LOANS | NOTE 10 – LOANS On January 1, 2021, the Company adopted ASU 326. The FASB issued ASU 326 to replace the incurred loss model for loans and other financial assets with an expected loss model and requires consideration of a wider range of reasonable and supportable information to determine credit losses. In accordance with ASC 326, the Company has developed an ACL methodology, which replaces its previous allowance for loan losses methodology. All loan information presented as of March 31, 2021 is in accordance with ASC 326. All loan information presented prior to January 1, 2021 is in accordance with previous applicable GAAP. See the Company’s prior accounting policies in Note 1 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the 2020 Form 10-K. The Company uses four different categories to classify loans in its portfolio based on the underlying collateral securing each loan. The loans grouped together in each category have been determined to share similar risk characteristics with respect to credit quality. Those four categories are commercial, financial and agriculture, commercial real estate, consumer real estate, consumer installment; Commercial, financial and agriculture Commercial real estate Consumer real estate Consumer installment The composition of the loan portfolio as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, is summarized below: ($ in thousands) March 31, 2021 December 31, 2020 Loans held for sale Mortgage loans held for sale $ 15,119 $ 21,432 Total LHFS $ 15,119 $ 21,432 Loans held for investment Commercial, financial and agriculture (1) $ 550,500 $ 579,443 Commercial real estate 1,633,667 1,652,993 Consumer real estate 832,327 850,206 Consumer installment 38,599 41,036 Total loans 3,055,093 3,123,678 Less allowance for credit losses (32,663) (35,820) Net LHFI $ 3,022,430 $ 3,087,858 (1) Loan balance includes $221.7 million and $239.7 million in PPP loans as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Accrued interest receivable is not included in the amortized cost basis of the Company's LHFI. At March 31, 2021, accrued interest receivable for LHFI totaled $19.3 million with no related ACL and was reported in interest receivable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Nonaccrual and Past Due LHFI Past due LHFI are loans contractually past due 30 days or more as to principal or interest payments. Generally, the Company will place a delinquent loan in nonaccrual status when the loan becomes 90 days or more past due. At the time a loan is placed in nonaccrual status, all interest which has been accrued on the loan but remains unpaid is reversed and deducted from earnings as a reduction of reported interest income. No additional interest is accrued on the loan balance until the collection of both principal and interest becomes reasonably certain. The following tables presents the aging of the amortized cost basis in past due loans in addition to those loans classified as nonaccrual including PCD loans: March 31, 2021 Total Past Due Past Due Past Due, 30 to 89 90 Days or More and Nonaccrual Total Nonaccrual and ($ in thousands) Days Still Accruing Nonaccrual PCD and PCD LHFI PCD with No ACL Commercial, financial and agriculture (1) $ 607 $ — $ 686 $ 320 $ 1,613 $ 550,500 $ 387 Commercial real estate 4,149 32 17,489 3,173 24,843 1,633,667 5,030 Consumer real estate 4,524 1,047 2,790 5,490 13,851 832,327 3,139 Consumer installment 309 — 30 3 342 38,599 — Total $ 9,589 $ 1,079 $ 20,995 $ 8,986 $ 40,649 $ 3,055,093 $ 8,556 (1) Total loan balance includes $221.7 million in PPP loans as of March 31, 2021. December 31,2020 Past Due 90 Total Past Due Days or Past Due, 30 to 89 More and Still Nonaccrual Total ($ in thousands) Days Accruing Nonaccrual PCI and PCI LHFI Commercial, financial and agriculture (1) $ 1,007 $ 244 $ 2,197 $ 221 $ 3,669 $ 579,443 Commercial real estate 2,116 1,553 19,499 3,388 26,556 1,652,993 Consumer real estate 5,389 895 2,480 5,954 14,718 850,206 Consumer installment 419 — 32 3 454 41,036 Total $ 8,931 $ 2,692 $ 24,208 $ 9,566 $ 45,397 $ 3,123,678 (1) Total loan balance as of December 31, 2020 includes $239.7 million in PPP loans. Acquired Loans On January 1, 2021, the Company adopted ASC 326 and elected to account for its existing acquired PCI loans as PCD loans included within the LHFI portfolio. The Company elected to maintain segments of loans that were previously accounted for under ASC 310-30 and will continue to account for these segments as a unit of account unless the loan is