UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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April 22, 2024
My Fellow Shareholders:
Once again, we are preparing for our Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on Monday, May 20, 2024, at 5:00 pm. We encourage everyone to arrive no later than 4:30 p.m. to avoid delays in beginning the meeting promptly at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the IBC Annex Building at 2416 Jacaman Rd. Laredo, Texas 78041. We will celebrate our 58th anniversary in September of this year, and vow to continue working hard to achieve another successful 58 years.
In preparation for the meeting, I’m enclosing the Annual Report to Shareholders containing financial statements audited by RSM US LLP, as well as the formal Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Proxy Statement and a Proxy Card. The Proxy Card has been provided for the purpose of voting on the election of Directors and other issues to be presented at the meeting. In order to have a quorum at the meeting, I urge you to complete and sign the Proxy Card and return it in the enclosed self-addressed envelope.
In 2023, IBC achieved its best returns in its history even with the huge challenges we faced coming out of COVID-19 and the massive challenges faced with the FED’s decision to raise interest rates to the highest levels in decades. This was accomplished because we focused on revenue performance and especially cost controls. As we move forward, excellence will continue to be our objective to sustain our record of being a high-performance bank holding company. You have my commitment to keep that focus.
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2022
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Net Income
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| | | $ | 411,768,000 | | | | | $ | 300,232,000 | | |
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Total Assets
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| | | $ | 15,066,189,000 | | | | | $ | 15,501,467,000 | | |
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Return on Your Shareholders’ Equity
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| | | | 15.41% | | | | | | 12.52% | | |
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Basic Earnings per Share—Adjusted for Dividends
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| | | $ | 6.63 | | | | | $ | 4.83 | | |
I want to make sure each shareholder understands, your management team has been intensely focused on protecting the future of IBC and your investment. As we pointed out in our earnings release on February 26, 2024, your management team took immediate and effective steps to right-size IBC’s operation during 2020-2023 to make certain that every area of your company was performing and doing so at the lowest cost possible. We reduced expenses and continued to build the company’s non-interest income. Those effective steps are why we have produced an exceptional 2023. In our press release announcing our record 2023 earnings, I said: “In addition to this stellar performance in 2023, we are confident in our exceptionally strong capital position, significant liquidity, strong relationship deposit base and responsive management strategies to position us for continued success.” I want to reaffirm those remarks by clearly stating that IBC is solid. We have managed through many, many crisis periods over our 58 years and have always continued to succeed because our primary responsibility is to protect the deposits of our customers and perform for you, our shareholders. When you start with these core values and you never forget your duty, you will always succeed.
On February 1, 2024, your Board of Directors approved a sixty-six cents ($.66) per share cash dividend payable to all holders of common stock, $1.00 par value, of record on February 15, 2024, which was paid to you on February 28, 2024. This dividend was increased by 4.76% from our immediately preceding dividend, which continues our history of increasing dividends.
As you know, we participate in the householding program, and each household will only receive one copy of IBC’s 2023 Annual Report, Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement. However, each registered shareholder in the household will receive a personalized Proxy Card with the voting shares, which will allow each shareholder to vote independently. Furthermore, to reduce our cost and improve the dividend payment process, we urge you to select direct deposit to receive your cash dividend.
AS ALWAYS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE YOUR SHARES PRIOR TO THE MEETING BY COMPLETING, SIGNING, AND RETURNING THE PROXY CARD.
As in prior years, we plan on having a social time immediately following our business session to provide you an opportunity to visit with your staff and enjoy the evening. Just one last reminder, the meeting will begin promptly at 5:00 p.m. and it will be held at the IBC Annex Building on Jacaman Road. Please plan on arriving early in order to be assembled for the start of the meeting.
Sincerely yours,
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Dennis E. Nixon
President
President
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