UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For fiscal year ended December 31, 2017

2022

Commission file number:  0-13273

F & M BANK CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia 54-1280811

F&M BANK CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia

54-1280811

State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

organization

(

I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

P.O. Box 1111, Timberville, Virginia 

22853

Address of principal executive offices

Zip Code

P. O. Box 1111, Timberville, Virginia 22853
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(540) 896-8941

(

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

code

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:None

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock - $5 Par value per share

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Sarbanes Act. Yes [ ] No [x]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes [ ] No [x]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [x] No [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes [X] No [ ] 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [x]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filerFiler

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.  ☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes [ ] No [x]

The registrant’s Common Stock is traded Over-the-Counterquoted on the OTC Market’s OTCQX tier under the symbol FMBM. The aggregate market value of the 2,932,0293,453,393 shares of Common Stock of the registrant issued and outstanding held by non-affiliates on June 30, 20172022 was approximately $85,615,255$89,373,811 based on the closing sales price of $29.20$25.88 per share on that date. For purposes of this calculation, the term “affiliate” refers to all directors and executive officers of the registrant.

As of the close of business on March 9, 2018,7, 2023, there were 3,256,5793,457,976 shares of the registrant's Common Stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

Part III:  Portions of the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 12, 201825, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”).


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PART I

PART I

Item 1

Business

2

Item 1

Business

3

Item 1A

Risk Factors

8

Item 1A

Risk Factors

9

Item 1B

Unresolved Staff Comments15

17

Item 2

Properties15

17

Item 3

Legal Proceedings15

18

Item 4

Mine Safety Disclosures16

18

Item 5

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities16

18

Item 6

Selected Financial Data (Reserved)19

Item 7

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations

20

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk42

36

Item 8

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data43

37

Item 9

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure98

87

Item 9A

Controls and Procedures98

87

Item 9B

Other Information99

88

PART III

Item 9C

Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections

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PART III

Item 10

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance99

89

Item 11

Executive Compensation99

89

Item 12

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters99

89

Item 13

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence99

89

Item 14

Principal AccountingAccountant Fees and Services99

89

PART IV

PART IV

Item 15

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules100

90

Item 16

Form 10-K Summary

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Signatures

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PART I

Item 1. Business

General

Business

F & M Bank Corp. (the “Company” or “we”), incorporated in Virginia in 1983, is a one bank financial holding company pursuant to section 3(a)(1) ofunder the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 andthat has elected to become a financial holding company. The Company owns 100% of the outstanding stock of its affiliate,banking subsidiary, Farmers & Merchants Bank (“Bank”) and a majority interest in VS Title,VSTitle, LLC (“VST”). VBS Mortgage, LLC (“F&M Mortgage”), TEB Life Insurance Company (“TEB”) and Farmers & Merchants Financial Services, Inc. (“FMFS”) are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Bank. The Bank also holds a majority ownershipCompany’s and the Bank’s headquarters are located in VBS Mortgage, LLC (“VBS”).

TheTimberville, Virginia, and its primary operations centers are located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

On April 15, 1908, the Bank was chartered on April 15, 1908, as a state charteredstate-chartered bank under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. TEB was incorporated on January 27, 1988, as a captive life insurance company under the laws of the State of Arizona. FMFS is a Virginia chartered corporation and was incorporated on February 25, 1993. VBS (formerly Valley Broker Services, Inc.) was incorporated on May 11, 1999. The Bank purchased a majority interest in VBS on November 3, 2008 and the Company purchased a majority interest in VST on January 1, 2017. VBS Mortgage owns the remaining minority interest in VST.

As a commercial bank, the Bank offers a wide range of banking services including commercial and individual demand and time deposit accounts, commercial and individual loans, internet and mobile banking, drive-in banking services, ATMs, at all branch locations and several off-site locations, as well as a courier service for its commercial banking customers. TEB was organized to re-insure credit life and accident and health insurance currently being sold by the Bank in connection with its lending activities. FMFS was organized to write title insurance but now provides brokerage services, commercial and personal lines of insurance to customers of the Bank. VBS originates conventional and government sponsored mortgages through their offices in Harrisonburg, Woodstock and Fishersville. VS Title provides title insurance and real estate settlement services through their offices in Harrisonburg, Fishersville and Charlottesville, VA.
The Bank makes various types of commercial and consumer loans and has a large portfolio of residential mortgages and indirect auto lending.loans. The local economy is relatively diverse with strong employment in the agricultural, manufacturing, service and governmental sectors.
The Company’s

On January 27, 1988, TEB was incorporated as a captive life insurance company under the laws of the State of Arizona. TEB was organized to re‑insure credit life and accident and health insurance sold by the Bank in connection with its lending activities.

On February 25, 1993, FMFS was incorporated as a Virginia chartered corporation. FMFS provides brokerage services, commercial and personal lines of insurance to customers of the Bank.

On November 3, 2008, the Bank acquired a 70% ownership interest in F&M Mortgage. On April 30, 2020, the Bank acquired the remaining 30% interest to have 100% ownership of F&M Mortgage. F&M Mortgage originates both conventional and government agency sponsored mortgages for sale in the secondary market and to be held in the Bank’s mortgage portfolio.

On January 1, 2017, the Company acquired a 76% ownership interest in VST; F&M Mortgage owned the remaining minority interest and, on January 3, 2022, the Company purchased F&M Mortgage’s minority interest in VST to have 100% ownership. VST provides title insurance services to the customers in our market area, including F&M Mortgage and the Bank’s principal executive office is at 205 South Main Street, Timberville, VA 22853, and its phone number is (540) 896-8941.

Bank.

Filings with the SEC

The Company files annual, quarterly and other reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). These reports are posted and are available at no cost on the Company’s website, www.FMBankVA.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company files such documents with the SEC. The Company’s filings are also available through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Employees
On December 31, 2017, the Bank had 178 full-time and part-time employees; including executive officers, loan and other banking officers, branch personnel, operations personnel and other support personnel. None of the Company’s employees is represented by a union or covered under a collective bargaining agreement. Management of the Company considers their employee relations to be excellent. No one employee devotes full-time services to F & M Bank Corp.

Competition

The Bank's offices face strong competition from numerous other financial institutions. These other institutions includein the markets it serves.  The Company competes with large national and regional banks,financial institutions, other independent community banks, nationally chartered savings banks, credit unions, consumer finance companies, mortgage companies, loan production offices, marketplace lenders and other financial technology firms, mutual funds and life insurance companies. Competition for loans and deposits is affected by a variety of factors including interest rates, types of products offered, the number and location of branch offices, marketing strategies and the reputation of the Bank within the communities served.


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Human Capital

On December 31, 2022, the Bank had 143 full-time equivalent employees, including executive officers, loan and other banking officers, branch personnel, operations personnel and other support personnel. None of the Company’s employees are represented by a union or covered under a collective bargaining agreement. No one employee devotes full-time services to F & M Bank Corp.

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Regulation and Supervision

General.The operations of the Company and the Bank are subject to extensive federal and state statutes,laws and regulations, which apply to bank holding companies, financial holding companies and state member banks of the Federal Reserve System. The common stock of the Company is registered pursuant to and subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).Act. These include, but are not limited to, the filing of annual, quarterly, and other current reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).SEC. As an Exchange Act reporting company, the Company is directly affected by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”). The Company believes it is in compliance with SEC and other rules and regulations implemented pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley and intends to comply with any applicable rules and regulations implemented in the future.

The Company, as a bank holding company and a financial holding company, is subject to the provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the "Act") and is supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve Board”).  The Act requires the Company to secure the prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board before the Company acquires ownership or control of more than 5% of the voting shares or substantially all of the assets of any institution, including another bank.

As a financial holding company, the Company is required to file with the Federal Reserve Board an annual report and such additional information as it may require pursuant to the Act.  The Federal Reserve Board may also conduct examinations of F & M Bank Corp. and any or all of its subsidiaries. Under Section 106 of the 1970 Amendments to the Act and the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, a bank holding company and its subsidiaries are prohibited from engaging in certain tie-in arrangements in connection with an extension of credit, provision of credit, sale or lease of property or furnishing of services.

The Federal Reserve Board regulations limitpermitted activities of financiala bank holding companiescompany are limited to managing or controlling banks, furnishing services to or non-bankingperforming services for its subsidiaries, and engaging in other activities that the Federal Reserve Board determines by regulation or order to be so closely related to banking. These activitiesbanking or managing or controlling banks as to be a proper incident thereto. In addition, bank holding companies that qualify and elect to be financial holding companies, such as the Company, may engage in any activity, or acquire and retain the shares of a company engaged in any activity, that is either (i) financial in nature or incidental to such financial activity (as determined by the Federal Reserve Board in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury) or (ii) complementary to a financial activity and does not pose a substantial risk to the safety and soundness of depository institutions or the financial system generally (as solely determined by the Federal Reserve Board). Activities that are financial in nature include thebut are not limited to securities underwriting and dealing, insurance underwriting, and making or servicing of loans, performing certain data processing services, and certain leasing and insurance agency activities.merchant banking investments. Since 1994, the Company has entered into agreements with the Virginia Community Development Corporation to purchase equity positions in several Low-Income Housing Funds; these funds provide housing for low-income individuals throughout Virginia.  Approval of the Federal Reserve Board is necessary to engage in anycertain of the activities described above or to acquire interests in companies engaging in these activities.

The Bank, as a state member bank, is supervised and regularly examined by the Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions and the Federal Reserve Board; such supervision and examination by the Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions and the Federal Reserve Board is intended primarily for the protection of depositors and not the stockholders of the Company.

Payment of Dividends.The Company is a legal entity, separate and distinct from its subsidiaries. A significant portion of the revenues of the Company result from dividends paid to it by the Bank. There are various legal limitations applicable to the payment of dividends by the Bank to the Company. Under the current regulatory guidelines, prior approval from the Federal Reserve Board is required if cash dividends declared in any given year exceed net income for that year, plus retained net profits of the two preceding years. A bank also may not declare a dividend out of or in excess of its net undivided profits without regulatory approval.  The payment of dividends by the Bank or the Company may also be limited by other factors, such as requirements to maintain capital above regulatory guidelines.

Bank regulatory agencies have the authority to prohibit the Bank or the Company from engaging in an unsafe or unsound practice in conducting their businesses. The payment of dividends, depending on the financial condition of the Bank, or the Company, could be deemed to constitute such an unsafe or unsound practice. Based on the Bank’s current financial condition, the Company does not expect that any of these laws will have any impact on its ability to obtain dividends from the Bank.


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The Company also is subject to regulatory restrictions on payment of dividends to its shareholders.  Regulators have indicated that bank holding companies should generally pay dividends only if the organization’s net income available to common shareholders over the past year has been sufficient to fully fund the dividends and the prospective rate of earnings retention appears consistent with the organization’s capital needs, asset quality, and overall financial condition.  Further, a bank holding company should inform and consult with the Federal Reserve Board prior to declaring a dividend that exceeds earnings for the period (e.g., quarter) for which the dividend is being paid or that could result in a material adverse change to the organization’s capital structure.

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Capital Requirements.In 2013, theRequirements.  The Federal Reserve the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC)Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) approved a new rule that substantially amends the regulatoryother federal banking agencies have issued risk-based capital rules applicable to us. The final rule implementsrequirements  for assessing bank capital adequacy. Virginia chartered banks must also satisfy the capital requirements adopted by the Bureau of Financial Institutions. At December 31, 2022, the "Basel III" regulatory capital reforms and changes required by the Dodd-Frank Act (see definition below). The final rule includes new minimum risk-based capital and leverage ratios which was effective for us on January 1, 2015, and refines the definition of what constitutes "capital" for purposes of calculating these ratios. The new minimum capital requirements are: (i) a new common equity Tier 1 ("CET1") capital ratio of 4.5%; (ii) a Tier 1 to risk-based assets capital ratio of 6%, which is increased from 4%; (iii) a total capital ratio of 8%, which is unchanged from the previous rules; and (iv) a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 4%. The final rule also establishes a "capital conservation buffer" of 2.5% above the new regulatory minimum capital ratios, and when fully effective in 2019, will result in the following minimum ratios: (a) a common equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 7.0%; (b) a Tier 1 to risk-based assets capital ratio of 8.5%; and (c) a total capital ratio of 10.5%. The capital conservation buffer is being phased in from 0.00% for 2015 to 2.50% by 2019. were as follows:

Ratio

 

F&M Bank

 

 

Adequately

Capitalized

 

 

Minimum Capital Requirements Including Conservation Buffer

 

 

Well Capitalized

Under Prompt

Corrective Action

 

Common equity Tier 1 (“CET1”)

 

 

12.70%

 

 

4.50%

 

 

7.00%

 

 

6.50%

Tier 1 risk-based capital

 

 

12.70%

 

 

6.00%

 

 

8.50%

 

 

8.00%

Total risk-based capital

 

 

13.64%

 

 

8.00%

 

 

10.50%

 

 

10.00%

Tier 1 leverage

 

 

8.22%

 

 

4.00%

 

 

4.00%

 

 

5.00%

An institution will be subject to limitations on paying dividends, engaging in share repurchases, and paying discretionary bonuses if its capital level falls below the buffer amount. These limitations will establish a maximum percentage of eligible retained income that can be utilized for such activities.

The CETI and Tier 1 leverage ratio of the Bank as of December 31, 2017, were 14.43% and 12.07%, respectively, which are significantly above the minimum requirements.

The guidelines also provide that banking organizations experiencing internal growth or making acquisitions will be expected to maintain strong capital positions substantially above the minimum supervisory levels, without significant reliance on intangible assets.

In September 2017, the federal bank regulatory agencies proposed to revise and simplify the capital treatment for certain deferred tax assets, mortgage servicing assets, investments in non-consolidated financial entities and minority interests for banking organizations, such as the Bank, that are not subject to the advanced approaches requirements. In November 2017, the regulatory agencies revised the capital rules enacted in 2013 to extend the current transitional treatment of these items for non-advanced approaches banking organizations until the September 2017 proposal is finalized. The September 2017 proposal would also change the capital treatment of certain commercial real estate loans under the standardized approach, which the Bank uses to calculate its capital ratios.

In December 2017, the Basel Committee published standards that it described as the finalization of the Basel III post-crisis regulatory reforms (the standards are commonly referred to as “Basel IV”). Among other things, these standards revise the Basel Committee’s standardized approach for credit risk (including by recalibrating risk weights and introducing new capital requirements for certain “unconditionally cancellable commitments,” such as unused credit card lines of credit) and provide a new standardized approach for operational risk capital. Under the proposed framework, these standards willwere generally be effective on January 1, 2022,2023, with an aggregate output floor phasing-in through January 1, 2027. Under the current capital rules, operational risk capital requirements and a capital floor apply only to advanced approaches institutions, and not to the Company. The impact of Basel IV on the Company and the Bank will depend on the manner in which it is implemented by the federal bank regulatory agencies.


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Regulation

As directed by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Supervision, continued

Consumer Protection Act (the “Economic Growth Act”),  the federal banking regulators in 2019 jointly issued a final rule that permits qualifying banks that have less than $10 billion in total consolidated assets to elect to be subject to a 9% “community bank leverage ratio.”  A qualifying bank that has chosen the proposed framework would not be required to calculate the existing risk-based and leverage capital requirements and would be considered to have met the capital ratio requirements to be “well capitalized” under prompt corrective action rules, provided it has a community bank leverage ratio greater than 9%. The Bank has elected to not adopt the CBLR framework.  

Pursuant to the Federal Reserve’s Small Bank Holding Company and Savings and Loan Holding Company Policy Statement, qualifying bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of less than $3 billion, such as the Company, are not subject to consolidated regulatory capital requirements.

Source of Strength.  Federal Reserve Board policy has historically required bank holding companies to act as a source of financial and managerial strength to their subsidiary banks. The Dodd-Frank Act codified this policy as a statutory requirement. Under this requirement, the Company is expected to commit resources to support the Bank, including at times when the Company may not be in a financial position to provide such resources. Any capital loans by a bank holding company to any of its subsidiary banks are subordinate in right of payment to depositors and to certain other indebtedness of such subsidiary banks. In the event of a bank holding company's bankruptcy, any commitment by the bank holding company to a federal bank regulatory agency to maintain the capital of a subsidiary bank will be assumed by the bankruptcy trustee and entitled to priority of payment.

Safety and Soundness.  There are a number of obligations and restrictions imposed on bank holding companies and their subsidiary banks by law and regulatory policy that are designed to minimize potential loss to the depositors of such depository institutions and the FDIC insurance fund in the event of a depository institution default. For example, under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, to avoid receivership of an insured depository institution subsidiary, a bank holding company is required to guarantee the compliance of any subsidiary bank that may become "undercapitalized" with the terms of any capital restoration plan filed by such subsidiary with its appropriate federal bank regulatory agency up to the lesser of (i) an amount equal to 5% of the institution's total assets at the time the institution became undercapitalized or

(ii) the amount that is necessary (or would have been necessary) to bring the institution into compliance with all applicable capital standards as of the time the institution fails to comply with such capital restoration plan. 

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Under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the federal bank regulatory agencies have adopted guidelines prescribing safety and soundness standards. These guidelines establish general standards relating to internal controls and information systems, internal audit systems, loan documentation, credit underwriting, interest rate exposure, asset growth and compensation, fees and benefits. In general, the guidelines require, among other things, appropriate systems and practices to identify and manage the risk and exposures specified in the guidelines.

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Effective on March 11, 2001, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (the “GLB Act”) allows a bank holding company or other company to certify status as a financial holding company, which will allow such company to engage in activities that

Transactions with Affiliates. Transactions between banks and their affiliates are financial in nature, that are incidental to such activities, or are complementary to such activities. The GLB Act enumerates certain activities that are deemed financial in nature, such as underwriting insurance or acting as an insurance principal, agent or broker; dealing in or making markets in securities;governed by Sections 23A and engaging in merchant banking under certain restrictions. It also authorizes23B of the Federal Reserve Act. An affiliate of a bank is any bank or entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such bank. Generally, Sections 23A and 23B (i) limit the extent to determine by regulation what other activities are financialwhich the Bank or its subsidiaries may engage in nature,“covered transactions” with any one affiliate to an amount equal to 10% of such institution’s capital stock and surplus, and maintain an aggregate limit on all such transactions with affiliates to an amount equal to 20% of such capital stock and surplus, and (ii) require that all such transactions be on terms substantially the same, or incidental or complementary thereto.

USA Patriot Act of 2001. In October 2001, the USA Patriot Act of 2001 was enacted in responseat least as favorable, to the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvaniaassociation or subsidiary as those provided to a nonaffiliate. The term “covered transaction” includes the making of loans, purchase of assets, issuance of a guarantee and Northern Virginia which occurred on September 11, 2001.similar other types of transactions.

Transactions with Insiders. The Patriot Act is intended to strengthen U.S. law enforcements’ and the intelligence communities’ abilities to work cohesively to combat terrorism on a variety of fronts. The continuing and potential impact of the PatriotFederal Reserve Act and related regulations impose specific restrictions on loans to directors, executive officers and principal shareholders of banks. Under Section 22(h) of the Federal Reserve Act, loans to a director, an executive officer and to a principal shareholder of a bank, and some affiliated entities of any of the foregoing, may not exceed, together with all other outstanding loans to such person and affiliated entities, the bank’s loan-to-one borrower limit. Loans in the aggregate to insiders and their related interests as a class may not exceed two times the bank’s unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus until the bank’s total deposits equal or exceed $100,000,000, at which time the aggregate is limited to the bank’s unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus. Section 22(h) also prohibits loans, above amounts prescribed by the appropriate federal banking agency, to directors, executive officers and principal shareholders of a bank or bank holding company, and their respective affiliates, unless such loan is approved in advance by a majority of the Board of Directors of the bank with any “interested” director not participating in the voting. The FDIC has prescribed the loan amount, which includes all other outstanding loans to such person, as to which such prior board of director approval is required, as being the greater of $25,000 or 5% of capital and surplus (up to $500,000). Section 22(h) requires that loans to directors, executive officers and principal shareholders be made on terms and underwriting standards substantially the same as offered in comparable transactions to other persons.

Incentive Compensation. In June 2010, the Federal Reserve issued a final rule on incentive compensation policies intended to ensure that the incentive compensation policies of banking organizations do not undermine the safety and soundness of such organizations by encouraging excessive risk-taking. The Interagency Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies, which covers all employees that have the ability to materially affect the risk profile of financial institutions, either individually or as part of all kindsa group, is significant and wide ranging. The Patriot Act contains sweeping anti-money laundering and financial transparency laws, and imposes various regulations, including standards for verifying client identification at account opening, and rules to promote cooperation among financial institutions, regulators and law enforcement entities in identifying partiesbased upon the key principles that may be involved in terrorism or money laundering.

Community Reinvestment Act.   The requirements of the Community Reinvestment Act are also applicable to the Bank. The act imposes on financial institutions an affirmative and ongoing obligation to meet the credit needs of their local communities, including low and moderate income neighborhoods, consistent with the safe and sound operation of those institutions. Aa financial institution’s efforts in meeting community needs currently are evaluatedincentive compensation arrangements should: (i) provide incentives that do not encourage risk-taking beyond the institution’s ability to effectively identify and manage risks; (ii) be compatible with effective internal controls and risk management; and (iii) be supported by strong corporate governance, including active and effective oversight by the financial institution’s Board of Directors.

The Federal Reserve will review, as part of the regular, risk-focused examination process, pursuantthe incentive compensation arrangements of banking organizations, such as the Bank, that are not “large, complex banking organizations.” These reviews will be tailored to twelve assessment factors. These factors are also consideredeach organization based on the scope and complexity of the organization’s activities and the prevalence of incentive compensation arrangements. The findings of the supervisory initiatives will be included in evaluating mergers,reports of examination. Deficiencies will be incorporated into the organization’s supervisory ratings, which can affect the organization’s ability to make acquisitions and take other actions.

In 2016, the SEC and the federal banking agencies proposed rules that prohibit covered financial institutions (including bank holding companies and banks) from establishing or maintaining incentive-based compensation arrangements that encourage inappropriate risk taking by providing covered persons (consisting of senior executive officers and significant risk takers, as defined in the rules) with excessive compensation, fees, or benefits that could lead to material financial loss to the financial institution. The proposed rules outline factors to be considered when analyzing whether compensation is excessive and whether an incentive-based compensation arrangement encourages inappropriate risks that could lead to material loss to the covered financial institution and establishes minimum requirements that incentive-based compensation arrangements must meet to be considered to not encourage inappropriate risks and to appropriately balance risk and reward.

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The proposed rules also impose additional corporate governance requirements on the boards of directors of covered financial institutions and impose additional record-keeping requirements. The comment period for these proposed rules has closed, and a final rule has not yet been published.

Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Regulations.  The Bank is subject to several federal laws that are designed to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and transactions with persons, companies or foreign governments designated by U.S. authorities (“AML laws”). This category of laws includes the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, and the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020.  The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, the most sweeping anti-money laundering legislation in 20 years, requires various federal agencies to promulgate regulations implementing a number of its provisions.

The AML laws and their implementing regulations require insured depository institutions, broker-dealers, and certain other financial institutions to have policies, procedures, and controls to detect, prevent, and report money laundering and terrorist financing. The AML laws and their regulations also provide for information sharing, subject to conditions, between federal law enforcement agencies and financial institutions, as well as among financial institutions, for counter-terrorism purposes. Federal banking regulators are required, when reviewing bank holding company acquisition and bank merger applications, to open a branch or facility.


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Regulationtake into account the effectiveness of the anti-money laundering activities of the applicants. To comply with these obligations, the Company has implemented appropriate internal practices, procedures, and Supervision, continued
controls.

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law onin July 21, 2010. Its wide-ranging provisions affect all federal financial regulatory agencies and nearly every aspect of the American financial services industry. Among the provisions of theThe Dodd-Frank Act that directly impactcreated a new agency, the Company is the creation of an independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)(“CFPB”), which has the ability to implement, examine and enforce complaints with federal consumer protection laws, which govern all financial institutions. For smaller financial institutions, such as the Company and the Bank, their primary regulators will continue to conduct its examination activities.

The Dodd-Frank Act contains provisions designed to reform mortgage lending, which includes the requirement of additional disclosures for consumer mortgages. In addition, the Federal Reserve has issued new rules that have the effect of limiting the fees charged to merchants for debit card transactions. The result of these rules will be to limit the amount of interchange fee income available explicitly to larger banks and indirectly to us. The Dodd-Frank Act also contains provisions that affect corporate governance and executive compensation.

Although

In May 2018, the Economic Growth Act was enacted to modify or remove certain regulatory financial reform rules and regulations, including some of those implemented under the Dodd-Frank Act. While the Economic Growth Act maintains most of the regulatory structure established by the Dodd-Frank Act, provisions themselves are extensive,it amends certain aspects of the ultimate impact onregulatory framework for small depository institutions with assets of less than $10 billion, such as the Bank, and for large banks with assets of more than $50 billion.

Among other matters, the Economic Growth Act expands the definition of qualified mortgages which may be held by a financial institution with total consolidated assets of less than $10 billion, exempts community banks from the Volcker Rule, and includes additional regulatory relief regarding regulatory examination cycles, call reports, mortgage disclosures and risk weights for certain high-risk commercial real estate loans.

Consumer Financial Protection.  The Bank is subject to a number of federal and state consumer protection laws that extensively govern its relationship with its customers. These laws include the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Truth in Savings Act, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the Expedited Funds Availability Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Service Members Civil Relief Act, laws governing flood insurance, federal and state laws prohibiting unfair and deceptive business practices, foreclosure laws, and various regulations that implement some or all of the foregoing. These laws and regulations mandate certain disclosure requirements and regulate the manner in which financial institutions must deal with customers when taking deposits, making loans, collecting loans and providing other services.

If the Bank fails to comply with these laws and regulations, it may be subject to various penalties. Failure to comply with consumer protection requirements may also result in failure to obtain any required bank regulatory approval for merger or acquisition transactions the Company may wish to pursue or being prohibited from engaging in such transactions even if approval is not required.

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Community Reinvestment Act. The Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) requires depository institutions to assist in meeting the credit needs of this massive legislationtheir market areas consistent with safe and sound banking practice.

Under the CRA, each depository institution is unknown.required to help meet the credit needs of its market areas by, among other things, providing credit to low- and moderate-income individuals and communities. Depository institutions are periodically examined for compliance with the CRA and are assigned ratings. Banking regulators consider CRA ratings when considering approval of a proposed transaction. The Act provides that severalBank received a rating of “satisfactory” in its most recent CRA examination.

In May 2022, the federal bank regulatory agencies jointly issued a proposed rule intended to strengthen and modernize the CRA regulatory framework. If implemented, the rule would, among other things, (i) expand access to credit, investment and basic banking services in low- and moderate-income communities, (ii) adapt to changes in the banking industry, including internet and mobile banking, (iii) provide greater clarity, consistency and transparency in the Federal Reserveapplication of the regulations and (iv) tailor performance standards to account for differences in bank size, business model, and local conditions.

Cybersecurity. The federal banking agencies have adopted guidelines for establishing information security standards and cybersecurity programs for implementing safeguards under the supervision of a financial institution’s Board of Directors. These guidelines, along with related regulatory materials, increasingly focus on risk management and processes related to information technology and the Securitiesuse of third parties in the provision of financial products and Exchange Commission, shall issue regulations implementing major portionsservices. The federal banking agencies expect financial institutions to establish lines of defense and ensure that their risk management processes also address the risk posed by compromised customer credentials, and also expect financial institutions to maintain sufficient business continuity planning processes to ensure rapid recovery, resumption and maintenance of the legislation,institution’s operations after a cyber-attack. If the Bank fails to meet the expectations set forth in this regulatory guidance, it could be subject to various regulatory actions and this process is ongoing.

Mortgage Lending. In 2013, the CFPB adopted a rule, effective in January 2014, to implement certain sectionsany remediation efforts may require significant resources of the Dodd-Frank Act requiring creditorsBank. In addition, all federal and state bank regulatory agencies continue to make a reasonable, good faith determinationincrease focus on cybersecurity programs and risks as part of regular supervisory exams.

In November 2021, the federal banking agencies issued the Computer-Security Incident Notification Requirements for Banking Organizations and Their Bank Service Partners that requires banking organizations to notify their primary regulator within 36 hours of becoming aware of a consumer’s ability“computer-security incident” that rises to repay any closed-end consumer credit transaction secured bythe level of a 1-4 family dwelling.“notification incident” has occurred. The rule also establishes certain protectionsrequires bank service providers to notify each affected banking organization customer when it is determined a computer security incident has caused, or is reasonably likely to cause, a material service disruption or degradation of four or more hours.

Future Regulation.  Congress may enact legislation from liability under this requirementtime to ensure a borrower’s ability to repay for loanstime that meetaffects the definition of “qualified mortgage.” Loans that satisfy this “qualified mortgage” safe harbor will be presumed to have complied with the new ability-to-repay standard.

Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information contained in this report may include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by phrases such as “we expect,” “we believe” or words of similar import. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks including, but not limited to:
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Changes in the quality or composition of our loan or investment portfolios, including adverse developments in borrower industries, declines in real estate values in our markets, or in the repayment ability of individual borrowers or issuers;
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The strength of the economy in our target market area, as well as general economic, market, or business conditions;
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An insufficient allowance for loan losses as a result of inaccurate assumptions;
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Our ability to maintain our “well-capitalized” regulatory status;
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Changes in the interest rates affecting our deposits and our loans;
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Changes in our competitive position, competitive actions by other financial institutions and the competitive natureregulation of the financial services industry, and ourstate legislatures may enact legislation from time to time affecting the regulation of financial institutions chartered by or operating in those states. Federal and state regulatory agencies also periodically propose and adopt changes to their regulations or change the manner in which existing regulations are applied. The substance or impact of pending or future legislation or regulation, or the application thereof, cannot be predicted, although enactment of the proposed legislation could impact the regulatory structure under which the Company and the Bank operate and may significantly increase costs, impede the efficiency of internal business processes, require an increase in regulatory capital, require modifications to business strategy, and limit the ability to compete effectively against otherpursue business opportunities in an efficient manner. Management expects that financial institutions will remain heavily regulated in our banking markets;
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Our ability to manage growth;
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Our potential growth, including our entrancethe near future and that additional laws or expansion into new markets, the opportunities thatregulations may be presented to and pursuedadopted further regulating specific banking practices.

Effect of Governmental Monetary Policies.  The Company’s operations are affected not only by us and the need for sufficient capital to support that growth;

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Our exposure to operational risk;
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Our ability to raise capital as neededgeneral economic conditions but also by our business;
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Changes in laws, regulations and the policies of federalvarious regulatory authorities. In particular, the Federal Reserve uses monetary policy tools to impact money market and credit market conditions and interest rates to influence general economic conditions. These policies have a significant impact on overall growth and distribution of loans, investments, and deposits; they affect market interest rates charged on loans or state regulatorspaid for deposits and agencies;
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Other circumstances, manycan significantly influence employment and inflation rates. Federal Reserve monetary policies have had a significant effect on the operating results of which are beyond our control; and
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Other factors identified in “Risk Factors” below and in other reportscommercial banks, including the Company, files within the SEC from timepast and are expected to time.

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Although we believe that our expectations with respect todo so in the forward-looking statements are based upon reliable assumptions within the bounds of our knowledge of our business and operations, there can be no assurance that our actual results, performance or achievements will not differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
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Operating Revenue

The following table displays components that contributed 15% or more of the Company’s total operating revenue for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016,2022 and 2015:

2021:

Period

Class of Service

Percentage of Total Revenues

December 31, 20172022

Interest and fees on loans held for investment

77.35%

66.13%

December 31, 20162021

Interest and fees on loans held for investment

79.02%

69.05%

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Executive Officers of the Company

Dean W. Withers, 60,

Mark C. Hanna, 54, has served as President/CEO of the Company and Bank since MarchJuly 1, 2018.  Prior to that he served as President/CEO of the Bank since May 2004; Executive Vice President of the Bank from Jan. 2003 to May 2004; Vice President of the Bank from 1993 to 2003. As stated in the form 8-K/A filed in December 2017, Mr. Withers will continue as CEO of the Company and Bank for a transition period, no official retirement date has been set.

Mark C. Hanna, 49, has served as President of the Bank since December 2017.  Prior to joining the Company, he served as Executive Vice President and Tidewater Regional President of EVB and its successor, Sonabank, from November 2014 through October 2017. Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Virginia Company Bank from November 2006 throughuntil its merger with EVB in November 2014.
Neil W. Hayslett, 56,

Barton E. Black, 52, has served as the Executive Vice President and President/Chief Operating Officer of the Bank and the Company since March 1, 2018, prior to that he served as Executive Vice President/Chief Administrative Officer of the Bank and the Company from June 2013 until March 2018 and Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer from November 2007 until June 2013. Prior to that time, he served as Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer of the Bank and the Company from January 2003 until November 2007 and served as Vice President/Chief Financial Officer from October 1996 to January 2003.

Carrie A. Comer, 48, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Bank and the Company since March 1, 2018, prior to that she served as Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Bank since June 2013. Ms. Comer served as Vice President/Controller of the Bank from March 2009 to June 2013. From December 2005 to March 2009, Ms. Comer served as Assistant Vice President/Controller of F&M Bank.
Larry A. Caplinger, 65, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Projects Officer of the Bank and the Company since January 1, 2018.2020. Prior to that he served as Executive Vice President/Chief LendingStrategy & Risk Officer March 2019 to May 2020.  Prior to joining the Company, he served as Managing Director at Strategic Risk Associates, a financial services consulting company based in Virginia, from August 2012 through February 2019.

Lisa F. Campbell, 55, has served as Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer since October 2022. Prior to joining the Company, she served as Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Fidelity Bancshares N.C., Inc. in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina from August 2014 to October 2022.  Previously, she served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for New Century Bancorp, Inc. in Dunn, North Carolina from March 2000 to August 2014 and as Senior Vice President and Controller for Triangle Bancorp, Inc. in Raleigh, North Carolina from September 1997 to March 2000.  Ms. Campbell also worked in public accounting from September 1990 through September 1997. 

Paul E. Eberly, 41, has served as Executive Vice President/Chief Development Officer since September 2022, Executive Vice President/Chief Credit Officer from September 2020 until September 2022, Senior Vice President/Agricultural & Rural Programs Leader from January 2020 until September 2020, and Vice President/Agricultural & Rural Programs Leader from January 2019 until January 2020.  He also served in various sales, lending, credit, risk management and other leadership roles within the Farm Credit System from June 2005 until January 2019.  Mr. Eberly has been in the banking and finance industry since 2005.

Melody Emswiler, 49, has served as Executive Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer since January 2022, Senior Vice President/Human Resources Director from January 2019 to December 2021, Vice President/Director of Human Resources from February 2015 to December 2018, and Assistant Vice President/Human Resources Manager from February 2011 to January 2015. Ms. Emswiler has been in the human resources profession since 1997.

Kevin Russell, 45, has served as the Executive Vice President/President of Mortgage, Title and Financial Services at the Bank and the Company since November 2007.June 16, 2020. Prior to that time, he served as Senior Vicethe President of the Bank from May 1990 until November 2007 and Senior Vice President of the Company from April 2002 until November 2007. Larry has held a number of positions with the Bank over his 45-year career with the Company.

Stephanie E. Shillingburg, 56,F&M Mortgage since 2000. 

Aubrey Michael (Mike) Wilkerson, 64, has served as Executive Vice President/Chief BankingLending Officer of the Banksince January 2022, and the Company since July 2016, Executive Vice President/Chief Strategy Officer and Northern Shenandoah Valley Market Executive since January 2021.  Mr. Wilkerson began his banking career at Wachovia Bank on January 4, 1982.  Mr. Wilkerson’s banking includes experience in Dealer Financial Services, Retail Officer from June 2013 until July 2016, Senior Vice President/Branch Administrator from February 2005 until June 2013. She alsoBanking, Private Banking, Commercial Banking and senior strategic leadership positions.  From 2012 to 2018, Mr. Wilkerson was the Business Banking Division Executive for Virginia, Maryland & Washington DC at Wachovia.  Most recently, Mr. Wilkerson served as Vice President/Branch Administratorthe Commercial Banking Market Executive from March 2003 until February 2005 and as Branch Manager of the Edinburg Branch from February 2001 until March 2003.


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Edward Strunk, 61,2018 through 2020 for Western Mid-Atlantic Region at Wells Fargo.

Jason C. Withers, 40, has served as Executive Vice President and President/Chief Credit Officer of the Banksince September 2022, and the CompanySenior Vice President/Credit Manager since March 1, 2018.2021. Prior to that he serviced as Senior Vice President/Senior Lending Officer since July 2006, Senior Vice President/Commercial Loan Administrator from May 2011 until July 2016, Vice President/Commercial Loan Administrator from February 2011 until May 2011 and Vice Present/Business Development Officer III from May 2007 until February 2011.

Josh Hale, 41, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer ofjoining the Bank and the Company, since March 1, 2018. Prior to that he served as a Senior Vice President/Business Development Leader since June 2013, Vice President/Commercial Relationship Manager IIICredit Analyst at Blue Ridge Bank, from December 2010 until June 2013, Vice President/Business Development Officer IIApril 2017 to March 2021, and as a Credit Analyst for CresCom Bank from March 2009 until December 2010 and Assistant Vice President/Business Development Officer II from December 2004 untilto March 2009.
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Item 1A. Risk Factors

An investment in the Company’s securities involves significant risks.  In addition to the other information set forth in this report, investors in the Company’s securities should carefully consider the factors discussed below. These factors, either alone or taken together, could materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, capital position, and prospects. One or more of these could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from its historical results or the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in this report, in which case the trading price of the Company’s securities could decline. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business operations.

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Risk Factors Related to Economic Conditions and Our Lending Activities

General economic conditions in our market area could adversely affect us.

We are affected by the general economic conditions in the local markets in which we operate.  ConditionsOur loan and deposit activities are directly affected by, and our financial success depends on, economic conditions within these markets, as well as conditions in the industries on which these markets are economically dependent.  A deterioration in economic conditions, whether caused by global, national, or local concerns (including the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation concerns, rising wages in a tight labor market, geopolitical uncertainty, and supply chain complications), could adversely affect factors such as economic recession, falling home prices, rising foreclosuresunemployment rates, business formations and other factors beyond our controlexpansions and housing market conditions.  Adverse developments could lead to,result in, among other things, an increased level of commercial and consumer delinquencies. If economic conditions in our market deteriorate, we could experience further adverse consequences, including a decline in demand for our products and services and an increase in problem assets, foreclosesforeclosures and loan losses.  Future economic conditions in our market will depend on factors outside of our control such as political and market conditions, broad trends in industry and finance, legislative and regulatory changes, changes in government, military and fiscal policies and inflation, any of which could negatively affect our performance and financial condition.

Our allowance for loan losses may prove to be insufficient to absorb losses in the loan portfolio.

Like all financial institutions, we maintain an allowance for loan losses to provide for loans that our borrowers may not repay in their entirety. We believe that we maintain an allowance for loan losses at a level adequate to absorb probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio.  Through a periodic review and consideration of the loan portfolio, management determines the amount of the allowance for loan losses by considering general market conditions, credit quality of the loan portfolio, the collateral supporting the loansin accordance with applicable accounting and performance of customers relative to their financial obligations with us. At December 31, 2017, our non-performing loans were $7.1 million, compared to $4.9 million at December 31, 2016. Approximately $1.5 million of the increase is related to one relationship that is reviewed for impairment and a specific reserve of $249,000 has been recorded. The Company did not record a provision for loan losses for the year ended December 31, 2017, and our loan loss allowance was $6.04 million, or .98% of total loans held for investment at December 31, 2017. The Company anticipates that a provision for loan losses will be required in 2018 based on expected growth coupled with normalized five year historical charge-offs in the lookback period.

regulatory guidance.  

The amount of future losses is susceptible to changes in economic, operating and other conditions, including changes in interest rates, which may be beyond our control, and these losses may exceed current estimates. Although we believe the allowance for loan losses is a reasonable estimate of known and inherent losses in the loan portfolio, itwe cannot fully predict such losses or that the loss allowance will be adequate in the future. Accounting measurements related to impairment and the allowance for loan losses require significant estimates that are subject to uncertainty and changes relating to new information and changing circumstances. While the risk of nonpayment is inherent in banking, we could experience greater nonpayment levels than we anticipate. In addition, we have loan participation arrangements with several other banks within the region and may not be able to exercise control of negotiations with borrowers in the event these loans do not perform. Additional problems with asset quality could cause our interest income and net interest margin to decrease and our provisions for loan losses to increase further, which could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Federal and state regulators periodically review our allowance for loan losses and may require us to increase our provision for loan losses or recognize further loan charge-offs, based on judgments different than those of management. Any increase in the amount of the provision or loans charged-off as required by these regulatory agencies could have a negative effect on our operating results.


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Our loan concentrations could, as a result of adverse market conditions, increase credit losses which could adversely impact earnings.

We offer a variety of secured loans, including commercial lines of credit, commercial term loans, real estate, construction, home equity, consumer and other loans. Many of our loans are secured by real estate (both residential and commercial) in our market area, which could result in adverse consequences to us in the event of a prolonged economic downturn in our market. As of December 31, 2017,2022, approximately 80%74% of our loans had real estate as a primary or secondary component of collateral.  A significant decline in real estate values in our market would mean that the collateral for many of our loans would provide less security.

As a result, we would be more likely to suffer losses on defaulted loans because our ability to fully recover on defaulted loans by selling the real estate collateral would be diminished. In addition, our consumer loans (such as automobile loans) are collateralized, if at all, with assets that may not provide an adequate source of repayment of the loan due to depreciation, damage or loss.

In addition, we have a large portfolio See Note 13 “Concentrations of residential mortgages which could be adversely affected by a decline in the real estate markets. Construction and development lending entails significant additional risks, because these loans, which often involve larger loan balances concentrated with single borrowers or groups of related borrowers, are dependent on the successful completion of real estate projects. Loan fundsCredit” for construction and development loans often are advanced upon the security of the land or home under construction, which value is estimated prior to the completion of construction.  The deterioration of one or a few of these loans could cause a significant increase in the percentage of non-performing loans. An increase in non-performing loans could result in a loss of earnings from these loans, an increase in the provision for loan losses and an increase in charge-offs, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.
Our dealer finance division exposes us to increased credit risks.
In 2012, the Bank began a loan production office which specializes in providing consumer installment loans to finance automobile purchases through a network of automobile dealers. As of December 31, 2017, we had approximately $75 million in loans outstanding in this portfolio. We serve customers over a broad range of creditworthiness, and the required terms and rates are reflective of those risk profiles. While these loans have higher yields than many of our other loans, such loans involve significant risks in addition to normal credit risk. Potential risk elements associated with indirect lending include the limited personal contact with the borrower as a result of indirect lending through our network of dealers, the absence of assured continued employment of the borrower, the varying general creditworthiness of the borrower, changes in the local economy and difficulty in monitoring collateral. While indirect automobile loans are secured, such loans are secured by depreciating assets and characterized by loan to value ratios that could result in us not recovering the full value of an outstanding loan upon default by the borrower. Delinquencies, charge-offs and repossessions of vehicles in this portfolio are always concerns. If general economic conditions worsen, we may experience higher levels of delinquencies, repossessions and charge-offs.
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Our small-to-medium sized business target market may have fewer financial resources to weather a continued downturn in the economy.

We target our commercial development and marketing strategy primarily to serve the banking and financial services needs of small and medium sized businesses. These businesses generally have less capital or borrowing capacity than larger entities. If general economic conditions negatively impact this major economic sector in the markets in which we operate, our results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.


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Moreover, a portion of these loans have been made by the Company in recent years, and the borrowers may not have experienced a complete business or economic cycle. Any deterioration of the borrowers’ business may hinder their ability to repay their loans with the Company, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and measures intended to prevent its spread could adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition, and operations.

Global health and economic concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and government actions taken to reduce the spread of the virus have significantly disrupted the macroeconomic environment in the United States. Although the domestic and global economies have largely recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, certain adverse consequences of the pandemic continue to impact the macroeconomic environment and may persist for some time, including labor shortages and disruptions of global supply chains.  The growth in economic activity and in the demand for goods and services, coupled with labor shortages and supply chain disruptions, has also contributed to rising inflationary pressures and the risk of recession.  Further, the COVID-19 pandemic could have long-lasting impacts on consumer behavior and business practices, including on remote work and business travel. 

The COVID-19 pandemic and related adverse economic consequences could cause adverse effects on the Company due to a number of operational factors impacting it or its customers or business partners, including but not limited to:

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loan losses resulting from financial stress experienced by the Company’s customers;

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collateral for loans, especially real estate, may decline in value, which could cause loan losses to increase;

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operational failures, disruptions, or inefficiencies due to changes in the Company’s normal business practices; business disruptions experienced by the Company’s vendors and business partners in carrying out critical services that support the Company’s operations;

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decreased demand for the Company’s products and services; potential financial liability, loan losses, litigation costs, or reputational damage resulting from the Company’s origination of loans as a participating lender in the PPP administered by the SBA; and heightened levels of cybersecurity risks and payment fraud due to disruption brought about by the pandemic, remote work and increased online activity.

The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic consequences impact the Company’s business, liquidity, financial condition, and operations will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and are difficult to predict, including, but not limited to, if and when the virus can be fully controlled and abated and the extent of its lasting impacts on economic and operating conditions. The impact of the removal of most pandemic related economic stimulus programs is also unknown.  To the extent any of the foregoing risks or other factors that develop as a result of COVID-19 and related economic consequences materialize, it could exacerbate the other risk factors discussed in this section, or otherwise materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations.

Changes in market interest rates could affect our cash flows and our ability to successfully manage our interest rate risk.

Our profitability and financial condition depend to a great extent on our ability to manage the net interest margin, which is the difference between the interest income earned on loans and investments and the interest expense paid for deposits and borrowings. The amounts of interest income and interest expense are principally driven by two factors; the market levels of interest rates and the volumes of earning assets or interest bearing liabilities. The management of the net interest margin is accomplished by our Asset Liability Management Committee. Short term interest rates are highly sensitive to factors beyond our control and are effectively set and managed by the Federal Reserve, while longer term rates are generally determined by the market based on investors’ inflationary expectations.

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Thus, changes in monetary and or fiscal policy will affect both short term and long-term interest rate, which in turn will influence the origination of loans, the prepayment speed of loans, the purchase of investments, the generation of deposits, the rates received on loans and investment securities and the rates paid on deposits or other sources of funding. The impact of these changes may be magnified if we do not effectively manage the relative sensitivity of our earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities to changes in market interest rates.

Generally, our earnings will be more sensitive to fluctuations in interest rates the greater the difference between the volume of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities that mature or are subject to re-pricing in any period. The extent and duration of this sensitivity will depend on the cumulative difference over time, the velocity and direction of interest rate changes, and whether we are more asset sensitive or liability sensitive. Additionally, the Asset Liability Management Committee may desire to move our position to more asset sensitive or more liability sensitive depending upon their expectation of the direction and velocity of future changes in interest rates in an effort to maximize the net interest margin. Should we not be successful in maintaining the desired position, or should interest rates not move as anticipated, our net interest margin may be negatively impacted.

In addition, changes in interest rates may negatively affect both the returns on and market value of our investment securities. As we experienced due to rising interest rates in 2022, interest rate changes can reduce unrealized gains or increase unrealized losses in our portfolio and thereby negatively impact our accumulated other comprehensive income and equity levels. Further, such losses could be realized into earnings should liquidity and/or business strategy necessitate the sales of securities in a loss position. Additionally, actual investment income and cash flows from investment securities that carry prepayment risk, such as mortgage-backed securities and callable securities, may materially differ from those anticipated at the time of investment or subsequently as a result of changes in interest rates and market conditions. These occurrences could have a material adverse effect on our net interest income or our results of operations.

Risks Related to Liquidity and Capital

Our inability to maintain adequate sources of funding and liquidity may negatively impact our current financial condition or our ability to grow.

Liquidity is essential to our business, and we monitor our liquidity and manage our liquidity risk at the holding company level and the bank level. We require sufficient liquidity to fund asset growth, meet customer loan requests, customer deposit maturities and withdrawals, payments on our debt obligations as they come due and other cash commitments under both normal operating conditions and other unpredictable circumstances, including events causing industry or general financial market stress.  Our access to funding and liquidity sources in amounts adequate to finance our activities on terms which are acceptable to us could be impaired by factors that affect us specifically or the financial services industry or economy in general.  general, including an over-reliance on a particular source of funding, changes in the liquidity needs of our depositors, an increase in borrowing by our customers, adverse regulatory actions against us, or a downturn in the markets in which our loans are concentrated.  

In managing our balance sheet, a primary source of funding asset growth and liquidity historically has been deposits, including both local customer deposits and brokered deposits.  Deposit levels may be affected by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, rates paid by competitors, general interest rate levels, regulatory capital requirements, returns available to customers on alternative investments and general economic conditions.  If theour level of deposits were to materially decrease, we would have to raise additional funds by increasing the interest that we pay on certificates of deposit or other depository accounts, seek other debt or equity financing, or draw upon our available lines of credit.  Our access to these funding and liquidity sources could be detrimentally impacted by a number of factors, including operating losses, rising levels of non-performing assets, a decrease in the level of our business activity as a result of a downturn in the markets in which our loans or deposits are concentrated or regulatory restrictions.  In addition, our ability to continue to attract deposits and other funding or liquidity sources is subject to variability based upon additional factors including volume and volatility in the securities markets and the relative interest rates that we are prepared to pay for these liabilities.    While we believe that our funding and liquidity sources are currently adequate, there can be no assurance they will be sufficient to meet future liquidity demands, particularly if we continue to grow, experience increasing loan demand or are unable to maintain our deposit base. We domay be required to slow or discontinue loan growth, capital expenditures or other investments, pay higher rates on deposits, or liquidate assets should such sources not maintain significant additional sources of liquidity through potential sales in our investment portfolio or liquid assets at the holding company level.be adequate.  Our potential inability to maintain adequate sources of funding or liquidity may, among other things, inhibit our ability to fund asset growth or negatively impact our financial condition, including our ability to pay dividends or satisfy our obligations.

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If we do not maintain our capital requirements and our status as a “well-capitalized” bank, there could an adverse effect on our liquidity and our ability to fund our loan portfolio.

We are subject to regulatory capital adequacy guidelines. If we fail to meet the capital adequacy guidelines for a “well-capitalized” bank, it could increase the regulatory scrutiny for the Bank and the Company. 

In addition, if we failed to be “well capitalized” for regulatory capital purposes, we would not be able to renew or accept brokered deposits without prior regulatory approval and we would not be able to offer interest rates on our deposit accounts that are significantly higher than the average rates in our market area.

As a result, it would be more difficult for us to attract new deposits as our existing brokered deposits mature and do not roll over and to retain or increase existing, non-brokered deposits.  If we are prohibited from renewing or accepting brokered deposits and are unable to attract new deposits, our liquidity and our ability to fund our loan portfolio may be adversely affected.  In addition, we would be required to pay higher insurance premiums to the FDIC,Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), which would reduce our earnings.

We are subject to more stringent capital requirements, as a result of the Basel III regulatory capital reforms and the Dodd-Frank Act which could adversely affect our results of operations and future growth.

In 2013,

The Bank is subject to capital adequacy guidelines under Basel III and other regulatory requirements specifying minimum amounts and types of capital that the Bank must maintain. From time to time, regulators implement changes to these regulatory capital adequacy guidelines. If the Company fails to meet these minimum capital guidelines and/or other regulatory requirements, its financial condition would be materially and adversely affected. The Bank must also comply with the capital requirements set forth in the “prompt corrective action” regulations pursuant to Section 38 of the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the OCC approved a new rule that substantially amends the regulatory risk-based capital rules applicable to us. The final rule implements the “Basel III” regulatory capital reforms and changes required by the Dodd-FrankDeposit Insurance Act. The final rule includes new minimum risk-based capital and leverage ratios which were effective for us on January 1, 2015 and refines the definition of what constitutes “capital” for purposes of calculating these ratios. The new minimum capital requirements are: (i) a new common equity Tier 1 (“CET1”) capital ratio of 4.5%; (ii) a Tier 1 to risk-based assets capital ratio of 6%, which is increased from 4%; (iii) a total capital ratio of 8%, which is unchanged from the previous rules; and (iv) a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 4%. The final rule also establishes a “capital conservation buffer” of 2.5% above the new regulatory minimum capital ratios, and when fully effective in 2019, will result in the following minimum ratios: (a) a common equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 7.0%; (b) a Tier 1 to risk-based assets capital ratio of 8.5%; and (c) a total capital ratio of 10.5%.The capital conservation buffer is being phased in from 0.00% for 2015 to 2.50% by 2019.An institution will be subject to limitations on paying dividends, engaging in share repurchases, and paying discretionary bonuses if its capital level falls below the buffer amount. These limitations will establish a maximum percentage of eligible retained income that can be utilized for such activities. In addition, the final rule provides for a number of new deductions from and adjustments to capital and prescribes a revised approach for risk weightings that could result in higher risk weights for a variety of asset categories.

