MID CONTINENT BANCSHARES INC /KS/
10-K405, 1996-12-30
SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 10-K
(Mark One)

[X]  ANNUAL REPORT  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE  SECURITIES  EXCHANGE
     ACT OF 1934 [FEE REQUIRED]

For the fiscal year ended       September 30, 1996
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                                     - OR -

[ ]  TRANSITION  REPORT  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  13 OR  15(d)  OF THE  SECURITIES
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]

For the transition period from ______________________ to ______________________


SEC  File Number:  0-23620
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                         MID CONTINENT BANCSHARES, INC.
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              (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)


            Kansas                               48-1146797
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 (State or other jurisdiction of               (I.R.S. Employer 
of incorporation or organization)           Identification Number)

124 W. Central,   El Dorado, Kansas                67042
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(Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)

Registrants telephone number, including area code:            (316) 321-2700
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:        None
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                     Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share
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                                (Title of Class)

      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 report(s), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.       Yes X No ____

      Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of Registrant's  knowledge,  in definitive proxy or information  statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K.           [ X ]

      The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by  non-affiliates  of
the  Registrant,  based upon the last sale price of such  stock on  December  5,
1996, was $39.1 million.

      As of December 5, 1996,  the  Registrant  had  2,016,750  shares of Common
Stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

1.   Parts II and IV --  Portions  of the  Registrant's  1996  Annual  Report to
     Stockholders.

2.   Part III -- Portions of the Registrant's Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting
     of Stockholders to be held in January 1997.


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                                     PART I

Item 1. Business
(Dollars in Thousands)

General

      Mid Continent  Bancshares,  Inc.  ("Registrant" or "Company") is a unitary
savings and loan holding company that was incorporated in January 1994 under the
laws of the State of Kansas for the purpose of  acquiring  all of the issued and
outstanding common stock of Mid-Continent  Federal Savings Bank  ("Mid-Continent
Federal" or "Savings Bank"). This acquisition  occurred in June 1994 at the time
Mid-Continent  Federal changed its name from  Mid-Continent  Federal Savings and
Loan Association of El Dorado,  simultaneously  converted from a mutual to stock
institution,  and sold all of its  outstanding  capital stock to the Company and
the Company made its initial  public  offering of common stock.  As of September
30, 1996, the Company had total assets of $340,186,  total deposits of $214,493,
and  stockholders'  equity of $36,807 or 10.8% of total assets  under  generally
accepted accounting  principles ("GAAP").  The only subsidiary of the Company is
the Savings Bank. The Savings Bank has one subsidiary, Laredo Investment, Inc.

     Mid-Continent  Federal is a federally  chartered capital stock savings bank
located in El Dorado,  Kansas.  The Savings Bank was founded in 1925 as a Kansas
chartered savings and loan association under the name Mid-Continent  Savings and
Loan  Association.  In 1935,  the  Savings  Bank  adopted a federal  charter and
changed its name to  Mid-Continent  Federal  Savings and Loan  Association of El
Dorado (the  "Association").  In June 1994,  the  Association  converted  from a
federally  chartered  mutual savings and loan association to its current form, a
federally  chartered capital stock savings bank subsidiary of a savings and loan
holding  company.  The Savings  Bank's  deposits  are  federally  insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC").

      The Company  directs and plans the  activities  of the Savings  Bank,  the
Company's  primary asset.  The Company's  business  activities to date have been
limited to its  investment in the Savings  Bank,  loans made to the Savings Bank
for  use  in the  normal  course  of  the  Savings  Bank's  business  and to the
Mid-Continent Federal Savings Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the "ESOP") to
enable the ESOP to purchase shares of the Company's  common stock in the initial
public  offering and the  repurchase  of a portion of the  Company's  stock,  as
permitted by the Office of Thrift Supervision. References to the Company include
the Savings Bank, unless the context otherwise indicates.

      The Company is primarily  engaged in attracting  deposits from the general
public  and  using  those  funds to  originate  and sell  real  estate  loans on
one-to-four family residences and, to a lesser extent, to originate consumer and
construction  loans for its portfolio.  The Company also  purchases  one-to-four
family  residential  loans.  The  Company  has  offices  in El  Dorado,  Newton,
Winfield,  Augusta and Wichita,  Kansas, which are located in its primary market
area of Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick and Harvey Counties in the State of Kansas. The
Company  opened one full  service  branch in Wichita in 1996 and expects to open
another in 1997. A full service branch

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was opened in October, 1996 in Winfield, Kansas, to compliment the existing full
service  branch in that city.  The new  branch is located in the local  Dillon's
supermarket  and will  maintain  extended  hours to serve its customer  base. In
addition,  the Company  invests in  mortgage-related  securities  and investment
securities.  The Company offers its customers  fixed-rate,  and  adjustable-rate
mortgage loans ("ARM"),  as well as FHA/VA loans and consumer  loans,  including
home  equity and  savings  account  loans.  Adjustable-rate  mortgage  loans and
short-term  fixed-rate  mortgage loans generally are originated for retention in
the Company's portfolio while long-term  fixed-rate mortgage loans are generally
sold into the secondary market. All consumer loans are retained in the Company's
portfolio.

      The principal  sources of funds for the Company's  lending  activities are
deposits and the amortization, repayment and maturity of loans, mortgage-related
securities,  and investment securities and borrowings from the Federal Home Loan
Bank.   Principal   sources   of  income  are   interest   and  fees  on  loans,
mortgage-related  securities,  investment securities, and deposits held in other
financial  institutions.  The  Company's  principal  expense is interest paid on
deposits.

      The Company is actively engaged in the purchase and sale of mortgage loans
through a correspondent  network.  These purchased loans and loans originated by
the Company are then sold, generally without recourse, into the secondary market
with the  Company  generally  retaining  the  servicing  rights.  The Company is
contingently  liable on certain loans sold with recourse.  The principal balance
of loans sold with recourse totalled approximately $127 and $ - 0 - at September
30, 1995 and September 30, 1996, respectively.

      The Company has striven to increase  its other  income by  increasing  its
portfolio  of loans  serviced  for others.  The  Company  expects to continue to
increase the size of its portfolio of loans serviced for others.  This portfolio
totalled  approximately  $1,229,153 as of September  30, 1996.  Income from loan
servicing fees, net of amortization and before operating expenses,  has provided
a substantial portion of net income in recent years and totalled $3,128,  before
income tax, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996.

      The  counties  of Butler,  Cowley,  Sedgwick  and  Harvey,  Kansas are the
Company's  primary  market area for  deposits  and are located in south  central
Kansas. This area was founded on agriculture and the oil and gas industry, which
continue  to play a major role in the  economy.  This area has also  attracted a
variety of industries  including  aircraft,  recreational and camping equipment,
balloon plant,  meat  processing,  refineries,  state and private  universities,
junior  colleges,  electronics  manufacturing,  and heating and air conditioning
equipment  manufacturing.  This area also  includes the health  care,  financial
service,  and other service related industries,  including the  wholesale/retail
trade industries.  Also, within Butler County are located two state prisons. The
largest employment sectors in the Company's market area are aircraft, industrial
manufacturing, and retail.

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Asset and Liability Management

      Although  the  Company's  dependence  upon net  interest  income  has been
greatly  reduced  during the past  several  years as a result of the increase in
sources of other income  obtained  through its mortgage  banking  operation  and
purchases  of  mortgage  servicing  rights  ("MSR"),   the  income  from  retail
operations  and  assets  held in  portfolio  still  depends  primarily  upon net
interest  income.  The  ability  to  maximize  net  interest  income is  largely
dependent upon the  achievement  of a positive  interest rate spread that can be
sustained  during  fluctuations  in  prevailing  interest  rates.  Interest rate
sensitivity is a measure of the difference  between amounts of  interest-earning
assets and interest-bearing  liabilities which either reprice or mature within a
given period of time.  The  difference,  or the interest rate  repricing  "gap,"
provides an  indication  of the extent to which an  institution's  interest rate
spread will be affected  by changes in interest  rates over a period of time.  A
gap is considered  positive when the amount of  interest-rate  sensitive  assets
maturing  or  repricing  over a specified  period of time  exceeds the amount of
interest-rate sensitive liabilities maturing or repricing within that period and
is considered  negative when the amount of interest-rate  sensitive  liabilities
maturing  or  repricing  over a specified  period of time  exceeds the amount of
interest-rate  sensitive  assets  maturing  or  repricing  within  that  period.
Generally,  during a period of rising  interest  rates,  a negative gap within a
given  period of time  would  adversely  affect  net  interest  income,  while a
positive  gap within a given  period of time would  result in an increase in net
interest  income;  during a period of falling  interest  rates,  a negative  gap
within a given period of time would result in an increase in net interest income
while a  positive  gap within a given  period of time  would  have the  opposite
effect.  At September 30, 1996, the Company's one year and three year cumulative
interest  sensitivity  gap as a percentage of total assets was a negative 23.85%
and a negative 25.36%, respectively.

     In an effort to reduce  interest rate risk and protect it from the negative
effect of increases in interest rates, the Company has instituted  certain asset
and liability management measures.  This strategy includes the following primary
elements: (i originating and purchasing long-term fixed-rate loans only for sale
in the secondary  mortgage  market,  (ii) maintaining a high percentage of total
assets in  short-term  securities  and other  liquid  assets,  (iii)  increasing
sources of other income,  such as gain on sale of loans and loan servicing fees,
(iv)  increasing  its ARM and  short-term  fixed  rate  loan  portfolio  and (v)
building a loan servicing  portfolio whose market value floats  inversely to the
movement of interest rates. A loan servicing  portfolio becomes more valuable as
the "turnover" in the mortgage loans slows.  Mortgage loans traditionally become
more  seasoned  and  turnover  less as  interest  rates rise.  Therefore,  after
interest rates rise, the value of a loan servicing portfolio generally increases
(assuming  credit  quality is  maintained),  causing the opposite  effect to the
value of the Company's loans and investments.

      Certain risks are inherent in the business of mortgage banking. There is a
risk that the Company will not be able to sell all the loans that it  originates
or  purchases  or,  conversely,  that the Company  will be unable to fulfill its
contractual  commitment  to deliver  loans.  In  addition,  in periods of rising
interest  rates,  loans  originated  or  purchased by the Company may decline in
value.  Exposure to interest rate risk is significant  during the period between
the  time  the  interest  rate on a  customer's  mortgage  loan  application  is
established  and the time the mortgage  loan 

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closes,  and also  during  the  period  between  the time the  interest  rate is
established and the time the Company commits to sell the loan. If interest rates
change in an unanticipated  fashion,  the actual  percentage of loans that close
may differ from projected percentages.  The resultant mismatching of commitments
to close loans and  commitments to deliver sold loans may have an adverse effect
on the  profitability of loan originations in any such period. A sudden increase
in  interest  rates  can  cause a higher  percentage  of  loans  to  close  than
projected.  To the degree that this was not  anticipated,  the Company  will not
have made commitments to sell these  additional loans and may incur  significant
mark to market losses,  adversely  affecting results of operations.  In order to
minimize  these  risks,  it is the policy of the Company to cover  approximately
70%-75% of the loans that it has  originated or purchased  with sales  contracts
with third parties.  A mortgage banker that is unable to fulfill its commitments
to deliver  mortgage  loans to third  parties  will be subject to the payment of
fees  and  monetary  penalties  as well  as the  loss  of  business  reputation.
Management  attempts to adequately  cover its delivery  commitments  by limiting
such  commitments  to 70%-75% of the aggregate  amount of loans held for sale or
committed for  origination  or purchase plus a percentage of the aggregate  loan
applications  received.  However,  the  risk  associated  with  failing  to meet
delivery  commitments  cannot be  eliminated  due to the  variables  created  by
changes in market  conditions and other  factors.  Commitments to sell loans are
considered when assessing the lower of cost or market valuation of the Company's
loans held for sale portfolio.

Gap Table

      The following table sets forth the amount of  interest-earning  assets and
interest-bearing  liabilities  outstanding  at  September  30,  1996,  which are
expected  to reprice  or mature in each of the future  time  period  shown.  The
amount  of  assets  or  liabilities  shown  which  reprice  or  mature  during a
particular  period  were  determined  by the  contractual  terms of the asset or
liability. The table assumes prepayments and scheduled principal amortization of
fixed-rate loans and  mortgage-related  securities,  and assumes that adjustable
rate  mortgage  loans  will  reprice  at  contractual  repricing  intervals.  No
consideration  has been provided for the impact of future  commitments and loans
in process.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                 Within      Over 1-3     Over 3-5      Over
                                                One Year      Years         Years      5 Years      Total
                                                 Amount       Amount       Amount       Amont      Amount
                                                --------     ---------    ---------    -------     ------
                                                                (Dollars in Thousands)
Interest-earning assets:
<S>                                             <C>           <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>     
   Mortgage loans and MRS (1)                   $100,046      $61,843     $19,905     $31,256    $213,050
   Other loans                                     3,086        1,944         701         478       6,209
   Investment securities (2)                      12,765       11,377           -      70,344      94,486 
                                                --------     --------    --------     -------     ------- 
      Total interest-earning securities          115,897       75,164      20,606     102,078     313,745 
                                                --------     --------    --------     -------     ------- 
Interest-bearing liabilities:
   Non-interest-bearing deposits                  10,074        7,512       2,928       1,870      22,384
   Demand and NOW accounts                        10,524        1,760       1,163         954      14,401
   Savings accounts                                6,564          597         431       1,098       8,690
   Money market deposit accounts                   9,100        2,007         782         498      12,387
   Certificates of deposit                        97,575       49,930       3,335       5,791     156,631
   FHLB advances                                  63,200       18,500           -           -      81,700 
                                                --------     --------    --------     -------     ------- 
      Total interest-bearing liabilities         197,037       80,306       8,639      10,211     296,193 
                                                --------     --------    --------     -------     ------- 

Interest sensitivity gap                        ($81,140)     ($5,142)    $11,967     $91,867     $17,552 
                                                ========     ========    ========     =======     ======= 
Cumulative interest sensitivity gap             ($81,140)    ($86,282)   ($74,315)    $17,552     $17,552 
                                                ========     ========    ========     =======     ======= 

Ratio of interest-earning assets to
 interest-bearing liabilities                      58.82%       93.60%     238.52%     999.69%     105.93%
                                                ========     ========    ========     =======     ======= 

Ratio of cumulative gap to total assets           (23.85%)     (25.36%)    (21.85%)      5.16%       5.16%
                                                ========     ========    ========     =======     ======= 

</TABLE>

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(1)  Includes loans held for sale. Mortgage-related securities are identified as
     "MRS".
(2)  Includes investment securities, FHLB stock, FHLB stock and interest-earning
     deposits in banks.


      Certain  shortcomings are inherent in the method of analysis  presented in
the table above.  For example,  although certain assets and liabilities may have
similar maturities or periods of repricing,  they may react in different degrees
to changes in market interest  rates.  Also, the interest rates on certain types
of assets and liabilities may fluctuate in advance of changes in market interest
rates,  while  interest  rates on other  types may lag behind  changes in market
rates.  Additionally,  certain assets,  such as adjustable-rate  mortgage loans,
have features  which restrict  changes in interest  rates on a short-term  basis
over the life of the asset. Further, in the event of a change in interest rates,
prepayment  levels  and  decay  rates  on core  deposits  would  likely  deviate
significantly from those assumed in calculating the table.

      The  Company's  analysis  of its  interest-rate  sensitivity  incorporates
certain   assumptions   concerning   the   amortization   of  loans   and  other
interest-earning  assets and the  repricing  characteristics  of  deposits.  The
Company  has made the  following  assumptions  in  calculating  the value on the
above-referenced  table:  adjustable-rate  mortgage loans have prepayments rates
ranging from 10 to 31%; fixed-rate mortgage loans have a prepayment rate that is
constant  through time but varies from 5% for lower  contractual  interest  rate
loans to 37% for higher  

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contractual  interest rate loans;  consumer loans have prepayment  rates ranging
from 4 to 17%; core savings  deposits have a  decreasing decay rate through time
ranging  from 100%  almost  immediately  to 15% after  one  year;  NOW  checking
deposits  have a   decreasing  decay rate  through time ranging from 100% almost
immediately to 19% after one year; and money market  deposits have a  decreasing
decay rate through time  ranging from 100% almost  immediately  to 38% after one
year.  The  interest-rate  sensitivity of the Company's  assets and  liabilities
illustrated in the table could vary substantially if different  assumptions were
used or if actual experience differs from the assumptions used.

      As discussed above and as shown in the preceding gap table and the average
balance  sheet and  rate/volume  analysis  contained in the annual  report,  the
Bank's net interest  rate risk  consists of risks from the numerous time periods
for maturity or  repricing  of  particular  assets or  liabilities  and from the
numerous  interest  rates  that vary over time and  because of the  maturity  or
repricing  of the  underlying  assets or  liabilities.  These risks  necessarily
impact net interest  income.  One impact on net interest income results from the
interest rate margin (net yield on interest bearing assets).

Lending Activities

      General.  The Company's  loan  portfolio  consists of fixed-rate  mortgage
loans and adjustable-rate  mortgage loans ("ARMs") secured by one-to-four family
residences  and, to a much lesser extent,  commercial  real estate,  mobile home
loans,  and real estate  construction  loans.  As of  September  30,  1996,  the
Company's total  portfolio of loans (the "loan  portfolio") was $171,158 (net of
loans in process,  deferred fees and costs and  allowance  for loan losses),  of
which $176,882,  or 103.4%,  was secured by one-to-four  family residential real
estate, $890, or 0.5%, was secured by commercial real estate, and $305, or 0.2%,
was secured by mobile homes.  The following table sets forth  information  about
the company's loan portfolio at September 30 of each year presented.


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                            1992              1993                 1994              1995                1996
                                    ------------------  ----------------   -----------------   ------------------ ------------------
                                       $          %         $       %           $       %         $         %         $        %
                                    -------     ------  -------   ------   --------   ------   -------    ------- --------   -------
TYPE OF LOANS:
Real Estate Loans
<S>                                 <C>        <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>      <C>        <C>      <C>       <C>    
   Residential                      $73,295     93.3%   $53,727    94.89%  $ 96,906   94.79%  $ 11,216    93.93%  $159,672   93.29 %
   Construction                       2,604     3.32%       569     1.00%     6,976    6.82%    10,351     8.29%    17,367   10.15 %
   Commercial                         2,215     2.82%     1,809     3.19%       922    0.90%     1,212     0.97%       964    0.56 %
   Lane                                 126     0.16%        67     0.12%        86    0.08%       599     0.45%        49    0.03 %
Consumer Loans
   Mobile home loans                  1,210     1.55%       931     1.6 %       716     0.7%       499     0.40%       305    0.18 %
   Savings account loans                482     0.61%       479     0.85%       699    0.68%       688     0.55%       769    0.45 %
   Home improvement loans             1,478     1.88%     1,031     1.82%       873    0.85%       414     0.33%     1,012    0.59 %
   Automobile loans                      96     0.12%        31     0.05%       682    0.67%     1,050     0.84%     1,115    0.65 %
   Other                                237     0.30%       182     0.32%       225    0.22%       507     0.41%       890    0.52 %
                                     ------   ------      ------  ------    -------  ------    -------   ------    -------  ------ 
      Total                          81,743   104.09%    58,826   103.89%   108,085  105.71%   132,536   106.20%   182,143  106.42 %

Less:
   Loans in process                  (1,890)   (2.41%)    (1,036)  (1.83%)   (4,581)  (4.49%)   (6,624)   (5.30%)  (10,407)  (6.08%)
   Deferred loan origination
    fees and costs                   (1,039)   (1.32%)      (821)  (1.53%)     (987)  (0.97%)     (693)   (0.56%)     (157)  (0.09%)
   Allowance for loan losses           (283)   (0.36%)      (346)  (0.61%)     (274)   0.27%      (423)   (0.34%)     (421)  (0.25%)
                                     ------   ------      ------  ------    -------  ------    -------   ------    -------  ------ 
Total loans, net                    $78,530   100.00%    $56,623  100.00%  $102,243  100.00%  $124,796   100.00%  $171,158  100.00%
                                     ======   ======      ======  ======     ======  ======     ======   ======     ======  ====== 
Total mortgage-related securities,
    net                             $60,804   100.00%    $42,856  100.00%  $ 45,030  100.00%   $40,004   100.00%  $ 34,383  100.00%
                                     ======   ======      ======  ======     ======  ======     ======   ======     ======  ====== 

TYPE OF SECURITY:
Residential real estate 
   1 to 4 family                     74,914    95.39%     53,900   95.19%   103,607  101.34%   127,567   102.22%   176,882  103.35%
   Other dwelling units                 985     1.26%        396    0.70%       275    0.27%       254     0.20%       231    0.13%
Commercial real estate                2,215     2.82%      1,809    3.19%       922    0.90%       958     0.77%       890    0.52%
Land                                    126     0.16%         67    0.12%        86    0.08%       599     0.48%        49    0.03%
Consumer loans
   Mobile homes                       1,210     1.55%        931    1.64%       716    0.70%       499     0.40%       305    0.18%
   Savings accounts                     482     0.61%        479    0.85%       699    0.68%       688     0.55%       769    0.45%
   Home improvement                   1,478     1.88%      1,031    1.82%       873    0.85%       414     0.33%     1,012    0.59%
   Automobiles                           96     0.12%         31    0.05%       682    0.67%     1,050     0.84%     1,115    0.65%
   Other                                237     0.30%        182    0.32%       225    0.22%       507     0.41%       890    0.52%
                                     ------   ------      ------  ------    -------  ------    -------   ------    -------  ------ 
      Total                          81,743   104.09%     58,826  103.89%   108,085  105.71%   132,536   106.20%   182,143  106.42%

Less:
Loans in process                     (1,890)   (2.41%)    (1,036)  (1.83%)   (4,581)  (4.49%)   (6,624)   (5.30%)  (10,407)  (6.08%)
Deferred loan origination fees
    and costs                        (1,039)   (1.32%)      (821)  (1.53%)     (987)  (0.97%)     (693)   (0.56%)     (157)  (0.09%)
Allowance for loan losses              (283)   (0.36%)      (346)  (0.61%)     (274)  (0.27%)     (423)   (0.34%)     (421)  (0.25%)
                                     ------   ------      ------  ------    -------  ------    -------   ------    -------  ------ 
Total loans, net                    $78,531   100.00%    $56,623  100.00 % $102,243  100.00%  $124,796   100.00%  $171,158  100.00%
                                     ======   ======      ======  ======    =======  ======    =======   ======    =======  ====== 
Total mortgage-related securities,
    net                             $60,804   100.00%    $42,856  100.00 % $ 45,030  100.00%  $ 40,004   100.00%  $ 34,383  100.00%
                                     ======   ======      ======  ======    =======  ======    =======   ======    =======  ====== 

</TABLE>


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Loan Maturity. The following table sets forth the maturity of the Company's loan
portfolio  at  September  30, 1996.  The table does not include  prepayments  or
scheduled principal  repayments.  Prepayments and scheduled principal repayments
on loans  totalled  $18,580,  $30,688,  and  $44,858,  for the three years ended
September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively.  Adjustable-rate mortgage loans
are shown as maturing based on contractual maturities.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          Multi-
                                        1-4 Family      Family and
                                        Real Estate     Commercial
                                         Mortgage       Real Estate    Construction    Consumer      Total 
                                        -----------     -----------    ------------    --------      -----
                                                                   (In thousands)
Amounts Due:
<S>                                     <C>              <C>              <C>          <C>         <C>     
Within 1 year                               $221            $29           $17,210      $  834      $ 18,294
                                        --------         ------           -------      ------      --------

After 1 year
   1 to 5 years                            1,139            334               157       3,272         4,902
  Over 5 years                           156,136            650                         2,161       158,947 
                                        --------         ------           -------      ------      --------
Total due after one year                 157,275            984               157       5,433       163,849 
                                        --------         ------           -------      ------      --------
Total amount due                        $157,496         $1,013           $17,367      $6,267      $182,143
                                        ========         ======           =======      ======  

Less
Allowance for loan loss                                                                                (421)
Loans in process                                                                                    (10,407)
Deferred loan origination fees
 and cost                                                                                              (157)
                                                                                                    -------
      Loans receivable, net                                                                         171,158 
                                                                                                    =======
</TABLE>


     The  following  table sets  forth the dollar  amount of all loans due after
September  30,  1997,  which have  predetermined  interest  rates and which have
floating or adjustable interest rates.



                                                   Floating or
                                       Fixed       Adjustable
                                       Rates          Rates          Total
                                       -----       -----------       -----
                                                  (In Thousands)
One-to-four family                    $49,213          $108,062    $157,275
Multi-family and Commercial
  real estate                             647               337         984
Construction                              157                           157
Consumer                                4,606               827       5,433 
                                      -------          --------    --------
      Total                           $54,623          $109,226    $163,849
                                      =======          ========    ========



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      The following table sets forth the contractual maturities of the Company's
mortgage-backed securities portfolio as of September 30, 1996.

           Contractual Maturities Due In Year(s) Ended September 30,

                                   2000 to     2002 to       2007 and
  1997         1998      1999        2001        2006       Thereafter    Total
  ----         ----      ----      -------     -------      ----------    -----

 $2,430         $0      $1,510      $4,236       $176        $26,031     $34,383



      Residential  Loans. The Company's primary lending activity consists of the
origination of one-to-four family,  owner-occupied,  residential  mortgage loans
secured by property  located in the Company's  primary market area. At September
30,  1996,  the  Company  had  $176,882,  or 103.3%,  of its net loan  portfolio
invested in these  loans.  Management  believes  that this policy of focusing on
one-to-four  family lending has been effective in  contributing  to net interest
income while reducing credit risk by keeping loan  delinquencies and losses to a
minimum.

      The  Company  offers  ARMs that  adjust  every one to three years and have
terms from 10 to 30 years, as well as ARMs that adjust annually,  but only after
the third year. One year ARMs have  adjustments  that are limited to 2% per year
and 6% over the life of the loan,  and ARMs  that are fixed for the first  three
years and adjust annually thereafter have adjustments that are limited to 2% per
year and 5% over the life of the loan.  The  Company  also  offers  conventional
fixed-rate  mortgage  loans  with  terms  from 10 to 30  years.  Generally,  the
interest rates on ARMs are based on treasury bill indices. The Company considers
the market  factors  and  competitive  rates on loans as well as its own cost of
funds when  determining the rates on the loans that it offers.  The Company also
has a network of  correspondents  from whom the  Company  may be  referred  both
fixed- and  adjustable-rate  real estate mortgage loans.  The Company expects to
expand its purchases and sales of mortgage loans,  subject to market conditions.
Since  1989,  the Company has sold most of its  originated  fixed-rate  mortgage
loans into the secondary market. The Company does, however,  service most of the
loans sold since 1991.

      Generally, during periods of rising interest rates, the risk of default on
an ARM is considered to be greater than the risk of default on a fixed-rate loan
due to the upward  adjustment of interest costs to the borrower.  To help reduce
such risk, the Company qualifies the loan at the fully indexed interest rate, as
opposed to the original  interest  rate. ARM loans may be made at up to 95% loan
to value ratio. The Company does not originate ARMs with negative amortization.

      Regulations  limit  the  amount  which a savings  association  may lend in
relationship  to the  appraised  value of the real estate  securing the loan, as
determined  by an appraisal at the time of loan  origination.  Such  regulations
permit a maximum  loan-to-value  ratio of 100% for residential

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property  and 90%  for all  other  real  estate  loans.  The  Company's  lending
policies, however, generally limit the maximum loan-to-value ratio to 80% of the
appraised  value of the property,  based on an independent  or staff  appraisal.
When  the  Company  makes a loan in  excess  of 80% of the  appraised  value  or
purchase price,  private mortgage  insurance is required for at least the amount
of the loan in excess of 80% of the appraised value. The Company  generally does
not make conventional mortgage loans in excess of 95% of the appraised value.

      The loan-to-value ratio, maturity, and other provisions of the residential
real  estate  loans  made by the  Company  reflect  the  policy of making  loans
generally below the maximum limits permitted under applicable  regulations.  The
Company  requires  an  independent  appraisal,  title  insurance,  flood  hazard
insurance (if  applicable),  and fire and casualty  insurance on all  properties
securing real estate loans made by the Company.  The Company  reserves the right
to approve  the  selection  of which title  insurance  companies'  policies  are
acceptable to insure the real estate in the loan transactions.

      While  one-to-four  family  residential  real  estate  loans are  normally
originated with 10-30 year terms,  such loans typically  remain  outstanding for
substantially  shorter  periods.  This is because  borrowers  often prepay their
loans in full upon sale of the property  pledged as security or upon refinancing
the original loan. In addition,  substantially  all of the  fixed-interest  rate
loans in the Company's loan portfolio contain due-on-sale clauses providing that
the Company may declare the unpaid  amount due and payable  upon the sale of the
property  securing the loan. The Company enforces these  due-on-sale  clauses to
the extent permitted by law. Thus, average loan maturity is a function of, among
other  factors,  the level of  purchase  and sale  activity  in the real  estate
market,  the  prevailing  interest  rates,  and the  interest  rates  payable on
outstanding loans.

      Multi-Family Loans. The Company does not presently originate  multi-family
loans.  The  existing  portfolio,  $231 at  September  30,  1996,  consisted  of
permanent  loans  secured  by  apartments.   Multi-family  loans  are  generally
considered  to have more credit risk than  traditional  single  family  mortgage
loans.

      Construction  Loans.  As of September 30, 1996, the Company had $17,367 of
construction  loans or 10.2% of the Company's total loan portfolio.  The Company
originates  construction loans within its market area for custom homes built for
specific  borrowers.  The Company also originates  construction  loans for homes
being built by professional  builders for which a final retail purchaser has not
yet been identified. Construction financing is generally considered to involve a
higher  degree of risk of loss than  long-term  financing on improved,  occupied
real estate.  Risk of loss on a construction  loan is dependent largely upon the
accuracy  of the initial  estimate  of the  property's  value at  completion  of
construction  or  development  and the estimated  cost  (including  interest) of
construction. During the construction phase, a number of factors could result in
delays and cost  overruns.  If the estimate of  construction  costs proves to be
inaccurate,  the  Company may be  required  to advance  funds  beyond the amount
originally committed to permit completion of the development. If the estimate of
value proves to be inaccurate, the Company may be confronted, at or prior to the
maturity of the loan,  with a project having a sales value which is insufficient
to assure  full  repayment.  Construction  loans  originated  for homes built by
professional  builders for which the ultimate  purchaser has not been identified

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have the increased risk that the builder may be unable to locate a purchaser and
may be unable to continue funding the monthly interest and principal expense.

      Consumer  Loans.  Mid-Continent  views  consumer  lending as an  important
component of its business  operations  because  consumer  loans  generally  have
shorter terms and higher yields,  thus reducing  exposure to changes in interest
rates. In addition,  the Company believes that offering  consumer loans helps to
expand and create stronger ties to its customer base. Consequently,  the Company
intends to increase its consumer lending by marketing consumer loans to existing
and potential customers.  All branches are now able to originate consumer loans.
Regulations permit federally chartered savings  associations to make secured and
unsecured  consumer loans up to 35% of the Company's  assets.  In addition,  the
Company has lending  authority  above the 35% limit for certain  consumer loans,
such as home improvements loans and loans secured by savings accounts.

      Consumer  loans  consist of personal  unsecured  loans,  home  improvement
loans,  automobile loans, mobile home loans, and savings account loans, at fixed
rates. Of these consumer loans, as of September 30, 1996, approximately $305, or
0.2% of the Company's total loan portfolio consisted of mobile home loans. These
mobile home loans were obtained in 1986.  The Company does not originate  mobile
home loans and  expects  that the size of the mobile  home loan  portfolio  will
continue to decline as outstanding  loans are repaid.  As of September 30, 1996,
total consumer loans  aggregated  $4,091,  or 2.39% of the Company's  total loan
portfolio.