collateral dependent. PCD loans that are collateral dependent will be assessed individually. Loans are only removed from the existing segments if they are written off, paid off, or sold. Upon adoption of ASC 326, the ACL was determined for each segment and added to the band's carrying amount to establish a new amortized cost basis. The difference between the unpaid principal balance of the segment and the new amortized cost basis is the noncredit discount of approximately $685 thousand, which will be accreted into interest income over the remaining life of the segment. Changes to the ACL after adoption are recorded through provision expense. As of March 31, 2021, the amortized cost of the Company's PCD loans totaled $13.6 million, which had an estimated ACL of $1.2 million. Prior to the adoption of FASB ASC 326, the Company acquired loans with deteriorated credit quality in 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. These loans were recorded at estimated fair value at the acquisition date with no carryover of the related allowance for loan losses. The acquired loans were segregated as of the acquisition date between those considered to be performing (acquired non-impaired loans) and those with evidence of credit deterioration (PCI loans). Acquired loans are considered to be impaired if it is probable, based on current available information, that the Company will be unable to collect all cash flows as expected. If expected cash flows cannot reasonably be estimated as to what will be collected, there will not be any interest income recognized on these loans. Total outstanding PCI loans were $13.1 million and the related purchase accounting discount was $3.6 million as of March 31, 2020. The outstanding balance of these loans is the undiscounted sum of all amounts, including amounts deemed principal, interest, fees, penalties, and other under the loans, owed at the reporting date, whether or not currently due and whether or not any such amounts have been charged off. Changes in the carrying amount and accretable yield for purchased credit impaired loans were as follows at March 31, 2020 ($ in thousands): Accretable Yield Balance at beginning of period, January 1 $ 3,417 Additions, including transfers from non-accretable 337 Accretion (148) Balance at end of period, March 30, 2020 $ 3,606 Impaired LHFI Prior to the adoption of FASB ASC 326, the Company individually evaluated impaired LHFI. The following table provides a detail of impaired loans broken out according to class as of December 31, 2020. The following table does not include PCI loans. The recorded investment included in the following table represents customer balances net of any partial charge-offs recognized on the loans, net of any deferred fees and costs. Recorded investment excludes any insignificant amount of accrued interest receivable on loans 90-days or more past due and still accruing. The unpaid balance represents the recorded balance prior to any partial charge-offs. Average Interest Recorded Income December 31, 2020 Recorded Unpaid Related Investment Recognized ($ in thousands) Investment Balance Allowance YTD YTD Impaired loans with no related allowance: Commercial, financial and agriculture $ — $ — $ — $ 198 $ — Commercial real estate 5,884 6,087 — 11,433 47 Consumer real estate 712 758 — 790 5 Consumer installment 23 24 — 17 — Total $ 6,619 $ 6,869 $ — $ 12,438 $ 52 Impaired loans with a related allowance: Commercial, financial and agriculture $ 2,241 $ 2,254 $ 1,235 $ 2,186 $ 58 Commercial real estate 17,973 18,248 4,244 13,687 36 Consumer real estate 536 544 176 734 4 Consumer installment 26 26 14 86 — Total $ 20,776 $ 21,072 $ 5,669 $ 16,693 $ 98 Total impaired loans: Commercial, financial and agriculture $ 2,241 $ 2,254 $ 1,235 $ 2,384 $ 58 Commercial real estate 23,857 24,335 4,244 25,120 83 Consumer real estate 1,248 1,302 176 1,524 9 Consumer installment 49 50 14 103 — Total Impaired Loans $ 27,395 $ 27,941 $ 5,669 $ 29,131 $ 150 The cash basis interest earned in the chart above is materially the same as the interest recognized during impairment for the year ended December 31, 2020. The gross interest income that would have been recorded in the period that ended if the nonaccrual loans had been current in accordance with their original terms and had been outstanding throughout the period or since origination, if held for part of the three months ended March 31, 2020, was $377 thousand. The Company had no loan commitments to borrowers in nonaccrual status at March 31, 2020 