, any statements contained herein, including documents incorporated by reference, that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include discussions as to our expectations, beliefs, plans, goals, objectives and future financial or other performance or assumptions concerning matters discussed in this document. Forward-looking statements often use words such as “believes,” “expects,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “ anticipates,” “forecasts,” “intends” or other words of similar meaning. You can also identify them by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from historical results or those anticipated by such statements. Factors that could have a material adverse effect on the operations and future prospects of the Corporation include, but are not limited to, changes in: interest rates, general economic conditions, monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. Government, including policies of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Treasury and the FRB, the economy of Northern Virginia, including governmental spending and real estate markets, the quality or composition of the loan or investment portfolios, demand for loan products, deposit flows, competition, and accounting principles, policies and guidelines. These risks and uncertainties should be considered in evaluating the forward-looking statements contained herein, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which it is made. For additional discussion of risk factors that may cause our actual future results to differ materially for the results indicated within forward looking statements, please see Item 1A – Risk Factors herein.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
General
The Corporation’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). The financial information contained within our statements is, to a significant extent, financial information that is based on measures of the financial effects of transactions and events that have already occurred. A variety of factors could affect the ultimate value that is obtained either when earning income, recognizing an expense, recovering an asset or relieving a liability. Actual losses could differ significantly from the historical factors that we monitor. Additionally, GAAP itself may change from one previously acceptable method to another method. Although the economics of our transactions would be the same, the timing of events that would impact our transactions could change.
Allowance for Loan Losses
The allowance for loan losses is an estimate of the losses that may be sustained in our loan portfolio. The allowance is based on two basic principals of accounting: (i) SFAS 5 Accounting for Contingencies, which requires that losses be accrued when they are probable of occurring and estimatable and (ii) SFAS 114, Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan, which requires that losses be accrued based on the differences between the value of collateral, present value of future cash flows or values that are observable in the secondary market and the loan balance.
An allowance for loan losses is established through a provision for loan losses based upon industry standards, known risk characteristics, management’s evaluation of the risk inherent in the loan portfolio and changes in the nature and volume of loan activity. Such evaluation considers among other factors, the estimated market value of the underlying collateral, and current economic conditions. For further information about our practices with respect to allowance for loan losses, please see the subsection “Loans” below.

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Derivative Financial Instruments
Access National Mortgage Corporation carries all derivative instruments at fair value as either assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” as amended (“Statement 133”), provides specific accounting provisions for derivative instruments that qualify for hedge accounting. The Mortgage Corporation has not elected to apply hedge accounting to its derivative instruments as provided in Statement 133 as amended.
See Notes 1, 10 and 11 to the financial statements for additional information on derivatives.
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Asset Summary
The Corporation completed its sixth year of operation continuing its trend of significant growth in assets. Total assets at December 31, 2005 were $537.0 million, an increase of $117.0 million. The growth in assets is comprised of a $77.1 million increase in loans held for investment, an $8.8 million increase in loans held for sale, and a $36.4 million increase in investment securities. Total assets averaged $457.3 in 2005, approximately $116.1 million higher than total average assets for 2004.
The growth in assets was funded by a $45.8 million increase in savings and interest bearing deposits and a $69.5 million increase in time deposits. Short term borrowings increased $11.1 million. Shareholders equity increased $5.2 million resulting from net income of $5.9 million less the unrealized holdings losses relating to investments available for sale of $0.7 million.
Management intends to focus on strategic growth opportunities and continued emphasis on high quality loan originations and solid core deposit growth. This will be accomplished by maintaining and expanding our base of business in our market area.
The following discussions by major categories explain the changes in financial condition in more detail.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consisting of cash and due from banks and interest bearing deposits in other banks totaled $23.2 million at December 31, 2005 compared to $30.5 million in 2004, a decrease of $7.3 million. The decrease is due in part to fluctuations in deposits associated with business operating accounts and the receipt of funds from the sale of loans.
Investment Securities
The Corporation’s securities portfolio is comprised of U.S. Treasury securities, U.S. Government Agency securities, municipal securities, CRA mutual fund, mortgage backed securities, Federal Reserve and Federal Home Loan Bank stock. The investment portfolio is used to provide liquidity and as a tool for managing interest sensitivity in the balance sheet, while generating a reasonable return. At December 31, 2005 the securities portfolio totaled $87.8 million, up from $51.4 million in 2004. The increase in investments is due to the increase in deposits and short term borrowings. All securities were classified as available for sale. The Financial Accounting Standards Board requires that securities classified as available for sale be accounted for at fair market value. Unrealized gains and losses are recorded directly to a separate component of stockholders’ equity. The Corporation’s securities classified as available for sale had an unrealized loss net of deferred taxes of $785 thousand on December 31, 2005. Table 3, Securities Available for Sale presents the types, amounts and maturity distribution of the securities portfolio.
Loans
Loans held for investment totaled $369.7 million at December 31, 2005, an increase of $77.1 million over 2004. Commercial loans decreased by approximately $9.9 million from last year as a result of payoffs and increased competition for this type of loan. Loans secured by commercial real estate increased $40.5 million, a 41.8% increase over 2004. The growth in commercial real estate loans reflects the strong real estate market and our commitment to owner occupied commercial financing. Our commercial loan officers have established professional relationships with our clients and are responsive to their credit and other financial needs. This relationship with our clients is responsible for generating new referrals and provides the basis for continued growth. Real estate construction loans increased $4.0 million over last year. This loan category is comprised of construction and land development loans, primarily for one to four family residences. The growth in this category is somewhat cyclical and highly competitive. Residential real estate loans increased $42.8 million, a 37.7% increase over 2004. This increase is primarily in variable rate mortgage loans and reflects the strong real estate market in our area. Consumer loans decreased from $723 thousand to $555 thousand in 2005 as a result of payoffs. The Bank concentrates on providing banking services to the small to medium sized businesses and professionals in our

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market area. The Bank also offers a complete line of consumer lending products, primarily as a service to the affiliates of our commercial and professional clients. The Bank does not, however, actively market its consumer products at this time, which accounts for the nominal amount of consumer type loans.
Loans held for sale totaled $45.0 million at December 31, 2005 compared to $36.2 million in 2004, an increase of $8.8 million. The increase in loans held for sale is attributable to loans being accumulated for a bulk sale of a pool of loans. This process improves the pricing on the loans. Overall, volume of loan originations was up from 2004 by 26.8% from $780.8 million to $990.4 million. The increase in loan originations is due to the strong real estate market in our area and a favorable interest rate environment.
Continued loan portfolio growth in 2006 is forecasted as we continue to focus on expanding our base of business by serving the needs of the small to medium size businesses and professionals in our community. Mortgage trade associations have forecasted a 20% decline in residential mortgage loan volume in 2006 due to rising interest rates and a decline in refinance activity. None the less, we expect that in 2006, the Mortgage Corporation will generate a similar volume as experienced in 2005 as a result of increasing its presence in the local area and by offering additional services. We expect the industry to experience consolidation and lower margins in 2006 when compared to recent periods.
Table 4, The Loan Portfolio, presents the major classifications and maturity distribution of loans held for investment at December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003.
Allowance for Loan Losses
For the year ended December 31, 2005, the allowance for loan loss was $5.2 million, an increase of 29.8% over the $4.0 million at the prior year-end. The increase is attributed to the 26.4% increase in the Loan Portfolio as well as a detailed analysis of risk and loss potential within the portfolio as a whole. Although actual loan losses have been insignificant, our senior credit management, with over 60 years in collective experience in managing similar portfolios in our marketplace, concluded the amount of our reserve and the methodology applied to arrive at the amount of the reserve is justified and appropriate due to the lack of seasoning of the portfolio, the relatively large dollar amount of a relatively small number of loans, portfolio growth, staffing changes and trend analysis. Outside of our own analysis, our reserve adequacy and methodology are reviewed on a regular basis by, internal audit program, and bank regulators and such reviews have not resulted in any material adjustment to the reserve.
The Bank, after six years of operations, does not have a meaningful history of charge offs with which to establish trends in loan losses by loan classifications. As of December 31, 2005 the total net charge offs for the six years was less than $19 thousand dollars. The overall allowance for loan losses is equivalent to approximately 1.41% of total loans held for investment. The schedule in Table 6, Allocation of the Allowance for Loan Losses, reflects the allocation by the different loan types. The methodology as to how the allowance was derived is a combination of specific allocations and percentages allocation of the unallocated portion of the allowance for loan losses, as discussed below. The Bank has developed a comprehensive risk weighting system based on individual loan characteristics that enables the Bank to allocate the composition of the allowance for loan losses by types of loans.
The allowance for Commercial loans as a percent of the total Commercial loans amounted to 4.0%, compared to 3.0% in 2004. The allowance for Commercial Real Estate loans was 1.38% of total Commercial Real Estate loans in 2005 compared to 1.27% in 2004. The allowance for Residential Real Estate loans as a percent of total Residential Real Estate loans was 0.81% in 2005 compared to .76% in 2004. Net charge offs from inception through December 31, 2005 have totaled less than $19 thousand. Since the bank does not have a meaningful charge off experience, changes in the composition of the allowance for loan losses are due to volume and changes in individual risk ratings on new loans.
The loss risk of each loan within a particular classification, however, is not the same. The methodology for arriving at the allowance is not dictated by loan classification. The methodology as to how the allowance was derived is detailed below. Unallocated amounts included in the allowance for loan losses have been applied to the loan classifications on a percentage basis.
Adequacy of the reserve is assessed, and appropriate expense and charge offs are taken, no less frequently than at the close of each fiscal quarter end. The methodology by which we systematically determine the amount of our reserve is set forth by the Board of Directors in our Credit Policy. Under this Policy, our Chief Credit Officer is charged with ensuring that each loan is individually evaluated and the portfolio characteristics are evaluated to arrive at an appropriate aggregate reserve. The results of the analysis are documented, reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors no less than quarterly. The following elements are considered in this analysis: loss estimates on specific problem credits (the “Specific Reserve”), individual loan risk ratings, lending staff changes, loan review and board oversight, loan policies and procedures, portfolio trends with respect to volume, delinquency, composition/concentrations of credit, risk rating migration, levels of classified credit, off-balance sheet credit exposure, any other factors considered relevant from time to time (the “General Reserve”) and, finally, an “Unallocated Reserve” to cover any unforeseen factors not considered above in the appropriate magnitude. Each of the reserve components, General, Specific and Unallocated are

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discussed in further detail below.
With respect to the General Reserve, all loans are graded or “Risk Rated” individually for loss potential at the time of origination and as warranted thereafter, but no less frequently than quarterly. Loss potential factors are applied based upon a blend of the following criteria: our own direct experience at this bank; our collective management experience in administering similar loan portfolios in the market for over 60 years; and peer data contained in statistical releases issued by both the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the FDIC. Although looking only at peer data and the bank’s historically low write-offs would suggest a lower loan loss allowance, our management’s experience with similar portfolios in the same market combined with the fact that our portfolio is relatively unseasoned, justify a conservative approach in contemplating external statistical resources. Accordingly, management’s collective experience at this bank and other banks is the most heavily weighted criterion, and the weighting is subjective and varies by loan type, amount, collateral, structure, and repayment terms. Prevailing economic condition generally and within each individual borrower’s business sector are considered, as well as any changes in the borrower’s own financial position and, in the case of commercial loans, management structure and business operations. As of December 31, 2005 our evaluation of these factors supported approximately 89.8% of the total loss reserve. As our portfolio ages and we gain more direct experience, the direct experience will weigh more heavily in our evaluation.
When deterioration develops in an individual credit, the loan is placed on a “Watch List” and the loan is monitored more closely. All loans on the watch list are evaluated for specific loss potential based upon either an evaluation of the liquidated value of the collateral or cash flow deficiencies. If management believes that, with respect to a specific loan, an impaired source of repayment, collateral impairment or a change in a debtor’s financial condition presents a heightened risk of non-performance of a particular loan, a portion of the reserve may be specifically allocated to that individual loan. The aggregation of this loan by loan loss analysis comprises the “Specific Reserve” and accounted for approximately 16.4% of the total loss reserve. The Specific Reserve relates to three loans totaling $2.2 million as of December 31, 2005 that were assigned additional reserves based on an evaluation of the established primary and secondary sources of repayment, which suggested a potential degradation in those sources of repayment.
The Unallocated Reserve is maintained to absorb risk factors outside of the General and Specific Allocations. Maximum and minimum target limits are established by us on a quarterly basis for the Unallocated Reserve. As of December 31, 2005 the maximum amount for this component was 0.15% of the total loan portfolio and accounted for approximately 10.2% of the total loss reserve.
Nonperforming Loans And Past Due
At December 31, 2005 there were two loans in non accrual status totaling $1.3 million. Non accrual loans are carefully monitored and specific reserves established as necessary to ensure any estimated loss can be absorbed by the designated reserve. Over $811 thousand of the loss reserve was dedicated as specific reserve to these non-performing loans. In management’s estimate the specific reserve for these loans will be adequate to absorb reasonably foreseeable losses. Management actively works with the borrowers to maximize potential for repayment and reports on the status of the same to the Board of Directors, no less than on a monthly basis.
As of December 31, 2005 there were no loans past due more than 90 days with respect to which interest was still being accrued.
Deposits
Deposits totaled $419.6 million at December 31, 2005 and were comprised of Non-interest bearing demand deposits in the amount of $81.0 million, Savings and Interest Bearing deposits in the amount of $149.1 million and Time deposits in the amount of $189.5 million. Total deposits increased $102.2 million or 32% over December 31, 2004 and provided funds for the increases in loans and investment securities. We offer a variety of deposit accounts that have varying rates and terms. Our deposits are primarily from our local market. We utilize professional loan officers as our direct sales force in marketing both loans and deposits. Our primary focus with respect to core deposit activities is upon the business deposits in our market. Our goal is to expand the deposit base by adding personnel, opening new offices, direct marketing and traditional media advertising. Our customer service focus is mainly on our business and professional customers, which usually generate more referrals for additional new business than do retail account holders. Growth in deposits from 2004 to 2005 is attributable to the above efforts. Deposit growth is expected to continue at a rapid yet lesser percentage of growth as the Bank continues to expand its customer base and build name recognition. We use Wholesale deposits for specific funding requirements and to support the short term loans held for sale program. Table 7, Average Deposits and Average Rates Paid, details the composition of deposits.
Time Deposits represent 45.2% of total deposits on December 31, 2005, as compared to 37.8% on December 31, 2004. Time deposits increased by 57.9% over December 31, 2004.
At December 31, 2005, non-interest bearing deposits represented 19.3% of the total deposits, down from 29.7% last year. The composition of our non interest bearing accounts is primarily commercial and as such, subject to fluctuations. Most of this activity relates to the operating accounts of businesses within our target market. There is a high degree of cross-over between these accounts

