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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
þ   Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2008
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: 001-33661
Guaranty Financial Group Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   74-2421034
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification Number)
1300 MoPac Expressway South, Austin, Texas 78746
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip code)
(512) 434-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(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 that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer þ   Smaller reporting company o
        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). o Yes þ No
     Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:
     
    Number of common shares outstanding
Class   as of November 3, 2008
Common Stock (par value $1.00 per share)   108,914,265
 
 

 


 

         
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                 
    Unaudited        
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
    (In millions)  
ASSETS
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 229     $ 277  
Restricted cash
    32       107  
Loans held for sale
    1       16  
Loans, net of allowance for losses of $231 at September 30, 2008 and $118 at December 31, 2007
    10,081       9,928  
Securities available-for-sale
    1,151       1,882  
Securities held-to-maturity
    2,884       3,642  
Investment in Federal Home Loan Bank stock
    224       256  
Property and equipment, net
    234       233  
Accounts, notes, and accrued interest receivable
    70       97  
Goodwill
    135       144  
Other intangible assets
    20       26  
Deferred income taxes
    138       72  
Other assets
    192       116  
 
           
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 15,391     $ 16,796  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
               
Deposits
  $ 9,210     $ 9,375  
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
    4,464       5,743  
Other liabilities
    134       125  
Subordinated notes payable to trust
    314       314  
Subordinated debt of subsidiary
    237        
Subordinated debentures and other borrowings
    31       101  
 
           
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    14,390       15,658  
 
           
 
               
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, 25 million shares authorized, 6.2 million shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2008
           
Common stock, par value $1 per share, 200 million shares authorized, 44.7 million shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2008 and 35.4 million shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2007
    45       35  
Additional paid-in-capital
    1,256       902  
(Accumulated deficit) retained earnings
    (31 )     236  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net
    (269 )     (35 )
 
           
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
    1,001       1,138  
 
           
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  $ 15,391     $ 16,796  
 
           
Please read the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
Unaudited
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
    (In millions, except per share)  
INTEREST INCOME
                               
Loans and loans held for sale
  $ 123     $ 179     $ 405     $ 525  
Securities available-for-sale
    23       16       78       34  
Securities held-to-maturity
    35       53       123       170  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock dividends
    1       2       6       9  
Other earning assets
    2       1       2       3  
 
                       
Total interest income
    184       251       614       741  
 
                       
INTEREST EXPENSE
                               
Deposits
    (57 )     (88 )     (193 )     (257 )
Borrowed funds
    (44 )     (64 )     (140 )     (195 )
 
                       
Total interest expense
    (101 )     (152 )     (333 )     (452 )
 
                       
NET INTEREST INCOME
    83       99       281       289  
Provision for credit losses
    (78 )     (19 )     (235 )     (17 )
 
                       
NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR
CREDIT LOSSES
    5       80       46       272  
 
                       
NONINTEREST INCOME
                               
Insurance commissions and fees
    10       13       33       38  
Service charges on deposits
    14       14       42       39  
Non-deposit investment sales commissions
    6       7       22       17  
Other-than-temporary-impairment on mortgage-backed security
    (53 )           (53 )      
Other
    4       8       20       25  
 
                       
Total noninterest income
    (19 )     42       64       119  
 
                       
NONINTEREST EXPENSE
                               
Compensation and benefits
    (46 )     (45 )     (145 )     (136 )
Occupancy
    (9 )     (7 )     (26 )     (20 )
Information systems and technology
    (5 )     (4 )     (14 )     (11 )
Charges related to asset impairments and severance
    (14 )           (17 )      
Other
    (31 )     (34 )     (101 )     (110 )
 
                       
Total noninterest expense
    (105 )     (90 )     (303 )     (277 )
 
                       
(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE TAXES
    (119 )     32       (193 )     114  
Income tax expense
    (43 )     (11 )     (64 )     (42 )
 
                       
NET (LOSS) INCOME
  $ (162 )   $ 21     $ (257 )   $ 72  
 
                       
 
                               
NET (LOSS) INCOME APPLICABLE TO COMMON EQUITY
  $ (218 )   $ 21     $ (313 )   $ 72  
 
                       
(LOSS) EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
                               
Basic and diluted
  $ (4.89 )     n/a     $ (7.94 )     n/a  
AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING
                               
Basic and diluted
    44.5       n/a       39.4       n/a  
Please read the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
Unaudited
                 
    Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007  
    (In millions)  
CASH PROVIDED BY (USED FOR) OPERATIONS
               
Net (loss) income
  $ (257 )   $ 72  
Adjustments:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    17       13  
Depreciation of assets leased to others
    4       5  
Amortization of core deposit and other intangible assets
    3       4  
Amortization and accretion of financial instrument discounts and premiums and deferred loan fees and origination costs, net
    (3 )     12  
Provision for credit losses
    235       17  
Deferred income taxes
    58       (8 )
Other-than-temporary-impairment on mortgage-backed security
    53        
Goodwill and intangible asset impairment
    14        
Changes in loans held for sale
    15       4  
Other
    6       5  
 
           
 
    145       124  
 
           
 
               
CASH PROVIDED BY (USED FOR) INVESTING
               
Securities available-for-sale:
               
Purchases
          (1,128 )
Principal payments and maturities
    102       100  
Sales
    265        
Securities held-to-maturity:
               
Purchases
          (142 )
Principal payments and maturities
    555       1,126  
Sales deemed to be at maturity
    143        
Federal Home Loan Bank stock:
               
Purchases
    (11 )     (21 )
Redemption
    49       69  
Loans originated or acquired, net of collections
    (439 )     13  
Sales of loans
    14       22  
Sales of foreclosed real estate
    12       5  
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired
          (7 )
Capital expenditures
    (18 )     (29 )
Other
    1       (4 )
 
           
 
    673       4  
 
           
 
               
CASH PROVIDED BY (USED FOR) FINANCING
               
Deposits, net
    (165 )     (134 )
Repurchase agreements and short-term borrowings, net
    (1,039 )     351  
Long-term Federal Home Loan Bank and other borrowings:
               
Additions
          445  
Payments
    (240 )     (797 )
Issuance of subordinated debt of subsidiary
    237        
Issuance of subordinated notes payable to trust
          172  
Redemption of preferred stock issued by subsidiaries
          (305 )
Sale of common stock
    38        
Sale of preferred stock
    312        
Dividends paid to Temple-Inland Inc.
          (35 )
Other
    (9 )      
 
           
 
    (866 )     (303 )
 
           
 
               
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (48 )     (175 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    277       372  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 229     $ 197  
 
           
Interest paid
  $ 322     $ 453  
 
           
Please read the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Unaudited
                                                         
                                            Accumulated        
                                    (Accumulated     Other        
    Preferred     Common             Additional     deficit)     Comprehensive     Total  
    Shares     Shares             Paid-in-     Retained     (Loss) Income,     Stockholders’  
    Outstanding     Outstanding     Common Stock     Capital     Earnings     net     Equity  
    (In millions)  
 
                                                       
Balance at December 31, 2007
          35     $ 35     $ 902     $ 236     $ (35 )   $ 1,138  
Net loss — first six months 2008
                            (95 )           (95 )
Other comprehensive loss:
                                                       
Change in unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities
                                  (459 )     (459 )
Associated deferred taxes
                                  160       160  
 
                                                     
Comprehensive loss for six months ended June 30, 2008
                                                    (394 )
Sale of common stock
          8       8       30                   38  
Share-based compensation, share-settled awards
                      5                   5  
Issuance of shares upon vesting of restricted stock units
                      (1 )                 (1 )
Restricted stock grants
          2       2       (2 )                  
 
                                         
Balance at June 30, 2008
          45     $ 45     $ 934     $ 141     $ (334 )   $ 786  
Net loss — third quarter 2008
                            (162 )           (162 )
Other comprehensive loss:
                                                       
Change in unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities
                                  99       99  
Associated deferred taxes
                                  (34 )     (34 )
 
                                                     
Comprehensive loss for three months ended September 30, 2008
                                                    (97 )
Sale of preferred stock
    6                   312                   312  
Preferred stock dividends
                      10       (10 )            
 
                                         
Balance at September 30, 2008
    6       45     $ 45     $ 1,256     $ (31 )   $ (269 )   $ 1,001  
 
                                         
 
                                                       
Comprehensive loss for nine months ended September 30, 2008
                                                  $ (491 )
 
                                                     
Please read the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
        Background
     Guaranty Financial Group Inc. (“Guaranty,” “we,” or “our” in these financial statements) is a grandfathered unitary savings and loan holding company that owns several subsidiaries, the most significant of which is Guaranty Bank, a federally-chartered savings bank. Guaranty Bank offers a broad range of retail banking services in two primary markets, Texas and California, and lends to business and commercial customers in target markets throughout the United States. Guaranty Bank also conducts insurance agency operations through its subsidiary, Guaranty Insurance Services, Inc.
     In third quarter 2008, we sold 6.2 million shares of our Series B Mandatory Convertible Perpetual Cumulative Preferred Stock, and $275 million face value of subordinated debt of Guaranty Bank, in private placements for aggregate proceeds of $562 million, before offering costs of $21 million (the “Private Placements”). On September 29, 2008, our stockholders approved the conversion of the preferred stock into common shares, and on October 1, 2008 the conversion occurred. Prior to conversion, the convertible preferred stock accrued dividends at a rate of 14% per year and dividends accrued through the conversion date were paid in shares of common stock based on the conversion price of the convertible preferred stock. We used the net proceeds from these transactions to repay Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) borrowings. Substantially all of the net proceeds qualify as regulatory capital for Guaranty Bank.
        Basis of Presentation
     We prepare our unaudited interim financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”) requirements for interim financial statements. As a result, we do not include all the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. However, in our opinion, we have included all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation. Our interim operating results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire year. Actual results can, and probably will, differ from those we currently estimate. Examples of significant estimates include our allowance for credit losses, valuation of mortgage-backed securities and assessment of whether any impairment is other-than-temporary, ability to realize deferred tax assets, and our assessments of goodwill and other intangible assets for impairment. For further information, please read the financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
        New Accounting Pronouncements
     Effective January 1, 2008, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 157, Fair Value Measures and SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 159 permits an entity to elect fair value as the initial and subsequent measurement method for financial assets and liabilities. We have not elected the fair value option for any financial instruments. The adoption of SFAS No. 157 and SFAS No. 159 did not have a material impact on the measurement of our financial statements. For more information about the fair value of our financial instruments, see Note 13.
     In September 2008, the SEC issued a memorandum, “SEC Office of the Chief Accountant and FASB Staff Clarifications on Fair Value Accounting,” and in October 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Staff Position FSP 157-3, Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for that Asset is Not Active. The SEC memorandum and the FSP both addressed fair value measurements when there are few observable transactions for a financial instrument. There are currently no observable transactions for our non-agency mortgage-backed securities, and little reliable observable evidence. Broker price estimates we received for these securities vary widely from broker-to-broker. As a result, in third quarter 2008 we have used internal measurement methods, maximizing the use of available observable evidence, in estimating the value of our non-agency mortgage-backed securities. As a result of the issuance of the SEC memorandum and the FSP, we placed somewhat less weight on non-binding indicative broker quotations for the non-agency securities than we have in previous periods. However, we consider our fair value measurements appropriate.

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GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
        Pending Accounting Pronouncements
     SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations — This new standard retains the acquisition (purchase) method of accounting of SFAS No. 141, establishes the acquisition date as the date the acquirer achieves control, and requires assets acquired and liabilities assumed be measured at their fair values at that date. One implication of SFAS No. 141 to financial institutions is historical allowance for loan losses of the acquired entity will not be recorded by the acquiror; rather, the acquiror will record the loans at fair value, which will be reduced by the fair value of the credit risk inherent in those loans. SFAS No. 141 will be effective for us beginning January 1, 2009.
     SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities—an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 — This new standard expands disclosures about derivative instruments in financial statements. SFAS No. 161 will be effective for us beginning January 1, 2009. We are currently assessing the effect SFAS No. 161 will have on our financial statements, but anticipate it will only result in additional disclosures regarding derivative instruments, which are presently insignificant to us.
Note 2 — Loans
     Loans consist of:
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
    (In millions)  
 
               
Single-family mortgage
  $ 1,397     $ 1,672  
Single-family mortgage warehouse
    924       695  
Single-family construction (homebuilders)
    1,060       1,510  
Multifamily and senior housing
    2,044       1,541  
Commercial real estate
    1,837       1,674  
Commercial and business
    1,432       1,340  
Energy
    1,399       1,470  
Consumer and other
    219       144  
 
           
Total loans
    10,312       10,046  
Less allowance for loan losses
    (231 )     (118 )
 
           
Loans, net
  $ 10,081     $ 9,928  
 
           
     Our single-family mortgage loans include $377 million at September 30, 2008, and $502 million at December 31, 2007, of adjustable-rate mortgages that have various monthly payment options (“Option ARMs”). We collected a net of $1 million of previously deferred interest on Option ARMs in third quarter 2008 and $4 million in first nine months 2008. We recognized and added to the principal balance of Option ARMs $2 million in interest income in third quarter 2007 and $5 million in first nine months 2007. Cumulative deferred unpaid interest on Option ARMs was $18 million at September 30, 2008 and $22 million at December 31, 2007.
     At September 30, 2008, we had $3.5 billion of unfunded commitments related to outstanding loans and $365 million in commitments to originate loans. At September 30, 2008, we had outstanding standby letters of credit totaling $292 million, which represent our obligation to guarantee payment of other entities’ specified financial obligations or to make payments based on any failure by them to perform under an obligating agreement. The amount, if any, we will ultimately have to fund is uncertain, but we have not historically been required to fund a significant amount of letters of credit. At September 30, 2008, we did not have a significant amount of deferred fees related to letters of credit.