or December 31, 2020. Troubled Debt Restructurings If the Company grants a concession to a borrower for economic or legal reasons related to a borrower’s financial difficulties that it would not otherwise consider, the loan is classified as TDRs. In response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic and its economic impact to its customers, the Company implemented a short-term modification program in accordance with interagency regulatory guidance to provide temporary payment relief to those borrowers directly impacted by COVID-19 who were not more than 30 days past due at the time of the modification. This program allowed for a deferral of payments for up two successive 90-day periods for a cumulative maximum of 180 days. Pursuant to interagency guidance, such short-term deferrals are not deemed to meet the criteria for reporting as TDRs. For borrowers requiring a longer-term modification following the short-term loan modification program the Company worked with these borrowers whose loans were not more 30 days past due at December 31, 2019 and who required modification as a result of COVID-19 to modify such loans under Section 4013 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES Act”). As of March 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the Company had TDRs totaling $23.1 million and $27.5 million. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had no additional amount committed on any loan classified as TDR. As of March 31, 2021, TDRs had a related ACL of $2.7 million, compared to a related allowance for loan loss of $2.4 million at March 31, 2020, and resulting in no charge-offs for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. The were no TDRs added during the three months ended March 31, 2021. The following table presents LHFI by class modified as TDR that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2020 ($ in thousands, except for number of loans). Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 Outstanding Outstanding Recorded Recorded Number of Investment Investment Loans Pre-Modification Post-Modification Commercial, financial and agriculture 1 $ 12 $ 12 Commercial real estate 2 738 734 Consumer real estate — — — Consumer installment — — — Total 3 $ 750 $ 746 The TDRs presented above increased the allowance for credit losses $37 thousand for the three month period ended March 31, 2020 and resulted in no charge-offs for the three months period ended March 31, 2020. The following table presents loans by class modified as TDRs for which there was a payment default within twelve months following the modification ($ in thousands, except for number of loans). Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 2020 Troubled Debt Restructurings Number of Recorded Number of Recorded That Subsequently Defaulted: Loans Investment Loans Investment Commercial, financial and agriculture — $ — 10 $ 15,841 Commercial real estate 3 1,065 — — Total 3 $ 1,065 10 $ 15,841 The modifications described above included one of the following or a combination of the following: maturity date extensions, interest only payments, amortizations were extended beyond what would be available on similar type loans, and payment waiver. No interest rate concessions were given on these loans nor were any of these loans written down. A loan is considered to be in a payment default once it is 30 days contractually past due under the modified terms. The TDRs presented above increased the ACL $89 thousand and the allowance for loan losses $2.9 million and resulted in no charge-offs for the three months period ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The following tables represents the Company’s TDRs at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020: Past Due 90 March 31, 2021 Current Past Due days and still ($ in thousands) Loans 30 ‑ 89 accruing Nonaccrual Total Commercial, financial and agriculture $ 48 $ — $ — $ 674 $ 722 Commercial real estate 4,371 — — 14,480 18,851 Consumer real estate 1,374 — 269 1,868 3,511 Consumer installment 23 — — — 23 Total $ 5,816 $ — $ 269 $ 17,022 $ 23,107 Allowance for credit losses $ 71 $ — $ — $ 2,658 $ 2,729 Past Due 90 December 31, 2020 Current Past Due days and still ($ in thousands) Loans 30 ‑ 89 accruing Nonaccrual Total Commercial, financial and agriculture $ 59 $ — $ — $ 765 $ 824 Commercial real estate 4,560 49 — 18,076 22,685 Consumer real estate 1,559 269 — 2,161 3,989 Consumer installment 23 3 — — 26 Total $ 6,201 $ 321 $ — $ 21,002 $ 27,524 Allowance for loan