      The  underwriting  standards  employed by the Company for  consumer  loans
include a determination of the applicant's payment history on other debts and an
assessment  of  liability  to meet  existing  obligations  and  payments  on the
proposed loan. In addition, the stability of the applicant's monthly income from
primary   employment   is   considered   during   the   underwriting    process.
Creditworthiness  of the  applicant is of primary  consideration;  however,  the
underwriting  process also includes a comparison of the value of the security in
relation to the proposed loan amount.

      Consumer loans entail  greater  credit risk than do  residential  mortgage
loans, particularly in the case of consumer loans which are unsecured or secured
by assets that depreciate rapidly, such as automobiles, mobile homes, boats, and
recreational  vehicles.  In such cases,  repossessed  collateral for a defaulted
consumer  loan  may  not  provide  an  adequate  source  of  repayment  for  the
outstanding  loan and the remaining  deficiency  often does not warrant  further
substantial  collection  efforts  against the borrower.  In particular,  amounts
realizable on the sale of repossessed  automobiles may be significantly  reduced
based  upon the  condition  of the  automobiles  and the lack of demand for used
automobiles.  The Company adds a general  provision  to its  consumer  loan loss
allowance,  based on general  economic  conditions,  prior loss  experience  and
management's periodic evaluation.

      Commercial  Real Estate Loans.  The Company does not  presently  originate
commercial real estate loans. The existing portfolio,  $964, or 0.5% of the loan
portfolio as of  September  30, 1996,  consisted of permanent  loans  secured by
small office buildings, churches and other non-residential buildings. Commercial
real estate secured loans were, in the past,  originated in 

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<PAGE>



amounts up to 80% of the appraised  value of the property.  Such appraised value
was determined by an independent appraiser previously approved by the Company.

      Loans secured by commercial real estate generally involve a greater degree
of risk than  residential  mortgage loans and carry larger loan  balances.  This
increased   credit  risk  is  a  result  of  several   factors,   including  the
concentration  of  principal  in a limited  number of loans and  borrowers,  the
effects of general economic  conditions on income  producing  properties and the
increased  difficulty  of  evaluating  and  monitoring  these  types  of  loans.
Furthermore,  the  repayment  of loans  secured  by  commercial  real  estate is
typically  dependent  upon the  successful  operation of the related real estate
project. If the cash flow from the project is reduced, the borrower's ability to
repay the loan may be impaired. As of September 30, 1996, the largest commercial
real estate loan had a balance of $229 and was performing in accordance with its
terms.

      Loan Solicitation and Processing for Portfolio Loans. The Company's source
of mortgage loan applications is referrals from existing or past customers, real
estate  brokers,  call-in  and  walk-in  customers,  and also as the  result  of
advertising.  The Company has, in the past,  added to its portfolio  some of the
adjustable-rate loans and shorter term fixed-rate loans and, to a lesser extent,
some of the short term balloon  loans  obtained from the  correspondent  network
that the Company uses for its mortgage banking operations.

      All loans are underwritten and approved, or denied, by the loan committee,
including loans obtained through the  correspondent  network.  All single-family
loans approved by the loan committee are ratified by the Board of Directors.

      The Company uses  independent  fee  appraisers on all real estate  related
transactions  that are  originated  in the  branches of the Company and for each
purchased  loan.  Each fee  appraiser  used must be  licensed  and  approved  by
Mid-Continent's  Board  of  Directors.  Each  purchased  loan  is  reviewed  and
underwritten as if Mid-Continent  were originating the loan. It is the Company's
policy to obtain title and fire and casualty  insurance for all mortgage  loans.
If appropriate, flood insurance is also required.

      Loan  Solicitation  and Processing for Mortgage  Banking  Operations.  The
Company solicits fixed- and adjustable-rate  mortgage loans through a network of
approximately  110  correspondents  located  primarily in Kansas and to a lesser
extent in Oklahoma for sale in the secondary mortgage market.

      The Company regularly advises its  correspondents of the rates it will pay
to purchase mortgage loans. All loans are underwritten and approved,  or denied,
by the loan committee. All single family loans are reviewed and approved by both
the loan  committee and the Board of Directors.  The Company issues a commitment
letter by which the Company will extend the offer of a particular rate and terms
for a period of up to 60 days.  The Company's  correspondents,  typically  other
financial institutions, close the loan in the name of the correspondent and sell
the loan to the Company based on the terms previously established for the loan.

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      The Company  generally retains the servicing rights to the loans it sells.
The Company also sells mortgage loans originated through referrals from existing
or past customers,  real estate brokers, call-in and walk-in customers, and also
as the result of advertising.

Origination, Purchase and Sale of Loans

      During the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996, the Registrant originated
$107,713  in loans,  purchased  $183,845  in loans (all  secured by  one-to-four
family  residences),  and sold  $205,290  in loans  (including  $88,413 of loans
securitized primarily through GNMA).

      Loan Sales.  The Company  currently sells most of its fixed-rate  mortgage
loan originations to FNMA, GNMA, FHLMC and private secondary market  purchasers.
The Company does not have  separate  underwriting  policies for loans to be sold
and loans to be retained.  Loans originated for sale are  underwritten  with the
same  standards  used to originate  loans to be retained in the  Company's  loan
portfolio.  The Company pools its FHA and VA loans into GNMA pools that are then
sold.  Mortgage loans are typically  sold with retention of servicing  rights by
the Company but generally without recourse.

      Loan  Commitments.  The Company  issues  written,  formal  commitments  to
prospective borrowers on all real estate approved loans. The commitment requires
acceptance within 60 days of the date of issuance. As of September 30, 1996, the
Company had $63,743 of commitments to originate  mortgage loans. The Company has
commitments to sell, with servicing rights retained,  $28,345 of these loans and
the intent to add $16,513 of these loans to its  investment in loans  receivable
to be held to maturity.

      Loan  Processing  and Servicing  Fees.  In addition to interest  earned on
loans, the Company  recognized fees and service charges which consist  primarily
of fees on loans serviced for others.  The Company recognized net loan servicing
fees of $1,790,  $3,102, and $3,128,  before operating  expenses,  for the years
ended  September 30, 1994,  1995,  and 1996,  respectively.  As of September 30,
1996, loans serviced for others totalled approximately  $1,229,153.  The Company
has a strategy in place to expand the amount of loans serviced for others.  This
strategy  requires the increase in both loans originated by the Company and sold
into the  secondary  market with  servicing  retained as well as the purchase of
loans  originated  out of Kansas for the purpose of resale with retention of the
servicing rights.

      Loans to One  Borrower.  Regulations  limit  loans to one  borrower  in an
amount  equal to (i) 15% of  unimpaired  capital  and  retained  earnings  on an
unsecured basis and an additional amount equal to 10% of unimpaired  capital and
retained  earnings  if the loan is  secured  by  readily  marketable  collateral
(generally,  financial instruments,  not real estate) or (ii) $500, whichever is
higher.  The Company's  maximum  loan-to-one  borrower  limit was  approximately
$4,774 as of September 30, 1996.

      As of September 30, 1996,  the Company's  largest  aggregation of loans to
one  borrower  was  two  loans  secured  by 62  one-to-four  family  residences,
originated  prior to August  1989 in the  amount of $3,039  having a balance  of
$3,666 as of September 30, 1996.  These loans are

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secured by  non-owner  occupied  one-to-four  family  units  located in Wichita,
Kansas and were  performing in  accordance  with their terms as of September 30,
1996.  They were  restructured  during  October  1994. No provision for loss was
considered  necessary,  based  on the  restructured  terms  and the  cash  flows
expected to be generated by the underlying collateral.

      Loan Delinquencies.  The Company's collection procedures provide that when
a mortgage loan is 16 days past due, a computer  printed  delinquency  notice is
sent and borrowers are contacted by telephone to discuss the delinquency. If the
loan  continues  in a  delinquent  status  for 90 days or  more,  the  Board  of
Directors  of the Company  generally  approves  the  initiation  of  foreclosure
proceedings unless other repayment  arrangements are made. Collection procedures
for non-mortgage loans generally begin after a loan is ten days delinquent.

      Loans are  reviewed  on a  regular  basis  and are  generally  placed on a
non-accrual status when the loan becomes more than 90 days delinquent or, in the
opinion of  management,  the  collection  of  additional  interest is  doubtful.
Interest  accrued and unpaid at the time a loan is placed on non-accrual  status
is charged against interest income. Subsequent payments, if any, are recorded as
interest income.

      Real estate  acquired by the  Company as a result of  foreclosure  or by a
deed in lieu of foreclosure  is classified as foreclosed  real estate until such
time as it is sold. When  foreclosed real estate is acquired,  it is recorded at
fair value as of the date of  foreclosure  or transfer less  estimated  disposal
costs. It is  subsequently  carried at the lower of the new basis (fair value at
foreclosure  or transfer) or fair value.  As of September 30, 1996,  the Company
had no loans  that were  considered  troubled  debt  restructurings  within  the
meaning of SFAS No. 15.


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Non-Performing Assets

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            At September 30,
                                                          1992        1993         1994        1995        1996
                                                          ----        ----         ----        ----        ----
                                                                          (Dollars In Thousands)
Loans accounted for on a non-accrual basis:
Mortgage loans:
   Permanent loans secured by one-to-four            
<S>                                                      <C>           <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>  
    family dwelling units                                  $945        $ 45        $ 125       $ 368       $ 445
   All other mortgage loans                                  24           0            0           0           0
Non-mortgage loans:
   Consumer                                                  32           0            0          24          39 
                                                         ------        ----        -----       -----       ----- 
Total                                                    $1,001        $ 45        $ 125       $ 392       $ 484 
                                                         ======        ====        =====       =====       ===== 

Accruing loans which are contractually past
 due 90 days or more                                         $0        $  0        $   0       $   0       $   0
Total non-accrual and accrual loans                       1,001          45          125         392         484
REO                                                       1,237         837           46         187          28
                                                         ------        ----        -----       -----       ----- 
Total non-performing assets                              $2,238        $882        $ 171       $ 579       $ 512 
                                                         ======        ====        =====       =====       ===== 
Total non-accrual loans to net loans                       1.27%       0.08%        0.12%       0.31%       0.28%
Total non-accrual loans to total assets                    0.53%       0.03%        0.06%       0.14%       0.14%
Total non-performing assets to total assets                1.18%       0.52%        0.08%       0.21%       0.15%
                                                         ======        ====        =====       =====       ===== 

</TABLE>

      Accrued interest on non-performing loans for the years ended September 30,
1995 and 1996 totalled approximately $31 and $45.

      Classified Assets. OTS regulations provide for a classification system for
problem assets of insured  institutions  that covers all problem  assets.  Under
this  classification   system,   problem  assets  of  insured  institutions  are
classified  as  "substandard,"  "doubtful,"  or "loss."  An asset is  considered
"substandard"  if it is  inadequately  protected  by the  current  net worth and
paying  capacity  of  the  obligor  or  of  the  collateral   pledged,  if  any.
"Substandard"  assets include those characterized by the "distinct  possibility"
that the insured  institution  will sustain "some loss" if the  deficiencies are
not  corrected.  Assets  classified  as  "doubtful"  have all of the  weaknesses
inherent in those classified  "substandard," with the added  characteristic that
the weaknesses present make "collection or liquidation in full," on the basis of
currently  existing  facts,  conditions  and values,  "highly  questionable  and
improbable."  Assets  classified as "loss" are those considered  "uncollectible"
and  of  such  little  value  that  their  continuance  as  assets  without  the
establishment  of a specific loss reserve is not  warranted.  Assets  designated
"special  mention" by management are assets  included on the Company's  internal
watchlist  because of  potential  weakness  but which do not  currently  warrant
classification in one of the aforementioned categories.

      When  an  insured   institution   classified   problem  assets  as  either
substandard or doubtful,  it may establish general allowances for loan losses in
an amount  deemed  prudent by  management.  General  allowances  represent  loss
allowances which have been established to recognize the 

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inherent risk associated  with lending  activities,  but which,  unlike specific
allowances,  have not been  allocated  to  particular  problem  assets.  When an
insured  institution  classifies problem assets as "loss," it is required either
to  establish a specific  allowance  for losses equal to 100% of that portion of
the  asset  so  classified  or to  charge  off  such  amount.  An  institution's
determination  as to the  classification  of its  assets  and the  amount of its
valuation  allowances  is  subject  to  review  by the OTS,  which may order the
establishment of additional  general or specific loss  allowances.  A portion of
general loss  allowances  established to cover possible losses related to assets
classified  as  substandard  or  doubtful  may be  included  in  determining  an
institution's  regulatory capital,  while specific valuation allowances for loan
losses  generally do not qualify as  regulatory  capital.  At September 30, 1996
that Company had a general  loss  allowance  for loans and REO of $455.  

                                                At September 30,
                                                      1996
                                                -----------------
                                                 (In Thousands)
Special Mention                                         0
Substandard                                           389
Doubtful assets                                         0
Loss assets                                             0
General loss allowance                                455
Specific loss allowance                                 0
Charge-offs, net                                      112


     REO.  Real  estate  owned  or  acquired  by  the  Company  as a  result  of
foreclosure,  judgment or by a deed in lieu of foreclosure is classified as real
estate owed until it is sold.  When  property is acquired it is recorded at fair
value as of the date of foreclosure or transfer less estimated  disposal  costs.
It is  subsequently  carried  at the  lower  of the new  basis  (fair  value  at
foreclosure or transfer) or fair value.

     The  Company  held REO with a net balance of $28 as of  September  30, 1996
consisting of 2 one-to-four family dwellings with a carrying value totaling $62.
An allowance for loss of $34 is carried on real estate owned.  See Note 9 to the
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

      Allowance for Loan and Real Estate Losses.  It is  management's  policy to
provide for losses on  unidentified  loans in its loan  portfolio and foreclosed
real  estate.  A  provision  for loan losses is charged to  operations  based on
management's  evaluation  of the  potential  losses  that may be incurred in the
Company's loan portfolio. Such evaluation,  which includes a review of all loans
of which full  collectibility  of interest and  principal  may not be reasonably
assured,  considers,  among other matters, the estimated net realizable value of
the underlying collateral.  During the years ended September 30, 1994, 1995, and
1996, the Company charged $6, $224, and $75, respectively,  to the provision for
loan losses and $59, $81, and $18, respectively,  to the provision for losses on
REO or in judgment and other repossessed assets.

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      Management  will continue to review the entire loan portfolio to determine
the extent,  if any, to which further  additional  loss provisions may be deemed
necessary.  There can be no  assurance  that the  allowance  for losses  will be
adequate  to cover  losses  which may in fact be realized in the future and that
additional provisions for losses will not be required.





















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The  distribution of the Company's  allowance for losses on loans is shown below
at the dates indicated:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                 At September 30,
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 1992                1993                 1994                  1995                  1996
                          --------------------  -------------------  -------------------  --------------------  --------------------

                                   Percent of           Percent of           Percent of            Percent of            Percent of
                                    Loans in             Loans in             Loans in              Loans in              Loans in
                                      Each                 Each                 Each                  Each                  Each
                                   Category to          Category to          Category to           Category to           Category to
                          Amount   Total Loans  Amount  Total Loans  Amount  Total Loans  Amount   Total Loans  Amount   Total Loans
                          ------   -----------  ------  -----------  ------  -----------  ------   -----------  ------   -----------

<S>                        <C>      <C>         <C>       <C>        <C>      <C>         <C>        <C>         <C>       <C>   
Residential real estate    $231      92.72%     $307       92.13%    $226      95.98%     $369        96.49%     $351       97.06%
Commercial real estate       22       2.82%       18        3.19%      13       0.90%       10        0.98%        10        0.55%
Consumer                     30       4.46%       21        4.68%      36       3.12%       44        2.53%        60        2.39%
                           ----      -----      ----       -----     ----      -----      ----        -----      ----       ----- 

Total                      $283     100.00%     $346      100.00%    $275     100.00%     $423       100.00%     $421      100.00%
                           ====     ======      ====      ======     ====     ======      ====       ======      ====      ====== 


</TABLE>








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Analysis of the Allowance for Loan Losses

      The following table sets forth  information  with respect to the Company's
allowance for loan losses at the dates indicated:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             At September 30,
                                                         ------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           1992        1993         1994         1995         1996
                                                           ----        ----         ----         ----         ----
                                                                          (Dollars in Thousands)
<S>                                                      <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>      
Total loans outstanding, net                             $ 78,531    $ 56,623     $102,243     $124,796     $171,158 
                                                         ========    ========     ========     ========     ======== 
Average loans outstanding                                  95,453      65,959       63,751      119,247      134,013 
                                                         ========    ========     ========     ========     ======== 

Allowance balances (at beginning of period)                   274         283          346          275          423
Provision for loan losses                                      83         154            6          224           75
Net charge-offs:
   Residential                                                (59)        (62)         (65)         (56)         (58)
   Consumer                                                   (15)        (29)         (12)         (20)         (19)
                                                         --------    --------     --------     --------     --------
Allowance balance (at end of period)                     $    283    $    346     $    275     $    423     $    421 
                                                         ========    ========     ========     ========     ======== 
Allowance for loan losses as a percent of total
 outstanding loans                                           0.36%       0.61%        0.27%        0.34%        0.25%
Net loans charged off as a percent of average
 loans outstanding                                           0.08%       0.14%        0.12%        0.06%        0.06%

</TABLE>


Analysis of the Allowance for REO


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                        At September 30,
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      1995         1993       1994        1995         1996
                                                      ----         ----       ----        ----         ----
                                                                    (Dollars in Thousands)
<S>                                                <C>           <C>        <C>         <C>         <C>      
Total REO, net                                     $   1,237     $   837    $    46     $   187     $      28 
                                                   =========     =======    =======     =======     ========= 

Allowance balance (at beginning of period)                77          36         25          16            51
Provision for loss                                        62          29         59          81            18
Net charge-offs                                         (103)        (40)       (68)        (46)          (35)
                                                   ---------     -------    -------     -------     -------- 
Allowance balance (at end of period)               $      36     $    25    $    16     $    51     $      34 
                                                   =========     =======    =======     =======     ========= 
Allowance for loss on REO to net REO                    2.91%       2.99%     34.78%      27.27%       121.43%

</TABLE>




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Loan Servicing

      General.  The Company's loan servicing portfolio  represents a substantial
asset which, in the opinion of management, is expected to generate a significant
source of fee income.  As of  September  30,  1996,  the  Company was  servicing
approximately  $1,229,153 of loans for others.  The portfolio of mortgage  loans
serviced for others at September  30, 1996  consisted  of  approximately  22,000
loans  with an  average  balance of  approximately  $55 and a  weighted  average
service fee of  approximately  0.387% per annum.  Since 1988, the loan servicing
portfolio has been  increasing and the Company  expects that it will continue to
increase.  In management's view, the loan servicing  portfolio also acts to some
degree  as a hedge  for the  lending  and  mortgage  banking  components  of the
Company's business.

      The Company receives fees from a variety of institutional  mortgage owners
in return for  performing  the  traditional  services of  collecting  individual
payments and managing the loan  portfolio.  Loan servicing  includes  processing
payments, accounting for loan funds and collecting and paying real estate taxes,
hazard  insurance  and  other   loan-related  items  such  as  private  mortgage
insurance.  When the Company receives the gross mortgage payment from individual
borrowers,  it remits to the investor in the mortgage a predetermined net amount
based on the yield on that mortgage.  The  difference  between the coupon on the
underlying mortgage and the predetermined net amount paid to the investor is the
gross loan servicing fee. In addition,  the Company  retains  certain amounts in
escrow for the  benefit of the lender for which the  Company  incurs no interest
expense but is able to lend. As of September 30, 1996,  the Company held $16,917
in borrower escrow and principal and interest payments related to loans serviced
for others.  These amounts are  categorized as deposits for financial  reporting
purposes.

      Loan Servicing Portfolio. The loan servicing portfolio as of September 30,
1996 was composed  primarily of GNMA mortgage loan (71.2%),  FNMA mortgage loans
(9.4%),  and FHLMC  mortgage  loans  (18.8%).  The balance of the loan servicing
portfolio as of September 30, 1996  consisted of loans serviced for a variety of
private  investors.  The loans serviced for others are predominantly  secured by
property  located in Kansas.  As of  September  30,  1996,  the  portfolio  also
included  loans secured by property  located  primarily in Oklahoma,  Louisiana,
Michigan and Illinois.

      As a result of the increase in the size of the portfolio of loans serviced
for others,  gross loan  servicing  fees have increased from $1,261 for the year
ended September 30, 1991 to $4,779 for the year ended September 30, 1996.

      As part of its  responsibilities for various investors in VA-guaranteed or
FHA-insured  mortgage  loans,  the Company is required to advance  interest  and
certain  other  costs on those  loans when the  mortgagor  is  delinquent.  This
requirement  continues until the Company pays the remaining  principal amount of
the loan to the investor and forecloses upon the loan. The Company  subsequently
files  with  either  the VA or FHA a claim  for the  amount  of loan  principal,
advanced interest and other costs incurred.

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<PAGE>

      When a claim is filed  with the VA,  the VA  either  (i) pays the claim in
full and takes title to the foreclosed  property (in which case the Company does
not suffer a loss) or (ii)  exercises  its option to pay to the Company only the
mortgage  guarantee  amount up to a maximum of 50% of the loan  amount (in which
case the Company must rely upon the sale of the  foreclosed  property to recover
the balance of its claim).  The VA typically  exercises  this latter option when
the value of the property plus the guarantee is less than the carrying amount of
the loan. To the extent that the guarantee, insurance, and the amounts generated
from foreclosure proceedings are insufficient to retire the indebtedness on such
loans, a loss will be incurred.

      When a claim is filed  with the FHA,  the  Company is  reimbursed  for its
advances of interest on the loan at the debenture interest rate in effect on the
date that the loan was originated; in addition, the interest starts to accrue on
the  61st  day  after  the  date of  default  at the  debenture  interest  rate.
Furthermore,  if an  originated  loan does not conform to the loan  underwriting
standards  of the  acquiror,  the acquiror has a right to require the Company to
repurchase such loans.

      Included in other assets as of September  30, 1996,  were $1,995 in claims
receivable from the FHA or VA for insured or guaranteed  mortgage  loans.  These
receivables are carried at the lower of cost or net realizable value.

      Mortgage  Servicing Rights ("MSRs").  The cost of MSRs are capitalized and
amortized in  proportion  to, and over the period of, the  estimated  future net
servicing  income.  As of September  30,  1996,  MSRs were carried at a value of
$12,496 by the Company.  MSRs  generally are  adversely  affected by current and
anticipated prepayments resulting from decreasing interest rates.

      The purchase of loan servicing  rights by the Company  involves a detailed
analysis of the mortgage  portfolio  being offered for sale.  When a request for
bids is received,  the Company  evaluates the pertinent  information,  including
types of loans,  escrow  balances,  delinquency  rate,  weighted average coupon,
weighted average maturity,  foreclosure  rates, and average principal balance on
the servicing,  to determine the appropriate  purchase price. A bid,  subject to
due diligence,  is then submitted.  After a bid is accepted, the Company reviews
all  aspects of the loans to assure that the  portfolio  is as  represented  and
reserves the right to withdraw the bid if the portfolio is found to be different
from  what  was  represented.   The  Company  receives  seller   warranties  and
representations  regarding the adequacy of prior loan servicing and  origination
procedures.

            Originated  Mortgage  Servicing  Rights.  In May 1995, the Financial
Accounting  Standards  Board ("FASB") issued  Statement of Financial  Accounting
Standards ("SFAS") No. 122, Accounting for Mortgage Servicing Rights,  effective
for  fiscal  years  beginning  after  December  15,  1995  with  early  adoption
encouraged in fiscal years for which financial  statements have not been issued.
This Statement  requires the recognition of mortgage servicing rights related to
mortgage loans acquired through origination  activities of the Savings Bank. The
originated  mortgage  servicing  rights  are  recorded  at cost  based  upon the
relative fair values of the loans and the servicing  rights.  Servicing  release
fees paid on comparable  loans and  discounted  

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<PAGE>

cash flows are used to  determine  estimates  of fair  values.  The Savings Bank
capitalized  originated mortgage servicing rights of $322 in 1995 related to the
early  adoption of SFAS No. 122 which  effect is included in the gain on sale of
loans, net, to the extent such originated loans were sold prior to September 30,
1995.  These  rights  are  amortized  in  proportion  to and over the  period of
expected net servicing income.

      Purchased Mortgage  Servicing Rights.  Purchased mortgage servicing rights
are acquired from  independent  third-party  originators and are recorded at the
lower of cost or fair value.  Prior to the  adoption of SFAS No. 122, the excess
of the sale  consideration  received for purchased loans over the recorded basis
of those  loans was offset  against  the cost of the  mortgage  servicing  right
instead of being  recorded  as income.  As the Savings  Bank has  elected  early
adoption of SFAS No. 122, no gains on the sale of loans were offset  against the
cost of the mortgage servicing rights in 1995. The offset was $714 in 1994. Such
rights  are  amortized  in  proportion  to and over the period of  expected  net
servicing income.

      Impairment  Evaluation.  The Savings Bank  evaluates the carrying value of
capitalized  mortgage  servicing  rights  on a  periodic  basis  based  on their
estimated  fair value.  For purposes of evaluating  and measuring  impairment of
capitalized  servicing rights, in accordance with SFAS No. 122, the Savings Bank
stratifies  the rights  based on their  predominant  risk  characteristics.  The
significant risk  characteristics  considered by the Savings Bank are loan type,
period or origination  and stated  interest  rate. If the fair value  estimated,
using a discounted cash flow  methodology,  is less than the carrying amount for
the  portfolio,  the  portfolio is written down to the amount of the  discounted
expected cash flows utilizing a valuation  allowance.  The Savings Bank utilizes
consensus  market  prepayment  assumptions  and  discount  rates to evaluate its
capitalized  servicing  rights as of September 30, 1996 which considers the risk
characteristics  of the underlying  servicing rights.  For the years ended 1994,
1995 and 1996, there were no write downs or valuation allowances established for
capitalized servicing.

      Sale of Mortgage  Servicing  Rights.  The Savings Bank recognizes gains on
sales of mortgage  servicing rights when a legal closing of the sale occurs with
title passing to the buyer. In addition,  all  significant  risks and rewards of
ownership  have  transferred  to the buyer,  including  risks related to default
prepayment  (including no uncapped risks related to defaults or prepayments) and
there are no significant unresolved  contingencies.  The Savings Bank defers the
gain on sale of servicing until these conditions are met.

      The following  table sets forth the loan  servicing fees of the Company as
well as such fees as a percentage of net interest  income of the Company  during
the periods indicated.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                             Year Ended September 30,
                                             ------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 1992       1993        1994        1995         1996
                                                 ----       ----        ----        ----         ----
                                                              (Dollars in Thousands)
Loan servicing fees, net of MSR
<S>                                          <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>          <C>      
  amortization                               $     837   $   1,125   $   1,789   $   3,102    $   3,128
Net interest income                          $   4,526   $   5,509   $   5,605   $   7,221    $   7,905
Loan servicing fees as a percentage
  of net interest income                          18.5%       20.4%       31.9%       43.0%        39.6%

</TABLE>


      The following  tables sets forth the composition of the portfolio of loans
serviced for others as of September 30, 1996.

                                    Unpaid principal balance
                                    ------------------------
                                        (In Thousands)
                  GNMA                     $875,381
                  FNMA                      115,492
                  FHLMC                     231,515
                  Other(1)                    6,765
                                          ---------
                                         $1,229,153

- --------------------
(1)  Includes   private    investors,    other   financial    institutions   and
     municipalities.

Interest Bearing Accounts Held at Other Financial Institutions

      As of  September  30, 1996,  the Company  held $3,924 in  interest-bearing
deposits in other financial  institutions,  principally with the FHLB of Topeka.
The Company maintains these accounts in order to maintain  liquidity and improve
the interest-rate sensitivity of its assets.

Investment Activities

      Mid-Continent is required under federal  regulations to maintain a minimum
amount of liquid assets which may be invested in specified short-term securities
and certain other investments.  The Company has generally maintained a liquidity
portfolio  well in excess of regulatory  requirements.  Liquidity  levels may be
increased or decreased depending upon the yields on investment  alternatives and
upon management's judgment as to the attractiveness of the yields then available
in relation to other  opportunities  and its expectation of future yield levels,
as well as management's  projections as to the short-term demand for funds to be
used in the Company's loan origination and other activities. As of September 30,
1996,  the  Company  had  an  investment  portfolio  of  approximately  $90,562,
consisting  primarily  of U.S.  Government  agency  obligations,  U.S.  Treasury
securities, and FHLB stock as permitted by the OTS regulations.  The Company has
found its level of  investment  securities  has  increased  in recent years as a
result  of   increased   interest   rates.   Mid-Continent   has   invested   in
mortgage-related securities to offset any excess liquidity;  principally in FNMA
ARMs and FHLMC ARMs. The Company  anticipates  having the ability to fund all of
its  investing  activities  from  funds  held on  

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deposit at FHLB of Topeka.  Mid-Continent  will  continue  to seek high  quality
investments with short to intermediate  maturities and duration from one to five
years.

Investment Portfolio

      The  following  table sets  forth the  carrying  value of the  Company's
investment securities portfolio,  short-term  investments,  FHLB stock, at the
dates  indicated.  As of September 30, 1996, the market value of the Company's
total investment securities portfolio was $88,154.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       At September 30,
                                       ----------------------------------------------
                                          1993         1994        1995        1996
                                          ----         ----        ----        ---- 
                                                      (In Thousands)

Investment Securities:
<S>                                     <C>          <C>         <C>         <C>     
   U.S. Government Securities           $  1,126     $  1,222    $  1,326    $  1,438
   U.S. Agency Securities                 11,812       20,946      52,917      84,797
   FHLB Stock                              2,206        2,206       2,206       4,327 
                                          ------       ------      ------      ------
      Total Investment Securities       $ 15,144     $ 24,374    $ 56,449    $ 90,562 
                                        ========     ========    ========    ======== 

</TABLE>


      On June 1, 1989, the OTS issued a rule to clarify the  application of GAAP
to  securities  held for  investment,  sale  and/or  trading by insured  savings
associations.  The rule  requires  an  insured  savings  association's  board of
directors  to  document  and  monitor  its  investment  policy  and  strategies,
discusses the appropriate  documentation of investment  decisions of the insured
savings  association's  board  of  directors,   summarizes  GAAP  applicable  to
securities held for investment,  sale and/or trading, and offers guidance on the
application of GAAP by insured  savings  associations  in determining  whether a
security  should be  accounted  for as a security  held as an  investment,  as a
security held for sale or as a security held for trading.

      In May  1993,  the  FASB  issued  SFAS No.  115,  Accounting  for  Certain
Investments  in  Debt  and  Equity  Securities.  This  statement  addresses  the
accounting  and reporting  treatment for certain  investments in debt and equity
securities by requiring such  investments to be classified in  held-to-maturity,
available-for-sale    or   trading   categories.    Securities   classified   as
held-to-maturity   would  be  carried  at  amortized  cost,   available-for-sale
securities would be carried at market with unrealized gains (losses) included in
equity and trading  securities  would be carried at market with unrealized gains
(losses)  included in operations.  The Company  adopted this standard  effective
October 1, 1994.  The  adoption of this  Standard did not have any impact on the
Company's  financial  position or results of  operations  as it is  management's
intent to hold all investment securities to maturity.