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and our clients who are commercial loan customers or who anticipate becoming loan customers.
Savings and Interest Bearing Deposits represent 35.5% of the total deposits and generally belong to businesses and professionals in the target market. Many of these depositors are also borrowers.
Interest bearing demand deposits represent 3.2% of total deposits and are mostly from individuals, professionals and non-profit organizations within the target market.
Brokered or “Wholesale” deposits account for 14.0% ($58.8 million) of total deposits at December 31, 2005 versus approximately $54 million at December 31, 2004. Wholesale depositors are outside of the target market and place their deposit with us solely due to the interest rate paid. Together with other funding sources, we use these types of deposits to fund the short term cash needs associated with the Loans Held for Sale program discussed under “Loans” as well as to carry long term investments such as “Mortgage Loans Held for Investment” and our real estate.
Borrowings
Borrowed funds consist of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, subordinated debentures (trust preferred), securities sold under agreement to repurchase, federal funds purchased and commercial paper. At December 31, 2005 borrowed funds totaled $80.3 million compared to $74.4 million in 2004. Federal Home Loan Bank advances increased $3.8 million from 2004. The Corporation utilizes short term advances for supplementing the Mortgage Corporation’s funding requirements. Long term advances are used to match fundings and to lock in spreads on Bank term loans. Table 9 provides a break down of all borrowed funds.
Shareholders’ Equity
Shareholders’ equity increased $5.2 million during 2005, primarily due to an increase in retained earnings as a result of current year net income of $5.9 million and unrealized loses on investments available for sale of $.7.
Banking regulators have defined minimum regulatory capital ratio that the Corporation and the Bank are required to maintain. These risk based capital guidelines take into consideration risk factors, as defined by the banking regulators, associated with various categories of assets, both on and off the balance sheet. Both the Corporation and Bank are classified as Well Capitalized, which is the highest rating. Table 10 Risk Based Capital Analysis, outlines the regulatory components of capital and risk based capital ratios.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Summary
Net income increased $2.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 and totaled $5.9 million compared to $3.3 million in 2004 which included extraordinary income of $330 thousand in connection with the acquisition of UFM. Average earning assets totaled $437.7 million for 2005, up from $321.3 million in 2004, an increase of approximately 36.2%. Return on average assets increased from .97% in 2004 to 1.29% in 2005 due to the increase in average earning assets. Return on average equity increased to 20.63% in 2005 from 14.48% in 2004. Diluted earnings per share for 2005 were $.63 up from the $.36 reported last year. See Table 1 Summary Financial Data.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income, the principal source of bank earnings, is the amount of income generated by earning assets (primarily loans and investment securities) less the interest expense incurred on interest bearing liabilities (primarily deposits) used to fund earning assets. During 2005 our net interest margin decreased 15 basis points from 3.64% in 2004 to 3.49% in 2005. The yield on earning assets increased .68%, reflecting the Prime rate increases during the year. The rate paid on interest bearing liabilities increased .77% and contributed to the narrowing of our net interest margin. Table 2 Yield on Average Earning Assets and Rates on Average Interest Bearing Liabilities summarizes the major components of net interest income for the past three years and also provides yields and average balances.
Net interest income increased in 2005 to $15.3 million compared to $11.7 million in 2004. Net interest income depends upon the volume of earning assets and interest bearing liabilities and the associated rates. Average interest earning assets increased $116.4 million over the $321.3 million in 2004. The increase is primarily due to the growth in average loans which increased $74.9 million. See Table 2A Volume and Rate Analysis for the past three years.
Total interest expense increased approximately $6.0 million to $12.5 million in 2005, up from $6.5 million in 2004, as a result of increases in interest bearing deposits and increased cost of borrowings. Total interest bearing deposits averaged $270.5 million in 2005 compared to $159.5 million in 2004. Borrowed funds averaged $87.2 million in 2005 compared to $79.7 million in 2004. The

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increase in deposits and borrowings funded the growth in earning assets. The average cost of interest bearing liabilities was 3.5% in 2005 and 2.73% in 2004.
Provision for Loan Losses
The provision for loan losses charged to operating expense was $1.2 million in 2005 compared to $1.5 million in 2004. Management believes the allowance for loan losses is adequate to absorb inherent losses in the loan portfolio based on the evaluation as of December 31, 2005. In general, we expect the base level of provision for loan loss expense to be commensurate with the increase in the Loans Held for Investment, tempered more or less with our assessment of the underlying credit risk in the portfolio as explained previously in detail.
Non Interest Income
Non-interest income consists of revenue generated from a broad range of financial services and activities. The Mortgage Corporation provides the most significant contributions towards non-interest income. Total non interest income was $31.5 million in 2005 compared to $26.0 million in 2004, an increase of $5.5 million. Gains on the sale of loans originated by the Mortgage Corporation totaled $24.1 million in 2005, compared to $20.0 million in 2004. Mortgage broker fees amounted to $5.6 million in 2005 and $4.6 million in 2004. The increases are due to a combination of a strong real estate market in our area, successful advertising of our mortgage products and an effective loan officer program.
The volume of our Mortgage Corporation is subject to many cyclical risks against which we actively manage. Volume and the accompanying non-interest income are subject to the risks associated with the general interest rate environment as well as the new home and resale activity of the residential real estate market in the communities we serve.
Non Interest Expense
Non interest expense totaled $36.3 million in 2005 compared to $31.6 million in 2004, an increase of $4.7 million over 2004. Salaries and benefits totaled $20.5 million and comprise 56.5% of total non operating expense. Salaries and benefits increased approximately $1.9 million from 2004. The increase in salaries and benefits is largely due to the increase in commissions and salaries at the Mortgage Corporation and reflects the increase in loan originations. Approximately 71.8% of the total salaries expense is attributable to the Mortgage Corporation and 28.2% is attributable to the Bank. The majority of compensation expense for the Mortgage Corporation is variable with loan origination volume. Mortgage loan originations increased from $780 million in 2004 to $990 million in 2005, a 26.9% increase.
Other operating expense increased approximately $2.8 million from $10.5 million in 2004 to $13.4 million in 2005, an increase of 26.9%. A significant portion of the other operating expense of the Mortgage Corporation is variable with loan origination volume. Other operating expense is comprised of advertising, investor fees, management fees, other settlement fees, and other marketing expense.
Income Taxes
Income tax expense increased $1.7 million, or 104.1%, over last year primarily as a result of increased net income. Note 8 to the financial statements show the components of Federal Income tax.
We expect to continue to accrue and pay taxes in accordance with all applicable tax laws and regulations. Many of our competitors, primarily federal and state credit unions, are exempt from the taxation against which we are subjected. The Corporation’s effective tax rate was 36% in 2005 compared to 35% in 2004.
Quarterly Results
Net income and per share information on a quarterly basis for 2005 and 2004 is reflected in Table 1A. The increase in net income is due to increases in earning assets funded by deposit growth and short term borrowings. Also impacting net income is the increase in mortgage loan originations and the subsequent gain on the sale of loans.
Liquidity Management
Liquidity is the ability of the Corporation to convert assets into cash or cash equivalents without significant loss and to raise additional funds by increasing liabilities. Liquidity management involves maintaining the Corporation’s ability to meet the daily cash flow

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requirements of both depositors and borrowers.
Asset and liability management functions not only serve to assure adequate liquidity in order to meet the needs of the Corporation’s customers, but also to maintain an appropriate balance between interest sensitive assets and interest sensitive liabilities so that the Corporation can earn an appropriate return for its shareholders.
The asset portion of the balance sheet provides liquidity primarily through loan principal repayments and maturities of investment securities. Other short-term investments such as Federal Funds sold and maturing interest bearing deposits with other banks are additional sources of liquidity funding. At December 31, 2005, overnight interest bearing balances totaled $13.3 million and securities available for sale totaled $87.8 million.
The liability portion of the balance sheet provides liquidity through various interest bearing and non interest bearing deposit accounts, Federal Funds purchased, securities sold under agreement to repurchase and other short-term borrowings. At December 31, 2005, the Corporation had a line of credit with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta totaling $135 million and outstanding variable rate loans of $35 million, and an additional $22.8 million in term loans at fixed rates ranging from 2.70% to 4.97% leaving $62.9 million available on the line. In addition to the line of credit at the Federal Home Loan Bank, the Bank and its mortgage bank subsidiary also issue repurchase agreements and commercial paper. As of December 31, 2005, outstanding repurchase agreements totaled $1.0 million and commercial paper issued amounted to $13.0 million. The interest rate on these instruments is variable and subject to change daily. The Bank also maintains Federal Funds lines of credit with its correspondent banks and, at December 31, 2005, these lines amounted to $22.6 million. The Corporation also has $10.3 million in subordinated debentures to support the growth of the organization. The table below presents the Corporation’s contractual obligation and scheduled payment amounts due at various intervals over the next three years and beyond, as of December 31, 2005. Table 9, Borrowed Funds Distribution, outlines the composition of borrowed funds for 2005, 2004 and 2003.
Contractual Obligations
                                 
    Payments Due By Period  
    December 31, 2005  
    Less Than     1 - 3     More Than        
    1 Year     Years     3 Years     Total  
    (In Thousands)  
FHLB advances
  $ 36,000     $     $     $ 36,000  
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    977                   977  
FHLB long term borrowings
          7,500       14,286       21,786  
Other short-term borrowings
    11,219                   11,219  
Subordinated debentures
    10,311                   10,311  
Leases
    450       337       149       936  
 
                       
Total interest-bearing liabilities
  $ 58,957     $ 7,837     $ 14,435     $ 81,229  
 
                       
The Corporation funded the growth in interest earning assets through a combination of deposits, retention of earnings and borrowed funds. The Corporation expects its short and long term sources of liquidity and capital to remain adequate to support expected growth. The Bank relies on a variety of short and long term resources for liquidity from a variety of sources that substantially reduces reliance upon any single provider.
Off Balance Sheet Items
During the ordinary course of business, the Bank issues commitments to extend credit and, at December 31, 2005, these commitments amounted to $5 million. These commitments do not necessarily represent cash requirements, since many commitments are expected to expire without being drawn on.
At December 31, 2005 the Bank had approximately $72 million in unfunded lines of credit. These lines of credit, if drawn upon, would be funded from routine cash flows. Cash flows from financing activities, which includes deposit growth and borrowing, generated over $108.2 million.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2004, FASB enacted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 123—revised 2004 (SFAS 123R), ''Share-Based Payment’’ which replaces Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (SFAS 123), “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation’’ and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25 (APB 25), ''Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and amends FASB Statement No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows.’’ SFAS 123R requires the measurement of all employee share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, using a fair-value based method and the recording of such expense in our consolidated statements of income. The accounting provisions of SFAS 123R are effective for reporting periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The new standard may be adopted in one of three ways — the modified prospective transition method, a variation of the modified prospective transition method or the modified retrospective transition method. The Corporation disclosed pro forma compensation expense quarterly and annually by calculating the stock option grants’ fair value using the Black-Scholes model and disclosing the impact on net income and net income per share. The adoption of SFAS 123R is not expected to have a material impact on the Corporation’s financial statements.
In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, a Replacement of APB Opinion 20 and FASB Statement No. 3. SFAS 154 amends the existing guidance and applies to accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. SFAS 154 also applies to changes required by accounting pronouncements when the pronouncement does not include explicit transition provisions. SFAS 154 is effective for accounting changes and error corrections made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. Management does not believe the adoption of SFAS 154 will have a material impact on the financial condition or the results of operation of the Corporation.
FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”), reached consensus on “The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary and Its Application to Certain Investments” in EITF Issue No. 03-1. The guidance included in the EITF consensus largely consisted of expanded disclosures and the guidance was intended to be fully effective in 2003, except for loss-recognition guidance which had a delayed effective date into 2004. In 2004, the FASB has further delayed the loss recognition provisions of Issue No. 03-1. In June 2005, the FASB announced plans to supersede the EITF guidance with a revised standard in late 2005. Because of the inconclusive status of the guidance on the loss recognition aspects of Issue No. 03-1, the Corporation’s management is unable to determine at this time the potential impact of this matter on the consolidated financial statements.
AICPA Statement of Position 03-3, Accounting for Certain Loans or Debt Securities Acquired in a Transfer (SOP 03-3), addresses the accounting for differences between contractual cash flows and cash flows expected to be collected from the initial investment in loans acquired in a transfer if those differences are attributable, at least in part, to credit quality. It includes such loans acquired in purchase business combinations and does not apply to loans originated by the entity. SOP 03-3 prohibits carrying over or creation of valuation allowances in the initial accounting for loans acquired in a transfer. It is effective for loans acquired in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2004. This new guidance had no material effect on the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements upon implementation.