losses $ 163 $ 29 $ — $ 3,936 $ 4,128 Collateral Dependent Loans The following table presents the amortized cost basis of collateral dependent individually evaluated loans by class of loans as of March 31, 2021: March 31, 2021 Real Property Equipment Miscellaneous Total Commercial, financial and agriculture $ — $ 742 $ — $ 742 Commercial real estate 5,126 — — 5,126 Consumer real estate 4,282 — — 4,282 Consumer installment — — 2 2 Total $ 9,408 $ 742 $ 2 $ 10,152 A loan is collateral dependent when the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and repayment of the loan is expected to be provided substantially through the sale of the collateral. The following provides a qualitative description by class of loan of the collateral that secures the Company’s collateral-dependent LHFI: ● Commercial, financial and agriculture – Loans within these loan classes are secured by equipment, inventory accounts, and other non-real estate collateral. There have been no significant changes to the collateral that secures these financial assets during the period. ● Commercial real estate – Loans within these loan classes are secured by commercial real property. There have been no significant changes to the collateral that secures these financial assets during the period. ● Consumer real estate - Loans within these loan classes are secured by consumer real property. There have been no significant changes to the collateral that secures these financial assets during the period. ● Consumer installment - Loans within these loan classes are secured by consumer goods, equipment, and non-real estate collateral. There have been no significant changes to the collateral that secures these financial assets during the period. Loan Participations The Company has loan participations, which qualify as participating interest, with other financial institutions. As of March 31, 2021, these loans totaled $124.7 million, of which $80.4 million had been sold to other financial institutions and $44.3 million was retained by the Company. The loan participations convey proportionate ownership rights with equal priority to each participating interest holder; involving no recourse (other than ordinary representations and warranties) to, or subordination by, any participating interest holder; all cash flows are divided among the participating interest holders in proportion to each holder’s share of ownership; and no holder has the right to pledge the entire financial assets unless all participating interest holders agree. Credit Quality Indicators The Company categorizes loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the ability of borrowers to service their debt, such as current financial information, historical payment experience, credit documentation, public information, and current economic trends, among other factors. The Company analyzes loans individually to classify the loans as to credit risk. The Company uses the following definitions for risk ratings: Pass: Special Mention Substandard Doubtful The tables below present the amortized cost basis of loans by credit quality indicator and class of loans based on the most recent analysis performed. Revolving loans converted to term as of the three months ended March 31, 2021 were not material to the total loan portfolio. ($ in thousands) Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year Revolving As of March 31, 2021 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Prior Loans Total Commercial, financial and: agriculture Risk Rating Pass $ 99,367 $ 208,119 $ 69,541 $ 66,216 $ 32,346 $ 53,959 $ 120 $ 529,668 Special mention — 280 372 475 435 281 — 1,843 Substandard — 431 1,910 6,822 616 8,723 10 18,512 Doubtful — — 477 — — — — 477 Total commercial, financial and agriculture $ 99,367 $ 208,830 $ 72,300 $ 73,513 $ 33,397 $ 62,963 $ 130 $ 550,500 Commercial real estate: Risk Rating Pass $ 70,345 $ 360,501 $ 249,355 $ 249,204 $ 176,571 $ 413,356 $ — $ 1,519,332 Special mention — 3,119 1,864 9,848 12,445 23,928 — 51,204 Substandard — 4,794 3,274 14,266 12,183 28,614 — 63,131 Doubtful — — — — — — — — Total commercial real estate $ 70,345 $ 368,414 $ 254,493 $ 273,318 $ 201,199 $ 465,898 $ — $ 1,633,667 Consumer real estate: Risk Rating Pass $ 44,661 $ 224,446 $ 96,559 $ 92,227 $ 78,523 $ 168,617 $ 95,090 $ 800,123 Special mention — — 1,149 1,602 643 2,901 521 6,816 Substandard — 933 1,469 3,657 1,805 15,696 1,806 25,366 Doubtful — — — — — 22 — 22 Total consumer real estate $ 44,661 $ 225,379 $ 99,177 $ 97,486 $ 80,971 $ 187,236 $ 