The application of these more stringent capital requirements forto us could, among other things, result in lower returns on equity, require the raising of additional capital, adversely affect our future growth opportunities, and result in regulatory actions such as a prohibition on the payment of dividends or on the repurchase shares if we arewere unable to comply with such requirements.

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Consumer financial protection laws

We may need to raise additional capital in the future and regulationsmay not be able to do so on acceptable terms, or at all.

Access to sufficient capital is critical to enable us to implement our business plan, support our business, expand our operations, and meet applicable capital requirements. The inability to have sufficient capital, whether internally generated through earnings or raised in the capital markets, could adversely impact our earnings dueability to support and to grow our operations. If we grow our operations faster than we generate capital internally, we will need to access the capital markets. We may not be able to raise additional capital in the form of additional debt or equity on acceptable terms, or at all. Our ability to raise additional capital, if needed, will depend on, among other things, increased compliance costs or costs due to noncompliance.

The Dodd-Frank Act established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPD”) with broad authority to administer a new federal regulatory framework of consumer financial regulation, including consumer mortgage banking. For example, the CFPB issued a rule, effective as of January 14, 2014, designed to clarify for lenders how they can avoid monetary damages under the Dodd-Frank Act, which would hold lenders accountable for ensuring a borrower’s ability to repay a mortgage. Loans that satisfy this “qualified mortgage” safe-harbor will be presumed to have complied with the new ability-to-repay standard. Under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule, a “qualified mortgage” loan must not contain certain specified features, including but not limited to:
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excessive upfront points and fees (those exceeding 3% of the total loan amount, less “bona fide discount points” for prime loans);
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interest-only payments;
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negative-amortization; and
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terms longer than 30 years.
Also, to qualify as a “qualified mortgage,” a borrower’s total monthly debt-to-income ratio may not exceed 43%. Lenders must also verify and document the income and financial resources relied upon to qualify the borrower for the loan and underwrite the loan based on a fully amortizing payment schedule and maximum interest rate during the first five years, taking into account all applicable taxes, insurance and assessments. The CFPB’s rule on qualified mortgages and other consumer financial protection laws could limit our ability or desire to make certain types of loans or loans to certain borrowers or could make it more expensive and/or time consuming to make these loans, which could adversely impact our growth or profitability.
In addition, the CFPB has been directed to write rules identifying practices or acts that are unfair, deceptive or abusive in connection with any transaction with a consumer for a consumer financial product or service, or the offering of a consumer financial product or service, and has initiated enforcement actions against a variety of bank and non-bank market participants with respect to a number of consumer financial products and services. These enforcement actions may serve as precedent for how the CFPB and other regulatory agencies interpret and enforce consumer protection laws, including practices or acts that are deemed to be unfair, deceptive or abusive, with respect to all supervised institutions, which may resultconditions in the impositioncapital markets at that time, our financial condition and our results of higher standardsoperations. Economic conditions and a loss of complianceconfidence in financial institutions may increase our cost of capital and limit access to some sources of capital. Further, if we need to raise capital in the future, we may have to do so when many other financial institutions are also seeking to raise capital and would then have to compete with such laws.
those institutions for investors. An inability to raise additional capital on acceptable terms when needed could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, and capital ratios.

Risks Related to Our Operations and Technology

Our future success is dependent on our ability to effectively compete in the face of substantial competition from other financial institutions in our primary markets.

We encounter significant competition for deposits, loans and other financial services from banks and other financial institutions, including savings and loan associations, savings banks, finance companies, mortgage companies and credit unions in our market area. A number of these banks and other financial institutions are significantly larger than us and have substantially greater access to capital and other resources, larger lending limits, more extensive branch systems, and may offer a wider array of banking services. To a limited extent we compete with other providers of financial services, such as money market mutual funds, brokerage firms, consumer finance companies, financial technology companies, insurance companies and governmental organizations, any of which may offer more favorable financing rates and terms than us. ManyMost of these non-bank competitors are not subject to the same extensive regulations that govern us. As a result, these non-bank competitors may have advantages in providing certain services. This competition may reduce or limit our margins and our market share and may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.


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Consumers may increasingly decide not to use banks to complete their financial transactions, which would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition and operations.

Technology and other changes are allowing parties to complete financial transactions through alternative methods that historically have involved banks. For example, consumers can now maintain funds that would have historically been held as bank deposits in brokerage accounts, mutual funds, or general-purpose reloadable prepaid cards. Consumers can also complete transactions such as paying bills or transferring funds directly without the assistance of banks.

The process of eliminating banks as intermediaries, known as “disintermediation,” could result in the loss of fee income, as well as the loss of customer deposits and the related income generated from those deposits. The loss of these revenue streams and the lower cost of deposits as a source of funds could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

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Our inability to successfully manage growth or implement our growth strategy may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

We may not be able to successfully implement our growth strategy if we are unable to identify attractive markets, locations or opportunities to expand in the future.  Our ability to manage growth successfully also depends on whether we can maintain capital levels adequate to support our growth, effective cost controls and adequate asset quality and successfully integrate any businesses acquired into the organization.

As we continue to implement our growth strategy, we may incur increased personnel, occupancy and other operating expenses. We must absorb those higher expenses while we begin to generate new deposits, and there is a further time lag involved in redeploying new deposits into attractively priced loans and other higher yielding earning assets. Thus, our plans to branch could depress earnings in the short run, even if we efficiently execute a branching strategy leading to long term financial benefits.

Our exposure to operational risk may adversely affect us.

Similar to other financial institutions, we are exposed to many types of operational risk, including reputational risk, legal and compliance risk, the risk of fraud or theft by employees or outsiders, unauthorized transactions by employees or operational errors, including clerical or record-keeping errors or those resulting from faulty or disabled computer or telecommunications systems.

Reputational risk, or the risk to our earnings and capitalus from negative public opinion, could result from our actual or alleged conduct in any number of activities, including lending practices, corporate governance, regulatory compliance or the occurrence of any of the events or instances mentioned below, orand from actions taken by government regulators orand community organizations in response to that conduct.those activities. Negative public opinion could also result from adverse news or publicity that impairs the reputation of the financial services industry generally.

can adversely affect our ability to attract and keep customers and employees and can expose us to litigation and regulatory action.

Further, if any of our financial, accounting, or other data processing systems fail or have other significant shortcomings,issues, we could be adversely affected. We depend on internal systems and outsourced technology to support these data storage and processing operations. Our inability to use or access these information systems at critical points in time could unfavorably impact the timeliness and efficiency of our business operations. We could be adversely affected if one of our employees causes a significant operational break-down or failure, either as a result of human error or where an individual purposefully sabotages or fraudulently manipulates our operations or systems. We are also at risk of the impact of natural disasters, terrorism, and international hostilities on our systems or forand from the effects of outages or other failures involving power or communications systems operated by others.

Misconduct by employees could include fraudulent, improper or unauthorized activities on behalf of clients or improper use of confidential information. We may notalso be ablesubject to prevent employee errorsdisruptions of our operating systems arising from events that are wholly or misconduct,partially beyond our control (for example, computer viruses, or electrical or communications outages), which may give rise to disruption of service to customers and the precautions we take to detect this type of activity might not be effective in all cases. Employee errorsfinancial loss or misconduct could subject us to civil claims for negligence or regulatory enforcement actions, including fines and restrictions on our business.
liability. In addition, there have been instances where financial institutions have been victims of fraudulent activity in which criminals pose as customers to initiate wire and automated clearinghouse transactions out of customer accounts. Although we have policies and procedures in place to verify the authenticity of our customers, we cannot assureguarantee that such policies and procedures will prevent all fraudulent transfers. Such activity can result in financial liability and harm to our reputation.
If any of the foregoing risks materialize, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Changes in market interest rates could affect our cash flows and our ability to successfully manage our interest rate risk.
Our profitability and financial condition depend to a great extent on our ability to manage the net interest margin, which is the difference between the interest income earned on loans and investments and the interest expense paid for deposits and borrowings. The amounts of interest income and interest expense are principally driven by two factors; the market levels of interest rates, and the volumes of earning assets or interest bearing liabilities. The management of the net interest margin is accomplished by our Asset Liability Committee. Short term interest rates are highly sensitive to factors beyond our control and are effectively set and managed by the Federal Reserve, while longer term rates are generally determined by the market based on investors’ inflationary expectations. Thus, changes in monetary and or fiscal policy will affect both short term and long term interest rates which in turn will influence the origination of loans, the prepayment speed of loans, the purchase of investments, the generation of deposits and the rates received on loans and investment securities and paid on deposits or other sources of funding. The impact of these changes may be magnified if we do not effectively manage the relative sensitivity of our earning assets and interest bearing liabilities to changes in market interest rates. We generally attempt to maintain a neutral position in terms of the volume of earning assets and interest bearing liabilities that mature or can re-price within a one year period in order that we may maintain the maximum net interest margin; however, interest rate fluctuations, loan prepayments, loan production and deposit flows are constantly changing and greatly influence this ability to maintain a neutral position.

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Generally, our earnings will be more sensitive to fluctuations in interest rates the greater the difference between the volume of earning assets and interest bearing liabilities that mature or are subject to re-pricing in any period. The extent and duration of this sensitivity will depend on the cumulative difference over time, the velocity and direction of interest rate changes, and whether we are more asset sensitive or liability sensitive. Additionally, the Asset Liability Committee may desire to move our position to more asset sensitive or more liability sensitive depending upon their expectation of the direction and velocity of future changes in interest rates in an effort to maximize the net interest margin. Should we not be successful in maintaining the desired position, or should interest rates not move as anticipated, our net interest margin may be negatively impacted.   
Our inability to successfully manage growth or implement our growth strategy may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
We may not be able to successfully implement our growth strategy if we are unable to identify attractive markets, locations or opportunities to expand in the future.  Our ability to manage growth successfully also depends on whether we can maintain capital levels adequate to support our growth, maintain cost controls, asset quality and successfully integrate any businesses acquired into the organization.
As we continue to implement our growth strategy, we may incur increased personnel, occupancy and other operating expenses. We must absorb those higher expenses while we begin to generate new deposits, and there is a further time lag involved in redeploying new deposits into attractively priced loans and other higher yielding earning assets. Thus, our plans to branch could depress earnings in the short run, even if we efficiently execute a branching strategy leading to long-term financial benefits.

Our operations rely on certain external vendors.

We are reliant upon certain external vendors to provide products and services necessary to maintain our day-to-day operations.operations such as data processing, recording, and monitoring transactions, online banking interfaces and services, internet connections, and network access. Accordingly, our operations are exposed to risk that these vendors will not perform in accordance with the contracted arrangements under service agreements.

Any problem caused by these third-party vendors, including poor performance of services, failure to provide services, disruptions in communication services provided by a vendor and failure to handle current or higher volumes, could adversely affect our ability to deliver products and services to our customers and otherwise conduct our business, and may harm our reputation. 

Although we maintain a system of comprehensive policies and a control framework designed to monitor vendor risks, the failure of an external vendor to perform in accordance with the contracted arrangements under service agreements could be disruptive to our operations, which could have a material adverse impact on our business and, in turn, our financial condition and results of operations.

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Our operations may be adversely affected by cyber security risks.

In the ordinary course of business, we collect and store sensitive data, including proprietary business information and personally identifiable information of itsour customers and employees in systems and on networks. The secure processing, maintenance and use of this information is critical to operations and our business strategy. We have invested in accepted technologies and review processes and practices that are designed to protect our networks, computers and data from damage or unauthorized access. Despite these security measures, our computer systems and infrastructure may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers or breached due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions. A breach of any kind could compromise systems and the information stored there could be accessed, damaged or disclosed. A breach in security could result in legal claims, regulatory penalties, disruption in operations, and damage to our reputation, which could adversely affect our business.

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Furthermore, as cyber threats continue to evolve and increase, we may be required to expend significant additional financial and operational resources to modify or regulatory changesenhance our protective measures, or actions,to investigate and remediate any identified information security vulnerabilities. Multiple major U.S. companies have experienced data systems incursions reportedly resulting in the thefts of credit and debit card information, online account information, and other financial or privileged data. These incursions affect cards issued and deposit accounts maintained by many banks.

Although our systems are not breached in these incursions, these events can cause us to reissue a significant litigation, could adversely impact usnumber of cards and take other costly steps to avoid significant theft loss to the Company and our customers. In some cases, we may be required to reimburse customers for the losses they incur. Other possible points of intrusion or disruption not within our control include internet service providers, electronic mail portal providers, social media portals, distant-server (cloud) service providers, electronic data security providers, telecommunications companies, and smart phone manufacturers.

Our ability to operate profitably may be dependent on our ability to integrate or introduce various technologies into our operations.

The market for financial services, including banking and consumer finance services, is increasingly affected by advances in technology, including developments in telecommunications, data processing, computers, automation, online banking, and tele-banking. Our ability to compete successfully in our market may depend on the businesses inextent to which we are engaged.

able to implement or exploit such technological changes. If we are not able to afford such technologies, properly or timely anticipate or implement such technologies, or effectively train our staff to use such technologies, our business, financial condition, or operating results could be adversely affected.

We will be required to transition from the use of the LIBOR index in the future.

In 2017, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced that after 2021 it would no longer compel banks to submit the rates required to calculate LIBOR. In November 2020, the administrator of LIBOR announced it will consult on its intention to extend the retirement date of certain offered rates whereby the publication of the one-week and two-month LIBOR offered rates will cease after December 31, 2022, but the publication of the remaining LIBOR offered rates will continue until June 30, 2023. Given consumer protection, litigation, and reputation risks, federal bank regulators have indicated that entering into new contracts that use LIBOR as a reference rate after December 31, 2022 would create safety and soundness risks and that they will examine bank practices accordingly. Therefore, the agencies encouraged banks to cease entering into new contracts that use LIBOR as a reference rate as soon as practicable and in any event by December 31, 2022.

Regulators, industry groups, and certain committees (e.g., the Alternative Reference Rates Committee) have, among other things, published recommended fall-back language for LIBOR-linked financial instruments, identified recommended alternatives for certain LIBOR rates (e.g., SOFR, as the recommended alternative to U.S. Dollar LIBOR), and proposed implementations of the recommended alternatives in floating rate instruments.

At this time, it is not possible to predict whether these specific recommendations and proposals will be broadly accepted, whether they will continue to evolve, and what the effect of any such alternatives may be on the value of LIBOR-based variable-rate loans, as well as LIBOR-based securities, subordinated notes, trust preferred securities, or other securities or financial arrangements. For example, SOFR is a relatively new reference rate, has a very limited history, and differs fundamentally from U.S. Dollar LIBOR. 

SOFR is a broad U.S. Treasury repo financing rate that represents overnight secured funding transactions, whereas U.S. Dollar LIBOR is an unsecured rate that represents interbank funding over different maturities.

As a result, there can be no assurance that SOFR will perform in the same way as U.S. Dollar LIBOR would have done at any time, and there is no guarantee that it is a comparable substitute for U.S. Dollar LIBOR. 

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The implementation of a substitute index or indices for the calculation of interest rates under our loan agreements with borrowers or other financial arrangements may cause us to incur significant expenses in effecting the transition, may result in reduced loan balances if borrowers do not accept the substitute index or indices, and may result in disputes or litigation with customers or other counter-parties over the appropriateness or comparability to LIBOR of the substitute index or indices, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

Risks Related to Regulation of the Company

We operate in a highly regulated industry, and the laws and regulations that govern our operations, including changes in them or our failure to comply with them, may adversely affect the Company.

We are subject to extensive stateregulation and federal regulation, supervision and legislation that govern almost all aspects of our operations. LawsThese laws and regulations, among other matters, prescribe minimum capital requirements, impose limitations on our business activities, limit the dividends or distributions that we can pay, and impose certain specific accounting requirements that may change from timebe more restrictive and may result in greater or earlier charges to timeearnings or reductions in our capital than GAAP. Compliance with laws and are primarily intended for the protection of consumers, depositorsregulations can be difficult and the deposit insurance funds. The impact of anycostly, and changes to laws and regulations often impose additional compliance costs.

We also face increasing regulation and supervision of our industry. The Dodd-Frank Act instituted major changes to the banking and financial institutions regulatory regimes. Other changes to statutes, regulations, or other actions by regulatory agenciespolicies, or supervisory guidance, including changes in interpretation or implementation of statutes, regulations, policies or supervisory guidance, could affect the Company in substantial and unpredictable ways. Such additional regulation and supervision has increased, and may negatively impact us orcontinue to increase, our costs and limit our ability to increasepursue business opportunities. Further, our failure to comply with these laws and regulations, even if the valuefailure was inadvertent or reflects a difference in interpretation, could subject us to restrictions on our business activities, fines and other penalties, any of which could adversely affect our results of operations, capital base and the price of our business. Additionally, actionssecurities. Further, any new laws, rules and regulations could make compliance more difficult or expensive or otherwise adversely affect our business and financial condition.

Regulations issued by regulatory agenciesthe CFPB could adversely impact earnings due to, among other things, increased compliance costs or significant litigation against uscosts due to noncompliance.

The CFPB has broad rulemaking authority to administer and carry out the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act with respect to financial institutions that offer covered financial products and services to consumers. The CFPB has also been directed to write rules identifying practices or acts that are unfair, deceptive, or abusive in connection with any transaction with a consumer for a consumer financial product or service, or the offering of a consumer financial product or service. For example, the CFPB has issued a final rule, requiring mortgage lenders to make a reasonable and good faith determination based on verified and documented information that a consumer applying for a mortgage loan has a reasonable ability to repay the loan according to its terms, or to originate “qualified mortgages” that meet specific requirements with respect to terms, pricing and fees. The rule also contains additional disclosure requirements at mortgage loan origination and in monthly statements. The requirements under the CFPB’s regulations and policies could cause uslimit our ability to devote significantmake certain types of loans or loans to certain borrowers or could make it more expensive and/or time and resourcesconsuming to defending ourselves and may lead to penalties that materially affect us. Future changes in the laws or regulations or their interpretations or enforcementmake these loans, which could be materially adverse us andadversely our shareholders.


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profitability.

Changes in accounting standards could impact reported earnings.

The accounting standard setters, including the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (FASB), SEC and other regulatory bodies, periodically change the financial accounting and reporting standards that govern the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. These changes can be difficulthard to predict and can materially impact how we record and report our financial condition and results of operations. In some cases, we could be required to apply a new or revised standard retroactively, resulting in the restatement of prior period financial statements.

Consumers may decide not  Such changes could also require us to use banks to completeincur additional personnel or technology costs.

For information regarding recent accounting pronouncements and their financial transactions.

Technology and other changes are allowing parties to complete financial transactions through alternative methods that historically have involved banks. The activity and prominence of so-called marketplace lenders and other technological financial service companies have grown significantly over recent years and is expected to continue growing. In addition, consumers can now maintain funds that would have historically been held as bank deposits in brokerage accounts, mutual funds or general-purpose reloadable prepaid cards. Consumers can also complete transactions, such as paying bills and/or transferring funds directly without the assistance of banks. If we are unable to address the competitive pressures that we face, we could lose market share, which could result in reduced net revenue and profitability and lower returns, as well as the loss of customer deposits. The loss of these revenue streams and the lower cost of deposits as a source of funds could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Failure to keep pace with technological change could adversely affect our business.
The financial services industry is continually undergoing rapid technological change with frequent introductions of new technology-driven products and services. The effective use of technology increases efficiency and enables financial institutions to better serve customers and to reduce costs. Our future success depends, in part, upon our ability to address the needs of our customers by using technology to provide products and services that will satisfy customer demands, as well as to create additional efficiencies in our operations. Many of our competitors have substantially greater resources to invest in technological improvements. We may not be able to effectively implement new technology-driven products and services or be successful in marketing these products and services to our customers. Failure to successfully keep pace with technological change affecting the financial services industry could have a material adverse impact on our business and, in turn, our financial condition and results of operations.
The full impact of changes to federal tax laws is uncertain and may negatively impact our financial performance.
We are subject to changes in tax law that could increase our effective tax rates. These law changes may be retroactive to previous periods and, as a result, could negatively affect our current and future financial performance.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the full impact of which is subject to further evaluation and analysis, is likely to have both positive and negative effects on our financial performance. For example, the new legislation will resultCompany, see “Recent Accounting Pronouncements” in a reduction in our federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% beginning in 2018, which is expected to have a favorable impact on our earnings and capital generation abilities. However, the new legislation also enacted limitations on certain deductions, such as the deduction of FDIC deposit insurance premiums, which will partially offset the anticipated increase in net earnings from the lower tax rate. In addition, as a resultNote 1 of the lower corporate tax rate, we were required under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to record a tax expense due to remeasurement in the fourth quarterCompany’s audited financial statements as of 2017 with respect to our deferred tax assets amounting to $811,000. Further, the full impact of the Tax Act may differ from the foregoing and from our expectations, possibly materially, due to changes in interpretations or in assumptions that we have made or that we make in 2018, guidance or regulations that may be promulgated, and other actions that we may take as a result of the Tax Act.
Similarly, the Bank’s customers are likely to experience varying effects from both the individual and business tax provisions of the Tax Act. For example, changes to tax deductibility of business interest expense could impact business customer borrowing. Such effects, whether positive or negative, may have a corresponding impact on our business and the economy as a whole.

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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
The Company does not have any unresolved staff comments to report for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Item 2. Properties
The locations of F & M Bank Corp. and its subsidiaries are shown below.
2022 included in this Form 10-K.

Corporate OfficesTimberville BranchElkton Branch
205 South Main Street165 New Market Road127 West Rockingham Street
Timberville, VA 22853Timberville, VA 22853Elkton, VA 22827
Broadway BranchCoffman’s Corner Branch
126 Timberway2030 Legacy Lane
Broadway, VA 22815Harrisonburg, VA 22801
 
Bridgewater BranchEdinburg Branch16
100 Plaza Drive120 South Main Street

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We are a holding company and depend on our subsidiaries for dividends, distributions and other payments.

We are a legal entity separate and distinct from our banking and other subsidiaries. Our principal source of cash flow, including cash flow to pay dividends to our stockholders and principal and interest on our outstanding debt, is dividends from the Bank.

There are statutory and regulatory limitations on the payment of dividends by the Bank to us, as well as by us to our stockholders. Regulations of both the Federal Reserve and the Virginia State Corporation Commission affect the ability of the Bank to pay dividends and other distributions to us and to make loans to us. If the Bank is unable to make dividend payments to us and sufficient capital is not otherwise available, we may not be able to make dividend payments to holders of our Common Stock.

In addition, our right to participate in any distribution of assets of any of our subsidiaries upon the subsidiary’s liquidation or otherwise, and thus your ability as a holder of our Common Stock to benefit indirectly from such distribution, will be subject to the prior claims of creditors of that subsidiary, except to the extent that any of our claims as a creditor of such subsidiary may be recognized. As a result, shares of our Common Stock are effectively subordinated to all existing and future liabilities and obligations of our subsidiaries, including the Bank.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

Future issuances of our securities could adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock and could be dilutive.

Our board of directors, without the approval of shareholders, could from time to time decide to issue additional shares of Common Stock or shares of preferred stock, which may adversely affect the market price of the shares of Common Stock and could be dilutive to our shareholders. Any sale of additional shares of our Common Stock may be at prices lower than the current market value of the Company’s shares.

In addition, new investors may have rights, preferences, and privileges that are senior to, and that could adversely affect, our existing shareholders. For example, preferred stock would be senior to Common Stock in right of dividends and as to distributions in liquidation. We cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing, or nature of its future offerings of equity securities. Thus, our shareholders bear the risk of future offerings diluting their stock holdings, adversely affecting their rights as shareholders, and/or reducing the market price of our Common Stock.

The trading volume in our Common Stock is lower than that of other financial services companies.

The trading volume in our Common Stock is lower than that of other financial services companies. A public trading market having the desired characteristics of depth, liquidity and orderliness depends on the presence in the marketplace of willing buyers and sellers of our Common Stock at any given time. This presence depends on the individual decisions of investors and general economic and market conditions over which we have no control. Given the lower trading volume of our Common Stock, significant sales of our Common Stock, or the expectation of these sales, could cause our stock price to fall.

The market for our Common Stock historically has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations.

The market for our Common Stock historically has experienced and may continue to experience significant price and volume fluctuations similar to those experienced by the broader stock market in recent years. Generally, the fluctuations experienced by the broader stock market have affected the market prices of securities issued by many companies for reasons unrelated to their operating performance and may adversely affect the price of our Common Stock. In addition, our announcements of our quarterly operating results, changes in general conditions in the economy or the financial markets and other developments affecting us, our affiliates or our competitors could cause the market price of our Common Stock to fluctuate substantially.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None

Item 2. Properties

The Company, through its subsidiaries, owns or leases buildings that are used in the normal course of business. The Company’s corporate headquarters, and that of the Bank, are located at 205 South Main Street, Timberville, Virginia 22853.

At December 31, 2022, the Bank operated thirteen full-service branches and a dealer finance division in the counties of Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Augusta, and the cities of Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro and Winchester in Virginia. See Note 1 “Nature of Banking Activities and Significant Accounting Policies” and Note 6 “Bank Premises and Equipment” and Note 24 "Leases" in the “Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements” of this Form 10-K for information with respect to the amounts at which bank premises and equipment are carried and commitments under long-term leases.

 
Woodstock BranchCrossroads Branch17
161 South Main Street80 Cross Keys Road

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Luray BranchDealer Finance Division
700 East Main Street4759 Spotswood Trail
Luray, VA 22835Penn Laird, VA 22846
Myers Corner BranchNorth Augusta Branch
30 Gosnell Crossing2813 North Augusta Street
Staunton, VA 24401Staunton, VA 22401
Craigsville BranchGrottoes Branch
125 W. Craig Street200 Augusta Avenue
Craigsville, VA 24430Grottoes, VA 24441
With the exception of the Edinburg Branch, Luray Branch, Dealer Finance Division, and the North Augusta Branch, the remaining facilities are owned by Farmers & Merchants Bank. ATMs are available at all branch locations.
Through an agreement with FCTI, Inc., the Bank also operates cash only ATMs at five Food Lion grocery stores, one in Mt. Jackson, VA and four in Harrisonburg, VA. The Bank has an agreement with CardTronics ATM to operate twelve cash only ATMs in various Rite Aid Pharmacies, CVS Pharmacies and Target Stores in Rockingham and Augusta Counties of VA. The Bank also has an agreement with ATM USA to operate ATMs in various locations in our market area.
VBS’ offices are located at:
Harrisonburg OfficeFishersville OfficeWoodstock Office
2040 Deyerle Avenue1842 Jefferson Hwy161 South Main Street
Suite 107Fishersville, VA 22939Woodstock, VA 22664
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
VS Title’s offices are located at:
Harrisonburg OfficeFishersville OfficeCharlottesville Office
410 Neff Avenue1707 Jefferson Highway154 Hansen Rd., Suite 202-C
Harrisonburg, VA 22801Fishersville, VA 22939Charlottesville, VA 22911

PART II

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

In the normal course of business, the Company may become involved in litigation arising from banking, financial, or other activities of the Company. Management after consultation with legal counsel, does not anticipate that the ultimate liability, if any, arising out of these matters will have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, operating results or liquidity.


Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

None.

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Stock Listing

Trading Market

The Company’s Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Markets Group’s OTCQX Market under the symbol “FMBM” on the OTCQX Market.“FMBM.” The bid and ask price isare quoted at www.OTCMARKETS.com/Stock/FMBM/quoteWith its inclusion onAny over-the-counter market quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.   

As of March 3, 2023, the OTCQX Markets, there are now several active market makers for FMBM stock.

Company had approximately 2,546 shareholders of record.

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Broadridge FinancialCorporate Issuer Solutions

2 Journal Plaza Square, 7th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07306

PO Box 1342

Brentwood, NY 11717

Stock Performance

The following graph compares the cumulative total return to the shareholders of the Company for the last five fiscal years with the total return of the Russell 2000 Index and the SNL Bank Index, as reported by SNL Financial, LC, assuming an investment of $100 in the Company’s common stock on December 31, 2012,2017, and the reinvestment of dividends.

 
 
Period Ending
 
Index
 
12/31/12
 
 
12/31/13
 
 
12/31/14
 
 
12/31/15
 
 
12/31/16
 
 
12/31/17
 
F & M Bank Corp.
  100.00 
  126.23
  138.04
  166.31
  197.11
  258.36
Russell 2000 Index
  100.00 
  138.82
  145.62
  139.19
  168.85
  193.58
SNL Bank Index
  100.00 
  137.30
  153.48
 156.10
 197.23
  232.91
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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities, continued
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Dividends

Dividends to common shareholders totaled $2,972,000$3.6 million and $2,628,000$3.4 million in 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively.  For 2022 and 2021, the regular dividends totaled $1.04 per share.  Preferred stock dividends were $415,000 and $487,000$196,000 in 2017 and 2016, respectively. Regular quarterly dividends have been declared for at least 25 years.2021. All shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock was redeemed on October 29, 2021. The Company’s Board of Directors determines the payment of dividends dependsbased on the earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, the financial condition of the Company and other factors including capital adequacy, regulatory requirements, general economic conditions and shareholder returns. The ratio of dividends per common share to net income per common share was 35.67%43.15% in 2017,2022 compared to 28.88%32.00% in 2016.

Refer to Payment2021.

See Note 18 “Dividend Limitations on Subsidiary Bank” of Dividends in Item 1. Business, Regulation and Supervision section abovethis Form 10-K for a summary of applicable restrictions on the Company’s ability to pay dividends.

Stock Repurchases

As previously reported, on September 18, 2008,

There were no repurchases of the Company’s Board of Directors approved an increase in the number of shares ofCompany's common stock that the Company can repurchase under the share repurchase program from 150,000 to 200,000 shares. On October 20, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a plan to repurchase up to an additional 150,000 shares of common stock. Shares repurchased through the end of 2017 totaled 221,976 shares; of this amount, 21,984 were repurchased in 2017 at an average price of $32.39 per share.

The number of common shareholders was approximately 2,104 as of March 9, 2018. This amount includes all shareholders, whether titled individually or held by a brokerage firm or custodian in street name.
Quarterly Stock Information
These quotes include the terms of trades transacted through a broker. The terms of exchanges occurring between individual parties may not be known to the Company.
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
 
Stock Price Range
 
 
Per Share
 
 
Stock Price Range
 
 
Per Share
 
Quarter
 
Low
 
 
High
 
 
Dividends Declared
 
 
Low
 
 
High
 
 
Dividends Declared
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1st
 $26.50 
 $28.45 
 $.22 
 $21.75 
 $23.55 
 $.19 
2nd
  27.50 
  29.35 
  .23 
  23.02 
  25.00 
  .19 
3rd
  29.20 
  32.00 
  .24 
  23.50 
  26.25 
  .20 
4th
  30.02 
  34.50 
  .25 
  24.82 
  27.00 
  .22 
Total
    
    
 $.94 
    
    
 $.80 

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
Five Year Summary of Selected Financial Data
(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)
 
2017
 
 
20166
 
 
20156
 
 
2014
 
 
2013
 
Income Statement Data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest and Dividend Income
 $34,095 
 $32,150 
 $29,404 
 $26,772 
 $25,966 
Interest Expense
  3,897 
  3,599 
  2,876 
  3,648 
  4,773 
Net Interest Income
  30,198 
  28,551 
  26,528 
  23,124 
  21,193 
Provision for Loan Losses
  - 
  - 
  300 
  2,250 
  3,775 
Net Interest Income After Provision for Loan Losses
  30,198 
  28,551 
  26,228 
  20,874 
  17,418 
Noninterest Income6
  8,517 
  6,313 
  5,412 
  3,530 
  4,032 
Low income housing partnership losses
  (625)
  (731)
  (619)
  (608)
  (856)
Noninterest Expenses6
  24,719 
  21,272 
  19,554 
  15,656 
  14,720 
Income before income taxes
  13,371 
  12,861 
  11,467 
  8,140 
  5,874 
Income Tax Expense
  4,330 
  3,099 
  2,886 
  2,293 
  1,051 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
  (31)
  (194)
  (164)
  (45)
  (107)
Net Income attributable to F & M Bank Corp.
 $9,010 
 $9,568 
 $8,417 
 $5,802 
 $4,716 
Per Common Share Data:
    
    
    
    
    
Net Income – basic
 $2.63 
 $2.77 
 $2.40 
 $1.82 
 $1.88 
Net Income - diluted
 $2.48 
 $2.57 
 $2.25 
 $1.80 
 $1.88 
Dividends Declared
  .94 
  .80 
  .73 
  .68 
  .68 
Book Value per Common Share
  25.73 
  24.18 
  22.38 
  20.77 
  21.56 
Balance Sheet Data:
    
    
    
    
    
Assets
 $753,270 
 $744,889 
 $665,357 
 $605,308 
 $552,788 
Loans Held for Investment
  616,974 
  591,636 
  544,053 
  518,202 
  478,453 
Loans Held for Sale
  39,775 
  62,735 
  57,806 
  13,382 
  3,804 
Securities
  41,243 
  39,475 
  25,329 
  22,305 
  38,486 
Deposits
  569,177 
  537,085 
  494,670 
  491,505 
  464,149 
Short-Term Debt
  25,296 
  40,000 
  24,954 
  14,358 
  3,423 
Long-Term Debt
  49,733 
  64,237 
  48,161 
  9,875 
  21,691 
Stockholders’ Equity
  91,275 
  86,682 
  82,950 
  77,798 
  54,141 
Average Common Shares Outstanding – basic
  3,270 
  3,282 
  3,291 
  3,119 
  2,504 
Average Common Shares Outstanding – diluted
  3,632 
  3,717 
  3,735 
  3,230 
  2,504 
Financial Ratios:
    
    
    
    
    
Return on Average Assets1
  1.21%
  1.34%
  1.31%
  1.00%
  .82%
Return on Average Equity1
  10.01%
  11.18%
  10.46%
  8.65%
  9.11%
Net Interest Margin
  4.53%
  4.34%
  4.43%
  4.30%
  4.02%
Efficiency Ratio 2
  63.54%
  60.78%
  60.97%
  58.51%
  58.15%
Dividend Payout Ratio - Common
  35.74%
  28.88%
  30.42%
  37.36%
  36.17%
Capital and Credit Quality Ratios:
    
    
    
    
    
Average Equity to Average Assets1
  12.10%
  11.97%
  12.49%
  11.59%
  9.00%
Allowance for Loan Losses to Loans3
  .98%
  1.27%
  1.61%
  1.68%
  1.71%
Nonperforming Loans to Total Assets4
  .94%
  .65%
  .98%
  1.15%
  2.28%
Nonperforming Assets to Total Assets5
  1.21%
  .94%
  1.34%
  1.73%
  2.75%
Net Charge-offs to Total Loans3
  .24%
  .21%
  .04%
  .33%
  .78%
1
Ratios are primarily based on daily average balances.
The Efficiency Ratio equals noninterest expenses divided by the sum of tax equivalent net interest income and noninterest income. Noninterest income excludes gains (losses) on securities transactions and LIH Partnership losses. Ratio for 2017, 2016 and 2015 reflects reclassification of VBS and VST (2017 only) to report gross income/expense rather than net.
Calculated based on Loans Held for Investment, excludes Loans Held for Sale.
Calculated based on 90 day past due and non-accrual to Total Assets.
5
Calculated based on 90 day past due, non-accrual and OREO to Total Assets
Data reflects reclassification of VBS (2017, 2016, 2015) and VST (2017) to report gross income/expense rather than net

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain information contained in this report may include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act.  These forward-looking statements are generally identified by phrases such as “we expect,” “we believe” or words of similar import. Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks including, but not limited to:

·

Changes in the quality or composition of our loan or investment portfolios, including adverse developments in borrower industries, declines in real estate values in our markets, or in the repayment ability of individual borrowers or issuers;

·

The strength of the economy in our market area, as well as general economic, market, or business conditions;

·

An insufficient allowance for loan losses as a result of inaccurate assumptions;

·

Our ability to maintain our “well-capitalized” regulatory status;

·

Changes in the interest rates affecting our deposits, loans and investment portfolio;

·

Changes in our competitive position, competitive actions by other financial institutions, financial technology firms and others, the competitive nature of the financial services industry and our ability to compete effectively in our banking markets;

·

Our ability to manage growth;

·

Our potential growth, including our entrance or expansion into new markets, the need for sufficient capital to support that growth, difficulties or disruptions expanding into new markets or integrating the operations of acquired branches or business, and the inability to obtain the expected benefits of such growth;

·

Our exposure to operational risk;

·

Our ability to raise capital as needed by our business;

·

Changes in laws, regulations and the policies of federal or state regulators and agencies;

·

The effect of changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted from time to time by bank regulatory agencies, the SEC, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the FASB, or other accounting standards setting bodies;

·

Geopolitical conditions, including acts or threats of terrorism, international hostilities, or actions taken by the U.S. or other governments in response to acts or threats of terrorism and/or military conflicts, which could impact business and economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad;

·

The Company’s potential exposure to fraud, negligence, computer theft, and cyber-crime;

·

Other factors identified in reports the Company files with the SEC from time to time; and

·

Other circumstances, many of which are beyond our control.

Although the Company believes that our expectations with respect to the forward-looking statements are based upon reliable assumptions within the bounds of our knowledge of our business and operations, there can be no assurance that our actual results, performance or achievements will not differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

The following discussion provides information about the major components of the results of operations and financial condition, liquidity and capital resources of F & M Bank Corp. and its subsidiaries. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements presented in Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Information, of this Form 10-K.

Lending Activities

Policies

Credit Policies

The principal risk associated with each of the categoriessegments of loans in our portfolio is the creditworthiness of our borrowers. Within each category,segment, such risk is increased or decreased, depending on prevailing economic conditions. In an effort toTo manage the risk, ourthe Bank Credit Administration Department supervises that the underwriting process follows the written policies and procedures approved by the Board of Directors. The loan policy gives loan amount approval limits to individual loan officers based on their position and level of experience and to our loan committees based on the size of the lending relationship. The risk associated with real estate and construction loans, commercial loans and consumer loans varies, based on market employment levels, consumer confidence, fluctuations in the value of real estate and other conditions that affect the ability of borrowers to repay indebtedness. The risk associated with real estate construction loans varies, based on the supply and demand for the type of real estate under construction.

We have written policies and procedures to help manage credit risk. We have

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The Bank has a loan review policy that includes regularprocess to monitor and manage the portfolio, reviews toidentify concentrations and credit deterioration, establish loss exposure and to ascertainassess compliance with ourthe loan policy.

We use

The Bank uses a management loan committee and a directors’ loan committee to approve loans. The management loan committee is comprised of members of senior management, credit administration and senior lenders; the directors’ loan committee is comprised of any six directors. Both committees approve new, renewed and or modified loans that exceed officer loan authorities. The directors’ loan committee also reviews any changes to ourthe lending policies, which are then approved by our boardthe Board of directors.

Directors.

Loans Held for Sale

The Bank makes fixed rate mortgage loans with terms of typically fifteen or thirty years through its subsidiary F&M Mortgage.  These loans are funded by F&M Mortgage utilizing a line of credit at the Bank until sold to investors in the secondary market or transferred to the Bank and held in the loan portfolio. 

Construction and Development Lending

We make

The Bank makes construction loans, primarily residential, and land acquisition and development loans. The residential construction loans are secured by residential houses under construction and the underlying land for which the loan was obtained. The land acquisition and development loans are secured by the land for which the loan was obtained. The average life of a construction loan is approximately 12 months, and it is typically re-priced as the prime rate of interest changes. The majority of the interest rates charged on these loans float with the market. Construction lending entails significant additional risks, compared with residential mortgage lending. Construction loans often involve larger loan balances concentrated with single borrowers or groups of related borrowers. Another risk involved in construction lending is attributable to the fact that loan funds are advanced upon the security of the land or home under construction, which value is estimated prior to the completion of construction. Thus, it is more difficult to evaluate accurately the total loan funds required to complete a project and related loan-to-value ratios. To mitigate the risks associated with construction lending, we generally limit loan amounts are limited to 75% to 90% of appraised value, in addition to analyzing the creditworthiness of our borrowers. We also obtainthe borrower. In addition, a first lien on the property is obtained as security for our construction loans and typically require personal guarantees from the borrower’s principal owners.


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Commercial Real Estate Lending

Commercial real estate loans are secured by various types of commercial real estate in our market area, including multi-family residential buildings, commercial buildings and offices, shopping centers and churches. Commercial real estate lending entails significant additional risks, compared with residential mortgage lending. Commercial real estate loans typically involve larger loan balances concentrated with single borrowers or groups of related borrowers. Additionally, the payment experience on loans secured by income producing properties is typically dependent on the successful operation of a business or a real estate project and thus may be subject, to a greater extent, to adverse conditions in the real estate market or in the economy in general. OurThe Bank’s commercial real estate loan underwriting criteria require an examination of debt service coverage ratios and the borrower’s creditworthiness, prior credit history and reputation. We also evaluatereputation; as well as an evaluation of the location of the security property securing the loan and typically require personal guarantees or endorsements of the borrower’s principal owners.

Business Lending

Commercial & Industry – Non-Real Estate

Business loans generally have a higher degree of risk than residential mortgage loans but have higher yields. To manage these risks, we generally obtainthe Bank obtains appropriate collateral and personal guarantees from the borrower’s principal owners and monitor the financial condition of our business borrowers. Residential mortgage loans generally are made based on the basis of the borrower’s ability to make repaymentrepay from employment and other income and are secured by real estate whose value tends to be readily ascertainable. In contrast, business loans typically are made based on the basis of the borrower’s ability to make repayment from cash flow from its business and are secured by business assets, such as real estate, accounts receivable, equipment and inventory. As a result, the availability of funds for the repayment of business loans is substantially dependent on the success of the business itself. Furthermore, the collateral for business loans may depreciate over time and generally cannot be appraised with as much precision as residential real estate.

Consumer Lending

We offer

The Bank offers various consumer loans, including personal loans, and lines of credit, automobile loans, deposit account loans, installment and demand loans, and home equity lines of credit and loans. Such loans are generally made to clients with whom we have a pre-existing relationship. We currently originate all of our consumer loans in our geographic market area.

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The underwriting standards employed by us for consumer loans include a determination of the applicant’s payment history on other debts and an assessment of their ability to meet existing obligations and payments on the proposed loan. The stability of the applicant’s monthly income may be determined by verification of gross monthly income from primary employment and additionally from any verifiable secondary income. Although creditworthiness of the applicant is of primary consideration, the underwriting process also includes an analysis of the value of the security in relation to the proposed loan amount. For home equity lines of credit and loans we requirethe Bank requires title insurance, hazard insurance and, if required, flood insurance.

Residential Mortgage Lending

The Bank makes residential mortgage loans for the purchase or refinance of existing loans with loan to value limits generally ranging between 8080% and 90% depending on the age of the property, borrower’s income and credit worthiness. Loans that are retained in our portfolio generally carry adjustable rates that can change every one, three toor five years, based on amortization periods of twenty to thirty years.


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Loans Held for Sale
The Bank makes fixed rate mortgage loans with terms of typically fifteen or thirty years through its subsidiary VBS Mortgage. These loans are funded by VBS utilizing a line of credit at the Bank until sold to investors in the secondary market. Similarly, the Bank also has a relationship with Northpointe Bank in Grand Rapids, MI whereby it purchases fixed rate conforming 1-4 family mortgage loans for short periods of time pending those loans being sold to investors in the secondary market. These loans have an average duration of ten days to two weeks, but occasionally remain on the Bank’s books for up to 60 days. The Bank began its relationship with Northpointe Bank in 2014 and had a similar program with a prior bank since 2003. This relationship allows the Bank to achieve a higher rate of return than is available on other short term investment opportunities.

Dealer Finance Division

In September 2012, the

The Bank startedopened a loan production office in Penn Laird, VASeptember 2012, which specializes in providing automobile financing through a network of automobile dealers. The Dealer Finance Division was originallyis staffed with three officers that have extensive experience in Dealer Finance. Based on the strong growth of this division the staff has been increased to six employees. This office is servingFinance and serves the automobile finance needs for customers of dealers throughout the existing geographic footprint of the Bank. Approximately fiftyfifty-three dealers have signedactive contracts to originate loans on behalf of the Bank. As of year end 2017, the division had total loans outstanding of $75.2 million.

Bank in accordance with bank policies.

Critical Accounting Policies

General

The Company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The financial information contained within the statements is, to a significant extent, financial information that is based on measures of the financial effects of transactions and events that have already occurred. The Company’s financial position and results of operations are affected by management’s application of accounting policies, including estimates, assumptions and judgments made to arrive at the carrying value of assets and liabilities and amounts reported for revenues, expenses and related disclosures. Different assumptions in the application of these policies could result in material changes in the Company’s consolidated financial position and/or results of operations.

In addition, GAAP itself may change from one previously acceptable method to another method. Although the economics of these transactions would be the same, the timing of events that would impact these transactions could change. Following is a summary of the Company’s significant accounting policies that are highly dependent on estimates, assumptions and judgments.

Allowance for Loan Losses

The allowance for loan losses is an estimate of the losses that may be sustained in the loan portfolio. The allowance is based on two basic principles of accounting: (i) ASC 450 (formerly SFAS No. 5) “Contingencies”,which requires that losses be accrued when they are probable of occurring and estimable and (ii) ASC 310, (formerly SFAS No. 114)“Receivables”, “Receivables”,which requires that losses be accrued based on the differences between the value of collateral, present value of future cash flows or values that are observable in the secondary market and the loan balance.  The Company’s allowance for loan losses is the accumulation of various components that are calculated based on independent methodologies.  All components of the allowance represent an estimation performed pursuant to either ASC 450 or ASC 310.  Management’s estimate of each ASC 450 component is based on certain observable data that management believes are most reflective of the underlying credit losses being estimated.  This evaluation includes credit quality trends; collateral values; loan volumes; geographic,economic conditions, borrower and industry concentrations; seasoningchanges in the experience and depths of the loan portfolio;lending management and staff; effects of any concentrations of credit; the findings of internal credit quality assessments, and results from external bank regulatory examinations.examinations and third-party loan reviews.  These factors, as well as historical losses and current economic and business conditions, are used in developing estimated loss factors used in the calculations.


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Allowances for loansloan losses are determined by applying estimated loss factors to the portfolio based on management’s evaluation and “risk grading” of the loan portfolio.  Specific allowances, if required, are typically provided on all impaired loans in excess of a defined loan size threshold that are classified in the Substandard or Doubtful risk grades.grades and on all troubled debt restructurings.  The specific reserves are determined on a loan-by-loan basis based on management’s evaluation of the Company’s exposure for each credit, given the current payment status of the loan, and the value of any underlying collateral.

collateral or future discounted cash flows.

While management uses the best information available to establish the allowance for loan and lease losses, future adjustments to the allowance may be necessary if economic conditions differ substantially from the assumptions used in making the valuationschange or, if required by regulators, based upon information available to them at the time of their examinations.  Such adjustments to original estimates, as necessary, are made in the period in which these factors and other relevant considerations indicate that loss levels may vary from previous estimates.

Goodwill and Intangibles
In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASC 805, Business Combinations and ASC 350, Intangibles. The provisions of ASC 350 discontinue and amortization of goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives. Instead, these assets are subject to an annual impairment review and more frequently if certain impairment indicators are in evidence. ASC 350 also requires that reporting units be identified for the purpose of assessing potential future impairments of goodwill. 
The Company adopted ASC 350 on January 1, 2002. Goodwill totaled $2,639,000 at January 1, 2002. As of December 31, 2008, the Company recognized $31,000 in additional goodwill related to the purchase of 70% ownership in VBS Mortgage. In 2017 the Company recognized $211,000 in goodwill and $285,000 in intangibles related to the purchase of 76% ownership in VST. The goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment at least annually. Based on this testing, there were no impairment charges for 2017, 2016 or 2015. The Intangibles related to the VST purchase are amortized over periods up to 15 years with $53,000 recorded in 2017.
Income Tax
The determination of income taxes represents results in income and expense being recognized in different periods for financial reporting purposes versus for the purpose of computing income taxes currently payable. Deferred taxes are provided on such temporary differences and are measured using the enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be realized or settled. Further, the Company seeks strategies that minimize the tax effect of implementing its business strategies. Management makes judgments regarding the ultimate consequence of long-term tax planning strategies, including the likelihood of future recognition of deferred tax benefits. As a result, it is considered a significant estimate.

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Fair Value

The estimate of fair value involves the use of (1) quoted prices for identical instruments traded in active markets, (2) quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuation techniques using significant assumptions that are observable in the market or (3) model-based techniques that use significant assumptions not observable in the market. When observable market prices and parameters are not fully available, management’s judgment is necessary to arrive at fair value including estimates of current market participant expectations of future cash flows, risk premiums, among other things. Additionally, significant judgment may be required to determine whether certain assets measured at fair value are classified within the fair value hierarchy as Level 2 or Level 3. The estimation process and the potential materiality of the amounts involved result in this item being identified as critical.

Pension Plan Accounting

Obligations

The accounting guidance for the measurement and recognition of obligations and expense related to pension plans generally applies the concept that the cost of benefits provided during retirement should be recognized over the employees’ active working life. Inherent in this concept is the requirement to use various actuarial assumptions to predict and measure costs and obligations many years prior to the settlement date. Major actuarial assumptions that require significant management judgment and have a material impact on the measurement of benefits expense and accumulated benefit obligation include discount rates, expected return on assets, mortality rates, and projected salary increases, among others. Changes in assumptions or judgments related to any of these variables could result in significant volatility in the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. As a result, accounting for the Company’s pension expense and obligation is considered a significant estimate. The estimation process and the potential materiality of the amounts involved result in this item being identified as critical.

See “Pension Plans“ in Note 1 and “Funding Policy “ in Note 12 for additional information about the plan.

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Five Year Summary of Selected Financial Data

(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

20186

 

Income Statement Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and Dividend Income

 

$42,184

 

 

$35,576

 

 

$36,792

 

 

$38,210

 

 

$36,377

 

Interest Expense

 

 

7,245

 

 

 

4,302

 

 

 

5,728

 

 

 

6,818

 

 

 

4,832

 

Net Interest Income

 

 

34,939

 

 

 

31,274

 

 

 

31,064

 

 

 

31,392

 

 

 

31,545

 

Provision for (Recovery of) Loan Losses

 

 

866

 

 

 

(2,821)

 

 

3,300

 

 

 

7,405

 

 

 

2,930

 

Net Interest Income After Provision for (Recovery of) Loan Losses

 

 

34,073

 

 

 

34,095

 

 

 

27,764

 

 

 

23,987

 

 

 

28,615

 

Noninterest Income

 

 

10,451

 

 

 

12,167

 

 

 

13,103

 

 

 

10,759

 

 

 

8,770

 

Low-income housing partnership losses

 

 

(817)

 

 

(861)

 

 

(893)

 

 

(839)

 

 

(767)

Noninterest Expenses

 

 

34,909

 

 

 

33,340

 

 

 

29,939

 

 

 

29,518

 

 

 

26,744

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

8,798

 

 

 

12,061

 

 

 

10,035

 

 

 

4,389

 

 

 

9,874

 

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

 

 

480

 

 

 

1,323

 

 

 

1,142

 

 

 

(250)

 

 

1,041

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(105)

 

 

(130)

 

 

(10)

Net Income attributable to F & M Bank Corp.