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<PAGE>


Investment Portfolio Maturities

      The following table sets forth certain information  regarding the carrying
values,  weighted  average  yields and  maturities of the  Company's  investment
securities portfolio as of September 30, 1996.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                   As of September 30, 1996
                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        One Year or Less One to Five Years  Five to Ten Years   More than Ten Years  Total Investment Securities
                       ----------------- -----------------  ------------------  --------------------  --------------------------
                       Carrying  Average Carrying  Average  Carrying   Average  Carrying     Average  Carrying  Average   Market
                        Value     Yield    Value    Yield     Value     Yield    Value        Yield     Value    Yield    Value
                       --------  ------- --------  -------  --------   -------  --------     -------  --------  -------   ------
                                                                              (Dollars in Thousands)
<S>                     <C>       <C>     <C>       <C>     <C>         <C>     <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>       <C>     
Investment Securities:
   U.S. Government 
    Obligations                          $ 1,341     8.56%                       $    97    11.47%     $ 1,438    8.76%      1,415
   U.S. Agency
    Obligations         $2,000    6.18%   11,991     5.01%  $17,500     7.05%     53,306     7.71%      84,797    7.16%     82,412
   FHLB Stock                                                                      4,327     6.50%       4,327    6.50%      4,327
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      Total             $2,000    6.18%  %13,332     5.37%  $17,500     7.05%     57,730     7.71%     $90,562    7.18%   $ 88,154
                        ===========================================================================================================
</TABLE>







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Mortgage-Related Securities

      The Company has a substantial  investment in residential  mortgage-related
securities.  Although such securities are held for investment, they can serve as
collateral for borrowings and, through repayments,  as a source of liquidity. As
of  September  30,  1996,  the  carrying  value of  mortgage-related  securities
totalled $34,383,  or 10.1% of total assets. The market value of such securities
totalled  approximately  $34,366 as of September  30, 1996.  As of September 30,
1996,  $14,296 in  mortgage-related  securities  were pledged as collateral  for
public funds.

      The  mortgage-related  securities  portfolio  as  of  September  30,  1996
consisted  primarily  of fixed and  adjustable  rate pass  through  certificates
issued by GNMA ($11,194),  fixed and adjustable pass through certificates issued
by FHLMC ($18,072), and fixed and adjustable pass through certificates issued by
FNMA ($2,981).  To a lesser extent, the  mortgage-related  securities  portfolio
also  contains  pass  through  certificates  issued  by the  Mortgage  Guarantee
Insurance Corporation ("MGIC").

      Mortgage-related  securities represent a participation  interest in a pool
of single-family or multi-family mortgages,  the principal and interest payments
on which  are  passed  from the  mortgage  originators,  through  intermediaries
(generally   quasi-governmental   agencies)   that   pool  and   repackage   the
participation  interests in the form of  securities,  to  investors  such as the
Company.  Such  quasi-governmental  agencies,  which  guarantee  the  payment of
principal and interest to investors, primarily include FHLMC, FNMA and GNMA.

      FHLMC is a  corporation  chartered by the United  States  Government  that
issues  participation  certificates backed principally by conventional  mortgage
loans.  FHLMC  guarantees the timely payment of interest and the ultimate return
of principal.  FHLMC  securities  are indirect  obligations of the United States
Government.  FNMA is a private corporation  chartered by Congress with a mandate
to establish a secondary market for conventional mortgage loans. FNMA guarantees
the timely payment of principal and interest,  and FNMA  securities are indirect
obligations of the United States  Government.  GNMA is a government  agency with
HUD which is intended to help finance government assisted housing programs. GNMA
guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest, and GNMA securities are
backed by the full  faith and  credit of the  United  States  Government.  Since
FHLMC,  FNMA  and  GNMA  were  established  to  provide  support  for  low-  and
middle-income  housing,  there are  limits  to the  maximum  size of loans  that
qualify for these programs.  To accommodate  larger-sized loans, and loans that,
for other reasons,  do not conform to the agency  programs,  a number of private
institutions have established their own home-loan origination and securitization
programs.

      Mortgage-related  securities  typically  are issued with stated  principal
amounts,  and the  securities  are backed by pools of mortgages  that have loans
with  interest  rates that are within a range and have varying  maturities.  The
underlying pool of mortgages can be composed of either  fixed-rate  mortgages or
ARMs.   Mortgage-related  securities  are  generally  referred  to  as  mortgage
participation  certificates  or  pass-through  certificates.  As a  result,  the
interest rate risk  characteristics  of the underlying pool of mortgages,  i.e.,
fixed-rate or adjustable-rate,  as well as prepayment risk, are passed on to the
certificate  holder.  The life of a  mortgage-related  pass-

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through   security   is  equal  to  the  life  of  the   underlying   mortgages.
Mortgage-related securities issued by FHLMC, FNMA, and GNMA make up the majority
of the pass-through market.

      In a declining  interest  rate  environment,  the  Company may  experience
significant  prepayments  on both  fixed- and  adjustable-rate  mortgage-related
securities. In such an environment or in an environment where interest rates are
perceived  to be low, the Company may not be able to reinvest the cash flow from
these securities into comparable yielding investments.

      The  following  table  sets  forth  the  carrying  value of the  Company's
mortgage-related securities portfolio at the dates indicated.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                         At September 30,
                                         ----------------------------------------------
                                            1993        1994         1995        1996
                                            ----        ----         ----        ----

Held for Investment:
<S>                                      <C>         <C>          <C>         <C>      
   FNMA-ARMs                             $   5,424   $   3,391    $   2,990   $   2,616
   FHLMC-ARMs                                8,268       8,293        6,786       6,219
   GNMA-ARMs                                     -       6,020        5,729       5,043
   FHLMC-fixed rate                         12,705      15,256       13,835      11,853
   FNMA-fixed rate                           1,279         585          459         365
   GNMA-fixed rate                          10,494       8,086        7,293       6,151
   MGIC                                      4,686       3,399        2,912       2,136 
                                          --------    --------     --------    --------
Total mortgage-related securities         $ 42,856    $ 45,030     $ 40,004    $ 34,383 
                                          ========    ========     ========    ======== 
</TABLE>


Subsidiary Activities

      Mid-Continent is permitted to invest up to 2% of its assets in the capital
stock of, or secured or unsecured  loans to,  subsidiary  corporations,  with an
additional  investment  of 1% of  assets  when  such  additional  investment  is
utilized primarily for community development purposes. As of September 30, 1996,
the net book value of the Company's total investment in its service  corporation
was $129.

      The  Bank  has  one  subsidiary,   Laredo   Investment,   Inc.  which  was
incorporated  in the State of Kansas and is engaged in the sale of tax  deferred
annuities through Mid-Continent's branch offices. Insurance commissions from the
sale of tax  deferred  annuities  amounted  to $57 and $3 for  the  years  ended
September 30, 1995 and 1996, respectively.

Sources of Funds

      General.  Deposits are the major source of the Company's funds for lending
and other investment purposes. Mid-Continent derives funds from amortization and
prepayment of loans and  mortgage-related  securities,  maturities of investment
securities and operations.  Scheduled loan principal repayments are a relatively
stable source of funds,  while deposit inflows and 

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outflows and loan prepayments are  significantly  influenced by general interest
rates and market conditions.  Mid-Continent  utilizes FHLB advances. The Company
does not use brokered deposits.

      Deposits.  Consumer  deposits are  attracted  principally  from within the
Company's  primary  market area  through the  offering of a broad  selection  of
deposit instruments including checking,  statement savings, money market deposit
and term  certificate  accounts  (including  negotiated  jumbo  certificates  in
denominations of $100,000 or more) and retirement account funds. Deposit account
terms vary according to the minimum balance required,  the time period the funds
must remain on deposit, and the interest rate, among other factors.

      The Company intends to continue to aggressively seek new checking accounts
and other related products and services by utilizing  automated teller machines,
direct  mail,  gifts,  and  in-branch  promotions  in an effort to increase  fee
income.  In April 1993, the Company  introduced a totally-free  checking account
program which has been successful in attracting new checking accounts.

      NOW  accounts,  money  market  accounts,   regular  savings  accounts  and
custodial  accounts  constituted  $57,862,  or  26.9% of the  Company's  deposit
portfolio as of September 30, 1996. Certificates of deposit constituted $99,480,
or 46.4% of the deposit portfolio, excluding Jumbo certificates of deposit, with
principal  amounts of $100,000 or more, which constituted  $57,151,  or 26.6% of
the deposit portfolio, as of September 30, 1996.

Jumbo Certificates of Deposit

      The following table  indicates the amount of the Company's  certificates
of  deposit  of  $100,000  or more  by time  remaining  until  maturity  as of
September 30, 1996.

                  Certificates of Deposits
                  ------------------------
                                         September 30,
                                             1996
                                             ----
Maturity Period
Within three months                    $        40,636
Over three through six months                    3,601
Over six through twelve months                   4,168
Over twelve months                               8,746 
                                                ------
   Total                               $        57,151 
                                                ====== 


      To  supplement  lending  activities  in periods of deposit  growth  and/or
declining  loan  demand,   Mid-Continent   has  increased  its   investments  in
residential  mortgage-related  securities  during  recent  years.  Although such
securities are held for investment,  they can serve as collateral for borrowings
and,  through  repayments,  as a source of liquidity.  As of September 30, 1996,
$41,371 in investment mortgage-related securities were pledged as collateral for
public funds.

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Borrowings

      Deposits  are the  primary  source of funds of the  Company's  lending and
investment  activities and for its general  business  purposes.  The Company has
obtained  advances from the FHLB of Topeka to supplement  its supply of lendable
funds.  Advances from the FHLB of Topeka have typically been secured by a pledge
of the  Company's  stock in the FHLB of Topeka  and a portion  of the  Company's
first mortgage loans and certain other assets. The Company,  if the need arises,
may also access the Federal  Reserve  Bank  discount  window to  supplement  its
supply of lendable  funds and to meet  deposit  withdrawal  requirements.  As of
September 30, 1996,  Mid-Continent had $81,700 in advances  outstanding from the
FHLB of Topeka.  The Savings  Bank has entered into a  line-of-credit  agreement
with the FHLB of Topeka  wherein  the  Savings  Bank can  borrow  up to  $54,400
subject to certain  limitations.  As of September  30,  1996,  there was $15,700
outstanding relative to this agreement. The agreement expires December 27, 1996.

Personnel

      As of September  30, 1996,  the Company had 140 full-time and 20 part-time
employees.  None of the  Company's  employees  are  represented  by a collective
bargaining group.

Competition

      The  Company  encounters  strong  competition  both in the  attraction  of
deposits and  origination  of loans.  Competition  comes  primarily from savings
institutions,  commercial banks and credit unions that operate in counties where
Mid-Continent's  offices are located.  The Company competes for savings accounts
by offering depositors  competitive  interest rates and a high level of personal
service. The Company competes for loans primarily through the interest rates and
loan fees it charges  and the  efficiency  and  quality of  services it provides
borrowers, real estate brokers, and contractors.

Regulation

      Set forth below is a brief description of certain laws which relate to the
regulation of the Company.  The description  does not purport to be complete and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to  applicable  laws and  regulations.
Unless otherwise indicated, this section discusses regulations that apply to the
Company indirectly through their direct application to the Savings Bank.

      General. As a federally chartered,  FDIC-insured savings association,  the
Savings Bank is subject to extensive regulation by the OTS and the FDIC. Lending
activities and other  investments must comply with various federal statutory and
regulatory  requirements.  The Savings Bank is also  subject to certain  reserve
requirements promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(the "Federal Reserve Board").

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      The OTS, in conjunction with the FDIC, regularly examines the Savings Bank
and  prepares  reports  for the  consideration  of the Savings  Bank's  Board of
Directors on any deficiencies  that they find in the Savings Bank's  operations.
The Savings  Bank's  relationship  with its  depositors  and  borrowers  is also
regulated to a great extent by federal  law,  especially  in such matters as the
ownership  of savings  accounts  and the form and content of the Savings  Bank's
mortgage documents.

      The Savings Bank must file  reports  with the OTS and the FDIC  concerning
its  activities  and financial  condition,  in addition to obtaining  regulatory
approvals  prior to entering into certain  transactions  such as mergers with or
acquisitions  of other savings  institutions.  This  regulation and  supervision
establishes a comprehensive  framework of activities in which an institution can
engage and is intended  primarily for the protection of the FDIC and depositors.
The  regulatory  structure  also  gives  the  regulatory  authorities  extensive
discretion in connection with their  supervisory and enforcement  activities and
examination  policies,  including policies with respect to the classification of
assets and the  establishment  of adequate  loan loss  reserves  for  regulatory
purposes.  Any change in such  regulations,  whether by the OTS, the FDIC or the
Congress could have a material adverse impact on the Company and its operations.
The Company is also required to file certain reports with, and otherwise  comply
with the  rules  and  regulations  of the OTS and the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission ("SEC").


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Regulatory Capital Requirements

      OTS capital regulations require savings institutions to meet three capital
standards:  (1) tangible capital equal to 1.5% of total adjusted  assets,  (2) a
leverage  ratio  (core  capital)  equal to 3% of total  adjusted  assets and (3)
risk-based capital equal to 8.0% of total risk-weighted assets.

      The following  table sets forth the Savings Bank's  capital  position at
September   30,  1996,   as  compared  to  the  minimum   regulatory   capital
requirements imposed by the OTS at that date.

                                                 Percent
                                               of Adjusted
                                  Amount          Assets
                                  ------       ------------
                                 (Dollars in Thousands)
Tangible Capital:
Regulatory capital              $ 31,827            9.32%
Regulatory requirement             5,122            1.50%
                                --------           ----- 
     Excess                     $ 26,705            7.82%
                                ========           ===== 

Core Capital:
Regulatory capital              $ 31,827            9.32%
Regulatory requirement            10,244            3.00%
                                --------           ----- 
     Excess                     $ 21,583            6.32%
                                ========           ===== 

Risk-Based Capital:
Regulatory capital              $ 32,281           24.48%
Regulatory requirement            10,551            8.00%
                                --------           ----- 
     Excess                     $ 21,730           16.48%
                                ========           ===== 


Prompt Corrective Action

      Banking  regulators  are  required  to take  certain  supervisory  actions
against  undercapitalized  institutions,  the severity of which depends upon the
institution's  degree of  capitalization.  Under the OTS rules,  an  institution
shall be deemed to be (i) "well  capitalized" if it has total risk-based capital
of  10.0% or more,  has a Tier I  risk-based  capital  ratio  (core or  leverage
capital to  risk-weighted  assets) of 6.0% or more, has a leverage capital ratio
of 5.0% or more and is not subject to any order or final  capital  directive  to
meet and  maintain  a  specific  capital  level for any  capital  measure,  (ii)
"adequately  capitalized" if it has a total risk-based  capital ratio of 8.0% or
more, a Tier I risked-based  ratio of 4.0% or more and a leverage  capital ratio
of 4.0% or more  (3.0%  under  certain  circumstances)  and  does  not  meet the
definition of "well  capitalized",  (iii)  "undercapitalized"  if it has a total
risk-based  capital  ratio that is less than 6.0%, a Tier I  risk-based  capital
ratio that is less than 4.0% or a leverage  capital ratio that is less than 4.0%
(3.0% in certain circumstances), (iv) "significantly undercapitalized" if it has
a total  risk-based  capital  ratio that is less than 6.0%,  a Tier I risk-based
capital  ratio that is less than 3.0% or a leverage  capital  ratio that is less
than 3.0% and (v)  "critically  undercapitalized"  if it has a ratio of tangible
equity to total assets that is equal to or less than 2.0%.  In  addition,  under

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certain   circumstances,   a  federal  banking  agency  may  reclassify  a  well
capitalized  institution as adequately capitalized and may require an adequately
capitalized  institution  or an  undercapitalized  institution  to  comply  with
supervisory  actions as if it were in the next lower  category  (except that the
FDIC  may  not  reclassify  a  significantly   undercapitalized  institution  as
critically undercapitalized).

      Immediately upon becoming undercapitalized, an institution becomes subject
to  restrictive  provisions.  The  appropriate  federal  banking  agency  for an
undercapitalized   institution   also  may  take  any  number  of  discretionary
supervisory  actions  if the  agency  determines  that any of these  actions  is
necessary to resolve the problems of the  institution at the least possible long
term cost to the deposit  insurance fund,  subject in certain cases to specified
procedures.

      The Company is currently a well capitalized institution.

Dividend and Other Capital Distribution Limitations

      OTS  regulations  require the Savings Bank to give the OTS 30 days advance
notice of any proposed  declaration  of dividends  and the OTS has the authority
under its supervisory powers to prohibit the payment of dividends.  In addition,
the Savings Bank may not declare or pay a cash  dividend on its capital stock if
the effect thereof would be to reduce the regulatory capital of the Savings Bank
below the amount required for the liquidation  account  established  pursuant to
the Savings Bank's Plan of Conversion.

      OTS  regulations  impose  limitations  upon all capital  distributions  by
savings  institutions,  such  as  cash  dividends,  payments  to  repurchase  or
otherwise acquire its shares, payments to shareholders of another institution in
a cash-out  merger and other  distributions  charged against  capital.  The rule
establishes  three tiers of  institutions,  based primarily on an  institution's
capital  level.  An  institution  that  exceeds  all  fully  phased-in   capital
requirements  before  and  after  a  proposed  capital   distribution  ("Tier  1
institution")  and has not  been  advised  by the OTS that it is in need of more
than the normal  supervision can, after prior notice but without the approval of
the OTS, make capital  distributions during a calendar year equal to the greater
of (i) 100% of its net income to date during the  calendar  year plus the amount
that would reduce by one-half its "surplus  capital  ratio" (the excess  capital
over its fully phased-in capital  requirements) at the beginning of the calendar
year,  or (ii) 75% of its net income over the most recent four  quarter  period.
Any additional capital  distributions  require prior regulatory approval.  As of
September 30, 1996, the Savings Bank was a Tier 1 institution.  In the event the
Company's capital fell below its fully phased-in requirement or the OTS notified
it that it was in need of more  than  normal  supervision,  the  Savings  Bank's
ability to make capital distributions could be restricted.  In addition, the OTS
could prohibit a proposed capital  distribution by any institution,  which would
otherwise  be  permitted  by the  regulation,  if the OTS  determines  that such
distribution would constitute an unsafe or unsound practice.

      Finally,  a  savings  association  is  prohibited  from  making a  capital
distribution if, after making the distribution, the savings association would be
"undercapitalized"   (not  meet  any  one  of  its  minimum  regulatory  capital
requirement).

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Qualified Thrift Lender Test

      The  Home  Owners  Loan  Act  ("HOLA"),   as  amended,   requires  savings
institutions to meet a qualified thrift lender ("QTL") test. If the Savings Bank
maintains  at least 65% of its  portfolio  assets  (defined as all assets  minus
intangible  assets,  property used by the institution in conducting its business
and liquid assets equal to 20% of total assets) in Qualified Thrift  Investments
(primarily  residential  mortgages and related  investments,  including  certain
mortgage-backed  securities"  ("QTIs") and otherwise qualifies as a QTL, it will
continue to enjoy full  borrowing  privileges  from the FHLB of Topeka.  Certain
assets are subject to a percentage  limitation  of 20% of portfolio  assets.  In
addition,  savings  associations may include shares of stock of the Federal Home
Loan Banks,  FNMA and FHLMC as qualifying QTIs.  Compliance with the QTL test is
measured on a monthly basis in nine out of every 12 months.  As of September 30,
1996, the Savings Bank was in compliance with its QTL requirement  with 75.8% of
its total assets invested in Qualified Thrift Investments.

Federal Home Loan Bank System

      The  Savings  Bank is a member of the FHLB of  Topeka,  which is one of 12
regional FHLBs that  administers  the home financing  credit function of savings
associations.  Each FHLB  serves as a reserve  or central  bank for its  members
within its assigned  region.  It is funded  primarily from proceeds derived from
the sale of  consolidated  obligations  of the FHLB  System.  It makes  loans to
members (i.e.,  advances) in accordance with policies and procedures established
by the Board of Directors of the FHLB.

      As a member,  the Savings Bank is required to purchase and maintain  stock
in the FHLB of Topeka in an amount equal to at least 1% of its aggregate  unpaid
residential  mortgage loans, home purchase  contracts or similar  obligations at
the  beginning  of each year.  As of September  30,  1996,  the Savings Bank had
$4,327 in FHLB stock, which was in compliance with this requirement.

Federal Reserve System

      The Federal Reserve Board requires all depository institutions to maintain
non-interest  bearing  reserves at specified  levels  against their  transaction
accounts  (primarily  checking,   NOW  and  Super  NOW  checking  accounts)  and
non-personal  time  deposits.  The  balances  maintained  to  meet  the  reserve
requirements  imposed by the  Federal  Reserve  Board may be used to satisfy the
liquidity requirements that are imposed by the OTS.

      Savings  associations  have  authority to borrow from the Federal  Reserve
Bank "discount  window," but Federal Reserve policy  generally  requires savings
associations  to exhaust  all OTS  sources  before  borrowing  from the  Federal
Reserve  System.  The  Savings  Bank had no  discount  window  borrowings  as of
September 30, 1996.

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Holding Company Regulation

      The  Company is a unitary  savings  and loan  holding  company  subject to
regulatory  oversight  by the OTS.  As such,  the  Company is  required  to file
reports with the OTS and is subject to regulation and examination by the OTS. In
addition, the OTS has enforcement authority over the Company and its non-savings
association  subsidiaries  which also  permits  the OTS to  restrict or prohibit
activities  that are determined to be a serious risk to the  subsidiary  savings
association.  This  regulation  and  oversight  is  intended  primarily  for the
protection  of the  depositors  of the Company and not for  stockholders  of the
Company.

      As a unitary savings and loan holding  company,  the Company  generally is
not subject to activity  restrictions,  provided the Company  satisfied  the QTL
test.  If the  Company  acquires  control of another  savings  association  as a
separate  subsidiary,  it  would  become a  multiple  savings  and loan  holding
company,  and the activities of the Company and any of its  subsidiaries  (other
than the Company or any other  FDIC-insured  savings  association)  would become
subject to such  restrictions  unless such other  associations each qualify as a
QTL and were acquired in a supervisory acquisition.

Executive Officers of the Registrant

      The following  individuals were executive officers of the Registrant as of
September 30, 1996:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Name                    Age(1)      Positions Held With the Registrant
- ----                    ------      ----------------------------------

<S>                       <C>       <C>                              
Richard T. Pottorff       62        Chairman, President, and Chief
                                    Executive Officer

Larry R. Goddard          50        Executive Vice President,  Chief Operating Officer,
                                    and Chief Financial Officer

Harold G. Siemens         47        Senior Vice President - Lending

David L. Walter           48        Vice President
</TABLE>

- ---------------------
(1)   At September 30, 1996

      The following is a description of the principal  employment and occupation
during at least the past five years of the executive  officers of the Registrant
as of September 30, 1996.

Richard T. Pottorff has served as a Director and Officer of the Savings
Bank since 1978 and of The Company since its  incorporation in January 1994. Mr.
Pottorff  has  served as a  Director  of the FHLB of Topeka  and has served as a
member of the El Dorado  Chamber of Commerce,  the Wichita  Association  of Real
Estate  Brokers and the  Wichita  Homebuilders  Association.  In  addition,  Mr.
Pottorff is the Chairman of the Federal and State Legislative

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Committee  of the  Heartland  Community  Bankers.  Mr.  Pottorff  is also a past
Chairman of the Heartland Community Bankers.

      Larry R.  Goddard has been with the Savings Bank since 1978 and has served
as a Director of the Savings Bank and the Company since 1994.  Mr.  Goddard is a
past President of the Mid-West Savings  Conference and has served as Chairman of
the Real Estate Mortgage  Committee of the Heartland  Community  Bankers.  He is
also a member of the  Lions  Club,  a member of the  Partners  in  Education,  a
director of El Dorado,  Inc., and a member of the Community  Action for Retail &
Revitalization Board.

      Harold G.  Siemens  has been with  Company  since  1983.  He is a founding
Director and past Presidnet of the Kansas  Mortgage  Banking  Association  and a
Director of the Mid-West Savings Conference. Mr. Siemens is also a member of the
Real Estate Mortgage Committee of the Heartland  Community Bankers,  the Wichita
Area Association of Realtors and the Wichita Area Builders Association.

      David L. Walter has been with the  Savings  Bank since 1988 and has served
as a Vice  President  of the Company  since  January  1995.  With respect to the
Savings Bank,  Mr. Walter became the Treasurer and the  Controller in 1988 and a
Vice President in 1989. Mr. Walter is a member of the Financial Managers Society
and the Treasurer of the El Dorado Kiwanis Club.

Item 2. Properties

      The Company  operates from its corporate office located at 124 W. Central,
El Dorado,  Kansas.  The Company owns this office  facility  which was opened in
1965.

Full service offices owned and leased by the Company are set forth below.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Location
- --------

<C>                              <C>                             <C>               
100 W. Twelfth                   405 N. Main                     2123 N. Maize Road
Newton, Kansas  67114            El Dorado, Kansas  67042        Wichita, Kansas 67212

1113 S. Main                     255 N. Main                     3055 N. Rock Road
Winfield, Kansas  67156          Wichita, Kansas  67201          Wichita, Kansas  67226

2310 S. Main                     1420 N. Ohio                    762 N.  West Street
Winfield, Kansas  67156          Augusta, Kansas  67010          Wichita, Kansas  67203

</TABLE>

      The Company  owns all of its  facilities  except 405 N. Main in El Dorado,
which is leased. This lease expires June 30, 1998. The Company owns land at 79th
St. and Rock Road,  Derby,  Kansas,  Kansas that the Company  expects to develop
into an additional full-service office.

      The Company also owns certain other  properties  that it leases to others.
The location of these properties is set forth below.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


<C>                              <C>                             <C>                  
409 N. Main                      100 W. Twelfth                  402 N. Rose Hill Road
El Dorado, Kansas  67042         Newton, Kansas  67114           Rose Hill, Kansas  67213

</TABLE>

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

      There are various claims and lawsuits in which the Company is periodically
involved,  such  as  claims  to  enforce  liens,   condemnation  proceedings  on
properties in which the Company holds security  interests,  claims involving the
making and  servicing of real  property  loans and other issues  incident to the
Company's business.  In the opinion of management,  no material loss is expected
from any of such pending claims or lawsuits.

      Supreme Court Ruling on Breach of Contract Regarding Supervisory Goodwill:
Mid-Continent Federal Savings Bank, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Mid Continent
Bancshares,  Inc.,  is pursuing  its claim  against the  federal  government  to
recover funds lost as a result of the  enactment of the  Financial  Institutions
Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 ("FIRREA").  In 1986, the Bank was
encouraged by the federal  government to acquire an insolvent thrift institution
("Reserve Savings and Loan  Association").  The federal  government  allowed the
Bank to  count  the  insolvent  thrift's  losses  as  "goodwill"  assets  and to
double-count as "capital  credit" federal  government funds provided to help the
Bank take over the failing thrift. The Bank contends (among other things) in its
lawsuit that the federal  government  breached  its contract  with the Bank when
FIRREA was enacted  because FIRREA  prevented the Bank from counting such assets
toward minimum capital requirements.  As a result of FIRREA, the Bank was forced
to write off approximately  $7,500,000 in supervisory  goodwill.  This write off
reduced the Bank's regulatory capital.

      On July 1, 1996, the United States  Supreme Court Affirmed  decisions by a
federal  appellate court that the government had breached express contracts with
three  thrifts  (U.S.  v. Winstar  Corp,  et al.) and  therefore  was liable for
damages.  Those lawsuits stemmed from circumstances that are similar to those of
the Bank; in order to persuade those thrifts to acquire certain insolvent thrift
institutions,  the federal government promised  accounting  treatment similar to
that promised to the Bank.

      While the Supreme  Court's ruling in U.S. v. Winstar Corp, et al.,  serves
to support the Bank's  legal claims in its pending  lawsuit  against the federal
government,  it is not  possible at this time to predict what effect the Supreme
Court's ruling, and subsequent rulings of a lower court concerning damages, will
have on the outcome of the Bank's lawsuit.  Notwithstanding  the Supreme Court's
ruling,  there can be no  assurance  that the Bank will be able to  recover  any
funds arising out of its claim and, if any recovery is made,  the amount of such
recovery.

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

      No matter was  submitted to a vote of security  holders  during the fourth
quarter of the fiscal year.

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                                     PART II

Item 5.  Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

      The information contained under the section captioned "Market and Dividend
Information" in the Company's  Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year
ended  September  30, 1996 (the  "Annual  Report"),  is  incorporated  herein by
reference.

Item 6.  Selected Financial Data

      The information  contained in the table captioned  "Selected  Consolidated
Financial Highlights" in the Annual Report is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.  Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis of Financial  Condition  and
Results of Operations

      The  information   contained  in  the  section   captioned   "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the
Annual Report is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

      The   Registrant's   financial   statements   listed  under  Item  14  are
incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9. Changes in and  Disagreements  With  Accountants  on  Accounting  and
Financial Disclosure

      There has been no change of  independent  auditor for the Company,  or its
subsidiaries, during the two year period ended September 30, 1996.



                                    PART III

Item 10.  Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

      The  information  contained  under the  section  captioned  "Proposal I --
Election of Directors" in the  Registrant's  definitive  proxy statement for the
Registrant's 1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Proxy Statement") is
incorporated herein by reference.

      Additional  information  concerning  executive  officers is included under
"Part I -- Executive Officers of the Registrant."

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Item 11.  Executive Compensation

      The  information  contained  under the sections  captioned  "Proposal I --
Election  of  Directors  --  Executive  Compensation,"  "Compensation  Committee
Interlocks and Insider  Participation,"  "--Report of the Compensation Committee
on Executive Compensation," and "--Stock Performance Graph" in the
Proxy Statement are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

      (a)   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

            Information   required  by  this  item  is  incorporated  herein  by
reference to the section  captioned  "Voting  Securities  and Principal  Holders
Thereof" in the Proxy Statement.

      (b)   Security Ownership of Management

            Information   required  by  this  item  is  incorporated  herein  by
reference to the first chart in the section captioned "Proposal I -- Election of
Directors" in the Proxy Statement.

      (c) Management of the Registrant knows of no  arrangements,  including any
pledge by any person of securities of the Registrant, the operation of which may
at a subsequent date result in a change in control of the Registrant.

Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

      The information  required by this item is incorporated herein by reference
to the  section  captioned  "Proposal  I --  Election  of  Directors  -- Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions" in the Proxy
Statement.


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                                     PART IV

Item 14.  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K

      (a)   The following documents are filed as a part of this report:

            1. The following financial  statements and the report of independent
accountants of the Registrant included in the Registrant's 1996 Annual Report to
Stockholders are incorporated herein by reference and also in Item 8 hereof.

      Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 1995 and 1996.

      Consolidated  Statements of Income for the Years Ended September 30, 1994,
1995 and 1996.

      Consolidated  Statements  of  Stockholders'  Equity  for the  Years  Ended
September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996.

      Consolidated  Statements  of Cash Flows for the Years Ended  September 30,
1994, 1995 and 1996.

      Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

            2. Financial Statement  Schedules,  except for Exhibit 11, for which
provision is made in the  applicable  accounting  regulations of the SEC are not
required under the related  instructions or are  inapplicable and therefore have
been omitted.

            3.    The  following  exhibits  are  included  in this  Report  or
incorporated herein by reference:

           (a)      List of Exhibits:

           3(i)     Certificate of  Incorporation  of Mid Continent  Bancshares,
                    Inc. *

           3(ii)    Bylaws of Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc. **

           10.1     Outside Director Consultation and Retirement Plan*

           10.2     Employment Agreement with Richard T. Pottorff **

           10.3     Employment Agreement with Larry R. Goddard **

           10.4     1994 Stock Option Plan **

           10.5     Management Stock Bonus Plan and Trust Agreement **

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           10.6     Amendment to Employment Agreement with Richard T. Pottorff

           10.7     Amendment to Employment Agreement with Larry R. Goddard

           11       Statement Regarding Computation of Earnings Per Share

           13       Annual  Report to  Stockholders  for the  fiscal  year ended
                    September 30, 1996

           21       Subsidiaries of the Registrant **

           23       Consent from Deloitte & Touche, LLP

           99       Report on Financial Statement Schedule in Item 14

- --------------------

*    Incorporated by reference to the  registration  statement on Form S-1 (File
     No. 33-76010) declared effective by the Commission on May 3, 1994.

