Welcome to the UMB Financial conference call. During today’s presentation, all participants are in a listen-only mode, following the presentation the conference will be open for questions. (Operator Instructions). I’ll now like to turn the conference over to our host, Ms. Kay McMillan, please go ahead ma’am.

Good morning everyone and thank you for joining us for our conference call and webcast regarding our first quarter 2013 financial results. Before we begin, let me remind you that our comments in this conference call contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in our statements made during this call. While the management of UMB believes our assumptions are reasonable, UMB cautions that material changes in interest rates, the equity markets, general economic conditions as they relate to the company’s loan and fee-based customers, competition in the financial services industry, the ability to integrate acquisitions and other risks and uncertainties, which are detailed in our filings with the SEC, may cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in this call. UMB has no duty to update such statements and undertakes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of new information, future events or otherwise. By now, we hope most of you on the call who are listening to the webcast have had a chance to review our earnings release which was issued yesterday. If not, you will find it on our Web site at umb.com. On the call today are Mariner Kemper, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Peter deSilva, President and Chief Operating Officer; and Mike Hagedorn, our Chief Financial Officer. The agenda for today’s call is as follows: Mariner will provide high level commentary on our results and Mike will review the details of our financials. Then Peter will review key fee-income business drivers. Following that we’ll be happy to answer your questions. Now, I’ll turn the call over to Mariner Kemper.

Thank you Kay, good morning everyone and thank you for joining us on this conference call in our 100th year. I am pleased to report the results for the first quarter showing strong performance by our business units. Net income was $34.9 million or $0.87 per diluted share, earned on total quarterly revenue of $204 million and return on average equity of 11.05%. Although net income declined 24.6% from same period a year ago, it increased 65.9% from the previous quarter. Net interest income for the first quarter was flat compared to the same period a year an accomplishment in a sluggish economy. And non-interest income was down 8.5% to $121 million. When you take into consideration a gain from sales securities and the accounting change for contingent consideration liabilities on acquisition, these items overshadow the positive improvement in trust and securities processing income, which increased 13.9% from the same period a year ago to 62.3 million, a record for the company. Noninterest income was 60.4% of total revenue for the quarter. Later in the call Mike and Peter will provide more detail on our financial results and drivers however I'd like to highlight a couple of items for you now. Part of the change in noninterest income was because we recognized just 5.9 million in gains on the sale of securities available for sale in the first quarter compared to 16.5 million in the same period a year ago; we also recognized an $8.2 million adjustment in the first quarter of 2012, due to the adoption of new accounting guidance. Further associate compensation, equipment and processing fees drove the 6% increase in non-expense compared to the same period a year ago, which combined with our income results drove an efficiency ratio of 73.46%. On a lean quarter basis expenses…

Thanks Mariner and good morning everyone. This morning I will review our company’s financials and provide a more detailed summary of our four business segments. During the first quarter, our average balance sheet grew 11.2% and average earning assets increased 11.9% to 13.7 billion. The average balance on our investment portfolio for the quarter is 6.9 billion, 12.4% higher than the first quarter a year ago. The average yield on securities was 1.98% an increase of two basis points from last quarter and a decrease of 28 basis points from the first quarter of 2012. Activity during the first quarter included the roll off of 413 million in core portfolio of securities at an average yield of 1.98%. In turn we purchased 769 million of securities at an average yield of 1.31%. The average life is now 43 months up from 40 months last quarter. The average life in the first quarter of 2012 was 36 months. Continued changes in the portfolio along with some modifications to our modeling inputs and tools lengthened the duration slightly to 40 months from 37 months on a linked quarter basis. Over the next three months, 344 million of core investments with an average yield of 1.94% will cash flow and over the next 12 months 1.4 billion of core investments with an average yield of 1.84% will cash flow. Additionally, 71% of our total loan portfolio is expected to re-price or mature in the next 12 months and 60% will re-price mature or amortize next quarter. The securities mix in our portfolio remained approximately the same as the fourth quarter of 2012. Mortgage backed securities comprised 48% of the portfolio and municipal securities are at 28%. Allowance for loan losses is 69.9 million and allowance as a percent of total loans is now…