 

$8,318

 

 

$10,738

 

 

$8,788

 

 

$4,509

 

 

$8,823

 

Per Common Share Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income – basic

 

$2.41

 

 

$3.25

 

 

$2.66

 

 

$1.32

 

 

$2.60

 

Net Income - diluted

 

 

2.41

 

 

 

3.12

 

 

 

2.56

 

 

 

1.30

 

 

 

2.45

 

Dividends Declared

 

 

1.04

 

 

 

1.04

 

 

 

1.04

 

 

 

1.02

 

 

 

1.20

 

Book Value per Common Share

 

 

20.48

 

 

 

29.42

 

 

 

28.43

 

 

 

27.11

 

 

 

26.68

 

Balance Sheet Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

$1,245,902

 

 

$1,219,342

 

 

$966,930

 

 

$813,999

 

 

$779,743

 

Loans Held for Investment

 

 

743,604

 

 

 

662,421

 

 

 

661,329

 

 

 

603,425

 

 

 

638,799

 

Loans Held for Sale

 

 

1,373

 

 

 

4,887

 

 

 

58,679

 

 

 

66,798

 

 

 

55,910

 

Securities

 

 

403,537

 

 

 

413,217

 

 

 

117,898

 

 

 

18,015

 

 

 

21,844

 

Deposits

 

 

1,083,377

 

 

 

1,080,295

 

 

 

818,582

 

 

 

641,709

 

 

 

591,325

 

Short-Term Debt

 

 

70,000

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

10,000

 

 

 

40,116

 

Long-Term Debt

 

 

6,890

 

 

 

21,772

 

 

 

33,202

 

 

 

53,201

 

 

 

40,218

 

Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

70,792

 

 

 

100,456

 

 

 

95,629

 

 

 

91,575

 

 

 

91,401

 

Average Common Shares Outstanding – basic

 

 

3,449

 

 

 

3,245

 

 

 

3,200

 

 

 

3,189

 

 

 

3,238

 

Average Common Shares Outstanding – diluted

 

 

3,449

 

 

 

3,442

 

 

 

3,429

 

 

 

3,460

 

 

 

3,596

 

Financial Ratios:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Average Assets1

 

 

0.72%

 

 

0.98%

 

 

0.95%

 

 

0.57%

 

 

1.15%

Return on Average Equity1

 

 

8.53%

 

 

10.84%

 

 

9.46%

 

 

4.93%

 

 

9.67%

Net Interest Margin

 

 

3.03%

 

 

3.00%

 

 

3.61%

 

 

4.33%

 

 

4.65%

Efficiency Ratio 2

 

 

77.81%

 

 

75.44%

 

 

67.51%

 

 

69.03%

 

 

66.04%

Dividend Payout Ratio - Common

 

 

43.15%

 

 

32.00%

 

 

39.10%

 

 

77.27%

 

 

46.15%

Capital and Credit Quality Ratios:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Equity to Average Assets1

 

 

8.49%

 

 

9.05%

 

 

10.08%

 

 

11.48%

 

 

11.90%

Allowance for Loan Losses to Loans3

 

 

1.07%

 

 

1.17%

 

 

1.58%

 

 

1.39%

 

 

0.82%

Nonperforming Loans to Total Assets4

 

 

0.18%

 

 

0.45%

 

 

0.68%

 

 

0.70%

 

 

1.31%

Nonperforming Assets to Total Assets5

 

 

0.18%

 

 

0.45%

 

 

0.68%

 

 

0.89%

 

 

1.62%

Net Charge-offs to Total Loans3

 

 

0.09%

 

 

(.01)%

 

 

0.18%

 

 

0.71%

 

 

0.58%

1

Ratios are primarily based on daily average balances.

2

The Efficiency Ratio equals noninterest expenses divided by the sum of tax equivalent net interest income and noninterest income. Noninterest income excludes gains (losses) on securities transactions and low-income housing partnership losses. Noninterest expense excludes amortization of intangibles.

3

Calculated based on Loans Held for Investment, excludes Loans Held for Sale.

4

Calculated based on 90 day past due loans and non-accrual loans to Total Assets.

5

Calculated based on 90 day past due loans, non-accrual loans and OREO to Total Assets.

6

The 2018 financial information has been adjusted to reflect the correction of a prior period error.

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Overview

The Company’s net income for 2022 totaled $8.3 million or $2.41 per common share (basic), a decrease of 22.54% from $10.7 million, or $3.25 per share (basic), in 2021. Return on average equity decreased in 2022 to 8.53% from 10.84% in 2021, and the return on average assets decreased from 0.98% in 2021 to 0.72% in 2022.  The Company’s net income per share (dilutive) totaled $2.41 in 2022, a decrease from $3.12 in 2021.

At year-end 2022, the Company had total assets of $1.25 billion, total loans of $743.6 million, and total deposits of $1.08 billion, compared to year-end balances for 2021 of total assets of $1.22 billion, total loans of $662.4 million, and total deposits of $1.08 billion.

Changes in Net Income per Common Share (Basic)

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

to 2021

 

 

to 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior Year Net Income Per Common Share (Basic)

 

$3.25

 

 

$2.66

 

Change from differences in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

 

1.06

 

 

 

0.06

 

Provision for loan losses

 

 

(1.07)

 

 

1.89

 

Noninterest income, excluding securities gains

 

 

(0.91)

 

 

(0.08)

Security gains

 

 

0.42

 

 

 

(0.16)

Noninterest expenses

 

 

(0.45)

 

 

(1.05)

Income taxes

 

 

0.24

 

 

 

(0.06)

Effect of preferred stock dividend

 

 

0.06

 

 

 

0.02

 

Change in average shares outstanding

 

 

(0.19)

 

 

(0.03)

Total Change

 

 

(0.84)

 

 

0.59

 

Net Income Per Common Share (Basic)

 

$2.41

 

 

$3.25

 

Net Interest Income

The largest source of operating revenue for the Company is net interest income, which is calculated as the difference between the interest earned on earning assets and the interest expense paid on interest bearing liabilities. Net interest income increased 11.72% from 2021 to 2022 following an increase of 0.68% from 2020 to 2021.  The net interest margin is the net interest income expressed as a percentage of interest earning assets. Changes in the volume and mix of interest earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, along with their yields and rates, have a significant impact on the level of net interest income. Tax-equivalent net interest income for 2022 was $35.1 million representing an increase of $3.7 million or 11.78% over the prior year.  A 0.74% increase in 2021 versus 2020 resulted in total tax-equivalent net interest income of $31.4 million for 2021.

In this discussion and in the tabular analysis of net interest income performance, entitled “Consolidated Average Balances, Yields and Rates,” the interest earned on tax exempt loans and investment securities has been adjusted to reflect the amount that would have been earned had these investments been subject to normal income taxation. This is referred to as tax-equivalent net interest income.  For a reconciliation of tax-equivalent net interest income to the most comparable GAAP measures, see the accompanying table.

Tax-equivalent income on earning assets increased $6.6 million in 2022 compared to 2021.  Loans held for investment, expressed as a percentage of total earning assets, decreased in 2022 to 59.26% as compared to 63.77% in 2021.  During 2022, yields on earning assets increased 24 basis points (BP) and the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities increased 26BP. Both are a result of the rising interest rate environment experienced in 2022.  

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The following table provides detail on the components of tax-equivalent net interest income (dollars in thousands):

GAAP Financial Measurements:

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Interest Income – Loans

 

$34,374

 

 

$32,560

 

Interest Income - Securities and Other Interest-Earnings Assets

 

 

7,810

 

 

 

3,016

 

Interest Expense – Deposits

 

 

5,735

 

 

 

3,336

 

Interest Expense - Other Borrowings

 

 

1,510

 

 

 

966

 

Total Net Interest Income

 

 

34,939

 

 

 

31,274

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measurements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add: Tax Benefit on Tax-Exempt Interest Income – Loans and Securities

 

 

143

 

 

 

110

 

Total Tax Benefit on Tax-Exempt Interest Income

 

 

143

 

 

 

110

 

Tax-Equivalent Net Interest Income

 

$35,082

 

 

$31,384

 

Interest Income

Tax-equivalent net interest income increased $3.7 million or 11.78% in 2022, after increasing 0.73% or $230 thousand in 2021. Overall, the yield on earning assets increased 0.24%, from 3.41% to 3.65%. Average loans held for investment increased during 2022, with average loans outstanding increasing $19.4 million to $686.5 million. Average commercial loans increased 3.25%, real estate loans decreased 1.16%, and consumer installment loans increased 12.25% on average. Average investment securities increased 88.59%, with average securities outstanding increasing from $236.3 million to $445.6 million. Interest income and fees on loans were $1.9 million higher and income from cash and securities was $4.8 million higher due to higher rates on variable rate loans, the $19.4 million in loan growth in 2022, and higher investment average balances due to purchases in 2021 and early 2022.

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased $2.9 million or 68.41% during 2022. Higher rates on interest bearing deposits, specifically money market accounts, coupled with interest paid on short-term borrowings increased the Bank’s interest expense. The average cost of funds of 0.86% increased 26 basis points compared to 2021, which followed a decrease of 34 basis points in 2021. Average interest-bearing liabilities increased $130.9 million or 18.28% in 2022. Interest expense on deposits increased 71.94% due to average interest-bearing deposits increasing 17.58% and a rising rate environment. Interest expense on borrowings increased 53.31% as average debt increased 32.04%. Changes in the cost of funds attributable to rate and volume variances are reflected in a following table.

The following analysis reveals an increase in the net interest margin to 3.03% in 2022 from 3.00% in 2021, due to changes in balance sheet mix during the year and increases in interest rates in earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. The average balance of the investment portfolio has grown significantly as deposits were invested in securities in the beginning of 2022. Investment purchases stopped as the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates to flatten the economy and the overall rate environment increased considerably.

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Consolidated Average Balances, Yields and Rates (dollars in thousands)1

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

Balance

 

 

Interest

 

 

Rate

 

 

Balance

 

 

Interest

 

 

Rate

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial

 

$254,506

 

 

$12,437

 

 

 

4.89%

 

$246,495

 

 

$11,667

 

 

 

4.73%

Real estate

 

 

295,524

 

 

 

13,733

 

 

 

4.65%

 

 

298,983

 

 

 

13,506

 

 

 

4.52%

Consumer

 

 

136,495

 

 

 

8,149

 

 

 

5.97%

 

 

121,604

 

 

 

7,277

 

 

 

5.98%

Loans held for investment4

 

 

686,524

 

 

 

34,319

 

 

 

5.00%

 

 

667,082

 

 

 

32,450

 

 

 

4.86%

Loans held for sale

 

 

3,130

 

 

 

106

 

 

 

3.39%

 

 

3,844

 

 

 

186

 

 

 

4.84%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment securities3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fully taxable

 

 

433,242

 

 

 

7,278

 

 

 

1.68%

 

 

228,287

 

 

 

2,739

 

 

 

1.20%

Partially taxable

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-%

 

 

 

125

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

0.80%

Tax exempt

 

 

12,365

 

 

 

434

 

 

 

3.51%

 

 

7,868

 

 

 

168

 

 

 

2.14%

Total investment securities

 

 

445,607

 

 

 

7,712

 

 

 

1.73%

 

 

236,280

 

 

 

2,908

 

 

 

1.23%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest bearing deposits in banks

 

 

1,390

 

 

 

37

 

 

 

2.66%

 

 

2,184

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

0.14%

Federal funds sold

 

 

21,763

 

 

 

153

 

 

 

0.70%

 

 

136,705

 

 

 

139

 

 

 

0.10%

Total Earning Assets

 

 

1,158,414

 

 

 

42,327

 

 

 

3.65%

 

 

1,046,095

 

 

 

35,686

 

 

 

3.41%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for loan losses

 

 

(7,677)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9,000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonearning assets

 

 

83,604

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

57,474

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

 

$1,234,341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$1,094,569

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Demand –interest bearing

 

$183,882

 

 

$868

 

 

 

0.47%

 

$147,008

 

 

$280

 

 

 

0.19%

Savings

 

 

502,913

 

 

 

3,904

 

 

 

0.78%

 

 

410,769

 

 

 

1,689

 

 

 

0.41%

Time deposits

 

 

121,585

 

 

 

963

 

 

 

0.79%

 

 

129,760

 

 

 

1,367

 

 

 

1.05%

Total interest-bearing deposits

 

 

808,380

 

 

 

5,735

 

 

 

0.71%

 

 

687,537

 

 

 

3,336

 

 

 

0.49%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal funds purchased

 

 

883

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

3.17%

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-%

 

Short‑term debt

 

 

25,241

 

 

 

732

 

 

 

2.90%

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-%

 

Long-term debt

 

 

12,748

 

 

 

750

 

 

 

5.88%

 

 

28,770

 

 

 

966

 

 

 

3.36%

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

 

847,252

 

 

 

7,245

 

 

 

0.86%

 

 

716,307

 

 

 

4,302

 

 

 

0.60%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest bearing deposits

 

 

292,252

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

263,911

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

 

15,457

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,258

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

1,154,960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

995,476

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

79,381

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99,093

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$1,234,341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$1,094,569

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest earnings

 

 

 

 

 

$35,082

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$31,384

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net yield on interest earning assets (NIM)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.03%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.00%

1

Income and yields are presented on a tax-equivalent basis using the applicable federal income tax rate of 21%.

2

Interest income on loans includes loan fees.

3

Average balance information is reflective of historical cost and has not been adjusted for changes in market value.

4

Includes nonaccrual loans.

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The following table (dollars in thousands) illustrates the effect of changes in interest income and interest expense, on a tax equivalent basis, and distinguishes between the changes resulting from the increases or decreases in the outstanding balances of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities (volume), and the changes resulting from increases or decreases in average interest rates on such assets and liabilities (rate). Changes related to both volume and rate have been allocated proportionally.

 

 

2022 Compared to 2021

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease)

 

 

 

     Due to Change

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

in Average:

 

 

Or

 

 

 

Volume

 

 

Rate

 

 

(Decrease)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans held for investment

 

$945

 

 

$924

 

 

$1,869

 

Loans held for sale

 

 

(35)

 

 

(45)

 

 

(80)

Investment securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fully taxable

 

 

2,459

 

 

 

2,080

 

 

 

4,539

 

Partially taxable

 

 

(1)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(1)

Tax exempt

 

 

96

 

 

 

170

 

 

 

266

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest bearing deposits in banks

 

 

(1)

 

 

35

 

 

 

34

 

Federal funds sold

 

 

(115)

 

 

129

 

 

 

14

 

Total Interest Income

 

 

3,348

 

 

 

3,293

 

 

 

6,641

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Demand - interest bearing

 

 

70

 

 

 

518

 

 

 

588

 

Savings

 

 

378

 

 

 

1,837

 

 

 

2,215

 

Time deposits

 

 

(86)

 

 

(317)

 

 

(403)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal funds purchased

 

 

28

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

28

 

Short-term debt

 

 

731

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

731

 

Long-term debt

 

 

(538)

 

 

322

 

 

 

(216)

Total Interest Expense

 

 

583

 

 

2,360

 

 

 

2,943

 

Net Interest Income

 

$2,765

 

 

$933

 

 

$3,698

 

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income decreased 14.79%, or $1.7 million, in 2022. Noninterest income, excluding securities gains and losses, declined on a year-to-year basis from $11.8 million for 2021 to $8.7 million in 2022. As the mortgage industry slowed due to rising interest rates, mortgage banking income declined from $4.6 million in 2021 to $1.8 million for 2022. For 2023, the Bank is expanding the presence of mortgage loan originators in newer markets, offering variable rate products which are held in the loan portfolio rather than sold on the secondary market, and continuing to support the growth and utilization of our title and wealth management divisions.

Net investment securities losses increased from $525 thousand in 2021 to $2.9 million in 2022. In October 2022, Infinex Financial Holdings, Inc. (“Infinex”), the holding company for Infinex Investments, Inc., a broker dealer through which the Bank provides wealth management services to its customers, was acquired by Advisor Group, Inc. As a result, the Company recorded a one-time gain of $3.8 million with respect to the Company’s share of ownership in Infinex.

Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expenses increased from $33.3 million in 2021 to $34.9 million in 2022, a 4.71% increase. Expenses increased primarily in the areas of salaries and benefits ($1.5 million), telecommunication and data processing expense ($276 thousand), and ATM and check card fees ($195 thousand). The salary increase was due, in part, to a minimum wage increase implemented by the Company in August 2022.

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Total noninterest expense as a percentage of average assets totaled 2.83% and 3.05% in 2022 and 2021, respectively.  Peer group averages (as reported in the most recent Uniform Bank Performance Report) were 2.35% for 2022 and 2.40% for 2021.

Balance Sheet

Total assets increased 2.18% during the year to $1.25 billion at December 31, 2022, an increase of $26.6 million from $1.22 billion at December 31, 2021.  The increase was fueled by strong growth in net loans held for investment that increased $81.2 million. Cash and cash equivalents decreased $53.2 million as excess funds were used to fund loan growth. The AFS security portfolio had purchases of $108.1 million that were offset by sales and maturities of $47.7 million, amortization, accretion and paydowns of $23.2 million, and a decrease in the fair value of $48.9 million, which resulted in a decrease of $11.8 million.

Average earning assets increased $112.3 million or 10.74% to $1.16 billion for 2022, due largely to the growth in loans held for investment and investment securities. Average interest-bearing liabilities increased $130.9 million or 18.28%, as deposits and short-term debt increased. The Company continues to utilize its assets well, with 93.85% of average assets consisting of earning assets. 

Investment Securities

Total securities decreased $9.7 million or 2.34% in 2022 to $403.4 million at December 31, 2022 from $413.2 million at December 31, 2021.  Average balances in investment securities increased 88.59% in 2022 to $445.6 million.  At year end, 38.47% of average earning assets of the Company were held as investment securities compared to 22.59% at year-end 2021. All of the investment securities are unpledged.  Management strives to match the types and maturities of securities owned to balance projected liquidity needs, interest rate sensitivity and to maximize earnings through a portfolio bearing low credit risk.  Portfolio yields averaged 1.73% for 2022, compared to 1.23% in 2021; this is due volume and rate increases in 2022. 

There were no Other Than Temporary Impairments (“OTTI”) write-downs in 2022 or 2021.  There were $525 thousand in realized security losses on sales of securities in 2021.  In 2022, the Company recorded a one-time gain of $3.8 million on the acquisition of Infinex by Advisor Group, Inc and took the opportunity to sell low yielding securities for a realized loss of $2.9 million to offset the gain.

Maturities and weighted average yields of securities at December 31, 2022 are presented in the table below (dollars in thousands). Amounts are shown by contractual maturity; expected maturities will differ as issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations. Maturities of other investments are not readily determinable due to the nature of the investment; see Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of these investments.

 

 

Less

 

 

One to

 

 

Five to

 

 

Over

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Than one Year

 

 

Five Years

 

 

Ten Years

 

 

Ten Years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

Yield1

 

 

Amount

 

 

Yield1

 

 

Amount

 

 

Yield1

 

 

Amount

 

 

Yield1

 

 

Total

 

 

Yield1

 

Debt Securities Available for Sale:

 

U.S. Treasuries

 

$4,821

 

 

 

0.50%

 

$18,991

 

 

 

1.50%

 

$12,831

 

 

 

0.99%

 

$-

 

 

 

 

 

$36,643

 

 

 

1.19%

U.S. Government sponsored enterprises

 

 

9,599

 

 

 

0.75%

 

 

98,754

 

 

 

1.20%

 

 

21,395

 

 

 

1.42%

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

129,748

 

 

 

1.20%

Securities issued by States & political subdivisions of the U.S.

 

 

4,783

 

 

 

0.88%

 

 

17,466

 

 

 

1.49%

 

 

6,169

 

 

 

2.42%

 

 

13,780

 

 

 

3.11%

 

 

42,198

 

 

 

2.09%

Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

16,068

 

 

 

0.94%

 

 

20,617

 

 

 

0.24%

 

 

120,190

 

 

 

2.16%

 

 

156,875

 

 

 

1.78%

Corporate debt securities

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

26,631

 

 

 

4.01%

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

26,631

 

 

 

4.01%

Total

 

$19,203

 

 

 

0.72%

 

$151,279

 

 

 

1.24%

 

$87,643

 

 

 

1.94%

 

$133,970

 

 

 

2.26%

 

$392,095

 

 

 

1.72%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Securities Held to Maturity:

U.S. Treasury & Agency

 

$125

 

 

 

0.82%

 

$-

 

 

 

 

 

 

$-

 

 

 

 

 

 

$-

 

 

 

 

 

 

$125

 

 

 

0.82%

Total

 

$125

 

 

 

0.82%

 

$-

 

 

 

 

 

 

$-

 

 

 

 

 

 

$-

 

 

 

 

 

 

$125

 

 

 

0.82%

1Tax equivalent yield to the lower of call or maturity date. On securities without a call date, it is the stated yield.

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Loan Portfolio

Loans held for investment, net of deferred fees and costs, totaled $743.6 million at December 31, 2022 compared with $662.4 million at December 31, 2021. Commercial and 1-to-4 family consumer real estate loans represent the Company’s largest categories at December 31, 2022. The largest areas of growth in 2022 occurred in the Commercial & Industrial -non-real estate, commercial real estate, farmland, and real estate portfolios. The Company is committed to solid growth by originating soundly underwritten loans to qualified borrowers. Nearly 70% of the commercial portfolio is comprised of adjustable interest rate loans.  When interest rates fluctuate, these loans will reprice accordingly, giving customers an advantage when rates trend down and providing protection for the Bank if rates trend up.

The following table shows the maturity of loans and leases, outstanding as of December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

1 Year or

less

 

 

1-5

Years

 

 

5-15

Years

 

 

After 15

Years

 

 

Total

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$32,736

 

 

$22,189

 

 

$12,519

 

 

$1,227

 

 

$68,671

 

Farmland

 

 

30,043

 

 

 

14,333

 

 

 

28,556

 

 

 

1,390

 

 

 

74,322

 

Real Estate

 

 

25,236

 

 

 

67,973

 

 

 

55,115

 

 

 

4,957

 

 

 

153,281

 

Multi-Family

 

 

2,113

 

 

 

2,254

 

 

 

5,255

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

9,622

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

72,663

 

 

 

70,312

 

 

 

52,099

 

 

 

89

 

 

 

195,163

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

1,102

 

 

 

1,784

 

 

 

1,821

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,707

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

1,697

 

 

 

7,635

 

 

 

37,477

 

 

 

119

 

 

 

46,928

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

3,080

 

 

 

20,972

 

 

 

32,573

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

56,625

 

Consumer

 

 

880

 

 

 

4,919

 

 

 

689

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

6,488

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

2,212

 

 

 

42,798

 

 

 

80,115

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

125,125

 

Credit Cards

 

 

3,242

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,242

 

Less: Deferred loan fees, net of costs

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(570)

Total

 

$175,004

 

 

$255,169

 

 

$306,219

 

 

$7,782

 

 

$743,604

 

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At December 31, 2022, for loans and leases due after one year, interest rate information is as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

1-5

Years

 

 

5-15

Years

 

 

After 15

Years

 

 

Total

 

Construction/Land Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding with fixed interest rates

 

$5,719

 

 

$2,953

 

 

$380

 

 

$9,052

 

Outstanding with adjustable rates

 

 

16,470

 

 

 

9,566

 

 

 

847

 

 

 

26,883

 

Total Construction/Land Development

 

 

22,189

 

 

 

12,519

 

 

 

1,227

 

 

 

35,935

 

Farmland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding with fixed interest rates

 

$403

 

 

$6,747

 

 

$421

 

 

$7,571

 

Outstanding with adjustable rates

 

 

13,930

 

 

 

21,809

 

 

 

969

 

 

 

36,708

 

Total Farmland

 

 

14,333

 

 

 

28,556

 

 

 

1,390

 

 

 

44,279

 

Real Estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding with fixed interest rates

 

$464

 

 

$1,316

 

 

$3,122

 

 

$4,902

 

Outstanding with adjustable rates

 

 

67,509

 

 

 

53,799

 

 

 

1,835

 

 

 

123,143

 

Total Real Estate

 

 

67,973

 

 

 

55,115

 

 

 

4,957

 

 

 

128,045

 

Multi-Family

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding with fixed interest rates

 

$1,592

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$1,592

 

Outstanding with adjustable rates

 

 

662

 

 

 

5,255

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5,917

 

Total Multi-Family

 

 

2,254

 

 

 

5,255

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

7,509

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding with fixed interest rates

 

$9,151

 

 

$6,441

 

 

$-

 

 

$15,592

 

Outstanding with adjustable rates

 

 

61,161

 

 

 

45,658

 

 

 

89

 

 

 

106,908

 

Total Commercial Real Estate

 

 

70,312

 

 

 

52,099

 

 

 

89

 

 

 

122,500

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding with fixed interest rates

 

$238

 

 

$1,579

 

 

$-

 

 

$1,817

 

Outstanding with adjustable rates

 

 

1,546

 

 

 

242

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,788

 

Total Home Equity – closed end

 

 

1,784

 

 

 

1,821

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,605

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding with fixed interest rates

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

Outstanding with adjustable rates

 

 

7,635

 

 

 

37,477

 

 

 

119

 

 

 

45,231

 

Total Home Equity – open end

 

 

7,635

 

 

 

37,477

 

 

 

119

 

 

 

45,231

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding with fixed interest rates

 

$6,460

 

 

$13,343

 

 

$-

 

 

$19,803

 

Outstanding with adjustable rates

 

 

14,512

 

 

 

19,230

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

33,742

 

Total Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

20,972

 

 

 

32,573

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

53,545

 

Consumer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding with fixed interest rates

 

$4,529

 

 

$680

 

 

$-

 

 

$5,209

 

Outstanding with adjustable rates

 

 

390

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

399

 

Total Consumer

 

 

4,919

 

 

 

689

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5,608

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding with fixed interest rates

 

$42,798

 

 

$80,115

 

 

$-

 

 

$122,913

 

Outstanding with adjustable rates

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Total Dealer Finance

 

 

42,798

 

 

 

80,115

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

122,913

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total outstanding with fixed interest rates

 

$71,354

 

 

$113,174

 

 

$3,923

 

 

$188,451

 

Total outstanding with adjustable interest rates

 

$183,815

 

 

$193,045

 

 

$3,859

 

 

$380,719

 

Total

 

$255,169

 

 

$306,219

 

 

$7,782

 

 

$569,170

 

Asset Quality

Management evaluates the loan portfolio considering national and local economic trends, changes in the nature and volume of the portfolio, changes in underlying collateral values and trends in past due, nonperforming and criticized loans. During 2022, the Bank experienced strong overall growth in the loan portfolio with improvements in nonperforming and criticized loans. Loans past due 30-89 days and on accrual increased, while loans greater than 90 days and on accrual decreased.

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Nonperforming Loans and Past Due Loans

At December 31, 2022, the Company experienced a decrease of $3.2 million in nonperforming assets compared to December 31, 2021. Past due loans on accrual increased from $4.0 million at December 31, 2021 to $6.1 million at December 31, 2022. Of the $6.1 million total past due loans still accruing interest, $465 thousand or 0.06% of the total loans held for investment were loans past due 90 days or more at December 31, 2022, compared to $643 thousand or 0.10% at December 31, 2021.

Approximately 83.91% of the nonperforming assets are secured by real estate and were in the process of collection.   The Bank believes that adequate specific reserves have been established on impaired loans and continues to actively work with its customers to effect payment.  As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company holds $0 of real estate acquired through foreclosure.

A summary of credit ratios for nonaccrual loans is as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Allowance for loan losses

 

$7,936

 

 

$7,748

 

Nonaccrual loans

 

$2,224

 

 

$5,465

 

Nonperforming loans

 

$2,262

 

 

$5,508

 

Total Loans

 

$743,604

 

 

$662,421

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for loan losses to Total Loans

 

 

1.07%

 

 

1.17%

Nonaccrual Loans to Total Loans

 

 

0.30%

 

 

0.83%

Allowance for loan losses to Nonaccrual loans

 

 

356.83%

 

 

141.77%

Net Charge-offs

For the year ended December 31, 2022, net charge-offs of loans totaled $678 thousand or 0.09% of loans held for investment, compared to net loan recoveries of $94 thousand or (0.01%) for the year ended December 31, 2021. Charge-offs occur primarily in the dealer finance segment of the portfolio. As stated in the most recently available Uniform Bank Performance Report, peer group loss averages were 0.04% in both 2022 and 2021. 

Allowance for Loan Losses

At December 31, 2022, the allowance for loan losses was $7.9 million or 1.07% of total loans held for investment, compared to an allowance of $7.7 million or 1.17% of total loans at December 31, 2021. 

Provision for Loan Losses

The provision for loan losses totaled $866 thousand in 2022 compared to a recovery of provision of $2.8 million for 2021. The increased provision in 2022 reflected the $81.2 million growth in the loan portfolio and higher qualitative reserves due to the increase in prime rate over the course of the year and the potential for softening real estate collateral values. Management believes that the allowance for loan losses is sufficient to provide for the incurred losses in the loan portfolio.

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The following is a summary of the Allowance for loan losses by category at December 31, 2022 and 2021 (dollars in thousands):

ALLOCATION OF THE ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

Balance

 

 

Percentage of Loans in Each Category

 

 

Balance

 

 

Percentage of Loans in Each Category

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$1,018

 

 

 

12.83%

 

$977

 

 

 

12.61%

Farmland

 

 

570

 

 

 

7.18%

 

 

448

 

 

 

5.78%

Real Estate

 

 

1,388

 

 

 

17.49%

 

 

1,162

 

 

 

15.00%

Multi-Family

 

 

71

 

 

 

0.89%

 

 

29

 

 

 

0.38%

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

2,015

 

 

 

25.39%

 

 

2,205

 

 

 

28.46%

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

38

 

 

 

0.48%

 

 

41

 

 

 

0.53%

Home Equity – open end

 

 

445

 

 

 

5.61%

 

 

407

 

 

 

5.25%

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

450

 

 

 

5.67%

 

 

288

 

 

 

3.72%

Consumer

 

 

81

 

 

 

1.02%

 

 

520

 

 

 

6.71%

Dealer Finance

 

 

1,792

 

 

 

22.58%

 

 

1,601

 

 

 

20.66%

Credit Cards

 

 

68

 

 

 

0.86%

 

 

70

 

 

 

0.90%

Total

 

$7,936

 

 

 

100.00%

 

$7,748

 

 

 

100.00%

A summary of the activity in the allowance for loan losses follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Allowance, beginning of period

 

$7,748

 

 

$10,475

 

Provision (Recovery) charged to expenses

 

 

866

 

 

 

(2,821)

Charge-offs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction/land development

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Farmland

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Real Estate

 

 

(17)

 

 

-

 

Multi-family

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

(84)

 

 

-

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

(46)

 

 

(40)

Consumer

 

 

(153)

 

 

(33)

Dealer Finance

 

 

(1,280)

 

 

(1,038)

Credit Cards

 

 

(66)

 

 

(54)

Total charge-offs

 

 

(1,646)

 

 

(1,165)

Recoveries:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction/land development

 

 

-

 

 

 

307

 

Farmland

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Real Estate

 

 

-

 

 

 

76

 

Multi-family

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

-

 

 

 

19

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

130

 

 

 

13

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

49

 

 

 

37

 

Consumer

 

 

84

 

 

 

24

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

691

 

 

 

754

 

Credit Cards

 

 

14

 

 

 

29

 

Total recoveries

 

 

968

 

 

 

1,259

 

Net (charge-offs) recoveries

 

 

(678)

 

 

94

 

Allowance, end of period

 

$7,936

 

 

$7,748

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio of net charge-offs (recoveries) to loans held for investment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction/land development

 

-%

 

 

 

(0.05)%

Farmland

 

-%

 

 

-%

 

Real Estate

 

-%

 

 

 

(0.01)%

Multi-family

 

-%

 

 

-

%

Commercial Real Estate

 

-%

 

 

-

%

Home Equity – closed end

 

-%

 

 

-

%

Home Equity – open end

 

 

(0.01)%

 

-

%

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

-%

 

 

-

%

Consumer

 

 

0.01%

 

-

%

Dealer Finance

 

 

0.08%

 

 

0.04%

Credit Cards

 

 

0.01%

 

-

%

Total

 

 

0.09%

 

 

(0.01)%

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Deposits

Core deposits are the Company’s primary source of funding. Demand deposits, money market accounts, savings accounts, and time deposits provide a source of fee income and opportunities to build customer relationships.

The following table shows the composition of deposits as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 December 31, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

Balance

 

 

% of total deposits

 

 

Balance

 

 

% of total deposits

 

Noninterest-bearing demand

 

$293,596

 

 

 

27.1%

 

$280,993

 

 

 

26.0%

Interest Checking

 

 

176,677

 

 

 

16.3%

 

 

191,969

 

 

 

17.8%

Savings Accounts

 

 

493,912

 

 

 

45.6%

 

 

483,476

 

 

 

44.8%

Time Deposits

 

 

119,192

 

 

 

11.0%

 

 

123,857

 

 

 

11.5%

Total deposits

 

$1,083,377

 

 

 

 

 

 

$1,080,295

 

 

 

 

 

As market rates and competition for deposits increased in 2022, total deposits increased by $3.1 million. Noninterest-bearing demand deposits increased by $12.6 million; these are generally viewed as the most favorable form of low-cost deposit for a financial institution. The Bank offers an attractive, competitive rate on their money market accounts.

The average deposit balances and average rates paid for 2022 and 2021 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

Average Balance

 

 

Rate

 

 

Average Balance

 

 

Rate

 

Noninterest-bearing

 

$292,252

 

 

 

-

 

 

$263,911

 

 

 

-

 

Interest-bearing:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Checking

 

$183,882

 

 

 

0.47%

 

$147,008

 

 

 

0.19%

Savings Accounts

 

 

502,913

 

 

 

0.78%

 

 

410,769

 

 

 

0.41%

Time Deposits

 

 

121,585

 

 

 

0.79%

 

 

129,760

 

 

 

1.05%

Total interest-bearing deposits

 

 

808,380

 

 

 

0.71%

 

 

687,537

 

 

 

0.49%

Total average deposits

 

$1,100,632

 

 

 

0.64%

 

$951,448

 

 

 

0.35%

The maturity distribution of time deposits of $250 thousand or greater outstanding at December 31, 2022 are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Maturing in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 months or less

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

Over 3 months through 6 months

 

 

592

 

 

 

3,206

 

Over 6 months through 12 months

 

 

8,553

 

 

 

257

 

Over 12 months

 

 

3,523

 

 

 

8,910

 

 

 

$12,668

 

 

$12,373

 

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Total uninsured deposits in excess of $250 thousand were $157.4 million and $173.4 million at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Borrowings

Short-term debt totaled $70.0 million at December 31, 2022, and consisted of Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances which were used to fund loan growth. Long-term debt dropped from $21.8 million at December 31, 2021 to $6.9 million at December 31, 2022 due to the mid-year redemption of $5.0 million of its subordinated debt and maturity of a $10.0 million long-term FHLB advance. The balance of $6.9 million on December 31, 2022, consists solely of the remaining subordinated debt. See Note 9 “Short-Term Debt” and Note 10 “Long-Term Debt” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the rates, terms, and conversion features on these advances.

Stockholders’ Equity

Total Stockholders’ Equity declined by $29.7 million to $70.8 million due to higher Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (“AOCL”) resulting from the unrealized loss on the bond portfolio. This was partially offset by net income of $8.3 million and an annual pension adjustment to AOCL of $3.7 million. Excluding the change in AOCL, Stockholders’ Equity increased in 2022 by $5.3 million.

Market Risk Management

Market risk is the sensitivity of a financial institution’s earnings or the economic value of its capital to adverse changes in interest rates, exchange rates, and equity prices. The Company’s primary component of market risk is interest rate volatility. Interest rate fluctuations impact the amount of interest income and expense the Bank pays or receives on the majority of their assets. Rapid changes in short-term interest rates may lead to volatility in net interest income resulting in additional interest rate risk to the extent that imbalances exist between the maturities or repricing of interest-bearing liabilities and interest earning assets.

The Company manages interest rate risk through an asset and liability committee (“ALCO”) composed of members of its Board of Directors and executive management. The ALCO is responsible for monitoring and managing the Company’s interest rate risk and establishing policies to monitor and limit exposure to this risk. The Company’s Board of Directors reviews and approves the guidelines established by ALCO.

Management uses simulation analysis to measure the sensitivity of net interest income to changes in interest rates. The model calculates an earnings estimate based on current and projected balances and rates. This method is subject to the accuracy of the assumptions that underlie the process, but it provides an additional analysis of the sensitivity of the earnings to changes in interest rates to static gap analysis. Assumptions used in the model rates are derived from historical trends,  peer analysis, and management’s outlook, and include loans and deposit growth rates and projected yields and rates. All maturities, calls, and prepayments in the securities portfolio are assumed to be reinvested in like instruments. Mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities prepayment assumptions are based on industry estimates of prepayment speeds for portfolios with similar coupon ranges and seasoning. Different interest rate scenarios and yield curves are used to measure the sensitivity of earnings to changing interest rates. Interest rates on different assets and liability accounts move differently when the prime rate changes and is reflected in different rate scenarios.

The following table represents interest rate sensitivity on the Company’s net interest income using different rate scenarios:

Change in Prime Rate

% Change in Net Interest Income

+ 300 basis points

17.8%

+ 200 basis points

12.6%

+ 100 basis points

6.6%

- 100 basis points

-7.6%

Market value simulation is used to calculate the estimated fair value of assets and liabilities over different interest rate environments. Market values are calculated based on discounted cash flow analysis. The net market value is the market value of all assets minus the market value of all liabilities. The change in net market value over different rate environments is an indication of the longer term repricing risk in the balance sheet. The same assumptions are used in the market value simulation as in the earnings simulation.

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The following table reflects the change in net market value over different rate environments:

Change in Prime Rate

 

% Change in Net Market Value (in thousands)

 

+ 300 basis points

 

- $ 7,477

 

+ 200 basis points

 

- $ 5,992

 

+ 100 basis points

 

- $ 4,366

 

- 100 basis points

 

$948

 

Prudent balance sheet management requires processes that monitor and protect the Company against unanticipated or significant changes in the level of market interest rates. Net interest income stability should be maintained in changing rate environments by ensuring that interest rate risk is kept to an acceptable level. The ability to reprice our interest-sensitive assets and liabilities over various time intervals is of critical importance.

The Company uses a variety of traditional and on-balance-sheet tools to manage our interest rate risk. Gap analysis, which monitors the “gap” between interest-sensitive assets and liabilities, is one such tool. In addition, we use simulation modeling to forecast future balance sheet and income statement behavior. By studying the effects on net interest income of rising, stable, and falling interest rate scenarios, the Company can position itself to take advantage of anticipated interest rate movement, and protect us from unanticipated rate movements, by understanding the dynamic nature of our balance sheet components.

An asset-sensitive balance sheet structure implies that assets, such as loans and securities, will reprice faster than liabilities; consequently, net interest income should be positively affected in an increasing interest rate environment. Conversely, a liability-sensitive balance sheet structure implies that liabilities, such as deposits, will reprice faster than assets; consequently, net interest income should be positively affected in a decreasing interest rate environment. At December 31, 2022, the Company had $399.9 million in assets repricing than liabilities subject to repricing in one year. This is a one-day position that is continually changing and is not necessarily indicative of our position at any other time.

Liquidity

Liquidity represents an institution’s ability to meet present and future financial obligations through either the sale or maturity of existing assets or the acquisition of additional funds through liability management. Liquid assets include cash, interest-bearing deposits with banks, money market investments, federal funds sold, LHFS, and securities and loans maturing or re-pricing within one year. Additional sources of liquidity available to the Company include its capacity to borrow additional funds when necessary through federal funds lines with several correspondent banks, a line of credit with the FHLB, the purchase of brokered certificates of deposit, corporate line of credit with a large correspondent bank, and debt and capital issuances. Management believes the Company’s current overall liquidity is sufficient to satisfy its depositors’ requirements and to meet its customers’ credit needs.

The Company closely monitors changes in the industry and market conditions that may impact the Company’s liquidity. Beginning in 2020 and in much of 2021, the Company saw increased liquidity due to higher customer deposit balances related to government stimulus programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, in 2022, as expected, the Company saw these elevated levels of customer deposits begin to decline. The Company may use other means of borrowings or other liquidity sources to fund any liquidity needs based on declines in deposit balances. The Company is also closely tracking the potential impacts on the Company’s liquidity of declines in fair value of the Company’s securities portfolio due to rising market interest rates.

As of December 31, 2022, liquid assets totaled $54.2 million or 4.3% of total assets, and liquid earning assets totaled $36.1 million or 2.9% of total earning assets. Asset liquidity is also provided by managing loan and securities maturities and cash flows. As of December 31, 2022, approximately $36.8 million or 9.11% of total securities are scheduled to be paid down within one year based on contractual terms. The Bank has a Funding and Liquidity Risk Management policy that limits the amount of short-term and long-term alternative funding to no more than 25% of total assets.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not Applicable

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets (dollars in thousands)

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

$17,926

 

 

$8,516

 

Money market funds and interest-bearing deposits in other banks

 

 

687

 

 

 

2,938

 

Federal funds sold

 

 

16,340

 

 

 

76,667

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

34,953

 

 

 

88,121

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Held to maturity, at amortized cost - fair value of $125 in 2022 and 2021

 

 

125

 

 

 

125

 

Available for sale, at fair value

 

 

392,095

 

 

 

403,882

 

Other investments

 

 

11,317

 

 

 

9,210

 

Loans held for sale, at fair value

 

 

1,373

 

 

 

4,887

 

Loans held for investment, net of deferred fees and costs

 

 

743,604

 

 

 

662,421

 

Less: allowance for loan losses

 

 

(7,936)

 

 

(7,748)

Net loans held for investment

 

 

735,668

 

 

 

654,673

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank premises and equipment, net

 

 

19,587

 

 

 

17,063

 

Bank premises held for sale

 

 

-

 

 

 

300

 

Interest receivable

 

 

3,995

 

 

 

3,117

 

Goodwill

 

 

3,082

 

 

 

3,082

 

Bank owned life insurance

 

 

23,554

 

 

 

22,878

 

Other assets

 

 

20,153

 

 

 

12,004

 

Total Assets

 

$1,245,902

 

 

$1,219,342

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest bearing

 

$293,596

 

 

$280,993

 

Interest bearing

 

 

789,781

 

 

 

799,302

 

Total deposits

 

 

1,083,377

 

 

 

1,080,295

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term debt

 

 

70,000

 

 

 

-

 

Long-term debt

 

 

6,890

 

 

 

21,772

 

Other liabilities

 

 

14,843

 

 

 

16,819

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

1,175,110

 

 

 

1,118,886

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock $5 par value, 6,000,000 shares authorized, 200,000 designated, 3,456,237 and 3,414,306 shares issued and outstanding (26,456 and 15,859 unvested restricted shares)

 

 

17,149

 

 

 

17,071

 

Additional paid in capital – common stock

 

 

10,577

 

 

 

10,127

 

Retained earnings

 

 

83,078

 

 

 

78,350

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(40,012)

 

 

(5,092)

Total Stockholders' Equity

 

 

70,792

 

 

 

100,456

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 

$1,245,902

 

 

$1,219,342

 

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Income (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

For the years ended 2022 and 2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Interest and Dividend Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and fees on loans held for investment

 

$34,268

 

 

$32,374

 

Interest from loans held for sale

 

 

106

 

 

 

186

 

Interest from money market funds and federal funds sold

 

 

190

 

 

 

142

 

Interest from debt securities

 

 

7,620

 

 

 

2,874

 

Total interest and dividend income

 

 

42,184

 

 

 

35,576

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest on deposits

 

 

5,735

 

 

 

3,336

 

Interest from short-term debt

 

 

760

 

 

 

-

 

Interest from long-term debt

 

 

750

 

 

 

966

 

Total interest expense

 

 

7,245

 

 

 

4,302

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Interest Income

 

 

34,939

 

 

 

31,274

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for (Recovery of) Loan Losses

 

 

866

 

 

 

(2,821)

Net Interest Income After Provision for (Recovery of) Loan Losses

 

 

34,073

 

 

 

34,095

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service charges on deposit accounts

 

 

1,062

 

 

 

1,133

 

Investment services and insurance income

 

 

883

 

 

 

944

 

Mortgage banking income

 

 

1,834

 

 

 

4,646

 

Title insurance income

 

 

1,578

 

 

 

2,074

 

Income on bank owned life insurance

 

 

701

 

 

 

671

 

Low-income housing partnership losses

 

 

(817)

 

 

(861)

ATM and check card fees

 

 

2,462

 

 

 

2,311

 

Net investment securities losses

 

 

(2,852)

 

 

(525)

Gain on sale of limited partnership investment

 

 

3,785

 

 

 

-

 

Other operating income

 

 

998

 

 

 

913

 

Total noninterest income

 

 

9,634

 

 

 

11,306

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries

 

 

15,439

 

 

 

14,102

 

Employee benefits

 

 

4,593

 

 

 

4,385

 

Occupancy expense

 

 

1,412

 

 

 

1,262

 

Equipment expense

 

 

1,174

 

 

 

1,200

 

FDIC insurance assessment

 

 

563

 

 

 

414

 

Other real estate owned, net

 

 

59

 

 

 

-

 

Marketing expense

 

 

848

 

 

 

748

 

Legal and professional expense

 

 

821

 

 

 

1,068

 

ATM and check card fees

 

 

1,308

 

 

 

1,113

 

Telecommunication and data processing expense

 

 

2,948

 

 

 

2,672

 

Directors’ fees

 

 

560

 

 

 

493

 

Bank Franchise tax

 

 

704

 

 

 

711

 

Impairment of long-lived assets

 

 

-

 

 

 

171

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

4,480

 

 

 

5,001

 

Total noninterest expenses

 

 

34,909

 

 

 

33,340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

8,798

 

 

 

12,061

 

Income tax expense

 

 

480

 

 

 

1,323

 

Net Income attributable to F & M Bank Corp.

 

 

8,318

 

 

 

10,738

 

Dividends paid/accumulated on preferred stock

 

 

-

 

 

 

(196)

Net income available to common stockholders

 

$8,318

 

 

$10,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per Common Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income - basic

 

$2.41

 

 

$3.25

 

Net income - diluted

 

$2.41

 

 

$3.12

 

Cash dividends on common stock

 

$1.04

 

 

$1.04

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic

 

 

3,449,343

 

 

 

3,245,086

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted

 

 

3,449,343

 

 

 

3,442,173

 

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income (dollars in thousands)

For the years ended 2022 and 2021

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income attributable to F & M Bank Corp.

 

$8,318

 

 

$10,738

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive (loss) income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension plan adjustment

 

 

4,722

 

 

 

671

 

Tax effect

 

 

992

 

 

 

141

 

Pension plan adjustment, net of tax

 

 

3,730

 

 

 

530

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized holding losses on available-for-sale securities

 

 

(51,776)

 

 

(3,823)

Tax effect

 

 

10,873

 

 

 

803

 

Unrealized holding losses, net of tax

 

 

(40,903)

 

 

(3,020)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassifications adjustment for losses included in net income

 

 

2,852

 

 

 

525

 

Tax effect

 

 

599

 

 

 

110

 

Realized losses on sale of available-for-sale securities, net

 

 

2,253

 

 

 

415

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive loss

 

 

(34,920)

 

 

(2,075)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive (loss) income

 

$(26,602)

 

$8,663

 

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

 

 

 Preferred Stock

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Additional Paid in Capital

 

 

Retained Earnings

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2020

 

$4,558

 

 

$16,017

 

 

$6,866

 

 

$71,205

 

 

$(3,017)

 

$95,629

 

Net Income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

10,738

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

10,738

 

Other comprehensive (loss)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(2,075)

 

 

(2,075)

Dividends on preferred stock ($0.96 per share)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(196)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(196)

Dividends on common stock ($1.04 per share)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(3,397)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(3,397)

Common stock issued (9,332 shares)

 

 

-

 

 

 

47

 

 

 

216

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

263

 

Preferred stock converted to common (180,261 shares)

 

 

(3,931)

 

 

1,001

 

 

 

2,930

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Preferred stock redeemed (25,066 shares)

 

 

(627)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(627)

Common stock issued for Stock-based Compensation (1,332 shares)

 

 

-

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

35

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

86

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

86

 

Balance, December 31, 2021

 

$-

 

 

$17,071

 

 

$10,127

 

 

$78,350

 

 

$(5,092)

 

$100,456

 

Net Income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

8,318

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

8,318

 

Other comprehensive (loss)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(34,920)

 

 

(34,920)

Dividends on common stock ($1.04 per share)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(3,590)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(3,590)

Common stock issued (10,410 shares)

 

 

-

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

227

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

279

 

Common stock issued for Stock-based Compensation (5,265 shares)

 

 

-

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

56

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

193

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

193

 

Balance, December 31, 2022

 

$-

 

 

$17,149

 

 

$10,577

 

 

$83,078

 

 

$(40,012)

 

$70,792

 

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (dollars in thousands)

For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$8,318

 

 

$10,738

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

1,101

 

 

 

1,164

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

 

37

 

 

 

71

 

Amortization of securities

 

 

23,220

 

 

 

1,004

 

Proceeds from sale of loans held for sale originated

 

 

147,053

 

 

 

203,681

 

Gain on sale of loans held for sale originated

 

 

(2,528)

 

 

(4,679)

Loans held for sale originated

 

 

(141,011)

 

 

(189,582)

Provision for (recovery of) loan losses

 

 

866

 

 

 

(2,821)

Deferred tax (benefit) expense

 

 

(91)

 

 

476

 

Increase in interest receivable

 

 

(878)

 

 

(390)

Decrease in other assets

 

 

1,495

 

 

 

2,560

 

Decrease in accrued liabilities

 

 

2,763

 

 

 

(2,076)

Loss on sale of investment securities

 

 

2,852

 

 

 

525

 

Gain on sale of limited partnership investment

 

 

(3,785)

 

 

-

 

Amortization of limited partnership investments

 

 

817

 

 

 

861

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs

 

 

118

 

 

 

-

 

(Gain) loss on sale of fixed assets, net

 

 

(10)

 

 

114

 

Loss on sale and valuation adjustments of other real estate owned

 

 

59

 

 

 

-

 

Income from life insurance investment

 

 

(701)

 

 

(671)

Share based compensation expense

 

 

193

 

 

 

86

 

Loss on sale of assets held for sale

 

 

-

 

 

 

220

 

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

 

 

39,888

 

 

 

21,281

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from maturities of securities available for sale

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

19,130

 

Proceeds from sales of securities available for sale

 

 

40,847

 

 

 

25,917

 

Purchases of securities available for sale and other investments

 

 

(108,057)

 

 

(346,857)

Proceeds from the redemption of restricted stock, net

 

 

-

 

 

 

790

 

Purchases of restricted stock, net

 

 

(2,741)

 

 

-

 

Proceeds from sale of limited partnership investments

 

 

3,823

 

 

 

-

 

Investment in limited partnership investment

 

 

(220)

 

 

-

 

Net increase in loans held for investment

 

 

(82,058)

 

 

(998)

Net decrease in loans held for sale participations

 

 

-

 

 

 

44,372

 

Net purchase of property and equipment

 

 

(3,642)

 

 

(563)

Proceeds from sale of other real estate owned

 

 

138

 

 

 

-

 

Proceeds from life insurance benefits

 

 

-

 

 

 

421

 

Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment

 

 

27

 

 

 

142

 

Cash received in branch acquisition (net of cash paid)

 

 

-

 

 

 

13,946

 

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

 

 

(147,883)

 

 

(243,700)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in deposits

 

 

3,082

 

 

 

247,484

 

Net change in short-term debt

 

 

70,000

 

 

 

-

 

Dividends paid in cash

 

 

(3,590)

 

 

(3,593)

Proceeds from sale of common stock

 

 

279

 

 

 

263

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

 

 

56

 

 

 

35

 

Repurchase of preferred stock

 

 

-

 

 

 

(627)

Repayments of long-term debt

 

 

(15,000)

 

 

(11,430)

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

 

 

54,827

 

 

 

232,132

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (Decrease) increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

 

(53,168)

 

 

9,713

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Year

 

 

88,121

 

 

 

78,408

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Year

 

$34,953

 

 

$88,121

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$7,441

 

 

$4,071

 

Income taxes

 

$32

 

 

$2,012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental non-cash disclosures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized loss on securities available for sale, net

 

$(48,924)

 

$(3,298)

Minimum pension liability adjustment, net

 

$3,730

 

 

$530

 

Transfer from loans to other real estate owned

 

$197

 

 

$-

 

Conversion of preferred stock to common stock

 

$-

 

 

$(3,931)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets held for sale:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donation of assets held for sale

 

$-

 

 

$161

 

Write down of assets held for sale

 

$-

 

 

$59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Branch purchase:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tangible assets acquired (net of cash received)

 

$-

 

 

$61

 

Identifiable intangible assets acquired

 

$-

 

 

$73

 

Liabilities assumed

 

$-

 

 

$14,044

 

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 1 NATURE OF BANKING ACTIVITIES AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

F & M Bank Corp. (the “Company”), through its subsidiary Farmers & Merchants Bank (the “Bank”), operates under a charter issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia and provides commercial banking services. As a state-chartered bank, the Bank is subject to regulation by the Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank. The Bank provides services to customers located primarily in the counties of Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Augusta, and the cities of Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro and Winchester in Virginia. Services are provided at thirteen branch offices and a Dealer Finance Division loan production office. The Company offers insurance, mortgage lending, title insurance and financial services through its subsidiaries, TEB Life Insurance Company (“TEB”), Farmers & Merchants Financial Services, Inc, (“FMFS”), VBS Mortgage, LLC (dba “F&M Mortgage”) and VSTitle, LLC (“VST”).

