EDGAR 10-K Filing

Company CIK: 1412665
Filing Year: 2022
Filename: 1412665_10-K_2022_0001412665-22-000033.json

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
ITEM 1. BUSINESS.
General
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc., an Iowa corporation formed in 1983, is a bank holding company registered under the BHCA and a financial holding company under the GLBA, with our corporate headquarters in Iowa City, Iowa. Our principal business is to serve as the holding company for our wholly-owned subsidiary, MidWestOne Bank. References to the “Bank” refer to MidWestOne Bank. References to “MidWestOne,” “we,” “us,” or the “Company,” refer to MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. together with its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
The Bank is focused on delivering relationship-based business and personal banking products and services. The Bank provides commercial loans, real estate loans, agricultural loans, credit card loans, and consumer loans. The Bank also provides deposit products including demand and interest checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and time deposits. Complementary to our loan and deposit products, the Bank also provides products and services including treasury management, Zelle, online and mobile banking, debit cards, ATMs, and safe deposit boxes. The Bank offers its products and services primarily through its network of full-service banking offices, including 34 banking offices located throughout central and eastern Iowa, 12 banking offices located principally in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota, 7 banking offices in western Wisconsin, one banking office in each of Naples and Fort Myers, Florida, and one banking office in Denver, Colorado. The Bank also has a trust department through which it offers services including the administration of estates, personal trusts, and conservatorships and the management of real property. Finally, the Bank’s investments services department offers financial planning, investment advisory, and retail securities brokerage services (the latter of which is provided through an agreement with a third-party registered broker-dealer).
As of December 31, 2021, we had total assets of $6.03 billion, total loans, net of unearned income, of $3.25 billion, total deposits of $5.11 billion, and shareholders’ equity of $527.5 million.
Recent Developments
On November 1, 2021, the Company and IOFB, a bank holding company, jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which the Company will acquire IOFB and its wholly-owned banking subsidiaries, FNBM and FNBF. The acquisition will add to the Company's existing presence in Fairfield, Iowa and will expand the Company's footprint into Muscatine, Iowa. The acquisition is expected to close early in the second quarter of 2022.
On July 28, 2020, the Company completed the private placement offering of $65.0 million of its subordinated notes, of which $63.75 million have been exchanged for subordinated notes registered under the Securities Act of 1933. The 5.75% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes are due July 30, 2030.
On June 30, 2019, the Company sold substantially all of the assets used by its wholly owned insurance subsidiary, MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc., to sell insurance products. The Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $1.1 million from the sale, which was reported in “Other” noninterest income on the Company’s consolidated statements of income. Effective December 31, 2019, MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc. was legally dissolved.
On May 1, 2019, the Company acquired ATBancorp, a bank holding company whose wholly-owned banking subsidiaries were ATSB and ABTW. The primary reasons for the acquisition were to expand the Company’s business into new markets and grow the size of the Company’s business. As consideration for the merger, we issued 4,117,536 shares of our common stock with a value of $116 million and paid cash in the amount of $34.8 million.
Operating Strategy
Our operating strategy is based upon a community banking model of delivering a comprehensive suite of financial products and services while following five operating principles: (1) take care of our customers; (2) hire and retain excellent employees; (3) conduct business with the utmost integrity; (4) work as one team; and (5) learn constantly so we can continually improve. Management believes the depth and breadth of the Company’s products and services coupled with the personal and professional delivery of the same provides an appealing alternative to competitors.
Lending Activities
General
We provide a range of commercial and retail lending services to businesses, individuals and government agencies. These credit activities include commercial and industrial loans, commercial and residential real estate loans, agricultural loans, and consumer loans.
We market our services to qualified lending customers. Lending officers actively solicit the business of new companies entering their market areas as well as long-standing members of the business communities in which we operate. Through professional service, competitive pricing, and innovative structure, we have been successful in attracting new lending customers. We also actively pursue consumer lending opportunities. With convenient locations, advertising, customer communications, and competitive technology, we believe that we have been successful in capitalizing on the credit needs of our market areas.
Our management emphasizes credit quality and seeks to avoid undue concentrations of loans to a single industry or based on a single class of collateral. We have established lending policies that include a number of underwriting factors to be considered in making a loan, including: location, loan-to-value ratio, cash flow, interest rate, and credit history of the borrower.
Commercial and Industrial Loans
We have a strong commercial loan base. We focus on, and tailor our commercial loan programs to, small- to mid-sized businesses in our market areas. Our loan portfolio includes loans to wholesalers, manufacturers, contractors, business services companies and retailers. We provide a wide range of business loans, including lines of credit for working capital and operational purposes and term loans for the acquisition of equipment. Although most loans are made on a secured basis, loans may be made on an unsecured basis where warranted by the overall financial condition of the borrower. Terms of commercial business loans generally range from one to five years.
Our commercial and industrial loans are primarily made based on the reported cash flow of the borrower and secondarily on the underlying collateral provided by the borrower. The collateral support provided by the borrower for most of these loans and the probability of repayment is based on the liquidation of the pledged collateral and enforcement of a personal guarantee, if any exists. The primary repayment risks of commercial loans are that the cash flows of the borrower may be unpredictable, and the collateral securing these loans may fluctuate in value. As of December 31, 2021, commercial and industrial loans comprised approximately 27.8% of our total loan portfolio.
Commercial Real Estate Loans
We also offer mortgage loans to our commercial and agricultural customers for the acquisition of real estate used in their businesses, such as offices, farmland, warehouses and production facilities, and to real estate investors for the acquisition of apartment buildings, retail centers, office buildings and other commercial buildings. In deciding whether to make a commercial real estate loan, we consider, among other things, the experience and qualifications of the borrower as well as the value and cash flow of the underlying property. Some factors considered are net operating income of the property before debt service and depreciation, the debt service coverage ratio (the ratio of the property’s net cash flow to debt service requirements), the cash flows of the borrower, the ratio of the loan amount to the property value and the overall creditworthiness of the prospective borrower. As of December 31, 2021, commercial real estate loans constituted approximately 52.5% of our total loan portfolio.
Construction and Development Loans. We offer loans both to individuals who are constructing personal residences and to real estate developers and building contractors for the acquisition of land for development and the construction of homes and commercial properties. These loans are generally in-market to known and established borrowers. Construction and development loans generally have a short term, such as one to two years. As of December 31, 2021, construction and development loans constituted approximately 5.3% of our total loan portfolio.
Farmland. We offer agricultural mortgage loans to our agricultural customers for the acquisition of real estate used in their business, generally farmland. As of December 31, 2021, farmland loans represented approximately 4.5% of our total loan portfolio.
Multifamily. We offer mortgage loans to real estate investors for the acquisition of multifamily (apartment) buildings. As of December 31, 2021, multifamily loans represented approximately 7.5% of our total loan portfolio.
Commercial real estate-other. We offer commercial mortgage loans for the acquisition of real estate used in the customer’s business, such as offices, warehouses, and production facilities. As of December 31, 2021, commercial real estate-other loans represented approximately 35.2% of our total loan portfolio.
Residential Real Estate Loans
Residential mortgage lending is a focal point for us and comprised approximately 14.4% of our total loan portfolio at December 31, 2021. Included in this category are home equity loans made to individuals. As long-term interest rates have remained at relatively low levels since 2008, many customers opted for mortgage loans that have a fixed rate with 15- or 30-year maturities. We generally retain short-term residential mortgage loans that we originate for our own portfolio and sell most long-term residential mortgage loans to other parties while retaining servicing rights on the majority of such loans. We generally retain servicing for mortgage loans sold. At December 31, 2021, we serviced approximately $925.2 million in mortgage loans for others. We do not offer subprime mortgage loans and do not operate a wholesale mortgage business.
Agricultural Loans
Agricultural loans comprised approximately 3.2% of our total loan portfolio at December 31, 2021. Agricultural loans, most of which are secured by crops, livestock and machinery, are generally provided to finance capital improvements and farm operations as well as acquisitions of livestock and machinery. The ability of the borrower to repay may be affected by many factors outside of the borrower’s control, including adverse weather conditions, loss of livestock due to disease or other factors, declines in market prices for agricultural products and the impact of government regulations. The ultimate repayment of agricultural loans is dependent upon the profitable operation or management of the agricultural entity.
Our agricultural lenders work closely with our customers, including companies and individual farmers, and review the preparation of budgets and cash flow projections for the ensuing crop year. These budgets and cash flow projections are monitored closely during the year and reviewed with the customers at least once annually. We also work closely with governmental agencies to help agricultural customers obtain credit enhancement products such as loan guarantees or interest rate assistance.
Consumer Lending
Our consumer lending department provides many types of consumer loans, including personal loans (secured or unsecured) and automobile loans. Consumer loans typically have shorter terms, lower balances, higher yields and higher risks of default than one- to four-family residential real estate mortgage loans. Consumer loan collections are dependent on the borrower’s continuing financial stability and are therefore more likely to be affected by adverse personal circumstances. As of December 31, 2021, consumer loans comprised 2.1% of our total loan portfolio.
Other Products and Services
Deposit Products
We offer competitive deposit products and programs that address the needs of customers in each of the local markets that we serve. The deposit products are offered to individuals, nonprofit organizations, partnerships, small businesses, corporations and public entities. These products include noninterest bearing and interest bearing demand deposits, savings accounts, money market accounts and time deposits. Approximately 81.9% of our total deposits were considered “core” deposits as of December 31, 2021, compared to 81.6% at December 31, 2020. We consider core deposits to be the total of all deposits other than time deposits and non-reciprocal brokered money market deposits.
Trust and Investment Services
We offer trust and investment services to help our business and individual clients in meeting their financial goals and preserving wealth. Our services include administering estates, personal trusts, and conservatorships, and providing property management, farm management, investment advisory, retail securities brokerage, financial planning and custodial services. Licensed brokers (who are registered representatives of a third-party registered broker-dealer) serve selected branches and provide investment-related services including securities trading, financial planning, mutual funds sales, fixed and variable annuities and tax-exempt and conventional unit trusts.
Liquidity and Funding
We depend on deposits and external financing sources to fund our operations. We employ a variety of financing arrangements, including term debt, subordinated debt, and equity. A discussion of our liquidity and funding programs has been included in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations under “Liquidity,” and Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk under “Liquidity Risk.”
Competition
The banking business and related financial service providers operate in a highly competitive market. The Company competes with other commercial banks, thrifts, credit unions, stockbrokers, finance divisions of auto and farm equipment companies, agricultural suppliers, and other agriculture-related lenders. Some of these competitors are local, while others are statewide, regional or nationwide. In addition, financial technology, or fintech, companies are emerging in key areas of banking. We compete for deposits, loans, and other financial services through the range and quality of services we provide, with an emphasis on building long-lasting relationships.
Human Capital Resources
MidWestOne is built on a long-standing tradition of being recognized as a great place to work and providing a high level of service to our customers in the communities we serve. Fundamentally, MidWestOne demonstrates its belief and commitment that community banking is a relationship-driven business with bankers at a local level who know and serve their customers with a personalized approach. Just as we strive to serve our customers in each of our communities, we deem our relationship with our employees to be vital to our ongoing success. To carry on our commitment of excellent service to our customers, recruitment and retention of top talent in our industry is a critical component to success in every aspect of our business. Building and maintaining a strong management team that drives and champions our culture across the organization requires strategies focused on employee engagement, career development, and an effective succession plan for our key leaders.
Demographics: As of December 31, 2021, the Company employed 760 full and part-time employees. Our workforce is in the following geographical regions: Iowa; the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area and its respective outer rim communities in Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin; southwest Wisconsin; Denver, Colorado; and southwest Florida.
Learning & Development: The Company’s operating principle of “Learn Constantly So We Continually Improve” reflects our ongoing commitment to training and development opportunities for employees at all levels and in all regions. We leverage both formal and informal development programs to identify, cultivate, and retain a highly skilled workforce. We provide learning and development opportunities through internally developed programs, including internal onboarding, mentorship, and leadership programming. The Company also commits resources to external learning and development opportunities, including graduate banking schools, business line external education, and professional certification coursework.
Feedback & Recognition: Integral to MidWestOne’s culture is peer to peer recognition and the celebration of our employees throughout our footprint. Leaders and internal colleagues share success stories through multiple avenues, including our all-company monthly “One Call” and our annual “Rally Day” event. MidWestOne celebrated another year as a Top Workplace in Iowa and on the National Standards list of Top Workplaces in Minnesota. In 2021, MidWestOne Bank was named the best small bank in Iowa by Newsweek magazine. The Company has achieved these awards in part because we solicit and value ongoing feedback from our associates to improve our work environment and to position the Company as an employer of choice. As a participant in the Energage employee engagement survey, we have one of the highest employee participation rates of similarly sized commercial banks across the nation.
Compensation and Benefits: The Company provides for competitive total compensation package based upon industry best practices and comparative data. Our compensation programs include base salary and incentive compensation opportunities, including product and service referral incentives, business line and management bonus plans, an equity incentive plan, and a profit-sharing company bonus program. We also provide a complete benefit suite, including healthcare and insurance benefits, an employee stock ownership program, 401(k) plan match funding, health savings and flexible spending accounts, paid time off, family leave, sabbaticals, an employee assistance program, and various wellness programs. These programs are designed to attract and retain top talent and reward excellent performance, while also motivating key contributors to drive the Company’s financial performance objectives and achieve employee performance goals in a balanced, risk-based manner.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: MidWestOne is committed to fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). We continued our participation in the voluntary FDIC Diversity Self-Assessment and report our Affirmative Action Compliance Program results. In 2021, we took steps to further support our DEI initiative, R.I.S.E. (“Retention. Innovation. Support. Empowerment.”). R.I.S.E. serves as an umbrella strategy that drives our commitment to achieving our workforce diversity initiatives, and it also provides a conceptual framework for our approach to the acquisition of new talent and our approach to
embracing and realizing the full potential of our workforce. R.I.S.E. reflects the Company’s belief in and commitment to a diverse workforce centered on a feeling of respect and belonging.
To lead our efforts forward, we named a Diversity & Inclusion Officer, selected a R.I.S.E. Leadership Council, and selected a R.I.S.E. Advisory Council of employees across our footprint. We plan to further develop DEI initiatives through continued development of our affinity groups, solicitation of internal feedback, learning and development, and other programming. We believe that our DEI efforts are critical to allowing our employees and leaders to better understand, serve, and support our client base in the markets we serve.
Available Information
We file Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The public may obtain copies of these reports and any amendments at the SEC’s Internet site, www.sec.gov.
Additionally, reports filed with the SEC can be obtained free of charge through our website at www.midwestone.com under “Investor Relations - SEC Filings”. These reports are made available through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed electronically with, or furnished to, the SEC. Information on, or accessible through, our website is not part of, or incorporated by reference in, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Supervision and Regulation
General
FDIC-insured institutions, like the Bank, their holding companies and their affiliates are extensively regulated under federal and state law. As a result, our growth and earnings performance may be affected not only by management decisions and general economic conditions, but also by the requirements of federal and state statutes and by the regulations and policies of various bank regulatory agencies, including the Iowa Division of Banking (the “Iowa Division”), the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”). Furthermore, taxation laws administered by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities, accounting rules developed by the FASB, securities laws administered by the SEC and state securities authorities, and anti-money laundering laws enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) have an impact on our business. The effect of these statutes, regulations, regulatory policies and accounting rules are significant to our operations and results.
Federal and state banking laws impose a comprehensive system of supervision, regulation and enforcement on the operations of FDIC-insured institutions, their holding companies and affiliates that is intended primarily for the protection of the FDIC-insured deposits and depositors of banks, rather than shareholders. These laws, and the regulations of the bank regulatory agencies issued under them, affect, among other things, the scope of our business, the kinds and amounts of investments the Company and the Bank may make, required capital levels relative to assets, the nature and amount of collateral for loans, the establishment of branches, the ability to merge, consolidate and acquire, dealings with our insiders and affiliates and the payment of dividends. In reaction to the global financial crisis and particularly following the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, we experienced heightened regulatory requirements and scrutiny. Although the reforms primarily targeted systemically important financial service providers, their influence filtered down in varying degrees to community banks over time and caused our compliance and risk management processes, and the costs thereof, to increase. The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2018 (“Regulatory Relief Act”) eliminated questions about the applicability of certain Dodd-Frank Act reforms to community bank systems, including relieving us of any requirement to engage in mandatory stress tests, maintain a risk committee or comply with the Volcker Rule’s complicated prohibitions on proprietary trading and ownership of private funds. These reforms have been favorable to our operations.
The supervisory framework for U.S. banking organizations subjects banks and bank holding companies to regular examination by their respective regulatory agencies, which results in examination reports and ratings that are not publicly available and that can impact the conduct and growth of their business. These examinations consider not only compliance with applicable laws and regulations, but also capital levels, asset quality and risk, management ability and performance, earnings, liquidity, and various other factors. The regulatory agencies generally have broad discretion to impose restrictions and limitations on the operations of a regulated entity where the agencies determine, among other things, that such operations are unsafe or unsound, fail to comply with applicable law or are otherwise inconsistent with laws and regulations.
The following is a summary of the material elements of the supervisory and regulatory framework applicable to the Company and the Bank. It does not describe all of the statutes, regulations and regulatory policies that apply, nor does it restate all of the requirements of those that are described. The descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the particular statutory and regulatory provision.
COVID-19 Pandemic
The federal bank regulatory agencies, along with their state counterparts, issued a steady stream of guidance responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and took a number of unprecedented steps to help banks navigate the pandemic and mitigate its impact. These included, without limitation: requiring banks to focus on business continuity and pandemic planning; adding pandemic scenarios to stress testing; encouraging bank use of capital buffers and reserves in lending programs; permitting certain regulatory reporting extensions; reducing margin requirements on swaps; permitting certain otherwise prohibited investments in investment funds; issuing guidance to encourage banks to work with customers affected by the pandemic and encourage loan workouts; and providing credit under the CRA for certain pandemic-related loans, investments and public service. Because of the need for social distancing measures, the agencies revamped the manner in which they conducted periodic examinations of their regulated institutions, including making greater use of off-site review, and they have continued using virtual bank examinations in 2022.
For discussions of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, reference is made to the discussion of risks in “Item 1.A. Risk Factors” section. In addition, information as to selected topics is contained in the relevant sections of this Supervision and Regulation discussion provided below.
The Role of Capital
Regulatory capital represents the net assets of a banking organization available to absorb losses. Because of the risks attendant to their business, FDIC-insured institutions are generally required to hold more capital than other businesses, which directly affects our earnings capacity. Although capital has historically been one of the key measures of the financial health of both bank holding companies and banks, its role became fundamentally more important in the wake of the global financial crisis, as the banking regulators recognized that the amount and quality of capital held by banks prior to the crisis was insufficient to absorb losses during periods of severe stress.
Capital Levels. Banks have been required to hold minimum levels of capital based on guidelines established by the bank regulatory agencies since 1983. The minimums have been expressed in terms of ratios of “capital” divided by “total assets.” The capital guidelines for U.S. banks beginning in 1989 have been based upon international capital accords (known as “Basel” rules) adopted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, a committee of central banks and bank supervisors that acts as the primary global standard-setter for prudential regulation, as implemented by the U.S. bank regulatory agencies on an interagency basis. The accords recognized that bank assets for the purpose of the capital ratio calculations needed to be risk weighted (the theory being that riskier assets should require more capital) and that off-balance sheet exposures needed to be factored in the calculations. Following the global financial crisis, the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision, the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, announced agreement on a strengthened set of capital requirements for banking organizations around the world, known as Basel III, to address deficiencies recognized in connection with the global financial crisis.
The Basel III Rules. The Unites States bank regulatory agencies adopted the Basel III regulatory capital reforms, and, at the same time, effected changes required by the Dodd-Frank Act, in regulations that were effective (with certain phase-ins) in 2015. Basel III, or the Basel III Rule, established capital standards for banks and bank holding companies that are meaningfully more stringent than those in place previously: it increased the required quantity and quality of capital; and it required a more complex, detailed and calibrated assessment of risk in the calculation of risk weightings. The Basel III Rule is applicable to all banking organizations that are subject to minimum capital requirements, including federal and state banks and savings and loan associations, as well as to most bank and savings and loan holding companies. The Company and the Bank are each subject to the Basel III Rule as described below.
Not only did the Basel III Rule increase most of the required minimum capital ratios in effect prior to January 1, 2015, but, in requiring that forms of capital be of higher quality to absorb loss, it introduced the concept of Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, which consists primarily of common stock, related surplus (net of Treasury stock), retained earnings, and Common Equity Tier 1 minority interests subject to certain regulatory adjustments. The Basel III Rule also changed the definition of capital by establishing more stringent criteria that instruments must meet to be considered Additional Tier 1 Capital (primarily non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock that meets certain requirements) and Tier 2 Capital (primarily other types of preferred stock and subordinated debt, subject to limitations). The Basel III Rule also constrained the inclusion of minority interests, mortgage-servicing assets, and deferred tax assets in capital and required deductions from Common Equity Tier 1 Capital in the event that such assets exceeded a percentage of a banking institution’s Common Equity Tier 1 Capital.
The Basel III Rule required minimum capital ratios as of January 1, 2015, as follows:
•A ratio of Common Equity Tier 1 Capital equal to 4.5% of risk-weighted assets;
•A ratio of Tier 1 Capital equal to 6% of risk-weighted assets;
•A continuation of the minimum required amount of Total Capital (Tier 1 plus Tier 2) at 8% of risk-weighted assets; and
•A leverage ratio of Tier 1 Capital to total quarterly average assets equal to 4% in all circumstances.
In addition, institutions that seek the freedom to make capital distributions (including for dividends and repurchases of stock) and pay discretionary bonuses to executive officers without restriction must also maintain 2.5% in Common Equity Tier 1 Capital attributable to a capital conservation buffer. The purpose of the conservation buffer is to ensure that banking institutions maintain a buffer of capital that can be used to absorb losses during periods of financial and economic stress. Factoring in the conservation buffer increases the minimum ratios depicted above to 7% for Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, 8.5% for Tier 1 Capital and 10.5% for Total Capital. The federal bank regulators released a joint statement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic reminding the industry that capital and liquidity buffers were meant to give banks the means to support the economy in adverse situations, and that the agencies would support banks that use the buffers for that purpose if undertaken in a safe and sound manner.
Well-Capitalized Requirements. The ratios described above are minimum standards in order for banking organizations to be considered “adequately capitalized.” Bank regulatory agencies uniformly encourage banks to hold more capital and be “well-capitalized” and, to that end, federal law and regulations provide various incentives for banking organizations to maintain regulatory capital at levels in excess of minimum regulatory requirements. For example, a banking organization that is well-capitalized may: (i) qualify for exemptions from prior notice or application requirements otherwise applicable to certain types of activities; (ii) qualify for expedited processing of other required notices or applications; and (iii) accept, roll-over or renew brokered deposits. Higher capital levels could also be required if warranted by the particular circumstances or risk profiles of individual banking organizations. For example, the Federal Reserve’s capital guidelines contemplate that additional capital may be required to take adequate account of, among other things, interest rate risk, or the risks posed by concentrations of credit, nontraditional activities or securities trading activities. Further, any banking organization experiencing or anticipating significant growth would be expected to maintain capital ratios, including tangible capital positions (i.e., Tier 1 Capital less all intangible assets), well above the minimum levels.
Under the capital regulations of the Federal Reserve for the Company and the FDIC for the Bank, in order to be well-capitalized, we must maintain:
•A Common Equity Tier 1 Capital ratio to risk-weighted assets of 6.5% or more;
•A ratio of Tier 1 Capital to total risk-weighted assets of 8% or more;
•A ratio of Total Capital to total risk-weighted assets of 10% or more; and
•A leverage ratio of Tier 1 Capital to total adjusted average quarterly assets of 5% or greater.
It is possible under the Basel III Rule to be well-capitalized while remaining out of compliance with the capital conservation buffer discussed above.
As of December 31, 2021: (i) the Bank was not subject to a directive from the FDIC to increase its capital and (ii) the Bank was well-capitalized, as defined by FDIC regulations. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had regulatory capital in excess of the Federal Reserve’s requirements and met the Basel III Rule requirements to be well-capitalized. We are also in compliance with the capital conservation buffer.
Prompt Corrective Action. The concept of an institution being “well-capitalized” is part of a regulatory enforcement regime that provides the federal banking regulators with broad power to take “prompt corrective action” to resolve the problems of institutions based on the capital level of each particular institution. The extent of the regulators’ powers depends on whether the institution in question is “adequately capitalized,” “undercapitalized,” “significantly undercapitalized” or “critically undercapitalized,” in each case as defined by regulation. Depending upon the capital category to which an institution is assigned, the regulators’ corrective powers include: (i) requiring the institution to submit a capital restoration plan; (ii) limiting the institution’s asset growth and restricting its activities; (iii) requiring the institution to issue additional capital stock (including additional voting stock) or to sell itself; (iv) restricting transactions between the institution and its affiliates; (v) restricting the interest rate that the institution may pay on deposits; (vi) ordering a new election of directors of the institution; (vii) requiring that senior executive officers or directors be dismissed; (viii) prohibiting the institution from accepting deposits from correspondent banks; (ix) requiring the institution to divest certain subsidiaries; (x) prohibiting the payment of principal or interest on subordinated debt; and (xi) ultimately, appointing a receiver for the institution.
Community Bank Capital Simplification. Community banks have long raised concerns with bank regulators about the regulatory burden, complexity, and costs associated with certain provisions of the Basel III Rule. In response, Congress provided an “off-ramp” for institutions, like us, with total consolidated assets of less than $10 billion. Section 201 of the Regulatory Relief Act instructed the federal banking regulators to establish a single “Community Bank Leverage Ratio” (“CBLR”) of between 8 and 10%. Under the final rule, a community banking organization is eligible to elect the new framework if it has: less than $10
billion in total consolidated assets, limited amounts of certain assets and off-balance sheet exposures, and a CBLR greater than 9%. We may elect the CBLR framework at any time but have not currently determined to do so.
Supervision and Regulation of the Company
General. The Company, as the sole shareholder of the Bank, is a bank holding company that has elected financial holding company status. As a bank holding company, we are registered with, and subject to regulation, supervision and enforcement by, the Federal Reserve under the BHCA. We are legally obligated to act as a source of financial and managerial strength to the Bank and to commit resources to support the Bank in circumstances where we might not otherwise do so. Under the BHCA, we are subject to periodic examination by the Federal Reserve and are required to file with the Federal Reserve periodic reports of our operations and such additional information regarding us and the Bank as the Federal Reserve may require.
Acquisitions, Activities and Financial Holding Company Election. The primary purpose of a bank holding company is to control and manage banks. The BHCA generally requires the prior approval of the Federal Reserve for any merger involving a bank holding company or any acquisition by a bank holding company of another bank or bank holding company. Subject to certain conditions (including deposit concentration limits established by the BHCA), the Federal Reserve may allow a bank holding company to acquire banks located in any state of the United States. In approving interstate acquisitions, the Federal Reserve is required to give effect to applicable state law limitations on the aggregate amount of deposits that may be held by the acquiring bank holding company and its FDIC-insured institution affiliates in the state in which the target bank is located (provided that those limits do not discriminate against out-of-state institutions or their holding companies) and state laws that require that the target bank have been in existence for a minimum period of time (not to exceed five years) before being acquired by an out-of-state bank holding company. Furthermore, in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Act, bank holding companies must be well-capitalized and well-managed in order to effect interstate mergers or acquisitions. For a discussion of the capital requirements, see “-The Role of Capital” above.
The BHCA generally prohibits us from acquiring direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 5% of the voting shares of any company that is not a bank and from engaging in any business other than that of banking, managing and controlling banks or furnishing services to banks and their subsidiaries. This general prohibition is subject to a number of exceptions. The principal exception allows bank holding companies to engage in, and to own shares of companies engaged in, certain businesses found by the Federal Reserve prior to November 11, 1999 to be “so closely related to banking ... as to be a proper incident thereto.” This authority permits us to engage in a variety of banking-related businesses, including the ownership and operation of a savings association, or any entity engaged in consumer finance, equipment leasing, the operation of a computer service bureau (including software development) and mortgage banking and brokerage services. The BHCA does not place territorial restrictions on the domestic activities of nonbank subsidiaries of bank holding companies.
