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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
   
þ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2006
OR
   
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                       to                     
Commission file number 0-13507
RURBAN FINANCIAL CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
   
Ohio 34-1395608
   
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)  
401 Clinton Street, Defiance, Ohio 43512
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(419) 783-8950
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
None
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)
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 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 check mark 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 Accelerate 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 Exchange Act).  Yes  o     No  þ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
   
Common Shares, without par value 5,027,433 shares
(class) (Outstanding at November 13, 2006)
 
 

 


 


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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
The interim condensed consolidated financial statements of Rurban Financial Corp. (“Rurban” or the “Company”) are unaudited; however, the information contained herein reflects all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of financial condition and results of operations for the interim periods presented. All adjustments reflected in these financial statements are of a normal recurring nature in accordance with Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of results for the complete year.

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Rurban Financial Corp.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005
Assets
         
  (Unaudited)    
  September 30,  December 31, 
  2006  2005 
   
Cash and due from banks
 $18,333,213  $12,650,839 
Interest-bearing deposits
  150,000   150,000 
Available-for-sale securities
  127,863,121   139,353,329 
Loans held for sale
  282,100   224,000 
Loans, net of unearned income
  364,343,193   327,048,229 
Allowance for loan losses
  (4,521,911)  (4,699,827)
Premises and equipment
  13,790,324   13,346,632 
Purchased software
  4,722,746   3,916,913 
Federal Reserve and Federal Home Loan Bank stock
  3,994,000   3,607,500 
Foreclosed assets held for sale, net
  490,256   2,309,900 
Interest receivable
  3,399,893   3,010,355 
Goodwill
  13,517,292   8,917,373 
Core deposits and other intangibles
  6,027,386   3,742,333 
Cash value of life insurance
  10,706,737   10,443,487 
Other
  6,888,763   6,521,213 
 
      
 
        
Total assets
 $569,987,113  $530,542,276 
 
      
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited)
Note: The balance sheet at December 31, 2005 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date.

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Rurban Financial Corp.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (continued)
September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
         
  (Unaudited)    
  September 30,  December 31, 
  2006  2005 
   
Liabilities
        
Deposits
        
Demand
 $44,369,103  $52,073,751 
Savings, interest checking and money market
  133,184,971   124,206,115 
Time
  234,623,570   208,558,046 
 
      
Total deposits
  412,177,644   384,837,912 
Notes payable
  2,468,646   938,572 
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
  38,500,000   45,500,000 
Federal funds purchased
  800,000   4,600,000 
Retail repurchase agreements
  31,784,052   6,080,420 
Trust preferred securities
  20,620,000   20,620,000 
Interest payable
  2,108,320   1,373,044 
Other liabilities
  5,417,278   12,141,680 
 
      
Total liabilities
  513,875,940   476,091,628 
 
      
 
        
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
        
 
        
Stockholders’ Equity
        
Common stock, $2.50 stated value; authorized 10,000,000 shares; issued 5,027,433; outstanding September 30, 2006 – 5,027,433 and December 31, 2005 – 5,027,433
  12,568,583   12,568,583 
Additional paid-in capital
  14,852,930   14,835,110 
Retained earnings
  29,998,511   28,702,817 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
  (1,308,851)  (1,655,862)
 
      
Total stockholders’ equity
  56,111,173   54,450,648 
 
      
 
        
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 $569,987,113  $530,542,276 
 
      
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited)
Note: The balance sheet at December 31, 2005 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date.

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Rurban Financial Corp.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
         
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2006  2005 
   
Interest Income
        
Loans
        
Taxable
 $6,641,379  $4,187,543 
Tax-exempt
  18,326   17,898 
Securities
        
Taxable
  1,306,979   1,095,151 
Tax-exempt
  183,466   71,264 
Other
  7,323   57,498 
 
      
Total interest income
  8,157,473   5,429,354 
 
      
 
        
Interest Expense
        
Deposits
  3,017,993   1,615,308 
Other borrowings
  67,773   67,162 
Retail repurchase agreements
  182,007   23,874 
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
  667,749   440,175 
Trust preferred securities
  466,417   300,360 
 
      
Total interest expense
  4,401,939   2,446,879 
 
      
 
        
Net Interest Income
  3,755,534   2,982,475 
 
        
Provision (Credit) for Loan Losses
  35,000   (382,000)
 
      
 
        
Net Interest Income After Provision (Credit) for Loan Losses
  3,720,534   3,364,475 
 
      
 
        
Non-interest Income
        
Data service fees
  3,785,037   3,042,996 
Trust fees
  753,449   767,969 
Customer service fees
  542,518   526,197 
Net gains on loan sales
  283,123   28,895 
Net realized gains on sales of available-for-sale securities
     34,050 
Loan servicing fees
  96,754   79,186 
Gain (loss) on sale of assets
  25,914   (36,011)
Other
  415,961   151,328 
 
      
Total non-interest income
  5,902,756   4,594,610 
 
      
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

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Rurban Financial Corp.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (continued)
Three Months Ended
         
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2006  2005 
   
Non-interest Expense
        
Salaries and employee benefits
 $4,253,924  $3,607,270 
Net occupancy expense
  468,855   312,661 
Equipment expense
  1,445,073   1,294,686 
Data processing fees
  146,703   99,085 
Professional fees
  481,132   467,951 
Marketing expense
  168,031   144,954 
Printing and office supplies
  126,765   115,320 
Telephone and communications
  467,692   388,900 
Postage and delivery expense
  142,957   77,979 
State, local and other taxes
  188,464   146,683 
Employee expense
  235,429   225,032 
Other
  389,631   338,556 
 
      
Total non-interest expense
  8,514,656   7,219,077 
 
      
 
        
Income Before Income Tax
  1,108,634   740,008 
 
        
Provision for Income Taxes
  294,893   247,824 
 
      
 
        
Net Income
 $813,741  $492,184 
 
      
 
        
Basic Earnings Per Share
 $0.16  $0.11 
 
      
 
        
Diluted Earnings Per Share
 $0.16  $0.11 
 
      
 
        
Dividends Declared Per Share
 $0.05  $0.05 
 
      
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

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Rurban Financial Corp.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended
         
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2006  2005 
   
Interest Income
        
Loans
        
Taxable
 $18,238,590  $12,098,708 
Tax-exempt
  45,718   48,227 
Securities
        
Taxable
  3,953,438   3,134,559 
Tax-exempt
  451,869   165,462 
Other
  57,635   159,716 
 
      
Total interest income
  22,747,250   15,606,672 
 
      
 
        
Interest Expense
        
Deposits
  7,695,387   4,012,052 
Other borrowings
  120,220   204,365 
Retail repurchase agreements
  465,560   60,328 
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
  1,684,415   1,581,052 
Trust preferred securities
  1,331,615   842,170 
 
      
Total interest expense
  11,297,197   6,699,967 
 
      
 
        
Net Interest Income
  11,450,053   8,906,705 
 
        
Provision (Credit) for Loan Losses
  337,321   (30,000)
 
      
 
        
Net Interest Income After Provision (Credit) for Loan Losses
  11,112,732   8,936,705 
 
      
 
        
Non-interest Income
        
Data service fees
  10,312,757   9,312,961 
Trust fees
  2,361,127   2,351,509 
Customer service fees
  1,635,272   1,409,199 
Net gains on loan sales
  415,833   46,243 
Net realized gains on sales of available-for-sale securities
     25,300 
Loan servicing fees
  301,233   225,326 
Gain (loss) on sale of assets
  85,346   (18,935)
Other
  1,067,739   513,714 
 
      
Total non-interest income
  16,179,307   13,865,317 
 
      
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

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Rurban Financial Corp.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (continued)
Nine Months Ended
         
