UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2025
Or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from_____________________ to ___________________

Commission file number 0-13222

CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

PENNSYLVANIA
 
23-2265045
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

15 South Main Street
Mansfield, Pennsylvania 16933
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (570) 662‑2121

N/A

(Former Name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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

Common Stock, Par value $1.00 per share
 
CZFS
 
 The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Title of Each Class
 
Trading
Symbol (s)

Name of Each Exchange
on Which Registered

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports 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  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files).  Yes  No

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 filer    
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 is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes No 

The number of outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, as of August 1, 2025, was 4,807,314.



Citizens Financial Services, Inc.
Form 10-Q

INDEX

   
PAGE
Part I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.
Financial Statements (unaudited):
 
 
1
 
2
 
3
 
4
 
5
 
6-33
Item 2.
33-58
Item 3.
58
Item 4.
58-59
     
Part II
OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.
59
Item 1A.
59
Item 2.
59
Item 3.
59
Item 4.
60
Item 5.
60
Item 6.
60
 
61

CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(UNAUDITED)

(in thousands except share data)
 
June 30,
2025
   
December 31,
2024
 
ASSETS:
           
Cash and due from banks:
           
Noninterest-bearing
 
$
26,799
   
$
30,284
 
Interest-bearing
   
22,685
     
11,918
 
Total cash and cash equivalents
   
49,484
     
42,202
 
Interest bearing time deposits with other banks
   
3,820
     
3,820
 
Equity securities
   
1,768
     
1,747
 
Available-for-sale securities
   
431,649
     
425,912
 
Loans held for sale
   
15,529
     
9,607
 
                 
Loans (net of allowance for credit losses: 2025 $22,109 and 2024, $21,699)
   
2,219,646
     
2,291,543
 
 
               
Premises and equipment
   
21,776
     
21,395
 
Accrued interest receivable
   
10,603
     
10,307
 
Goodwill
   
85,758
     
85,758
 
Bank owned life insurance
   
50,770
     
50,341
 
Other intangibles
   
2,530
     
2,892
 
Fair value of derivative instruments
    8,272       10,370  
Deferred tax asset
    13,913       15,199  
Other assets
   
51,756
     
54,631
 
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
 
$
2,967,274
   
$
3,025,724
 
 
               
LIABILITIES:
               
Deposits:
               
Noninterest-bearing
 
$
499,252
   
$
532,776
 
Interest-bearing
   
1,793,410
     
1,849,252
 
Total deposits
   
2,292,662
     
2,382,028
 
Borrowed funds
   
313,219
     
297,721
 
Accrued interest payable
   
2,741
     
4,693
 
Fair value of derivative instruments - liability
    4,701       5,817  
Other liabilities
   
40,298
     
35,731
 
TOTAL LIABILITIES
   
2,653,621
     
2,725,990
 
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
               
Preferred Stock                
$1.00 par value; authorized 3,000,000 shares at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024; none issued in 2025 or 2024
   
-
     
-
 
Common stock                
$1.00 par value; authorized 25,000,000 shares at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, issued 5,255,190 at June 30, 2025 and 5,207,577 at December 31, 2024
   
5,255
     
5,208
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
147,878
     
144,984
 
Retained earnings
   
197,940
     
189,443
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
   
(21,026
)
   
(23,521
)
Treasury stock, at cost: 448,190 shares at June 30, 2025 and 447,965 shares at December 31, 2024
   
(16,394
)
   
(16,380
)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
   
313,653
     
299,734
 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
$
2,967,274
    $ 3,025,724  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

1

CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
(UNAUDITED)

 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
 
2025
   
2024
   
2025
   
2024
 
INTEREST INCOME:
                       
Interest and fees on loans
 
$
35,227
   
$
35,067
   
$
70,783
   
$
70,200
 
Interest-bearing deposits with banks
   
132
     
262
     
275
     
505
 
Investment securities:
                               
Taxable
   
2,397
     
1,663
     
4,736
     
3,287
 
Nontaxable
   
584
     
520
     
1,131
     
1,052
 
Dividends
   
409
     
390
     
838
     
791
 
TOTAL INTEREST INCOME
   
38,749
     
37,902
     
77,763
     
75,835
 
INTEREST EXPENSE:
                               
Deposits
   
11,449
     
12,655
     
23,743
     
24,976
 
Borrowed funds
   
3,652
     
3,947
     
7,370
     
8,601
 
TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE
   
15,101
     
16,602
     
31,113
     
33,577
 
NET INTEREST INCOME
   
23,648
     
21,300
     
46,650
     
42,258
 
Provision for credit losses
   
750
     
2,002
     
1,375
     
2,787
 
NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES
   
22,898
     
19,298
     
45,275
     
39,471
 
NON-INTEREST INCOME:
                               
Service charges
   
1,303
     
1,385
     
2,594
     
2,757
 
Trust
   
183
     
201
     
407
     
445
 
Brokerage and insurance
   
627
     
563
     
1,310
     
1,228
 
Gains on loans sold
   
739
     
479
     
1,011
     
896
 
Equity security gains (losses), net
   
32
     
(87
)
   
21
     
(32
)
Gain on sale of Braavo division
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
1,102
 
Earnings on bank owned life insurance
   
355
     
328
     
701
     
996
 
Other
   
426
     
467
     
1,048
     
915
 
TOTAL NON-INTEREST INCOME
   
3,665
     
3,336
     
7,092
     
8,307
 
NON-INTEREST EXPENSES:
                               
Salaries and employee benefits
   
9,976
     
9,617
     
20,265
     
19,907
 
Occupancy
   
1,182
     
1,266
     
2,538
     
2,590
 
Furniture and equipment
   
318
     
295
     
583
     
531
 
Professional fees
   
525
     
698
     
1,042
     
1,401
 
FDIC insurance
   
495
     
509
     
945
     
1,034
 
Pennsylvania shares tax
   
305
     
330
     
624
     
640
 
Amortization of intangibles
   
127
     
147
     
254
     
296
 
Software expenses
   
453
     
494
     
885
     
1,008
 
Other real estate owned expenses
   
73
     
175
     
192
     
162
 
Other
   
2,693
     
2,715
     
5,247
     
5,320
 
TOTAL NON-INTEREST EXPENSES
   
16,147
     
16,246
     
32,575
     
32,889
 
Income before provision for income taxes
   
10,416
     
6,388
     
19,792
     
14,889
 
Provision for income taxes
   
1,953
     
1,113
     
3,708
     
2,590
 
NET INCOME
 
$
8,463
   
$
5,275
   
$
16,084
   
$
12,299
 
PER COMMON SHARE DATA:
                               
Net Income - Basic
 
$
1.76
   
$
1.10
   
$
3.35
   
$
2.56
 
Net Income - Diluted
 
$
1.76
   
$
1.10
   
$
3.35
   
$
2.56
 
Cash Dividends Paid
 
$
0.490
   
$
0.480
   
$
0.980
   
$
0.961
 
                                 
Number of shares used in computation - basic
   
4,797,716
     
4,796,000
     
4,797,642
     
4,795,596
 
Number of shares used in computation - diluted
   
4,800,384
     
4,800,770
     
4,800,862
     
4,800,991
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

2

CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(UNAUDITED)

   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended,
June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2025
   
2024
   
2025
   
2024
 
Net income
 
$
8,463
   
$
5,275
   
$
16,084
   
$
12,299
 
Other comprehensive income (loss):
                               
Change in unrealized (losses) gains on available for sale securities
   
(568
)
   
1,154
     
4,371
     
(1,166
)
Income tax effect
   
120
     
(243
)
   
(918
)
   
246
 
Change in unrecognized pension cost
   
-
     
14
     
-
     
16
 
Income tax effect
   
-
     
(3
)
   
-
     
(3
)
Change in unrealized loss on interest rate swaps
   
(429
)
   
(296
)
   
(1,213
)
   
(144
)
Income tax effect
   
90
     
62
     
255
     
30
 
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
   
(787
)
   
688
     
2,495
     
(1,021
)
Comprehensive income
 
$
7,676
   
$
5,963
   
$
18,579
   
$
11,278
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

3

CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(UNAUDITED)

 
 
Common Stock
   
Additional
Paid-in
    Retained    
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
    Treasury      
Total 
Stockholders’
 
(in thousands, except share data)
 
Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital
   
Earnings
   
Income (Loss)
   
Stock
    Equity
 
                                           
Balance, March 31, 2025
   
5,207,824
   
$
5,208
   
$
145,010
   
$
194,709
   
$
(20,239
)
 
$
(16,392
)
 
$
308,296
 
                                                         
Comprehensive income:
                                                       
Net income
   
     
     
     
8,463
     
     
     
8,463
 
Net other comprehensive loss
   
     
     
     
     
(787
)
   
     
(787
)
Stock dividend
    47,073       47       2,797       (2,844 )    
     
      -  
Issuance of Common stock for ESPP
    293      
      17














17  
Purchase of treasury stock (866 shares)
   
     
     








      (52
)
    (52
)
Restricted stock, executive and Board of Director awards (3,934 shares)
   
     
      (187
)
   




      50
      (137
)
Restricted stock vesting
   
     
      241
     




     
      241
 
Cash dividends, $0.490 per share
   
     
     
     
(2,388
)
   
     
     
(2,388
)
Balance, June 30, 2025
   
5,255,190
   
$
5,255
   
$
147,878
   
$
197,940
   
$
(21,026
)
 
$
(16,394
)
 
$
313,653
 
                                                         
Balance, December 31, 2024
   
5,207,577
   
$
5,208
   
$
144,984
   
$
189,443
   
$
(23,521
)
 
$
(16,380
)
 
$
299,734
 
 
                                                       
Comprehensive income:
                                                       
Net income
                           
16,084
                     
16,084
 
Net other comprehensive income
                                   
2,495
             
2,495
 
Stock dividend
    47,073       47       2,797       (2,844 )                     -  
Issuance of Common stock for ESPP
    540      
      32                               32  
Purchase of treasury stock (1,834 shares)                                             (109 )     (109 )
Restricted stock, executive and Board of Director awards (4,834 shares)
                   
(185
)
                   
102
      (83 )
Restricted stock vesting
                   
243
                             
243
 
Forfeited restricted stock (119 Shares)
                    7                       (7 )     -  
Cash dividends, $0.980 per share
                           
(4,743
)
                   
(4,743
)
Balance, June 30, 2025
   
5,255,190
   
$
5,255
   
$
147,878
   
$
197,940
   
$
(21,026
)
 
$
(16,394
)
 
$
313,653
 
                                                         
Balance, March 31, 2024
   
5,160,754
   

5,161
   
$
143,227
   

177,693
   
(26,620
)
 
$
(16,787
)
 

282,674
 
                                                         
Comprehensive income:
                                                       
Net income
                           
5,275
                     
5,275
 
Net other comprehensive income
                                   
688
             
688
 
Stock dividend
    46,589       46       2,001       (2,047 )                     -  
Purchase of treasury stock (881 shares)
                                            (36 )     (36 )
Restricted stock, executive and Board of Director awards (2,167 shares)
                   
(408
)
                   
445
     
37
 
Restricted stock vesting
                    165                       -       165  
Cash dividends, $0.480 per share
                           
(2,333
)
                   
(2,333
)
Balance, June 30, 2024
   
5,207,343
   
$
5,207
   
$
144,985
   
$
178,588
   
$
(25,932
)
 
$
(16,378
)
 
$
286,470
 
                                                         
Balance, December 31, 2023
   
5,160,754
   
$
5,161
   
$
143,233
   
$
172,975
   
$
(24,911
)
 
$
(16,792
)
 
$
279,666
 
                                                         
Comprehensive income:
                                                       
Net income
                           
12,299
                     
12,299
 
Net other comprehensive loss
                                   
(1,021
)
           
(1,021
)
Stock dividend
    46,589       46       2,001       (2,047 )                     -  
Purchase of treasury stock (1,776 shares)
                                            (81 )     (81 )
Restricted stock, executive and Board of Director awards (882 shares)
                   
(417
)
                   
495
     
78
 
Restricted stock vesting
                   
168
                      -      
168
 
Cash dividends, $0.961 per share
                           
(4,639
)
                   
(4,639
)
Balance, June 30, 2024
   
5,207,343
   
$
5,207
   
$
144,985
   
$
178,588
   
$
(25,932
)
 
$
(16,378
)
 
$
286,470
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

4

CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)

 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2025
   
2024
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
           
Net income
 
$
16,084
   
$
12,299
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Provision for credit losses
   
1,375
     
2,787
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
921
     
958
 
Amortization and accretion of loans and other assets
   
(1,691
)
   
(2,243
)
Amortization and accretion of investment securities
   
430
     
759
 
Deferred income taxes
   
623
     
425
 
    Equity securities (gains) losses, net
   
(21
)
   
32
 
Earnings on bank owned life insurance
   
(701
)
   
(996
)
Vesting of restricted stock
    243       168  
Originations of loans held for sale
   
(73,045
)
   
(74,816
)
Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale
   
68,109
     
70,820
 
Realized gains on loans sold
   
(1,011
)
   
(896
)
Realized gains on sale of Braavo
    -       (1,102 )
(Increase) decrease in accrued interest receivable
   
(296
)
   
261
 
       (Decrease) increase in accrued interest payable
   
(1,952
)
   
1,184
 
Other, net
   
7,861
     
6,838
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
   
16,929
     
16,478
 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
Available-for-sale securities:
               
Proceeds from maturity and principal repayments
   
33,486
     
27,061
 
Purchase of securities
   
(35,282
)
   
(14,045
)
Proceeds from sale of equity securities
    -       335  
Purchase of interest bearing time deposits with other banks
    -       (100 )
Proceeds from matured interest bearing time deposits with other banks     -       350  
Proceeds from life insurance     272       1,147  
Proceeds from redemption of regulatory stock
   
16,397
     
15,665
 
Purchase of regulatory stock 
   
(17,146
)
   
(14,135
)
Net decrease (increase)  in loans
   
73,137
     
(13,486
)
Purchase of premises and equipment
   
(1,080
)
   
(226
)
Proceeds from sale of premises and equipment
    12       -  
Proceeds from sale of foreclosed assets held for sale
   
170
     
392
 
Proceeds from sale of Braavo assets
    -       7,185
 
Net cash provided by investing activities
   
69,966
     
10,143
 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Net decrease in deposits
   
(89,366
)
   
(48,385
)
Repayments of long-term borrowings
   
(10,000
)
   
(5,000
)
Net increase in short-term borrowed funds
   
24,760
     
17,099
 
Purchase of treasury and restricted stock
   
(296
)
   
(81
)
Sale of stock for ESPP
    32       -  
Dividends paid
   
(4,743
)
   
(4,639
)
 Net cash used in financing activities
   
(79,613
)
   
(41,006
)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
7,282
     
(14,385
)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
   
42,202
     
52,818
 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD
 
$
49,484
   
$
38,433
 
                 
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
               
Interest paid
 
$
33,065
   
$
32,393
 
Income taxes paid
 
$
2,500
   
$
750
 
Loans transferred to foreclosed property
  $ 40     $ 2,490  
Right of use asset and liability
  $ 377     $ 169  
Stock Dividend
  $ 2,844     $ 2,047  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation


Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (individually and collectively with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, the “Company”) is a Pennsylvania corporation and the holding company of its wholly owned subsidiary, First Citizens Community Bank (the “Bank”), and of the Bank’s wholly owned subsidiary, First Citizens Insurance Agency, Inc. (“First Citizens Insurance”). During 2024, the Company and Bank began the process to terminate the corporate existence of CZFS Acquisition Company, LLC and 1st Realty of PA LLC.


The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  Because this report is based on an interim period, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted.  Certain of the prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current year presentation.  Such reclassifications had no effect on net income or stockholders’ equity.  All material inter‑company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.


In the opinion of management of the Company, the accompanying interim consolidated financial statements at June 30, 2025 and for the periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 include all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial condition and the results of operations at the dates and for the periods presented. In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheet and of revenues and expenses for the periods covered by the Consolidated Statement of Income. The financial performance reported for the Company for the six month period ended June 30, 2025 is not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.  This information should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Note 2 – Revenue Recognition


The following table depicts the disaggregation of revenue derived from contracts with customers to depict the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands). All revenue in the table below relates to goods and services transferred at a point in time.

 
Three Months Ended
   
Six Months Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
Revenue stream
 
2025
   
2024
   
2025
   
2024
 
Service charges on deposit accounts
                       
Overdraft fees
 
$
368
     
394
   
$
727
   
$
798
 
Statement fees
   
44
     
44
     
94
     
86
 
Interchange revenue
   
768
     
811
     
1,529
     
1,555
 
ATM income
   
29
     
33
     
60
     
66
 
Other service charges
   
94
     
103
     
184
     
252
 
Total Service Charges
   
1,303
     
1,385
     
2,594
     
2,757
 
Trust
   
183
     
201
     
407
     
445
 
Brokerage and insurance
   
627
     
563
     
1,310
     
1,228
 
Other
   
254
     
241
     
495
     
373
 
Total
 
$
2,367
   
$
2,390
   
$
4,806
   
$
4,803
 

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Note 3 – Earnings per Share


The following table sets forth the computation of earnings per share.

   
Three months ended
June 30,
   
Six months ended
June 30,
 
   
2025
   
2024
   
2025
   
2024
 
Net income applicable to common stock
 
$
8,463,000
   
$
5,275,000
 
 
$
16,084,000
   
$
12,299,000
 
                                 
Basic earnings per share computation
                               
Weighted average common shares outstanding
   
4,797,716
     
4,796,000
     
4,797,642
     
4,795,596
 
Earnings per share - basic
 
$
1.76
   

1.10
 
$
3.35
   
$
2.56
 
                                 
Diluted earnings per share computation
                               
Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic earnings per share
   
4,797,716
     
4,796,000
     
4,797,642
     
4,795,596
 
Add: Dilutive effects of restricted stock
   
2,668
     
4,770
     
3,220
     
5,395
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding for dilutive earnings per share
   
4,800,384
     
4,800,770
     
4,800,862
     
4,800,991
 
Earnings per share - diluted
 
$
1.76
   
$
1.10
 
$
3.35
   
$
2.56
 


For the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, there were 2,668 and 4,230 shares, respectively, related to the restricted stock plan that were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculations since they were anti-dilutive. These anti-dilutive shares had per share prices ranging from $61.98-$83.38 for the three month period ended June 30, 2025 and per share prices ranging from $60.16-$83.38 for the three month period ended June 30, 2024. For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, 3,219 and 4,230 shares, respectively, related to the restricted stock plan were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculations since they were anti-dilutive. These anti-dilutive shares had prices ranging from $61.98-$83.38 for the six month period ended June 30, 2025 and prices ranging from $60.16-$83.38 for the six month period ended June 30, 2024.

Note 4 – Investments


The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and fair value of investment securities at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were as follows (in thousands):

June 30, 2025
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Allowance
for Credit
Losses

   
Fair
Value
 
Available-for-sale securities:
                             
U.S. agency securities
 
$
58,632
   
$
11
   
$
(3,984
)
  $ -    
$
54,659
 
U.S. treasury securities
   
105,391
     
142
     
(3,794
)
    -      
101,739
 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
   
103,339
     
5
     
(9,651
)
    -      
93,693
 
Corporate obligations
   
11,255
     
252
     
(599
)
    -      
10,908
 
Mortgage-backed securities in government sponsored entities
   
182,286
     
305
     
(11,941
)
    -      
170,650
 
Total available-for-sale securities
 
$
460,903
   
$
715
   
$
(29,969
)
  $ -    
$
431,649
 

December 31, 2024
 
   
   
     
     
 
Available-for-sale securities:
                             
U.S. agency securities
 
$
58,594
   
$
6
   
$
(5,113
)
  $ -    
$
53,487
 
U.S. treasury securities
   
126,220
     
6
     
(5,724
)
    -      
120,502
 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
    103,137       4       (8,239 )     -       94,902  
Corporate obligations
   
11,206
     
297
     
(1,065
)
    -      
10,438
 
Mortgage-backed securities in government sponsored entities
    160,380       232       (14,029 )     -       146,583  
Total available-for-sale securities
 
$
459,537
   
$
545
   
$
(34,170
)
  $ -    
$
425,912
 

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The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the Company’s investments with unrealized losses for which an allowance for credit losses has not been recorded, aggregated by investment category and length of time, which individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands). As of June 30, 2025, the Company owned 294 securities whose fair value was less than their cost basis.

June 30, 2025
 
Less than Twelve Months
   
Twelve Months or Greater
   
Total
 
   
Fair
Value
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair
Value
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair
Value
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
U.S. agency securities
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
50,003
   
$
(3,984
)
 
$
50,003
   
$
(3,984
)
U.S. treasury securities
   
-
     
-
     
92,018
     
(3,794
)
   
92,018
     
(3,794
)
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
   
5,614
     
(262
)
   
80,155
     
(9,389
)
   
85,769
     
(9,651
)
Corporate obligations
   
385
     
(1
)
   
6,404
     
(598
)
   
6,789
     
(599
)
Mortgage-backed securities in government sponsored entities
   
46,891
     
(787
)
   
79,342
     
(11,154
)
   
126,233
     
(11,941
)
Total securities
 
$
52,890
   
$
(1,050
)
 
$
307,922
   
$
(28,919
)
 
$
360,812
   
$
(29,969
)

December 31, 2024
                                   
U.S. agency securities
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
51,470
   
$
(5,113
)
 
$
51,470
   
$
(5,113
)
U.S. treasury securities     5,553       (11 )     110,992       (5,713 )     116,545       (5,724 )
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
   
4,186
     
(39
)
   
86,773
     
(8,200
)
   
90,959
     
(8,239
)
Corporate obligations     345       (33 )     6,970       (1,032 )     7,315       (1,065 )
Mortgage-backed securities in government sponsored entities
   
35,044
     
(817
)
   
82,425
     
(13,212
)
   
117,469
     
(14,029
)
Total securities
 
$
45,128
   
$
(900
)
 
$
338,630
   
$
(33,270
)
 
$
383,758
   
$
(34,170
)


Allowance for Credit Losses – Available for Sale Securities


The Company measures expected credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities when the Company does not intend to sell, or when it is not more likely than not that it will be required to sell, the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, which may be a maturity. If either of the criteria regarding intent or requirement to sell is met, the security’s amortized cost basis is written down to fair value through income. For available-for-sale debt securities that do not meet the aforementioned criteria, the Company evaluates whether the decline in fair value has resulted from credit losses or other factors. In making this assessment, the Company considers the extent to which fair value is less than amortized cost, any changes to the rating of the security by a rating agency, and adverse conditions specifically related to the security, among other factors. If this evaluation indicates that a credit loss exists, the present value of cash flows expected to be collected from the security are compared to the amortized cost basis of the security. If the present value of cash flows expected to be collected is less than the amortized cost basis, a credit loss exists and an allowance for credit losses is recorded for the credit loss, equal to the amount that the fair value is less than the amortized cost basis. Economic forecast data is utilized to calculate the present value of expected cash flows. The Company obtains its forecast data through a subscription to a widely recognized and relied upon company who publishes various forecast scenarios. Management evaluates the various scenarios to determine a reasonable and supportable scenario, and utilizes a single scenario in the model. Any impairment that has not been recorded through an allowance for credit losses is recognized in other comprehensive income.