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Statistical Information
The following statistical information is provided pursuant to the requirements of Guide 3, promulgated by the Securities Act of 1933:
Table # 1
Summary Financial Data
                                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003     2002     2001  
    (In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)  
Income Statement Data:
                                       
Net interest income
  $ 15,271     $ 11,694     $ 9,138     $ 5,848     $ 3,115  
Provision for loan losses
    1,196       1,462       526       841       720  
Non-interest income
    31,467       25,952       33,765       22,494       11,082  
Non-interest expense
    36,340       31,580       36,432       23,447       12,060  
Income taxes
    3,305       1,619       2,129       1,359       530  
 
                             
Net income before extraordinary items
    5,897       2,985       3,816       2,695       887  
Extra-ordinary income, net of income tax
          330                    
 
                             
Net Income
  $ 5,897     $ 3,315     $ 3,816     $ 2,695     $ 887  
 
                             
 
                                       
Per Share Data:
                                       
Earnings per share
                                       
Basic, before extraordinary income
  $ 0.75     $ 0.40     $ 0.55     $ 0.41     $ 0.15  
Basic
    0.75       0.44       0.55       0.41       0.15  
Diluted, before extraordinary income
    0.63       0.33       0.43       0.36       0.14  
Diluted
    0.63       0.36       0.43       0.36       0.14  
Cash dividends declared
                             
Book value at period end
    3.92       3.29       2.84       2.32       1.75  
 
                                       
Balance Sheet Data:
                                       
Total assets
  $ 537,050     $ 420,098     $ 257,390     $ 240,348     $ 132,069  
Loans held for sale
    45,019       36,245       29,756       93,852       38,615  
Total loans
    369,733       292,594       189,320       114,835       68,736  
Total securities
    87,771       51,378       23,178       15,637       10,582  
Total deposits
    419,629       317,393       198,183       178,251       104,876  
Shareholders’ equity
    31,185       25,998       19,755       16,291       10,465  
Average shares outstanding, basic
    7,867,135       7,509,536       6,986,680       6,594,000       6,000,000  
Average shares outstanding, diluted
    9,423,087       9,155,778       8,822,372       7,478,064       6,581,988  
 
                                       
Performance Ratios:
                                       
Return on average assets
    1.29 %     0.97 %     1.45 %     1.64 %     0.98 %
Return on average equity
    20.63 %     14.48 %     20.48 %     20.17 %     8.75 %
Net interest margin (1)
    3.49 %     3.64 %     3.58 %     3.73 %     3.54 %
 
                                       
Asset Quality Ratios:
                                       
Allowance to period end loans
    1.41 %     1.37 %     1.35 %     1.78 %     1.73 %
Allowance to nonperforming loans
    397.78 %     185.07 %     310.93 %           127.87 %
Net charge-offs to average loans
                            0.01 %
 
                                       
Capital Ratios:
                                       
Tier I risk-based capital
    10.78 %     10.97 %     12.54 %     12.09 %     10.96 %
Total risk-based capital
    12.11 %     12.80 %     15.47 %     13.33 %     12.20 %
Leverage capital ratio
    7.60 %     8.83 %     10.28 %     8.12 %     8.91 %

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Table # 1A
The following is a summary of the results of operations for each quarter of 2005 and 2004.
                                 
    First     Second     Third     Fourth  
    Quarter     Quarter     Quarter     Quarter  
            (In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)          
2005
                               
Total interest income
  $ 5,619     $ 6,368     $ 7,561     $ 8,245  
Total interest expense
    2,435       2,801       3,350       3,936  
Net interest income
    3,184       3,567       4,211       4,309  
Provision for loan losses
    114       383       325       374  
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
    3,070       3,184       3,886       3,935  
Total noninterest income
    6,153       9,147       9,375       6,792  
Total noninterest expense
    7,655       10,000       10,641       8,044  
Income tax expense
    533       827       911       1,034  
 
                       
Net income
  $ 1,035     $ 1,504     $ 1,709     $ 1,649  
 
                       
 
                               
Earnings Per Share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.13     $ 0.19     $ 0.22     $ 0.21  
Diluted
    0.12       0.16       0.18       0.17  
 
                               
2004
                               
Total interest income
  $ 3,598     $ 4,300     $ 4,753     $ 5,574  
Total interest expense
    1,180       1,419       1,810       2,122  
Net interest income
    2,418       2,881       2,943       3,452  
Provision for loan losses
    175       204       212       871  
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
    2,243       2,677       2,731       2,581  
Total noninterest income
    6,261       6,781       7,133       5,777  
Total noninterest expense
    7,634       7,937       8,784       7,225  
Income tax expense
    328       513       361       417  
Net income before extra-ordinary items
    542       1,008       719       716  
 
                       
Extra-ordinary income
                330        
 
                       
Net income
  $ 542     $ 1,008     $ 1,049     $ 716  
 
                       
Earnings Per Share:
                               
Basic, before extra-ordinary income
  $ 0.08     $ 0.14     $ 0.09     $ 0.09  
Basic
    0.08       0.14       0.13       0.09  
Diluted, before extra-ordinary-income
    0.06       0.12       0.07       0.08  
Diluted
    0.06       0.12       0.10       0.08  

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Table # 2
Yield on Average Earning Assets and Rates on Average Interest-Bearing Liabilities
                                                                         
    Period Ended December 31,  
    2005     2004     2003  
    Average     Income /     Yield /     Average     Income /     Yield /     Average     Income /     Yield /  
    Balance     Expense     Rate     Balance     Expense     Rate     Balance     Expense     Rate  
                            (Dollars In Thousands)                                  
Assets:
                                                                       
Interest earning assets:
                                                                       
Securities
  $ 64,862     $ 2,489       3.84 %   $ 25,385     $ 905       3.57 %   $ 14,160     $ 378       2.67 %
Loans(3)
    364,126       25,043       6.88 %     289,225       17,228       5.96 %     227,015       13,522       5.96 %
Interest bearing deposits & federal funds sold
    8,739       279       3.19 %     6,715       92       1.37 %     14,358       142       0.99 %
 
                                                     
Total interest earning assets
    437,727       27,811       6.35 %     321,325       18,225       5.67 %     255,533       14,042       5.50 %
Non-interest earning assets:
                                                                       
Cash and due from banks
    10,579                       8,169                       5,437                  
Premises, land and equipment
    9,260                       8,466                       724                  
Other assets
    4,118                       6,138                       4,084                  
Less: allowance for loan losses
    (4,433 )                     (2,945 )                     (2,363 )                
 
                                                                 
Total non-interest earning assets
    19,524                       19,828                       7,882                  
 
                                                                 
Total Assets
  $ 457,251                     $ 341,153                     $ 263,415                  
 
                                                                 
 
                                                                       
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity:
                                                                       
Interest bearing liabilities:
                                                                       
Interest-bearing demand deposits
  $ 10,630     $ 200       1.88 %   $ 9,075     $ 93       1.02 %   $ 6,212     $ 68       1.09 %
Money market deposit accounts
    130,147       4,256       3.27 %     40,506       838       2.07 %     18,748       269       1.43 %
Savings accounts
    450       4       0.89 %     470       4       0.85 %     539       3       0.56 %
Time deposits
    129,314       4,560       3.53 %     109,453       3,420       3.12 %     117,803       3,626       3.08 %
 
                                                     
Total interest-bearing deposits
    270,541       9,020       3.33 %     159,504       4,355       2.73 %     143,302       3,966       2.77 %
FHLB Advances
    43,375       1,610       3.71 %     44,598       662       1.48 %     10,788       175       1.62 %
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    925       19       2.05 %     2,290       25       1.09 %     1,381       9       0.65 %
Other short-term borrowings
    8,520       250       2.93 %     4,741       121       2.55 %     4,510       39       0.86 %
Long-term borrowings
    24,028       917       3.82 %     17,801       854       4.80 %     13,762       421       3.06 %
Subordinated Debentures
    10,311       706       6.85 %     10,311       514       4.98 %     5,593       294       5.26 %
 
                                                     
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    357,700       12,522       3.50 %     239,245       6,531       2.73 %     179,336       4,904       2.73 %
 
                                                     
Non-interest bearing liabilities:
                                                                       
Demand deposits
    66,862                       75,883                       60,538                  
Other liabilities
    4,103                       3,124                       4,904                  
 
                                                                 
Total liabilities
    428,665                       318,252                       244,778                  
Shareholders’ Equity
    28,586                       22,901                       18,637                  
 
                                                                   
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity:
  $ 457,251                     $ 341,153                     $ 263,415                  
 
                                                                 
 
                                                                       
Interest Spread(1)
                    2.85 %                     2.94 %                     2.77 %
 
                                                                 
 
                                                                       
Net Interest Margin(2)*
          $ 15,289       3.49 %           $ 11,694       3.64 %           $ 9,138       3.58 %
 
                                                           
 
(1)   Interest spread is the average yield earned on earning assets, less the average rate incurred on interest bearing liabilities.
 
(2)   Net interest margin is net interest income, expressed as a percentage of average earning assets.
 
(3)   Loans placed on nonaccrual status are included in loan balances
 
*   Note: Interest income and yields are presented on a fully taxable equivalent basis using 34% tax rate.

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Table # 2A
Volume and Rate Analysis
                                                                         
                    Years Ended December 31                      
    2005 compared to 2004     2004 compared to 2003             2003 compared to 2002        
    Change Due To:             Change Due To:             Change Due To:        
    Increase /                     Increase /                     Increase /              
    (Decrease)     Volume     Rate     (Decrease)     Volume     Rate     (Decrease)     Volume     Rate  
                    (In Thousands)                                          
Interest Earning Assets:
                                                                       
Investments
  $ 1,584     $ 1,511     $ 73     $ 527     $ 369     $ 158     $ (15 )   $ 158     $ (173 )
Loans
    7,815       4,897       2,918       3,706       3,699       7       3,991       5,464       (1,473 )
Interest bearing deposits
    187       35       152       (52 )     (93 )     41       (2 )     69       (71 )
Federal funds sold
                      2             2       (17 )     (8 )     (9 )
             
 
                                                                       
Total Increase (Decrease) in Interest Income
    9,586       6,443       3,143       4,183       3,975       208       3,957       5,683       (1,726 )
 
                                                                       
Interest Bearing Liabilities:
                                                                       
Interest-bearing demand deposits
    107       18       89       25       30       (5 )     (97 )     (23 )     (74 )
Money market deposit accounts
    3,418       2,709       709       569       410       159       (1 )     121       (122 )
Savings accounts
                      1             1       (2 )     1       (3 )
Time deposits
    1,140       662       478       (206 )     (253 )     47       319       1,395       (1,076 )
             
Total interest-bearing deposits
    4,665       3,389       1,276       389       187       202       219       1,494       (1,275 )
FHLB Advances
    948       (19 )     967       487       503       (16 )     (32 )     40       (72 )
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    (6 )     (20 )     14       16       8       8       (15 )     (7 )     (8 )
Other short-term borrowings
    129       109       20       82       2       80       (118 )     1       (119 )
Long-term borrowings
    63       260       (197 )     433       147       286       421       421        
Trust Preferred
    192       0       192       220       236       (16 )     192       208       (16 )
             
 
                                                                       
Total Increase (Decrease) in Interest Expense
    5,991       3,719       2,272       1,627       1,083       544       667       2,157       (1,490 )
 
                                                                       
             
Increase (Decrease) in Net Interest Income
  $ 3,595     $ 2,724     $ 871     $ 2,556     $ 2,892     $ (336 )   $ 3,290     $ 3,526     $ (236 )
             

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Table # 3
Investment Securities Available for Sale
                         
    December 31,  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (In Thousands)  
Investment Securities available for sale:
                       
US Treasury Securities
  $ 1,602     $ 1,638     $ 1,692  
US Government Agency Securities
    75,260       44,261       15,776  
Mortgage Backed Securities
    1,393       2,235       3,912  
Tax Exempt Municipals
    2,840              
Taxable Municipals
    1,466              
Mutual Fund
    1,471              
Other
    3,739       3,244       1,798  
 
                 
Total Securities
  $ 87,771     $ 51,378     $ 23,178  
 
                 
Table # 3A
Investment Securities Available for Sale
                                                                                 
    Maturing  
                    After One Year     After Five Years     After TenYears        
    Within     But Within     But Within                        
    One Year     Five Years     Ten Years                     Total  
    Amount     Yield     Amount     Yield     Amount     Yield     Amount   Yield   Amount   Yield  
                                    (In Thousands)                                  
Investment Securities Available for Sale (1)
                                                                               
US Treasury Securities
  $           $ 1,602       3.49 %   $           $           $ 1,602       3.49 %
US Government Agency Securities
    1,968       3.05 %     71,808       4.02 %     1,484       5.15 %                 75,260       4.02 %
Mortgage Backed Securities
                1,393       4.88 %                             1,393       4.88 %
Tax Exempt Municipals
                            2,330       5.26 %     510       5.69 %     2,840       4.35 %
Taxable Municipals
                            1,466       4.30 %                 1,466       4.30 %
 
                                                           
Total
  $ 1,968       3.05 %   $ 74,803       4.03 %   $ 5,280       4.96 %   $ 510       5.69 %   $ 82,561       4.04 %
 
                                                           
 
(1) Excludes CRA Mutual Fund, Federal Reserve Bank Stock and FHLB Stock

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Table # 4
Loan Portfolio
                                                                                 
    December 31  
            2005             2004             2003             2002             2001  
            Percentage of             Percentage             Percentage             Percentage             Percentage  
    Amount     Total     Amount     of Total     Amount     of Total     Amount     of Total     Amount     of Total  
                                            (In Thousands)                          
Commercial
  $ 38,516       10.42 %   $ 48,427       16.55 %   $ 31,759       16.78 %   $ 17,324       15.09 %   $ 9,115       13.26 %
Commercial real estate
    137,423       37.17       96,939       33.13       69,128       36.51       41,081       35.77       26,184       38.09  
Real estate construction
    37,054       10.02       33,073       11.30       13,766       7.27       10,057       8.76       10,821       15.75  
Residential real estate
    156,185       42.24 1       13,432       38.77       73,846       39.01       45,591       39.70       20,724       30.15  
Consumer
    555       0.15       723       0.25       821       0.43       782       0.68       1,892       2.75  
                 
 
                                                                               
Total loans
  $ 369,733       100.00 %   $ 292,594       100.00 %   $ 189,320       100.00 %   $ 114,835       100.00 %   $ 68,736       100.00 %
                 
Table # 4A
Loan Maturity Distribution
                                         
    December 31, 2005  
    Three Months or     Over Three Months     Over One Year     Over        
    Less     Through One Year     Through Five Years     Five Years     Total  
                    (In Thousands)                  
Commercial
  $ 3,395     $ 17,736     $ 12,673     $ 4,712     $ 38,516  
Commercial real estate
    9,500       13,663       44,771       69,489       137,423  
Real estate construction
    7,384       23,396       2,912       3,362       37,054  
Residential real estate
    3,384       15,854       41,150       95,797       156,185  
Consumer
          287       239       29       555  
 
                                       
 
                             
Total
  $ 23,663     $ 70,936     $ 101,745     $ 173,389     $ 369,733  
 
                             