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2006  2005 
   
Non-interest Expense
        
Salaries and employee benefits
 $11,906,909  $10,339,614 
Net occupancy expense
  1,334,722   897,058 
Equipment expense
  4,168,534   3,831,477 
Data processing fees
  402,661   303,781 
Professional fees
  1,525,399   1,697,020 
Marketing expense
  536,977   308,925 
Printing and office supplies
  453,110   397,153 
Telephone and communications
  1,277,707   1,144,334 
Postage and delivery expense
  397,217   236,006 
State, local and other taxes
  512,757   380,036 
Employee expense
  745,341   726,561 
Other
  1,283,228   1,163,450 
 
      
Total non-interest expense
  24,544,562   21,425,415 
 
      
 
        
Income Before Income Tax
  2,747,477   1,376,607 
 
        
Provision for Income Taxes
  697,668   359,661 
 
      
 
        
Net Income
 $2,049,809  $1,016,946 
 
      
 
        
Basic Earnings Per Share
 $0.41  $0.22 
 
      
 
        
Diluted Earnings Per Share
 $0.41  $0.22 
 
      
 
        
Dividends Declared Per Share
 $0.15  $0.15 
 
      
     See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

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RURBAN FINANCIAL CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY (UNAUDITED)
                 
  Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30,  September 30,  September 30,  September 30, 
  2006  2005  2006  2005 
     
Balance at beginning of period
 $54,026,126  $50,599,536  $54,450,648  $50,305,795 
 
                
Net Income
  813,741   492,184   2,049,809   1,016,946 
 
                
Other comprehensive income (loss):
                
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale, net
  1,516,738   (582,396)  347,011   (393,135)
 
            
 
                
Total comprehensive income (loss)
  2,330,479   (90,212)  2,396,820   623,811 
 
                
Cash dividend
  (251,372)  (228,566)  (754,113)  (685,443)
 
                
Stock options exercised
           36,595 
 
                
Stock option expense
  5,940      17,818    
 
            
 
                
Balance at end of period
 $56,111,173  $50,280,758  $56,111,173  $50,280,758 
 
            
     See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

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Rurban Financial Corp.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended
         
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2006  2005 
   
Operating Activities
        
Net income
 $2,049,809  $1,016,946 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
        
Depreciation and amortization
  2,640,971   2,280,844 
Provision for loan losses
  337,321   (30,000)
Expense of stock option plan
  17,818    
Amortization of premiums and discounts on securities
  170,767   143,019 
Amortization of intangible assets
  366,947   77,815 
Deferred income taxes
  (847,663)  83,746 
Gain from sale of loans
  (415,833)  (46,243)
Gain on sales of foreclosed assets
  (92,432)  19,221 
FHLB Stock Dividends
  (386,500)  (82,400)
(Gain) loss on sales of premises and equipment
  7,086   (286)
Net realized gains on available-for-sale securities
     (25,300)
Changes in
        
Proceeds from sale of loans held for sale
  15,207,292   4,468,743 
Originations of loans held for sale
  (14,849,559)  (4,309,600)
Interest receivable
  (389,538)  (455,632)
Other assets
  (223,486)  343,478 
Interest payable and other liabilities
  (1,005,408)  (22,740)
 
      
Net cash provided by operating activities
  2,587,592   3,461,611 
 
      
 
        
Investing Activities
        
Purchases of available-for-sale securities
  (13,783,842)  (30,171,309)
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities
  10,417,559   13,792,631 
Proceeds from the sales of available-for-sale securities
  15,240,716   5,310,512 
Net change in loans
  (38,187,317)  (4,223,001)
Purchase of premises and equipment
  (3,728,676)  (2,760,567)
Proceeds from assumption of net liabilities in business acquisition
     48,645,686 
Cash paid to shareholders of Diverse Computer Marketers, Inc Acquisition
  (4,803,577)   
Cash paid to shareholders of Exchange Bank Acquisition
  (6,526,646)   
Proceeds from sales of premises and equipment
  38,741   288,553 
Proceeds from the sale of foreclosed assets
  2,670,459   1,573,627 
 
      
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
  (38,662,583)  32,456,132 
 
      
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

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Rurban Financial Corp.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (continued)
Nine Months Ended
         
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2006  2005 
   
Financing Activities
        
Net increase (decrease) in demand deposits, money market, interest checking and savings accounts
 $1,274,208  $(2,126,650)
Net increase (decrease) in certificates of deposit
  26,065,524   (19,389,270)
Net increase in securities sold under agreements to repurchase
  25,703,630   2,541,001 
Net decrease in federal funds purchased
  (3,800,000)  (5,400,000)
Proceeds from note payable
  2,500,000    
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank advances
  27,900,000   12,500,000 
Repayment of Federal Home Loan Bank advances
  (34,900,000)  (34,500,000)
Repayment of notes payable
  (2,231,884)  (1,026,862)
Dividends paid
  (754,113)  (685,443)
Proceeds from stock options exercised
     36,595 
 
      
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
  41,757,365   (37,740,629)
 
      
 
        
(Decrease) Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
  5,682,374   (1,822,886)
 
        
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Year
  12,650,839   10,617,766 
 
      
 
        
Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Period
 $18,333,213  $8,794,880 
 
      
 
        
Supplemental Cash Flows Information
        
Interest paid
 $10,561,921  $6,522,908 
Transfer of loans to foreclosed assets
 $459,923  $3,126,638 
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

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RURBAN FINANCIAL CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE A—BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. The financial statements reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company. Those adjustments consist only of normal recurring adjustments. Results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of results for the complete year.
The condensed consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2005 has been derived from the audited condensed consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of that date.
For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2005 financial statements to conform to the 2006 financial statement presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on net income.
Stock Based Compensation
Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123(R) using the “modified prospective” method, and accordingly, will not restate prior period results. SFAS 123(R) requires compensation expense to be recognized for all stock options granted after the date of adoption and for all previously granted stock options that vest after the date of adoption. The fair value of stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model, which is consistent with the Company’s valuation methodology previously utilized for options in the footnote disclosures required under SFAS No. 123. The impact of this adoption on the financial statements for the period ended September 30, 2006 is not considered material.
Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for its stock option plan under the recognition and measurement principles of APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations. Under APB Opinion No. 25, no stock-based employee compensation cost was reflected in net income, as all options granted under the Company’s stock option plan had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the grant date.
As of September 30, 2006, the Company had 19,000 nonvested options outstanding and there was $77,220 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to these nonvested options. This cost is expected to be recognized monthly on a straight-line basis as each option is vested through December 21, 2010.

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The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if expense had been measured using the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123(R).
             
  Three Months Ended September 30, 2006 
  Using Previous  SFAS 123(R)  As 
  Accounting  Adjustment  Reported 
Income before tax expense
 $1,114,574  $(5,940) $1,108,634 
Income taxes
  294,893      294,893 
 
         
Net income
 $819,681  $(5,940) $813,741 
 
         
 
            
Earnings per share:
            
Basic
 $0.16      $0.16 
Diluted
 $0.16      $0.16 
             
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2006 
  Using Previous  SFAS 123(R)  As 
  Accounting  Adjustment  Reported 
Income before tax expense
 $2,765,295  $(17,818) $2,747,477 
Income taxes
  697,668      697,668 
 
         
Net income
 $2,067,627  $(17,818) $2,049,809 
 
         
 
            
Earnings per share:
            
Basic
 $0.41      $0.41 
Diluted
 $0.41      $0.41 
             
  Three Months Ended September 30, 2005 
      SFAS 123(R)    
  As Reported  Adjustment  Proforma 
Net income before tax expense
 $740,008  $(2,970) $737,038 
Income taxes
  247,824      247,824 
 
         
Net Income
 $492,184  $(2,970) $489,214 
 
         
 
            
Earnings per share:
            