The accounting and reporting policies of the Company and its subsidiaries conform to generally accepted accounting principles and to accepted practice within the banking industry. The following is a summary of significant policies:

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, Bank, TEB, FMFS, F&M Mortgage, and VST. Significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term are the determination of the allowance for loan losses, fair value, and pension accounting.

Business Segments

The Company primarily operates two business segments, commercial banking, through F&M Bank, and mortgage banking, through F&M Mortgage. The commercial banking segment includes both commercial and consumer lending and provides customers with products such as commercial loans, real estate loans, other business financing and consumer loans. In addition, this segment provides customers with several choice deposit products, including demand deposit accounts, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. The mortgage banking segment engages primarily in the origination of residential mortgages for sale into the secondary market. Various other services are offered through TEB, FMFS and VST. For additional information, refer to Note 20,” Business Segments.”

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, money market funds whose initial maturity is ninety days or less and Federal funds sold.

Securities

At the time of purchase, debt securities are classified as held to maturity, available for sale or trading.  Debt securities that the Company has both the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are classified as held to maturity.  Held to maturity securities are stated at amortized cost adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on purchase using a method that approximates the effective interest method.  Investments classified as trading or available for sale are stated at fair value.  Changes in the fair value of available for sale investments are excluded from current earnings and reported, net of taxes, as a separate component of other comprehensive loss. 

Amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on securities are reported as adjustments to interest income using the effective interest method. Realized gains and losses on dispositions are based on the net proceeds and the adjusted book value of the securities sold using the specific identification method. Unrealized gains and losses on investment securities available for sale are based on the difference between book value and fair value of each security. These gains and losses are credited or charged to stockholders’ equity, whereas realized gains and losses flow through the Company’s current earnings.

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Securities, continued

The fair value of investment securities available for sale is estimated based on quoted prices for similar assets determined by bid quotations received from independent pricing services. Declines in the fair value of securities below their amortized cost that are other than temporary are reflected in earnings or other comprehensive income, as appropriate. For those debt securities whose fair value is less than their amortized cost basis, the Company considers our intent to sell the security, whether it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the security before recovery and if we do not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security. In analyzing an issuer’s financial condition, the Company may consider whether the securities are issued by the federal government or its agencies, whether downgrades by bond rating agencies have occurred and the results of reviews of the issuer’s financial condition.

Other Investments

The Company has investments in low-income housing partnerships whose primary benefit is the distribution of federal income tax credits to partners. The Company recognizes these benefits and the cost of the investments over the life of the partnership. Amortization of these investments is prorated based on the amount of benefits received in each year to the total estimated benefits over the life of the projects.

Due to restrictions on the Company’s investments in the FHLB and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (“FRB”), these securities are considered restricted and carried at cost. The FHLB requires the Bank to maintain stock in an amount equal to 3.75% of outstanding borrowings. The FRB requires the Company to maintain stock with a par value equal to 6% of its outstanding capital and surplus.

Loans Held for Investment

The Company, through its banking subsidiary, provides mortgage, commercial, and consumer loans to customers. A substantial portion of the loan portfolio is represented by mortgage loans, particularly commercial and residential mortgages. The ability of the Company’s debtors to honor their contracts is largely dependent upon the real estate and general economic conditions in the Company’s market area.

Loans that management has the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future or until maturity or pay-off, generally are reported at their outstanding unpaid principal balance adjusted for the allowance for loan losses, and net of any deferred fees and origination costs. Loan fees collected and certain costs incurred related to loan originations are deferred and amortized as an adjustment to interest income over the life of the related loans. Deferred fees and costs are recorded as an adjustment to interest income using a method that approximates a constant yield.

Interest income is accrued on the unpaid principal balance. The accrual of interest on loans is generally discontinued at the time the loan is 90 days delinquent unless the credit is well-secured and in process of collection. Loans are typically charged off when the loan is 120 days past due, unless well-secured and in process of collection. Past due status is based on the contractual terms of the loan. Loans are placed on nonaccrual status or charged-off at an earlier date if collection of principal or interest is considered doubtful. Interest accrued but not collected for loans that are placed on nonaccrual status or charged-off is reversed against interest income. The interest on these loans is accounted for on the cash basis or cost recovery method, until qualifying for return to accrual status. Loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.

The Company’s loans are grouped into eleven segments: construction/land development, farmland, real estate, multi-family, commercial real estate, home equity – closed end, home equity – open end, commercial & industrial – non-real estate, consumer, credit cards and dealer finance. Each segment is subject to certain risks that influence the establishment of pricing, loan structures, approval requirements, reserves, and ongoing credit management.  The Company does not segregate the portfolio further.

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December 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 1 NATURE OF BANKING ACTIVITIES AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED

Loans Held for Investment, continued

Construction and land development loans are subject to general risks from changing commercial building and housing market trends and economic conditions that may impact demand for completed properties and the costs of completion. Completed properties that do not sell or become leased within originally expected timeframes may impact the borrower’s ability to service the debt. These risks are measured by market-area unemployment rates, bankruptcy rates, housing and commercial building market trends, and interest rates. Risks specific to the borrower are also evaluated, including previous repayment history, debt service ability, and current and projected loan-to value ratios for the collateral.

Farmland loans are loans secured by agricultural property. These loans are subject to risks associated with the value of the underlying farmland and the cash flows of the borrower’s farming operations.

Multifamily loans are loans secured by multi-unit residential property. These loans are subject to risks associated with the value of the underlying property as well as the successful operation and management of the property.

Real estate loans are for consumer residential real estate where the credit quality is subject to risks associated with the borrower’s repayment ability and collateral value, measured generally by analyzing local unemployment and bankruptcy trends, and local housing market trends and interest rates. Risks specific to a borrower are determined by previous repayment history, loan-to-value ratios, and debt-to-income ratios.

The commercial real estate segment includes loans secured by commercial real estate occupied by the owner/borrower, and commercial real estate leased to non-owners. Loans in the commercial real estate segment are impacted by economic risks from changing commercial real estate markets, rental markets for commercial buildings, business bankruptcy rates, local unemployment rates and interest rate trends that would impact the businesses housed by the commercial real estate.

The Company’s home-equity loan portfolios (closed end and open end) carry risks associated with the creditworthiness of the borrower and changes in loan-to-value ratios. The Company manages these risks through policies and procedures such as limiting loan-to-value at origination, experienced underwriting, and requiring standards for appraisers.

Commercial and industrial non-real estate loans are secured by collateral other than real estate or are unsecured. Credit risk for commercial non-real estate loans is subject to economic conditions, generally monitored by local business bankruptcy trends, interest rates, and borrower repayment ability and collateral value (if secured).

Consumer non-real estate includes non-dealer financed automobile loans and other consumer loans. Certain consumer loans are unsecured, while collateral is obtained for automobile loans and other consumer loans. Credit risk stems primarily from the borrower’s ability to repay. If the loan is secured, the Company analyzes loan-to-value ratios. All consumer non-real estate loans are analyzed for debt-to-income ratios and previous credit history, as well as for general risks for the portfolio, including local unemployment rates, personal bankruptcy rates and interest rates.

Credit card loan portfolios carry risks associated with the creditworthiness of the borrower and changes in the economic environment.  The Company manages these risks through policies and procedures such as experienced underwriting, maximum debt to income ratios, and minimum borrower credit scores.

Dealer finance lending generally carries certain risks associated with the values of the collateral and borrower’s ability to repay the loan.  The Company focuses its dealer finance lending on used vehicles where substantial depreciation has already occurred thereby minimizing the risk of significant loss of collateral values in the future.

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December 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 1 NATURE OF BANKING ACTIVITIES AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED

Loans Held for Sale

Loans held for sale consist of one-to-four family conforming residential real estate loans originated for sale in the secondary market by F&M Mortgage. Credit risk associated with these loans is mitigated by entering sales commitments with third party investors to purchase the loans after they are originated; the Company does not service these loans after they are sold.

The Company records loans held for sale via the fair value option; see Note 15 “Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, Mortgage Banking Derivatives” for additional information. The change in the fair value of loans held for sale is included in “Mortgage banking income” on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.

Troubled Debt Restructuring

In situations where, for economic or legal reasons related to a borrower's financial condition, management may grant a concession to the borrower that it would not otherwise consider, the related loan is classified as a troubled debt restructuring ("TDR"). The restructured terms may include rate reductions, principal forgiveness, payment forbearance or other actions intended to minimize the economic loss and to avoid foreclosure or repossession of the collateral. All TDRs are considered impaired loans and may be on accrual or nonaccrual status.

Allowance for Loan and Losses

The allowance for loan losses represents management’s estimate of probable losses inherent in the Company’s loan portfolio. A provision for estimated losses is charged to earnings to establish and maintain the allowance for loan losses at a level reflective of the estimated credit risk. When management determines that a loan balance or portion of a loan balance is not collectible, the loss is charged against the allowance. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance.

Management’s determination of the adequacy of the allowance is based on an evaluation of the composition of the loan portfolio, the value and adequacy of collateral, current economic conditions, historical loan loss experience, and other risk factors. Management evaluates the allowance each quarter through a methodology that estimates losses on individual impaired loans and evaluates the effect of numerous factors on the credit risk of each segment of loans.

The Company’s allowance for loan losses has two basic components: the general allowance and the specific allowance.  Each of these components is determined based upon estimates and judgments. The general allowance uses historical loss experience as an indicator of future losses, along with various qualitative factors, including levels and trends in delinquencies, nonaccrual loans, charge-offs and recoveries, trends in volume and terms of loans, effects of changes in underwriting standards, experience of lending staff, economic conditions, and portfolio concentrations.

Loans, other than dealer finance and credit cards, are assigned an internal risk rating based on certain credit quality indicators.  The period-end balances for each loan segment are multiplied by the adjusted loss factor. Specific allowances are established for individually evaluated impaired loans based on the differences between the value of collateral, present value of future cash flows or values that are observable in the secondary market and the loan balance. 

A loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value, and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due.  Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired. Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration all the circumstances surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length of the delay, the reasons for the delay, the borrower's prior payment record, and the amount of the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed.  Impairment is measured on a loan-by-loan basis by either the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan's effective interest rate, the loan's obtainable market price, or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent.

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December 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 1 NATURE OF BANKING ACTIVITIES AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED

Assets Held for Sale

Assets held for sale at December 31, 2021 included one branch building that was closed during 2020. The Company periodically evaluates the value of assets held for sale and records an impairment charge for any subsequent declines in fair value less selling costs. The branch building was sold during 2022 at carrying cost. There were no assets held for sale as of December 31, 2022.

Other Real Estate Owned (OREO)

OREO is held for sale and represents real estate acquired through or in lieu of foreclosure. OREO is initially recorded at fair value less costs to sell when acquired, establishing a new cost basis. Physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan occurs when legal title is obtained upon completion of foreclosure or when the borrower conveys all interest in the property to satisfy the loan through completion of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or through a similar legal agreement. The Company’s policy is to carry OREO on its balance sheet at the lower of cost or fair value less estimated costs to sell. If fair value declines subsequent to foreclosure, a valuation allowance is recorded through expense. Operating costs after acquisition are expensed.


PART II, continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, continued
Overview
The Company’s net income for 2017 totaled $9,010,000 or $2.63 per common share, a decrease of 5.83% from $9,568,000 or $2.77 a share in 2016. Return on average equity decreased in 2017 to 10.01% versus 11.18% in 2016, and the return on average assets decreased from 1.34% in 2016 to 1.21% in 2017. These results reflect an $811,000 tax adjustment due to the write down of deferred tax assets as a result of the change in federal corporate income tax rate from 34% to 21% with the passing of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act.
See page 19 for a five-year summary of selected financial data.
Changes in Net Income per Common Share (Basic)
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
 
to 2016
 
 
to 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prior Year Net Income Per Common Share (Basic)
 $2.77 
 $2.40 
Change from differences in:
    
    
Net interest income 1
  .52 
  .62 
Provision for loan losses
  - 
  .09 
Noninterest income, excluding securities gains
  1.36 
  (.08)
Security gains (losses), net
  (.01)
  - 
Noninterest expenses1
  (1.66)
  (.40)
Income taxes
  (.38)
  .12 
Effect of preferred stock dividend
  .02 
  .01 
Change in average shares outstanding
  .01 
  .01 
Total Change
  (.14)
  .37 
Net Income Per Common Share (Basic)
 $2.63 
 $2.77 
1Noninterest income and noninterest expense reflect the reclassification of VBS to record gross income/expense rather than net.
Net Interest Income
The largest source of operating revenue for the Company is net interest income, which is calculated as the difference between the interest earned on earning assets and the interest expense paid on interest bearing liabilities. Net interest income increased 5.78% from 2016 to 2017 following an increase of 7.60% from 2015 to 2016. The net interest margin is the net interest income expressed as a percentage of interest earning assets. Changes in the volume and mix of interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities, along with their yields and rates, have a significant impact on the level of net interest income. Tax equivalent net interest income for 2017 was $30,342,000 representing an increase of $1,714,000 or 5.99% over the prior year. A 7.60% increase in 2016 versus 2015 resulted in total tax equivalent net interest income of $28,683,000.
In this discussion and in the tabular analysis of net interest income performance, entitled “Consolidated Average Balances, Yields and Rates,” (found on page 26), the interest earned on tax exempt loans and investment securities has been adjusted to reflect the amount that would have been earned had these investments been subject to normal income taxation. This is referred to as tax equivalent net interest income. For a reconciliation of tax equivalent net interest income to GAAP measures, see the table on page 40.
Tax equivalent income on earning assets increased $2,012,000 in 2017 compared to 2016. Loans held for investment, expressed as a percentage of total earning assets, increased in 2017 to 90.29% as compared to 86.02% in 2016. During 2017, yields on earning assets increased 23 basis points (BP), primarily due to rate increases during 2017 specifically in commercial loans, investments and federal funds sold. The average cost of interest bearing liabilities increased 6BP in 2017, following an increase of 9BP in 2016. The increase in 2017 in due to increased cost of deposits and debt as rates increased.
The analysis on the next page reveals an increase in the net interest margin to 4.53% in 2017 from 4.34% in 2016, primarily due to changes in balance sheet leverage and increased interest rates during the year.

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Consolidated Average Balances, Yields and Rates1
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
 
Balance
 
 
Interest
 
 
Rate
 
 
Balance
 
 
Interest
 
 
Rate
 
 
Balance
 
 
Interest
 
 
Rate
 
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Commercial
 $182,646 
 $9,475 
  5.19%
 $176,389 
 $8,362 
  4.74%
 $170,272 
 $8,103 
  4.76%
     Real estate
  330,828 
  16,678 
  5.04%
  312,435 
  15,781 
  5.05%
  295,892 
  14,976 
  5.07%
     Installment
  90,787 
  6,470 
  7.13%
  78,524 
  5,805 
  7.39%
  65,870 
  4,981 
  7.56%
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     Loans held for investment4
  604,261 
  32,623 
  5.40%
  567,348 
  29,948 
  5.28%
  532,034 
  28,087 
  5.28%
     Loans held for sale
  37,008 
  1,112 
  3.00%
  68,438 
  1,924 
  2.81%
  40,450 
  1,099 
  2.72%
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Investment securities3
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     Fully taxable
  10,886 
  338 
  3.10%
  15,714 
  372 
  2.37%
  17,372 
  327 
  1.88%
     Partially taxable
  125 
  - 
  - 
  125 
  - 
  - 
  125 
  - 
  - 
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     Total investment securities
  11,011 
  338 
  3.07%
  15,839 
  372 
  2.37%
  17,497 
  327 
  1.88%
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Interest bearing deposits in banks
  1,512 
  10 
  .66%
  727 
  3 
  .41%
  1,223 
  - 
  - 
Federal funds sold
  15,475 
  156 
  1.01%
  7,195 
  35 
  .49%
  9,310 
  21 
  .23%
     Total Earning Assets
  669,267 
  34,239 
  5.12%
  659,547 
  32,282 
  4.89%
  600,514 
  29,534 
  4.92%
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Allowance for loan losses
  (6,793)
    
    
  (8,162)
    
    
  (8,933)
    
    
Nonearning assets
  81,552 
    
    
  63,205 
    
    
  52,378 
    
    
     Total Assets
 $744,026 
    
    
 $714,590 
    
    
 $643,959 
    
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Deposits
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     Demand –interest bearing
 $121,095 
 $538 
  .44%
 $113,525 
 $499 
  .44%
 $112,334 
 $539 
  .48%
     Savings
  114,489 
  516 
  .45%
  100,298 
  441 
  .44%
  76,491 
  212 
  .28%
     Time deposits
  159,415 
  1,634 
  1.02%
  160,221 
  1,440 
  .90%
  171,829 
  1,402 
  .82%
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     Total interest bearing deposits
  394,999 
  2,688 
  .68%
  374,044 
  2,380 
  .64%
  360,654 
  2,153 
  .60%
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Short-term debt
  20,398 
  63 
  .31%
  37,716 
  55 
  .15%
  32,017 
  69 
  .22%
Long-term debt
  53,004 
  1,146 
  2.16%
  56,253 
  1,164 
  2.07%
  31,856 
  654 
  2.05%
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     Total interest bearing liabilities
  468,401 
  3,897 
  .83%
  468,013 
  3,599 
  .77%
  424,527 
  2,876 
  .68%
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Noninterest bearing deposits
  153,640 
    
    
  141,180 
    
    
  125,665 
    
    
Other liabilities
  31,936 
    
    
  19,824 
    
    
  13,318 
    
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     Total liabilities
  653,977 
    
    
  629,017 
    
    
  563,510 
    
    
Stockholders’ equity
  90,049 
    
    
  85,572 
    
    
  80,449 
    
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 $744,026 
    
    
 $714,590 
    
    
 $643,959 
    
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     Net interest earnings
    
 $30,342 
    
    
 $28,683 
    
    
 $26,658 
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     Net yield on interest earning assets (NIM)
    
    
  4.53%
    
    
�� 4.34%
    
    
  4.44%
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
1      
Income and yields are presented on a tax-equivalent basis using the applicable federal income tax rate of 34%.
2      
Interest income on loans includes loan fees.
3      
Average balance information is reflective of historical cost and has not been adjusted for changes in market value.
4      
Includes nonaccrual loans.

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
The following table illustrates the effect of changes in volumes and rates.
 
 
2017 Compared to 2016
 
 
2016 Compared to 2015
 
 
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
 
 
Due to Change
 
 
Increase
 
 
Due to Change
 
 
Increase
 
 
 
in Average:
 
 
Or
 
 
in Average:
 
 
or
 
 
 
Volume
 
 
Rate
 
 
(Decrease)
 
 
Volume
 
 
Rate
 
 
(Decrease)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans held for investment
 $1,949 
 $726 
 $2,675 
 $1,865
 $(4)
 $1,861
Loans held for sale
  (884)
  72 
  (812)
  761
  64
  825 
Investment securities
    
    
    
    
    
    
Fully taxable 
  (114)
  80 
  (34)
  (31)
  76 
  45 
Partially taxable
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
Interest bearing deposits in banks
  3 
  4 
  7 
  - 
  3 
  3 
Federal funds sold
  40 
  81 
  121 
  (5)
  19 
  14 
Total Interest Income
  994 
  963 
  1,957 
  2,590
  158
  2,748
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
Interest expense
    
    
    
    
    
    
Deposits
    
    
    
    
    
    
Demand - interest bearing
  33 
  6 
  39 
  6 
  (46)
  (40)
Savings
  62 
  13 
  75 
  67 
  162 
  229 
Time deposits
  (7)
  201 
  194 
  (95)
  133 
  38 
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
Short-term debt
  (25)
  33 
  8 
  13 
  (27)
  (14)
Long-term debt
  (67)
  49 
  (18)
  500 
  10 
  510 
Total Interest Expense
  (4)
  302 
  298 
  491 
  232 
  723 
Net Interest Income
 $998 
 $661 
 $1,659 
 $2,099
 $(74)
 $2,025
Note: Volume changes have been determined by multiplying the prior years’ average rate by the change in average balances outstanding. The rate change is determined by multiplying the current year average balance outstanding by the change in rate from the prior year to the current year.
Interest Income
Tax equivalent interest income increased $2,012,000 or 6.24% in 2017, after increasing 9.31% or $2,744,000 in 2016. Overall, the yield on earning assets increased .23%, from 4.89% to 5.12%. Average loans held for investment grew during 2017, with average loans outstanding increasing $36,913,000 to $604,261,000. Average real estate loans increased 5.89%, commercial loans increased 3.55% and consumer installment loans increased 15.62% on average. The increase in average consumer loans is a result of the growth in our Dealer Finance Division which opened at the end of 2012. The increase in tax equivalent interest income is primarily due to the growth in the loan portfolio, with commercial loans contributing the most interest income growth.

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
The following table provides detail on the components of tax equivalent net interest income:
GAAP Financial Measurements:
(Dollars in thousands).
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Income – Loans
 $33,591 
 $31,740 
 $29,056 
Interest Income - Securities and Other Interest-Earnings Assets
  504 
  410 
  348 
Interest Expense – Deposits
  2,688 
  2,380 
  2,153 
Interest Expense - Other Borrowings
  1,209 
  1,219 
  723 
Total Net Interest Income
  30,198 
  28,551 
  26,528 
 
    
    
    
Non-GAAP Financial Measurements:
    
    
    
Add: Tax Benefit on Tax-Exempt Interest Income – Loans
  144 
  132 
  130 
Add: Tax Benefit on Tax-Exempt Interest Income - Securities and Other Interest-Earnings Assets
  - 
  - 
  - 
Total Tax Benefit on Tax-Exempt Interest Income
  144 
  132 
  130 
Tax-Equivalent Net Interest Income
 $30,342 
 $28,683 
 $26,658 
Interest Expense
Interest expense increased $298,000 or 8.28% during 2017, which followed a 25.14% increase or $723,000 in 2016. The average cost of funds of .83% increased .06% compared to 2016, which followed an increase of .09% in 2016 compared to 2015. Average interest bearing liabilities increased $388,000 in 2017 following an increase of $43,486,000 in 2016. The average interest bearing liabilities have remained flat in 2017 and increased 10.24% in 2016. Changes in the cost of funds attributable to rate and volume variances can be found in the table at the top of page 27.
Noninterest Income
Noninterest income continues to be an increasingly important factor in maintaining and growing profitability. Management is conscious of the need to constantly review fee income and develop additional sources of complementary revenue. During 2017, VBS Mortgage’s income was reclassified to report gross income and gross expenses in the appropriate income statement categories rather than netting in noninterest income, 2016 and 2015 income statements were reclassified to be comparative.
Noninterest income, exclusive of security gains or losses, increased 42.14% or $2,352,000, in 2017 following an increase of 16.46% in 2016. The increase is due to the addition of VST Title, increases in VBS Mortgage gross revenue and service charges on deposit account. In addition, the FHLB prepayment gain of $504,000 is recorded in noninterest income. The losses on low income housing projects decreased 14.5% for 2017 due to recognition of $162,000 in gains related to a fund that was dissolved. The 2016 increase over 2015 was primarily due to record earnings at VBS Mortgage.
The Company reported an investment loss related to both the Bank and VBS exiting the Bankers Title investment in 2017. The total loss was $42,000. There were no security transactions in 2016 or 2015 which resulted in a gain or loss.

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Noninterest Expense
Noninterest expenses increased from $21,272,000 in 2016 to $24,719,000 in 2017, a 16.20% increase. Salary and benefits increased 16.05% to $14,854,000 in 2017 following an increase of 11.72% in 2016. This increase was the result of normal salary increases, additions to staff for new branches, the addition of VS Title (in 2017) and administrative positions as well as increasing benefit costs (including health care cost, pension expense and profit sharing expenses). Occupancy and Equipment expenses increased $268,000 or 16.72% due to the growth in our branch network following an increase of 5.74% in 2016. Other operating expenses increased $1,125,000 in 2017, following a $288,000 increase in 2016. The primary increases were in the areas of information technology ($211,000), credit and debit card related services ($114,000), contributions ($266,000), and VBS and VST other operating expense growth ($101,000). The 2016 primary increases were in advertising and employee appreciation ($70,000), other loan related costs ($127,000), legal and professional expense ($108,000) and checking account program expenses ($257,000). Total noninterest expense as a percentage of average assets totaled 3.32%, 2.98%, and 3.04%, in 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. With the growth in branches, addition of VST and increased staff at VBS mortgage noninterest expenses have shown increase relative to peer data. Peer group averages (as reported in the most recent Uniform Bank Performance Report) have ranged between 2.80%, 2.84% and 2.86% over the same time period.
Provision for Loan Losses
Management evaluates the loan portfolio in light of national and local economic trends, changes in the nature and volume of the portfolio and industry standards. Specific factors considered by management in determining the adequacy of the level of the allowance for loan losses include internally generated loan review reports, past due reports and historical loan loss experience. This review also considers concentrations of loans in terms of geography, business type and level of risk. Management evaluates nonperforming loans relative to their collateral value, when deemed collateral dependent, and makes the appropriate adjustments to the allowance for loan losses when needed. Based on the factors outlined above, the current year provision for loan losses remained at $0 as in 2016. The current levels of the allowance for loan losses reflect increased net charge-off activity, loan growth, and other credit risk factors that the Company considers in assessing the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses. The Company has experienced an increase in past due loans and nonperforming loans at year end; the nonperforming loans increase can be attributed to one borrower ($1.1 million) that has a specific reserve in the allowance for loan losses; the past due loan increase is primarily attributed to one borrower ($5.9 million) that is being closely monitored. Management is in the process of restructuring the relationship and has determined that there is no impairment at this time. Management will continue to monitor nonperforming and past due loans and will make necessary adjustments to specific reserves and record provision for loan losses if conditions change regarding collateral values or cash flow expectations. Management anticipates the Bank will need to record provision expense in 2018 due to expected growth and a normalized historical charge-off rate.
Actual net loan charge-offs were $1,499,000 in 2017 and $1,238,000 in 2016. Net charge-offs as a percentage of loans held for investment totaled .24% and .21% in 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Dealer Finance Division’s charge-off percentage is the largest category at .11% of loans held for investment and land development was .09%. As stated in the most recently available Uniform Bank Performance Report (UPBR), peer group loss averages were .10% in 2017 and .11% in 2016. The Bank anticipates losses will remain above peer due to the Dealer Finance Division, however these losses have been in line with expectations and are more than offset by the increased yield derived from this portfolio.
Balance Sheet
Total assets increased 1.13% during the year to $753,270,000, an increase of $8,381,000 from $744,889,000 in 2016. Loans held for investment grew $25,338,000, Bank premises and equipment increased $5,554,000, whereas loans held for sale decreased $22,960,000 and other asset categories experienced modest fluctuations. Average earning assets increased 1.47% or $9,720,000 to $669,267,000 at December 31, 2017. The increase in earning assets is due largely to the growth in the loans held for investment offset by the decrease in short-term loan participation program with Northpointe Bank. Deposits grew $32,092,000 and other liabilities decreased $28,304,000 in 2017. Average interest bearing deposits increased $20,955,000 for 2017 or 5.60%, with increases in both interest-bearing demand accounts and savings accounts. There was a slight decrease in the time deposit category. The Company continues to utilize its assets well, with 89.95% of average assets consisting of earning assets.

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Investment Securities
Total securities increased $1,768,000 or 4.48% in 2017 to $41,243,000 at December 31, 2017 from $39,475,000 at December 31, 2016. Average balances in investment securities decreased 30.48% in 2017 to $11,011,000. At year end, 1.65% of average earning assets of the Company were held as investment securities, all of which are unpledged. Management strives to match the types and maturities of securities owned to balance projected liquidity needs, interest rate sensitivity and to maximize earnings through a portfolio bearing low credit risk. Portfolio yields averaged 3.07% for 2017, up from 2.37% in 2016.
There were no Other Than Temporary Impairments (OTTI) write-downs in 2017, 2016 or 2015. In 2017, the Company recognized a $42,000 loss on exit of the Banker’s Title investment; there were no security gains or losses in 2016 or 2015.
The composition of securities at December 31 was:
(Dollars in thousands)
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Available for Sale1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    U.S. Treasury and Agency
 $27,978 
 $24,014 
 $12,095 
    Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies2
  502 
  634 
  817 
    Equity securities
  135 
  135 
  135 
Total
  28,615 
  24,783 
  13,047 
 
    
    
    
Held to Maturity
    
    
    
    U.S. Treasury and Agency
  125 
  125 
  125 
Total
  125 
  125 
  125 
 
    
    
    
Other Equity Investments
  12,503 
  14,567 
  12,157 
Total Securities
 $41,243 
 $39,475 
 $25,329 
1         
At estimated fair value. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for amortized cost.
2         
Issued by a U.S. Government Agency or secured by U.S. Government Agency collateral.
Maturities and weighted average yields of securities at December 31, 2017 are presented in the table below. Amounts are shown by contractual maturity; expected maturities will differ as issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations. Maturities of other investments are not readily determinable due to the nature of the investment; see Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of these investments.
 
 
Less
 
 
One to
 
 
Five to
 
 
Over
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Than one Year
 
 
Five Years
 
 
Ten Years
 
 
Ten Years
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Amount
 
 
Yield
 
 
Amount
 
 
Yield
 
 
Amount
 
 
Yield
 
 
Amount
 
 
Yield
 
 
Total
 
 
Yield
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debt Securities Available for Sale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury & Agency
 $19,998 
  1.05%
 $7,980 
  2.06%
 $- 
 
 
 
 $- 
    
 $27,978 
  1.34%
Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies
    
    
    
    
  502 
  2.41%
  - 
    
  502 
  2.41%
Equity securities
  - 
    
  - 
    
  - 
    
  135 
    
  135 
    
Total
 $19,978 
  1.05%
 $7,980 
  2.06%
 $502 
  2.41%
 $135 
    
 $28,615 
  1.36%
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Debt Securities Held to Maturity
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
U.S. Treasury & Agency
 $125 
  .75%
    
    
    
    
    
    
 $125 
  .75%
Total
 $125 
  .75%
    
    
    
    
    
    
 $125 
  .75%

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Analysis of Loan Portfolio
The Company’s market area has a relatively stable economy which tends to be less cyclical than the national economy. Major industries in the market area include agricultural production and processing, higher education, retail sales, services and light manufacturing.
The Company’s portfolio of loans held for investment totaled $616,974,000 at December 31, 2017 compared with $591,636,000 at the beginning of the year. The Company’s policy has been to make conservative loans that are held for future interest income, utilizing prudent underwriting and a strong loan review program. Collateral required by the Company is determined on an individual basis depending on the purpose of the loan and the financial condition of the borrower. Commercial loans, including agricultural and multifamily loans, increased 3.89% during 2017 to $209,721,000. Real estate mortgages increased $12,260,000 or 5.14%. Growth has included a variety of loan and collateral types including owner occupied residential real estate and residential rental properties. Construction loans decreased $4,552,000 or 5.98%. The Bank also has loan participation arrangements with several other banks within the region to aid in diversification of the loan portfolio geographically, by collateral type and by borrower.
Consumer installment loans increased $9,411,000 or 13.06%. This category includes personal loans, auto loans and other loans to individuals. This category began increasing during the fourth quarter of 2012 due to the opening of the Dealer Finance Division in Penn Laird, Virginia; at year end this Division had a loan portfolio of $75,169,000. Credit card balances increased $117,000 to $2,939,000 but are a minor component of the loan portfolio. The following table presents the changes in the loan portfolio over the previous five years.
 
 
December 31
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
2014
 
 
2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real estate – mortgage
 $250,891 
 $238,631 
 $232,321 
 $223,824 
 $212,630 
Real estate – construction
  71,620 
  76,172 
  69,759 
  67,180 
  68,512 
Consumer installment
  81,458 
  72,048 
  62,239 
  49,615 
  30,643 
Commercial
  182,360 
  178,392 
  153,691 
  147,599 
  135,835 
Agricultural
  17,064 
  15,876 
  15,672 
  15,374 
  16,265 
Multi-family residential
  10,298 
  7,605 
  7,559 
  11,775 
  11,797 
Credit cards
  2,939 
  2,822 
  2,745 
  2,705 
  2,680 
Other
  344 
  90 
  67 
  130 
  91 
Total Loans
 $616,974 
 $591,636 
 $544,053 
 $518,202 
 $478,453 
The following table shows the Company’s loan maturity and interest rate sensitivity as of December 31, 2017:
 
 Less Than
  1-5 
 
Over
 
 
 
 
(Dollars in thousands)
1 Year
 
Years
 
 
5 Years
 
 
Total
 
 
    
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commercial and
    
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
agricultural loans
 $66,586 
 $106,048 
 $26,790 
 $199,424 
Multi-family residential
  4,628 
  5,173 
  497 
  10,298 
Real Estate – mortgage
  104,699 
  141,572 
  4,620 
  250,891 
Real Estate – construction
  50,857 
  18,637 
  2,126 
  71,620 
Consumer – installment/credit cards/other
  9,027 
  61,600 
  14,114 
  84,741 
Total
 $235,797 
 $333,030 
 $48,147 
 $616,974 
 
    
    
    
    
Loans with predetermined rates
 $28,101 
 $79,748 
 $30,378 
 $138,227 
Loans with variable or
    
    
    
    
adjustable rates
  207,696 
  253,282 
  17,769 
  478,747 
Total
 $235,797 
 $333,030 
 $48,147 
 $616,974 

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Analysis of Loan Portfolio, continued
Residential real estate loans are generally made for a period not to exceed 25 years and are secured by a first deed of trust which normally does not exceed 90% of the appraised value. If the loan to value ratio exceeds 90%, the Company requires additional collateral, guarantees or mortgage insurance. On approximately 94% of the real estate loans, interest is adjustable after each one, three or five-year period. The remainder of the portfolio is comprised of fixed rate loans that are generally made for a fifteen-year or a twenty-year period with an interest rate adjustment after ten years.
Since 1992, fixed rate real estate loans have been funded with fixed rate borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank, which allows the Company to control its interest rate risk. In addition, the Company makes home equity loans secured by second deeds of trust with total indebtedness not to exceed 90% of the appraised value. Home equity loans are made for three, five or ten year periods at a fixed rate or as a revolving line of credit.
Construction loans may be made to individuals, who have arranged with a contractor for the construction of a residence, or to contractors that are involved in building pre-sold, spec-homes or subdivisions. The majority of commercial loans are made to small retail, manufacturing and service businesses. Consumer loans are made for a variety of reasons; however, approximately 74% of the loans are secured by automobiles and trucks.
Approximately 80% of the Company’s loans are secured by real estate; however, policies relating to appraisals and loan to value ratios are adequate to control the related risk. Market values appear to have rebounded from the recession with modest increases in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Unemployment rates in the Company’s market area continue to be below both the national and state averages.
The Bank has not identified any loan categories that would be considered loan concentrations of greater than 25% of capital. While the Bank has not developed a formal policy limiting the concentration level to any particular loan type or industry segment, it has established target limits on both a nominal and percentage of capital basis. Concentrations are monitored and reported to the board of directors quarterly. Concentration levels have been used by management to determine how aggressively we may price or pursue new loan requests. At December 31, 2017, there are no industry categories of loans that exceed 10% of total loans.
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans
Nonperforming loans include nonaccrual loans and loans 90 days or more past due. Nonaccrual loans are loans on which interest accruals have been suspended or discontinued permanently. The Company would have earned approximately $102,000 in additional interest income had the loans on nonaccrual status been current and performing. Nonperforming loans totaled $7,102,000 at December 31, 2017 compared to $4,870,000 at December 31, 2016. At December 31, 2017, $198,000 of loans 90 days or more past due were not on nonaccrual status. Approximately 88% of these nonperforming loans are secured by real estate. Although management expects that there may be additional loan losses, the Bank believes that it is generally well secured and continues to actively work with its customers to effect payment. As of December 31, 2017, the Company holds $1,984,000 of real estate which was acquired through foreclosure.
Nonperforming loans have increased approximately $2,232,000 since December 31, 2016. Of the increase, $1.5 million relates to two borrowers; one of which has sold equipment and the loan will be modified for collection of the remaining balance, with no loss anticipated as of December 31, 2017. The other relationship is in the process of subdividing property to sell in order to bring the loan current; this loan has been reviewed for impairment and has a specific reserve of $249,000 in our allowance for loan losses at December 31, 2017.

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans, continued
The following is a summary of information pertaining to nonperforming loans:
(Dollars in thousands)
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
2014
 
 
2013
 
Nonaccrual Loans:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Real Estate
 $5,628 
 $4,204 
 $5,698 
 $5,481 
 $9,963 
    Commercial
  599 
  70 
  109 
  1,179 
  1,890 
    Home Equity
  451 
  311 
  40 
  153 
  402 
    Other
  226 
  178 
  108 
  161 
  - 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Loans past due 90 days or more:
    
    
    
    
    
    Real Estate
  143 
  81 
  272 
  0 
  246 
    Commercial
  - 
  - 
  25 
  0 
  4 
    Home Equity
  - 
  - 
  107 
  0 
  61 
    Other
  55 
  26 
  67 
  1 
  16 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Total Nonperforming loans
 $7,102 
 $4,870 
 $6,526 
 $6,975 
 $12,582 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Restructured Loans current and performing:
    
    
    
    
    
Real Estate
  7,710 
  8,641 
  8,713 
  3,913 
  7,484 
Commercial
  - 
  1,121 
  1,463 
  518 
  3,989 
Home Equity
  - 
  - 
  1,414 
  290 
  727 
Other
  78 
  76 
  91 
  22 
  - 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Nonperforming loans as a percentage of loans held for investment
  1.15%
  .82%
  1.20%
  1.35%
  2.63%
 
    
    
    
    
    
Net Charge Offs to Total Loans Held for Investment
  .24%
  .21%
  .04%
  .33%
  .78%
 
    
    
    
    
    
Allowance for loan and lease losses to nonperforming loans
  85.10%
  154.89%
  134.55%
  125.09%
  65.04%
Potential Problem Loans
Loans classified for regulatory purposes as loss, doubtful, substandard, or special mention do not represent or result from trends or uncertainties which management reasonably expects will materially impact future operating results, liquidity or capital resources. Nor do they represent material credits about which management is aware of any information which causes it to have serious doubts as to the ability of such borrowers to comply with the loan repayment terms. As of December 31, 2017, management is not aware of any potential problem loans which are not already classified for regulatory purposes or on the watch list as part of the Bank’s internal grading system.

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Loan Losses and the Allowance for Loan Losses
In evaluating the portfolio, loans are segregated into loans with identified potential losses, pools of loans by type, with separate weighting for past dues and adverse rated loans, and a general allowance based on a variety of criteria.  Loans with identified potential losses include examiner and bank classified loans. Classified relationships in excess of $500,000 and loans identified as troubled debt restructurings are reviewed individually for impairment under ASC 310. A variety of factors are considered when reviewing these credits, including borrower cash flow, payment history, fair value of collateral, company management, industry and economic factors.
Loans that are not impaired are categorized by call report code into unimpaired and classified loans. For unimpaired loans an estimate is calculated based on actual loss experience over the last five years, for loans of that type.  During 2015, the Company felt the two-year loss history utilized in 2014 and prior would not be indicative of the amount of losses that could occur in our current economic cycle, therefore the loss history was expanded to five years to capture a more representative loss history.  Dealer finance loans utilize a two-year loss history. The Company monitors the net losses for this division and adjusts based on how the portfolio performs since the department was established in 2012.  For classified loans, loans are grouped by call code and past due or adverse risk rating. Loss rates are assigned based on actual loss experience over the last five years multiplied by a risk factor. The Dealer finance loans are given a higher risk factor for past due and adverse risk ratings based on back testing of the risk factors.
A general allowance for inherent losses has been established to reflect other unidentified losses within the portfolio. The general allowance is calculated using nine qualitative factors identified in the 2006 Interagency Policy Statement on the allowance for loan losses.  The general allowance assists in managing recent changes in portfolio risk that may not be captured in individually impaired loans, or in the homogeneous pools based on loss histories. The Board approves the loan loss provision for each quarter based on this evaluation.
The allowance for loan losses of $6,044,000 at December 31, 2017 is equal to .98% of total loans held for investment. This compares to an allowance of $7,543,000 or 1.27% at December 31, 2016 and 1.61% at December 31, 2015. Management and the Board of Directors feel that the current reserve level is adequate based on the analysis of historical losses, delinquency rates, collateral values of delinquent loans and a thorough review of the loan portfolio. The allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans has decreased from 154.89% to 85.10% in 2017; increases in the nonperforming loans have been analyzed and, where necessary, a specific reserve has been recorded. In addition, past due and adversely risk rated loans have higher allocation factors within the allowance for loan losses calculation. The Company has experienced a continued decline in historical charge-off rates with 2017 replacing 2012 in the five-year lookback and the local economy showing continued improvements in unemployment. Management will continue to monitor relationships that have recently become past due but are not considered impaired at this time.
Loan losses, net of recoveries, totaled $1,499,000 in 2017 which is equivalent to .24% of total loans outstanding. Over the preceding three years, the Company has had an average loss rate of .16%, compared to a .11% loss rate for its peer group.

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Loan Losses and the Allowance for Loan Losses, continued
A summary of the activity in the allowance for loan losses follows:
(Dollars in thousands)
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
2014
 
 
2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 $7,543 
 $8,781 
 $8,725 
 $8,184 
 $8,154 
Provision charged to expenses
  - 
  - 
  300 
  2,250 
  3,775 
Loan losses:
    
    
    
    
    
     Construction/land development
  620 
  356 
  156 
  1,611 
  2,127 
     Farmland
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Real Estate
  - 
  23 
  25 
  208 
  173 
     Multi-family
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Commercial Real Estate
  - 
  19 
  - 
  - 
  201 
     Home Equity – closed end
  7 
  8 
  26 
  - 
  159 
     Home Equity – open end
  26 
  370 
  51 
  80 
  68 
     Commercial & Industrial – Non Real Estate
  179 
  293 
  - 
  385 
  986 
     Consumer
  136 
  37 
  32 
  33 
  173 
     Dealer Finance
  1,806 
  1,081 
  251 
  107 
  17 
     Credit Cards
  98 
  74 
  60 
  46 
  121 
Total loan losses
  2,872 
  2,261 
  601 
  2,470 
  4,025 
Recoveries:
    
    
    
    
    
     Construction/land development
  - 
  7 
  85 
  223 
  40 
     Farmland
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Real Estate
  2 
  4 
  37 
  - 
  - 
     Multi-family
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Commercial Real Estate
  13 
  135 
  65 
  108 
  42 
     Home Equity – closed end
  25 
  - 
  6 
  - 
  - 
     Home Equity – open end
  53 
  120 
  - 
  - 
  29 
     Commercial & Industrial – Non Real Estate
  72 
  267 
  62 
  356 
  127 
     Consumer
  28 
  19 
  32 
  33 
  14 
     Dealer Finance
  1,143 
  417 
  24 
  6 
  - 
     Credit Cards
  37 
  54 
  46 
  35 
  28 
Total recoveries
  1,373 
  1,023 
  357 
  761 
  280 
Net loan losses
  (1,499)
  (1,238)
  (244)
  (1,709)
  (3,745)
Balance at end of period
 $6,044 
 $7,543 
 $8,781 
 $8,725 
 $8,184 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Allowance for loan losses as a
    
    
    
    
    
percentage of loans
  .98%
  1.27%
  1.61%
  1.68%
  1.71%
 
    
    
    
    
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
Net loan losses to loans held for investment
  .24%
  .21%
  .04%
  .33%
  .78%

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Loan Losses and the Allowance for Loan Losses, continued
 
ALLOCATION OF THE ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES
 
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
2014
 
 
2013
 
Allowance for loan losses: (dollars in thousands)
 
Balance
 
 
Percentage of Loans in Each Category
 
 
Balance
 
 
Percentage of Loans in Each Category
 
 
Balance
 
 
Percentage of Loans in Each Category
 
 
Balance
 
 
Percentage of Loans in Each Category
 
 
Balance
 
 
Percentage of Loans in Each Category
 
Construction/Land Development
 $2,547 
  42.14%
 $3,381 
  44.82%
 $4,442 
  50.59%
 $4,738 
  54.30%
 $4,007 
  48.96%
Real Estate
  719 
  11.90%
  843 
  11.18%
  806 
  9.18%
  623 
  7.14%
  400 
  4.89%
Commercial, Financial and Agricultural
  863 
  14.28%
  1,348 
  17.88%
  1,666 
  18.97%
  1,337 
  15.33%
  2,239 
  27.36%
Consumer
  1,640 
  27.13%
  1,426 
  18.90%
  1,059 
  12.06%
  1,685 
  19.31%
  905 
  11.06%
Home Equity
  275 
  4.55%
  545 
  7.22%
  808 
  9.20%
  342 
  3.92%
  633 
  7.73%
Total
 $6,044 
  100.00%
 $7,543 
  100.00%
 $8,781 
  100.00%
 $8,725 
  100.00%
 $8,184 
  100.00%
Deposits and Borrowings
The average deposit balances and average rates paid for 2017, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:
Average Deposits and Rates Paid (Dollars in thousands)
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
 
Average Balance
 
 
Rate
 
 
Average Balance
 
 
Rate
 
 
Average Balance
 
 
Rate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Noninterest-bearing
 $153,640 
 
 
 
 $141,180 
 
 
 
 $125,665 
 
 
 
 
    
 
 
 
    
 
 
 
    
 
 
 
Interest-bearing:
    
 
 
 
    
 
 
 
    
 
 
 
Interest Checking
 $121,095 
  .44%
 $113,525 
  .44%
 $112,334 
  .48%
Savings Accounts
  114,489 
  .45%
  100,298 
  .44%
  76,491 
  .28%
Time Deposits:
    
    
    
    
    
    
CDARS
  1,247 
  .56%
  1,253 
  .88%
  11,247 
  .18%
All other
  158,168 
  1.03%
  158,968 
  .90%
  160,582 
  .86%
Total interest-bearing
  394,999 
  .68%
  374,044 
  .64%
  360,654 
  .60%
Total deposits
 $548,639 
  .49%
 $515,224 
  .46%
 $486,319 
  .44%
Average noninterest-bearing demand deposits, which are comprised of checking accounts, increased $12,460,000 or 8.83% from $141,180,000 during 2016 to $153,640,000 during 2017. Average interest-bearing deposits, which include interest checking accounts, money market accounts, regular savings accounts and time deposits, increased $20,955,000 or 5.60% from $374,044,000 at December 31, 2016 to $394,999,000 at December 31, 2017. Total average interest checking (including money market) account balances increased $7,570,000 or 6.67% from $113,525,000 at December 31, 2016 to $121,095,000 at December 31, 2017. Total average savings and money market account balances increased $14,191,000 or 14.15% from $100,298,000 at December 31, 2016 to $114,489,000 at December 31, 2017.
Average time deposits decreased $806,000 or .50% from $160,221,000 at December 31, 2016 to $159,415,000 at December 31, 2017.

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Deposits and Borrowings, continued
The maturity distribution of certificates of deposit of $100,000 or more is as follows:
(Actual Dollars in thousands)
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Less than 3 months
 $4,392 
 $2,379 
3 to 6 months
  7,212 
  4,332 
6 to 12 months
  11,410 
  7,624 
1 year to 5 years
  37,606 
  36,534 
 
    
    
Total
 $60,620 
 $50,869 
Non-deposit borrowings include federal funds purchased and Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) borrowings, (both short term and long term). Non-deposit borrowings are an important source of funding for the Bank. These sources assist in managing short and long-term funding needs, often at rates that are more favorable than raising additional funds within the deposit portfolio.
Borrowings from the FHLB are used to support the Bank’s lending program and allow the Bank to manage interest rate risk by laddering maturities and matching funding terms to the terms of various loan types in the loan portfolio. The Company did not borrow long term FHLB loans during 2017. This compares to $20,000,000 borrowed in 2016 and $40,000,000 in 2015. Repayment of amortizing and fixed maturity loans through FHLB totaled $14,429,000 during 2017, including prepayment of $10,000,000 resulting in a prepayment gain of $504,000. These long-term loans carry an average rate of 1.86% at December 31, 2017.
Contractual Obligations and Scheduled Payments (dollars in thousands)
 
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
 
Less than
 
 
One Year Through
 
 
Three Years Through
 
 
More than
 
 
 
 
 
 
One Year
 
 
Three Years
 
 
Five Years
 
 
Five Years
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal funds purchased
 $5,296 
 $- 
 $- 
 $- 
 $5,296 
FHLB Short term advances
  20,000 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  20,000 
FHLB long term advances
  9,429 
  21,357 
  8,643 
  10,125 
  49,554 
Total
 $34,725 
 $21,357 
 $8,643 
 $10,125 
 $74,850 
See Note 11 (Short Term Debt) and Note 12 (Long Term Debt) to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the rates, terms, and conversion features on these advances

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Deposits and Borrowings, continued
Stockholders’ Equity
Total stockholders' equity increased $4,593,000 or 5.30% in 2017. Net income totaled $9,010,000, noncontrolling interest net income totaled $31,000, issuance of common stock totaled $197,000 and capital was reduced by dividends of $3,387,000, decreases in other comprehensive income of $295,000, repurchases of common stock of $712,000, repurchase of preferred stock $101,000 and minority interest distributions of $150,000. As of December 31, 2017, book value per common share was $25.73 compared to $24.18 as of December 31, 2016. Dividends are paid to stockholders on a quarterly basis in uniform amounts unless unexpected fluctuations in net income indicate a change to this policy is needed.
The Company adopted ASU 2018-02 which allows financial statement preparers an option to reclassify stranded tax effects within accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings in each period in which the effect of the change in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (or portion thereof) is recorded. Therefore retained earnings has been adjusted by $682,000 for reflect these changes.
Banking regulators have established a uniform system to address the adequacy of capital for financial institutions. The rules require minimum capital levels based on risk-adjusted assets. Simply stated, the riskier an entity's investments, the more capital it is required to maintain. The Bank is required to maintain these minimum capital levels. In March 2015, the Bank implemented the Basel III capital requirements, which introduced the Common Equity Tier I ratio in addition to the two previous capital guidelines of Tier I capital (referred to as core capital) and Tier II capital (referred to as supplementary capital). At December 31, 2017, the Bank had Common Equity Tier I capital of 14.43%, Tier I capital of 14.43% of risk weighted assets and combined Tier I and II capital of 15.41% of risk weighted assets. Regulatory minimums at this date were 4.5%, 6% and 8%, respectively. The Bank has maintained capital levels far above the minimum requirements throughout the year. In the unlikely event that such capital levels are not met, regulatory agencies are empowered to require the Bank to raise additional capital and/or reallocate present capital.
In addition, the regulatory agencies have issued guidelines requiring the maintenance of a capital leverage ratio. The leverage ratio is computed by dividing Tier I capital by average total assets. The regulators have established a minimum of 4% for this ratio but can increase the minimum requirement based upon an institution's overall financial condition. At December 31, 2017, the Bank reported a leverage ratio of 12.07%. The Bank's leverage ratio was also substantially above the minimum. The Bank also reported a capital conservation buffer of 7.41% at December 31, 2017. The capital conservation buffer is designed to strengthen an institution’s financial resilience during economic cycles. Financial institutions are required to maintain a minimum buffer as required by the Basel III final rules in order to avoid restrictions on capital distributions and other payments. Beginning January 1, 2016, a capital conservation buffer of 0.625% became effective. The capital conservations buffer for 2017 is 1.25% and will gradually be increased through January 1, 2019 to 2.5%.