**   Incorporated  by  reference  to the Form 10-K  (File No.  0-23620)  for the
     fiscal year ended September 30, 1995.









Copies of above exhibits not contained  herein are available,  at a fee of $0.15
per page,  to any security  holder upon written  request to the  Secretary,  Mid
Continent Bancshares, Inc., 124 West Central, El Dorado, Kansas 67042.

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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant  to the  requirements  of Section  13 or 15(d) of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its  behalf,  on December  26,  1996,  by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized.

                                          Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc.

                                          By:/s/Richard T. Pottorff
                                             ---------------------------------
                                             Richard T. Pottorff
                                             President, Chairman and Chief
                                              Executive Officer
                                             (Duly Authorized Representative)

      Pursuant to the  requirement of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, this
report  has  been  signed  below  by the  following  persons  on  behalf  of the
registrant and in the capacities indicated as of December 26, 1996.


/s/ Larry R. Goddard                          /s/ Richard T. Pottorff
- -------------------------------               ---------------------------------
Larry R. Goddard                              Richard T. Pottorff
Executive Vice President, Chief               President,   Chairman, Chief
Operating Officer, Chief Financial              Executive Officer, and Director
  Officer and Director                        (Principal Executive Officer)
(Principal Financial and Accounting 
  Officer)



/s/ Donald Adlesperger                        /s/ Thomas C. Hand
- -------------------------------               ---------------------------------
Donald Adlesperger                            Thomas C. Hand
Director                                      Director



/s/ Kenneth B. Dellett                        /s/ Ron J. McGraw
- -------------------------------               ---------------------------------
Kenneth B. Dellett                            Ron J. McGraw
Director                                      Director








                       AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     WHEREAS,  Mid-Continent  Federal  Savings  Bank (the "Bank") and Richard T.
Pottorff (the "Employee")  previously entered into an Employment  Agreement (the
"Agreement") dated March 21, 1995, and

     WHEREAS,  Section 14 of this  Agreement  provides  that  amendments to this
Agreement may be made in writing and signed by both parties,

     NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Agreement be amended by adoption and
execution of this Amendment to the Agreement as follows.

      1.  Revision to Section 4 of the  Agreement by inclusion of the  following
          phrase at the end of Section 5 as follows:

          "Notwithstanding  anything herein to the contrary, the expiration date
          of the term of this Agreement shall be as of June 27, 1998,  except as
          may be extend  beyond that date by future  action of the Board  within
          its sole discretion in accordance with this Agreement."


     As Secretary to the Bank, I hereby certify that the foregoing Amendment was
adopted and  ratified by a majority  vote of a meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Bank, held on June 27, 1996, a quorum being present.


                                    /s/Cheryl Wilkerson                 
                                    Cheryl Wilkerson, Secretary

SEAL

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties to the Agreement dated March 21, 1995, do
hereby execute this Amendment to the Agreement on this 27 th day of June 1996.


                                          Mid-Continent Federal Savings Bank

                                    By:   /s/Ken Dellett           
                                          -------------------------     
                                          Kenneth B. Dellett



                                          /s/Richard T. Pottorff     
                                          -----------------------------   
                                          Richard T. Pottorff, Employee
 
ATTEST:


/s/Cheryl Wilkerson           
Cheryl Wilkerson, Secretary






                       AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

      WHEREAS,  Mid-Continent  Federal  Savings  Bank (the  "Bank") and Larry R.
Goddard (the "Employee")  previously  entered into an Employment  Agreement (the
"Agreement") dated March 21, 1995, and

      WHEREAS,  Section 14 of this  Agreement  provides that  amendments to this
Agreement may be made in writing and signed by both parties,

      NOW  THEREFORE,  BE IT RESOLVED  that the Agreement be amended by adoption
and execution of this Amendment to the Agreement as follows.

      1.    Revision to Section 4 of the Agreement by inclusion of
            the following phrase at the end of Section 5 as follows:

            "Notwithstanding  anything  herein to the contrary,  the  expiration
            date of the term of this  Agreement  shall  be as of June 27,  1998,
            except as may be  extend  beyond  that date by future  action of the
            Board within its sole discretion in accordance with this Agreement."


      As Secretary to the Bank, I hereby  certify that the  foregoing  Amendment
was  adopted  and  ratified  by a  majority  vote of a  meeting  of the Board of
Directors of the Bank, held on June 27, 1996, a quorum being present.


                                    /s/Cheryl Wilkerson
                                    Cheryl Wilkerson, Secretary

SEAL

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties to the Agreement dated March 21, 1995, do
hereby execute this Amendment to the Agreement on this 27 th day of June 1996.


                                          Mid-Continent Federal Savings
                                          Bank

                                    By:   /s/Ken Dellett




                                          /s/Larry R. Goddard
                                          Larry R. Goddard, Employee

ATTEST:


/s/Cheryl Wilkerson
Cheryl Wilkerson, Secretary

SEAL




MID CONTINENT BANCSHARES, INC.

                                                                    EXHIBIT 11

              Statement Regarding Computation of Earnings Per Share
             Three Months and Year Ended September 30, 1995 and 1996

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                     Three months Ended              Year Ended
                                                       September 30,               September 30,
                                                --------------------------------------------------------
                                                    1995          1996           1995          1996
                                                ---------------------------- ---------------------------
Primary Earnings per share
 
Common shares outstanding,
<S>                                                <C>           <C>            <C>          <C>      
  beginning of period                               2,248,250     1,937,803      2,248,250    2,045,235
Net effect of dilutive stock options                   52,110           768         21,389        5,942
Allocated (unallocated) ESOP shares                  (120,700)        1,700       (125,788)       6,975
Amortized (unamortized) MSBP shares                   (57,995)        1,871        (29,909)       7,524
Treasury share purchases                              (80,000)       (6,848)       (26,274)    (102,827)
                                                    ---------     ---------      ---------    --------- 
Weighted average common and common
  equivalent shares outstanding                     2,041,665     1,935,294      2,087,668    1,962,849 

Net earnings                                       $      826    $      460     $    4,106   $    3,126 

Per share amount                                   $     0.40    $     0.24     $     1.97   $     1.59 

Fully Diluted Earnings per share

Common shares outstanding,
  beginning of period                               2,248,250     1,938,696      2,248,250    2,053,855
Net effect of dilutive stock options                   60,730         2,766         26,499         (478)
Allocated (unallocated) ESOP shares                  (120,700)        1,700       (125,788)       6,975
Amortized (unamortized) MSBP shares                   (57,995)        1,871        (29,909)       7,524
Treasury share purchases                              (80,000)       (6,848)       (26,274)    (102,827)
                                                    ---------     ---------      ---------    --------- 
Weighted average common and common
  equivalent shares outstanding                     2,050,285     1,938,185      2,092,778    1,965,049 

Net earnings                                       $      826    $      460     $    4,106   $    3,126 

Per share amount                                   $     0.40    $     0.24     $     1.96   $     1.59 

</TABLE>



Primary earnings per share have been computed on the treasury stock method using
the average  market  price for the common  stock  equivalents  (options).  Fully
diluted earnings per share have been computed on the treasury stock method using
the closing market price for the common stock equivalents (options).

The Company  accounts  for the 136,000  shares  acquired by the  Employee  Stock
Ownership  Plan ("ESOP") in accordance  with  Statement of Position 93-6 and the
74,833 shares  acquired for the  Management  Stock Bonus Plan (MSBP) in a manner
similar  to the  ESOP  shares;  shares  controlled  by the ESOP and MSBP are not
considered  in the  weighted  average  shares  outstanding  until the shares are
committed for allocation.




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                               1996 ANNUAL REPORT


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Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc.
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                                    CONTENTS

A Letter to Our Shareholders                                           1-2

Business of the Bancorp and Savings Bank                               3-4

Selected Consolidated Financial Highlights                             5-6

Market and Dividend Information                                        7-8

Management's Discussion and Analysis                                  9-24

Consolidated Financial Statements                                    25-63

Directors and Officers and Other Information                         64-65




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A Letter to Our Shareholders
- ----------------------------

Dear Stockholder:

Mid Continent  Bancshares,  Inc. and Mid-Continent  Federal Savings Bank has had
another exceptional year in 1996.

We  increased  our asset base from $271  million at  September  30, 1995 to $340
million  at  September  30,  1996,  or  25.5%,  and  improved  our  capital  and
shareholders' equity from $36.7 million to $36.8 million,  with a net income for
the year of $3.1 million after the SAIF assessment.  1996 earnings per share was
$1.59 after the SAIF  assessment.  The SAIF  assessment  reduced our earnings by
$0.33 per share after income tax. On a pre-SAIF  assessment  basis the company's
earnings  would  have been  $1.92 per  share.  When  viewed on this  basis,  and
considering  the 1995  earnings  of $1.97 per share,  1996 was truly a very good
year for the Company.

During the year we have continued to increase our mortgage  servicing  portfolio
to in excess of $1.2 billion, or approximately  25,000 loans.  Servicing income,
net of  amortization,  increased to $3.1 million.  The expansion of our mortgage
banking operation continues as we now have more than 100 correspondent  brokers.
We have two full  time  account  representatives  covering  Oklahoma,  Arkansas,
Missouri and Kansas.

Our checking account program  continues to grow in popularity.  At September 30,
1995,  we had  approximately  13,500  accounts and as of September  30, 1996 our
accounts had increased to over 16,000. We have increased our market share in our
total  market  since 1994 from 6% to 10%. In the Wichita  area only,  during the
same period of time, from 3% to 6%.

The Bank's service charges and other fees increased by 37.5%,  from $1.8 million
to $2.5  million.  The  primary  source of this  income is the High  Performance
Checking  Account  program and charges on loans serviced by the Bank,  including
loans serviced for others.

The Bank,  during the last quarter of the fiscal year,  has expensed the special
assessment on the SAIF fund in the amount of $1,053,000,  pre-tax.  The Bank has
been looking forward to the resolution of the SAIF fund and the reduction in the
Bank's deposit insurance premiums to be realized during the coming fiscal year.

On July 24, 1995,  the Savings Bank filed a claim in the United  States  Supreme
Court of Claims to recover funds lost as a result of the Financial Institutional
Reform and  Recovery  Enforcement  Act of 1989  (FIRREA).  The Savings  Bank was
forced to write-off  approximately $7.5 million in Supervisory  Goodwill.  While
the Savings Bank, along with many other financial  institutions,  has determined
to pursue a claim  against the United States  government,  there is no assurance
that the Savings Bank will be able to recover any funds  arising from the claim,
or if any recover is made, the

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amount of such recovery.

The Bank has completed  construction and opened its fourth office in Wichita. It
has also opened a branch in the Dillions store in Winfield, Kansas. The Bank now
has nine full service offices with the tenth office under construction in Derby,
Kansas.

The Bank has made much progress during the past year as we continued to increase
our  market  share  in  checking  account  services  and  our  mortgage  banking
operation.  The Bank is in the process of implementing a new sales and marketing
program for our retail  banking  operation.  The Bank  intends to  increase  its
market  penetration by expansion of the number of products and services  offered
and sales per customer.

The Board of Directors, management and staff is committed to maintain the Bank's
position as a premier financial provider to our customers and communities.

Thanks to you, the stockholders and our customers,  for having confidence in the
Bank over the past year.

Very truly yours,



/s/Richard T. Pottorff
Richard T. Pottorff
Chairman of the Board, CEO and President

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BUSINESS OF THE BANCORP
- -----------------------

Mid Continent Bancshares,  Inc. ("Bancorp") is a Kansas corporation organized in
January,  1994. On June 27, 1994, the Bancorp  acquired all the capital stock of
Mid-Continent  Federal  Savings Bank  ("Savings  Bank") in the conversion of the
Savings Bank from a federal  mutual  savings and loan  association  to a federal
stock  savings bank.  Bancorp,  as a unitary  savings and loan holding  company,
under  existing  laws,  generally  is not  restricted  in the types of  business
activities  in which it may engage  provided  that the  Savings  Bank  retains a
specified amount of its assets in housing-related investments.

Management  believes that the holding company structure,  should it decide to do
so, would  facilitate  diversification  into other  non-banking  activities  and
possible  future  acquisitions  of other  financial  institutions  such as other
mutual or stock savings  institutions and commercial  banks, and thereby further
its  expansion  into  existing and new market  areas and also enable  Bancorp to
repurchase  its own  stock.  Except for the  repurchase  of a portion of Bancorp
stock, as permitted by Office of Thrift Supervision, there are no present plans,
arrangements, agreements, or understandings, written or oral, regarding any such
activities.

The Bancorp's business activities to date have been limited to its investment in
the Savings Bank, loans made to the Savings Bank for use in the normal course of
its business  and to the  Mid-Continent  Federal  Savings  Bank  Employee  Stock
Ownership  Plan ("ESOP") to enable the ESOP to purchase  shares of the Bancorp's
common  stock in the  initial  public  offering  and the  repurchase  of limited
amounts  of Bancorp  stock.  The loans  bear  interest  rates and have terms and
conditions which prevailed in the market place at the time they were originated.
As of September 30, 1996 the Bancorp has reacquired 231,500 shares of its common
stock in the open market.

BUSINESS OF THE SAVINGS BANK
- ----------------------------

Mid-Continent  Federal Savings Bank is a federally  chartered stock savings bank
located in El Dorado,  Kansas in Butler  County,  Kansas.  The Savings  Bank was
founded in 1925 with a charter from Kansas under the name Mid-Continent  Savings
and Loan  Association.  In 1935, the Savings Bank adopted a federal  charter and
changed its name to  Mid-Continent  Federal  Savings and Loan  Association of El
Dorado.  Its present name,  Mid-Continent  Federal Savings Bank, was obtained in
1994 at the time it  obtained  a charter as a savings  bank.  The  Savings  Bank
completed its conversion  from mutual to stock form in June,  1994 at which time
all of its stock was acquired by Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc. The Savings Bank
has been a member of the  Federal  Home Loan Bank of Topeka  since  1937 and its
deposits  are  insured  up to  the  applicable  limits  by the  Federal  Deposit
Insurance Corporation ("FDIC").

Mid-Continent  is  primarily  engaged in  attracting  deposits  from the general
public  and  using  those  funds to  originate  and sell  real  estate  loans on
one-to-four family residences and, to a lesser extent,

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to originate consumer and construction loans for its portfolio. The Savings Bank
purchases  one- to- four family  residential  loans  through  approximately  110
correspondents located primarily in Kansas and, to a lesser extent, in Oklahoma.
The Savings Bank also invests in  mortgage-related  securities,  U.S. government
and agency  obligations.  These  activities  are funded with  deposits  from the
general public and borrowings  from the Federal Home Loan Bank and Mid Continent
Bancshares,  Inc. The Savings Bank has offices in El Dorado,  Newton,  Winfield,
Augusta and  Wichita,  Kansas,  which are located in its primary  market area of
Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick and Harvey Counties in the State of Kansas. The Savings
Bank opened one full service  branch in Wichita,  Kansas during 1996 and expects
to open another in 1997 in Derby,  Kansas.  A full service  branch was opened in
October,  1996 in Winfield,  Kansas,  to  compliment  the existing  full service
branch in that city.  The new Winfield  branch is located in the local  Dillon's
supermarket  and will maintain  extended  hours to serve its customer  base. The
Savings Bank offers its customers fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgage loans,
as well as FHA/VA loans and consumer  loans,  including  home equity and savings
account  loans.  Adjustable-rate  mortgage  loans  generally are  originated for
retention in the Savings Bank's  portfolio while  fixed-rate  mortgage loans are
generally sold into the secondary market. All consumer loans are retained in the
Savings Bank's portfolio.

The  Savings  Bank is  actively  engaged  in the  purchase  and sale of  certain
mortgage loans through a correspondent  network. These purchased loans and loans
originated by the Savings Bank are sold,  generally without  recourse,  into the
secondary market with the Savings Bank generally retaining the servicing rights.
The sale of loans in the secondary market is the source of a significant  amount
of  income  in the  form of gain on the sale of loans  and fees  generated  from
servicing the loans.

The principal  sources of funds for the Savings  Bank's  lending  activities are
deposits and the amortization, repayment and maturity of loans, mortgage-related
securities and investment  securities.  Principal sources of income are interest
and fees on loans,  mortgage-related  securities and investment securities.  The
Savings Bank's principal expense is interest paid on deposits.

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Selected Consolidated Financial Highlights
- ------------------------------------------

The  following  table sets forth  certain  information  at the dates and for the
periods  indicated.  Average data presented  herein,  for the years 1992 through
1994, is primarily  calculated on the basis of month-end balances.  Average data
presented  herein for the 1995 and 1996 is primarily  calculated on the basis of
daily balances.  Management does not believe that the use of month-end  balances
instead of daily  average  balances has caused any material  differences  in the
information.  All  dollar  amounts  are in  thousands  except per share data and
selected ratios.

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                              At September 30,
                                                ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    1992            1993           1994           1995            1996
                                                -------------  -------------- -------------- --------------  --------------
                                                                          Dollars in Thousands
Total Amount of:

<S>                                                  <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>             <C>     
   Assets                                            $189,340        $170,012       $202,628       $270,923        $340,186
   Loans receivable                                    78,531          56,623        102,243        124,796         171,158
   Mortgage-backed securities                          60,804          42,856         45,030         40,004          34,383
   Loans held for sale                                 17,110          27,734          5,527         22,108          13,718
   Investments                                          7,244          15,144         24,374         56,449          90,562
   Mortgage servicing rights                            2,796           3,243          6,312         11,625          12,496
   Excess of cost over fair value of assets
   acquired (Goodwill)                                    353             252            161             83              22
   Cash and cash equivalents                           15,031          17,701         10,823          5,677           5,618
   Savings deposits                                   159,522         145,838        154,764        195,716         214,493
   Other borrowings                                    14,955           7,500          9,000         33,000          81,700
   Stockholders' equity                                 9,988          12,792         35,208         36,735          36,807

Number of:
   Real estate loans outstanding                        2,302           2,124          1,985          2,593           2,864
   Deposit accounts                                    18,142          17,557         21,743         27,192          29,609
   Full service offices                                     7               6              6              7               8
   Employees                                               91             100            117            119             150

Principal balance of loans serviced for
others                                               $377,639        $580,768       $908,112     $1,189,892      $1,229,153
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS                                                        Year Ended September 30,
                                                        -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                               Dollars in Thousands

                                                                1992         1993           1994        1995           1996
                                                        ------------ ------------  ------------- -----------  -------------
<S>                                                          <C>          <C>            <C>         <C>            <C>    
Interest Income                                              $16,398      $12,885        $11,549     $16,225        $20,173
Interest Expense                                              11,872        7,376          5,944       9,004         12,268
                                                        ------------ ------------  ------------- -----------  -------------
      Net interest income                                      4,526        5,509          5,605       7,221          7,905
Provision for loan losses                                         83          154              6         224             75
                                                        ------------ ------------  ------------- -----------  -------------
     Net interest income after provision  for loan  losses     4,443        5,355          5,599       6,997          7,830
                                                        ------------ ------------  ------------- -----------  -------------
Non-interest income:
   Loan servicing fees                                         1,513        1,804          2,689       4,407          4,779
   Amortization of  mortgage servicing rights                  (676)        (679)          (899)     (1,305)        (1,651)
   Gain on sale of mortgage servicing rights                                                           1,961
   Service fees and other charges to customers                   607          618          1,032       1,846          2,539
   Gain on sale of loans held for sale, net                    1,168        2,596            896         706          1,367
   Other income                                                  310          358             83         139            138
                                                        ------------ ------------  ------------- -----------  -------------
      Total non-interest income                                2,922        4,697          3,801       7,754          7,172
                                                        ------------ ------------  ------------- -----------  -------------
Total non-interest expense (1)                                 5,195        5,632          6,340       8,202          9,983
                                                        ------------ ------------  ------------- -----------  -------------
Income before income tax expense and cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle                                 2,170        4,420          3,060       6,549          5,019
Income tax expense                                               893        1,616          1,195       2,443          1,893
                                                        ------------ ------------  ------------- -----------  -------------
Income before cumulative effect of  change in accounting
principle                                                      1,277        2,804          1,865       4,106          3,126
Cumulative effect of change in  accounting principle (2)                                     136
                                                        ------------ ------------  ------------- -----------  -------------
Net income                                                    $1,277       $2,804         $2,001      $4,106         $3,126
                                                        ============ ============  ============= ===========  =============
Earnings per share (3)                                                                     $0.30       $1.97          $1.59
                                                                                           -----       =====          =====
Cash dividends per share                                                                               $0.40          $0.40
                                                                                                       =====          =====

Selected Financial Ratios                                                    Year Ended September 30,
                                                                1992         1993          1994          1995          1996

Return on average assets                                        0.64%        1.61%         1.14%         1.75%         1.07%
Return on average equity                                       13.66%       24.12%        10.54%        11.86%         8.54%
Dividend payout ratio                                             --           --            --         20.30%        25.16%
Average total equity to average assets                          4.67%        6.67%        10.81%        14.74%        12.56%
Net interest rate spread                                        2.40%        3.23%         3.11%         2.87%         2.55%
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
(1)  For 1996,  includes a $1,053 one time assessment to  recapitalize  the SAIF
     insurance fund.
(2)  The cumulative  effect of accounting  change  reflects the adoption of SFAS
     No. 109 for fiscal year 1994.
(3)  Earnings per share is based on net income  subsequent to the  Conversion on
     June 27, 1994.

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MARKET AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION
- -------------------------------

Mid  Continent  Bancshares,  Inc.'s  common stock trades on the Nasdaq  National
Market system under the symbol "MCBS":

The following  table sets forth the  quarterly  high and low sale prices for the
common stock throughout the fiscal years ended September 30, 1995 and 1996:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                  Quarter Ended                                  High              Low
<S>                                                            <C>               <C>
                  September 30, 1994                           $13               $11 1/4
                  December 31, 1994                             11 1/2             9 5/8
                  March 31, 1995                                13 3/8            10 1/8
                  June 30, 1995                                 16 1/4            13
                  September 30, 1995                            19 1/8            15 1/2
                  December 31, 1995                             18 1/2            17
                  March 31, 1996                                18 1/2            17 3/8
                  June 30, 1996                                 19 1/4            17 7/8
                  September 30, 1996                            19 3/8            17 1/2
</TABLE>

During the years ended  September  30, 1995 and 1996,  the Bancorp  declared and
paid cash dividends to shareholders as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Declaration Date              Shareholder Record Date         Payment Date                  Amount Per Share
- ----------------           --------------------------         ------------                  ----------------
<S>                           <C>                             <C>                                 <C>  
December 19, 1994             December 31, 1994               January 20, 1995                    $0.10
March 23, 1995                April 5, 1995                   April 19, 1995                       0.10
June 29, 1995                 July 13, 1995                   July 27, 1995                        0.10
September 27, 1995            October 11, 1995                October 25, 1995                     0.10
December 21, 1995             January 4, 1996                 January 18, 1996                     0.10
March 28, 1996                April 11, 1996                  April 25, 1996                       0.10
June 27, 1996                 July 11, 1996                   July 25, 1996                        0.10
September 26, 1996            October 10, 1996                October 24, 1996                     0.10
</TABLE>

According  to the  records  of the  Bancorp's  transfer  agent,  there  were 386
registered  stockholders  of record at  December  5, 1996.  This number does not
include any persons or entities who hold their stock in nominee or "street" name
through various brokerage firms.

The  Bancorp's  ability  to  pay  dividends  to  stockholders  is  substantially
dependent  upon the dividends it receives  from the Savings Bank.  Under current
regulations,  the  Savings  Bank  is  not  permitted  to  pay  dividends  if its
regulatory  capital  would thereby be reduced below (1) the amount then required
for the  liquidation  account  established in connection with the Savings Bank's
conversion from mutual to stock form, or (2) the regulatory capital requirements
imposed by the Office of Thrift

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Supervision. Capital distributions are also subject to certain limitations based
on the Savings Bank's net income. See Note 1 of notes to consolidated  financial
statements. The Savings Bank's total capital at September 30, 1996, exceeded the
amounts of its liquidation account and regulatory capital requirements.

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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
- ---------------------------------------
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
- ---------------------------------------------
(Dollars in thousands)

GENERAL
- -------
On June 27, 1994,  Mid-Continent  Federal  Savings Bank completed its conversion
(the  "Conversion")   from  a  federally   chartered  mutual  savings  and  loan
association to a federally  chartered stock savings bank and was  simultaneously
acquired by Mid  Continent  Bancshares,  Inc., a Kansas  corporation,  which was
formed  to act as the  holding  company  of the  Savings  Bank.  At the  date of
conversion,  the Bancorp completed the sale of 2,248,250 shares of common stock,
$.10 par value,  through  concurrent  Subscription  and  Community  Offerings at
$10.00 per share. Net proceeds from the Conversion, after recognizing Conversion
expenses and  underwriting  costs of $754, were $21,729.  From the net proceeds,
the Bancorp  used  $11,200 to purchase  all of the capital  stock of the Savings
Bank and $1,360 to fund the purchase of 136,000  shares of the Bancorp  stock by
the Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc. was formed to purchase all of the common stock of
Mid-Continent  Federal  Savings  Bank in  connection  with  the  Savings  Bank's
conversion  from the mutual to the stock form of ownership in 1994. In addition,
the Bancorp  made loans to the Savings Bank and to the Savings  Bank's  employee
stock  ownership plan, from which it receives  interest  income.  The loans bear
interest rates and have terms and conditions which prevailed in the market place
at the time they were originated.

The Bancorp's  consolidated results of operations are primarily dependent on the
Savings  Bank's net  interest  income,  or the  difference  between the interest
income earned on its loan,  mortgage-backed securities and investment securities
portfolios,  and the interest expense paid on its deposits and other borrowings.
Net interest  income is affected not only by the  difference  between the yields
earned on  interest-earning  assets and the costs  incurred on  interest-bearing
liabilities,  but also by the relative amounts of such  interest-earning  assets
and interest-bearing liabilities.

Other  components  of net  income  include:  provisions  for  losses  on  loans;
non-interest  income  (primarily,  loan origination and servicing fees;  service
fees and other charges to customers; gains on the sale of loans and gain on sale
of servicing rights); non-interest expense (primarily, compensation and employee
benefits;  federal  insurance  premiums;  office occupancy  expense;  and gains,
losses and expenses associated with foreclosed real estate); and income taxes.

Earnings  of the  Savings  Bank  are  significantly  affected  by  economic  and
competitive  conditions,  particularly  changes in  interest  rates,  government
policies and regulations of regulatory authorities.

MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
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The Savings Bank's lending strategy has focused  historically on the origination
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on one-to-four family residences pursuant to underwriting standards. The Savings
Bank  generally  retains  ownership  of  the   adjustable-rate   and  short-term
fixed-rate  loans it  originates  and sells  long-term  fixed-rate  loans in the
secondary  market;  accordingly,  its lending strategy is designed to reduce the
risk of  losses  on its  loan  portfolio.  However,  the high  concentration  of
residential  mortgage loans in its portfolio  subjects the Savings Bank to risks
associated  with  potential  declines in real estate values in its lending area.
This risk has been mitigated to some extent, however, through diversification in
its investment and mortgage-backed securities portfolios.

In an effort to reduce  interest  rate  risk and  protect  it from the  negative
effect of increases in interest rates,  the Savings Bank has instituted  certain
asset and liability  management  measures.  This strategy includes the following
primary  elements:  (i) originating and purchasing  long-term  fixed-rate  loans
primarily for sale in the secondary  mortgage  market,  (ii)  maintaining a high
percentage of total assets in  short-term  securities  and other liquid  assets,
(iii) increasing sources of other income, such as gain on sale of loans and loan
servicing  fees,  (iv) increasing its ARM loan portfolio and (v) building a loan
servicing  portfolio  whose  market  value  floats  inversely to the movement of
interest  rates.  A  loan  servicing  portfolio  becomes  more  valuable  as the
"turnover" in the mortgage loans slows.  Loan  portfolios  traditionally  become
more seasoned and experience less turnover after interest rates rise. Therefore,
after interest rates rise,  the value of a loan  servicing  portfolio  generally
increases  (assuming credit quality is maintained),  causing the opposite effect
to the value of the Savings Bank's loans and investments.

CHANGES IN FINANCIAL CONDITION FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 1995
- ------------------------------------------------------
TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
- ---------------------

Total assets increased $69,263, or 25.6%, from $270,923 at September 30, 1995 to
$340,186 at September  30, 1996.  The increase is  attributable  to increases of
$34,113 in  investment  securities  and  Federal  Home Loan Bank  (FHLB)  stock,
$46,362  in  loans   receivable,   and  $871  in  mortgage   servicing   rights.
Mortgage-related  securities  decreased $5,621 and loans held for sale decreased
$8,390.

Investment  securities  and FHLB stock  increased  from $56,449 at September 30,
1995 to  $90,562 at  September  30,  1996.  The  increase  is  primarily  due to
favorable  interest  rates  offered on these  securities  during the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1996. Included in the securities held at September 30, 1996
are $1,000 of "step-up" securities with an interest rate of 8.04% and a maturity
of 1996. If the securities  are not called at any of the  respective  call dates
the  interest  rate will  increase.  Also  included  at  September  30, 1996 are
callable  securities  with a carrying  value of  approximately  $76,801  bearing
interest at various rates ranging from 4.98% to 8.50% with stated maturity dates
ranging from 1996 to 2011. The Savings Bank intends to hold these  securities to
maturity, but the securities are subject to call at the option of the issuer.

Loans  receivable  increased  from $124,796 at September 30, 1995 to $171,158 at
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1996. This increase is due primarily to increases in  adjustable-rate  mortgages
and  short-term  fixed-rate  mortgage  loans being held for  investment and to a
lesser extent to increases in the construction  and consumer lending  portfolio.
First mortgage loans increased $48,440 and consumer loans increased $1,167.  The
Bank expects to increase its  residential  (one-to-four  unit),  first mortgage,
loans in fiscial 1997,  but not to the extent that these loans were increased in
fiscal 1996.

Mortgage  servicing rights increased $871 during fiscal 1996.  During the fiscal
year the  Savings  Bank  increased  its  servicing  portfolio  for  others  from
$1,189,892 to $1,229,153.

Deposit accounts increased $18,777 primarily from savings  certificate  accounts
which increased $13,635. Demand and NOW account deposit accounts decreased $712.
Demand and NOW accounts  which  totaled  $36,785 at September 30, 1996 provide a
significant amount of low interest-rate funds and a source of service fee income
to the Savings Bank.

Advances  from the Federal  Home Loan Bank  increased  $48,700  from  $33,000 at
September 30, 1995 to $81,700 at September  30, 1996.  The Savings Bank utilizes
advances  from the Federal  Home Loan Bank to meet its cash needs as they arise.
The Savings  Bank has a $54,400  line of credit with the Federal Home Loan Bank,
subject  to  certain  limitations,  for  the  purpose  of  providing  short-term
financing.  At September 30, 1996, $15,700 was outstanding relative to this line
of credit.

Stockholders' equity increased $72, or 0.2%, from $36,735 to $36,807. Net income
for the year was $3,126.

Other  significant  transactions  during the year  included the  acquisition  of
151,500  shares of the  Bancorp's  common stock for treasury at a cost of $2,730
and cash  dividends  paid or payable  to common  stockholders  of $769.  See the
accompanying Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for more detail.

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COMPARISON OF OPERATING RESULTS FOR YEARS
- -----------------------------------------
ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994 AND 1995
- ---------------------------------

GENERAL
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Net income before cumulative effect of change in accounting  principle increased
from  $1,865 in 1994 to $4,106 in 1995.  Net  income  increased  by  $2,105,  or
105.2%, from $2,001 for the year ended September 30, 1994 to $4,106 for the year
ended September 30, 1995.