Basic
 $0.11      $0.11 
Diluted
 $0.11      $0.11 
             
  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 
      SFAS 123(R)    
  As Reported  Adjustment  Proforma 
Income before tax expense
 $1,376,607  $(640,765) $735,842 
Income taxes
  359,661      359,661 
 
         
Net income
 $1,016,946  $(640,765) $376,181 
 
         
 
            
Earnings per share:
            
Basic
 $0.22      $0.08 
Diluted
 $0.22      $0.08 

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NOTE B—EARNINGS PER SHARE
Earnings per share (EPS) have been computed based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the periods presented. For the periods ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, stock options totaling 287,217 and 235,066 common shares, respectively, were not considered in computing EPS as they were anti-dilutive. The number of shares used in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share was:
                 
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
  September 30, September 30,
  2006 2005 2006 2005
Basic earnings per share
  5,027,433   4,573,033   5,027,433   4,570,266 
Diluted earnings per share
  5,027,704   4,574,492   5,030,084   4,584,070 
NOTE C — LOANS, RISK ELEMENTS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES
Total loans on the balance sheet are comprised of the following classifications at:
         
  September 30,  December 31, 
  2006  2005 
Commercial
 $83,215,678  $79,359,126 
Commercial real estate
  89,135,547   68,071,738 
Agricultural
  44,536,988   40,236,664 
Residential real estate
  93,539,693   89,086,024 
Consumer
  53,016,300   48,876,788 
Lease financing
  1,189,694   1,661,126 
 
      
Total loans
  364,633,900   327,291,466 
Less
        
Net deferred loan fees, premiums and discounts
  (290,707)  (243,237)
 
      
 
        
Loans, net of unearned income
 $364,343,193  $327,048,229 
 
      
 
        
Allowance for loan losses
 $(4,521,911) $(4,699,827)
 
      

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The following is a summary of the activity in the allowance for loan losses account for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005.
                 
  Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2006  2005  2006  2005 
Balance, beginning of period
 $4,438,139  $5,210,464  $4,699,827  $4,899,063 
Provision charged to expense
  35,000   (382,000)  337,321   (30,000)
Recoveries
  267,422   304,140   565,065   1,419,602 
Loans charged off
  (218,650)  (318,648   (1,080,302)  (1,474,709)
 
            
 
                
Balance, end of period
 $4,521,911  $4,813,956  $4,521,911  $4,813,956 
 
            
The following schedule summarizes nonaccrual, past due and impaired loans at:
         
  September 30,  December 31, 
  2006  2005 
Non-accrual loans
 $5,626,000  $6,270,000 
 
        
Accruing loans which are contractually past due 90 days or more as to interest or principal payments
  10,000   5,200 
 
      
Total non-performing loans
 $5,636,000  $6,275,200 
 
      
Individual loans determined to be impaired were as follows:
         
  September 30,  December 31, 
  2006  2005 
Loans with no allowance for loan losses allocated
 $2,135,000  $1,676,000 
Loans with allowance for loan losses allocated
  1,811,000   4,460,000 
 
      
Total impaired loans
 $3,946,000  $6,136,000 
 
      
 
        
Amount of allowance allocated
 $831,000  $1,993,000 
 
      
NOTE D — REGULATORY MATTERS
The Company, The State Bank and Trust Company (“State Bank”) and The Exchange Bank (“Exchange Bank”) are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal and state banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary, actions by regulators. If undertaken, these actions could have a direct material adverse effect on the Company’s financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company, State Bank and Exchange Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings and other factors.

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Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company, State Bank and Exchange Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the table below) of total and Tier I capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and of Tier I capital to average assets (as defined) in the regulations. As of September 30, 2006 and 2005, the Company, State Bank and Exchange Bank exceeded all “well-capitalized” requirements to which they are subject.
As of December 31, 2005, the most recent notification to the regulators categorized the State Bank and Exchange Bank as well-capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as well-capitalized, State Bank and Exchange Bank must maintain capital ratios as set forth in the following table. There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed State Bank’s or Exchange Bank’s categorization as well capitalized.
The Company’s consolidated, and State Bank’s and Exchange Bank’s actual capital amounts (in millions) and ratios, as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 are also presented in the following table.
                         
                  To Be Well Capitalized Under
          Minimum Required For Prompt Corrective Action
  Actual Capital Adequacy Purposes Provisions
  Amount Ratio Amount Ratio Amount Ratio
As of September 30, 2006
                        
Total Capital
                        
(to Risk-Weighted Assets)
                        
Consolidated
 $62.4   16.3% $30.7   8.0% $   N/A 
State Bank
  38.4   12.2   25.1   8.0   31.4   10.0 
Exchange Bank
  7.8   13.1   4.7   8.0   5.9   10.0 
 
                        
Tier I Capital
                        
(to Risk-Weighted Assets)
                        
Consolidated
  57.0   14.9   15.3   4.0      N/A 
State Bank
  35.2   11.2   12.6   4.0   18.8   6.0 
Exchange Bank
  7.0   11.9   2.4   4.0   3.6   6.0 
 
                        
Tier I Capital
                        
(to Average Assets)
                        
Consolidated
  57.0   10.3   22.1   4.0      N/A 
State Bank
  35.2   7.6   18.5   4.0   23.2   5.0 
Exchange Bank
  7.0   7.9   3.6   4.0   4.4   5.0 
 
                        
As of December 31, 2005
                        
Total Capital
                        
(to Risk-Weighted Assets)
                        
Consolidated
 $67.8   19.3% $28.1   8.0% $   N/A 
State Bank
  36.6   13.0   22.6   8.0   28.2   10.0 
Exchange Bank
  7.5   13.8   4.4   8.0   5.5   10.0 
 
                        
Tier I Capital
                        
(to Risk-Weighted Assets)
                        
Consolidated
  62.1   17.7   14.0   4.0      N/A 
State Bank
  33.5   11.9   11.3   4.0   16.9   6.0 
Exchange Bank
  6.9   12.6   2.2   4.0   3.3   6.0 
 
                        
Tier I Capital
                        
(to Average Assets)
                        
Consolidated
  62.1   14.4   17.2   4.0      N/A 
State Bank
  33.5   8.0   16.7   4.0   20.8   5.0 
Exchange Bank
  6.9   8.5   3.2   4.0   4.1   5.0 

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NOTE E — CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
There are various contingent liabilities that are not reflected in the consolidated financial statements, including claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, the ultimate disposition of these matters is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations.
NOTE F — NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In March 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 156, Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets: an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140 (FAS 140 and FAS 156). FAS 140 establishes, among other things, the accounting for all separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. This Statement amends FAS 140 to require that all separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities be initially measured at fair value, if practicable. This Statement permits, but does not require, the subsequent measurement of separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities at fair value. Under this Statement, an entity can elect subsequent fair value measurement to account for its separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. Adoption of this Statement is required as of the beginning of the first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. The Company is currently measuring the effects of SFAS No. 156 and looks to adopt it in the first quarter of 2007. At this time, the Company believes that the adoption of SFAS No. 156 will have an immaterial impact on the financial position and results of operations of the Company.
In July 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. This Interpretation requires that the Company recognize in the financial statements, the impact of a tax position, if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective as of the beginning of our 2007 fiscal year, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting FIN 48 on its financial statements.
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (FAS 157). FAS 157 enhances existing guidance for measuring assets and liabilities using fair value. Prior to the issuance of FAS 157, guidance for applying fair value was incorporated in several accounting pronouncements. FAS 157 provides a single definition of fair value, together with a framework for measuring it, and requires additional disclosure about the use of fair value to measure assets and liabilities. FAS 157 also emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific measurement, and sets out a fair value hierarchy with the highest priority being quoted prices in active markets. Under FAS 157, fair value measurements are disclosed by level within that hierarchy. While FAS 157 does not add any new fair value measurements, it does change current practice. Changes to practice include: (1) a requirement for an entity to include its own credit standing in the measurement of its liabilities; (2) a modification of the transaction price presumption; (3) a prohibition on the use of block discounts when valuing large blocks of securities for broker-dealers and investment companies; and (4) a requirement to adjust the value of restricted stock for the effect of the restriction even if the restriction lapses within one year. FAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company has not determined the impact of adopting FAS 157 on its financial statements.

