Allowance for Loan Losses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff, after Recovery [Abstract]

Allowance for Credit Losses [Text Block]

Allowance for Credit LossesThe ACL is an estimate of the expected credit losses on financial assets measured at amortized cost, which is measured using relevant information about past events, including historical credit loss experience on financial assets with similar risk characteristics, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the remaining cash flows over the contractual term of the financial assets. A provision for credit losses is charged to operations based on management’s periodic evaluation of these and other pertinent factors as discussed within Note 1-Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.

During the first quarter of 2021, Park adopted ASU 2016-13, including the CECL methodology for estimating the ACL. This standard was adopted prospectively on January 1, 2021, resulting in a $6.1 million increase to the ACL and a $3.9 million increase to the allowance for unfunded credit losses. A cumulative effect adjustment resulting in an $8.0 million decrease to retained earnings and a $2.1 million increase to deferred tax assets was also recorded as of the adoption of ASU 2016-13.

Quantitative Considerations

The ACL is primarily calculated utilizing a DCF model. Key inputs and assumptions used in this model are discussed below:

•Forecast model - For each portfolio segment, a LDA was performed in order to identify appropriate loss drivers and create a regression model for use in forecasting cash flows. The LDA analysis utilized Park's own FFIEC Call Report data for the commercial, financial and agricultural and residential real estate portfolio segments. Peer data was incorporated into the analysis for the commercial real estate, construction real estate, and consumer portfolio segments. Park plans to update the LDA annually; however, due to the impact of COVID-19, the LDA analysis was last updated in the fourth quarter of 2019.

•Probability of default – PD is the probability that an asset will be in default within a given time frame. Park has defined default to be when a charge-off has occurred, a loan is placed on nonaccrual, or a loan is greater than 90 days past due. Whenever possible, Park utilizes its own loan-level PDs for the reasonable and supportable forecast period. When loan-level data is not available reflecting the forecasted economic conditions, a forecast model is utilized to estimate PDs.

•Loss given default – LGD is the percentage of the asset not expected to be collected due to default. Whenever possible, Park utilizes its own loan-level LGDs for the reasonable and supportable forecast period. When it is not possible to use Park's own LGDs, the LGD is derived using a method referred to as Frye Jacobs.

•Prepayments and curtailments – Prepayments and curtailments are calculated based on Park’s own data utilizing a three-year average. This analysis is updated annually in the fourth quarter and was last updated in the fourth quarter of 2021.

•Forecast and reversion – Park has established a one-year reasonable and supportable forecast period with a one-year straight line reversion to the long-term historical average.

•Economic forecast - Park utilizes a third party to provide economic forecasts under various scenarios, which are weighted in order to reflect model risk in the current economic environment. The scenario weighting is evaluated by management on a quarterly basis.

◦As of January 1, 2021, the date of CECL adoption, Park weighted a "most likely" scenario 80%, a "slower near-term growth" scenario 10%, and a "moderate recession" scenario 10%. As of January 1, 2021, the "most likely" scenario forecasted Ohio unemployment to range between 5.31% and 5.79% during the next four quarters.

◦As of March 31, 2021, the "most likely" scenario forecasted Ohio unemployment to decrease significantly, to a range between 3.70% and 4.93% during the next four quarters. In determining the appropriate weighting of scenarios at March 31, 2021, management considered this improved economic forecast while balancing the risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, including the risk of pandemic-related losses lagging behind the projected improvement in unemployment. The calculation utilizing the 80% "most likely" scenario, 10% "slower near-term growth" scenario, and 10% "moderate recession scenario" resulted in a quantitative reserve of $57.9 million, which would have resulted in a decline of $17.0 million from the quantitative reserve of $74.9 million as of January 1, 2021. Management then considered the reason for this decline and whether or not it was appropriate given the economic environment at March 31, 2021. Upon review, management noted that the decline was the result of a significant decrease in forecasted unemployment. The March 31, 2021 "most likely" scenario forecasted unemployment rates lower than any post-1975 Ohio unemployment rates of record. Given the uncertainty at March 31, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, management did not believe that such a significant decrease in reserves was appropriate and sought to re-evaluate the weightings in order to calculate a more accurate life of loan loss estimate. Management determined it was appropriate to weight the "most likely" scenario 50% and the "moderate recession" scenario 50%.

◦As of December 31, 2021, the "most likely" scenario forecasted Ohio unemployment to decrease, to a range between 3.32% and 3.97%, during the next four quarters. In determining the appropriate weighting of scenarios at December 31, 2021, management considered the range of forecasted unemployment as well as a number of economic indicators. While some economic indications continued to be optimistic, the Omicron variant, rising inflation, volatility in consumer confidence, employment, supply chain and workforce challenges continued to cause uncertainty to the overall economic environment. Considering these factors, management determined it was appropriate to maintain the previous quarter weighting, and weigh the "most likely" scenario 50% and the "moderate recession" scenario 50% at December 31, 2021.