The allowance for credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities is included within Investment securities available-for-sale on the consolidated balance sheet. Changes in the allowance for credit losses are recorded within Provision for credit losses on the consolidated statement of income. Losses are charged against the allowance when the Company believes the collectability of an available-for-sale security is in jeopardy or when either of the criteria regarding intent or requirement to sell is met. There was no allowance for credit losses for available for sale securities as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

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Accrued interest receivable on available-for-sale debt securities totaled $2,198,000 and $2,135,000 at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 and is included within accrued interest receivable on the consolidated balance sheet. This amount is excluded from the estimate of expected credit losses. Available-for-sale debt securities are typically classified as nonaccrual when the contractual payment of principal or interest has become 90 days past due or management has serious doubts about the further collectability of principal or interest. When available-for-sale debt securities are placed on nonaccrual status, unpaid interest credited to income is reversed.


There were no sales of available for sale securities during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.


The following table presents the net gains (losses) on the Company’s equity investments recognized in earnings during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2025 and  2024, and the portion of unrealized gains for the period that relates to equity investments held at June 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):

 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
Equity Securities
 
2025
   
2024
   
2025
   
2024
 
Net gains (losses) recognized in equity securities during the period
 
$
32
   
$
(87
)
 
$
21
   
$
(32
)
Less: Net losses realized on the sale of equity securities during the period
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
(4
)
Net unrealized gains (losses)
 
$
32
   
$
(87
)
 
$
21
   
$
(28
)


Investment securities with an approximate carrying value of $368.2 million and $340.4 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, were pledged to secure public funds, certain other deposits and borrowing lines.


Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.   The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities at June 30, 2025, by contractual maturity, are shown below (in thousands):

 
Amortized
Cost
   
Fair Value
 
Available-for-sale debt securities:
           
Due in one year or less
 
$
44,674
   
$
43,964
 
Due after one year through five years
   
124,116
     
118,614
 
Due after five years through ten years
   
88,060
     
80,790
 
Due after ten years
   
204,053
     
188,281
 
Total
 
$
460,903
   
$
431,649
 

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Note 5 – Loans


The Company originates commercial, industrial, agricultural, residential, and consumer loans primarily to customers throughout north central, central and south central Pennsylvania, southern New York, and Wilmington and Dover, Delaware. The HVBC acquisition expanded our lending market further into southeast Pennsylvania, including Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia Counties as well as Burlington County, New Jersey. Although the Company had a diversified loan portfolio at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, a substantial portion of its debtors’ ability to honor their contracts is dependent on the economic conditions within these regions. The following table summarizes the primary segments of the loan portfolio and how those segments are analyzed within the allowance for credit losses - loans as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):


 
   June 30, 2025
    December 31, 2024  
Real estate loans:
           
Residential
 
$
341,671
   
$
351,398
 
Commercial
   
1,151,585
     
1,121,435
 
Agricultural
   
331,995
     
327,722
 
Construction
   
138,307
     
164,326
 
Consumer
   
46,933
     
133,207
 
Other commercial loans
   
150,171
     
131,310
 
Other agricultural loans
   
28,366
     
29,662
 
State and political subdivision loans
   
52,727
     
54,182
 
Total
   
2,241,755
     
2,313,242
 
Allowance for credit losses - loans
   
22,109
   
21,699
Net loans
 
$
2,219,646
   
$
2,291,543
 


Allowance for Credit Losses - Loans
 

The allowance for credit losses related to loans consists of loans evaluated collectively and individually for expected credit losses. It represents an estimate of credit losses over the expected life of the loans as of the balance sheet date and is recorded as a reduction to net loans. Loans individually evaluated for impairment consist of non-accrual commercial loans and recently modified loans that were experiencing financial difficulty at the time of the modification. The allowance for credit losses for off-balance sheet credit exposures includes estimated losses on unfunded loan commitments, letters of credit and other off-balance sheet credit exposures. The total allowance for credit losses is increased by charges to expense, through the provision for credit losses, and decreased by charge-offs, net of recoveries.
 

The following table presents the components of the allowance for credit losses as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

   
June 30, 2025
    December 31, 2024   
Allowance for Credit Losses - Loans
 
$
22,109
    $
21,699  
Allowance for Credit Losses - Off-Balance Sheet credit Exposure
   
914
      676  
Total allowance for credit losses
 
$
23,023
    $
22,375  


The following table presents the activity in the allowance for credit losses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):

   
Allowance for Credit
Losses - Loans
   
Allowance for Credit
Losses - Off-Balance
Sheet credit Exposure
   
Total
 
Balance at March 31, 2025
 
$
22,081
   
$
763
   
$
22,844
 
Loans charge-off
   
(596
)
   
-
     
(596
)
Recoveries of loans previously charged-off
   
25
     
-
     
25
 
Net loans charged-off
   
(571
)
   
-
     
(571
)
Provision for credit losses
   
599
     
151
     
750
 
Balance at June 30, 2025
 
$
22,109
   
$
914
   
$
23,023
 

Balance at December 31, 2024
 
$
21,699
   
$
676
   
$
22,375
 
Loans charge-off
   
(781
)
   
-
     
(781
)
Recoveries of loans previously charged-off
   
54
     
-
     
54
 
Net loans charged-off
   
(727
)
   
-
     
(727
)
Provision for credit losses
   
1,137
     
238
   
1,375
 
Balance at June 30, 2025
 
$
22,109
   
$
914
   
$
23,023
 

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Allowance for Credit
Losses - Loans
   
Allowance for Credit
Losses - Off-Balance
Sheet credit Exposure
   
Total
 
Balance at March 31, 2024
 
$
21,598
   
$
938
   
$
22,536
 
Loans charge-off
   
(682
)
   
-
     
(682
)
Recoveries of loans previously charged-off
   
7
     
-
     
7
 
Net loans charged-off
   
(675
)
   
-
     
(675
)
Provision for credit losses
   
1,874
     
128
   
2,002
 
Balance at June 30, 2024
 
$
22,797
   
$
1,066
   
$
23,863
 

Balance at December 31, 2023
 
$
21,153
   
$
1,265
   
$
22,418
 
Loans charge-off
   
(1,356
)
   
-
     
(1,356
)
Recoveries of loans previously charged-off
   
14
     
-
     
14
 
Net loans charged-off
   
(1,342
)
   
-
     
(1,342
)
Provision for credit losses
   
2,986
     
(199
)
   
2,787
 
Balance at June 30, 2024
 
$
22,797
   
$
1,066
   
$
23,863
 


The following tables present the activity in the allowance for credit losses – loans, by portfolio segment, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):


   
For the three months ended June 30, 2025
 
   
Balance at
March 31, 2025
   
Charge-offs
   
Recoveries
   
Provision
   
Balance at
June 30, 2025
 
Real estate loans:
                             
Residential
 
$
3,213
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
(151
)
 
$
3,062
 
Commercial
   
9,237
     
-
     
-
     
661
     
9,898
 
Agricultural
   
4,350
     
-
     
-
     
192
     
4,542
 
Construction
   
1,552
     
-
     
-
     
(279
)
   
1,273
 
Consumer
   
1,418
     
(275
)
   
7
     
37
     
1,187
 
Other commercial loans
   
2,032
     
(321
)
   
18
     
196
     
1,925
 
Other agricultural loans
   
137
     
-
     
-
     
(5
)
   
132
 
State and political subdivision loans
   
57
     
-
     
-
     
(1
)
   
56
 
Unallocated
   
85
     
-
     
-
     
(51
)
   
34
 
Total
 
$
22,081
   
$
(596
)
 
$
25
   
$
599
   
$
22,109
 

   
For the six months ended June 30, 2025
 
   
Balance at
December 31, 2024
   
Charge-offs
   
Recoveries
   
Provision
   
Balance at
June 30, 2025
 
Real estate loans:
                             
Residential
 
$
1,940
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
1,122
   
$
3,062
 
Commercial
   
9,174
     
(40
)
   
-
     
764
     
9,898
 
Agricultural
   
3,529
     
-
     
-
     
1,013
     
4,542
 
Construction
   
1,402
     
-
     
-
     
(129
)
   
1,273
 
Consumer
   
1,405
     
(297
)
   
33
     
46
     
1,187
 
Other commercial loans
   
3,699
     
(444
)
   
21
     
(1,351
)
   
1,925
 
Other agricultural loans
   
133
     
-
     
-
     
(1
)
   
132
 
State and political subdivision loans
   
61
     
-
     
-
     
(5
)
   
56
 
Unallocated
   
356
     
-
     
-
     
(322
)
   
34
 
Total
 
$
21,699
   
$
(781
)
 
$
54
   
$
1,137
   
$
22,109
 

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For the three months ended June 30, 2024
 
   
Balance at
March 31, 2024
   
Charge-offs
   
Recoveries
   
Provision
   
Balance at
June 30, 2024
 
Real estate loans:
                             
Residential
 
$
2,347
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
8
   
$
2,355
 
Commercial
   
9,741
     
-
     
-
     
542
     
10,283
 
Agricultural
   
3,672
     
-
     
-
     
98
     
3,770
 
Construction
   
1,595
     
-
     
-
     
32
     
1,627
 
Consumer
   
1,266
     
(7
)
   
5
     
(53
)
   
1,211
 
Other commercial loans
   
2,680
     
(675
)
   
2
     
1,249
     
3,256
 
Other agricultural loans
   
174
     
-
     
-
     
32
     
206
 
State and political subdivision loans
   
65
     
-
     
-
     
(2
)
   
63
 
Unallocated
   
58
     
-
     
-
     
(32
)
   
26
 
Total
 
$
21,598
   
$
(682
)
 
$
7
   
$
1,874
   
$
22,797
 

   
For the six months ended June 30, 2024
 
   
Balance at
December 31, 2023
   
Charge-offs
   
Recoveries
   
Provision
   
Balance at
June 30, 2024
 
Real estate loans:
                             
Residential
 
$
2,354
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
1
   
$
2,355
 
Commercial
   
9,178
     
-
     
-
     
1,105
     
10,283
 
Agricultural
   
3,264
     
-
     
-
     
506
     
3,770
 
Construction
   
1,950
     
-
     
-
     
(323
)
   
1,627
 
Consumer
   
1,496
     
(37
)
   
10
     
(258
)
   
1,211
 
Other commercial loans
   
2,229
     
(1,319
)
   
4
     
2,342
     
3,256
 
Other agricultural loans
   
270
     
-
     
-
     
(64
)
   
206
 
State and political subdivision loans
   
45
     
-
     
-
     
18
     
63
 
Unallocated
   
367
     
-
     
-
     
(341
)
   
26
 
Total
 
$
21,153
   
$
(1,356
)
 
$
14
   
$
2,986
   
$
22,797
 



The provision for the first six months of 2025 was driven by an increase in the amount of past due loans and the annual update of the loss driver analysis. This update includes revising prepayment and curtailment speeds. In addition, loss rates are updated to include the most recent completed year of 2024. For residential loans, the historical loss rate increased, while the prepayment speed slowed resulting in an increased provision. For other commercial loans, the historical loss rate decreased in the annual update resulting in a decrease in the provision for 2025.



The provision for the first half of 2024 was driven by the annual update of the loss driver analysis and recording specific reserves for certain other commercial loans. This update includes revising prepayment and curtailment speeds. In addition, loss rates are updated to include the most recent completed year of 2023.
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The following table presents the allowance for credit losses – loans and amortized cost basis of loans under the CECL methodology as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):


   
Allowance for Credit Losses - Loans
           Loans  
June 30, 2025
 
Collectively
evaluated
   
Individually
evaluated
   
Total Allowance
for Credit
Losses - Loans
   
Collectively
evaluated
   
Individually
evaluated
   
Total
Loans
 
Real estate loans:
                                   
     Residential
 
$
3,034
   
$
28
   
$
3,062
   
$
339,623
   
$
2,048
   
$
341,671
 
     Commercial
   
9,815
     
83
     
9,898
     
1,138,715
     
12,870
     
1,151,585
 
     Agricultural
   
4,542
     
-
     
4,542
     
328,805
     
3,190
     
331,995
 
     Construction
   
1,273
     
-
     
1,273
     
136,978
     
1,329
     
138,307
 
Consumer
   
187
     
1,000
     
1,187
     
45,860
     
1,073
     
46,933
 
Other commercial loans
   
1,560
     
365
     
1,925
     
147,850
     
2,321
     
150,171
 
Other agricultural loans
   
132
     
-
     
132
     
27,963
     
403
     
28,366
 
State and political subdivision loans
   
56
     
-
     
56
     
52,727
     
-
     
52,727
 
Unallocated
   
34
     
-
     
34
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total
 
$
20,633
   
$
1,476
   
$
22,109
   
$
2,218,521
   
$
23,234
   
$
2,241,755
 

December 31, 2024
Real estate loans:
                                   
Residential
 
$
1,902
   
$
38
   
$
1,940
   
$
349,909
   
$
1,489
   
$
351,398
 
Commercial
   
9,070
     
104
     
9,174
     
1,105,847
     
15,588
     
1,121,435
 
Agricultural
   
3,529
     
-
     
3,529
     
323,660
     
4,062
     
327,722
 
Construction
   
1,402
     
-
     
1,402
     
164,043
     
283
     
164,326
 
Consumer
   
391
     
1,014
     
1,405
     
132,180
     
1,027
     
133,207
 
Other commercial loans
   
2,952
     
747
     
3,699
     
128,728
     
2,582
     
131,310
 
Other agricultural loans
   
133
     
-
     
133
     
29,125
     
537
     
29,662
 
State and political subdivision loans
   
61
     
-
     
61
     
54,182
     
-
     
54,182
 
Unallocated
    356       -       356       -       -       -  
Total
 
$
19,796
   
$
1,903
   
$
21,699
   
$
2,287,674
   
$
25,568
   
$
2,313,242
 

Non-performing Loans



Non-performing loans include those loans that are considered nonaccrual, described in more detail below, and all loans past due 90 or more days. Loans are considered for non-accrual status upon reaching 90 days delinquency, although the Company may be receiving partial payments of interest and partial repayments of principal on such loans, or if full payment of principal and interest is not expected. Additionally, if management is made aware of other information including bankruptcy, repossession, death, or legal proceedings, the loan may be placed on non-accrual status. If a loan is 90 days or more past due and is well secured and in the process of collection, it may still be considered accruing.

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The following table reflects the non-performing loan receivables, as well as those on non-accrual status as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The balances are presented by class of loan receivable (in thousands):

              June 30, 2025     December 31, 2024          
 
   
Nonaccrual
With a
related
allowance
   
Nonaccrual
Without a
related
allowance
   
90 days
or greater
past due
and
accruing
   
Total non-
performing
loans
   
Nonaccrual
With a
related
allowance
   
Nonaccrual
Without a
related
allowance
   
90 days
or greater
past due
and
accruing
   
Total non-
performing
loans
 
Real estate loans:
                                                 
Mortgages
 
$
156
   
$
3,467
   
$
-
   
$
3,623
    $ 165     $
2,541     $ -     $ 2,706  
Home Equity
   
-
     
68
     
-
     
68
      -       165       -       165  
Commercial
   
2,084
     
10,786
     
333
     
13,203
      2,099       12,265       -       14,364  
Agricultural
   
-
     
3,190
     
-
     
3,190
      -       4,062       269       4,331  
Construction
   
-
     
1,329
     
-
     
1,329
      -       283       -       283  
Consumer
   
782
     
-
     
14
     
796
      1,002       -       7       1,009  
Other commercial loans
   
435
     
1,895
     
-
     
2,330
      2,382       200       -       2,582  
Other agricultural loans
     -
       403
      -
       403
       -
      537       -
       537
 
   
$
3,457
   
$
21,138
   
$
347
   
$
24,942
    $ 5,648     $
20,053     $ 276     $
25,977  


As of June 30, 2025, there were $21.1 million of non-accrual loans that did not have a related allowance for credit losses. The estimated fair values of the collateral securing these loans exceeded their carrying amount, or the loans were previously charged down to the realizable collateral values. Accordingly, no specific valuation allowance was considered to be necessary.



The following table presents, by class of loans and leases, the amortized cost basis of collateral-dependent nonaccrual loans and leases and type of collateral as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

June 30, 2025  
Real Estate
   
Business Assets
   
None
   
Total
 
Real estate loans:
                       
     Mortgages
 
$
3,623
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
3,623
 
     Home Equity
   
68
     
-
     
-
     
68
 
     Commercial
   
12,870
     
-
     
-
     
12,870
 
     Agricultural
   
3,190
     
-
     
-
     
3,190
 
     Construction
   
1,329
     
-
     
-
     
1,329
 
Consumer
   
-
     
-
     
782
     
782
 
Other commercial loans
   
-
     
2,330
     
-
     
2,330
 
Other agricultural loans
   
-
     
403
     
-
     
403
 
   
$
21,080
   
$
2,733
    $
782
   
$
24,595
 

December 31, 2024
 
Real Estate
    Business Assets
   
None
   
Total
 
Real estate loans:
                       
     Mortgages
 
$
2,706
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
2,706
 
     Home Equity
   
165
     
-
     
-
     
165
 
     Commercial
   
14,364
     
-
     
-
     
14,364
 
     Agricultural
   
4,062
     
-
     
-
     
4,062
 
     Construction
   
283
     
-
     
-
     
283
 
Consumer
   
-
     
-
     
1,002
     
1,002
 
Other commercial loans
   
-
     
2,582
     
-
     
2,582
 
Other agricultural loans
   
-
     
537
     
-
     
537
 
   
$
21,580
   
$
3,119
   
$
1,002
   
$
25,701
 

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Credit Quality Information


For commercial real estate loans, agricultural real estate loans, construction loans, other commercial loans, other agricultural loans, and state and political subdivision loans, management uses a ten grade internal risk rating system to monitor and assess credit quality. The first six grades under the revised system are considered not criticized and are aggregated as “Pass” rated. The criticized rating categories utilized by management generally follow bank regulatory definitions. The definitions of each rating are defined below:


Pass (Grades 1-6) – These loans are to customers with credit quality ranging from an acceptable to very high quality and are protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or by the value of the underlying collateral.


Special Mention (Grade 7) – This loan grade is in accordance with regulatory guidance and includes loans where a potential weakness or risk exists, which could cause a more serious problem if not corrected.


Substandard (Grade 8) – This loan grade is in accordance with regulatory guidance and includes loans that have a well-defined weakness based on objective evidence and are characterized by the distinct possibility that the Bank will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.


Doubtful (Grade 9) – This loan grade is in accordance with regulatory guidance and includes loans that have all the weaknesses inherent in a substandard asset. In addition, these weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full highly questionable and improbable, based on existing circumstances.


Loss (Grade 10) – This loan grade is in accordance with regulatory guidance and includes loans that are considered uncollectible, or of such value that continuance as an asset is not warranted.


To help ensure that risk ratings are accurate and reflect the present and future capacity of borrowers to repay the loan as agreed, the Company’s loan rating process includes several layers of internal and external oversight. The Company’s loan officers are responsible for the timely and accurate risk rating of the loans in each of their portfolios at origination and on an ongoing basis under the supervision of management.  All commercial, agricultural and state and political relationships over $500,000 are reviewed annually to ensure the appropriateness of the loan grade. In addition, the Company engages an external consultant on at least an annual basis to: 1) review a minimum of 50% of the dollar volume of the commercial loan portfolio on an annual basis, 2) a large sample of relationships in aggregate over $1,000,000, 3) selected loan relationships over $750,000 which are over 30 days past due, or classified Special Mention, Substandard, Doubtful, or Loss, and 4) such other loans which management or the consultant deems appropriate.