Thank you Mike and good morning everyone. As Mariner mentioned earlier, fee income represented 60.4% of total revenue this quarter this gives us an advantage in an industry with a median level of fee income to total revenue with 19.5% in the fourth quarter according to SNL financial. To provide additional contact to our result, I would like to discuss the primary drivers of our fee income and highlight some of the development niche of our operating segment. Let me begin with the institutional investment management segment which is comprised the Scout Investment, equity and fixed income mutual funds and separately managed investment account. Revenue in this segment is driven by average advisory fees paid on mutual funds and separately managed the account asset, the mix of those assets, net flows and equity and fixed income market performance. For the quarter, the S&P 500 increased 10.6% and the MSCI EAFE increased to 5.3%. Positive financial market along with strong performances and solid net flows combined to contribute to another good quarter for Scout. At quarter end assets under management stood at 25.7 million an increase of 13.6% compared to the first quarter of 2012. Scout mutual funds closed the period with the assets of 12.1 billion, Scout fixed income separately managed accounts totaled $11.4 billion and Scout equity separately managed account totaled $2.3 billion in assets under management. As we discussed last quarter, Scout was awarded its largest ever equity mandate from a large insurance company to sub-advise two midcap accounts. These accounts were funded during the first quarter. If you look at our flows separated by equity and fixed income across all of Scout products including the Scout fund and separate accounts. In the first quarter, Scout equity strategy posted $1.4 billion in net flows. Net flows for the…

Thank you, Peter. As you all know I am incredibly proud of this company especially as we celebrate our 100th year anniversary this month. To mark this milestone we will be opening the market on NASDAQ tomorrow morning and look forward to seeing many of you at our investor day in New York to be held at the NASDAQ market site. Thanks for your interest and I will turn it over to you questions, to the conference call operator.

We will now begin the question-and-answer session. (Operator Instructions) Our first question comes from the line of Matt O’Neil with (inaudible), please go ahead.

This is actually Tyler Staff, I am in for Matt. Congrats on the quarter. I guess first, when I look at your core earnings in 2012, and then again in 1Q ’13; it appears that 1Q starts off a little strong and then kind of gradually declines throughout the year. Can you may be remind us if there is any inherent seasonality across the business segments or maybe a revenue or expense mismatch?

Yes, I think the seasonality obviously you see is in net interest margin as a result of the public fund business in the first quarter. But typically in the fourth quarter we see higher expenses too and you saw that in the fourth quarter of ’12. So those would probably be the two biggest items I would point out.

Okay, and then switching gears a bit, and this is probably a few quarters too early to be talking about this but, I was just curious as to your thoughts on UMB in the context of a rising interest rate environment and obviously an increase in rates would benefit the bank, considering that the loan make up. But, I guess specifically, can you talk about may be the potential impact of rising rates on the asset management businesses?

Overall I think for those of you who have been watching our company a while know that we are highly sensitive to a raising rate environment to the positive prepared very well for raising rate environment and should benefit actually handsomely from that. As it relate to our asset management businesses and its impact, Peter you want to take that?

Yes, just a thought or two on that. Clearly with over $11 billion in fixed income, that’s an area we are watching closely and preparing for rising rates somewhere down the road. What we are seeing right now, is a rotation within the fixed income category, it is not a rotation out of fixed income exclusively and I suspect that will continue for some period of time. If you look at the good flows that the equity funds and the equity industry had during the quarter much of it came from money markets and the flows that were predicted out of bond front has not started yet. So, that’s the one real impact that we are monitoring right now. Our equity flows will be driven by sentiment in the markets and where markets go and rates start to rise, which we can't really predict. Obviously while this is datable, you could have a rotation out of equity when rates rise and savers aren't punished. I mean there are a lot of variables here but we generally are poised very well for all raising rate scenarios.

Our next question comes from Peyton Green with Sterne, Agee, please go ahead. Peyton Green - Sterne, Agee & Leach: Yes, a question with regard to loan growth, I mean that's about as strong as you will ever report it and I was just wondering Mariner, you highlighted that the pipeline was in great shape coming out of the fourth quarter. How does it look going forward?

We continue to maintain a strong pipeline. Peyton Green - Sterne, Agee & Leach: Was there anything that happened this quarter to I guess I mean is there any reason why the loan growth was so significantly better this quarter compared to the past I am sure that's strong?

No, I wouldn’t say so, Peyton I think the real answer is we are laser focused with a very strong team, pretty nice footprint. Outside of Kansas City we have got a pretty low market share so it’s all opportunity, all execution and we are just I think lucky to have one of the best teams in the business. Peyton Green - Sterne, Agee & Leach: Okay and then I know one of the goals for this year is the post improved operating leverage from the multitude of investments that you have made over the past several years. The first quarter of this year was very good like the first quarter of last year. How good do you feel about the prospects going forward?