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GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
     At September 30, 2008, we had $1.1 billion of real estate construction loans and $366 million of unfunded loan commitments to single-asset commercial real estate construction entities we believe meet the definition of a variable interest entity. Our involvement is as a lender in the customary form and we do not bear or benefit from the majority of the variability in cash flow or fair value of each entity’s assets.
     Activity in the allowance for credit losses was:
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
            (In millions)          
Allowance for loan losses:
                               
Balance at beginning of period
  $ 250     $ 72     $ 118     $ 65  
Provision for loan losses
    81       19       234       17  
Charge-offs
    (100 )     (1 )     (123 )     (4 )
Recoveries
          1       2       13  
 
                       
Balance at end of period
    231       91       231       91  
 
                       
 
                               
Unfunded credit commitments:
                               
Balance at beginning of period
    11       7       7       7  
Provision (credit) for commitment-related credit losses
    (3 )           1        
 
                       
Balance at end of period
    8       7       8       7  
 
                       
 
                               
Combined allowances for credit losses at end of period
  $ 239     $ 98     $ 239     $ 98  
 
                       
 
                               
Provision (credit) for:
                               
Loan losses
  $ 81     $ 19     $ 234     $ 17  
Commitment-related credit losses
    (3 )           1        
 
                       
Combined provision for credit losses
  $ 78     $ 19     $ 235     $ 17  
 
                       
     Information about the unpaid principal balance of past due, nonaccrual, restructured, and impaired loans follows:
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
    (In millions)  
 
               
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more
  $ 27     $ 6  
Recorded investment in nonaccrual loans
    470       166  
Restructured troubled loans included in nonaccrual loans
          1  
Recorded investment in impaired loans (included in nonaccrual loans)
    234       118  
Allowance for loan losses on impaired loans
    42       20  
Direct reduction of recorded investment in impaired loans (principal charged off)
    84       4  
Performing restructured troubled loans
    8        
Performing loans restructured at market rates (deemed troubled)
    90       29  
     Our nonaccrual loans at September 30, 2008 include $295 million of single-family construction (homebuilder) loans and $108 million of single-family mortgage loans. We did not recognize a significant amount of interest income on impaired loans in first nine months 2008 or 2007. Interest income we would have recognized on nonaccrual loans, had they been performing in accordance with contractual terms, was $8 million in third quarter 2008, $19 million in first nine months 2008, and $1 million in third quarter 2007 and first nine months 2007.
     Foreclosed assets were $50 million at September 30, 2008 and $13 million at December 31, 2007. We expect foreclosed assets to increase further in fourth quarter 2008, principally a result of increasing foreclosures on single-family houses and residential lots collateralizing homebuilder loans.

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     Beginning in third quarter 2007 and through second quarter 2008, we solicited for modification performing single-family mortgage loan borrowers whose loans were nearing the end of a fixed rate accrual period and would soon enter the floating rate period of their loan contracts. We obtained updated credit scores for the borrowers and offered them five-year extended fixed rate accrual periods at the then-current market rate for borrowers with similar credit scores. Our objective in making these offers was to retain performing loans, which we expected the borrowers would likely otherwise refinance with other lenders offering fixed rate terms. We only offered these terms to performing borrowers who had not previously been delinquent and had not inquired of us to reduce payment terms. We did not re-underwrite the loan collateral or further underwrite the borrowers’ income. As a result, we are unable to determine what interest rate the borrowers on loans we modified would have been able to obtain from other lenders. Therefore, we have categorized the loans we modified under this performing loan modification program as trouble debt restructurings. At September 30, 2008, 89% of the borrowers were current on their loan payments, and we estimate approximately 80% of the loans have a current loan-to-value ratio below 80%.
Note 3 — Securities
     Securities consist of:
                                 
            Gross     Gross        
    Amortized     Unrealized     Unrealized        
    Cost     Gains     (Losses)     Fair Value  
            (In millions)          
At September 30, 2008:
                               
Available-for-sale
                               
Mortgage-backed securities:
                               
U.S. Government
  $ 12     $     $     $ 12  
U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises (FNMA, FHLMC)
    216       2       (2 )     216  
Non-agency
    1,333             (414 )     919  
 
                       
 
    1,561       2       (416 )     1,147  
Equity securities
    4                   4  
 
                       
 
  $ 1,565     $ 2     $ (416 )   $ 1,151  
 
                       
 
                               
Held-to-maturity
                               
Mortgage-backed securities:
                               
U.S. Government
  $ 48     $     $ (1 )   $ 47  
U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises (FNMA, FHLMC)
    671       3       (2 )     672  
Non-agency
    2,165             (785 )     1,380  
 
                       
 
  $ 2,884     $ 3     $ (788 )   $ 2,099  
 
                       
 
                               
At December 31, 2007:
                               
Available-for-sale
                               
Mortgage-backed securities:
                               
U.S. Government
  $ 14     $     $     $ 14  
U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises (FNMA, FHLMC)
    552       4       (4 )     552  
Non-agency
    1,366             (54 )     1,312  
 
                       
 
    1,932       4       (58 )     1,878  
Equity securities
    4                   4  
 
                       
 
  $ 1,936     $ 4     $ (58 )   $ 1,882  
 
                       
 
                               
Held-to-maturity
                               
Mortgage-backed securities:
                               
U.S. Government
  $ 57     $     $     $ 57  
U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises (FNMA, FHLMC)
    1,172       4       (3 )     1,173  
Non-agency
    2,413       1       (213 )     2,201  
 
                       
 
  $ 3,642     $ 5     $ (216 )   $ 3,431  
 
                       

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     At acquisition, all of the non-agency securities we own carried AAA ratings by two different nationally recognized securities rating organizations. At September 30, 2008, each of those rating organizations had downgraded some of these securities. The following information summarizes our non-agency securities by the lowest rating assigned by either of those rating organizations at September 30, 2008:
                 
    Amortized Cost     Fair Value  
    (In millions)  
 
               
Highest investment grade
  $ 1,335     $ 972  
Second-highest investment grade
    148       98  
Third-highest investment grade
    248       154  
Lowest investment grade
    820       534  
One grade below investment grade
    745       392  
Below
    202       149  
 
           
 
  $ 3,498     $ 2,299  
 
           
     See Note 13 of these Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for disclosures about our fair value estimates.
     In third quarter 2008, we sold U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprise-issued securities totaling $412 million in amortized cost, including securities classified as available-for-sale and held-to-maturity. Each of the held-to-maturity securities and substantially all of the available-for-sale securities had a remaining principal balance less than 15% of the amount outstanding when we acquired the security. As allowed by GAAP, we have deemed such sales to be maturities for purposes of classification of our remaining securities. The remaining available-for-sale securities sold were sold at prices close to par value.
     At September 30, 2008, we determined it probable we would not recover all principal and stated interest on one of the non-agency securities we own. As a result, we recorded a charge to other noninterest income in earnings of $53 million to reduce the carrying amount of the security to the estimated fair value of $79 million.
     A significant amount of the mortgage-backed securities we own have Option ARMs as the underlying assets. None of the securities include sub-prime loans as underlying assets. The amortized cost at September 30, 2008 of securities in our portfolio with Option ARMs as the underlying assets was $3.6 billion. Of these, $249 million were issued by U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises (FNMA, FHLMC) and the remaining $3.3 billion are senior or senior-support tranches issued by non-agency institutions.
     Other than the security for which we recorded an other-than-temporary-impairment, we consider the unrealized losses on the securities we own to be temporary because:
    The securities cannot be settled at maturity or through prepayment in a way precluding recovery of substantially all of our recorded investment. We do not have significant purchase premiums on the securities.
 
    We have no specific plans to sell these securities and we have the ability and intent to hold them until repayment.
 
    We believe, based on our current estimates of cash flows on the securities, we will receive all stated interest and principal. Each of the non-agency securities is credit-enhanced by subordinate tranches not owned by us, which will absorb credit losses of the underlying loans until those tranches are depleted. We currently estimate the credit losses on the underlying loans will not exceed those subordinate tranches and other forms of credit enhancement and, therefore, our securities will not incur credit losses.

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Note 4 — Deposits
     Deposits consist of:
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
    (In millions)  
 
               
Noninterest-bearing demand
  $ 315     $ 779  
Interest-bearing demand
    3,850       3,648  
Savings deposits
    182       172  
Certificates of deposit
    4,818       4,776  
Brokered certificates of deposit
    45        
 
           
 
  $ 9,210     $ 9,375  
 
           
     At September 30, 2008, approximately $1.1 billion (12%) of our deposits, excluding those of our subsidiaries and affiliates, exceeded the then-current federal deposit insurance limit of $100,000 per individual. Subsequent to September 30, 2008, a change in federal law temporarily increased insured deposit coverage to $250,000 per individual. At September 30, 2008, approximately $174 million (2%) of our non-commercial deposits exceeded $250,000 per individual, and $401 million of our commercial deposits (excluding those of our subsidiaries and affiliates) exceeded $250,000. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) subsequently determined to temporarily insure, for a 30 day free coverage period, most commercial noninterest-bearing transaction accounts beyond the $250,000 limit. That coverage began on October 14, 2008. The FDIC later announced details about continuing full insurance coverage beyond the initial 30 day free coverage period, after which institutions will pay an annualized 10 basis point assessment for this coverage. This assessment will be collected quarterly for coverage from November 13, 2008 through December 31, 2009. Institutions that do not opt-out of the extended program for commercial deposits by December 5, 2008 will pay this special assessment. Though our participation in any extended insurance program for commercial deposits is dependent on the ultimate program features and cost, it is unlikely we will choose to opt-out before the deadline.
Note 5 — Borrowings
     We allocated $237 million of the proceeds from the Private Placements to the Guaranty Bank subordinated debt. The Guaranty Bank subordinated debt accrues interest at 12% on its $275 million face amount, resulting in an effective interest rate of approximately 15% after accretion of the discount and amortization of offering costs we allocated to the subordinated debt. We are entitled to call the Guaranty Bank subordinated debt at face value beginning in June 2013 and it matures in June 2018.
     Information about our short-term (original maturities of 12 months or less) and long-term (original maturities greater than 12 months) FHLB borrowings and other borrowings follows:
                                 
    September 30, 2008     December 31, 2007  
            Weighted             Weighted  
            Average             Average  
            Ending             Ending  
            Effective             Effective  
            Interest             Interest  
    Balance     Rate     Balance     Rate  
    (Dollars in millions)  
 
                               
Short-term FHLB borrowings
  $ 3,910       2.5 %   $ 4,949       4.3 %
Long-term FHLB borrowings
    554       4.3 %     794       4.2 %
Subordinated notes payable to trust
    314       4.5 %     314       7.2 %
Subordinated debt of subsidiary
    237       15.0 %            
Subordinated debentures and other borrowings
    31       7.1 %     101       8.5 %
     In second quarter 2008, we redeemed $25 million, and in third quarter 2008 we redeemed $45 million, of our subordinated debentures using restricted cash we had placed on deposit with the trustee in 2007 for the debentures.

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     Interest expense on borrowings consists of:
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
    (In millions)  
 
                               
Short-term FHLB borrowings
  $ 26     $ 49     $ 93     $ 142  
Long-term FHLB borrowings
    7       7       23       25  
Subordinated notes payable to trust
    3       6       12       14  
Subordinated debt of subsidiary
    7             7        
Subordinated debentures and other borrowings
    1       2       5       7  
Preferred stock issued by subsidiaries
                      7  
 
                       
 
  $ 44     $ 64     $ 140     $ 195  
 
                       
     At September 30, 2008, $12 billion in principal balance of our loans and securities were pledged as collateral for FHLB borrowings.
Note 6 — (Loss) Earnings Per Common Share
     We compute (loss) earnings per common share by dividing net (loss) income applicable to common equity by the weighted average common shares outstanding as follows:
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
    (In millions, except per share)  
 
                               
Net (loss) income
  $ (162 )   $ 21     $ (257 )   $ 72  
Preferred dividends
    (10 )           (10 )      
Beneficial conversion feature
    (46 )           (46 )      
 
                       
Net (loss) income applicable to common equity
  $ (218 )   $ 21     $ (313 )   $ 72  
 
                       
 
                               
Weighted average common shares outstanding — basic and diluted
    44.5       n/a       39.4       n/a  
 
                               
(Loss) earnings per common share — basic and diluted
  $ (4.89 )     n/a     $ (7.94 )     n/a  
     We have not included outstanding option awards or unvested restricted stock in our diluted weighted average shares outstanding calculations for 2008 because those items would have been anti-dilutive as a result of our net loss. Because Temple-Inland Inc. did not distribute our stock until December 28, 2007, we do not present earnings per share under GAAP for 2007. Had our stock been outstanding in third quarter 2007 and first nine months 2007 in the amount distributed by Temple-Inland Inc., basic earnings per share would have been $0.59 and $2.04 (proforma).
     Because the preferred stock we sold in the Private Placements was mandatorily convertible into common stock upon the September 29, 2008 approval by our stockholders, and there were no other circumstances under which the shares would not be issued, we included the equivalent common shares in the calculation of weighted average common shares outstanding beginning on the date of conversion approval by our stockholders. Prior to conversion, the preferred stock was anti-dilutive to our diluted loss per share.
     The conversion price for the preferred stock of $5.17 per share was below the $6.01 per share market price for our common stock on the effective date of the Private Placements. This beneficial conversion feature was recognized as a one time deemed preferred dividend in third quarter 2008 upon stockholder approval of the conversion.