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Table # 5
Allowance for Loan Losses
                                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003     2002     2001  
    (In Thousands)  
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 4,019     $ 2,565     $ 2,048     $ 1,192     $ 489  
 
                                       
Provision for loan losses
    1,196       1,462       526       841       720  
 
                                       
Chargeoffs:
                                       
 
                                       
Commercial
          8       11             17  
Real estate
                               
Consumer
                               
 
                             
Total chargeoffs
          8       11             17  
Recoveries:
                                       
Commercial
                2       15        
Real estate
                             
Consumer
                             
 
                             
Total recoveries
                2       15        
 
                             
Net chargeoffs
          8       9       (15 )     17  
 
                             
 
                                       
 
                             
Balance, end of period
  $ 5,215     $ 4,019     $ 2,565     $ 2,048     $ 1,192  
 
                             
Table # 6
Allocation of the Allowance for Loan Losses
                                                                                 
    Year Ended December 31  
            Percentage             Percentage             Percentage             Percentage             Percentage  
    2005     of total     2004     of total     2003     of total     2002     of total     2001     of total  
                                    (Dollars In Thousands)                                  
Commercial
  $ 1,546       29.64 %   $ 1,475       36.70 %   $ 508       19.81 %   $ 311       15.19 %   $ 244       20.47 %
Commercial real estate
    1,896       36.36       1,235       30.73       1,054       41.09       797       38.92       467       39.18  
Real estate construction
    500       9.59       438       10.90       220       8.58       158       7.71       229       19.21  
Residential real estate
    1,267       24.29       862       21.45       772       30.10       768       37.50       172       14.43  
Consumer
    6       0.12       9       0.22       11       0.42       14       0.68       80       6.71  
                     
 
  $ 5,215       100.00 %   $ 4,019       100.00 %   $ 2,565       100.00 %   $ 2,048       100.00 %   $ 1,192       100.00 %
                 

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Table # 7
Average Deposits and Average Rates Paid
                                                                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
    Average     Income /     Yield /     Average     Income /     Yield /     Average     Income /     Yield /  
Interest bearing liabilities:   Balance     Expense     Rate     Balance     Expense     Rate     Balance     Expense     Rate  
                                                    (In Thousands)          
Interest-bearing demand deposits
  $ 10,630     $ 200       1.88 %   $ 9,075     $ 93       1.02 %   $ 6,212     $ 68       1.09 %
Money market deposit accounts
    130,147       4,256       3.27 %     40,506       838       2.07 %     18,748       269       1.43 %
Savings accounts
    450       4       0.89 %     470       4       0.85 %     539       3       0.56 %
Time deposits
    129,314       4,560       3.53 %     109,453       3,420       3.12 %     117,803       3,626       3.08 %
 
                                                     
Total interest-bearing deposits
    270,541       9,020       3.33 %     159,504       4,354       2.73 %     143,302       3,966       2.77 %
Non-interest bearing demand deposits
    66,862                       75,883                       60,538                  
 
                                                                 
Total deposits
  $ 337,403                     $ 235,387                     $ 203,840                  
 
                                                                 
Table # 7A
Certificate of Deposit Maturity Distribution
                                         
    December 31, 2005
    Three months   Over three   Over six   Over    
    or less   through six months   through twelve months   twelve months   Total
                    (In Thousands)                
Less than $100,000
  $ 20,622     $ 9,540     $ 13,513     $ 16,602     $ 60,277  
Greater than or equal to $100,000
    46,549       17,084       21,986       43,605       129,224  
 
                                       
 
  $ 67,171     $ 26,624     $ 35,499     $ 60,207     $ 189,501  
 
                                       

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Table # 8
Return on Average Assets and Return on Average Equity
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
            (In Thousands)  
Average total assets
  $ 457,251     $ 341,153     $ 263,415  
 
                 
 
                       
Average shareholders’ equity
  $ 28,586     $ 22,901     $ 18,637  
 
                 
 
                       
Net income
  $ 5,897     $ 3,315     $ 3,816  
 
                 
 
                       
Cash dividends declared
  $     $     $  
 
                 
 
                       
Return on average assets
    1.29 %     0.97 %     1.45 %
 
                 
 
                       
Return on average shareholders’ equity
    20.63 %     14.48 %     20.48 %
 
                 
 
                       
Average shareholders’ equity to average total assets
    6.25 %     6.71 %     7.08 %
 
                 

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Table # 9
Borrowed Funds Distribution
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (Dollars In Thousands)  
At Period End
                       
FHLB Advances
  $ 36,000     $ 27,000     $ 5,000  
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    977       2,862       1,803  
Other short term borrowings
    11,219       7,217       4,253  
FHLB Long Term Borrowings
    21,786       27,000       14,965  
Subordinated debentures
    10,311       10,311       10,311  
 
                 
Total at period end
  $ 80,293     $ 74,390     $ 36,332  
 
                 
 
                       
Average Balances
                       
FHLB Advances
  $ 43,375     $ 44,598     $ 10,788  
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    925       2,290       1,381  
Other Short term borrowings
    8,520       4,741       4,510  
FHLB Long Term Borrowings
    24,028       17,801       13,762  
Subordinated debentures
    10,311       10,311       5,593  
 
                 
Total average balance
  $ 87,159     $ 79,741     $ 36,034  
 
                 
 
                       
Average rate paid on all borrowed funds
    4.02 %     2.73 %     2.60 %
 
                 

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Table # 10
Risk Based Capital Analysis
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (In Thousands)  
Tier 1 Capital:
                       
Common stock
  $ 6,644     $ 6,608     $ 5,796  
Capital surplus
    9,099       9,067       6,856  
Retained earnings
    16,227       10,330       7,015  
Subordinated Debt (Trust Preferred Debenture)
    10,000       8,500       6,500  
Disallowed Goodwill & Intangibles
                 
 
                 
Total tier 1 capital
    41,970       34,505       26,167  
 
                       
Subordinated debt not included in Tier I
    311       1,811       3,500  
Allowance for loan losses
    4,874       3,934       2,608  
 
                 
 
                       
Total Risk Based Capital
  $ 47,155     $ 40,250     $ 32,275  
 
                 
 
                       
Risk weighted assets
  $ 389,381     $ 314,494     $ 208,622  
 
                 
 
                       
Quarterly average assets
  $ 552,292     $ 390,735     $ 254,539  
 
                 
 
                       
Capital Ratios:
                       
Tier 1 risk based capital ratio
    10.78 %     10.97 %     12.54 %
Total risk based capital ratio
    12.11 %     12.80 %     15.47 %
Leverage ratio
    7.60 %     8.83 %     10.28 %

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ITEM 7A – QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The Corporation’s market risk is composed primarily of interest rate risk. The Funds Management Committee is responsible for reviewing the interest rate sensitivity position and establishes policies to monitor and coordinate the Corporation’s sources, uses and pricing of funds.
Interest Rate Sensitivity Management
The Corporation uses a simulation model to analyze, manage and formulate operating strategies that address net interest income sensitivity to movements in interest rates. The simulation model projects net interest income based on various interest rate scenarios over a twelve month period. The model is based on the actual maturity and re-pricing characteristics of rate sensitive assets and liabilities. The model incorporates certain assumptions which management believes to be reasonable regarding the impact of changing interest rates and the prepayment assumption of certain assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2005. The model assumes changes in interest rates without any management intervention to change the composition of the balance sheet. The table below reflects the outcome of these analyses at December 31, 2005. According to the model run for the period ended December 31, 2005 over a twelve month period, an immediate 100 basis points increase in interest rates would result in an increase in net interest income by 1.09%. An immediate 200 basis points decline in interest rates would result in a decrease in net interest income by .06%. While management carefully monitors the exposure to changes in interest rates and takes actions as warranted to decrease any adverse impact, there can be no assurance about the actual effect of interest rate changes on net interest income.
Rate Shock Analysis
December 31, 2005
         
Change in   Hypothetical   Hypothetical Percentage
Federal Funds   Percentage Change   Change In Economic
Target Rate   In Earnings   Value of Equity
  3.00%
  3.01%   -18.14%
  2.00%
  2.06%   -11.88%
  1.00%
  1.09%   -6.01%
-1.00%
  0.76%   5.66%
-2.00%
  -0.06%   9.90%
-3.00%
  -0.51%   16.22%
The Corporation’s net interest income and the fair value of its financial instruments are influenced by changes in the level of interest rates. The Corporation manages its exposure to fluctuations in interest rates through policies established by its Asset/Liability Committee. The Asset Liability Committee meets periodically and has responsibility for formulating and implementing strategies to improve balance sheet positioning and earnings and reviewing interest rate sensitivity.
The Mortgage Corporation is party to mortgage rate lock commitments to fund mortgage loans at interest rates previously agreed (locked) by both the Corporation and the borrower for specified periods of time. When the borrower locks their interest rate, the Corporation effectively extends a put option to the borrower, whereby the borrower is not obligated to enter into the loan agreement, but the Corporation must honor the interest rate for the specified time period. The Corporation is exposed to interest rate risk during the accumulation of interest rate lock commitments and loans prior to sale. The Corporation utilizes either a best efforts sell forward commitment or a mandatory sell forward commitments to economically hedge the changes in fair value of the loan due to changes in market interest rates. Failure to effectively monitor, manage and hedge the interest rate risk associated with the mandatory commitments subjects the Corporation to potentially significant market risk.
Throughout the lock period the changes in the market value of interest rate lock commitments, best efforts and mandatory sell forward commitments are recorded as unrealized gains and losses and are included in the statement of operations in mortgage revenue. The Corporation’s management has made complex judgments in the recognition of gains and losses in connection with this activity. The Corporation utilizes a third party and its proprietary simulation model to assist in identifying and managing the risk associated with this activity.
Impact of Inflation and Changing Prices
A bank’s asset and liability structure is substantially different from that of a non financial company in that virtually all assets and liabilities of a bank are monetary in nature. The impact of inflation on financial results depends upon the Bank’s ability to react to changes in interest rates and, by such reaction, reduce the inflationary impact on performance. Interest rates do not necessarily move in the same direction, or at the same magnitude, as the prices of other goods and services. Management seeks to manage the

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relationship between interest-sensitive assets and liabilities in order to protect against wide interest rate fluctuations, including those
resulting from inflation.
ITEM 8 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
         
(BDO LOGO)
  BDO Seldom, LLP
Accountant and Consultants
  300 Arboretum Place Suite 520
Richmond Virginia 23236
Telephone: (804) 330-3092
Fax: (804) 330-7753
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Board of Directors and Shareholders
Access National Corporation
Reston, Virginia
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Access National Corporation as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Corporation’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statetments are free of material misstatement. The Corporation is not required to haves nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Access National Corporation, at December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(BDO SELDMAN LLP)
Richmond. Virginia

February 22, 2006

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
Access National Corporation
Reston, Virginia
     We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Access National Corporation and subsidiary as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Corporation’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
     We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
     In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Access National Corporation and subsidiary as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
/s/ Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.
 
Winchester,Virginia February 5, 2004

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ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION
Consolidated Balance Sheets

December 31, 2005 and 2004
(In Thousands, Except for Per Share Data)
                 
Assets   2005     2004  
Cash and due from banks
  $ 9,854     $ 10,998  
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
    13,329       19,534  
Securities available for sale, at fair value
    87,771       51,378  
Loans held for sale
    45,019       36,245  
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses 2005, $5,215; 2004, $4,019
    364,518       288,575  
Premises and equipment, net
    9,650       8,822  
Other assets
    6,909       4,546  
 
               
 
           
Total assets
  $ 537,050     $ 420,098  
 
           
 
               
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
               
 
               
Liabilities
               
Deposits
               
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits
  $ 81,034     $ 94,108  
Savings and interest-bearing deposits
    149,094       103,274  
Time deposits
    189,501       120,011  
 
           
Total deposits
    419,629       317,393  
 
               
Short term borrowings
    48,196       37,079  
Long term borrowings
    21,786       27,000  
Subordinated debentures
    10,311       10,311  
Other liabilities and accrued expenses
    5,943       2,317  
 
           
Total liabilities
    505,865       394,100  
 
           
 
               
Shareholders’ Equity
               
Common stock, par value, $0.835, authorized 60,000,000 shares, issued and outstanding, 7,956,556 in 2005 and 7,914,148 in 2004
    6,644       6,608  
Surplus
    9,099       9,067  
Retained earnings
    16,227       10,330  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net
    (785 )     (7 )
 
           
Total shareholders’ equity
    31,185       25,998  
 
           
 
               
 
           
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 537,050     $ 420,098  
 
           
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION
Consolidated Statements of Income

(In Thousands, Except for Per Share Data)
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
Interest and Dividend Income
                       
Interest and fees on loans
  $ 25,043     $ 17,228     $ 13,522  
Interest on federal funds sold
    1       2        
Interest on deposits in other banks
    278       90       142  
Interest and dividends on securities
    2,471       905       378  
 
                 
Total interest and dividend income
    27,793       18,225       14,042  
 
                 
 
                       
Interest Expense
                       
Interest on deposits
    9,020       4,355       3,966  
Interest on short-term borrowings
    1,879       808       223  
Interest on long-term borrowings
    917       854       421  
Interest on trust preferred capital notes
    706       514       294  
 
                 
Total interest expense
    12,522       6,531       4,904  
 
                 
 
                       
Net interest income
    15,271       11,694       9,138  
Provision for loan losses
    1,196       1,462       526  
 
                 
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
    14,075       10,232       8,612  
 
                 
 
                       
Noninterest Income
                       
Service fees on deposit accounts
    260       145       266  
Gain on sale of loans
    24,095       20,015       27,818  
Mortgage broker fee income
    5,634       4,601       4,890  
Other income
    1,478       1,191       791  
 
                 
Total noninterest income
    31,467       25,952       33,765  
 
                 
 
                       
Noninterest Expense
                       
Salaries and employee benefits
    20,537       18,627       21,398  
Occupancy expense
    1,222       1,367       1,291  
Furniture and equipment expense
    1,204       1,048       871  
Other operating expenses
    13,377       10,538       12,872  
 
                 
Total noninterest expense
    36,340       31,580       36,432  
 
                 
 
