Financial Guarantees

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Financial Guarantees [Abstract]

Financial Guarantees

NOTE 20 – FINANCIAL GUARANTEES

Old National holds instruments, in the normal course of business with clients, that are considered financial guarantees in accordance with FASB ASC 460-10 (FIN 45, Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others), which requires the Company to record the instruments at fair value. Standby letters of credit guarantees are issued in connection with agreements made by clients to counterparties. Standby letters of credit are contingent upon failure of the client to perform the terms of the underlying contract. Credit risk associated with standby letters of credit is essentially the same as that associated with extending loans to clients and is subject to normal credit policies. The term of these standby letters of credit is typically one year or less. At December 31, 2012, the notional amount of standby letters of credit was $63.4 million, which represents the maximum amount of future funding requirements, and the carrying value was $0.4 million. At December 31, 2011, the notional amount of standby letters of credit was $73.3 million, which represents the maximum amount of future funding requirements, and the carrying value was $0.4 million.

During the second quarter of 2007, Old National entered into a risk participation in an interest rate swap. The interest rate swap has a notional amount of $8.3 million at December 31, 2012.