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Market Risk Management
Most of the Company’s net income is dependent on the Bank’s net interest income. Rapid changes in short-term interest rates may lead to volatility in net interest income resulting in additional interest rate risk to the extent that imbalances exist between the maturities or repricing of interest bearing liabilities and interest earning assets. The Company’s net interest margin increased .19% in 2017 following a decrease of .09% in 2016. This increase is due to increases in interest rates in 2017, loan growth and the growth in noninterest bearing deposits to support loan growth. In December 2017, the Federal Open Market Committee elected to raise the short-term rates target .25% to 1.25 to 1.50% due to expanding economic activity.
Net interest income is also affected by changes in the mix of funding that supports earning assets. For example, higher levels of non-interest bearing demand deposits and leveraging earning assets by funding with stockholder’s equity would result in greater levels of net interest income than if most of the earning assets were funded with higher cost interest-bearing liabilities, such as certificates of deposit.
Liquid assets, which include cash and cash equivalents, federal funds sold, interest bearing deposits and short term investments averaged $40,189,000 for 2017. The Bank historically has had a stable core deposit base and, therefore, does not have to rely on volatile funding sources. Because of the stable core deposit base, changes in interest rates should not have a significant effect on liquidity. The Bank's membership in the Federal Home Loan Bank has historically provided liquidity as the Bank borrows money that is repaid over a five to ten-year period and uses the money to make fixed rate loans. The matching of the long-term receivables and liabilities helps the Bank reduce its sensitivity to interest rate changes. The Company reviews its interest rate gap periodically and makes adjustments as needed. There are no off-balance sheet items that will impair future liquidity.
The following table depicts the Company’s interest rate sensitivity, as measured by the repricing of its interest sensitive assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2017. As the notes to the table indicate, the data was based in part on assumptions as to when certain assets or liabilities would mature or reprice. The analysis indicates an asset sensitive one-year cumulative GAP position of 21.36% of total earning assets, compared to 23.71% in 2016. Approximately 44.40% of rate sensitive assets and 32.83% of rate sensitive liabilities are subject to repricing within one year. Short term assets (less than one year) decreased $11,305,000 during the year, while total earning assets decreased $1,106,000. The decrease is attributed to a decrease in loans held for sale of $22,960,000 and a decrease in federal funds sold of $7,926,000 which were offset by growth in loans held for investment of $25,221,000 and investments of $3,832,000. Growth in the loans held for investment portfolio was concentrated in real estate secured loans, commercial and the Dealer Finance division. Short term liabilities increased $5,059,000, while total interest bearing liabilities decreased $12,732,000. The decrease in short term liabilities is due to the decreased demand in the loans held for sale program. Management has raised deposit rates minimally in 2017.

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Market Risk Management, continued
The following GAP analysis shows the time frames as of December 31, 2017, in which the Company’s assets and liabilities are subject to repricing:
 
 
1-90
 
 
91-365
 
 
1-5
 
 
Over 5
 
 
Not
 
 
 
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Days
 
 
Days
 
 
Years
 
 
Years
 
 
Classified
 
 
Total
 
Rate Sensitive Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans held for investment
 $136,692 
 $96,166 
 $333,030 
 $48,147 
 $- 
 $614,035 
Loans held for sale
  39,775 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  39,775 
Federal funds sold
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
Investment securities
  20,123 
  7,980 
  - 
  502 
  135 
  28,740 
Credit cards
  2,939 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  2,939 
Interest bearing bank deposits
  1,285 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  1,285 
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
Total
  200,814 
  104,146 
  333,030 
  48,649 
  135 
  686,774 
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
Rate Sensitive Liabilities:
    
    
    
    
    
    
Interest bearing demand deposits
  - 
  32,473 
  69,810 
  18,668 
  - 
  120,951 
Savings deposits
  - 
  24,144 
  72,434 
  24,145 
  - 
  120,723 
Certificates of deposit $100,000 and over
  4,192 
  17,223 
  39,205 
  - 
  - 
  60,620 
Other certificates of deposit
  13,313 
  32,095 
  59,242 
  - 
  - 
  104,650 
Total Deposits
  17,505 
  105,935 
  240,691 
  42,813 
  - 
  406,944 
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
Short-term debt
  25,296 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  25,296 
Long-term debt
  1,192 
  8,322 
  30,094 
  10,125 
  - 
  49,733 
Total
  43,993 
  114,257 
  270,785 
  52,938 
  - 
  481,973 
Discrete Gap
  156,821 
  (10,111)
  62,245 
  (4,289)
  135 
  204,801 
Cumulative Gap
  156,821 
  146,710 
  208,955 
  204,666 
  204,801 
    
As a % of Earning Assets
  22.83%
  21.36%
  30.43%
  29.80%
  29.82%
    
● 
In preparing the above table, no assumptions are made with respect to loan prepayments or deposit run off. Loan principal payments are included in the earliest period in which the loan matures or can be repriced. Principal payments on installment loans scheduled prior to maturity are included in the period of maturity or repricing. Proceeds from the redemption of investments and deposits are included in the period of maturity. Estimated maturities on deposits which have no stated maturity dates were derived from guidance contained in FDICIA 305.

PART II, Continued
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Continued
Quarterly Results (unaudited)
The table below lists the Company’s quarterly performance for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:
 
 
2017
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Fourth
 
 
Third
 
 
Second
 
 
First
 
 
Total
 
Interest and Dividend Income
 $9,141
 
 $8,688
 
 $8,256
 
 $8,010
 
 $34,095
 
Interest Expense
  1,036
 
  1,030
 
  925
 
  906
 
  3,897
 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Net Interest Income
  8,105
 
  7,658
 
  7,331
 
  7,104
 
  30,198
 
Provision for Loan Losses
  - 
  -
 
  - 
  - 
  - 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Net Interest Income after Provision
    
    
    
    
    
for Loan Losses
  8,105 
  7,658
 
  7,331
 
  7,104
 
  30,198
 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Non-Interest Income
  1,820 
  2,145
 
  1,882
 
  2,045
 
  7,892
 
Non-Interest Expense
  6,489
 
  6,259
 
  6,017
 
  5,954
 
  24,719
 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Income before income taxes
  3,436 
  3,544
 
  3,196
 
  3,195
 
  13,371
 
Income Tax Expense
  1,698
 
  946
 
  809 
  877
 
  4,330
 
Noncontrolling interest (income)/expense
  49 
  (48)
  (59)
  (4)
  (31)
 
    
    
    
    
    
Net Income
 $1,787
 
 $2,602 
 $2,328 
 $2,090 
 $9,010
 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Net Income Per Average
    
    
    
    
    
   Common Share Basic
 $.52
 
 $.75 
 $.68 
 $.68
 
 $2.63
 
Note that fourth quarter 2017 includes the one time deferred tax asset write down due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
 
 
2016
 
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Fourth
 
 
Third
 
 
Second
 
 
First
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest and Dividend Income
 $8,387
 
 $8,198 
 $7,931 
 $7,634 
 $32,150 
Interest Expense
  954
 
  969 
  862 
  814 
  3,599 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Net Interest Income
  7,433
 
  7,229 
  7,069 
  6,820 
  28,551 
Provision for Loan Losses
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Net Interest Income after Provision
    
    
    
    
    
for Loan Losses
  7,433
 
  7,229 
  7,069 
  6,820 
  28,551 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Non-Interest Income
  2,843
 
  1,054 
  986 
  699 
  5,582 
Non-Interest Expense
  6,806
 
  4,962 
  4,772 
  4,732 
  21,272 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Income before income taxes
  3,470
 
  3,321 
  3,283 
  2,787 
  12,861 
Income Tax Expense
  912
 
  655 
  839 
  693 
  3,099 
Noncontrolling interest
  (40)
  (64)
  (86)
  (4)
  (194)
 
    
    
    
    
    
Net Income
 $2,518
 
 $2,602 
 $2,358 
 $2,090 
 $9,568 
 
    
    
    
    
    
Net Income Per Average
    
    
    
    
    
   Common Share Basic
 $.74
 
 $.75 
 $.68 
 $.60 
 $2.77 

Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Interest Rate Sensitivity
The Company considers interest rate risk to be a significant risk and has systems in place to measure the exposure of net interest income and fair values to movement in interest rates. Among the tools available to management is interest rate sensitivity analysis, which provides information related to repricing opportunities. Interest rate shock simulations indicate potential economic loss due to future interest rate changes. Shock analysis is a test that measures the effect of a hypothetical, immediate and parallel shift in interest rates. The following table shows the results of a rate shock and the effect on net income, net interest income and net interest margin. The information is an excerpt from our Interest Rate Risk model run as of November 30, 2017 and 2016:
 
Rate Shift (bp)
 
 
Net Income
 
 
Net Interest Income
 
 
Net Interest Margin
 
 
 
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
  300 
  16,084 
  14,583 
  38,622 
  35,480 
  5.71%
  5.21%
  200 
  14,832 
  13,118 
  36,904 
  33,492 
  5.46%
  4.96%
  100 
  13,414 
  11,507 
  34,959 
  31,306 
  5.18%
  4.61%
  (-)100 
  12,291 
  10,458 
  33,418 
  29,883 
  4.96%
  4.41%
  (-)200 
  11,999 
  10,319 
  33,017 
  29,694 
  4.90%
  4.38%
See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets (dollars in thousands, except per share data)
As of December 31, 2017 and 2016
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and due from banks
 $10,622 
 $7,755 
Money market funds
  1,285 
  674 
Federal funds sold
  - 
  7,926 
Cash and cash equivalents
  11,907 
  16,355 
 
    
    
Securities:
    
    
Held to maturity - fair value of $125 in 2017 and 2016
  125 
  125 
Available for sale
  28,615 
  24,783 
Other investments
  12,503 
  14,567 
Loans held for sale
  39,775 
  62,735 
Loans held for investment
  616,974 
  591,636 
Less: allowance for loan losses
  (6,044)
  (7,543)
Net loans held for investment
  610,930 
  584,093 
 
    
    
Other real estate owned
  1,984 
  2,076 
Bank premises and equipment, net
  15,894 
  10,340 
Interest receivable
  2,007 
  1,785 
Goodwill
  2,881 
  2,670 
Bank owned life insurance
  13,950 
  13,513 
Other assets
  12,699 
  11,847 
Total Assets
 $753,270 
 $744,889 
 
    
    
Liabilities
    
    
Deposits:
    
    
Noninterest bearing
 $162,233 
 $146,617 
Interest bearing
  406,944 
  390,468 
Total deposits
  569,177 
  537,085 
 
    
    
Short-term debt
  25,296 
  40,000 
Accrued liabilities
  17,789 
  16,885 
Long-term debt
  49,733 
  64,237 
Total Liabilities
  661,995 
  658,207 
 
    
    
Commitments and contingencies
    
    
 
    
    
Stockholders’ Equity
    
    
Preferred Stock $25 par value, 400,000 shares authorized, 324,150 and 327,350 shares
    
    
issued and outstanding at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively
  7,529 
  7,609 
Common stock $5 par value, 6,000,000 shares authorized, 3,255,036 and 3,270,315
    
    
shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively
  16,275 
  16,352 
Additional paid in capital – common stock
  10,225 
  10,684 
Retained earnings
  60,814 
  54,509 
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries
  574 
  693 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
  (4,142)
  (3,165)
Total Stockholders' Equity
  91,275 
  86,682 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
 $753,270 
 $744,889 
See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Income (dollars in thousands, except per share data)
For the years ended 2017, 2016 and 2015
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Interest and Dividend Income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest and fees on loans held for investment
 $32,479 
 $29,816 
 $27,957 
Interest from loans held for sale
  1,112 
  1,924 
  1,099 
Interest from money market funds and federal funds sold
  166 
  38 
  21 
Interest from debt securities – taxable
  338 
  372 
  327 
Total interest and dividend income
  34,095 
  32,150 
  29,404 
 
    
    
    
Interest Expense
    
    
    
Total interest on deposits
  2,688 
  2,380 
  2,153 
Interest from short-term debt
  63 
  55 
  69 
Interest from long-term debt
  1,146 
  1,164 
  654 
Total interest expense
  3,897 
  3,599 
  2,876 
 
    
    
    
Net Interest Income
  30,198 
  28,551 
  26,528 
 
    
    
    
Provision for Loan Losses
  - 
  - 
  300 
 
    
    
    
Net Interest Income After Provision for Loan Losses
  30,198 
  28,551 
  26,228 
 
    
    
    
Noninterest Income
    
    
    
Service charges on deposit accounts
  1,360 
  1,174 
  963 
Insurance, other commissions and mortgage banking, net
  4,137 
  3,006 
  2,575 
Other operating income
  2,109 
  1,657 
  1,401 
Income from bank owned life insurance
  449 
  476 
  473 
Gain on prepayment of long term debt
  504 
  - 
  - 
Loss on sale of other investments
  (42)
  - 
  - 
Low income housing partnership losses
  (625)
  (731)
  (619)
Total noninterest income
  7,892 
  5,582 
  4,793 
 
    
    
    
 
    
    
    
Noninterest Expenses
    
    
    
Salaries
  11,482 
  9,986 
  9,018 
Employee benefits
  3,372 
  2,814 
  2,439 
Occupancy expense
  1,035 
  868 
  801 
Equipment expense
  836 
  735 
  715 
FDIC insurance assessment
  190 
  388 
  587 
Other real estate owned, net
  76 
  86 
  566 
Other operating expenses
  7,728 
  6,395 
  5,428 
Total noninterest expenses
  24,719 
  21,272 
  19,554 
 
    
    
    
Income before income taxes
  13,371 
  12,861 
  11,467 
 
    
    
    
Income Tax Expense
  4,330 
  3,099 
  2,886 
 
    
    
    
Net Income
  9,041 
  9,762 
  8,581 
 
    
    
    
Net Income attributable to noncontrolling interests
  (31)
  (194)
  (164)
Net Income attributable to F & M Bank Corp.
 $9,010 
 $9,568 
 $8,417 
 
    
    
    
Dividends paid/accumulated on preferred stock
  415 
  487 
  510 
Net income available to common stockholders
 $8,595 
 $9,081 
 $7,907 
 
    
    
    
Per Common Share Data
    
    
    
Net income - basic
 $2.63 
 $2.77 
 $2.40 
Net income - diluted
 $2.48 
 $2.57 
 $2.25 
Cash dividends on common stock
 $.94 
 $.80 
 $.73 
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic
  3,269,713 
  3,282,335 
  3,290,812 
Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted
  3,631,984 
  3,716,591 
  3,735,212 
See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (dollars in thousands)
For the years ended 2017, 2016 and 2015
 
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Income
 $9,041 
 $9,762 
 $8,581 
 
    
    
    
Other comprehensive income (loss):
    
    
    
Pension plan adjustment
  (414)
  (738)
  (537)
Tax effect
  141 
  251 
  183 
Pension plan adjustment, net of tax
  (273)
  (487)
  (354)
 
    
    
    
Unrealized holding gains
    
    
    
     on available-for-sale securities
  (34)
  3 
  2 
Tax effect
  12 
  (1)
  (1)
Unrealized holding gains, net of tax
  (22)
  2 
  1 
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
  (295)
  (485)
  (353)
Total comprehensive income
 $8,746 
 $9,277 
 $8,228 
 
    
    
    
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 $(31)
 $(194)
 $(164)
 
    
    
    
Comprehensive income attributable to F&M Bank Corp.
 $8,715 
 $9,083 
 $8,064 
 
    
    
    
See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preferred
 
 
Common
 
 
Additional Paid in
 
 
Retained
 
 
Noncontrolling
 
 
Income
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stock
 
 
Stock
 
 
Capital
 
 
Earnings
 
 
Interest
 
 
(Loss)
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance December 31, 2014
 $9,425 
 $16,459 
 $11,260 
 $42,554 
 $426 
 $(2,327)
 $77,797 
Net income
    
    
    
  8,417 
  164 
    
  8,581 
Other comprehensive loss
    
    
    
    
    
  (353)
  (353)
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Distributions to noncontrolling interest
    
    
    
    
  (17)
    
  (17)
Dividends on preferred stock ($1.275 per share)
    
    
    
  (510)
    
    
  (510)
Dividends on common stock ($.73 per share)
    
    
    
  (2,405)
    
    
  (2,405)
Common stock repurchased (13,277 shares)
    
  (67)
  (223)
    
    
    
  (290)
Common stock issued (6,916 shares)
    
  35 
  112 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  147 
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Balance December 31, 2015
 $9,425 
 $16,427 
 $11,149 
 $48,056 
 $573 
 $(2,680)
 $82,950 
    Net income
    
    
    
  9,568 
  194 
    
  9,762 
    Other comprehensive loss
    
    
    
    
    
  (485)
  (485)
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Distributions to noncontrolling interest
    
    
    
    
  (74)
    
  (74)
Dividends on preferred stock ($1.488 per share)
    
    
    
  (487)
    
    
  (487)
Dividends on common stock ($.80 per share)
    
    
    
  (2,628)
    
    
  (2,628)
Common stock repurchased (22,583 shares)
    
  (112)
  (466)
    
    
    
  (578)
Common stock issued (7,494 shares)
    
  37 
  146 
    
    
    
  183 
Preferred stock repurchased (72,650 shares)
  (1,816)
    
  (145)
    
    
    
  (1,961)
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Balance, December 31, 2016
 $7,609 
 $16,352 
 $10,684 
 $54,509 
 $693 
 $(3,165)
 $86,682 
    Net income
    
    
    
  9,010 
  31 
    
  9,041 
    Other comprehensive loss
    
    
    
    
    
  (295)
  (295)
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Distributions to noncontrolling interest
    
    
    
    
  (150)
    
  (150)
Dividends on preferred stock ($1.28 per share)
    
    
    
  (415)
    
    
  (415)
Dividends on common stock ($.94 per share)
    
    
    
  (2,972)
    
    
  (2,972)
Common stock repurchased (21,984 shares)
    
  (110)
  (602)
    
    
    
  (712)
Common stock issued (6,705 shares)
    
  33 
  164 
    
    
    
  197 
Preferred stock repurchased (3,200 shares)
  (80)
    
  (21)
    
    
    
  (101)
Stranded tax effect of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
    
    
    
  682 
    
  (682)
  - 
 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Balance, December 31, 2017
 $7,529 
 $16,275 
 $10,225 
 $60,814 
 $574 
 $(4,142)
 $91,275 
See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (dollars in thousands)
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015
                                                                                                           
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
 $9,010 
 $9,568 
 $8,417 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
    
    
    
     provided by operating activities:
    
    
    
Depreciation
  930 
  827 
  727 
Amortization of intangibles
  53 
  - 
  - 
Amortization of securities
  - 
  109 
  147 
Proceeds from sale of loans held for sale originated
  67,517 
  73,112 
  77,662 
Gain on sale of loans held for sale originated
  (2,331)
  (2,778)
  (2,297)
Loans held for sale originated
  (68,647)
  (66,779)
  (77,152)
Provision for loan losses
  - 
  - 
  300 
(Expense) benefit for deferred taxes
  (222)
  9 
  341 
(Increase) in interest receivable
  (222)
  (76)
  (34)
Increase in other assets
  (1,693)
  (444)
  (457)
Increase in accrued liabilities
  1,498 
  1,690 
  1,480 
Amortization of limited partnership investments
  625 
  731 
  627 
Loss on sale of investments
  42 
  - 
  - 
Loss on sale and valuation adjustments of other real estate owned
  44 
  19 
  489 
Income from life insurance investment
  (449)
  (476)
  (473)
     Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
  6,155 
  15,512 
  9,777 
 
    
    
    
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
    
    
    
     Proceeds from maturities of securities available for sale
  86,741 
  32,218 
  8,243 
     Proceeds from sales of other investments
  55 
  - 
  - 
     Purchases of securities available for sale and other investments
  (89,428)
  (47,137)
  (12,040)
     Capital improvements to other real estate owned
  (2)
  (24)
  - 
     Net increase in loans held for investment
  (27, 068)
  (49,386)
  (25,892)
     Net decrease (increase) in loans held for sale participations
  26 421 
  (8,483)
  (42,637)
     Net purchase of property and equipment
  (6,484)
  (3,553)
  (1,811)
     Proceeds from sale of other real estate owned
  281 
  623 
  688 
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
  (9,484)
  (75,742)
  (73,449)
 
    
    
    
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
    
    
    
     Net change in deposits
  32,092 
  42,415 
  3,165 
     Net change in short-term debt
  (14,704)
  15,046 
  10,596 
     Dividends paid in cash
  (3,387)
  (3,115)
  (2,915)
     Proceeds from long-term debt
  - 
  20,000 
  40,000 
     Proceeds from issuance of common stock
  197 
  183 
  147 
     Repurchase of preferred stock
  (712)
  (1,961)
  - 
     Repurchase of common stock
  (101)
  (578)
  (290)
     Repayments of long-term debt
  (14,504)
  (3,924)
  (1,714)
Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Financing Activities
  (1,119)
  68,066 
  48,989 
 
    
    
    
Net (Decrease) Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
  (4,448)
  7,836)
  (14,683)
 
    
    
    
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Year
  16,355 
  8,519 
  23,202 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Year
 $11,907 
 $16,355 
 $8,519 
 
    
    
    
Supplemental Cash Flow information:
    
    
    
     Cash paid for:
    
    
    
Interest
 $3,866 
 $3,573 
 $2,854 
Income taxes
  4,460 
  2,300 
  1,500 
Supplemental non-cash disclosures:
    
    
    
    Transfers from loans to other real estate owned
  231 
  566 
  125 
    Loans originated for the sale of other real estate owned
  - 
  - 
  (328)
    Unrealized gain (loss) on securities available for sale
  (26)
  2 
  1 
    Minimum pension liability adjustment
  (952)
  (487)
  (354)
See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 1
NATURE OF OPERATIONS:
F & M Bank Corp. (the “Company”), through its subsidiary Farmers & Merchants Bank (the “Bank”), operates under a charter issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia and provides commercial banking services. As a state-chartered bank, the Bank is subject to regulation by the Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank. The Bank provides services to customers located mainly in Rockingham, Shenandoah, Page and Augusta Counties in Virginia, and the adjacent county of Hardy, West Virginia. Services are provided at thirteen branch offices and a Dealer Finance Division loan production office. The Company offers insurance, mortgage lending, title insurance and financial services through its subsidiaries, TEB Life Insurance, Inc., Farmers & Merchants Financial Services, Inc, VBS Mortgage, LLC (VBS) and VS Title, LLC.
NOTE 2
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
The accounting and reporting policies of the Company and its subsidiaries conform to generally accepted accounting principles and to accepted practice within the banking industry. The following is a summary of the more significant policies:
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Farmers and Merchants Bank, TEB Life Insurance Company, Farmers & Merchants Financial Services, Inc., VBS Mortgage, LLC, (net of noncontrolling interest) and VS Title, LLC. Significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term relate to the determination of the allowance for loan losses, goodwill and intangibles, fair value, the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, pension accounting and the valuation of foreclosed real estate.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, money market funds whose initial maturity is ninety days or less and Federal funds sold.
Securities
Certain debt securities that management has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are classified as “held to maturity” and recorded at amortized cost. Securities not classified as held to maturity or trading, including equity securities with readily determinable fair values, are classified as “available for sale” and recorded at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses excluded from earnings and reported in other comprehensive income. Purchase premiums and discounts are recognized in interest income using the interest method over the terms of the securities. Gains and losses on the sale of securities are recorded on the trade date and are determined using the specific identification method. The Company has no securities classified as trading.
The Company follows the accounting guidance related to recognition and presentation of other-than-temporary impairment. The guidance specifies that if (a) an entity does not have the intent to sell a debt security prior to recovery and (b) it is more likely than not that the entity will not have to sell the debt security prior to recovery, the security would not be considered other-than-temporarily impaired, unless there is a credit loss. When criteria (a) and (b) are met, the entity will recognize the credit component of other-than-temporary impairment of a debt security in earnings and the remaining portion in other comprehensive income.

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 2
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):
Securities, continued
For held-to-maturity debt securities, the amount of other-than-temporary impairment recorded in other comprehensive income for the noncredit portion of a previous other-than-temporary impairment is amortized prospectively over the remaining life of the security on the basis of the timing of future estimated cash flows of the security.
For equity securities, when the Company has decided to sell an impaired available-for-sale security and the Company does not expect the fair value of the security to fully recover before the expected time of sale, the security is deemed other-than-temporarily impaired in the period in which the decision to sell is made. The Company recognizes an impairment loss when the impairment is deemed other than temporary even if a decision to sell has not been made.
Other Investments
The Company periodically invests in low income housing partnerships whose primary benefit is the distribution of federal income tax credits to partners. The Company recognizes these benefits and the cost of the investments over the life of the partnership (usually 15 years). In addition, state and federal historic rehabilitation credits are generated from some of the partnerships. Amortization of these investments is prorated based on the amount of benefits received in each year to the total estimated benefits over the life of the projects. The effective yield method is used to record the income statement effects of these investments.
Other Investment Securities
Due to the nature and restrictions placed on the Company's investment in common stock of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta ("FHLB") and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, these securities are considered restricted and carried at cost.
Income Taxes
Income tax accounting guidance results in two components of income tax expense: current and deferred. Current income tax expense reflects taxes to be paid or refunded for the current period by applying the provisions of the enacted tax law to the taxable income or excess of deductions over revenues. The Company determines deferred income taxes using the liability (or balance sheet) method. Under this method, the net deferred tax asset or liability is based on the tax effects of the differences between the book and tax bases of assets and liabilities, and enacted changes in tax rates and laws are recognized in the period in which they occur.
Deferred income tax expense results from changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities between periods. Deferred tax assets are recognized if it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits, that the tax position will be realized or sustained upon examination. The term more likely than not means a likelihood of more than 50 percent; the terms examined and upon examination also include resolution of the related appeals or litigation processes, if any. A tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold is initially and subsequently measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information. The determination of whether or not a tax position has met the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold considers the facts, circumstances, and information available at the reporting date and is subject to management’s judgment. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance if, based on the weight of evidence available, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized.
The results for the year ended December 31, 2017 include the effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Tax Act), which was signed into law on December 22, 2017. Among other things, the Tax Act permanently lowers the federal corporate income tax rate to 21% from the maximum rate prior to the passage of the Tax Act of 35%, effective January 1, 2018. As a result of the reduction of the federal corporate tax rate, U.S. GAAP requires companies to re-measure their deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities, including those accounted for in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), as of the date of the Tax Act’s enactment and record the corresponding effects in income tax expense in the fourth quarter of 2017. The Company recognized a $811 reduction in the value of its net deferred tax asset and recorded a corresponding incremental income tax expense in the Company’s consolidated statement of income for 2017. The Company’s evaluation of the effect of the Tax Act is considered a preliminary estimate and is subject to refinement for up to one year. No material adjustment is anticipated.

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 2
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):
Income Taxes, continued
The Company recognizes interest and penalties on income taxes as a component of income tax expense.
Loans Held for Investment
The Company, through its banking subsidiary, provides mortgage, commercial, and consumer loans to customers. A substantial portion of the loan portfolio is represented by mortgage loans, particularly commercial and residential mortgages. The ability of the Company’s debtors to honor their contracts is largely dependent upon the real estate and general economic conditions in the Company’s market area.
Loans that management has the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future or until maturity or pay-off, generally are reported at their outstanding unpaid principal balance adjusted for the allowance for loan losses, and any unearned income.  Interest income is accrued on the unpaid principal balance.  The accrual of interest on loans is generally discontinued at the time the loan is 90 days delinquent unless the credit is well-secured and in process of collection.  Loans are typically charged off when the loan is 120 days past due, unless secured and in process of collection.  Loans are placed on nonaccrual status or charged-off at an earlier date if collection of principal or interest is considered doubtful.
The Company’s loans are grouped into eleven segments: construction/land development, farmland, real estate, multi-family, commercial real estate, home equity – closed end, home equity – open end, commercial & industrial – non-real estate, consumer, credit cards and dealer finance. Each segment is subject to certain risks that influence the establishment of pricing, loan structures, approval requirements, reserves, and ongoing credit management. The Company does not segregate the portfolio further.
Construction and land development loans are subject to general risks from changing commercial building and housing market trends and economic conditions that may impact demand for completed properties and the costs of completion. Completed properties that do not sell or become leased within originally expected timeframes may impact the borrower’s ability to service the debt. These risks are measured by market-area unemployment rates, bankruptcy rates, housing and commercial building market trends, and interest rates. Risks specific to the borrower are also evaluated, including previous repayment history, debt service ability, and current and projected loan-to value ratios for the collateral.
Farmland loans are loans secured by agricultural property. These loans are subject to risks associated with the value of the underlying farmland and the cash flows of the borrower’s farming operations.
Multifamily loans are loans secured by multi-unit residential property. These loans are subject to risks associated with the value of the underlying property as well as the successful operation and management of the property.
Real estate loans are for consumer residential real estate where the credit quality is subject to risks associated with the borrower’s repayment ability and collateral value, measured generally by analyzing local unemployment and bankruptcy trends, and local housing market trends and interest rates. Risks specific to a borrower are determined by previous repayment history, loan-to-value ratios, and debt-to-income ratios.
The commercial real estate segment includes loans secured by commercial real estate occupied by the owner/borrower, and commercial real estate leased to non-owners. Loans in the commercial real estate segment are impacted by economic risks from changing commercial real estate markets, rental markets for commercial buildings, business bankruptcy rates, local unemployment rates and interest rate trends that would impact the businesses housed by the commercial real estate.
The Company’s home-equity loan portfolios (closed end and open end) carry risks associated with the creditworthiness of the borrower and changes in loan-to-value ratios. The Company manages these risks through policies and procedures such as limiting loan-to-value at origination, experienced underwriting, and requiring standards for appraisers.

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 2
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):
Loans Held for Investment, continued
Commercial and industrial non-real estate loans are secured by collateral other than real estate or are unsecured. Credit risk for commercial non-real estate loans is subject to economic conditions, generally monitored by local business bankruptcy trends, interest rates, and borrower repayment ability and collateral value (if secured).
Consumer non-real estate includes non-dealer financed automobile loans and other consumer loans. Certain consumer loans are unsecured, while collateral is obtained for automobile loans and other consumer loans. Credit risk stems primarily from the borrower’s ability to repay. If the loan is secured, the Company analyzes loan-to-value ratios. All consumer non-real estate loans are analyzed for debt-to-income ratios and previous credit history, as well as for general risks for the portfolio, including local unemployment rates, personal bankruptcy rates and interest rates.
Credit card loan portfolios carry risks associated with the creditworthiness of the borrower and changes in the economic environment. The Company manages these risks through policies and procedures such as experienced underwriting, maximum debt to income ratios, and minimum borrower credit scores.
Dealer finance lending generally carries certain risks associated with the values of the collateral and borrower’s ability to repay the loan. The Company focuses its dealer finance lending on used vehicles where substantial depreciation has already occurred thereby minimizing the risk of significant loss of collateral values in the future.
Interest accrued but not collected for loans that are placed on nonaccrual status or charged-off is reversed against interest income.  The interest on these loans is accounted for on the cash basis or cost recovery method, until qualifying for return to accrual status.  Loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.
A loan is considered past due when a payment of principal or interest or both is due but not paid.  Management closely monitors past due loans in timeframes of 30-59 days, 60-89 days, and 90 or more days past due.
These policies apply to all loan portfolio segments.
A loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value, and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due.  Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired. Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration all of the circumstances surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length of the delay, the reasons for the delay, the borrower's prior payment record, and the amount of the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed.  Impairment is measured on a loan-by-loan basis for commercial and construction loans by either the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan's effective interest rate, the loan's obtainable market price, or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. Troubled debt restructurings are considered impaired loans.
Loans Held for Sale
These loans consist of fixed rate loans made through the Company’s subsidiary, VBS Mortgage, and loans purchased from Northpointe Bank, Grand Rapids, MI.

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 2
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):
Loans Held for Sale, continued
VBS Mortgage originates conforming mortgage loans for sale in the secondary market. These loans consist primarily of fixed-rate, single-family residential mortgage loans which meet the underwriting characteristics of the investors. VBS enters into mortgage loan commitments whereby the interest rate on the loan is determined prior to funding (rate lock commitments).
The period of time between issuance of a loan commitment and sale of the loan generally ranges from two to three weeks. VBS protects itself from changes in interest rates through the use of best efforts forward delivery contracts, by committing to sell a loan at the time the borrower commits to an interest rate with the intent that the buyer has assumed the interest rate risk on the loan.  As a result, the Company is not generally exposed to significant losses nor will it realize significant gains related to its rate lock commitments due to changes in interest rates.  The correlation between the rate lock commitments and the best efforts contracts is very high due to their similarity. The market value of rate lock commitments and best efforts contracts is not readily ascertainable with precision because rate lock commitments and best efforts contracts are not actively traded in stand-alone markets.  VBS determines the fair value of rate lock commitments and best efforts contracts by measuring the change in the estimated value of the underlying assets while taking into consideration the probability that the loan will be funded. The fair value of rate lock commitments and best efforts contracts was considered immaterial at December 31, 2017 and 2016. The average time on the line is two or three weeks. These loans are pre-sold with servicing released and no interest is retained after the loans are sold. Because of the short holding period, these loans are carried at the lower of cost or market and no market adjustments were deemed necessary in 2017, 2016, or 2015. Gains on sales of loans and commission expense are recognized at the loan closing date and are included in mortgage banking income, net on the Company’s consolidated income statement.
The Bank participates in a Mortgage Purchase Program with Northpointe Bank (Northpointe), a Michigan banking corporation. Pursuant to the terms of a participation agreement, the Bank purchases participation interests in loans made by Northpointe related to fully underwritten and pre-sold mortgage loans originated by various prescreened mortgage loan originators located throughout the United States. A takeout commitment is in place at the time the loans are purchased. The Bank has participated in similar arrangements since 2003 as a higher yielding alternative to federal funds sold or investment securities. These loans are short-term, residential real estate loans that have an average life in our portfolio of approximately two weeks. The Bank holds these loans during the period of time between loan closing and when the loan is paid off by the ultimate secondary market purchaser. As of December 31, 2017, and 2016, there were $36,130 and $62,550 million of these loans included in loans held for sale on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.
Troubled Debt Restructuring
In situations where, for economic or legal reasons related to a borrower's financial condition, management may grant a concession to the borrower that it would not otherwise consider, the related loan is classified as a troubled debt restructuring ("TDR").  Management strives to identify borrowers in financial difficulty early and work with them to modify their loan to more affordable terms before their loan reaches nonaccrual status.  These modified terms may include rate reductions, principal forgiveness, payment forbearance and other actions intended to minimize the economic loss and to avoid foreclosure or repossession of the collateral.  In cases where borrowers are granted new terms that provide for a reduction of either interest or principal, management measures any impairment on the restructuring as noted above for impaired loans.  The Company has $7.8 million in loans classified as TDRs that are current and performing as of December 31, 2017, and $9.8 million as of December 31, 2016.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 2 
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):
Allowance for Loan and Losses
The allowance for loan losses represents management’s estimate of probable losses inherent in the Company’s loan portfolio. A provision for estimated losses is charged to earnings to establish and maintain the allowance for loan losses at a level reflective of the estimated credit risk. When management determines that a loan balance or portion of a loan balance is not collectible, the loss is charged against the allowance. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance.
Management’s determination of the adequacy of the allowance is based on an evaluation of the composition of the loan portfolio, the value and adequacy of collateral, current economic conditions, historical loan loss experience, and other risk factors. Management evaluates the allowance each quarter through a methodology that estimates losses on individual impaired loans and evaluates the effect of numerous factors on the credit risk of each segment of loans.
The Company’s allowance for loan losses has two basic components: the general allowance and the specific allowance. Each of these components is determined based upon estimates and judgments. The general allowance uses historical loss experience as an indicator of future losses, along with various qualitative factors, including levels and trends in delinquencies, nonaccrual loans, charge-offs and recoveries, trends in volume and terms of loans, effects of changes in underwriting standards, experience of lending staff, economic conditions, and portfolio concentrations.
Except for credit card and dealer finance loans, all loans are assigned an internal risk rating based on certain credit quality indicators. Credit card, consumer and dealer finance loans are monitored based on payment activity. Loss rates are amplified for loans with adverse risk ratings that are not considered impaired. In the general allowance, the historical loss rate is combined with the qualitative factors, resulting in an adjusted loss factor for each segment of loans.  The period-end balances for each loan segment are multiplied by the adjusted loss factor. Historical loss rates are combined with qualitative factors resulting in an adjusted loss factor for each segment. Specific allowances are established for individually-evaluated impaired loans based on the excess of the loan balance relative to the fair value of the collateral, if the loan is deemed collateral dependent.
Management believes that the allowance for loan losses is adequate. While management uses available information to recognize losses on loans, future additions to the allowance may be necessary based on changes in economic conditions, particularly those affecting real estate values. In addition, regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review the Company’s allowance for loan losses. Such agencies may require the Company to recognize additions to the allowance based on their judgments about information available to them at the time of their examination.
Other Real Estate Owned (OREO)
OREO is held for sale and represents real estate acquired through or in lieu of foreclosure. OREO is initially recorded at fair value less costs to sell when acquired, establishing a new cost basis. Physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan occurs when legal title is obtained upon completion of foreclosure or when the borrower conveys all interest in the property to satisfy the loan through completion of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or through a similar legal agreement. The Company’s policy is to carry OREO on its balance sheet at the lower of cost or fair value less estimated costs to sell. If fair value declines subsequent to foreclosure, a valuation allowance is recorded through expense. Operating costs after acquisition are expensed.

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 2
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):

Bank Premises and Equipment

Land is carried at cost and bank premisescost. Buildings and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is charged to income over the estimated useful lives of the assets on a combination of the straight-line and accelerated methods. The ranges of theEstimated useful lives of the premisesrange from 10 to 39 years for buildings, and equipment are as follows:

Premises and Improvements10 - 40 years
Furniture and Equipment5 - 20 years
5 to 10 years for furniture and equipment. Maintenance, repairs, and minor improvements are charged to operations as incurred.incurred; major improvements are capitalized. Gains and losses on dispositions are reflectedreflect-ed in other income or expense.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The Company accounts for goodwill and intangible

Goodwill, the excess of purchase price over the fair value of the identifiable net assets under ASC 805, “Business Combinations” and ASC 350, “Intangibles”, respectively. Goodwillacquired, is subject to at least an annual assessmentevaluated for impairment by applyingcomparing the fair value of a fair value-based test.  Additionally, acquiredreporting unit with its carrying amount. Impairment testing is performed annually as of December 31, as well as when an event triggering event may have occurred. The Company performed the internal evaluation of goodwill for December 31, 2022, and based on the results, no impairment was deemed necessary.

Acquired intangible assets are separately recognized if the benefit of the assets can be sold, transferred, licensed, rented, or exchanged, and amortized over their useful lives. The Company recorded goodwill and intangible assets in 2017 related to the purchase of VS Title which was valued by an independent third party. The Company records as goodwill the excess of purchase price over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired. Impairment testing is performed annually, as well as when an event triggering impairment may have occurred. The Company performs its annual analysis as of December 31 each fiscal year. Accounting guidance permits preliminary assessment of qualitative factors to determine whether a more substantial impairment testing is required. The Company chose to bypass the preliminary assessment and utilized a two-step process for impairment testing of goodwill. The first step tests for impairment, while the second step, if necessary, measures the impairment.  No indicators of impairment were identified during the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015.

Pension Plans
The Bank has a qualified noncontributory defined benefit pension plan which covers all full-time employees hired prior to April 1, 2012. The benefits are primarily based on years of service and earnings. The Company complies with ASC 325-960 “Defined Benefit Pension Plans” which requires recognition of the over-funded or under-funded status of pension and other postretirement benefit plans on the balance sheet. Under ASC 325-960, gains and losses, prior service costs and credits, and any remaining transition amounts that have not yet been recognized through net periodic benefit cost will be recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax effects, until they are amortized as a component of net periodic cost.
Advertising Costs
The Company follows the policy of charging the cost of advertising to expense as incurred. Total advertising costs included in other operating expenses for 2017, 2016, and 2015 were $507, $496, and $452, respectively.

Bank Owned Life Insurance

The Company has purchased life insurance policies on certain key employees. Bank owned life insurance is recorded at the amount that can be realized under the insurance contract at the balance sheet date, which is the cash surrender value adjusted for other charges or other amounts due that are probable at settlement.


Pension Plans

The Bank has a qualified noncontributory defined benefit pension plan which covers all full-time employees hired prior to April 1, 2012. The benefits are primarily based on years of service and earnings. The Company recognizes the over-funded or under‑funded status of pension and other postretirement benefit plans on the balance sheet. Gains and losses, prior service costs and credits, and any remaining transition amounts that have not yet been recognized through net periodic benefit cost will be recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax effects, until they are amortized as a component of net periodic cost. As of February 15, 2023, the Virginia Bankers Association Defined Benefit Plan for Farmers & Merchants Bank was amended to stop the accrual of future benefits.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)

December 31, 20172022 and 2016

2021

NOTE 2          SUMMARY1 NATURE OF BANKING ACTIVITIES AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, (CONTINUED):

CONTINUED

Income Taxes

Income tax expense is the total of the current year income tax due or refundable and the change in deferred tax assets and liabilities. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined using the liability (or balance sheet) method. Under this method, the net deferred tax asset or liability is based on the tax effects of the temporary differences between the book and tax bases of assets and liabilities and give current recognition to changes in tax rates and laws.

When the Company’s federal tax returns are filed, it is highly certain that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while others are subject to uncertainty about the merits of the position taken or the amount of the position that would ultimately be sustained. The benefit of a tax position is recognized in the financial statements in the period during which, based on all available evidence, management believes it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation processes, if any. Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely to be realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax positions taken that exceeds the amount measured as described above is reflected as a liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets along with any associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing authorities upon examination. Interest and penalties, if any, associated with unrecognized tax benefits are classified as additional income taxes in the consolidated statements of income.

Advertising Costs

The Company follows the policy of charging the cost of advertising to expense as incurred.

Transfers of Financial Assets

Transfers of financial assets are accounted for as sales when control over the assets has been surrendered.  Control over transferred assets is deemed to be surrendered when (1) the assets have been isolated from the Company, – put presumptively beyond reach of the transferor and its creditors, even in bankruptcy or other receivership, (2) the transferee obtains the right (free of conditions that constrain it from taking advantage of that right) to pledge or exchange the transferred assets, and (3) the Company does not maintain effective control over the transferred assets through an agreement to repurchase them before their maturity ormaturity.

Bank-Owned Life Insurance

The Company owns insurance on the abilitylives of a certain group of key employees. The policies were purchased to unilaterally causehelp offset the holder to return specific assets.

Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income is shown in a two-statement approach, the first statement presents total net income and its components followed by a second statement that presents all the components of other comprehensive income such as unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities and changesincrease in the funded statuscosts of various fringe benefit plans, including healthcare. The cash surrender value of these policies is included as an asset on the consolidated balance sheets, and any increase in cash surrender value is recorded as income from bank owned life insurance on the consolidated statements of income. In the event of the death of an insured individual under these policies, the Company receives a defineddeath benefit pension plan.
In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, “Reclassification of Certain Tax Effectswhich is also recorded as income from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”).bank owned life insurance. The Company early adopted this new standard in the current year. ASU 2018-02 requires reclassification from AOCIis exposed to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the impact of the newly enacted federal corporate tax rate on items included in AOCI. The amount of the reclassification in 2017 was $682.
Derivative Financial Instruments
Under ASC 815, the gain or loss on a derivative designated and qualifying as a fair value hedging instrument, as well as the offsetting gain or loss on the hedging item attributablecredit risk to the risk being hedged,extent an insurance company is recognized currently in earnings in the same accounting period. The effective portion of the gain or loss onunable to fulfill its financial obligations under a derivative designated and qualifying as a cash flow hedging instrument is initially reported as a component of other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument, if any, is recognized currently in earnings.
Interest rate derivative financial instruments receive hedge accounting treatment only if they are designated as a hedge and are expected to be, and are, effective in substantially reducing interest rate risk arising from the assets and liabilities identified as exposing the Company to risk. Those derivative financial instruments that do not meet the hedging criteria discussed below would be classified as trading activities and would be recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in income. Derivative hedge contracts must meet specific effectiveness tests. Changes in fair value of the derivative financial instruments must be effective at offsetting changes in the fair value of the hedging items due to the designated hedge risk during the term of the hedge. Further, if the underlying financial instrument differs from the hedged asset or liability, there must be a clear economic relationship between the prices of the two financial instruments. If periodic assessment indicates derivatives no longer provide an effective hedge, the derivatives contracts would be closed out and settled or classified as a trading activity.
policy.

Loss Contingencies

Loss contingencies, including claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business, are recorded as liabilities when the likelihood of loss is probable, and an amount or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. Management does not believe there now are any such matters that will have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Fair Value Measurements
The Company follows

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made in the provisions of ASC Topic 820 “Fair Value Measurements2021 financial statements to conform to reporting for 2022.  These reclassifications are not considered material and Disclosures,” for financial assets and financial liabilities. ASC 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.


had no impact on prior year’s net income, balance sheet or stockholders’ equity.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)

December 31, 20172022 and 2016

2021

NOTE 2

SUMMARY1 NATURE OF BANKING ACTIVITIES AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, (CONTINUED):
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made in prior years’ financial statements to conform to classifications used in the current year. The reclassification adjustments related to our consolidation of VBS and the classification of individual line items in a manner consistent with the rest of the Company on the income statement. These reclassifications had no impact on net income or earnings per share.
CONTINUED

Earnings per Share

Accounting guidance specifies the computation, presentation and disclosure requirements for

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) for entities with publicly held common stock or potential common stock such as options, warrants, convertible securities or contingent stock agreements if those securities trade in a public market. Basic EPS is computed by dividing netrepresents income available to common stockholdersshareholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Nonvested restricted shares are included in the weighted average number of common shares used to compute basic earnings per share because of the dividend participation and voting rights. Diluted EPS is similar to the computation of basic EPS except that the denominator is increased to includeearnings per share includes the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the dilutive common shares had been issued.  The dilutive effect of conversion of preferred stock is reflected in the diluted earnings per common share calculation.

Net income available to common stockholders represents consolidated net income adjusted for preferred dividends declared.

All the Company’s outstanding preferred stock was redeemed by the Company for cash or converted to common stock during the fourth quarter of 2021.

The following table provides a reconciliation of net income to net income available to common stockholders for the periods presented:

 
 
For the year ended
 
 Dollars in thousands
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
December 31, 2016
 
 
December 31, 2015
 
Earnings Available to Common Stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Income
 $9,041 
 $9,762 
 $8,581 
Minority interest attributable to noncontrolling interest
  31 
  194 
  164 
Dividends paid/accumulated on preferred stock
  415 
  487 
  510 
Net Income Available to Common Stockholders
 $8,595 
 $9,081 
 $7,907 
presented (dollars in thousands):

 

 

For the year ended

 

 

 

December 31,

2022

 

 

December 31,

2021

 

Earnings Available to Common Stockholders:

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

$8,318

 

 

$10,738

 

Preferred stock dividends

 

 

-

 

 

 

196

 

Net Income Available to Common Stockholders

 

$8,318

 

 

$10,542

 

The following table shows the effect of dilutive preferred stock conversion on the Company's earnings per share for the periods indicated:

 
 
Year ended
 
 
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
December 31, 2016
 
 
December 31, 2015
 
 Dollars in thousands
 
Net Income Available to Common Stockholders
 
 
Weighted Average Shares
 
 
Per Share Amounts
 
 
Net Income Available to Common Stockholders
 
 
Weighted Average Shares
 
 
Per Share Amounts
 
 
Net Income Available to Common Stockholders
 
 
Weighted Average Shares
 
 
Per Share Amounts
 
Basic EPS
 $8,595 
  3,269,713 
 $2.63 
 $9,081 
  3,282,335 
 $2.77 
 $7,907 
  3,290,812 
 $2.40 
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     Convertible Preferred Stock
  415 
  362,271 
  (0.15)
  487 
  434,256 
  (0.20)
  510 
  444,400 
  (0.15)
Diluted EPS
 $9,010 
  3,631,984 
 $2.48 
 $9,568 
  3,716,591 
 $2.57 
 $8,417 
  3,735,212 
 $2.25 

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statementsindicated (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 2
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):

 

 

For the year ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

Net Income Available to Common Stockholders

 

 

Weighted Average Shares

 

 

Per Share Amounts

 

 

Net Income Available to Common Stockholders

 

 

Weighted Average Shares

 

 

Per Share Amounts

 

Basic EPS

 

$8,318

 

 

 

3,449,343

 

 

$2.41

 

 

$10,542

 

 

 

3,245,086

 

 

$3.25

 

Effect of Dilutive Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convertible Preferred Stock

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

196

 

 

 

197,087

 

 

 

(0.13)

Diluted EPS

 

$8,318

 

 

 

3,449,343

 

 

$2.41

 

 

$10,738

 

 

 

3,442,173

 

 

$3.12

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Topic 606.” This ASU revised guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of revenue from contracts with customers. The original guidance has been amended through subsequent accounting standard updates that resulted in technical corrections, improvements, and a one-year deferral of the effective date to January 1, 2018. The guidance, as amended, is applicable to all entities and, once effective, will replace significant portions of existing industry and transaction-specific revenue recognition rules with a more principles-based recognition model. Most revenue associated with financial instruments, including interest income, loan origination fees, and credit card fees, is outside the scope of the guidance. Gains and losses on investment securities, derivatives, and sales of financial instruments are similarly excluded from the scope. Entities can elect to adopt the guidance either on a full or modified retrospective basis. Full retrospective adoption will require a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented. Modified retrospective adoption will require a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the entity first applies the new guidance. The Company plans to adopt this guidance on the effective date, January 1, 2018 via the modified retrospective approach. The Company is in the process of completing its assessment the impact that adoption of ASU 2014-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, “Financial Instruments – Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.” The amendments in ASU 2016-01, among other things: 1) Requires equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method of accounting, or those that result in consolidation of the investee) to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income. 2) Requires public business entities to use the exit price notion when measuring the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes. 3) Requires separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset (i.e., securities or loans and receivables). 4) Eliminates the requirement for public business entities to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost. The amendments in this ASU are effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently assessing the impact that adoption of ASU 2016-01 will have on its consolidated financial statements by contracting with a third party vendor.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842).” Among other things, in the amendments in ASU 2016-02, lessees will be required to recognize the following for all leases (with the exception of short-term leases) at the commencement date: (1) A lease liability, which is a lessee‘s obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis; and (2) A right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. Under the new guidance, lessor accounting is largely unchanged. Certain targeted improvements were made to align, where necessary, lessor accounting with the lessee accounting model and Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted upon issuance. Lessees (for capital and operating leases) and lessors (for sales-type, direct financing, and operating leases) must apply a modified retrospective transition approach for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements. The modified retrospective approach would not require any transition accounting for leases that expired before the earliest comparative period presented. Lessees and lessors may not apply a full retrospective transition approach. The Company is currently assessing the impact that ASU 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements by gathering data on current lease agreements and analyzing the capital impact of expected right of use assets that will be recorded. No changes are expected regarding total lease expense.
During March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-05, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Effect of Derivative Contract Novations on Existing Hedge Accounting Relationships.” The amendments in this ASU clarify that a change in the counterparty to a derivative instrument that has been designated as the hedging instrument does not, in and of itself, require de-designation of that hedging relationship provided that all other hedge accounting criteria remain intact. The amendments in this ASU are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2016-05 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 2
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):
Recent Accounting Pronouncements, continued
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-07, “Investments – Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Simplifying the Transition to the Equity Method of Accounting.” The amendments in this ASU eliminate the requirement that when an investment qualifies for use of the equity method as a result of an increase in the level of ownership interest or degree of influence, an investor must adjust the investment, results of operations, and retained earnings retroactively on a step-by-step basis as if the equity method had been in effect during all previous periods that the investment had been held. The amendments require that the equity method investor add the cost of acquiring the additional interest in the investee to the current basis of the investor’s previously held interest and adopt the equity method of accounting as of the date the investment becomes qualified for equity method accounting. Therefore, upon qualifying for the equity method of accounting, no retroactive adjustment of the investment is required. In addition, the amendments in this ASU require that an entity that has an available-for-sale equity security that becomes qualified for the equity method of accounting recognize through earnings the unrealized holding gain or loss in accumulated other comprehensive income at the date the investment becomes qualified for use of the equity method. The amendments are effective for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2016. The amendments should be applied prospectively upon their effective date to increases in the level of ownership interest or degree of influence that result in the adoption of the equity method. Early Adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2016-07 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

During June 2016, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU No.Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.”  The amendments in this ASU, among other things, require the measurement of allas amended, requires an entity to measure expected credit losses for financial assets heldcarried at the reporting dateamortized cost based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Financial institutions andAmong other organizations will now use forward-looking information to better inform their credit loss estimates. Many of the loss estimation techniques applied today will still be permitted, although the inputs to those techniques will change to reflect the full amount of expected credit losses. In addition,things, the ASU amendsalso amended the accountingimpairment model for available for sale securities and addressed purchased financial assets with deterioration.   The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 as of January 1, 2023, in accordance with the required implementation date and recorded the impact of adoption to retained earnings, net of deferred income taxes, as required by the standard. The adjustment recorded at adoption was not significant to the overall allowance for credit losses or shareholders’ equity as compared to December 31, 2022, and consisted of adjustments to the allowance for credit losses on available-for-sale debt securitiesloans, as well as an adjustment to the Company’s reserve for unfunded loan commitments. Subsequent to adoption, the Company will record adjustments to its allowance(s) for credit losses and purchased financial assetsreserves for unfunded commitments through the provision for credit losses in the consolidated statements of income.