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The following tables represent credit exposures by internally assigned grades, by origination year, as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

                                       
Revolving
   
Revolving
       
    Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Loans
   
Loans
       
                                       
Amortized
   
Converted
       
June 30, 2025
 
2025
   
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
to Term
   
Total
 
Commercial real estate
                                                     
Risk Rating
                                                     
Pass
 
$
44,305
   
$
66,047
   
$
99,690
   
$
347,623
   
$
179,312
   
$
319,454
   
$
31,039
   
$
1,721
   
$
1,089,191
 
Special Mention
   
-
     
-
     
804
     
5,882
     
4,987
     
8,173
     
737
     
-
     
20,583
 
Substandard
   
-
     
84
     
1,051
     
23,641
     
5,023
     
11,507
     
154
     
351
     
41,811
 
Doubtful
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Total
 
$
44,305
   
$
66,131
   
$
101,545
   
$
377,146
   
$
189,322
   
$
339,134
   
$
31,930
   
$
2,072
   
$
1,151,585
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
40
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
40
 
                                                                         
Agricultural real estate
                                                                       
Risk Rating
                                                                       
Pass
 
$
22,323
   
$
32,274
   
$
19,660
   
$
51,040
   
$
23,346
   
$
146,880
   
$
16,135
   
$
204
   
$
311,862
 
Special Mention
   
672
     
586
     
4,177
     
594
     
360
     
3,543
     
860
     
-
     
10,792
 
Substandard
   
495
     
678
     
-
     
2,057
     
692
     
4,700
     
639
     
80
     
9,341
 
Doubtful
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Total
 
$
23,490
   
$
33,538
   
$
23,837
   
$
53,691
   
$
24,398
   
$
155,123
   
$
17,634
   
$
284
   
$
331,995
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
                                                                         
Construction
                                   

                                 
Risk Rating
                                                                       
Pass
 
$
10,321
   
$
34,188
   
$
44,946
   
$
34,451
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
4,836
   
$
-
   
$
128,742
 
Special Mention
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
4,501
     
2,946
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
7,447
 
Substandard
   
-
     
-
     
789
     
1,046
     
283
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
2,118
 
Doubtful
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Total
 
$
10,321
   
$
34,188
   
$
45,735
   
$
39,998
   
$
3,229
   
$
-
   
$
4,836
   
$
-
   
$
138,307
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
                                                                         
Other commercial loans
                                   

                                 
Risk Rating
                                                                       
Pass
 
$
18,500
   
$
31,372
   
$
19,367
   
$
5,779
   
$
6,531
   
$
4,903
   
$
54,392
   
$
68
   
$
140,912
 
Special Mention
   
-
     
161
     
-
     
1,798
     
9
     
-
     
4,150
     
31
     
6,149
 
Substandard
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
39
     
739
     
366
     
1,846
     
2,990
 
Doubtful
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
111
     
9
     
120
 
Total
 
$
18,500
   
$
31,533
   
$
19,367
   
$
7,577
   
$
6,579
   
$
5,642
   
$
59,019
   
$
1,954
   
$
150,171
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
48
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
54
   
$
342
   
$
-
   
$
444
 
                                                                         
Other agricultural loans
                                   

                                 
Risk Rating
                                                                       
Pass
 
$
4,824
   
$
3,600
   
$
1,701
   
$
692
   
$
2,655
   
$
423
   
$
11,453
   
$
-
   
$
25,348
 
Special Mention
   
-
     
1,645
     
20
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
315
     
-
     
1,980
 
Substandard
   
-
     
-
     
300
     
448
     
-
     
57
     
231
     
2
     
1,038
 
Doubtful
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Total
 
$
4,824
   
$
5,245
   
$
2,021
   
$
1,140
   
$
2,655
   
$
480
   
$
11,999
   
$
2
   
$
28,366
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
                                                                         
State and political subdivision loans
                                   

                                 
Risk Rating
                                                                       
Pass
 
$
59
   
$
30
   
$
1,392
   
$
13,387
   
$
10,222
   
$
27,496
   
$
141
   
$
-
   
$
52,727
 
Special Mention
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Substandard
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Doubtful
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Total
 
$
59
   
$
30
   
$
1,392
   
$
13,387
   
$
10,222
   
$
27,496
   
$
141
   
$
-
   
$
52,727
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
                                                                         
Total
                                   

                                 
Risk Rating
                                                                       
Pass
 
$
100,332
   
$
167,511
   
$
186,756
   
$
452,972
   
$
222,066
   
$
499,156
   
$
117,996
   
$
1,993
   
$
1,748,782
 
Special Mention
   
672
     
2,392
     
5,001
     
12,775
     
8,302
     
11,716
     
6,062
     
31
     
46,951
 
Substandard
   
495
     
762
     
2,140
     
27,192
     
6,037
     
17,003
     
1,390
     
2,279
     
57,298
 
Doubtful
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
111
     
9
     
120
 
Total
 
$
101,499
   
$
170,665
   
$
193,897
   
$
492,939
   
$
236,405
   
$
527,875
   
$
125,559
   
$
4,312
   
$
1,853,151
 

16

 
                                     
Revolving
   
Revolving
       
 
  Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year    
Loans
   
Loans
       
 
                                     
Amortized
   
Converted
       
December 31, 2024
 
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
2020
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
to Term
   
Total
 
Commercial real estate
                                                     
Risk Rating
                                                     
Pass
 
$
52,122
   
$
84,465
   
$
360,989
   
$
200,869
   
$
114,839
   
$
223,601
   
$
28,178
   
$
1,786
   
$
1,066,849
 
Special Mention
   
-
     
810
     
3,495
     
1,874
     
1,372
     
8,501
     
1,674
     
-
     
17,726
 
Substandard
   
85
     
1,057
     
19,884
     
2,843
     
629
     
11,785
     
176
     
401
     
36,860
 
Doubtful
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total
 
$
52,207
   
$
86,332
   
$
384,368
   
$
205,586
   
$
116,840
   
$
243,887
   
$
30,028
   
$
2,187
   
$
1,121,435
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
 
                                                                       
Agricultural real estate
                                                                       
Risk Rating
                                                                       
Pass
 
$
32,199
   
$
22,372
   
$
46,644
   
$
26,132
   
$
29,770
   
$
126,876
   
$
14,351
   
$
115
   
$
298,459
 
Special Mention
   
2,930
     
3,138
     
7,109
     
-
     
-
     
5,315
     
2,248
     
-
     
20,740
 
Substandard
   
708
     
140
     
2,179
     
1,250
     
-
     
3,604
     
529
     
113
     
8,523
 
Doubtful
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total
 
$
35,837
   
$
25,650
   
$
55,932
   
$
27,382
   
$
29,770
   
$
135,795
   
$
17,128
   
$
228
   
$
327,722
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
 
                                                                       
Construction
                                   

                                 
Risk Rating
                                                                       
Pass
 
$
48,026
   
$
56,916
   
$
34,995
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
1,355
   
$
-
   
$
141,292
 
Special Mention
   
-
     
-
     
19,391
     
2,950
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
22,341
 
Substandard
   
-
     
-
     
410
     
283
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
693
 
Doubtful
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total
 
$
48,026
   
$
56,916
   
$
54,796
   
$
3,233
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
1,355
   
$
-
   
$
164,326
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
 
                                                                       
Other commercial loans
                                   

                                 
Risk Rating
                                                                       
Pass
 
$
33,211
   
$
22,808
   
$
6,773
   
$
7,542
   
$
2,150
   
$
3,464
   
$
44,871
   
$
75
   
$
120,894
 
Special Mention
   
20
     
-
     
1,798
     
178
     
62
     
56
     
4,888
     
32
     
7,034
 
Substandard
   
213
     
-
     
195
     
-
     
234
     
641
     
422
     
1,661
     
3,366
 
Doubtful
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
16
     
16
 
Total
 
$
33,444
   
$
22,808
   
$
8,766
   
$
7,720
   
$
2,446
   
$
4,161
   
$
50,181
   
$
1,784
   
$
131,310
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
59
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
2,502
   
$
-
   
$
2,561
 
 
                                                                       
Other agricultural loans
                                   

                                 
Risk Rating
                                                                       
Pass
 
$
4,576
   
$
2,008
   
$
888
   
$
3,870
   
$
407
   
$
220
   
$
14,812
   
$
-
   
$
26,781
 
Special Mention
   
1,341
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
400
     
67
     
-
     
1,808
 
Substandard
   
-
     
354
     
455
     
9
     
-
     
113
     
131
     
11
     
1,073
 
Doubtful
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total
 
$
5,917
   
$
2,362
   
$
1,343
   
$
3,879
   
$
407
   
$
733
   
$
15,010
   
$
11
   
$
29,662
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
 
                                                                       
State and political subdivision loans
                                   

                                 
Risk Rating
                                                                       
Pass
 
$
-
   
$
1,442
   
$
13,460
   
$
10,522
   
$
5,319
   
$
23,439
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
54,182
 
Special Mention
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Substandard
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Doubtful
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total
 
$
-
   
$
1,442
   
$
13,460
   
$
10,522
   
$
5,319
   
$
23,439
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
54,182
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
 
                                                                       
Total
                                   

                                 
Risk Rating
                                                                       
Pass
 
$
170,134
   
$
190,011
   
$
463,749
   
$
248,935
   
$
152,485
   
$
377,600
   
$
103,567
   
$
1,976
   
$
1,708,457
 
Special Mention
   
4,291
     
3,948
     
31,793
     
5,002
     
1,434
     
14,272
     
8,877
     
32
     
69,649
 
Substandard
   
1,006
     
1,551
     
23,123
     
4,385
     
863
     
16,143
     
1,258
     
2,186
     
50,515
 
Doubtful
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
16
     
16
 
Total
 
$
175,431
   
$
195,510
   
$
518,665
   
$
258,322
   
$
154,782
   
$
408,015
   
$
113,702
   
$
4,210
   
$
1,828,637
 
17




For residential real estate mortgage loans, home equity loans, and consumer loans, credit quality is monitored based on whether the loan is performing or non-performing, which is typically based on the aging status of the loan and payment activity, unless a specific action, such as bankruptcy, repossession, death or significant delay in payment occurs to raise awareness of a possible credit event. Non-performing loans include those loans that are considered nonaccrual, described in more detail above, and all loans past due 90 or more days and still accruing. The following tables present the recorded investment in those loan classes based on payment activity, by origination year, as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):


                                       
Revolving
   
Revolving
       
    Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year    
Loans
   
Loans
       
                                       
Amortized
   
Converted
       
June 30, 2025
 
2025
   
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
to Term
   
Total
 
Residential real estate
                                                     
Payment Performance
                                                     
Performing
 
$
3,581
   
$
11,942
   
$
24,191
   
$
84,870
   
$
43,625
   
$
119,017
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
287,226
 
Nonperforming
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
1,240
     
725
     
1,658
     
-
     
-
     
3,623
 
Total
 
$
3,581
   
$
11,942
   
$
24,191
   
$
86,110
   
$
44,350
   
$
120,675
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
290,849
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
                                                                         
Home equity
                                   

                                 
Payment Performance
                                                                       
Performing
 
$
2,076
   
$
2,969
   
$
2,849
   
$
2,144
   
$
1,268
   
$
8,123
   
$
31,000
   
$
325
   
$
50,754
 
Nonperforming
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
68
     
-
     
-
     
68
 
Total
 
$
2,076
   
$
2,969
   
$
2,849
   
$
2,144
   
$
1,268
   
$
8,191
   
$
31,000
   
$
325
   
$
50,822
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
                                                                         
Consumer
                                   

                                 
Payment Performance
                                                                       
Performing
 
$
1,072
   
$
1,342
   
$
616
   
$
436
   
$
446
   
$
2,720
   
$
39,504
   
$
1
   
$
46,137
 
Nonperforming
   
-
     
-
     
2
     
1
     
11
     
782
     
-
     
-
     
796
 
Total
 
$
1,072
   
$
1,342
   
$
618
   
$
437
   
$
457
   
$
3,502
   
$
39,504
   
$
1
   
$
46,933
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
7
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
273
   
$
17
   
$
-
   
$
297
 
                                                                         
Total
                                   

                                 
Payment Performance
                                                                       
Performing
 
$
6,729
   
$
16,253
   
$
27,656
   
$
87,450
   
$
45,339
   
$
129,861
   
$
70,504
   
$
326
   
$
384,118
 
Nonperforming
   
-
     
-
     
2
     
1,241
     
736
     
2,507
     
-
     
-
     
4,486
 
Total
 
$
6,729
   
$
16,253
   
$
27,658
   
$
88,691
   
$
46,075
   
$
132,368
   
$
70,504
   
$
326
   
$
388,604
 

18

 
                                     
Revolving
   
Revolving
       
 
  Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year    
Loans
   
Loans
       
 
                                     
Amortized
   
Converted
       
December 31, 2024
 
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
2020
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
to Term
   
Total
 
Residential real estate
                                                     
Payment Performance
                                                     
Performing
 
$
11,487
   
$
23,870
   
$
88,581
   
$
45,731
   
$
27,537
   
$
101,823
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
299,029
 
Nonperforming
   
-
     
-
     
382
     
751
     
463
     
1,110
     
-
     
-
     
2,706
 
Total
 
$
11,487
   
$
23,870
   
$
88,963
   
$
46,482
   
$
28,000
   
$
102,933
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
301,735
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
5
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
5
 
                                                                         
Home equity
                                   

                                 
Payment Performance
                                                                       
Performing
 
$
2,987
   
$
3,456
   
$
2,418
   
$
1,454
   
$
1,525
   
$
7,937
   
$
29,302
   
$
419
   
$
49,498
 
Nonperforming
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
83
     
82
     
-
     
-
     
165
 
Total
 
$
2,987
   
$
3,456
   
$
2,418
   
$
1,454
   
$
1,608
   
$
8,019
   
$
29,302
   
$
419
   
$
49,663
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
 
                                                                       
Consumer
                                   

                                 
Payment Performance
                                                                       
Performing
 
$
2,076
   
$
880
   
$
589
   
$
543
   
$
317
   
$
2,520
   
$
125,272
   
$
1
   
$
132,198
 
Nonperforming
   
-
     
7
     
-
     
-
     
6
     
996
     
-
     
-
     
1,009
 
Total
 
$
2,076
   
$
887
   
$
589
   
$
543
   
$
323
   
$
3,516
   
$
125,272
   
$
1
   
$
133,207
 
Current period gross charge-offs
 
$
-
   
$
13
   
$
27
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
38
   
$
29
   
$
-
   
$
107
 
 
                                                                       
Total
                                   

                                 
Payment Performance
                                                                       
Performing
 
$
16,550
   
$
28,206
   
$
91,588
   
$
47,728
   
$
29,379
   
$
112,280
   
$
154,574
   
$
420
   
$
480,725
 
Nonperforming
   
-
     
7
     
382
     
751
     
552
     
2,188
     
-
     
-
     
3,880
 
Total
 
$
16,550
   
$
28,213
   
$
91,970
   
$
48,479
   
$
29,931
   
$
114,468
   
$
154,574
   
$
420
   
$
484,605
 

Aging Analysis of Past Due Loan Receivables


Management further monitors the performance and credit quality of the loan portfolio by analyzing the age of the portfolio as determined by the length of time a recorded payment is past due. The following table includes an aging analysis of the recorded investment of past due loan receivables as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

June 30, 2025
 
30-59 Days
Past Due
   
60-89 Days
Past Due
   
90 Days
Or Greater
   
Total Past
Due
   
Current
   
Total
Loans
Receivables
 
Real estate loans:
                                   
Mortgages
 
$
683
   
$
2,232
   
$
1,840
   
$
4,755
   
$
286,094
   
$
290,849
 
Home Equity
   
130
     
110
     
45
     
285
     
50,537
     
50,822
 
Commercial
   
888
     
14,918
     
9,144
     
24,950
     
1,126,635
     
1,151,585
 
Agricultural
   
965
     
74
     
1,919
     
2,958
     
329,037
     
331,995
 
Construction
   
-
     
-
     
283
     
283
     
138,024
     
138,307
 
Consumer
   
242
     
307
     
796
     
1,345
     
45,588
     
46,933
 
Other commercial loans
   
-
     
327
     
2,025
     
2,352
     
147,819
     
150,171
 
Other agricultural loans
   
312
     
-
     
403
     
715
     
27,651
     
28,366
 
State and political subdivision loans
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
52,727
     
52,727
 
Total
 
$
3,220
   
$
17,968
   
$
16,455
   
$
37,643
   
$
2,204,112
   
$
2,241,755
 
                                                 
Loans considered non-accrual
 
$
2,167
   
$
467
   
$
16,108
   
$
18,742
   
$
5,853
   
$
24,595
 
Loans still accruing
   
1,053
     
17,501
     
347
     
18,901
     
2,198,259
     
2,217,160
 
Total
 
$
3,220
   
$
17,968
   
$
16,455
   
$
37,643
   
$
2,204,112
   
$
2,241,755
 

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December 31, 2024
 
30-59 Days
Past Due
   
60-89 Days
Past Due
   
90 Days
Or Greater
   
Total Past
Due
   
Current
   
Total
Loans
Receivables
 
Real estate loans:
                                   
Mortgages
 
$
1,464
   
$
227
   
$
1,605
   
$
3,296
   
$
298,439
   
$
301,735
 
Home Equity
   
138
     
170
     
148
     
456
     
49,207
     
49,663
 
Commercial
   
2,782
     
1,360
     
6,528
     
10,670
     
1,110,765
     
1,121,435
 
Agricultural
   
1,569
     
140
     
1,845
     
3,554
     
324,168
     
327,722
 
Construction
   
1,119
     
-
     
283
     
1,402
     
162,924
     
164,326
 
Consumer
   
292
     
20
     
1,009
     
1,321
     
131,886
     
133,207
 
Other commercial loans
   
478
     
282
     
2,336
     
3,096
     
128,214
     
131,310
 
Other agricultural loans
   
403
     
-
     
-
     
403
     
29,259
     
29,662
 
State and political subdivision loans
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
54,182
     
54,182
 
Total
 
$
8,245
   
$
2,199
   
$
13,754
   
$
24,198
   
$
2,289,044
   
$
2,313,242
 
Loans considered non-accrual
 
$
2,428
   
$
-
   
$
13,478
   
$
15,906
   
$
9,795
   
$
25,701
 
Loans still accruing
   
5,817
     
2,199
     
276
     
8,292
     
2,279,249
     
2,287,541
 
Total
 
$
8,245
   
$
2,199
   
$
13,754
   
$
24,198
   
$
2,289,044
   
$
2,313,242
 


Modifications to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty



Occasionally, the Company modifies loans to borrowers in financial distress by providing principal forgiveness, term extension, an other-than-insignificant payment delay or interest rate reduction. When principal forgiveness is provided, the amount of forgiveness is charged-off against the allowance for credit losses.



In some cases, the Company provides multiple types of concessions on one loan. Typically, one type of concession, such as a term extension, is granted initially. If the borrower continues to experience financial difficulty, another concession, such as principal forgiveness, may be granted.


The following table shows the amortized cost basis by class of loans receivable, information regarding nonaccrual modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 (dollars in thousands):


Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty
 
   
Three months ended June 30, 2025
 
   
Number of loans
   
Amortized Cost Basis
   
% of Total Class of Financing Receivable
 
Accruing Modified Loans to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty
 
Real estate loans:
             
Mortgages
   
1
   
$
109
     
0.04
%
Total
   
1
   
$
109
         
                         
Non-Accruing Modified Loans to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty
 
Real estate loans:
                       
Commercial
    3     $ 1,059       0.09 %
Total
   
3
   
$
1,059
         

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Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty
 
   
Six months ended June 30, 2025
 
   
Number of loans
   
Amortized Cost Basis
   
% of Total Class of Financing Receivable
 
Accruing Modified Loans to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty
 
Real estate loans:
             
Mortgages
   
1
   
$
109
     
0.04
%
Total
   
1
   
$
109
         
                         
Non-Accruing Modified Loans to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty
 
Real estate loans:
                       
Commercial
    3     $ 1,059       0.09 %
Other commercial loans     1       185       0.12 %
Total
   
4
   
$
1,244
         


The following table shows, by class of loans receivable, information regarding the financial effect on nonaccrual modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025:

Three months ended June 30, 2025
   
Term Extension
Loan Type
 
Number of loans
 
Financial Effect
Accruing Modified Loans to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty
   
Real estate loans:
         
Mortgages
   
1
 
Extended the loan maturity 5 years with a 30 year amortization
Total
   
1
   
             
Non-Accruing Modified Loans to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty           
Real estate loans:
          
Commercial
    3   Extended the loan maturity 5 years with a 30 year amortization
Total
    3    

Six months ended June 30, 2025
   
Term Extension
Loan Type
 
Number of loans
 
Financial Effect
Accruing Modified Loans to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty
   
Real estate loans:
         
Mortgages
   
1
 
Extended the loan maturity 5 years with a 30 year amortization
Total
   
1
   
             
Non-Accruing Modified Loans to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty           
Real estate loans:
          
Commercial
    3   Extended the loan maturity 5 years with a 30 year amortization
Other commercial loans
    1   Extended the loan maturity 10 years as termed out or line of credit
Total
    4    


There were no accrual or nonaccrual modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty for which there were payment defaults after the modification date for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.
 
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The following presents, by class of loans, the amortized cost and payment status of accruing and nonaccrual modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty at June 30, 2025 (in thousands):
 
   
June 30, 2025
 
         
30-89 Days
   
90 Days
       
Accruing Modified Loans to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty
 
Current
   
Past Due
   
Or Greater
   
Total
 
Real estate loans:
                       
Mortgages
  $ 109     $ -     $ -     $ 109  
Commercial
    1,059       -       -       1,059  
Other commercial loans
   
185
     
-
     
-
     
185
 
Total
 
$
1,353
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
1,353
 

Foreclosed Assets Held For Sale


Foreclosed assets acquired in settlement of loans are carried at fair value, less estimated costs to sell, and are included in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, included within other assets are $2,434,000 and $2,635,000, respectively, of foreclosed assets. As of June 30, 2025, included within the foreclosed assets are $76,000 of consumer residential mortgages that were foreclosed on or received via a deed in lieu of foreclosure transaction prior to the period end. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had initiated formal foreclosure proceedings on $767,000 of residential mortgage loans, the collateral properties of which have not yet been transferred into foreclosed assets.

Note 6 – Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets


The following table provides the gross carrying value and accumulated amortization of intangible assets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

 
June 30, 2025
   
December 31, 2024
 
   
Gross
carrying
value
   
Accumulated
amortization
   
Net
carrying
value
   
Gross
carrying
value
   
Accumulated
amortization
   
Net
carrying
value
 
Amortized intangible assets (1):
                                   
MSRs
 
$
2,482
   
$
(1,829
)
 
$
653
   
$
2,478
   
$
(1,717
)
 
$
761
 
Core deposit intangibles
   
4,713
     
(2,836
)
   
1,877
     
4,713
     
(2,582
)
   
2,131
 
Total amortized intangible assets
 
$
7,195
   
$
(4,665
)
 
$
2,530
   
$
7,191
   
$
(4,299
)
 
$
2,892
 
Unamortized intangible assets:
                                               
Goodwill
 
$
85,758
                   
$
85,758
                 

(1) Excludes fully amortized intangible assets


The following table provides the current year and estimated future amortization expense for amortized intangible assets for the next five years (in thousands). The Company based its projections of amortization expense shown below on existing asset balances at June 30, 2025. Future amortization expense may vary from these projections:

 
MSRs
   
Core deposit intangibles
   
Total
 
Three months ended June 30, 2025 (actual)
 
$
64
   
$
127
   
$
191
 
Six months ended June 30, 2025 (actual)
   
134
     
254
     
388
 
Three months ended June 30, 2024 (actual)
   
74
     
147
     
221
 
Six months ended June 30, 2024 (actual)
   
154
     
296
     
450
 
Estimate for year ending December 31,
                       
Remaining 2025
   
119
     
225
     
344
 
2026
   
198
     
395
     
593
 
2027
   
143
     
339
     
482
 
2028
   
96
     
284
     
380
 
2029
   
59
     
230
     
289
 
Thereafter
   
38
     
404
     
442
 
Total
  $ 653    
$
1,877
    $ 2,530  

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Note 7 – Employee Benefit Plans


For additional detailed disclosure on the Company’s pension and employee benefits plans, please refer to Note 11 of the Company’s Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K.


Noncontributory Defined Benefit Pension Plan


The Bank sponsors a trusteed noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (“Pension Plan”) covering substantially all employees and officers hired prior to January 1, 2007. The Bank’s funding policy is to make annual contributions, if needed, based upon the funding formula developed by the plan’s actuary. Any employee with a hire date of January 1, 2007 or later is not eligible to participate in the Pension Plan.


In lieu of the Pension Plan, employees with a hire date of January 1, 2007 or later are eligible to receive, after meeting certain length of service requirements, an annual discretionary 401(k) plan contribution from the Bank equal to a percentage of an employee’s base compensation.  The contribution amount, if any, is placed in a separate account within the 401(k) plan and is subject to a vesting requirement.


