COMMERCIAL LENDERS BASIC TRAINING SCHOOL, 2008

$995.00 Per Person Includes:

Hands – On Training

Materials

Highly Experienced Instructor

Two Professional Speakers

Book - “Financial Management for the Closely Held Business,” by David Enger

One Lunch & One Dinner

Summary Course Outline:

Pre-class HomeworkSpreadsheet, calculations, definition and reading from David Enger’s book

Monday – begins at 7:15amThe role & skills of a Commercial Loan Officer

Financial statements & tax returns

Review of your company loan request

Review of pre-class homework

Lunch with speaker – Federal Reserve Bank Officer

Ratio discussion

Analysis discussion

Begin Financial Statement analysis

Discussion of your assigned company

Discussion of the company business call

Prepare for the business call

TuesdayCompany business call

Debriefing of the business call

Prepare the “Business Call Report”

Loan Structuring

Begin the credit request

WednesdayDiscussion & completion of the Credit Request

Mock Loan Committee

Revision of credit request

Reception and dinner with speaker – Legal ramifications

of the loan agreement and the loan commitment

ThursdayMock Loan Committee, continued

Lenders liability

Loan commitment letter

Loan agreement

Finalize credit request

Complete the loan package for BBW Loan Committee

Distribute package with a discussion of the Loan

Committee Structure

Cash Flow

Friday – ends at 10:00amBBW Loan Committee presentation

BBW lenders comments

Graduation

*Agenda subject to change(OVER)

Attendee Equipment and Background Requirements:

A laptop is required when attending this class; the requirements for the laptop are as follows:

Your laptop must have a 3.5” floppy or CD drive and Windows 95 or a better Operating System.

MS Word and Excel 97 will also be required. It cannot be a Linux or MAC laptop.

Ability to use Microsoft and Excel. Internet connectivity will not be provided.

Working knowledge of personal and business financial statements

Working knowledge of basic accounting and basic analysis

Lodging:

Arrangements have been made at The Residence Inn Denver City Center . The rate includes a full breakfast each day and a light supper in the evening.

Instructor:

William (Bill) D. Edwards

Mr. Edwards brings over 40 years of contemporary commercial lending experience to the students and situations presented. Mr. Edwards has been involved locally and nationally in commercial lending as a commercial lender, president of several community banks, CFO of a multi-state manufacturing company and as a consultant to businesses seeking commercial loans.

This experience, in both good times and bad, provides Mr. Edwards with a vast reserve of commercial loan examples and situations that provide invaluable insight and perspective to the attendees of his seminars. He is able to create a solid understanding for the need for disciplined and complete commercial lending practices, thus avoiding bank losses and other problems.

He keeps the attendees involved and enjoying their assignments through a combination of ratio analysis, analytical challenges, written and verbal communication exercises and a witty sense of humor.