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     At September 30, 2008, Temple-Inland Inc. and Forestar Real Estate Group Inc. directors and employees held 28 thousand stock-settled units on our stock. The following information summarizes outstanding stock option awards on our stock held by Temple-Inland Inc. and Forestar Real Estate Group Inc. directors and employees at September 30, 2008:
                                 
                    Weighted     Aggregate  
            Weighted     Average     Intrinsic Value  
            Average     Remaining     (Current  
            Exercise Price     Contractual     Value Less  
    Shares     Per Share     Term     Exercise Price)  
    (In thousands)             (In years)     (In millions)  
 
                               
Outstanding
    1,605     $ 12       5     $  
Exercisable
    1,276       11       5        
Note 7 Income Taxes
     A reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to our effective income tax rate follows:
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
 
                               
Federal statutory rate
    35 %     35 %     35 %     35 %
State taxes, net of federal benefit
    (1 )%     1 %     (1 )%     2 %
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets
    (66 )%           (64 )%      
Impairment of non-deductible goodwill
    (4 )%           (3 )%      
 
                       
 
    (36 )%     36 %     (33 )%     37 %
 
                       
     In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, we consider whether it is more-likely-than-not we will be able to realize the deferred tax assets. We are unable to carry back any net operating tax losses to periods prior to our spin off from Temple-Inland Inc. Therefore, our ability to realize deferred tax assets depends upon our tax planning strategies, including holding available-for-sale securities to repayment, and our generation of future taxable income. We consider deferred tax assets related to unrealized losses on available-for-sale mortgage-backed securities not considered other-than-temporary more-likely-than-not to be realized because we expect the temporary differences to reverse without resulting in tax deductions. Our recent operating results, current economic conditions, and challenges in our loan portfolio make it difficult to predict future operating results with sufficient certainty to support recoverability of the other deferred tax assets. As a result, we increased our valuation allowance against deferred tax assets by $85 million in third quarter 2008.
     We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various states. With few exceptions, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state, and local income tax examinations by authorities for years before 2004. Because of timing differences between when expenses are recognized under GAAP and when items become deductible on our tax returns, we may pay taxes in a period in which we report a net loss under GAAP.

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     Significant components of our deferred taxes are:
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
    (In millions)  
Deferred tax assets:
               
Allowance for loan losses
  $ 81     $ 41  
Unrealized losses on available-for-sale and impaired securities
    163       19  
Other
    54       39  
 
           
 
    298       99  
 
           
 
               
Deferred tax liabilities:
               
Investment in FHLB stock
    (20 )     (18 )
Other
    (9 )     (9 )
 
           
 
    (29 )     (27 )
 
           
Net deferred tax asset before valuation allowance
    269       72  
Valuation allowance
    (131 )      
 
           
Net deferred tax asset
  $ 138     $ 72  
 
           
Note 8 — Litigation
     We are involved in various legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of doing business and believe we have established adequate reserves for any probable losses. We do not believe the outcome of any of these proceedings will have a significant adverse effect on our financial position, long-term results of operations, or cash flow. It is possible, however, charges related to these matters could be significant to our results or cash flow in any one period.
     A class action in California, related to our former mortgage banking operations, was dismissed but remains under appeal by the plaintiff. We have established reserves we believe are adequate for this matter, and do not anticipate the outcome will have a significant adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations or cash flow.
     As a result of our participation in the Visa USA (“Visa”) network, principally related to ATM and debit cards, we own 33 thousand Class B common shares of Visa for which we have no carrying value. As a former member of Visa, we participate in an indemnification provision in Visa’s bylaws. We are not a named defendant in any of Visa’s litigation matters, and have no access to any non-public information about the matters. Visa recently announced it had reached settlement on one of the indemnified matters. Based on the information we have obtained we do not believe our indemnification obligation for that matter is significant.
Note 9 — Segment Information
     We currently operate in four business segments:
    Commercial banking,
 
    Retail banking,
 
    Insurance agency, and
 
    Treasury, corporate and other.
     We evaluate performance based on income before taxes and unallocated expenses. Unallocated expenses represent expenses managed on a company-wide basis and include share-based compensation, charges related to asset impairments and severance, and prior to 2008, other expenses allocated to us by Temple-Inland Inc. but not directly attributable to us. In third quarter 2008, we began internally reporting and measuring all of our non-deposit investment sales business within our Retail Banking segment. The following segment information reflects those activities in the Retail Banking segment for all periods presented.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
                                                 
                                    Treasury,        
    Commercial     Retail     Insurance     Mortgage     Corporate        
    Banking     Banking     Agency     Banking     and Other     Total  
    (In millions)  
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008:
                                               
Net interest income
  $ 65     $ 20     $     $     $ (2 )   $ 83  
(Provision) credit for credit losses
    (71 )     (1 )           (1 )     (5 )     (78 )
Noninterest income
    7       19       10             (55 )     (19 )
Noninterest expense
    (18 )     (55 )     (11 )     (1 )     (20 )(a)     (105 )
 
                                   
Segment operating income/(loss) before taxes
  $ (17 )   $ (17 )   $ (1 )   $ (2 )   $ (82 )   $ (119 )
Average assets
  $ 10,023     $ 691     $ 79     $ 30     $ 4,960     $ 15,783  
Goodwill
          107       28                   135  
Depreciation and amortization
    1       4       1             2       8  
Capital expenditures
    1       3                   1       5  
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2007:
                                               
Net interest income
  $ 69     $ 32     $     $     $ (2 )   $ 99  
(Provision) credit for credit losses
    (17 )     (1 )                 (1 )     (19 )
Noninterest income
    7       21       13       1             42  
Noninterest expense
    (15 )     (55 )     (12 )     (2 )     (6 )(a)     (90 )
 
                                   
Segment operating income/(loss) before taxes
  $ 44     $ (3 )   $ 1     $ (1 )   $ (9 )   $ 32  
Average assets
  $ 9,654     $ 605     $ 95     $ 43     $ 5,508     $ 15,905  
Goodwill
          107       37                   144  
Depreciation and amortization
    1       5       1                   7  
Capital expenditures
    1       4                   1       6  
 
                                               
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008:
                                               
Net interest income
  $ 202     $ 61     $     $     $ 18     $ 281  
(Provision) credit for credit losses
    (209 )     (3 )           (1 )     (22 )     (235 )
Noninterest income
    21       62       33             (52 )     64  
Noninterest expense
    (55 )     (171 )     (35 )     (3 )     (39 )(a)     (303 )
 
                                   
Segment operating income/(loss) before taxes
  $ (41 )   $ (51 )   $ (2 )   $ (4 )   $ (95 )   $ (193 )
Average assets
  $ 10,100     $ 653     $ 85     $ 32     $ 5,336     $ 16,206  
Goodwill
          107       28                   135  
Depreciation and amortization
    5       13       2             4       24  
Capital expenditures
    2       13                   3       18  
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007:
                                               
Net interest income
  $ 207     $ 92     $     $     $ (10 )   $ 289  
(Provision) credit for credit losses
    (15 )     (2 )                       (17 )
Noninterest income
    24       56       38       1             119  
Noninterest expense
    (51 )     (163 )     (34 )     (10 )     (19 )(a)     (277 )
 
                                   
Segment operating income/(loss) before taxes
  $ 165     $ (17 )   $ 4     $ (9 )   $ (29 )   $ 114  
Average assets
  $ 9,623     $ 606     $ 93     $ 47     $ 5,417     $ 15,786  
Goodwill
          107       37                   144  
Depreciation and amortization
    5       12       2             3       22  
Capital expenditures
    4       19       1             5       29  
 
(a)   Includes unallocated expenses of:
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
    (In millions)  
 
                               
Share-based compensation
  $ (1 )   $ (1 )   $ (5 )   $ (5 )
Charges related to asset impairments and severance
    (14 )           (17 )      
Expenses allocated to us by Temple-Inland Inc. but not directly
attributable to us
          (2 )           (7 )
Other
    (5 )     (3 )     (17 )     (7 )
 
                       
 
  $ (20 )   $ (6 )   $ (39 )   $ (19 )
 
                       

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Note 10 — Noninterest Expense
     We paid severance of $1 million in third quarter 2008, and expensed and paid $3 million through first nine months 2008, related to a reduction in our work force. Additionally, in third quarter 2008, we determined the goodwill and other intangible assets related to our insurance agency were impaired and recorded a $14 million impairment charge to reduce the carrying amounts of those assets to their estimated fair value.
     Other noninterest expense consists of:
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
    (In millions)  
 
                               
Advertising and promotional
  $ 5     $ 4     $ 16     $ 11  
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
    5       5       16       13  
Professional services
    5       3       13       7  
Travel and other employee costs
    2       2       8       7  
Postage, printing, and supplies
    2       2       6       6  
Litigation charge
                      5  
Depreciation of assets leased to others
    1       2       4       5  
Other
    11       9       38       34  
Shared services allocation from Temple-Inland Inc.
          7             22  
 
                       
 
  $ 31     $ 34     $ 101     $ 110  
 
                       
Note 11 — Share-Based Compensation
     We have stockholder approved share-based compensation plans permitting awards to key employees and non-employee directors of stock-based awards, including restricted stock and options to purchase shares of our common stock.
     Share-based compensation expense consists of:
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
    (In millions)  
 
                               
Restricted stock
  $ (1 )   $ 1     $ 3     $ 1  
Cash-settled awards
    1                   2  
Stock options
    1             2       2  
 
                       
 
  $ 1     $ 1     $ 5     $ 5  
 
                       
     Cash-settled award compensation expense is dependent on the price of the underlying shares and can vary significantly. The fair value, and related compensation expense, of restricted stock and stock options are determined at the date of grant and do not typically change for subsequent changes in share price. The amount of expense will change, however, as a result of actual and estimated forfeitures. Additionally, the amount of expense recognized for awards subject to a performance condition will depend on whether it is probable the condition will be satisfied. In third quarter 2008, we reversed approximately $2 million in previously recorded expense related to grants with performance conditions we no longer expect will be satisfied.
Cash-settled awards
     During third quarter 2008, we granted 105 thousand shares of restricted stock units payable in cash, valued at less than $1 million, to our directors as compensation for meeting attendance. These awards vested immediately and are payable in cash.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
     A summary of cash-settled awards outstanding to our employees and directors follows:
                         
    Equivalent Shares        
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended     Aggregate  
    September 30, 2008     September 30, 2008     Current Value  
    (In thousands)     (In millions)  
 
                       
Awards indexed to Guaranty stock at beginning of period
    81       88          
Granted
    105       105          
Settled
    (25 )     (32 )        
 
                   
Awards indexed to Guaranty stock at September 30, 2008
    161       161     $ 1  
 
                   
 
                       
Awards indexed to Temple-Inland Inc. stock at September 30, 2008
    244       244       4  
Awards indexed to Forestar Real Estate Group Inc. stock at September 30, 2008
    81       81       1  
 
                     
 
                  $ 6  
 
                     
Restricted stock and stock-settled units
     During first quarter 2008, we granted 1.6 million shares of restricted stock to our directors and employees, valued at $23 million at the date of grant. We recognize the value of shares granted to employees in expense over vesting periods ranging from three to four years. Shares granted to directors are immediately vested and we include them in expense at the grant date.
     The following information summarizes outstanding restricted stock awards on our stock held by our directors and employees:
                         
    Shares        
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended     Aggregate  
    September 30, 2008     September 30, 2008     Current Value  
    (In thousands)     (In millions)  
 
                       
Outstanding beginning of period
    1,671       26          
Granted
          1,703          
Settled
    (35 )     (57 )        
Cancelled
    (8 )     (44 )        
 
                   
Awards indexed to Guaranty stock at September 30, 2008
    1,628       1,628     $ 6  
 
                 

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GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
Stock Options
     The following information summarizes outstanding stock option awards held by our directors and employees at September 30, 2008:
                                 
                    Weighted     Aggregate  
            Weighted     Average     Intrinsic Value  
            Average     Remaining     (Current Value  
            Exercise Price     Contractual     Less Exercise  
    Shares     Per Share     Term     Price)  
    (In thousands)             (In years)     (In millions)  
 
                               
Outstanding on Guaranty stock
    306     $ 14       6     $  
Outstanding on Temple-Inland Inc. stock
    921       17       6       2  
Outstanding on Forestar Real Estate Group Inc. stock
    307       22       6        
 
                             
 
                          $ 2  
 
                             
 
                               
Exercisable on Guaranty stock
    194     $ 12       5     $  
Exercisable on Temple-Inland Inc. stock
    584       14       5       2  
Exercisable on Forestar Real Estate Group Inc. stock
    195       18       5        
 
                             
 
                          $ 2  
 
                             
Note 12 — Benefit Plans
     We recorded $1 million in expense in third quarter 2008 and $5 million in first nine months 2008 for contributions to our 401(k) plan.
Note 13 — Fair Value of Financial Instruments
     The carrying value and estimated fair value of financial instruments not carried at fair value in our balance sheet were as follows:
                                 
    September 30, 2008     December 31, 2007  
    Carrying     Fair     Carrying     Fair  
    Value     Value     Value     Value  
    (In millions)  
Financial assets
                               
Loans, net
  $ 10,081     $ 9,655     $ 9,928     $ 9,940  
Mortgage-backed securities held-to-maturity:
                               
U.S. Government and U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises
    719       719       1,229       1,230  
Non-agency:
                               
Internally valued
    2,015       1,234       2,214       2,002  
Market quotes
    150       146       199       199  
 
                       
 
    2,884       2,099       3,642       3,431  
Financial liabilities
                               
Deposits
  $ 9,210     $ 9,193     $ 9,375     $ 9,381  
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
    4,464       4,472       5,743       5,747  
Subordinated notes payable to trust
    314       278       314       277  
Subordinated debt of subsidiary
    237       227              
Subordinated debentures and other borrowings
    31       31       101       101  
 
                               
Other off-balance sheet instruments
                               
Commitments to extend credit
  $ (8 )   $ (8 )   $ (7 )   $ (7 )

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GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
     SFAS No. 157 establishes a hierarchy of fair value determination methods reflecting the observability of the information underlying the determination:
    Level 1 is observable prices in active markets.
    Level 2 is observable prices in less than active markets or for different, but similar products, or valuation methodologies using observable data.
 