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NOTE G — COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT RISK
As of September 30, 2006, loan commitments and unused lines of credit totaled $91,065,000, standby letters of credit totaled $591,000 and no commercial letters of credit were outstanding.
NOTE H — SEGMENT INFORMATION
The reportable segments are determined by the products and services offered, primarily distinguished between banking and data processing operations. Other segments include the accounts of the holding company, Rurban, which provides management and operational services to its subsidiaries; Rurban Operations Corp., which provides operational services for the Company’s subsidiaries as described in Item 2. Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations; and Reliance Financial Services, N.A., which provides trust and financial services to customers nationwide. Information reported internally for performance assessment follows.

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NOTE H — SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)
As of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2006
                         
      Data      Total  Intersegment  Consolidated 
Income statement information: Banking  Processing  Other  Segments  Elimination  Totals 
 
Net interest income (expense)
 $12,898,783  $(164,635) $(1,284,095) $11,450,053      $11,450,053 
 
                        
Non-interest income — external customers
  3,279,579   10,312,757   2,586,971   16,179,307       16,179,307 
 
                        
Non-interest income — other segments
     1,206,824   3,158,435   4,365,259   (4,365,259)   
 
                  
 
                        
Total revenue
  16,178,362   11,354,946   4,461,311   31,994,619   (4,365,259)  27,629,360 
 
                        
Non-interest expense
  16,308,394   9,117,085   3,484,342   28,909,821   (4,365,259)  24,544,562 
 
                        
Significant non-cash items:
                        
Depreciation and amortization
  618,779   1,839,815   182,377   2,640,971      2,640,971 
Provision for loan losses
  337,321         337,321      337,321 
 
                        
Income tax expense (benefit)
  437,205   760,873   (500,410)  697,668      697,668 
 
                        
Segment profit (loss)
 $1,513,762  $1,476,987  $(940,940) $2,049,809  $  $2,049,809 
 
                        
Balance sheet information:
                        
Total assets
 $553,658,309  $19,981,151  $11,827,875  $585,467,335  $(15,480,222) $569,987,113 
 
                        
Goodwill and intangibles
  12,270,962   7,273,716      19,544,678      19,544,678 
 
                        
Premises and equipment expenditures
  386,232   2,519,955   112,709   3,018,896      3,018,896 

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NOTE H — SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)
As of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2005
                         
      Data      Total  Intersegment  Consolidated 
Income statement information: Banking  Processing  Other  Segments  Elimination  Totals 
 
Net interest income (expense)
 $9,955,738  $(183,276) $(865,757) $8,906,705      $8,906,705 
 
                        
Non-interest income — external customers
  2,159,638   9,312,961   92,718   11,565,317       13,865,317 
 
                        
Non-interest income — other segments
     1,016,193   1,321,091   2,337,284   (2,337,284)   
 
                  
 
                        
Total revenue
  12,115,376   10,145,878   548,052   22,809,306   (2,337,284)  22,772,022 
 
                        
Non-interest expense
  11,872,865   8,357,156   3,532,678   23,762,699   (2,337,284)  21,425,415 
 
                        
Significant non-cash items:
                        
Depreciation and amortization
  482,951   1,712,128   85,765   2,280,844      2,280,844 
Provision for loan losses
  (30,000)        (30,000)     (30,000)
 
                        
Income tax expense (benefit)
  150,152   648,504   (438,995)  359,661      359,661 
 
                        
Segment profit (loss)
 $712,325  $1,140,218  $(835,597) $1,016,946  $  $1,016,946 
 
                        
Balance sheet information:
                        
Total assets
 $433,565,505  $10,182,412  $15,405,372  $459,153,289  $(20,571,189) $438,582,100 
 
                        
Goodwill and intangibles
  7,300,167         7,300,167      7,300,167 
 
                        
Premises and equipment expenditures
  700,081   1,935,221   125,265   2,760,567      2,760,567 

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NOTE H — SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)

As of and for the three months ended September 30, 2006
                         
      Data      Total  Intersegment  Consolidated 
Income statement information: Banking  Processing  Other  Segments  Elimination  Totals 
 
Net interest income (expense)
 $4,265,179  $(67,045) $(442,600) $3,755,534      $3,755,534 
 
                        
Non-interest income — external customers
  1,180,606   3,785,037   937,113   5,902,756       5,902,756 
 
                        
Non-interest income — other segments
     366,823   1,017,005   1,383,828   (1,383,828)   
 
                  
 
                        
Total revenue
  5,445,785   4,084,815   1,511,518   11,042,118   (1,383,828)  9,658,290 
 
                        
Non-interest expense
  5,390,224   3,361,095   1,147,165   9,898,484   (1,383,828)  8,514,656 
 
                        
Significant non-cash items:
                        
Depreciation and amortization
  208,502   653,730   60,995   923,227      923,227 
Provision for loan losses
  35,000         35,000      35,000 
 
                        
 
                       
Income tax expense (benefit)
  205,231   246,065   (156,403)  294,893      294,893 
 
                        
 
                       
Segment profit (loss)
 $629,172  $477,655  $(293,086) $813,741  $  $813,741 
 
                        
Balance sheet information:
                        
Total assets
 $553,658,309  $19,981,151  $1,827,875  $575,467,335  $(15,480,222) $559,987,113 
 
                        
Goodwill and intangibles
  12,270,962   7,273,716      19,544,678      19,544,678 
 
                        
Premises and equipment expenditures
  3,353   303,676   9,270   316,299      316,299 

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NOTE H — SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)

As of and for the three months ended September 30, 2005
                         
      Data      Total  Intersegment  Consolidated 
Income statement information: Banking  Processing  Other  Segments  Elimination  Totals 
 
Net interest income (expense)
 $3,347,683  $(58,972) $(306,236) $2,982,475      $2,982,475 
 
                        
Non-interest income — external customers
  770,013   3,042,996   781,601   4,594,610       4,594,610 
 
                        
Non-interest income — other segments
     366,826   410,848   777,674   (777,674)   
 
                  
 
                        
Total revenue
  4,117,696   3,350,850   886,213   8,354,759   (777,674)  7,577,085 
 
                        
Non-interest expense
  4,051,078   2,845,219   1,100,454   7,996,751   (777,674)  7,219,077 
 
                        
Significant non-cash items:
                        
Depreciation and amortization
  183,340   569,276   32,132   784,748      784,748 
Provision for loan losses
  (382,000)        (382,000)     (382,000)
 
                        
Income tax expense (benefit)
  166,848   214,296   (133,320)  247,824      247,824 
 
                        
Segment profit (loss)
 $452,708  $291,335  $(251,859) $492,184  $  $492,184 
 
                        
Balance sheet information:
                        
Total assets
 $433,565,505  $10,182,412  $15,405,372  $459,153,289  $(20,571,189) $438,582,100 
 
                        
Goodwill and intangibles
  7,300,167         7,300,167      7,300,167 
 
                        
Premises and equipment expenditures
  366,076   392,296   77,996   836,368      836,368 

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NOTE I — ACQUISITIONS
On September 2, 2006, Rurbanc Data Services, Inc (“RDSI”), the bank data processing subsidiary of Rurban Financial Corp. (“Rurban”), completed its acquisition of Diverse Computer Marketers, Inc., a Michigan corporation, and a related Indiana corporation, DCM Indiana, Inc. Rurban subsequently merged DCM Indiana, Inc. into Diverse Computer Marketers, Inc. (“DCM”). DCM now operates as a separate subsidiary of RDSI. As a result of this acquisition, the Company will have an opportunity to grow its item processing business.
Under the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, RDSI acquired all of the outstanding stock of the DCM Companies from their shareholders for an aggregate purchase price of $4.9 million. An additional $250,000 is payable to the shareholders contingent upon the continuation of profitable growth over the first year of combined operations. The entire purchase price was paid in cash. The results of DCM’s operations have been included in Rurban’s consolidated statement of income from the date of acquisition.
The following tables summarize the estimated fair values of the net assets acquired and the computation of the purchase price and goodwill related to the acquisitions.
     