Additionally, bank holding companies that meet certain eligibility requirements prescribed by the BHCA and elect to operate as financial holding companies may engage in, or own shares in companies engaged in, a wider range of nonbanking activities, including securities and insurance underwriting and sales, merchant banking and any other activity that the Federal Reserve, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, determines by regulation or order is financial in nature or incidental to any such financial activity or that the Federal Reserve determines by order to be complementary to any such financial activity, as long as the activity does not pose a substantial risk to the safety or soundness of FDIC-insured institutions or the financial system generally. We have elected to operate as a financial holding company. In order to maintain our status as a financial holding company, the Company and the Bank must be well-capitalized, well-managed, and the Bank must have a least a satisfactory CRA rating. If the Federal Reserve determines that either the Company or the Bank is not well-capitalized or well-managed, the Federal Reserve will provide a period of time in which to achieve compliance, but during the period of noncompliance, the Federal Reserve may place any limitations on us that it deems appropriate. Furthermore, if non-compliance is based on the failure of the Bank to achieve a satisfactory CRA rating, we would not be able to commence any new financial activities or acquire a company that engages in such activities.
Change in Control. Federal law also prohibits any person or company from acquiring “control” of an FDIC-insured depository institution or its holding company without prior notice to the appropriate federal bank regulator. “Control” is conclusively presumed to exist upon the acquisition of 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities of a bank or bank holding company, but may arise under certain circumstances between 10% and 24.99% ownership.
Capital Requirements. We are required to maintain consolidated capital in accordance with Federal Reserve capital adequacy requirements. For a discussion of capital requirements, see “-The Role of Capital” above.
Dividend Payments. Our ability to pay dividends to our shareholders may be affected by both general corporate law considerations and policies of the Federal Reserve applicable to bank holding companies. As an Iowa corporation, we are subject to the limitations of Iowa law, which allows us to pay dividends unless, after such dividend, (i) we would not be able to pay our debts as they become due in the usual course of business or (ii) our total assets would be less than the sum of our total liabilities plus any amount that would be needed if we were to be dissolved at the time of the dividend payment, to satisfy the
preferential rights upon dissolution of shareholders whose rights are superior to the rights of the shareholders receiving the distribution.
As a general matter, the Federal Reserve has indicated that the board of directors of a bank holding company should eliminate, defer or significantly reduce dividends to shareholders if: (i) the company’s net income available to shareholders for the past four quarters, net of dividends previously paid during that period, is not sufficient to fully fund the dividends; (ii) the prospective rate of earnings retention is inconsistent with the company’s capital needs and overall current and prospective financial condition; or (iii) the company will not meet, or is in danger of not meeting, its minimum regulatory capital adequacy ratios. The Federal Reserve also possesses enforcement powers over bank holding companies and their nonbank subsidiaries to prevent or remedy actions that represent unsafe or unsound practices or violations of applicable statutes and regulations. Among these powers is the ability to proscribe the payment of dividends by banks and bank holding companies. In addition, under the Basel III Rule, institutions that seek the freedom to pay dividends have to maintain 2.5% in Common Equity Tier 1 Capital attributable to the capital conservation buffer. See “-The Role of Capital” above.
Incentive Compensation. There have been a number of developments in recent years focused on incentive compensation plans sponsored by bank holding companies and banks, reflecting recognition by the bank regulatory agencies and Congress that flawed incentive compensation practices in the financial industry were one of many factors contributing to the global financial crisis. Layered on top of that are the abuses in the headlines dealing with product cross-selling incentive plans. The result is interagency guidance on sound incentive compensation practices.
The interagency guidance recognized three core principles. Effective incentive plans should: (i) provide employees incentives that appropriately balance risk and reward; (ii) be compatible with effective controls and risk-management; and (iii) be supported by strong corporate governance, including active and effective oversight by the organization’s board of directors. Much of the guidance addresses large banking organizations and, because of the size and complexity of their operations, the regulators expect those organizations to maintain systematic and formalized policies, procedures, and systems for ensuring that the incentive compensation arrangements for all executive and non-executive employees covered by this guidance are identified and reviewed, and appropriately balance risks and rewards. Smaller banking organizations like us that use incentive compensation arrangements are expected to be less extensive, formalized, and detailed than those of the larger banks.
Monetary Policy. The monetary policy of the Federal Reserve has a significant effect on the operating results of financial or bank holding companies and their subsidiaries, and this is evidenced in its reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the tools available to the Federal Reserve to affect the money supply are open market transactions in U.S. government securities and changes in the discount rate on bank borrowings. These means are used in varying combinations to influence overall growth and distribution of bank loans, investments and deposits, and their use may affect interest rates charged on loans or paid on deposits.
Federal Securities Regulation. Our common stock is registered with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Exchange Act. Consequently, we are subject to the information, proxy solicitation, insider trading and other restrictions and requirements of the SEC under the Exchange Act.
Corporate Governance. The Dodd-Frank Act addressed many investor protection, corporate governance and executive compensation matters that will affect most U.S. publicly traded companies. It increased shareholder influence over boards of directors by requiring companies to give shareholders a nonbinding vote on executive compensation and so-called “golden parachute” payments, and authorizing the SEC to promulgate rules that would allow shareholders to nominate and solicit voters for their own candidates using a company’s proxy materials. The legislation also directed the Federal Reserve to promulgate rules prohibiting excessive compensation paid to executives of bank holding companies, regardless of whether such companies are publicly traded.
Supervision and Regulation of the Bank
General. The Bank is an Iowa-chartered bank. The deposit accounts of the Bank are insured by the FDIC’s Deposit Insurance Fund (“DIF”) to the maximum extent provided under federal law and FDIC regulations, currently $250,000 per insured depositor category. As an Iowa-chartered FDIC-insured bank, the Bank is subject to the examination, supervision, reporting and enforcement requirements of the Iowa Division, the chartering authority for Iowa banks, and the FDIC, designated by federal law as the primary federal regulator of insured state banks that, like the Bank, are not members of the Federal Reserve System (nonmember banks).
Deposit Insurance. As an FDIC-insured institution, the Bank is required to pay deposit insurance premium assessments to the FDIC. The FDIC has adopted a risk-based assessment system whereby FDIC-insured institutions pay insurance premiums at rates based on their risk classification. For institutions like the Bank that are not considered large and highly complex banking organizations, assessments are now based on examination ratings and financial ratios. The total base assessment rates currently range from 1.5 basis points to 30 basis points. At least semi-annually, the FDIC updates its loss and income projections for the DIF and, if needed, increases or decreases the assessment rates, following notice and comment on proposed rulemaking.
The reserve ratio is the FDIC insurance fund balance divided by estimated insured deposits. The Dodd-Frank Act altered the minimum reserve ratio of the DIF, increasing the minimum from 1.15% to 1.35% of the estimated amount of total insured deposits. The reserve ratio reached 1.36% as of September 30, 2018. As a result, the FDIC provided assessment credits to insured depository institutions, like the Bank, with total consolidated assets of less than $10 billion for the portion of their regular assessments that contributed to growth in the reserve ratio between 1.15% and 1.35%. The FDIC applied the small bank credits for quarterly assessment periods beginning July 1, 2019. However, the reserve ratio fell to 1.30% in 2020 because of extraordinary insured deposit growth caused by an unprecedented inflow of more than $1 trillion in estimated insured deposits in the first half of 2020, stemming mainly from the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the FDIC could have ceased the small bank credits, it waived the requirement that the reserve ratio be at least 1.35% for full remittance of the remaining assessment credits, and it refunded all small bank credits as of September 30, 2020.
The DIF balance was $121.9 billion on September 30, 2021, up $1.4 billion from the end of the second quarter. The reserve ratio remained at 1.27% as growth in the fund balance kept pace with growth in insured deposits. The FDIC staff continues to closely monitor the factors that affect the reserve ratio, and any change could impact FDIC assessments.
Supervisory Assessments. All Iowa banks are required to pay supervisory assessments to the Iowa Division to fund the operations of that agency. The amount of the assessment is calculated on the basis of the Bank’s total assets. The amount of the assessment is calculated on the basis of the Bank’s total assets. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Bank paid supervisory assessments to the Iowa Division totaling approximately $160,000.
Capital Requirements. Banks are generally required to maintain capital levels in excess of other businesses. For a discussion of capital requirements, see “-The Role of Capital” above.
Liquidity Requirements. Liquidity is a measure of the ability and ease with which bank assets may be converted to cash. Liquid assets are those that can be converted to cash quickly if needed to meet financial obligations. To remain viable, FDIC-insured institutions must have enough liquid assets to meet their near-term obligations, such as withdrawals by depositors. Because the global financial crisis was in part a liquidity crisis, Basel III also includes a liquidity framework that requires FDIC-insured institutions to measure their liquidity against specific liquidity tests. One test, referred to as the liquidity coverage ratio or LCR, is designed to ensure that the banking entity has an adequate stock of unencumbered high-quality liquid assets that can be converted easily and immediately in private markets into cash to meet liquidity needs for a 30-calendar day liquidity stress scenario. The other test, known as the net stable funding ratio or NSFR, is designed to promote more medium- and long-term funding of the assets and activities of FDIC-insured institutions over a one-year horizon. These tests provide an incentive for banks and holding companies to increase their holdings in Treasury securities and other sovereign debt as a component of assets, increase the use of long-term debt as a funding source and rely on stable funding like core deposits (in lieu of brokered deposits).
In addition to liquidity guidelines already in place, the federal bank regulatory agencies implemented the Basel III LCR in September 2014, which requires large financial firms to hold levels of liquid assets sufficient to protect against constraints on their funding during times of financial turmoil, and in 2016 proposed implementation of the NSFR. While these rules do not, and will not, apply to the Bank, we continue to review our liquidity risk management policies in light of developments.
Dividend Payments. The primary source of funds for the Company is dividends from the Bank. Under the Iowa Banking Act, Iowa-chartered banks generally may pay dividends only out of undivided profits. The Iowa Division may restrict the declaration or payment of a dividend by an Iowa-chartered bank, such as the Bank. The payment of dividends by any FDIC-insured institution is affected by the requirement to maintain adequate capital pursuant to applicable capital adequacy guidelines and regulations, and a FDIC-insured institution generally is prohibited from paying any dividends if, following payment thereof, the institution would be undercapitalized. As described above, the Bank exceeded its capital requirements under applicable guidelines as of December 31, 2021. Notwithstanding the availability of funds for dividends, however, the FDIC and the Iowa Division may prohibit the payment of dividends by the Bank if either or both determine such payment would constitute an unsafe or unsound practice. In addition, under the Basel III Rule, institutions that seek the freedom to pay dividends have to maintain 2.5% in Common Equity Tier 1 Capital attributable to the capital conservation buffer. See “-The Role of Capital” above.
State Bank Investments and Activities. The Bank is permitted to make investments and engage in activities directly or through subsidiaries as authorized by Iowa law. However, under federal law and FDIC regulations, FDIC-insured state banks are prohibited, subject to certain exceptions, from making or retaining equity investments of a type, or in an amount, that are not permissible for a national bank. Federal law and FDIC regulations also prohibit FDIC-insured state banks and their subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions, from engaging as principal in any activity that is not permitted for a national bank unless the bank meets, and continues to meet, its minimum regulatory capital requirements and the FDIC determines that the activity would not pose a significant risk to the DIF. These restrictions have not had, and are not currently expected to have, a material impact on the operations of the Bank.
Insider Transactions. The Bank is subject to certain restrictions imposed by federal law on “covered transactions” between the Bank and its “affiliates.” The Company is an affiliate of the Bank for purposes of these restrictions, and covered transactions subject to the restrictions include extensions of credit to the Company, investments in the stock or other securities of the Company and the acceptance of the stock or other securities of the Company as collateral for loans made by the Bank. The Dodd-Frank Act enhanced the requirements for certain transactions with affiliates, including an expansion of the definition of “covered transactions” and an increase in the amount of time for which collateral requirements regarding covered transactions must be maintained.
Certain limitations and reporting requirements are also placed on extensions of credit by the Bank to its directors and officers, to directors and officers of the Company and its subsidiaries, to principal shareholders of the Company and to “related interests” of such directors, officers and principal shareholders. In addition, federal law and regulations may affect the terms on which any person who is a director or officer of the Company or the Bank, or a principal shareholder of the Company, may obtain credit from banks with which the Bank maintains a correspondent relationship.
Safety and Soundness Standards/Risk Management. The federal banking agencies have adopted operational and managerial standards to promote the safety and soundness of FDIC-insured institutions. The standards apply to internal controls, information systems, internal audit systems, loan documentation, credit underwriting, interest rate exposure, asset growth, compensation, fees and benefits, asset quality and earnings.
In general, the safety and soundness standards prescribe the goals to be achieved in each area, and each institution is responsible for establishing its own procedures to achieve those goals. While regulatory standards do not have the force of law, if an institution operates in an unsafe and unsound manner, the FDIC-insured institution’s primary federal regulator may require the institution to submit a plan for achieving and maintaining compliance. If an FDIC-insured institution fails to submit an acceptable compliance plan, or fails in any material respect to implement a compliance plan that has been accepted by its primary federal regulator, the regulator is required to issue an order directing the institution to cure the deficiency. Until the deficiency cited in the regulator’s order is cured, the regulator may restrict the FDIC-insured institution’s rate of growth, require the FDIC-insured institution to increase its capital, restrict the rates that the institution pays on deposits or require the institution to take any action that the regulator deems appropriate under the circumstances. Noncompliance with safety and soundness may also constitute grounds for other enforcement action by the federal bank regulatory agencies, including cease and desist orders and civil money penalty assessments.
During the past decade, the bank regulatory agencies have increasingly emphasized the importance of sound risk management processes and strong internal controls when evaluating the activities of the FDIC-insured institutions they supervise. Properly managing risk has been identified as critical to the conduct of safe and sound banking activities and has become even more important as new technologies, product innovation, and the size and speed of financial transactions have changed the nature of banking markets. The agencies have identified a spectrum of risks facing a banking institution including, but not limited to, credit, market, liquidity, operational, legal and reputational risk. The key risk themes identified for 2022 are discussed in “Item 1.A. Risk Factors” section. The Bank is expected to have active board and senior management oversight; adequate policies, procedures and limits; adequate risk measurement, monitoring and management information systems; and comprehensive internal controls.
Privacy and Cybersecurity. The Bank is subject to many U.S. federal and state laws and regulations governing requirements for maintaining policies and procedures to protect non-public confidential information of their customers. These laws require the Bank to periodically disclose its privacy policies and practices relating to sharing such information and permit consumers to opt out of their ability to share information with unaffiliated third parties under certain circumstances. They also impact the Bank’s ability to share certain information with affiliates and non-affiliates for marketing and/or non-marketing purposes, or to contact customers with marketing offers.
In addition, the Bank is required to implement a comprehensive information security program that includes administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to ensure the security and confidentiality of customer records and information. These security and privacy policies and procedures are in effect across all businesses and geographic locations.
Risks and exposures related to cybersecurity require financial institutions to design multiple layers of security controls to establish lines of defense and to ensure that their risk management processes also address the risk posed by compromised customer credentials, including security measures to reliably authenticate customers accessing internet-based services of the financial institution. Bank management is expected to maintain sufficient business continuity planning processes to ensure the rapid recovery, resumption and maintenance of the institution's operations after a cyber-attack involving destructive malware.
Branching Authority. Iowa banks, such as the Bank, have the authority under Iowa law to establish branches anywhere in the State of Iowa, subject to receipt of all required regulatory approvals. The establishment of new interstate branches has historically been permitted only in those states the laws of which expressly authorize such expansion. The Dodd-Frank Act permits well-capitalized and well-managed banks to establish new interstate branches or the acquisition of individual branches of a bank in another state (rather than the acquisition of an out-of-state bank in its entirety) without impediments. Federal law
permits state and national banks to merge with banks in other states subject to: (i) regulatory approval; (ii) federal and state deposit concentration limits; and (iii) state law limitations requiring the merging bank to have been in existence for a minimum period of time (not to exceed five years) prior to the merger.
Transaction Account Reserves. Federal law requires FDIC-insured institutions to maintain reserves against their transaction accounts (primarily NOW and regular checking accounts) to provide liquidity. The amount of reserves is established by the Federal Reserve based on tranches of zero, three and ten percent of a bank’s transaction account deposits. However, in March 2020, in an unprecedented move, the Federal Reserve announced that the banking system had ample reserves, and, as reserve requirements no longer played a significant role in this regime, it reduced all reserve tranches to zero percent, thereby freeing banks from the legally mandated reserve maintenance requirement. The action permits the Bank to loan or invest funds that were previously unavailable. The Federal Reserve has indicated that it expects to continue to operate in an ample reserves regime for the foreseeable future.
Community Reinvestment Act Requirements. The CRA requires the Bank to have a continuing and affirmative obligation in a safe and sound manner to help meet the credit needs of the entire community, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. Federal regulators regularly assess the Bank’s record of meeting the credit needs of its communities. Applications for additional acquisitions would be affected by the evaluation of the Bank’s effectiveness in meeting its CRA requirements.
Anti-Money Laundering. The USA PATRIOT Act, the Bank Secrecy Act and other similar laws are designed to deny terrorists and criminals the ability to obtain access to the U.S. financial system and have significant implications for FDIC-insured institutions and other businesses involved in the transfer of money. These laws mandate financial services companies to have policies and procedures with respect to measures designed to address the following matters: (i) customer identification programs; (ii) money laundering; (iii) terrorist financing; (iv) identifying and reporting suspicious activities and currency transactions; (v) currency crimes; and (vi) cooperation between FDIC-insured institutions and law enforcement authorities.
Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate. Concentration risk exists when FDIC-insured institutions deploy too many assets to any one industry or segment. A concentration in commercial real estate is one example of regulatory concern. The interagency Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending, Sound Risk Management Practices guidance (“CRE Guidance”) provides supervisory criteria, including the following numerical indicators, to assist bank examiners in identifying banks with potentially significant commercial real estate loan concentrations that may warrant greater supervisory scrutiny: (i) commercial real estate loans exceeding 300% of capital and increasing 50% or more in the preceding three years; or (ii) construction and land development loans exceeding 100% of capital. The CRE Guidance does not limit banks’ levels of commercial real estate lending activities, but rather guides institutions in developing risk management practices and levels of capital that are commensurate with the level and nature of their commercial real estate concentrations. On December 18, 2015, the federal banking agencies issued a statement to reinforce prudent risk-management practices related to CRE lending, having observed substantial growth in many CRE asset and lending markets, increased competitive pressures, rising CRE concentrations in banks, and an easing of CRE underwriting standards. The federal bank agencies reminded FDIC-insured institutions to maintain underwriting discipline and exercise prudent risk-management practices to identify, measure, monitor, and manage the risks arising from CRE lending. In addition, FDIC-insured institutions must maintain capital commensurate with the level and nature of their CRE concentration risk. As of December 31, 2021, the Bank did not exceed these guidelines.
Consumer Financial Services. The historical structure of federal consumer protection regulation applicable to all providers of consumer financial products and services changed significantly on July 21, 2011, when the CFPB commenced operations to supervise and enforce consumer protection laws. The CFPB has broad rulemaking authority for a wide range of consumer protection laws that apply to all providers of consumer products and services, including the Bank, as well as the authority to prohibit “unfair, deceptive or abusive” acts and practices. The CFPB has examination and enforcement authority over providers with more than $10 billion in assets. FDIC-insured institutions with $10 billion or less in assets, like the Bank, continue to be examined by their applicable bank regulators.
Because abuses in connection with residential mortgages were a significant factor contributing to the financial crisis, many rules issued by the CFPB, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act, addressed mortgage and mortgage-related products, their underwriting, origination, servicing and sales. The Dodd-Frank Act significantly expanded underwriting requirements applicable to loans secured by 1-4 family residential real property and augmented federal law combating predatory lending practices. In addition to numerous disclosure requirements, the Dodd-Frank Act and the CFPB’s rules imposed new standards for mortgage loan originations on all lenders, including banks and savings associations, in an effort to strongly encourage lenders to verify a borrower’s ability to repay, while also establishing a presumption of compliance for certain “qualified mortgages.” The CFPB’s rules have not had a significant impact on the Bank’s operations, except for higher compliance costs.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.
An investment in our securities is subject to risks inherent in our business. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below together with all of the other information included in this report. In addition to the risks and uncertainties described below, other risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The value or market price of our securities could decline due to any of these identified or other risks, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
Economic and Market Risks
Our business is concentrated in and largely dependent upon the continued growth and welfare of the Iowa and Minneapolis/St. Paul markets.
We operate primarily in the central and eastern Iowa and Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota markets and their surrounding communities in the upper-Midwest. As a result, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows are significantly impacted by changes in the economic conditions in those areas. Our success depends to a significant extent upon the business activity, population, income levels, deposits and real estate activity in these markets. Although our customers’ businesses and financial interests may extend well beyond these market areas, adverse economic conditions that affect these market areas could reduce our growth rate, affect the ability of our customers to repay their loans to us, affect the value of collateral underlying loans and generally affect our financial condition and results of operations. Unfavorable or uncertain economic and market conditions can be caused by declines in economic growth, business activity or investor or business confidence; limitations on the availability or increases in the cost of credit and capital; increases in inflation or interest rates; high unemployment; uncertainty in U.S. trade policies, legislation, treaties and tariffs; natural disasters; acts of war or terrorism; widespread disease or pandemics; or a combination of these or other factors. Because of our geographic concentration, we are less able than other regional or national financial institutions to diversify our credit risks across multiple markets.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create disruptions that affect our business, financial condition, liquidity, and results of operations.
The extent to which COVID-19 will continue to affect business operations, financial condition, credit quality, and results of operations will depend on future developments that cannot be predicted, including the duration and scope of the pandemic. The direct or indirect impact on employees, customers, counterparties, and service providers, as well as other market participants, is likely to continue through 2022 as the world attempts to gain control over the virus and emerging variants.
In the past year, the United States economy began to rebound from severe disruptions caused by the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. Economic conditions have begun to normalize with the availability of vaccines and treatments, increasing workforce employment and participation, the lessening of business and education restrictions, and demand for services beginning to return. The financial conditions of households and businesses was bolstered significantly by government stimulus, which contributed to the economic recovery but also brought about growing pains as evidenced by supply chain problems and rising prices. Although current economic conditions are more favorable than the prior year, the outlook for continued growth is characterized by elevated uncertainty with potential for unevenness across markets and sectors. Although household and business credit and liquidity is strong currently, further pandemic-related disruptions could result in increased risk of delinquencies, defaults, foreclosures, and losses on our loans; declines in assets under management, affecting wealth management revenues; negative impacts on regional economic conditions resulting in declines in local loan demand, liquidity of loan guarantors, loan collateral (particularly in real estate), loan originations, and deposit availability; and impacts on the implementation of our growth strategy. While the recovery this past year has been strong, the pace of growth in the United States and globally could decline as a result of rising inflation, the pervasiveness of supply chain challenges across industries, and the persistence of the virus in variant forms.
Overall, we believe that the economic impact from COVID-19 will continue for some time and could have a material and adverse impact on our business and result in significant losses in our loan portfolio, all of which would adversely and materially impact our earnings and capital. Even after the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided, we may continue to experience materially adverse impacts to our business as a result of the global economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the availability of credit, adverse impacts on liquidity, and any recession that has occurred or may occur in the future. There are no comparable recent events that provide guidance as to the effect the spread of COVID-19 as a global pandemic may have, nor are there historical indicators to rely on in terms of how markets will react, and as a result, the ultimate impact of the pandemic is highly uncertain and subject to change.
Continued elevated levels of inflation could adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.
The United States has recently experienced elevated levels of inflation, with the consumer price index climbing approximately 7.0% in 2021. Continued levels of inflation could have complex effects on our business, results of operations and financial
condition, some of which could be materially adverse. For example, while we generally expect any inflation-related increases in our interest expense to be offset by increases in our interest revenue, inflation-driven increases in our levels of noninterest expense could negatively impact our results of operations. Continued elevated levels of inflation could also cause increased volatility and uncertainty in the business environment, which could adversely affect loan demand and our clients’ ability to repay indebtedness. It is also possible that governmental responses to the current inflation environment could adversely affect our business, such as changes to monetary and fiscal policies.
We are subject to interest rate risk, which could adversely affect our financial condition and profitability.
Shifts in short-term interest rates may reduce our net interest income, which is the principal component of our earnings. The impact on earnings can be adverse when the slope of the yield curve flattens, that is, when short-term interest rates increase more than long-term interest rates or when long-term interest rates decrease more than short-term interest rates.
Changes in interest rates also can affect the value of loans, securities and other assets. An increase in interest rates that adversely affects the ability of borrowers to pay the principal or interest on loans may lead to an increase in nonperforming assets and a reduction of income recognized, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and cash flows. Rising interest rates will likely result in a decline in fair value of our fixed-rate debt securities. Unrealized losses due to changes in interest rates on available for sale securities are recognized in other comprehensive income and reduce total shareholders’ equity and do not negatively impact our regulatory capital ratios. However, tangible common equity and the associated ratios used by many investors would be reduced. Realized losses from debt securities sales reduce our regulatory capital ratios.
The Federal Reserve has signaled that it will begin to increase rates, taper its quantitative easing program, and reduce its balance sheet of bonds and other assets in 2022, but will do so with the goal of avoiding abrupt or unpredictable changes in economic or financial conditions so as not to disrupt the financial systems, also known as “shocks;” despite this, the impact of these changes cannot be certain. Vulnerabilities in the financial system can amplify the impact of an initial shock following rate increases, potentially leading to unintended volatility, as well to disruptions in the provision of financial services, such as clearing payments, the provision of liquidity, and the availability of credit. Furthermore, asset liquidation pressures can be amplified by liquidity mismatches and the leverage of certain non-bank financial intermediaries such as hedge funds. The financial crisis in March 2020 also demonstrated that pressures on dealer intermediation can limit the availability of liquidity during times of market stress. Given the interconnectedness of the global financial system, these vulnerabilities could impact the Company’s business operations and financial condition.
We measure interest rate risk under various rate scenarios and using specific criteria and assumptions. A summary of this process, along with the results of our net interest income simulations, is included at Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk under “Interest Rate Risk.” Although we believe our current level of interest rate sensitivity is reasonable and effectively managed, significant fluctuations in interest rates may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Monetary policies and regulations of the Federal Reserve could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition to being affected by general economic conditions, our earnings and growth are affected by the policies of the Federal Reserve. An important function of the Federal Reserve is to regulate the money supply and credit conditions. Among the instruments used by the Federal Reserve to implement these objectives are open market operations in U.S. government securities, adjustments of the discount rate and changes in reserve requirements against bank deposits. These instruments are used in varying combinations to influence overall economic growth and the distribution of credit, bank loans, investments and deposits. Their use also affects interest rates charged on loans or paid on deposits.
The monetary policies and regulations of the Federal Reserve have had a significant effect on the operating results of commercial banks in the past and are expected to continue to do so in the future. The effects of such policies upon our business, financial condition and results of operations cannot be predicted.
We are subject to risk concerning the discontinuance of LIBOR.
LIBOR represents the interest rate at which banks offer to lend funds to one another in the international interbank market for short-term loans. On July 27, 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that it will no longer persuade or compel banks to submit rates for the calculation of LIBOR rates after 2021. End dates for LIBOR have now been set, and U.S. Regulators have issued guidance as of October 2021 that urges market participants to address their existing LIBOR exposures and transition to robust and sustainable alternative rates by December 31, 2021. The Alternative Reference Rate Committee has proposed that SOFR is the rate that represents best practice as the alternative to U.S. dollar-LIBOR for use in derivatives and other financial contracts that are currently indexed to LIBOR, but has also advised market participants to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of any alternative reference rates being considered for use.
