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Derivative Financial Instruments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Financial Instruments
17.
Derivative Financial Instruments

Cash Flow Hedges

As part of its hedging strategy, the Company entered into a five-year interest rate swap on March 3, 2026. The notional value of the instrument is $100 million, and it is a receive-fixed facility with an interest rate of 3.34%. The swap is effective March 3, 2027, and is scheduled to mature on March 3, 2032. The swap is designated as a cash flow hedge, with changes in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income.

On April 4, 2025, the Company entered into a five-year pay-fixed interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $100 million which was scheduled to mature on April 4, 2030. The facility was discontinued on April 9, 2025, and a gain of $1.1 million was recognized by the Company. The gain is being accreted from other comprehensive income, net of deferred taxes, as a reduction of interest expense through maturity date of the contract.

For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, approximately $764,000 and $600,000, respectively, was reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income and recognized as a reduction of interest expense on discontinued hedges. At March 31, 2026, the Company expected approximately $2.5 million of the unrealized gain to be reclassified as a reduction of interest expense over the next twelve month period.

Fair Value Hedges

The Company offers certain interest rate swap products directly to its qualified commercial banking customers. These financial instruments are not designated as hedging instruments. The interest rate swap derivative positions relate to transactions in which the Company enters into an interest rate swap with a customer, while at the same time entering into an offsetting interest rate swap with another financial institution. An interest rate swap transaction allows customers to effectively convert a variable rate loan to a fixed rate. In connection with each swap, the Company agrees to pay interest on a notional amount at a variable interest rate and receive interest from the customer on a similar notional amount at a fixed interest rate. At the same time, the Company agrees to pay another financial institution the same fixed interest rate on the same notional amount and receive the same variable interest rate on the same notional amount.

Because the Company acts as an intermediary for its customer, changes in the fair value of the underlying derivative contracts are designed to offset each other and would not significantly impact the Company’s operating results except in certain situations where there is a significant deterioration in the customer’s credit worthiness or that of the counterparties. At March 31, 2026, no such deterioration was determined by management.

The Company also offers one-way interest rate swap products to its customers. Under this type of arrangement, the Company extends a conventional fixed-rate loan to the borrower and then subsequently hedges the interest rate risk of that loan by entering into a swap for its own balance sheet to convert the fixed-rate loan to a synthetic floating rate asset. These types of swaps lock in the Company's spread over its cost of funds for the life of the loan.

For some of its loan participation facilities, the Company enters into RPAs with other banks in order to hedge or share a portion of the risk of borrower default related to the interest rate swap on a participated loan.

All derivatives are carried at fair value in either derivative assets or derivative liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. At March 31, 2026, the Company's derivative assets and liabilities totaled $2.4 million and $3.5 million, respectively.

The following tables provide the outstanding notional balances and fair values of outstanding derivative positions at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025:

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Outstanding
Notional
 Balance

 

 

Asset
 Derivative
Fair Value

 

 

Liability
 Derivative
Fair Value

 

 

Pay
Rate
 (1)

 

Receive
Rate
(1)

 

Remaining
Term
 (2)

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receive-fixed interest rate swaps

 

$

100,000

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,122

 

 

USD-SOFR CME 1M

 

3.34%

 

 

5.9

 

Fair value hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk participation agreements purchased

 

$

4,726

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

7.48%

 

 

2.6

 

Risk participation agreements sold

 

 

127,106

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.17%

 

 

2.0

 

Commercial loan one-way interest rate swaps

 

 

96,215

 

 

 

270

 

 

 

320

 

 

6.73%

 

 

 

2.0

 

Commercial loan pass-through interest rate swaps:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan customer counterparty

 

 

184,756

 

 

 

771

 

 

 

1,304

 

 

5.99%

 

6.26%

 

 

2.6

 

Financial institution counterparty

 

 

184,756

 

 

 

1,304

 

 

 

771

 

 

6.26%

 

5.99%

 

 

2.6

 

Total fair value hedges

 

 

597,559

 

 

 

2,350

 

 

 

2,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivatives

 

$

697,559

 

 

$

2,350

 

 

$

3,517

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Weighted average rate.

(2) Weighted average life (in years).

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Outstanding
Notional
 Balance

 

 

Asset
 Derivative
Fair Value

 

 

Liability
 Derivative
Fair Value

 

 

Pay
Rate
 (1)

 

Receive
Rate
(1)

 

Remaining
Term
 (2)

 

December 31, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk participation agreements purchased

 

 

4,759

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.48%

 

 

2.8

 

Risk participation agreements sold

 

 

131,730

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.24%

 

 

2.0

 

Commercial loan one-way interest rate swaps

 

 

101,808

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

641

 

 

6.74%

 

 

 

2.1

 

Commercial loan pass-through interest rate swaps:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan customer counterparty

 

 

179,444

 

 

 

1,383

 

 

 

1,118

 

 

 

6.42%

 

 

2.6

 

Financial institution counterparty

 

 

179,444

 

 

 

1,118

 

 

 

1,383

 

 

6.42%

 

 

 

2.6

 

Total fair value hedges

 

 

597,185

 

 

 

2,544

 

 

 

3,142

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivatives

 

$

597,185

 

 

$

2,544

 

 

$

3,142

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Weighted average rate.

(2) Weighted average life (in years).