For employees who are eligible to participate in the Pension Plan, the Pension Plan requires benefits to be paid to eligible employees based primarily upon age and compensation rates during employment.  Upon retirement or other termination of employment, employees can elect either an annuity benefit or a lump sum distribution of vested benefits in the Pension Plan.



The following sets forth the components of net periodic benefit costs of the Pension Plan and the line item on the Consolidated Statement of Income where such amounts are included, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively (in thousands):

 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
   
   
2025
   
2024
   
2025
   
2024
 
Affected line item on the Consolidated
Statement of Income
Service cost
 
$
54
   
$
84
   
$
137
   
$
165
 
Salary and Employee Benefits
Interest cost
   
113
     
106
     
226
     
211
 
Other Expenses
Expected return on plan assets
   
(196
)
   
(195
)
   
(397
)
   
(395
)
Other Expenses
Net amortization and deferral
   
-
     
14
     
-
     
16
 
Other Expenses
Net periodic benefit cost
 
$
(29
)
 
$
9
 
$
(34
)
 
$
(3
)
 


The Bank does not expect to contribute to the Pension Plan during 2025.


Restricted Stock Plan


The Company maintains a Restricted Stock Plan (the “Plan”) whereby employees and non-employee corporate directors are eligible to receive awards of restricted stock based upon performance related requirements.  Awards granted under the Plan are in the form of the Company’s common stock and are subject to certain vesting requirements including continuous employment or service with the Company.  In April 2016, the Company’s stockholders authorized a total of 150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to be made available under the Plan. As of June 30, 2025, 101,106 shares remain available to be issued under the Plan.  The Plan assists the Company in attracting, retaining and motivating employees to make substantial contributions to the success of the Company and to increase the emphasis on the use of equity as a key component of compensation.

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The following table details the vesting, awarding and forfeiting of restricted stock during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025:


 
Three months
   
Six months
 
   
Unvested
Shares
   
Weighted
Average
Market Price
   
Unvested
Shares
   
Weighted
Average
Market Price
 
Outstanding, beginning of period
   
10,781
   
$
53.73
     
10,927
   
$
53.81
 
Granted
   
3,106
     
56.82
     
3,106
     
56.82
 
Forfeited
    -       -       (119 )     (59.37 )
Vested
   
(4,344
)
   
(55.51
)
   
(4,371
)
   
(55.55
)
Outstanding, end of period
   
9,543
   
$
53.92
     
9,543
   
$
53.92
 


Compensation expense related to restricted stock is recognized, based on the market price of the stock at the grant date, over the vesting period. Compensation expense related to restricted stock was $147,000 and $122,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, compensation expense totaled $74,000 and $57,000, respectively. At June 30, 2025, the total compensation cost related to nonvested awards that had not yet been recognized was $515,000, which is expected to be recognized over the next three years.

Note 8 – Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss


The following tables present the changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, net of tax, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):

   
Unrealized gain
(loss) on available
for sale securities
(a)
   
Defined Benefit
Pension Items
(a)
   
Unrealized loss
on interest rate
swap (a)
   
Total
 
    Three months ended June 30, 2025
 
Balance as of March 31, 2025
 
$
(22,663
)
 
$
(304
)
 
$
2,728
   
$
(20,239
)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications (net of tax)
   
(448
)
   
-
     
55
     
(393
)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (net of tax)
   
-
     
-
     
(394
)
   
(394
)
Net current period other comprehensive loss
   
(448
)
   
-
     
(339
)
   
(787
)
Balance as of June 30, 2025
 
$
(23,111
)
 
$
(304
)
 
$
2,389
   
$
(21,026
)

 
Six months ended June 30, 2025
 
Balance as of December 31, 2024
 
$
(26,564
)
 
$
(304
)
 
$
3,347
   
$
(23,521
)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications (net of tax)
   
3,453
     
-
     
(140
)
   
3,313
 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (net of tax)
   
-
     
-
     
(818
)
   
(818
)
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)
   
3,453
     
-
     
(958
)
   
2,495
 
Balance as of June 30, 2025
 
$
(23,111
)
 
$
(304
)
 
$
2,389
   
$
(21,026
)


 
Three months ended June 30, 2024
 
Balance as of March 31, 2024
 
$
(30,069
)
 
$
(970
)
 
$
4,419
   
$
(26,620
)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications (net of tax)
   
911
     
-
     
263
     
1,174
 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (net of tax)
   
-
     
11
     
(497
)
   
(486
)
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)
   
911
     
11
     
(234
)
   
688
 
Balance as of June 30, 2024
 
$
(29,158
)
 
$
(959
)
 
$
4,185
   
$
(25,932
)

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Six months ended June 30, 2024
 
   
Unrealized gain
(loss) on available
for sale securities
(a)
   
Defined Benefit
Pension Items
(a)
   
Unrealized loss
on interest rate
swap (a)
   
Total
 
Balance as of December 31, 2023
 
$
(28,238
)
 
$
(972
)
 
$
4,299
   
$
(24,911
)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications (net of tax)
   
(920
)
   
-
     
887
     
(33
)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (net of tax)
   
-
     
13
     
(1,001
)
   
(988
)
Net current period other comprehensive (loss) income
   
(920
)
   
13
     
(114
)
   
(1,021
)
Balance as of June 30, 2024
 
$
(29,158
)
 
$
(959
)
 
$
4,185
   
$
(25,932
)

(a) Amounts in parentheses indicate debits on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.


The following table presents the significant amounts reclassified out of each component of accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):

Details about accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
 
Amount reclassified from accumulated comprehensive
income (loss) (a)
 
Affected line item in the Consolidated Statement of Income
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
2025
   
2024
 
 
Unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities
           
             
   
$
-
   
$
-
Available for sale securities gains, net
     
-
     
-
 
Provision for income taxes
   
$
-
   
$
-
Net of tax
Defined benefit pension items
                                       
 
 
$
-
 
$
(14
)
Other expenses
 
   
-
     
3
 
Provision for income taxes
 
 
$
-
 
$
(11
)
Net of tax
Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swap
  $ 498     $ 630  
Interest expense
      (104 )     (133 )
Provision for income taxes
    $ 394     $ 497  
Net of tax
                                       
Total reclassifications
 
$
394
   
$
486
 
 

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Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2025
   
2024
 
 
Unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities
           
                 
   
$
-
   
$
-
Available for sale securities gains, net
     
-
     
-
 
Provision for income taxes
   
$
-
   
$
-
Net of tax
Defined benefit pension items
                                               
 
 
$
-
 
$
(16
)
Other expenses
 
   
-
     
3
 
Provision for income taxes
 
 
$
-
 
$
(13
)
Net of tax
Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swap   $ 1,035     $ 1,268  
Interest expense
      (217 )     (267 )
Provision for income taxes
    $ 818     $ 1,001  
Net of tax
                                                         
Total reclassifications
 
$
818
   
$
988
 
 

(a) Amounts in parentheses indicate expenses and other amounts indicate income on the Consolidated Statement of Income

Note 9 – Fair Value Measurements


The Company has established a hierarchal disclosure framework associated with the level of pricing observability utilized in measuring assets and liabilities at fair value. The three broad levels defined by this hierarchy are as follows:

Level I:
Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reported date.

Level II:
Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reported date. The nature of these assets and liabilities include items for which quoted prices are available but traded less frequently, and items that are fair valued using other financial instruments, the parameters of which can be directly observed.

Level III:
Assets and liabilities that have little to no pricing observability as of the reported date. These items do not have two-way markets and are measured using management’s best estimate of fair value, where the inputs into the determination of fair value require significant management judgment or estimation.


A description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy, is set forth below.


In general, fair value is based upon quoted market prices, where available. If such quoted market prices are not available, fair value is based upon internally developed models that primarily use, as inputs, observable market-based parameters. Valuation adjustments may be made to ensure that financial instruments are recorded at fair value. These adjustments may include amounts to reflect counterparty credit quality, the Company’s creditworthiness, among other things, as well as unobservable parameters. Any such valuation adjustments are applied consistently over time. The Company’s valuation methodologies may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. While management believes the Company’s valuation methodologies are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different estimate of fair value at the reporting date. Transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy are recognized on the actual date of the event or circumstances that caused the transfer, which generally coincides with the Company’s monthly and/or quarterly valuation process.

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Assets and Liabilities Required to be Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis


The fair values of equity securities and securities available for sale are determined by quoted prices in active markets, when available, and classified as Level I. If quoted market prices are not available, the fair value is determined by a matrix pricing, which is a mathematical technique, widely used in the industry to value debt securities without relying exclusively on quoted prices for the specific securities but rather by relying on the securities’ relationship to other benchmark quoted securities and classified as Level II. The fair values consider observable data that may include dealer quotes, market spreads, cash flows, the U.S. Treasury yield curve, live trading levels, trade execution data, market consensus prepayment speeds, credit information and the bond’s terms and conditions, among other things.


The following tables present the assets and liabilities reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at their fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 by level within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands). Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

June 30, 2025
 
Level I
   
Level II
   
Level III
   
Total
 
Fair value measurements on a recurring basis:
                       
Equity securities
 
$
1,768
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
1,768
 
Available for sale securities:
                               
U.S. Agency securities
   
-
     
54,659
     
-
     
54,659
 
U.S. Treasury securities
   
101,739
     
-
     
-
     
101,739
 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
   
-
     
93,693
     
-
     
93,693
 
Corporate obligations
   
-
     
10,908
     
-
     
10,908
 
Mortgage-backed securities in government sponsored entities
   
-
     
170,650
     
-
     
170,650
 
Loans held for sale
    -       15,529       -       15,529  
Derivative instruments – assets
   
-
     
7,724
     
548
     
8,272
 
Derivative instruments - liabilities
   
-
     
(4,701
)
   
-
     
(4,701
)

December 31, 2024
 
Level I
   
Level II
   
Level III
   
Total
 
Fair value measurements on a recurring basis:
                       
Equity securities
 
$
1,747
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
1,747
 
Available for sale securities:
                               
U.S. Agency securities
   
-
     
53,487
     
-
     
53,487
 
U.S. Treasuries securities
   
120,502
     
-
     
-
     
120,502
 
Obligations of state and political subdivisions
   
-
     
94,902
     
-
     
94,902
 
Corporate obligations
   
-
     
10,438
     
-
     
10,438
 
Mortgage-backed securities in government sponsored entities
   
-
     
146,583
     
-
     
146,583
 
Loans held for sale
    -       9,607       -       9,607  
Derivative instruments – assets
   
-
     
10,053
     
317
     
10,370
 
Derivative instruments - liabilities
   
-
     
(5,817
)
   
-
     
(5,817
)

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The following tables represent the change in the assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):



For the three months ended June 30, 2025
     

 
IRLC-
Asset
 
Balance: March 31, 2025
 
$
472
 
Total unrealized losses:
       
Included in other comprehensive loss
   
-
 
Total gains included in earnings and held at reporting date
   
76
 
Purchases, sales and settlements     -  
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3
   
-
 
Ending Balance: June 30, 2025
 
$
548
 
Change in unrealized gains for the period included in earnings for assets held as of June 30, 2025
   
76
 
Change in unrealized loss for the period included other comprehensive loss for assets held as of December 31, 2024
    -  



For the six months ended June 30, 2025
     

 
IRLC-
Asset
 
Balance: December 31, 2024
 
$
317
 
Total unrealized losses:
       
Included in other comprehensive loss
    -
 
Total gains included in earnings and held at reporting date
   
231
 
Purchases, sales and settlements     -  
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3
    -
 
Ending Balance: June 30, 2025
 
$
548
 
Change in unrealized gains for the period included in earnings for assets held as of June 30, 2025
   
231
 
Change in unrealized loss for the period included other comprehensive loss for assets held as of December 31, 2024
    -  

For the three months ended June 30, 2024
     

 
IRLC-
Asset
 
Balance: March 31, 2024
 
$
566
 
Total unrealized losses:
       
Included in other comprehensive loss
   
-
 
Total losses included in earnings and held at reporting date
   
(72
)
Purchases, sales and settlements
    -
 
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3
    -
 
Ending Balance: June 30, 2024
  $ 494  
Change in unrealized (losses) for the period included in earnings for assets held as of June 30, 2024
   
(72
)
Change in unrealized loss for the period included other comprehensive loss for assets held as of December 31, 2023
    -  

For the six months ended June 30, 2024
     
 
IRLC-
Asset
 
Balance: December 31, 2023
 
$
324
 
Total unrealized losses:
       
Included in other comprehensive loss
   
-
 
Total gains included in earnings and held at reporting date
   
170
 
Purchases, sales and settlements
   
-
 
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3
   
-
 
Ending Balance: June 30, 2024
 
$
494
 
Change in unrealized gains for the period included in earnings for assets held as of June 30, 2024
   
170
 
Change in unrealized loss for the period included other comprehensive loss for assets held as of December 31, 2023
    -
 


At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had classified as Level 3 $548,000 and $317,000, respectively, of net derivative assets and liabilities related to IRLC. The fair value of IRLCs is based on prices obtained for loans with similar characteristics from third parties, adjusted by the pull-through rate, which represents the Company’s best estimate of the probability that a committed loan will fund. The weighted average pull-through rates applied ranged from 71.98% to 96.29% at June 30, 2025.

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Significant unobservable inputs for assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (dollars in thousands):


    Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
 
June 30, 2025  
Fair
Value
 
Valuation
Technique
Significant
Unobservable
Input
 
Range
   
Weighted
Average
 
Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis:
                     
Net derivative asset and liability:
                     
IRLC
 
$
548
 Discounted cash flows
 Pull-through rates
   
71.98%-96.29
%
   
83.88
%

    Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements  
December 31, 2024  
Fair
Value
  Valuation
Technique
Significant
Unobservable
Input
  Range    
Weighted
Average
 
Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis:
                           
Net derivative asset and liability:
                           
IRLC   $ 317   Discounted cash flows
 Pull-through rates    
76.35%-100.00
%
    89.65 %

Assets and Liabilities Required to be Measured and Reported at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis


Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are included in the table below (in thousands):

June 30, 2025
 
Level I
   
Level II
   
Level III
   
Total
 
Collateral-dependent loans
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
2,155
   
$
2,155
 
Other real estate owned     -       -       2,434       2,434  
                                 
December 31, 2024
 
Level I
   
Level II
   
Level III
   
Total
 
Collateral-dependent loans
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
3,579
   
$
3,579
 
Other real estate owned
   
-
     
-
     
2,486
     
2,486
 


Collateral-Dependent Loans (in accordance with ASC 326) - The Company records nonrecurring adjustments of collateral-dependent loans held for investment. Such amounts are generally based on the fair value of the underlying collateral supporting the loan. Appraisals are generally obtained to support the fair value of the collateral and incorporate measures that include recent sales prices for comparable properties and cost of construction. Periodically, in cases where the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the collateral less estimated cost to sell, an impairment charge is recognized in the form of a charge-off. The fair values above excluded estimated selling costs of $187,000 and $253,000 at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.


Other Real Estate Owned (OREO) – OREO is carried at the lower of cost or fair value, less estimated costs to sell, which is measured at the date of foreclosure.  If the fair value of the collateral exceeds the carrying amount of the loan, no charge-off or adjustment is necessary, the loan is not considered to be carried at fair value, and is therefore not included in the table above. If the fair value of the collateral is less than the carrying amount of the loan, management will charge the loan down to its estimated realizable value. The fair value of OREO is based on the appraised value of the property, which is generally unadjusted by management and is based on comparable sales for similar properties in the same geographic region as the subject property, and is included in the above table as a Level II measurement.  In some cases, management may adjust the appraised value due to the age of the appraisal, changes in market conditions, or observable deterioration of the property since the appraisal was completed.  In these cases, the loans are categorized in the above table as a Level III measurement since these adjustments are considered to be unobservable inputs. Income and expenses from operations and further declines in the fair value of the collateral subsequent to foreclosure are included in net expenses from OREO.

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The following table provides a listing of the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement process for items valued utilizing Level III techniques (dollars in thousands).


Quantitative Information about Level III Fair Value Measurements  
June 30, 2025
Fair
Value
Valuation Technique(s)
Unobservable input
Range
   
Weighted
average
Collateral-dependent loans
 
$
2,155
 
Appraised Collateral Values
 
Discount for time since appraisal
   
0-100
%
   
31.52
%
         
Selling costs
   
0%-10
%
   
8.67
%
         
Holding period
 
0 - 12 months
   
10.88 months
 
                       
Other real estate owned
    2,434   Appraised Collateral Values   Discount for time since appraisal     20-31.8 %     31.52 %

December 31, 2024
 
Fair
Value
 
Valuation Technique(s)
Unobservable input
Range
 
Weighted
average
 
Collateral-dependent loans
   
3,579
 
Appraised Collateral Values
Discount for time since appraisal
   
0-100
%
   
36.67
%
     
Selling costs
   
4%-12
%
   
7.05
%
     
Holding period
1 - 12 months
 
11.04 months
 
                     
Other real estate owned
   
2,486
 
Appraised Collateral Values
Discount for time since appraisal
    20-32 %    
31.32
%

Financial Instruments Not Required to be Measured or Reported at Fair Value


The carrying amount and fair value of the Company’s financial instruments that are not required to be measured or reported at fair value on a recurring basis are as follows (in thousands):

June 30, 2025
 
Carrying
Amount
   
Fair Value
   
Level I
   
Level II
   
Level III
 
Financial assets:
                             
Interest bearing time deposits with other banks
 
$
3,820
   
$
3,774
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
3,774
 
Net loans
   
2,219,646
     
2,163,927
     
-
     
-
     
2,163,927
 
                                         
Financial liabilities:
                                       
Deposits
   
2,292,662
     
2,289,738
     
1,828,008
     
-
     
461,730
 
Borrowed funds
   
313,219
     
307,441
     
-
     
-
     
295,081
 

December 31, 2024
 
Carrying
Amount
   
Fair Value
   
Level I
   
Level II
   
Level III
 
Financial assets:
                             
Interest bearing time deposits with other banks
 
$
3,820
   
$
3,820
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
3,820
 
Net loans
   
2,291,543
     
2,209,083
     
-
     
-
     
2,209,083
 
                                         
Financial liabilities:
                                       
Deposits
   
2,382,028
     
2,377,438
     
1,842,223
     
-
     
535,215
 
Borrowed funds
   
297,721
     
284,952
     
-
     
-
     
284,952
 


The carrying amounts for cash and due from banks, bank owned life insurance, regulatory stock, accrued interest receivable and payable approximate fair value and are considered Level I measurements.

Note 10 - Segment Reporting


The Company’s reportable segment is determined by the Chief Executive Officer, who is the designated the chief operating decision maker, based upon information provided about the Company’s products and services offered, primarily banking operations. The segment is also distinguished by the level of information provided to the chief operating decision maker, who uses such information to review performance of various components of the business such as branches, which are then aggregated if operating performance, products/services, and customers are similar. The chief operating decision maker will evaluate the financial performance of the Company’s business components such as by evaluating revenue streams, significant expenses, and budget to actual results in assessing the Company’s segment and in the determination of allocating resources. The chief operating decision maker uses revenue streams to evaluate product pricing and significant expenses to assess performance and evaluate return on assets. The chief operating decision maker uses consolidated net income to benchmark the Company against its competitors. The benchmarking analysis coupled with monitoring of budget to actual results are used in assessment performance and in establishing compensation. Loans, investments, and deposits provide the revenues in the banking operation. Interest expense, provisions for credit losses, payroll, and occupancy expenses provide the significant expenses in the banking operation. All operations are domestic.

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The measure of segment assets is reported on the balance sheet as total consolidated assets. Segment performance is evaluated using consolidated net income. Information reported internally for performance assessment by the chief operating decision maker follows, inclusive of reconciliations of significant segment totals to the consolidated financial statements (in thousands):

 
 
Community Banking
 
 
 
Three months ended
    Six months ended  
 
 
June 30,
    June 30,
 
 
 
2025
   
2024
    2025
    2024
 
Total Interest and Dividend Income
 
$
38,749
   
$
37,902
    $
77,763     $
75,835  
Total non-interest income
   
3,665
     
3,336
      7,092       8,307  
Total Consolidated Revenues
   
42,414
     
41,238
      84,855       84,142  
Less:
                               
Interest Expense
   
15,101
     
16,602
      31,113       33,577  
Segment net interest income and non-interest income
   
27,313
     
24,636
      53,742       50,565  
Less:
                               
Provision for credit losses
   
750
     
2,002
      1,375       2,787  
Salaries and employee benefits
   
9,976
     
9,617
      20,265       19,907  
Occupancy
   
1,182
     
1,266
      2,538       2,590  
Other segment expenses
   
4,989
     
5,363
      9,772       10,392  
Income Taxes
   
1,953
     
1,113
      3,708       2,590  
Segment net income/consolidated net income
 
$
8,463
   
$
5,275
    $
16,084     $
12,299  

Note 11 – Recent Accounting Pronouncements


In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures. This ASU requires disclosure in the notes to financial statements of specified information about certain costs and expenses. Specific disclosures are required for (a) purchases of inventory, (b) employee compensation, (c) depreciation, (d) intangible asset amortization, and (e) depreciation, depletion, and amortization recognized as part of oil and gas producing activities. The amendments in this Update do not change or remove current expense disclosure requirements. However, the amendments affect where this information appears in the notes to financial statements because entities are required to include certain current disclosures in the same tabular format disclosure as the other disaggregation requirements in the amendments. The amendments in ASU 2024-03 apply only to public business entities and are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance on its financial statements.



In December 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-04, Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20): Induced Conversions of Convertible Debt Instruments. This new guidance clarifies the assessment of whether a transaction should be accounted for as an induced conversion or extinguishment of convertible debt when changes are made to conversion features as part of an offer to settle the instrument. The ASU requires entities to apply a preexisting contract approach. To qualify for induced conversion accounting under this approach, the inducement offer is required to preserve the form of consideration and result in an amount of consideration that is no less than that issuable pursuant to the preexisting conversion privileges. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025, with early adoption permitted, and it can be adopted either on a prospective or retrospective basis. This Update is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.


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In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40), which revises the effective date of ASU 2024-03 (on disclosures about disaggregation of income statement expenses) “to clarify that all public business entities are required to adopt the guidance in annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027.” Entities within the ASU’s scope are permitted to early adopt the ASU. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance on its financial statements


In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-02, Liabilities (405): Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 122.  This ASU was issued pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 122, which rescinds the interpretive guidance included in Section FF of Topic 5 in the Staff Accounting Bulletin series entitled Accounting for Obligations to Safeguard Crypto-Assets an Entity Holds for its Platform Users. This ASU has no impact on non-public business entities and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024.  This Update is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.