                       
Income before income taxes
    9,202       4,604       5,945  
 
                       
Income tax expense
    3,305       1,619       2,129  
 
                 
Net income before extra-ordinary items
    5,897       2,985       3,816  
 
                       
Extra-ordinary Income
                       
Gain on acquisition of subsidiary, net of income tax
          330        
 
                 
Net Income
  $ 5,897     $ 3,315     $ 3,816  
 
                 
 
                       
Earnings per common share:
                       
Basic, before extra-ordinary income
  $ 0.75     $ 0.40     $ 0.55  
 
                 
Basic
  $ 0.75     $ 0.44     $ 0.55  
 
                 
Diluted, before extra-ordinary income
  $ 0.63     $ 0.33     $ 0.43  
 
                 
Diluted
  $ 0.63     $ 0.36     $ 0.43  
 
                 
 
                       
Average outstanding shares:
                       
Basic
    7,867,135       7,509,536       6,986,680  
Diluted
    9,423,087       9,155,778       8,822,372  
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

(In Thousands, Except for Per Share Data)
                                                 
                            Accumulated              
                            Other              
                            Compre-     Compre-        
    Common             Retained     hensive     hensive        
    Stock     Surplus     Earnings     Income (Loss)     Income     Total  
Balance, December 31, 2002
  $ 5,850     $ 7,148     $ 3,199     $ 94     $     $ 16,291  
 
                                               
Repurchase of common stock
    (54 )     (292 )                         (346 )
Comprehensive income:
                                               
Net income
                3,816             3,816       3,816  
Other comprehensive income, unrealized holdings losses arising during the period (net of tax, $2)
                      (6 )     (6 )     (6 )
 
                                             
Total comprehensive income
                                  $ 3,810          
 
                                   
Balance, December 31, 2003
    5,796       6,856       7,015       88               19,755  
 
                                               
Issuance of common stock,
    854       2,529                           3,383  
Repurchase of common stock
    (42 )     (318 )                         (360 )
Comprehensive income:
                                               
Net income
                3,315             3,315       3,315  
Other comprehensive income, unrealized holdings losses arising during the period (net of tax, $49)
                      (95 )     (95 )     (95 )
 
                                             
Total comprehensive income
                                  $ 3,220          
 
                                   
Balance, December 31, 2004
    6,608       9,067       10,330       (7 )             25,998  
Issuance of common stock,
    38       55                           93  
Repurchase of common stock
    (2 )     (23 )                         (25 )
Comprehensive income:
                                               
Net income
                5,897             5,897       5,897  
Other comprehensive income, unrealized holdings losses arising during the period (net of tax, $402)
                      (778 )     (778 )     (778 )
 
                                             
Total comprehensive income
                                  $ 5,119          
 
                                   
Balance, December 31, 2005
  $ 6,644     $ 9,099     $ 16,227     $ (785 )           $ 31,185  
 
                                   
     See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In Thousands)
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
                       
Net income
  $ 5,897     $ 3,315     $ 3,816  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                       
Provision for loan losses
    1,196       1,462       526  
Deferred tax benefit
    (908 )     (538 )     (55 )
Provision for hedging
    30              
Net amortization on securities
          71       239  
Depreciation and amortization
    697       553       413  
Loss on disposal of assets
    81              
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                       
(Increase) decrease in loans held for sale
    (9,010 )     (6,489 )     64,096  
(Increase) decrease in other assets
    (904 )     (932 )     1,213  
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities
    3,626       (215 )     (2,301 )
 
                 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    705       (2,773 )     67,947  
 
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
                       
Proceeds from maturities and calls of securities available for sale
    25,523       24,878       10,978  
Proceeds from sale of security available for sale
                 
Purchases of securities available for sale
    (63,095 )     (53,294 )     (18,750 )
Increase in federal funds sold
                19  
Net increase in loans
    (76,902 )     (103,282 )     (74,494 )
Proceeds from sale of equipment
    7              
Purchases of premises and equipment
    (1,793 )     (1,382 )     (7,632 )
 
                 
Net cash used in investing activities
    (116,260 )     (133,080 )     (89,879 )
 
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
                       
Net increase in demand, interest-bearing demand and savings deposits
    32,746       108,635       5,812  
Net increase in time deposits
    69,490       10,575       14,120  
Increase (decrease) in securities sold under agreement to repurchase
    (1,885 )     1,059       (937 )
Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings
    12,002       24,964       (24,392 )
Net increase (decrease) in long term borrowings
    (4,215 )     12,035       14,965  
Increase in trust preferred capital notes
                6,000  
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
    93       3,383        
Repurchase of common stock
    (25 )     (360 )     (346 )
 
                 
Net cash provided by financing activities
    108,206       160,291       15,222  
 
                 
 
                       
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (7,349 )     24,438       (6,710 )
Cash and Cash Equivalents
                       
Beginning
    30,532       6,094       12,804  
 
                 
Ending
  $ 23,183     $ 30,532     $ 6,094  
 
                 
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information
                       
Cash payments for interest
  $ 12,553     $ 6,071     $ 3,891  
 
                 
Cash payments for income taxes
  $ 3,830     $ 1,739     $ 2,905  
 
                 
Supplemental Disclosures of Noncash Investing Activities
                       
Unrealized gain (loss) on securities available for sale
  $ (1,180 )   $ (145 )   $ (8 )
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Nature of Operations - Access National Corporation is a bank holding company incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The holding company was formed on April 17, 2002. The Corporation owns all of the stock of its subsidiaries: Access National Bank, Access National Capital Trust I and Access National Capital Trust II. Access National Bank is an independent commercial bank chartered under federal laws as a national banking association. The Trust subsidiaries were formed for the purpose of issuing redeemable capital securities.
Access National Bank has four wholly-owned subsidiaries: Access National Mortgage Corporation (Mortgage Corporation), a mortgage banking company, Access Leasing, a leasing company, Access Real Estate, L.L.C., a real estate company and United First Mortgage, a mortgage banking company.
Principles of Consolidation - The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Access National Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Access National Bank, Access National Capital Trust I and Access National Capital Trust II. Prior to the adoption of FIN 46R the Corporation consolidated the trusts and the balance sheet included the guaranteed beneficial interest in the subordinated debentures of the trusts. At the adoption of FIN 46R the trusts were deconsolidated and the subordinated debentures of Access National Corporation owned by the subsidiary trusts were recorded. Application of FIN 46R to its investment in subsidiary trust did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s financial statements. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accounting and reporting policies of Access National Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Corporation”) conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and to predominant practices within the banking industry.
Securities - Debt securities that management has both the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are classified as “held to maturity” and are recorded at amortized cost. Securities not classified as held to maturity, including equity securities with readily determinable fair values, are classified as “available for sale” and recorded at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses excluded from earnings and reported in other comprehensive income. Restricted stock, such as Federal Reserve Bank and FHLB stock, is carried at cost.
Purchase premiums and discounts are recognized in interest income using the interest method over the terms of the securities. Declines in the fair value of held to maturity and available for sale securities below their cost that are deemed to be other than temporary are reflected in earnings as realized losses. Gains and losses on the sale of securities are recorded on the trade date and are determined using the specific identification method. All securities were classified as available for sale at December 31, 2005 and 2004.
Loans - The Corporation grants commercial, real estate, and consumer loans to customers in the community in and around Northern Virginia. The loan portfolio is well diversified and generally is collateralized by assets of the customers. The loans are expected to be repaid from cash flow or proceeds from the sale of selected assets of the borrowers. The ability of the Corporation’s debtors to honor their contracts is dependent upon the real estate and general economic conditions in the Corporation’s market area.
Loans that management has the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future or until maturity or pay-off generally are reported at their outstanding unpaid principal balances less the allowance for loan losses, and any deferred fees or costs on originated loans. Interest income is accrued on the unpaid principal balance. Loan origination fees, net of certain direct origination costs, are deferred and recognized as an adjustment of the related loan yield using the interest method.
The accrual of interest on mortgage and commercial loans is discontinued at the time the loan is 90 days delinquent unless the credit is well-secured and in process of collection. Consumer loans and other loans are typically charged off no later than 180 days past due. In all cases, loans are placed on non-accrual or charged-off at an earlier date if collection of principal or interest is considered doubtful.
All interest accrued but not collected for loans that are placed on non-accrual or charged-off is reversed against interest income. The interest on these loans is accounted for on the cash-basis or cost-recovery method, until qualifying for return to accrual. Loans are returned to accrual status when all of the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.
Loans Held for Sale – All one to four unit residential loans originated and intended for sale in the secondary market do not qualify for hedging under SFAS No. 133 and are carried at the lower of aggregate cost or fair market value as determined by aggregate outstanding commitments from investors or current investor yield requirements. Net unrealized losses are recognized in a valuation allowance by charges to income. Substantially all loans originated by Access National Mortgage Corporation are held for sale to outside investors. The Bank does not retain the servicing upon the sale of these loans.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Allowance for Loan Losses - The allowance for loan losses is established as losses are estimated to have occurred through a provision for loan losses charged to earnings. Loan losses are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectibility of a loan balance is confirmed. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance.
The allowance represents an amount that, in management’s judgment, will be adequate to absorb any losses on existing loans that may become uncollectible. Management’s judgment in determining the adequacy of the allowance is based on evaluations of the collectibility of loans while taking into consideration such factors as changes in the nature and volume of the loan portfolio, current economic conditions which may affect a borrower’s ability to repay, overall portfolio quality, and review of specific potential losses. This evaluation is inherently subjective, as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available.
The allowance consists of specific, general and unallocated components. The specific component relates to loans that are classified as doubtful, substandard or special mention. For such loans that are also classified as impaired, an allowance is established when the discounted cash flows (or collateral value or observable market price) of the impaired loan is lower than the carrying value of that loan. The general component covers non-classified loans and is based on historical loss experience adjusted for qualitative factors. An unallocated component is maintained to cover uncertainties that could affect management’s estimate of probable losses. The unallocated component of the allowance reflects the margin of imprecision inherent in the underlying assumptions used in the methodologies for estimating specific and general losses in the portfolio.
A loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Corporation will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value, and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due. Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired. Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration all of the circumstances surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length of the delay, the reasons for the delay, the borrower’s prior payment record, and the amount of the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed. Impairment is measured on a loan by loan basis for commercial and construction loans by either the present value of the expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate, the loan’s obtainable market price, or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent.
Large groups of smaller balance homogeneous loans are collectively evaluated for impairment. Accordingly, the Corporation does not separately identify individual consumer and residential loans for impairment disclosures.
Derivative Financial Instruments – The Mortgage Corporation enters into commitments to fund residential mortgage loans with the intention of selling them in the secondary market. The company also enters into forward sales agreements for certain funded loans and loan commitments. The company records unfunded commitments intended for loans held for sale and forward sales agreements at fair value with changes in fair value recorded as a component of other income. Loans originated and intended for sale in the secondary market are carried with residential loans at the lower of cost or estimated fair value in the aggregate.
For pipeline loans which are not pre-sold to an investor, the Mortgage Corporation manages the interest rate risk on rate lock commitments by entering into forward sale contracts of mortgage backed securities, whereby the Mortgage Corporation obtains the right to deliver securities to investors in the future at a specified price. Such contracts are accounted for as derivatives and are recorded at fair value in derivative assets or liabilities, with changes in fair value recorded in other income.
The Corporation has determined these derivative financial instruments do not meet the hedging criteria required by FASB 133 and has not designated these derivative financial instruments as hedges. Accordingly, changes in fair value are recognized currently in income.
Premises and Equipment - Premises and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Premises and equipment are depreciated over their estimated useful lives; leasehold improvements are amortized over the lives of the respective leases or the estimated useful life of the leasehold improvement, whichever is less. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of 39 years for office buildings and 3 to 15 years for furniture, fixtures, and equipment. Costs of maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred; improvements and betterments are capitalized. When items are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related costs and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gains or losses are included in the determination of net income.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Income Taxes - Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined using the balance sheet method. Under this method, the net deferred tax asset or liability is determined based on the tax effects of the temporary differences between the book and tax bases of the various balance sheet assets and liabilities and gives current recognition to changes in tax rates and laws. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Goodwill and Other Intangibles - The Corporation adopted Statement of Financial Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“SFAS 142”), effective January 1, 2002. Accordingly, goodwill is no longer subject to amortization over its estimated useful life, but is subject to at least an annual assessment for impairment by applying a fair value based test. Additionally, under SFAS 142, acquired intangible assets (such as core deposit intangibles) are separately recognized if the benefit of the asset can be sold, transferred, licensed, rented, or exchanged, and amortized over their useful life.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Stock-Based Compensation Plans - The Corporation applies Accounting Principles Bulletin (APB) Opinion 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related Interpretations to account for employee stock compensation plans, and accordingly, does not recognize compensation expense for stock options granted when the option price is greater than or equal to the underlying stock price on the date of grant. The Corporation presents the pro forma disclosures required by SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation:
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
(In Thousands, Except for Per Share Data)*   2005     2004     2003  
Net income, as reported
  $ 5,897     $ 3,315     $ 3,816  
Total stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects
    (285 )     (209 )     (179 )
 
                 
Pro forma net income
  $ 5,612     $ 3,106     $ 3,637  
 
                 
 
                       
Earnings per share:
                       
Basic - as reported
  $ 0.75     $ 0.44     $ 0.55  
 
                 
Basic - pro forma
  $ 0.71     $ 0.41     $ 0.52  
 
                 
Diluted - as reported
  $ 0.63     $ 0.36     $ 0.43  
 
                 
Diluted - pro forma
  $ 0.60     $ 0.34     $ 0.41  
 
                 
 
*   Prior periods adjusted for stock split effective December 12, 2005
The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes Model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
                         
    Year Ended December 31
    2005   2004   2003
Expected life
  6.78 years   7 years   7 years
Risk-free interest rate
    4.70 %     3.52 %     3.69 %
Volatility
    18.37 %     19.50 %     22.82 %
Dividend yield
                 