    Level 3 is valuation methodologies using data not observable in the markets.
     Very little actual trading is occurring in non-agency securities. We have not been able to identify specific transactions for instruments similar to our internally valued non-agency securities for several months. Securities dealer market value estimates for these types of securities are generally accompanied by statements that the estimates do not reflect actual market transactions, and other disclaimers. As a result, we estimate the fair value of most of the non-agency securities we own using internal valuation techniques. We incorporate observable data to the extent it is available, including obtaining sample indicative value estimates from securities dealers. At September 30, 3008, the dealer indicative value estimates for the same securities varied widely among dealers, with differences of as much as 50%. As a result, beginning in third quarter 2008, in addition to considering dealer indicative value estimates, we incorporated the results of a multiple-path valuation approach prepared for us by a third-party as a significant input in our determination of the fair value of our internally valued non-agency securities. We believe the third party valuation approach incorporates market participant assumptions, including required return. We consider our fair value estimates for non-agency securities to be Level 3. The estimated market values of our non-agency securities would result in yields to maturity from 12% to 56% based on our estimates of the most probable future cash flows on those securities. Our estimated loss severity includes our estimate that some of the loans which default will be modified by the servicer, which we believe will reduce the losses on those modified loans.
     The fair value of financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis, categorized in terms of SFAS No. 157 valuation criteria, at September 30, 2008 follows:
                         
    Level 1     Level 3     Total  
    (In millions)  
Available-for-sale securities:
                       
U.S. Government and U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises mortgage-backed securities
  $ 228     $     $ 228  
Non-agency mortgage-backed securities
          919       919  
Equity securities
          4       4  
 
                 
 
  $ 228     $ 923     $ 1,151  
 
                 
     Changes in the fair value of financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis using Level 3 information are summarized as follows:
                 
    Three Months     Nine Months  
    Ended     Ended  
    September 30, 2008     September 30, 2008  
    (In millions)  
 
               
Recorded amount at beginning of the period
  $ 837     $ 1,316  
Change in unrealized losses for the period included in other comprehensive loss
    99       (360 )
Principal payments
    (13 )     (33 )
 
           
Recorded amount at end of period
  $ 923     $ 923  
 
           

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GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
     We measure certain assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. Fair value measurement for those assets usually results from asset impairment or lower-of-cost-or-market accounting. The fair value of assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, categorized in terms of SFAS No. 157 valuation criteria, at September 30, 2008 follows:
                         
    Level 2     Level 3     Total  
    (In millions)  
 
                       
Impaired loans
  $ 192     $     $ 192  
Impaired mortgage-backed security
          79       79  
Foreclosed assets
    50             50  
 
                 
 
  $ 242     $ 79     $ 321  
 
                 
Note 14 — Transactions with Temple-Inland Inc. and Other Related Parties
     A summary of transactions with Temple-Inland Inc. during 2007 when it was a related party (we do not consider Temple-Inland Inc. to be a related party following our spin-off), all of which were allocated expenses, follows:
                 
    Three Months     Nine Months  
    Ended     Ended  
    September 30, 2007     September 30, 2007  
    (In millions)  
 
               
Information technology support
  $ 3     $ 11  
Legal, human resources, and other administrative costs
    2       5  
Accounting, finance, and other
    2       6  
Share-based compensation (included in compensation expense)
    1       5  
 
           
 
  $ 8     $ 27  
 
           
     We charge Temple-Inland Inc. for rent, taxes, insurance, and utilities in accordance with the terms of an operating lease agreement, and for insurance management services. We billed Temple-Inland Inc. $2 million for these services during third quarter 2007 and $6 million in first nine months 2007.
     At September 30, 2008, we had $43 million in loans and $7 million in unfunded commitments, to entities which members of our board of directors control. We entered into each of these transactions prior to those directors joining our board of directors.

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Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Statements
     Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “could,” “estimate,” “likely,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “expect,” and similar expressions, including references to assumptions or our plans and goals. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to risk and uncertainties. A variety of factors and uncertainties could cause our actual results to differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors and uncertainties that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to:
    general economic, market or business conditions;
 
    demand for new housing;
 
    competitive actions by other companies;
 
    changes in laws or regulations and actions or restrictions of regulatory agencies;
 
    deposit attrition, customer loss, or revenue loss in the ordinary course of business;
 
    our ability to borrow funds, maintain or increase deposits or raise capital could be limited which could adversely affect our liquidity and earnings;
 
    costs or difficulties related to transitioning as a stand-alone public company following our spin-off from Temple-Inland Inc. in December 2007;
 
    inability to realize elements of our strategic plans;
 
    changes in the interest rate environment that expand or reduce margins or adversely affect critical estimates and projected returns on investments;
 
    unfavorable changes in economic conditions affecting housing markets, credit markets, real estate values, or oil and gas prices, either nationally or regionally;
 
    natural disasters in primary market areas that may result in prolonged business disruption or impair the value of collateral securing loans;
 
    assumptions and estimates underlying critical accounting policies, particularly allowance for credit losses, mortgage-backed securities valuation and impairment assessments, ability to realize deferred tax assets, and goodwill and other intangible impairment assessments, that may prove to be materially incorrect or may not be borne out by subsequent events;
 
    current or future litigation, regulatory investigations, proceedings or inquiries;
 
    strategies to manage interest rate risk, that may yield results other than those anticipated;
 
    a significant change in the rate of inflation or deflation;
 
    changes in the securities markets;
 
    the ability to complete any merger, acquisition or divestiture plans; regulatory or other limitations imposed as a result of any merger, acquisition or divestiture; and the success of our business following any merger, acquisition or divestiture;
 
    the final resolutions or outcomes with respect to our contingent and other corporate liabilities related to our business and any related actions for indemnification made pursuant to the various agreements with Temple-Inland Inc. and Forestar Real Estate Group Inc.;
 
    the ability to maintain capital ratios acceptable to the Office of Thrift Supervision; and
 
    changes in the value of real estate securing our loans.
     Other factors, including the Risk Factors described in Part II of this Form 10-Q and those included in “Item 1A — Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, may also cause actual results to differ materially from those projected by our forward-looking statements. New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all such factors, nor can we assess the impact of any such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.
     Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and, except as required by law, we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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Selected Ratios and Other Data (unaudited)
                                                         
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     June 30,     March 31,     December 31,     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,  
    2008     2008     2008     2007     2007     2008     2007  
    (Dollars in millions, except per share)  
For the period:
                                                       
Net interest income
  $ 83     $ 100     $ 98     $ 102     $ 99     $ 281     $ 289  
Provision for credit losses
    (78 )     (99 )     (58 )     (33 )     (19 )     (235 )     (17 )
Net (loss) income
    (162 )     (85 )     (10 )     6       21       (257 )     72  
Net (charge-offs) recoveries
    (100 )     (19 )     (2 )     (6 )           (121 )     9  
Return on average assets
    (4.11 )%     (2.08 )%     (0.24 )%     0.15 %     0.53 %     (2.11 )%     0.61 %
Return on average stockholders’ equity
    (61.13 )%     (37.12 )%     (3.65 )%     2.28 %     8.06 %     (33.01 )%     9.31 %
Net interest margin
    2.14 %     2.54 %     2.49 %     2.59 %     2.65 %     2.39 %     2.59 %
 
                                                       
Period-end:
                                                       
Loans, net
  $ 10,081     $ 9,995     $ 10,099     $ 9,928     $ 9,561                  
Non-performing assets
    520       406       284       179       130                  
Non-performing assets ratio
    5.02 %     3.95 %     2.76 %     1.78 %     1.35 %                
 
                                                       
Capital/Equity (actual):
                                                       
Guaranty Bank tier 1 leverage ratio
    8.99 %     7.63 %     7.58 %     7.74 %     7.79 %                
Guaranty Bank tier 1 risk-based ratio
    9.75 %     9.36 %     9.38 %     9.63 %     9.94 %                
Guaranty Bank total risk-based capital ratio
    12.65 %     10.60 %     10.61 %     10.54 %     10.68 %                
Tangible equity/tangible assets
    5.55 %     3.90 %     4.45 %     5.82 %     5.36 %                
Tangible equity/per common share
  $ 18.92     $ 13.85     $ 19.38     $ 27.36       n/a                  
 
                                                       
Capital/Equity (proforma)(1):
                                                       
Tangible equity/per common share
  $ 7.82       n/a       n/a       n/a       n/a                  
 
                                                       
Credit reserves:
                                                       
Allowance for loan losses
  $ 231     $ 250     $ 172     $ 118     $ 91                  
Allowance for loan losses to total loans
    2.24 %     2.44 %     1.67 %     1.17 %     0.94 %                
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans
    49 %     69 %     66 %     71 %     75 %                
Direct reduction of recorded investment in impaired loans (principal charged off)
  $ 84     $ 4     $ 4     $ 4     $                  
Allowance and direct reductions to recorded investment as a percentage of non-performing loans before direct reductions to recorded investment
    57 %     69 %     66 %     72 %     75 %                
 
                                                       
Total deposits
  $ 9,210     $ 9,160     $ 9,248     $ 9,375     $ 9,376                  
Average interest-bearing deposits
    8,551       8,405       8,588       8,609       8,794     $ 8,515     $ 8,735  
Total branches
    162       162       158       158       159                  
 
(1)   Proforma tangible equity/per common share at September 30, 2008 reflects the effect of the conversion of our convertible preferred stock and accrued dividends to common stock as if it had been converted prior to September 30, 2008.
Current Market Conditions
     Current conditions in the credit markets are difficult and volatile. Liquidity for non-agency investment securities is virtually non-existent, and there is a lack of price transparency for most non-agency securitized assets. As a result, credit availability for many potential borrowers has been dramatically reduced. In addition, and partly as a result, current conditions in residential housing markets are poor and worsening. In many markets there is an oversupply of housing, including significant increases in foreclosed properties being marketed, and decreasing demand. Homebuilders have found it difficult to sell new homes and many local and regional homebuilders are facing severe liquidity challenges resulting in their inability to complete land development projects and homes under construction. Declining economic conditions are increasing the number of homeowners unable to make required payments on loans, and declining values in many markets have made it difficult for borrowers to refinance when variable rate loan payments exceed their ability to service the loans. Foreclosures on collateral underlying single-family mortgage loans and homebuilder properties are increasing, particularly in the state of California where we have a significant concentration of our single-family mortgage and homebuilder loan portfolios.

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     These conditions have negatively affected our investment securities and loan portfolios, particularly non-agency mortgage-backed securities, loans to homebuilders, and single-family mortgage loans. At September 30, 2008, the estimated fair value of the non-agency securities we own was below amortized cost by approximately $1.2 billion, or 34%. At September 30, 2008, we categorized 28% of our loans to homebuilders and 8% of our single-family mortgage loans as non-performing. As a result, we recorded $78 million in provision for credit losses in third quarter 2008 and $235 million for first nine months 2008.
     We expect these market conditions will continue throughout 2008 and 2009.
     To address these uncertainties, in third quarter 2008 we raised $562 million (before offering costs of $21 million) through the sale of 6.2 million shares of convertible preferred stock and $275 million face value of subordinated debt of Guaranty Bank in the Private Placements. On October 1, 2008, the convertible preferred stock was converted to common shares. Substantially all of the net proceeds qualify as regulatory capital for Guaranty Bank.
Analysis of Third Quarter 2008 and 2007
Performance Ratios
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,   Nine Months Ended September 30,
    2008   2007   2008   2007
Return on assets (net (loss) income divided by average total assets)
    (4.11) %     0.53 %     (2.11) %     0.61 %
Return on equity (net (loss) income divided by average stockholders’ equity)
    (61.13) %     8.06 %     (33.01) %     9.31 %
Dividend payout ratio (dividends declared divided by net income)
                      49 %
Equity to asset ratio (average stockholders’ equity divided by average assets)
    6.72 %     6.55 %     6.41 %     6.53 %
Net interest margin (net interest income divided by average earning assets)
    2.14 %     2.65 %     2.39 %     2.59 %
     Significant aspects of our results of operations for third quarter 2008 follow:
    Net loss was $162 million, a decline of $183 million from third quarter 2007, primarily a result of credit loss provisions, an other-than-temporary-impairment charge on one of our non-agency mortgage-backed securities, impairment of goodwill and intangible assets of our insurance agency, and a deferred income tax asset valuation allowance.
 
    Net interest income decreased 16% compared to third quarter 2007. Our average earning assets did not change significantly, but our net interest margin decreased because we issued subordinated debt of Guaranty Bank in the Private Placements that has an effective yield of approximately 15%. Net interest margin was also negatively impacted by a significant increase in nonaccrual homebuilder loans.
 