Contracts linked to LIBOR are vast in number and value, are intertwined with numerous financial products and services, and have diverse parties. Although the Company has actively worked to plan for the transition away from LIBOR, the transition is both complex and challenging and the downstream effect of unwinding or transitioning such contracts could cause instability and negatively impact financial markets and individual institutions. If the company’s selected alternative rate is based on small transaction volume, it could be susceptible to volatility and disruption during times of market stress. Furthermore, if the company fails to properly address legacy contracts by adding robust fallback positions, it will be exposed to interest rate risks and potential loss of yields. Finally, if the Company or other market participants fail to properly plan to implement alternative rates other than LIBOR, it could have an adverse effect on the Company and the financial system as a whole.
We could recognize losses on securities held in our securities portfolio, particularly if interest rates increase or economic and market conditions deteriorate.
As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of our securities portfolio was approximately $2.3 billion. Factors beyond our control can significantly influence the fair value of securities in our portfolio and can cause potential adverse changes to the fair value of these securities. For example, fixed-rate securities acquired by us are generally subject to decreases in market value when interest rates rise. Additional factors include, but are not limited to, rating agency downgrades of the securities, defaults by the issuer or individual mortgagors with respect to the underlying securities, and instability in the credit markets. Any of the foregoing factors could result in the recognition of a loss through earnings. Because of changing economic and market conditions affecting interest rates, the financial condition of issuers of the securities and the performance of the underlying collateral, we may recognize realized and/or unrealized losses in future periods, which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Weather-related events and other natural disasters, as well as man-made disasters, could cause a disruption in our operations or other consequences that could have an adverse impact on financial results and condition.
A significant portion of our operations are located in areas that are susceptible to floods, droughts, tornadoes and other severe weather events. Severe weather events, such as the derecho experienced in 2020, could cause disruptions to our operations and could have a material adverse effect on our overall business, results of operations or financial condition. While we maintain insurance covering many of these weather-related events, including coverage for lost profits and extra expense, there is no insurance against the disruption that a severe weather event could produce to the markets that we serve and the resulting adverse impact on our borrowers to timely repay their loans and the value of any collateral held by us. The severity and impact of weather-related events are difficult to predict and may be exacerbated by global climate change.
Risks arising from climate change, including physical risks and transition risks, could have an adverse impact on our business and results of operations.
Climate change could present financial risks to us through changes in the physical climate that affect our operations directly or that impact our customer’s operations or loan collateral. Climate change also could present financial risks to us as a result of transition risks, such as societal and/or technological responses to climate change, which could include changes in climate policy or in the regulation of financial institutions with respect to risks posed by climate change. These climate-related physical risks and transition risks could have an adverse impact on our business and results of operations due to the impact such risks may have on our operations and our customers, such as declines in asset values, reduced availability of insurance, significant interruptions to business operations, and negative consequences to business models and the need to make changes in response to those consequences. The risks of regulatory changes and compliance requirements related to climate change may impose operational burdens and increased compliance costs, capital requirements, or the risk of litigation, which could adversely affect the Company’s businesses, results of operations and financial condition.
Credit and Lending Risks
We must manage our credit risk effectively.
There are risks inherent in making any loan, including risks inherent in dealing with individual borrowers, risks of nonpayment, risks resulting from uncertainties as to the future value of collateral and cash flows available to service debt and risks resulting from changes in economic and industry conditions. In addition, we primarily serve the banking and financial services needs of small to mid-sized businesses. These businesses generally have fewer financial resources in terms of capital or borrowing capacity than larger entities, may be more vulnerable to economic downturns, may experience volatility in operating results, and may have elevated business continuity risk due to the limited size of the management group, any of which may impair a borrower’s ability to repay a loan. We attempt to minimize our credit risk through prudent loan application approval procedures, careful monitoring of the concentration of our loans within specific industries and periodic independent reviews of outstanding loans by our credit review department. We periodically examine our credit process and implement changes to improve our procedures and standards. However, we cannot assure you that such approval and monitoring procedures will reduce these credit risks. If the overall economic climate in the United States, generally, or our market areas, specifically, declines, or even if it does not, our borrowers may experience difficulties in repaying their loans, and the level of nonperforming loans, charge-offs and delinquencies could rise and require increases in the provision for loan losses, which would cause our net income and return on equity to decrease.
Our loan portfolio has a significant concentration of commercial real estate loans, which involve risks specific to real estate value.
Commercial real estate lending comprises a significant portion of our lending business. Specifically, commercial real estate loans were approximately 52.5% of our total loan portfolio as of December 31, 2021. The market value of real estate securing our commercial real estate loans can fluctuate significantly in a short period of time as a result of market conditions in the geographic area in which the real estate is located. Although a significant portion of such loans is secured by real estate as a secondary form of repayment, adverse developments affecting real estate values in one or more of our markets could increase the credit risk associated with our loan portfolio. Additionally, the repayment of the commercial real estate loans generally is dependent, in large part, on sufficient income from the properties securing the loans to cover operating expenses and debt service. Economic events or governmental regulations outside of the control of the borrower or lender could negatively impact the future cash flow and market values of the affected properties.
If problems develop in the commercial real estate sector, particularly within one or more of our markets, the value of collateral securing our commercial real estate loans could decline, which could adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and/or capital. In light of the continued general uncertainty that exists in the economy and credit markets nationally, we may experience deterioration in the performance of our commercial real estate loan customers.
Commercial, industrial and agricultural loans make up a significant portion of our loan portfolio.
Commercial, industrial and agricultural loans (including credit cards and commercially related overdrafts) were approximately 31.0% of our total loan portfolio as of December 31, 2021. Our commercial loans are primarily made based on the identified cash flow of the borrower and secondarily on the underlying collateral provided by the borrower. Most often, this collateral is accounts receivable, inventory and equipment. Credit support provided by the borrower for most of these loans and the probability of repayment is based on the liquidation value of the pledged collateral and enforcement of a personal guarantee, if any exists. As a result, in the case of loans secured by accounts receivable, the availability of funds for the repayment of these loans may be substantially dependent on the ability of the borrower to collect amounts due from its customers. The collateral securing these loans may depreciate over time, may be difficult to appraise and may fluctuate in value based on the success of the business. In addition, if the U.S. economy declines, this could harm the businesses of our commercial and industrial customers and reduce the value of the collateral securing these loans.
Payments on agricultural loans are dependent on the successful operation or management of the farm property. The success of the farm may be affected by many factors outside the control of the borrower, including adverse weather conditions that prevent the planting of a crop or limit crop yields, such as hail, drought and floods (although borrowers may attempt to mitigate this risk by purchasing crop insurance), loss of livestock due to disease or other factors, declines in market prices for agricultural products both domestically and internationally, and the impact of government regulations, including changes in price supports, subsidies, tariffs, trade agreements, and environmental regulations. In addition, many farms are dependent on a limited number of key individuals whose injury or death may significantly affect the successful operation of the farm. If the cash flow from a farming operation is diminished, the borrower’s ability to repay the loan may be impaired. The primary crops in our market areas are corn and soybeans. Accordingly, adverse circumstances affecting these crops could have an adverse effect on our agricultural portfolio. Likewise, agricultural operating loans involve a greater degree of risk than lending on residential properties, particularly in the case of loans that are unsecured or secured by rapidly depreciating assets such as farm equipment or assets such as livestock or crops. In these cases, any repossessed collateral for a defaulted loan may not provide an adequate source of repayment of the outstanding loan balance as a result of the greater likelihood of damage, loss or depreciation.
Our allowance for credit losses may prove to be insufficient to absorb losses in our loan portfolio.
We establish our allowance for credit losses at a level considered appropriate by management to absorb current expected credit losses based on an analysis of the portfolio, market environment and other factors we deem relevant. The allowance for credit losses represents our estimate of current expected losses in the portfolio at each balance sheet date and is based upon relevant information available to us. The allowance contains an allocation for loans specifically evaluated, as well as loans collectively evaluated. Additions to the allowance for credit losses, are estimated through the current expected credit loss model, which reflects current and forecasted conditions. The determination of the appropriate level of the allowance for credit losses inherently involves a high degree of subjectivity and requires us to make significant estimates of current credit risks and future trends, all of which may undergo material changes. Although management has established an allowance for credit losses it believes is adequate to absorb current expected credit losses, the allowance may not be adequate. We could sustain credit losses that are significantly higher than the amount of our allowance for credit losses. Higher loan losses could arise for a variety of reasons, including changes in economic, operating and other conditions within our markets, as well as changes in the financial condition, cash flows, and operations of our borrowers. At December 31, 2021, our allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total loans held for investment, net was 1.50% and as a percentage of total nonperforming loans was approximately 154.41%. An increase in the allowance for credit losses will result in a decrease in net income and, most likely, capital, and may have a material negative impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
Nonperforming assets take significant time to resolve and adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition, and could result in further losses in the future.
As of December 31, 2021, our nonperforming loans, which includes nonaccrual loans and loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest, totaled $31.5 million, or 0.97% of our loan portfolio. Our nonperforming assets, which include nonperforming loans plus foreclosed assets, net, totaled $31.9 million, or 0.53% of total assets.
Our nonperforming assets adversely affect our net income in various ways. We do not record interest income on nonaccrual loans or foreclosed assets, thereby adversely affecting our net income and returns on assets and equity, increasing our loan administration costs and adversely affecting our efficiency ratio. When we take collateral in foreclosure and similar proceedings, we are required to mark the collateral to its fair market value, which may result in a loss. These nonperforming loans and foreclosed assets also increase our risk profile and the capital our regulators believe is appropriate in light of such risks. The resolution of nonperforming assets requires significant time commitments from management and can be detrimental to the performance of their other responsibilities. If we experience increases in nonperforming loans and nonperforming assets, our net interest income may be negatively impacted and our loan administration costs could increase, each of which could have an adverse effect on our net income and related ratios, such as return on assets and equity.
We may encounter issues with environmental law compliance if we take possession, through foreclosure or otherwise, of the real property that secures a loan.
A significant portion of our loan portfolio is secured by real property. In the ordinary course of business, we may foreclose on and take title to properties securing certain loans. In doing so, there is a risk that hazardous or toxic substances could be found on these properties. If hazardous or toxic substances are found, we may be liable for remediation costs, as well as for personal injury and property damage. Environmental laws may require us to incur substantial expenses and may materially reduce the affected property's value or limit our ability to use or sell the affected property. In addition, future laws or more stringent interpretations or enforcement policies with respect to existing laws may increase our exposure to environmental liability. The remediation costs and any other financial liabilities associated with an environmental hazard could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Capital & Liquidity Risks
Liquidity risks could affect operations and jeopardize our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Liquidity is essential to our business. An inability to raise funds through deposits, borrowings, the sale of loans and other sources could have a substantial negative effect on our liquidity. Our most important source of funds consists of customer deposits. Deposit balances can decrease when customers perceive alternative investments, such as the stock market, provide a better risk/return trade-off. If customers move money out of bank deposits and into other investments, we could lose a relatively low cost source of funds, which would require us to seek other, potentially higher cost funding alternatives. Other primary sources of funds consist of cash from operations, investment securities maturities and sales, and funds from sales of our stock. Additional liquidity is provided by brokered deposits, bank lines of credit, repurchase agreements and the ability to borrow from the Federal Reserve Bank and the FHLB. Our access to funding sources in amounts adequate to finance or capitalize our activities or on terms that are acceptable to us could be impaired by factors that affect us directly or the financial services industry or economy in general, such as disruptions in the financial markets or negative views and expectations about the prospects for the financial services industry. We are currently experiencing higher than normal levels of liquidity and are facing challenges on how to invest or deploy the excess funds. This increased liquidity and an uptick in the competition for loans have created additional downward pressure on our net interest margin in recent periods.
Any decline in available funding could adversely impact our ability to originate loans, invest in securities, pay our expenses, pay dividends to our shareholders, or fulfill obligations such as repaying our borrowings or meeting deposit withdrawal demands, any of which could have a material adverse impact on our liquidity, business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may desire or be required to raise additional capital in the future, but that capital may not be available.
We are required by federal and state regulatory authorities to maintain adequate levels of capital to support our operations. We intend to grow our business organically and to explore opportunities to grow our business by taking advantage of attractive acquisition opportunities, and such growth plans may require us to raise additional capital to ensure that we have adequate levels of capital to support such growth on top of our current operations. In order to accommodate future capital needs, we maintain a universal shelf registration statement, which allows for future sale up to $100 million of securities. Our ability to raise additional capital will depend on conditions in the capital markets, economic conditions and a number of other factors, including investor perceptions regarding the banking industry, market conditions and governmental activities, and on our financial condition and performance. Accordingly, we cannot assure you of our ability to raise additional capital, if needed or desired, on terms acceptable to us. If we cannot raise additional capital when needed or desired, our ability to further expand our operations through internal growth or acquisitions could be materially impaired.
Downgrades in the credit rating of one or more insurers that provide credit enhancement for our state and municipal securities portfolio may have an adverse impact on the market for, and valuation of, these types of securities.
We invest in tax-exempt and taxable state and local municipal securities, some of which are insured by monoline insurers. As of December 31, 2021, we had $765.7 million of municipal securities (recorded values), which represented 33.5% of our total securities portfolio. Following the onset of the financial crisis, several of these insurers came under scrutiny by rating agencies. Even though management generally purchases municipal securities on the overall credit strength of the issuer, the reduction in the credit rating of an insurer may negatively impact the market for and valuation of our investment securities. Such a downgrade could adversely affect our liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.
Our ability to pay dividends is subject to certain limitations and restrictions, and there is no guarantee that we will be able to continue paying the same level of dividends in the future that we have paid in the past or that we will be able to pay future dividends at all.
The ability of the Bank to pay dividends to us is limited by its obligations to maintain sufficient capital and liquidity and by other general restrictions on dividends that are applicable to the Bank, including the requirement under the Iowa Banking Act that the Bank may not pay dividends in excess of its undivided profits. If these regulatory requirements are not met, the Bank will not be able to pay dividends to us, and we may be unable to pay dividends on our common stock.
In addition, as a bank holding company, our ability to declare and pay dividends is subject to the guidelines of the Federal Reserve regarding capital adequacy and dividends. The Federal Reserve guidelines generally require us to review the effects of the cash payment of dividends on common stock and other Tier 1 capital instruments (e.g. perpetual preferred stock and trust preferred debt) in light of our earnings, capital adequacy and financial condition. As a general matter, the Federal Reserve indicates that the board of directors of a bank holding company (including a financial holding company) should eliminate, defer or significantly reduce the company’s dividends if:
•the company’s net income available to shareholders for the past four quarters, net of dividends previously paid during that period, is not sufficient to fully fund the dividends;
•the prospective rate of earnings retention is inconsistent with the company’s capital needs and overall current and prospective financial condition; or
•the company will not meet, or is in danger of not meeting, its minimum regulatory capital adequacy ratios.
Also, banking institutions that do not maintain a capital conservation buffer, comprised of Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, of 2.5% above the regulatory minimum capital requirements will face constraints on the payment of dividends, stock repurchases and discretionary bonus payments to executive officers based on the amount of the shortfall, unless prior regulatory approval is obtained. Accordingly, if the Bank fails to maintain the applicable minimum capital ratios and the capital conservation buffer, distributions to the Company may be prohibited or limited, and if the Company fails to maintain the applicable minimum capital ratios and the capital conservation buffer, distributions to or stock repurchases from the Company’s shareholders may be prohibited or limited.
As of December 31, 2021, we had $41.9 million of junior subordinated debentures held by five statutory business trusts that we control. Interest payments on the debentures, which totaled $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, must be paid before we pay dividends on our capital stock, including our common stock. We have the right to defer interest payments on the debentures for up to 20 consecutive quarters. However, if we elect to defer interest payments, all deferred interest must be paid before we may pay dividends on our capital stock.
We have counterparty risk, and therefore, we may be adversely affected by the soundness of other financial institutions.
Our ability to engage in routine funding and other transactions could be negatively affected by the actions and the soundness of other financial institutions. Financial services institutions are generally interrelated as a result of trading, clearing, counterparty, credit or other relationships. We have exposure to many different industries and counterparties and regularly engage in transactions with counterparties in the financial services industry, including commercial banks, brokers and dealers, investment banks and other institutional customers. Many of these transactions may expose us to credit or other risks if another financial institution experiences adverse circumstances. In certain circumstances, the collateral that we hold may be insufficient to fully cover the risk that a counterparty defaults on its obligations, which may cause us to experience losses that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Competitive and Strategic Risks
We face intense competition in all phases of our business from banks, other financial institutions, and non-banks.
The banking and financial services businesses in our markets are highly competitive. Our competitors include large regional banks, local community banks, savings and loan associations, securities and brokerage companies, mortgage companies, insurance companies, finance companies, money market mutual funds, small local credit unions as well as large aggressive and
expansion-minded credit unions, fintech companies, and other non-bank financial services providers. Many of these competitors are not subject to the same regulatory restrictions as we are. Many of our unregulated competitors compete across geographic boundaries and are able to provide customers with a competitive alternative to traditional banking services, including financial transaction processing, lending platforms, and maintenance of funds.
While we do not offer products relating to digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and other similar assets, there has been a significant increase in digital asset adoption globally over the past several years. Certain characteristics of digital asset transactions, such as the speed with which such transactions can be conducted, the ability to transact without the involvement of regulated intermediaries, the ability to engage in transactions across multiple jurisdictions, and the anonymous nature of the transactions, are appealing to certain consumers notwithstanding the various risks posed by such transactions. Accordingly, digital asset service providers-which, at present are not subject to the same degree of scrutiny and oversight as banking organizations and other financial institutions-are becoming active competitors to more traditional financial institutions. The process of eliminating banks as intermediaries, known as “disintermediation,” could result in the loss of fee income, as well as the loss of customer deposits and the related income generated from those deposits. The loss of these revenue streams and the lower cost of deposits as a source of funds could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Potential partnerships with digital asset companies, moreover, could also entail significant investment.
Increased competition in our markets may result in a decrease in the amounts of our loans and deposits, reduced spreads between loan rates and deposit rates, increased pressure on underwriting standards, or loan terms that are more favorable to the borrower. Any of these results could have a material adverse effect on our results, our financial condition, and our ability to grow and remain profitable. In addition, the diminishing role of banks as financial intermediaries has resulted and could continue to result in the loss of fee income, as well as the loss of customer deposits and the related income generated from those deposits.
We have a continuing need for technological change, and we may not have the resources to effectively implement new technology.
The financial services industry continues to undergo rapid technological changes with frequent introductions of new technology-driven products and services. In addition to enabling us to better serve our customers, the effective use of technology increases efficiency and the potential for cost reduction. Our future success will depend in part upon our ability, both internally and through our core processor, to address the needs of our customers by using technology to provide products and services that will satisfy customer demands for convenience as well as to create additional efficiencies in our operations as we continue to grow our market share. Many of our larger competitors have substantially greater resources to invest in technological improvements. As a result, they may be able to offer additional or superior products to those that we will be able to offer, which could put us at a competitive disadvantage. Accordingly, we cannot provide you with assurance that we will be able to effectively implement new technology-driven products and services or be successful in marketing such products and services to our customers.
The widespread adoption of new technologies, including internet services, cryptocurrencies and payment systems, could require us in the future to make substantial expenditures to modify or adapt our existing products and services as we grow and develop new products to satisfy our customers’ expectations and comply with regulatory guidance.
We may be adversely affected by risks associated with completed and potential acquisitions, including execution risks, failure to realize anticipated transaction benefits, and failure to overcome integration risks, which could adversely affect our growth and profitability.
We plan to continue to grow our businesses organically but remain open to considering potential bank or other acquisition opportunities, in addition to the current IOFB transaction, that make financial and strategic sense. In the event that we do pursue acquisitions, we may fail to realize some or all of the anticipated transaction benefits. Acquisition activities could be material to our business and involve a number of risks, including the following:
•We may incur time and expense associated with identifying and evaluating potential acquisitions and negotiating potential transactions, resulting in our attention being diverted from the operation of our existing business.
•We are exposed to potential asset and credit quality risks and unknown or contingent liabilities of the banks or businesses we acquire. If these issues or liabilities exceed our estimates, our earnings, capital and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.
•The acquisition of other entities generally requires integration of systems, procedures and personnel of the acquired entity. This integration process is complicated and time consuming and can also be disruptive to the customers and employees of the acquired business and our business. If the integration process is not conducted successfully, we may not realize the anticipated economic benefits of acquisitions within the expected time frame, or ever, and we may lose customers or employees of the acquired business. We may also experience greater than anticipated customer losses even if the integration process is successful.
•To finance an acquisition, we may borrow funds or pursue other forms of financing, such as issuing convertible preferred stock, which may have high dividend rates or may be highly dilutive to holders of our common stock,
thereby increasing our leverage and diminishing our liquidity, or issuing capital stock, which could dilute the interests of our existing shareholders.
•We may be unsuccessful in realizing other anticipated benefits from acquisitions. For example, we may not be successful in realizing anticipated cost savings.
In addition to the foregoing, we may face additional risks in acquisitions to the extent we acquire new lines of business, new products, or enter new geographic areas, in which we have little or no current experience, especially if we lose key employees of the acquired operations. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in overcoming these risks or any other problems encountered in connection with acquisitions. Our inability to overcome risks associated with acquisitions could have an adverse effect on our ability to successfully implement our acquisition growth strategy and grow our business and profitability.
Accounting and Tax Risks
Our accounting estimates and risk management processes rely on analytical and forecasting models.
The processes that we use to estimate expected credit losses and to measure the fair value of assets carried on the balance sheet at fair value, as well as the processes used to estimate the effects of changing interest rates and other market measures on our financial condition and results of operations, depend upon the use of analytical and forecasting models. These models are complex and reflect assumptions that may not be accurate, particularly in times of market stress or other unforeseen circumstances, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Although we have processes and procedures in place governing internal valuation models and their testing and calibration, such assumptions are complex as we must make judgments about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Different assumptions could have resulted in significant changes in valuation, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
The Company is subject to changes in tax law and may not realize tax benefits which could adversely affect our results of operations.
Changes in tax laws at national or state levels could have an effect on the Company’s short-term and long-term earnings. Changes in tax laws could affect the Company’s earnings as well as its customers’ financial positions, or both. Changes in tax laws could also require the revaluation of the Company’s net deferred tax position, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. In addition, current portions of the Company’s net deferred tax assets relate to tax-effected state net operating loss carry-forwards, the utilization of which may be further limited in the event of certain material changes in the Company’s ownership.
Operational Risks
As a participating lender in the PPP, we are subject to additional risks of litigation from our clients or other parties regarding our processing of loans for the PPP and risks that the SBA may not fund some of or all PPP loan guarantees.
The CARES Act included a $349 billion loan program administered through the SBA referred to as the PPP. Under the PPP, small businesses and other entities and individuals could apply for loans from existing SBA lenders and other approved regulated lenders that enrolled in the program, subject to numerous limitations and eligibility criteria. The Bank participated as a lender in the PPP. The PPP opened on April 3, 2020; however, because of the short timeframe between the passing of the CARES Act and the opening of the PPP, there is some ambiguity in the laws, rules, and guidance regarding the operation of the PPP, which exposes us to risks relating to noncompliance with the PPP. On April 24, 2020, an additional $310 billion in funding for PPP loans was authorized, with such funds available for PPP loans beginning on April 27, 2020. In addition, on December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, a $900.0 billion COVID-19 relief package that includes an additional $284.5 billion in PPP funding. Further, on March 30, 2021, President Biden signed into law the PPP Extension Act of 2021, which provided an extension to May 31, 2021 for qualifying businesses to apply for a PPP loan and provided an additional 30 days for the SBA to process pending PPP loan applications.
Since the PPP opened, several other larger banks have been subject to litigation regarding the process and procedures that such banks used in processing applications for the PPP and claims related to agent fees. If any such litigation is filed against us and is not resolved in a manner favorable to us, it may result in significant financial liability or adversely affect our reputation. In addition, litigation can be costly, regardless of outcome. Any financial liability, litigation costs, or reputational damage caused by the PPP related litigation could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Also, it has been reported that many borrowers fraudulently obtained PPP loans through the program. We may be subject to regulatory and litigation risk if any of our PPP borrowers used fraudulent means to obtain a PPP loan.
We also have credit risk on PPP loans if a determination is made by the SBA that there is a deficiency in the manner in which the loan was originated, funded, or serviced by the Bank, such as an issue with the eligibility of a borrower to receive a PPP loan, which may or may not be related to the ambiguity in the laws, rules, and guidance regarding the operation of the PPP, or if the borrower fraudulently obtained a PPP loan. In the event of a loss resulting from a default on a PPP loan and a determination by the SBA that there is a deficiency in the manner in which the PPP loan was originated, funded, or serviced by us, the SBA
may deny its liability under the guaranty, reduce the amount of the guaranty, or, if it has already paid under the guaranty, seek recovery of any loss related to the deficiency from us.
We face the risk of possible future goodwill impairment.
In the prior year, based upon the Company’s interim goodwill assessment as of September 30, 2020, we concluded that an impairment of goodwill existed, and we incurred a $31.5 million goodwill impairment charge in the third quarter of 2020. We will be required to perform additional goodwill impairment assessments on at least an annual basis, and perhaps more frequently, which could result in additional goodwill impairment charges. Any future goodwill impairment charge on the current goodwill balance, or future goodwill arising out of acquisitions that we are required to take, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations by reducing our net income or increasing our net losses.
Our ability to attract and retain management and key personnel may affect future growth and earnings.
Much of our success and growth has been influenced by our ability to attract and retain management experienced in banking and financial services and familiar with the communities in our market areas. Our ability to attract and retain executive officers, management teams, branch managers and loan officers will continue to be important to the successful implementation of our strategy. The Dodd-Frank Act also directs the Federal Reserve to promulgate rules prohibiting excessive compensation paid to bank holding company executives. These rules, when adopted, may make it more difficult to attract and retain the people we need to operate our businesses and limit our ability to promote our objectives through our compensation and incentive programs. The unexpected loss of services of any key management personnel, or the inability to recruit and retain qualified personnel in the future, could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Labor shortages and a failure to attract and retain qualified employees could negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.
A number of factors may adversely affect the labor force available to us or increase labor costs, including high employment levels, decreased labor force size and participation rates as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, expanded unemployment benefits offered in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and other government actions. Although we have not experienced any material labor shortage to date, we have recently observed an overall tightening and increasingly competitive local labor market. A sustained labor shortage or increased turnover rates within our employee base and also within our third-party vendors could lead to increased costs, such as increased compensation expense to attract and retain employees. In addition, if we are unable to hire and retain employees capable of performing at a high-level, or if mitigation measures we take to respond to a decrease in labor availability have unintended negative effects, our business could be adversely affected. An overall labor shortage, lack of skilled labor, increased turnover or labor inflation, caused by COVID-19 or as a result of general macroeconomic factors, could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
The occurrence of fraudulent activity, breaches or failures of our information security controls or cybersecurity-related incidents could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.
As a bank, we are susceptible to fraudulent activity, information security breaches and cybersecurity-related incidents that may be committed against us or our clients, which may result in financial losses or increased costs to us or our clients, disclosure or misuse of our information or our client information, misappropriation of assets, privacy breaches against our clients, litigation or damage to our reputation. Such fraudulent activity may take many forms, including check fraud, electronic fraud, wire fraud, phishing, social engineering and other dishonest acts. Information security breaches and cybersecurity-related incidents may include fraudulent or unauthorized access to systems used by us or our clients, denial or degradation of service attacks, ransomware, malware or other cyber-attacks.
There continues to be a rise in electronic fraudulent activity, security breaches and cyber-attacks within the financial services industry, especially in the commercial banking sector due to cyber criminals targeting commercial bank accounts. Several large corporations, including financial institutions and retail companies, have suffered major data breaches, in some cases exposing not only confidential and proprietary corporate information, but also sensitive financial and other personal information of their customers and employees and subjecting them to potential fraudulent activity. Some of our clients may have been affected by these breaches, which could increase their risks of identity theft and other fraudulent activity that could involve their accounts with us.