In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-03, Determining the Accounting Acquirer in the Acquisition of a Variable Interest Entity, which revises the guidance in ASC 805 on identifying the accounting acquirer in a business combination in which the legal acquiree is a variable interest entity (VIE). The reporting entity can determine that a transaction in which the legal acquiree is a VIE represents a reverse acquisition in which the legal acquirer is identified as the acquiree for accounting purposes.  ASU 2025-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted.  The amendments in ASU 2025-03 must be applied prospectively to any business combination that occurs after the initial adoption date.  This Update is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.


In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-04, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718) and Revenue from Contracts With Customers (Topic 606): Clarifications to Share-Based Consideration Payable to a Customer, which clarifies the accounting for share-based consideration payable to a customer under ASC 718 and ASC 606. The amendments refine key aspects of the guidance, including the definition of “performance condition” as well as the measurement requirements and the treatment of forfeitures.  The amendments will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, including interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted for financial statements that have not yet been issued. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance on its financial statements.



Other accounting standards that have been issued by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies are not currently expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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ITEM 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements
We have made forward-looking statements in this document, and in documents that we may incorporate by reference, that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or expected future results of operations of Citizens Financial Services, Inc., First Citizens Community Bank, First Citizens Insurance Agency, Inc. or the combined Company. When we use words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” or similar expressions, we are making forward-looking statements. For a variety of reasons, actual results could differ materially from those contained in or implied by forward-looking statements.  The Company cautions readers that the following important factors, among others, could in the future affect the Company’s actual results and could cause the Company’s actual results for subsequent periods to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement:


Interest rates could change more rapidly or more significantly than we expect or the yield curve could remain inverted for a longer period than anticipated.

The economy could change significantly in an unexpected way, which would cause the demand for new loans and the ability of borrowers to repay outstanding loans to change in ways that our models do not anticipate.

The financial markets could suffer a significant disruption, which may have a negative effect on our financial condition and that of our borrowers, and on our ability to raise money by issuing new securities.

It could take us longer than we anticipate implementing strategic initiatives, including expansions, designed to increase revenues or manage expenses, or we may be unable to implement those initiatives at all.

Acquisitions and dispositions of assets and companies could affect us in ways that management has not anticipated.

We may become subject to new legal obligations or the resolution of litigation may have a negative effect on our financial condition or operating results.

We may become subject to new and unanticipated accounting, tax, regulatory or compliance practices or requirements. Failure to comply with any one or more of these requirements could have an adverse effect on our operations.

We could experience greater loan delinquencies than anticipated, adversely affecting our earnings and financial condition.

We could experience greater losses than expected due to the ever-increasing volume of information theft and fraudulent scams impacting our customers and the banking industry.

We could lose the services of some or all of our key personnel, which would negatively impact our business because of their business development skills, financial expertise, lending experience, technical expertise and market area knowledge.

The agricultural economy is subject to extreme swings in both the costs of resources and the prices received from the sale of products as a result of weather, government regulations, international trade agreements and tariffs and consumer tastes, which could negatively impact certain of our customers.

Loan concentrations in certain industries could negatively impact our results, if financial results or economic conditions deteriorate.

Companies providing support services related to the exploration and drilling of the natural gas reserves in our market area may be affected by federal, state and local laws and regulations such as restrictions on production, permitting, changes in taxes and environmental protection, which could negatively impact our customers and, as a result, negatively impact our loan and deposit volume and loan quality. Additionally, the activities the companies providing support services related to the exploration and drilling of the natural gas reserves may be dependent on the market price of natural gas.  As a result, decreases in the market price of natural gas could also negatively impact these companies, our customers.

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Additional factors that may affect our results are discussed under “Part II – Item 1A – Risk Factors” in this report and in the Company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K under “Item 1.A/ Risk Factors.”  Except as required by applicable law and regulation, we assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date on which they are made.

Introduction

The following is management’s discussion and analysis of the Company’s consolidated financial condition and results of operations at the dates and for the periods presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for the Company.  Our consolidated financial condition and results of operations consist almost entirely of the Bank’s financial condition and results of operations. Management’s discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the preceding financial statements presented under Part I and the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.  The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results you may expect for the full year.

The Company engages in the general business of banking throughout our service area of Potter, Tioga, Clinton, Lycoming, Bradford and Centre counties in north central Pennsylvania, Lebanon, Berks, Schuylkill, Lancaster and Chester counties in south central Pennsylvania and Allegany County in southern New York and with the MidCoast acquisition, the Cities of Wilmington and Dover, Delaware. We also have a limited branch office in Union county, Pennsylvania, which primarily serves agricultural and commercial customers in the central Pennsylvania market. With the HVBC acquisition, we expanded further into southeast Pennsylvania, including Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia Counties as well as Burlington County, New Jersey through the acquisition of five full service branches, four mortgage centers and one business banking facility. We maintain our central office in Mansfield, Pennsylvania. Presently we operate 48 banking facilities, 38 of which operate as bank branches.  In Pennsylvania, the Company has full service offices located in Mansfield, Blossburg, Ulysses, Genesee, Wellsboro, Troy, Sayre, Canton, Gillett, Millerton, LeRaysville, Towanda, Rome, the Mansfield Wal-Mart Super Center, Mill Hall, Schuylkill Haven, Friedensburg, Mt. Aetna, Fredericksburg, Mount Joy, Ephrata, Fivepointville, State College, Kennett Square, Warrington, Williamsport, Plumsteadville, Philadelphia, two branches near the city of Lebanon and two branches in Huntington Valley. The Company has limited branch offices located in Winfield, Pennsylvania and Georgetown, Delaware. In New York, our office is in Wellsville. In Delaware, we have three branches in Wilmington and one in Dover. The mortgage centers acquired as part of the acquisition are located in Montgomeryville, PA, Huntington Valley, PA, Philadelphia, PA and Mount Laurel, NJ. The business banking facility is located in Philadelphia, PA. In the fourth quarter of 2023, we opened a branch in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. During 2024, the Montgomeryville, PA mortgage office was closed and the Georgetown office was opened.

Risk Management

Risk identification and management are essential elements for the successful management of the Company.  In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to various types of risk, including interest rate, credit, liquidity, reputational and regulatory risk.

Interest rate risk is the sensitivity of net interest income and the market value of financial instruments to the direction, frequency and magnitude of changes in market interest rates.  Interest rate risk results from various re-pricing frequencies and the maturity structure of the financial instruments owned by the Company.  The Company uses its asset/liability and funds management policy to control and manage interest rate risk.

Credit risk represents the possibility that a customer may not perform in accordance with contractual terms.  Credit risk results from loans with customers and the purchase of securities from an issuer.  The Company’s primary credit risk is in the loan portfolio.  The Company manages credit risk by adhering to an established credit policy and through a disciplined evaluation of the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses.  Also, the investment policy limits the amount of credit risk that may be taken in the investment portfolio.

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Liquidity risk represents the inability to generate or otherwise obtain funds at reasonable rates to satisfy commitments to borrowers and obligations to depositors.  The Company has established guidelines within its asset/liability and funds management policy to manage liquidity risk.  These guidelines include, among other things, contingent funding alternatives.

Reputational risk, or the risk to our business, earnings, liquidity, and capital from negative public opinion, could result from our actual or alleged conduct in a variety of areas, including legal and regulatory compliance, lending practices, corporate governance, litigation, ethical issues, or inadequate protection of customer information, including fraudulent activity outside the Company’s control. We expend significant resources to comply with regulatory requirements. Failure to comply could result in reputational harm or significant legal or remedial costs. Damage to our reputation could adversely affect our ability to retain and attract new customers, and adversely impact our earnings and liquidity.

Regulatory and compliance risk represents the possibility that a change in law, regulations or regulatory policy may have a material effect on the business of the Company. We cannot predict what legislation might be enacted or what regulations might be adopted, or if adopted, the effect thereof on our operations.

Competition

The banking industry in the Bank’s service areas continue to be extremely competitive for loans and deposits, both among commercial banks and with other financial service providers such as consumer finance companies, thrifts, investment firms, mutual funds, insurance companies, credit unions, agricultural cooperatives and internet entities. Competition in our north central Pennsylvania market has increased as a result of other financial institutions expanding or looking to expand into new markets. With larger population centers in our central, south central and south east Pennsylvania markets, as well as in our Delaware market, we experience more competition to gather deposits and to make loans. Mortgage banking firms, financial companies, financial affiliates of industrial companies, brokerage firms, retirement fund management firms and even government agencies provide additional competition for loans, deposits and other financial services. Fintech and blockchain entities offering crypto services are also increasing competition for the Company’s financial services. The Bank is generally competitive with all competing financial institutions in its service areas with respect to interest rates paid on time and savings deposits, service charges on deposit accounts and interest rates charged on loans.

Trust and Investment Services; Oil and Gas Lease Services

Our Investment and Trust Services Division offers professional trust administration, investment management services, estate planning and administration, and custody of securities.  In addition to traditional trust and investment services offered, we assist our customers through various oil and gas specific leasing matters from lease negotiations to establishing a successful approach to personal wealth management. Assets held by the Company in a fiduciary or agency capacity for its customers are not included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets since such items are not assets of the Company.  Revenues and fees of the Trust Department are reflected in trust income in the Consolidated Statement of Income. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Trust Department had $188.8 million and $180.7 million of assets under management, respectively.

Our Investment Representatives offer full service brokerage services and financial planning throughout the Bank’s market area. Products such as mutual funds, annuities, health and life insurance are made available through our insurance subsidiary, First Citizens Insurance Agency, Inc.  The assets associated with these products are not included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets since such assets are not assets of the Company. Assets owned and invested by customers of the Bank through the Bank’s Investment Representatives increased from $395.9 million at December 31, 2024 to $419.9 million at June 30, 2025. Fee income from the sale of these products is reflected in brokerage and insurance income in the Consolidated Statement of Income. Management believes that there are opportunities to increase non-interest income through these products and services, especially in our central, south central and south eastern Pennsylvania markets.

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Results of Operations

Overview of the Income Statement

The Company had net income of $16,084,000 for the first six months of 2025 compared to $12,299,000 for last year’s comparable period, an increase of $3,785,000, or 30.8%, primarily due to an increase in net interest income after the provision for credit losses of $5,804,000. Basic earnings per share for the first six months of 2025 was $3.35, compared to $2.56 for last year’s comparable period, representing a 30.9% increase.  Annualized return on assets and return on equity for the six months of 2025 were 1.07% and 10.44%, respectively, compared with 0.83% and 8.67% for last year’s comparable period.

Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2025 was $8,463,000 compared to net income of $5,275,000 in the comparable 2024 period, an increase of $3,188,000. Basic earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2025 were $1.76, compared to $1.10 for last year’s comparable period, representing a 60.0% increase due to the decrease in the provision for credit losses of $1,252,000 and organic growth in net interest income of $2,348,000. Annualized return on assets and return on equity for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 was 1.13% and 10.88%, respectively, compared with 0.72% and 7.40% for the same 2024 period.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income, the most significant component of the Company’s earnings, is the amount by which interest income generated from interest-earning assets exceeds interest expense paid on interest-bearing liabilities.

Net interest income for the first six months of 2025 was $46,650,000, an increase of $4,392,000, or 10.4%, compared to the same period in 2024.  For the first six months of 2025 the provision for credit losses was $1,375,000. The provision for the first six months of 2024 was $2,787,000. Consequently, net interest income after the provision for credit losses was $45,275,000 in the first six months of 2025 compared to $39,471,000 during the first six months of 2024.

For the three months ended June 30, 2025, net interest income was $23,648,000 compared to $21,300,000, an increase of $2,348,000, or 11.0%, over the comparable period in 2024. The provision for credit losses in the second quarter of 2025 was $750,000 compared to $2,002,000 in 2024. Consequently, net interest income after the provision for credit losses was $22,898,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 compared to $19,298,000 in 2024.

The following table sets forth the average balances of, and the interest earned or incurred on, for each principal category of assets, liabilities and stockholders’ equity, the related rates, net interest income and interest rate spread created for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 on a tax equivalent basis (dollars in thousands):

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Analysis of Average Balances and Interest Rates
 
   
Six Months Ended
 
   
June 30, 2025
   
June 30, 2024
 
   
Average
         
Average
   
Average
         
Average
 
   
Balance (1)
   
Interest
   
Rate
   
Balance (1)
   
Interest
   
Rate
 
(dollars in thousands)
 

$     $    

%
   

$     $    

%
 
ASSETS
                                           
Short-term investments:
                                           
Interest-bearing deposits at banks
   
24,052
     
216
     
1.81
     
30,119
     
445
     
2.97
 
Total short-term investments
   
24,052
     
216
     
1.81
     
30,119
     
445
     
2.97
 
Interest bearing time deposits at banks
   
3,820
     
59
     
3.11
     
3,937
     
60
     
3.06
 
Investment securities:
                                               
Taxable
   
381,886
     
5,574
     
2.92
     
359,142
     
4,078
     
2.27
 
Tax-exempt (3)
   
102,854
     
1,431
     
2.78
     
106,438
     
1,332
     
2.50
 
Total investment securities
   
484,740
     
7,005
     
2.89
     
465,580
     
5,410
     
2.32
 
Loans (2)(3)(4):
                                               
Residential mortgage loans
   
349,226
     
10,312
     
5.95
     
358,472
     
10,291
     
5.77
 
Construction
   
164,252
     
5,888
     
7.23
     
187,001
     
6,858
     
7.38
 
Commercial Loans
   
1,262,225
     
39,383
     
6.29
     
1,243,546
     
39,674
     
6.42
 
Agricultural Loans
   
357,561
     
9,696
     
5.47
     
345,287
     
8,887
     
5.18
 
Loans to state & political subdivisions
   
53,389
     
1,034
     
3.91
     
56,469
     
1,106
     
3.94
 
Other loans
   
130,147
     
4,674
     
7.24
     
89,472
     
3,599
     
8.09
 
Loans, net of discount
   
2,316,800
     
70,987
     
6.18
     
2,280,247
     
70,415
     
6.21
 
Total interest-earning assets
   
2,829,412
     
78,267
     
5.58
     
2,779,883
     
76,330
     
5.52
 
Cash and due from banks
   
9,643
                     
9,511
                 
Bank premises and equipment
   
21,691
                     
21,171
                 
Other assets
   
177,531
                     
181,792
                 
Total non-interest earning assets
   
208,865
                     
212,474
                 
Total assets
   
3,038,277
                     
2,992,357
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                         
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Business Interest Checking
   
17,995
     
85
     
0.95
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
NOW accounts
   
723,673
     
7,796
     
2.17
     
783,055
     
9,999
     
2.57
 
Savings accounts
   
290,576
     
677
     
0.47
     
300,704
     
778
     
0.52
 
Money market accounts
   
432,891
     
6,206
     
2.89
     
381,209
     
5,765
     
3.04
 
Certificates of deposit
   
481,272
     
8,979
     
3.76
     
439,995
     
8,434
     
3.86
 
Total interest-bearing deposits
   
1,946,407
     
23,743
     
2.46
     
1,904,963
     
24,976
     
2.64
 
Other borrowed funds
   
337,737
     
7,370
     
4.40
     
350,354
     
8,601
     
4.94
 
Total interest-bearing liabilities
   
2,284,144
     
31,113
     
2.75
     
2,255,317
     
33,577
     
2.99
 
Demand deposits
   
381,048
                     
376,632
                 
Other liabilities
   
42,426
                     
49,266
                 
Total non-interest-bearing liabilities
   
423,474
                     
425,898
                 
Stockholders’ equity
   
330,659
                     
311,142
                 
Total liabilities & stockholders’ equity
   
3,038,277
                     
2,992,357
                 
Net interest income
           
47,154
                     
42,753
         
Net interest spread (5)
                   
2.83
%
                   
2.53
%
Net interest income as a percentage of average interest-earning assets
                   
3.36
%
                   
3.09
%
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities
                   
124
%
                   
123
%

(1)
Averages are based on daily averages.
(2)
Includes loan origination and commitment fees.
(3)
Tax exempt interest revenue is shown on a tax equivalent basis for proper comparison using a statutory federal income tax rate of 21%.
(4)
Income on non-accrual loans is accounted for on a cash basis, and the loan balances are included in interest-earning assets.
(5)
Interest rate spread represents the difference between the average rate earned on interest-earning assets and the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities.
 
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Analysis of Average Balances and Interest Rates
 
   
Three Months Ended
 
   
June 30, 2025
   
June 30, 2024
 
   
Average
         
Average
   
Average
         
Average
 
   
Balance (1)
   
Interest
   
Rate
   
Balance (1)
   
Interest
   
Rate
 
(dollars in thousands)
 

$     $    

%
   

$
    $    

%
 
ASSETS
                                           
Short-term investments:
                                           
Interest-bearing deposits at banks
   
17,879
     
102
     
2.31
     
18,353
     
232
     
5.11
 
Total short-term investments
   
17,879
     
102
     
2.31
     
18,353
     
232
     
5.11
 
Interest bearing time deposits at banks
   
3,820
     
30
     
3.18
     
3,820
     
30
     
3.16
 
Investment securities:
                                               
Taxable
   
381,141
     
2,806
     
2.95
     
355,321
     
2,053
     
2.31
 
Tax-exempt (3)
   
102,694
     
739
     
2.88
     
105,379
     
658
     
2.50
 
Total investment securities
   
483,835
     
3,545
     
2.93
     
460,700
     
2,711
     
2.35
 
Loans (2)(3)(4):
                                               
Residential mortgage loans
   
347,408
     
5,212
     
6.08
     
358,448
     
5,232
     
5.87
 
Construction
   
165,056
     
2,967
     
7.29
     
184,103
     
3,367
     
7.36
 
Commercial Loans
   
1,269,944
     
19,956
     
6.37
     
1,251,484
     
20,154
     
6.48
 
Agricultural Loans
   
358,245
     
4,970
     
5.63
     
346,107
     
4,482
     
5.21
 
Loans to state & political subdivisions
   
53,051
     
517
     
3.95
     
56,290
     
556
     
3.97
 
Other loans
   
95,901
     
1,706
     
7.21
     
68,805
     
1,383
     
8.08
 
Loans, net of discount
   
2,289,605
     
35,328
     
6.26
     
2,265,237
     
35,174
     
6.25
 
Total interest-earning assets
   
2,795,139
     
39,005
     
5.66
     
2,748,110
     
38,147
     
5.58
 
Cash and due from banks
   
9,665
                     
9,199
                 
Bank premises and equipment
   
21,836
                     
21,053
                 
Other assets
   
184,184
                     
195,528
                 
Total non-interest earning assets
   
215,685
                     
225,780
                 
Total assets
   
3,010,824
                     
2,973,890
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                         
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Business Interest Checking
   
18,345
     
45
     
0.99
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
NOW accounts
   
707,715
     
3,742
     
2.14
     
766,142
     
4,776
     
2.51
 
Savings accounts
   
288,198
     
329
     
0.46
     
299,318
     
391
     
0.53
 
Money market accounts
   
447,711
     
3,181
     
2.88
     
381,377
     
2,972
     
3.13
 
Certificates of deposit
   
454,893
     
4,152
     
3.70
     
457,570
     
4,516
     
3.97
 
Total interest-bearing deposits
   
1,916,862
     
11,449
     
2.42
     
1,904,407
     
12,655
     
2.67
 
Other borrowed funds
   
329,154
     
3,652
     
4.50
     
324,736
     
3,947
     
4.89
 
Total interest-bearing liabilities
   
2,246,016
     
15,101
     
2.73
     
2,229,143
     
16,602
     
3.00
 
Demand deposits
   
390,102
                     
382,312
                 
Other liabilities
   
41,369
                     
49,051
                 
Total non-interest-bearing liabilities
   
431,471
                     
431,363
                 
Stockholders’ equity
   
333,337
                     
313,384
                 
Total liabilities & stockholders’ equity
   
3,010,824
                     
2,973,890
                 
Net interest income
           
23,904
                     
21,545
         
Net interest spread (5)
                   
2.93
%
                   
2.58
%
Net interest income as a percentage of average interest-earning assets
                   
3.47
%
                   
3.15
%
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities
                   
124
%
                   
123
%

(1)
Averages are based on daily averages.
(2)
Includes loan origination and commitment fees.
(3)
Tax exempt interest revenue is shown on a tax equivalent basis for proper comparison using a statutory federal income tax rate of 21%.
(4)
Income on non-accrual loans is accounted for on a cash basis, and the loan balances are included in interest-earning assets.
(5)
Interest rate spread represents the difference between the average rate earned on interest-earning assets and the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities.