Assets:
    
Cash
 $96,423 
Accounts receivable
  547,533 
Premises and equipment
  213,585 
Goodwill and other intangibles
  7,290,383 
Other assets
  152,303 
 
   
Total Assets
  8,300,227 
 
    
Liabilities:
    
Accounts payable
  1,188,289 
Borrowings
  1,284,427 
Other liabilities
  927,511 
 
   
Total Liabilities
  3,400,227 
 
   
 
    
Net assets acquired
 $4,900,000 
 
   
The significant intangible assets acquired include the customer related intangible of $2,389,000, the Trademark of $180,000 and the non-compete agreements of $83,000, which have useful lives of 180, 120 and 36 months, respectively, and will be amortized using the straight-line method. The $4.6 million of goodwill was assigned entirely to the data processing unit and is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes. This analysis is based upon an initial third party opinion and is subject to change for up to twelve months.
Under terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, and immediately prior to the closing, the disaster recovery services portion of the DCM business was spun-off. As DCM records did not include separate financial information for the disaster recovery services, historical financial information for the purchased portion of the business is not available. Therefore, pro forma information that discloses the

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains forward-looking statements that are provided to assist in the understanding of anticipated future financial performance. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations or forecasts of future events and are not guarantees of future performance. Examples of forward-looking statements include: (a) projections of income or expense, earnings per share, the payments or non-payments of dividends, capital structure and other financial items; (b) statements of plans and objectives of the Company or our management or Board of Directors, including those relating to products or services; (c) statements of future economic performance; and (d) statements of assumptions underlying such statements. Words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “targeted,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying those statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Although management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially include, without limitation, changes in interest rates, changes in the competitive environment, and changes in banking regulations or other regulatory or legislative requirements affecting bank holding companies. Additional detailed information concerning a number of important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is available in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including the disclosure under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of Part I of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Except as may be required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made to reflect unanticipated events.
Overview of Rurban
Rurban is a bank holding company registered with the Federal Reserve Board. Rurban’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, The State Bank and Trust Company (“State Bank”) and The Exchange Bank (“Exchange Bank”), are engaged in commercial banking. Rurban’s subsidiary, Rurbanc Data Services, Inc. (“RDSI”), provides computerized data processing services to community banks and businesses.
Rurban Statutory Trust I (“RST”) was established in August 2000. In September 2000, RST completed a pooled private offering of 10,000 Capital Securities with a liquidation amount of $1,000 per security. The proceeds of the offering were loaned to the Company in exchange for junior subordinated debentures of the Company with terms substantially similar to the Capital Securities. The sole assets of RST are the junior subordinated debentures, and the back-up obligations, in the aggregate, constitute a full and unconditional guarantee by the Company of the obligations of RST under the Capital Securities.
Rurban Statutory Trust II (“RST II”) was established in August 2005. In September 2005, RST II completed a pooled private offering of 10,000 Capital Securities with a liquidation amount of $1,000 per security. The proceeds of the offering were loaned to the Company in exchange for junior subordinated debentures of the Company with terms substantially similar to the Capital Securities. The sole assets of RST II are the junior

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subordinated debentures, and the back-up obligations, in the aggregate, constitute a full and unconditional guarantee by the Company of the obligations of RST II under the Capital Securities.
Rurban Operations Corp. (“ROC”) was formed in December 2005 and its first day of operation commenced January 3, 2006. ROC serves as a central location for the performance of the following functions that provides services for all of the Company’s subsidiaries: human resources, marketing, facilities maintenance, loan operations, loan accounting, collections, file room, internet banking, credit analysis, VISA processing, mortgage operations, technology, training and development, deposit operations, operations administration, accounting, and a call center.
RFCBC, Inc, (“RFCBC”) is an Ohio corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company that was incorporated in August 2004. RFCBC operates as a loan subsidiary in servicing and working out problem loans.
Reliance Financial Services, N.A. (“Reliance”), a wholly owned subsidiary of State Bank, provides trust and financial services to customers nationwide.
Diverse Computer Marketers, Inc (“DCM”), a wholly owned subsidiary of RDSI, provides item processing services to financial services to over 50 financial institutions throughout the midwest.
Critical Accounting Policies
Note 1 to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 describes the significant accounting policies used in the development and presentation of the Company’s financial statements. The accounting and reporting policies of the Company are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and conform to general practices within the banking industry. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions. The Company’s financial position and results of operations can be affected by these estimates and assumptions and are integral to the understanding of reported results. Critical accounting policies are those policies that management believes are the most important to the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results, and they require management to make estimates that are difficult, subjective, or complex.
Allowance for Loan Losses — The allowance for loan losses provides coverage for probable losses inherent in the Company’s loan portfolio. Management evaluates the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses each quarter based on changes, if any, in underwriting activities, loan portfolio composition (including product mix and geographic, industry or customer-specific concentrations), trends in loan performance, regulatory guidance and economic factors. This evaluation is inherently subjective, as it requires the use of significant management estimates. Many factors can affect management’s estimates of specific and expected losses, including volatility of default probabilities, rating migrations, loss severity and economic and political conditions. The allowance is increased through provisions charged to operating earnings and reduced by net charge-offs.
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homogeneous consumer loans is based on an analysis of loan mix, risk characteristics of the portfolio, fraud loss and bankruptcy experiences, and historical losses, adjusted for current trends, for each homogeneous category or group of loans. The allowance for credit losses relating to impaired loans is based on the loan’s observable market price, the collateral for certain collateral-dependent loans, or the discounted cash flows using the loan’s effective interest rate.
Regardless of the extent of the Company’s analysis of customer performance, portfolio trends or risk management processes, certain inherent but undetected losses are probable within the loan portfolio. This is due to several factors, including inherent delays in obtaining information regarding a customer’s financial condition or changes in their unique business conditions, the subjective nature of individual loan evaluations, collateral assessments and the interpretation of economic trends. Volatility of economic or customer-specific conditions affecting the identification and estimation of losses for larger non-homogeneous credits and the sensitivity of assumptions utilized to establish allowances for homogenous groups of loans are also factors. The Company estimates a range of inherent losses related to the existence of these exposures. The estimates are based upon the Company’s evaluation of imprecise risk associated with the commercial and consumer allowance levels and the estimated impact of the current economic environment. To the extent that actual results differ from management’s estimates, additional loan loss provisions may be required that could adversely impact earnings for future periods.
Goodwill and Other Intangibles The Company records all assets and liabilities acquired in purchase acquisitions, including goodwill and other intangibles, at fair value as required by SFAS 141. Goodwill is subject, at a minimum, to annual tests for impairment. Other intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives using straight-line or accelerated methods, and are subject to impairment if events or circumstances indicate a possible inability to realize the carrying amount. The initial goodwill and other intangibles recorded and subsequent impairment analysis requires management to make subjective judgments concerning estimates of how the acquired asset will perform in the future. Events and factors that may significantly effect the estimates include, among others, customer attrition, changes in revenue growth trends, specific industry conditions and changes in competition. A decrease in earnings resulting from these or other factors could lead to an impairment of goodwill that could adversely impact earnings of future periods.
Impact of Accounting Changes
In March 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 156, Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets: an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140 (FAS 140 and FAS 156). FAS 140 establishes, among other things, the accounting for all separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. This Statement amends FAS 140 to require that all separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities be initially measured at fair value, if practicable. This Statement permits, but does not require, the subsequent measurement of separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities at fair value. Under this Statement, an entity can elect subsequent fair value measurement to account for its separately recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. Adoption of this Statement is required as of the beginning of the first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. The Company is currently measuring the effects of SFAS No. 156 and looks to adopt it in the first quarter of 2007. At this time, the Company believes that the adoption of SFAS No. 156 will not have a material impact on the financial position or results of operations of the company.
In July 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. This Interpretation requires that the Company recognize in the financial statements, the impact of a

