Capital Requirements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Capital Requirements

Capital Requirements

12) Capital Requirements

The Company and its subsidiary bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory—and possibly additional discretionary—actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s financial statements and operations. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company and HBC must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

The Company’s consolidated capital ratios and the HBC’s capital ratios exceeded the regulatory guidelines for a well-capitalized financial institution under the Basel III regulatory requirements at September 30, 2022. There are no conditions or events since September 30, 2022, that management believes have changed the categorization of the Company or HBC as “well-capitalized.”

As permitted by the interim final rule issued on March 27, 2020 by our federal regulatory agency, we elected the option to delay the estimated impact of the adoption of the CECL Standard in our regulatory capital for two years. This two-year delay is in addition to the three-year transition period the agency had already made available. The adoption delayed the effects of CECL on our regulatory capital through the end of 2021. The effects are being phased-in over a three-year period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024, with 75% recognized in 2022, 50% recognized in 2023, and 25% recognized in 2024. Under the interim final rule, the amount of adjustments to regulatory capital deferred until the phase-in period includes both the initial impact of adoption of the CECL Standard at January 1, 2020 and 25% of subsequent changes in our allowance for credit losses during each quarter of the two-year period ending December 31, 2021.

Quantitative measures established by regulation to help ensure capital adequacy require the Company and HBC to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the tables below) of total, Tier 1 capital, and common equity Tier 1 capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk weighted assets (as defined), and of Tier 1 capital to average assets (as defined). Management believes that, as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company and HBC met all capital adequacy guidelines to which they were subject.

The Company’s consolidated capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following table, together with capital adequacy requirements, under the Basel III regulatory requirements for the periods indicated:

					Required For
					Capital
					Adequacy
					Purposes
	Actual				Under Basel III
	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio (1)
	(Dollars in thousands)
As of September 30, 2022
Total Capital	$	538,072	14.5	%	$	388,764	10.5	%
(to risk-weighted assets)
Tier 1 Capital	$	459,504	12.4	%	$	314,714	8.5	%
(to risk-weighted assets)
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital	$	459,504	12.4	%	$	259,176	7.0	%
(to risk-weighted assets)
Tier 1 Capital	$	459,504	8.7	%	$	211,506	4.0	%
(to average assets)

(1) Includes 2.5% capital conservation buffer, except the Tier 1 Capital to average assets ratio.

					Required For
					Capital
					Adequacy
					Purposes
	Actual				Under Basel III
	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio (1)
		(Dollars in thousands)
As of December 31, 2021
Total Capital	$	506,209	14.4	%	$	369,711	10.5	%
(to risk-weighted assets)
Tier 1 Capital	$	433,488	12.3	%	$	299,290	8.5	%
(to risk-weighted assets)
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital	$	433,488	12.3	%	$	246,474	7.0	%
(to risk-weighted assets)
Tier 1 Capital	$	433,488	7.9	%	$	220,193	4.0	%
(to average assets)

(2) Includes 2.5% capital conservation buffer, except the Tier 1 Capital to average assets ratio.

HBC’s actual capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following table, together with capital adequacy requirements, under the Basel III regulatory requirements for the periods indicated:

									Required For
									Capital
					To Be Well-Capitalized				Adequacy
					Under Basel III PCA Regulatory				Purposes
	Actual				Requirements				Under Basel III
	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio (1)
	(Dollars in thousands)
As of September 30, 2022
Total Capital	$	516,460	14.0	%	$	370,032	10.0	%	$	388,534	10.5	%
(to risk-weighted assets)
Tier 1 Capital	$	477,203	12.9	%	$	296,026	8.0	%	$	314,527	8.5	%
(to risk-weighted assets)
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital	$	477,203	12.9	%	$	240,521	6.5	%	$	259,022	7.0	%
(to risk-weighted assets)
Tier 1 Capital	$	477,203	9.0	%	$	264,272	5.0	%	$	211,417	4.0	%
(to average assets)

(1) Includes 2.5% capital conservation buffer, except the Tier 1 Capital to average assets ratio.

									Required For
									Capital
					To Be Well-Capitalized				Adequacy
					Under Basel III PCA Regulatory				Purposes
	Actual				Requirements				Under Basel III
	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio (1)
		(Dollars in thousands)
As of December 31, 2021
Total Capital	$	484,382	13.8	%	$	351,839	10.0	%	$	369,431	10.5	%
(to risk-weighted assets)
Tier 1 Capital	$	451,586	12.8	%	$	281,471	8.0	%	$	299,063	8.5	%
(to risk-weighted assets)
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital	$	451,586	12.8	%	$	228,695	6.5	%	$	246,287	7.0	%
(to risk-weighted assets)
Tier 1 Capital	$	451,586	8.2	%	$	275,109	5.0	%	$	220,087	4.0	%
(to average assets)

(1) Includes 2.5% capital conservation buffer, except the Tier 1 Capital to average assets ratio.

The Subordinated Debt, net of unamortized issuance costs, totaled $39,312,000 at September 30, 2022, and qualifies as Tier 2 capital for the Company under the guidelines established by the Federal Reserve Bank.

Under California General Corporation Law, the holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available. The California Financial Code provides that a state licensed bank may not make a cash distribution to its shareholders in excess of the lesser of the following: (i) the bank’s retained earnings; or (ii) the bank’s net income for its last three fiscal years, less the amount of any distributions made by the bank to its shareholders during such period. However, a bank, with the prior approval of the Commissioner of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (“DFPI”) may make a distribution to its shareholders of an amount not to exceed the greater of (i) a bank’s retained earnings; (ii) its net income for its last fiscal year; or (iii) its net income for the current fiscal year. Also with the prior approval of the Commissioner of the DFPI and the shareholders of the bank, the bank may make a distribution to its shareholders, as a reduction in capital of the bank. In the event that the Commissioner determines that the shareholders’ equity of a bank is inadequate or that the making of a distribution by a bank would be unsafe or unsound, the Commissioner may order a bank to refrain from making such a proposed distribution. As September 30, 2022, HBC would not be required to obtain regulatory approval, and the amount available for cash dividends is $25,140,000. HBC distributed to HCC dividends of $8,000,000, during the third, second and first quarters of 2022, for a total of $24,000,000.