Tax exempt revenue is shown on a tax-equivalent basis (non-GAAP) for proper comparison using a federal statutory income tax rate of 21% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.  For purposes of the comparison, as well as the discussion that follows, this presentation facilitates performance comparisons between taxable and tax-free assets by increasing the tax-free income by an amount equivalent to the Federal income taxes that would have been paid if this income were taxable at the Company’s Federal statutory rate during the corresponding period. The following table represents the adjustment to convert net interest income to net interest income on a fully taxable equivalent basis for the periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):

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For the Three Months
   
For the Six Months
 
   
Ended June 30
   
Ended June 30
 
   
2025
   
2024
   
2025
   
2024
 
Interest and dividend income from investment securities and interest bearing deposits at banks (non-tax adjusted)
 
$
3,522
   
$
2,835
   
$
6,980
   
$
5,635
 
Tax equivalent adjustment
   
155
     
138
     
300
     
280
 
Interest and dividend income from investment securities and interest bearing deposits at banks (tax equivalent basis)
 
$
3,677
   
$
2,973
   
$
7,280
   
$
5,915
 

                               
Interest and fees on loans (non-tax adjusted)
 
$
35,227
   
$
35,067
   
$
70,783
   
$
70,200
 
Tax equivalent adjustment
   
101
     
107
     
204
     
215
 
Interest and fees on loans (tax equivalent basis)
 
$
35,328
   
$
35,174
   
$
70,987
   
$
70,415
 
                                 
Total interest income
 
$
38,749
   
$
37,902
   
$
77,763
   
$
75,835
 
Total interest expense
   
15,101
     
16,602
     
31,113
     
33,577
 
Net interest income
   
23,648
     
21,300
     
46,650
     
42,258
 
Total tax equivalent adjustment
   
256
     
245
     
504
     
495
 
Net interest income (tax equivalent basis)
 
$
23,904
   
$
21,545
   
$
47,154
   
$
42,753
 

The following table shows the tax-equivalent effect of changes in volume and rate on interest income and expense (in thousands):

   
Three months ended June 30, 2025 vs 2024 (1)
   
Six months ended June 30, 2025 vs 2024 (1)
 
   
Change in
   
Change
   
Total
   
Change in
   
Change
   
Total
 
   
Volume
   
in Rate
   
Change
   
Volume
   
in Rate
   
Change
 
Interest Income:
                                   
Short-term investments:
                                   
Interest-bearing deposits at banks
 
$
(7
)
 
$
(123
)
 
$
(130
)
 
$
(79
)
 
$
(150
)
 
$
(229
)
Interest bearing time deposits at banks
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
(2
)
   
1
     
(1
)
Investment securities:
                                               
Taxable
   
158
     
595
     
753
     
271
     
1,225
     
1,496
 
Tax-exempt
   
(16
)
   
97
     
81
     
(43
)
   
142
     
99
 
Total investments
   
142
     
692
     
834
     
228
     
1,367
     
1,595
 
Loans:
                                               
Residential mortgage loans
   
(170
)
   
150
     
(20
)
   
(254
)
   
275
     
21
 
Construction
   
(370
)
   
(30
)
   
(400
)
   
(837
)
   
(133
)
   
(970
)
Commercial Loans
   
180
     
(378
)
   
(198
)
   
524
     
(815
)
   
(291
)
Agricultural Loans
   
122
     
366
     
488
     
297
     
512
     
809
 
Loans to state & political subdivisions
   
(36
)
   
(3
)
   
(39
)
   
(63
)
   
(9
)
   
(72
)
Other loans
   
449
     
(126
)
   
323
     
1,400
     
(325
)
   
1,075
 
Total loans, net of discount
   
175
     
(21
)
   
154
     
1,067
     
(495
)
   
572
 
Total Interest Income
   
310
     
548
     
858
     
1,214
     
723
     
1,937
 
Interest Expense:
                                               
Interest-bearing deposits:
                                               
Business Interest Checking
   
-
     
45
     
45
     
-
     
85
     
85
 
NOW accounts
   
(383
)
   
(651
)
   
(1,034
)
   
(745
)
   
(1,458
)
   
(2,203
)
Savings accounts
   
(17
)
   
(45
)
   
(62
)
   
(27
)
   
(74
)
   
(101
)
Money Market accounts
   
411
     
(202
)
   
209
     
703
     
(262
)
   
441
 
Certificates of deposit
   
(63
)
   
(301
)
   
(364
)
   
741
     
(196
)
   
545
 
Total interest-bearing deposits
   
(52
)
   
(1,154
)
   
(1,206
)
   
672
     
(1,905
)
   
(1,233
)
Other borrowed funds
   
20
     
(315
)
   
(295
)
   
(325
)
   
(906
)
   
(1,231
)
Total interest expense
   
(32
)
   
(1,469
)
   
(1,501
)
   
347
     
(2,811
)
   
(2,464
)
Net interest income
 
$
342
   
$
2,017
   
$
2,359
   
$
867
   
$
3,534
   
$
4,401
 

(1)
The portion of the total change attributable to both volume and rate changes, which can not be separated, has been allocated proportionally to the change due to volume and the change due to rate prior to allocation.

Tax equivalent net interest income increased from $42,753,000 for the six month period ended June 30, 2024 to $47,154,000 for the six month period ended June 30, 2025, an increase of $4,401,000. This increase was a result of an increase of $867,000 due to a change in volume as average interest-bearing assets increased $49.5 million due to organic growth primarily in our Delaware market. As a result of the lower market interest rates, the yield on average interest earning liabilities decreased 24 basis points from 2.99% to 2.75% resulting in a decrease in interest expense of $2,811,000. The tax equivalent net interest margin increased from 3.09% for the first six months of 2024 to 3.36% for the comparable period in 2025. The increase was primarily caused by the decrease in the cost of interest-bearing liabilities due to lower market interest rates in 2025 compared to 2024.

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Total tax equivalent interest income for the 2025 six month period increased $1,937,000 as compared to the 2024 six month period. This increase was a result of an increase of $1,214,000 due to a change in volume as average interest-bearing assets increased $49.5 million. The yield on interest earning assets increased from 5.52% to 5.58% resulting in an increase in interest income of $723,000.
 
Tax equivalent investment income for the six months ended June 30, 2025 increased $1,595,000 over the same period last year. The primary cause of the increase was due to the increase in yield on investment securities of 57 basis points to 2.89%.
 

The average balance of taxable securities increased $22.7 million, which resulted in an increase in investment income of $271,000. The yield on taxable securities increased 65 basis points from 2.27% to 2.92% as a result of lower yielding securities maturing and purchases made in a higher market rate environment. This resulted in an increase in investment income of $1,225,000.
 

The average balance of tax-exempt securities decreased $3.6 million, which resulted in a decrease in investment income of $43,000. The yield on taxable securities increased 28 basis points from 2.50% to 2.78%. This resulted in an increase in investment income of $142,000. For a discussion of the Company’s current investment strategy, see the “Financial Condition – Investments”.
 
Total loan interest income increased $572,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period last year, as a result of higher volume.
 

Interest income on residential mortgage loans increased $21,000. The change due to rate was a increase of $275,000 as the average yield on residential mortgages increased from 5.77% to 5.95%. The average balance of residential mortgage loans decreased $9.2 million. This resulted in a decrease of $254,000 on total interest income due to volume.
 

The average balance of construction loans decreased $22.7 million as a result of projects in our Delaware market and the southeast Pennsylvania market being completed and the related construction loans either transferring to other portfolios or being paid off. This resulted in a decrease of $837,000 on total interest income due to volume. The change due to rate was a decrease of $133,000 as the average yield on construction loans decreased from 7.38% to 7.23% as a result of a decrease in market interest rates in the last quarter of 2024 and the first half of 2025.
 

The average balance of commercial loans increased $18.7 million from a year ago. The growth was primarily attributable to completed construction projects converting to permanent financing. This had a positive impact of $524,000 on total interest income due to volume. The yield decreased 0.13% to 6.29% as a result of a decrease in market interest rates in the last quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, which decreased loan interest income $815,000.
 

Interest income on agricultural loans increased $809,000 from 2024 to 2025. The yield increased 29 basis points to 5.47% as a result of lower yielding loans maturing and repricing at higher rates, which increased loan interest income $512,000. The average balance of agricultural loans increased $12.3 million from a year ago, resulting in an increase in interest income of $297,000.
 

The average balance of other loans increased $40.7 million as a result of outstanding student loans. This resulted in an increase of $1,400,000 on total interest income due to volume. The average yield of other loans decreased 85 basis points to 7.24% as a result of a decrease in market interest rates in the last quarter of 2024 and the first half of 2025 resulting in a decrease in income of $325,000.
 
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Total interest expense decreased $2,464,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared with the comparative period last year as a result of a decrease in rate on interest-bearing liabilities. Interest expense increased $347,000 due to volume as a result of an increase in interest bearing liabilities of $28.8 million. The average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities decreased from 2.99% to 2.75%. The decrease was driven by the Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in the second half of 2024, which caused interest expense to decrease $2,811,000.


The average balance of interest bearing deposits increased $41.4 million from June 30, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The increase was due to organic growth across all regions of the Company’s market areas. The effect of these volume changes was an increase in interest expense of $672,000. The average rate paid on interest bearing deposits was 2.46% for the first six months of 2025 and 2.64% for the comparable period in 2024. This resulted in a decrease in interest expense of $1,905,000. The decrease was due to the Federal Reserve decreasing interest rates during the second half of 2024.


The average balance of other borrowed funds decreased $12.6 million. This resulted in a decrease in interest expense of $325,000. There was a decrease in the average rate paid on other borrowed funds from 4.94% to 4.40% due to the interest rate decreases by the Federal Reserve in the second half of 2024 that decreased borrowings costs resulting in a decrease in interest expense of $906,000.
 
Tax equivalent net interest income for the three months ended June 30, 2025 was $23,904,000 which compares to $21,545,000 for the same period last year.  This represents an increase of $2,359,000, or 11.0% and was primarily caused by a decrease in the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities due the rate cuts made by the Federal Reserve in the second half of 2024.
 
Total tax equivalent interest income was $39,005,000 for the three month period ended June 30, 2025, compared to $38,147,000 for the comparable period last year, an increase of $858,000. This increase was a result of an increase of $310,000 due to a change in volume as average interest-bearing assets increased $47.0 million due to organic growth. As a result of lower yielding investments and loans maturing and investment security purchases, the yield on average interest earning assets increased 8 basis points from 5.58% to 5.66% resulting in an increase in interest income of $548,000.
 
Tax equivalent investment income for the three months ended June 30, 2025 increased $834,000 over the same period last year. The primary cause of the increase was due to the increase in yield on investment securities of 58 basis points to 2.93%.
 

The average balance of taxable securities increased $25.8 million, which resulted in an increase in investment income of $158,000. The yield on taxable securities increased 64 basis points from 2.31% to 2.95% as a result of lower yielding securities maturing and purchases made in a higher market rate environment. This resulted in an increase in investment income of $595,000.
 

The average balance of tax-exempt securities decreased $2.7 million, which resulted in a decrease in investment income of $16,000. The yield on tax-exempt securities increased 38 basis points from 2.50% to 2.88%. This resulted in an increase in investment income of $97,000.
 
Total loan interest income increased $154,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period last year, as a result of higher volume.
 

Interest income on residential mortgage loans decreased $20,000. The change due to rate was an increase of $150,000 as the average yield on residential mortgages increased from 5.87% to 6.08%. The average balance of residential mortgage loans decreased $11.0 million. This resulted in a decrease of $170,000 on total interest income due to volume.
 
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The average balance of construction loans decreased $19.0 million as a result of projects in our Delaware and southeast Pennsylvania markets being completed and the related construction loans either transferring to other portfolios or being paid off. This resulted in a decrease of $370,000 on total interest income due to volume. The change due to rate was a decrease of $30,000 as the average yield on construction loans decreased from 7.36% to 7.29% as a result of a decrease in market interest rates in the last quarter of 2024 and the first half of 2025.
 

The average balance of commercial loans increased $18.5 million from a year ago. The growth was primarily attributable to construction loans being replaced with permanent financing. This had a positive impact of $180,000 on total interest income due to volume. The yield decreased 0.11% to 6.37% as a result of a decrease in market interest rates in the last quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, which decreased loan interest income $378,000.
 

Interest income on agricultural loans increased $488,000 from 2024 to 2025. The yield increased 42 basis points to 5.63% as a result of lower yielding loans maturing and repricing at a higher yield, which increased loan interest income $366,000. The average balance of agricultural loans increased $12.1 million from a year ago, resulting in an increase in interest income of $122,000.
 

The average balance of other loans increased $27.1 million as a result of outstanding student loans. This resulted in an increase of $449,000 on total interest income due to volume. The average yield of other loans decreased 87 basis points to 7.21% due to the lower market  rate environment in the first half of 2025, resulting in a decrease in income of $126,000.
 
Total interest expense decreased $1,501,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared with the comparative period last year as a result of a decrease in rate on interest-bearing liabilities. The average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities decreased from 3.00% to 2.73%. The decrease was driven by the Federal Reserve interest rate decreases in 2024, which caused interest expense to decrease $1,469,000.


The average balance of interest bearing deposits increased $12.5 million from June 30, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The increase was due to organic growth experienced in 2024 and 2025. The effect of these volume changes was a decrease in interest expense of $52,000 due to decreases in NOW accounts and certificates of deposits, which were offset by increases in money market accounts. The average rate paid on interest bearing deposits was 2.42% for the first  half of 2025 and 2.67% for the comparable period in 2024. This resulted in a decrease in interest expense of $1,154,000, driven by decreases in NOW accounts, money market accounts and certificates of deposits. The decreased rates were due to the Federal Reserve decreasing interest rates during the second half of 2024.


The average balance of other borrowed funds increased $4.4 million. This resulted in an increase in interest expense of $20,000. There was a decrease in the average rate paid on other borrowed funds from 4.89% to 4.50% due to the interest rate decreases by the Federal Reserve that decreased borrowings costs resulting in a decrease in interest expense of $315,000.

Provision for Credit Losses

For the six month period ended June 30, 2025, we recorded a provision for credit losses of $1,375,000, which represents a decrease of $1,412,000 from the $2,787,000 provision recorded in the corresponding six months of last year. The decrease in the provision in 2025 compared to 2024 was due to the amount of non-performing other commercial loans that were originated by HVBC that subsequent to the acquisition deteriorated in 2024. (see “Financial Condition – Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality Risk”).

For the three months ended June 30, 2025, we recorded a provision for credit losses of $750,000, which represents a decrease of $1,252,000 from the $2,002,000 provision recorded in the corresponding three months of last year. The decrease in the provision in 2025 compared to 2024 was due to the same factors impacting the six month change.

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Non-interest Income

The following table shows the breakdown of non-interest income for the three and six  months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (dollars in thousands):

   
Three months ended June 30,
   
Change
 
   
2025
   
2024
   
Amount
   
%
 
Service charges
 
$
1,303
   
$
1,385
   
$
(82
)
   
(5.9
)
Trust
   
183
     
201
     
(18
)
   
(9.0
)
Brokerage and insurance
   
627
     
563
     
64
     
11.4
 
Gains on loans sold
   
739
     
479
     
260
     
54.3
 
Equity security gains, net
   
33
     
(87
)
   
120
     
(137.9
)
Earnings on bank owned life insurance
   
355
     
328
     
27
     
8.2
 
Other
   
425
     
467
     
(42
)
   
(9.0
)
Total
 
$
3,665
   
$
3,336
   
$
329
     
9.9
 

   
Six months ended June 30,
   
Change
 
   
2025
   
2024
   
Amount
   
%
 
Service charges
 
$
2,594
   
$
2,757
   
$
(163
)
   
(5.9
)
Trust
   
407
     
445
     
(38
)
   
(8.5
)
Brokerage and insurance
   
1,310
     
1,228
     
82
     
6.7
 
Gains on loans sold
   
1,011
     
896
     
115
     
12.8
 
Equity security (losses) gains, net
   
22
     
(32
)
   
54
     
(168.8
)
Gain on sale of Braavo division
   
-
     
1,102
     
(1,102
)
   
(100.0
)
Earnings on bank owned life insurance
   
701
     
996
     
(295
)
   
(29.6
)
Other
   
1,047
     
915
     
132
     
14.4
 
Total
 
$
7,092
   
$
8,307
   
$
(1,215
)
   
(14.6
)

Non-interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2025 totaled $7,092,000, a decrease of $1,215,000 when compared to the same period in 2024. For the three months ended June 30, 2025, non-interest income increased $329,000 to $3,665,000. During the first six months of 2025, net equity security gains amounted to $22,000 as a result of market gains associated with general banking stock gains compared with a $32,000 loss in the comparable 2024 period associated with market conditions for that period. There were no sales of available for sale securities  during the first six months of 2025 or 2024.

The increase in gains on loans sold for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2025 compared to 2024 is attributable higher market prices on the loans sold in 2025 compared to 2024. The decrease in earnings on bank owned life insurance for the six month period is due to death benefits  received upon the passing of a former employee in 2024. During the first quarter of 2024, the Company completed the sale of certain assets acquired as part of the HVB acquisition, which included loans and accrued interest, and software, as well as transferring certain contracts, processes and employees of a division internally known as Braavo. The proceeds from the sale totaled approximately $7.2 million and generated a pre-tax gain of approximately $1.1 million.

Non-interest Expense

The following tables reflect the breakdown of non-interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 (dollars in thousands):

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Three months ended June 30,
   
Change
       
   
2025
   
2024
   
Amount
   
%
 
Salaries and employee benefits
 
$
9,976
   
$
9,617
   
$
359
     
3.7
 
Occupancy
   
1,182
     
1,266
     
(84
)
   
(6.6
)
Furniture and equipment
   
318
     
295
     
23
     
7.8
 
Professional fees
   
525
     
698
     
(173
)
   
(24.8
)
FDIC insurance
   
495
     
509
     
(14
)
   
(2.8
)
Pennsylvania shares tax
   
305
     
330
     
(25
)
   
(7.6
)
Amortization of intangibles
   
127
     
147
     
(20
)
   
(13.6
)
Software expenses
   
453
     
494
     
(41
)
   
(8.3
)
ORE expenses
   
73
     
175
     
(102
)
   
(58.3
)
Other
   
2,693
     
2,715
     
(22
)
   
(0.8
)
Total
 
$
16,147
   
$
16,246
   
$
(99
)
   
(0.6
)

   
Six months ended June 30,
   
Change
       
   
2025
   
2024
   
Amount
   
%
 
Salaries and employee benefits
 
$
20,265
   
$
19,907
   
$
358
     
1.8
 
Occupancy
   
2,538
     
2,590
     
(52
)
   
(2.0
)
Furniture and equipment
   
583
     
531
     
52
     
9.8
 
Professional fees
   
1,042
     
1,401
     
(359
)
   
(25.6
)
FDIC insurance
   
945
     
1,034
     
(89
)
   
(8.6
)
Pennsylvania shares tax
   
624
     
640
     
(16
)
   
(2.5
)
Amortization of intangibles
   
254
     
296
     
(42
)
   
(14.2
)
Software expenses
   
885
     
1,008
     
(123
)
   
(12.2
)
ORE expenses
   
192
     
162
     
30
     
18.5
 
Other
   
5,247
     
5,320
     
(73
)
   
(1.4
)
Total
 
$
32,575
   
$
32,889
   
$
(314
)
   
(1.0
)

Non-interest expenses decreased $314,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. Salaries and employee benefits increased $358,000 or 1.8%. Full time equivalent employees (FTE) decreased 11.4 or 2.9% when comparing 2025 to 2024. This decrease in headcount helped to offset the increase in salary and benefit expense due to merit increases, increased profit sharing, vacation expenses, healthcare and other retirement expenses.

Professional fees decreased due to various legal matters in 2024, of which $201,000 was related to the sale of then Braavo division. The decrease in FDIC insurance is due to an increase in the Bank’s leverage ratio, which provided for a lower rate in determining the expense. The increase in ORE expenses was due to the sale of an OREO property in 2024 that generated a gain of $138,000.

For the three months ended June 30, 2025, non-interest expenses decreased $99,000 when compared to the same period in 2024. The changes in salaries and employee benefits, professional FDIC insurance and ORE expenses correspond to the changes for the six month period.

Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes was $3,708,000 for the six month period ended June 30, 2025 compared to $2,590,000 for the same period in 2024. The increase is primarily attributable to the increase in income before the provision for income taxes of $4,903,000 for the comparable periods due increase in net interest income after the provision for credit losses. Through management of our municipal loan and bond portfolios, management is focused on minimizing our effective tax rate.  Our effective tax rate was 18.7% and 17.4% for the first six months of 2025 and 2024, respectively, compared to the statutory rate of 21%.

For the three months ended June 30, 2025, the provision for income taxes was $1,953,000 compared to $1,113,000 for the same period in 2024. The increase is primarily attributable to the increase in income before the provision for income taxes of $4,028,000 for the comparable periods due to the increase in net interest income. Our effective tax rate was 18.8% and 17.4% for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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We are invested in seven limited partnerships that have established low-income housing projects in our market areas, with our most recent investments made in the second half of 2022. We are currently recognizing credits on three projects. The remaining four partnership credits are fully utilized as of December 31, 2023. We anticipate recognizing an aggregate of $7.4 million of tax credits over the next 11 years.

Financial Condition

Total assets were $2.97 billion at June 30, 2025, a decrease of $58.5 million from $3.03 billion at December 31, 2024, due primarily to a decrease in student loans. Cash and cash equivalents increased $7.3 million to $49.5 million. Available for sale securities increased $5.7 million. Total loans decreased $71.9 million, while loans held for sale increased $5.9 million. Total deposits decreased $89.4 million to $2.29 billion since year-end 2024, while borrowed funds increased $15.5 million to $313.2 million.

Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $49.5 million at June 30, 2025 compared to $42.2 million at December 31, 2024. The increase is due to an increase in the cash held at the Federal Reserve.  Management actively measures and evaluates the Company’s liquidity position through our Asset–Liability Committee and believes the Company’s liquidity needs are satisfied by the current balance of cash and cash equivalents, readily available access to traditional funding sources including the Bank’s core deposits, Federal Home Loan Bank financing, federal funds lines with correspondent banks, brokered certificates of deposit and the portion of the investment and loan portfolios that mature within one year.  Management expects that these sources of funds will permit us to meet cash obligations and off-balance sheet commitments as they come due.
 
Investments

The following table shows the composition of the investment portfolio (including debt and equity securities) as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (dollars in thousands):
   
June 30, 2025
   
December 31, 2024
 
   
Amount
   
%
   
Amount
   
%
 
Debt securities:
                       
U. S. Agency securities
 
$
54,659
     
12.6
   
$
53,487
     
12.5
 
U. S. Treasury notes
   
101,739
     
23.5
     
120,502
     
28.2
 
Obligations of state & political subdivisions
   
93,693
     
21.6
     
94,902
     
22.2
 
Corporate obligations
   
10,908
     
2.5
     
10,438
     
2.4
 
Mortgage-backed securities in government sponsored entities
   
170,650
     
39.4
     
146,583
     
34.3
 
Equity securities
   
1,768
     
0.4
     
1,747
     
0.4
 
Total
 
$
433,417
     
100.0
   
$
427,659
     
100.0
 

   
June 30, 2025/
 
   
December 31, 2024
 
   
Change
 
   
Amount
   
%
 
Debt securities:
           
U. S. Agency securities
 
$
1,172
     
2.2
 
U. S. Treasury notes
   
(18,763
)
   
(15.6
)
Obligations of state & political subdivisions
   
(1,209
)
   
(1.3
)
Corporate obligations
   
470
     
4.5
 
Mortgage-backed securities in government sponsored entities
   
24,067
     
16.4
 
Equity securities
   
21
     
1.2
 
Total
 
$
5,758
     
1.3
 

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Our investment portfolio increased by $5.8 million, or 1.3%, from December 31, 2024 to June 30, 2025. During 2025, we purchased $33.4 million of mortgage-backed securities in U.S government sponsored entities, $900,000 of state and political subdivision bonds and $1.0 million of corporate obligations. We experienced $11.4 million of principal repayments and $22.0 million of calls and maturities. As a result of decreases in market interest rates, the unrealized loss on available for sale investment portfolio decreased $4.4 million. Excluding our short-term investments consisting of monies held primarily at the Federal Reserve for liquidity purposes, our investment portfolio for the six month period ended June 30, 2025 yielded 2.89%, compared to 2.32% in the comparable period in 2024, on a tax equivalent basis.