TOTAL INTEREST INCOME
- ---------------------
Total interest  income  increased  $4,676,  or 40.5%, to $16,225 during the year
ended  September  30, 1995 from $11,549 for the year ended  September  30, 1994.
Interest  income on loans  receivable  and on  investment  securities  increased
$3,448 and $1,513, respectively.  The average yield on loans declined from 8.08%
in 1994 to 7.95% in 1995,  but  increases in the loan  portfolio  resulted in an
increase in loan  interest in 1995 over 1994.  The average  yield of  investment
securities  increased from 5.66% in 1994 to 6.92% in 1995. The increase in rates
prompted more investment in securities and increased  revenue resulted from both
volume and rate increases.  Interest on mortgage-related securities decreased $9
as  mortgage-related  securities  were allowed to repay in the amount of $4,985.
The average yield on mortgage-related securities increased from 6.84% in 1994 to
6.92% in 1995,  but as  rates  increased,  increased  repayments  took  place in
amounts   sufficient  to  result  in  an  overall   decrease  in  interest  from
mortgage-related securities. Other interest income decreased $276 due to reduced
average cash balances.  The average rate of interest earned on  interest-bearing
cash accounts increased from 1994 to 1995, but the demand for cash to fund loans
and  investment  securities,  which paid  higher  yields,  reduced  the  overall
interest yield from cash accounts.

NET INTEREST INCOME
- -------------------
Net interest  income  increased  $1,616,  or 28.8%,  from $5,605 during the year
ended  September 30, 1994 to $7,221 for the year ended  September 30, 1995.  The
average interest-earnings assets increased $52,316 from 1994 to 1995. Components
of the  interest-earning  assets are discussed above.  Overall the average yield
increased  from 6.99% in 1994 to 7.46% in 1995.  The major  increase in interest
income was due to the increase in interest-earning  assets with a lesser benefit
from rate increases.

Average  interest-bearing  liabilities increased $42,678 from 1994 to 1995. Both
deposit accounts and borrowed money increased in 1995. Average rates on deposits
increased  from 3.65% in 1994 to 4.35% in 1995.  The  average  interest  rate on
borrowed money,  however,  declined from 9.47% in 1994 to 6.33% in 1995. Overall
rates on interest-bearing  liabilities  increased from 3.88% in 1994 to 4.59% in
1995.

The ratio of average  interest-bearing  assets to  interest-bearing  liabilities
increased from 107.7% at September 30, 1994 to 110.9% at September 30, 1995.

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PROVISION FOR LOSSES ON LOANS
- -----------------------------
The Savings Bank  currently  maintains  an allowance  for loan losses based upon
management's  periodic  evaluation  of  known  and  inherent  risks  in the loan
portfolio, the Savings Bank's past loss experience,  adverse situations that may
affect the borrowers' ability to repay loans,  estimated value of the underlying
collateral and current and expected  market  conditions.  The allowance for loan
losses  was $275 and $423 at  September  30,  1994 and 1995,  respectively.  The
provision for losses on loans  increased  $218 for the year ended  September 30,
1995. The increase in the provision resulted from management's evaluation of the
adequacy of the allowance for loan losses.  While the Savings Bank maintains its
allowance for losses at a level which it considers to be adequate to provide for
potential  losses,  there can be no assurance that further additions will not be
made to the loss  allowances  and that such losses will not exceed the estimated
amounts.

OTHER INCOME
- ------------
Other income  increased  $3,953,  or 104%,  during the year ended  September 30,
1995,  as compared to the year ended  September  30,  1994.  This  increase  was
primarily  attributable to increased loan servicing fees (net of  amortization),
service fees and other  charges to customers  and a gain on the sale of mortgage
servicing rights.

Loan servicing fees (net of amortization)  increased by $1,312,  or 73.3%,  from
$1,790  to  $3,102  during  the  years  ended   September  30,  1994  and  1995,
respectively.  Servicing  fees  result  primarily  from  service  fees  paid  by
investors and correlate  closely with the size of the loan servicing  portfolio.
The  increase in servicing  fees during the year ended  September  30, 1995,  is
reflective of the increase in the amount of loans serviced by Mid-Continent  for
others from  $908,112 at September 30, 1994 to $1,189,892 at September 30, 1995.
Amortization of mortgage  servicing rights increased by $406, or 45.2%,  because
of the effects of the increased  servicing  portfolio,  scheduled  amortization,
prepayments and anticipated prepayments of loans.

Service fees and other charges to customers  increased by $814,  or 78.9%,  from
$1,032  to  $1,846  during  the  years  ended   September  30,  1994  and  1995,
respectively.  This  source of income is  primarily  a function of the amount of
deposits and the fees for deposit-related  services charged by the Savings Bank.
A primary source of this income is the Bank's high performance  checking account
programs.  The Bank also receives late charges related to loans serviced for the
Bank, as well as loans serviced for others.

During the fiscal year ended  September 30, 1995,  gains on the sale of mortgage
servicing  rights  were  realized  in the amount of  $1,961.  The  Savings  Bank
periodically  evaluates  its servicing  portfolio.  In the latter half of fiscal
1994  interest  rates rose and the value of the Savings  Bank's  loan  servicing
rights increased. The rise in value afforded the Savings Bank the opportunity in
1995 to restructure a portion of its servicing portfolio by selling a portion of
its loan servicing for FNMA and FHLMC. Sales of rights to approximately $304,400
of loans resulted in a pre-tax gain of approximately  $1,961. The funds provided
by the sales were reinvested in servicing product for GNMA. A service

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fee  enhancement  resulted  in that GNMA  service  fees  yield 44 basis  points,
whereas  FNMA and FHLMC  servicing  yields 25 basis  points.  The  Savings  Bank
intends to continuously  monitor the value of its mortgage loan  servicing.  The
gains recognized should not be viewed as indicative of future servicing revenue.

At September 30, 1995, the Savings Bank was servicing  approximately  $1,189,892
of mortgage  loans for others.  At  September  30,  1994,  the Savings  Bank was
servicing  approximately  $908,112 of mortgage  loans for others.  The growth in
gross servicing fees was 63.9% and net servicing fees was 73.3%.

Net gains on sale of loans decreased by $190, or 21.2%, from $896 to $706 during
the years  ended  September  30,  1994 and 1995,  respectively.  The gains  were
attributable to the Savings Bank's secondary market activities and result from a
combination of interest rates and management strategies.

Gains  on the  sale of  loans  were  enhanced  in 1995  upon  implementation  of
Financial  Accounting  Standards Board Statement of Accounting Standards No. 122
(SFAS No. 122),  Accounting for Mortgage Servicing Rights,  effective October 1,
1994. Implementation of this standard increased the gain on the sale of loans in
1995 in the amount of $426 ($267 after income tax). Prior to  implementation  of
SFAS No. 122, the excess of the sale consideration  received for purchased loans
over the  recorded  basis of those  loans  was  offset  against  the cost of any
mortgage  servicing rights  attributable to the loans being sold. This offset is
no longer  required  under SFAS No.  122.  Further,  SFAS No. 122  requires  the
recognition of mortgage  servicing  rights related to Savings Bank's  originated
loans which are sold with servicing rights retained. These two provision of SFAS
No.  122  enhanced  gain on the sale of loans in the  amounts  of $185 and $241,
respectively.  The effect of SFAS No. 122 on  quarterly  net income and earnings
per share is discussed in footnote 20 of the notes to the consolidated financial
statements.

Gains from the sale of loans are  dependent  on market and  economic  conditions
and,  accordingly,  there can be no assurance that the gains reported in current
periods  can be  achieved  in the future or that  there will not be  significant
variations in the results from such activities.

OTHER EXPENSE
- -------------
Other expense  increased by $1,862,  or 29.4%,  from $6,340 to $8,202 during the
years  ended  September  30,  1994 and  1995,  respectively.  This  increase  is
primarily attributable to increases in salaries and related expenses, occupancy,
professional  fees,  office  supplies  and  related  expense,   advertising  and
promotion and other expense.

Compensation  and employee  benefits  increased  $1,037,  or 32.3%, in 1995 over
1994. The increase is due to normal annual salary  adjustments and employment of
personnel  necessary to carry out the business  activities  of the Savings Bank.
Additionally, the Savings Bank recognized $171 related to

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the Employee Stock Ownership  Plan,  $141 for the Directors  Retirement Plan and
$249 for the Management Stock Bonus Plan in the 1995 year.

Occupancy and office supplies  expense  increased $88 and $119,  respectively in
1995 over 1994.  During 1995 the Savings Bank opened one new full service branch
in Wichita, Kansas.

Professional  fees increased $153 in 1995 over 1994.  Additional legal fees were
incurred in 1995 in the amount of $103.  Added legal  expense was  incurred as a
result of  becoming a publicly  held  company,  the legal fees  incurred  in the
design, approval from applicable parties and implementation of various director,
officer  and  employee  benefit  programs  and the filing of a claim in the U.S.
Court of Claims  related to  supervisory  goodwill (see Other Matters  section).
Professional  consultants  were also  retained  to assist in the  management  of
corporate assets and liabilities and strategic planning.

Advertising increased $85 in the fiscal year 1995 over fiscal 1994.  Advertising
was increased  primarily to promote the Savings Bank's checking account programs
and promote the new full service branch in Wichita, Kansas.

Deposit account  expense,  related  primarily to operation of the Savings Bank's
checking  account  programs,  increased  from $139 in 1994 to $227 in 1995.  The
Savings Bank intends to expand its checking account and deposit account programs
in the future.

Miscellaneous  loan  servicing  expense  increased $73 in 1995 over 1994.  These
expenses are directly  related to the servicing of loans for others,  as well as
for the Savings Bank,  and can be expected to rise as the Savings Bank grows and
expands its servicing  portfolio for others. See footnote 18 to the consolidated
financial statements,  Segment Information, for more information relative to the
operation of the mortgage  banking  segment  (which  includes loan servicing for
others) of the Savings Bank.

Operating  expenses  have  increased in recent  years due to the Savings  Bank's
increased  mortgage banking  operations.  For the year ended September 30, 1995,
operating  expenses  totaled 3.5% of average assets, a decrease from the 3.6% of
average  assets  recorded for the year ended  September 30, 1994.  The operating
expense ratios are attributable to loan production and loan servicing activities
(which incur  operating  expenses),  and general  inflationary  pressures on the
Savings  Bank's  operations.  Although  operating  expenses could be expected to
decline  somewhat if loan  production  levels decline,  certain  expenses should
increase as a result of being a public company.

INCOME TAX EXPENSE
- ------------------
Income tax expense increased $1,248 from $1,195 for the year ended September 30,
1994 to $2,443 for the year ended September 30, 1995. The primary reason for the
increase was a $3,489  increase in pre-tax  income.  The effective  rate for the
year ended September 30, 1994 was 39.1% as compared to 37.3% for 1995.

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COMPARISON OF OPERATING RESULTS FOR YEARS
- -----------------------------------------
ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996
- ---------------------------------

GENERAL
- -------
Net income decreased by $980, or 23.9%, from $4,106 for the year ended September
30, 1995 to $3,126 for the year ended September 30, 1996.

TOTAL INTEREST INCOME
- ---------------------
Total interest  income  increased  $3,948,  or 24.3%, to $20,173 during the year
ended  September  30, 1996 from $16,225 for the year ended  September  30, 1995.
Interest  income on loans  receivable  and on  investment  securities  increased
$1,413 and $2,669, respectively.  The average yield on loans declined from 7.95%
in 1995 to 7.76% in 1996,  but  increases in the loan  portfolio  resulted in an
increase in loan  interest in 1996 over 1995.  The average  yield of  investment
securities  increased from 6.92% in 1995 to 7.15% in 1996. The increase in rates
prompted more investment in securities and increased  revenue resulted from both
volume and rate increases. Interest on mortgage-related securities decreased $84
as  mortgage-related  securities  were allowed to repay in the amount of $6,746.
The average yield on mortgage-related securities increased from 6.92% in 1995 to
7.36% in 1996,  but as  rates  increased,  increased  repayments  took  place in
amounts   sufficient  to  result  in  an  overall   decrease  in  interest  from
mortgage-related  securities. Other interest income decreased $50 due to reduced
average cash balances.  The average rate of interest earned on  interest-bearing
cash  accounts  decreased  from 1995 to 1996,  plus the  demand for cash to fund
loans and investment  securities,  which paid higher yields, reduced the overall
interest yield from cash accounts.

NET INTEREST INCOME
- -------------------
Net interest  income  increased $684, or 9.5%, from $7,221 during the year ended
September  30,  1995 to $7,905  for the year ended  September  30,  1996.  Total
average  interest-earning assets increased $53,094 from 1995 to 1996. Components
of the  interest-earning  assets are discussed above.  Overall the average yield
remained unchanged,  at 7.46%, for 1995 and 1996. The major increase in interest
income was due to the increase in interest-earning  assets with a lesser benefit
from  individual rate increases,  primarily on  mortgage-related  securities and
investment securities.

Average  interest-bearing  liabilities increased $53,614 from 1995 to 1996. Both
deposit accounts and borrowed money increased in 1996. Average rates on deposits
increased  from 4.35% in 1995 to 4.63% in 1996.  The  average  interest  rate on
borrowed money,  however,  declined from 6.33% in 1995 to 6.21% in 1996. Overall
rates on interest-bearing  liabilities  increased from 4.59% in 1995 to 4.91% in
1996.

The ratio of average  interest-bearing  assets to  interest-bearing  liabilities
decreased from 110.9% at September 30, 1995 to 108.4% at September 30, 1996.

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PROVISION FOR LOSSES ON LOANS
- -----------------------------
The Savings Bank  currently  maintains  an allowance  for loan losses based upon
management's  periodic  evaluation  of  known  and  inherent  risks  in the loan
portfolio, the Savings Bank's past loss experience,  adverse situations that may
affect the borrowers' ability to repay loans,  estimated value of the underlying
collateral and current and expected  market  conditions.  The allowance for loan
losses  was $423 and $421 at  September  30,  1995 and 1996,  respectively.  The
provision for losses on loans  decreased  $149 for the year ended  September 30,
1996. The decrease in the provision resulted from management's evaluation of the
adequacy of the allowance for loan losses.  While the Savings Bank maintains its
allowance for losses at a level which it considers to be adequate to provide for
potential  losses,  there can be no assurance that further additions will not be
made to the loss  allowances  and that such losses will not exceed the estimated
amounts.

OTHER INCOME
- ------------
Other income decreased $582, or 7.5%,  during the year ended September 30, 1996,
as  compared  to the year  ended  September  30,  1995.  During  the year  ended
September  30,  1995,  the Bank  realized  gain on sale of  servicing  rights of
$1,961.  There was no sales of servicing  rights in the year ended September 30,
1996. All other  significant  sources of other income increased in 1996 compared
to 1995.

Loan servicing fees (net of amortization) increased by $26, or 0.8%, from $3,102
to $3,128  during the years ended  September  30,  1995 and 1996,  respectively.
Servicing  fees  result  primarily  from  service  fees  paid by  investors  and
correlate closely with the size of the loan servicing portfolio. The increase in
servicing  fees during the year ended  September  30, 1996, is reflective of the
increase  in the amount of loans  serviced  by  Mid-Continent  for  others  from
$1,189,892   at  September  30,  1995  to  $1,229,153  at  September  30,  1996.
Amortization of mortgage  servicing rights increased by $346, or 26.5%,  because
of the effects of the increased  servicing  portfolio,  scheduled  amortization,
prepayments and anticipated  prepayments of loans. The growth in gross servicing
fees was 8.4% and net servicing fees was 0.8%.

Service fees and other charges to customers  increased by $693,  or 37.5%,  from
$1,846  to  $2,539  during  the  years  ended   September  30,  1995  and  1996,
respectively.  This  source of income is  primarily  a function of the amount of
deposits and the fees for deposit-related  services charged by the Savings Bank.
A primary source of this income is the Bank's high performance  checking account
program.  The Bank also receives late charges  related to loans serviced for the
Bank, as well as serviced for others.

Net gains on sale of loans  increased  by $661,  or  93.6%,  from $706 to $1,367
during the years ended September 30, 1995 and 1996, respectively. The gains were
attributable to the Savings Bank's secondary market activities and result from a
combination of interest rates and management strategies.  Gains from the sale of
loans are dependent on market and economic  conditions and,  

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accordingly,  there can be no  assurance  that the  gains  reported  in  current
periods  can be  achieved  in the future or that  there will not be  significant
variations in the results from such activities.

OTHER EXPENSE
- -------------
Other expense  increased by $1,781,  or 21.7%,  from $8,202 to $9,983 during the
years  ended  September  30,  1995 and  1996,  respectively.  This  increase  is
primarily  attributable  to increases in salaries and related  expenses,  office
supplies  and related  expense,  advertising,  federal  insurance  premiums  and
promotion.

Compensation and employee  benefits  increased $291, or 6.9%, in 1996 over 1995.
The  increase is due to normal  annual  salary  adjustments  and  employment  of
personnel necessary to carry out the business activities of the Savings Bank.

Occupancy decreased $22 and office supplies expense increased $114, in 1996 over
1995.  During  1996 the  Savings  Bank  opened  one new full  service  branch in
Wichita, Kansas.

Data processing costs increased $135 in support of additional  branch operations
and in response to mortgage banking (including servicing) demands.

Advertising increased $34 in the fiscal year 1996 over fiscal 1995.  Advertising
was increased primarily to promote the Savings Bank's checking account programs.

Federal insurance  premiums increased from $351 for the year ended September 30,
1995 to $1,504 for the year ended  September 30, 1996. On September 30, 1996 the
Economic Growth and Regulatory  Paperwork  Reduction Act of 1996 was signed into
law. The Act imposed a special  assessment on SAIF members to  recapitalize  the
SAIF. The Bank's assessment was $1,053 which was charged to expense immediately.
The rate of deposit  insurance  assessment is expected to materially  decline in
future periods.

Deposit account  expense,  related  primarily to operation of the Savings Bank's
checking  account  programs,  increased  from $227 in 1995 to $298 in 1996.  The
Savings Bank intends to expand its checking account and deposit account programs
in the future.

Miscellaneous  loan servicing  expense  increased $149 in 1996 over 1995.  These
expenses are directly  related to the servicing of loans for others,  as well as
for the Savings Bank,  and can be expected to rise as the Savings Bank grows and
expands its servicing  portfolio for others. See footnote 18 to the consolidated
financial statements,  Segment Information, for more information relative to the
operation of the mortgage  banking  segment  (which  includes loan servicing for
others) of the Savings Bank.

Operating  expenses  have  increased in recent  years due to the Savings  Bank's
increased  mortgage 

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================================================================================

banking  operations.  For the year ended September 30, 1996,  operating expenses
totaled  3.4% of  average  assets,  a decrease  from the 3.5% of average  assets
recorded for the year ended September 30, 1995. The operating expense ratios are
attributable  to loan  production  and loan  servicing  activities  (which incur
operating expenses),  and general  inflationary  pressures on the Savings Bank's
operations. Although operating expenses could be expected to decline somewhat if
loan production levels decline,  certain expenses should increase as a result of
being a public company.

INCOME TAX EXPENSE
- ------------------

Income tax expense  decreased $550 from $2,443 for the year ended  September 30,
1995 to $1,893 for the year ended September 30, 1996. The primary reason for the
decrease was a $1,530  decrease in pre-tax  income.  The effective  rate for the
year ended September 30, 1995 was 37.3% as compared to 37.7% for 1996.

AVERAGE BALANCES, NET INTEREST INCOME, YIELDS EARNED AND RATES PAID
- -------------------------------------------------------------------

The following table presents for the periods  indicated the total dollar amounts
of interest  income  from  average  interest  earning  assets and the  resultant
yields,  as  well  as the  interest  expense  on the  average  interest  bearing
liabilities,  expressed both in dollars and rates. Average balances for the year
1994 are derived from month-end  balances.  Average  balances for the years 1995
and 1996 are derived from daily  balances.  Management does not believe that the
use of month-end  balances instead of daily average balances for 1994 has caused
any material differences in the information presented.

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================================================================================
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            Year Ended September 30,
                                   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               1994                               1995                           1996
                                   -------------------------------  -------------------------------- -------------------------------
                                                          Average                           Average                         Average
                                   Average                Yield/      Average               Yield/   Average                Yield/
                                   Balance   Interest     Cost        Balance    Interest   Cost     Balance    Interest     Cost
                                   -------   --------     ----        -------    --------   ----     -------    --------     ----

Interest-earning assets:
<S>                                <C>       <C>        <C>          <C>        <C>        <C>      <C>       <C>         <C>  
  Loans receivable ............... $84,912      6862      8.08%      $129,687     10310      7.95%  $151,078     11723      7.76%
  Mortgage-related securities ....   44101      3015      6.84%         43430      3006      6.92%     39711      2922      7.36% 
  Investment securities ..........   18866      1068      5.66%         37322      2581      6.92%     73431      5250      7.15%
  Other interest-earning assets...   17277       604      3.50%          7033       328      4.66%      6346       278      4.38%
                                  --------   -------      ----       --------   -------      ----   --------   -------      ---- 
                                                                                                       
       Total interest-
         earning assets ........    165156   $11,549      6.99%        217472   $16,225      7.46%    270566   $20,173      7.46%
                                             =======      ====                  =======      ====              =======      ====

Non-interest-earning assets          10414                              17401                          20892
                                  --------                           --------                       --------
                  Total assets    $175,570                           $234,873                       $291,458
                                  ========                           ========                       ========

Interest-bearing liabilities:
   Passbook savings deposits ...   $10,504   $   243      2.31%        $8,710   $   239      2.74%    $8,634   $   238      2.76%
   NOW accounts and money market                                     
     demand deposits ...........     38498       605      1.57%         40131       565      1.41%     47285       756      1.60%
   Certificates of deposit .....     98409      4533      4.61%        123444      6697      5.43%    148922      8491      5.70%
   Other interest-bearing                                            
     liabilities ...............      5947       563      9.47%         23751      1503      6.33%     44809      2783      6.21%
                                  --------   -------      ----       --------   -------      ----   --------   -------      ----  
      Total interest-                                                
        bearing liabilities ....    153358   $ 5,944      3.88%        196036   $ 9,004      4.59%    249650   $12,268      4.91%
                                             =======      ====                  =======      ====

Non-interest-bearing 
  liabilities...................      3225                               4216                           5201
                                  --------                           --------                         ------
      Total liabilities             156583                             200252                         254851
Stockholder's equity                 18987                              34621                          36607
                                  --------                           --------                       --------
      Total liabilities and 
        stockholders' equity      $175,570                           $234,873                       $291,458
                                  ========                           ========                       ========  
Net interest income                           $5,605                             $7,221                         $7,905
                                             =======                            =======                        ======= 
Interest rate spread                                       3.11%                             2.87%                          2.55%
                                                           ====                              ====                           ====
Net yield on interest-
  bearing assets                                           3.39%                             3.32%                          2.92%
                                                           ====                              ====                           ==== 
Ratio of average interest-
  earning assets to average 
  interest-bearing liabilities                           107.69%                           110.93%                        108.38%
                                                         ======                            ======                         ====== 
</TABLE>

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================================================================================

RATE/VOLUME ANALYSIS
- --------------------

The following  schedule presents the dollar amount of changes in interest income
and interest  expense for the major  components of  interest-earning  assets and
interest-bearing  liabilities.  For each category of interest-earning assets and
interest-bearing liabilities, information is provided on changes attributable to
(i) changes in volume (changes in average volume  multiplied by old rate);  (ii)
changes in rates  (changes  in rate  multiplied  by old average  volume);  (iii)
changes in  rate-volume  (changes  in rate  multiplied  by the change in average
volume).

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         1994 vs. 1995                             1995 vs. 1996
                                           -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Increase (Decrease)                       Increase (Decrease)
                                                           Due to                                     Due to
                                           -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Rate/                                       Rate/
                                            Volume      Rate      Volume       Net      Volume      Rate      Volume      Net
                                            ------      ----      ------       ---      ------      ----      ------      ---
Interest income:
<S>                                        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>    
   Loans receivable                        $ 3,616    ($  110)   ($   58)   $ 3,448    $ 1,701    ($  247)   ($   41)   $ 1,413
   Mortgage-related securities                 (43)        35         (1)        (9)      (258)       190        (16)       (84)
   Investment securities                     1,042        238        233      1,513      2,497         87         85      2,669
   Other interest-earning assets              (357)       200       (119)      (276)       (32)       (20)         2        (50)
                                           -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    ------- 
      Total interest-earning assets        $ 4,258    $   363    $    55    $ 4,676    $ 3,908    $    10    $    30    $ 3,948
                                           =======    =======    =======    =======    =======    =======    =======    =======

Interest expense:
   Passbook savings deposits               ($   41)   $    45    ($    8)   ($    4)   ($    2)   $     1    $     0    ($    1)
   NOW accounts and money market
    demand deposits                             25        (62)        (3)       (40)       100         77         14        191
   Certificates of deposit                    1154        805        206       2165       1383        341         70       1794
   Other interest-bearing liabilities         1686       (187)      (560)       939       1333        (28)       (25)      1280
                                           -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------
      Total interest-bearing liabilities   $ 2,824    $   601    ($  365)   $ 3,060    $ 2,814    $   391    $    59    $ 3,264
                                           =======    =======    =======    =======    =======    =======    =======    =======

Net change in net interest income          $ 1,434    ($  238)   $   420    $ 1,616    $ 1,094    ($  381)   ($   29)   $   684
                                           =======    =======    =======    =======    =======    =======    =======    =======
</TABLE>
 
                                  -21-
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Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc.
================================================================================

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
- -------------------------------

The Savings Bank is required to maintain minimum levels of "liquid  assets",  as
defined  by  the  Office  of  Thrift  Supervision  ("OTS")   regulations.   This
requirement,  which may be  varied  from time to time  depending  upon  economic
conditions  and  deposit  flows,  is based upon a  percentage  of  deposits  and
short-term  borrowings.  The required minimum ratio is currently 5 percent.  The
Savings Bank's average liquidity ratio was 7.9% percent during September,  1996.
The  Savings  Bank  manages  its  liquidity  ratio  to meet its  funding  needs,
including:  deposit outflows;  disbursement of payments collected from borrowers
for taxes and insurance;  repayment of Federal Home Loan Bank advances and other
borrowings; and loan principal disbursements. The Savings Bank also monitors its
liquidity position in accordance with its asset/liability management objectives.

In addition to funds  provided  from  operations,  the  Savings  Bank's  primary
sources  of funds  are:  savings  deposits;  principal  repayments  on loans and
mortgage-backed  securities;  and matured or called investment  securities.  The
Savings  Bank also  borrows  funds from time to time from the Federal  Home Loan
Bank of Topeka (the "FHLB").

Scheduled loan  repayments and maturing  investment  securities are a relatively
predictable source of funds.  However,  savings deposit flows and prepayments on
loans and mortgage-backed  securities are significantly influenced by changes in
market interest rates,  economic  conditions and  competition.  The Savings Bank
strives to manage the pricing of its  deposits to maintain a balanced  stream of
cash flows commensurate with its loan commitments and other predictable  funding
needs.

The  Savings  Bank  usually   maintains  a  portion  of  its  cash  on  hand  in
interest-bearing demand deposits with the FHLB to meet immediate loan commitment
and savings withdrawal funding requirements.  When applicable, cash in excess of
immediate   funding  needs  is  invested   into   longer-term   investment   and
mortgage-backed securities, some of which may also qualify as liquid investments
under current OTS regulations.

The Savings Bank has a $54,400 line of credit with the FHLB which may be used to
provide  funds  necessary  to cover cash  shortages  on a daily  basis,  and the
ability to obtain various other FHLB advances up to a total  borrowing  limit of
approximately  $200,000,  the amount of the Banks  residential  housing  finance
assets.  At September  30, 1996,  the Savings Bank had total FHLB  borrowings of
$81,700.

Management believes the Savings Bank has sufficient  resources available to meet
its foreseeable  funding  requirements.  At September 30, 1996, the Savings Bank
had  outstanding  loan  commitments  of  $63,743,  and  certificates  of deposit
scheduled to mature within one year of $97,575.

As required by the Financial  Institutions Reform,  Recovery and Enforcement Act
of 1989  ("FIRREA"),  the  Savings  Bank  must  meet or  exceed  three  separate
standards of capital adequacy. OTS regulations require financial institutions to
have minimum  tangible  capital equal to 1.50 percent of total adjusted  assets;
minimum  core  capital  equal to 3.00  percent  of total  adjusted  assets;  and
risk-based capital equal

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================================================================================

to 8.00 percent of total risk-weighted assets.

The  Savings  Bank's  capital  requirements  and  actual  capital  under the OTS
regulations were as follows at September 30, 1996:

                                                     Amount         Percent of
                                                  (Thousands)        Adjusted
                                                                      Assets
                                                -----------         -----------
Tangible capital:
      Actual amount                                 $31,827            9.3%
      Required amount                                 5,122            1.5%
                                                     ------            ----
          Excess                                     26,705            7.8%
                                                     ======            ====
Core capital:
      Actual amount                                  31,827            9.3%
      Required amount                                10,244            3.0%
                                                     ------            ----
          Excess                                     21,583            6.3%
                                                     ======            ====
Risk-based capital:
      Actual amount                                  32,281           24.5%
      Required amount                                10,551            8.0%
                                                     ------            ----
          Excess                                     21,730           16.5%
                                                     ======           =====



OTHER MATTERS
- -------------

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
- -----------------
Supreme Court Ruling on Breach of Contract Regarding Supervisory Goodwill:

Mid-Continent Federal Savings Bank, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Mid Continent
Bancshares,  Inc.,  is pursuing  its claim  against the  federal  government  to
recover funds lost as a result of the  enactment of the  Financial  Institutions
Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 ("FIRREA").  In 1986, the Bank was
encouraged by the federal  government to acquire an insolvent thrift institution
("Reserve Savings and Loan  Association").  The federal  government  allowed the
Bank to  count  the  insolvent  thrift's  losses  as  "goodwill"  assets  and to
double-count as "capital  credit" federal  government funds provided to help the
Bank take over the failing thrift. The Bank contends (among other things) in its
lawsuit that the federal  government  breached  its contract  with the Bank when
FIRREA was enacted  because FIRREA  prevented the Bank from counting such assets
toward minimum capital requirements.  As a result of FIRREA, the Bank was forced
to write off approximately  $7,500,000 in supervisory  goodwill.  This write off
reduced the Bank's regulatory capital.

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Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc.
================================================================================


On July 1, 1996, the United States Supreme Court Affirmed decisions by a federal
appellate  court that the government had breached  express  contracts with three
thrifts  (U.S.,  v. Winstar  Corp, et al.) and therefore was liable for damages.
Those lawsuits stemmed from circumstances that are similar to those of the Bank;
in  order  to  persuade  those  thrifts  to  acquire  certain  insolvent  thrift
institutions,  the federal government promised  accounting  treatment similar to
that promised to the Bank.

While the Supreme  Court's  ruling in U.S. v. Winstar  Corp,  et al.,  serves to
support  the Bank's  legal  claims in its  pending  lawsuit  against the federal
government,  it is not  possible at this time to predict what effect the Supreme
Court's ruling, and subsequent rulings of a lower court concerning damages, will
have on the outcome of the Bank's lawsuit.  Notwithstanding  the Supreme Court's
ruling,  there can be no  assurance  that the Bank will be able to  recover  any
funds arising out of its claim and, if any recovery is made,  the amount of such
recovery.

