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Capital ratios remained strong throughout 2010, with Tier 1
common and Tier 1 ratios standing at a solid 7.85 and 12.40
percent, respectively. Our Basel III pro-forma Tier 1 common
and Tier 1 capital ratios are 7.62 and 11.35 percent, above the
respective 7 percent and 8.5 percent minimums required under
Basel III. Our liquidity position remained solid at both the bank
and the holding company level, and we fi nished the year with a
loan-to-deposit ratio of 88 percent.
CHALLENGES FACED
Our core business performance results indicate we are making
progress, and our stock outperformed the S&P 500 as well as the
KBW Banking Index. However, we are far from satisfi ed with
these results given that we fi nished the year with a loss of $763
million or $0.62 per share. The results refl ect an elevated – but
lower – loan loss provision of $2.9 billion. Throughout the year,
we made progress in de-risking the balance sheet, selling $2.1
billion of non-performing assets. Non-performing assets as a
percentage of total loans and repossessed assets were 4.70 percent
at December 31, 2010, compared to 4.83 percent a year earlier.
We’ve learned some tough lessons as a result of the economic
crisis and are now facing our challenges with a better perspective
and even more determination. We realize we were over concentrated
in real estate and over concentrated in certain markets, specifi cally
Florida and Georgia. As a result, we are reducing our exposure to
real estate and are moving toward a better balance in our consumer
and business portfolio and more balance across our geographies.
As part of an aggressive plan to improve credit quality, we have
disposed of approximately $3.5 billion in problem assets over the
past two years and have a disciplined process to determine on
a case-by-case basis whether a workout, restructuring or asset
sale provides the most economically benefi cial path to resolution.
REGIONS 2010 ANNUAL REPORT
4 |
Strengthening
the enterprise
risk management
framework is
essential to the
long-term success of
our company.