Effective January 1, 2006, the Corporation adopted the provisions of SFAS 123R which requires compensation expense to be recognized for share based payments.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Earnings Per Share - Basic earnings per share represents income available to common shareholders divided by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect additional common shares that would have been outstanding if dilutive potential common shares had been issued, as well as any adjustment to income that would result from the assumed issuance. Common equivalent shares are excluded from the computation if their effect is anti-dilutive.
During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Corporation realized a gain from the excess of the fair value of net assets acquired over the purchase price of United First Mortgage Inc. upon the acquisition of a subsidiary.
Cash and Cash Equivalents - For purposes of the statements of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents consists of cash and due from banks and interest-bearing deposits in other banks.
Advertising Costs – The Corporation follows the policy of charging the production costs of advertising to expense as incurred.
Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management 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 from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term relate to the determination of the allowance for loan losses and the valuation of deferred tax assets.
Shareholders’ Equity –In December 2005, the Corporation declared a 2 for 1 stock split. The authorized shares of common stock increased from 30,000,000 to 60,000,000 and par value per share decreased from $1.67 to $0.835.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements — In December 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No.46 (revised December 2003) Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (FIN 46R), which addresses how a business enterprise should evaluate whether it has a controlling financial interest in an entity. Access National Corporation has determined that the provisions of FIN 46R required the de-consolidation of the subsidiary trusts which issued guaranteed preferred beneficial interests in subordinated debentures (Trust Preferred Securities). Prior to the adoption of FIN 46R the Corporation consolidated the trusts and the balance sheet included the guaranteed beneficial interest in the subordinated debentures of the trusts. At the adoption of FIN 46R, the trusts were de-consolidated and the junior subordinated debentures of Access National Corporation owned by the subsidiary trusts were recorded. Application of FIN 46R to its investment in subsidiary trusts did not materially impact the financial statements of the Corporation
In December 2004, FASB enacted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 123—revised 2004 (SFAS 123R), ''Share-Based Payment’’ which replaces Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (SFAS 123), “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation’’ and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25 (APB 25), ''Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and amends FASB Statement No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows.’’ SFAS 123R requires the measurement of all employee share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, using a fair-value based method and the recording of such expense in our consolidated statements of income. The accounting provisions of SFAS 123R are effective for reporting periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The new standard may be adopted in one of three ways — the modified prospective transition method, a variation of the modified prospective transition method or the modified retrospective transition method. The Corporation disclosed pro forma compensation expense quarterly and annually by calculating the stock option grants’ fair value using the Black-Scholes model and disclosing the impact on net income and net income per share. The adoption of SFAS 123R is not expected to have a material impact on the Corporation’s financial statements.
In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, a Replacement of APB Opinion 20 and FASB Statement No. 3. SFAS 154 amends the existing guidance and applies to accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. SFAS 154 also applies to changes required by accounting pronouncements when the pronouncement does not include explicit transition provisions. SFAS 154 is effective for accounting changes and error corrections made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. Management does not believe the adoption of SFAS 154 will have a material impact on the financial condition or the results of operation of the Corporation.
FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”), reached consensus on “The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary and Its Application to Certain Investments” in EITF Issue No. 03-1. The guidance included in the EITF consensus largely consisted of expanded disclosures and the guidance was intended to be fully effective in 2003, except for loss-recognition guidance which had a delayed effective date into 2004. In 2004, the FASB has further delayed the loss recognition provisions of Issue No. 03-1. In June 2005, the FASB announced plans to supersede the EITF guidance with a revised standard in late 2005. Because of the inconclusive status of the guidance on the loss recognition aspects of Issue No. 03-1, the Corporation’s management is unable to determine at this time the potential impact of this matter on the consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
AICPA Statement of Position 03-3, Accounting for Certain Loans or Debt Securities Acquired in a Transfer (SOP 03-3), addresses the accounting for differences between contractual cash flows and cash flows expected to be collected from the initial investment in loans acquired in a transfer if those differences are attributable, at least in part, to credit quality. It includes such loans acquired in purchase business combinations and does not apply to loans originated by the entity. SOP 03-3 prohibits carrying over or creation of valuation allowances in the initial accounting for loans acquired in a transfer. It is effective for loans acquired in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2004. This new guidance had no material effect on the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements upon implementation.
Reclassifications - Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current year presentation.
Note 2. Securities
Amortized costs and fair values of the securities available for sale as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 are as follows:
                                 
    December 31, 2005  
            Gross     Gross        
            Unrealized     Unrealized        
    Amortized Cost     Gains     (Losses)     Fair Value  
            (In Thousands)          
U.S. Treasury Notes
  $ 1,606     $     $ (4 )   $ 1,602  
U.S. Governmental Agencies
    76,329             (1,069 )     75,260  
Mortgage Backed Securities
    1,392       3       (2 )     1,393  
Tax Exempt Municipals
    2,895             (55 )     2,840  
Taxable Municipals
    1,500             (34 )     1,466  
Mutual Fund
    1,500             (29 )     1,471  
Restricted Stock -
                               
Federal Reserve Bank Stock
    300                   300  
FHLB Stock
    3,439                   3,439  
 
                       
 
  $ 88,961     $ 3     $ (1,193 )   $ 87,771  
 
                       
                                 
    December 31, 2004  
            Gross     Gross        
            Unrealized     Unrealized        
    Amortized Cost     Gains     (Losses)     Fair Value  
            (In Thousands)          
U.S. Treasury Notes
  $ 1,623     $ 15     $     $ 1,638  
U.S. Governmental Agencies
    44,331       33       (103 )     44,261  
Mortgage Backed Securities
    2,191       44             2,235  
Restricted Stock -
                               
Federal Reserve Bank Stock
    300                   300  
FHLB Stock
    2,944                   2,944  
 
                       
 
  $ 51,389     $ 92     $ (103 )   $ 51,378  
 
                       

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The amortized cost and fair value of securities available for sale as of December 31, 2005 by contractual maturities, are shown below. Maturities may differ from contractual maturities because the securities may be called or prepaid without any penalties.
                 
    Amortized     Fair  
    Cost     Value  
    (In Thousands)  
US Treasury & Agencies
               
Due in one year or less
  $ 3,606     $ 3,570  
Due after one through five years
    71,831       70,846  
Due after five through ten years
    2,498       2,446  
Municipals
               
Due after five through ten years
    3,880       3,796  
Due after ten through fifteen years
    515       510  
Mortgage Backed Securities:
               
Due after one through five years
    1,392       1,393  
Mutual Fund
    1,500       1,471  
Restricted Stock:
               
Federal Reserve Bank stock
    300       300  
FHLB stock
    3,439       3,439  
 
           
 
  $ 88,961     $ 87,771  
 
           
For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, there were no sales of securities available for sale.
The book value of securities pledged to secure securities sold under agreement to repurchase and for other purposes amounted to $41,439,000 at December 31, 2005 and $19,288,000 at December 31, 2004.
Investment securities available for sale that have an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2005 are detailed below:
                                                 
    Securities in a loss     Securities in a loss        
    Position for less than     Position for 12 Months        
    12 Months     or Longer     Total  
    Fair     Unrealized     Fair     Unrealized     Fair     Unrealized  
    Value     Losses     Value     Losses     Value     Losses  
                    (In Thousands)                  
Investment securities available for sale:
                                               
 
                                               
U.S. Treasury Security
  $ 1,602     $ 4     $     $     $ 1,602     $ 4  
Mortgage Backed Security
    485       2                   485       2  
U.S. Government Agencies
    28,950       377       29,309       691       58,259       1,068  
Municipals-Taxable
    1,465       35                   1,465       35  
Municipals-Tax Exempt
    2,840       55                   2,840       55  
CRA Mutual Fund
    1,471       29                   1,471       29  
 
                                   
Total
  $ 36,813     $ 502     $ 29,309     $ 691     $ 66,122     $ 1,193  
 
                                   
Management does not believe that any individual unrealized loss as of December 31, 2005 represents other than temporary impairment. These unrealized losses are primarily attributable to changes in interest rates. The Corporation has the ability to hold these securities for a time necessary to recover the amortized cost or until maturity when full repayment would be received.

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Note 3. Loans
Net loans are summarized as follows:
                 
    December 31  
    2005     2004  
    (In Thousands)  
Loans secured by real estate:
               
Construction and land development
  $ 37,054     $ 33,073  
Residential properties
    156,185       113,432  
Secured by commercial properties
    137,423       96,939  
Commercial loans
    38,516       48,427  
Consumer loans
    555       723  
 
           
Total loans
    369,733       292,594  
Less allowance for loan losses
    5,215       4,019  
 
           
Net loans
  $ 364,518     $ 288,575  
 
           
Note 4. Allowance for Loan Losses
Changes in the allowance for loan losses were as follows:
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (In Thousands)  
Balance at beginning of year
  $ 4,019     $ 2,565     $ 2,048  
Provision charged to operating expense
    1,196       1,462       526  
Loan recoveries
                2  
Loan charge-offs
          (8 )     (11 )
 
                 
Balance at end of year
  $ 5,215     $ 4,019     $ 2,565  
 
                 
Non-accrual loans amounted to $1,311,000 at December 31, 2005 and $2,158,000 at December 31, 2004. If interest had been accrued, such income would have been approximately $189,000 and $139,000 respectively. At December 31, 2005 and 2004 there were no impaired loans.

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Note 5. Premises and Equipment, net
Premises and equipment, net are summarized as follow:
                 
    December 31  
    2005     2004  
    (In Thousands)  
Land
  $ 2,549     $ 1,341  
Premises
    6,162       6,126  
Leasehold improvements
    386       381  
Furniture & Equipment
    2,182       2,211  
 
           
 
    11,279       10,059  
Less accumulated depreciation
    1,629       1,237  
 
           
 
  $ 9,650     $ 8,822  
 
           
Depreciation and amortization expense included in operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 was $697,000, $553,000 and $413,000 respectively.

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Note 6. Deposits
The aggregate amount of time deposits with a minimum denomination of $100,000 was $129,224,000 and $83,047,000 at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
At December 31, 2005, the scheduled maturities of time deposits were as follows:
                 
Year           Amount  
            (In Thousands)  
2006
          $ 129,294  
2007
            29,455  
2008
            14,496  
2009
            10,036  
2010
            3,344  
Later years
            2,876  
 
             
 
          $ 189,501  
 
             
Brokered deposits totaled $58,773,000 and $53,997,000 at December 31, 2005 and 2004 respectively.
Note 7. Borrowings
Short-term borrowings consist of the following at December 31, 2005 and 2004:
                 
    December 31  
    2005     2004  
    (Dollars In Thousands)  
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
  $ 977     $ 2,862  
Commercial paper arrangements
    11,219       7,216  
FHLB borrowings
    36,000       27,000  
Fed Funds Purchased
          1  
 
           
Total
  $ 48,196     $ 37,079  
 
           
 
               
Weighted interest rate
    4.21 %     2.27 %
 
               
Average for the year ended December 31:
               
Outstanding
  $ 52,820     $ 51,629  
Interest rate
    3.54 %     1.56 %
 
               
Maximum month-end outstanding
  $ 87,519     $ 61,862  

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Short-term borrowings consist of securities sold under agreements to repurchase, which are secured transactions with customers and generally mature the day following the date sold. Short-term borrowings also include short-term advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, which are secured by mortgage-related loans and U.S. Government Agencies securities. The carrying value of the loans pledged as collateral for FHLB advances total $199,000,000 at December 31, 2005. In addition, the Corporation engaged in commercial paper arrangements with investors payable on demand.
At December 31, 2005, the Corporation’s fixed-rate long-term debt with the Federal Home Loan Bank totals $21,786,000 and matures through 2014. The interest rate on the fixed-rate notes payable ranges from 2.70% to 4.97%.
The contractual maturities of long-term debt at December 31, 2005 are as follows:
         
    Amount  
    (In Thousands)  
Due in 2008
  $ 7,500  
Due in 2009
    7,000  
Due in 2010
    3,036  
Due in 2014
    4,250  
 
     
Total Due
  $ 21,786  
 
     
The Company has remaining lines of credit available with Federal Home Loan Bank which totaled $84,466,000 at December 31, 2005.
During 2002, Access National Capital Trust I, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, was formed for the purpose of issuing redeemable Capital Securities. On July 30, 2002, $4.1 million of trust preferred securities were issued. The securities have a LIBOR-indexed floating rate of interest. The interest rate as of December 31, 2005 was 8.179%. Interest is payable quarterly. The securities have a mandatory redemption date of July 30, 2032, and are subject to varying call provisions beginning July 30, 2007. The principal asset of the Trust is $4.1 million of the Corporation’s junior subordinated debt securities with the like maturities and like interest rates to the Capital Securities.
During 2003, Access National Capital Trust II, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation was formed for the purpose of issuing redeemable Capital Securities. On September 29, 2003, $6.2 million of trust preferred securities were issued. The securities have a LIBOR-indexed floating rate of interest. The interest rate at December 31, 2005 was 7.350%. Interest is payable quarterly. The securities have a mandatory redemption date of September 29, 2034 and are subject to varying call provisions beginning January 7, 2009. The principal asset of the Trust is $6.2 million of the Corporation’s junior subordinated debt securities with the like maturities and like interest rates to the Capital securities.
The Trust Preferred Securities may be included in Tier 1 capital for regulatory capital adequacy determination purposes up to 25% of Tier I capital after its inclusion. The portion of the Trust Preferred not considered as Tier I capital may be included in Tier II capital.
The obligations of the Corporation with respect to the issuance of the Capital Securities constitute a full and unconditional guarantee by the Corporation of the Trust’s obligations with respect to the Capital Securities.