    We recorded $78 million in credit loss provisions in third quarter 2008, compared to $19 million in third quarter 2007. Approximately half of the third quarter 2008 provision for credit loss related to homebuilder loans, with the majority of the remainder related to single-family mortgage loans.
 
    We recorded a $53 million other-than-temporary-impairment charge related to a non-agency mortgage-backed security.
 
    We increased our valuation allowance against deferred tax assets by $85 million, because of uncertainty regarding our ability to realize those assets.
 
    We determined the goodwill and other intangible assets related to our insurance agency were impaired and recorded a $14 million impairment charge to reduce the carrying amounts of those assets to their estimated fair value.

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Results of Operations
Net Interest Income
     Our net interest income decreased because we issued subordinated debt of Guaranty Bank in the Private Placements that had an effective yield of approximately 15%. We recorded $7 million in interest expense on the Guaranty Bank subordinated debt in third quarter 2008 and expect to record approximately $9 million per quarter in the future. Net interest margin was also negatively impacted by a significant increase in nonaccrual homebuilder loans. Interest income we would have recorded in third quarter 2008 had our nonaccrual loans been performing would have been approximately $8 million. During the month of October, deposits increased by $1.8 billion primarily from certificates of deposits issued to our customers in our branches and to commercial customers. Approximately $630 million in this deposit increase was attributable to the issuance of brokered deposits. We used these funds to reduce our FHLB borrowings. As a result, this additional funding capacity will reduce our future net interest margin. Our commercial and business and commercial real estate portfolios continued to increase in balance, while our single-family mortgage and homebuilder portfolios declined in balance.
     If interest rates decrease further, our net interest margin is likely to decline. Please read Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for further quantitative information about the sensitivity of our earnings to potential changes in interest rates.
     Average balances, interest income and expense, and rates by major balance sheet categories were:
                                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,
    2008   2007
    Average             Yield/   Average             Yield/
    Balance     Interest     Rate   Balance     Interest     Rate
    (Dollars in millions)  
ASSETS
                                               
Cash equivalents
  $ 83     $ 2       1.78 %       $ 73     $ 1       5.14 %    
Loans held for sale
    1             4.93 %     15       1       6.71 %
Loans
    10,172       123       4.85 %     9,582       178       7.45 %
Securities
    4,952       58       4.74 %     5,047       69       5.46 %
Investments in Federal Home Loan Bank stock
    233       1       2.32 %     209       2       5.22 %
 
                                   
Total earning assets
    15,441     $ 184       4.76 %     14,926     $ 251       6.73 %
Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities
    (430 )                     (27 )                
Other assets
    772                       1,006                  
 
                                           
Total assets
  $ 15,783                     $ 15,905                  
 
                                           
 
                                               
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
                                               
Interest-bearing deposits:
                                               
Interest-bearing demand
  $ 3,913     $ 18       1.80 %   $ 3,748     $ 28       2.94 %
Savings deposits
    181             0.76 %     180             0.72 %
Certificates of deposit
    4,457       39       3.51 %     4,866       60       4.92 %
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing deposits
    8,551       57       2.67 %     8,794       88       3.99 %
 
                                       
Short-term Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
    4,369       26       2.36 %     3,813       49       5.19 %
Long-term Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
    656       7       4.31 %     795       7       3.56 %
Subordinated notes payable to trust
    314       3       4.58 %     314       6       7.18 %
Subordinated debt of subsidiary
    185       7       14.34 %                  
Subordinated debentures and other borrowings
    61       1       7.29 %     103       2       8.82 %
 
                                       
Total borrowings
    5,585       44       3.16 %     5,025       64       5.13 %
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    14,136     $ 101       2.86 %     13,819     $ 152       4.41 %
 
                                           
Interest rate spread
                    1.90 %                     2.32 %
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits
    468                       646                  
Other liabilities
    119                       398                  
Stockholders’ equity
    1,060                       1,042                  
 
                                           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 15,783                     $ 15,905                  
 
                                           
Impact of noninterest-bearing funds
                    0.24 %                     0.33 %
 
                                           
Net interest income/margin
          $ 83       2.14 %           $ 99       2.65 %
 
                                       

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    Nine Months Ended September 30,
    2008   2007
    Average             Yield/   Average             Yield/
    Balance     Interest     Rate   Balance     Interest     Rate
    (Dollars in millions)  
ASSETS
                                               
Cash equivalents
  $ 76     $ 2       2.39 %       $ 82     $ 3       5.08 %    
Loans held for sale
    4             3.61 %     19       1       7.27 %
Loans
    10,156       405       5.32 %     9,536       524       7.33 %
Securities
    5,187       201       5.18 %     5,057       204       5.37 %
Investments in Federal Home Loan Bank stock
    247       6       3.24 %     214       9       5.71 %
 
                                   
Total earning assets
    15,670     $ 614       5.23 %     14,908     $ 741       6.63 %
Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities
    (298 )                     (8 )                
Other assets
    834                       886                  
 
                                           
Total assets
  $ 16,206                     $ 15,786                  
 
                                           
 
                                               
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
                                               
Interest-bearing deposits:
                                               
Interest-bearing demand
  $ 3,802     $ 58       2.03 %   $ 3,640     $ 77       2.82 %
Savings deposits
    177       1       0.75 %     188       1       0.71 %
Certificates of deposit
    4,536       134       3.95 %     4,907       179       4.86 %
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing deposits
    8,515       193       3.02 %     8,735       257       3.92 %
 
                                       
Short-term Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
    4,736       93       2.61 %     3,634       142       5.22 %
Long-term Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
    723       23       4.26 %     941       25       3.56 %
Subordinated notes payable to trust
    314       12       5.15 %     264       14       6.97 %
Subordinated debt of subsidiary
    62       7       14.23 %                  
Subordinated debentures and other borrowings
    90       5       8.09 %     104       7       8.43 %
Preferred stock issued by subsidiaries
                      126       7       7.34 %
 
                                       
Total borrowings
    5,925       140       3.15 %     5,069       195       5.13 %
 
                                       
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    14,440     $ 333       3.08 %     13,804     $ 452       4.36 %
 
                                           
Interest rate spread
                    2.15 %                     2.27 %
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits
    595                       690                  
Other liabilities
    133                       261                  
Stockholders’ equity
    1,038                       1,031                  
 
                                           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 16,206                     $ 15,786                  
 
                                           
Impact of noninterest-bearing funds
                    0.24 %                     0.32 %
 
                                           
Net interest income/margin
          $ 281       2.39 %           $ 289       2.59 %
 
                                       
Provision for Credit Losses
     We recorded $78 million in provision for credit losses in third quarter 2008 compared to $19 million in provision for credit losses in third quarter 2007. We recorded $235 million in provision for credit losses in first nine months 2008 compared to $17 million in provision for credit losses in first nine months 2007. Significant declines in the financial condition and liquidity of our homebuilder portfolio customers, as a result of current residential housing conditions, were the primary cause of our third quarter 2008 provision for credit losses. We recorded net charge-offs of $100 million in third quarter 2008, principally related to impaired and foreclosed homebuilder loans. We foreclosed on a number of homebuilder loans in third quarter 2008, and anticipate it will become necessary for us to foreclose on additional homebuilder loans during the remainder of 2008. It is likely we will record significant charge-offs and foreclosed real estate when we acquire collateral on those loans.
     Please read “Credit Risk” of this report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of our allowances for credit losses.

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Noninterest Income
     Noninterest income consists of:
                                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
                    Increase                     Increase  
    2008     2007     (Decrease)     2008     2007     (Decrease)  
    (Dollars in millions)  
       
Insurance commissions and fees
  $ 10     $ 13     $ (3 )   $ 33     $ 38     $ (5 )
Service charges on deposits
    14       14             42       39       3  
Non-deposit investment sales commissions
    6       7       (1 )     22       17       5  
Commercial loan facility fees
    4       3       1       11       13       (2 )
Operating lease income
    2       1       1       5       5        
Other-than-temporary-impairment on mortgage-backed security
    (53 )           (53 )     (53 )           (53 )
Loss on sale of mortgage-backed securities
    (4 )           (4 )     (4 )           (4 )
Other
    2       4       (2 )     8       7       1  
 
                                   
 
  $ (19 )   $ 42     $ (61 )   $ 64     $ 119     $ (55 )
 
                                   
Percent decrease for the period
                    (145 )%                     (46 )%
     Insurance commissions and fees decreased because market rates for policy premiums, and the resulting commissions, for property and casualty insurance, the bulk of the business of our insurance agency, have decreased significantly.
     In third quarter 2008, we sold U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprise-issued securities totaling $412 million in amortized cost, including securities classified as available-for-sale and held-to-maturity. Each of the held-to-maturity securities and substantially all of the available-for-sale securities had a remaining principal balance less than 15% of the amount outstanding when we acquired the security. As allowed by GAAP, we have deemed such sales to be maturities for purposes of classification of our remaining securities. The remaining available-for-sale securities sold were sold at prices close to par value.

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Noninterest Expense
     Noninterest expense consists of:
                                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
                    Increase                     Increase  
    2008     2007     (Decrease)     2008     2007     (Decrease)  
    (Dollars in millions)  
                                       
Compensation and benefits
  $ 46     $ 45     $ 1     $ 145     $ 136     $ 9  
Occupancy
    9       7       2       26       20       6  
Information systems and technology
    5       4       1       14       11       3  
Advertising and promotional
    5       4       1       16       11       5  
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
    5       5             16       13       3  
Professional services
    5       3       2       13       7       6  
Travel and other employee costs
    2       2             8       7       1  
Postage, printing, and supplies
    2       2             6       6        
Litigation charge
                            5       (5 )
Depreciation of assets leased to others
    1       2       (1 )     4       5       (1 )
Other
    11       9       2       38       34       4  
Shared services allocation from Temple-Inland Inc.
          7       (7 )           22       (22 )
 
                                   
 
    91       90       1       286       277       9  
Charges related to asset impairments and severance
    14             14       17             17  
 
                                   
 
  $ 105     $ 90     $ 15     $ 303     $ 277     $ 26  
 
                                   
Percent increase for the period, excluding charges related to asset impairments and severance
                    1 %                     3 %
     Increases in a number of our direct costs and expense categories in 2008 compared to 2007 were because we began to perform many activities ourselves following our separation from Temple-Inland Inc. Increases in compensation costs resulting from performing these activities were offset by cost reductions we achieved from our recent reduction-in-force. Additionally, in third quarter 2008, we reversed approximately $2 million in previously recorded expense related to stock-based compensation awards with performance conditions we no longer expect will be satisfied.
     Our marketing costs increased in third quarter 2008 as we implemented initiatives related to increasing consumer lending through our branch network and a new checking product. Professional services expenses increased in third quarter 2008 because of activities we undertook to register stock purchase rights and related shares we proposed, but decided against, issuing.
     We paid severance of $1 million in third quarter 2008, and expensed and paid $3 million through first nine months 2008, related to a reduction in our work force. Additionally, in third quarter 2008, we recorded $14 million in impairments related to our insurance agency.
Income Tax Expense
     Our effective tax rate was negative 36% in third quarter 2008 and 36% in third quarter 2007. In third quarter 2008, we increased our valuation allowance against deferred tax assets by $85 million. Excluding the valuation allowance, our effective tax rate in third quarter 2008 was 30%. The decrease in effective rate, excluding valuation allowance, from 2007 is a result of the impact of state margin taxes, particularly Texas, for which we do not receive a tax benefit from our net loss.

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Segment Performance Summary
     Segment operating income (loss), which we measure exclusive of taxes, consists of:
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
    (In millions)  
       
Commercial banking
  $ (17 )   $ 44     $ (41 )   $ 165  
Retail banking
    (17 )     (3 )     (51 )     (17 )
Insurance agency
    (1 )     1       (2 )     4  
Mortgage banking
    (2 )     (1 )     (4 )     (9 )
Treasury, corporate and other
    (82 )     (9 )     (95 )     (29 )
 
                       
 
  $ (119 )   $ 32     $ (193 )   $ 114  
 
                       
Commercial Banking
     Third quarter 2008 segment operating results decreased $61 million compared to third quarter 2007. The principal cause of the decrease was $71 million in provision for credit losses in the segment in third quarter 2008. The provision for credit losses was predominantly related to increases in non-performing homebuilder loans, which increased from $233 million at June 30, 2008 to $295 million at September 30, 2008.
Retail Banking
     Third quarter 2008 segment operating results decreased $14 million compared to third quarter 2007. Segment net interest income decreased because earnings credits on deposits decreased as wholesale interest rates declined, but deposit pricing did not decrease proportionately with wholesale price declines.
Insurance Agency
     In third quarter 2008, insurance agency commissions and fees decreased $3 million compared to third quarter 2007 because market rates for policy premiums, and the resulting commissions, for property and casualty insurance, the bulk of the business of our insurance agency, have decreased significantly.
Treasury, corporate and other
     Segment operating results in third quarter 2008 decreased $73 million compared to third quarter 2007, principally because of an other-than-temporary-impairment charge on a mortgage-backed security, goodwill and intangible impairment charges related to our insurance agency, and provisions for credit losses not allocated to our other segments.