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MID CONTINENT BANCSHARES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARY

TABLE OF CONTENTS
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                                                         Page

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT ON FINANCIAL
  STATEMENTS                                                               

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

  Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 1995 and 1996           27

  Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended
   September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996                                      29

  Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the Years
   Ended September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996                                30

  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended
   September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996                                      31

  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the Years Ended
   September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996                                      33





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<PAGE>

[CORPORATE LOGO]     Suite 400                       Telephone: (416) 474-6180
                     1010 Grand Avenue
                     Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2232


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


Board of Directors
Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc.
El Dorado, Kansas

We have audited the  accompanying  consolidated  balance sheets of Mid Continent
Bancshares,  Inc. and  subsidiary  (the  "Company") as of September 30, 1995 and
1996, and the related  consolidated  statements of income,  stockholders' equity
and cash flows for each of the three  years in the period  ended  September  30,
1996.  These  financial  statements  are  the  responsibility  of the  Company's
management.  Our  responsibility  is to express  an  opinion on these  financial
statements based on our audits.

We  conducted  our  audits  in  accordance  with  generally   accepted  auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes
assessing the  accounting  principles  used and  significant  estimates  made by
management,  as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion,  such consolidated  financial  statements present fairly, in all
material  respects,  the  financial  position of the Company as of September 30,
1995 and 1996, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each
of the three years in the period ended  September  30, 1996 in  conformity  with
generally accepted accounting principles.

As discussed in Note 2 to the  consolidated  financial  statements,  the Company
changed its method of  accounting  for  mortgage  servicing  rights for the year
ended  September 30, 1995 and changed its method of accounting  for income taxes
for the year ended September 30, 1994.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


November 12, 1996



Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu
International




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MID CONTINENT BANCSHARES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996
(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------


ASSETS                                                       1995        1996

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:
  Cash and amounts due from depository institutions       $  1,187      1,694
  Interest bearing deposits in other banks                   4,490      3,924
                                                          --------   --------
           Total cash and cash equivalents                   5,677      5,618

INVESTMENT SECURITIES, At cost (Market value of $53,978
  and $83,827)                                              54,243     86,235

CAPITAL STOCK OF FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK, At cost             2,206      4,327

MORTGAGE-RELATED SECURITIES, At cost (Market value of
  $40,342 and $34,366)                                      40,004     34,383

LOANS HELD FOR SALE (Market value of $22,335
  and $13,816)                                              22,108     13,718

LOANS RECEIVABLE (Less allowance for loan losses
  of $423 and $421)                                        124,796    171,158

PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT, Net                                  4,757      6,271

REAL ESTATE OWNED (Less allowance for losses of
  $51 and $34)                                                 187         28

ACCRUED INTEREST RECEIVABLE:
  Loans receivable                                           1,111      1,285
  Mortgage-related securities                                  291        262
  Investment securities                                        817      1,197
                                                          --------   --------
           Total accrued interest receivable                 2,219      2,744

EXCESS OF COST OVER FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS ACQUIRED
  (Less accumulated amortization of $994 and $1,055)            83         22

MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS, Net                              11,625     12,496

OTHER ASSETS                                                 3,018      3,186

TOTAL ASSETS                                              $270,923   $340,186
                                                          ========   ========


                                                                     (Continued)

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<PAGE>


MID CONTINENT BANCSHARES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996
(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                               1995         1996

<S>                                                             <C>         <C>      
DEPOSITS                                                        $ 195,716   $ 214,493

ADVANCE PAYMENTS BY BORROWERS FOR TAXES
  AND INSURANCE                                                     2,029       1,805

INCOME TAXES PAYABLE                                                  607

DEFERRED INCOME TAXES                                                 168         698

ACCRUED AND OTHER LIABILITIES                                       2,668       4,683

ADVANCES FROM FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK                               33,000      81,700
                                                                ---------   ---------
           Total liabilities                                      234,188     303,379

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
  Preferred stock, no par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized,
    no shares issued or outstanding
  Common stock, $.10 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized,
    2,248,250 shares issued                                           225         225
  Additional paid-in capital                                       21,553      21,663
  Unearned compensation - Employee Stock Ownership Plan            (1,190)     (1,054)
  Unearned compensation - Management Stock Bonus Plan                (746)       (547)
  Retained earnings, substantially restricted                      18,067      20,424
                                                                ---------   ---------
                                                                   37,909      40,711

  Treasury stock, 80,000 and 231,500 shares, at cost               (1,174)     (3,904)
                                                                ---------   ---------
           Total stockholders' equity                              36,735      36,807
                                                                ---------   ---------
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER' EQUITY                       $ 270,923   $ 340,186
                                                                =========   =========
</TABLE>


See notes to consolidated financial statements 

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MID CONTINENT BANCSHARES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                                1994        1995        1996
INTEREST INCOME:
<S>                                                                         <C>          <C>         <C>     
  Loans receivable                                                          $   6,862    $ 20,310    $ 11,723
  Mortgage-related securities                                                   3,015       3,006       2,922
  Investment securities                                                         1,068       2,581       5,250
  Other interest - cash and cash equivalents                                      604         328         278
                                                                               ------      ------      ------
          Total interest income                                                11,549      16,225      20,173
                                                                               ------      ------      ------

INTEREST EXPENSE:
  Deposits                                                                      5,380       7,501       9,485
  Advances from Federal Home Loan Bank                                            525       1,503       2,783
  Other borrowed funds                                                             39
                                                                               ------      ------      ------
          Total interest expense                                                5,944       9,004      12,268
                                                                               ------      ------      ------
NET INTEREST INCOME                                                             5,605       7,221       7,905

PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES                                                           6         224          75
                                                                               ------      ------      ------
NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES                             5,599       6,997       7,830

OTHER INCOME:
  Loan servicing fees                                                           2,689       4,407       4,779
  Amortization of mortgage servicing rights                                      (899)     (1,305)     (1,651)
  Gain on sale of mortgage servicing rights                                                 1,961
  Service fees and other charges to customers                                   1,032       1,846       2,539
  Gain on sale of loans held for sale, net                                        896         706       1,367
  Insurance commissions                                                           107         100          54
  Other                                                                           (24)         39          84
                                                                               ------      ------      ------
          Total other income                                                    3,801       7,754       7,172
                                                                               ------      ------      ------
OTHER EXPENSES:
  Salaries and employee benefits                                                3,208       4,245       4,536
  Occupancy of premises                                                           778         866         844
  Office supplies and related expenses                                            410         529         643
  Data processing                                                                 490         455         590
  Advertising and promotions                                                      329         414         448
  Federal insurance premiums                                                      330         351       1,504
  Professional services                                                           160         313         272
  Provision for losses on real estate owned                                        59          81          18
  Amortization of excess cost over fair value of assets acquired                   91          78          60
  Deposit accounts                                                                139         227         298
  Loan servicing                                                                  120         193         342
  Other                                                                           226         450         428
                                                                               ------      ------      ------
          Total other expenses                                                  6,340       8,202       9,983
                                                                               ------      ------      ------
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE AND CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF
  CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME TAXES                                         3,060       6,549       5,019

INCOME TAX EXPENSE                                                              1,195       2,443       1,893
                                                                               ------      ------      ------
INCOME BEFORE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN
  ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME TAXES                                                   1,865       4,106       3,126

CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME TAXES                        136
                                                                               ------      ------      ------
NET INCOME                                                                  $   2,001     $ 4,106    $  3,126
                                                                               ======      ======      ======
EARNINGS PER SHARE (FROM JUNE 27, 1994):
  Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting for income taxes  $    0.30     $  1.97    $   1.59
                                                                               ======      ======      ======
  Net income                                                                $    0.30     $  1.97    $   1.59
                                                                               ======      ======      ======

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
MID CONTINENT BANCSHARES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            Unearned     Unearned
                                                                          Compensation- Compensation -
                                                                 Employee  Management    Retained
                                        Common Stock  Additional  Stock       Stock      Earnings,   Treasury Stock       Total
                                       --------------   Paid-In  Ownership    Bonus   Substantially ----------------   Stockholders'
                                       Shares  Amount   Capital     Plan      Plan      Restricted   Shares Amount        Equity
                                                                                                            
<S>                                 <C>          <C>   <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>     
BALANCE, October 1, 1993                                                                 $ 12,791                      $ 12,791

  Issuance of common stock, net      2,112,250   $211   20,158                                                           20,369

  Common stock issued to Employee 
    Stock Ownership Plan               136,000     14    1,346     (1,360)

  Common stock committed to be 
    released for allocation-
    Employee Stock Ownership Plan                                      48                                                    48

  Net income                                                                                2,001                         2,001
                                    ----------   ----  -------    -------       -----    --------  --------- -------     -------
BALANCE, September 30, 1994          2,248,250    225   21,504     (1,312)                 14,792                        35,209
 
  Acquisition of common stock 
   for Management Stock Bonus Plan                                            $  (995)                                     (995)
                             
  Acquisition of Treasury Stock                                                                       80,000 (1,174)     (1,174)

  Common stock committed to be 
    released for allocation-
    Employee Stock Ownership Plan                                     122                                                   122

  Increase in fair market value 
    of Employee Stock Ownership 
    Plan shares committed to 
    be released for allocation                              49                                                               49

  Amortization of unearned 
    compensation - Management 
    Stock Bonus Plan                                                              249                                       249

  Dividends on common stock to 
    stockholders                                                                             (831)                         (831)

Net income                                                                                  4,106                         4,106
                                    ----------   ----  -------    -------       -----    --------  --------- -------     -------
BALANCE, September 30, 1995          2,248,250    225   21,553     (1,190)       (746)     18,067     80,000  (1,174)    36,735

  Acquisition of Treasury Stock                                                                      151,500  (2,730)    (2,730)

  Common stock committed to 
    be released for allocation - 
    Employee Stock Ownership Plan                                     136                                                   136

  Increase in fair market value 
    of Employee Stock Ownership 
    Plan shares committed to
    be released for allocation                             110                                                              110

  Amortization of unearned 
    compensation - Management 
    Stock Bonus Plan                                                              199                                       199

  Dividends on common stock 
    to stockholders                                                                          (769)                         (769)

Net income                                                                                  3,126                         3,126
                                    ----------  ----   -------    -------       -----    --------  --------- -------     -------
BALANCE, September 30, 1996         $2,248,250  $225   $21,663    $(1,054)      $(547)   $ 20,424  $ 231,500 $(3,904)    $36,807
                                    ==========  ====   =======    =======       =====    ========  ========= =======     =======
</TABLE>
See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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<PAGE>
MID CONTINENT BANCSHARES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                               1994       1995       1996

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
<S>                                                                         <C>        <C>          <C>     
  Net income                                                                $  2,001   $  4,106     $  3,126
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
    provided by (used in) operating activities:
    Cumulative effect of change in accounting for income taxes                  (136)
    Common stock committed to be released for allocation -
      Employee Stock Ownership Plan                                               48        122          136
    Increase in fair market value of Employee Stock Ownership
      Plan shares committed to be released for allocation                                    49          110
    Amortization of unearned compensation - Management
      Stock Bonus Plan                                                                      249          199
    Stock dividend on capital stock of Federal Home Loan Bank                                           (172)
    Amortization (accretion) of premiums and discounts on mortgage-
      related securities and investment securities, net                         (120)      (134)        (155)
    Provision for loan losses                                                      6        224           75
    Provision for losses on real estate owned                                     59         81           18
    Net loan origination fees capitalized                                        368        380        1,602
    Amortization of net deferred loan origination fees                          (116)      (371)        (168)
    Amortization of mortgage servicing rights                                    899      1,305        1,651
    Amortization of excess of cost over fair value of assets acquired             91         78           60
    (Gain) loss on sale of real estate owned, net                                 34         (7)         (34)
    Depreciation and amortization on premises and equipment                      358        393          344
    Gain on sale of premises and equipment                                                  (12)
    Gain on sale of loans held for sale, net                                    (896)      (706)      (1,367)
    Origination/purchase of loans held for sale                             (196,388)  (107,341)    (195,873)
    Proceeds from sale of loans held for sale                                219,491     91,466      205,630
    Gain on sale of mortgage servicing rights                                            (1,961)
    Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes                                347       (225)         530
    Changes in:
      Accrued interest receivable                                               (263)      (935)        (525)
      Other assets                                                            (1,502)       (27)        (698)
      Income taxes payable                                                      (212)       607          (77)
      Accrued and other liabilities                                             (487)     1,091        2,028
                                                                            --------   --------     -------- 
            Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities               23,582    (11,568)      16,440
                                                                            --------   --------     -------- 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
  Proceeds from maturities of investment securities                            1,300     10,100       29,000
  Purchases of investment securities                                         (10,371)   (42,000)     (62,753)
  Principal collected on mortgage-related securities                          14,097      4,985        6,746
  Purchases of mortgage-related securities                                   (16,310)                 (1,158)
  Loan originations net of principal collected on loans receivable           (45,608)   (23,171)     (48,069)
  Proceeds from sales of premises and equipment                                   43        117
  Acquisitions of mortgage servicing rights, net                              (3,968)    (8,423)      (2,522)
  Proceeds from sales of mortgage servicing rights                                        3,766
  Purchases of premises and equipment                                         (1,124)    (1,416)      (1,858)
  Proceeds from sales of real estate owned                                       427        170          374
                                                                            --------   --------     -------- 
            Net cash used in investing activities                            (61,514)   (55,872)     (80,240)
                                                                            --------   --------     -------- 
</TABLE>

                                                                    (Continued)

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<PAGE>

MID CONTINENT BANCSHARES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                  1994            1995        1996

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
<S>                                                             <C>           <C>          <C>      
  Receipts for deposits, net                                    $  8,926      $   40,952   $  18,779
  Increase (decrease) in advance payments
   by borrowers for taxes and insurance, net                         260             126        (225)
  Proceeds from advances from Federal Home Loan Bank               8,000          96,600     199,500
  Repayments on advances from Federal Home Loan Bank              (6,500)        (72,600)   (150,800)
  Acquisition of common stock for Management Stock Bonus Plan                       (995)
  Acquisition of treasury stock                                                   (1,174)     (2,730)
  Cash dividends on common stock to stockholders                                    (615)       (783)
  Issuance of common stock                                        20,369
                                                                  ------          ------      ------
           Net cash used in financing activities                  31,055          62,294      63,741
                                                                  ------          ------      ------

DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS                             (6,877)         (5,146)        (59)

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:
  Beginning of year                                               17,700          10,823       5,677
                                                                  ------          ------      ------
  End of year                                                   $ 10,823      $    5,677   $   5,618
                                                                ========         ==========   =========
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF
  CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
  Income tax payments, net of refunds                           $  1,414      $    1,708   $   2,424
                                                                ========         ==========   =========
  Interest payments, including interest credited to deposits
    of approximately $5,353, $7,218 and $9,434                  $  5,935      $    8,758   $  12,287
                                                                ========         ==========   =========

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NONCASH
  INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
  Loans held for sale securitized into mortgage-related
    securities                                                  $ 81,962         $   40,544   $  88,413
                                                                ========         ==========   =========

  Common stock issued to Employee Stock Ownership Plan          $  1,360
                                                                ========         ==========   =========

  Loans transferred to real estate owned                        $    212         $      386   $     238
                                                                ========         ==========   =========

  Loans made upon the sale of real estate owned                 $    373                      $      40
                                                                ========         ==========   =========

  Accrued dividends on common stock                                              $      204   $     190
                                                                                 ==========   =========

</TABLE>

See notes to consolidated financial statements.                     (Concluded)

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<PAGE>

MID CONTINENT BANCSHARES, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
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1.  STOCK CONVERSION

    On November  23,  1993,  the Board of  Directors  of  Mid-Continent  Federal
    Savings  and Loan  Association  of El Dorado  unanimously  adopted a Plan of
    Conversion  to convert from a federally  chartered  mutual  savings and loan
    association  to a  federally  chartered  stock  savings  bank to be known as
    Mid-Continent  Federal  Savings  Bank (the  "Savings  Bank") and to form Mid
    Continent Bancshares, Inc., (the "Company"), a Kansas corporation, to act as
    the holding company of the Savings Bank. At the date of conversion, June 27,
    1994,  the Company  completed the sale of 2,248,250  shares of common stock,
    $.10 par value,  through concurrent  Subscription and Community Offerings at
    $10.00 per share. Included in the total shares sold are 136,000 shares which
    were purchased by the Employees  Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP") at $10.00 per
    share.  Net  proceeds  from the  conversion,  after  recognizing  conversion
    expenses and underwriting costs of $754 were $21,729. From the net proceeds,
    the Company used $11,241 to purchase all of the capital stock of the Savings
    Bank and $1,360 to fund the purchase of 136,000  shares of the Company stock
    by the ESOP. The Company owns 100% of the Savings Bank's common stock.

    At the time of  conversion,  the  Savings  Bank  segregated  and  restricted
    $13,434 of retained earnings, which was the amount of its regulatory capital
    as of  December  31,  1993,  in a  liquidation  account  for the  benefit of
    eligible  account holders who continue to maintain their deposit accounts in
    the Savings Bank after conversion. In the event of a complete liquidation of
    the  Savings  Bank  (and only in such an  event),  eligible  depositors  who
    continue to maintain  accounts  shall be entitled to received a distribution
    from the  liquidation  account  in an amount  proportionate  to the  current
    adjusted  balances of all  qualifying  deposits then held.  The  liquidation
    account will be reduced annually to the extent that eligible account holders
    have reduced their qualifying deposits.

    Subsequent  to the  conversion,  the  Company  or the  Savings  Bank may not
    declare or pay a cash  dividend on any of its shares of common  stock if the
    effect would reduce  stockholders'  equity below either the amount  required
    for the liquidation  account  discussed  above or the applicable  regulatory
    capital  requirements  or if such  declaration  and payment would  otherwise
    violate regulatory requirements.

2.  ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

    Principles of Consolidation - The consolidated  financial statements include
    the accounts of the Company, and its wholly owned subsidiary,  Mid-Continent
    Federal  Savings Bank.  The Savings Bank grants  mortgage and consumer loans
    primarily  to customers  within the state of Kansas.  The Savings Bank has a
    wholly  owned  subsidiary,  Laredo  Investment,  Inc.,  that is  engaged  in
    promoting  the  sale  of  tax  deferred   annuities  and  receives   related
    commissions.  Significant  intercompany  accounts and transactions have been
    eliminated.

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<PAGE>


    Cash and Cash Equivalents - Cash and cash equivalents  include cash on hand,
    amounts  due from  depository  institutions,  treasury  bills  and  interest
    bearing deposits in other banks purchased with an original maturity of three
    months or less.

    The Savings Bank is required by regulation to maintain  liquid assets in the
    form of cash and securities  approved by federal  regulations,  at a monthly
    average of not less than 5% of customer deposits and short-term borrowings.

    Investment  Securities - Investment  securities  include  securities  of the
    United  States  Government  and its  agencies  and are recorded at amortized
    cost.  Related  premiums and discounts are accreted or amortized into income
    over the lives of the securities  using the level-yield  method.  Securities
    are not adjusted to the lower of amortized cost or market because management
    has both the ability and intent to hold these securities to maturity.

    Capital Stock of Federal Home Loan Bank - Capital stock of Federal Home Loan
    Bank is carried at cost.  Dividends  received on such stock are reflected as
    interest income on investment  securities in the consolidated  statements of
    income.

    Mortgage-Related  Securities -  Mortgage-related  securities are recorded at
    amortized cost. The related premiums and discounts are accreted or amortized
    over the estimated lives of the underlying  securities using the level-yield
    method.  These securities are not adjusted to the lower of amortized cost or
    market  because  management  has both the  ability  and intent to hold these
    securities to maturity.

    Loans Held for Sale - The Savings Bank's management designates certain loans
    receivable  at the  date of  origination  or  purchase  as held  for sale as
    management does not intend to hold such loans to maturity. Accordingly, such
    loans are carried at the lower of cost (outstanding  principal  adjusted for
    net  unearned  fees and costs) or market value  (determined  on an aggregate
    basis with consideration given to forward delivery commitments).  Such loans
    are  originated or purchased  and intended for sale in the secondary  market
    and are generally sold with servicing retained by the Savings Bank. Gains or
    losses on such sales are  recognized  utilizing the specific  identification
    method for financial  reporting and income tax purposes at the time of sale.
    Loan fees, net discounts, premiums and other related costs are recognized at
    the time the related loans are sold to  third-party  investors.  Interest on
    these loans is included in interest income on loans receivable.

    Loans Receivable - Loans are stated at the amount of unpaid principal less a
    provision for loan losses, undisbursed loan funds and unearned discounts and
    loan fees, net of certain direct loan origination  costs.  Interest on loans
    is  credited  to income as earned and  accrued  only if deemed  collectible.
    Loans are placed on nonaccrual  status when,  in the opinion of  management,
    the full timely  collection  of  principal  or  interest  is in doubt.  As a
    general  rule,  the accrual of interest is  discontinued  when  principal or
    interest payments become 90 days past due or earlier if conditions  warrant.
    When a loan is placed on nonaccrual  status,  previously  accrued but unpaid
    interest is reversed against current income.  Subsequent collections of cash
    may be applied as reductions to the principal  balance,  interest in arrears
    or recorded as income,  depending on management's assessment of the ultimate
    collectibility  of the loan.  Nonaccrual  loans may be  restored  to accrual
    status when  principal  and  interest  become  current  and full  payment of
    principal and interest is expected.

    Net loan origination and commitment fees are amortized as a yield adjustment
    to interest income using the level-yield  method over the contractual  lives
    of the related loans.

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<PAGE>


    Provision for Loan Losses - The Savings Bank considers a loan to be impaired
    when  management  believes it is probable  that it will be unable to collect
    all  principal and interest due  according to the  contractual  terms of the
    loan.  If a loan is impaired,  the Savings Bank is required to record a loss
    valuation  allowance equal to the present value of the estimated future cash
    flows  discounted  at the  loan's  effective  rate or  based  on the  loan's
    observable  market price or the fair value of the  collateral if the loan is
    collateral dependent.  These estimates are susceptible to changes that could
    result in a material  adjustment  to  operations.  Recovery of the  carrying
    value of such loans is dependent to a great extent upon economic,  operating
    and other conditions that may be beyond the Savings Bank's control.

    Premises  and  Equipment - Premises  and  equipment  are stated at cost less
    accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are
    computed  primarily on the  straight-line  method over the estimated  useful
    lives of the related assets. The following represents a summary of estimated
    useful lives:

                                                              Years

Building and improvements                                       40
Furniture, fixtures and equipment                             5-10
Automobiles                                                      3


    Real Estate Owned - Real estate owned represents  foreclosed assets held for
    sale and is recorded at fair value as of the date of foreclosure or transfer
    less estimated disposal costs (the new basis) and is subsequently carried at
    the lower of the new basis or fair value on the  current  measurement  date.
    Subsequently,  properties  are evaluated and any  additional  declines which
    reduce  the fair value to less than  carrying  value are  provided  for as a
    provision  for losses on real estate  owned.  Costs and expenses  related to
    major  additions and  improvements  are  capitalized  while  maintenance and
    repairs  which do not improve or extend the lives of the assets are expensed
    currently. Gains on the sale of real estate owned for which the Savings Bank
    grants a loan are recognized upon  disposition of the property to the extent
    allowable considering certain down payments and other requirements.

    Excess of Cost Over Fair Value of Assets Acquired - Excess of cost over fair
    value of assets  acquired is amortized  using a level-yield  method over the
    estimated remaining life of the long-term  interest-bearing assets acquired.
    Level-yield amortization is determined based upon the carrying amount of the
    long-term  interest-bearing assets acquired. The estimated remaining life of
    the  excess of cost over fair  value of assets  acquired  is two years as of
    September 30, 1996.

     Mortgage  Servicing  Rights -  Mortgage  servicing  rights  consist  of the
     following:

       Originated Mortgage Servicing Rights - The Savings Bank adopted Statement
       of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  ("SFAS")  No. 122,  Accounting  for
       Mortgage  Servicing  Rights,  effective for the year ended  September 30,
       1995.  This  Statement  requires the  recognition  of mortgage  servicing
       rights related to mortgage loans acquired through origination  activities
       of the  Savings  Bank.  The  originated  mortgage  servicing  rights  are
       recorded at cost based upon the relative fair values of the loans and the
       servicing  rights.  Servicing  release fees paid on comparable  loans and
       discounted cash flows are used to determine estimates of fair values. The
       Savings Bank capitalized  originated mortgage servicing rights of $322 in
       1995  related to the adoption of SFAS No. 122 which effect is included in
       the gain on sale of loans,  net, to the extent such originated loans were
       sold  prior  to  September  30,  1995.  These  rights  are  amortized  in
       proportion to and over the period of expected net servicing income.

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<PAGE>


       Purchased Mortgage Servicing Rights - Purchased mortgage servicing rights
       are acquired from independent third-party originators and are recorded at
       the lower of cost or fair value.  Prior to the  adoption of SFAS No. 122,
       the excess of the sale  consideration  received for purchased  loans over
       the  recorded  basis of those  loans was offset  against  the cost of the
       mortgage  servicing  right  instead of being  recorded as income.  As the
       Savings Bank has adopted SFAS No. 122, no gains on the sale of loans were
       offset  against the cost of the mortgage  servicing  rights in 1995.  The
       offset was $714 in 1994.  Such rights are  amortized in proportion to and
       over the period of expected net servicing income.

       Impairment  Evaluation - The Savings Bank evaluates the carrying value of
       capitalized  mortgage servicing rights on a periodic basis based on their
       estimated fair value. For purposes of evaluating and measuring impairment
       of  capitalized  servicing  rights,  in accordance  with SFAS No 122, the
       Savings  Bank  stratifies  the  rights  based on their  predominant  risk
       characteristics.  The significant risk characteristics  considered by the
       Savings Bank are loan type,  period of  origination  and stated  interest
       rate.  If  the  fair  value  estimated,  using  a  discounted  cash  flow
       methodology,  is less  than the  carrying  amount of the  portfolio,  the
       portfolio is written down to the amount of the  discounted  expected cash
       flows  utilizing  a  valuation  allowance.   The  Savings  Bank  utilizes
       consensus  market  prepayment  assumptions and discount rates to evaluate
       its capitalized servicing rights which considers the risk characteristics
       of the underlying  servicing  rights.  For the years ended 1994, 1995 and
       1996, there were no write downs or valuation  allowances  established for
       capitalized servicing.

       Sale of Mortgage  Servicing Rights - The Savings Bank recognizes gains on
       sales of  mortgage  servicing  rights  when a legal  closing  of the sale
       occurs with title passing to the buyer, all significant risks and rewards
       of ownership have  transferred to the buyer,  including  risks related to
       default  prepayment  (including no uncapped  risks related to defaults or
       prepayments) and there are no significant unresolved  contingencies.  The
       Savings Bank defers the gain on sale of servicing until these  conditions
       are met.

    Income  Taxes - The  Company,  the Savings  Bank and its  subsidiary  file a
    consolidated  Federal  income  tax  return.  State  income tax  returns  are
    individually filed for each of the entities.

    On October 1, 1993, the Company  changed its method of accounting for income
    taxes to conform to the requirements of SFAS No. 109,  Accounting for Income
    Taxes,  which  specifies  the asset and liability  method of accounting  for
    income taxes. Under the asset and liability method,  deferred tax assets and
    liabilities  are  established  for the  temporary  differences  between  the
    financial  accounting  basis  and tax  basis  of the  Company's  assets  and
    liabilities  at the current  statutory tax rates.  A valuation  allowance is
    established for deferred tax assets when their realization is in doubt based
    on a "more likely than not" analysis. The cumulative effect of the change in
    accounting  for income taxes was to increase net income by $136 for the year
    ended September 30, 1994. The Company  reflected this  cumulative  effect in
    operations during the year ended September 30, 1994.

    The Savings Bank is permitted  under the Internal  Revenue Code to deduct an
    annual  addition to a reserve for bad debts in determining  taxable  income,
    subject to certain  limitations.  This  addition  differs  from the bad debt
    experience used for financial accounting  purposes.  Bad debt deductions for
    income tax purposes  are  included in taxable  income of later years only if
    the bad debt reserve is used  subsequently for purposes other than to absorb
    bad debt losses.  Under SFAS No. 109, a deferred  tax  liability is provided
    only to the extent the tax bad debt reserve  exceeds the base year  reserve.
    The base year reserve is the tax bad debt reserve as of September  30, 1988.
    Retained  earnings as of 

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<PAGE>



    September 30, 1996 includes approximately $2,071 representing  such bad debt
    reserve as of the base year for which no  deferred  income  taxes have  been
    provided.

    On August 20,  1996,  the Small  Business  Job  Protection  Act of 1996 (the
    "Act") was enacted  into  legislation.  The Act repeals the special bad debt
    reserve  method  for  thrift  institutions.  The  Act  requires  thrifts  to
    recapture  any reserves  accumulated  after 1987 but forgives  taxes owed on
    reserves  accumulated prior to 1988.  Thrift  institutions will be given six
    years to account for the  recaptured  excess  reserves,  beginning  with the
    first taxable year after 1995,  and will be permitted to delay the timing of
    this  recapture  for one or two years  subject to whether  they meet certain
    residential  loan  tests.  The Act will not have a  material  impact  on the
    Company's financial statements as a deferred tax liability has been provided
    on the excess reserves.

    Revenue  Recognition - Servicing fees, interest income, late fees, and other
    ancillary  income  related to the Savings  Bank's  servicing  activities are
    accrued as earned.

    Earnings Per Share - The Company  completed  its initial  stock  offering on
    June 27, 1994, and, accordingly, earnings per share for 1994 was computed on
    net income and the weighted  average number of common and common  equivalent
    shares  outstanding  subsequent to June 27, 1994.  Common  equivalent shares
    include  shares  usable  upon  exercise  of  dilutive  options   outstanding
    determined  under the treasury  stock method.  The Company  accounts for the
    shares  acquired by its ESOP in  accordance  with the American  Institute of
    Certified  Public  Accountants'  (AICPA)  Statement of Position 93-6 and the
    shares  acquired  for its  Management  Stock  Bonus Plan  (MSBP) in a manner
    similar to the ESOP  shares;  shares  acquired  by the ESOP and MSBP are not
    considered in the weighted average shares  outstanding  until the shares are
    committed for allocation or vested to an employee's  individual account. The
    weighted average number of common and common equivalent  shares  outstanding
    for the periods indicated below are:

          June 27, 1994 through September 30, 1994       2,114,894 shares
          October 1, 1994 through September 30, 1995     2,087,668 shares
          October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1996     1,962,849 shares

    Regulatory  Compliance - Under the Financial  Institutions Reform,  Recovery
    and Enforcement  Act of 1989  ("FIRREA"),  the Office of Thrift  Supervision
    ("OTS") established capital  regulations  requiring savings  associations to
    maintain:  (i) core capital  equal to 3.0% of adjusted  total  assets,  (ii)
    tangible capital equal to 1.5% of adjusted total assets and (iii) risk-based
    capital equal to 8.0% of risk-weighted assets.

    The  Savings  Bank  meets  all of the  minimum  capital  requirements  as of
    September  30, 1996.  The Savings  Bank's  capital  amounts and ratios as of
    September 30, 1996 are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                         Required               Actual                   Excess
                                    ------------------    -------------------      -------------------
                                    Amount      Ratio      Amount       Ratio      Amount       Ratio
  
Core capital to adjusted
<S>                              <C>             <C>     <C>             <C>     <C>            <C>  
  total assets                   $   10,244      3.0 %   $ 31,827        9.3 %   $ 21,583       6.3 %
Tangible capital to
  adjusted total assets               5,122      1.5 %     31,827        9.3 %     26,705       7.8 %
Total capital to risk-
  weighted assets                    10,551      8.0 %     32,281       24.5 %     21,730      16.5 %

</TABLE>

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<PAGE>



    A reconciliation of the Savings Bank's  stockholders' equity under generally
    accepted accounting principles to regulatory capital amounts as of September
    30, 1996 is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                                                                                    <C>    
Stockholders' equity, core and tangible capital - as reported by the Savings Bank      $31,827
General loan loss reserves                                                                 454
                                                                                       -------
                                                                                     
Risk-based capital                                                                     $32,281
                                                                                       =======
</TABLE>

    The ability to include supervisory goodwill for purposes of the core capital
    requirement was phased out on January 1, 1995.