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Subject to certain exceptions and limitations, the Corporation may elect from time to time to defer interest payments on the junior subordinated debt securities, which would result in a deferral of distribution payments on the related Capital Securities.
Note 8. Income Taxes
Net deferred tax assets consisted of the following components as of December 31, 2005 and 2004:
                 
    December 31  
    2005     2004  
    (In Thousands)  
Deferred tax assets:
               
Allowance for loan losses
  $ 1,344     $ 938  
Accrual to cash basis adjustment
    28       56  
Securities available for sale
    405       4  
Deferred fees
    408       322  
Other
    588       218  
 
           
 
    2,773       1,538  
 
           
Deferred tax liability:
               
Depreciation
    216       249  
Securities available for sale
           
 
           
 
    216       249  
Net deferred tax assets
               
 
           
included in other assets
  $ 2,557     $ 1,289  
 
           
The provision for income taxes charged to operations for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 consisted of the following:
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (In Thousands)  
Current tax expense
  $ 4,213     $ 2,327     $ 2,184  
Deferred tax (benefit)
    (908 )     (538 )     (55 )
 
                 
 
  $ 3,305     $ 1,789     $ 2,129  
 
                 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The income tax provision differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the U.S. Federal income tax rate to pretax income for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 as follows:
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (In Thousands)  
Computed “expected” tax expense
  $ 3,078     $ 1,565     $ 2,021  
Increase (decrease) in income taxes resulting from:
                       
State income taxes
    150       110       190  
Other
    77       (56 )     (82 )
 
                 
 
    3,305       1,619       2,129  
 
                       
Increase due to tax resulting from gain on acquisition of subsidiary
          170        
 
                 
 
  $ 3,305     $ 1,789     $ 2,129  
 
                 
Note 9. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
The Corporation was committed under non-cancelable and month-to-month operating leases for its office locations. Rent expense associated with these operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 totaled $776,000, $719,000 and $900,000.
The following is a schedule of future minimum lease payments required under operating leases that have initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year.
                 
Year           Amount  
            (In Thousands)  
2006
          $ 450  
2007
            191  
2008
            146  
2009
            98  
2010
            51  
 
             
 
          $ 936  
 
             
In the normal course of business, there are outstanding various commitments and contingent liabilities, which are not reflected in the accompanying financial statements. The Corporation does not anticipate any material loss as a result of these transactions. See Note 11 for additional information.
As a member of the Federal Reserve System, the Bank is required to maintain certain average reserve balances. Those balances include usable vault cash and amounts on deposit with the Federal Reserve. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the amount of daily average required balances were approximately $4,980,000 and $5,094,000 respectively.

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Note 10. Derivatives
During 2005 and 2004, the Mortgage Corporation entered into interest rate lock commitments, which are commitments to originate loans whereby the interest rate on the loan is determined prior to funding and the customers have locked into that interest rate. The Mortgage Corporation also has corresponding forward sales commitments related to these interest rate lock commitments, which are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in non-interest income. The market value of rate lock commitments and best efforts contracts is not readily ascertainable with precision because rate lock commitments and best efforts contracts are not actively traded in stand-alone markets. The Mortgage Corporation determines the fair value of rate lock commitments and best efforts contracts by measuring the change in the value of the underlying asset while taking into consideration the probability that the rate lock commitments will close.
For derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, the derivative is recorded as a freestanding asset or liability with the change in value being recognized in current earnings during the period of change.
At December 31, 2005 and 2004 the Mortgage Corporation had derivative financial instruments with a notional value of $96,809,000 and $55,828,000 respectively. The fair value of these derivative instruments was $96,731,000 and $55,765,000 respectively.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 11. Financial Instruments with Off-Balance-Sheet Risk
The Corporation is a party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments consist primarily of commitments to extend credit. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the balance sheet. The contract or notional amounts of those instruments reflect the extent of involvement the Corporation has in particular classes of financial instruments.
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. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The Corporation evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral, if deemed necessary by the Corporation upon extension of credit, is based on management’s credit evaluation of the counterparty. Collateral normally consists of real property, liquid assets or business assets. The Corporation had approximately $5,000,000 and $16,970,000 in outstanding commitments at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
The Corporation’s 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 notional amount of those instruments. The Corporation uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments. The Corporation had approximately $71,995,000 and $45,278,000 in unfunded lines of credit whose contract amounts represent credit risk at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
The Mortgage Corporation had locked rate commitments to originate mortgage loans amounting to approximately $46,809,000 and $29,834,000 at December 31, 2005 and 2004 respectively. Loans held for sale totaled $45,019,000 and $36,245,000 at December 31, 2005 and 2004 respectively. The Mortgage Corporation had entered into commitments, on a best-effort basis to sell loans of approximately $17,624,000 at December 31, 2005 and $15,039,000 at December 31, 2004. The Mortgage Corporation had entered into forward loan sale commitments totaling $4,077,000 and $30,768,000 as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 respectively. Risks arise from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. The Mortgage Corporation does not expect any counterparty to fail to meet its obligations.
Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Corporation to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Those letters of credit are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements. Essentially all letters of credit issued have expiration dates within one year. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers. The Corporation generally holds collateral supporting those commitments if deemed necessary. The Corporation had standby letters of credit outstanding in the amount of $3,847,000 and $2,525,000 at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
The Corporation has cash accounts in other commercial banks. The amount of deposit at these banks at December 31, 2005 and 2004 exceeded the insurance limits of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by approximately $13,279,000 and $19,434,000 respectively.

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Note 12. Related Party Transactions
The Corporation has had, and may be expected to have in the future, banking transactions in the ordinary course of business with directors, principal officers, their immediate families and affiliated companies in which they are principal shareholders (commonly referred to as related parties), on the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with others. These persons and firms were indebted to the Corporation for loans totaling $4,215,000 and $1,064,000 at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. During 2005, total principal additions were $3,959,000 and total principal payments were $808,000. The aggregate amount of deposits at December 31, 2005 and 2004 from directors and officers was $6,556,000 and $3,855,000 respectively.
Stock Option Plan
The Corporation’s shareholders approved the Corporation’s 1999 Stock Option Plan at the 2000 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The plan reserves 975,000 shares of Common Stock. The Stock Plan allows for incentive stock options to be granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value at the date of grant. Option expiration dates range from three to seven years from the date of grant. All shares have been restated to reflect the 10 for 1 stock split declared in April 2001, the 3 for 1 stock split of June 1, 2003 and the 2 for 1 stock split of December 2005.
Changes in the stock options outstanding under the Stock Plan are summarized as follows:
                                                 
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
            Weighted             Weighted             Weighted  
            Average             Average             Average  
    Number of     Exercise     Number of     Exercise     Number of     Exercise  
    Options     Price     Options     Price     Options     Price  
Outstanding at beginning of year
    1,121,818     $ 2.85       1,104,136     $ 2.47       990,528     $ 2.21  
Granted
    182,458       9.52       137,414       7.35       120,148       4.67  
Exercised
    (13,854 )     2.91       (51,500 )     3.12              
Forfeited
    (13,014 )     7.02       (68,232 )     5.38       (6,540 )     3.43  
 
                                         
Outstanding at end of year
    1,277,408     $ 3.76       1,121,818     $ 2.85       1,104,136     $ 2.47  
 
                                         
Options exercisable at year-end
    1,159,598     $ 3.59       777,174     $ 2.43       517,698     $ 1.67  
 
                                         
Weighted average fair value per option granted during year
          $ 3.44             $ 2.26             $ 1.66  

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Summary information pertaining to options outstanding at December 31, 2005 is as follows:
                                                 
    Options Outstanding     Options Exercisable  
            Weighted-                     Weighted-        
            Average     Weighted             Average     Weighted  
Range of           Remaining     Average             Remaining     Average  
Exercise   Number     Contractual     Exercise     Number     Contractual     Exercise  
Price   Outstanding     Life (in yrs)     Price     Outstanding     Life (in yrs)     Price  
$1.67-1.85
    661,080       1.1     $ 1.68       628,074       1.1     $ 1.68  
2.84-3.45
    309,936       3.6       3.39       309,936       3.6       3.39  
6.55-6.94
    133,308       5.3       6.58       75,238       6.2       6.55  
7.36-7.54
    101,734       4.6       7.52       75,000       5.1       7.54  
14.05
    71,350       3.0       14.05       71,350       3.0       14.05  
 
                                   
 
    1,277,408       2.5     $ 3.76       1,159,598       2.4     $ 3.59  
 
                                   
Note 13. Warrants
As of December 31, 2005, there were 1,018,000 warrants at an exercise price of $1.67 issued and outstanding. Of this amount, 150,540 warrants were held by the organizing shareholders of the Corporation and vested at the date of issuance. The remaining 867,460 warrants were held by the former shareholders of Access National Mortgage Corporation, pursuant to the merger agreement dated June 10, 1999. Under the merger agreement, the vesting of these warrants is subject to future financial performance of the mortgage business unit. Based upon performance through December 31, 2005, all of these warrants were vested and exercisable.

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Note 14. Capital Requirements
The Corporation (on a consolidated basis) and the Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory, and possibly additional discretionary, actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Corporation’s and the Bank’s financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Corporation and the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Corporation’s and the Bank’s assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Corporation’s and the Bank’s capital amounts and classification 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 the Corporation and Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the table below) of total and Tier 1 capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and of Tier 1 capital (as defined) to average assets (as defined). Management believes, as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, that the Corporation and the Bank meet all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.
At December 31, 2005 the Corporation and Bank exceeded the minimum required ratios for “well capitalized” as defined by the federal banking regulators. To be categorized as well capitalized, the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based, and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the table. There are no conditions or events that management believes have changed the institution’s category.

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The Corporation’s and Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, in thousands, are also presented in the table:
                                                 
                                    Minimum  
                                    To Be Well  
                                    Capitalized Under  
                    Minimum Capital     Prompt Corrective  
    Actual     Requirement     Action Provisions  
    Amount     Ratio     Amount     Ratio     Amount     Ratio  
    (In Thousands)  
December 31, 2005:
                                               
Total Capital
                                               
(to Risk Weighted Assets)
                                               
Corporation
  $ 47,155       12.11 %   $ 31,151       8.00 %   $ 38,939       10.00 %
Bank
  $ 45,238       11.63 %   $ 31,110       8.00 %   $ 38,887       10.00 %
Tier 1 Capital
                                               
(to Risk-Weighted Assets)
                                               
Corporation
  $ 41,970       10.78 %   $ 15,576       4.00 %   $ 23,363       6.00 %
Bank
  $ 40,371       10.38 %   $ 15,555       4.00 %   $ 23,332       6.00 %
Tier 1 Capital
                                               
(to Average Assets)
                                               
Corporation
  $ 41,970       7.60 %   $ 22,092       4.00 %   $ 27,615       5.00 %
Bank
  $ 40,371       7.32 %   $ 22,070       4.00 %   $ 27,587       5.00 %
 
                    `                          
December 31, 2004:
                                               
Total Capital
                                               
(to Risk Weighted Assets)
                                               
Corporation
  $ 40,250       12.80 %   $ 25,160       8.00 %   $ 31,449       10.00 %
Bank
  $ 35,084       11.17 %   $ 25,120       8.00 %   $ 31,401       10.00 %
Tier 1 Capital
                                               
(to Risk-Weighted Assets)
                                               
Corporation
  $ 34,505       10.97 %   $ 12,580       4.00 %   $ 18,870       6.00 %
Bank
  $ 31,156       9.92 %   $ 12,560       4.00 %   $ 18,841       6.00 %
Tier 1 Capital
                                               
(to Average Assets)
                                               
Corporation
  $ 34,505       8.83 %   $ 15,629       4.00 %   $ 19,537       5.00 %
Bank
  $ 31,156       7.99 %   $ 15,603       4.00 %   $ 19,504       5.00 %

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 15. Dividend Restrictions
Federal regulations limit the amount of dividends that the Corporation can pay without obtaining prior approval and additionally require that the Corporation maintain a ratio of total capital to assets, as defined by regulatory authorities.
Note 16. Earnings Per Share
The following shows the weighted average number of shares used in computing earnings per share and the effect on weighted average number of shares of diluted potential common stock. Potential dilutive common stock has no effect on income available to common shareholders. All shares and per share amounts have been restated to reflect a 2 for 1 stock split declared in December 2005 and a 3 for 1 stock split declared in June 2003.
                                                                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
    Net             Per Share     Net             Per Share     Net             Per Share  
    Income     Shares     Amount     Income     Shares     Amount     Income     Shares     Amount  
    (In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)  
Earnings per share
                                         
Basic, before extra-ordinary income
  $ 5,897       7,867     $ 0.75     $ 2,985       7,510     $ 0.40     $ 3,816       6,987     $ 0.55  
Basic
  $ 5,897             $ 0.75     $ 3,315             $ 0.44     $ 3,816             $ 0.55  
 
                                                                 
Effect of dilutive securities:
                                                                       
Stock options and warrants
            1,556                       1,646                       1,835          
Diluted, before extra-ordinary income
                  $ 0.63                     $ 0.33                     $ 0.43  
Diluted
                  $ 0.63                     $ 0.36                     $ 0.43  
 
                                                     
Diluted earnings per share
  $ 5,897       9,423     $ 0.63     $ 3,315       9,156     $ 0.36     $ 3,816       8,822     $ 0.43  
 
                                                     
Note 17. Employee Benefits
The Corporation maintains a Defined Contribution 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, which authorizes a maximum voluntary salary deferral of up to IRS limitations. All full-time employees are eligible to participate after 6 months of employment. The Corporation reserves the right for an annual discretionary contribution to the account of each eligible employee based in part on the Corporation’s profitability for a given year, and on each participant’s yearly earnings. Approximately $495,000, $187,000, and $81,000 were charged to expense under the Plan for 2005, 2004, and 2003 respectively.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 18. Other Expenses
The Corporation had the following other expenses for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003:
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (In Thousands)  
Advertising and promotional expense
  $ 3,969     $ 2,048     $ 3,859  
Investor fees
    864       595       979  
Other settlement fees
    295       718       709  
Management fees
    1,957       1,824       2,542  
Provision for branch expenses
    680       327        
Other
    5,612       5,026       4,783  
 
                 
 
  $ 13,377     $ 10,538     $ 12,872  
 
                 
Note 19. Fair Value of Financial Instruments and Interest Rate Risk
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value:
     Cash and Short-Term Investments
For those short-term instruments, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.
     Securities
For securities, fair values are based on quoted market prices or dealer quotes.
     Loans Held for Sale
Fair values are based on quoted market prices of similar loans sold on the secondary market.
     Loan Receivables
For certain homogeneous categories of loans, such as some residential mortgages, and other consumer loans, fair value is estimated using the quoted market prices for securities backed by similar loans, adjusted for differences in loan characteristics. The fair value of other types of loans is estimated by discounting the future cash flows using the current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Deposits and Borrowings
The fair value of demand deposits, savings accounts, and certain money market deposits is the amount payable on demand at the reporting date. The fair value of fixed-maturity certificates of deposit is estimated using the rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities. The fair value of all other deposits and borrowings is determined using the discounted cash flow method. The discount rate was equal to the rate currently offered on similar products.
Accrued Interest
The carrying amounts of accrued interest approximate fair value.
Off-Balance-Sheet Financial Instruments
The fair value of commitments to extend credit is estimated using the fees currently charged to enter similar agreements, taking into account the remaining terms of the agreements and the present credit worthiness of the counterparties. For fixed-rate loan commitments, fair value also considers the difference between current levels of interest rates and the committed rates. The fair value of stand-by letters of credit is based on fees currently charged for similar agreements or on the estimated cost to terminate them or otherwise settle the obligations with the counterparties at the reporting date.
At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the majority of off-balance-sheet items is variable rate instruments or converts to variable rate instruments if drawn upon. Therefore, the fair value of these items is largely based on fees, which are nominal and immaterial.
                                 
