REGULATORY MATTERS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Banking And Thrifts [Abstract]

REGULATORY MATTERS

NOTE 12 - REGULATORY MATTERS

The Company on a consolidated basis and the Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal 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. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Company’s assets, liabilities, and certain off balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Company’s capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

The Basel III Capital Rules, a comprehensive capital framework for U.S. banking organizations, became effective for the Company and Bank on January 1, 2015, with certain transition provisions that were fully phased in on January 1, 2019. Quantitative measures established by the Basel III Capital Rules to ensure capital adequacy require the maintenance of minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the table below) of Common Equity Tier 1 capital, Tier 1 capital and Total capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and or Tier 1 capital to adjusted quarterly average assets (as defined). Management believes, as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, that the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which it was subject.

The Basel III Capital Rules, among other things, (i) introduced a new capital measure called “Common Equity Tier 1” (“CET1”), (ii) specified that Tier 1 capital consist of CET1 and “Additional Tier 1 Capital” instruments meeting specified requirements, (iii) defined CET1 narrowly by requiring that most deductions/adjustments to regulatory capital measures be made to CET1 and not to the other components of capital, (iv) expanded the scope of the deductions/adjustments as compared to existing regulations, and (v) imposed a "capital conservation buffer" of 2.5% above minimum risk-based capital requirements, below which an institution would be subject to limitations on certain activities including payment of dividends, share repurchases and discretionary bonuses to executive officers.

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s capital ratios exceeded those levels necessary to be categorized as “well capitalized” under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as “well capitalized”, the Company must maintain minimum capital ratios as set forth in the table. There are no conditions or events since March 31, 2023 that management believes have changed the Company’s category.

The Federal Reserve’s guidelines regarding the capital treatment of trust preferred securities limits restricted core capital elements (including trust preferred securities and qualifying perpetual preferred stock) to 25% of all core capital elements, net of goodwill less any associated deferred tax liability. Because the Company’s aggregate amount of trust preferred securities is less than the limit of 25% of Tier 1 capital, net of goodwill, the rules permit the inclusion of $7,217 of trust preferred securities in Tier 1 capital as of both March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Additionally, the rules provide that trust preferred securities would no longer qualify for Tier 1 capital within five years of their maturity, but would be included as Tier 2 capital. However, the trust preferred securities would be amortized out of Tier 2 capital by one-fifth each year and excluded from Tier 2 capital completely during the year prior to maturity of the subordinated debentures.

A comparison of the Company’s and Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios to required capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following tables as of:

	Actual			Minimum Required For Capital Adequacy Purposes			Minimum Required Under Basel III (Including Buffer)			To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions
	Amount		Ratio	Amount		Ratio	Amount		Ratio	Amount		Ratio
March 31, 2023
Total capital to risk-weighted assets:
Consolidated	$	363,916	14.57%	$	199,775	8.00%	$	262,204	10.50%	$	249,718	10.00%
Bank		370,244	14.84%		199,659	8.00%		262,053	10.50%		249,574	10.00%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
Consolidated		298,241	11.94%		149,831	6.00%		212,260	8.50%		149,831	6.00%
Bank		339,038	13.58%		149,744	6.00%		212,138	8.50%		199,659	8.00%
Tier 1 capital to average assets:(1)
Consolidated		298,241	9.00%		132,598	4.00%		132,598	4.00%	n/a
Bank		339,038	10.24%		132,501	4.00%		132,501	4.00%		165,626	5.00%
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
Consolidated		291,024	11.65%		112,373	4.50%		174,803	7.00%	n/a
Bank		339,038	13.58%		112,308	4.50%		174,702	7.00%		162,223	6.50%
(1) The Tier 1 capital ratio (to average assets) is not impacted by the Basel III Capital Rules; however, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC may require the Consolidated Company and the Bank, respectively, to maintain a Tier 1 capital ratio (to average assets) above the required minimum.

	Actual			Minimum Required For Capital Adequacy Purposes			Minimum Required Under Basel III (Including Buffer)			To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions
	Amount		Ratio	Amount		Ratio	Amount		Ratio	Amount		Ratio
December 31, 2022
Total capital to risk-weighted assets:
Consolidated	$	358,702	14.37%	$	199,687	8.00%	$	262,089	10.50%	$	249,608	10.00%
Bank		361,125	14.48%		199,570	8.00%		261,936	10.50%		249,463	10.00%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
Consolidated		292,966	11.74%		149,765	6.00%		212,167	8.50%		149,765	6.00%
Bank		329,933	13.23%		149,678	6.00%		212,044	8.50%		199,570	8.00%
Tier 1 capital to average assets:(1)
Consolidated		292,966	8.77%		133,614	4.00%		133,614	4.00%	n/a
Bank		329,933	9.89%		133,375	4.00%		133,375	4.00%		166,718	5.00%
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets:
Consolidated		285,749	11.45%		112,324	4.50%		174,726	7.00%	n/a
Bank		329,933	13.23%		112,258	4.50%		174,624	7.00%		162,151	6.50%
(1) The Tier 1 capital ratio (to average assets) is not impacted by the Basel III Capital Rules; however, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC may require the Consolidated Company and the Bank, respectively, to maintain a Tier 1 capital ratio (to average assets) above the required minimum.

Dividends paid by Guaranty are mainly provided by dividends from its subsidiaries. However, certain regulatory restrictions exist regarding the ability of its bank subsidiary to transfer funds to Guaranty in the form of cash dividends, loans or advances. The amount of dividends that a subsidiary bank organized as a national banking association, such as the Bank, may declare in a calendar year is the subsidiary bank’s net profits for that year combined with its retained net profits for the preceding two years. Retained net profits, as defined by the OCC, consist of net income less dividends declared during the period.