First Ottawa Bancshares (FOTB) is a $270.0M-asset Illinois community bank holding company as of March 31, 2012, down nominally from $270.7M at December 31, 2011. Under a liquidation lens, equity recovery is severely constrained by the structure of the balance sheet: total deposits of approximately $243.4M ($178.5M no-stated-maturity plus $64.9M time deposits) and essentially zero borrowed funds (borrowings reduced from $1.8M at year-end to zero by Q1 end) constitute the full liability stack at face value. Shareholders equity reported at $24.3M provides a thin cushion equal to roughly 9% of assets. Applying standard bank liquidation haircuts to the asset side compresses recovery further. Cash and due from banks of $11.4M recovers at 100%. Interest-bearing time deposits at other institutions of $54.8M (interbank placements) are near-par but subject to early withdrawal penalties and counterparty terms; practical recovery close to 100% though filing does not separately address unwinding mechanics. Available-for-sale securities of $57.0M (up from $42.2M at year-end, a $14.8M QoQ increase driven by redeployment from cash) are predominantly Level 2 instruments (federal agencies $23.9M, state/munis $16.1M, ABS $13.0M); recovery under forced liquidation at modest discount to fair value, perhaps 95-98%. Net loans of $122.4M are the largest asset class and carry the most recovery risk: nonaccrual loans of $5.8M, nonperforming loans of $7.4M, and impaired loans measured at Level 3 fair value of $2.8M all represent concentrated credit exposure. Other real estate owned (OREO) measured at $4.7M at March 31, 2012 (down from $4.9M), classified Level 3, is subject to further deterioration. The bank carries goodwill and core deposit intangibles on the balance sheet; both are zero-recovery items under liquidation. The interest rate swap structure — $1.4M asset offset exactly by $1.4M written call option liability on customer CDs — nets to zero and does not affect recovery. Total TDRs outstanding at period end were $2.3M across 6 loans, up from $2.1M and 4 loans at year-end 2011. A material post-balance-sheet development: on May 11, 2012, the Company filed a Form 15 to deregister under Section 12(g), with deregistration expected effective approximately August 9, 2012. This eliminates ongoing SEC reporting obligations and reduces compliance costs but does not alter the fundamental liquidation recovery calculus. The TAG_CONTEXT provided is empty, indicating no XBRL tags were separately emitted for this filing in the data provided; all balance sheet values referenced above are sourced from the narrative and tables in the filing body. Accordingly, no tag-level insights are generated.
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