Note 2.  Acquisitions and Divestitures

After the close of business on January 23, 2026 (the "Effective Time"), the Company completed its previously announced merger (the “Merger”) with Hometown Bancshares, Inc. a West Virginia corporation headquartered in Middlebourne, West Virginia (“Hometown”), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement”) dated July 19, 2025, by and between the company and Hometown.  At the Effective Time, Hometown merged with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving corporation in the Merger.

Immediately following the Merger, Union Bank, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hometown, merged with and into First Community Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Bank Merger”), with First Community Bank as the surviving bank in the Bank Merger.

Pursuant to the Agreement, each outstanding share of common stock of Hometown was converted into the right to receive 11.706 shares (the “Exchange Ratio”) of the Company's common stock, par value $1.00 per share, plus cash, without interest, in lieu of fractional shares.  In connection with the transaction, the Company issued 1,029,314 common shares.

Under the terms of the Agreement, all Hometown stock appreciation rights under a stock appreciation award (except certain stock appreciation rights that were unvested as of January 1, 2025) and all Hometown dividend equivalent rights granted under the Hometown Dividend Equivalent Incentive Plan that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, to the extent not vested, became fully vested, and were canceled. The holders of stock appreciation rights received a cash payment equal to the number determined by multiplying (i) the excess, if any of (A) Average Closing Price (as defined in the Agreement) multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio over the applicable exercise price of the stock appreciation right, by (ii) the number of shares of Hometown common stock subject to the applicable stock appreciation right. The holders of dividend equivalent rights received a cash payment equal to the account value of the applicable dividend rights award. The stock appreciation rights that are unvested as of January 1, 2025, were assumed by the Company.

The transaction was accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting and, accordingly, assets acquired, liabilities assumed and consideration exchanged were recorded at estimated fair value on the acquisition date.  Fair values are preliminary and subject to refinement for up to a year after the closing date of the acquisition.  The Company incurred a total of $5.22 million in merger expenses related to the Hometown transaction, $2.91 million was recorded in 2025 and $2.31 million in the first quarter of 2026.  These costs were primarily related to data conversion, investment banking fees, and legal fees.

Goodwill arising from business combinations represents the excess of the purchase price over the sum of the estimated fair values of the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired less the fair value of the liabilities assumed.  The Hometown acquisition resulted in the Company recognizing $1.73 million in goodwill.

The primary identifiable intangible asset we typically record in connection with a whole bank or bank branch acquisition is the value of the core deposit intangibles which represents the estimated value of the long-term deposit relationships acquired in the transaction.  Determining the amount of identifiable intangible assets and their average lives involves multiple assumptions and estimates and is typically determined by performing a discounted cash flow analysis, which involves a combination of any or all of the following assumptions:  customer attrition/runoff, alternative funding costs, deposit servicing costs, and discount rates.  The core deposit intangibles are amortized over the estimated useful lives of the deposit accounts based on a method that we believe reasonably approximates the anticipated benefit stream from this intangible.  Core deposit intangibles for the Hometown transaction totaled $8.59 million.

When loans are acquired, due to the adoption of ASU 2025-08 in conjunction with ASU 2016-13 (CECL), the Company classifies acquired loans as either purchased credit deteriorated (“PCD”), purchased seasoned loans (“PSL”), or other non-PCD loans at the acquisition date. PCD loans, representing assets with more-than-insignificant credit deterioration since origination, and PSL loans, which meet the criteria for application of the gross-up approach under the new guidance, are both recorded by recognizing an allowance for credit losses as an adjustment to the amortized cost basis of the loans at acquisition, resulting in no initial impact to earnings. Subsequent changes in expected credit losses for these loans are recognized through provision expense in the periods in which they occur. Loans that do not meet the definition of PCD or PSL are recorded at fair value, typically determined using a discounted cash flow methodology incorporating assumptions such as discount rates, expected lives, prepayments, probability of default, and loss given default, with any resulting discount accreted into interest income over the estimated remaining life of the loans. An allowance for credit losses on these non-PCD loans is recognized through provision expense in the period of acquisition. This framework aligns the accounting for acquired loans more closely with their underlying credit characteristics while reducing earnings volatility at acquisition.  The fair value of purchased loans with credit deterioration was $11.05 million on the date of acquisition with the gross contractual amount totaling $12.66 million.   Purchased seasoned loans acquired had a fair value of $159.77 million with a gross contractual value of $161.58 million.  

Explanation of fair value adjustments;