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December 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 1 NATURE OF BANKING ACTIVITIES AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED

Recent Accounting Pronouncements, continued

The Company is utilizing a third-party model to tabulate its estimate of current expected credit losses, using the remaining life methodology. In accordance with ASC 326, the Company has segmented its loan portfolio based on similar risk characteristics which included call report code. The Company primarily utilizes a qualitative scorecard for its reasonable and supportable forecasting of current expected credit deterioration.losses. To further adjust the allowance for credit losses for expected losses not already included within the quantitative component of the calculation, the Company will consider the nine qualitative adjustment factors outlined in the 2006 interagency policy statement on the ALLL. The amendmentsCompany’s CECL implementation process was overseen by the CECL Committee and included an assessment of data availability and gap analysis, data collection, consideration and analysis of multiple loss estimation methodologies, an assessment of relevant qualitative factors and correlation analysis of multiple potential loss drivers and their impact on the Company’s historical loss experience. During 2022, the Company calculated its current expected credit losses model in thisparallel to its incurred loss model to further refine the methodology and model. In addition, the Company engaged a third-party to perform a comprehensive model validation.

Effective November 25, 2019, the SEC adopted Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 119. SAB 119 updated portions of SEC interpretative guidance to align with FASB ASC 326, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses.” It covers topics including (1) measuring current expected credit losses; (2) development, governance, and documentation of a systematic methodology; (3) documenting the results of a systematic methodology; and (4) validating a systematic methodology.

In December 2022, the FASB issued ASU are2022-06, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848”. ASU 2022-06 extends the period of time preparers can utilize the reference rate reform relief guidance in Topic 848. The objective of the guidance in Topic 848 is to provide relief during the temporary transition period, so the FASB included a sunset provision within Topic 848 based on expectations of when the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) would cease being published. In 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) delayed the intended cessation date of certain tenors of USD LIBOR to June 30, 2023.

To ensure the relief in Topic 848 covers the period of time during which a significant number of modifications may take place, the ASU defers the sunset date of Topic 848 from December 31, 2022, to December 31, 2024, after which entities will no longer be permitted to apply the relief in Topic 848.  The ASU is effective for SEC filersall entities upon issuance. The Company transitioned all loan agreements, other than SWAP loans, away from LIBOR during 2022. The SWAP loans have amended Rate Protection Agreements executed by the borrower in preparation of transition away from LIBOR by the swap holder.

In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions”. ASU 2022-03 clarifies that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value.  The ASU is effective for fiscal years, andincluding interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. For public companies that are not SEC filers, the amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company is currently assessing the impact that ASU 2016-13 will have on its consolidated financial statements and has formed a Current Expected Credit Losses steering committee that is researching methods and models.

During August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments”, to address diversity in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments should be applied using a retrospective transition method to each period presented. If retrospective application is impractical for some of the issues addressed by the update, the amendments for those issues would be applied prospectively as of the earliest date practicable. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2016-15 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 2
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):
Recent Accounting Pronouncements, continued
During January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, “Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business”. The amendments in this ASU clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. Under the current implementation guidance in Topic 805, there are three elements of a business—inputs, processes, and outputs. While an integrated set of assets and activities (collectively referred to as a “set”) that is a business usually has outputs, outputs are not required to be present. In addition, all the inputs and processes that a seller uses in operating a set are not required if market participants can acquire the set and continue to produce outputs. The amendments in this ASU provide a screen to determine when a set is not a business. If the screen is not met, the amendments (1) require that to be considered a business, a set must include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create output and (2) remove the evaluation of whether a market participant could replace missing elements. The ASU provides a framework to assist entities in evaluating whether both an input and a substantive process are present. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those annual periods. The amendments in this ASU should be applied prospectively on or after the effective date. No disclosures are required at transition. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2017-01 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
During January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment”. The amendments in this ASU simplify how an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. Step 2 measures a goodwill impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. Instead, under the amendments in this ASU, an entity should perform its annual, or interim, goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An entity still has the option to perform the qualitative assessment for a reporting unit to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary. Public business entities that are U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filers should adopt the amendments in this ASU for annual or interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Public business entities that are not SEC filers should adopt the amendments in this ASU for annual or interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2017-04 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
During March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07, “Compensation — Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost.” The amendments in this ASU require an employer that offers defined benefit pension plans, other postretirement benefit plans, or other types of benefits accounted for under Topic 715 to report the service cost component of net periodic benefit cost in the same line item(s) as other compensation costs arising from services rendered during the period. The other components of net periodic benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component. If the other components of net periodic benefit cost are not presented on a separate line or lines, the line item(s) used in the income statement must be disclosed. In addition, only the service cost component will be eligible for capitalization as part of an asset, when applicable. The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those annual periods.2023.  Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2017-072022-03 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In March 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2022-02, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326), Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures.” ASU 2022-02 addresses areas identified by the FASB as part of its post-implementation review of the credit losses standard (ASU 2016-13) that introduced the CECL model. The amendments eliminate the accounting guidance for troubled debt restructurings by creditors that have adopted the CECL model and enhance the disclosure requirements for loan refinancings and restructurings made with borrowers experiencing financial difficulty. In addition, the amendments require a public business entity to disclose current-period gross write-offs for financing receivables and net investment in leases by year of origination in the vintage disclosures. The amendments in this ASU should be applied prospectively, except for the transition method related to the recognition and measurement of TDRs, an entity has the option to apply a modified retrospective transition method, resulting in a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings in the period of adoption. For entities that have adopted ASU 2016-13, ASU 2022-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years.

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December 31, 20172022 and 2016

2021

NOTE 2

SUMMARY1 NATURE OF BANKING ACTIVITIES AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, (CONTINUED):
CONTINUED

Recent Accounting Pronouncements, continued

During

For entities that have not yet adopted ASU 2016-13, the effective dates for ASU 2022-02 are the same as the effective dates in ASU 2016-13. Early adoption is permitted if an entity has adopted ASU 2016-13.

An entity may elect to early adopt the amendments about TDRs and related disclosure enhancements separately from the amendments related to vintage disclosures. The Company is currently assessing the impact that ASU 2022-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In March 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2022-01, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), Fair Value Hedging—Portfolio Layer Method.” ASU 2022-01 clarifies the guidance in ASC 815 on fair value hedge accounting of interest rate risk for portfolios of financial assets and is intended to better align hedge accounting with an organization’s risk management strategies. In 2017, the FASB issued ASU 201708, “Receivables—Nonrefundable Fees2017-12 to better align the economic results of risk management activities with hedge accounting. One of the major provisions of that standard was the addition of the last-of-layer hedging method. For a closed portfolio of fixed-rate prepayable financial assets or one or more beneficial interests secured by a portfolio of prepayable financial instruments, such as mortgages or mortgage-backed securities, the last-of-layer method allows an entity to hedge its exposure to fair value changes due to changes in interest rates for a portion of the portfolio that is not expected to be affected by prepayments, defaults, and other events affecting the timing and amount of cash flows. ASU 2022-01 renames that method the portfolio layer method. For public business entities, ASU 2022-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2022-01 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2020-06 “Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other CostsOptions (Subtopic 31020), Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities.470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity.” The ASU simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current U.S. GAAP. Consequently, more convertible debt instruments will be reported as a single liability instrument and more convertible preferred stock as a single equity instrument with no separate accounting for embedded conversion features. The ASU removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, which will permit more equity contracts to qualify for it. The ASU also simplifies the diluted earnings per share (EPS) calculation in certain areas. In addition, the amendment updates the disclosure requirements for convertible instruments to increase the information transparency. For public business entities, excluding smaller reporting companies, the amendments in thisthe ASU shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities purchased at a premium. Upon adoption of the standard, premiums on these qualifying callable debt securities will be amortized to the earliest call date. Discounts on purchased debt securities will continue to be accreted to maturity. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018,2021, and interim periods within those fiscal years.  Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. Upon transition,For all other entities, should apply the guidance on a modified retrospective basis, with a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption and provide the disclosures required for a change in accounting principle. Given the composition of our securities portfolio, the Company does not expect that adoption of ASU 201708standard will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

During May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 201709, “Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting.” The amendments provide guidance on determining which changes to the terms and conditions of share-based payment awards require an entity to apply modification accounting under Topic 718.  The amendments arebe effective for annual periods, including interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in any interim period, for reporting periods for which financial statements have not yet been issued. Given the Company historically has not issued stock based compensation, the Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 201709 will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
During August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities.” The amendments in this ASU modify the designation and measurement guidance for hedge accounting as well as provide for increased transparency regarding the presentation of economic results on both the financial statements and related footnotes. Certain aspects of hedge effectiveness assessments will also be simplified upon implementation of this update. The amendments are effective for annual periods, including interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in any interim period. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2017-12 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
During February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, “Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.” The amendments provide financial statement preparers with an option to reclassify stranded tax effects within accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings in each period in which the effect of the change in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (or portion thereof) is recorded. The amendments are effective for all organizations for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. Organizations should applyThe Company does not expect the proposed amendments eitheradoption of ASU 2020-06 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Recently Adopted Accounting Developments

In May 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-04, “Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Debt - Modifications and Extinguishments (Subtopic 470-50), Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718), and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in the periodEntity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Issuer’s Accounting for Certain Modifications or Exchanges of adoption or retrospectively to each period (or periods) in which the effectFreestanding Equity – Classified Written Call Options (a consensus of the change inFASB Emerging Issues Task Force).” The ASU addresses how an issuer should account for modifications, or an exchange of freestanding written call options classified as equity that is not within the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is recognized. The Company has elected to reclassify the stranded income tax effects from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in the consolidated financial statementsscope of another Topic. ASU 2021-04 was effective for the period ending December 31, 2017. The amountCompany on January 1, 2022. There was no material impact due to the adoption of this reclassification in 2017 was $811.


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)

December 31, 20172022 and 2016

2021

NOTE 3

CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS:
The Bank is required to maintain average reserve balances based on a percentage of deposits. Due to the deposit reclassification procedures implemented by the Bank, there is no Federal Reserve Bank reserve requirement for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.
NOTE 4
SECURITIES:
2 SECURITIES

The amortized cost and fair value, with unrealized gains and losses, of securities held to maturity were as follows:

 
 
Amortized Cost
 
 
Gross Unrealized Gains
 
 
Gross Unrealized Losses
 
 
Fair Value
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U. S. Treasuries
 $125 
 $- 
 $- 
 $125 
December 31, 2016
    
    
    
    
U. S. Treasuries
 $125 
 $- 
 $- 
 $125 
follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Amortized

Cost

 

 

Gross Unrealized

Gains

 

 

Gross Unrealized Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U. S. Treasuries

��

$125

 

 

$-

 

 

$13

 

 

$112

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U. S. Treasuries

 

$125

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$125

 

The amortized cost and fair value of securities available for sale are as follows:

 
 
Amortized Cost
 
 
Gross Unrealized Gains
 
 
Gross Unrealized Losses
 
 
Fair Value
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U. S. Treasuries
 $19,998 
 $- 
 $- 
 $19,998 
U. S. Government sponsored enterprises
  7,999 
  - 
  19 
  7,980 
Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies
  508 
  - 
  6 
  502 
Equity securities
  135 
  - 
  - 
  135 
Total Securities Available for Sale
 $28,640 
 $- 
 $25 
 $28,615 
 
    
    
    
    
December 31, 2016
    
    
    
    
U. S. Treasuries
 $24,005 
 $9 
 $- 
 $24,014 
Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies
  634 
  - 
  - 
  634 
Equity securities
  135 
  - 
  - 
  135 
Total Securities Available for Sale
 $24,774 
 $9 
 $- 
 $24,783 

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statementsfollows (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 4 
SECURITIES (CONTINUED):

 

 

Amortized

Cost

 

 

Gross Unrealized

Gains

 

 

Gross Unrealized Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U. S. Treasuries

 

$39,902

 

 

$-

 

 

$3,259

 

 

$36,643

 

U. S. Government sponsored enterprises

 

 

143,473

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

13,725

 

 

 

129,748

 

Securities issued by States and political subdivisions of the U.S.

 

 

46,331

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

4,160

 

 

 

42,198

 

Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies

 

 

183,044

 

 

 

77

 

 

 

26,246

 

 

 

156,875

 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

30,550

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,919

 

 

 

26,631

 

Total Securities Available for Sale

 

$443,300

 

 

$104

 

 

$51,309

 

 

$392,095

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U. S. Treasuries

 

$29,847

 

 

$-

 

 

$365

 

 

$29,482

 

U. S. Government sponsored enterprises

 

 

134,466

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

752

 

 

 

133,714

 

Securities issued by States and political subdivisions of the U.S.

 

 

34,078

 

 

 

406

 

 

 

147

 

 

 

34,337

 

Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies

 

 

185,216

 

 

 

522

 

 

 

2,091

 

 

 

183,647

 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

22,555

 

 

 

372

 

 

 

225

 

 

 

22,702

 

Total Securities Available for Sale

 

$406,162

 

 

$1,300

 

 

$3,580

 

 

$403,882

 

The amortized cost and fair value of securities at December 31, 2017,2022, by contractual maturity are shown below.below (dollars in thousands).  Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

 
 
Securities Held to Maturity
 
 
Securities Available for Sale
 
 
 
Amortized Cost
 
 
Fair Value
 
 
Amortized Cost
 
 
Fair Value
 
Due in one year or less
 $125 
 $125 
 $19,998 
 $19,998 
Due after one year through five years
  - 
  - 
  7,999 
  7,980 
Due after five years through ten years
  - 
  - 
  508 
  502 
Due after ten years
  - 
  - 
  135 
  135 
Total
 $125 
 $125 
 $28,640 
 $28,615 
There were no sales

 

 

Securities Held to Maturity

 

 

Securities Available for Sale

 

 

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

Due in one year or less

 

$125

 

 

$112

 

 

$19,823

 

 

$19,203

 

Due after one year through five years

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

164,328

 

 

 

151,279

 

Due after five years through ten years

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

101,571

 

 

 

87,643

 

Due after ten years

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

157,578

 

 

 

133,970

 

Total

 

$125

 

 

$112

 

 

$443,300

 

 

$392,095

 

The following table presents the gross realized gains and losses on and the proceeds from the sale of debt or equity securities during 2017, 2016 or 2015.

the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Realized losses:

 

 

 

 

Gross realized losses

 

$(2,852)

 

$(525)

Net realized losses

 

$(2,852)

 

$(525)

Proceeds from sales of securities

 

$40,847

 

 

$25,917

 

There were no pledged securities at December 31, 20172022 or 2016.

Other2021.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 2 SECURITIES, CONTINUED

As of December 31, 2022, other investments consist of investments in twentytwelve low-income housing and historic equity partnerships (carrying basis of $7,406)$5.9 million), stock in the Federal Home Loan BankFHLB (carrying basis of $3,627)$3.6 million), and various other investments (carrying basis of $1,470)$1.2 million). The interests in the low-income housing and historic equity partnerships have limited transferability and the interests in the other stocks are restricted as to sales. The market values of these securities are estimated to approximate their carrying values as of December 31, 2017.2022. At December 31, 2017,2022, the Company was committed to invest an additional $4,231$796 thousand in sixthree low-income housing limited partnerships. These funds will be paid as requested by the general partner to complete the projects. This additional investment has been reflected in the above carrying basis and in accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.

The primary purpose of the investment portfolio is to generate income and meet liquidity needs of the Company through readily saleable financial instruments. The portfolio includes fixed rate bonds, whose prices move inversely with rates and variable rate bonds. At the end of any accounting period, the investment portfolio has unrealized gains and losses. The Company monitors the portfolio, which is subject to liquidity needs, market rate changes and credit risk changes for other than temporary impairment. The primary concern in a loss situation is the credit quality of the businessissuer behind the instrument. Bonds deteriorate in value due to credit quality of the individual issuer and changes in market conditions.

A summary of unrealized losses (in thousands) and the length of time in a continuous loss position, by security type of December 31, 20172022 and 2021 were as follows:

 
 
Less than 12 Months
 
 
More than 12 Months
 
 
Total
 
 
 
Fair Value
 
 
Unrealized Losses
 
 
Fair Value
 
 
Unrealized Losses
 
 
Fair Value
 
 
Unrealized Losses
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U. S. Government sponsored enterprises
 $3,981 
 $(19)
 $- 
 $- 
 $3,981 
 $(19)
Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies
  502 
  (6)
  - 
  - 
  502 
  (6)
Total
 $4,483 
 $(25)
 $- 
 $- 
 $4,483 
 $(25)
As offollows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Less than 12 Months

 

 

More than 12 Months

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U. S. Government treasuries

 

$9,657

 

 

$362

 

 

$26,987

 

 

$2,897

 

 

$36,644

 

 

$3,259

 

U. S. Government sponsored enterprises

 

 

13,914

 

 

 

1,083

 

 

 

115,835

 

 

 

12,642

 

 

 

129,749

 

 

 

13,725

 

Securities issued by State and political subdivisions in the U.S.

 

 

21,805

 

 

 

1,426

 

 

 

18,710

 

 

 

2,734

 

 

 

40,515

 

 

 

4,160

 

Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies

 

 

32,823

 

 

 

2,429

 

 

 

119,892

 

 

 

23,817

 

 

 

152,715

 

 

 

26,246

 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

16,252

 

 

 

2,198

 

 

 

10,379

 

 

 

1,721

 

 

 

26,631

 

 

 

3,919

 

Total

 

$94,451

 

 

$7,498

 

 

$291,803

 

 

$43,811

 

 

$386,254

 

 

$51,309

 

 

 

Less than 12 Months

 

 

More than 12 Months

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

 

FairValue

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

 

FairValue

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U. S. Government treasuries

 

$29,481

 

 

$365

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$29,481

 

 

$365

 

U. S. Government sponsored enterprises

 

 

93,714

 

 

 

752

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

93,714

 

 

 

752

 

Securities issued by State and political subdivisions in the U.S.

 

 

13,308

 

 

 

147

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

13,308

 

 

 

147

 

Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies

 

 

126,501

 

 

 

1,871

 

 

 

10,074

 

 

 

220

 

 

 

136,575

 

 

 

2,091

 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

8,825

 

 

 

225

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

8,825

 

 

 

225

 

Total

 

$271,829

 

 

$3,360

 

 

$10,074

 

 

$220

 

 

$281,903

 

 

$3,580

 

At December 31, 2016,2022 there were no$291.8 million or 74 instances of individual available for sale securities that had been in a continuous loss position for more than 12 months and had an aggregate unrealized loss position.


of $43.8 million. At December 31, 2021 there were $10.0 million or 4 instances of individual available for sale securities that had been in a continuous loss position for more than 12 months and had an aggregate unrealized loss of $220 thousand.

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Management evaluatesCONTINUED

The Company has evaluated AFS securities in an unrealized loss position for other-than-temporarycredit related impairment at December 31, 2022 and 2021 and concluded no impairment existed based on at least a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market conditions warrant such evaluation. Consideration is given toseveral factors which included: (1) the lengthmajority of time andthese securities are of high credit quality, (2) unrealized losses are primarily the extentresult of market volatility in increased interest rates, (3) the contractual terms of the investments do not permit the issuer(s) to whichsettle the fair value has beensecurities at a price less than the cost (2)basis of each investment, (4) issuers continue to make timely principal and interest payments, and (5) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, and (3) the intent and ability of the Company to retain its investment in the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery of fair value. The Company does not intend to sell these securitiesany of the investments and it is morethe accounting standard of “more likely than not” has not thatbeen met for the Company will notto be required to sell these securitiesany of the investments before recovery of theirits amortized cost. As of December 31, 2017,cost basis.

Additionally, most the Company had two agenciesCompany’s mortgage-backed securities are issued by FNMA, FHLMC, and a mortgage backed security that were temporarily impaired due to rising interest ratesGNMA and do not have credit risk given the credit quality of the security. There were no securities that had been in an unrealized loss position for more than twelve months. The Company did not recognize any other-than-temporary impairment losses in 2017, 2016 or 2015.

implicit and explicit government guarantees associated with these agencies.

NOTE

LOANS:
3 LOANS

Loans held for investment as of December 31, 2017,2022, and 20162021 were as follows:

 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
Construction/Land Development
 $71,620 
 $76,172 
Farmland
  13,606 
  12,901 
Real Estate
  184,546 
  172,758 
Multi-Family
  10,298 
  7,605 
Commercial Real Estate
  148,906 
  150,061 
Home Equity – closed end
  11,606 
  11,453 
Home Equity – open end
  54,739 
  54,420 
Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate
  36,912 
  31,306 
Consumer
  6,633 
  6,643 
Dealer Finance
  75,169 
  65,495 
Credit Cards
  2,939 
  2,822 
Total
 $616,974 
 $591,636 
follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$68,671

 

 

$75,236

 

Farmland

 

 

74,322

 

 

 

66,344

 

Real Estate

 

 

153,281

 

 

 

139,552

 

Multi-Family

 

 

9,622

 

 

 

4,887

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

195,163

 

 

 

163,564

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

4,707

 

 

 

6,262

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

46,928

 

 

 

44,247

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

56,625

 

 

 

44,224

 

Consumer

 

 

6,488

 

 

 

8,036

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

125,125

 

 

 

107,346

 

Credit Cards

 

 

3,242

 

 

 

3,000

 

Gross loans

 

 

744,174

 

 

 

662,698

 

Less: Deferred loan fees, net of costs

 

 

(570)

 

 

(277)

Total

 

$743,604

 

 

$662,421

 

The Company has pledged loans held for investment as collateral for borrowings with the Federal Home Loan Bank of AtlantaFHLB totaling $218,323$209.8 million and $199,401$163.3 million as of December 31, 2017,2022 and 2016,2021, respectively.  The Company maintains a blanket lien on its entire residential real estate portfolio and certain commercial and home equity loans.

Loans held for sale consists of loans originated by VBSF&M Mortgage for sale in the secondary market, and the Bank’s commitment to purchase residential mortgage loan Participations from Northpointe Bank.market.  The volume of loans purchased from Northpointe fluctuates due to a number of factors including changes in secondary market rates, which affects demand for mortgage loans; the number of participating banks involved in the program; the number of mortgage loan originators selling loans to the lead bank and the funding capabilities of the lead bank.loans.  Loans held for sale as of December 31, 2017,2022 and 20162021 were $39,775$1.4 million and $62,735,$4.9 million, respectively.


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CONTINUED

The following is a summary of information pertaining totable shows the recorded investment in impaired loans (in thousands),by segment as of December 31, 20172022 and 2016:

 
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
December 31, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unpaid
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unpaid
 
 
 
 
 
 
Recorded
 
 
Principal
 
 
Related
 
 
Recorded
 
 
Principal
 
 
Related
 
 
 
Investment
 
 
Balance
 
 
Allowance
 
 
Investment
 
 
Balance
 
 
Allowance
 
Impaired loans without a valuation allowance:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Construction/Land Development
 $4,352 
 $5,269 
 $- 
 $3,296 
 $3,652 
 $- 
     Farmland
  1,984 
  1,984 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Real Estate
  1,273 
  1,273 
  - 
  768 
  768 
  - 
     Multi-Family
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Commercial Real Estate
  6,229 
  6,229 
  - 
  1,958 
  1,958 
  - 
     Home Equity – closed end
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Home Equity – open end
  - 
  347 
  - 
  - 
  347 
  - 
     Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate
  - 
  - 
  - 
  170 
  170 
  - 
     Consumer
  8 
  8 
  - 
  13 
  13 
  - 
     Credit cards
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Dealer Finance
  31 
  31 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
 
  13,877 
  15,141 
  - 
  6,205 
  6,908 
  - 
Impaired loans with a valuation allowance
    
    
    
    
    
    
     Construction/Land Development
  4,998 
  4,998 
  1,661 
  6,592 
  6,592 
  1,853 
     Farmland
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Real Estate
  1,188 
  1,188 
  209 
  1,206 
  1,206 
  221 
     Multi-Family
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Commercial Real Estate
  - 
  - 
  - 
  952 
  952 
  60 
     Home Equity – closed end
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Home Equity – open end
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Consumer
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Credit cards
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Dealer Finance
  47 
  47 
  12 
  87 
  87 
  20 
 
  6,233 
  6,233 
  1,882 
  8,837 
  8,837 
  2,154 
Total impaired loans
 $20,110 
 $21,374 
 $1,882 
 $15,042 
 $15,745 
 $2,154 
2021 (dollars in thousands). The Recorded Investment is defined as the principal balance less principal payments and charge-offs.

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid

 

 

 

 

 

Recorded

 

 

Principal

 

 

Related

 

 

Recorded

 

 

Principal

 

 

Related

 

 

 

Investment

 

 

Balance

 

 

Allowance

 

 

Investment

 

 

Balance

 

 

Allowance

 

Impaired loans without a valuation allowance:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$332

 

 

$332

 

 

$-

 

 

$645

 

 

$645

 

 

$-

 

Farmland

 

 

2,535

 

 

 

2,079

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,619

 

 

 

2,286

 

 

 

-

 

Real Estate

 

 

1,882

 

 

 

1,882

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,748

 

 

 

2,748

 

 

 

-

 

Multi-Family

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

8,131

 

 

 

8,131

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

8,511

 

 

 

8,494

 

 

 

-

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

148

 

 

 

147

 

 

 

-

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Consumer

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

-

 

Credit cards

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

7

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

12,887

 

 

 

12,431

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

14,688

 

 

 

14,337

 

 

 

-

 

Impaired loans with a valuation allowance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction/Land Development

 

 

521

 

 

 

521

 

 

 

228

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Farmland

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Real Estate

 

 

1,378

 

 

 

1,378

 

 

 

92

 

 

 

1,172

 

 

 

1,172

 

 

 

119

 

Multi-Family

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

980

 

 

 

980

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

6,004

 

 

 

6,004

 

 

 

603

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Consumer

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Credit cards

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

55

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

2,934

 

 

 

2,934

 

 

 

344

 

 

 

7,271

 

 

 

7,271

 

 

 

736

 

Total impaired loans

 

$15,821

 

 

$15,365

 

 

$344

 

 

$21,959

 

 

$21,608

 

 

$736

 

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CONTINUED

The following is a summary oftable shows the average recorded investment and interest income recognized for the Company’s impaired loans (dollars in thousands):

 
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
December 31, 2016
 
 
 
Average
 
 
Interest
 
 
Average
 
 
Interest
 
 
 
Recorded
 
 
Income
 
 
Recorded
 
 
Income
 
 
 
Investment
 
 
Recognized
 
 
Investment
 
 
Recognized
 
Impaired loans without a valuation allowance:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Construction/Land Development
 $4,969 
 $382 
 $2,547 
 $10 
     Farmland
  1,921 
  62 
  - 
  - 
     Real Estate
  878 
  57 
  778 
  10 
     Multi-Family
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Commercial Real Estate
  1,682 
  44 
  1,087 
  114 
     Home Equity – closed end
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Home Equity – open end
  347 
  - 
  964 
  2 
     Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate
  124 
  - 
  174 
  2 
     Consumer
  10 
  - 
  11 
  - 
     Credit cards
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Dealer Finance
  24 
  3 
  14 
  1 
 
  9,955 
  548 
  5,575 
  139 
Impaired loans with a valuation allowance
    
    
    
    
     Construction/Land Development
  5,911 
  258 
  8,525 
  291 
     Farmland
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Real Estate
  1,194 
  49 
  1,215 
  10 
     Multi-Family
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Commercial Real Estate
  - 
  - 
  959 
  57 
     Home Equity – closed end
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Home Equity – open end
  - 
  - 
  969 
  - 
     Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate
  - 
  - 
  14 
  - 
     Consumer
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Credit cards
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
     Dealer Finance
  56 
  3 
  77 
  1 
 
  7,161 
  310 
  11,759 
  359 
Total impaired loans
 $17,116 
 $858 
 $17,334 
 $498 

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

Average

 

 

Interest

 

 

Average

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

Recorded

 

 

Income

 

 

Recorded

 

 

Income

 

 

 

Investment

 

 

Recognized

 

 

Investment

 

 

Recognized

 

Impaired loans without a valuation allowance:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$474

 

 

$19

 

 

$984

 

 

$29

 

Farmland

 

 

2,137

 

 

 

161

 

 

 

1,760

 

 

 

126

 

Real Estate

 

 

2,107

 

 

 

101

 

 

 

4,575

 

 

 

155

 

Multi-Family

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

8,851

 

 

 

393

 

 

 

9,225

 

 

 

253

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

414

 

 

 

18

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

-

 

Consumer

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

Credit cards

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

11

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

13,580

 

 

 

675

 

 

 

16,975

 

 

 

582

 

Impaired loans with a valuation allowance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction/Land Development

 

 

261

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Farmland

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

420

 

 

 

-

 

Real Estate

 

 

1,466

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

1,399

 

 

 

45

 

Multi-Family

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

1,935

 

 

 

47

 

 

 

6,201

 

 

 

172

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Consumer

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Credit cards

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

62

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

112

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

3,724

 

 

 

148

 

 

 

8,132

 

 

 

226

 

Total impaired loans

 

$17,304

 

 

$823

 

 

$25,107

 

 

$808

 

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The following table presents theis an aging analysis of the recorded investment of past duethe Company’s portfolio loans (in thousands) as ofheld for investment at December 31, 20172022 and 2016:

 
 
30-59 Days Past due
 
 
60-89 Days Past Due
 
 
Greater than 90 Days
 
 
Total Past Due
 
 
Current
 
 
Total Loan Receivable
 
 
Non-Accrual Loans
 
 
Recorded Investment >90 days & accruing
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Construction/Land Development
 $167 
 $5,459 
 $3,908 
 $9,534 
 $62,086 
 $71,620 
 $3,908 
 $- 
Farmland
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  13,606 
  13,606 
  - 
  - 
Real Estate
  2,858 
  1,954 
  560 
  5,372 
  179,174 
  184,546 
  1,720 
  143 
Multi-Family
  179 
  - 
  - 
  179 
  10,119 
  10,298 
  - 
  - 
Commercial Real Estate
  544 
  - 
  - 
  544 
  148,362 
  148,906 
  - 
  - 
Home Equity – closed end
  - 
  25 
  - 
  25 
  11,581 
  11,606 
  3 
  - 
Home Equity – open end
  454 
  165 
  268 
  887 
  53,852 
  54,739 
  448 
  - 
Commercial & Industrial – Non- Real Estate
  108 
  36 
  595 
  739 
  36,173 
  36,912 
  599 
  - 
Consumer
  43 
  5 
  - 
  48 
  6,585 
  6,633 
  - 
  - 
Dealer Finance
  1,300 
  252 
  189 
  1,741 
  73,428 
  75,169 
  226 
  54 
Credit Cards
  30 
  8 
  1 
  39 
  2,900 
  2,939 
  - 
  1 
Total
 $5,683 
 $7,904 
 $5,521 
 $19,108 
 $597,866 
 $616,974 
 $6,904 
 $198 
 
 
30-59 Days Past due
 
 
60-89 Days Past Due
 
 
Greater than 90 Days)
 
 
Total Past Due
 
 
Current
 
 
Total Loan Receivable
 
 
Non-Accrual Loans
 
 
Recorded Investment >90 days & accruing
 
December 31, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Construction/Land Development
 $73 
 $101 
 $2,175 
 $2,349 
 $73,823 
 $76,172 
 $2,805 
 $- 
Farmland
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  12,901 
  12,901 
  - 
  - 
Real Estate
  2,135 
  746 
  774 
  3,655 
  169,103 
  172,758 
  1,399 
  81 
Multi-Family
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  7,605 
  7,605 
  - 
  - 
Commercial Real Estate
  139 
  - 
  - 
  139 
  149,922 
  150,061 
  - 
  - 
Home Equity – closed end
  101 
  - 
  32 
  133 
  11,320 
  11,453 
  32 
  - 
Home Equity – open end
  484 
  - 
  69 
  553 
  53,867 
  54,420 
  279 
  - 
Commercial & Industrial – Non- Real Estate
  313 
  5 
  - 
  318 
  30,988 
  31,306 
  70 
  - 
Consumer
  35 
  4 
  6 
  45 
  6,598 
  6,643 
  - 
  - 
Dealer Finance
  797 
  187 
  183 
  1,167 
  64,328 
  65,495 
  178 
  26 
Credit Cards
  18 
  4 
  - 
  22 
  2,800 
  2,822 
  - 
  - 
Total
 $4,095 
 $1,047 
 $3,239 
 $8,381 
 $583,255 
 $591,636 
 $4,763 
 $107 

2021 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

30-59

Days

Past due

 

 

60-89

Days

Past due

 

 

Greater than 90 Days

 

 

Total Past

Due

 

 

Current

 

 

Total Loan Receivable

 

 

Non-Accrual Loans

 

 

Recorded Investment

>90 days

& accruing

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$477

 

 

$539

 

 

$21

 

 

$1,037

 

 

$67,634

 

 

$68,671

 

 

$21

 

 

$-

 

Farmland

 

 

85

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

103

 

 

 

74,219

 

 

 

74,322

 

 

 

1,458

 

 

 

-

 

Real Estate

 

 

1,825

 

 

 

282

 

 

 

86

 

 

 

2,193

 

 

 

151,088

 

 

 

153,281

 

 

 

419

 

 

 

-

 

Multi-Family

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

9,622

 

 

 

9,622

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

234

 

 

 

82

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

316

 

 

 

194,847

 

 

 

195,163

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

3

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

4,704

 

 

 

4,707

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

385

 

 

 

177

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

562

 

 

 

46,366

 

 

 

46,928

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non- Real Estate

 

 

104

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

104

 

 

 

208

 

 

 

56,417

 

 

 

56,625

 

 

 

101

 

 

 

31

 

Consumer

 

 

11

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

37

 

 

 

6,451

 

 

 

6,488

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

-

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

1,117

 

 

 

228

 

 

 

199

 

 

 

1,544

 

 

 

123,581

 

 

 

125,125

 

 

 

210

 

 

 

5

 

Credit Cards

 

 

51

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

3,180

 

 

 

3,242

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2

 

Less: Deferred loan fees, net of costs

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(570)

 

 

(570)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Total

 

$4,292

 

 

$1,346

 

 

$427

 

 

$6,065

 

 

$737,539

 

 

$743,604

 

 

$2,224

 

 

$38

 

 

 

30-59

Days

Past due

 

 

60-89

Days

Past due

 

 

Greater than

90 Days

 

 

Total Past

Due

 

 

Current

 

 

Total Loan Receivable

 

 

Non-Accrual Loans

 

 

Recorded Investment

>90 days

& accruing

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$360

 

 

$41

 

 

$38

 

 

$439

 

 

$74,797

 

 

$75,236

 

 

$302

 

 

$-

 

Farmland

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

66,344

 

 

 

66,344

 

 

 

1,320

 

 

 

-

 

Real Estate

 

 

1,254

 

 

 

89

 

 

 

395

 

 

 

1,738

 

 

 

137,814

 

 

 

139,552

 

 

 

827

 

 

 

-

 

Multi-Family

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,887

 

 

 

4,887

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

108

 

 

 

108

 

 

 

163,456

 

 

 

163,564

 

 

 

2,975

 

 

 

-

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

53

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

6,209

 

 

 

6,262

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

471

 

 

 

216

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

687

 

 

 

43,560

 

 

 

44,247

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non- Real Estate

 

 

35

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

43

 

 

 

79

 

 

 

44,145

 

 

 

44,224

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

43

 

Consumer

 

 

9

 

 

 

67

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

76

 

 

 

7,960

 

 

 

8,036

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

694

 

 

 

91

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

801

 

 

 

106,545

 

 

 

107,346

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

-

 

Credit Cards

 

 

16

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

2,984

 

 

 

3,000

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Less: Deferred loan fees, net of costs

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(277)

 

 

(277)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Total

 

$2,892

 

 

$505

 

 

$600

 

 

$3,997

 

 

$658,424

 

 

$662,421

 

 

$5,465

 

 

$43

 

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December 31, 20172022 and 2016

2021

NOTE

4 ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES:
LOSSES

A summary of changes in the allowance for loan losses (in thousands) for the years ended December 31, 20172022 and 20162021 is as follows:

December 31, 2017
 
Beginning Balance
 
 
Charge-offs
 
 
Recoveries
 
 
Provision for Loan Losses
 
 
Ending Balance
 
 
Individually Evaluated for Impairment
 
 
Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
 
Allowance for loan losses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Construction/Land Development
 $3,381 
 $620 
 $- 
 $(214)
 $2,547 
 $1,661 
 $886 
Farmland
  34 
  - 
  - 
  (9)
  25 
  - 
  25 
Real Estate
  843 
  - 
  2 
  (126)
  719 
  209 
  510 
Multi-Family
  23 
  - 
  - 
  (6)
  19 
  - 
  19 
Commercial Real Estate
  705 
  - 
  13 
  (236)
  482 
  - 
  482 
Home Equity – closed end
  75 
  7 
  25 
  (27)
  66 
  - 
  66 
Home Equity – open end
  470 
  26 
  53 
  (288)
  209 
  - 
  209 
 Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate
  586 
  179 
  72 
  (142)
  337 
  - 
  337 
 Consumer
  78 
  136 
  28 
  178 
  148 
  - 
  148 
Dealer Finance
  1,289 
  1,806 
  1,143 
  814 
  1,440 
  12 
  1,428 
Credit Cards
  59 
  98 
  37 
  54 
  52 
  - 
  52 
Total
 $7,543 
 $2,872 
 $1,373 
 $- 
 $6,044 
 $1,882 
 $4,162 
December 31, 2016
 
Beginning Balance
 
 
Charge-offs
 
 
Recoveries
 
 
Provision for Loan Losses
 
 
Ending Balance
 
 
Individually Evaluated for Impairment
 
 
Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
 
Allowance for loan losses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Construction/Land Development
 $4,442 
 $356 
 $7 
 $(712)
 $3,381 
 $1,853 
 $1,528 
Farmland
  95 
  - 
  - 
  (61)
  34 
  - 
  34 
Real Estate
  806 
  23 
  4 
  56 
  843 
  221 
  622 
Multi-Family
  71 
  - 
  - 
  (48)
  23 
  - 
  23 
Commercial Real Estate
  445 
  19 
  135 
  144 
  705 
  - 
  705 
Home Equity – closed end
  174 
  8 
  - 
  (91)
  75 
  - 
  75 
Home Equity – open end
  634 
  370 
  120 
  86 
  470 
  60 
  410 
 Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate
  1,055 
  293 
  267 
  (443)
  586 
  - 
  586 
 Consumer
  108 
  37 
  19 
  (12)
  78 
  - 
  78 
Dealer Finance
  836 
  1,081 
  417 
  1,117 
  1,289 
  20 
  1,269 
Credit Cards
  115 
  74 
  54 
  (36)
  59 
  - 
  59 
Total
 $8,781 
 $2,261 
 $1,023 
 $- 
 $7,543 
 $2,154 
 $5,389 

follows (dollars in thousands):

December 31, 2022

 

Beginning Balance

 

 

Charge-offs

 

 

Recoveries

 

 

Provision for (Recovery of) Loan Losses

 

 

Ending Balance

 

 

Individually Evaluated for Impairment

 

 

Collectively Evaluated for Impairment

 

Allowance for loan losses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$977

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$41

 

 

$1,018

 

 

$228

 

 

$790

 

Farmland

 

 

448

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

122

 

 

 

570

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

570

 

Real Estate

 

 

1,162

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

243

 

 

 

1,388

 

 

 

92

 

 

 

1,296

 

Multi-Family

 

 

29

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

42

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

71

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

2,205

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(190)

 

 

2,015

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

2,004

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

41

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(3)

 

 

38

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

38

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

407

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

130

 

 

 

(8)

 

 

445

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

445

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non- Real Estate

 

 

288

 

 

 

46

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

159

 

 

 

450

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

450

 

Consumer

 

 

520

 

 

 

153

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

(370)

 

 

81

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

81

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

1,601

 

 

 

1,280

 

 

 

691

 

 

 

780

 

 

 

1,792

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

1,779

 

Credit Cards

 

 

70

 

 

 

66

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

68

 

Total

 

$7,748

 

 

$1,646

 

 

$968

 

 

$866

 

 

$7,936

 

 

$344

 

 

$7,592

 

December 31, 2021

 

Beginning Balance

 

 

Charge-offs

 

 

Recoveries

 

 

Provision for (Recovery of) Loan Losses

 

 

Ending

Balance

 

 

Individually Evaluated for Impairment

 

 

Collectively Evaluated for Impairment

 

Allowance for loan losses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$1,249

 

 

$-

 

 

$307

 

 

$(579)

 

$977

 

 

$-

 

 

$977

 

Farmland

 

 

731

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(283)

 

 

448

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

448

 

Real Estate

 

 

1,624

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

76

 

 

 

(538)

 

 

1,162

 

 

 

119

 

 

 

1,043

 

Multi-Family

 

 

54

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(25)

 

 

29

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

29

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

3,662

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

(1,476)

 

 

2,205

 

 

 

603

 

 

 

1,602

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

55

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(14)

 

 

41

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

41

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

463

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

(69)

 

 

407

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

407

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

363

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

37

 

 

 

(72)

 

 

288

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

288

 

Consumer

 

 

521

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

520

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

520

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

1,674

 

 

 

1,038

 

 

 

754

 

 

 

211

 

 

 

1,601

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

1,587

 

Credit Cards

 

 

79

 

 

 

54

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

70

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

70

 

Total

 

$10,475

 

 

$1,165

 

 

$1,259

 

 

$(2,821)

 

$7,748

 

 

$736

 

 

$7,012

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)

December 31, 20172022 and 2016

2021

NOTE 6

4 ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES, (CONTINUED):
CONTINUED

The following table presents the recorded investment in loans (in thousands) based on impairment method as of December 31, 20172022 and 2016:

December 31, 2017
 
Loan Receivable
 
 
Individually Evaluated for Impairment
 
 
Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Construction/Land Development
 $71,620 
 $9,350 
 $62,270 
Farmland
  13,606 
  1,984 
  11,622 
Real Estate
  184,546 
  2,461 
  182,085 
Multi-Family
  10,298 
  - 
  10,298 
Commercial Real Estate
  148,906 
  6,229 
  142,677 
Home Equity – closed end
  11,606 
  - 
  11,606 
Home Equity –open end
  54,739 
  - 
  54,739 
Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate
  36,912 
  - 
  36,912 
Consumer
  6,633 
  8 
  6,625 
Dealer Finance
  75,169 
  78 
  75,091 
Credit Cards
  2,939 
  - 
  2,939 
 
 $616,974 
 $20,110 
 $596,864 
Total
    
    
    
December 31, 2016
 
Loan Receivable
 
 
Individually Evaluated for Impairment
 
 
Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Construction/Land Development
 $76,172 
 $9,888 
 $66,284 
Farmland
  12,901 
  - 
  12,901 
Real Estate
  172,758 
  1,974 
  170,784 
Multi-Family
  7,605 
  - 
  7,605 
Commercial Real Estate
  150,061 
  2,910 
  147,151 
Home Equity – closed end
  11,453 
  - 
  11,453 
Home Equity –open end
  54,420 
  - 
  54,420 
Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate
  31,306 
  170 
  31,136 
Consumer
  6,643 
  13 
  6,630 
Dealer Finance
  65,495 
  87 
  65,408 
Credit Cards
  2,822 
  - 
  2,822 
 
 $591,636 
 $15,042 
 $576,594 

2021 (dollars in thousands):

December 31, 2022

 

Loan Receivable

 

 

Individually Evaluated for Impairment

 

 

Collectively Evaluated for Impairment

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$68,671

 

 

$853

 

 

$67,818

 

Farmland

 

 

74,322

 

 

 

2,079

 

 

 

72,243

 

Real Estate

 

 

153,281

 

 

 

3,260

 

 

 

150,021

 

Multi-Family

 

 

9,622

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

9,622

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

195,163

 

 

 

9,111

 

 

 

186,052

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

4,707

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,707

 

Home Equity –open end

 

 

46,928

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

46,928

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

56,625

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

56,625

 

Consumer

 

 

6,488

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

6,488

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

125,125

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

125,063

 

Credit Cards

 

 

3,242

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,242

 

Gross Loans

 

 

744,174

 

 

 

15,365

 

 

 

728,809

 

Less: Deferred loan fees, net of costs

 

 

(570)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(570)

Total

 

$743,604

 

 

$15,365

 

 

$728,239

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

Loan

Receivable

 

 

Individually Evaluated for Impairment

 

 

Collectively Evaluated for Impairment

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$75,236

 

 

$645

 

 

$74,591

 

Farmland

 

 

66,344

 

 

 

2,286

 

 

 

64,058

 

Real Estate

 

 

139,552

 

 

 

3,920

 

 

 

135,632

 

Multi-Family

 

 

4,887

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,887

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

163,564

 

 

 

14,498

 

 

 

149,066

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

6,262

 

 

 

147

 

 

 

6,115

 

Home Equity –open end

 

 

44,247

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

44,247

 

Commercial & Industrial – Non-Real Estate

 

 

44,224

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

44,224

 

Consumer

 

 

8,036

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

8,031

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

107,346

 

 

 

107

 

 

 

107,239

 

Credit Cards

 

 

3,000

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,000

 

Gross Loans

 

 

662,698

 

 

 

21,608

 

 

 

641,090

 

Less: Deferred loan fees, net of costs

 

 

(277)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(277)

Total

 

$662,421

 

 

$21,608

 

 

$640,813

 

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2021

NOTE

4 ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES, (CONTINUED):
CONTINUED

The following table shows the Company’s loan portfolio broken down by internal loan grade (in thousands) as of December 31, 20172022 and 2016:

December 31, 2017
 
Grade 1 Minimal Risk
 
 
Grade 2 Modest Risk
 
 
Grade 3 Average Risk
 
 
Grade 4 Acceptable Risk
 
 
Grade 5 Marginally Acceptable
 
 
Grade 6 Watch
 
 
Grade 7 Substandard
 
 
Grade 8 Doubtful
 
 
Total
 
Construction/Land Development
 $- 
 $690 
 $12,974 
 $30,197 
 $9,165 
 $3,520 
 $15,074 
 $- 
 $71,620 
Farmland
  63 
  - 
  3,153 
  4,120 
  3,793 
  494 
  1,983 
  - 
  13,606 
Real Estate
  - 
  1,512 
  53,764 
  101,606 
  19,734 
  4,660 
  3,270 
  - 
  184,546 
Multi-Family
  - 
  228 
  4,780 
  5,111 
  179 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  10,298 
Commercial Real Estate
  - 
  3,525 
  45,384 
  89,195 
  9,012 
  634 
  1,156 
  - 
  148,906 
Home Equity – closed end
  - 
  - 
  3,535 
  5,410 
  1,279 
  1,379 
  3 
  - 
  11,606 
Home Equity – open end
  235 
  1,598 
  17,383 
  30,888 
  3,945 
  176 
  514 
  - 
  54,739 
Commercial & Industrial (Non-Real Estate)
  262 
  1,595 
  13,297 
  19,442 
  1,480 
  207 
  629 
  - 
  36,912 
Consumer (excluding dealer)
  34 
  490 
  2,226 
  88 
  1,065 
  2,254 
  476 
  - 
  6,633 
Total
 $594 
 $9,638 
 $156,496 
 $286,057 
 $49,652 
 $13,324 
 $23,105 
 $- 
 $538,866 
 
 
Credit Cards
 
 
Dealer Finance
 
Performing
 $2,938 
 $75,116 
Non performing
  1 
  53 
Total
 $2,939 
 $75,169 

2021 (dollars in thousands):

December 31, 2022

 

Grade 1 Minimal

Risk

 

 

Grade 2

Modest

Risk

 

 

Grade 3 Average

Risk

 

 

Grade 4 Acceptable

Risk

 

 

Grade 5 Marginally Acceptable

 

 

Grade 6

Watch

 

 

Grade 7 Substandard

 

 

Grade 8 Doubtful

 

 

Total

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$-

 

 

$4

 

 

$11,112

 

 

$42,684

 

 

$13,116

 

 

$1,213

 

 

$542

 

 

$-

 

 

$68,671

 

Farmland

 

 

155

 

 

 

269

 

 

 

11,373

 

 

 

38,051

 

 

 

22,069

 

 

 

947

 

 

 

1,458

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

74,322

 

Real Estate

 

 

-

 

 

 

553

 

 

 

27,003

 

 

 

86,269

 

 

 

28,560

 

 

 

6,950

 

 

 

3,946

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

153,281

 

Multi-Family

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

963

 

 

 

5,116

 

 

 

3,430

 

 

 

113

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

9,622

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,097

 

 

 

55,662

 

 

 

72,779

 

 

 

41,749

 

 

 

13,878

 

 

 

7,998

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

195,163

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

-

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

1,065

 

 

 

2,560

 

 

 

639

 

 

 

382

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,707

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

27

 

 

 

1,272

 

 

 

18,671

 

 

 

23,207

 

 

 

2,091

 

 

 

1,611

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

46,928

 

Commercial & Industrial - Non-Real Estate

 

 

10

 

 

 

516

 

 

 

12,934

 

 

 

26,310

 

 

 

15,613

 

 

 

911

 

 

 

331

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

56,625

 

Consumer (excluding dealer)

 

 

33

 

 

 

286

 

 

 

2,965

 

 

 

3,105

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

6,488

 

Gross loans

 

$225

 

 

$6,045

 

 

$141,748

 

 

$300,081

 

 

$127,335

 

 

$26,021

 

 

$14,352

 

 

$-

 

 

$615,807

 

Less: Deferred loan fees, net of costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(570)

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$615,237

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit

Cards

 

 

Dealer

Finance

 

Performing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$3,240

 

 

$124,910

 

Nonperforming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

215

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$3,242

 

 

$125,125

 

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 December 31, 2016
 
Grade 1 Minimal Risk
 
 
Grade 2 Modest Risk
 
 
Grade 3 Average Risk
 
 
Grade 4 Acceptable Risk
 
 
Grade 5 Marginally Acceptable
 
 
Grade 6 Watch
 
 
Grade 7 Substandard
 
 
Grade 8 Doubtful
 
 
Total
 
Construction/Land Development
 $- 
 $1,478 
 $10,870 
 $43,863 
 $8,399 
 $2,473 
 $9,089 
 $- 
 $76,172 
Farmland
  65 
  - 
  3,073 
  3,456 
  4,446 
  1,861 
  - 
  - 
  12,901 
Real Estate
  - 
  1,149 
  62,168 
  74,242 
  28,266 
  4,680 
  2,253 
  - 
  172,758 
Multi-Family
  - 
  311 
  3,009 
  4,099 
  186 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  7,605 
Commercial Real Estate
  - 
  2,793 
  32,986 
  91,157 
  19,181 
  1,840 
  2,104 
  - 
  150,061 
Home Equity – closed end
  - 
  150 
  3,966 
  4,139 
  1,746 
  1,414 
  38 
  - 
  11,453 
Home Equity – open end
  124 
  1,724 
  16,415 
  30,974 
  4,547 
  125 
  511 
  - 
  54,420 
Commercial & Industrial (Non-Real Estate)
  1,375 
  1,267 
  6,827 
  19,530 
  2,198 
  39 
  70 
  - 
  31,306 
Consumer (excluding dealer)
  67 
  174 
  1,837 
  607 
  1,242 
  2,252 
  466 
  - 
  6,643 
Total
 $1,631 
 $9,046 
 $141,151 
 $272,065 
 $70,211 
 $14,684 
 $14,531 
 $- 
 $523,319 
 
 
Credit Cards
 
 
Dealer Finance
 
Performing
 $2,822 
 $65,291 
Non performing
  - 
  204 
Total
 $2,822 
 $65,495 
CONTINUED

 December 31, 2021

 

Grade 1 Minimal

Risk

 

 

Grade 2

Modest

Risk

 

 

Grade 3 Average

Risk

 

 

Grade 4 Acceptable

Risk

 

 

Grade 5 Marginally Acceptable

 

 

Grade 6

Watch

 

 

Grade 7 Substandard

 

 

Grade 8 Doubtful

 

 

Total

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$-

 

 

$6

 

 

$9,952

 

 

$43,861

 

 

$19,457

 

 

$1,658

 

 

$302

 

 

$-

 

 

$75,236

 

Farmland

 

 

56

 

 

 

291

 

 

 

6,804

 

 

 

42,615

 

 

 

13,620

 

 

 

1,638

 

 

 

1,320

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

66,344

 

Real Estate

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,128

 

 

 

30,268

 

 

 

61,940

 

 

 

28,895

 

 

 

12,462

 

 

 

4,859

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

139,552

 

Multi-Family

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,021

 

 

 

2,586

 

 

 

1,154

 

 

 

126

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,887

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,124

 

 

 

36,308

 

 

 

72,414

 

 

 

35,444

 

 

 

4,428

 

 

 

12,846

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

163,564

 

Home Equity – closed end

 

 

-

 

 

 

61

 

 

 

1,268

 

 

 

3,103

 

 

 

762

 

 

 

1,068

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

6,262

 

Home Equity – open end

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,293

 

 

 

17,333

 

 

 

21,296

 

 

 

2,477

 

 

 

1,632

 

 

 

216

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

44,247

 

Commercial & Industrial - Non-Real Estate

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,001

 

 

 

7,562

 

 

 

21,527

 

 

 

13,538

 

 

 

533

 

 

 

63

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

44,224

 

Consumer (excluding dealer)

 

 

10

 

 

 

522

 

 

 

2,919

 

 

 

3,526

 

 

 

980

 

 

 

79

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

8,036

 

Gross loans

 

$66

 

 

$6,426

 

 

$113,435

 

 

$272,868

 

 

$116,327

 

 

$23,624

 

 

$19,606

 

 

$-

 

 

$552,352

 

Less: Deferred loan fees, net of costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(277)

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$552,075

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit

Cards

 

 

Dealer

Finance

 

Performing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$3,000

 

 

$107,330

 

Nonperforming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

16

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$3,000

 

 

$107,346

 

Description of internal loan grades:

Grade 1 – Minimal Risk:   Excellent credit, superior asset quality, excellent debt capacity and coverage, and recognized management capabilities.