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tax position, if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective as of the beginning of our 2007 fiscal year, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting FIN 48 on its financial statements.
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (FAS 157). FAS 157 enhances existing guidance for measuring assets and liabilities using fair value. Prior to the issuance of FAS 157, guidance for applying fair value was incorporated in several accounting pronouncements. FAS 157 provides a single definition of fair value, together with a framework for measuring it, and requires additional disclosure about the use of fair value to measure assets and liabilities. FAS 157 also emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific measurement, and sets out a fair value hierarchy with the highest priority being quoted prices in active markets. Under FAS 157, fair value measurements are disclosed by level within that hierarchy. While FAS 157 does not add any new fair value measurements, it does change current practice. Changes to practice include: (1) a requirement for an entity to include its own credit standing in the measurement of its liabilities; (2) a modification of the transaction price presumption; (3) a prohibition on the use of block discounts when valuing large blocks of securities for broker-dealers and investment companies; and (4) a requirement to adjust the value of restricted stock for the effect of the restriction even if the restriction lapses within one year. FAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Rurban Financial Corp has not determined the impact of adopting FAS 157 on its financial statements.
Three Months Ended September 30, 2006 compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2005
Net Income: Net income for the third quarter of 2006 was $814,000, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared to $492,000, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2005. This quarterly increase in net income was driven by a $1.3 million increase in non-interest income and a $773,000 increase in net interest income, offset by a $417,000 increase in the provision for loan losses and a $1.3 million increase in non-interest expense and a $47,000 increase in income tax expense. The Company’s efficiency ratio improved to 88.15% for the third quarter of 2006 compared to 94.54% for the third quarter of 2005.
Net Interest Income: The Banking Group’s improving asset quality, loan growth, acquisitions and portfolio mix had a positive impact on net interest margin. Net interest income was $3.8 million, up $773,000 or 25.9 percent, from the 2005 third quarter. Average earning assets rose $110.0 million or 27.7 percent over the 12-month period, of which approximately $72.9 million was derived from the acquisition of Exchange Bank at year-end 2005. Year-over-year, the net interest margin was unchanged at 3.10 percent; the $8.9 million decline in non-performing assets over the course of the year, combined with a lower cost of funds from deposits acquired in the Exchange Bank acquisition, and the approximately $60.4 million in deposits from the two branches purchased in the Lima market in June of 2005, were offset by rising funding costs, which gradually eroded the interest margin from its first quarter 2006 high of 3.37 percent.
Provision for Loan Losses: The provision for loan losses was $35,000 in the third quarter of 2006 compared to a $(382,000) credit for the third quarter of 2005. The low provision was due in part to the Company’s very low loss experience in the 2006-third quarter, which reflected net recoveries of $54,000. For the third quarter ended September 30, 2006, net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans was (0.06%) annualized. Asset quality continues to improve. At quarter end, consolidated non-performing

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assets, including those of RFCBC (the loan workout subsidiary) and Exchange Bank, were $6.1 million or 1.07% of total assets compared with $15.0 million or 3.43% of total assets for the prior year third quarter.
Non-interest Income: Non-interest income was $5.9 million for the third quarter of 2006 compared with $4.6 million for the prior-year third quarter, an increase of $1.3 million or 28.5 percent. RDSI, Rurban’s data processing subsidiary, accounts for approximately $3.8 million or 64.1 percent of non-interest income and 56.7 percent of the growth; the remainder was derived from mortgage banking activities ($254,000 from gains on sale) and a swing of $61,900 from the sale of other assets, partially offset by a $34,000 lower level of securities gains than last year. The quarter was also impacted by a $265,000 increase in other income, which was driven by the payments on impaired loans and the sale of previously charged-off loans at Exchange Bank.
Non-interest Expense: Revenue for the quarter continued to grow faster than non-interest expense; year-over-year expense growth was $1.3 million or 17.9 percent compared with revenue growth of $2.1 million or 27.5 percent. The $1.3 million expense increase was primarily due to the addition of Exchange Bank’s $1.2 million of operating expenses, partially offset by a $438,000 improvement in State Bank’s operating expenses since the acquisition of the Lima branches in the second quarter of 2005.
Nine Months September 30, 2006 compared to Nine Months September 30, 2005
Net Income: On a consolidated basis, Rurban had net income of $2.0 million or $0.41 per diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 compared to $1.0 million or $0.22 per diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. This represents a $1.0 million or 101.57% increase in comparison of the nine-month periods. Significant changes between the two quarters include a $2.5 million increase in net interest income, a $2.3 million increase in total non-interest income offset by a $3.1 million increase in non-interest expense, a $367,000 increase in the provision for loan losses and a $338,000 increase in income tax expense. The efficiency of the Company improved to 88.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 from 94.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The increase in earning assets associated with the two acquisitions that the Company completed last year was the primary cause of this improvement.
Net Interest Income: For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, net interest income increased $2.5 million to $11.5 million, a 28.6% increase from the nine-month period ended September 30, 2005. This increase is the result of a $6.1 million increase in loan interest, an $819,000 increase in taxable securities interest and a $286,000 increase in tax-exempt interest, outpacing the increase in the cost of funds of $4.6 million. Of the $4.6 million increase in interest expense, deposit interest expense increased by $3.7 million, trust preferred securities interest increased by $489,000, Retail Repurchase Agreements increased by $405,000, and Federal Home Loan Bank advance interest increased by $103,000.
Provision for Loan Losses: The provision for loan losses was $337,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 compared to $(30,000) for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. This represents a $367,000 increase in comparison of the nine month periods and is more representative of future provisions. The following asset quality ratios as of the end of their respective periods demonstrate the continued low level provision:

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  September December September
(dollars in , 000) 30, 2006 31, 2005 30, 2005
Non-performing loans
 $5,636  $6,270  $12,507 
Allowance for loan losses / Total loans
  1.24%  1.44%  1.77%
Allowance for loan losses/Non-performing loans
  80.2%  75.0%  38.5%
Non-interest Income: Non-interest income was $16.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 compared with $13.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. Of the $2.3 million increase, RDSI accounted for $1.0 million or 43.21%. Customer service fees increased $226,000 and gain on the sales of loans increased $370,000 in the first three quarters of 2006 compared to the first three quarters of 2005. Management attributes these increases to the Exchange Bank and Lima Market branch acquisitions and the bank’s increased emphasis on loan sales to the secondary market. Another increase includes other non-interest income, which increased $554,000, largely driven by gains on the sale of OREO properties and recoveries on Exchange Bank loans charged off prior to the acquisition date.
Non-interest Expense: For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, total non-interest expense was $24.5 million. This represents a $3.1 million increase from the $21.4 million reported for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. Of this $3.1 million increase, salaries and employee benefits increased $1.6 million or 15.16% to $11.9 million at September 30, 2006. Net occupancy expense increased $438,000 to $1.3 million and equipment expense increased $337,000 to $4.2 million in comparison of the two nine month periods ended September 30, 2006 and 2005. These increases are direct results of the acquisitions made in 2005. Professional fees decreased $172,000 from $1.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 to $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, primarily as a result of the decrease in non-performing loans.