Information pertaining to us and our clients is maintained, and transactions are executed, on networks and systems maintained by us and certain third party partners, such as our online banking, mobile banking or accounting systems. The secure maintenance and transmission of confidential information, as well as execution of transactions over these systems, are essential to protect us and our clients against fraud and security breaches and to maintain the confidence of our clients. Breaches of information security also may occur through intentional or unintentional acts by those having access to our systems or the confidential information of our clients, including employees. In addition, increases in criminal activity levels and sophistication, advances in computer capabilities, new discoveries, vulnerabilities in third party technologies (including browsers and operating systems) or other developments could result in a compromise or breach of the technology, processes and controls that
we use to prevent fraudulent transactions and to protect data about us, our clients and underlying transactions, as well as the technology used by our clients to access our systems. Our third party partners’ inability to anticipate, or failure to adequately mitigate, breaches of security could result in a number of negative events, including losses to us or our clients, loss of business or clients, damage to our reputation, the incurrence of additional expenses, disruption to our business, additional regulatory scrutiny or penalties or our exposure to civil litigation and possible financial liability, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects. While we maintain insurance coverage that may, subject to policy terms and conditions, cover certain aspects of cyber risks, such insurance coverage may be insufficient to cover all losses.
We depend on information technology and telecommunications systems of third parties, and any systems failures, interruptions or data breaches involving these systems could adversely affect our operations and financial condition.
Our business is highly dependent on the successful and uninterrupted functioning of our information technology and telecommunications systems, third party servicers, accounting systems, mobile and online banking platforms and financial intermediaries. We outsource to third parties many of our major systems, such as data processing and mobile and online banking. The failure of these systems, or the termination of a third party software license or service agreement on which any of these systems is based, could interrupt our operations. Because our information technology and telecommunications systems interface with and depend on third party systems, we could experience service denials if demand for such services exceeds capacity or such third party systems fail or experience interruptions. A system failure or service denial could result in a deterioration of our ability to process loans or gather deposits and provide customer service, compromise our ability to operate effectively, result in potential noncompliance with applicable laws or regulations, damage our reputation, result in a loss of customer business or subject us to additional regulatory scrutiny and possible financial liability, any of which could have a material adverse effect on business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects. In addition, failures of third parties to comply with applicable laws and regulations, or fraud or misconduct on the part of employees of any of these third parties, could disrupt our operations or adversely affect our reputation.
It may be difficult for us to replace some of our third party vendors, particularly vendors providing our core banking and information services, in a timely manner if they are unwilling or unable to provide us with these services in the future for any reason, and even if we are able to replace them, it may be at higher cost or result in the loss of customers. Any such events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.
Our operations rely heavily on the secure processing, storage and transmission of information and the monitoring of a large number of transactions on a minute-by-minute basis, and even a short interruption in service could have significant consequences. We also interact with and rely on retailers, for whom we process transactions, as well as financial counterparties and regulators. Each of these third parties may be targets of the same types of fraudulent activity, computer break-ins and other cybersecurity breaches described above, and the cybersecurity measures that they maintain to mitigate the risk of such activity may be different than our own and may be inadequate.
As a result of financial entities and technology systems becoming more interdependent and complex, a cyber incident, information breach or loss, or technology failure that compromises the systems or data of one or more financial entities could have a material impact on counterparties or other market participants, including ourselves. As a result of the foregoing, our ability to conduct business may be adversely affected by any significant disruptions to us or to third parties with whom we interact.
We are subject to certain operational risks, including, but not limited to, customer or employee fraud and data processing system failures and errors.
Employee errors and employee and customer misconduct could subject us to financial losses or regulatory sanctions and seriously harm our reputation. Misconduct by our employees could include hiding unauthorized activities from us, improper or unauthorized activities on behalf of our customers or improper use of confidential information. It is not always possible to prevent employee errors and misconduct, and the precautions we take to prevent and detect this activity may not be effective in all cases. Employee errors could also subject us to financial claims for negligence.
We maintain a system of internal controls and insurance coverage to mitigate against operational risks, including data processing system failures and errors and customer or employee fraud. Should our internal controls fail to prevent or detect an occurrence, and if any resulting loss is not insured or exceeds applicable insurance limits, such failure could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our framework for managing risks may not be effective in mitigating risk and loss to us.
Our risk management framework seeks to mitigate risk and loss to us. We have established processes and procedures intended to identify, measure, monitor, report and analyze the types of risk to which we are subject, including liquidity risk, credit risk, market risk, interest rate risk, operational risk, compensation risk, legal and compliance risk, and reputational risk, among others. However, as with any risk management framework, there are inherent limitations to our risk management strategies as there may exist, or develop in the future, risks that we have not appropriately anticipated or identified. If our risk management framework proves ineffective, we could suffer unexpected losses and could be materially adversely affected.
Our internal controls may be ineffective.
Management regularly reviews and updates our internal controls, disclosure controls and procedures and corporate governance policies and procedures. Any system of controls, however well designed and operated, is based in part on certain assumptions and can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurances that the objectives of the system are met. Any failure or circumvention of our controls and procedures or failure to comply with regulations related to controls and procedures could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
We depend on the accuracy and completeness of information provided by customers and counterparties.
In deciding whether to extend credit or enter into other transactions with customers and counterparties, we may rely on information furnished to us by or on behalf of customers and counterparties, including financial statements and other financial information. We also may rely on representations of customers and counterparties as to the accuracy and completeness of that information. In deciding whether to extend credit, we may rely upon our customers' representations that their financial statements conform to GAAP and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the customer. We also may rely on customer representations and certifications, or other audit or accountants' reports, with respect to the business and financial condition of our clients. Our financial condition, results of operations, financial reporting and reputation could be negatively affected if we rely on materially misleading, false, inaccurate or fraudulent information.
Regulatory Risks
We operate in a highly regulated industry, and the laws and regulations to which we are subject, or changes in them, or our failure to comply with them, may adversely affect us.
The Company and the Bank are subject to extensive regulation by multiple regulatory agencies. These regulations may affect the manner and terms of delivery of our services. If we do not comply with governmental regulations, we may be subject to fines, penalties, lawsuits or material restrictions on our businesses in the jurisdiction where the violation occurred, which may adversely affect our business operations. Changes in these regulations can significantly affect the services that we provide, as well as our costs of compliance with such regulations. In addition, political developments, including possible changes in law introduced by the new presidential administration or the appointment of new personnel in regulatory agencies, add uncertainty to the implementation, scope and timing of regulatory reforms. In addition, adverse publicity and damage to our reputation arising from the failure or perceived failure to comply with legal, regulatory or contractual requirements could affect our ability to attract and retain customers.
The Company and the Bank are subject to stringent capital and liquidity requirements.
As a result of the implementation of the Basel III Rules, we were required to meet new and increased capital requirements beginning on January 1, 2015. In addition, beginning in 2016, banking institutions that do not maintain a capital conservation buffer, comprised of Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, of 2.5% above the regulatory minimum capital requirements face constraints on the payment of dividends, stock repurchases and discretionary bonus payments to executive officers based on the amount of the shortfall, unless prior regulatory approval is obtained. Accordingly, if the Bank or the Company fails to maintain the applicable minimum capital ratios and the capital conservation buffer, distributions by the Bank to the Company, or dividends or stock repurchases by the Company, may be prohibited or limited.
Future increases in minimum capital requirements could adversely affect our net income. Furthermore, if we fail to comply with the minimum capital requirements, our failure could result in our regulators taking formal or informal actions against us which could restrict our future growth or operations.
Federal and state regulators periodically examine our business, and we may be required to remediate adverse examination findings.
The Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and the Iowa Division periodically examine our business, including our compliance with laws and regulations. If, as a result of an examination, a banking agency were to determine that our financial condition, capital resources, asset quality, earnings prospects, management, liquidity or other aspects of any of our operations had become unsatisfactory, or that we were in violation of any law or regulation, they may take a number of different remedial actions as they deem appropriate. These actions include the power to enjoin “unsafe or unsound” practices, to require affirmative action to correct any conditions resulting from any violation or practice, to issue an administrative order that can be judicially enforced, to direct an increase in our capital, to restrict our growth, to assess civil money penalties, to fine or remove officers and directors and, if it is concluded that such conditions cannot be corrected or there is an imminent risk of loss to depositors, to terminate our deposit insurance and place our bank into receivership or conservatorship. Any regulatory action against us could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We are subject to numerous laws designed to protect consumers, including the CRA and fair lending laws, and failure to comply with these laws could lead to a wide variety of sanctions.
The CRA requires the Bank, consistent with safe and sound operations, to ascertain and meet the credit needs of its entire community, including low and moderate income areas. The Bank’s failure to comply with the CRA could, among other things, result in the denial or delay of certain corporate applications filed by us or the Bank, including applications for branch openings or relocations and applications to acquire, merge or consolidate with another banking institution or holding company. In addition, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act and other fair lending laws and regulations prohibit discriminatory lending practices by financial institutions. The U.S. Department of Justice, federal banking agencies, and other federal agencies are responsible for enforcing these laws and regulations. A challenge to an institution’s compliance with fair lending laws and regulations could result in a wide variety of sanctions, including damages and civil money penalties, injunctive relief, restrictions on mergers and acquisitions activity, restrictions on expansion, and restrictions on entering new business lines. Private parties may also challenge an institution’s performance under fair lending laws in private class action litigation. Such actions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.
Non-compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act, the Bank Secrecy Act or other laws and regulations could result in fines or sanctions against us.
The USA PATRIOT Act and the Bank Secrecy Act require financial institutions to design and implement programs to prevent financial institutions from being used for money laundering and terrorist activities. If such activities are detected, financial institutions are obligated to file suspicious activity reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Treasury. These rules require financial institutions to establish procedures for identifying and verifying the identity of customers seeking to open new financial accounts. Federal and state bank regulators also have focused on compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering regulations. Failure to comply with these regulations could result in fines or sanctions, including restrictions on conducting acquisitions or establishing new branches. In recent years, several banking institutions have received large fines for non-compliance with these laws and regulations. While we have developed policies and procedures designed to assist in compliance with these laws and regulations, these policies and procedures may not be effective in preventing violations of these laws and regulations. Failure to maintain and implement adequate programs to combat money laundering and terrorist financing could also have serious reputational consequences for us, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Common Stock Risks
There is a limited trading market for our common shares, and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the price you paid for them.
Although our common shares are listed for quotation on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the trading in our common shares has substantially less liquidity than many other companies listed on Nasdaq. A public trading market having the desired characteristics of depth, liquidity and orderliness depends on the presence in the market of willing buyers and sellers of our common shares at any given time. This presence depends on the individual decisions of investors and general economic and market conditions over which we have no control. We cannot assure you that the volume of trading in our common shares will increase in the future.
Certain shareholders own a significant interest in the Company and may exercise their control in a manner detrimental to your interests.
Certain MidWestOne shareholders who are descendants of our founder collectively control approximately 17.9% of our outstanding common stock. In addition, certain MidWestOne shareholders that previously owned ATBancorp collectively control approximately 21.5% of our outstanding common stock. These shareholders may have the opportunity to exert influence on the outcome of matters required to be submitted to shareholders for approval. In addition, the significant level of ownership by these shareholders may contribute to the rather limited liquidity of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.
None.

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.
The Company’s principal location is our corporate headquarters located at 102 South Clinton Street, Iowa City, Iowa. We own or lease other banking offices and operating facilities located throughout central and eastern Iowa, the Minneapolis / St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, southwestern Florida, and Denver, Colorado. The number of banking offices per state at December 31, 2021 is detailed in the following table:
Number of Banking Offices
Iowa banking offices 34
Minnesota banking offices 12
Wisconsin banking offices 7
Florida banking offices 2
Colorado banking offices 1
Additional information with respect to premises and equipment is presented in Note 6. Premises and Equipment and Note 22. Leases to the consolidated financial statements in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
We and our subsidiaries are from time to time parties to various legal actions arising in the normal course of business. We believe that there is no threatened or pending proceeding, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the Company’s business, against us or our subsidiaries or of which our property is the subject, which, if determined adversely, would have a material adverse effect on our consolidated business or financial condition.

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
Not applicable.
PART II

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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
Marketplace Designation and Holders
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “MOFG.” As of March 1, 2022, there were 15,701,625 shares of common stock outstanding held by approximately 421 holders of record. Additionally, there are an estimated 4,403 beneficial holders whose stock was held in street name by brokerage houses and other nominees as of that date.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table sets forth information about the Company’s purchases of its common stock during the fourth quarter of 2021:
Total Number of Shares Purchased(1)
Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Programs(1)
Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program
October 1 - 31, 2021 37,700 $ 30.65 37,700 $ 6,438,487
November 1 - 30, 2021 4,500 31.66 4,500 6,296,009
December 1 - 31, 2021 16,700 31.67 16,700 5,767,134
Total 58,900 $ 31.02 58,900 $ 5,767,134
(1)Common shares repurchased by the Company during the quarter related to shares repurchased under the share repurchase program. Under the prior repurchase program, which authorized the repurchase of $10.0 million of common stock, the Company had repurchased 297,158 shares of common stock for approximately $7.9 million since the plan was announced in August 2019, leaving $2.1 million available to be repurchased under that repurchase program as of June 22, 2021, the end of such program.
On June 22, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a new share repurchase program, allowing for the repurchase of up to $15.0 million of the Company's common stock through December 31, 2023. The new repurchase program replaced the Company’s prior repurchase program, which was due to expire on December 31, 2021. For the period June 23, 2021 through December 31, 2021, the Company repurchased 311,967 shares of common stock for approximately $9.2 million, leaving $5.8 million available to be repurchased.
Performance Graph
The following table compares MidWestOne’s performance, as measured by the change in price of its common stock plus reinvested dividends, with the Nasdaq Composite Index and the S&P U.S. BMI Banks - Midwest Region Index for the five years ended December 31, 2021.
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.
At
Index 12/31/2016 12/31/2017 12/31/2018 12/31/2019 12/31/2020 12/31/2021
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.
$ 100.00 $ 90.88 $ 68.96 $ 103.32 $ 72.64 $ 98.89
Nasdaq Composite Index 100.00 129.64 125.96 172.18 249.51 304.85
S&P U.S. BMI Banks - Midwest Region Index 100.00 107.46 91.76 119.38 102.64 135.60
The companies in the custom peer group - S&P U.S. BMI Banks - Midwest Region Index - represents all banks, thrifts or financial service companies traded on a major exchange, headquartered in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
Not applicable.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
This section should be read in conjunction with the following parts of this Form 10-K: Part II, Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” Part II, Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” and Part I, Item 1 “Business.” For a discussion on the comparison of results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, refer Item 7. “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” in the Company’s Annual Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 11, 2021.
Overview
We are headquartered in Iowa City, Iowa, and are a bank holding company under the BHCA that has elected to be a financial holding company. We are the holding company for MidWestOne Bank, an Iowa state non-member bank with its main office in Iowa City, Iowa. We also were the holding company for MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc., until its dissolution in 2019. On May 1, 2019, the Company acquired ATBancorp, a bank holding company whose wholly-owned banking subsidiaries were ATSB and ABTW, community banks headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa, and Cuba City, Wisconsin, respectively. On November 1, 2021, the Company and IOFB, a bank holding company headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa, jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which the Company will acquire IOFB and its wholly-owned banking subsidiaries, FNBM and FNBF. The acquisition will add to the Company's existing presence in Fairfield, Iowa and will expand the Company's footprint into Muscatine, Iowa. The acquisition is expected to close early in the second quarter of 2022.
The Bank operates a total of 56 banking offices, which are located throughout central and eastern Iowa, the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, southwestern Florida, and Denver, Colorado. The Bank is focused on delivering relationship-based business and personal banking products and services. The Bank provides commercial loans, real estate loans, agricultural loans, credit card loans, and consumer loans. The Bank also provides deposit products including demand and interest checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and time deposits. Complementary to our loan and deposit products, the Bank also provides products and services including treasury management, Zelle, online and mobile banking, credit and debit cards, ATMs, and safe deposit boxes. The Bank also has a trust department through which it offers services including the administration of estates, personal trusts, and conservatorships and the management of real property. Finally, the Bank’s investment services department offers financial planning, investment advisory, and retail securities brokerage services (the latter of which is provided through an agreement with a third-party registered broker-dealer).
Our results of operations are significantly affected by our net interest income. Results of operations are also affected by noninterest income and expense, credit loss expense and income tax expense. Significant external factors that impact our results of operations include general economic and competitive conditions, as well as changes in market interest rates, government policies, and actions of regulatory authorities.
Financial Summary
The Company reported net income for the year ended December 31, 2021 of $69.5 million, an increase of $62.9 million, or 949.2%, compared to $6.6 million of net income for 2020, with diluted earnings per share of $4.37 and $0.41 for the respective annual periods.
The period as of December 31, 2021 and for the year then ended was also highlighted by the following results:
Balance Sheet:
•Total assets increased to $6.03 billion at December 31, 2021 from $5.56 billion at December 31, 2020.
•Total securities held for investment increased $630.7 million, from $1.7 billion at December 31, 2020, to $2.29 billion at December 31, 2021.
•Gross loans held for investment decreased $244.6 million, from $3.50 billion at December 31, 2020, to $3.25 billion at December 31, 2021.
•The allowance for credit losses was $48.7 million, or 1.50% of total loans as of December 31, 2021, compared with $55.5 million, or 1.59% of total loans, at December 31, 2020.
•Nonperforming assets declined $13.1 million, from $45.0 million at December 31, 2020, to $31.9 million at December 31, 2021.
•Total deposits increased $567.5 million from $4.55 billion at December 31, 2020, to $5.11 billion at December 31, 2021.
•Short-term debt decreased to $181.4 million at December 31, 2021 from $230.8 million at December 31, 2020, while long-term debt decreased to $154.9 million at December 31, 2021 from $208.7 million at December 31, 2020.
•The Company is well-capitalized with a total risk-based capital ratio of 13.09% at December 31, 2021.
Income Statement:
•Tax equivalent net interest income (a non-GAAP financial measure - see the "Non-GAAP Presentations" section for a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP equivalent) increased $3.7 million, from $157.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, to $160.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This increase in tax equivalent net interest income was primarily due to a decline in interest expense on interest-bearing deposits of $10.7 million as a result of lower rates paid on such deposits that more than offset the increase in the volume of deposits, coupled with an increase of $10.2 million in interest income earned from investment securities, which reflected the larger volume of securities held for investment, partially offset by a decrease in yield.
•Credit loss benefit of $7.3 million during 2021 compared with credit loss expense of $28.4 million in 2020, which reflected overall improvements in the forecasted economic conditions and improvements in the Company’s credit risk profile.
•Noninterest income increased $3.8 million, from $38.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, to $42.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The largest drivers of the increase were loan revenue and investment services and trust activities, partially offset by a decrease in other noninterest income.
•Noninterest expense decreased $33.3 million, from $149.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, to $116.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 primarily due to a $31.5 million goodwill impairment charge recorded in the third quarter of 2020 that did not recur in 2021.
COVID-19 Update
Our response to COVID-19 continues to be focused on how we can best serve our employees, customers, and communities. The Bank has utilized a combination of digital banking, voice, in-branch, branch drive-thru and other channels in order to meet the needs of our customers. We have continued to adjust procedures and restrictions based on local conditions and generally in alignment with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control.
Loan Payment Deferral Program Update: The federal government undertook several actions designed to alleviate the economic impact of COVID-19 and related restrictions. The CARES Act and guidance from the FRB and the FDIC allowed financial institutions the option to temporarily suspend certain requirements under GAAP related to TDRs for a limited period of time during the COVID-19 pandemic and that short-term modifications made on a good faith basis in response to COVID-19 to borrowers who were current prior to any relief were not to be considered TDRs. This included short-term (e.g., six months) modifications, such as payment deferrals, fee waivers, extensions of repayment terms, or other delays in payment that were insignificant. Borrowers considered current were those that were less than 30 days past due on their contractual payments at the time a modification program was implemented. As of December 31, 2021, the outstanding balance of loans modified as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic was $2.9 million, as compared to $44.1 million as of December 31, 2020. This program ended on December 31, 2021 and no additional deferrals are being granted on loans.
PPP Loans: The Bank was a participating lender in the PPP. The PPP loans have a two-year or five-year term and earn interest at an annual rate of 1%. Loans funded through the PPP are fully guaranteed by the U.S. government if certain criteria are met. The Company believes that the majority of these loans will be forgiven by the SBA in accordance with the terms of the program. Should those circumstances change, the Company could be required to establish additional allowance for credit loss through additional credit loss expense charged to earnings.
The following table presents PPP loan measures as of the dates indicated:
December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020
Round 1 Round 2 Total Round 1 Total
(Dollars in millions) # $ # $ # $ # $ # $
Total PPP Loans Funded 2,681 $ 348.5 2,175 $ 149.3 4,856 $ 497.8 2,681 $ 348.5 2,681 $ 348.5
PPP Loan Forgiveness 2,609 334.2 2,009 122.4 4,618 456.6 253 70.1 253 70.1
Outstanding PPP Loans(1)
53 5.6 164 25.2 217 30.8 2,410 259.3 2,410 259.3
Unearned Income $- $0.9 $0.9 $5.3 $5.3
(1) Outstanding loans are presented net of unearned income.
Critical Accounting Policies
We have identified the following critical accounting policies and practices relative to the reporting of our results of operations and financial condition. These accounting policies relate to the allowance for credit losses, fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination, and the annual impairment testing of goodwill and other intangible assets.
Allowance for Credit Losses
Loans Held for Investment
Under the current expected credit loss model, the allowance for credit losses is a valuation account estimated at each balance sheet date and deducted from the amortized cost basis of loans held for investment to present the net amount expected to be collected.
The Company estimates the ACL based on the underlying assets’ amortized cost basis, which is the amount at which the financing receivable is originated or acquired, adjusted for collection of cash and charge-offs, as well as applicable accretion or amortization of premium, discount, and net deferred fees or costs. In the event that collection of principal becomes uncertain, the Company has policies in place to reverse accrued interest in a timely manner. Therefore, the Company has made a policy election to exclude accrued interest from the measurement of ACL.
Expected credit losses are reflected in the allowance for credit losses through a charge to credit loss expense. When the Company deems all or a portion of a financial asset to be uncollectible, the appropriate amount is written off and the ACL is reduced by the same amount. The Company applies judgment to determine when a financial asset is deemed uncollectible; however, generally speaking, an asset will be considered uncollectible no later than when all efforts at collection have been exhausted. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the ACL when received.
The Company measures expected credit losses of financial assets on a collective (pool) basis when the financial assets share similar risk characteristics. Depending on the nature of the pool of financial assets with similar risk characteristics, the Company uses a DCF method or a loss-rate method to estimate expected credit losses.
The Company’s methodologies for estimating the ACL consider available relevant information about the collectability of cash flows, including information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. The methodologies apply historical loss information, adjusted for asset-specific characteristics, economic conditions at the measurement date, and forecasts about future economic conditions expected to exist through the contractual lives of the financial assets that are reasonable and supportable, to the identified pools of financial assets with similar risk characteristics for which the historical loss experience was observed. Specifically, the economic forecast used by the Company is sensitive to changes in the following loss drivers: (1) Midwest unemployment, (2) year-to-year change in national retail sales, (3) year-to-year change in the CRE Index, (4) year-to-year change in U.S. GDP, (5) year-to-year change in the National Home Price Index, and (6) Rental Vacancy. General deterioration in these loss drivers, coupled with any changes to our modeling assumptions stemming from overall uncertainties in the current and future economic conditions, also impacts the Company’s estimation of the ACL. The Company’s economic forecast assumptions revert back to historical loss driver information on a straight-line basis over four quarters.
Discounted Cash Flow Method
The Company uses the DCF method to estimate expected credit losses for the agricultural, commercial and industrial, CRE - construction and development, CRE - farmland, CRE - multifamily, CRE - other, RRE - owner-occupied one-to-four family first liens, RRE - non-owner-occupied one-to-four family first liens, RRE - one-to-four family junior liens, and consumer loan pools. For each of these pools, the Company generates cash flow projections at the instrument level wherein payment expectations are adjusted for estimated prepayment speed, curtailments, time to recovery, probability of default, and loss given default. The modeling of expected prepayment speeds, curtailment rates, and time to recovery are based on historical internal data.
The Company uses regression analysis of historical internal and peer data to determine which variables are best suited to be economic variables utilized when modeling lifetime probability of default and loss given default. This analysis also determines how expected probability of default and loss given default will react to forecasted levels of the economic variables. For the loan pools utilizing the DCF method, management utilizes one or multiple of the following economic variables: Midwest unemployment, national retail sales, CRE index, US rental vacancy rate, US gross domestic product, and national home price index (“HPI”).
For all DCF models, management has determined that four quarters represents a reasonable and supportable forecast period and reverts back to a historical loss rate over four quarters on a straight-line basis. Management leverages economic projections from a reputable and independent third party to inform its loss driver forecasts over the four quarter forecast period. Other internal and external indicators of economic forecasts are also considered by management when developing the forecast metrics.
The combination of adjustments for credit expectations (default and loss) and timing expectations (prepayment, curtailment, and time to recovery) produces an expected cash flow stream at the instrument level. Instrument effective yield is calculated, net of the impacts of prepayment assumptions, and the instrument expected cash flows are then discounted at that effective yield to produce an instrument-level net present value of expected cash flows (“NPV”). An ACL is established for the difference between the instrument’s NPV and amortized cost basis. In addition, management utilizes qualitative factors to adjust the calculated ACL as appropriate. Qualitative factors are based on management's judgment of company, market, industry or business specific data, changes in underlying loan composition of specific portfolios, trends relating to credit quality, delinquency, non-performing and adversely rated loans, and reasonable and supportable forecasts of economic conditions.
Loss-Rate Method
The Company uses a loss-rate method to estimate expected credit losses for the credit card and overdraft pools. For each of these pools, the Company applies an expected loss ratio based on internal and peer historical losses, adjusted as appropriate for qualitative factors. Qualitative loss factors are based on management's judgment of company, market, industry or business specific data, changes in underlying loan composition of specific portfolios, trends relating to credit quality, delinquency, non-performing and adversely rated loans, and reasonable and supportable forecasts of economic conditions.
Collateral Dependent Financial Assets
Loans that do not share risk characteristics are evaluated on an individual basis. For collateral dependent financial assets where the Company has determined that foreclosure of the collateral is probable, or where the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and the Company expects repayment of the financial asset to be provided substantially through the operation or sale of the collateral, the ACL is measured based on the difference between the fair value of the collateral and the amortized cost basis of the asset as of the measurement date. When repayment is expected to be from the operation of the collateral, expected credit losses are calculated as the amount by which the amortized cost basis of the financial asset exceeds the present value of expected cash flows from the operation of the collateral. When repayment is expected to be from the sale of the collateral, expected credit losses are calculated as the amount by which the amortized cost basis of the financial asset exceeds the fair value of the underlying collateral less estimated cost to sell. The ACL may be zero if the fair value of the collateral at the measurement date exceeds the amortized cost basis of the financial asset.
The Company’s estimate of the ACL reflects losses expected over the remaining contractual life of the assets. The contractual term does not consider extensions, renewals or modifications unless the Company has identified an expected TDR.
A loan that has been modified or renewed is considered a TDR when two conditions are met: 1) the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and 2) concessions are made for the borrower's benefit that would not otherwise be considered for a borrower or transaction with similar credit risk characteristics. The Company’s ACL reflects all effects of a TDR when an individual asset is specifically identified as a reasonably expected TDR. The Company has determined that a TDR is reasonably expected no later than the point when the lender concludes that modification is the best course of action and it is at least reasonably possible that the troubled borrower will accept some form of concession from the lender to avoid a default. Reasonably expected TDRs and executed non-performing TDRs are evaluated individually to determine the required ACL. TDRs performing in accordance with their modified contractual terms for a reasonable period of time may be included in the Company’s existing pools based on the underlying risk characteristics of the loan to measure the ACL.