Grade 2 – Modest Risk:  Borrower consistently generates sufficient cash flow to fund debt service, excellent credit, above average asset quality and liquidity.

Grade 3 – Average Risk:  Borrower generates sufficient cash flow to fund debt service.  Employment (or business) is stable with good future trends.  Credit is very good.

Grade 4 – Acceptable Risk:  Borrower’s cash flow is adequate to cover debt service; however, unusual expenses or capital expenses must by covered through additional long termlong-term debt.  Employment (or business) stability is reasonable, but future trends may exhibit slight weakness. Credit history is good. No unpaid judgments or collection items appearing on credit report.

Grade 5 – Marginally acceptable:  Credit to borrowers who may exhibit declining earnings, may have leverage that is materially above industry averages, liquidity may be marginally acceptable.  Employment or business stability may be weak or deteriorating.  May be currently performing as agreed but would be adversely affected by developing factors such as layoffs, illness, reduced hours or declining business prospects.  Credit history shows weaknesses, past dues, paid or disputed collections and judgments, but does not include borrowers that are currently past due on obligations or with unpaid, undisputed judgments.


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CONTINUED

Grade 6 – Watch: Loans are currently protected but are weak due to negative balance sheet or income statement trends. There may be a lack of effective control over collateral or the existence of documentation deficiencies. These loans have potential weaknesses that deserve management’s close attention. Other reasons supporting this classification include adverse economic or market conditions, pending litigation or any other material weakness. Existing loans that become 60 or more days past due are placed in this category pending a return to current status.

Grade 7 – Substandard: Loans having well-defined weaknesses where a payment default and or loss is possible, but not yet probable. Cash flow is inadequate to service the debt under the current payment, or terms, with prospects that the condition is permanent. Loans classified as substandard are inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the borrower and there is the likelihood that collateral will have to be liquidated and/or guarantor(s) called upon to repay the debt. Generally, the loan is considered collectible as to both principal and interest, primarily because of collateral coverage, however, if the deficiencies are not corrected quickly; there is a probability of loss.

Grade 8 – Doubtful: Loans having all the characteristics of a substandard credit, but available information indicates it is unlikely the loan will be repaid in its entirety. Cash flow is insufficient to service the debt. It may be difficult to project the exact amount of loss, but the probability of some loss is great. Loans are to be placed on non-accrual status when any portion is classified doubtful.

Credit card and dealer finance loans are classified as performing or nonperforming. A loan is nonperforming when payments of principal and interest are past due 90 days or more.

NOTE

5 TROUBLED DEBT RESTRUCTURING:
In the determination of the allowance for loan losses, management considers troubledRESTRUCTURING

Troubled debt restructurings and subsequent defaults in these restructurings by adjusting the loan gradesinclude modifications of such loans, which are considered in the qualitative factors within the allowance for loan loss methodology. Defaults resulting in charge-offs affect the historical loss experience ratios which are a component of the allowance calculation. Additionally, specific reserves may be established on restructured loans which are evaluated individually for impairment.

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2017, the Bank modified 3 loans that were considered to be troubled debt restructurings. These modifications include rate adjustments,interest rates, revisions to amortization schedules, suspension of principal payments for a temporary period, re-advancing funds to be applied as payments to bring the loan(s)loan current, or any combination thereof.
 
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-Modification
 
 
Post-Modification
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
 
 
 
Outstanding
 
 
Outstanding
 
Troubled Debt Restructurings
 
Number of Contracts
 
 
Recorded Investment
 
 
Recorded Investment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consumer
  3 
 $32 
 $32 
Total
  3 
 $32 
 $32 
As of December 31, 2017, there were 3 All TDRs are reviewed for impairment in accordance with the Company’s ALLL methodology. The Company considers loans restructured in the previous twelve months, in default. A restructured loan is considered in default when it becomesplaced on nonaccrual status or 90 days past due.
 
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-Modification
 
 
Post-Modification
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
 
 
 
Outstanding
 
 
Outstanding
 
Troubled Debt Restructurings
 
Number of Contracts
 
 
Recorded Investment
 
 
Recorded Investment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real Estate
  1 
 $67 
 $67 
Construction/Land Development
  2 
  1,502 
  1,502 
Total
  3 
 $1,569 
 $1,569 

due to be nonperforming. There were no nonperforming TDRs at December 31, 2022 or 2021.

The following table shows, by modification type, TDRs that occurred during 2022 and 2021 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

 

Number of Contracts

 

 

Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment

 

 

Post-Modification

Outstanding Recorded Investment

 

Extended maturity

 

 

3

 

 

$44

 

 

$44

 

Change in terms

 

 

1

 

 

$162

 

 

$162

 

Total

 

 

4

 

 

$206

 

 

$206

 

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

Number of Contracts

 

 

Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment

 

 

Post-Modification

Outstanding Recorded Investment

 

Change in terms

 

 

3

 

 

$1,080

 

 

$1,080

 

Total

 

 

3

 

 

$1,080

 

 

$1,080

 

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NOTE 7 
TROUBLED DEBT RESTRUCTURING (CONTINUED):
During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the2021

Note 6 Bank modified 6 loans that were considered to be troubled debt restructurings. These modifications included rate adjustments, revisions to amortization schedules, suspension of principal payments for a temporary period, re-advancing funds to be applied as payments to bring the loan(s) current, or any combination thereof.

 
 
December 31, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-Modification
 
 
Post-Modification
 
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
Outstanding
 
 
Outstanding
 
Troubled Debt Restructurings
 
Number of Contracts
 
 
Recorded Investment
 
 
Recorded Investment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real Estate
  2 
 $141 
 $141 
Consumer
  4 
  39 
  39 
Total
  6 
 $180 
 $180 
As of December 31, 2016, there were no loans restructured in the previous twelve months, in default. A restructured loan is considered in default when it becomes 90 days past due.
NOTE 8 
BANK PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT:
Premises and Equipment

Bank premises and equipment as of December 31 are summarized as follows:

 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Land
 $3,883 
 $3,091 
Buildings and improvements
  12,384 
  7,877 
Furniture and equipment
  9,454 
  8,257 
 
  25,721 
  19,225 
Less - accumulated depreciation
  (9,827)
  (8,885)
Net
 $15,894 
 $10,340 
Provisions for depreciationfollows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Land

 

$4,115

 

 

$4,115

 

Buildings and improvements

 

 

16,040

 

 

 

15,956

 

Furniture and equipment

 

 

13,483

 

 

 

10,052

 

 

 

 

33,638

 

 

 

30,123

 

Less ‑ accumulated depreciation

 

 

(14,051)

 

 

(13,060)

Net

 

$19,587

 

 

$17,063

 

Depreciation of $930$1.1 million in 2017, $8272022 and $1.2 million in 2016, and $727 in 2015 were2021 was charged to operations.


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016

NOTE 9

7 OTHER REAL ESTATE OWNED:
OWNED

The table below reflects other real estate owned (OREO) activity for 20172022 (dollars in thousands). There was no OREO activity in 2021.

2022

Balance as of January 1

$-

Loans transferred to OREO

197

Sale of OREO

(138)

Write down of OREO and losses on sale

(59)

Balance as of December 31

$-

Activity in the valuation allowance was as follows:

2022

Balance as of January 1

$-

Provision charged to expense

-

Reductions from sales of real estate owned

-

Balance as of December 31

$-

(Income) expenses related to foreclosed assets include:

 

 

2022

 

Net loss on sales

 

$59

 

(Income) expenses related to foreclosed assets

 

$59

 

There were no real estate owned properties at December 31, 2022 and 2016:

 
Other Real Estate Owned
 
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance as of January 1
 $2,076 
 $2,128 
Loans transferred to OREO
  231 
  566 
Capital improvements
  2 
  24 
Sale of OREO
  (281)
  (623)
Write down of OREO or losses on sale
  (44)
  (19)
Balance as of December 31
 $1,984 
 $2,076 
2021. At December 31, 2017, the balance of real estate owned includes $207 of foreclosed residential real estate properties recorded as a result of obtaining physical possession of the property. At December 31, 2017,2022, the recorded investment of consumer mortgage loans secured by residential real estate properties for which formal foreclosure procedures are in process is $103.
$82 thousand.

NOTE 10           DEPOSITS:

8 DEPOSITS

Time deposits that meet or exceed the FDIC insurance limit of $250 thousand at year end 20172022 and 20162021 were $13,637$12.7 million and $7,841.$12.4 million. At December 31, 2017,2022, the scheduled maturities of all time deposits are as follows:

2018
 $66,749 
2019
  51,434 
2020
  30,151 
2021
  9,296 
2022 and after
  7,640 
                 Total
 $165,270 
follows (dollars in thousands):

2023

 

$67,295

 

2024

 

 

31,265

 

2025

 

 

12,979

 

2026

 

 

4,755

 

2027

 

 

2,898

 

Thereafter

 

 

-

 

Total

 

$119,192

 

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December 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 11  

SHORT-TERM DEBT:
9 SHORT‑TERM DEBT

Short-term debt, all maturing within 12 months, as of December 31, 2017 and 20162022 is summarized as follows:

 
 
 
 
 
Outstanding
 
 
Average
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maximum Outstanding
 
 
At
 
 
Balance
 
 
 
 
 
 
at any Month End
 
 
Year End
 
 
Outstanding
 
 
Yield
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal funds purchased
 $8,964 
 $5,296 
 $97 
  .17%
FHLB short term
  50,000 
  20,000 
  20,301 
  .30%
Totals
    
 $25,296 
 $20,398 
  .31%
2016
    
    
    
    
Federal funds purchased
 $11,421 
 $- 
 $637 
  .98%
FHLB short term
  50,000 
  40,000 
  34,740 
  .12%
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
  4,272 
  - 
  2,133 
  .25%
Totals
    
 $40,000 
 $37,510 
  .15%

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statementsfollows (dollars in thousands)
. There was no short-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 11
SHORT-TERM DEBT (CONTINUED)
2021.

 

 

Highest Month-

End Balance

 

 

Outstanding at

Year End

 

 

Average

Balance

 

 

Weighted

Average Rate

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal funds purchased

 

$1,989

 

 

$-

 

 

$883

 

 

 

2.99%

FHLB short-term

 

 

70,000

 

 

 

70,000

 

 

 

25,241

 

 

 

2.81%

Totals

 

 

 

 

 

$70,000

 

 

$26,124

 

 

 

2.82%

The Company utilizes short-term debt such as Federal funds purchased and Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLB) short termFHLB short-term borrowings to support the loans held for sale participation programloan growth and provide liquidity.  Federal funds purchased are unsecured overnight borrowings from other financial institutions. FHLB short termshort-term debt which is secured by the loan portfolio, can be a daily rate variable loan that acts as a line of credit or a fixed rate advance, depending on the needneeds of the Company.

Securities sold under repurchase agreements FHLB advances are secured transactions with customersby a blanket lien on the qualifying loans in the Company’s residential, commercial and generally mature the day following the date sold. This product was discontinued in 2017.
home equity loan portfolios. Short-term debt totaled $70.0 million at December 31, 2022, and consisted of FHLB advances which were used to fund loan growth.

As of December 31, 2017,2022, the Company had unsecured lines of credit with correspondent banks totaling $41,000,$90.0 million which may be used in the management of short-term liquidity, inon which $5,296none was outstanding.

NOTE 12   

10 LONG-TERM DEBT:
The Company utilizesDEBT

At December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 long-term borrowings from the FHLB advance program to fund loan growthwere $0 and provide liquidity.$10.0 million, respectively. The interest rates on long-term debt are fixed at the time of the advance and range from 1.16% to 2.56%;advance; the weighted average interest rate was 1.86% and 1.80%.81% at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.2021.  The balance of these obligations at December 31, 2017 and 2016 were $49,554 and $63,982 respectively. The Company recognizedBank has a gain of $504 on prepayment of two FHLB advances totaling $10,000 during the first quarter of 2017 and there were no additional borrowings in 2017. FHLB advances include a $5,000 line$15.0 million letter of credit at FHLB that is pledged to the Commonwealth of Virginia to secure public funds.

The maturities of long-term Federal Home Loan Bank long term debt as of December 31, 2017, were as follows:
2018
 $9,428 
2019
  6,929 
2020
  14,429 
2021
  5,929 
2022
  2,714 
Thereafter
  10,125 
                                Total
 $49,554 
In addition,

On July 29, 2020, the Company has a notesold and issued to certain institutional accredited investors $5.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.75% fixed rated subordinated notes due July 31, 2027 (the “2027 Notes”) and $7.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.00% fixed to floating rate subordinated notes due July 31, 2030 (the “2030 Notes”). The 2027 Notes bear interest at 5.75% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears.  On July 29, 2022 the Company redeemed the $5.0 million in 2027 notes.

The 2030 Notes bear interest at 6.00% per annum, beginning July 29, 2020 to purchase a lot adjacentbut excluding July 31, 2025, payable semi-annually in arrears. From and including July 31, 2025 through July 30, 2030, or up to onean early redemption date, the interest rate shall reset quarterly to an interest rate per annum equal to the then current three-month SOFR plus 593 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears. Beginning on July 31, 2025 through maturity, the 2030 Notes may be redeemed, at the Company’s option, on any scheduled interest payment date. The 2030 Notes will mature on July 31, 2030.  The subordinated notes, net of the Bank branches for $170issuance costs totaled $6.9 million and $11.8 million at December 31, 2017 that is payable in two remaining annual payments on January 1, 20182022 and 2019. There was $255 outstanding on this note at December 31, 2016.

VS Title, LLC has a note payable for vehicle purchases with a balance of $9 at 2021, respectively.

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December 31, 2017.

2022 and 2021

NOTE 13

11 INCOME TAX EXPENSE:
EXPENSE

The components of income tax expense were as follows:

 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Current expense
 $3,671 
 $3,046 
 $3,227 
Deferred expense (benefit)
  (152)
  53 
  (341)
Adjustments to deferred tax asset due to change in federal tax rate
  811 
  - 
  - 
Total deferred (benefit) expense
  659 
  53 
  (341)
Total Income Tax Expense
 $4,330 
 $3,099 
 $2,886 
 
    
    
    

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statementsfollows (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 13 
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (CONTINUED):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Current expense

 

$571

 

 

$847

 

Deferred expense (benefit)

 

 

(91)

 

 

476

 

Total Income Tax Expense

 

$480

 

 

$1,323

 

The components of deferred taxes as of December 31, were as follows:

 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
Deferred Tax Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for loan losses
 $1,265 
 $2,354 
Split Dollar Life Insurance
  3 
  4 
Nonqualified deferred compensation
  546 
  856 
Low income housing partnerships losses
  203 
  94 
Core deposit amortization
  108 
  165 
Other real estate owned
  173 
  280 
Unfunded pension benefit obligation
  1,096 
  1,633 
Total Assets
 $3,394 
 $5,386 
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unearned low income housing credits
 $180 
 $307 
Depreciation
  340 
  437 
Prepaid pension
  1,010 
  1,840 
Goodwill tax amortization
  559 
  901 
Net unrealized gain (loss) on securities available for sale
  (5)
  3 
Total Liabilities
  2 084 
  3,488 
Net Deferred Tax Asset (included in Other Assets on Balance Sheet)
 $1,310 
 $1,898 
follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Deferred Tax Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for loan losses

 

$1,667

 

 

$1,627

 

Split Dollar Life Insurance

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

Nonqualified deferred compensation

 

 

580

 

 

 

757

 

Low-income housing partnerships losses

 

 

375

 

 

 

326

 

Core deposit amortization

 

 

29

 

 

 

29

 

SBA fees

 

 

-

 

 

 

47

 

Lease Liability

 

 

170

 

 

 

172

 

Unfunded pension benefit obligation

 

 

-

 

 

 

875

 

VST income

 

 

-

 

 

 

2

 

Assets available for sale

 

 

-

 

 

 

32

 

Prepaid pension

 

 

45

 

 

 

-

 

Unvested restricted stock

 

 

19

 

 

 

-

 

Net unrealized loss on securities available for sale

 

 

10,753

 

 

 

479

 

Total Assets

 

$13,641

 

 

$4,349

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Deferred Tax Liabilities:          

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unearned low-income housing credits

 

$34

 

 

$63

 

Depreciation

 

 

506

 

 

 

567

 

Prepaid pension

 

 

-

 

 

 

114

 

Unfunded pension benefit obligation

 

 

117

 

 

 

-

 

Goodwill tax amortization

 

 

583

 

 

 

576

 

Right of Use Asset

 

 

165

 

 

 

149

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

1,405

 

 

 

1,469

 

Net Deferred Tax Asset (included in Other Assets on Balance Sheet)

 

$12,236

 

 

$2,880

 

The following table summarizes the differences between the actual income tax expense and the amounts computed using the federal statutory tax rates:

 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tax expense at federal statutory rates
 $4,511 
 $4,307 
 $3,843 
Increases (decreases) in taxes resulting from:
    
    
    
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
  - 
  6 
  8 
Partially tax-exempt income
  (59)
  (41)
  (46)
Tax-exempt income
  (212)
  (217)
  (223)
LIH and historic credits
  (633)
  (896)
  (701)
Deferred Tax Asset rate change
  811 
    
    
Other
  (88)
  (60)
  5 
Total Income Tax Expense
 $4,330 
 $3,099 
 $2,886 
rates (dollars in thousands):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Tax expense at federal statutory rates

 

$1,848

 

 

$2,533

 

Increases (decreases) in taxes resulting from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax-exempt income

 

 

(228)

 

 

(172)

LIH and historic credits

 

 

(868)

 

 

(913)

Other

 

 

(272)

 

 

(125)

Total Income Tax Expense

 

$480

 

 

$1,323

 

The Company has analyzed the tax positions taken or expected to be taken in its tax returns and concluded it has no liability related to uncertain tax positions in accordance with accounting guidance related to income taxes.

The Company and its subsidiaries file federal income tax returns and state income tax returns. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to federal or state income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2014.

2019.

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December 31, 20172022 and 2016

2021

NOTE 14 

12 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:
BENEFITS

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

The Company has a qualified noncontributory defined benefit pension plan which covers substantially all of its employees hired before April 1, 2012.  The benefits are primarily based on years of service and earnings.  The Company uses December 31st as the measurement date for the defined benefit pension plan.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the changes in the benefit obligations and fair value of plan assets for 2017, 20162022 and 2015:

 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Change in Benefit Obligation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Benefit obligation, beginning
 $12,475 
 $10,944 
 $10,777 
Service cost
  696 
  632 
  648 
Interest cost
  487 
  453 
  411 
Actuarial (gain) loss
  1,620 
  872 
  (137)
Benefits paid
  (175)
  (426)
  (754)
Benefit obligation, ending
 $15,103 
 $12,475 
 $10,945 
 
    
    
    
Change in Plan Assets
    
    
    
Fair value of plan assets, beginning
 $12,032 
 $11,678 
 $11,684 
Actual return on plan assets
  1,788 
  780 
  (1)
Employer contribution
  - 
  - 
  750 
Benefits paid
  (175)
  (426)
  (755)
Fair value of plan assets, ending
 $13,645 
 $12,032 
 $11,678 
Funded status at the end of the year
 $(1,458)
 $(443)
 $733 
2021 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Change in Benefit Obligation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefit obligation, beginning

 

$15,557

 

 

$15,456

 

Service cost

 

 

759

 

 

 

862

 

Interest cost

 

 

415

 

 

 

379

 

Actuarial loss

 

 

(5,421)

 

 

-

 

Benefits paid

 

 

(1,145)

 

 

(1,140)

Decrease in Obligation due to Curtailment

 

 

(2,154)

 

 

-

 

Benefit obligation, ending

 

$8,011

 

 

$15,557

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in Plan Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets, beginning

 

$11,235

 

 

$11,201

 

Actual return on plan assets

 

 

(2,303)

 

 

1,174

 

Benefits paid

 

 

(1,145)

 

 

(1,140)

Fair value of plan assets, ending

 

$7,787

 

 

$11,235

 

Funded status at the end of the year

 

$(224)

 

$(4,322)

The fair value of plan assets is measured based on the fair value hierarchy as discussed in Note 20,17, “Fair Value Measurements” to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The valuations are based on third party data received as of the balance sheet date. All plan assets are considered Level 1 assets, as quoted prices exist in active markets for identical assets.


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December 31, 20172022 and 2016

2021

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12 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, (CONTINUED):
CONTINUED

Defined Benefit Pension Plan, continued

 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Amount recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prepaid benefit cost
 $3,760 
 $4,361 
 $4,799 
Unfunded pension benefit obligation under ASC 325-960
  (5,218)
  (4,804)
  (4,065)
Deferred taxes
  1,096 
  1,633 
  1,382 
 
    
    
    
Amount recognized in accumulated other
    
    
    
comprehensive income (loss)
    
    
    
Net loss
 $(5,260)
 $(4,861)
 $(4,137)
Prior service cost
  42 
  57 
  72 
Amount recognized
  (5,218)
  (4,804)
  (4,065)
Deferred taxes
  1,096 
  1,633 
  1,382 
Amount recognized in accumulated comprehensive income
 $(4,122)
 $(3,171)
 $(2,683)
 
    
    
    
Prepaid benefit detail
    
    
    
Benefit obligation
 $(15,103)
 $(12,475)
 $(10,945)
Fair value of assets
  13,645 
  12,032 
  11,678 
Unrecognized net actuarial loss
  5,260 
  4,861 
  4,138 
Unrecognized prior service cost
  (42)
  (57)
  (72)
Prepaid (accrued) benefits
 $3,760 
 $4,361 
 $4,799 
 
    
    
    
Components of net periodic benefit cost
    
    
    
Service cost
 $696 
 $632 
 $648 
Interest cost
  487 
  452 
  411 
Expected return on plan assets
  (851)
  (854)
  (839)
Amortization of prior service cost
  (15)
  (15)
  (15)
Recognized net actuarial loss
  284 
  223 
  181 
Net periodic benefit cost
 $601 
 $438 
 $386 
 
    
    
    
Other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations
    
    
    
  recognized in other comprehensive income (loss)
    
    
    
Net loss
 $399 
 $724 
 $522 
Amortization of prior service cost
  15 
  15 
  15 
Total recognized in other comprehensive income
 $414 
 $739 
 $537 
 
    
    
    
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and other
    
    
    
  comprehensive income (loss)
 $1,015 
 $1,177 
 $923 
 
    
    
    
Additional disclosure information
    
    
    
Accumulated benefit obligation
 $10,760 
 $8,789 
 $7,601 
Vested benefit obligation
 $10,750 
 $8,780 
 $7,539 
Discount rate used for net pension cost
  4.00%
  4.25%
  4.00%
Discount rate used for disclosure
  3.50%
  4.00%
  4.25%
Expected return on plan assets
  7.25%
  7.50%
  7.50%
Rate of compensation increase
  3.00%
  3.00%
  3.00%
Average remaining service (years)
  12 
  13 
  13 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Amount recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Accrued) prepaid benefit cost

 

$(780)

 

$(156)

Over funded (unfunded) pension benefit obligation under ASC 325-960

 

 

556

 

 

 

(4,166)

Deferred taxes

 

 

(995)

 

 

875

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount recognized in accumulated other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$556

 

 

$(4,166)

Prior service cost

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Amount recognized

 

 

556

 

 

 

(4,166)

Deferred taxes

 

 

(117)

 

 

875

 

Amount recognized in accumulated comprehensive (loss)

 

$(439)

 

$(3,291)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued benefit detail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefit obligation

 

$(8,011)

 

$(15,557)

Fair value of assets

 

 

7,787

 

 

 

11,235

 

Unrecognized net actuarial (income) loss

 

 

(556)

 

 

4,166

 

Accrued benefits

 

$(780)

 

$(156)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Components of net periodic benefit cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

 

$758

 

 

$862

 

Interest cost

 

 

415

 

 

 

379

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

(781)

 

 

(791)

Recognized net actuarial loss

 

 

232

 

 

 

289

 

Net periodic benefit cost

 

$624

 

 

$739

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recognized in other comprehensive (income) loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain

 

$(4,722)

 

$(671)

Amortization of prior service cost

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Total recognized in other comprehensive income

 

$(4,722)

 

$(671)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive (loss) income

 

$(4,098)

 

$67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional disclosure information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated benefit obligation

 

$8,011

 

 

$11,473

 

Vested benefit obligation

 

$8,011

 

 

$11,473

 

Discount rate used for net pension cost

 

 

2.75%

 

 

2.50%

Discount rate used for disclosure

 

 

5.00%

 

 

2.75%

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

7.25%

 

 

7.25%

Rate of compensation increase

 

 

3.00%

 

 

3.00%

Average remaining service (years)

 

 

10.89

 

 

 

11.26

 

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CONTINUED

Funding Policy

Due to the current funding status of the plan, the Company did not make a contribution in 20172022 or 2016. The Company’s contributions for 2015 was $750,000.2021.  The net periodic pension cost of the plan for 20182023 will be approximately $629.

($150 thousand).  The Company was not subject to settlement accounting in 2022 and does not anticipate being subject to settlement accounting in 2023. As of February 15, 2023, the Virginia Bankers Association Defined Benefit Plan for Farmers & Merchants Bank was amended to stop the accrual of future benefits.

Long-Term Rate of Return

The Company, as plan sponsor, selects the expected long-term rate of return on assets assumption in consultation with investment advisors and the plan actuary.  This rate is intended to reflect the average rate of earnings expected to be earned on the funds invested or to be invested to provide plan benefits. Historical performance is reviewed, especially with respect to real rates of return (net of inflation) for the major asset classes held or anticipated to be held by the trust. Undue weight is not given to recent experience, which may not continue over the measurement period, with higher significance placed on current forecasts of future long-term economic conditions.

Because assets are held in a qualified trust, anticipated returns are not reduced for taxes.  Further, and solely for this purpose, the plan is assumed to continue in force and not terminate during the period during which the assets are invested.  However, consideration is given to the potential impact of current and future investment policy, cash flow into and out of the trust, and expenses (both investment and non-investment) typically paid from plan assets (to the extent such expenses are not explicitly estimated within periodic cost).

Asset Allocation

The trust fund is sufficiently diversified to maintain a reasonable level of risk without imprudently sacrificing return, with a targeted asset allocation of 39% fixed income and 61% equity. The Investment Manager selects investment fund managers with demonstrated experience and expertise, and funds with demonstrated historical performance, for the implementation of the Plan’s investment strategy. The Investment Manager will consider both actively and passively managed investment strategies and will allocate funds across the asset classes to develop an efficient investment structure.  The pension plan’s allocations as of December 31, 2017,2022 and 20162021 were 61% equity38% fixed income and 39% fixed and 61% equity and 39% fixed, respectively.

62% equity.

Estimated Future Benefit Payments, which reflect expected future service, as appropriate, as of December 31, 2017,2022, are as follows:

2018
 $1,862 
2019
  698 
2020
  264 
2021
  179 
2022
  2,867 
2023-2027
  7,151 
 
 $13,021 
follows (dollars in thousands):

2023

 

$1,252

 

2024

 

 

48

 

2025

 

 

548

 

2026

 

 

998

 

2027

 

 

1,223

 

2028-2032

 

 

2,587

 

 

 

$6,656

 

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

The Company sponsors an ESOP which provides stock ownership to substantially all employees of the Company.  The Plan provides total vesting upon the attainment of five years of service.  Contributions to the plan are made at the discretion of the Board of Directors and are allocated based on the compensation of each employee relative to total compensation paid by the Company.  All shares issued and held by the Plan are considered outstanding in the computation of earnings per share. Dividends on Company stock are allocated and paid to participants at least annually. Shares of Company stock, when distributed, have restrictions on transferability.  For the plan year ending September 30, 2017 theThe Company contributed $430$400 thousand in 2017, $4072022 and $472 thousand in 2016, and $270 in 20152021 to the Plan and charged this expense to operations.  The shares held by the ESOP totaled 194,018170,905 and 190,271158,905 at December 31, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively.


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2021

NOTE 14

12 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, (CONTINUED):
401(K)CONTINUED

401(k) Plan

The Company sponsors a 401(k) savings plan under which eligible employees may choose to save up to 20 percent of their salary on a pretax basis, subject to certain IRS limits. Under the Federal Safe Harbor rules employees are automatically enrolled at 3% (in the third year this(this increases by 1% per year up to 6%) of their salary unless elected otherwise. The Company matches one hundred percent of the first 1% contributed by the employee and fifty percent from 2% to 6% of employee contributions. Vesting in the contributions made by the Company is 100% after two years of service.  Contributions under the plan amounted to $263, $242$475 thousand and $212$444 thousand in 2017, 20162022 and 2015,2021, respectively.

Deferred Compensation Plan

The Company has a nonqualified deferred compensation plan for several of its key employees and directors. The Company may make annual contributions to the plan, and the employee or director has the option to defer a portion of their salary or bonus based on qualifying annual elections. Contributions to the plan totaled $187 thousand in 2022 and $125 thousand in 2017, $125 in 2016 and $110 in 2015.2021.  A liability is accrued for the obligation under the plan and totaled $3,377$3.4 million and $2,767$3.9 million at December 31, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively.

Investments in Life Insurance Contracts

The Bank currently offers a variety of benefit plans to all full-time employees. While theThe costs of these plans are generally tax deductible to the Bank, the cost has been escalating greatly in recent years. ToBank; however, to help offset escalatingthe benefit costs and to attract and retain qualified employees, the Bank purchased Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) contracts that will provide benefits to employees during their lifetime. Dividends received on these policies are tax-deferred and the death benefits under the policies are tax exempt.  Rates of return on a tax-equivalent basis are very favorable when compared to other long-term investments which the Bank might make.  The accrued liability related to the BOLI contracts was $443$729 thousand and $412$669 thousand for December 31, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively.

Stock Incentive Plan

The Company has a Stock Incentive Plan, which was designed to further the long-term stability and financial success of the Company by attracting and retaining personnel, including employees, directors, and consultants, using stock and stock-based incentives.  The plan was adopted by the Company’s Board, effective upon shareholder approval on May 2, 2020 and will expire on March 18, 2030. The plan provides for the granting of an option, restricted stock, restricted stock unit, stock appreciation right, or stock award to employees, directors, and consultants. It authorizes the issuance of up to 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.

The Company’s Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors administers the plan including designating employees, directors, or other recipients to whom awards are to be granted, the amount of the award or equity to be granted, and the terms and conditions applicable to each award. On March 7, 2023, the Company’s Compensation Committee awarded 23,556 shares with a fair value of $526 thousand from this plan to selected employees. These shares vest 25% over each of the next four years. The Committee also awarded 1,309 shares with a fair value of $29 thousand to directors. These shares vested upon issuance. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021 the total unrecognized compensation cost related to the nonvested restricted stock awards were $580 thousand and $338 thousand, respectively.

The following table summarizes the status of the Company’s nonvested awards for the year ended December 31, 2022:

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share

 

Nonvested at December 31, 2021

 

 

15,869

 

 

$26.78

 

Granted

 

 

18,908

 

 

 

30.85

 

Vested

 

 

(5,265)

 

 

27.72

 

Forfeited

 

 

(3,056)

 

 

29.05

 

Nonvested at December 31, 2022

 

 

26,456

 

 

 

29.24

 

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NOTE 15  

13 CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT:
CREDIT

The Company had cash deposits in other commercial banks in excess of FDIC insurance limits totaling $1,798$4.6 million and $680$3.9 million at December 31, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively.

The Bank has established procedures for measuring and monitoring the concentration risk in correspondent banks and performs quarterly reviews of the financial condition of correspondent banks to assess and monitor risks.

The Company grants commercial, residential real estate and consumer loans to customers located primarily in the northwestern portion of the StateShenandoah Valley of Virginia. There were no loan concentration areas greater than 25% of capital. Collateral required by the Company is determined on an individual basis depending on the purpose of the loan and the financial condition of the borrower. As of December 31, 2017,2022, approximately 80%74% of the loan portfolio was secured by real estate.

NOTE 16

COMMITMENTS:
14 COMMITMENTS

The Company makes commitments to extend credit in the normal course of business and issues standby letters of credit to meet the financing needs of its customers.  The amount of the commitments represents the Company's exposure to credit loss that is not included in the consolidated balance sheet.  As of the December 31, 20172022 and 2016,2021, the Company had the following commitments outstanding:

 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
Commitments to extend credit
 $170,798 
 $148,060 
Standby letters of credit
  1,533 
  1,089 
outstanding (dollars in thousands):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Commitments to extend credit

 

$265,976

 

 

$257,229

 

Standby letters of credit

 

 

2,696

 

 

 

2,818

 

The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments to extend credit and issue standby letters of credit as it does for the loans reflected in the consolidated balance sheet.


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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 16
COMMITMENTS (CONTINUED):

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long asif there is no violation of any condition established in the contract.  Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.  The Company evaluates each customer's creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. Collateral required, if any, upon extension of credit is based on management's credit evaluation of the borrower’s ability to pay.  Collateral held varies but may include accounts receivable, inventory, property, plant and equipment.

The Bank leases four of its branch offices and its loan production office under long term lease arrangements which had initial terms of either three, five or ten years. VBS leased its building until December of 2017 and therefore recorded lease expense in 2017, 2016 and 2015. VST leases three of its offices, the lease expense is included in the following disclosure as well as future lease payments. The North Augusta Branch and the Dealer Finance division office are leases with related parties. The Company considers these lease agreements to be arm's length transactions.
Lease expense was $355, $291 and $281 for 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. As of December 31, 2017, the required lease payments for the next five years were as follows:
2018
 $177
2019
  150
2020
  128
2021
  110
2022
  105

NOTE 17 

ON BALANCE SHEET15 DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES:
Derivative Financial Instruments
ACTIVITIES

Mortgage Banking Derivatives

Loans Held for Sale

The Company, has stand alone derivative financial instrumentsthrough the Bank’s mortgage banking subsidiary, F&M Mortgage Company, originates residential mortgage loans for sale in the form of forward option contracts. These transactions involve both credit and market risk. The notional amountssecondary market. Residential mortgage loans held for sale are amounts on which calculations, payments, andsold to the permanent investor with the mortgage servicing rights released. Fair value of the derivativeCompany’s LHFS is based on observable market prices for the identical instruments traded in the secondary mortgage loan markets in which the Company conducts business total $1.4 million as of December 31, 2022 of which $1.4 million is related to unpaid principal. The Company’s portfolio of LHFS is classified as Level 2.

Interest Rate Lock Commitments and Forward Sales Commitments

The Company, through F&M Mortgage Company, enters commitments to originate residential mortgage loans in which the interest rate on the loan is determined prior to funding, termed interest rate lock commitments (IRLCs). Such rate lock commitments on mortgage loans to be sold in the secondary market are based. Notional amounts do not represent direct credit exposures. Direct credit exposure is limitedderivatives. Upon entering a commitment to originate a loan, the Company protects itself from changes in interest rates during the period prior to sale by requiring a firm purchase agreement from a permanent investor before a loan can be closed (forward sales commitment).

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The Company locks in the calculated amountsloan and rate with an investor and commits to be receiveddeliver the loan if settlement occurs on a best-efforts basis, thus limiting interest rate risk. Certain additional risks exist if the investor fails to meet its purchase obligation; however, based on historical performance and paid, if any. Such difference, which representsthe size and nature of the investors the Company does not expect them to fail to meet their obligation. The Company determines the fair value of the IRLCs based on the price of the underlying loans obtained from an investor for loans that will be delivered on a best-efforts basis while taking into consideration the probability that the rate loan commitments will close.

The fair value of these derivative instruments is reflectedreported in “Other liabilities” in the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2022, and totaled $92 thousand, with a notional amount of $12.2 million and total positions of 38. The fair value of the IRLCs at December 31, 2021 totaled $258 thousand, with a notional amount of $18.8 million and total positions of 70. Changes in fair value are recorded as a component of “Mortgage banking income” in the Consolidated Income Statement for the period ended December 31, 2021. The Company’s IRLCs are classified as Level 2. At December 31, 2022 and 2021, each IRLC and all LHFS were subject to a forward sales commitment on the Company’s balance sheet as derivative assets and derivative liabilities.

a best- efforts basis.

The Company is exposeduses fair value accounting for its forward sales commitments related to credit-related lossesIRLCs and LHFS under ASC 825-10-15-4(b). The fair value of forward sales commitments was reported in “Other Assets” in the eventConsolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2022 totaled $186 thousand, with a notional amount of nonperformance by$13.6 million and total positions of 43. The fair value of forward sales commitments is reported in “Other Assets” in the counterparties to these agreements. TheConsolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2021, and totaled $112 thousand, with a notional amount of $23.7 million and total positions of 91.

Derivative Financial Instruments

In the past, the Company controls the credit risk of its financial contracts through credit approvals, limits and monitoring procedures, and does not expect any counterparties to fail their obligations. The Company deals only with primary dealers.

Derivative instruments are generally either negotiated Over-the-Counter (OTC) contracts or standardized contracts executed on a recognized exchange. Negotiated OTC derivative contracts are generally entered into between two counterparties that negotiate specific agreement terms, including the underlying instrument, amount, exercise prices and maturity.
The Company issues to customer’sissued certificates of deposit with an interest rate that is derived from the rate of return based on the stock of the companies that comprise The Dow Jones Industrial Average.  In order toTo manage the interest rate risk associated with this deposit product, the Company has purchased a series of forward option contracts. These contracts provide the Company with a rate of return commensurate with the return of The Dow Jones Industrial Average from the time of the contract until maturity of the related certificates of deposit. These contracts arewere accounted for as fair value hedges.  Because the certificates of deposit can be redeemed by the customer at any time and the related forward options contracts cannot be cancelled by the Company, the hedge is not considered effective. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument, if any, is recognized currently in earnings.  There was no ineffective portion included in the consolidated income statement for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022 and 2015.

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 17 
ON BALANCE SHEET DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED):
2021.

At December 31, the information pertaining to the forward option contracts, included in other assets and other liabilities on the balance sheet, is as follows:

 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notional amount
 $184 
 $190 
Fair value of contracts, included in other assets
  59 
  26 
 
    
    
Mortgage Banking Derivatives
Commitments to fund certain mortgage loans originated by VBS (rate lock commitments) to be sold intofollows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Notional amount

 

$-

 

 

$7

 

Fair value of contracts, included in other assets

 

 

-

 

 

 

3

 

The last certificate of deposit matured in April 2022 and the secondary market and best efforts commitments for the future delivery of mortgage loans to third party investors are considered derivatives. It is the practice of VBS to enter into best efforts commitments for the future delivery of residential mortgage loans when interest rate lock commitments are entered into in order to economically hedge the effect of changes in interest rates resulting from its commitments to fund the loans. These mortgage banking derivatives are not designated hedge relationships. The fair value of the mortgage banking derivatives were estimated based on changes in interest rates from the date of the commitments and were considered immaterial at December 31, 2017 and 2016, and were not recorded on the Company’s balance sheet.

Company no longer issues this deposit product.

NOTE 18

16 TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES:
DuringPARTIES

Executive officers, directors and their affiliates are customers of the year, executive officers and directors (and companies controlled by them) were customers ofBank and had transactions with the Company in the normal course of business. Management believes these transactions were made on substantially the same terms as those prevailing for other customers and did not involve any abnormal risk.

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Loan transactions with related parties are shown in the following schedule:

 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total loans, beginning of year
 $7,486 
 $7,180 
New loans
  6,803 
  4,701 
Relationship change
  10,403 
  611 
Repayments
  (4,315)
  (5,006)
Total loans, end of year
 $20,377 
 $7,486 
Deposittable (dollars in thousands):

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Total loans, beginning of year

 

$23,379

 

 

$22,685

 

New loans

 

 

5,073

 

 

 

6,506

 

Relationship changes

 

 

(75)

 

 

(98)

Repayments

 

 

(5,950)

 

 

(5,714)

Total loans, end of year

 

$22,427

 

 

$23,379

 

Deposits of executive officers, and directors and their affiliates were $7,757$9.2 million and $4,524$8.8 million on December 31, 20172022 and 20162021, respectively.  Management believes these deposits were made under the same terms available to other customers of the bank.

NOTE 19

DIVIDEND LIMITATIONS ON SUBSIDIARY BANK:
The principal source of funds of F & M Bank Corp. is dividends paid by the Farmers & Merchants Bank. The Federal Reserve Act restricts the amount of dividends the Bank may pay. Approval by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is required if the dividends declared by a state member bank, in any year, exceed the sum of (1) net income of the current year and (2) income net of dividends for the preceding two years. As of January 1, 2018, approximately $13,705 was available for dividend distribution without permission of the Board of Governors. Dividends paid by the Bank to the Company totaled $5,000 in 2017, $5,000 in 2016 and $2,500 in 2015.

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 20
17 FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS:
The fair value of a financial instrument is the current amount that would be exchanged between willing parties, other than in a forced liquidation. MEASUREMENTS

Fair value is best determined based upon quoted market prices. However, in many instances, there are no quoted market prices for the Company’s various financial instruments. In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair values are based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques.

Those techniques are significantly affected by the assumptions used, including the discount rate and estimates of future cash flows. Accordingly, the fair value estimates may not be realized in an immediate settlement of the instrument. Accounting guidance for fair value excludes certain financial instruments and all nonfinancial instruments from its disclosure requirements. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts presented may not necessarily represent the underlying fair value of the Company.
The Company records fair value adjustments to certain assets and liabilities and determines fair value disclosures utilizing a definition of fair value of assets and liabilities that states that fair value is an exitexchange price representing the amount that would be received to sellfor an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. Additional considerationsparticipants on the measurement date.  There are involved to determine the fair value of financial assets in markets that are not active.
The Company uses a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s market assumptions. The three levels of theinputs that may be used to measure fair value hierarchy based on these two types of inputs are as follows:
values:

Level 1 –

Valuation is based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 2 –

Valuation is based on observable inputs including quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in less active markets, and model-based valuation techniques for which significant assumptions can be derived primarily from or corroborated by observable data in the market.

Level 3 –

Valuation is based on model-based techniques that use one or more significant inputs or assumptions that are unobservable in the market.

The following describes the valuation techniques used by the Company to measure certain financial assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis in the financial statements:

Securities

Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities are classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. Level 1 securities would include highly liquid government bonds, mortgage products and exchange traded equities, such as U. S. Treasuries.equities. If quoted market prices are not available, then fair values are estimated by using pricing models, quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics, or discounted cash flow. Level 2 securities would include U.S. agency securities, mortgage-backed agency securities, obligations of states and political subdivisions and certain corporate, asset backed and other securities. In certain cases where there is limited activity or less transparency around inputs to the valuation, securities are classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy.

The carrying value of restricted Federal Reserve BankFRB and Federal Home Loan BankFHLB stock approximates fair value based upon the redemption provisions of each entity and is therefore excluded from the following table.

Derivatives

Loans Held for Sale

The Company uses the fair value accounting for its entire portfolio of originated loans held for sale in accordance with ASC 820 – Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures. Fair value of the Company’s originated loans held for sale through F&M Mortgage is based on observable market prices for similar instruments traded in the secondary mortgage loan markets in which the Company conducts business. The Company’s portfolio of loans held for sale through F&M Mortgage is classified as Level 2. Gains and losses on the sale of loans are recorded within mortgage banking income on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

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Derivative assets – IRLCs

The Company recognizes IRLCs at fair value based on the price of the underlying loans obtained from an investor for loans that will be delivered on a best-efforts basis while taking into consideration the probability that the rate lock commitments will close.  The Company’s IRLCs are classified as Level 2. 

Derivative Asset/Liability – Forward Sale Commitments

The Company uses the fair value accounting for its forward sales commitments related to IRLCs and LHFS. Best-efforts sales commitments are entered into for loans intended for sale in the secondary market at the time the borrower commitment is made. The best-efforts commitments are valued using the committed price to the counterparty against the current market price of the interest rate lock commitment or mortgage loan held for sale. The Company’s forward sale commitments are classified Level 2.

Derivative Asset/Liability – Indexed Certificate of Deposit

The Company’s derivatives, which are associated with the Indexed Certificate of Deposit (ICD) product once offered, are recorded at fair value based on third party vendor supplied information using discounted cash flow analysis from observable-market based inputs, which are considered Level 2 inputs.


F & M Bank Corp.  This product is no longer offered, and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollarsremaining certificates of deposits matured in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 20
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED):
April 2022.

The following tables present the balances of financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2017,2022, and 20162021 (dollars in thousands):

December 31, 2017
 
Total
 
 
Level 1
 
 
Level 2
 
 
Level 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U. S. Treasuries
 $19,998 
 $19,998 
 $- 
 $- 
U.S. Government sponsored enterprises
  7,980 
  - 
  7,980 
  - 
Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies
  502 
  - 
  502 
  - 
Equity securities
  135 
  - 
  135 
  - 
Total securities available for sale
 $28,615 
 $19,998 
 $8,617 
  - 
 
    
    
    
    
December 31, 2016
 
Total
 
 
Level 1
 
 
Level 2
 
 
Level 3
 
 
    
    
    
    
U. S. Treasuries
 $24,014 
 $24,014 
 $- 
 $- 
Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies
  634 
  - 
  634 
  - 
Equity securities
  135 
  - 
  135 
  - 
Total securities available for sale
 $24,783 
 $24,014 
 $769 
  - 

December 31, 2022

 

Total

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans held for sale, F&M Mortgage

 

$1,373

 

 

$-

 

 

$1,373

 

 

$-

 

U. S. Treasury securities

 

 

36,643

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

36,643

 

 

 

-

 

U.S. Government sponsored enterprises

 

 

129,748

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

129,748

 

 

 

-

 

Securities issued by States and political subdivisions of the US

 

 

42,198

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

42,198

 

 

 

-

 

Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies

 

 

156,875

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

156,875

 

 

 

-

 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

26,631

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

26,631

 

 

 

-

 

Forward sales commitments

 

 

186

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

186

 

 

 

-

 

Assets at Fair Value

 

$393,654

 

 

$-

 

 

$393,654

 

 

$-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IRLC

 

$92

 

 

$-

 

 

$92

 

 

$-

 

Liabilities at Fair Value

 

$92

 

 

$-

 

 

$92

 

 

$-

 

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December 31, 2021

 

Total

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans held for sale, F&M Mortgage

 

$4,887

 

 

$-

 

 

$4,887

 

 

$-

 

IRLC

 

 

258

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

258

 

 

 

-

 

U. S. Treasury securities

 

 

29,482

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

29,482

 

 

 

-

 

U.S. Government sponsored enterprises

 

 

133,714

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

133,714

 

 

 

-

 

Securities issued by States and political subdivisions of the US

 

 

34,337

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

34,337

 

 

 

-

 

Mortgage-backed obligations of federal agencies

 

 

183,647

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

183,647

 

 

 

-

 

Corporate debt securities

 

 

22,702

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

22,702

 

 

 

-

 

Forward sales commitments

 

 

112

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

112

 

 

 

-

 

Assets at Fair Value

 

$409,139

 

 

$-

 

 

$409,139

 

 

$-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives – ICD

 

$3

 

 

$-

 

 

$3

 

 

$-

 

Liabilities at Fair Value

 

$3

 

 

$-

 

 

$3

 

 

$-

 

Certain financial assets are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis in accordance with GAAP. Adjustments to the fair value of these assets usually result from the application of lower-of-cost-or-market accounting or write-downs of individual assets.

The following describes the valuation techniques used by the Company to measure certain financial assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis in the financial statements:

Loans

Assets Held for Sale

Loans held for sale are short-term loans purchased at par for resale to investors at the par value of the loan and loans originated by VBS for sale in the secondary market. Loan participations are generally repurchased within 15 days.  Loans originated for sale by VBS are recorded at lower of cost or market. No market adjustments were required at December 31, 2017 or 2016; therefore, loans

Assets held for sale were carriedtransferred from bank premises at cost. Becausethe lower of the short-term nature and fixed repurchase price, the book value of these loans approximatescost less accumulated depreciation or fair value at December 31, 2017,the date of transfer. The Company evaluates the value of assets held for sale and 2016.

records an impairment charge for any subsequent declines in fair value less selling costs, as needed. Fair value is based upon independent market prices, appraised values of the collateral or management’s estimation of the value of the collateral. When the fair value of the collateral is based on an observable market price or a current appraised value, the Company records the assets held for sale as nonrecurring Level 2. When an appraised value is not available or management determines the fair value of the collateral is further impaired below the appraised value and there is no observable market price, the Company records the asset held for sale as nonrecurring Level 3.

Impaired Loans

Loans are designated as impaired when, in the judgment of management based on current information and events, it is probable that all amounts due will not be collected according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Troubled debt restructuringsTDRs are impaired loans. Impaired loans are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. If an individually-evaluated impaired loan’s balance exceeds fair value, the amount is allocated to the allowance for loan losses. Any fair value adjustments are recorded in the period incurred as provision for loan losses on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

The fair value of an impaired loan and measurement of associated loss is based on one of three methods: the observable market price of the loan, the present value of projected cash flows, or the fair value of the collateral. The observable market price of a loan is categorized as a Level 1 input. The present value of projected cash flows method results in a Level 3 categorization because the calculation relies on the Company’s judgment to determine projected cash flows, which are then discounted at the current rate of the loan, or the rate prior to modification if the loan is a troubled debt restructure.


TDR.

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2021

NOTE 2017 FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS, (CONTINUED):

CONTINUED

Impaired Loans, continued

Loans measured using the fair value of collateral method are categorized in Level 3. Collateral may be in the form of real estate or business assets including equipment, inventory, and accounts receivable. Mostreceivable; most collateral is real estate. The Company bases collateral method fair valuation upon the “as-is” value of independent appraisals or evaluations.

The value of real estate collateral is determined by an independent appraisal utilizing an income or market valuation approach.  The Company discounts the appraised value by estimated selling costs to arrive at net fair value.  Appraisals conducted by an independent, licensed appraiser outside of the Company using observable market data is categorized as Level 3. The value of business equipment is based upon an outside appraisal (Level 3) if deemed significant, or the net book value on the applicable business’ financial statements (Level 3) if not considered significant. Likewise, values for inventory and accounts receivables collateral are based on financial statement balances or aging reports (Level 3).

As of December 31, 2017,2022 and 2016,2021, the fair value measurements for impaired loans with specific allocations were primarily based upon the fair value of the collateral.

The following table summarizes the Company’s financial assets that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the period (dollars in thousands):

December 31, 2017
 
Total
 
 
Level 1
 
 
Level 2
 
 
Level 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Construction/Land Development
 $3,337 
  - 
  - 
 $3,337 
     Real Estate
  979 
  - 
  - 
  979 
     Dealer Finance
  35 
  - 
  - 
  35 
Impaired loans
 $4,351 
  - 
  - 
 $4,351 
December 31, 2016
 
Total
 
 
Level 1
 
 
Level 2
 
 
Level 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Construction/Land Development
 $4,739 
  - 
  - 
 $4,739 
     Real Estate
  985 
  - 
  - 
  985 
     Commercial Real Estate
  892 
  - 
  - 
  892 
     Dealer Finance
  67 
  - 
  - 
  67 
Impaired loans
 $6,683 
  - 
  - 
 $6,683 

December 31, 2022

 

Total

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

Construction/Land Development

 

$293

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$293

 

Real Estate

 

 

1,286

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,286

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

969

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

969

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

42

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

42

 

Impaired loans

 

$2,590

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$2,590

 

Bank premises held for sale

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

December 31, 2021

 

Total

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

Real Estate

 

$1,053

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$1,053

 

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

5,401

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5,401

 

Dealer Finance

 

 

81

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

81

 

Impaired loans

 

$6,535

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$6,535

 

Bank premises held for sale

 

$300

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$300

 

The following table presents information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for December 31, 20172022 and 2016:

2021:

Fair Value at

December 31, 20172022

Valuation Technique

Significant Unobservable Inputs

Range

Range

 

Impaired Loans

$4,351

$2,590 thousand

Discounted appraised value

Discount for selling costs and marketability

3%-19%

10.00%-33.00% (Average 5.5%19.00%)

 

Fair Value at

December 31, 20162021

Valuation Technique

Significant Unobservable Inputs

Range

Range

 

Impaired Loans

$6,683

$6,535 thousand

Discounted appraised value

Discount for selling costs and marketability

2%-50%

11.76%-28.00% (Average 4.7%17.31%)

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2021

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CONTINUED

Other Real Estate Owned

Certain assets such as other real estate owned (OREO) are measured at fair value less cost to sell. Valuation of other real estate ownedOREO is determined using current appraisals from independent parties, a level three input. If current appraisals cannot be obtained prior to reporting dates, or if declines in value are identified after a recent appraisal is received, appraisal values are discounted, resulting in Level 3 estimates. If the Company markets the property with a realtor, estimated selling costs reduce the fair value, resulting in a valuation based on Level 3 inputs.