I am sorry will you do that again related to, are we talking about loans or just in general or? Peyton Green - Sterne, Agee & Leach: Just in general, just general operating leverage as you manage the collection of businesses. I mean do you feel better about getting improved operating leverage this year?

As we have been saying, we are committed to and feel good about our prospects; we are continuing to reduce expense growth. So we feel good about that and if you look at quarter-over-quarter, you look at pre-tax profit margins in all of our non-bank businesses, they are all expanding and so we are seeing the leverage we are seeing expense reduction almost all expanding, payment is not expanding but the two big drivers Scout and Fund Services are both expanding from pretax margin perspective. So we’re seeing that and we’re seeing expense reduction on a year-over-year basis. So, we continue to feel good about our prospects in doing such.

Don’t lose sight of the fact also that as we reported this morning, this is the last earn out payment on JD Clark, so those negative adjustments they’ve tended to be negative at least for that acquisition, are no longer going to be part of the equation. So that’s going to help operating leverage as well. Peyton Green – Sterne, Agee & Leach: Okay. And then also in terms of the asset management business, the wind they choke out on the institutional fact was certainly a big one, how does the pipeline for that business look? I know it’s hard to gauge but it’s been two to two and half years of building with sales force and the tax in the market with good solid performance on a consistent basis. How do you feel about gaining share this year?

Well, activity is strong. The pipeline continues to be strong both in Scout, both in the fixed income side and on the equity side. Like every pipeline there is lots of things we’re going openly convert and some we probably won’t but we feel very, very good about the pipelines on both the equity and fixed income side at this point in time. We just hired a new head of sales to direct our sales up on the both the fixed income and the equity side. We continue to expand the sales forces as we see fit. But our story, our leverage distribution model through the very large pension funds and the platforms and such continues to work for us Peyton and we feel quite comfortable that we are going to get our fair share as we go along. Peyton Green – Sterne, Agee & Leach: And then Mike for you. On the equipment and occupancy side, are there any major investments initiatives or software technology issues that will cause that line to go up over the course of the year that might take away some of the operating leverage in the quarter?

Yes. We’re making investments as we do all the time in technology and I would say, think about it more like this that there is some lumpiness in that line item relative to when the depreciation for existing stuff comes off the books and new stuff comes on. So, we’re constantly investing, so from time-to-time share could go up. Peyton Green – Sterne, Agee & Leach: Okay. But no big things necessarily for this year?

No.

Our next question comes from Christopher Mcgratty with KBW. Please go ahead.

Good morning guys its John Barber filling in for Chris. Could you help us just with the expense run rate going forward, what are some of the moving pieces we should be focused on and some of the more variable items?

Well obviously the most variable one would be compensation in FTE levels. so if you look at the fourth quarter as we talked about FDR added I think a little more than 70 new FTEs, so you have to consider that when you specially do the first of ’12 to first quarter of ’13 comparison so that was probably the first one. The second one would be the processing related expenses that we have. For instance bank card volume. More volume is going to drive higher bank card processing fees. We see that in the asset servicing business, the asset management business as well. So, if you see those expenses going up you should likely see the revenue on the other side as well.

Okay that's helpful. How should we think about the stock buyback plan? is that something we should be incorporating in our models?

We have been improving that every year consistently and we look at repurchases in the context of our overall capital planning every year. so there is no specific plan.

And Mike in the earnings release you talked about balancing NII versus maintaining assets sensitivity, it seems like a new disclosure should we think about that as potentially a balance sheet restructuring in the cards or is it more just normal ALCO management?

Well I think it is normal but I do think Mariner talked about this in his prepared remarks that it is more of a subtle rebalancing if you will, assuming that we are able to execute on our strategy you saw our loan growth this quarter and all of the last several years. in fact we have had loan growth for each of the last three years to the extent that we can replace the roll off in the investment portfolio with loans that will continue.

And last one I had was; what's a good effective tax rate to use going forward?

Yes, the bias is going to be slightly down, I mean where we are at today. I know that might sound a little strange but we have two large loan income housing tax credits coming online in 2013 and so it will come down a little bit.

Sir, I am showing no further questions in the queue at this time please continue.

Thank you everyone for your interest in UMB today. The call can be accessed via a replay on our website beginning in about two hours and it will run through May 8, as always, you can contact UMB Investor Relations with any follow-up questions by calling 816-860-71. Again we appreciate your time and interest. Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes the conference call. We will like to thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.