The investment strategy for 2025 has been to utilize cashflows from the investment portfolio to repurchase investments primarily in mortgage backed securities. We continually monitor interest rate trading ranges and seek to time investment security purchases when rates are in the top third of the trading range. The Company believes its investment strategy has appropriately mitigated its interest rate risk exposure for various rate environments, including a rising rate environment, while providing sufficient cashflows to meet liquidity needs.

Management continues to monitor the earnings performance and the liquidity of the investment portfolio on a regular basis.  Through active balance sheet management and analysis of the investment portfolio, the Company believes it maintains sufficient liquidity to satisfy depositor withdrawal requirements and various credit needs of its customers.

Loans Held for Sale

Loans held for sale increased $5.9 million to $15.5 million as of June 30, 2025 from December 31, 2024 due to the second quarter typically having more residential real sales than the fourth quarter.

Loans

The following table shows the composition of the loan portfolio as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (dollars in thousands):

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2025
   
2024
 
   
Amount
   
%
   
Amount
   
%
 
Real estate:
                       
Residential
 
$
341,671
     
15.2
   
$
351,398
     
15.2
 
Commercial
   
1,151,585
     
51.4
     
1,121,435
     
48.5
 
Agricultural
   
331,995
     
14.8
     
327,722
     
14.2
 
Construction
   
138,307
     
6.2
     
164,326
     
7.1
 
Consumer
   
46,933
     
2.1
     
133,207
     
5.8
 
Other commercial loans
   
150,171
     
6.7
     
131,310
     
5.7
 
Other agricultural loans
   
28,366
     
1.3
     
29,662
     
1.3
 
State & political subdivision loans
   
52,727
     
2.3
     
54,182
     
2.2
 
Total loans
   
2,241,755
     
100.0
     
2,313,242
     
100.0
 
Less allowance for credit losses
   
22,109
             
21,699
         
Net loans
 
$
2,219,646
           
$
2,291,543
         

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June 30, 2025/
 
   
December 31, 2024
 
   
Change
 
   
Amount
   
%
 
Real estate:
           
Residential
 
$
(9,727
)
   
(2.8
)
Commercial
   
30,150
     
2.7
 
Agricultural
   
4,273
     
1.3
 
Construction
   
(26,019
)
   
(15.8
)
Consumer
   
(86,274
)
   
(64.8
)
Other commercial loans
   
18,861
     
14.4
 
Other agricultural loans
   
(1,296
)
   
(4.4
)
State & political subdivision loans
   
(1,455
)
   
(2.7
)
Total loans
 
$
(71,487
)
   
(3.1
)

Lending efforts have historically been focused in north central Pennsylvania, the south central Pennsylvania counties of Lebanon, Schuylkill, Berks and Lancaster, the central Pennsylvania counties of Clinton and Centre, and southern New York. In Delaware, our activity is centered around the cities of Wilmington and Dover, Delaware. We have a limited service branch office in Union County that is staffed by a lending team to primarily support agricultural opportunities in central Pennsylvania and a loan production office in Georgetown, Delaware to also support our agricultural initiative. In June 2023, we completed the HVBC acquisition, which expanded our markets into south east Pennsylvania, including the counties of Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia. It also includes a Mortgage production office in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. In the fourth quarter of 2023, we opened an office in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to further our efforts in central Pennsylvania. We originate loans primarily through direct loans to our existing customer base, with new customers generated through the strong relationships our lending teams have with their customers and our lenders expertise in certain areas, as well as by referrals from real estate brokers, building contractors, attorneys, accountants, corporate and advisory board members, existing customers and the Bank’s website.  The Bank offers a variety of loans although historically most of our lending has focused on real estate loans including residential, commercial, agricultural, and construction loans.  All lending is governed by a lending policy that is developed and administered by management and approved by the Board of Directors.
 
Loan activity remained steady in the first half of 2025 with growth experienced across most markets even after some large pay-offs primarily in Delaware and our south east Pennsylvania market. The decrease in consumer loans is due to the seasonal nature of our student loan portfolio. This portfolio grows in the third and fourth quarter of a year as students begin their college year and the portfolio then decreases in the first two quarters of a year as we prepare for growth for the next school year.
 
The federal banking regulators have issued guidance for those institutions which are deemed to have concentrations in commercial real estate lending. Pursuant to the supervisory criteria contained in the guidance for identifying institutions with a potential commercial real estate concentration risk, institutions which have (1) total reported loans for construction, land development and other land acquisitions which represent 100% or more of an institution’s total risk-based capital; or (2) total commercial real estate loans representing 300% or more of the institution’s total risk-based capital and the institution’s commercial real estate loan portfolio has increased 50% or more during the prior 36 months are identified as having potential commercial real estate concentration risk. Institutions which are deemed to have concentrations in commercial real estate lending are expected to employ heightened levels of risk management with respect to their commercial real estate portfolios and may be required to hold higher levels of capital. The Company, like many community banks, has a concentration in commercial real estate loans, and the Company has experienced growth in its commercial real estate portfolio in recent years. As of June 30, 2025, non-owner-occupied commercial real estate loans (including construction, land and land development loans) represented 303.6% of consolidated risk based capital. Construction, land and land development loans represented 47.3% of consolidated risk based capital as of June 30, 2025. Management has extensive experience in commercial real estate lending and has implemented and continues to maintain heightened risk management procedures and strong underwriting criteria with respect to its commercial real estate portfolio. We may be required to maintain higher levels of capital as a result of our commercial real estate concentrations, which could require us to obtain additional capital and may adversely affect shareholder returns. The Company has an extensive Capital Policy and Capital Plan, which includes pro-forma projections including stress testing within which the Board of Directors has established internal minimum targets for regulatory capital ratios that are in excess of well capitalized ratios. The Company continues to refine information reviewed related to commercial real estate and to implement additional monitoring and testing of commercial real estate loans. As of June 30, 2025, management believes that it has implemented appropriate risk management practices, including risk assessments, board-approved underwriting policies and related procedures, which include monitoring loan portfolio performance and stressing of the commercial real estate portfolio under adverse economic conditions.

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Given the significance of commercial real estate (“CRE”) loans to our total loan portfolio, the following table further disaggregates these loans by occupied status and by collateral type as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (dollars in thousands):

   
June 30, 2025
 
   
Owner Occupied
   
Non-Owner Occupied
   
Total
 
Commercial Real Estate
 
Amount
   
%
   
Amount
   
%
   
Amount
   
%
 
Residential Rental and Speculation
 
$
5,868
     
0.51
%
 
$
182,112
     
15.81
%
 
$
187,980
     
16.32
%
Multifamily Rental
   
-
     
0.00
%
   
172,549
     
14.98
%
   
172,549
     
14.98
%
Student Housing
   
-
     
0.00
%
   
49,887
     
4.33
%
   
49,887
     
4.33
%
Office
   
13,865
     
1.20
%
   
67,426
     
5.86
%
   
81,291
     
7.06
%
Medical office
   
9,701
     
0.84
%
   
7,689
     
0.67
%
   
17,390
     
1.51
%
Retail
   
43,033
     
3.74
%
   
119,955
     
10.42
%
   
162,988
     
14.15
%
Self Storage
   
-
     
0.00
%
   
11,472
     
1.00
%
   
11,472
     
1.00
%
Industrial/Flex/Warehouse
   
24,865
     
2.16
%
   
59,915
     
5.20
%
   
84,780
     
7.36
%
Mixed Use
   
15,578
     
1.35
%
   
83,302
     
7.23
%
   
98,880
     
8.59
%
Hotel/Motel
   
-
     
0.00
%
   
96,523
     
8.38
%
   
96,523
     
8.38
%
Healthcare/Hospitals
   
6,956
     
0.60
%
   
-
     
0.00
%
   
6,956
     
0.60
%
Schools/Higher Ed/Vocational
   
1,537
     
0.13
%
   
7,252
     
0.63
%
   
8,789
     
0.76
%
Amusement/Entertainment
   
20,365
     
1.77
%
   
4,697
     
0.41
%
   
25,062
     
2.18
%
Specialty
   
32,487
     
2.82
%
   
23,082
     
2.00
%
   
55,569
     
4.83
%
Land
   
2,615
     
0.23
%
   
59,725
     
5.19
%
   
62,340
     
5.41
%
Senior Living
   
-
     
0.00
%
   
6,666
     
0.58
%
   
6,666
     
0.58
%
Food and beverage
   
15,232
     
1.32
%
   
1,051
     
0.09
%
   
16,283
     
1.41
%
Other
   
2,698
     
0.23
%
   
3,482
     
0.30
%
   
6,180
     
0.54
%
Total
 
$
194,800
     
16.92
%
 
$
956,785
     
83.08
%
 
$
1,151,585
     
100.00
%

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December 31, 2024
 
   
Owner Occupied
   
Non-Owner Occupied
   
Total
 
Commercial Real Estate:
 
Amount
   
%
   
Amount
   
%
   
Amount
   
%
 
Residential Rental
 
$
6,717
     
0.60
%
 
$
177,003
     
15.78
%
 
$
183,720
     
16.38
%
Multifamily Rental
   
522
     
0.05
%
   
175,314
     
15.63
%
   
175,836
     
15.68
%
Student Housing
   
-
     
0.00
%
   
47,346
     
4.22
%
   
47,346
     
4.22
%
Office
   
11,280
     
1.01
%
   
57,767
     
5.15
%
   
69,047
     
6.16
%
Medical office
   
10,549
     
0.94
%
   
7,664
     
0.68
%
   
18,213
     
1.62
%
Retail
   
57,365
     
5.12
%
   
114,620
     
10.22
%
   
171,985
     
15.34
%
Self Storage
   
1,921
     
0.17
%
   
9,769
     
0.87
%
   
11,690
     
1.04
%
Industrial/Flex/Warehouse
   
24,387
     
2.17
%
   
65,232
     
5.82
%
   
89,619
     
7.99
%
Mixed Use
   
21,051
     
1.88
%
   
69,783
     
6.22
%
   
90,834
     
8.10
%
Hotel/Motel
   
43,178
     
3.85
%
   
62,941
     
5.61
%
   
106,119
     
9.46
%
Healthcare/Hospitals
   
7,162
     
0.64
%
   
-
     
0.00
%
   
7,162
     
0.64
%
Schools/Higher Ed/Vocational
   
934
     
0.08
%
   
8,020
     
0.72
%
   
8,954
     
0.80
%
Amusement/Entertainment
   
16,896
     
1.51
%
   
5,067
     
0.45
%
   
21,963
     
1.96
%
Specialty
   
26,545
     
2.37
%
   
23,427
     
2.09
%
   
49,972
     
4.46
%
Land
   
2,800
     
0.25
%
   
49,111
     
4.38
%
   
51,911
     
4.63
%
Senior Living
   
-
     
0.00
%
   
5,978
     
0.53
%
   
5,978
     
0.53
%
Other
   
1,865
     
0.17
%
   
9,221
     
0.82
%
   
11,086
     
0.99
%
Total
 
$
233,172
     
20.79
%
 
$
888,263
     
79.21
%
 
$
1,121,435
     
100.00
%
 
The following table provides a breakdown of our construction loan portfolio by collateral type as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (dollars in thousands):

   
June 30, 2025
   
December 31, 2024
 
Construction Loans:
 
Amount
   
%
   
Amount
   
%
 
Residential
 
$
38,754
     
28.02
%
 
$
59,334
     
36.11
%
Multifamily
   
41,146
     
29.75
%
   
49,838
     
30.33
%
Office
   
4,130
     
2.99
%
   
8,456
     
5.15
%
Retail
   
59
     
0.04
%
   
2,299
     
1.40
%
Self Storage
   
12,636
     
9.14
%
   
11,986
     
7.29
%
Industrial/Flex/Warehouse
   
17,894
     
12.94
%
   
15,337
     
9.33
%
Mixed Use
   
7,096
     
5.13
%
   
7,580
     
4.61
%
Hotel/Motel
   
616
     
0.45
%
   
623
     
0.38
%
Schools/Higher Ed/Vocational
   
5,072
     
3.67
%
   
3,464
     
2.11
%
Agricultural and land
   
9,350
     
6.76
%
   
4,528
     
2.76
%
Food and beverage
   
1,554
     
1.12
%
   
-
     
0.00
%
Other
   
-
     
0.00
%
   
881
     
0.54
%
Total
 
$
138,307
     
100.00
%
 
$
164,326
     
100.00
%
 
The Company obtains an appraisal of the real estate collateral securing a CRE loan prior to originating the loan. The appraised value is used to calculate the ratio of the outstanding loan balance to the value of the real estate collateral, or loan-to-value ratio (“LTV”). The original appraisal is used to monitor the LTVs within the CRE portfolio unless an updated appraisal is received, which may happen for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to payment delinquency, additional loan requests using the same collateral, and loan modifications. The following table presents the ranges in the LTVs of our CRE loans at June 30, 2025 (dollars in thousands):
 
LTV Range
   
Number of Loans
   
Amount
   
%
 
0%-25%

   
829
   
$
167,820
     
14.61
%
25.01%-50%

   
537
     
322,402
     
28.06
%
50.01%-60%

   
305
     
234,954
     
20.45
%
60.01%-70%

   
345
     
272,564
     
23.72
%
70.01%-75

   
152
     
110,098
     
9.58
%
75.01%-80%

   
41
     
31,557
     
2.75
%
>80%
     
11
     
12,190
     
0.84
%
Total
     
2,219
   
$
1,151,585
     
100.00
%

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While the Company lends to companies that service companies that explore for natural gas in our market area, the Company has not originated any loans to companies performing the actual drilling and exploration activities. Loans made by the Company are to service industry customers which include trucking companies, stone quarries and other support businesses, favoring customers that have had a relationship with the Company prior to supporting the exploration for natural gas. We also have originated loans to businesses and individuals for restaurants, hotels and apartment rentals that have been developed and expanded to meet the housing and living needs of the gas industry workers. Due to our understanding of the industry and its cyclical nature, the loans made for natural gas-related activities have been originated in accordance with specific policies and procedures for lending to these entities, which include more stringent loan to value thresholds, shortened amortization periods, and expansion of our monitoring of loan concentrations associated with this activity.
 
For loans sold on the secondary market, the Company recognizes fee income for servicing certain sold loans, which is included in non-interest income.

Allowance for Credit Losses - Loans
 
The allowance for credit losses - loans is maintained at a level which, in management’s judgment, is adequate to absorb losses in the loan portfolio. The provision for credit losses - loans is charged against current income.  Loans deemed not collectable are charged-off against the allowance while subsequent recoveries increase the allowance.  The allowance for credit losses - loans was $22,109,000 or 0.99% of total loans as of June 30, 2025 as compared to $21,699,000 or 0.94% of loans as of December 31, 2024. The $410,000 increase is a result of a $1,137,000 provision for credit losses – loans less net charge-offs of $727,000. Net charge-offs for 2024 are driven by loans acquired as part of the HVBC acquisition due to collateral value deterioration and non-payment. The following table shows the distribution of the allowance for credit losses - loans and the percentage of loans compared to total loans by loan category as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (dollars in thousands):
 
   
June 30,
   
December 31
 
   
2025
   
2024
 
   
Amount
   
%
   
Amount
   
%
 
Real estate loans:
                       
Residential
 
$
3,062
     
15.2
   
$
1,940
     
15.2
 
Commercial
   
9,898
     
51.4
     
9,174
     
48.5
 
Agricultural
   
4,542
     
14.8
     
3,529
     
14.2
 
Construction
   
1,273
     
6.2
     
1,402
     
7.1
 
Consumer
   
1,187
     
2.1
     
1,405
     
5.8
 
Other commercial loans
   
1,925
     
6.7
     
3,699
     
5.7
 
Other agricultural loans
   
132
     
1.3
     
133
     
1.3
 
State & political subdivision loans
   
56
     
2.3
     
61
     
2.2
 
Unallocated
   
34
     
N/A
     
356
     
N/A
 
Total allowance for credit losses
 
$
22,109
     
100.0
   
$
21,699
     
100.0
 

The following table provides information related to credit loss experience and loan quality for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and the year ended December 31, 2024 (dollars in thousands).

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June 30, 2025
 
Credit Loss
Expense
(Benefit)
   
Net (charge-
offs)
Recoveries
   
Average
Loans
   
Ratio of net
(charge-offs)
recoveries to
Average loans
   
Allowance
to total
loans
   
Non-
accrual
loans as a
percent of
loans
   
Allowance to
total non-
accrual
loans
 
Real estate:
                                         
Residential
 
$
1,122
   
$
-
   
$
349,226
     
0.00
%
   
0.90
%
   
1.08
%
   
82.96
%
Commercial
   
764
     
(40
)
   
1,124,312
     
0.00
%
   
0.86
%
   
1.12
%
   
76.91
%
Agricultural
   
1,013
     
-
     
328,275
     
0.00
%
   
1.37
%
   
0.96
%
   
142.38
%
Construction
   
(129
)
   
-
     
164,252
     
0.00
%
   
0.92
%
   
0.96
%
   
95.79
%
Consumer
   
46
     
(264
)
   
130,147
     
(0.20
%)
   
2.53
%
   
1.67
%
   
151.79
%
Other commercial loans
   
(1,351
)
   
(423
)
   
137,913
     
(0.31
%)
   
1.28
%
   
1.55
%
   
82.62
%
Other agricultural loans
   
(1
)
   
-
     
29,286
     
0.00
%
   
0.47
%
   
1.42
%
   
32.75
%
State & political subdivision loans
   
(5
)
   
-
     
53,389
     
0.00
%
   
0.11
%
   
0.00
%
 
NA
 
Unallocated
   
(322
)
   
-
     
-
   
NA
   
NA
   
NA
   
NA
 
Total
 
$
1,137
   
$
(727
)
 
$
2,316,800
     
(0.03
%)
   
0.99
%
   
1.10
%
   
89.89
%
                                                         
December 31, 2024
                                                       
Real estate:
                                                       
Residential
 
$
(409
)
 
$
(5
)
 
$
356,292
     
0.00
%
   
0.55
%
   
0.82
%
   
67.57
%
Commercial
   
(4
)
   
-
     
1,109,075
     
0.00
%
   
0.82
%
   
1.28
%
   
63.87
%
Agricultural
   
265
     
-
     
324,500
     
0.00
%
   
1.08
%
   
1.24
%
   
86.88
%
Construction
   
(548
)
   
-
     
182,714
     
0.00
%
   
0.85
%
   
0.17
%
   
495.41
%
Consumer
   
(6
)
   
(85
)
   
107,656
     
(0.08
%)
   
1.05
%
   
0.75
%
   
140.22
%
Other commercial loans
   
4,010
     
(2,540
)
   
133,107
     
(1.91
%)
   
2.82
%
   
1.97
%
   
143.26
%
Other agricultural loans
   
(137
)
   
-
     
26,088
     
0.00
%
   
0.45
%
   
1.81
%
   
24.77
%
State & political subdivision loans
   
16
     
-
     
55,919
     
0.00
%
   
0.11
%
   
0.00
%
 
NA
 
Unallocated
   
(11
)
   
-
     
-
   
NA
   
NA
   
NA
   
NA
 
Total
 
$
3,176
   
$
(2,630
)
 
$
2,295,351
     
(0.11
%)
   
0.94
%
   
1.11
%
   
84.43
%

The credit loss expense for the first half of 2025 was driven by an increase in past due loans and the annual update of the loss driver analysis. This update includes revising prepayment and curtailment speeds. In addition, loss rates are updated to include the most recent completed year of 2024. For residential loans, the historical loss rate increased, while the prepayment speed slowed resulting in an increased provision. For other commercial loans the historical loss rate decreased in the annual update resulting in a decrease in the provision for 2025. These changes in credit loss expense drove the change in the allowance to total loans by segment when compared to December 31, 2024 as net-charge offs for these segments were minimal for 2025.

The Company believes it utilizes a disciplined and thorough loan review process based upon its internal loan policy approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.  The purpose of the review is to assess credit quality, analyze delinquencies, identify problem loans, evaluate potential charge-offs and recoveries, and assess general overall economic conditions in the markets served.  An external independent loan review is performed on our commercial portfolio at least semi-annually for the Company.  The external consultant is engaged to 1) review a minimum of 50%  of the dollar volume of the commercial loan portfolio on an annual basis, 2) a large sample of relationships in aggregate over $1,000,000,  3) selected loan relationships over $750,000 which are over 30 days past due, or classified Special Mention, Substandard, Doubtful, or Loss, and 4) such other loans which management or the consultant deems appropriate. As part of this review, our underwriting process and loan grading system is evaluated.

Management believes it uses the best information available to make such determinations and that the allowance for credit losses - loans is adequate as of June 30, 2025. However, future adjustments could be required if circumstances differ substantially from assumptions and estimates used in making the initial determination.  A prolonged downturn in the economy, changes in the economies of various segments of our agricultural and commercial portfolios, high unemployment rates, significant changes in the value of collateral and delays in receiving financial information from borrowers could result in increased levels of non-performing assets, charge-offs, credit loss provisions and reduction in income.  Additionally, bank regulatory agencies periodically examine the Bank’s allowance for credit losses.  The banking agencies could require the recognition of additions to the allowance for credit losses - loans based upon their judgment of information available to them at the time of their examination.

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On a monthly basis, problem loans are identified and updated primarily using internally prepared past due reports.  Based on data surrounding the collection process of each identified loan, the loan may be added or deleted from the monthly watch list.  The watch list includes loans graded special mention, substandard, doubtful, and loss, as well as additional loans that management may choose to include.  Watch list loans are continually monitored going forward until satisfactory conditions exist that allow management to upgrade and remove the loan from the watchlist.  In certain cases, loans may be placed on non-accrual status or charged-off based upon management’s evaluation of the borrower’s ability to pay.  All commercial loans, which include commercial real estate, agricultural real estate, state and political subdivision loans, other commercial loans and other agricultural loans, on non-accrual are evaluated quarterly for impairment.

See also “Note 5 – Loans and Related Allowance for Credit Losses - Loans” to the consolidated financial statements.

The following table is a summary of our non-performing assets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
 
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
2025
   
2024
 
Non-performing loans:
           
Non-accruing loans
 
$
24,595
   
$
25,701
 
Accrual loans - 90 days or more past due
   
347
     
276
 
Total non-performing loans
   
24,942
     
25,977
 
Foreclosed assets held for sale
   
2,434
     
2,635
 
Total non-performing assets
 
$
27,376
   
$
28,612
 
 
The following table identifies amounts of loans contractually past due 30 to 90 days and non-performing loans by loan category, as well as the change from December 31, 2024 to June 30, 2025 in non-performing loans (in thousands).  Non-performing loans include  accruing loans that are contractually past due 90 days or more and non-accrual loans. Interest does not accrue on non-accrual loans.  Subsequent cash payments received are applied to the outstanding principal balance or recorded as interest income, depending upon management’s assessment of its ultimate ability to collect principal and interest.
 
