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U~, • <br />6565 Americas Parkway, NE-M700 <br />Post Office Box 3939 <br />Albuquerque, NM 67190 <br />Indepeudeut Auditors' Report <br />The Board of Directors <br />First Place Financial Corporation: <br />• <br />We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of First <br />Corporation and subsidiaries (the Corporation) as of December 31, 1998 ar <br />related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity, ar <br />each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998. T't <br />financial statements are the responsibility of the Corporation's management. <br />is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our <br />We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing st <br />standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable <br />whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit inc <br />on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financia <br />audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant es <br />management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. <br />our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. <br />In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above p, <br />material respects, the financial position of First Place Financial Corporation <br />of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the results of their operations and their <br />of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998 in confort <br />accepted accounting principles. <br />~w(G LLB <br />Albuquerque, New Mexico <br />January 22, 1999 <br />53 <br />,,,, FRAG LV rMAG U3~U$M~NE I.,yry vmwvwn <br />~ Ewen a cerG w•wvemr. 5,..,, wocmm <br />lace Financial <br />1997, and the <br />cash flows for <br />e consolidated <br />responsibility <br />ndards. Those <br />assurance about <br />tdes examining, <br />statements. An <br />mates made by <br />We believe that <br />tt fairly, in all <br />subsidiaries as <br />flows for each <br />with generally <br /> <br />