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Note 7 - Derivative Financial Instruments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements  
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 7. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

As part of its liability management, the Company has historically utilized pay-fixed interest rate swaps to manage exposure against the variability in the expected future cash flows (future interest payments) attributable to changes in the 1-month LIBOR associated with the forecasted issuances of 1-month fixed rate debt arising from a rollover strategy. To mitigate credit risk, securities were pledged to the Company by the counterparties in an amount greater than or equal to the gain position of the derivative contracts. Conversely, securities were pledged to the counterparties by the Company in an amount greater than or equal to the loss position of the derivative contracts, if applicable. The derivative contracts were between the Company and two counterparties. At  June 30, 2023 and  December 31, 2022 the Company had no current or forward starting interest rate swap agreements, other than interest rate swaps related to customer loans, described below. The interest rate swaps were determined to be fully effective during the periods presented, and therefore no amount of ineffectiveness has been included in net income. 

 

During the three and six months ended  June 30, 2022, the Company voluntarily terminated interest rate swaps with total notional amounts of $60.0 million and $115.0 million, respectively, in response to market conditions. Unrealized gains of $3.7 million and $6.4 million, respectively, net of tax expenses of $1.0 million and $1.7 million, respectively, were reclassified from “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” and recorded as “Swap termination fee income” in noninterest income in the accompanying consolidated statements of income for the three and six months ended  June 30, 2022.

 

For the three and six months ended  June 30, 2022, gains of $1.2 million and $4.3 million, net of tax expenses of $0.3 million and $1.2 million, respectively, have been recognized in “Other comprehensive loss” in the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the change in fair value of the interest rate swaps.

 

There were no assets or liabilities recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2023 or  December 31, 2022 associated with the swap contracts, other than interest rate swaps related to customer loans, described below.

 

Customer Derivatives Interest Rate Swaps

 

The Company enters into interest rate swaps that allow commercial loan customers to effectively convert a variable-rate commercial loan agreement to a fixed-rate commercial loan agreement. Under these agreements, the Company enters into a variable-rate loan agreement with a customer in addition to an interest rate swap agreement, which serves to effectively swap the customer’s variable-rate loan into a fixed-rate loan. The Company then enters into a corresponding swap agreement with a third party in order to economically hedge its exposure through the customer agreement. The interest rate swaps with both the customers and third parties are not designated as hedges under FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”, and are marked to market through earnings. As the interest rate swaps are structured to offset each other, changes to the underlying benchmark interest rates considered in the valuation of these instruments do not result in an impact to earnings; however, there may be fair value adjustments related to credit quality variations between counterparties, which may impact earnings as required by FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure” (“ASC 820”). The Company did not recognize any gains or losses in other operating income resulting from fair value adjustments of these swap agreements during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022. A June 30, 2023 the Company had notional amounts of $144.7 million in interest rate swap contracts with customers and $144.7 million in offsetting interest rate swap contracts with other financial institutions. The fair value of the swap contracts consisted of gross assets of $19.3 million and gross liabilities of $19.3 million recorded in “Other assets” and “Accrued taxes and other liabilities”, respectively, in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at  June 30, 2023.