Accounting for Business Combinations
In May 2019, we completed the acquisition of ATBancorp, which generated significant amounts of fair value adjustments to assets and liabilities. In the third quarter of 2021 we announced the pending acquisition of IOFB, which is expected to close early in the second quarter of 2022. The fair value adjustments assigned to assets and liabilities, as well as their related useful lives, are subject to judgment and estimation by our management. Valuation of intangible assets is generally based on the estimated cash flows related to those assets, while the initial value assigned to goodwill is the residual of the purchase price over the fair value of all identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. When amounts allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed is greater than the purchase price, a bargain purchase gain is recognized. Useful lives are determined based on the expected future period of the benefit of the asset or liability, the assessment of which considers various characteristics of the asset or liability, including the historical cash flows. Due to the number of estimates involved, we have identified accounting for business combinations as a critical accounting policy.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill and intangible assets arise from business combinations. Goodwill represented $62.5 million of our $6.03 billion total assets at December 31, 2021. Under the Intangibles - Goodwill and Other topic of the FASB ASC, goodwill is tested at least annually for impairment. The Company’s annual assessment is done at the reporting unit level, which the Company has concluded is at the consolidated level. We review goodwill for impairment annually during the fourth quarter and also test for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of our reporting unit below its carrying amount. Such events and circumstances may include among others: a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the general business climate; significant decline in our stock price and market capitalization; unanticipated competition; the testing for recoverability of a significant asset group within the reporting unit; and an adverse action or assessment by a regulator. Any adverse change in these factors could have a significant impact on the recoverability of goodwill and could have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
No goodwill impairment charge was recorded in 2021 as a result of the Company’s internal assessment. In the prior year, due to the continued economic impact that COVID-19 had on the Company, management concluded that factors, such as the decline in macroeconomic conditions and a sustained decrease in share price, led to the occurrence of a triggering event and therefore an interim impairment test over goodwill was performed as of September 30, 2020. As a result of the interim assessment, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $31.5 million as its estimated fair value was less than its book value on that date.
Other intangible assets represented $19.9 million of our $6.03 billion total assets at December 31, 2021. The accounting for a recognized intangible asset is based on its useful life to the Company. An intangible asset with a finite useful life is amortized over its estimated useful life to the Company; an intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but rather is tested at least annually for impairment. The intangible assets with finite lives reflected on our financial statements relate to core deposit relationships, trade name, and customer lists. The initial and subsequent measurements of intangible assets involve the use of significant estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions include, among other things, the estimated cost to service deposits acquired, discount rates, estimated attrition rates and useful lives, future economic and market conditions, comparison of our market value to book value and determination of appropriate market comparables. Periodically we evaluate the estimated useful lives of intangible assets and whether events or changes in circumstances warrant a revision to the remaining periods of amortization. We also assess these intangible assets for impairment annually or more often if conditions indicate a possible impairment. If the asset is considered to be impaired, the amount of any impairment is measured as the difference between the carrying value and the fair value of the impaired asset. See Note 7. Goodwill and Intangible Assets to our consolidated financial statements for additional information related to our intangible assets.
Results of Operations
Summary
As of or For the Years Ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 2021 2020 2019
Net Interest Income $ 156,281 $ 152,964 $ 143,650
Noninterest Income 42,453 38,620 31,246
Total Revenue, Net of Interest Expense 198,734 191,584 174,896
Credit Loss (Benefit) Expense (7,336) 28,369 7,158
Noninterest Expense 116,592 149,893 117,535
Income Before Income Tax Expense 89,478 13,322 50,203
Income Tax Expense 19,992 6,699 6,573
Net Income $ 69,486 $ 6,623 $ 43,630
Diluted Earnings Per Share $ 4.37 $ 0.41 $ 2.93
Return on Average Assets 1.20 % 0.13 % 1.04 %
Return on Average Equity 13.18 1.28 9.65
Return on Average Tangible Equity(1)
16.63 10.80 13.98
Efficiency Ratio(1)
54.65 56.92 57.56
Dividend Payout Ratio 20.55 214.63 27.65
Common Equity Ratio 8.75 9.27 10.94
Tangible Common Equity Ratio(1)
7.49 7.82 8.50
Book Value per Share $ 33.66 $ 32.17 $ 31.49
Tangible Book Value per Share(1)
$ 28.40 $ 26.69 $ 23.81
(1)A non-GAAP financial measure - see the "Non-GAAP Presentations" section for a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP equivalent.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income is the difference between interest income and fees earned on interest-earning assets, less interest expense incurred on interest-bearing liabilities. Tax equivalent net interest margin is the net interest income, on a tax equivalent basis, as a percentage of average interest-earning assets.
Net Interest Income Summary
The following table shows the consolidated average balance sheets, detailing the major categories of assets and liabilities, the interest income earned on interest-earning assets, the interest expense paid for interest-bearing liabilities, and the related interest yields and costs for the periods indicated.
Year ended December 31,
2021 2020 2019
(dollars in thousands) Average Balance Interest Income/ Expense Average Yield/Cost Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost
ASSETS
Loans, including fees (1)(2)(3)
$ 3,362,488 $ 143,141 4.26 % $ 3,551,945 $ 160,752 4.53 % $ 3,157,127 $ 164,948 5.22 %
Taxable investment securities 1,577,146 25,692 1.63 797,954 17,610 2.21 465,484 13,132 2.82
Tax-exempt investment securities (2)(4)
463,526 12,468 2.69 342,000 10,395 3.04 204,375 7,177 3.51
Total securities held for investment (2)
2,040,672 38,160 1.87 1,139,954 28,005 2.46 669,859 20,309 3.03
Other 52,617 91 0.17 73,255 262 0.36 21,289 450 2.11
Total interest earning assets (2)
$ 5,455,777 $ 181,392 3.32 % $ 4,765,154 $ 189,019 3.97 % $ 3,848,275 $ 185,707 4.83 %
Other assets 324,779 370,687 352,765
Total assets $ 5,780,556 $ 5,135,841 $ 4,201,040
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Interest checking deposits $ 1,440,585 $ 4,208 0.29 % $ 1,108,997 $ 4,435 0.40 % $ 806,624 $ 4,723 0.59 %
Money market deposits 946,784 2,006 0.21 844,137 3,696 0.44 766,812 7,549 0.98
Savings deposits 594,543 1,210 0.20 454,000 1,386 0.31 329,199 1,092 0.33
Time deposits 882,271 5,774 0.65 945,234 14,402 1.52 873,978 16,563 1.90
Total interest bearing deposits 3,864,183 13,198 0.34 3,352,368 23,919 0.71 2,776,613 29,927 1.08
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase 176,606 436 0.25 150,557 774 0.51 104,394 1,296 1.24
Federal funds purchased 8 - - 51 1 1.96 370 11 2.97
Other short-term borrowings 15,143 115 0.76 6,738 139 2.06 20,192 540 2.67
Total short-term borrowings 191,757 551 0.29 157,346 914 0.58 124,956 1,847 1.48
Long-term debt 178,395 6,736 3.78 220,448 6,990 3.17 224,149 7,017 3.13
Total borrowed funds 370,152 7,287 1.97 377,794 7,904 2.09 349,105 8,864 2.54
Total interest-bearing liabilities $ 4,234,335 $ 20,485 0.48 % $ 3,730,162 $ 31,823 0.85 % $ 3,125,718 $ 38,791 1.24 %
Noninterest bearing deposits 974,044 832,038 586,100
Other liabilities 45,141 58,186 37,204
Shareholders’ equity 527,036 515,455 452,018
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 5,780,556 $ 5,135,841 $ 4,201,040
Net interest income (2)
$ 160,907 $ 157,196 $ 146,916
Net interest spread (2)
2.84 % 3.12 % 3.59 %
Net interest margin (2)
2.95 % 3.30 % 3.82 %
Total deposits (5)
$ 4,838,227 $ 13,198 0.27 % $ 4,184,406 $ 23,919 0.57 % $ 3,362,713 $ 29,927 0.89 %
Cost of funds (6)
0.39 % 0.70 % 1.05 %
(1) Average balance includes nonaccrual loans.
(2) Tax equivalent.
(3) Interest income includes net loan fees, loan purchase discount accretion and tax equivalent adjustments. Net loan fees were $11.2 million, $4.4 million, and $(316) thousand for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Loan purchase discount accretion was $3.3 million, $9.1 million, and $14.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019. Tax equivalent adjustments were $2.1 million, $2.1 million and $1.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The federal statutory tax rate utilized was 21%.
(4) Interest income includes tax equivalent adjustments of $2.5 million, $2.1 million and $1.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The federal statutory tax rate utilized was 21%.
(5) Total deposits is the sum of total interest-bearing deposits and noninterest bearing deposits. The cost of total deposits is calculated as interest expense on deposits divided by average total deposits.
(6) Cost of funds is calculated as total interest expense divided by the sum of average total deposits and borrowed funds.
Changes in Net Interest Income
Net interest income is impacted by changes in volume, interest rate, and the mix of interest earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. The following table shows changes attributable to (i) changes in volume and (ii) changes in rate. Changes attributable to both rate and volume have been allocated proportionately to the change due to volume and the change due to rate.
Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019
Year 2021 to 2020 Change due to
Year 2020 to 2019 Change due to
(dollars in thousands) Volume Yield/Cost Net Volume Yield/Cost Net
Increase (decrease) in interest income
Loans, including fees(1)
$ (8,333) $ (9,278) $ (17,611) $ 19,294 $ (23,490) $ (4,196)
Taxable investment securities 13,645 (5,563) 8,082 7,814 (3,336) 4,478
Tax-exempt investment securities (1)
3,373 (1,300) 2,073 4,291 (1,073) 3,218
Total securities held for investment (1)
17,018 (6,863) 10,155 12,105 (4,409) 7,696
Other (61) (110) (171) 418 (606) (188)
Change in interest income (1)
8,624 (16,251) (7,627) 31,817 (28,505) 3,312
Increase (decrease) in interest expense
Interest checking deposits 1,138 (1,365) (227) 1,471 (1,759) (288)
Money market deposits 412 (2,102) (1,690) 688 (4,541) (3,853)
Savings deposits 383 (559) (176) 367 (73) 294
Time deposits (902) (7,726) (8,628) 1,272 (3,433) (2,161)
Total interest bearing deposits 1,031 (11,752) (10,721) 3,798 (9,806) (6,008)
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase 116 (454) (338) 428 (950) (522)
Federal funds purchased - (1) (1) (7) (3) (10)
Other short-term borrowings 101 (125) (24) (299) (102) (401)
Total short-term borrowings 217 (580) (363) 122 (1,055) (933)
Long-term debt (1,460) 1,206 (254) (117) 90 (27)
Total borrowed funds (1,243) 626 (617) 5 (965) (960)
Change in interest expense (212) (11,126) (11,338) 3,803 (10,771) (6,968)
Change in net interest income (1)
$ 8,836 $ (5,125) $ 3,711 $ 28,014 $ (17,734) $ 10,280
Percentage increase (decrease) in net interest income over prior period 2.4 % 7.0 %
(1) Tax equivalent
Our tax equivalent net interest income for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $160.9 million, an increase of $3.7 million, or 2%, as compared to $157.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was due to a decline of $11.3 million, or 36%, in interest expense, partially offset by a decline of $7.6 million, or 4%, in interest income. The change in interest expense was due primarily to a decline in interest bearing deposit costs of $10.7 million, or 45%, as a result of lower rates paid on such deposits, partially offset by increased costs from greater non-maturity deposit volumes. The change in interest income reflected a decline of $17.6 million, or 11%, in loan interest income from lower loan purchase discount accretion, which decreased $5.8 million, reduced loan volumes, and coupon rates at loan origination and re-pricing being generally lower than the existing portfolio. The decline in loan interest income was partially offset by increased net loan fee accretion of $6.8 million, primarily from PPP loans. Partially offsetting the lower loan interest income was an increase of $10.2 million, or 36%, in interest income earned from investment securities which reflected a larger volume of securities held for investment, partially offset by a decrease in yield from such securities.
The tax equivalent net interest margin for the year ended December 31, 2021 was 2.95%, or 35 basis points lower than the tax equivalent net interest margin of 3.30% for the year ended December 31, 2020. The tax equivalent yield on investment securities decreased by 59 basis points, while tax equivalent yield on loans decreased 27 basis points. The resulting yield on interest-earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2021 was 65 basis points lower than the year ended December 31, 2020, which primarily reflected the shift in earning asset mix to a greater proportion of investment securities, which generally have lower yields than loans, as well as the origination and re-pricing of loans at generally lower coupon rates compared to existing portfolio coupon rates. The cost of interest-bearing deposits decreased 37 basis points, while the average cost of borrowings was lower by 12 basis points for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. Our lower deposit costs for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to the year ended December 31, 2020 were a result of lower market interest rates as a result of the continuation of the target federal funds interest rate of 0.0% - 0.25% in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the origination and re-pricing of time deposits at lower rates than the existing portfolio.
Credit Loss (Benefit) Expense
We recorded credit loss benefit of $7.3 million during 2021 compared to credit loss expense of $28.4 million in 2020, a decrease of $35.7 million, or 125.9%. The Company recorded credit loss expense of $28.4 million in 2020 primarily due to the impact of economic uncertainty stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic on forecasted economic conditions. The credit loss benefit recorded in 2021 reflected overall improvements in forecasted economic conditions and improvement in the credit risk profile, coupled with net loan recoveries of $0.4 million in the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to net loan charge-offs of $5.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2020. The economic forecasts utilized by the Company for its loan credit loss estimation process are: (1) Midwest unemployment, (2) year-to-year change in national retail sales, (3) year-to-year change in the CRE Index, (4) year-to-year change in U.S. GDP, (5) year-to-year change in the National Home Price Index, and (6) Rental Vacancy.
Noninterest Income
The following table sets forth the various categories of noninterest income for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019.
For the Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands) 2021 2020 $ Change % Change 2020 2019 $ Change % Change
Investment services and trust activities $ 11,675 $ 9,632 $ 2,043 21.2 % $ 9,632 $ 8,040 $ 1,592 19.8 %
Service charges and fees 6,259 6,178 81 1.3 6,178 7,452 (1,274) (17.1)
Card revenue 7,015 5,719 1,296 22.7 5,719 5,594 125 2.2
Loan revenue 12,948 10,185 2,763 27.1 10,185 3,789 6,396 168.8
Bank-owned life insurance 2,162 2,226 (64) (2.9) 2,226 1,877 349 18.6
Insurance commissions - - - - - 734 (734) (100.0)
Investment securities gains, net 242 184 58 31.5 184 90 94 104.4
Other 2,152 4,496 (2,344) (52.1) 4,496 3,670 826 22.5
Total noninterest income $ 42,453 $ 38,620 $ 3,833 9.9 % $ 38,620 $ 31,246 $ 7,374 23.6 %
Total noninterest income for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $42.5 million, an increase of $3.8 million, or 9.9%, from $38.6 million during the same period of 2020. This increase was primarily due to increases in loan revenue, investment services and trust activities, and card revenue of $2.8 million, $2.0 million and $1.3 million, respectively. The increase in loan revenue was primarily due to an increase of $1.4 million in the fair value of our mortgage servicing rights in 2021, compared with a decline of $1.9 million during the same period of 2020. Investment services and trust activities revenue was positively impacted by improvements in the financial markets and increased assets under administration, while the increase in card revenue primarily reflected an increase in transaction volumes and transaction margins in the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. Partially offsetting the identified increases in noninterest income was a decrease in ‘Other’ noninterest income of $2.3 million, which was primarily due to a decline in income from our commercial loan back-to-back swap program.
Noninterest Expense
The following table sets forth the various categories of noninterest expense for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019.
For the Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands) 2021 2020 $ Change % Change 2020 2019 $ Change % Change
Compensation and employee benefits $ 69,937 $ 66,397 $ 3,540 5.3 % $ 66,397 $ 65,660 $ 737 1.1 %
Occupancy expense of premises, net 9,274 9,348 (74) (0.8) 9,348 8,647 701 8.1
Equipment 7,816 7,865 (49) (0.6) 7,865 7,717 148 1.9
Legal and professional 5,256 6,153 (897) (14.6) 6,153 8,049 (1,896) (23.6)
Data processing 5,216 5,362 (146) (2.7) 5,362 4,579 783 17.1
Marketing 4,022 3,815 207 5.4 3,815 3,789 26 0.7
Amortization of intangibles 5,357 6,976 (1,619) (23.2) 6,976 5,906 1,070 18.1
FDIC insurance 1,572 1,858 (286) (15.4) 1,858 690 1,168 169.3
Communications 1,332 1,746 (414) (23.7) 1,746 1,701 45 2.6
Foreclosed assets, net 233 150 83 55.3 150 580 (430) (74.1)
Other 6,577 8,723 (2,146) (24.6) 8,723 10,217 (1,494) (14.6)
Goodwill impairment - 31,500 (31,500) N/A 31,500 - 31,500 N/A
Total noninterest expense $ 116,592 $ 149,893 $ (33,301) (22.2) % $ 149,893 $ 117,535 $ 32,358 27.5 %
For the Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Merger-related expenses:
Compensation and employee benefits $ - $ - $ 5,435
Occupancy expense of premises, net - 7 117
Equipment 18 - 366
Legal and professional 202 - 2,762
Data processing - 44 90
Other 4 10 360
Total impact of merger-related expenses to noninterest expense $ 224 $ 61 $ 9,130
Noninterest expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $116.6 million, a decrease of $33.3 million, or 22.2%, from $149.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily due to a $31.5 million goodwill impairment charge recorded in the third quarter of 2020 that did not recur in 2021. Excluding the goodwill impairment, noninterest expense decreased $1.8 million, or 1.5%, from the prior year end, largely due to decreases of $2.1 million, $1.6 million, and $0.9 million in ‘Other’ noninterest expense, amortization of intangibles, and legal and professional expenses, respectively. The decline in ‘Other’ noninterest expense was principally due to a reduction in tax credit partnership investment amortization of $1.9 million, coupled with a $0.8 million loss from termination of a cash flow hedge recognized in 2020 that did not recur in 2021. The decline in the amortization of intangibles reflected the accelerated amortization methodology utilized for certain finite-lived intangible assets. The decline in legal and professional expenses was primarily due to a reduction in loan legal expenses and non-recurring audit fees. Partially offsetting these identified declines in noninterest expense was an increase of $3.5 million in compensation and employee benefits that primarily stemmed from increased incentive and commission expense, normal annual increases, and increased share-based compensation expense.
Full-time equivalent employee levels were 731, 757, and 771 at December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Income Tax Expense
Our effective tax rate, or income taxes divided by income before taxes, was 22.3% for 2021 compared with 50.2% for 2020. Excluding non-deductible goodwill impairment, the effective income tax rate for the full year 2020 was 14.9%. The increase in income taxes is reflective of the increase in taxable income and a reduction in tax credits for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the prior year end. The Company’s effective tax rate is lower than its combined statutory tax rate due to benefits related to tax-exempt interest and bank-owned life insurance.
Financial Condition
Following is a table that represents the major categories of the Company’s balance sheet as of the dates indicated:
December 31, December 31,
(dollars in thousands) 2021 2020 $ Change % Change
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 203,830 $ 82,659 $ 121,171 146.6 %
Loans held for sale 12,917 59,956 (47,039) (78.5)
Debt securities available for sale 2,288,110 1,657,381 630,729 38.1
Loans held for investment, net of unearned income 3,245,012 3,482,223 (237,211) (6.8)
Allowance for credit losses (48,700) (55,500) 6,800 (12.3)
Total loans held for investment, net 3,196,312 3,426,723 (230,411) (19.1)
Other assets 323,959 329,929 (5,970) (1.8)
Total assets $ 6,025,128 $ 5,556,648 $ 468,480 8.4 %
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Total deposits $ 5,114,519 $ 4,547,049 $ 567,470 12.5 %
Total borrowings 336,247 439,480 (103,233) (23.5)
Other liabilities 46,887 54,869 (7,982) (14.5)
Total shareholders’ equity 527,475 515,250 12,225 2.4
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 6,025,128 $ 5,556,648 $ 468,480 8.4 %
Debt Securities
The composition of debt securities available for sale was as follows:
December 31,
(dollars in thousands) 2021 2020
Debt securities available for sale Balance % of Total Balance % of Total
U.S. Government agencies and corporations $ 266 - % $ 361 - %
States and political subdivisions 765,742 33.5 628,346 37.9
Mortgage-backed securities 100,626 4.4 94,018 5.7
Collateralized mortgage obligations 768,899 33.6 565,836 34.1
Corporate debt securities 652,577 28.5 368,820 22.3
Fair value of debt securities available for sale $ 2,288,110 100.0 % $ 1,657,381 100.0 %
Our investment securities portfolio is managed to provide a source of both liquidity and earnings. The size of the portfolio varies along with fluctuations in levels of deposits and loans. We consider many factors in determining the composition of our investment portfolio including tax-equivalent yield, credit quality, duration, expected cash flows and prepayment risk, as well as the liquidity position and the interest rate risk profile of the Company.
Debt securities available for sale are carried at fair value. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of our debt securities available for sale was $2.3 billion, an increase of $0.6 billion from $1.7 billion at December 31, 2020, primarily driven by the excess liquidity generated by the increased levels of deposit balances that were deployed into investment security purchases. There were $19.0 million of gross unrealized gains and $31.0 million of gross unrealized losses in our debt securities available for sale portfolio for a net unrealized loss of $12.0 million at December 31, 2021.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company’s mortgage-backed and collateralized mortgage obligations portfolios consisted of securities issued by government-sponsored enterprises (“GSEs”) such as the Federal National Mortgage Corporation, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Government National Mortgage Corporation and private entities. GSE issues are predominantly backed by one- to four-family mortgage loans and underwritten to the standards of and guaranteed by the issuer. The receipt of principal, at par, and interest on these securities is guaranteed by the respective GSE, and as such the Company believes exposure for credit-related losses from its mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations is reduced. Further, the Company owns several privately issued collateralized mortgage obligations. These securities are structured with high levels of credit enhancement and carry the highest ratings from the one or more of the major statistical credit rating agencies. The Company’s holdings of corporate bonds are primarily comprised of securities that are rated in one of the three highest rating categories by at least one of the major statistical credit rating agencies. In evaluating
corporate bonds, the company considers each issuers’ financial performance, liquidity, capital position and other company fundamentals in evaluating corporate securities. Similarly, the majority of the Company’s municipal holdings carry ratings in the top three ratings categories of one of the major statistical credit rating agencies. Relating to the Company’s holdings of non-rated municipal bonds, these issuers are predominantly located in the Company’s market area in the upper Midwest. In general, the small issue size of the non-rated bond offerings makes the cost obtaining a credit rating prohibitively expensive, which explains the lack of a credit rating.
Loans
The composition of our loan portfolio by type of loan was as follows:
As of December 31,
2021 2020
(dollars in thousands) Amount % of Total Amount % of Total
Agricultural $ 103,417 3.2 % $ 116,392 3.3 %
Commercial and industrial 902,314 27.8 1,055,488 30.3
Commercial real estate 1,704,541 52.5 1,732,361 49.8
Residential real estate 466,322 14.4 499,106 14.3
Consumer 68,418 2.1 78,876 2.3
Loans held for investment, net of unearned income $ 3,245,012 100.0 % $ 3,482,223 100.0 %
Loans held for sale $ 12,917 $ 59,956
Loans held for investment, net of unearned income, decreased $237.2 million, or 6.8%, to $3.25 billion as of December 31, 2021 from $3.48 billion at December 31, 2020, primarily as a result of PPP loan forgiveness. As of December 31, 2021, the amortized cost basis of PPP loans was $30.8 million, or 1.0% of loans held for investment, as compared to $259.3 million, or 7.4%, at December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2021, PPP loan balances in the agricultural and commercial and industrial loan portfolio segments were $0.1 million and $30.7 million, respectively, compared to $1.5 million and $257.8 million as of December 31, 2020. See Note 4. Loans Receivable and the Allowance for Credit Losses to our consolidated financial statements for additional information related to our loan portfolio.
Commitments under standby letters of credit, unused lines of credit and other conditionally approved credit lines totaled approximately $1.03 billion and $931.5 million as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
Our loan to deposit ratio decreased to 63.45% as of December 31, 2021 as compared to 76.58% as of December 31, 2020. The loan to deposit ratio fell when compared to the prior year-end primarily due to PPP loan forgiveness and deposit growth that was principally utilized to purchase debt securities.
The following table sets forth remaining maturities and rate types of loans at December 31, 2021:
Maturities Within Maturities After
One Year One Year
Due Within Due In Due In Due After Fixed Variable Fixed Variable
(dollars in thousands) 1 Year 1-5 Years 5-15 Years 15 Years Total Rates Rates Rates Rates
Agricultural $ 65,038 $ 28,331 $ 8,709 $ 1,339 $ 103,417 $ 15,716 $ 49,322 $ 31,163 $ 7,216
Commercial and industrial 147,407 291,985 307,003 155,919 902,314 47,110 100,297 475,121 279,786
Commercial real estate:
Construction & development 43,879 78,028 49,865 388 172,160 26,980 16,899 83,305 44,976
Farmland 15,384 47,253 60,119 21,917 144,673 13,675 1,709 88,067 41,222
Multifamily 8,516 107,806 128,181 - 244,503 8,403 113 161,792 74,195
Commercial real estate-other 89,980 466,223 554,539 32,463 1,143,205 78,497 11,483 581,701 471,524
Total commercial real estate 157,759 699,310 792,704 54,768 1,704,541 127,555 30,204 914,865 631,917
Residential real estate:
One- to four- family first liens 8,949 79,141 84,924 160,294 333,308 4,050 4,899 177,863 146,496
One- to four- family junior liens 3,466 20,665 105,941 2,942 133,014 1,374 2,092 57,735 71,813
Total residential real estate 12,415 99,806 190,865 163,236 466,322 5,424 6,991 235,598 218,309
Consumer 7,493 43,267 17,568 90 68,418 2,846 4,647 60,085 840
Total loans $ 390,112 $ 1,162,699 $ 1,316,849 $ 375,352 $ 3,245,012 $ 198,651 $ 191,461 $ 1,716,832 $ 1,138,068
Of the $1.33 billion of variable rate loans, approximately $751.2 million, or 56.5%, are subject to interest rate floors, with a weighted average floor rate of 3.75%.
Nonperforming Assets
The following table sets forth information concerning nonperforming assets at December 31 for each of the years indicated:
December 31,
(dollars in thousands) 2021 2020
Nonaccrual loans held for investment $ 31,540 $ 41,950
Accruing loans contractually past due 90 days or more - 739
Total nonperforming loans 31,540 42,689
Foreclosed assets, net 357 2,316
Total nonperforming assets $ 31,897 $ 45,005
Nonaccrual loans ratio(1)
0.97 % 1.20 %
Nonperforming loans ratios(2)
0.97 % 1.23 %
Nonperforming assets ratio(3)
0.53 % 0.81 %
(1) Nonaccrual loans ratio is calculated as nonaccrual loans divided by loans held for investment, net of unearned income, at the end of the period.
(2 Nonperforming loans ratio is calculated as total nonperforming loans divided by loans held for investment, net of unearned income, at the end of the period.
(3) Nonperforming assets ratio is calculated as total nonperforming assets divided by total assets at the end of the period.
Total nonperforming assets were $31.9 million at December 31, 2021, compared to $45.0 million at December 31, 2020, a $13.1 million, or 29.1%, decrease. Nonperforming loans decreased from $42.7 million, or 1.23% of total loans, at December 31, 2020, to $31.5 million, or 0.97% of total loans, at December 31, 2021, while foreclosed assets, net, decreased $2.0 million, or 84.6%, during 2021. The nonperforming assets ratio fell 28 basis points from 0.81% at December 31, 2020, to 0.53% at December 31, 2021. These declines are representative of the improvements made in the overall asset quality in 2021. Foreclosed assets, net, are carried at the lower of cost or fair value less estimated costs of disposal. Additional discounts could be required to market and sell the properties, resulting in a write down through expense.