    December 31  
    2005     2004  
    Carrying     Fair     Carrying     Fair  
    Amount     Value     Amount     Value  
    (In Thousands)  
Financial assets:
                               
Cash and short-term investments
  $ 23,183     $ 23,183     $ 30,532     $ 30,532  
Securities
    87,771       87,771       51,378       51,378  
Loans held for sale
    45,019       45,019       36,245       36,245  
Loans, net of allowance
    364,518       365,911       288,575       284,600  
Accrued interest receivable
    3,068       3,068       2,214       2,214  
 
                               
Financial liabilities:
                               
Deposits
  $ 419,629     $ 418,249     $ 317,393     $ 316,749  
Short-term borrowings
    48,196       48,196       37,079       37,061  
Long-term borrowings
    21,786       21,410       27,000       25,982  
Subordinated debentures
    10,311       10,311       10,311       10,311  
Accrued interest payable
    1       1       83       83  

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The Corporation assumes interest rate risk (the risk that general interest rate levels will change) as a result of its normal operations. As a result, the fair values of the Corporation’s financial instruments will change when interest rate levels change and that change may be either favorable or unfavorable to the Corporation. Management attempts to match maturities of assets and liabilities to the extent believed necessary to minimize interest rate risk. However, borrowers with fixed rate obligations are less likely to prepay in a rising rate environment and more likely to prepay in a falling rate environment. Conversely, depositors who are receiving fixed rates are more likely to withdraw funds before maturity in a rising rate environment and less likely to do so in a falling rate environment. Management monitors rates and maturities of assets and liabilities and attempts to minimize interest rate risk by adjusting terms of new loans and deposits and by investing in securities with terms that mitigate the Corporation’s overall interest rate risk.
Note 20. Segment Reporting
Access National Corporation has two reportable segments: traditional commercial banking and a mortgage banking business. Revenues from commercial banking operations consist primarily of interest earned on loans and investment securities and fees from deposit services. Mortgage banking operating revenues consist principally of interest earned on mortgage loans held for sale, gains on sales of loans in the secondary mortgage market and loan origination fee income.
The commercial bank segment provides the mortgage segment with the short term funds needed to originate mortgage loans through a warehouse line of credit and charges the mortgage banking segment interest based on a premium over their cost to borrow funds. These transactions are eliminated in the consolidation process.

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The following table presents segment information for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003:
                                 
2005   Commercial                     Consolidated  
(In Thousands)   Banking     Mortgage     Elimination     Totals  
Revenues:
                               
Interest income
  $ 27,708     $ 3,085     $ (3,000 )   $ 27,793  
Gain on sale of loans
          24,198       (103 )     24,095  
Other
    2,701       6,065       (1,394 )     7,372  
 
                       
Total operating income
  $ 30,409     $ 33,348     $ (4,497 )   $ 59,260  
 
                       
 
                               
Expenses:
                               
Interest expense
  $ 12,762     $ 2,760     $ (3,000 )   $ 12,522  
Salaries and employee benefits
    5,798       14,739             20,537  
Other
    5,971       12,525       (1,497 )     16,999  
 
                       
Total operating expenses
  $ 24,531     $ 30,024     $ (4,497 )   $ 50,058  
 
                       
 
                               
Income before income taxes
  $ 5,878     $ 3,324           $ 9,202  
 
                       
 
                               
Total assets
  $ 523,910     $ 48,883     $ (35,743 )   $ 537,050  
 
                       
 
                               
Capital Expenditures
  $ 1,672     $ 121     $     $ 1,793  
 
                       
                                 
2004   Commercial                     Consolidated  
(In Thousands)   Banking     Mortgage     Elimination     Totals  
Revenues:
                               
Interest income
  $ 17,402     $ 2,195     $ (1,372 )   $ 18,225  
Gain on sale of loans
          20,208       (193 )     20,015  
Other
    2,094       4,986       (1,143 )     5,937  
 
                       
Total operating income
  $ 19,496     $ 27,389     $ (2,708 )   $ 44,177  
 
                       
 
                               
Expenses:
                               
Interest expense
  $ 6,854     $ 1,049     $ (1,372 )   $ 6,531  
Salaries and employee benefits
    3,993       14,634             18,627  
Other
    5,579       10,172       (1,336 )     14,415  
 
                       
Total operating expenses
  $ 16,426     $ 25,855     $ (2,708 )   $ 39,573  
 
                       
 
                               
Income before income taxes
  $ 3,070     $ 1,534     $     $ 4,604  
 
                       
 
                               
Total assets
  $ 407,597     $ 61,252     $ (48,751 )   $ 420,098  
 
                       
 
                               
Capital Expenditures
  $ 890     $ 492     $     $ 1,382  
 
                       
                                 
2003   Commercial     Mortgage             Consolidated  
(In Thousands)   Banking     Banking     Elimination     Totals  
Revenues:
                               
Interest income
  $ 12,396     $ 3,788     $ (2,142 )   $ 14,042  
Gain on sale of loans
          27,818             27,818  
Other
    840       5,107             5,947  
 
                       
Total operating income
  $ 13,236     $ 36,713     $ (2,142 )   $ 47,807  
 
                       
 
                               
Expenses:
                               
Interest expense
  $ 4,812     $ 2,234     $ (2,142 )   $ 4,904  
Salaries and employee benefits
    3,128       18,270             21,398  
Other
    2,915       12,645             15,560  
 
                       
Total operating expenses
  $ 10,855     $ 33,149     $ (2,142 )   $ 41,862  
 
                       
 
                               
Income before income taxes
  $ 2,381     $ 3,564     $     $ 5,945  
 
                       
 
                               
Total assets
  $ 268,131     $ 32,611     $ (43,352 )   $ 257,390  
 
                       
 
                               
Capital Expenditures
  $ 7,446     $ 186     $     $ 7,632  
 
                       

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 21. Parent Only Statements
ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Parent Corporation Only)
Balance Sheets
                 
    December 31  
    2005     2004  
    (In Thousands)  
Assets
               
Cash
  $ 10     $ 9  
Other investments
    1,825       3,713  
Investment in subsidiaries
    39,605       31,150  
Other assets
    590       1,641  
 
           
                 
 
           
                 
Total assets
  $ 42,030     $ 36,513  
 
           
 
               
Liabilities
               
Subordinated debentures
  $ 10,311     $ 10,311  
Other liabilities
    534       204  
 
           
 
    10,845       10,515  
 
           
 
               
Shareholders’ Equity
               
Common stock
    6,644       6,608  
Capital surplus
    9,099       9,067  
Retained earnings
    16,227       10,330  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    (785 )     (7 )
 
           
                 
 
           
Total shareholders’ equity
    31,185       25,998  
 
           
                 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 42,030     $ 36,513  
 
           

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Parent Corporation Only)
Statements of Income
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (In Thousands)  
Income
                       
Dividends from subsidiaries
  $ 1,014     $ 795     $  
Interest
    91       88       54  
Management fees from subsidiaries
                422  
Other
    84       80        
 
                 
 
    1,189       963       476  
 
                       
Expenses
                       
Interest expense on subordinated debentures
    706       514       294  
Other expenses
    845       421       197  
 
                 
Total expenses
    1,551       935       491  
 
                       
Income (loss) before income taxes and undistributed income of subsidiaries
    (362 )     28       (15 )
Income tax (benefit)
    (525 )     (289 )     (6 )
 
                 
 
                       
Income (loss) before undistributed income of subsidiaries
    163       317       (9 )
Undistributed income of subsidiaries
    5,734       2,998       3,825  
 
                 
 
                       
Net income
  $ 5,897     $ 3,315     $ 3,816  
 
                 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Parent Corporation Only)
Statements of Cash Flows
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (In Thousands)  
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
                       
Net income
  $ 5,897     $ 3,315     $ 3,816  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                       
Undistributed income of subsidiaries
    (5,734 )     (2,998 )     (3,825 )
(Increase) decrease in other assets
    1,142       (730 )     (569 )
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities
    241       (410 )     76  
 
                 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    1,546       (823 )     (502 )
 
                 
 
                       
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
                       
Increase in investment in subsidiaries
    (3,500 )           (3,209 )
(Increase) decrease in other investments
    1,888       (2,191 )     (6,101 )
 
                 
Net cash (used in) investing activities
    (1,612 )     (2,191 )     (9,310 )
 
                 
 
                       
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
                       
Repurchase of common stock
    (25 )     (360 )     (346 )
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
    92       3,383        
Proceeds from subordinated debentures
                6,186  
 
                 
Net cash provided by financing activities
    67       3,023       5,840  
 
                 
 
                       
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    1       9       (3,972 )
 
                       
Cash and Cash Equivalents
                       
Beginning
    9             3,972  
 
                       
 
                 
Ending
  $ 10     $ 9     $  
 
                 

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ITEM 9 — CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
As discussed in the Corporation’s current report on Form 8-K filed on January 21, 2005, the Corporation engaged BDO Seidman, LLP as its independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004, and chose not to renew the engagement of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, PC, which served as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003.
ITEM 9A – CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The Corporation maintains a system of disclosure controls and procedures that is designed to ensure that material information relating to the Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. As required, management, with the participation of the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures were operating effectively to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Corporation in reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC.
Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that the Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures will detect or uncover every situation involving the failure of persons within the Corporation to disclose material information otherwise required to be set forth in the Corporation’s periodic and current reports.
The Corporation’s management is also responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. No changes in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B – OTHER INFORMATION
None.

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PART III
ITEM 10 – DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The information contained under the captions “Election of Directors,” “Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors,” “Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors” and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the 2006 Proxy Statement that is required to be disclosed in this Item 10 is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 11 – EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information contained under the captions “Director Compensation,” “Executive Compensation and Related Party Transactions” and “Stock Performance” in the 2006 Proxy Statement that is required to be disclosed in this Item 11 is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 12 – SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The information contained under the captions “Security Ownership of Management,” “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information” in the 2006 Proxy Statement that is required to be disclosed in this Item 12 is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 13 – CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Information regarding certain relationships between the Corporation and its directors and officers is contained under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the 2006 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 14 – PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The information under the captions “Audit and Non-Audit Fees” and “Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies” in the 2006 Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

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PART IV
ITEM 15 – EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
      (a) Exhibit Index:
     
Exhibit No.   Description
3.1*
  Articles of Incorporation of Access National Corporation.
 
   
3.2
  Bylaws of Access National Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 8-K dated August 1, 2005 (file number 000-49929))
 
   
4
  Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.0 to Form 10-KSB filed March 31, 2003 (file number 000-49929))
 
   
10.1+
  Employment Letter Agreement between Access National Bank and Michael W. Clarke (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-K filed March 31, 2005)
 
   
10.2+
  Employment Letter Agreement between Access National Bank and Robert C. Shoemaker (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 10-K filed March 31, 2005)
 
   
10.3+
  Employment Letter Agreement between Access National Bank and Charles Wimer (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 10-KSB filed March 31, 2003)
 
   
10.4+
  Employment Agreement between Access National Mortgage Corporation and Dean Hackemer (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Form 10-K filed March 31, 2005)
 
   
10.5*+
  Schedule of Non-Employee Directors’ Annual Compensation
 
   
10.6*+
  Base Salaries for Named Executive Officers
 
   
10.7+
  Access National Bank 1999 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-KSB filed March 31, 2003 (file number 000-49929))
 
   
10.8
  Lease agreement between Access National Bank and William and Blanca Spencer (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Form 10-KSB filed March 31, 2003 (file number 000-49929))
 
   
10.9
  Lease agreement between Access National Mortgage Corporation and WJG, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Form 10-KSB filed March 31, 2003 (file number 000-49929))
 
   
14
  Code of Ethics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 to Form 10-KSB filed March 30, 2004 (file number 333-109125))
 
   
21*
  Subsidiaries of Access National Corporation
 
   
23.1*
  Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
 
   
23.2*
  Consent of Yount, Hyde and Barbour, P. C.
 
   
24
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this report)
 
   
31.1*
  CEO Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)
 
   
31.2*
  CFO Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)
 
   
32*
  CEO/CFO Certification Pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. § 1350)
 
*   filed herewith
 
+   indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
                 
 
          Access National Corporation    
 
          (Registrant)    
 
               
 
  Date: March 28, 2006   By:   /s/ Michael W. Clarke
 
Michael W. Clarke
   
 
          President & CEO    
 
               
 
  Date: March 28, 2006   By:   /s/ Charles Wimer
 
Charles Wimer
   
 
          Executive Vice President & CFO    

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SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael W. Clarke, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact as agent with full power of substitution and re-substitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Form 10-K and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do fully and to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
/s/ J. Randolph Babbitt
 
J. Randolph Babbitt
  Director    March 28, 2006
         
/s/ Michael W. Clarke
 
Michael W. Clarke
  President / CEO & Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
   March 28, 2006
         
/s/ John W. Edgemond
 
       
John W. (Skip) Edgemond   Director   March 28, 2006
         
/s/ James L. Jadlos
 
       
James L. Jadlos   Director   March 28, 2006
         
/s/ Thomas M. Kody
 
       
Thomas M. Kody   Director   March 28, 2006
         
/s/ Jacques Rebibo
 
       
Jacques Rebibo   Chairman of the Board of Directors   March 28, 2006
    Director    
         
/s/ Robert C. Shoemaker
 
       
Robert C. Shoemaker   Executive Vice President,
Chief Credit Officer & Director
  March 28, 2006
         
/s/ Charles Wimer
 
       
Charles Wimer   Executive Vice President & Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
  March 28, 2006

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