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Financial Condition
Loans
     The composition of our loans at September 30, 2008 follows:
(PIE CHART)
     The loan portfolio consists of:
                                 
    September 30, 2008     December 31, 2007  
            Percent of             Percent of  
    Balance     Total Loans     Balance     Total Loans  
    (Dollars in millions)  
 
                               
Single-family mortgage
  $ 1,397       14 %   $ 1,672       17 %
Single-family mortgage warehouse
    924       9 %     695       7 %
Single-family construction (homebuilders)
    1,060       10 %     1,510       15 %
Multifamily and senior housing
    2,044       20 %     1,541       15 %
Commercial real estate
    1,837       18 %     1,674       17 %
Commercial and business
    1,432       14 %     1,340       13 %
Energy
    1,399       14 %     1,470       15 %
Consumer and other
    219       1 %     144       1 %
 
                       
Total loans
    10,312       100 %     10,046       100 %
Less allowance for loan losses
    (231 )             (118 )        
 
                           
Loans, net
  $ 10,081             $ 9,928          
 
                           
     The majority of our commercial real estate, multifamily, and senior housing loans are construction-related. The single-family construction portfolio consists of loans to finance homebuilding activities, including construction and acquisition of developed lots and undeveloped land. Single-family construction loans decreased in 2008 because we exited a number of credit relationships to reduce our risk, and we have begun to foreclose on some of the loans. Please read “Credit Risk” of this report on Form 10-Q for further information regarding credit risk characteristics of our single-family construction loan portfolio.

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     We did not acquire a significant volume of mortgage loans through our correspondent mortgage operations and have decided not to pursue this business. As a result, we expect our single-family mortgage loan portfolio will continue to decrease.
     Commercial real estate and multifamily loans continue to increase as a result of further development and funding on loan commitments in those portfolios. We anticipate our commercial real estate loans outstanding will continue to increase for the remainder of 2008 as we fund draws on committed construction loans, partially offsetting decreases in single-family mortgage loans.
     Information about our single-family mortgage loans, by category follows:
                                 
    September 30, 2008     December 31, 2007  
    Unpaid     Total     Unpaid     Total  
    Principal     Delinquency     Principal     Delinquency  
    Balance     > 30 days     Balance     > 30 days  
    (Dollars in millions)  
 
                               
Option ARMs
  $ 377       25.80 %   $ 502       10.80 %
Intermediate ARMs
    476       7.27 %     709       3.27 %
Other first liens
    406       9.12 %     279       8.00 %
Repurchased loans
    32       42.12 %     35       41.64 %
Second liens
    106       1.88 %     147       1.54 %
 
                       
 
  $ 1,397       13.21 %   $ 1,672       6.97 %
 
                       
     The majority of other first lien loans are intermediate ARMs that have reached the monthly variable rate period of their contracts.
     Beginning in third quarter 2007 and through second quarter 2008, we solicited for modification performing single-family mortgage loan borrowers whose loans were nearing the end of a fixed rate accrual period and would soon enter the floating rate period of their loan contracts. We also solicited for modification Option ARM borrowers we expected would soon reach a payment reset threshold. We obtained updated credit scores for the borrowers, and offered them five-year extended fixed rate accrual periods at the then-current market rate for borrowers with similar credit scores. Our objective in making these offers was to retain performing loans, for which we expected the borrowers would likely otherwise refinance with other lenders offering fixed rate terms. We only offered these terms to performing borrowers who had not previously been delinquent and had not inquired of us to reduce payment terms. At September 30, 2008, 89% of these borrowers were current on their loan payments, and we estimate approximately 80% of the loans have a current loan-to-value ratio below 80%. We anticipate offering modification terms to most of our remaining single-family mortgage loan borrowers to reduce credit risk and to increase borrower flexibility.

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Investment Securities
     The following charts summarize the fair value distribution of our mortgage-backed securities portfolio at September 30, 2008.
     
By Issuer                       By Type     
     
(PIE CHART)
 




(PIE CHART)
     All of the mortgage-backed securities we own have single-family residential mortgage loans as the underlying assets. None of the securities include sub-prime loans. All of the non-agency securities are credit-enhanced by subordinate tranches not owned by us, that will absorb credit losses of the underlying loans until those tranches are depleted. At September 30, 2008, subordinated tranches averaged 16% of the outstanding balances of the loan pools underlying the securities, and on average 25% of the loans in the loan pools were delinquent on their payments.
     At September 30, 2008, we determined it probable we would not recover all principal and stated interest on one of the non-agency securities we own. As a result, we recorded a charge to other noninterest income of $53 million to reduce the carrying amount of the security to the estimated fair value of $79 million.
     The current environment in the housing and credit markets has resulted in almost no liquidity for non-agency securities backed by mortgage assets. Though all of the non-agency securities we own carried AAA ratings from two different nationally recognized securities rating organizations when we acquired them, most were downgraded by one or both of those rating organizations in third quarter 2008. Eight securities, comprising approximately $947 million in carrying value, were rated below BBB by at least one of the rating agencies at September 30, 2008. Determining the fair value of non-agency securities is currently difficult because very little actual trading is occurring. Information about our valuation techniques, significant inputs to valuation models, and calibration of those models is included in Note 13 to our unaudited financial statements in Item 1 and in Note 18 to our financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
     Our estimate of fair value, as defined in SFAS No. 157, of the non-agency mortgage-backed securities was $1.2 billion less than our amortized original cost at September 30, 2008. We have recorded $414 million of this unrealized loss in the carrying value of securities we classify as available-for-sale. We reduced the amortized cost for one security $53 million through other-than-temporary-impairment because we determined it probable we would not recover all principal and stated interest. The remaining $785 million in unrealized losses relate to securities we classify as held-to-maturity. We continue to expect to recover those unrealized losses by holding those securities to maturity and therefore we have not recorded them in the carrying value of the related securities.
     We do not have any plans to sell any of the non-agency securities and have the intent and ability to hold them until repayment. Our consideration of whether the unrealized losses are other-than-temporary includes many factors including the length of time a security has had an unrealized loss, the severity of the unrealized loss and the ratings assigned by rating organizations. If the unrealized losses persist or further increase, the securities’ ratings were to be further downgraded, or our estimates of cash flows decrease, we might conclude some or all of the remaining unrealized losses were other-than-temporary, which would result in further charges to earnings and corresponding decreases in regulatory capital of Guaranty Bank.

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     In third quarter 2008, we received $195 million in principal paydowns on mortgage-backed securities, an annualized rate of 16%.
     Information about our mortgage-backed securities portfolio at September 30, 2008 follows:
                                         
                            Net        
            Net             Unrealized        
            Unrealized             Losses on        
            Losses on             Held-to-        
    Amortized     Available-for-     Carrying     Maturity        
    Cost     Sale Securities     Value     Securities     Fair Value  
    (In millions)  
U.S. Government and U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises
  $ 947     $ ––     $ 947     $ ––     $ 947  
Non-agency:
                                       
Internally valued
    3,344       (414 )     2,930       (781 )     2,149  
Market quotes
    154       ––       154       (4 )     150  
 
                             
 
  $ 4,445     $ (414 )   $ 4,031     $ (785 )   $ 3,246  
 
                             

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     Information about our non-agency securities at September 30, 2008 follows:
                                                             
                            Subord-       Unpaid              
            Delinquency%   ination       Principal     Amortized        
Issuer and Underlying Asset Type   Tranche     Cusip   Total   >60 day   %   Loan Originator   Balance     Cost     Fair Value  
(Dollars in millions)  
12MTA Option ARMs
                                                           
Structured Asset Mortgage Investment II Trust 2007-AR6
  Class A2   86364RAB5     22 %     16 %     12 %  
American Home Mortgage Corp.
  $ 407     $ 407     $ 267 *
RALI 2007-QO5 Trust
  Class A   74924AAA3     25 %     18 %     11 %   Homecomings Financial     204       204       137 *
Alternative Loan Trust 2005-81
  Class A-4   12668BBR3     30 %     24 %     13 %   Countrywide Home Loans     142       143       88  
Structured Asset Mortgage Investment II Trust 2005-AR8
  Class A-5   86359LSB6     34 %     28 %     13 %   Countrywide Home Loans     133       135       60  
Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OA2
  Class A-7   126694V88     39 %     32 %     15 %   Countrywide Home Loans     128       79       79  
Alternative Loan Trust 2005-76
  Class 1-A-2   12668BDD2     35 %     29 %     18 %   Countrywide Home Loans     125       127       76  
Alternative Loan Trust 2005-58
  Class A-3   12668AWK7     34 %     28 %     14 %   Countrywide Home Loans     122       123       70  
Alternative Loan Trust 2005-51
  Class 3-A-1   12668ACW3     30 %     24 %     17 %   Countrywide Home Loans     123       124       78  
Alternative Loan Trust 2005-62
  Class 1-A-2   12668ATP0     35 %     29 %     17 %   Countrywide Home Loans     116       117       57  
 
                                                           
RALI Series 2005-QO5 Trust
  Class A-3   761118QP6     34 %     26 %     14 %  
Homecomings Financial Network, SCME, Mortgage IT, Other
    97       99       33  
RALI Series 2005-Q01 Trust
  Class A-4   761118ER5     28 %     21 %     17 %  
Homecomings Financial Network, Other
    87       89       49  
Alternative Loan Trust 2005-38
  Class A-2   12667GZ22     30 %     25 %     19 %   Countrywide Home Loans     69       70       41  
Alternative Loan Trust 2005-41
  Class 2-A-1   12667GR96     33 %     26 %     21 %   Countrywide Home Loans     65       66       44  
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust 2006-AR3
  Class 12A4   86360KAH1     37 %     30 %     15 %  
Countrywide Home Loans, Bank of America, and other
    68       70       25  
Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-8
  Class 2A3   41161PRT2     25 %     22 %     20 %   Countrywide Home Loans     60       62       41  
Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust 2005-AR5
  Class I-A-2   39538WEC8     40 %     34 %     21 %  
Greenpoint Mortgage Funding
    52       53       36  
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust 2005-AR4
  Class A2   86359LMA4     35 %     28 %     23 %   Countrywide Home Loans     53       54       34  
WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-AR9
  Class A2A   92922FU97     10 %     7 %     19 %  
One or more approved institutions
    49       50       36  
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust 2005-AR7
  Class 5A2   86359LQT9     25 %     21 %     17 %  
Southstar Funding LLC/Opteum Financial Services LLC, First Horizon, BOA, other
    40       40       25  
Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust 2006-AR3
  Class 4A3   39538WHH4     32 %     28 %     15 %  
Greenpoint Mortgage Funding
    37       38       19  
Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-16
  Class 4A1B   41161PZD8     28 %     24 %     19 %   Countrywide Home Loans     32       32       23  
IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-16IP
  Class A3   45660LUF4     26 %     21 %     20 %   IndyMac Bank, F.S.B.     26       26       14  
 
                                                     
 
                                        2,235       2,208       1,332  
 
*   Security designated as available-for-sale, thus carrying value for available-for-sale securities is equal to fair value.

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                            Subord-       Unpaid              
            Delinquency %   ination       Principal     Amortized        
Issuer and Underlying Asset Type   Tranche   Cusip   Total   >60 day   %   Loan Originator   Balance     Cost     Fair Value  
(Dollars in millions)  
Hybrid Option ARMs (5Y Fixed/12MTA)
                                                           
RALI 2007-QH8 Trust
  Class A   74924EAA5     23 %     16 %     13 %   Homecomings Financial     476       476       331 *
 
                                                           
COFI Option ARMs
                                                           
WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2007-OA4
  Class 2A   93364CAC2     20 %     14 %     30 %   Washington Mutual Bank     134       134       99 *
Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates WMALT 2007-OA3 Trust
  Class 5A   939355AE3     25 %     18 %     14 %  
Washington Mutual Bank or others, Mortgage IT
    118       118       88  
WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2007-OA5
  Class 2A   93364BAC4     20 %     16 %     30 %   Washington Mutual Bank     107       107       80 *
WaMu Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates 2006-AR9
  Class 2A-1B   93363DAC1     13 %     8 %     10 %   Washington Mutual Bank     83       83       62  
WaMu Mortgage Pass -Through Certificates 2006-AR9
  Class 2A   93363DAB3     13 %     8 %     36 %   Washington Mutual Bank     52       52       42  
WaMu Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates 2006-AR11
  Class 2A-1B   93363TAC6     15 %     11 %     10 %   Washington Mutual Bank     41       42       28  
WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates 2006-AR13
  Class 2A-1B   93363RAC0     15 %     10 %     10 %   Washington Mutual Bank     36       36       24  
WaMu Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates 2006-AR15
  Class 2A-1B   93363QAD0     12 %     9 %     10 %   Washington Mutual Bank     31       31       23  
WaMu Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates 2006-AR17
  Class 2A-1B   92925DAE0     16 %     11 %     10 %   Washington Mutual Bank     23       23       16  
WaMu Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates 2006-AR19
  Class 2A   933638AD0     13 %     10 %     39 %   Washington Mutual Bank     20       20       15  
WaMu Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates 2006-AR19
  Class 2A-1B   933638AE8     13 %     10 %     9 %   Washington Mutual Bank     13       13       9  
Home Savings of America
  1988-7A   436904AG1     ––       ––       102 %   Not Available     1       1       1 *
Home Savings of America
  1988-8A   436904AJ5     ––       ––       102 %   Not Available     2       2       2 *
Home Savings of America
  1988-10A   436904AK2     ––       ––       103 %   Not Available     1       1       1 *
Home Savings of America
  1988-11A   436904AL0     ––       ––       103 %   Not Available     1       1       1 *
 
                                                     
 