Loan Review and Classification Process for Agricultural Loans, Commercial and Industrial Loans, and Commercial Real Estate Loans:
The Bank maintains a loan review and classification process which involves multiple officers of the Bank and is designed to assess the general quality of credit underwriting and to promote early identification of potential problem loans. All commercial and agricultural loan officers are charged with the responsibility of risk rating all loans in their portfolios and updating the ratings, positively or negatively, on an ongoing basis as conditions warrant. Risk ratings are selected from an 8-point scale with ratings as follows: ratings 1- 4 Satisfactory (pass), rating 5 Watch (potential weakness), rating 6 Substandard (well-defined weakness), rating 7 Doubtful, and rating 8 Loss.
When a loan officer originates a new loan, based upon proper loan authorization, they document the credit file with an offering sheet summary, supplemental underwriting analysis, relevant financial information and collateral evaluations. This information is used in the determination of the initial loan risk rating. The Bank’s loan review department undertakes independent credit reviews of relationships based on either criteria established by loan policy, risk-focused sampling, or random sampling. Credit relationships with larger exposure may pose incrementally higher risks. As a result, the Bank's loan review department is required to review all credit relationships with total exposure of $5.0 million or more at least annually. In addition, the individual loan reviews consider such items as: loan type; nature, type and estimated value of collateral; borrower and/or guarantor estimated financial strength; most recently available financial information; related loans and total borrower exposure; and current and anticipated performance of the loan. The results of such reviews are presented to both executive management and the audit committee of the Company's board of directors.
Through the review of delinquency reports, updated financial statements or other relevant information, the lending officer and/or loan review personnel may determine that a loan relationship has weakened to the point that a watch (loan grade 5) or classified (loan grades 6 through 8) status is warranted. At least quarterly, the loan strategy committee will meet to discuss loan relationships with total related exposure of $1.0 million or above that are Watch rated credits, loan relationships with total related exposure of $500 thousand and above that are Substandard or worse rated credits, as well as loan relationships with total related exposure of $250 thousand and above that are on non-accrual. Credits below these designated thresholds are reviewed upon request. The lending officer is charged with preparing a loan strategy summary worksheet that outlines the background of
the credit problem, current repayment status of the loans, current collateral evaluation and a workout plan of action. This plan may include goals to improve the credit rating, assist the borrower in moving the loans to another institution and/or collateral liquidation. All such reports are presented to the loan strategy committee. Copies of the minutes of these committee meetings are presented to the board of directors of the Bank.
Depending upon the individual facts and circumstances and the result of the classified/watch review process, loan officers and/or loan review personnel may categorize a loan relationship as requiring an individual analysis. Once that determination has occurred, the credit analyst will complete an individually analyzed worksheet that contains an evaluation of the collateral (for collateral-dependent loans) based upon the estimated collateral value, adjusting for current market conditions and other local factors that may affect collateral value. Loan review personnel may also complete an independent individual analysis when deemed necessary. These judgmental evaluations may produce an initial specific allowance for placement in the Company’s allowance for credit losses calculation. An analysis for the underlying collateral value of each individually analyzed loan relationship is completed in the last month of the quarter. The individually analyzed worksheets are reviewed by the Credit Administration department prior to quarter-end. The board of directors of the Bank on a quarterly basis reviews the classified/watch reports including changes in credit grades of 5 or higher as well as all individually analyzed loans, the related allowances and foreclosed assets, net.
The review process also provides for the upgrade of loans that show improvement since the last review. All requests for an upgrade of a credit are approved by the proper authority based upon the aggregate credit exposure before the rating can be changed.
Loan Modifications
A TDR is a modification of the terms of a loan when a borrower is troubled (i.e., experiencing financial difficulties) and we grant a concession to the borrower that we would not otherwise consider. Prior to granting a concession we consider the borrower’s past loan payment performance, credit history, the individual circumstances surrounding the troubled borrower, and the troubled borrower’s plan to meet the terms of the loan in the future. Generally, short-term deferral of required payments is not considered a concession.
If a loan whose terms have been modified in a TDR has gone 90 days or more past due or is placed on nonaccrual status, it is included in the 90 days or more past due or nonaccrual totals. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company modified 10 loans that were considered TDRs. See Note 1. Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies for additional information on factors considered related to concessions and Note 4. Loans Receivable and the Allowance for Credit Losses for details pertaining to loan modifications that were a result of COVID-19 that were not deemed to be TDRs.
Allowance for Credit Losses
The following table shows activity affecting the allowance for credit losses:
Year ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands) 2021 2020
Loans held for investment, net of unearned income $ 3,245,012 $ 3,482,223
Average loans held for investment, net of unearned income $ 3,362,488 $ 3,551,945
Allowance for Credit Losses Roll-forward:
Allowance for credit losses at beginning of period $ 55,500 $ 29,079
Charge-offs:
Agricultural $ 170 $ 1,051
Commercial and industrial 1,015 2,502
Commercial real estate 602 2,317
Residential real estate 107 186
Consumer 438 737
Total charge-offs 2,332 6,793
Recoveries:
Agricultural 149 130
Commercial and industrial 1,604 1,055
Commercial real estate 742 124
Residential real estate 88 49
Consumer 185 170
Total recoveries 2,768 1,528
Credit loss (benefit) expense $ (7,236) $ 27,702
Day 1 transition adjustment from adoption of ASC 326(1)
$ - $ 3,984
Allowance for credit losses at end of period $ 48,700 $ 55,500
Net (Recoveries) Charge-offs:
Agricultural $ 21 $ 921
Commercial and industrial (589) 1,447
Commercial real estate (140) 2,193
Residential real estate 19 137
Consumer 253 567
Net (recoveries) charge-offs $ (436) $ 5,265
Agricultural - % 0.03 %
Commercial and industrial (0.02) % 0.04 %
Commercial real estate - % 0.06 %
Residential real estate - % - %
Consumer 0.01 % 0.02 %
Net (recovery) charge-off ratio(2)
(0.01) % 0.15 %
Allowance for credit losses ratio(3)
1.50 % 1.59 %
Adjusted allowance for credit losses ratio(4)
1.52 % 1.72 %
Allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans ratio(5)
154.41 % 132.30 %
(1) Day 1 transition adjustment reflects the adoption of ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments on January 1, 2020. Such adoption resulted in the recognition of cumulative effect adjustments of $4.0 million related to the allowance for credit losses for loans and $3.4 million related to the liability for off-balance sheet credit exposures.
(2) Net charge-off ratio is calculated as net charge-offs divided by average loans held for investment, net of unearned income during the period.
(3) Allowance for credit losses ratio is calculated as allowance for credit losses divided by loans held for investment, net of unearned income at the end of the period.
(4) Non-GAAP financial measure. See the “Non-GAAP Presentations” section for a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP equivalent.
(5) Allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans ratio is calculated as allowance for credit losses divided by nonaccrual loans at the end of the period.
The following table sets forth the allowance for credit losses by loan portfolio segments compared to the percentage of loans to total loans by loan portfolio segment as of December 31 for each of the years indicated:
December 31,
2021 2020
(dollars in thousands) Allowance for Credit Losses % of Total Allowance for Credit Losses % of Total
Agricultural $ 667 3.2 % $ 1,346 3.3 %
Commercial and industrial 17,294 27.8 15,689 30.3
Commercial real estate 26,120 52.5 32,640 49.8
Residential real estate 4,010 14.4 4,882 14.3
Consumer 609 2.1 943 2.3
Total $ 48,700 100.0 % $ 55,500 100.0 %
Actual Results: Our ACL as of December 31, 2021 was $48.7 million, which was 1.50% of loans held for investment, net of unearned income, as of that date. This compares with an ACL of $55.5 million as of December 31, 2020, which was 1.59% of loans held for investment, net of unearned income. The ACL at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 does not include a reserve for the PPP loans as they are fully guaranteed by the SBA. When adjusted for the impact of PPP loans, the ratio of the ACL as a percentage of loans held for investment, net of unearned income, as of December 31, 2021 was 1.52%, a decrease of 20 basis points from the prior year’s ratio of 1.72% (a non-GAAP financial measure - see "Non-GAAP Presentations"). The decline in the ACL is reflective of overall improvements in forecasted economic conditions and improvement of the credit risk profile. The liability for off-balance sheet credit exposures totaled $4.0 million as of December 31, 2021 and $4.1 million as of December 31, 2020 and is included in 'Other liabilities' on the balance sheet.
The Company recorded a credit loss benefit related to loans of $7.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to credit loss expense of $27.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Gross charge-offs for the year ended December 31, 2021 were $2.3 million, while there were $2.8 million in recoveries of previously charged-off loans. The ratio of net loan charge offs to average loans for the year ended December 31, 2021 declined to (0.01)%, a net recovery, compared to 0.15% for the year ended December 31, 2020 and was the lowest level experienced over the last five years.
Economic Forecast: At December 31, 2021, the economic forecast used by the Company showed the following: (1) Midwest unemployment - decreases over the next three forecasted quarters, followed by an increase in the fourth forecasted quarter; (2) Year-to-year change in national retail sales - increases over the next four forecasted quarters; (3) Year-to-year change in CRE Index - increases over the next four forecasted quarters; (4) Year-to-year change in U.S. GDP - increases over the next four forecasted quarters; (5) Year-to-year change in National Home Price Index - increases over the next four forecasted quarters; and (6) Rental Vacancy - increases over the next four forecasted quarters. The economic forecast loss driver data exhibited overall improvements in forecasted economic conditions compared to December 31, 2020.
Loan Policy: We review all nonaccrual loans greater than $250,000 individually on a quarterly basis to estimate the appropriate allowance due to collateral deficiency. Reasonably expected TDRs and executed non-performing TDRs greater than $250,000 are evaluated individually to determine the required ACL. TDRs performing in accordance with their modified contractual terms for a reasonable period of time may be included in the Company’s existing pools based on the underlying risk characteristics of the loan to measure the ACL. We review loans 90 days or more past due that are still accruing interest no less than quarterly to determine if the asset is both well secured and in the process of collection. If not, such loans are placed on non-accrual status.
Based on the inherent risk in the loan portfolio, management believed that as of December 31, 2021, the ACL was adequate; however, there is no assurance that loan credit losses will not exceed the ACL. In addition, growth in the loan portfolio or general economic deterioration may require the recognition of additional credit loss expense in future periods. See Note 4. Loans Receivable and the Allowance for Credit Losses for additional information related to the allowance for credit losses.
Deposits
The composition of deposits was as follows:
As of December 31, 2021
As of December 31, 2020
(in thousands) Balance % of Total Balance % of Total
Noninterest bearing deposits $ 1,005,369 19.6 % $ 910,655 20.0 %
Interest checking deposits 1,619,136 31.6 % 1,351,641 29.7 %
Money market deposits 939,523 18.4 % 918,654 20.2 %
Savings deposits 628,242 12.3 % 529,751 11.7 %
Total non-maturity deposits 4,192,270 81.9 % 3,710,701 81.6 %
Time deposits of $250 and under 505,392 9.9 % 581,471 12.8 %
Time deposits of over $250 416,857 8.2 % 254,877 5.6 %
Total time deposits $ 922,249 18.1 % $ 836,348 18.4 %
Total deposits
$ 5,114,519 100.0 % $ 4,547,049 100.0 %
Deposits increased $567.5 million from December 31, 2020, or 12.5%, reflecting the combination of fiscal stimulus and the deposit of PPP loan proceeds, which were generally deposited into customer accounts at the Bank. Approximately 81.9% of our total deposits were considered “core” deposits as of December 31, 2021, compared to 81.6% at December 31, 2020. We consider core deposits to be the total of all deposits other than certificates of deposit and non-reciprocal brokered money market deposits.
The following table shows the composition and average balance of deposits for the indicated years:
Year Ended December 31,
2021 2020
Average % Average Average % Average
(dollars in thousands) Balance Total Rate Balance Total Rate
Non-interest-bearing deposits $ 974,044 20.1 % N/A $ 832,038 19.9 % N/A
Interest-bearing checking and money market 2,387,369 49.4 0.26 % 1,953,134 46.7 0.42 %
Savings deposits 594,543 12.3 0.20 454,000 10.8 0.31
Time deposits 882,271 18.2 0.65 945,234 22.6 1.52
Total deposits $ 4,838,227 100.0 % 0.27 % $ 4,184,406 100.0 % 0.57 %
Time deposits of $250,000 and over, which represents the U.S. time deposits in excess of the FDIC insurance limit and time deposits that are otherwise uninsured, had the following maturities at December 31, 2021:
(in thousands)
Three months or less $ 138,071
Over three through six months 100,629
Over six months through one year 106,865
Over one year 73,793
Total $ 419,358
Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term Debt
The following table sets forth the composition of short-term borrowings and long-term debt for the periods presented.
Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands) 2021 2020
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase $ 181,368 $ 174,289
Federal home loan bank advances - 56,500
Total short-term borrowings $ 181,368 $ 230,789
Junior subordinated notes issued to capital trusts 41,940 41,763
Subordinated debentures 63,875 74,634
Finance lease payable 951 1,096
Federal home loan bank borrowings 48,113 91,198
Total long-term debt $ 154,879 $ 208,691
See Note 11. Short-Term Borrowings and Note 12. Long-Term Debt to our consolidated financial statements for additional information related to short-term borrowings and long-term debt.
Off-Balance-Sheet Transactions
During the normal course of business, we are a party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in order to meet the financing needs of our customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit, commitments to sell loans, and standby letters of credit. We follow the same credit policy (including requiring collateral, if deemed appropriate) to make such commitments as is followed for those loans that are recorded in our financial statements.
Our exposure to credit losses in the event of nonperformance is represented by the contractual amount of the commitments. Management does not expect any significant losses as a result of these commitments, and also expects to have sufficient liquidity available to cover these off-balance-sheet instruments. Off-balance-sheet transactions are more fully discussed in Note 18. Commitments and Contingencies to our consolidated financial statements.
The following table summarizes the Bank’s commitments by expiration period, as of December 31, 2021:
Less than 1 to 3 3 to 5 More than
(in thousands) Total 1 year years years 5 years
Commitments to extend credit $ 1,014,397 $ 323,253 $ 258,271 $ 86,982 $ 345,891
Commitments to sell loans 12,917 12,917 - - -
Standby letters of credit 16,342 - 5,826 648 9,868
Total $ 1,043,656 $ 336,170 $ 264,097 $ 87,630 $ 355,759
Capital Resources
Contractual Obligations
We are a party to many contractual financial obligations, including repayments of deposits and borrowings and payments for noncancellable operating lease and finance lease obligations. The table below summarizes certain future financial obligations of the Company due by period, as of December 31, 2021:
Contractual Obligations Less than 1 to 3 3 to 5 More than
(dollars in thousands) Total 1 year years years 5 years
Time certificates of deposit $ 922,249 $ 687,934 $ 194,278 $ 35,846 $ 4,191
Federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements, and FHLB overnight advances
181,368 181,368 - - -
FHLB borrowings 48,113 31,062 17,051 - -
Junior subordinated notes issued to capital trusts 41,940 - - - 41,940
Subordinated debentures 63,875 - - - 63,875
Noncancellable operating leases and finance lease obligations 6,105 1,300 2,159 826 1,820
Total $ 1,263,650 $ 901,664 $ 213,488 $ 36,672 $ 111,826
Shareholders’ Equity & Capital Adequacy
The following table summarizes certain capital ratios and per share amounts of the Company for the periods presented:
December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020
Total shareholders’ equity to total assets ratio 8.75 % 9.27 %
Tangible common equity ratio(1)
7.49 % 7.82 %
Total capital/risk-weighted assets 13.09 % 13.41 %
Tier 1 capital/risk-weighted assets 10.83 % 10.70 %
Common equity tier 1 capital/risk-weighted assets 9.94 % 9.72 %
Tier 1 leverage capital/average assets 8.67 % 8.50 %
Book value per share $ 33.66 $ 32.17
Tangible book value per share(1)
$ 28.40 $ 26.69
(1)A non-GAAP financial measure - see the “Non-GAAP Presentations” section for a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP equivalent.
Shareholders’ Equity: Total shareholders’ equity was $527.5 million as of December 31, 2021, compared to $515.3 million as of December 31, 2020, an increase of $12.2 million, or 2.37%, primarily as a result of an increase in retained earnings, partially offset by accumulated other comprehensive loss and an increase in treasury stock.
Capital Adequacy: The Federal Reserve uses capital adequacy guidelines in its examination and regulation of bank holding companies and their subsidiary banks. Risk-based capital ratios are established by allocating assets and certain off-balance-sheet commitments into four risk-weighted categories. These balances are then multiplied by the factor appropriate for that risk-weighted category. Pursuant to the Basel III Rules, the Company and the Bank, respectively, are subject to regulatory capital adequacy requirements promulgated by the Federal Reserve and the FDIC. Failure by the Company or the Bank to meet minimum capital requirements could result in certain mandatory and discretionary actions by our regulators that could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial statements. Under the capital requirements and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company and the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Company’s and the Bank’s assets, liabilities and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Company’s and the Bank’s capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators about components, risk weightings and other factors. Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company and the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of total risk-based capital, Tier 1 capital (as defined in the regulations) and Common Equity Tier 1 Capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined in the regulations), and a leverage ratio consisting of Tier 1 capital (as defined in the regulations) to average assets (as defined in the regulations). As of December 31, 2021, the Company and the Bank exceeded federal regulatory minimum capital requirements to be classified as well-capitalized (including the capital conservation buffer). See Note 17. Regulatory Capital Requirements and Restrictions on Subsidiary Cash to our consolidated financial statements for additional information related to our regulatory capital ratios.
In order to be a “well-capitalized” depository institution, the Company and the Bank must maintain a Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 6.5% or more; a Tier 1 capital ratio of 8% or more; a total capital ratio of 10% or more; and a leverage ratio of 5% or more. A capital conservation buffer, comprised of 2.5% of Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, is also established above the regulatory minimum capital requirements.
Stock Compensation
On April 20, 2017, the Company’s shareholders approved the MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”). The 2017 Plan is the successor to the MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”), which expired on November 20, 2017.
Restricted stock units were granted to certain officers and directors of the Company on February 15, 2021, May 15, 2021, and August 15, 2021 in the amounts of 65,168, 11,231, and 7,667, respectively. Additionally, during the year ended 2021, 54,233 whole restricted stock units were vested in connection with the vesting of previously awarded grants of restricted stock units, of which 4,326 shares were surrendered by grantees to satisfy tax requirements, and 9,544 unvested restricted stock units were forfeited. Additionally, officers and directors received cash in lieu of 33 fractional restricted stock units vested during 2021.
See Note 15. Stock Compensation Plans to our consolidated financial statements for additional information related to our stock compensation program.
Liquidity
Liquidity Management
Liquidity management involves meeting the cash flow requirements of depositors and borrowers. We conduct liquidity management on both a daily and long-term basis, and adjust our investments in liquid assets based on expected loan demand, projected loan maturities and payments, expected deposit flows, yields available on interest-bearing deposits, and the objectives of our asset/liability management program. Excess liquidity is invested generally in short-term U.S. government and agency securities, short- and medium-term state and political subdivision securities, and other investment securities. Our most liquid assets are cash and due from banks, interest-bearing bank deposits, and federal funds sold. The balances of these assets are dependent on our operating, investing, and financing activities during any given period.
Generally, the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the form of fiscal stimulus payments to individuals, coupled with economic uncertainty stemming from the pandemic, has resulted in increased liquidity throughout 2020 and into 2021.
Cash and cash equivalents are summarized in the table below:
Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands) 2021 2020
Cash and due from banks $ 42,949 $ 65,078
Interest-bearing deposits 160,881 17,409
Federal funds sold - 172
Total $ 203,830 $ 82,659
Generally, our principal sources of funds are deposits, advances from the FHLB, principal repayments on loans, proceeds from the sale of loans, proceeds from the maturity and sale of investment securities, our federal funds lines, and funds provided by operations. While scheduled loan amortization and maturing interest-bearing deposits are relatively predictable sources of funds, deposit flows and loan prepayments are greatly influenced by economic conditions, the general level of interest rates, and competition. We utilized particular sources of funds based on comparative costs and availability. The Bank maintains unsecured lines of credit with several correspondent banks and secured lines with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the FHLB that would allow us to borrow funds on a short-term basis, if necessary. We also hold debt securities classified as available for sale that could be sold to meet liquidity needs if necessary.
Net cash provided by operations was another major source of liquidity. The net cash provided by operating activities was $111.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 and $9.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.
As of December 31, 2021, we had outstanding commitments to extend credit to borrowers of $1.01 billion, standby letters of credit of $16.3 million, and commitments to sell loans of $12.9 million. Certificates of deposit maturing in one year or less totaled $687.9 million as of December 31, 2021. We believe that a significant portion of these deposits will remain with us upon maturity.
Inflation
The effects of price changes and inflation can vary substantially for most financial institutions. While management believes that inflation affects the growth of total assets, it is difficult to assess its overall impact on the Company. The price of one or more of the components of the Consumer Price Index may fluctuate considerably and thereby influence the overall Consumer Price Index without having a corresponding effect on interest rates or upon the cost of those goods and services normally purchased by us. In years of high inflation and high interest rates, intermediate and long-term interest rates tend to increase, thereby adversely impacting the market values of investment securities, mortgage loans and other long-term fixed rate loans held by financial institutions. In addition, higher short-term interest rates caused by inflation tend to increase financial institutions’ cost of funds. In other years, the reverse situation may occur.
Non-GAAP Presentations
Certain ratios and amounts not in conformity with GAAP are provided to evaluate and measure the Company’s operating performance and financial condition, including return on average tangible equity, tangible common equity, tangible book value per share, tangible common equity ratio, net interest margin (tax equivalent), core net interest margin, efficiency ratio, and the adjusted allowance for credit losses ratio. Management believes these ratios and amounts provide investors with useful information regarding the Company’s profitability, financial condition and capital adequacy, consistent with how management evaluates the Company’s financial performance. The following tables provide a reconciliation of each non-GAAP measure to the most comparable GAAP equivalent.
Return on Average Tangible Equity For the Year Ended December 31,
(Dollars in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Net income $ 69,486 $ 6,623 $ 43,630
Intangible amortization, net of tax(1)
4,018 5,232 4,430
Goodwill impairment - 31,500 -
Tangible net income $ 73,504 $ 43,355 $ 48,060
Average shareholders’ equity $ 527,036 $ 515,455 $ 452,018
Average intangible assets, net (84,927) (113,978) (108,242)
Average tangible equity $ 442,109 $ 401,477 $ 343,776
Return on average equity 13.18 % 1.28 % 9.65 %
Return on average tangible equity(2)
16.63 % 10.80 % 13.98 %
(1) Computed on a tax-equivalent basis, assuming an income tax rate of 25%.
(2) Tangible net income divided by average tangible equity
Tangible Common Equity / Tangible Book Value Per Share/ Tangible Common Equity Ratio
As of December 31,
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data) 2021 2020 2019
Total shareholders’ equity $ 527,475 $ 515,250 $ 508,982
Intangible assets, net (82,362) (87,719) (124,136)
Tangible common equity $ 445,113 $ 427,531 $ 384,846
Total assets $ 6,025,128 $ 5,556,648 $ 4,653,573
Intangible assets, net (82,362) (87,719) (124,136)
Tangible assets $ 5,942,766 $ 5,468,929 $ 4,529,437
Book value per share $ 33.66 $ 32.17 $ 31.49
Tangible book value per share(1)
$ 28.40 $ 26.69 $ 23.81
Shares outstanding 15,671,147 16,016,780 16,162,176
Equity to assets ratio 8.75 % 9.27 % 10.94 %
Tangible common equity ratio(2)
7.49 % 7.82 % 8.50 %
(1) Tangible common equity divided by shares outstanding.
(2) Tangible common equity divided by tangible assets.
Net Interest Margin, Tax Equivalent / Core Net Interest Margin For the Year Ended December 31,
(Dollars in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Net interest income $ 156,281 $ 152,964 $ 143,650
Tax equivalent adjustments:
Loans(1)
2,105 2,096 1,785
Securities(1)
2,521 2,136 1,481
Net interest income, tax equivalent $ 160,907 $ 157,196 $ 146,916
Loan purchase discount accretion (3,344) (9,098) (13,977)
Core net interest income $ 157,563 $ 148,098 $ 132,939
Net interest margin 2.86 % 3.21 % 3.73 %
Net interest margin, tax equivalent(2)
2.95 % 3.30 % 3.82 %
Core net interest margin(3)
2.89 % 3.11 % 3.45 %
Average interest earning assets $ 5,455,778 $ 4,765,154 $ 3,848,275
(1) The federal statutory tax rate utilized was 21%.
(2) Tax equivalent net interest income divided by average interest earning assets.
(3) Core net interest income divided by average interest earning assets.
Efficiency Ratio For the Year Ended December 31,
(Dollars in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Total noninterest expense $ 116,592 $ 149,893 $ 117,535
Amortization of intangibles (5,357) (6,976) (5,906)
Merger-related expenses (224) (61) (9,130)
Goodwill impairment - (31,500) -
Noninterest expense used for efficiency ratio $ 111,011 $ 111,356 $ 102,499
Net interest income, tax equivalent(1)
$ 160,907 $ 157,196 $ 146,916
Noninterest income 42,453 38,620 31,246
Investment securities gains, net (242) (184) (90)
Net revenues used for efficiency ratio $ 203,118 $ 195,632 $ 178,072
Efficiency ratio(2)
54.65 % 56.92 % 57.56 %
(1) Computed on a tax-equivalent basis, assuming a federal income tax rate of 21%.
(2) Noninterest expense adjusted for amortization of intangibles, merger-related expenses, and goodwill impairment divided by the sum of tax equivalent net interest income, noninterest income and net investment securities gains.
Adjusted Allowance for Credit Losses Ratio As of December 31,
(Dollars in thousands) 2021 2020
Loans held for investment, net of unearned income $ 3,245,012 $ 3,482,223
PPP loans $ (30,841) $ (259,260)
Core loans $ 3,214,171 $ 3,222,963
Allowance for credit losses $ 48,700 $ 55,500
Allowance for credit losses ratio 1.50 % 1.59 %
Adjusted allowance for credit losses ratio(1)
1.52 % 1.72 %
(1) Allowance for credit losses divided by core loans.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
In general, market risk is the risk of change in asset values due to movements in underlying market rates and prices. Interest rate risk is the risk to earnings and capital arising from movements in interest rates. Interest rate risk is the most significant market risk affecting us as other types of market risk, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk and commodity price risk, do not arise in the normal course of our business activities.
In addition to interest rate risk, economic conditions in recent years have made liquidity risk (namely, funding liquidity risk) a more prevalent concern among financial institutions. In general, liquidity risk is the risk of being unable to fund an entity’s obligations to creditors (including, in the case of banks, obligations to depositors) as such obligations become due and/or fund its acquisition of assets.
Liquidity Risk
Liquidity refers to our ability to fund operations, to meet depositor withdrawals, to provide for our customers’ credit needs, and to meet maturing obligations and existing commitments. Our liquidity principally depends on cash flows from operating activities, investment in and maturity of assets, changes in balances of deposits and borrowings, and our ability to borrow funds.
Net cash inflows from operating activities were $111.6 million during 2021, compared with $9.2 million in 2020 and $47.3 million in 2019. Net cash outflows from investing activities were $428.3 million during 2021, compared with net cash outflows of $867.4 million in 2020 and net cash inflows of $72.7 million in 2019. Net cash inflows from financing activities were $437.9 million during 2021, compared with net cash inflows of $867.5 million in 2020, and net cash outflows of $92.1 million in 2019.
To manage liquidity risk, the Bank has several sources of liquidity in place to maximize funding availability and increase the diversification of funding sources. The criteria for evaluating the use of these sources include volume concentration (percentage of liabilities), cost, volatility, and the fit with the current asset/liability management plan. These acceptable sources of liquidity include:
•Federal Funds Lines
•Federal Reserve Bank Discount Window
•FHLB Borrowings
•Brokered Deposits
•Brokered Repurchase Agreements
Federal Funds Lines: Routine liquidity requirements are met by fluctuations in the federal funds position of the Bank. The principal function of these funds is to maintain short-term liquidity. Unsecured federal funds purchased lines are viewed as a volatile liability and are not used as a long-term funding solution, especially when used to fund long-term assets. The current federal funds purchased limit is 10% of total assets, or the amount of established federal funds lines, whichever is smaller. Currently, the Bank maintains several unsecured federal funds lines totaling $155.0 million, which are tested annually to ensure availability.