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 ("FDICIA")
    required each federal banking agency to implement prompt corrective  actions
    for institutions  that it regulates.  In response to this  requirement,  OTS
    adopted  final rules,  based upon  FDICIA's  five capital  tiers.  The rules
    provide that a savings bank is "well  capitalized"  if its total  risk-based
    capital ratio is 10% or greater,  its Tier 1 risk-based  capital ratio is 6%
    or greater, its leverage is 5% or greater and the institution is not subject
    to a capital directive. Under this regulation, the Savings Bank is deemed to
    be "well capitalized" as of September 30, 1996.

    Estimates - The preparation of these financial statements in conformity with
    generally  accepted  accounting   principles  requires  management  to  make
    estimates  and  assumptions  that affect the reported  amounts of assets and
    liabilities  and  disclosure  of  contingent  assets and  liabilities  as of
    September 30, 1994,  1995 and 1996 and the reported  amounts of revenues and
    expenses during the years then ended. Significant estimates include the loan
    loss reserve and fair value of financial  instruments.  Actual results could
    differ from those estimates.

    New  Statements  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards - In March 1995,  FASB
    issued SFAS No. 121,  Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and
    for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of, which will become effective for the
    Company  beginning  October 1, 1996. This Statement  establishes  accounting
    standards  for the  impairment of long-lived  assets,  certain  identifiable
    intangibles and goodwill related to those assets to be held and used and for
    long-lived  assets and certain  identifiable  intangibles to be disposed of.
    The  Statement  requires  that  long-lived  assets and certain  identifiable
    intangibles  to be held and used by an entity  be  reviewed  for  impairment
    whenever  events or  changes in  circumstances  indicate  that the  carrying
    amount of an asset may not be  recoverable.  In  performing  the  review for
    recoverability, the entity should estimate the future cash flows expected to
    result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. If the sum of
    the  undiscounted  cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset,
    an impairment  loss is recognized to reduce the carrying  amount to the fair
    value of the asset.  Generally,  long-lived assets and certain  identifiable
    intangibles  that are to be  disposed  of should be reported at the lower of
    the carrying  amount or fair value less costs to sell.  The Company does not
    anticipate  that the  implementation  of this Statement will have a material
    impact on the consolidated financial statements.

    In October 1995, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123,  Accounting  for  Stock-Based
    Compensation,  which will become effective for the Company beginning October
    1, 1996.  SFAS No. 123 will require  increased  disclosure  of  compensation
    expense arising from both fixed and performance  stock  compensation  plans.
    Such  expense will be measured as the fair value of the award at the date it
    is  granted  using an  option-pricing  model that  takes  into  account  the
    exercise price and expected volatility,  expected dividends on the stock and
    the expected  risk-free  rate of return  during the term of the option.  The
    compensation  cost would be recognized over the service period,  usually the
    period from the grant 

                                      -38-
<PAGE>

     date to the vesting date.  SFAS No. 123  encourages,  rather than requires,
     companies to adopt a new method that accounts for stock compensation awards
     based on their estimated fair value at the date they are granted. Companies
     would be  permitted,  however,  to  continue  accounting  under  Accounting
     Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 25. The Company will continue to apply
     APB Opinion No. 25 in their  financial  statements  and will be required to
     disclose  pro forma  net  income  and  earnings  per  share in a  footnote,
     determined as if the Company had applied the new method.

    In June 1996,  the FASB issued SFAS No. 125,  Accounting  for  Transfers and
    Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinquishments of Liabilities, which will
    become  effective  for the Company for  transfers and servicing of financial
    assets and extinguishments of liabilities occurring after December 31, 1996.
    This Statement  supersedes SFAS No. 122,  Accounting for Mortgage  Servicing
    Rights.  For each  servicing  contract in existence  before January 1, 1997,
    previously  recognized  servicing rights and "excess servicing"  receivables
    shall be combined,  net of any previously  recognized servicing  obligations
    under that  contract,  as a  servicing  asset or  liability.  The  Statement
    provides that servicing  assets and other retained  interests in transferred
    assets be measured by allocating  the previous  carrying  amount between the
    assets sold, if any, and retained interests, if any, based on their relative
    fair  values  at  the  date  of  the  transfer,  and  servicing  assets  and
    liabilities be  subsequently  measured by (1)  amortization in proportion to
    and over the  period of  estimated  net  servicing  income or loss,  and (2)
    assessment for asset impairment or increased  obligation based on their fair
    values.  The Company does not  anticipate  that the  implementation  of this
    Statement  will  have  a  material  impact  on  the  consolidated  financial
    statements.

    Reclassifications - Certain reclassifications have been made to the 1994 and
    1995  consolidated  financial  statements  in order to conform with the 1996
    presentation.

3.  INVESTMENT SECURITIES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                   September 30, 1995
                                                    ------------------------------------------------
                                                                   Gross       Gross      Estimated
                                                    Amortized     Unrealized Unrealized    Market
                                                       Cost        Gains      Losses        Value
                                                       ----        -----      ------        -----
<S>                                                    <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>     
United States Treasury and other U.S.
  Government agencies:
  Securities maturing after one year
    through five years                                 $ 18,153     $   82       $ 603      $ 17,632
  Securities maturing after five years
    through ten years                                    26,000        178           1       26,177
  Securities maturing after ten years                    10,090         79                   10,169  
                                                       --------      -----       -----      --------  
                                                       $ 54,243      $ 339       $ 604      $ 53,978  
                                                       ========      =====       =====      ========  
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               September 30, 1996                    
                                                   -------------------------------------------------

                                                                  Gross       Gross       Estimated
                                                   Amortized    Unrealized  Unrealized     Market
                                                     Cost         Gains       Losses        Value
                                                     ----         -----       ------        -----
                                                                                                     
United States Treasury and other U.S.                                                                
  Government agencies:                                                                               
<S>                                                 <C>             <C>       <C>          <C>      
  Securities maturing within one year               $   2,000                 $      25    $   1,975
  Securities maturing after one year                                                                 
    through five years                                 13,332                       606       12,726 
  Securities maturing after five years                                                               
    through ten years                                  17,500       $  16           441       17,075 
  Securities maturing after ten years                  53,403         111        1,463        52,051 
                                                     --------       -----      -------      -------- 
                                                                                                   
                                                     $ 86,235       $ 127      $ 2,535      $ 83,827 
                                                     ========       =====      =======      ======== 
</TABLE>
                                                             
    As of  September  30,  1995 and  1996,  the  Savings  Bank  held  "step  up"
    securities   with   aggregate   carrying   values  of  $2,000  and   $1,000,
    respectively.  The  securities  bear interest at rates ranging from 5.05% to
    8.04% with stated  maturity  dates ranging from 1996 to 2004. The securities
    are  callable  on  specified  "step up"  dates.  At each call  date,  if the
    securities are not called, the coupon rate increases.

    As of September 30, 1996, the Savings Bank held callable  securities with an
    aggregate  carrying value of $76,801.  The securities bear interest at rates
    ranging from 4.98% to 8.5% with stated  maturity  dates ranging from 1996 to
    2011.

4.  MORTGAGE-RELATED SECURITIES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           September 30, 1995
                                                          ------------------------------------------------------

                                                                          Gross        Gross       Estimated
                                                          Amortized      Unrealized   Unrealized     Market
                                                            Cost          Gains       Losses         Value
                                                            ----          -----       ------         -----
                                                                                                   
Pass-through certificates - fixed rate:
<S>                                                         <C>              <C>         <C>         <C>      
  Government National Mortgage Association                  $   7,293        $ 339                   $   7,632
  Federal National Mortgage Association                           459           19                         478
  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation                       13,835          153       $  48          13,940
Pass-through certificates - adjustable rate:
  Government National Mortgage Association                      5,729                       35           5,694
  Federal National Mortgage Association                         2,990                       41           2,949
  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation                        6,786                       49           6,737
  Mortgage Guarantee Insurance Corporation                      2,912            7           7           2,912  
                                                             --------        -----       -----        --------  

                                                             $ 40,004        $ 518       $ 180        $ 40,342  
                                                             ========        =====       =====        ========  
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          September 30, 1996
                                                          ------------------------------------------------------

                                                                          Gross        Gross       Estimated
                                                          Amortized      Unrealized   Unrealized     Market
                                                            Cost          Gains       Losses         Value
                                                            ----          -----       ------         -----
                                                                                                   
Pass-through certificates - fixed rate:
<S>                                                         <C>              <C>         <C>         <C>      
  Government National Mortgage Association                  $   6,151        $ 224                   $   6,375
  Federal National Mortgage Association                           365           12                         377
  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation                       11,853          138       $ 176          11,815
Pass-through certificates - adjustable rate:
  Government National Mortgage Association                      5,043                       24           5,019
  Federal National Mortgage Association                         2,616                       70           2,546
  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation                        6,219                      119           6,100
  Mortgage Guarantee Insurance Corporation                      2,136            3           5           2,134  
                                                             --------        -----       -----        --------  

                                                             $ 34,383        $ 377       $ 394        $ 34,366  
                                                             ========        =====       =====        ========  

</TABLE>

    Certain  mortgage-related  securities  have been pledged as  collateral  for
deposits (See Note 11).

5.  LOANS RECEIVABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                          1995            1996
                                                          ----            ----

First mortgage loans:
<S>                                                      <C>            <C>     
  Residential - one-to-four units ................       $115,803       $157,494
  Secured by other properties ....................          1,280          1,013
  Construction loans .............................         10,351         17,367
                                                         --------       --------
           Total first mortgage loans ............        127,434        175,874
                                                         --------       --------

Other installment loans:
  Property improvements, auto and other ..........          3,915          5,195
  Mobile home ....................................            499            305
  Deposits .......................................            688            769
                                                         --------       --------
           Total installment loans ...............          5,102          6,269
                                                         --------       --------
           Total loans ...........................        132,536        182,143

Less:
  Unearned discounts and loan fees ...............            693            157
  Undisbursed loan funds .........................          6,624         10,407
  Allowance for loan losses ......................            423            421
                                                         --------       --------

                                                         $124,796       $171,158
                                                         ========       ========
</TABLE>
                                      -41-
<PAGE>

    There  were no  commercial  real  estate  or  business  loans  purchased  or
originated during 1994, 1995 or 1996.

    The Savings Bank  originates  and purchases  both  adjustable and fixed rate
    loans. The approximate composition of these loans is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                             September 30, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Fixed Rate                                                                Adjustable Rate
- ------------------------------------                                         -----------------------------------
       Term to                                                                  Term to Rate
      Maturity         Book Value                                                Adjustment        Book Value
      --------         ----------                                                ----------        ----------

<S>                     <C>                                               <C>                    <C>         
1 mo. - 1  yr.          $    11,138                                        1 mo. - 1 yr.          $    23,982 
1 yr. - 3 yrs.                1,766                                        1 yr. - 3 yrs.              53,675 
3 yrs. - 5 yrs.               1,815                                       3 yrs. - 5 yrs.               2,821
5 yrs. - 10 yrs.              5,020                                        5 yrs - 10 yrs.              1,376
10 yrs. - 20 yrs.            19,640
Over 20 years                11,303                                                               -----------                   
                        -----------                                                  
                                                                          
                        $    50,682                                                               $    81,854  
                        ===========                                                               ===========  
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                September 30, 1996
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Fixed Rate                                                               Adjustable Rate
- ------------------------------------                                       -------------------------------------
       Term to                                                                 Term to Rate
      Maturity         Book Value                                               Adjustment        Book Value
      --------         ----------                                               ----------        ----------

<S>                     <C>                                                <C>                     <C>         
1 mo. - 1  yr.          $    18,246                                        1 mo. - 1 yr.           $     50,379
1 yr. - 3 yrs.                2,009                                        1 yr. - 3 yrs.                48,341
3 yrs. - 5 yrs.               2,219                                        3 yrs. - 5 yrs.                9,419
5 yrs. - 10 yrs.              5,422                                        5 yrs - 10 yrs.                1,170
10 yrs. - 20 yrs.            28,615                                                             
Over 20 years                16,323                                                                                   
                        -----------                                                                ------------  

                        $    72,834                                                                $    109,309  
                        ===========                                                                ============  

</TABLE>

    The adjustable rate loans have interest rate adjustment  limitations and are
    generally  indexed to the weekly  average  yield on United  States  Treasury
    securities adjusted to a constant maturity of 1 year.

    The Savings Bank is subject to numerous lending-related  regulations.  Under
    FIRREA,  the Savings  Bank may not make real estate loans to one borrower in
    excess of the greater of 15% of its unimpaired  capital and surplus or $500,
    whichever  is greater.  As of  September  30,  1996,  the Savings Bank is in
    compliance with this limitation.

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<PAGE>

    A summary of the activity in the allowance for loan losses is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                     1994      1995       1996
                                                     ----      ----       ----

<S>                                                 <C>        <C>        <C>  
Balance, beginning of year ....................     $ 346      $ 275      $ 423

  Provision charged to expense ................         6        224         75
  Losses charged against the allowance ........       (80)       (80)       (90)
  Recoveries ..................................         3          4         13
                                                    -----      -----      -----

Balance, end of year ..........................     $ 275      $ 423      $ 421
                                                    =====      =====      =====
</TABLE>

    During 1995,  the Savings Bank  restructured  loans with a carrying value of
    approximately  $3,039. No provision for loss was considered  necessary based
    on the restructured terms and the cash flows expected to be generated by the
    underlying collateral.  The Savings Bank did not engage in any troubled debt
    restructurings during the years ended September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996.

    Aggregate  loans to  executive  officers,  directors  and their  associates,
    including  companies in which they have partial  ownership  interest did not
    exceed  5% of  stockholders'  equity  as of  September  30,  1995 and  1996.
    Management  believes  such  loans  were  made  under  terms  and  conditions
    substantially  the same as loans made to  parties  not  affiliated  with the
    Savings Bank.

    As of September 30, 1995 and 1996,  loans  totaling  approximately  $392 and
    $484,  respectively,  were on nonaccrual status. Gross interest income would
    have been increased by $31 and $45 for the year ended September 30, 1995 and
    1996, respectively, for nonaccrual status loans.

6.  MORTGAGE LOANS SERVICED

    The Savings Bank  services  primarily  single family  residential  loans for
    others  which are not  included  in the  accompanying  consolidated  balance
    sheets.  The  approximate  unpaid  principal  balances  of these  loans  are
    summarized as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         1994         1995        1996
                                                         ----         ----        ----
Government National
<S>                                                   <C>        <C>         <C>       
  Mortgage Association ............................   $ 501,781  $  902,977  $  875,381
Federal National
  Mortgage Association ............................     228,889     132,209     115,492
Federal Home
  Loan Mortgage Corporation .......................     133,227     146,624     231,515
Other investors ...................................      44,215       8,082       6,765
                                                      ---------  ----------  ----------

                                                      $ 908,112  $1,189,892  $1,229,153
                                                      =========  ==========  ==========
</TABLE>

    The  Savings  Bank  services  loans in 45  states.  The five  largest  state
    concentrations,  based on unpaid principal balances, are as follows:  Kansas
    (48.8%),  Oklahoma (22.2%),  Louisiana (9.8%), Michigan (9.9%), and Illinois
    (4.5%),  aggregating approximately 95.2% of the portfolio. The risk inherent
    in such  concentrations  is  dependent  not only upon  regional  and general
    economic  stability which affects  property  values,  but also the financial
    well-being and creditworthiness of the borrower.

                                      -43-

<PAGE>

    Mortgage loans and their related  servicing rights are sold under agreements
    that define  certain  criteria for the mortgage loan. If the criteria is not
    met,  the Savings  Bank may be required to  repurchase  the  mortgage  loan.
    Conforming  conventional  loans serviced by the Savings Bank are securitized
    through FNMA or FHLMC programs on a non-recourse basis,  whereby foreclosure
    losses are generally the responsibility of FNMA or FHLMC and not the Savings
    Bank.  Similarly,  the  government  loans  serviced by the Savings  Bank are
    securitized  through  GNMA  programs,  whereby the  Savings  Bank is insured
    against  loss by the Federal  Housing  Administration  ("FHA") or  partially
    guaranteed against loss by the Veterans  Administration ("VA"). With respect
    to sales of loans, under certain circumstances,  the Savings Bank may become
    liable for the unpaid  principal  and interest on  defaulted  loans or other
    loans if there has been a breach of  representations  or warranties.  In the
    opinion of management,  adequate  reserves have been  established for losses
    that may be incurred as a result of repurchased mortgage loans.

    The servicing of loans for others generally consists of collecting  mortgage
    payments,  maintaining escrow accounts, disbursing payments to investors and
    foreclosure  processing.  Loan servicing income includes servicing fees from
    investors and certain charges collected from borrowers, such as late payment
    fees.  The Savings Bank held  borrowers'  escrow  balances and principal and
    interest  payments related to loans serviced for others of $17,220,  $19,169
    and $16,917 as of September  30, 1994,  1995 and 1996,  respectively.  These
    balances  are  segregated  in special  bank  accounts  which are included in
    deposits in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

    In connection with its fiduciary responsibilities, the Savings Bank advances
    funds relative to the foreclosure of serviced  loans,  which are repaid from
    sale  proceeds by way of  reimbursement  from  investors  or through  claims
    submitted to private mortgage  insurance  companies,  the FHA and/or the VA.
    These advances  totaled $1,880 and $1,995 as of September 30, 1995 and 1996,
    respectively,   and  are  included  in  other  assets  in  the  accompanying
    consolidated balance sheets.

7.  LOANS HELD FOR SALE

                                         1995          1996
                                         ----          ----

Loans held for sale                    $ 22,219    $ 13,787
Deferred net discounts, premiums and
  other related costs                      (111)        (69)
                                       --------    --------

Loans held for sale, net               $ 22,108    $ 13,718
                                       ========    ========

    A summary of gross  realized  gains (losses) on sales of loans held for sale
is as follows:

                                1994       1995        1996
                                ----       ----        ----

Gross realized gains          $ 1,599    $   794    $ 1,651
Gross realized losses            (703)       (88)      (284)
                              -------    -------    -------

Gains on sale of loans, net   $   896    $   706    $ 1,367
                              =======    =======    =======


                                      -44-

<PAGE>



8.  PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

                                      1995       1996

Land                                $ 1,718    $ 2,099
Building and improvements             3,642      4,555
Furniture, fixtures and equipment     2,547      2,980
Automobiles                              42         38
                                    -------    -------
                                      7,949      9,672
Less accumulated depreciation        (3,192)    (3,401)

                                    -------    -------
                                    $ 4,757    $ 6,271
                                    =======    =======


9.  REAL ESTATE OWNED

                                                 1995     1996
 
Real estate owned (acquired by foreclosure or
  by deed in lieu of foreclosure)               $ 238    $  62
Less allowance for losses                         (51)     (34)
                                                -----    -----

                                                $ 187    $  28
                                                =====    =====

    A summary of the activity in the  allowance  for losses on real estate owned
is as follows: 

                                         1994    1995    1996

Balance, beginning of year               $ 26    $ 16    $ 51

  Provision charged to expense             59      81      18
  Losses charged against the allowance    (77)    (47)    (35)
  Recoveries                                8       1
                                         ----    ----    ----

Balance, end of year                     $ 16    $ 51    $ 34
                                         ====    ====    ====


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<PAGE>

10. MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS

    The following is an analysis of the changes in mortgage servicing rights:

                                           1994      1995      1996

Balance, beginning of year               $ 3,243   $ 6,312   $11,625

Additions:
  Purchased mortgage servicing rights      4,000     8,107     1,970
  Originated mortgage servicing rights                 322       589
                                         -------   -------   -------

                                           4,000     8,429     2,559

Reductions:
  Amortization                               899     1,305     1,651
  Bulk sales                                         1,805
  Servicing released sales                    32         6        37
                                         -------   -------   -------
                                             931     3,116     1,688
                                         -------   -------   -------

Balance, end of year                     $ 6,312   $11,625   $12,496
                                         =======   =======   =======

    During 1995, the Savings Bank sold (in bulk) the mortgage  servicing  rights
    to loans with a principal balance of approximately  $304,000  resulting in a
    gain of $1,961.

                                      -46-
<PAGE>

11. DEPOSITS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      1995                   1996
                                             ---------------------    --------------------
                                               Amount     Percent      Amount    Percent
<S>                                          <C>           <C>       <C>          <C>   

Passbook and checking accounts:
  Demand and NOW accounts, including
    noninterest bearing deposits of
    approximately $24,495 and
    $22,384 as of September 30,
    1995 and 1996 (rates, excluding
    noninterest bearing deposits, of 2.5% to
    2.6% as of September 30, 1995 and 1996)  $ 37,497       19.2 %   $ 36,785      17.1 %
  Money market accounts (rates of 3.00%
    and 2.65% as of September 30, 1995
    and 1996)                                   6,245        3.2       12,387       5.8
Passbook savings accounts (rate of 2.75%
  as of September 30, 1995 and 1996)            8,978        4.6        8,690       4.1  
                                             --------      -----     --------     ----- 
Total passbook and checking accounts           52,720       27.0       57,862       7.0  
                                             --------      -----     --------     ----- 

Certificate accounts:
  2.00% to   3.00%                                 22                      12
  3.01% to   4.00%                                  3
  4.01% to   5.00%                             14,629        7.4         6,13      42.9
  5.01% to   6.00%                             76,776       39.2      106,577      49.7
  6.01% to   7.00%                             50,010       25.6       43,526      20.3
  7.01% to   8.00%                                656        0.3          275       0.1
  8.01% to   9.00%                                900        0.5          107      
                                             --------      -----     --------     ----- 
Total certificate accounts                    142,996       73.0      156,631      73.0  
                                             --------      -----     --------     ----- 
                                             $195,716      100.0 %   $214,493     100.0%
                                             ========      =====     ========     ===== 


Weighted average interest rate on deposits
  during year                                               4.35 %                 4.63 %
                                                            ====                   ====  
</TABLE>


    The  aggregate  amount  of jumbo  certificates  of  deposit  with a  minimum
    denomination  of $100 as of  September  30,  1995 and 1996 was  $30,318  and
    $57,151, respectively.

    Certain  savings  deposits of public  institutions  were  collateralized  by
    investment and mortgage-related  securities with aggregate amortized cost of
    $35,965 and aggregate  market value of $36,113 as of September 30, 1995, and
    aggregate amortized cost of $41,371 and aggregate market value of $40,281 as
    of September 30, 1996.

                                      -47-
<PAGE>

    Certificate accounts mature as follows:

1997                                                 $97,575
1998                                                  42,703
1999                                                   7,227
2000                                                   1,462
2001                                                   1,873
Thereafter                                             5,791  
                                                     --------  

                                                     $156,631  
                                                     ========  

    A summary of interest expense by deposit type is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                  1994         1995          1996

<S>                                            <C>          <C>           <C>    
Passbook savings deposits                      $   243      $   239       $   238
NOW accounts and money market
  demand deposits                                  604          565           756
Certificate accounts                             4,533        6,697         8,491 
                                               -------      -------       ------- 

                                               $ 5,380      $ 7,501       $ 9,485 
                                               =======      =======       ======= 
</TABLE>

12. INCOME TAXES

              1994      1995       1996

Current    $   848   $ 2,668    $ 1,363
Deferred       347      (225)       530
           -------   -------    -------

           $ 1,195   $ 2,443    $ 1,893
           =======   =======    =======


    Income tax expense has been provided at effective rates of 39.1%,  37.3% and
    37.7% for the years ended September 30, 1994,  1995 and 1996,  respectively.
    The  differences  between such  effective  rates and the  statutory  Federal
    income tax rate computed on income before income tax expense and  cumulative
    effect of change in accounting for income taxes result from the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                            1994                 1995                   1996       
                                      Amount     %        Amount        %        Amount       %     
                                                                               
<S>                                 <C>         <C>      <C>          <C>       <C>          <C>
Federal income tax expense                                                     
  computed at statutory rate        $ 1,040     34.0     $ 2,227      34.0      $ 1,706      34.0
Increases (decreases) in                                                       
  taxes resulting from:                                                        
  State income taxes                    112      3.7         304       4.6          181       3.6
  Amortization of cost over                                                    
    fair value of assets acquired        31      1.0          26       0.4           21       0.4
  Other                                  12      0.4        (114)     (1.7)         (15)     (0.3)
                                    -------     ----     -------      ----      -------      ----
                                                                               
                                    $ 1,195     39.1     $ 2,443      37.3      $ 1,893      37.7
                                    =======     ====     =======      ====      =======      ====
</TABLE>

                                      -48-
<PAGE>
                                                                           
    Deferred tax expense  results from timing  differences in the recognition of
    revenue and expense for tax and financial statement purposes. The sources of
    these differences and the tax effect of each were as follows:

                                              1994      1995    1996

Market adjustment on loans held for sale     $ 172    $(134)   $(125)
Bad debt reserves                              202        2      164
Depreciation                                    18       (7)      49
Deferred loan fees and costs                  (111)      12      402
Excess amortization of mortgage
  servicing rights                                      (72)     (28)
Outside Directors' Retirement Plan accrual              (52)      (1)
Management Stock Bonus Plan accrual                     (19)
Federal Home Loan Bank stock dividends                            66
Other                                           66       45        3
                                             -----    -----    -----
                                             $ 347    $(225)   $ 530
                                             =====    =====    =====


    The  components of net deferred tax assets and  liabilities  as of September
30, 1995 and 1996 are as follows:

                                                       1995     1996

Deferred tax assets:
  Deferred loan fees                                 $  164
  Excess amortization of mortgage servicing rights       72   $  100
  Outside Directors' Retirement Plan accrual             52       53
  Management Stock Bonus Plan accrual                    19       19
  Market adjustment on loans held for sale                        94
  Other                                                  39       44
                                                     ------   ------
                                                        346      310

Deferred tax liabilities:
  Federal Home Loan Bank stock dividends                330      396
  Market adjustment on loans held for sale               31
  Bad debt reserves                                      37      201
  Prepaid expenses                                       75       90
  Fixed assets                                           21       70
  Deferred loan fees                                             238
  Other                                                  20       13
                                                     ------   ------
                                                        514    1,008
                                                     ------   ------
Net deferred tax liabilities                         $  168   $  698
                                                     ======   ======

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<PAGE>

13. ADVANCES FROM FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                   1995                                                   1996
- -------------------------------------------           -----------------------------------------
                               Weighted                                              Weighted
  Fiscal                       Average                  Fiscal                       Average
   Year                        Interest                  Year                        Interest
 Maturity          Amount      Rate                    Maturity         Amount         Rate

<S>           <C>                <C>                      <C>        <C>               <C>
   1996       $      18,000      6.24 %
   1997               7,000      6.80                     1997       $    63,200       5.98 %
   1998               5,000      7.19                     1998            18,500       6.43
   2000               3,000      7.67                                                  
              -------------                                          -----------             
              $      33,000      6.63 %                              $    81,700       6.08 %
              =============                                          ===========             
</TABLE>

    The advances are collateralized as of September 30, 1996 by a blanket pledge
    agreement, including all Capital Stock of Federal Home Loan Bank, qualifying
    first  mortgage  loans,  certain   mortgage-related   securities  and  other
    investment securities.

    The  Savings  Bank has  entered  into a  line-of-credit  agreement  with the
    Federal   Home  Loan  Bank  wherein  the  Savings  Bank  can  borrow  up  to
    approximately $54,400,  subject to certain limitations.  As of September 30,
    1996,  there  was  $15,700  outstanding  relative  to  this  agreement.  The
    agreement expires December 27, 1996.

14. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

    Profit-Sharing  Plan - The profit  sharing  plan  covers  substantially  all
    employees and is a savings plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue
    Code in which an employee's contributions may be matched by the Savings Bank
    up  to a  limit  based  upon  the  employee's  compensation.  Employees  may
    contribute up to a specified percentage of their annual compensation.  Prior
    to April 30, 1994,  the Savings Bank would match the employee  contributions
    in an amount equal to 1.5% of annual compensation for the first 3% of annual
    compensation  contributed  by the  employees.  The Savings  Bank's  matching
    contribution was  discontinued  effective April 30, 1994. The Savings Bank's
    matching  contributions  amounted  to $17 for the year ended  September  30,
    1994.

    Pension  Plan  - The  Savings  Bank  has a  noncontributory  defined-benefit
    pension plan covering  substantially  all employees  completing  one year of
    employment and 1,000 hours of service. Plan benefits are based upon years of
    service and  compensation.  The Savings Bank funding policy is, acting under
    the advice of the actuary for the plan,  that the  Savings  Bank  intends to
    make  contributions  to the trust in such  amounts and at such times as they
    are required to maintain the plan and trust for its  employees in compliance
    with ERISA and Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code.

                                      -50-
<PAGE>

    The following table sets forth the funded status of the plan:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                        1995       1996
<S>                                                                   <C>        <C>    
Projected benefit obligation:
  Vested benefits                                                     $   909    $ 1,111
  Nonvested benefits                                                       53         49
                                                                      -------    -------
  Accumulated benefit obligation                                          962      1,160
  Effect of projected future compensation levels                          504        453
                                                                      -------    -------
Projected benefit obligation                                            1,466      1,613

Fair value of plan assets                                                 948      1,162
                                                                      -------    -------
Projected benefit obligation in excess of fair value of plan assets       518        451
Unrecognized net obligation existing at initial
  application of SFAS No. 87                                             (152)      (141)
Unrecognized net loss                                                    (156)       (52)
                                                                      -------    -------
Accrued pension cost                                                  $   210    $   258
                                                                      =======    =======

</TABLE>

    The assets of the plan consist  primarily of  certificates  of deposit which
    are included in the Savings Bank's deposits.

    Net periodic pension cost includes the following:

                                 1994     1995     1996

Service cost                    $ 144    $ 172    $ 181
Interest cost                      63       83      101
Actual return on assets           (55)     (63)     (87)
Net amortization and deferral      10        7       19
                                -----    -----    -----

Net periodic pension cost       $ 162    $ 199    $ 214
                                =====    =====    =====

    The weighted average discount rate used in determining the actuarial present
    value of the projected obligation was 7.0%, the expected rate of increase in
    future  salary  levels  for plan  beneficiaries  was  4.0% and the  expected
    long-term  rate of return on plan assets was 7.5% for each of the plan years
    ending September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996.

    Employee  Stock  Ownership Plan - The Company has an ESOP for the benefit of
    Savings Bank employees who meet the eligibility  requirement  which includes
    having  completed  1,000 hours of service  within a 12 month period with the
    Company.  The ESOP  Trust  acquired  136,000  shares of common  stock in the
    Company's  initial  public  offering  with  proceeds  from a loan  from  the
    Company.  The  Savings  Bank  makes  cash  contributions  to the  ESOP  on a
    quarterly  basis  sufficient  to enable the ESOP to make the  required  loan
    payments to the Company.

                                      -51-
<PAGE>

    The note payable  referred to above bears interest at prime rate  adjustable
    quarterly with interest payable  quarterly and future  principal  payable in
    nine  installments  of  $136  beginning   December  31,  1995  and  annually
    thereafter and one  installment of $68 payable on June 26, 2004. The loan is
    secured by the shares of the stock purchased.

    As the debt is repaid,  shares are released from collateral and allocated to
    qualified  employees  based on the  proportion  of debt  service paid in the
    year. The Company  accounts for its ESOP in accordance  with AICPA Statement
    of Position 93-6. Accordingly, the shares pledged as collateral are reported
    as a reduction of stockholders' equity in the consolidated balance sheet. As
    shares are  released  from  collateral,  the  Company  reports  compensation
    expense  equal to the current  market  price of the  shares,  and the shares
    become  outstanding  for  earnings  per  share  computations.  Dividends  on
    allocated ESOP shares are recorded as a reduction of retained earnings.