Qualitative Considerations

Park reviews various internal and external factors to consider the need for any qualitative adjustments to the quantitative model. Factors considered include the following:

•The nature and volume of Park’s financial assets; the existence, growth, and effect of any concentrations of credit and the volume and severity of past due financial assets, the volume of nonaccrual assets, and the volume and severity of adversely classified or graded assets. Specifically, management considers:

◦Trends (e.g., growth, reduction) in specific categories of the loan portfolio, as well as adjustments to the types of loans offered by Park.

◦Level of and trend in loan delinquencies, troubled loans, commercial watch list loans and nonperforming loans.

◦Level of and trend in new nonaccrual loans.

◦Level of and trend in loan charge-offs and recoveries.

•Park's lending policies and procedures, including changes in lending strategies, underwriting standards and practices for collections, write-offs, and recoveries.

•The quality of Park’s credit review function.

•The experience, ability, and depth of Park’s lending, investment, collection, and other relevant management and staff.

•The effect of other external factors such as the regulatory, legal and technological environments; competition; and events such as natural disasters or pandemics.

•Actual and expected changes in international, national, regional, and local economic and business conditions and developments in the markets in which Park operates that affect the collectibility of financial assets.

•Where the U.S. economy is within a given credit cycle.

•The extent that there is government assistance (stimulus).

During 2020, Park added an additional reserve for three industries at particularly high risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic: hotels and accommodations; restaurants and food service; and strip shopping centers. These industries have experienced high levels of deferrals and have been particularly impacted by shut downs of non-essential businesses, increased health department regulations, and changes in consumer behavior. Management expects that a relatively higher percentage of the 4-rated credits in these portfolios will eventually migrate to special mention, substandard, or impaired status. In adopting CECL, management determined it was appropriate to retain this qualitative adjustment as this adjustment takes into account the additional risk in these portfolios, which is not captured in the quantitative calculation. As of December 31, 2021, additional reserves totaling $5.2 million were added for these portfolios on top of the quantitative reserve already calculated. This is an increase from $3.8 million as of December 31, 2020, which had been calculated under the previous incurred loss methodology.

A breakout of the 4-rated balances within these portfolios and the additional reserve related to these portfolios is detailed in the following table:

	December 31, 2021				December 31, 2020
(in thousands)	4-Rated Balance		Additional Reserve		4-Rated Balance		Additional Reserve
Hotels and accommodations	$	148,018	$	2,226	$	96,909	$	1,391
Restaurants and food service	40,648		917		33,409		637
Strip shopping centers	184,171		2,033		177,706		1,731
Total	$	372,837	$	5,176	$	308,024	$	3,759

Additionally, management applied a 1.00% reserve to all hotels and accommodations loans in the collectively evaluated population to account for increased valuation risk. This was consistent with the 2020 year end and considered various economic conditions due to COVID-19 variants, continued volatility in the hotel industry, and travel trends, all of which impacted valuations. At December 31, 2021, Park's originated hotels and accommodation loans included in the population of collectively evaluated loans had a balance of $203.9 million with an additional reserve related to valuation risks of $2.0 million. At December 31, 2020, Park's originated hotels and accommodation loans included in the population of collectively evaluated loans had a balance of $181.4 million with an additional reserve related to valuation risks of $1.8 million.

There is still a significant amount of uncertainty related to the economic impact of COVID-19, including the duration of the pandemic, the risk related to new variants, future government programs that may be established in response to the pandemic, and the resiliency of the U.S. economy. Management will continue to evaluate its estimate of expected credit losses as new information becomes available.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, Park had $74.4 million and $331.6 million, respectively, of PPP loans which were included in the commercial, financial and agricultural portfolio segment. These loans are guaranteed by the SBA and thus have not been

reserved for using the same methodology as the rest of Park’s loan portfolio. A 10 basis point reserve was calculated for these loans to reflect minimal credit risk at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

ACL Activity

The activity in the allowance for credit losses for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019 is summarized in the following tables.

	Year ended December 31, 2021
(In thousands)	Commercial, financial and agricultural		Commercial real estate		Construction real estate		Residential real estate		Consumer		Leases		Total
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning balance	$	25,608	$	23,480	$	7,288	$	11,363	$	17,418	$	518	$	85,675
Impact of adopting ASC 326	(8,257)		2,119		(1,898)		3,121		10,925		80		6,090
Charge-offs	957		35		—		49		4,052		—		5,093
Recoveries	(639)		(802)		(2,299)		(941)		(3,759)		(1)		(8,441)
Net charge-offs (recoveries)	318		(767)		(2,299)		(892)		293		(1)		(3,348)
(Recovery) Provision	(3,008)		(900)		(1,931)		(3,952)		(1,764)		(361)		(11,916)
Ending balance	$	14,025	$	25,466	$	5,758	$	11,424	$	26,286	238		$	83,197

	Year ended December 31, 2020
(In thousands)	Commercial, financial and agricultural		Commercial real estate		Construction real estate		Residential real estate		Consumer		Leases		Total
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning balance	$	20,203	$	10,229	$	5,311	$	8,610	$	12,211	$	115	$	56,679
Charge-offs	1,468		1,824		6		356		6,634		16		10,304
Recoveries	(20,765)		(738)		(1,122)		(991)		(3,629)		(1)		(27,246)
Net (recoveries) charge-offs	(19,297)		1,086		(1,116)		(635)		3,005		15		(16,942)
(Recovery) Provision	(13,892)		14,337		861		2,118		8,212		418		12,054
Ending balance	$	25,608	$	23,480	$	7,288	$	11,363	$	17,418	$	518	$	85,675