Federal Reserve Bank Discount Window: The Federal Reserve Bank Discount Window is another source of liquidity. The Bank has a borrowing capacity with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago limited by the amount of municipal securities pledged against the line. As of December 31, 2021, the Bank had municipal securities with an approximate market value of $65.2 million pledged for liquidity purposes, and had a borrowing capacity of $60.2 million. There were no outstanding borrowings through the FRB Discount Window at December 31, 2021.
FHLB Borrowings: FHLB borrowings provide both a source of liquidity and long-term funding for the Bank. Use of this type of funding is coordinated with both the strategic balance sheet growth projections and interest rate risk profile of the Bank. Factors that are taken into account when contemplating use of FHLB borrowings are the effective interest rate, the collateral requirements, community investment program credits, and the implications and cost of having to purchase incremental FHLB stock. The current FHLB borrowing limit established by the FHLBDM is 45% of total assets. As of December 31, 2021, the Bank had $48.1 million in outstanding FHLB borrowings, leaving $472.6 million available for liquidity needs, based on collateral capacity. These borrowings are secured by various real estate loans (residential, commercial and agricultural).
Brokered Deposits and Reciprocal Deposits: The Bank has brokered time deposit and non-maturity deposit relationships available to diversify its funding sources. Brokered deposits offer several benefits relative to other funding sources, such as: maturity structures which cannot be duplicated in the current retail market, deposit gathering which does not cannibalize the existing deposit base, the unsecured nature of these liabilities, and the ability to quickly generate funds. The Bank’s internal policy limits the use of brokered deposits as a funding source to no more than 10% of total assets. Board approval is required to exceed this limit. The Bank will also have to maintain a “well capitalized” standing to access brokered deposits, as an “adequately capitalized” rating would require an FDIC waiver to do so, and an “undercapitalized” rating would prohibit it from using brokered deposits altogether. The Company did not hold any non-reciprocal brokered deposits at December 31, 2021.
Under a final rule that was issued by the FDIC in December 2018, financial institutions that are considered "well capitalized" qualify for the exemption of certain reciprocal deposits from being considered brokered deposits. Such exemption is limited to the lesser of 20 percent of total liabilities or $5 billion, with some exceptions for financial institutions that do not meet such criteria. At December 31, 2021, the Company had $3.4 million of reciprocal time deposits through the CDARS program and $35.4 million of reciprocal non-maturity deposits through the ICS program that qualified for the brokered deposit exemption.
Brokered Repurchase Agreements: Brokered repurchase agreements may be established with approved brokerage firms and banks. Repurchase agreements create rollover risk (the risk that a broker will discontinue the relationship due to market factors) and are not used as a long-term funding solution, especially when used to fund long-term assets. Collateral requirements and availability are evaluated and monitored. The current policy limit for brokered repurchase agreements is 10.0% of total assets. There were no outstanding brokered repurchase agreements at December 31, 2021.
Interest Rate Risk
Interest rate risk is defined as the exposure of net interest income and fair value of financial instruments (interest-earning assets, deposits and borrowings) to movements in interest rates. The Company’s results of operations depend to a large degree on its net interest income and its ability to manage interest rate risk. The Company considers interest rate risk to be a significant market risk. The major sources of the Company’s interest rate risk are timing differences in the maturity and re-pricing characteristics of assets and liabilities, changes in the shape of the yield curve, changes in customer behavior and changes in relationships between rate indices (basis risk). Management measures these risks and their impact in various ways, including through the use of income simulation and valuation analyses. Multiple interest rate scenarios are used in this analysis which include changes in interest rates, spread narrowing and widening, yield curve twists and changes in assumptions about customer behavior in various interest rate scenarios. A mismatch between maturities, interest rate sensitivities and prepayment characteristics of assets and liabilities results in interest-rate risk. Like most financial institutions, we have material interest-rate risk exposure to changes in both short-term and long-term interest rates, as well as variable interest rate indices (e.g., the prime rate, LIBOR, or SOFR).
The Bank’s asset and liability committee meets regularly and is responsible for reviewing its interest rate sensitivity position and establishing policies to monitor and limit exposure to interest rate risk. Our asset and liability committee seeks to manage interest rate risk under a variety of rate environments by structuring our balance sheet and off-balance-sheet positions in such a way that changes in interest rates do not have a large negative impact. The risk is monitored and managed within approved policy limits.
We use a third-party service to model and measure our exposure to potential interest rate changes. For various assumed hypothetical changes in market interest rates, numerous other assumptions are made, such as prepayment speeds on loans and securities backed by mortgages, the slope of the Treasury yield-curve, the rates and volumes of our deposits, and the rates and volumes of our loans. There are two primary tools used to evaluate interest rate risk: net interest income simulation and economic value of equity ("EVE"). In addition, interest rate gap is reviewed to monitor asset and liability repricing over various time periods.
Net Interest Income Simulation: Management utilizes net interest income simulation models to estimate the near-term effects of changing interest rates on its net interest income. Net interest income simulation involves projecting net interest income under a variety of scenarios, which include varying the level of interest rates and shifts in the shape of the yield curve. Management exercises its best judgment in making assumptions regarding events that management can influence, such as non-contractual deposit re-pricings, and events outside management’s control, such as customer behavior on loan and deposit activity and the effect that competition has on both loan and deposit pricing. These assumptions are subjective and, as a result, net interest income simulation results will differ from actual results due to the timing, magnitude and frequency of interest rate changes, changes in market conditions, customer behavior and management strategies, among other factors. We perform various sensitivity analyses on assumptions of deposit attrition and deposit re-pricing.
The following table presents the anticipated effect on net interest income over a twelve month period if short- and long-term interest rates were to sustain an immediate decrease of 100 basis points or 200 basis points (the effects of which are not meaningful as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 in the current low interest rate environment), or an immediate increase of 100 basis points or 200 basis points:
Immediate Change in Rates
(dollars in thousands) -200 -100 +100 +200
December 31, 2021
Dollar change N/A N/A $ (996) $ (2,237)
Percent change N/A N/A (0.7) % (1.5) %
December 31, 2020
Dollar change N/A N/A $ 2,667 $ 4,167
Percent change N/A N/A 1.8 % 2.8 %
As of December 31, 2021, 35.0% of the Company’s interest-earning asset balances will reprice or are expected to pay down in the next 12 months, and 51.3% of the Company’s deposit balances are low cost or no cost deposits.
Economic Value of Equity: Management also uses EVE to measure risk in the balance sheet that might not be taken into account in the net interest income simulation analysis. Net interest income simulation highlights exposure over a relatively short time period, while EVE analysis incorporates all cash flows over the estimated remaining life of all balance sheet positions. The valuation of the balance sheet, at a point in time, is defined as the discounted present value of asset cash flows minus the discounted present value of liability cash flows. EVE analysis addresses only the current balance sheet and does not incorporate the run-off replacement assumptions that are used in the net interest income simulation model. As with the net interest income simulation model, EVE analysis is based on key assumptions about the timing and variability of balance sheet cash flows and does not take into account any potential responses by management to anticipated changes in interest rates.
Interest Rate Gap: The interest rate gap is the difference between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities re-pricing within a given period and represents the net asset or liability sensitivity at a point in time. An interest rate gap measure could be significantly affected by external factors such as loan prepayments, early withdrawals of deposits, changes in the correlation of various interest-bearing instruments, competition, or a rise or decline in interest rates.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Shareholders and the Board of Directors of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. and its subsidiary (the Company) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013, and our report dated March 10, 2022 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Allowance for Credit Losses
At December 31, 2021, the Company’s total loans were $3.3 billion and the associated allowance for credit losses was $48.7 million. As explained in Note 1 of the consolidated financial statements, the allowance for credit losses consists of reserves for expected losses over the life of the loans that have been identified by management related to specific borrowing relationships that are collateral dependent financial assets evaluated for impairment (individual basis), as well as expected credit losses inherent in the loan portfolio that are not specifically identified (pool basis). The Company measures expected credit losses of financial assets on a collective (pool) basis when the financial assets share similar risk characteristics. Depending on the nature of the pool of financial assets with similar risk characteristics, the Company uses a discounted cash flow (DCF) method or a loss-rate method to estimate expected credit losses which includes adjustments for forecast periods. In addition, management utilizes qualitative factors to adjust the calculated allowance for credit losses as appropriate. Qualitative factors are based on management’s judgement of a company, market, industry, or business specific data, changes in underlying loan composition of specific portfolios, trends relating to credit quality, delinquency, non-performing and adversely rated loans, and reasonable and supportable forecast of economic conditions.
We identified the qualitative factors applied to the allowance for credit losses as a critical audit matter, because auditing this matter required significant auditor judgement due to the highly subjective nature of management’s significant inputs and assumptions used in the allowance for credit losses model.
Our audit procedures related to management’s evaluation and establishment of the qualitative factors applied to the allowance for credit losses include the following, among others:
•We obtained an understanding of the relevant controls related to the qualitative factors applied to the allowance for credit losses and tested such controls for design and operating effectiveness, including controls over management’s establishment, review and approval of the qualitative factors and the data used in determining the qualitative factors.
•We tested the completeness, accuracy, and relevance of the data inputs used by management as a basis for the qualitative factors by agreeing them to internal and external data sources.
•We tested management’s process and evaluated the reasonableness of their inputs and assumptions by evaluating the reasonableness of the qualitative factor adjustments, including the magnitude and directional consistency of the adjustments.
/s/ RSM US LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2013.
Des Moines, Iowa
March 10, 2022
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31,
(dollars in thousands) 2021 2020
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks $ 42,949 $ 65,078
Interest earning deposits in banks 160,881 17,409
Federal funds sold - 172
Total cash and cash equivalents 203,830 82,659
Debt securities available for sale at fair value 2,288,110 1,657,381
Loans held for sale 12,917 59,956
Gross loans held for investment 3,252,194 3,496,790
Unearned income, net (7,182) (14,567)
Loans held for investment, net of unearned income 3,245,012 3,482,223
Allowance for credit losses (48,700) (55,500)
Total loans held for investment, net 3,196,312 3,426,723
Premises and equipment, net 83,492 86,401
Goodwill 62,477 62,477
Other intangible assets, net 19,885 25,242
Foreclosed assets, net 357 2,316
Other assets 157,748 153,493
Total assets $ 6,025,128 $ 5,556,648
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Noninterest bearing deposits $ 1,005,369 $ 910,655
Interest bearing deposits 4,109,150 3,636,394
Total deposits 5,114,519 4,547,049
Short-term borrowings 181,368 230,789
Long-term debt 154,879 208,691
Other liabilities 46,887 54,869
Total liabilities 5,497,653 5,041,398
Commitments and contingencies (Note 18)
Shareholders' equity
Preferred stock, no par value; authorized 500,000 shares; no shares issued and outstanding
- -
Common stock, $1.00 par value; authorized 30,000,000 shares; issued shares of 16,581,017 and 16,581,017; outstanding shares of 15,671,147 and 16,016,780
16,581 16,581
Additional paid-in capital 300,940 300,137
Retained earnings 243,365 188,191
Treasury stock at cost, 909,870 and 564,237 shares
(24,546) (14,251)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (8,865) 24,592
Total shareholders' equity 527,475 515,250
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 6,025,128 $ 5,556,648
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
Years ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 2021 2020 2019
Interest income
Loans, including fees $ 141,036 $ 158,656 $ 163,163
Taxable investment securities 25,692 17,610 13,132
Tax-exempt investment securities 9,947 8,259 5,696
Other 91 262 450
Total interest income 176,766 184,787 182,441
Interest expense
Deposits 13,198 23,919 29,927
Short-term borrowings 551 914 1,847
Long-term debt 6,736 6,990 7,017
Total interest expense 20,485 31,823 38,791
Net interest income 156,281 152,964 143,650
Credit loss (benefit) expense (7,336) 28,369 7,158
Net interest income after credit loss (benefit) expense 163,617 124,595 136,492
Noninterest income
Investment services and trust activities 11,675 9,632 8,040
Service charges and fees 6,259 6,178 7,452
Card revenue 7,015 5,719 5,594
Loan revenue 12,948 10,185 3,789
Bank-owned life insurance 2,162 2,226 1,877
Insurance commissions - - 734
Investment securities gains, net 242 184 90
Other 2,152 4,496 3,670
Total noninterest income 42,453 38,620 31,246
Noninterest expense
Compensation and employee benefits 69,937 66,397 65,660
Occupancy expense of premises, net 9,274 9,348 8,647
Equipment 7,816 7,865 7,717
Legal and professional 5,256 6,153 8,049
Data processing 5,216 5,362 4,579
Marketing 4,022 3,815 3,789
Amortization of intangibles 5,357 6,976 5,906
FDIC insurance 1,572 1,858 690
Communications 1,332 1,746 1,701
Foreclosed assets, net 233 150 580
Goodwill impairment - 31,500 -
Other 6,577 8,723 10,217
Total noninterest expense 116,592 149,893 117,535
Income before income tax expense 89,478 13,322 50,203
Income tax expense 19,992 6,699 6,573
Net income $ 69,486 $ 6,623 $ 43,630
Earnings per share:
Basic $ 4.38 $ 0.41 $ 2.93
Diluted $ 4.37 $ 0.41 $ 2.93
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Years Ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Net income $ 69,486 $ 6,623 $ 43,630
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:
Unrealized (loss) gain from debt securities available for sale:
Unrealized net holding (loss) gain on debt securities available for sale arising during the period (45,032) 27,546 13,663
Reclassification adjustment for net gains included in net income (242) (184) (87)
Income tax benefit (expense) 11,817 (7,142) (3,543)
Unrealized net (loss) gain on debt securities available for sale, net of reclassification adjustment
(33,457) 20,220 10,033
Unrealized loss from cash flow hedging instruments:
Unrealized net holding loss in cash flow hedging instruments arising during the period - (1,002) -
Reclassification adjustment for net loss in cash flow hedging instruments included in income - 1,002 -
Income tax benefit - - -
Unrealized net loss on cash flow hedge instruments, net of reclassification adjustment - - -
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax $ (33,457) $ 20,220 $ 10,033
Comprehensive income $ 36,029 $ 26,843 $ 53,663
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common Stock
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) Par
Value Additional
Paid-in
Capital Retained
Earnings Treasury
Stock Accumulated Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss) Total
Balance at December 31, 2018 $ 12,463 $ 187,813 $ 168,951 $ (6,499) $ (5,661) $ 357,067
Net income - - 43,630 - - 43,630
Other comprehensive income - - - - 10,033 10,033
Issuance of common stock for acquisition of ATBancorp (4,117,536 shares), net of offering expenses of $323 and liquidity discount of $2,355
4,118 109,236 - - - 113,354
Release/lapse of restriction on RSUs (31,354 shares, net)
- (815) - 712 - (103)
Repurchase of common stock (166,729 shares)
- - - (4,679) - (4,679)
Share-based compensation - 1,156 - - - 1,156
Dividends paid on common stock ($0.8100 per share)
- - (11,476) - - (11,476)
Balance at December 31, 2019 $ 16,581 $ 297,390 $ 201,105 $ (10,466) $ 4,372 $ 508,982
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (1)
- - (5,362) - - (5,362)
Net income - - 6,623 - - 6,623
Other comprehensive income - - - - 20,220 20,220
Acquisition fair value finalization (2)
- 2,355 - - - 2,355
Release/lapse of restriction on RSUs (34,032 shares, net)
- (988) - 839 - (149)
Repurchase of common stock (179,428 shares)
- - - (4,624) - (4,624)
Share-based compensation - 1,380 - - - 1,380
Dividends paid on common stock ($0.8800 per share)
- - (14,175) - - (14,175)
Balance at December 31, 2020 $ 16,581 $ 300,137 $ 188,191 $ (14,251) $ 24,592 $ 515,250
Net income - - 69,486 - - 69,486
Other comprehensive loss - - - - (33,457) (33,457)
Release/lapse of restriction on RSUs (49,907 shares, net)
- (1,350) (30) 1,259 - (121)
Repurchase of common stock (395,540 shares)
- - - (11,554) - (11,554)
Share-based compensation - 2,153 - - - 2,153
Dividends paid on common stock ($0.9000 per share)
- - (14,282) - - (14,282)
Balance at December 31, 2021 $ 16,581 $ 300,940 $ 243,365 $ (24,546) $ (8,865) $ 527,475
(1) Reclassification pursuant to adoption of ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. See Note 1. Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies for additional information.
(2) Relates to the finalization of the purchase accounting adjustments for the ATBancorp acquisition. This purchase accounting adjustment had a $2.06 million impact on goodwill, $296 thousand impact on deferred income taxes, with the offsetting impact being to additional paid-in capital. See Note 7. Goodwill and Intangible Assets for additional information.
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income
$ 69,486 $ 6,623 $ 43,630
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Credit loss (benefit) expense (7,336) 28,369 7,158
Goodwill impairment - 31,500 -
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion 1,566 4,555 2,751
Net change in premises and equipment due to writedown or sale 271 274 119
Share-based compensation 2,153 1,380 1,156
Net gain on sale or call of debt securities available for sale (242) (157) (87)
Net gain on call of debt securities held to maturity - - (3)
Net change in foreclosed assets due to writedown or sale 155 66 257
Net gain on sale of loans held for sale (8,052) (8,872) (2,297)
Origination and participations purchased of loans held for sale (293,235) (438,215) (115,694)
Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale 348,326 392,531 114,605
Gain on sale of assets of MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc.
- - (1,076)
Increase in cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance (1,889) (2,117) (1,877)
Decrease (increase) in deferred income taxes, net 1,769 (5,225) 2,708
Change in:
Other assets
6,614 (5,065) 1,917
Other liabilities (8,032) 3,512 (5,953)
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 111,554 $ 9,159 $ 47,314
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sales of debt securities available for sale $ 52,183 $ 27,391 $ 125,452
Proceeds from maturities and calls of debt securities available for sale 404,894 267,427 91,256
Purchases of debt securities available for sale (1,137,996) (1,139,747) (289,743)
Proceeds from sales of debt securities held to maturity - - 1,381
Proceeds from maturities and calls of debt securities held to maturity - - 7,008
Net decrease (increase) in loans held for investment 251,856 (24,249) 88,960
Purchases of premises and equipment (2,014) (2,128) (2,186)
Proceeds from sale of foreclosed assets 2,117 2,927 2,071
Proceeds from sale of premises and equipment 642 679 56
Proceeds of principal and earnings from bank-owned life insurance - 259 -
Proceeds from sale of assets of MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc.
- - 1,175
Net cash acquired in business acquisition - - 47,315
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities $ (428,318) $ (867,441) $ 72,745
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net increase (decrease) in:
Deposits $ 567,302 $ 818,046 $ 25,723
Short-term borrowings (49,421) 91,440 (92,834)
Proceeds from issuance of subordinated debt - 65,000 -
Payments of subordinated debt issuance costs (9) (1,303) -
Redemption of subordinated debentures (10,835) - -
Payments on finance lease liability (145) (128) (113)
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings - - 25,000
Payments of Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings (43,000) (54,400) (58,000)
Proceeds from other long-term debt - - 35,000
Payments of other long-term debt - (32,250) (10,250)
Taxes paid relating to the release/lapse of restriction on RSUs (121) (149) (103)
Dividends paid (14,282) (14,175) (11,476)
Payment of stock issuance costs - - (323)
Repurchase of common stock (11,554) (4,624) (4,679)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities $ 437,935 $ 867,457 $ (92,055)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents $ 121,171 $ 9,175 $ 28,004
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning balance 82,659 $ 73,484 $ 45,480
Ending balance $ 203,830 $ 82,659 $ 73,484
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)
Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for interest
$ 21,451 $ 31,558 $ 34,089
Cash paid during the period for income taxes
17,985 10,545 7,269
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Transfer of loans to foreclosed assets
$ 313 $ 1,603 $ 2,408
Investment securities purchased but not settled 2,480 2,330 -
Transfer of premises and equipment to assets held for sale
- 1,329 580
Transfer from debt securities held to maturity to available for sale
- - 186,447
Initial recognition of operating lease right of use asset - - 2,892
Initial recognition of operating lease liability - - 2,892
Transfer due to adoption of ASU 2016-03, reclassified from Retained Earnings to Allowance for Credit Losses - 5,362 -
Supplemental Schedule of non-cash investing activities from acquisition:
Noncash assets acquired:
Debt securities available for sale
$ - $ - $ 99,056
Loans
- - 1,138,928
Premises and equipment
- - 18,327
Goodwill
- - 27,264
Core deposit intangible
- - 23,539
Trust customer intangible
- - 4,810
Bank-owned life insurance
- - 18,759
Foreclosed assets
- - 3,091
Other assets
- - 23,889
Total noncash assets acquired
- - 1,357,663
Liabilities assumed:
Deposits
- - 1,089,355
Short-term borrowings
- - 100,761
FHLB borrowings
- - 42,770
Junior subordinated notes issued to capital trusts
- - 17,555
Subordinated debentures
- - 10,909
Other liabilities
- - 29,951
Total liabilities assumed
$ - $ - $ 1,291,301
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1.Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies
Nature of business: MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”), an Iowa Corporation formed in 1983, is a bank holding company under the BHCA and a financial holding company under the GLBA. It is headquartered in Iowa City, Iowa and owns all of the outstanding common stock of MidWestOne Bank (the “Bank”), Iowa City, Iowa, and, until its dissolution in December 2019, all of the common stock of MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc., Oskaloosa, Iowa. The Bank is also headquartered in Iowa City, Iowa, and provides services to individuals, businesses, governmental units and institutional customers through a total of 56 banking offices in central and eastern Iowa, the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota, western and southwestern Wisconsin, Naples and Fort Myers, Florida, and Denver, Colorado. Prior to the sale of its assets in June 2019, MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc. provided personal and business insurance services in Cedar Falls, Conrad, Melbourne, Oskaloosa, Parkersburg, and Pella, Iowa. The Bank is actively engaged in many areas of commercial banking, including: acceptance of demand, savings and time deposits; making commercial, real estate, agricultural and consumer loans, and other banking services tailored for its individual customers. The wealth management area of the Bank administers estates, personal trusts, and conservatorship accounts along with providing other management services to customers.
On May 1, 2019, the Company acquired ATBancorp, a bank holding company whose wholly-owned banking subsidiaries were ATSB and ABTW, community banks headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa, and Cuba City, Wisconsin, respectively. The primary reasons for the acquisition were to expand the Company’s business into new markets and grow the size of the Company’s business. As consideration for the merger, we issued 4,117,536 shares of our common stock with a value of $116.0 million and paid cash in the amount of $34.8 million.
On June 30, 2019, the Company sold substantially all of the assets used by its wholly owned insurance subsidiary, MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc., to sell insurance products. The Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $1.1 million from the sale, which was reported in “Other” noninterest income on the Company’s consolidated statements of income. Effective December 31, 2019, MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc. was legally dissolved.
Risks and Uncertainties: The extent to which COVID-19 will continue to affect business operations, financial condition, credit quality, and results of operations will depend on future developments that cannot be predicted, including the duration and scope of the pandemic. The direct or indirect impact on employees, customers, counterparties, and service providers, as well as other market participants, is likely to continue through 2022 as the world attempts to gain control over the virus and emerging variants.
Accounting estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect: (1) the reported amount of assets and liabilities, (2) the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and (3) the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Certain significant estimates: The allowance for credit losses, fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination, and the annual impairment testing of goodwill and other intangible assets involve certain significant estimates made by management. These estimates are reviewed by management routinely, and it is reasonably possible that circumstances that exist may change in the near-term future and that the effect could be material to the consolidated financial statements.
Principles of consolidation: The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc., a bank holding company, and its wholly-owned subsidiary MidWestOne Bank, which is a state chartered bank whose primary federal regulator is the FDIC, and MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc, until the sale of substantially all of its assets on June 30, 2019 and subsequent dissolution effective December 31, 2019. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior periods’ consolidated financial statements to present them on a basis comparable with the current period’s consolidated financial statements.
Trust assets, other than cash deposits held by the Bank in a fiduciary or agency capacity for its customers, are not included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements because such accounts are not assets of the Bank.
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Presentation of cash flows: For purposes of reporting cash flows, cash and due from banks includes cash on hand, amounts due from banks, and federal funds sold. Cash flows from loans, deposits, and short-term borrowings are reported net. Cash receipts and cash payments resulting from originations and sales of loans held for sale are classified as operating cash flows on a gross basis in the consolidated statements of cash flows.
The nature of the Company’s business requires that it maintain amounts due from banks that, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. In the opinion of management, no material risk of loss exists due to the various correspondent banks’ financial condition and the fact that they are well capitalized.
Investment securities: Debt securities that the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are classified as held to maturity and recorded at amortized cost. As of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company held no debt securities classified as held to maturity. Debt securities not classified as held to maturity are classified as available for sale and recorded at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses excluded from earnings and reported in other comprehensive income.
The Company employs valuation techniques that utilize observable inputs when those inputs are available. These observable inputs reflect assumptions market participants would use in pricing the security, developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. When such information is not available, the Company employs valuation techniques which utilize unobservable inputs, or those which reflect the Company’s own assumptions about assumptions that market participants would use, based on the best information available in the circumstances. These valuation methods typically involve cash flow and other financial modeling techniques. Changes in underlying factors, assumptions, estimates, or other inputs to the valuation techniques could have a material impact on the Company’s future financial condition and results of operations. Fair value measurements are required to be classified as Level 1 (quoted prices), Level 2 (based on observable inputs) or Level 3 (based on unobservable inputs) discussed in more detail in Note 20. Estimated Fair Value of Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements to the consolidated financial statements.
Available for sale debt securities are recorded at fair value. Realized gain or losses on sales of available for sale debt securities are included in earnings. Available for sale debt securities with unrealized gains are excluded from earnings and included in other comprehensive income as a separate component of shareholders’ equity, net of tax. When the fair value of an available for sale debt security falls below the amortized cost basis, it is evaluated to determine if any of the decline in value is attributable to credit loss. Decreases in fair value attributable to credit loss would be recorded directly to earnings with a corresponding allowance for credit losses, limited by the amount that the fair value is less than the amortized cost basis. If the credit quality subsequently improves the allowance would be reversed up to a maximum of the previously recorded credit losses. If the Company intends to sell an impaired available for sale debt security, or if it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security prior to recovering the amortized cost basis, the entire fair value adjustment would be immediately recognized in earnings with no corresponding allowance for credit losses. Accrued interest receivable is excluded from the estimate of credit losses.
Purchase premiums and discounts are recognized in interest income using the interest method between the date of purchase and the first call date, or the maturity date of the security when there is no call date. Gains and losses on the sale of securities are recorded on the trade date and are determined using the specific identification method.
Loans: Loans are stated at the principal amount outstanding, net of purchase premiums, purchase discounts and net deferred loan fees. Net deferred loan fees include nonrefundable loan origination fees less direct loan origination costs. Net deferred loan fees, purchase premiums and purchase discounts are amortized into interest income using either the interest method or straight-line method over the terms of the loans, adjusted for actual prepayments. The interest method is used for all loans except revolving loans, for which the straight-line method is used. Interest on loans is credited to income as earned based on the principal amount outstanding.
The accrual of interest on agricultural, commercial, commercial real estate, and consumer loan segments is discontinued at the time the loan is 90 days past due, and residential real estate loan segments at 120 days past due, unless the credit is well secured and in process of collection. Credit card loans and other personal loans are typically charged off no later than 180 days past due. Past due status is based on contractual terms of the loan. In all cases, loans are placed on nonaccrual or charged off at an earlier date, if collection of principal or interest is considered doubtful.
All interest accrued but not collected for loans that are placed on nonaccrual or charged off is reversed against interest income. The interest on these loans is accounted for on the cash-basis or cost-recovery method, until qualifying for return to accrual.