97,417 $ 832,327 Consumer installment: Risk Rating Pass $ 3,836 $ 15,221 $ 7,986 $ 3,391 $ 1,855 $ 2,459 $ 3,728 $ 38,476 Special mention — — — 10 4 2 — 16 Substandard — 6 28 3 19 50 1 107 Doubtful — — — — — — — — Total consumer installment $ 3,836 $ 15,227 $ 8,014 $ 3,404 $ 1,878 $ 2,511 $ 3,729 $ 38,599 Total Pass $ 218,209 $ 808,287 $ 423,441 $ 411,038 $ 289,295 $ 638,391 $ 98,938 $ 2,887,599 Special mention — 3,399 3,385 11,935 13,527 27,112 521 59,879 Substandard — 6,164 6,681 24,748 14,623 53,083 1,817 107,116 Doubtful — — 477 — — 22 — 499 Total $ 218,209 $ 817,850 $ 433,984 $ 447,721 $ 317,445 $ 718,608 $ 101,276 $ 3,055,093 At December 31, 2020, and based on the most recent analysis performed, the risk category of loans by class of loans (excluding mortgage loans held for sale) was as follows: Commercial, December 31, 2020 Financial and Commercial Consumer Consumer ($ in thousands) Agriculture Real Estate Real Estate Installment Total Pass $ 563,772 $ 1,530,366 $ 834,920 $ 40,884 $ 2,969,942 Special Mention 2,143 64,012 1,889 20 68,064 Substandard 11,875 66,535 13,397 132 91,939 Doubtful 1,653 23 — — 1,676 Subtotal $ 579,443 $ 1,660,936 $ 850,206 $ 41,036 $ 3,131,621 Less: Unearned discount — 7,943 — — 7,943 LHFI, net of unearned discount $ 579,443 $ 1,652,993 $ 850,206 $ 41,036 $ 3,123,678 Allowance for Credit Losses (ACL) The ACL is a valuation account that is deducted from loans’ amortized cost basis to present the net amount expected to be collected on the loans. It is comprised of a general allowance for loans that are collectively assessed in pools with similar risk characteristics and a specific allowance for individually assess loans. The allowance is continuously monitored by Management to maintain a level adequate to absorb expected losses inherent in the loan portfolio. See Note 3. “Accounting Standards” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. The following table presents the activity in the allowance for credit losses by portfolio segment for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the allowance for loan losses for the three months ended March 31, 2020: Three months ended March 31, 2021 Commercial, Financial and Commercial Consumer Consumer ($ in thousands) Agriculture Real Estate Real Estate Installment Total Allowance for credit losses: Beginning balance $ 6,214 $ 24,319 $ 4,736 $ 551 $ 35,820 Impact of ASC 326 adoption on non-PCD loans (1,319) (4,607) 5,257 (49) (718) Impact of ASC 326 adoption on PCD loans 166 575 372 2 1,115 Provision for credit losses — — — — — Loans charged-off (986) (2,841) (139) (157) (4,123) Recoveries 83 132 54 300 569 Total ending allowance balance $ 4,158 $ 17,578 $ 10,280 $ 647 $ 32,663 Three months ended March 31, 2020 Commercial, Commercial Consumer Financial and Real Real Consumer ($ in thousands) Agriculture Estate Estate Installment Unallocated Total Allowance for loan losses: Beginning balance $ 3,043 $ 8,836 $ 1,694 $ 296 $ 39 $ 13,908 Provision for loan losses 1,446 4,523 1,106 66 (39) 7,102 Loans charged-off (99) (333) (9) (59) — (500) Recoveries 76 69 49 100 — 294 Total ending allowance balance $ 4,466 $ 13,095 $ 2,840 $ 403 $ — $ 20,804 The following table provides the ending balance in the Company’s LHFI and the ACL, broken down by portfolio segment as of March 31, 2021 ($ in thousands). Commercial, Commercial Consumer Financial and Real Real Consumer March 31, 2021 Agriculture Estate Estate Installment Total LHFI Individually evaluated $ 742 $ 5,126 $ 4,282 $ 2 $ 10,152 Collectively evaluated 549,758 1,628,541 828,045 38,597 3,044,941 Total $ 550,500 $ 1,633,667 $ 832,327 $ 38,599 $ 3,055,093 Allowance for Credit Losses Individually evaluated $ 199 $ 5 $ 75 $ 2 $ 281 Collectively evaluated 3,959 17,573 10,205 645 32,382 Total $ 4,158 $ 17,578 $ 10,280 $ 647 $ 32,663 The following table provides the ending balance in the Company’s LHFI and the allowance for loan losses, broken down by portfolio segment as of December 31, 2020 ($ in thousands). Commercial, Financial and Commercial Consumer Consumer December 31, 2020 Agriculture Real Estate Real Estate Installment Total LHFI Individually evaluated $ 2,241 $ 23,857 $ 1,248 $ 49 $ 27,395 Collectively evaluated 574,152 1,971,292 494,833 41,498 3,081,775 PCI Loans 244 9,056 5,185 23 14,508 Total $ 576,637 $ 2,004,205 $ 501,266 $ 41,570 $ 3,123,678 Allowance for Loan Losses Individually evaluated $ 1,235 $ 4,244 $ 176 $ 14 $ 5,669 Collectively evaluated 4,979 20,075 4,560 537 30,151 Total $ 6,214 $ 24,319 $ 4,736 $ 551 $ 35,820 |