    Compensation  expense  related  to the ESOP  was $48,  $172 and $246 for the
    years ended September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively.  Following is a
    summary of shares held in the ESOP Trust as of September 30, 1996:


Allocated shares                                               19,938

Shares released for allocation or committed to be released     10,200

Unreleased shares                                             105,128
                                                             --------

Total ESOP shares                                             135,266
                                                              =======

Fair value of unreleased shares at September 30, 1996        $  1,997
                                                             ========


    Management  Stock Bonus Plan - The Savings Bank  adopted a Management  Stock
    Bonus Plan ("MSBP"), the objective of which is to enable the Savings Bank to
    retain   personnel   of   experience   and  ability  in  key   positions  of
    responsibility.  Employees  of the  Savings  Bank are  eligible  to  receive
    benefits under the MSBP at the sole  discretion of a committee  appointed by
    the Board of Directors of the Savings Bank.  The MSBP is managed by trustees
    who are non-employee directors of the Savings Bank.

    The MSBP  purchased  74,833  shares of the  Company's  stock for $995 during
    1995.  These shares were granted in the form of restricted stock payable 20%
    upon date of award (June 27,  1995) and the  remaining  equally  over a four
    year period beginning June 27, 1996.  Compensation  expense in the amount of
    the fair  market  value of the common  stock at the date of the grant to the
    employee  will be  recognized  over the period  during  which the shares are
    payable. A recipient of such restricted stock will be entitled to all voting
    and other  stockholder  rights  (including the right to receive dividends on
    vested and nonvested shares), except that the shares, while restricted,  may
    not be sold, pledged or otherwise disposed of and are required to be held in
    escrow.  If a holder of such  restricted  stock  terminates  employment  for
    reasons other than death,  disability or retirement,  the employee  forfeits
    all rights to the allocated shares under  restriction.  If the participant's
    service terminates as a result of death, disability,  retirement or a change
    in control  of the  Savings  Bank,  all  restrictions  expire and all shares
    allocated become unrestricted. The Board of Directors can terminate the MSBP
    at any time,  and if it does so, any shares not allocated will revert to the
    Company.

                                      -52-
<PAGE>

    Stock Option Plan - In connection with the stock  conversion,  the Company's
    Board of Directors  adopted the 1994 Stock Option Plan (the "Option  Plan").
    Pursuant to the Option Plan, 224,825 shares of common stock are reserved for
    issuance by the Company upon exercise of stock options  granted to officers,
    directors  and  employees  of the Company from time to time under the Option
    Plan. The purpose of the Option Plan is to provide  additional  incentive to
    certain officers, directors and key employees by facilitating their purchase
    of a stock  interest in the Company.  The Option Plan provides for a term of
    ten years,  after which no awards may be made, unless earlier  terminated by
    the Board of Directors pursuant to the Option Plan.

    The  Option  Plan will be  administered  by a  committee  of at least  three
    non-employee  directors  designated  by the Board of Directors  (the "Option
    Committee").  The Option Committee will select the employees to whom options
    are to be granted and the number of shares to be granted.  The option  price
    may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the shares on the date
    of the grant, and no option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten
    years from the grant date.  In the case of any  employee  who owns more than
    10% of the outstanding  common stock at the time the option is granted,  the
    option  price  may not be less  than  110% of the fair  market  value of the
    shares on the date of the  grant,  and the option  shall not be  exercisable
    after the  expiration of five years from the grant date.  The exercise price
    may be paid in cash, shares of the common stock, or a combination of both.

    The Option Committee  granted options for 165,476 shares of common stock, at
    an exercise price of $11.75 (market value at date of grant) per share during
    the year  ended  September  30,  1995.  All  such  options  are  exercisable
    immediately  (for  nonemployee  directors)  or  otherwise  at  the  rate  of
    one-third  following  one year  after the date of the  grant  and  one-third
    annually thereafter.  Accordingly,  options on 85,135 shares are exercisable
    at September 30, 1996.

15. OUTSIDE DIRECTORS' RETIREMENT PLAN

    The  Savings  Bank  has a  consultation  and  retirement  plan  for  outside
    directors  which  became  effective  January  1,  1995.  The  plan  provides
    retirement  benefits for outside  directors  after they have  completed  ten
    years of service  to the  Savings  Bank and  reached  age 65.  The  benefits
    include  $300 per month  payment for 120 months  beginning at age 75. In the
    event of death, disability or retirement of a director on or after age 65 or
    in the event of a change in control of the Company or the Savings Bank, such
    payments will commence to the director or their beneficiary as if age 75 was
    attained.  Expense related to the retirement plan is amortized  ratably over
    the  service  period  which is also the period  until full  vesting  occurs.
    Adoption of the retirement plan resulted in a charge to operations (included
    in salaries and employee benefits) during the year ended September 30, 1995.
    Total  expense  related  to this plan was $141 and $10 for the  years  ended
    September 30, 1995 and 1996, respectively. The plan is unfunded.

16. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

    As of September  30, 1995,  the Savings  Bank had  commitments  to originate
    loans approximating  $36,933 of which approximately  $23,711 were fixed-rate
    (interest  rates ranging from 5.63% to 8.62%) and $13,222 were floating rate
    commitments.  As of September 30, 1996, the Savings Bank had  commitments to
    originate loans approximating  $63,743 of which  approximately  $39,491 were
    fixed-rate  (interest  rates  ranging  from 6.00% to 9.00%) and $24,252 were
    floating rate  commitments.  These  commitments  are agreements to lend to a
    customer as long as there is no violation of any  condition  established  in
    the contract.  Commitments  generally have fixed  expiration  dates or other
    termination  clauses  and  may  require  payment  of a fee.  Certain  of the
    commitments are expected to expire without

                                      -53-
<PAGE>

     being fully drawn upon; the total  commitments  amount disclosed above does
     not necessarily  represent  future cash  requirements due to normal fallout
     experience. The Savings Bank evaluates each customer's  creditworthiness on
     a  case-by-case  basis.  The amount of  collateral  obtained if  considered
     necessary  by the  Savings  Bank  upon  extension  of  credit  is  based on
     management's credit evaluation of the counterparty.

    As of  September  30,  1995 and 1996,  the  Savings  Bank has  approximately
    $35,950 and $28,345 of  commitments  to sell loans to third  parties,  which
    includes $23,600 and $28,345 of forward commitments to sell mortgage-related
    securities, respectively. It is management's intent to securitize loans held
    for sale to fill these commitments.  These instruments contain an element of
    risk in the event the counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of such
    agreements.  In the event the parties to delivery commitments were unable to
    fulfill  their  obligations,  the Savings Bank would be required to sell its
    product to other  parties and would be exposed to market  fluctuations.  The
    Savings Bank minimizes its risk exposure by limiting the  counterparties  to
    those that meet established credit and capital  guidelines.  Management does
    not expect any counterparty to default on their obligations and,  therefore,
    does not expect to incur any cost due to counterparty  default.  The Savings
    Bank does not require nor place collateral for any delivery commitments. Any
    unrealized  gain or loss on these  commitment  obligations are considered in
    conjunction with the Savings Bank's lower of cost or market valuation of its
    loans held for sale.

    The Savings Bank is  contingently  liable on loans sold with  recourse.  The
    principal  balance of these loans was $127 as of September  30, 1995.  There
    were no loans sold with recourse outstanding as of September 30, 1996.

17. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

    Estimated  fair value  amounts  have been  determined  by the Company  using
    available  market  information  and a selection  from a variety of valuation
    methodologies.  However,  considerable  judgment is necessarily  required to
    interpret  market data to develop the estimates of fair value.  Accordingly,
    the  estimates  presented are not  necessarily  indicative of the amount the
    Company could  realize in a current  market  exchange.  The use of different
    market  assumptions and estimation  methodologies may have a material effect
    on the estimated fair value amounts.


                                      -54-
<PAGE>

    The  estimated  fair  value of the  Company's  financial  instruments  as of
    September 30, 1995 and 1996 are as follows:   

                                          1995                  1996
                                  ---------------------  -----------------------
                                              Estimated             Estimated
                                  Carrying      Fair     Carrying     Fair
                                   Amount       Value     Amount      Value

Assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents       $  5,677   $  5,677   $  5,618   $  5,618
  Investment securities             54,243     53,978     86,235     83,827
  Capital stock of Federal Home
    Loan Bank                        2,206      2,206      4,327      4,327
  Mortgage-related securities       40,004     40,342     34,383     34,366
  Loans held for sale               22,108     22,335     13,718     13,816
  Loans receivable                 124,796    127,254    171,158    173,295
  Mortgage servicing rights         11,625     18,225     12,496     18,326

Liabilities:
  Deposits                         195,716    196,098    214,493    215,016
  Advances from Federal Home
    Loan Bank                       33,000     33,063     81,700     81,857
  Accrued and other liabilities      2,668      2,668      4,683      4,683

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                               1995                          1996
                                                     ----------------------------  ----------------------------
                                                      Contract       Estimated      Contract      Estimated
                                                         or          Unrealized        or         Unrealized
                                                      Notional        Gain          Notional         Gain
                                                       Amount        (Loss)          Amount         (Loss)

Off-balance sheet financial instruments:
<S>                                                   <C>             <C>           <C>             <C>     
  Lending commitments - fixed rate, net               $    23,711     $    30       $    39,491     $    117
  Lending commitments - floating rate                      13,222                        24,252
  Commitments to sell loans                                35,950          70            28,345          (64)

</TABLE>

    The following  methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value
    of the financial instruments.

    Cash and Cash  Equivalents and Accrued and Other  Liabilities - The carrying
    amounts of cash and cash equivalents and accrued and other liabilities are a
    reasonable estimate of their fair value.

    Investment Securities, Mortgage-Related Securities and Loans Held for Sale -
    Estimated fair values of investment securities,  mortgage-related securities
    and loans held for sale are based on quoted market  prices where  available.
    If quoted market prices are not available,  fair values are estimated  using
    quoted market prices for similar instruments.

    Capital  Stock of  Federal  Home Loan Bank - The  carrying  value of capital
    stock of Federal Home Loan Bank approximates its fair value.

                                      -55-
<PAGE>


    Mortgage  Servicing  Rights - Fair values are determined by discounting  the
    estimated   future  net  cash  flows  using  consensus   market   prepayment
    assumptions  and discount rates which consider the risk  characteristics  of
    the  underlying  servicing  rights.  The  significant  risk  characteristics
    considered by the Company are loan type,  period of origination and interest
    rate.

    Loans  Receivable - Fair values are  estimated for  portfolios  with similar
    financial  characteristics.  Loans are  segregated  by type,  such as single
    family   residential   mortgages,    multi-family   residential   mortgages,
    nonresidential   and  installment  loans.  Each  loan  category  is  further
    segmented  into fixed and variable  interest  rate  categories.  Future cash
    flows of these loans are discounted using the current rates at which similar
    loans would be made to  borrowers  with similar  credit  ratings and for the
    same remaining maturities.

    Deposits - The estimated fair value of demand deposits and savings  accounts
    is the amount  payable on demand at the reporting  date.  The estimated fair
    value of fixed-maturity  certificates of deposit is estimated by discounting
    the future cash flows  using the rates  currently  offered  for  deposits of
    similar remaining maturities.

    Advances from Federal Home Loan Bank - The estimated  fair value of advances
    from Federal Home Loan Bank is  determined  by  discounting  the future cash
    flows of existing advances using rates currently  available on advances from
    Federal Home Loan Bank having similar characteristics.

    Lending  Commitments - Fixed Rate - The estimated  fair value of commitments
    to originate  fixed-rate loans is determined based on the difference between
    current  levels of interest  rates and the  committed  rates.  The  notional
    amount of lending  commitments - fixed rate  represents the net amount which
    the Savings  Bank expects to fund.  The Savings  Bank's  estimate,  based on
    experience,  is that 25% of its  lending  commitments  - fixed rate will not
    close.

    Lending Commitments - Floating Rate - There is no estimated  unrealized gain
    (loss)  attributable  to  floating  rate  lending  commitments  due to their
    floating interest rate nature.

    Commitments to Sell Loans - The estimated  unrealized gain (loss) associated
    with  commitments  to sell loans is based on current  market prices that the
    buyer will pay for such commitments.

    The fair value estimates presented herein are based on pertinent information
    available  to  management  as of  September  30,  1995  and  1996.  Although
    management is not aware of any factors that would  significantly  affect the
    estimated  fair value  amounts,  such amounts have not been  comprehensively
    revalued  for  purposes  of these  financial  statements  since  that  date.
    Therefore, current estimates of fair value may differ significantly from the
    amounts presented herein.

18. SEGMENT INFORMATION

    The Savings Bank's operations include two reportable  segments:  savings and
    loan and mortgage banking. The savings and loan segment is composed of those
    operations  involved  in  originating  mortgage  loans held for  investment,
    primarily  on  single  family  residences;   investing  in  mortgage-related
    securities,  United  States  Treasury  and other U.S.  Government  agencies'
    securities  and receiving  deposits  from  customers.  The mortgage  banking
    segment  is  composed  of  those  operations  involved  in  originating  and
    purchasing  residential  mortgage loans for resale in the secondary mortgage
    market and in servicing loans for others.

                                      -56-
<PAGE>

    Intersegment  interest  income and expense  represent  interest on loans and
    advances from the savings and loan segment to the mortgage  banking  segment
    computed at the prime rate of interest.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                1994
                                        ------------------------------------------------------
                                         Savings       Mortgage
                                           Bank        Banking    Eliminations   Consolidated
Interest income:
<S>                                     <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>      
  Unaffiliated customers                $   9,467    $   2,082                  $  11,549
  Intersegment                              2,330                 $  (2,330)
                                        ---------    ---------                  ---------

           Total interest income           11,797        2,082       (2,330)       11,549
                                        ---------    ---------    ---------     ---------

Interest expense:
  Unaffiliated customers                    5,944                                   5,944
  Intersegment                                           2,330       (2,330)
                                        ---------    ---------    ---------     ---------

           Total interest expense           5,944        2,330       (2,330)        5,944
                                        ---------    ---------    ---------     ---------

Net interest income (expense)               5,853         (248)   $                 5,605
                                                                   ========
Provision for loan losses                      (6)                                     (6)
Other income                                1,116        2,685                      3,801
Other expense                              (3,919)      (2,421)                    (6,340)
                                           ------       ------                     ------ 

Income before income taxes              $   3,044    $      16                  $   3,060
                                        =========    =========                  =========

Identifiable assets                     $ 170,984    $  31,644                  $ 202,628
                                        =========    =========                  =========

Depreciation and amortization expense   $     284    $      74                  $     358
                                        =========    =========                  =========

Capital expenditures                    $     911    $     214                  $   1,125
                                        =========    =========                  =========
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              1995
                                        ----------------------------------------------------
                                         Savings       Mortgage
                                          Bank        Banking    Eliminations   Consolidated
Interest income:
<S>                                     <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>      
  Unaffiliated customers                $  14,499    $   1,726                 $  16,225
  Intersegment                              1,937                 $  (1,937)
                                        ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------

           Total interest income           16,436        1,726       (1,937)      16,225
                                        ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
Interest expense:
  Unaffiliated customers                    9,004                                  9,004
  Intersegment                                           1,937       (1,937)
                                        ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------
           Total interest expense           9,004        1,937       (1,937)       9,004
                                        ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------

Net interest income (expense)               7,432         (211)   $                7,221
                                                                  =========
Provision for loan losses                    (224)                                  (224)
Other income                                1,580        6,174                     7,754
Other expense                              (5,431)      (2,770)                   (8,201)
                                        ---------    ---------                 --------- 

Income before income taxes              $   3,357    $   3,193                 $   6,550
                                        =========    =========                 =========

Identifiable assets                     $ 214,649    $  56,274                 $ 270,923
                                        =========    =========                 =========

Depreciation and amortization expense   $     338    $      53                 $     391
                                        =========    =========                 =========

Capital expenditures                    $   1,014    $     403                 $   1,417
                                        =========    =========                 =========

</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              1996
                                    ---------------------------------------------------
                                      Savings      Mortgage
                                        Bank       Banking    Eliminations Consolidated
Interest income:
<S>                                 <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>      
  Unaffiliated customers            $  17,859    $   2,314                 $  20,173
  Intersegment                          2,723                 $  (2,723)
                                    ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------

           Total interest income       20,582        2,314       (2,723)      20,173
                                    ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------

Interest expense:
  Unaffiliated customers               12,268                                 12,268
  Intersegment                                       2,723       (2,723)
                                    ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------

           Total interest expense      12,268        2,723       (2,723)      12,268
                                    ---------    ---------    ---------    ---------

Net interest income (expense)           8,314         (409)   $                7,905
                                                              =========
Provision for loan losses                 (75)                                   (75)
Other income                            2,121        5,051                     7,172
Other expense                          (6,962)      (3,021)                   (9,983)
                                    ---------    ---------                 --------- 

Income before income taxes          $   3,398    $   1,621                 $   5,019
                                    =========    =========                 =========

Identifiable assets                 $ 293,415    $  46,771                 $ 340,186
                                    =========    =========                 =========

Depreciation expense                $     257    $      87                 $     344
                                    =========    =========                 =========

Capital expenditures                $   1,489    $     369                 $   1,858
                                    =========    =========                 =========

</TABLE>

                                      -58-
<PAGE>

19. PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (PARENT COMPANY ONLY)

    Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc. was organized to serve as the holding company
    for Mid-Continent Federal Savings Bank and began operations on June 27, 1994
    in conjunction  with the Savings Bank's  mutual-to-stock  conversion and the
    Company's  initial public  offering of common stock.  The Company's  (Parent
    company only)  balance  sheets as of September 30, 1995 and 1996 and related
    statements  of income  and cash  flows  for the  periods  then  ended are as
    follows:

BALANCE SHEETS
SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996
(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ASSETS                                                       1995        1996
                                                          --------    --------

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS                                 $  1,029    $    287

NOTES RECEIVABLE FROM MID-CONTINENT
  FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK                                       7,292       4,951

INVESTMENT IN AND ADVANCES TO
  MID-CONTINENT FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK                        28,672      31,827

OTHER ASSETS                                                   108          76
                                                          --------    --------

TOTAL ASSETS                                              $ 37,101    $ 37,141
                                                          ========    ========

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

LIABILITIES -
  Income taxes payable                                    $    126    $    112
  Accrued and other liabilities                                240         222
                                                          --------    --------
           Total liabilities                                   366         334
                                                          --------    --------

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
  Common stock $.10 par value, 20,000,000
   authorized, 2,248,250 shares issued                         225         225
  Additional paid-in capital                                21,553      21,663
  Unearned compensation - Employee Stock Ownership Plan     (1,190)     (1,054)
  Unearned compensation - Management Stock Bonus Plan         (746)       (547)
  Retained earnings, substantially restricted               18,067      20,424
                                                          --------    --------
                                                            37,909      40,711

  Treasury stock, 80,000 and 231,500 shares, at cost        (1,174)     (3,904)
                                                          --------    --------
           Total stockholders' equity                       36,735      36,807
                                                          --------    --------
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                $ 37,101    $ 37,141
                                                          ========    ========

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<PAGE>


STATEMENTS OF INCOME
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996
(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                          1995    1996
                                        ------   ------

INTEREST INCOME                         $  575   $  361
                                        ------   ------
OTHER EXPENSES:
  Professional fees                         82       44
  Other                                    105       94
                                        ------   ------
           Total other expense             187      138
                                        ------   ------

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE
  AND EQUITY IN UNDISTRIBUTED NET
  INCOME OF SUBSIDIARY                     388      223

INCOME TAX EXPENSE                         140       85
                                        ------   ------

INCOME BEFORE EQUITY IN UNDISTRIBUTED
  NET INCOME OF SUBSIDIARY                 248      138

EQUITY IN UNDISTRIBUTED NET
  INCOME OF SUBSIDIARY                   3,858    2,988
                                        ------   ------

NET INCOME                              $4,106   $3,126
                                        ======   ======

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<PAGE>

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996
(Dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                               1995      1996

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
  Net income                                                 $ 4,106    $ 3,126
  Adjustment to reconcile net income to
    net cash provided by operating activities:
    Equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiary            (3,858)    (2,988)
    Changes in:
      Other assets                                               (39)         6
      Accrued and other liabilities                               24        100
      Income taxes payable                                        94        (14)
                                                             -------    -------
           Net cash flows provided by operating activities       327        230
                                                             -------    -------

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
  Principal collected on notes receivable from
    Mid-Continent Federal Savings Bank                         2,968      2,342
                                                             -------    -------

           Net cash flows provided by investing activities     2,968      2,342
                                                             -------    -------

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
  Acquisition of common stock for Management
    Stock Bonus Plan                                            (995)
  Receipt of funds for Management Stock Bonus Plan stock         199        199
  Acquisition of treasury stock                               (1,174)    (2,730)
  Cash dividends on common stock to stockholders                (615)      (783)
                                                             -------    -------

            Net cash flows used in financing activities       (2,585)    (3,314)
                                                             -------    -------

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS                710       (742)

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:
  Beginning of year                                              319      1,029
                                                             -------    -------

  End of year                                                $ 1,029    $   287
                                                             =======    =======

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NONCASH
  INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES -
  Accrued dividends on common stock                          $   205    $   188
                                                             =======    =======

    These statements  should be read in conjunction with the other notes related
    to the consolidated financial statements.

                                      -61-
<PAGE>

20. SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                          Quarter Ended
                                                            (In thousands, except earnings per share)
                                                   --------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     December 31,    March 31,     June 30,      September 30,
                                                        1994            1995         1995            1995

<S>                                                    <C>            <C>           <C>             <C>       
Interest income                                        $    3,607     $     3,750   $    4,371      $    4,497
Interest expense                                            1,823           2,045        2,466           2,670
Net interest income                                         1,784           1,705        1,905           1,827
Net income                                                    880           1,317        1,083             826
Earnings per share -
  Net income                                                 0.41           0.62          0.54            0.40

</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          Quarter Ended
                                                            (In thousands, except earnings per share)
                                                ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   December 31,    March 31,     June 30,       September 30,
                                                      1995            1996         1996            1996

<S>                                                 <C>             <C>          <C>             <C>       
Interest income                                     $    4,726      $    4,707   $    5,089      $    5,651
Interest expense                                         2,806           2,913        3,051           3,498
Net interest income                                      1,920           1,794        2,038           2,153
Net income                                                 951             820          896             459(l)
Earnings per share -
  Net income                                              0.48            0.42         0.46            0.23
</TABLE>

(1)  Reflects a fourth  quarter  charge for the one-time  assessment  of federal
     insurance premiums (See Note 22).

    The  Company  has  restated  its  fiscal  year  1995   quarterly   financial
    information  for the  effects  of the  adoption  of SFAS  No.  122 as of the
    beginning  of the  fiscal  year (See  Note 2).  The  implementation  of this
    Statement  increased  net  income  approximately  $174 in the  three  fiscal
    quarters  ended June 30, 1995. Net income  previously  reported on Form 10-Q
    was $823,  $1,279,  $1,004 and  earnings per share  previously  reported was
    $.39,  $.60 and $.49,  respectively,  for the  fiscal  1995  quarters  ended
    December 31, March 31 and June 30.

21. INTEREST RATE RISK

    The Company is engaged  principally  in providing  first  mortgage  loans to
    individuals. For the year ending September 30, 1996, the Company had average
    interest earnings assets of approximately $270,566 having a weighted average
    effective  yield  of 7.46%  and  average  interest  bearing  liabilities  of
    approximately  $249,650 having a weighted average effective interest rate of
    4.91%.  The average  maturity or  repricing  of interest  earning  assets is
    generally  longer  than that of the  liabilities.  The  shorter  duration of
    interest  sensitive  liabilities  indicates  that the  Company is exposed to
    interest rate risk because,  in a rising rate environment,  liabilities will
    be repricing  upwards more rapidly  than the  Company's  interest  sensitive
    assets, thereby reducing net interest income.

                                      -62-
<PAGE>

22. FEDERAL LEGISLATION

     In September  1996,  legislation was enacted which included a comprehensive
     reform of the  banking and thrift  industries.  The  legislation  imposes a
     one-time  assessment  on qualifying  thrift  deposits to  recapitalize  the
     Savings Association Insurance Fund ("SAIF"),  the fund which insures thrift
     deposits,  and  ultimately  merges the Bank  Insurance Fund ("BIF") and the
     SAIF, at which time banks and thrifts would pay the same deposit  insurance
     premiums.  The amount of the  one-time  assessment  is .657% on  qualifying
     thrift deposits as of March 31, 1995. This one-time assessment of $1,053 is
     included in federal  insurance  premiums for the year ended  September  30,
     1996.
                                   * * * * * *

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<PAGE>



Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc.
================================================================================

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
Directors of                                                  Directors  of
Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc.                                Mid-Continent Federal Savings Bank
- ------------------------------                                ----------------------------------

<S>                                                           <C>
Richard T. Pottorff - Chairman                                Richard T. Pottorff - Chairman
Officer - Mid-Continent Federal Savings Bank                  Dr. Ken Dellett
Dr. Ken Dellett - Vice Chairman                               Thomas C. Hand
Retired - Physician                                           Ron McGraw
Thomas C. Hand                                                Don Adlesperger
President - Hand Realty Co.                                   Larry R. Goddard
Ron McGraw                                                    Robert Lasater *
President - Sunflower Roofing, Inc.                           Clem Silvers *
Don Adlesperger                                               *   Advisory Directors
President - Triple A Builders Supply
Larry R. Goddard
Officer - Mid-Continent Federal Savings Bank

Officers of                                                   Officers of
Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc.                                Mid-Continent Federal Savings Bank
- ------------------------------                                ----------------------------------

Richard T. Pottorff                                           Richard T. Pottorff
Chairman, President & CEO                                     Chairman, President & CEO
Larry R. Goddard                                              Larry R. Goddard
Executive Vice President & CFO                                Executive Vice President & CFO
Harold Siemens                                                Harold Siemens
Senior Vice President                                         Senior Vice President
Cheryl A. Wilkerson                                           Cheryl A. Wilkerson
Secretary                                                     Vice President, Secretary
David L. Walter                                               David L. Walter
Vice President                                                Vice President/Treasurer
Richard O. Nelson                                             Craig Yaryan
Vice President                                                Vice President
                                                              Eric Hawkins
                                                              Vice President
                                                              William Cole
                                                              Vice President
                                                              Diane Griffin
                                                              Vice President
                                                              Larry E. Haury
                                                              Vice President
                                                              Jill Norman
                                                              Vice President

</TABLE>


                                      -64-
<PAGE>


Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc.
================================================================================

LEGAL COUNSEL
General Counsel                     Special Counsel
Adams, Jones, Robinson              Malizia, Spidi, Sloane & Fisch, P.C.
   and Malone                       One Franklin Square
155 N. Market                       1301 K Street, NW - Suite 700 East
Wichita, KS  67202                  Washington, DC  20005

AUDITORS                            TRANSFER AGENT
Deloitte & Touche LLP               American Securities Transfer & Trust, Inc.
Suite 400                           938 Quail St. Suite 101
1010 Grand Avenue                   Lakewood, CO 80215
Kansas City, MO  64106              Phone: (303) 234-5300

                        OFFICE LOCATIONS
                Executive and Administrative Office
                       124 W. Central
                       El Dorado, Kansas 67042
                       (316) 321-2700

El Dorado                                      Wichita                      
   405 N. Main                                    255 N. Main
   El Dorado, KS 67042                            Wichita, KS 67202
   (316) 321-2700                                 (316) 264-4133
                                         
Augusta                                           762 N. West St.
   1420 N. Ohio                                   Wichita, KS 67203
   Augusta, KS 67010                              (316) 946-0202
   (316) 775-2208                        
                                                  2123 N. Maize Road
Winfield                                          Wichita, KS  67212
   1113 S. Main                                   (316) 729-7999
   Winfield, KS 67156                    
    (316) 221-3830                                3055 N. Rock Road
                                                  Wichita, KS  67226
Winfield                                          (316) 634-2800
   2310 S. Main                          
   Winfield, KS  67156                         FUTURE LOCATIONS   
   (316) 221-0158          .                      Derby
                                                  79th and Rock Road
Newton                                            Derby, KS 67037
   100 W. 12th
   Newton, KS 67114
   (316) 283-7310

                                      -65-



                                   EXHIBIT 23

<PAGE>






INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the  incorporation  by reference  in  Registration  Statement  No.
33-92224  of Mid  Continent  Bancshares,  Inc.  on Form S-8 of our report  dated
November  12, 1996  appearing  in and  incorporated  by reference in this Annual
Report  on Form  10-K of Mid  Continent  Bancshares,  Inc.  for the  year  ended
September 30, 1996.





/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
December 23, 1996



<TABLE> <S> <C>



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<MULTIPLIER>                                   1,000
       
<S>                             <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                                YEAR
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                            SEP-30-1996
<PERIOD-END>                                 SEP-30-1996
<CASH>                                         1,694
<INT-BEARING-DEPOSITS>                         3,924
<FED-FUNDS-SOLD>                                   0
<TRADING-ASSETS>                                   0
<INVESTMENTS-HELD-FOR-SALE>                        0
<INVESTMENTS-CARRYING>                       124,945
<INVESTMENTS-MARKET>                         122,520
<LOANS>                                      184,876
<ALLOWANCE>                                      421
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               340,186
<DEPOSITS>                                   214,493
<SHORT-TERM>                                  63,200
<LIABILITIES-OTHER>                            7,186
<LONG-TERM>                                   18,500
                              0
                                        0
<COMMON>                                         225
<OTHER-SE>                                    36,582
<TOTAL-LIABILITIES-AND-EQUITY>               340,186
<INTEREST-LOAN>                               11,723
<INTEREST-INVEST>                              8,172
<INTEREST-OTHER>                                 278
<INTEREST-TOTAL>                              20,173
<INTEREST-DEPOSIT>                             9,485
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                             2,783
<INTEREST-INCOME-NET>                          7,905
<LOAN-LOSSES>                                     75
<SECURITIES-GAINS>                                 0
<EXPENSE-OTHER>                                9,983
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                5,019
<INCOME-PRE-EXTRAORDINARY>                     3,126
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                    0
<CHANGES>                                          0
<NET-INCOME>                                   3,126
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                   1.59 
<EPS-DILUTED>                                   1.59
<YIELD-ACTUAL>                                  2.92
<LOANS-NON>                                      484
<LOANS-PAST>                                       0
<LOANS-TROUBLED>                                   0
<LOANS-PROBLEM>                                    0
<ALLOWANCE-OPEN>                                 423
<CHARGE-OFFS>                                     90
<RECOVERIES>                                      13
<ALLOWANCE-CLOSE>                                421
<ALLOWANCE-DOMESTIC>                             421
<ALLOWANCE-FOREIGN>                                0
<ALLOWANCE-UNALLOCATED>                            0
        


</TABLE>






INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


Board of Directors
Mid Continent Bancshares, Inc.
El Dorado, Kansas

We  have  audited  the  consolidated   financial  statements  of  Mid  Continent
Bancshares,  Inc. and  subsidiary as of September 30, 1995 and 1996 and for each
of the three years in the period ended  September 30, 1996,  and have issued our
report thereon dated November 12, 1996; such consolidated  financial  statements
and report are  included  in your 1996  Annual  Report to  Stockholders  and are
incorporated  herein by  reference.  Our  audits  also  included  the  financial
statement schedule of Mid Continent Bancshares,  Inc. and subsidiary,  listed in
Item 14(a)2.  This financial  statement  schedule is the  responsibility  of the
Company's  management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our
audits. In our opinion,  such financial statement  schedule,  when considered in
relation  to the  basic  consolidated  financial  statements  taken  as a whole,
presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.




/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
December 12, 1996




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