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Discount from market price		4.00%
Face value price of warrants (in USD per share) \| $ / shares		$ 2.50
Warrant exercised (in shares) \| shares				4,100,000
Long-term debt gross				$ 88,637,000			$ 86,174,000
Warrants outstanding and exercisable (in shares) \| shares				4,300,000
Stock split conversion ratio			1.5
Short-term Debt
Debt Instrument
Weighted average interest rate				0.00%			3.70%
PPP Loan \| Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument
Minimum net worth required for compliance						$ 8,200,000
Term Loan G - ONB
Debt Instrument
Minimum net worth required for compliance	$ 43,600,000
Term Loan G - ONB \| Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument
Minimum net worth required for compliance	$ 43,600,000
Debt instrument, periodic payment, principal percentage	15.00%
Debt instrument, capitalized interest rate	15.00%
Debt instrument fee, origination fee percentage	2.00%
Term Loan G - ONB \| Unsecured Debt \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate	3.00%
Term Loan - PSB
Debt Instrument
Minimum net worth required for compliance					$ 6,200,000
Term Loan - PSB \| Unsecured Debt
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Minimum net worth required for compliance	$ 6,200,000
Debt instrument, periodic payment, principal percentage	15.00%
Debt instrument fee, origination fee percentage	2.00%
Term Loan - PSB \| Unsecured Debt \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate	3.00%
Parent Company \| Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt gross				$ 38,807,000			$ 35,592,000
Parent Company \| Term Note A - MBT \| Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt gross				6,750,000			7,750,000
Parent Company \| Term Note D - MBT \| Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt gross				1,472,000			1,540,000
Parent Company \| Term Note E - MBT
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt gross				14,300,000
Parent Company \| PPP Loan \| Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt gross				$ 8,215,000			$ 0
Interest rate stated percentage (as a percentage)				1.00%		1.00%
Air T Funding \| Warrant
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Stock issued during period (in shares) \| shares			8,400,000
Stock issued during period			$ 21,000,000.0
Trust Preferred Capital Security
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Stated value per share (in USD per share) \| $ / shares		$ 25.00
Stock split conversion ratio		0.10
Trust Preferred Capital Security \| Air T Funding
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Stock issued during period (in shares) \| shares			1,600,000
Stock issued during period			$ 4,000,000.0