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Changes in Financial Condition


September 30, 2006 vs. December 31, 2005
At September 30, 2006, total assets were $570.0 million, representing an increase of $39.4 million or 7.43% over December 31, 2005. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $37.3 million or 11.40% in loans, while available-for-sale securities decreased $11.5 million during the nine month period. The entire securities portfolio of Exchange Bank was liquidated in the first quarter of 2006 and only a portion was reinvested in securities. The remaining portion of the $11.5 million reduction in the securities portfolio was invested in the loan portfolio which, in turn, contributed to the increase in net interest income.
From December 31, 2005 to September 30, 2006, foreclosed assets held for sale decreased from $2.3 million to $490,000. At quarter end, consolidated non-performing assets, including those of RFCBC (the loan workout subsidiary) and Exchange Bank, were $6.1 million or 1.07% of total assets, compared with $15.0 million or 3.43% of total assets at September 30, 2005. This decrease in non-interest-earning/non-performing assets has also had a positive impact on net interest income.
At September 30, 2006, liabilities totaled $513.9 million, an increase of $37.8 million since December 31, 2005. Of this increase, significant changes include total deposits, which increased $27.3 million (7.10%), Federal Home Loan Bank Advances which decreased $7.0 million (15.38%), repurchase agreements which increased $25.7 million (422.76%), federal funds purchased which decreased $3.8 million (82.61%) and other liabilities which decreased $6.7 million (55.38%). Of the $27.3 million increase in total deposits, time deposits increased $26.1 million and savings, interest checking and money market deposits increased $9.0 million, while demand deposits decreased $7.7 million during the period. Of the $6.7 million decrease in other liabilities, $6.5 million is the result of the cash paid to the shareholders of Exchange as part of the acquisition.
Capital Resources
At September 30, 2006, actual capital levels (in millions) and minimum required levels were as follows:
                         
                  Minimum Required
          Minimum Required To Be Well Capitalized
          For Capital Under Prompt Corrective
  Actual Adequacy Purposes Action Regulations
  Amount Ratio Amount Ratio Amount Ratio
Total capital (to risk weighted assets)
                        
Consolidated
 $62.4   16.3% $30.7   8.0% $   N/A 
State Bank
  38.4   12.2   25.1   8.0   31.4   10.0 
Exchange Bank
  7.8   13.1   4.7   8.0   5.9   10.0 
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LIQUIDITY
Liquidity relates primarily to the Company’s ability to fund loan demand, meet deposit customers’ withdrawal requirements and provide for operating expenses. Assets used to satisfy these needs consist of cash and due from banks, federal funds sold, interest earning deposits in other financial institutions, securities available-for sale and loans held for sale. These assets are commonly referred to as liquid assets. Liquid assets were $146.6 million at September 30, 2006 compared to $152.4 million at December 31, 2005.
The Company’s residential first mortgage portfolio of $93.5 million at September 30, 2006 and $89.1 million at December 31, 2005, which can and has been used to collateralize borrowings, is an additional source of liquidity. Management believes its current liquidity level is sufficient to meet its liquidity needs. At September 30, 2006, all eligible mortgage loans were pledged under a Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) blanket lien.
The cash flow statements for the periods presented provide an indication of the Company’s sources and uses of cash as well as an indication of the ability of the Company to maintain an adequate level of liquidity. A discussion of the cash flow statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 follows.
The Company experienced positive cash flows from operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005. Net cash provided from operating activities was $2.6 million and $3.5 million respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005.
Net cash flow from investing activities was $(38.7) million and $32.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The changes in net cash from investing activities at September 30, 2006 include loan growth of $38.2 million, available-for-sale securities purchases totaling $13.8 million, the payment to the Exchange shareholders of $6.5 million, the payment to the shareholders of Diverse Computer Marketers of $4.8 million, which were partially offset by investment security maturities and sales of $25.6 million and the sale of $2.7 million in foreclosed assets. The changes in net cash from investing activities at September 30, 2005 include an increase of $48.6 million from the assumption of net liabilities in the Lima Market branch acquisitions, offset by $30.2 million in available-for-sale securities purchases and a $4.2 million increase in the loan portfolio.
Net cash flow from financing activities was $41.8 million and $(37.7) million for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2006 and 2005. The 2006 financing activities include a $27.3 million increase in deposits, and a $25.7 million increase in repurchase agreements, offset by a net decrease in FHLB advances of $7.0 million, and a decrease of $3.8 million in fed funds purchased. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, net FHLB advances decreased $22.0 million, fed funds purchased decreased $5.4 million and deposits decreased $21.5 million.
Off-Balance-Sheet Borrowing Arrangements:
Significant additional off-balance-sheet liquidity is available in the form of FHLB advances, unused federal funds lines from correspondent banks, and the national certificate of deposit market.

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Approximately $76.3 million of the Company’s $93.5 million residential first mortgage loan portfolio qualifies to collateralize FHLB borrowings and was pledged to meet FHLB collateralization requirements as of September 30, 2006. In addition to residential first mortgage loans, $20.4 million in investment securities are pledged to meet FHLB collateralization requirements. Based on the current collateralization requirements of the FHLB, approximately $15.9 million of additional borrowing capacity existed at September 30, 2006.
As of September 30, 2006, the Company had unused federal funds lines totaling $20.1 million from four correspondent banks. At December 31, 2005, the Company had $20.9 million in federal fund lines. Federal funds borrowed were $800,000 at September 30, 2006 and $4.6 million at December 31, 2005.
The Company’s contractual obligations as of September 30, 2006 were evident in long-term debt obligations, other debt obligations, operating lease obligations and other long-term liabilities. Long-term debt obligations are comprised of FHLB advances of $38.5 million. Other debt obligations are comprised of Trust Preferred Securities of $20.6 million. The operating lease obligation is a lease on the ROC operations building of $99,600 per year, the RDSI-North building of $162,000 per year, the new Northtowne branch of State Bank of $60,000 per year and the DCM Lansing and Indiana facilities which total $108,000 and $60,000, respectively. Other long-term liabilities are comprised of time deposits of $234.6 million.
ASSET LIABILITY MANAGEMENT
Asset liability management involves developing and monitoring strategies to maintain sufficient liquidity, maximize net interest income and minimize the impact that significant fluctuations in market interest rates would have on earnings. The business of the Company and the composition of its balance sheet consists of investments in interest-earning assets (primarily loans, mortgage-backed securities, and securities available for sale) which are primarily funded by interest-bearing liabilities (deposits and borrowings). With the exception of loans, which are originated and held for sale, all of the financial instruments of the Company are for other than trading purposes. All of the Company’s transactions are denominated in U.S. dollars with no specific foreign exchange exposure. In addition, the Company has limited exposure to commodity prices related to agricultural loans. The impact of changes in foreign exchange rates and commodity prices on interest rates are assumed to be insignificant. The Company’s financial instruments have varying levels of sensitivity to changes in market interest rates resulting in market risk. Interest rate risk is the Company’s primary market risk exposure; to a lesser extent, liquidity risk also impacts market risk exposure.
Interest rate risk is the exposure of a banking institution’s financial condition to adverse movements in interest rates. Accepting this risk can be an important source of results and profitability and stockholder value; however, excessive levels of interest rate risk could pose a significant threat to the Company’s earnings and capital base. Accordingly, effective risk management that maintains interest rate risks at prudent levels is essential to the Company’s safety and soundness.
Evaluating a financial institution’s exposure to changes in interest rates includes assessing both the adequacy of the management process used to control interest rate risk and the organization’s quantitative level of exposure. When assessing the interest rate risk management process, the Company seeks to ensure that appropriate policies, procedures, management information systems, and internal controls are in place to maintain interest rate risks at prudent levels of consistency and continuity. Evaluating the quantitative level of interest rate risk exposure requires the Company to assess the existing and potential future effects of changes in interest rates on its consolidated financial condition, including capital adequacy, earnings, liquidity, and asset quality (when appropriate).