The Company markets other real estate ownedOREO both independently and with local realtors. Properties marketed by realtors are discounted by selling costs. Properties that the Company markets independently are not discounted by selling costs.

The Company did not have any OREO at December 31, 2022 and 2021.

The following table summarizespresents the carrying amount, fair value and placement in the fair value hierarchy of the Company’s other real estate owned that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the period.

December 31, 2017
 
Total
 
 
Level 1
 
 
Level 2
 
 
Level 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other real estate owned
 $1,984 
  - 
  - 
 $1,984 
December 31, 2016
 
Total
 
 
Level 1
 
 
Level 2
 
 
Level 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other real estate owned
 $2,076 
  - 
  - 
 $2,076 
The following table presents information about Level 3financial instruments as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.  Fair Value Measurementsvalues for December 31, 20172022 and 2016:
Fair Value at December 31, 2017
Valuation TechniqueSignificant Unobservable InputsRange
Other real estate owned
$1,984
Discounted appraised valueDiscount for selling costs5%-15% (Average 8%)
Fair Value at December 31, 2016
Valuation TechniqueSignificant Unobservable InputsRange
Other real estate owned
$2,076
Discounted appraised valueDiscount for selling costs5%-15% (Average 8%)
The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating fair value disclosures for financial instruments:
Cash and Due from Bank, and Interest-Bearing Deposits
The carrying amounts approximate fair value.
Securities
The fair values of securities, excluding restricted stock, are determined by quoted market prices or dealer quotes. The fair value of certain state and municipal securities is not readily available through market sources other than dealer quotations, so fair value estimates are based on quoted market prices of similar instruments adjusted for differences between the quoted instruments and the instruments being valued. The carrying value of restricted securities and other investments approximates fair value and are therefore excluded from the following table.
Loans Held for Sale
Fair values of loans held for sale are based on commitments on hand from investors or prevailing market prices.

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 20              FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED):
Loans
Fair values2021 are estimated for portfolios of loans with similar financial characteristics. Loans are segregated by type such as commercial, real estate – commercial, real estate – construction, real estate – mortgage, credit card and other consumer loans. Each loan category is further segmented into fixed and adjustable rate interest terms and by performing and nonperforming categories.
The fair value of performing loans is calculated by discounting scheduled cash flows throughunder the estimated maturity using estimated market discount rates that reflect the credit and interest rate risk inherentexit price notion in the loan, as well as estimates for prepayments. The estimate of maturity is based on the Company’s historical experience with repayments for loan classification, modified, as required, by an estimate of the effect of economic conditions on lending.
Fair value for significant nonperforming loans is based on estimated cash flows which are discounted using a rate commensurateaccordance with the risk associated with the estimated cash flows. Assumptions regarding credit risk, cash flowsadoption of ASU 2016-01, “Recognition and discount rates are determined within management’s judgment, using available market informationMeasurement of Financial Assets and specific borrower information.
Bank-Owned Life Insurance
Bank-owned life insurance represents insurance policies on officers of the Company. The cash values of the policies are estimates using information provided by insurance carriers. These policies are carried at their cash surrender value, which approximates fair value.
Deposits
The fair value of demand and savings deposits is the amount payable on demand. The fair value of fixed maturity term deposits and certificates of deposit is estimated using the rates currently offered for deposits with similar remaining maturities.
Short-Term Debt
The carrying amounts of short-term debt maturing within 90 days approximate their fair values. Fair values of any other short-term debt are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses based on the current incremental borrowing rates for similar types of debt.
Long-Term Debt
The fair value of the Company’s long-term debt is estimated using discounted cash flow analyses based on the Company’s incremental borrowing rates for similar types of debt arrangements.
Accrued Interest
The carrying amounts of accrued interest approximate fair value.

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 20 FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (CONTINUED):
 
 
 
 
 
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2017 Using
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
Carrying Amount
 
 
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
 
 
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
 
 
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
 
 
Fair Value at December 31, 2016
 
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 $11,907 
 $11,907 
 $- 
 $- 
 $11,907 
Securities
  28,740 
  19,998 
  8,742 
  - 
  28,740 
Loans held for sale
  39,775 
  - 
  39,775 
  - 
  39,775 
Loans held for investment, net
  610,930 
  - 
  - 
  646,703 
  646,703 
Interest receivable
  2,007 
  - 
  2,007 
  - 
  2,007 
Bank owned life insurance
  13,950 
  - 
  13,950 
  - 
  13,950 
Total
 $707,309 
 $31,905 
 $64,474 
 $646,703 
 $743,082 
Liabilities:
    
    
    
    
    
Deposits
 $569,177 
 $- 
 $403,907 
 $167,210 
 $571,117 
Short-term debt
  25,296 
  - 
  25,296 
  - 
  25,296 
Long-term debt
  49,733 
  - 
  - 
  49,869 
  49, 869 
Interest payable
  260 
  - 
  260 
  - 
  260 
Total
 $644,466 
 $- 
 $429,463 
 $217,079 
 $646,542 
Liabilities.

The estimated fair values, and related carrying amounts, (in thousands), of the Company’s financial instruments are as follows:

 
 
 
 
 
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2016 Using
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
Carrying Amount
 
 
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
 
 
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
 
 
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
 
 
Fair Value at December 31, 2016
 
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 $16,355 
 $16,355 
 $- 
 $- 
 $16,355 
Securities
  24,908 
  24,014 
  894 
  - 
  24,908 
Loans held for sale
  62,735 
  - 
  62,735 
  - 
  62,735 
Loans held for investment, net
  584,093 
  - 
  - 
  598,991 
  598,991 
Interest receivable
  1,785 
  - 
  1,785 
  - 
  1,785 
Bank owned life insurance
  13,513 
  - 
  13,513 
  - 
  13,513 
Total
 $703,389 
 $40,369 
 $78,927 
 $598,991 
 $718,287 
Liabilities:
    
    
    
    
    
Deposits
 $537,085 
 $- 
 $379,857 
 $158,073 
 $537,930 
Short-term debt
  40,000 
  - 
  40,000 
  - 
  40,000 
Long-term debt
  64,237 
  - 
  - 
  63,945 
  63,945 
Interest payable
  228 
  - 
  228 
  - 
  228 
Total
 $641,550 
 $- 
 $420,085 
 $222,018 
 $642,103 

follows (dollars in thousands):

Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2022 Using

 

 

Carrying

Amount

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

 

Fair Value at

December 31,

2022

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$34,953

 

 

$34,953

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$34,953

 

Securities

 

 

392,220

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

392,220

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

392,220

 

Loans held for sale

 

 

1,373

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,373

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,373

 

Loans held for investment, net

 

 

743,604

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

720,806

 

 

 

720,806

 

Interest receivable

 

 

3,995

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,995

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,995

 

Bank owned life insurance

 

 

23,554

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

23,554

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

23,554

 

Forward sales commitments

 

 

186

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

186

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

186

 

Total

 

$1,199,885

 

 

$34,953

 

 

$421,328

 

 

$720,806

 

 

$1,177,087

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

$1,083,377

 

 

$-

 

 

$1,080,909

 

 

$-

 

 

$1,080,909

 

Short-term debt

 

 

70,000

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

70,000

 

 

 

70,000

 

Long-term debt

 

 

6,890

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

6,778

 

 

 

6,778

 

IRLC

 

 

92

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

92

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

92

 

Interest payable

 

 

295

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

295

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

295

 

Total

 

$1,160,654

 

 

$-

 

 

$1,081,296

 

 

$76,778

 

 

$1,158,074

 

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2021

NOTE 21

REGULATORY MATTERS
17 FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS, CONTINUED

Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2021 Using

 

 

Carrying

Amount

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

 

Fair Value at

December 31,

2021

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$88,121

 

 

$88,121

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$88,121

 

Securities

 

 

404,007

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

404,007

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

404,007

 

Loans held for sale

 

 

4,887

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,887

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,887

 

IRLC

 

 

258

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

258

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

258

 

Loans held for investment, net

 

 

662,421

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

652,096

 

 

 

652,096

 

Interest receivable

 

 

3,117

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,117

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,117

 

Bank owned life insurance

 

 

22,878

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

22,878

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

22,878

 

Forward sales commitments

 

 

112

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

112

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

112

 

Total

 

$1,185,801

 

 

$88,121

 

 

$435,259

 

 

$652,096

 

 

$1,175,476

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

$1,080,295

 

 

$-

 

 

$968,604

 

 

$123,718

 

 

$1,092,322

 

Long-term debt

 

 

21,772

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

22,443

 

 

 

22,443

 

Interest payable

 

 

491

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

491

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

491

 

Total

 

$1,102,558

 

 

$-

 

 

$969,095

 

 

$146,161

 

 

$1,115,256

 

NOTE 18 DIVIDEND LIMITATIONS ON SUBSIDIARY BANK

The Company meetsprincipal source of funds of F & M Bank Corp. is dividends paid by the eligibility criteriaBank.  The Federal Reserve Act restricts the amount of a small bank holding company in accordance withdividends the Bank may pay. Approval by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve’s Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement issuedReserve System is required if the dividends declared by a state member bank, in February 2015any year, exceed the sum of (1) net income of the current year and is no longer obligated to report consolidated regulatory capital. The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered(2) income net of dividends for the preceding two years. As of January 1, 2023, approximately $18.9 million was available for dividend distribution without permission of the Board of Governors.  Dividends paid by the federal banking agencies.Bank to the Company totaled $6.0 million in 2022 and $2.2 million in 2021.

NOTE 19 REGULATORY MATTERS

Banking regulators have established a uniform system to address the adequacy of capital for financial institutions.  The rules require minimum capital levels based on risk-adjusted assets.  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 effectimpact on the Bank’s financial statements.  Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Bank’s assets, liabilities, and certain off balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Bank’s capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

The final rules implementing the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s capital guidelines for U.S. Banks (Basel III rules) became effective January 1, 2015, with full compliance of all the requirements being phased in over a multi-year schedule and becoming fully phased in by January 1, 2019.

Under the Basel III rules, the Company must hold a capital conservation buffer above the adequately capitalized risk-based capital ratios. The capital conservation buffer requirement is being phased in from 0.0%2.50%. The Company’s capital conservation buffer for 2015 to 2.50% by 2019.2022 was 5.64% and for 2021 was 7.00%. The capital conservation buffer for 2017 was 1.25% and for 2016 was 0.625%. The net unrealized gain on securities available for sale and the unfunded pension liabilityis designed to strengthen an institution’s financial resilience during economic cycles.  Financial institutions are not included in computing regulatory capital.

Quantitative measures established by regulation, to ensure capital adequacy, require the Bankrequired to maintain a minimum buffer as required by the Basel III final rules to avoid restrictions on capital distributions and other payments. 

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The minimum capital amounts and ratios. These ratios are defined in the regulations and the amounts are set forth in the table below. Management believes,below (dollars in thousands).  The Bank has maintained capital levels far above the minimum requirements throughout the year, and as of December 31, 20172022 and 2016, that2021, the Bank meets all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.

As of the most recent notification from the Federal Reserve Bank Report of Examination, the subsidiary bank was categorized as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To be categorized as well capitalized, the Bank must maintain minimum total risk based, Tier 1 risk-based, and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the table. There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the institution’s category.
The actual capital ratios for the Bank are presented in the following table (dollars in thousands):
 
 
Actual
 
 
Minimum Capital Requirement
 
 
Minimum to be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions
 
December 31, 2017
 
Amount
 
 
Ratio
 
 
Amount
 
 
Ratio
 
 
Amount
 
 
Ratio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total risk-based ratio
 $95,563 
  15.41%
 $49,614 
  8.00%
 $62,018 
  10.00%
Tier 1 risk-based ratio
  89,519 
  14.43%
  37,211 
  6.00%
  49,614 
  8.00%
Common equity tier 1
  89,519 
  14.43%
  27,908 
  4.50%
  40,312 
  6.50%
Total assets leverage ratio
  89,519 
  12.07%
  29,656 
  4.00%
  37,070 
  5.00%
 
 
Actual
 
 
Minimum Capital Requirement
 
 
Minimum to be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions
 
December 31, 2016
 
Amount
 
 
Ratio
 
 
Amount
 
 
Ratio
 
 
Amount
 
 
Ratio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total risk-based ratio
 $93,519 
  15.08%
 $49,615 
  8.00%
 $62,019 
  10.00%
Tier 1 risk-based ratio
  85,976 
  13.86%
  37,212 
  6.00%
  49,615 
  8.00%
Common equity tier 1
  85,976 
  13.86%
  27,909 
  4.50%
  40,312 
  6.50%
Total assets leverage ratio
  85,976 
  11.83%
  29,065 
  4.00%
  36,331 
  5.00%

 

 

Actual

 

 

Minimum Capital

Requirement

 

 

Minimum to be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions

 

December 31, 2022

 

Amount

 

 

Ratio

 

 

Amount

 

 

Ratio

 

 

Amount

 

 

Ratio

 

Total risk-based ratio

 

$114,455

 

 

 

13.64%

 

$67,124

 

 

 

8.00%

 

$83,905

 

 

 

10.00%

Tier 1 risk-based ratio

 

 

106,519

 

 

 

12.70%

 

 

50,343

 

 

 

6.00%

 

 

67,124

 

 

 

8.00%

Common equity tier 1

 

 

106,519

 

 

 

12.70%

 

 

37,757

 

 

 

4.50%

 

 

54,538

 

 

 

6.50%

Tier 1 leverage ratio

 

 

106,519

 

 

 

8.22%

 

 

51,842

 

 

 

4.00%

 

 

64,802

 

 

 

5.00%

 

 

Actual

 

 

Minimum Capital

Requirement

 

 

Minimum to be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions

 

December 31, 2021

 

Amount

 

 

Ratio

 

 

Amount

 

 

Ratio

 

 

Amount

 

 

Ratio

 

Total risk-based ratio

 

$111,389

 

 

 

15.00%

 

$59,425

 

 

 

8.00%

 

$74,282

 

 

 

10.00%

Tier 1 risk-based ratio

 

 

103,641

 

 

 

13.95%

 

 

44,569

 

 

 

6.00%

 

 

59,425

 

 

 

8.00%

Common equity tier 1

 

 

103,641

 

 

 

13.95%

 

 

33,427

 

 

 

4.50%

 

 

48,283

 

 

 

6.50%

Tier 1 leverage ratio

 

 

103,641

 

 

 

8.62%

 

 

48,100

 

 

 

4.00%

 

 

60,125

 

 

 

5.00%

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December 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 20 BUSINESS SEGMENTS

The following tables show the statement of operations and assets by segment as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 (dollars in thousands)

December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 22
BUSINESS SEGMENTS:
 
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
 
F&M Bank
 
 
VBS Mortgage
 
 
TEB Life/FMFS
 
 
VS Title
 
 
Parent Only
 
 
Eliminations
 
 
F&M Bank Corp. Consolidated
 
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Income
 $33,904 
 $125 
 $148 
 $- 
 $- 
 $(82)
 $34,095 
Service charges on deposits
  1,360 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  1,360 
Investment services and insurance income
  1 
  - 
  772 
  - 
  - 
  (18)
  755 
Mortgage banking income, net
  - 
  2,220 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  2,220 
Title insurance income
  - 
  279 
  - 
  883 
  - 
  - 
  1,162 
Gain on prepayment of long-term debt
  504 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  504 
Loss on sale of investments
  - 
  (40)
  (2)
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (42)
Other operating income
  2,128 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  162 
  (357)
  1,933 
Total income
  37,897 
  2,584 
  918 
  883 
  162 
  (457)
  41,987 
Expenses:
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Interest Expense
  3,904 
  75 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (82)
  3,897 
Provision for loan losses
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
Salaries and benefits
  12,092 
  1,733 
  474 
  555 
  - 
  - 
  14,854 
Other operating expenses
  8,942 
  672 
  51 
  172 
  46 
  (18)
  9,865 
Total expense
  24,938 
  2,480 
  525 
  727 
  46 
  (100)
  28,616 
Income before income taxes
  12,959 
  104 
  393 
  156 
  116 
  (357)
  13,371 
Income tax expense (benefit)
  4,316 
  - 
  109 
  - 
  (95)
  - 
  4,330 
Net income
 $8,643 
 $104 
 $284 
 $156 
 $211 
 $(357)
 $9,041 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
  - 
  31 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  31 
Net Income attributable to F & M Bank Corp.
 $8,643 
 $73 
 $284 
 $156 
 $211 
 $(357)
 $9,010 
Total Assets
 $754,375 
 $7,018 
 $6,749 
 $811 
 $90,964 
 $(106,647)
 $753,270 
Goodwill
 $2,670 
 $47 
 $- 
 $- 
 $164 
 $- 
 $2,881 

.

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

 

F&M Bank

 

 

F&M

Mortgage

 

 

TEB

Life/FMFS

 

 

VS Title

 

 

Parent Only

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

F&M Bank Corp. Consolidated

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Income

 

$42,066

 

 

$106

 

 

$34

 

 

$-

 

 

$46

 

 

$(68)

 

$42,184

 

Service charges on deposits

 

 

1,062

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,062

 

Investment services and insurance income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

894

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(11)

 

 

883

 

Mortgage banking income, net

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,595

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(761)

 

 

1,834

 

Title insurance income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,578

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,578

 

Net investment securities losses

 

 

(2,852)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,852)

Gain on sale of limited partnership investment

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,785

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,785

 

Other operating income

 

 

3,343

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,344

 

Total income (loss)

 

 

43,619

 

 

 

2,702

 

 

 

4,713

 

 

 

1,578

 

 

 

46

 

 

 

(840)

 

 

51,818

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Expense

 

 

6,567

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

711

 

 

 

(68)

 

 

7,245

 

Provision for loan losses

 

 

866

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

866

 

Salary and benefit expense

 

 

15,897

 

 

 

2,430

 

 

 

456

 

 

 

1,249

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

20,032

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

14,375

 

 

 

884

 

 

 

66

 

 

 

326

 

 

 

(2)

 

 

(772)

 

 

14,877

 

Total expense

 

 

37,705

 

 

 

3,349

 

 

 

522

 

 

 

1,575

 

 

 

709

 

 

 

(840)

 

 

43,020

 

Net income (loss) before taxes

 

 

5,914

 

 

 

(647)

 

 

4,191

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

(663)

 

 

-

 

 

 

8,798

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

(229)

 

 

-

 

 

 

881

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(172)

 

 

-

 

 

 

480

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

$6,143

 

 

$(647)

 

$3,310

 

 

$3

 

 

$(491)

 

$-

 

 

$8,318

 

Total Assets

 

$1,250,185

 

 

$9,878

 

 

$3,897

 

 

$3,298

 

 

$77,994

 

 

$(99,350)

 

$1,245,902

 

Goodwill

 

$2,868

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

 

$3

 

 

$211

 

 

$-

 

 

$3,082

 

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December 31, 20172022 and 2016

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NOTE 22    

20 BUSINESS SEGMENTS, CONTINUED:
 
 
December 31, 2016
 
 
 
F&M Bank
 
 
VBS Mortgage
 
 
TEB Life/FMFS
 
 
VS Title
 
 
Parent Only
 
 
Eliminations
 
 
F&M Bank Corp. Consolidated
 
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Income
 $31,949 
 $55 
 $152 
 $- 
 $- 
 $(6)
 $32,150 
Service charges on deposits
  1,174 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  1,174 
Investment services and insurance income
  1 
  - 
  470 
  - 
  - 
  (30)
  441 
Mortgage banking income, net
  - 
  2,565 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  2,565 
Title insurance income
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
Gain on prepayment of long-term debt
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
Loss on investments
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
Other operating income
  2,353 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (951)
  1,402 
Total income
  35,477 
  2,620 
  622 
  - 
  - 
  (987)
  37,732 
Expenses:
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Interest Expense
  3,605 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (6)
  3,599 
Provision for loan losses
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
Salaries and benefits
  11,123 
  1,387 
  290 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  12,800 
Other operating expenses
  8,139 
  586 
  66 
  - 
  1 
  (320)
  8,472 
Total expense
  22,867 
  1,973 
  356 
  - 
  1 
  (326)
  24,871 
Income before income taxes
  12,610 
  647 
  266 
  - 
  (1)
  (661)
  12,861 
Income tax expense (benefit)
  3,290 
  - 
  58 
  - 
  (249)
  - 
  3,099 
Net income
 $9,320 
 $647 
 $208 
 $- 
 $248 
 $(661)
 $9,762 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
  - 
  194 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  194 
Net Income attributable to F & M Bank Corp.
 $9,320 
 $453 
 $208 
 $- 
 $248 
 $(661)
 $9,568 
Total Assets
 $748,273 
 $7,487 
 $6,476 
 $- 
 $87,449 
 $(104,796)
 $744,889 
Goodwill
 $2,670 
 $- 
 $- 
 $- 
 $- 
 $- 
 $2,670 

CONTINUED

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

F&M Bank

 

 

F&M

Mortgage

 

 

TEB

Life/FMFS

 

 

VSTitle

 

 

Parent Only

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

F&M Bank Corp. Consolidated

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Income

 

$35,414

 

 

$198

 

 

$107

 

 

$-

 

 

$1

 

 

$(144)

 

$35,576

 

Service charges on deposits

 

 

1,133

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,133

 

Investment services and insurance income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

953

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(9)

 

 

944

 

Mortgage banking income, net

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,646

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4,646

 

Title insurance income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,074

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,074

 

Other operating income

 

 

2,499

 

 

 

134

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(124)

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,509

 

Total income

 

 

39,046

 

 

 

4,978

 

 

 

1,060

 

 

 

2,074

 

 

 

(123)

 

 

(153)

 

 

46,882

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Expense

 

 

3,591

 

 

 

123

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

732

 

 

 

(144)

 

 

4,302

 

(Recovery of) Provision for loan losses

 

 

(2,800)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(21)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(2,821)

Salaries and benefits

 

 

14,392

 

 

 

2,501

 

 

 

369

 

 

 

1,225

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

18,487

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

13,510

 

 

 

893

 

 

 

51

 

 

 

327

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

(9)

 

 

14,853

 

Total expense

 

 

28,693

 

 

 

3,517

 

 

 

399

 

 

 

1,552

 

 

 

813

 

 

 

(153)

 

 

34,821

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

10,353

 

 

 

1,461

 

 

 

661

 

 

 

522

 

 

 

(936)

 

 

-

 

 

 

12,061

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

1,266

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

134

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(77)

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,323

 

Net Income attributable to F & M Bank Corp.

 

$9,087

 

 

$1,461

 

 

$527

 

 

$522

 

 

$(859)

 

$-

 

 

$10,738

 

Total Assets

 

$1,227,059

 

 

$10,334

 

 

$8,803

 

 

$3,135

 

 

$112,586

 

 

$(142,575)

 

$1,219,342

 

Goodwill

 

$2,868

 

 

$47

 

 

$-

 

 

$3

 

 

$164

 

 

$-

 

 

$3,082

 

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December 31, 2022 and 2021

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Balance Sheets

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$6,747

 

 

$8,824

 

Investment in subsidiaries

 

 

71,093

 

 

 

102,808

 

Other investments

 

 

355

 

 

 

135

 

Income tax receivable (including due from subsidiary)

 

 

-

 

 

 

463

 

Goodwill and intangibles

 

 

258

 

 

 

190

 

Receivable from subsidiary bank

 

 

-

 

 

 

149

 

Total Assets

 

$78,453

 

 

$112,569

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

24

 

 

 

47

 

Income taxes payable

 

 

54

 

 

 

-

 

Payable to subsidiary bank

 

 

515

 

 

 

-

 

Accrued interest

 

 

178

 

 

 

294

 

Long-term liability

 

 

6,890

 

 

 

11,772

 

Total Liabilities

 

$7,661

 

 

$12,113

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

17,149

 

 

 

17,071

 

Additional paid in capital

 

 

10,577

 

 

 

10,127

 

Retained earnings

 

 

83,078

 

 

 

78,350

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(40,012)

 

 

(5,092)

Total Stockholders' Equity

 

 

70,792

 

 

 

100,456

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 

$78,453

 

 

$112,569

 

Statements of Income

For the years ended December 31, 20172022 and 2016

NOTE 22 
BUSINESS SEGMENTS CONTINUED:
 
 
December 31, 2015
 
 
 
F&M Bank
 
 
VBS Mortgage
 
 
TEB Life/FMFS
 
 
VS Title
 
 
Parent Only
 
 
Eliminations
 
 
F&M Bank Corp. Consolidated
 
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Income
 $29,206 
 $51 
 $152 
 $- 
 $- 
 $(5)
 $29,404 
Service charges on deposits
  963 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  963 
Investment services and insurance income
  2 
  - 
  522 
  - 
  - 
  (14)
  510 
Mortgage banking income, net
  - 
  2,066 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  2,066 
Title insurance income
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
Gain on prepayment of long-term debt
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
Loss on investments
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
Other operating income
  2,142 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  5 
  (893)
  1,254 
Total income
  32,313 
  2,117 
  674 
  - 
  5 
  (912)
  34,197 
Expenses:
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Interest Expense
  2,881 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (5)
  2,876 
Provision for loan losses
  300 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  300 
Salaries and benefits
  10,056 
  1,103 
  298 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  11,457 
Other operating expenses
  7,887 
  466 
  35 
  - 
  21 
  (312)
  8,097 
Total expense
  21,124 
  1,569 
  333 
  - 
  21 
  (317)
  22,730 
Income before income taxes
  11,189 
  548 
  341 
  - 
  (16)
  (595)
  11,467 
Income tax expense (benefit)
  2,948 
  - 
  129 
  - 
  (191)
  - 
  2,886 
Net income
 $8,241 
 $548 
 $212 
 $- 
 $175 
 $(595)
 $8,581 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
  - 
  164 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  164 
Net Income attributable to F & M Bank Corp.
 $8,241 
 $384 
 $212 
 $- 
 $175 
 $(595)
 $8,417 
Total Assets
 $669,968 
 $2,180 
 $6,269 
 $- 
 $84,897 
 $(97,957)
 $665,357 
Goodwill
 $2,670 
 $- 
 $- 
 $- 
 $- 
 $- 
 $2,670 

2021

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from affiliate

 

$6,000

 

 

$2,232

 

Other income

 

 

49

 

 

 

1

 

Total Income

 

 

6,049

 

 

 

2,233

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total expenses

 

 

711

 

 

 

812

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income before income tax expense and undistributed subsidiary net income

 

 

5,338

 

 

 

1,421

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

(172)

 

 

(77)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before undistributed subsidiary net income

 

 

5,510

 

 

 

1,498

 

Undistributed subsidiary net income

 

 

2,808

 

 

 

9,240

 

Net Income F&M Bank Corp.

 

$8,318

 

 

$10,738

 

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December 31, 20172022 and 2016

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Balance Sheets
December 31, 2017 and 2016
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 $917 
 $1,155 
Investment in subsidiaries
  88,967 
  85,481 
Securities available for sale
  135 
  135 
Income tax receivable (including due from subsidiary)
  565 
  - 
Goodwill and intangibles
  380 
  - 
Total Assets
 $90,964 
 $86,771 
 
    
    
Liabilities
    
    
Income tax payable (including due from subsidiary)
 $- 
 $313 
Deferred income taxes
  177 
  307 
Accrued expenses
  86 
  - 
Demand obligations for low income housing investment
  - 
  162 
Total Liabilities
 $263 
 $782 
 
    
    
Stockholders’ Equity
    
    
Preferred stock par value $5 per share, 400,000 shares authorized, 324,150 and 327,350 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
 $7,529 
 $7,609 
Common stock par value $5 per share, 6,000,000 shares authorized, 3,255,036 and 3,270,315 shares issued and outstanding for 2016 and 2015, respectively
  16,275 
  16,352 
Additional paid in capital
  10,225 
  10,684 
Retained earnings
  60,814 
  54,509 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
  (4,142)
  (3,165)
Total Stockholders' Equity
  90,701 
  85,989 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
 $90,964 
 $86,771 
STATEMENTS, CONTINUED

Statements of Income

Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022 and 2015

 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividends from affiliate
 $5,000 
 $5,000 
 $2,500 
Net limited partnership income (loss)
  162 
  - 
  5 
Total Income
  5,162 
  5,000 
  2,505 
 
    
    
    
Expenses
    
    
    
Total Expenses
  47 
  1 
  21 
 
    
    
    
Net income before income tax expense (benefit)
    
    
    
and undistributed subsidiary net income
  5,115 
  4,999 
  2,484 
 
    
    
    
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
  (95)
  (249)
  (191)
 
    
    
    
Income before undistributed subsidiary
    
    
    
net income
  5,210 
  5,248 
  2,675 
 
    
    
    
Undistributed subsidiary net income
  3,800 
  4,320 
  5,742 
 
    
    
    
Net Income F&M Bank Corp.
 $9,010 
 $9,568 
 $8,417 

2021

(dollars in thousands)

2022

2021

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Net income

$8,318$10,738

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net

cash provided by operating activities:

Undistributed subsidiary income

(2,808)(9,240)

Deferred tax benefit

(420)(35)

Decrease (increase) in other assets

544(409)

Increase in other liabilities

45319

Long-term debt fee amortization

11832

Share based compensation expense

19386

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

6,3981,191

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Purchase limited liability interest

(220)-

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

(220)-

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Repayments of long-term debt

(5,000)-

Repurchase of preferred stock

-(627)

Proceeds from the sale of common stock

279263

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

5635

Dividends paid in cash

(3,590)(3,593)

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities

(8,255)(3,922)

Net decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents

(2,077)(2,731)

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Year

8,82411,555

Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Year

$6,747$8,824

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)

December 31, 20172022 and 2016

2021

NOTE 23

PARENT COMPANY ONLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED):
Statements of Cash Flows
For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
 $9,010 
 $9,568 
 $8,417 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
    
    
    
cash provided by operating activities:
    
    
    
Undistributed subsidiary income
  (3,800)
  (4,320)
  (5,742)
Deferred tax (benefit) expense
  (112)
  5 
  (81)
Decrease (increase) in other assets
  (1,256)
  - 
  1,300 
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities
  (77)
  (535)
  (143)
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
  3,765 
  4,718 
  3,751 
 
    
    
    
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
    
    
    
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
  - 
  - 
  - 
 
    
    
    
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
    
    
    
Repurchase of preferred stock
  (101)
  (1,961)
    
Repurchase of common stock
  (712)
  (577)
  (289)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
  197 
  183 
  146 
Dividends paid in cash
  (3,387)
  (3,115)
  (2,915)
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities
  (4,003)
  (5,470)
  (3,058)
 
    
    
    
Net (Decrease) increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
  (238)
  (752)
  693 
 
    
    
    
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Year
  1,155 
  1,907 
  1,214 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Year
 $917 
 $1,155 
 $1,907 
NOTE 24
INVESTMENT IN VBS MORTGAGE, LLC
On November 3, 2008, the Bank acquired a 70% ownership interest in VBS Mortgage, LLC (formerly Valley Broker Services, DBA VBS Mortgage). VBS originates both conventional and government sponsored mortgages for sale in the secondary market. Accordingly, the Company consolidated the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of VBS Mortgage, LLC and reflected the issued and outstanding interest not held by the Company in its consolidated financial statements as noncontrolling interest.

F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars in thousands)
December 31, 2017 and 2016
NOTE 25  
INVESTMENT IN VS TITLE, LLC
On January 1, 2017, the Bank acquired a 76% ownership interest in VS Title, LLC (VST). VST provides title insurance services to the customers in our market area, including VBS Mortgage and the Bank. VBS Mortgage is the minority owner in VST and accordingly, the Company consolidated the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of VST, however there is no noncontrolling interest reflected as the 24% is included in VBS Mortgage’s income.
NOTE 26 22 ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

The balances in accumulated other comprehensive loss are shown in the following table:

dollars in thousands
 
Unrealized Securities Gains (Losses)
 
 
Adjustments Related to Pension Plan
 
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
 
Balance at December, 31, 2014
  3 
  (2,330)
  (2,327)
  Change in unrealized securities gains (losses), net of tax
  1 
  - 
  1 
  Change in unfunded pension liability, net of tax
  - 
  (354)
  (354)
Balance at December, 31, 2015
  4 
  (2,684)
  (2,680)
  Change in unrealized securities gains (losses), net of tax
  2 
  - 
  2 
  Change in unfunded pension liability, net of tax
  - 
  (487)
  (487)
Balance at December, 31, 2016
 $6 
 $(3,171)
 $(3,165)
  Change in unrealized securities gains (losses), net of tax
  (26)
  - 
  (26)
  Change in unfunded pension liability, net of tax
  - 
  (951)
  (951)
Balance at December, 31, 2017
 $(20)
 $(4,122)
 $(4,142)
Theretable (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Unrealized Securities Gains (Losses)

 

 

Adjustments Related to Pension Plan

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

Balance at December, 31, 2020

 

$804

 

 

$(3,821)

 

$(3,017)

Change in unrealized securities gains (losses), net of tax benefit of $803

 

 

(3,020)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(3,020)

Change in unfunded pension liability, net of tax of $141

 

 

-

 

 

 

530

 

 

 

530

 

Reclassification for previously unrealized net losses realized in income, net of tax benefit of $110

 

 

415

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

415

 

Balance at December, 31, 2021

 

$(1,801)

 

$(3,291)

 

$(5,092)

Change in unrealized securities gains (losses), net of tax benefit of $10,873

 

 

(40,903)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(40,903)

Change in unfunded pension liability, net of tax of $992

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,730

 

 

 

3,730

 

Reclassification for previously unrealized net losses realized in income, net of tax benefit of $599

 

 

2,253

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,253

 

Balance at December, 31, 2022

 

$(40,451)

 

$439

 

 

$(40,012)

During 2022 and 2021, respectively, there were no reclassifications adjustments reportedsecurity losses of $2.9 million, net of tax of $599 thousand and $525 thousand, net of tax of $110 thousand, that were reclassified out of unrealized gains on available for sale securities and reclassified into net investment security losses on the consolidated statements of income.

NOTE 23 REVENUE RECOGNITION

The majority of the Company’s noninterest income during 2015, 2016is generated from short-term contracts related to fees on deposit accounts, ATM and check cards, and annuity and insurance commissions that is within the scope of Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” Typically, the duration of a contract does not extend beyond the services performed.

Service Charges on Deposit Accounts

Service charges on deposit accounts consist of account maintenance charges and overdrawn account fees. The Company’s performance obligation is generally satisfied, and the related revenue recognized, immediately, when the transaction occurs, or 2017.


by month-end.

Investment Services and Insurance Income

Investment services and insurance income consists primarily of commissions received on mutual funds and other investment sales that are recognized on the trade date, which is when the Company has satisfied its performance obligation.

Title Insurance Income

VST provides title insurance and real estate settlement services; revenue is recognized at the time the real estate transaction is completed.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 23 REVENUE RECOGNITION, CONTINUED

ATM and Check Card Fees

ATM and Check Card Fees are primarily comprised of debit and credit card income, ATM fees, merchant services income, and other service charges. The Company’s performance obligation is generally satisfied, and the related revenue recognized, immediately, when the transaction occurs, or by month-end. Interchange fees from cardholder transactions represent a percentage of the underlying transaction value and are recognized no less than monthly.

The following presents noninterest income, segregated by revenue streams in-scope and out-of-scope of Topic 606, for December 31, 2022 and 2021 (dollars in thousands). 

 

 

Twelve Months Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Noninterest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

In-scope of Topic 606:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Charges on Deposits

 

$1,062

 

 

$1,133

 

Investment Services and Insurance Income

 

 

883

 

 

 

944

 

Title Insurance Income

 

 

1,578

 

 

 

2,074

 

ATM and check card fees

 

 

2,462

 

 

 

2,311

 

Other

 

 

814

 

 

 

807

 

Noninterest Income (in-scope of Topic 606)

 

 

6,799

 

 

 

7,269

 

Noninterest Income (out-of-scope of Topic 606)

 

 

2,835

 

 

 

4,037

 

Total

 

$9,634

 

 

$11,306

 

NOTE 24 LEASES

Lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments and are presented at each reporting date as the net present value of the remaining contractual cash flows.  Cash flows are discounted at the Company’s incremental borrowing rate in effect at the commencement date of the lease.  Right-of-use assets represent the Company’s right to use the underlying asset for the lease term and are calculated as the sum of the lease liability and if applicable, prepaid rent, initial direct costs and any incentives received from the lessor.

The Company’s long-term lease agreements are classified as operating leases.  Certain of these leases offer the option to extend the lease term and the Company has included such extensions in its calculation of the lease liabilities to the extent the options are reasonably assured of being exercised.  The lease agreements do not provide for residual value guarantees and have no restrictions or covenants that would impact dividends or require incurring additional financial obligations. The Company has five operating leases for office properties.

The following tables present information about the Company’s leases (dollars in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

Lease Liabilities (included in other liabilities)

 

$886

 

 

$957

 

Right-of-use assets (included in other assets)

 

$861

 

 

$937

 

Weighted average remaining lease term

 

2.54 years

 

 

3.37 years

 

Weighted average discount rate

 

 

3.22%

 

 

3.01%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Lease cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease cost

 

$151

 

 

$121

 

Total lease cost

 

$151

 

 

$121

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

 

$177

 

 

$145

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

NOTE 24 LEASES, CONTINUED

A maturity analysis of operating lease liabilities and reconciliation of the undiscounted cash flows to the total of operating lease liabilities is as follows (dollars in thousands):

Lease payments due

 

As of

December 31,

2022

 

Twelve months ending December 31, 2023

 

$162

 

Twelve months ending December 31, 2024

 

 

177

 

Twelve months ending December 31, 2025

 

 

121

 

Twelve months ending December 31, 2026

 

 

70

 

Twelve months ending December 31, 2027

 

 

56

 

Thereafter

 

 

463

 

Total undiscounted cash flows

 

$1,049

 

Discount

 

 

(163)

Lease liabilities

 

$886

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and The Board of Directors and Stockholders

of F&M Bank Corp.
Timberville, Virginia

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of F&M Bank Corp. and subsidiariesSubsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 20172022 and 2016,2021, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive (loss) income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements (collectively, the financial statements).  In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 20172022 and 2016,2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013, and our report dated March 16, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company��sCompany’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOBPublic Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the auditsaudit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.  The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.  Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

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Allowance for Loan Losses – Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment - Qualitative Factors

Description of the Matter

As described in Note 1 (Nature of Banking Activities and Significant Accounting Policies) and Note 4 (Allowance for Loan Losses) to the consolidated financial statements, the Company maintains an allowance for loan losses that represents management’s estimate of the probable losses inherent in the Company’s loan portfolio.

The Company’s allowance for loan losses has two basic components:  the general allowance and the specific allowance. At December 31, 2022, the general allowance represented $7,592,000 of the total allowance for loan losses of $7,936,000. The general allowance is applied to non-impaired loans and uses historical loss experience along with qualitative factors, including changes in lending policies and procedures, the nature and volume of the portfolio, experience of lending management, levels and trends in delinquencies, nonaccrual loans, charge-offs and adversely rated loans, the loan review system, portfolio concentrations, economic conditions, collateral values, and the competitive and legal environment.  The qualitative adjustments to the historical loss rates are established by applying an additional loss factor to the loan segments identified by management based on their assessment of shared risk characteristics within similar groups of non-impaired loans. Qualitative factors are determined based on management’s continuing evaluation of inputs and assumptions underlying the quality of the loan portfolio and contribute significantly to the allowance for loan losses.

Management exercised significant judgment when assessing the qualitative factors in estimating the allowance for loan losses. We identified the assessment of the qualitative factors as a critical audit matter as auditing the qualitative factors involved especially complex and subjective auditor judgment in evaluating management’s assessment of the inherently subjective estimates. 

How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit

The primary audit procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:

·

Obtaining an understanding of controls over the evaluation of qualitative factors, including management's development and review of the data inputs used as the basis for the allocation factors and management's review and approval of the reasonableness of the assumptions used to develop the qualitative adjustments.

·

Substantively testing management’s process, including evaluating their judgments and assumptions for developing the qualitative factors, which included:

o

Evaluating the completeness and accuracy of data inputs used as a basis for the qualitative factors.

o

Evaluating the reasonableness of management’s judgments related to the determination of qualitative factors.

o

Evaluating the qualitative factors for directional consistency and for reasonableness.

o

Testing the mathematical accuracy of the allowance calculation, including the application of the qualitative factors.

/s/ Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016.

Winchester,

Roanoke, Virginia

March 16, 2018


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
F&M Bank Corp.
Timberville, Virginia
Opinion on the Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited F&M Bank Corp. and subsidiaries' (the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on criteria established inInternal Control — Integrated Frameworkissued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on criteria established inInternal Control — Integrated Frameworkissued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended of the Company and our report dated March 16, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting in the accompanyingReport of Management’s Assessment of Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financialreporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance thattransactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C., Winchester, Virginia
March 16, 2018



Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
F & M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries
Timberville, Virginia
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows of F&M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2015.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the results of F&M Bank Corp. and Subsidiaries’ results of operations and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2015, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
/s/ Elliott Davis, PLLC
Raleigh, North Carolina
March 29, 2016

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures.Procedures

The Company, under the supervision andCompany's management evaluated, with the participation of management, including the Company’s Chief Executive OfficerCompany's principal executive officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluatedprincipal financial officer, the effectiveness of the design and operation of itsCompany's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive OfficerCompany's principal executive officer and Chief Financial Officer haveprincipal financial officer concluded that the Company’sCompany's disclosure controls and procedures wereare effective as of December 31, 20172022 to ensure that information required to be disclosed byin the Company in reports that itthe Company files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated toby the Company’sCompany's management, including its Chief Executive Officerthe Company's principal executive officer and Chief Financial Officer,principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.disclosure.

There were no changes in the Company’sCompany's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the Company’sfourth quarter ended December 31, 20172022 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’sCompany's internal control over financial reporting.

Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, the Company believes that no system of controls, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide absolute assurance that all control issues have been detected.

Management’s

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management's Report on Internal Control overOver Financial Reporting.Reporting

To the F&M Bank Corp.:

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements included in thethis annual report. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and reflect management’s judgementsmanagement's judgments and estimates concerning effects of events and transactions that are accounted for or disclosed.

Management is also responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. The Company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that pertain to the Company's ability to record, process, summarize and report reliable financial data. Management recognizes that there are inherent limitations in the effectiveness of any internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of internal control. Accordingly, even effective internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to consolidated financial statement preparation. Further, because of changes in conditions, the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting may vary over time.

In order to ensure that the Company's internal control over financial reporting is effective, management regularly assesses such controls and did so most recently for its financial reporting as of December 31, 2017.2022. This assessment was based on criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting described in Internal Control Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO, 2013) of the Treadway Commission. Based on this assessment, management believes the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017.

The effectiveness2022. This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017 has been audited by Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C., theCompany's independent registered public accounting firm which also audited the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Yount, Hyde & Barbour’s attestation report on the Company’sregarding internal control over financial reporting is includedreporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by the Company's registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management's report in Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplemental Data” on this Form 10-K.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures, continued
its annual report.

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The Board of Directors, acting through its Audit Committee, is responsible for the oversight of the Company's accounting policies, financial reporting and internal control. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is comprised entirely of outside directors who are independent of management. The Audit Committee is responsible for the appointment and compensation of the independent registered public accounting firm and approves decisions regarding the appointment or removal of the Company Auditor. Company's internal auditors.

It meets periodically with management, the independent registered public accounting firm and the internal auditors to ensure that they are carrying out their responsibilities.

The Audit Committee is also responsible for performing an oversight role by reviewing and monitoring the financial, accounting and auditing procedures of the Company in addition to reviewing the Company's financial reports. The independent registered public accounting firm and the internal auditors have full and unlimited access to the Audit Committee, with or without management, to discuss the adequacy of internal control over financial reporting, and any other matter which they believe should be brought to the attention of the Audit Committee. The Company's independent registered public accounting firm has also issued an attestation report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information

None.

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections

None.

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PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Information regarding directors, executive officers and the audit committee financial expert is incorporated by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Company’s 20182023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 12, 201825, 2023 (“Proxy Statement”), under the captions “Election“Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors” “Board – Committees of Directors and Committees,”the Board – Audit Committee” and “Executive Officers.Officers who are not Directors.

Information on Section 16(a) beneficial ownership reporting compliance for the directors and executive officers of the Company is incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement under the caption “Section“Delinquent Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance.Reports.

The Company has adopted a broad basedbroad-based code of ethics for all employees and directors. The Company has also adopted a code of ethics tailored to senior officers who have financial responsibilities. A copy of the codes may be obtained without charge by request from the corporate secretary.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

This information is incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement under the caption “Executive Compensation.”

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

This information is incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement under the captions “Security Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers,” “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners” and “Executive Compensation.”

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Directors Independence

This information is incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement under the caption “Ownership of Company Common Stock” and “Executive Compensation” and from Item 5 of this 10-K.

Item 13. Certain“Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,Transactions” and “Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors Independence
of Directors.”

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

This information is incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement under the caption “Interest“Fees of Directors and Officers in Certain Transactions.”

Item 14. PrincipalIndependent Registered Public Accounting Fees and Services
This information is incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement under the caption “Principal Accounting Fees.Firm.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

The following financial statements are filed as a part of this report:

(a)(1)  Financial Statements

The following consolidated financial statements and reports of independent auditors of the Company are in Part II, Item 8 on pages 3843 thru 89:


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Consolidated Balance Sheets - December 31, 20172022 and 2016202143

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Consolidated Statements of Income - Years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022 and 2015202144

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive IncomeLoss - Years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022 and 2015202145

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity – Years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022 and 2015202146

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Years ended December 31, 2017, 20162022 and 2015202147

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements48

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Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms (PCAOB ID 613)95

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(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules

All schedules are omitted since they are not required, are not applicable, or the required information is shown in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.

(a)(3) Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as a part of this form 10-K:

Exhibit No.

Exhibit No.

3.1

Restated Articles of Incorporation of F&M Bank Corp., incorporated herein by reference from F & M Bank Corp.’s, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed November 14, 2013.

3.2

Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of F&M Bank Corp. designating the Series A Preferred Stock, incorporated herein by reference from F&M Bank Corp,’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 4, 2014.

3.3

3.1

Restated Articles of Incorporation of F & M Bank Corp., incorporated herein by reference from F & M Bank Corp.’s, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed November 14, 2013.
Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of F&M Bank Corp. designating the Series A Preferred Stock incorporated herein by reference from F&M Bank Corp,’s current report on Form 8-K filed December 4, 2014.
Amended and Restated Bylaws of F & M Bank Corp., incorporated herein by reference from F&M Bank Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 24, 2020.

4.1

Description of Securities, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to F&M Bank Corp’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 16, 2020.

4.2

Form of 2027 Subordinated Note, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to F&M Bank Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 31, 2020.

4.3

Form of 2030 Subordinated Note, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4.2 to F&M Bank Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 31, 2020.

10.2

VBA Executives Deferred Compensation Plan for Farmers & Merchants Bank, incorporated herein by reference from F & M Bank Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 28, 2014.

10.3

VBA Directors Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan for Farmers & Merchants Bank, incorporated herein by reference from F & M Bank Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 28, 2014.

10.4

Employment Agreement, dated December 30, 2020, by and between F&M Bank Corp. and Mark C. Hanna, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to F&M Bank Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed January 6, 2021.

10.5

Employment Agreement, dated December 30, 2020, by and between F&M Bank Corp. and Barton E. Black, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to F&M Bank Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed January 6, 2021.

10.6

F&M Bank Corp. 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to F&M Bank Corp.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed August 11, 2020.

10.7

Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.7 from F&M Bank Corp.’s Form 10-K, filed March 22, 2023.

10.8

Form of Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to F&M Bank Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 31.

10.9

Employment Agreement, dated December 30, 2020, by and between F&M Bank Corp. and F. Garth Knight, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.9 from F&M Bank Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 22, 2023.

10.10

Employment Agreement, dated January 4, 2021, by and between F&M Bank Corp. and Aubrey Michael Wilkerson, filed herewith.

10.11

Employment Agreement, dated October 18, 2022, by and between F&M Bank Corp. and Lisa F. Campbell, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to F&M Bank Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 24, 2022.

10.12

Separation Agreement and General Release, by and between F&M Bank Corp. and Carrie A. Comer, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to F&M Bank Corp’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed November 15, 2022.

21.0

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

23.1

Consent of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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The following materials from F&M Bank Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), include: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) related notes (furnished herewith).

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The cover page from F&M Bank Corp.’s Annual Report or Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, formatted in Inline XBRL (included with Exhibit 101)

Item 16. Form 10-K filed March 8, 2002.

Change in Control Severance Plan, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to F&M Bank Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed December 22, 2010.
VBA Executives Deferred Compensation Plan for Farmers & Merchants Bank, incorporated herein by reference from F & M Bank Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 28, 2014.
VBA Directors Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan for Farmers & Merchants Bank, incorporated herein by reference from F & M Bank Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 28, 2014.
Subsidiaries of the Registrant
Consent of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.
Consent of Elliott Davis, PLLC
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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The following materials from F&M Bank Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), include: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) related notes (furnished herewith).

PART IV
Item 16 Form 10-K Summary

Not Required

Shareholders may obtain, free of charge, a copy of the exhibits to this Report on Form 10-K by writing Larry A. Caplinger,Stephanie E. Shillingburg, Corporate Secretary, at F & M Bank Corp., P.O. Box 1111, Timberville, VA 22853 or our website at www.fmbankva.com.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

F & M Bank Corp.
(Registrant)

By:/s/ Dean W. Withers

 March 16, 2018

F & M Bank Corp.

(Registrant)

 

Dean W. Withers

By:

/s/ Mark C. Hanna

March 22, 2023

Mark C. Hanna Date 

Director and Chief Executive Officer   

By:

/s/ Lisa F. Campbell 

March 22, 2023

By:

/s/ Carrie A. Comer

Lisa F. Campbell

March 16, 2018

Date

Carrie A. ComerDate

Executive Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and as of the date indicated.

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

/s/ Larry A. CaplingerDirectorMarch 16, 2018
Larry A. Caplinger
/s/ John N. CristDirectorMarch 16, 2018
John N. Crist
/s/ Ellen R. FitzwaterDirector, ChairMarch 16, 2018
Ellen R. Fitzwater
/s/ Daniel J. HarshmanDirectorMarch 16, 2018
Daniel J. Harshman
/s/ Richard S. MyersDirectorMarch 16, 2018
Richard S. Myers

     
/s/ Michael W. Pugh 

Director, Chair

 

March 16, 201822, 2023

Michael W. Pugh    
     
/s/ E. Ray Burkholder  

Director

 

March 22, 2023

/s/ Christopher S. RunionDirectorMarch 16, 2018
Christopher S. Runion

E. Ray Burkholder

    
     
/s/ Ronald E. WamplerLarry A. Caplinger  

Director

 

March 16, 201822, 2023

Ronald E. Wampler

Larry A. Caplinger

    

/s/ Daniel J. Harshman

Director

March 22, 2023

/s/ E. Ray Burkholder

Daniel J. Harshman

Director

March 16, 2018

E. Ray Burkholder

/s/ Hannah Hutman

Director

March 22, 2023

Hannah Hutman

/s/ Anne Keeler  

Director

March 22, 2023

Anne Keeler

/s/ Christopher S. Runion 

Director

March 22, 2023

Christopher S. Runion

/s/ Daphyne Thomas 

Director

March 22, 2023

Daphyne Thomas

/s/ John Willingham  

Director

March 22, 2023

John Willingham

/s/ Dean W. Withers 

Director

March 22, 2023

Dean W. Withers

/s/ Peter H. Wray

Director

March 16, 2018 22, 2023

Peter H. Wray

 
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