   
June 30, 2025
   
December 31, 2024
 
         
Non-Performing Loans
         
Non-Performing Loans
 
   
30 - 89 Days
                     
30 - 89 Days
                   
   
Past Due
   
90 Days Past
   
Non-
   
Total Non-
   
Past Due
   
90 Days Past
   
Non-
   
Total Non-
 
(in thousands)
 
Accruing
   
Due Accruing
   
accrual
   
Performing
   
Accruing
   
Due Accruing
   
accrual
   
Performing
 
Real estate:
                                               
Residential
 
$
2,184
   
$
-
   
$
3,691
   
$
3,691
   
$
1,527
   
$
-
   
$
2,871
   
$
2,871
 
Commercial
   
15,222
     
333
     
12,870
     
13,203
     
3,915
     
-
     
14,364
     
14,364
 
Agricultural
   
-
     
-
     
3,190
     
3,190
     
383
     
269
     
4,062
     
4,331
 
Construction
   
-
     
-
     
1,329
     
1,329
     
1,119
     
-
     
283
     
283
 
Consumer
   
549
     
14
     
782
     
796
     
312
     
7
     
1,002
     
1,009
 
Other commercial loans
   
287
     
-
     
2,330
     
2,330
     
760
     
-
     
2,582
     
2,582
 
Other agricultural loans
   
312
     
-
     
403
     
403
     
-
     
-
     
537
     
537
 
Total nonperforming loans
 
$
18,554
   
$
347
   
$
24,595
   
$
24,942
   
$
8,016
   
$
276
   
$
25,701
   
$
25,977
 

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Change in Non-Performing Loans
 
   
June 30, 2025 /December 31, 2024
 
(in thousands)
 
Amount
   
%
 
Real estate:
           
Residential
 
$
820
     
28.6
 
Commercial
   
(1,161
)
   
(8.1
)
Agricultural
   
(1,141
)
   
(26.3
)
Construction
   
1,046
     
369.6
 
Consumer
   
(213
)
   
(21.1
)
Other commercial loans
   
(252
)
   
(9.8
)
Other agricultural loans
   
(134
)
   
(25.0
)
Total nonperforming loans
 
$
(1,035
)
   
(4.0
)

Nonperforming loans decreased $1.0 million during the first six months of 2025. During the first six months of 2025, one construction loan relationship was placed on non-accrual status and one commercial relationship and one agricultural relationship were removed from non-accrual status, which accounts for the majority of the change in non-performing loans since year-end. All non-performing commercial agricultural and construction loans are reviewed on an individual basis to determine the need for a specific reserve at quarter end. In addition, non-performing residential loans with a balance in excess of $150,000 are individually evaluated. The specific reserves for these non-performing loans as of June 30, 2025 was $477,000. In addition, the Bank policy is to reserve 100% of all non-performing student loans. The reserve for these loans was $782,000 as of June 30, 2025.
 
Management believes that the allowance for credit losses - loans June 30, 2025 was adequate at that date, which was based on the following factors:

Specific reserves for non-performing loans total $1,259,000.

The Company has a history of low charge-offs, which were 0.06% of average loans on an annualized basis for 2025 and 0.11% for 2024, which included the numerous charge-offs related to the Braavo loans.

Bank Owned Life Insurance

The Company owns bank owned life insurance policies to offset future employee benefit costs. These policies provide the Bank with an asset that generates earnings to partially offset the current costs of benefits, and eventually (at the death of the insureds) provide partial recovery of cash outflows associated with the benefits.  As of June 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, the cash surrender value of the life insurance was $50.8 million and $50.3 million, respectively. The change in cash surrender value, net of purchases and amounts acquired through acquisitions, is recognized in the results of operations. The amounts recorded as non-interest income totaled $701,000 and $996,000 for the six month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. During the six months of 2025 and 2024, the Company received proceeds of $272,000 and $1,147,000, respectively, which included death benefits of $326,000 during 2024 on a former employee of the Company. The Company evaluates annually the risks associated with the life insurance policies, including limits on the amount of coverage and an evaluation of the various carriers’ credit ratings.

The Company policies that were purchased directly from insurance companies and acquired as part of the HVBC acquisition are structured so that any death benefits received from a policy while the insured person is an active employee of the Bank will be split with the beneficiary of the policy.  Under these agreements, the employee’s beneficiary will be entitled to receive 50% of the net amount at risk from the proceeds.  The net amount at risk is the total death benefit payable less the cash surrender value of the policy as of the date of death. The policies acquired as part of an acquisition in 2015 provide a fixed split-dollar benefit for the beneficiary’s estate, which is dependent on several factors including whether the covered individual was a former Director of First National Bank of Fredericksburg (“FNB”) or a former employee of FNB and their salary level. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, included in other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet was a liability of $521,000 and $514,000, respectively, for the obligation under the split-dollar benefit agreements.

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Premises and Equipment

Premises and equipment increased $381,000 to $21.8 million as of June 30, 2025 from December 31, 2024 as a result of purchases of equipment.

Other assets

Other assets decreased $2.9 million to $51.8 million as of June 30, 2025 from December 31, 2024. The primary driver of the decrease was the receipt of payment related to a loan participation.

Deposits

The following table shows the composition of deposits as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (dollars in thousands):

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2025
   
2024
 
   
Amount
   
%
   
Amount
   
%
 
Non-interest-bearing deposits
 
$
499,252
     
21.8
   
$
532,776
     
22.4
 
Interest bearing demand deposits
   
17,063
     
0.7
     
18,004
     
0.8
 
NOW accounts
   
598,621
     
26.1
     
581,673
     
24.4
 
Savings deposits
   
287,727
     
12.6
     
292,918
     
12.3
 
Money market deposit accounts
   
442,408
     
19.3
     
434,856
     
18.3
 
Certificates of deposit
   
447,591
     
19.5
     
521,801
     
21.8
 
Total
 
$
2,292,662
     
100.0
   
$
2,382,028
     
100.0
 

   
June 30, 2025/
 
   
December 31, 2024
 
   
Change
 
   
Amount
   
%
 
Non-interest-bearing deposits
 
$
(33,524
)
   
(6.3
)
Interest bearing demand deposits
   
(941
)
   
(5.2
)
NOW accounts
   
16,948
     
2.9
 
Savings deposits
   
(5,191
)
   
(1.8
)
Money market deposit accounts
   
7,552
     
1.7
 
Certificates of deposit
   
(74,210
)
   
(14.2
)
Total
 
$
(89,366
)
   
(3.8
)

Deposits decreased $89.4 million since December 31, 2024. The decrease in deposits was driven by decreases in state and political organizations and timing of their tax receipts and a decrease in brokered deposits of $33.1 million. We continue to see customer funds being transferred to higher-yielding investment alternatives. Brokered deposits totaled $60.0 million and $93.1 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. At June 30, 2025, the Bank estimates that balances held by customers in excess of the FDIC insurance limit ($250,000 per insured account) totaled $1.053 billion, or 45.7% of the Bank’s total deposits. Included in this balance are balances held through Intrafi, which provides customers with additional FDIC insurance, as well as deposits collateralized by securities  or letters of credit (almost exclusively municipal deposits). The total of these items was $521.7 million, or 22.5% of the Bank’s total deposits, as of June 30, 2025.

Borrowed Funds

Borrowed funds were $313.2 million and $297.7 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The increase in borrowed funds was due to the increase in investments and the seasonal decrease in deposits.

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The Company’s current strategy for borrowings is to consider terms and structures to manage interest rate risk and liquidity in a declining market interest rate environment. The Company’s daily cash requirements or short-term investments are primarily met by using the financial instruments available through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.

Stockholders’ Equity

We evaluate stockholders’ equity in relation to total assets and the risks associated with those assets.  The greater the capital resource, the more likely a corporation will meet its cash obligations and absorb unforeseen losses.  For these reasons, capital adequacy has been, and will continue to be, of paramount importance to the Company. As such, the Company has implemented policies and procedures to ensure that it has adequate capital levels. As part of this process, we routinely stress test our capital levels and identify potential risk and alternative sources of additional capital should the need arise.

Total stockholders’ equity was $313.7 million at June 30, 2025 compared to $299.7 million at December 31, 2024, an increase of $13,919,000, or 4.6%.  Excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity increased $11.4 million, or 3.5%. The accumulated comprehensive loss decreased $2.5 million, which was primarily the result of the increase in fair value of the Company’s available for sale investment portfolio caused by the decrease in longer term market interest rates. For the first half of 2025, the Company had net income of $16.1 million and declared cash dividends of $4.7 million, or $0.980 per share, representing a cash dividend payout ratio of 29.5%.

All of the Company’s debt investment securities are classified as available-for-sale, making this portion of the Company’s balance sheet more sensitive to the changing market value of investments due to changes in market interest rates. As a result of decreases in longer term market interest rates, accumulated other comprehensive loss decreased approximately $2.5 million from December 31, 2024.

The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. 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 effect on the Company’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 U.S. GAAP, regulatory reporting requirements, and regulatory capital standards. The Bank’s capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

Quantitative measures established by regulatory capital standards to ensure capital adequacy require the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of total and Tier 1 capital (as defined) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), common equity Tier 1 capital (as defined) to total risk-weighted assets (as defined), and of Tier 1 capital (as defined) to average assets (as defined). As permitted by applicable federal regulation, the Bank has opted to use the community bank leverage ratio (the “CBLR”) framework for determining its capital adequacy.  Under the CBLR framework a qualifying community bank is considered well-capitalized if its leverage ratio (Tier 1 capital divided by average total consolidated assets) exceeds 9%. There is a two quarter grace period for a qualifying community bank to return to 9% as long as the CBLR is least 8%. If a qualifying community bank fails to maintain the applicable minimum CBLR during the grace period, or if it is unable to restore compliance with the CBLR within the grace period, then it will revert to the Basel III capital framework and the normal Prompt Corrective Action capital categories will apply. At June 30, 2025, the Bank leverage ratio under the CBLR framework was 9.22%, which meets the 9.0% requirement to be considered “well-capitalized”  under the CBLR. The Bank leverage ratio as of December 31, 2024 was 8.99%, which did not meet the ratio to be considered “well-capitalized”  under the CBLR as of December 31, 2024. As such, the following table provides the Bank’s computed risk‑based capital ratios as of December 31, 2024, which reflects the Bank being well capitalized at that date (dollars in thousands):

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Actual
   
For Capital Adequacy Purposes
   
To Be Well Capitalized Under
Prompt Corrective Action Provisions
 
2024
 
Amount
   
Ratio
   
Amount
   
Ratio
   
Amount
   
Ratio
 
Total Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):
 
Company
 
$
284,931
     
11.88
%
 
$
191,824
     
8.00
%
 
$
239,780
     
10.00
%
Bank
 
$
287,020
     
11.99
%
 
$
191,501
     
8.00
%
 
$
239,376
     
10.00
%
                                                 
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):
 
Company
 
$
243,761
     
10.17
%
 
$
143,868
     
6.00
%
 
$
191,824
     
8.00
%
Bank
 
$
265,207
     
11.08
%
 
$
143,625
     
6.00
%
 
$
191,501
     
8.00
%
                                                 
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets):
 
Company
 
$
236,261
     
9.86
%
 
$
107,901
     
4.50
%
 
$
155,857
     
6.50
%
Bank
 
$
265,207
     
11.08
%
 
$
107,719
     
4.50
%
 
$
155,594
     
6.50
%
                                                 
Tier 1 Capital (to Average Assets):
 
Company
 
$
243,761
     
8.26
%
 
$
118,096
     
4.00
%
 
$
147,620
     
5.00
%
Bank
 
$
265,207
     
8.99
%
 
$
118,007
     
4.00
%
 
$
147,508
     
5.00
%

Off-Balance Sheet Activities

Some financial instruments, such as loan commitments, credit lines, and letters of credit, are issued to meet customer financing needs but are not recorded on the Company’s balance sheet.  The contractual amount of financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk was as follows at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

   
June 30, 2025
   
December 31, 2024
 
Commitments to extend credit
 
$
505,972
   
$
432,123
 
Standby letters of credit
   
11,109
     
9,799
 
   
$
517,081
   
$
441,922
 
                 
Allowance for Credit Losses - Off-Balance Sheet credit Exposure
 
$
914
   
$
676
 

We also offer limited overdraft protection as a non-contractual courtesy which is available to demand deposit accounts in good standing. Overdraft charges as a result of ATM withdrawals and one-time point of sale (non-recurring) transactions require prior approval of the customer. The non-contractual amount of financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was $12,762,000 and $13,006,000, respectively. The Company reserves the right to discontinue this service without prior notice.

Liquidity

Liquidity is a measure of the Company’s ability to efficiently meet normal cash flow requirements of both borrowers and depositors.  To maintain proper liquidity, we use funds management policies, which include liquidity target ratios, along with our investment policies to assure we can meet our financial obligations to depositors, credit customers and stockholders.  Liquidity is needed to meet depositors’ withdrawal demands, extend credit to meet borrowers’ needs, provide funds for normal operating expenses and cash dividends, and to fund other capital expenditures.

Cash generated by operating activities, investing activities and financing activities influences liquidity management. Our Company’s historical activity in this area can be seen in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.  The most important source of funds is core deposits.  Repayment of principal on outstanding loans and cash flows created from the investment portfolio are also factors in liquidity management.  Other sources of funding include brokered certificates of deposit and the sale of loans or investments, if needed.

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The Company’s use of funds is shown in the investing activity section of the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, where the net loan activity is presented.  Other uses of funds include purchasing stock from the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Pittsburgh, as well as capital expenditures.  Capital expenditures (including software purchases), during the first six months of 2025 were $1,081,000 compared to $226,000 during the same time period in 2024.

Short-term debt from the FHLB supplements the Bank’s availability of funds.  The Bank achieves liquidity primarily from temporary or short‑term investments in the Federal Reserve and the FHLB.  The Bank had a maximum borrowing capacity at the FHLB of approximately $1.06 billion, of which $421.4 million was outstanding, at June 30, 2025. The Bank also has two federal funds line with third party providers for $34.0 million as of June 30, 2025, which are unsecured and were undrawn upon as of June 30, 2025. The Company also has a borrower in custody line with the Federal Reserve Bank of approximately $14.1 million, which also was not drawn upon as of June 30, 2025. The Company has a $15.0 million line of credit with a New York community bank, which also was not drawn upon as of June 30, 2025. The Company continues to evaluate its liquidity needs and as necessary finds additional sources.

Citizens Financial Services, Inc. is a separate legal entity from the Bank and must provide for its own liquidity.  In addition to its operating expenses, Citizens Financial Services, Inc. is responsible for paying any dividends declared to its shareholders.  Citizens Financial also has repurchased shares of its common stock.  Citizens Financial Services, Inc.’s primary source of income is dividends received from the Bank.  Both federal and state laws impose restrictions on the ability of the Bank to pay dividends. In particular, the Bank may not, as a state-chartered bank which is a member of the Federal Reserve System, declare a dividend without approval of the Federal Reserve, unless the dividend to be declared by the Bank’s Board of Directors does not exceed the total of:  (i) the Bank’s net profits for the current year to date, plus (ii) its retained net profits for the preceding two current years, less any required transfers to surplus.  The Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC have formal and informal policies which provide that insured banks and bank holding companies should generally pay dividends only out of current operating earnings, with some exceptions.  The Prompt Corrective Action Rules, described above, further limit the ability of banks to pay dividends, because banks which are not classified as well capitalized or adequately capitalized may not pay dividends and no dividend may be paid which would make the Bank undercapitalized after the dividend.  At June 30, 2025, Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (on an unconsolidated basis) had liquid assets of approximately $3.6 million.

Interest Rate and Market Risk Management

The objective of interest rate sensitivity management is to maintain an appropriate balance between the stable growth of income and the risks associated with maximizing income through interest sensitivity imbalances and the market value risk of assets and liabilities.

Because of the nature of our operations, we are not subject to foreign currency exchange or commodity price risk and, because we have no trading portfolio, we are not subject to trading risk. At June 30, 2025, the Company has equity securities that represent only 0.06% of its total assets and, therefore, equity risk is not significant.

The primary components of interest-sensitive assets include adjustable-rate loans and investments, loan repayments, investment maturities and money market investments.  The primary components of interest-sensitive liabilities include maturing certificates of deposit, IRA certificates of deposit and short-term borrowings.  Savings deposits, NOW accounts and money market investor accounts are considered core deposits and are not short-term interest sensitive (except for the top-tier money market investor accounts, typically help by local governments, which are paid current market interest rates).

Gap analysis, one of the methods used by us to analyze interest rate risk, does not necessarily show the precise impact of specific interest rate movements on our Company’s net interest income because the re-pricing of certain assets and liabilities is discretionary and is subject to competitive and other pressures.  In addition, assets and liabilities within the same period may, in fact, be repaid at different times and at different rate levels.  We have not experienced the kind of earnings volatility that might be indicated from gap analysis.

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The Company currently uses a computer simulation model to better measure the impact of interest rate changes on net interest income. We use the model as part of our risk management and asset liability management processes that we believe will effectively identify, measure, and monitor the Company’s risk exposure.  In this analysis, the Company examines the results of movements in interest rates with additional assumptions made concerning prepayment speeds on mortgage loans and mortgage securities.   Shock scenarios, which assume a parallel shift in interest rates and is instantaneous, typically have the greatest impact on net interest income. The following is a rate shock analysis and the impact on net interest income as of June 30, 2025 (dollars in thousands):
 


Changes in Rates
 
Prospective One-Year
Net Interest Income
   
Change In
Prospective
Net Interest Income
   
% Change In
Prospective
Net Interest Income
 
-400 Shock
 
$
106,941
   
$
9,948
     
10.26
 
-300 Shock
   
102,423
     
5,430
     
5.60
 
-200 Shock
   
100,929
     
3,936
     
4.06
 
-100 Shock
   
99,347
     
2,354
     
2.43
 
Base
   
96,993
     
-
     
-
 
+100 Shock
   
94,194
     
(2,799
)
   
(2.89
)
+200 Shock
   
91,079
     
(5,914
)
   
(6.10
)
+300 Shock
   
88,292
     
(8,701
)
   
(8.97
)
+400 Shock
   
85,818
     
(11,175
)
   
(11.52
)

The model makes estimates, at each level of interest rate change, regarding cash flows from principal repayments on loans and mortgage backed securities, call activity of other investment securities, and deposit selection, re-pricing and maturity structure.  Because of these assumptions, actual results could differ significantly from these estimates which would result in significant differences in the calculated projected change on net interest income. Additionally, the changes above do not necessarily represent the level of change under which management would undertake specific measures to realign its portfolio in order to reduce the projected level of change. The changes in net interest income disclosed in the above table are in line with Company policy for interest rate risk.

Item 3-Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk

In the normal course of conducting business activities, the Company is exposed to market risk, principally interest rate risk, through the operations of its banking subsidiary.  Interest rate risk arises from market driven fluctuations in interest rates that affect cash flows, income, expense and values of financial instruments and was discussed previously in this Form 10-Q.  Management and a committee of the Board of Directors manage interest rate risk (see also “Interest Rate and Market Risk Management”).

Item 4-Control and Procedures

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company’s management, including the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”).  Based upon their evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective for the purpose of ensuring that the information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act with the SEC (1) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (2) is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

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(b) Changes to Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonable likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II ‑ OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1 ‑ Legal Proceedings

Management is not aware of any pending or threatened litigation that would have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position of the Company.  Any pending proceedings are ordinary, routine litigation incidental to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries.  In addition, no material proceedings are pending or are known to be threatened or contemplated against the Company and its subsidiaries by government authorities.

Item 1A – Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1.A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. At June 30, 2025, the risk factors of the Company have not changed materially from those reported in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K.  However, the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks that we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

Item 2 – Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Period
 
Total Number of
Shares (or units
Purchased)
   
Average Price
Paid per Share
(or Unit)
   
Total Number of Shares (or
Units) Purchased as Part
of Publicly Announced
Plans of Programs
   
Maximum Number (or Approximate
Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units)
that May Yet Be Purchased Under
the Plans or Programs (1)
 
                         
4/1/25 through 4/30/25
   
-
   
$
0.00
     
-
     
145,239
 
5/1/25 through 5/31/25
   
-
   
$
0.00
     
-
     
145,239
 
6/1/25 through 6/30/25
   
821
   
$
60.25
     
821
     
144,418
 
Total
   
821
   
$
58.15
     
821
     
144,418
 
 
  (1)
On April 22, 2023, the Company announced that the Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to an additional 150,000 shares at an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $15.0 million over a period of 36 months. The repurchases will be conducted through open-market purchases or privately negotiated transactions and will be made from time to time depending on market conditions and other factors.  No time limit was placed on the duration of the share repurchase program.  Any repurchased shares will be held as treasury stock and will be available for general corporate purposes.
 
Additionally, during the quarter ended June 30, 2025, certain employees surrendered shares of common stock owned by them to satisfy their statutory minimum U.S. federal and state tax obligations associated with the vesting of shares of restricted common stock issued under the Amended and Restated First Citizens Community Bank Annual Incentive Plan.
 
Item 3 ‑ Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not applicable.

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Item 4 – Mine Safety Disclosure

Not applicable.

Item 5 ‑ Other Information

During the three months ended June 30, 2025, none of the Company’s directors or executive officers adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of the Company’s securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of SEC Rule 10b5-1(c) or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” (as such term is defined in Item 408 of SEC Regulation S-K).

Item 6 ‑ Exhibits

(a)  The following documents are filed as a part of this report:
   
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (1)
   
Articles of Amendment of Restated Articles of Incorporation of Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (2)
   
Bylaws of Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (3)
   
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Bylaws of Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (4)
   
Form of Common Stock Certificate. (5)
   
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer
   
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer
   
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
   
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The following materials from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended  June 30, 2025, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) The Consolidated Balance Sheet (unaudited), (ii) the Consolidated Statement of Income (unaudited), (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (unaudited), (iv) the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (v) the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited) and (vi) related notes (unaudited).
   
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(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018, as filed with the Commission on August 9, 2018.

(2)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on April 26, 2021.

(3)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on December 17, 2020.
 
(4)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on November 23, 2022
 
(5)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the Commission on March 9, 2023.

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 
Citizens Financial Services, Inc.
 
(Registrant)
   
August 7, 2025
 /s/ Randall E. Black
 
By: Randall E. Black
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
   
August 7, 2025
 /s/ Stephen J. Guillaume
 
By: Stephen J. Guillaume
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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