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The Federal Reserve Board, together with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Company, adopted a Joint Agency Policy Statement on interest rate risk effective June 26, 1996. The policy statement provides guidance to examiners and bankers on sound practices for managing interest rate risk, and serves as the basis for ongoing evaluation of the adequacy of interest rate risk management at supervised institutions. The policy statement also outlines fundamental elements of sound management that have been identified in prior Federal Reserve guidance and discusses the importance of these elements in the context of managing interest rate risk. Specifically, the guidance emphasizes the need for active Board of Director and senior management oversight and a comprehensive risk management process that effectively identifies, measures, and controls interest rate risk.
Financial institutions derive their income primarily from the excess of interest collected over interest paid. The rates of interest an institution earns on its assets and owes on its liabilities generally are established contractually for a period of time. Since market interest rates change over time, an institution is exposed to lower profit margins (or losses) if it cannot adapt to interest rate changes. For example, assume that an institution’s assets carry intermediate or long term fixed rates and that those assets are funded with short-term liabilities. If market interest rates rise by the time the short-term liabilities must be refinanced, the increase in the institution’s interest expense on its liabilities may not be sufficiently offset if assets continue to earn at the long-term fixed rates. Accordingly, an institution’s profits could decrease on existing assets because the institution will either have lower net interest income or possibly, net interest expense. Similar risks exist when assets are subject to contractual interest rate ceilings, or rate sensitive assets are funded by longer-term, fixed-rate liabilities in a declining rate environment.
There are several ways an institution can manage interest rate risk including: 1) matching repricing periods for new assets and liabilities, for example, by shortening terms of new loans or investments; 2) selling existing assets or repaying certain liabilities; and 3) hedging existing assets, liabilities, or anticipated transactions. An institution might also invest in more complex financial instruments intended to hedge or otherwise change interest rate risk. Interest rate swaps, futures contacts, options on futures contracts, and other such derivative financial instruments can be used for this purpose. Because these instruments are sensitive to interest rate changes, they require management’s expertise to be effective. The Company has not purchased derivative financial instruments in the past.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
The following table provides information about the Company’s financial instruments used for purposes other than trading that are sensitive to changes in interest rates as of September 30, 2006. It does not present when these items may actually reprice. For loans receivable, securities, and liabilities with contractual maturities, the table presents principal cash flows and related weighted-average interest rates by contractual maturities as well as the Company’s historical experience of the impact of interest rate fluctuations on the prepayment of loans and mortgage backed securities. For core deposits (demand deposits, interest-bearing checking, savings, and money market deposits) that have no contractual maturity, the table presents principal cash flows and, as applicable, related weighted-average interest rates based upon the Company’s historical experience, management’s judgment and statistical analysis, as applicable, concerning their most likely withdrawal behaviors. The current interest rates for core deposits have been assumed to apply for future periods in this table as the actual interest rates that will need to be paid to maintain these deposits are not currently known. Weighted average variable rates are based upon contractual rates existing at the reporting date.

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Principal/Notional Amount Maturing or Assumed to Withdraw In:
(Dollars in Thousands)
                 
  First  Years       
Comparison of 2006 to 2005: Year  2 – 5  Thereafter  Total 
Total rate-sensitive assets:
                
At September 30, 2006
 $201,940  $169,048  $125,644  $496,632 
At December 31, 2005
  215,721   162,891   92,014   470,626 
 
            
Increase (decrease)
 $(13,784) $6,157  $33,629  $26,006 
 
                
Total rate-sensitive liabilities:
                
At September 30, 2006
 $230,863  $228,539  $46,949  $506,351 
At December 31, 2005
  200,846   221,267   40,464   462,577 
 
            
Increase (decrease)
 $30,017  $7,272  $6,484  $43,773 
The above table reflects expected maturities, not expected repricing. The contractual maturities adjusted for anticipated prepayments and anticipated renewals at current interest rates, as shown in the preceding table, are only part of the Company’s interest rate risk profile. Other important factors include the ratio of rate-sensitive assets to rate sensitive liabilities (which takes into consideration loan repricing frequency, but not when deposits may be repriced) and the general level and direction of market interest rates. For core deposits, the repricing frequency is assumed to be longer than when such deposits actually reprice. For some rate sensitive liabilities, their repricing frequency is the same as their contractual maturity. For variable rate loans receivable, repricing frequency can be daily or monthly. For adjustable rate loans receivable, repricing can be as frequent as annually for loans whose contractual maturities range from one to thirty years. While increasingly aggressive local market competition in lending rates has pushed loan rates lower, the Company’s increased reliance on non-core funding sources has restricted the Company’s ability to reduce funding rates in concert with declines in lending rates.
The Company manages its interest rate risk by the employment of strategies to assure that desired levels of both interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities mature or reprice with similar time frames. Such strategies include: 1) loans receivable which are renewed (and repriced) annually, 2) variable rate loans, 3) certificates of deposit with terms from one month to six years and 4) securities available for sale which mature at various times primarily from one through ten years, 5) federal funds borrowings with terms of one day to 90 days, and 6) FHLB borrowings with terms of one day to ten years.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
With the participation of the President and Chief Executive Officer (the principal executive officer) and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (the principal financial officer) of the Company, the Company’s management has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the quarterly period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that:
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executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure;
  information required to be disclosed by the Company in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other reports which the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act would be recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms; and
  the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the end of the quarterly period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries is made known to them, particularly during the period in which this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is being prepared.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
     There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the Company’s fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2006, that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
There are no material pending legal proceedings against the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than ordinary, routine litigation incidental to their respective businesses. In the opinion of management, this litigation should not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial condition.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
An investment in our common shares involves certain risks, including those identified and described in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, as well as cautionary statements contained in this Form 10-Q. These risk factors could materially affect the Company’s business, financial condition or future results. There have been no material change in the risk factors previously disclosed in the Company’s Form 10-K.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 a. Not applicable
 
 b. Not applicable
 
 c.  The following table provides information regarding repurchases of the Company’s common shares during the nine months ended September 30, 2006:
                 
              Maximum Number 
              (or Approximate 
          Total Number of  Dollar Value) of 
          Shares Purchased as  Shares that May Yet 
          Part of Publicly  Be Purchased Under 
  Total Number of  Average Price  Announced Plans or  the Plans or 
Period
 Shares Purchased (1)  Paid per Share  Programs  Programs 
July 1 through July 31, 2006
 355  $11.09     
August 1 through August 31, 2006
 1,554  $11.29     
September 1 through September 30, 2006
 923  $11.55     
 
(1) All of the repurchased shares were purchased by Reliance Financial Services, N.A., an indirect subsidiary of the Company, in its capacity as the administrator of the Company’s Employee Stock Ownership and Savings Plan.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
     Not applicable
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
     Not applicable
Item 5. Other Information
     Not applicable
Item 6. Exhibits
 31.1 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification (Principal Executive Officer)
 
 31.2 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification (Principal Financial Officer)
 
 32.1 Section 1350 Certification (Principal Executive Officer)
 
 32.2 Section 1350 Certification (Principal Financial Officer)

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
     
 
RURBAN FINANCIAL CORP.
 
 
Date: November 14, 2006 By:  /s/ Kenneth A. Joyce   
  Kenneth A. Joyce   
  President & Chief Executive Officer  
 
   
 By:  /s/ Duane L. Sinn   
  Duane L. Sinn   
  Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer  
 

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