                                        663       664       491  
 
                                                           
5/1 LIBOR
                                                           
Banc of America Mortgage Securities, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-H
  Class 2A1   05949ARD4     4 %     2 %     7 %   Bank of America, N.A.     38       38       37  
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-11
  Class 2A1   36242DFS7     5 %     5 %     9 %   Various Lenders     39       40       36  
Banc of America Mortgage Securities, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-K
  Class 2A2   05948XZH7     1 %     ––       6 %   Bank of America, N.A.     27       27       27  
Banc of America Mortgage Securities, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-H
  Class 2A2   05948XTH4     1 %     ––       6 %   Bank of America, N.A.     21       21       21  
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-9
  Class A2   36228FWS1     3 %     1 %     8 %   Various Lenders     16       16       16  
Banc of America Mortgage Securities, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-D
  Class 2A3   05948XBU4     2 %     1 %     7 %   Bank of America, N.A.     6       6       6  
Banc of America Mortgage Securities, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-A
  Class 2A1   05948LAE7     5 %     1 %     9 %   Bank of America, N.A.     2       2       2  
 
                                                     
 
                                        149       150       145  
 
                                               
 
            25 %     20 %     16 %       $ 3,523     $ 3,498     $ 2,299  
 
                                               
 
*   Security designated as available-for-sale, thus carrying value for available-for-sale securities is equal to fair value.
     Information at September 30, 2008 about the geographic distribution of the mortgage loans underlying the non-agency securities we own follows:
         
California
    60 %
Florida
    12 %
Arizona
    3 %
Other
    8 %
Not available
    17 %
 
     
 
    100 %
 
     

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Deposits
     Deposits consist of:
     
September 30, 2008
  December 31, 2007
     
(PIE CHART)
  (PIE CHART)
     Included in transaction accounts are interest-bearing checking accounts totaling $1.1 billion at September 30, 2008 and September 30, 2007. We recorded interest expense on interest-bearing checking accounts at an average rate of 0.4% for third quarter 2008 and 0.5% for third quarter 2007. Total deposits decreased by 2% at September 30, 2008 compared to December 31, 2007.
     In third quarter 2008, we began accepting brokered deposits from a number of dealers. At September 30, 2008, we had $45 million in brokered deposits, and in October accepted an additional $630 million.
     At September 30, 2008, approximately $1.1 billion (12%) of our deposits, excluding those of our subsidiaries and affiliates, exceeded the then-current federal deposit insurance limit of $100,000 per individual. Subsequent to September 30, 2008, a change to federal law temporarily increased insured deposit coverage to $250,000 per individual. At September 30, 2008, approximately $174 million (2%) of our non-commercial deposits at September 30, 2008 exceeded $250,000 per individual, and $401 million of our commercial deposits (excluding those of our subsidiaries and affiliates) exceeded $250,000.
Borrowings
     Our FHLB borrowings consist of both short-term and long-term borrowings. Short-term borrowings are generally 7 to 30 days in maturity, and we use them to meet daily liquidity needs. We utilize longer-term FHLB borrowings at times to match the interest rate characteristics of some of our assets, such as those repricing after three to five years. Please read “Liquidity, Capital Resources, Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements, and Contractual Obligations” of this report on Form 10-Q for information about collateral we have pledged for FHLB borrowings.
     We allocated $237 million of the proceeds from the Private Placements to the Guaranty Bank subordinated debt. The Guaranty Bank subordinated debt accrues interest at 12% on its $275 million face amount, resulting in an effective interest rate of approximately 15% after accretion of the discount and amortization of offering costs we allocated to the subordinated debt.

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Credit Risk
Asset Quality and Allowance for Credit Losses
     Various asset quality measures we monitor are:
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
    (Dollars in millions)  
 
               
Accruing loans past-due 90 days or more
  $ 27     $ 6  
 
           
 
               
Non-performing loans
  $ 470     $ 166  
Foreclosed real estate
    50       13  
 
           
Non-performing assets
  $ 520     $ 179  
 
           
 
               
Non-performing loans as a percentage of total loans
    4.56 %     1.65 %
Non-performing assets divided by total loans and foreclosed real estate
    5.02 %     1.78 %
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of non-performing loans
    49 %     71 %
Allowance and direct reductions to recorded investment as a percentage of non-performing loans before direct reductions to recorded investment
    57 %     72 %
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total loans
    2.24 %     1.17 %
Single-family mortgage loan delinquencies as a percentage of single-family mortgage loans
    13.21 %     6.97 %
     Information about our allowances for credit losses follows:
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
    (Dollars in millions)  
 
                               
Balance at beginning of period
  $ 261     $ 79     $ 125     $ 72  
Provision for credit losses
    78       19       235       17  
Net (charge-offs) recoveries
    (100 )     ––       (121 )     9  
 
                       
Balance at end of period
  $ 239     $ 98     $ 239     $ 98  
 
                       
 
                               
Allowance for loan losses
  $ 231     $ 91     $ 231     $ 91  
Commitment-related reserves
    8       7       8       7  
 
                       
 
  $ 239     $ 98     $ 239     $ 98  
 
                       
 
                               
Provision (credit) for:
                               
Loan losses
  $ 81     $ 19     $ 234     $ 17  
Commitment-related credit losses
    (3 )     ––       1       ––  
 
                       
Combined provision for credit losses
  $ 78     $ 19     $ 235     $ 17  
 
                       
 
                               
Net charge-offs (recoveries) as a percentage of average loans outstanding
    3.93 %     ––       1.59 %     (0.11 )%
     Conditions in the residential housing and credit markets continue to deteriorate. Our non-performing loans to homebuilders increased $62 million in third quarter 2008. Our non-performing single-family mortgage loans also increased in third quarter 2008 by $11 million. As a result, our asset quality measures have deteriorated substantially, including an increase in non-performing assets and much higher provisions for credit losses than over the previous several years. Until conditions in the housing and credit markets improve, it is likely we will continue to report significant non-performing assets, charge-offs, and provisions for credit losses.

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     The allowance for loan losses by loan category was:
                                 
    September 30, 2008     December 31, 2007  
            Allowance             Allowance  
            as a % of             as a % of  
            Loan             Loan  
    Allowance     Category     Allowance     Category  
    (Dollars in millions)  
 
                               
Single-family mortgage
  $ 42       3.01 %   $ 9       0.54 %
Single-family mortgage warehouse
    4       0.43 %     6       0.86 %
Single-family construction (homebuilders)
    98       9.25 %     48       3.18 %
Multifamily and senior housing
    17       0.83 %     6       0.39 %
Commercial real estate
    10       0.54 %     6       0.36 %
Commercial and business
    21       1.47 %     15       1.12 %
Energy
    9       0.64 %     6       0.41 %
Consumer and other
    1       0.46 %     ––       ––  
Incurred but not yet identified losses
    29       ––       22       ––  
 
                       
 
  $ 231       2.24 %   $ 118       1.17 %
 
                       
Concentration
     Information about the underlying collateral and geographic location of our single-family construction loans, including local, regional, and national homebuilders at September 30, 2008 follows:
                                 
            Lots and              
            Land              
            Acquisition              
    Single-Family     and              
    Houses     Development     Other     Total  
    (In millions)  
 
                               
California
  $ 106     $ 200     $ 53     $ 359  
Texas
    77       21       ––       98  
Florida
    15       20       44       79  
Arizona
    21       46       14       81  
Colorado
    39       27       ––       66  
Other
    60       97       220 (a)     377  
 
                       
 
  $ 318     $ 411     $ 331     $ 1,060  
 
                       
 
(a)   Principally unsecured loans to national homebuilders
     Our commercial real estate construction loans are diversified geographically, and across a number of different property types. Information about those loans at September 30, 2008 follows:
                 
    % of     % of Total  
    Commercial     Loan  
    Real Estate     Portfolio  
Office
    48 %     9 %
Retail
    27 %     5 %
Industrial
    14 %     2 %
Land
    11 %     2 %
 
           
 
    100 %     18 %
 
           

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     We originate and maintain large credit relationships with a number of customers in the ordinary course of business as a result of the types of lending in which we engage. Information about our 25 largest relationships, by amount of loan commitment, at September 30, 2008, follows:
                 
    Commitment     Outstanding  
    (In millions)  
 
               
Commercial real estate and senior housing construction
  $ 1,629     $ 1,185  
Energy and commercial and business
    652       441  
Single-family construction
    175       20  
 
           
 
  $ 2,456     $ 1,646  
 
           
Liquidity, Capital Resources, Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements, and Contractual Obligations
     Our principal operating cash requirements are for interest, compensation, and taxes.
     The change in our borrowings generally moves in tandem with the amounts invested in loans and securities less changes in deposits because we use borrowings to fund our investments in excess of deposits. The amount of borrowing will decrease as opportunity to invest decreases and will increase as opportunity to invest increases. In first nine months 2008, we used cash flow from operations and principal payments on securities to fund increases in loans and decreases in deposits and borrowings.
     Our liquidity needs are associated with cash flow requirements of our deposit and loan customers, our other commitments (including borrowing costs and maturities), and our operating activities. We have a variety of liquidity sources including:
    Cash on hand and deposits at the Federal Reserve;
 
    Operating cash flows;
 
    New deposits;
 
    Ability to borrow from the FHLB; and
 
    A portfolio of assets, including marketable mortgage-backed securities, which we can pledge as borrowings or sell or securitize if necessary.
     We continue to have sufficient funds availability, principally borrowing capacity at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, to meet our anticipated loan funding and operating requirements. Our borrowings from the FHLB are secured by a blanket floating lien on certain of our loans, and by securities we maintain on deposit at the FHLB. At September 30, 2008, $12 billion in principal balance of our loans and securities were pledged as collateral for FHLB borrowings. The FHLB lends to us at varying advance rates for differing types of collateral. Based upon this eligible collateral, we had the ability to borrow an additional $2.2 billion from the FHLB at September 30, 2008. Additionally, we have other assets not pledged as collateral on FHLB borrowings, which we could pledge as collateral with other lenders, including the Federal Reserve, and unsecured commitments, which provide an additional $2.2 billion in borrowing capacity at September 30, 2008. During the month of October, deposits increased by $1.8 billion primarily from certificates of deposit issued to customers in our branches and to commercial customers, and brokered deposits. We used these funds to reduce our FHLB borrowings, increasing our unfunded borrowing capacity with the FHLB. Our unfunded borrowing capacity at the FHLB and Federal Reserve are essentially uncommitted and, in general, could be decreased at their discretion.
     FHLB Dallas currently limits our ability to pledge non-agency mortgage-backed securities as collateral against our borrowings from them to securities rated BBB or higher by at least one nationally recognized securities rating organization. At October 31, 2008, two of our securities had been downgraded below BBB by both rating organizations which rate them. As a result, they are no longer eligible as collateral against borrowings from FHLB Dallas. Seven additional securities are rated below BBB by one rating organization at October 31, 2008. If the other rating organization were to downgrade all of these securities below BBB, it would further reduce our borrowing capacity by approximately $500 million. Additionally, the FHLB’s regulator issued an advisory bulletin in third quarter 2008 regarding acceptability of mortgage-backed securities issued after July 10, 2007 as collateral. Several of our securities may be subject to that advisory. If FHLB were to exclude these securities from eligible collateral, it would reduce our borrowing capacity by approximately $600 million. If FHLB were to reduce our borrowing capacity because of further market value changes or further downgrades of our collateral, and we were not able to replace the financing on similar terms or replace the downgraded securities with other eligible collateral, our liquidity could be materially adversely affected. It would likely be difficult to secure replacement financing in the current credit markets.

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Contractual Obligations
     At September 30, 2008 our contractual obligations consist of:
                                                 
            Payments Due or Expiring by Period        
    Total     2008     2009-10     2011-12     Thereafter     Indeterminable  
    (In millions)  
Items on our balance sheet:
                                               
Transaction and savings deposit accounts
  $ 4,347     $ ––     $ ––     $ ––     $ ––     $ 4,347  
Certificates of deposit
    4,818       1,505       3,179       114       20       ––  
Brokered certificates of deposit
    45       ––       45       ––       ––       ––  
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
    4,464       4,030       309       125       ––       ––  
Subordinated notes payable to trust
    314       ––       ––       ––       314       ––  
Subordinated debt of subsidiary
    275       ––       ––       ––       275       ––  
 
                                               
Items not on our balance sheet:
                                               
Contractual interest payments
    981       27       202       126       626       ––  
Operating leases
    42       2       16       14       10       ––  
Processing contracts
    16       4       10       2       ––       ––  
 
                                   
 
  $ 15,302     $ 5,568     $ 3,761     $ 381     $ 1,245     $ 4,347  
 
                                   
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
     In the normal course of business, we enter into off-balance sheet arrangements, such as commitments to extend credit for loans, leases, and letters of credit. Since many commercial and business loan commitments expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. Additionally, we generally require collateral upon funding of loan commitments, and once funded, they generally increase our borrowing capacity (referred to as “pledgeable” below). Our off-balance sheet unfunded credit arrangements consist of:
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
    (In millions)  
 
               
Single-family mortgage loans
  $ 94     $ 87  
Unused lines of credit
    1,718       1,959  
Unfunded portion of credit commitments — pledgeable
    2,881       3,866  
Unfunded portion of credit commitments — non-pledgeable
    612       621  
Commitments to originate loans — pledgeable
    184       337  
Commitments to originate loans — non-pledgeable
    181       417  
Letters of credit
    292       359  
 
           
 
  $ 5,962     $ 7,646  
 
           

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Capital Management
     At September 30, 2008, Guaranty Bank was “well-capitalized” under the federal capital adequacy regulations. The following table sets forth actual capital amounts and ratios for Guaranty Bank, along with the minimum capital amounts and ratios required of all federally insured financial institutions in order to meet capital adequacy requirements and to be categorized as “well-capitalized”.
                                                 
