Derivatives

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivatives The Company uses derivative financial instruments, in particular, interest rate swaps, which are designated as cash flow hedges, to manage the risk of changes in future cash flows due to interest rate fluctuations. At March 31, 2022, the cash flow hedges have a total notional amount of $95.0 million and consist of rolling one-month or three-month FHLB advances that are renewed at the fixed interest rate at each renewal date. These hedging instruments have four to eight year terms, with remaining terms ranging from 1.6 years to 7.5 years, a weighted average remaining term of 56 months, and stipulate that the counterparty will pay the Company interest at one-month or three-month LIBOR and the Company will pay a weighted-average fixed interest of 1.05% on the notional amount ranging from $10.0 million to $15.0 million. The Company pays or receives the

net interest amount monthly or quarterly based on the respective hedge agreement, and includes this amount as part of its interest expense on the Company’s Consolidated Income Statement.

Quarterly, the effectiveness evaluation is based upon the fluctuation of the fixed rate interest the Company pays to the FHLB for the period compared to the one-month or three-month LIBOR interest received from the counterparty. At March 31, 2022, a $6.0 million net fair value gain of the cash flow hedges was reported with other assets on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet. The tax effected amount of $4.7 million was included in accumulated other comprehensive income on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet. There were no amounts recorded on the Consolidated Income Statements for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 or 2021, related to ineffectiveness.

Fair value for these derivative instruments, which generally changes as a result of changes in the level of market interest rates, is estimated based on dealer quotes and secondary market sources.

The following table presents the fair value of these derivative instruments as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021:


	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value at March 31, 2022		Fair Value at December 31, 2021
	(In thousands)
Interest rate swaps on FHLB debt designated as a cash flow hedge	Other Assets/(Other Liabilities)	$	5,961	$	1,491

The following table presents the net unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, from these derivative instruments included on the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income at the dates indicated:


	Amount Recognized in OCI for the three months ended March 31, 2022		Amount Recognized in OCI for the three months ended March 31, 2021
	(In thousands)
Interest rate swaps on FHLB debt designated as a cash flow hedge	$	3,532	$	2,945