	Year ended December 31, 2019
(In thousands)	Commercial, financial and agricultural		Commercial real estate		Construction real estate		Residential real estate		Consumer		Leases		Total
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning balance	$	16,777	$	9,768	$	4,463	$	8,731	$	11,773	$	—	$	51,512
Charge-offs	2,231		400		—		239		8,307		—		11,177
Recoveries	(1,241)		(720)		(2,682)		(787)		(4,742)		(1)		(10,173)
Net charge-offs (recoveries)	990		(320)		(2,682)		(548)		3,565		(1)		1,004
Provision (Recovery)	4,416		141		(1,834)		(669)		4,003		114		6,171
Ending balance	$	20,203	$	10,229	$	5,311	$	8,610	$	12,211	$	115	$	56,679

ACL Summary

Loans collectively evaluated for impairment in the following tables include all performing loans at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, as well as nonperforming loans internally classified as consumer loans. Nonperforming consumer loans are not typically individually evaluated for impairment, but receive a portion of the statistical allocation of the ACL. Loans individually evaluated for impairment include all impaired loans internally classified as commercial loans at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, which are evaluated for impairment in accordance with U.S. GAAP (See Note 1-Significant Accounting Policies).

The composition of the ACL at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was as follows:

	December 31, 2021
(In thousands)	Commercial, financial and agricultural			Commercial real estate			Construction real estate			Residential real estate			Consumer			Leases			Total
ACL:
Ending allowance balance attributed to loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	1,385		$	188		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	43		$	1,616
Collectively evaluated for impairment	12,640			25,278			5,758			11,424			26,286			195			$	81,581
Acquired with deteriorated credit quality	—			—			—			—			—			—			$	—
Total ending allowance balance	$	14,025		$	25,466		$	5,758		$	11,424		$	26,286		$	238		$	83,197
Loan balance:
Loans individually evaluated for impairment	$	22,666		$	47,820		$	222		$	2,606		$	—		$	1,188		$	74,502
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment	1,275,783			1,748,854			320,608			1,735,226			1,689,679			19,321			6,789,471
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	177			5,118			956			875			—			23			7,149
Total ending loan balance	$	1,298,626		$	1,801,792		$	321,786		$	1,738,707		$	1,689,679		$	20,532		$	6,871,122
ACL as a percentage of loan balance:
Loans individually evaluated for impairment	6.11		%	0.39		%	—		%	—		%	—		%	3.62		%	2.17		%
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment	0.99		%	1.45		%	1.80		%	0.66		%	1.56		%	1.01		%	1.20		%
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	—		%	—		%	—		%	—		%	—		%	—		%	—		%
Total	1.08		%	1.41		%	1.79		%	0.66		%	1.56		%	1.16		%	1.21		%

	December 31, 2020
(In thousands)	Commercial, financial and agricultural			Commercial real estate			Construction real estate			Residential real estate			Consumer			Leases			Total
ACL:
Ending allowance balance attributed to loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	$	3,758		$	1,316		$	—		$	16		$	—		$	344		$	5,434
Collectively evaluated for impairment	21,809			22,093			7,288			11,292			17,418			174			$	80,074
Acquired with deteriorated credit quality	41			71			—			55			—			—			167
Total ending allowance balance	$	25,608		$	23,480		$	7,288		$	11,363		$	17,418		$	518		$	85,675
Loan balance:
Loans individually evaluated for impairment	$	28,811		$	70,334		$	3,110		$	4,557		$	—		$	1,595		$	108,407
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment	1,559,842			1,670,510			339,312			1,806,126			1,659,704			22,731			7,058,225
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	336			7,345			999			2,361			—			112			11,153
Total ending loan balance	$	1,588,989		$	1,748,189		$	343,421		$	1,813,044		$	1,659,704		$	24,438		$	7,177,785
ACL as a percentage of loan balance:
Loans individually evaluated for impairment	13.04		%	1.87		%	—		%	0.35		%	—		%	21.57		%	5.01		%
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment	1.40		%	1.32		%	2.15		%	0.63		%	1.05		%	0.77		%	1.13		%
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	12.20		%	0.97		%	—		%	2.33		%	—		%	—		%	1.50		%
Total	1.61		%	1.34		%	2.12		%	0.63		%	1.05		%	2.12		%	1.19		%
Recorded investment:
Loans individually evaluated for impairment	$	28,836		$	70,357		$	3,110		$	4,557		$	—		$	1,595		$	108,455
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment	1,566,344			1,676,388			340,116			1,808,892			1,664,214			22,745			7,078,699
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	337			7,461			1,002			2,372			—			112			11,284
Total ending recorded investment	$	1,595,517		$	1,754,206		$	344,228		$	1,815,821		$	1,664,214		$	24,452		$	7,198,438