                    For Categorization as   Regulatory
    Actual   “Well Capitalized”   Minimum
    Amount   Ratio   Amount   Ratio   Amount   Ratio
    (Dollars in millions)
Total Risk-Based Ratio (Risk-based Capital/Total Risk-weighted Assets)
  $ 1,804       12.65 %   $ 1,426       ³10.00 %   $ 1,141       ³  8.00 %
Tier 1 (Core) Risk-based Ratio (Core Capital/Total Risk-weighted Assets)
  $ 1,390       9.75 %   $ 856       ³  6.00 %   $ 570       ³  4.00 %
Tier 1 (Core) Leverage Ratio (Core Capital/Adjusted Tangible Assets)
  $ 1,390       8.99 %   $ 773       ³  5.00 %   $ 619       ³  4.00 %
Tangible Ratio (Tangible Capital/ Tangible Assets)
  $ 1,390       8.99 %     n/a       n/a     $ 309       ³  2.00 %
     We did not pay or declare a dividend on our common stock in third quarter 2008. Our ability to pay dividends, which is limited by regulatory capital requirements at Guaranty Bank, has historically depended to a great extent on our after-tax earnings and our asset growth.
Recent Accounting Standards
     Please see “Note 1 to our unaudited financial statements in Item 1” of this report on Form 10-Q for information about new and pending accounting pronouncements.
Effects of Inflation
     Inflation has had minimal effect on our operating results the past three years because substantially all of our assets and liabilities are monetary in nature. As a result, interest rates have a more significant impact on our results than general levels of inflation.
Litigation Matters
     We are involved in various legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of doing business and believe we have established adequate reserves for any probable losses. We do not believe the outcome of any of these proceedings should have a significant adverse effect on our financial position, long-term results of operations, or cash flow. It is possible, however, charges related to these matters could be significant to our results or cash flow in any one period.
     A class action in California, related to our former mortgage banking operations, was dismissed but remains under appeal by the plaintiff. We have established reserves we believe are adequate for this matter, and do not anticipate the outcome will have a significant adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations or cash flow.
     As a result of our participation in the Visa USA (“Visa”) network, principally related to ATM and debit cards, we own 33 thousand Class B common shares of Visa for which we have no carrying value. As a former member of Visa, we participate in an indemnification provision in Visa’s bylaws. We are not a named defendant in any of Visa’s litigation matters, and have no access to any non-public information about the matters. Visa recently announced it had reached settlement on one of the indemnified matters. Based on the information we have obtained we do not believe our indemnification obligation for that matter is significant.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Interest Rate Risk
     The following table illustrates the estimated effect on our pre-tax income of hypothetical immediate, parallel, and sustained shifts in interest rates for the next 12 months at September 30, 2008, compared to information at December 31, 2007. This estimate considers the effect of changing prepayment speeds, repricing characteristics, and expected average balances over the next 12 months.
                 
    Increase (Decrease) in  
    Income Before Taxes  
Change in   September 30,     December 31,  
Interest Rate   2008     2007  
    (In millions)  
                 
+1%
  $ 24     $ (6 )
–1%
    (28 )     (12 )

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     The change in our interest rate sensitivity from December 31, 2007 is principally because of the decrease in single-family mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities. These assets have interest rates, which are less responsive to changes in interest rates than our commercial loans. As the mortgage portfolios decrease, our overall asset yields become more responsive to changes in interest rates. 
     Additionally, our funding costs are less sensitive to changes in interest rates at September 30, 2008 because of two factors:
    the average time to maturity of our certificates of deposit lengthened during the first half of the year, delaying the responsiveness of the costs of those deposits to market rate changes; and,
 
    we expect the interest rates on our money market and checking account deposit liabilities will be less responsive to changes in interest rates because of the current low level of interest rates.
     Reporting the effect of immediate and parallel rate changes is common industry practice; however, such changes are unlikely to occur. More typically, rates increase gradually, change in different amounts across the term structure, and change differently across products.
     While the analysis strives to model accurately the hypothetical relationships being tested, there are numerous assumptions and estimates associated with these simulations which may not reflect the manner in which actual yields and costs respond to changes in market interest rates. Assumptions about interest rate changes, balance sheet growth, depositor behavior, or prepayment rates are by nature highly subjective, involve uncertainty and, therefore, are only estimates.
Foreign Currency Risk
     We have no exposure to foreign currency fluctuations.
Commodity Price Risk
     We have no direct exposure to commodity price fluctuations.
Item 4T. Controls and Procedures
(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
     Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in recording, processing, summarizing, and reporting, on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act and are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting
     A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues, if any, within a company have been detected. Accordingly, our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of our disclosure control system are met and, as set forth above, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this report, that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that the objectives of our disclosure control system were met.

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     There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
     Since we filed our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, there have been no material developments in pending legal proceedings.
     We do not expect that the eventual outcome of any or all of our pending legal matters will have a significant adverse effect on our financial position, long-term results of operations, or cash flow. However, it is possible that charges related to these matters could be significant to the results of operations or cash flows in any one accounting period.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
     There are no material changes from the risk factors as previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2007, except as set forth below:
     Volatility in the credit and residential housing markets could result in further losses on our mortgage-backed securities and loans.
     Credit markets in many sectors have experienced dramatic reductions in liquidity and increases in required returns by investors in credit-sensitive assets. These conditions began in 2007 in the sub-prime mortgage market but have expanded in 2008 to include virtually all non-agency mortgage-backed securities and many other asset-backed markets. Mortgage-backed securities comprise a higher percentage of our assets than they do for many other financial institutions. At September 30, 2008, approximately 26% of our assets were mortgage-backed securities and approximately three-fourths of those securities were non-agency securities. Recent transactions by distressed sellers, and expectations of further distressed sales, have exacerbated market discounts for mortgage-backed securities and generally removed the majority of typical participants from transactions in non-agency securities. As a result, it is difficult to determine fair values for those securities and would likely be difficult to sell securities in the current market at all. We estimate the fair value of the non-agency securities we own was below amortized cost by approximately $1.2 billion, or 34%, at September 30, 2008. Though we currently have the intent and ability to hold the securities until repayment, if it became necessary for us to sell non-agency securities, any sales would almost certainly be at a significant discount to par value which would have a negative effect on our operating results and capital position.
     Current market conditions include a severe over-supply of land, lots, and finished homes in many markets including those where we do business. At September 30, 2008, approximately 7% of our assets were loans to homebuilders and 9% of our assets were single-family mortgage loans. Many of our homebuilder borrowers are experiencing decreased sales and pricing and some are facing significant financial difficulty. We had approximately $295 million in non-performing homebuilder loans and approximately $108 million of non-performing single-family mortgage loans at September 30, 2008. The percentage of our single-family mortgage loans delinquent in their payments has increased from 7% to 13% since year-end 2007. If housing markets, particularly in California, continue to deteriorate, we will experience a further increase in non-performing loans, provisions for loan losses, and charge-offs. While it is difficult to predict how long these conditions will exist and which markets, products or other segments of our loan and securities portfolio might ultimately be affected, these factors could adversely affect our ability to grow earning assets, return to profitability, or meet our financial obligations.
     Declining real estate values may cause borrowers to default on loans underlying mortgage-backed securities we own, reducing the likelihood of recoverability of our investments.
     Deterioration in the value of single-family homes may cause borrowers to default on the mortgages underlying the mortgage-backed securities we own. If credit losses on the underlying loans were to exceed the subordinated tranches, we would not receive the full stated interest due on the securities or our full principal balance, or both. If we were to conclude unrealized losses on the mortgage-backed securities were other-than-temporary — which we evaluate by considering estimates of recoverability, as well as the duration and severity of the unrealized loss — we would be required under generally accepted accounting principles to reduce the cost basis of the security to fair value and record a corresponding charge to earnings, which would also reduce our regulatory capital.

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     Many of the loans underlying the non-agency mortgage-backed securities we own have one or more characteristics increasing the risk of default by the borrowers. These characteristics include various monthly payment options, referred to as Option ARMs, and limited underwriting documentation. At September 30, 2008, over 95% of the loans underlying the non-agency mortgage-backed securities we own are Option ARMs. Additionally, approximately 60% of the loans underlying the non-agency mortgage-backed securities we own are secured by real estate in California.
     If a significant portion of our non-agency mortgage-backed securities portfolio were to be downgraded below investment grade by both of the securities rating organizations which rate the securities, or the market value of those securities further declined, it would negatively affect our liquidity.
     At September 30, 2008, we had outstanding indebtedness to FHLB Dallas in the amount of $4.5 billion. FHLB Dallas currently limits our ability to pledge non-agency mortgage-backed securities as collateral against our borrowings from them to securities rated BBB or higher by at least one nationally recognized securities rating organization. Seven of our non-agency securities are rated below BBB by one rating organization at October 31, 2008, but BBB or higher by another. If the other rating organization were to downgrade all of these securities below BBB, it would reduce our borrowing capacity by approximately $ 500 million.
     If FHLB were to reduce our borrowing capacity, and we were not able to replace the financing on similar terms, our liquidity could be materially and adversely affected. It may be difficult to secure replacement financing in the current credit markets.
     Regulatory ownership limits and market conditions may prevent us from raising needed equity capital in the future.
     We are required to maintain minimum levels of capital at Guaranty Bank under federal capital adequacy standards applicable to financial institutions. Under federal law, the Office of Thrift Supervision, or OTS, has broad authority to set and modify capital adequacy standards, to determine whether we have satisfied those standards, to require us to take remedial actions to meet the standards, and to take regulatory action if we do not comply. Acting pursuant to this broad authority, the OTS has wide powers to require us to take actions that it determines to be necessary to protect depositors of Guaranty Bank or the federal deposit insurance fund or to cause us to meet any capital standards that it imposes.
     We may, at some point, need to raise additional capital as a result of regulatory requirements to improve our capital, to support our business as a result of losses. Our ability to raise additional capital, if needed, will depend on conditions in the capital markets at that time, which are outside our control, and on our financial performance and prospects. Moreover, federal laws and regulations currently require persons or entities that acquire 25% or more of our voting securities to register as a thrift holding company. In particular, we have raised a significant amount of equity capital from our two largest stockholders, TRT Financial Holdings, LLC and Icahn Partners LP along with entities related to Icahn Partners LP. As of October 31, 2008, those parties held more than 19% and 17%, respectively, of our outstanding Common Stock. If either of these stockholders were to purchase additional significant amounts of our voting equity securities, they might have to file applications with the OTS to register as holding companies. Because holding companies are subject to significant regulation and oversight by the OTS, either or both of these stockholders may be unwilling to become a thrift holding company. Even if they make an application, it may be rejected or delayed by the OTS.
     Accordingly, we may not be able to raise additional capital if needed on terms acceptable to us, or at all. Stockholders from whom we have recently raised significant amounts of equity capital may be unwilling or unable to purchase more of our equity securities if a purchase would result in them having to register as a thrift holding company. If we cannot raise additional capital when needed, our ability to further expand our operations through

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internal growth and operate our business could be materially impaired, our creditors could exercise their remedies, or the OTS could exercise its broad regulatory powers described above.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
     At a Special Meeting of Stockholders held on September 29, 2008, the following proposal was submitted to our stockholders with the following results:
1.   Approval of conversion of Series B Mandatory Convertible Perpetual Cumulative Preferred Stock into common stock
                         
    For     Against     Abstain  
 
    29,918,335       282,526       70,983  
 
                 
Item 5. Other Information
None.
Item 6. Exhibits
         
Exhibit    
Number   Exhibit Description
  3.1    
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series B Mandatory Convertible Perpetual Cumulative Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on July 11, 2008)
       
 
  3.2    
Certificate of Elimination of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on October 28, 2008)
       
 
  4.1    
Form of Subordinated Note (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on September 9, 2008)
       
 
  4.2    
First Amendment to Rights Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on October 28, 2008)
       
 
  10.1    
Investment Agreement, dated May 26, 2008, between the Company and TRT Financial Holdings, LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on May 27, 2008)
       
 
  10.2    
First Amendment to Investment Agreement, dated May 29, 2008, between the Company, the Investor and the Investor Affiliates (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 as filed with the Commission on May 30, 2008)

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Exhibit    
Number   Exhibit Description
  10.3    
Investment Agreement dated June 7, 2008 by and between the Company and TRT Financial Holdings, LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on June 9, 2008)
       
 
  10.4    
Investment Agreement dated June 7, 2008 by and between the Company and Icahn Partners, LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on June 9, 2008)
       
 
  10.5    
Form of Investment Agreement entered into by the Company and investors other than Icahn Partners and TRT (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on June 9, 2008)
       
 
  10.6    
Purchase Agreement dated June 7, 2008 by and among the Company and the purchasers named therein (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on June 9, 2008)
       
 
  10.7    
Letter Agreement dated June 7, 2008 by and between the Company and Icahn Partners, LP (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on June 9, 2008)
       
 
  10.8    
Letter Agreement dated June 7, 2008 by and between the Company and TRT Financial Holdings, LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on June 9, 2008)
       
 
  10.9    
Agency Agreement between the Company, Guaranty Bank and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on June 9, 2008)
       
 
  31.1 *  
Certification of Kenneth R. Dubuque pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
       
 
  31.2 *  
Certification of Ronald D. Murff pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
       
 
  32.1 *  
Certification of Kenneth R. Dubuque pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
       
 
  32.2 *  
Certification of Ronald D. Murff pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  Guaranty Financial Group Inc.
(Registrant)
 
 
  By:   /s/     Ronald D. Murff    
    Senior Executive Vice President and   
    Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 
 
Date: November 13, 2008

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