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Loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.
The Company requires a loan to be charged-off, in whole or in part, as soon as it becomes apparent that some loss will be incurred, or when its collectability is sufficiently questionable that it no longer is considered a bankable asset. The primary considerations when determining if and how much of a loan should be charged-off are as follows: (1) the potential for future cash flows; (2) the value of any collateral; and (3) the strength of any co-makers or guarantors.
The risk characteristics of each loan portfolio segment are as follows:
Agricultural - Agricultural loans, most of which are secured by crops, livestock, and machinery, are provided to finance capital improvements and farm operations as well as acquisitions of livestock and machinery. The ability of the borrower to repay may be affected by many factors outside of the borrower’s control including adverse weather conditions, loss of livestock due to disease or other factors, declines in market prices for agricultural products and the impact of government regulations. The ultimate repayment of agricultural loans is dependent upon the profitable operation or management of the agricultural entity. Collateral for these loans generally includes accounts receivable, inventory, equipment and real estate. However, depending on the overall financial condition of the borrower, some loans are made on an unsecured basis. The collateral securing these loans may depreciate over time, may be difficult to appraise and may fluctuate in value based on the success of the business.
Commercial and Industrial - Commercial and industrial loans are primarily made based on the reported cash flow of the borrower and secondarily on the underlying collateral provided by the borrower. The collateral support provided by the borrower for most of these loans and the probability of repayment are based on the liquidation of the pledged collateral and enforcement of a personal guarantee, if any exists. The primary repayment risks of commercial and industrial loans are that the cash flows of the borrower may be unpredictable, and the collateral securing these loans may fluctuate in value. The size of the loans the Company can offer to commercial customers is less than the size of the loans that competitors with larger lending limits can offer. This may limit the Company’s ability to establish relationships with the largest businesses in the areas in which the Company operates. As a result, the Company may assume greater lending risks than financial institutions that have a lesser concentration of such loans and tend to make loans to larger businesses. Collateral for these loans generally includes accounts receivable, inventory, equipment and real estate. However, depending on the overall financial condition of the borrower, some loans are made on an unsecured basis. The collateral securing these loans may depreciate over time, may be difficult to appraise and may fluctuate in value based on the success of the business. In addition, a decline in the U.S. economy could harm or continue to harm the businesses of the Company’s commercial and industrial customers and reduce the value of the collateral securing these loans.
Commercial Real Estate - The Company offers mortgage loans to commercial and agricultural customers for the acquisition of real estate used in their businesses, such as offices, warehouses and production facilities, and to real estate investors for the acquisition of apartment buildings, retail centers, office buildings and other commercial buildings. The market value of real estate securing commercial real estate loans can fluctuate significantly in a short period of time as a result of market conditions in the geographic area in which the real estate is located. Adverse developments affecting real estate values in one or more of the Company’s markets could increase the credit risk associated with its loan portfolio. Additionally, real estate lending typically involves higher loan principal amounts than other loans, and the repayment of the loans generally is dependent, in large part, on sufficient income from the properties securing the loans to cover operating expenses and debt service. Economic events or governmental regulations outside of the Company’s control or that of the borrower could negatively impact the future cash flow and market values of the affected properties.
Residential Real Estate - The Company generally retains short-term residential mortgage loans that are originated for its own portfolio but sells most long-term loans to other parties while retaining servicing rights on the majority of those loans. The market value of real estate securing residential real estate loans can fluctuate as a result of market conditions in the geographic area in which the real estate is located. Adverse developments affecting real estate values in one or more of the Company’s markets could increase the credit risk associated with its loan portfolio. Additionally, real estate lending typically involves higher loan principal amounts than other loans, and the repayment of the loans generally is dependent, in large part, on the borrower’s continuing financial stability, and is therefore more likely to be affected by adverse personal circumstances.
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Consumer - Consumer loans typically have shorter terms, lower balances, higher yields and higher risks of default than real estate-related loans. Consumer loan collections are dependent on the borrower’s continuing financial stability, and are therefore more likely to be affected by adverse personal circumstances. Collateral for these loans generally includes automobiles, boats, recreational vehicles, mobile homes, and real estate. However, depending on the overall financial condition of the borrower, some loans are made on an unsecured basis. The collateral securing these loans may depreciate over time, may be difficult to recover and may fluctuate in value based on condition. In addition, a decline in the United States economy could result in reduced employment, impacting the ability of customers to repay their obligations.
TDR: TDRs exist when the Company, for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower’s financial difficulties, grants a concession (either imposed by court order, law, or agreement between the borrower and the Company) to the borrower that it would not otherwise consider. The Company attempts to maximize its recovery of the balances of the loans through these various concessionary restructurings. All loans deemed TDR are considered impaired.
The following factors are potential indicators that a concession has been granted (one or multiple items may be present):
•The borrower receives a reduction of the stated interest rate for the remaining original life of the debt.
•The borrower receives an extension of the maturity date or dates at a stated interest rate lower than the current market interest rate for new debt with similar risk characteristics.
•The borrower receives a reduction of the face amount or maturity amount of the debt as stated in the instrument or other agreement.
•The borrower receives a deferral of required payments (principal and/or interest).
•The borrower receives a reduction of the accrued interest.
Guidance on Non-TDR Loan Modifications due to COVID-19: Section 4013 of the CARES Act, “Temporary Relief From Troubled Debt Restructurings,” as extended by the CAA, allowed financial institutions the option to temporarily suspend certain requirements under GAAP related to TDRs for a limited period of time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under Section 4013 of the CARES Act, loan modifications that qualified for such suspension were those where the borrower was not more than 30 days past due as of December 31, 2019. In addition, the loan modification that was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic had to include a deferral or delay in the payment of principal or interest, or change in the interest rate on the loan. In March 2020, various regulatory agencies, including the FRB and the FDIC, issued an interagency statement that was effective immediately, on loan modifications and reporting for financial institutions that worked with customers affected by COVID-19. The agencies confirmed with the staff of the FASB that short-term modifications that were made on a good faith basis in response to COVID-19 to borrowers who were current prior to any relief, were not to be considered TDRs. This included short-term (e.g., six months) modifications, such as payment deferrals, fee waivers, extensions of repayment terms, or other delays in payment that were insignificant. Borrowers considered current were those that were less than 30 days past due on their contractual payments at the time a modification program was implemented. The relief related to TDRs was extended by the CAA, which was signed into law on December 27, 2020. As part of the CAA, relief continued until the earlier of 60 days after the date the COVID-19 national emergency came to an end or January 1, 2022. This program has since ended and no additional deferrals are being granted on loans.
Loans held for sale: Loans originated and intended for sale in the secondary market are carried at the lower of aggregate cost or estimated fair value, as determined by aggregate outstanding commitments from investors or current investor yield requirements. Net unrealized losses, if any, are recognized through a valuation allowance by charges to income. As of December 31, 2021, loans held for sale were $12.9 million.
Mortgage loans held for sale are generally sold with the mortgage servicing rights retained. Gains or losses on sales of mortgage loans are recognized based on the difference between the selling price plus the value of servicing rights, less the carrying value of the related mortgage loans sold.
On December 1, 2020 the Company entered into a master participation arrangement with another bank (“seller”), that is in the business of originating qualifying, single-family mortgage loans. As part of this master participation arrangement, we agreed to provide up to $50 million in funding to the seller in order to receive our participation share of the principal and interest, less any fees paid to the seller for their service of each loan.
Allowance for credit losses related to loans held for investment: Under the current expected credit loss model, the allowance for credit losses is a valuation account estimated at each balance sheet date and deducted from the amortized cost basis of loans held for investment to present the net amount expected to be collected.
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The Company estimates the ACL based on the underlying assets’ amortized cost basis, which is the amount at which the financing receivable is originated or acquired, adjusted for collection of cash and charge-offs, as well as applicable accretion or amortization of premium, discount, and net deferred fees or costs. In the event that collection of principal becomes uncertain, the Company has policies in place to reverse accrued interest in a timely manner. Therefore, the Company has made a policy election to exclude accrued interest from the measurement of ACL.
Expected credit losses are reflected in the allowance for credit losses through a charge to credit loss expense. When the Company deems all or a portion of a financial asset to be uncollectible, the appropriate amount is written off and the ACL is reduced by the same amount. The Company applies judgment to determine when a financial asset is deemed uncollectible; however, generally speaking, an asset will be considered uncollectible no later than when all efforts at collection have been exhausted. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the ACL when received.
The Company measures expected credit losses of financial assets on a collective (pool) basis when the financial assets share similar risk characteristics. Depending on the nature of the pool of financial assets with similar risk characteristics, the Company uses a DCF method or a loss-rate method to estimate expected credit losses.
The Company’s methodologies for estimating the ACL consider available relevant information about the collectability of cash flows, including information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. The methodologies apply historical loss information, adjusted for asset-specific characteristics, economic conditions at the measurement date, and forecasts about future economic conditions expected to exist through the contractual lives of the financial assets that are reasonable and supportable, to the identified pools of financial assets with similar risk characteristics for which the historical loss experience was observed. The Company’s economic forecast assumptions revert over four quarters to historical loss driver information on a straight-line basis after four quarters.
Discounted Cash Flow Method
The Company uses the DCF method to estimate expected credit losses for the agricultural, commercial and industrial, CRE - construction and development, CRE - farmland, CRE - multifamily, CRE - other, RRE - owner-occupied one-to-four family first liens, RRE - nonowner-occupied one-to-four family first liens, RRE - one-to-four family junior liens, and consumer loan pools. For each of these pools, the Company generates cash flow projections at the instrument level wherein payment expectations are adjusted for estimated prepayment speed, curtailments, time to recovery, probability of default, and loss given default. The modeling of expected prepayment speeds, curtailment rates, and time to recovery are based on historical internal data.
The Company uses regression analysis of historical internal and peer data to determine which variables are best suited to be economic variables utilized when modeling lifetime probability of default and loss given default. This analysis also determines how expected probability of default and loss given default will react to forecasted levels of the economic variables. For the loan pools utilizing the DCF method, management utilizes one or multiple of the following economic variables: Midwest unemployment, national retail sales, CRE index, US rental vacancy rate, US gross domestic product, and HPI.
For all DCF models, management has determined that four quarters represents a reasonable and supportable forecast period and reverts back to a historical loss rate over four quarters on a straight-line basis. Management leverages economic projections from a reputable and independent third party to inform its loss driver forecasts over the four quarter forecast period. Other internal and external indicators of economic forecasts are also considered by management when developing the forecast metrics.
The combination of adjustments for credit expectations (default and loss) and timing expectations (prepayment, curtailment, and time to recovery) produces an expected cash flow stream at the instrument level. Instrument effective yield is calculated, net of the impacts of prepayment assumptions, and the instrument expected cash flows are then discounted at that effective yield to produce an instrument-level net present value of expected cash flows (“NPV”). An ACL is established for the difference between the instrument’s NPV and amortized cost basis. In addition, management utilizes qualitative factors to adjust the calculated ACL as appropriate. Qualitative factors are based on management's judgment of company, market, industry or business specific data, changes in underlying loan composition of specific portfolios, trends relating to credit quality, delinquency, non-performing and adversely rated loans, and reasonable and supportable forecasts of economic conditions.
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Loss-Rate Method
The Company uses a loss-rate method to estimate expected credit losses for the credit card and overdraft pools. For each of these pools, the Company applies an expected loss ratio based on internal and peer historical losses, adjusted as appropriate for qualitative factors. Qualitative loss factors are based on management's judgment of company, market, industry or business specific data, changes in underlying loan composition of specific portfolios, trends relating to credit quality, delinquency, non-performing and adversely rated loans, and reasonable and supportable forecasts of economic conditions.
Collateral Dependent Financial Assets
Loans that do not share risk characteristics are evaluated on an individual basis. For collateral dependent financial assets where the Company has determined that foreclosure of the collateral is probable, or where the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and the Company expects repayment of the financial asset to be provided substantially through the operation or sale of the collateral, the ACL is measured based on the difference between the fair value of the collateral and the amortized cost basis of the asset as of the measurement date. When repayment is expected to be from the operation of the collateral, expected credit losses are calculated as the amount by which the amortized cost basis of the financial asset exceeds the present value of expected cash flows from the operation of the collateral. When repayment is expected to be from the sale of the collateral, expected credit losses are calculated as the amount by which the amortized cost basis of the financial asset exceeds the fair value of the underlying collateral less estimated cost to sell. The ACL may be zero if the fair value of the collateral at the measurement date exceeds the amortized cost basis of the financial asset.
The Company’s estimate of the ACL reflects losses expected over the contractual life of the assets, adjusted for estimated prepayments or curtailments. The contractual term does not consider extensions, renewals or modifications unless the Company has identified an expected TDR. A loan that has been modified or renewed is considered a TDR when two conditions are met: 1) the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and 2) concessions are made for the borrower's benefit that would not otherwise be considered for a borrower or transaction with similar credit risk characteristics. The Company’s ACL reflects all effects of a TDR when an individual asset is specifically identified as a reasonably expected TDR. The Company has determined that a TDR is reasonably expected no later than the point when the lender concludes that modification is the best course of action and it is at least reasonably possible that the troubled borrower will accept some form of concession from the lender to avoid a default. Reasonably expected TDRs and executed non-performing TDRs are evaluated individually to determine the required ACL. TDRs performing in accordance with their modified contractual terms for a reasonable period of time may be included in the Company’s existing pools based on the underlying risk characteristics of the loan to measure the ACL.
Liability for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Losses: Financial instruments include off-balance sheet credit losses, such as commitments to make loans and commercial letters of credit, issued to meet customer financing needs. The Company’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for off-balance sheet loan commitments is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded.
The Company recognizes a liability for off-balance sheet credit losses through a charge to credit loss expense for off-balance sheet credit losses, which is included in credit loss expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of income, unless the commitments to extend credit are unconditionally cancellable. The liability for off-balance sheet credit losses is estimated by loan segment at each balance sheet date under the current expected credit loss model using the same methodologies as portfolio loans, taking into consideration the likelihood that funding will occur, and is included in other liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
Transfers of financial assets: Revenue from the origination and sale of loans in the secondary market is recognized upon the transfer of financial assets and accounted for as sales when control over the assets has been surrendered. The Company also sells participation interests in some large loans originated to non-affiliated entities. Control over transferred assets is deemed to be surrendered when: (1) the assets have been isolated from the Company; (2) the transferee has the right to pledge or exchange the assets it received and no condition both constrains the transferee from taking advantage of its right to pledge or exchange and provides more than a trivial benefit to the transferor; and (3) the Company does not maintain effective control over the transferred assets through an agreement to repurchase them before their maturity or the ability to unilaterally cause the holder to return specific assets.
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Credit-related financial instruments: In the ordinary course of business, the Company has entered into commitments to extend credit, including commitments under credit card arrangements, commitments to sell loans, commercial letters of credit and standby letters of credit. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded.
Derivatives and hedging instruments: As part of its asset and liability management strategy, the Company uses derivative financial instruments to mitigate exposure to interest rate risks. The Company records all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether the Company has elected to designate a derivative in a hedging relationship and apply hedge accounting and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitment attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges. Hedge accounting generally provides for the matching of the timing of gain or loss recognition on the hedging instrument with the recognition of the changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk in a fair value hedge or the earnings effect of the hedged forecasted transactions in a cash flow hedge. The Company may enter into derivative contracts that are intended to economically hedge certain of its risk, even though hedge accounting does not apply or the Company elects not to apply hedge accounting.
In accordance with the FASB’s fair value measurement guidance, the Company made an accounting policy election to measure the credit risk of its derivative financial instruments that are subject to master netting agreements on a net basis by counterparty portfolio.
Premises and equipment: Land is carried at cost. Premises and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. The estimated useful lives and primary method of depreciation for the principal items are as follows:
Years
Type of Assets Minimum Maximum Depreciation Method
Buildings and leasehold improvements 10 - 39 Straight-line
Furniture and equipment 3 - 10 Straight-line
Charges for maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. When assets are retired or disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts and the resulting gain or loss is recorded.
Foreclosed assets, net: Real estate properties and other assets acquired through or in lieu of foreclosure are initially recorded at fair value less estimated selling cost at the date of foreclosure, establishing a new cost basis. Fair value is determined by management by obtaining appraisals or other market value information at least annually. Any write-downs in value at the date of acquisition are charged to the allowance for credit losses. After foreclosure, valuations are periodically performed by management by obtaining updated appraisals or other market value information. Any subsequent write-downs are recorded as a charge to operations, if necessary, to reduce the carrying value of a property to the updated fair value less estimated selling cost. Net costs related to the holding of properties are included in noninterest expense.
Goodwill and other intangibles: Goodwill is the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired in business combinations accounted for as acquisitions. Under ASC Topic 350, goodwill of a reporting unit is tested for impairment on an annual basis, or between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount. The Company's annual assessment is done at the reporting unit level, which the Company has concluded is at the consolidated level. The Company did not recognize impairment losses during the year ended December 31, 2021.
In the prior year, management concluded that a triggering event occurred and performed an interim impairment test over goodwill as of September 30, 2020. The Company performed a market capitalization approach, a guideline public company approach and a discounted cash flow approach, to determine the fair value of the Company. As a result of this interim assessment, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $31.5 million as the estimated fair value was less than the book value on that date. This non-cash charge was reflected within "Noninterest expense" in the Consolidated Statements of Income and had no impact on the Company's regulatory capital ratios, cash flows and liquidity position.
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Certain other intangible assets that have finite lives are amortized on an accelerated basis over the estimated life of the assets. Such assets are evaluated for impairment if events and circumstances indicate a possible impairment. See Note 7. Goodwill and Intangible Assets for additional information.
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock: The Bank is a member of the FHLB of Des Moines as well as the FHLB of Chicago, and ownership of FHLB stock is a requirement for such membership. The amount of FHLB stock the Bank is required to hold is directly related to the amount of FHLB advances borrowed. This security is redeemable at par by the FHLB, and is, therefore, carried at cost. Redemption of this investment is at the option of the FHLB.
Mortgage servicing rights: Mortgage servicing rights are recorded at fair value based on assumptions through a third-party valuation service. The valuation model incorporates assumptions that are observable in the marketplace and that market participants would use in estimating future net servicing income, such as the servicing cost per loan, the discount rate, the escrow float rate, an inflation rate, ancillary income, prepayment speeds and default rates and losses.
Bank-owned life insurance: BOLI represents life insurance policies on the lives of certain Company officers and directors or former officers and directors for which the Company is the beneficiary. Bank-owned life insurance is carried at cash surrender value, net of surrender and other charges, with increases/decreases reflected as noninterest income/expense in the consolidated statements of income.
Employee benefit plans: Deferred benefits under a salary continuation plan are charged to expense during the period in which the participating employees attain full eligibility.
Stock-based compensation: Compensation expense for share based awards is recorded over the vesting period at the fair value of the award at the time of grant. The exercise price of options or fair value of nonvested shares granted under the Company’s incentive plans is equal to the fair market value of the underlying stock at the grant date. The Company assumes no projected forfeitures on its stock based compensation, since actual historical forfeiture rates on its stock-based incentive awards have been negligible.
Income taxes: The Company and/or its subsidiaries file tax returns in all states and local taxing jurisdictions which impose corporate income, franchise or other taxes where it operates. The methods of filing and the methods for calculating taxable and apportionable income vary depending upon the laws of the taxing jurisdiction. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amount of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized as income or expense in the period that includes the enactment date of such change. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
In accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes, the Company recognizes a tax position as a benefit only if it is more likely than not that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon examination. For tax positions not meeting the more likely than not test, no tax benefit is recorded. The Company recognizes interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. There were no material unrecognized tax benefits or any interest or penalties on any unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Common stock: Under the share repurchase program that was approved by the board of directors of the Company in October 2018, the repurchase of up to $5.0 million of stock was authorized. This plan was due to expire on December 31, 2020. Since the plan was announced in October 2018, the Company repurchased 174,702 shares of common stock for approximately $4.7 million.
On August 20, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a new share repurchase program, allowing for the repurchase of up to $10.0 million of common stock through December 31, 2021. The new repurchase program replaced the Company’s prior repurchase program that was announced in October 2018. Since the plan was announced on August 20, 2019, the Company repurchased 297,158 shares of common stock for approximately $7.9 million, leaving $2.1 million available to be repurchased under that repurchase program as of June 22, 2021, the end of such program.
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On June 22, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a new share repurchase program, allowing for the repurchase of up to $15.0 million of the Company's common stock through December 31, 2023. The new repurchase program replaced the Company’s prior repurchase program, which was due to expire on December 31, 2021. For the period June 23, 2021 through December 31, 2021, the Company repurchased 311,967 shares of common stock for approximately $9.2 million, leaving $5.8 million available to be repurchased.
Comprehensive income: Accounting principles generally require that recognized revenue, expenses, gains and losses be included in net income. Certain changes in assets and liabilities, such as unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities, are reported as a separate component of shareholders’ equity on the consolidated balance sheets, and are disclosed in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.
The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss included in shareholders’ equity were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020
Unrealized (losses) gains on securities available for sale $ (11,996) $ 33,278
Less: Tax effect (3,131) 8,686
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) gain, net of tax $ (8,865) $ 24,592
Effect of New Financial Accounting Standards
Accounting Guidance Pending Adoption in 2021
On March 12, 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (ASC 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. ASC 848 contains optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform. Certain optional expedients and exceptions for contract modifications and hedging relationships were amended in ASU 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Scope Refinement, issued on January 7, 2021. Entities may apply the provision as of the beginning of the reporting period when the election is made and are available until December 31, 2022. The adoption of ASU ASU 2020-04 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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Note 2.Business Combinations
ATBancorp
On May 1, 2019, the Company acquired 100% of the equity of ATBancorp through a merger and acquired its wholly-owned banking subsidiaries ATSB and ABTW. The consideration included common stock valued at $116.0 million and cash consideration of $34.8 million.
The assets acquired and liabilities assumed have been accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting. The assets and liabilities, both tangible and intangible, were recorded at their fair values as of the May 1, 2019 acquisition date net of any applicable tax effects. During 2020, as part of the finalization of purchase accounting associated with the merger, an additional $2.06 million was recorded to goodwill, $296 thousand was recorded to deferred income taxes, with the offsetting impact being to additional paid-in capital.
Acquisition-related Expenses
The following table summarizes Iowa First Bancshares Corp. and ATBancorp acquisition-related expenses incurred in the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively:
Years Ended
December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Noninterest Expense
Compensation and employee benefits $ - $ - $ 5,435
Occupancy expense of premises, net - 7 117
Equipment 18 - 366
Legal and professional 202 - 2,762
Data processing - 44 90
Other 4 10 360
Total acquisition-related expenses $ 224 $ 61 $ 9,130
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Note 3.Debt Securities
The amortized cost and fair value of investment debt securities AFS, with gross unrealized gains and losses, were as follows:
As of December 31, 2021
Amortized Cost Gross Unrealized Gains Gross Unrealized Losses Allowance for Credit Loss related to Debt Securities Fair Value
(in thousands)
U.S. Government agencies and corporations $ 265 $ 1 $ - $ - $ 266
State and political subdivisions 760,894 10,484 5,636 - 765,742
Mortgage-backed securities 100,325 932 631 - 100,626
Collateralized mortgage obligations 785,945 1,274 18,320 - 768,899
Corporate debt securities 652,677 6,305 6,405 - 652,577
Total debt securities $ 2,300,106 $ 18,996 $ 30,992 $ - $ 2,288,110
As of December 31, 2020
Amortized Cost Gross Unrealized Gains Gross Unrealized Losses Allowance for Credit Loss related to Debt Securities Fair Value
(in thousands)
U.S. Government agencies and corporations $ 355 $ 6 $ - $ - $ 361
State and political subdivisions 611,666 17,163 483 - 628,346
Mortgage-backed securities 92,261 1,758 1 - 94,018
Collateralized mortgage obligations 559,718 6,332 214 - 565,836
Corporate debt securities 360,103 9,333 616 - 368,820
Total debt securities $ 1,624,103 $ 34,592 $ 1,314 $ - $ 1,657,381
Investment securities with a carrying value of $582.2 million and $434.7 million at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, were pledged against public deposits, securities sold under agreements to repurchase and for other purposes, as required or permitted by law.
The following table presents debt securities AFS in an unrealized loss position for which an allowance for credit losses has not been recorded at December 31, 2021, aggregated by investment category and length of time in a continuous loss position:
As of December 31, 2021
Number
of
Securities Less than 12 Months 12 Months or More Total
Available for Sale Fair Value Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value Unrealized
Losses
(in thousands, except number of securities)
State and political subdivisions 136 $ 311,960 $ 5,216 $ 15,343 $ 420 $ 327,303 $ 5,636
Mortgage-backed securities 6 43,319 631 80 - 43,399 631
Collateralized mortgage obligations 44 605,729 15,693 61,984 2,627 667,713 18,320
Corporate debt securities 52 303,750 4,567 27,071 1,838 330,821 6,405
Total 238 $ 1,264,758 $ 26,107 $ 104,478 $ 4,885 $ 1,369,236 $ 30,992
As of December 31, 2021, 136 state and political subdivisions securities with total unrealized losses of $5.6 million were held by the Company. Management evaluated these securities through a process that included consideration of credit agency ratings, payment history, yield spreads to treasury securities, and in some instances, the most recent financial information available. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that the decline in fair value was not attributable to credit losses.
As of December 31, 2021, 6 mortgage-backed securities and 44 collateralized mortgage obligations with unrealized losses totaling $19.0 million were held by the Company. Management considered the implied U.S. government guarantee of the
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agency securities and the level of credit enhancement for non-agency securities. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that the decline in fair value was not attributable to credit losses.
As of December 31, 2021, 52 corporate debt securities with total unrealized losses of $6.4 million were held by the Company. Management evaluated these securities by considering credit agency ratings, payment history, the yield spreads to treasury securities, and in some instances, the most recent financial information available. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that the decline in fair value was not attributable to credit losses.
Accrued interest receivable on available for sale debt securities, which is recorded within 'Other Assets,' totaled $9.5 million at December 31, 2021 and $7.3 million at December 31, 2020 and is excluded from the estimate of credit losses.
The following table presents debt securities AFS in an unrealized loss position for which an allowance for credit losses has not been recorded at December 31, 2020, aggregated by investment category and length of time in a continuous loss position.
As of December 31, 2020
Number
of
Securities Less than 12 Months 12 Months or More Total
Available for Sale Fair Value Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value Unrealized
Losses
(in thousands, except number of securities)
State and political subdivisions 27 $ 31,489 $ 157 $ 4,065 $ 326 $ 35,554 $ 483
Mortgage-backed securities 7 315 1 - - 315 1
Collateralized mortgage obligations 8 133,032 214 - - 133,032 214
Corporate debt securities 15 35,995 523 3,311 93 39,306 616
Total 57 $ 200,831 $ 895 $ 7,376 $ 419 $ 208,207 $ 1,314
Proceeds and gross realized gains and losses on debt securities available for sale for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Proceeds from sales of debt securities available for sale $ 52,183 $ 27,391 $ 125,452
Gross realized gains from sales of debt securities available for sale $ 940 $ 280 $ 143
Gross realized losses from sales of debt securities available for sale (791) (123) (56)
Net realized gain from sales of debt securities available for sale(1)
$ 149 $ 157 $ 87
(1) The difference in investment security gains, net reported herein as compared to the Consolidated Statements of Income is associated with the net realized gain from the call or maturity of debt securities of $93 thousand, $27 thousand and $3 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.
The contractual maturity distribution of investment debt securities at December 31, 2021, is shown below. Expected maturities of MBS and CMO may differ from contractual maturities because the mortgages underlying the securities may be called or prepaid without any penalties. Therefore, these securities are not included in the maturity categories in the following summary.
Available For Sale
(in thousands) Amortized Cost Fair Value
Due in one year or less $ 47,767 $ 48,096
Due after one year through five years 400,857 402,957
Due after five years through ten years 648,678 646,062
Due after ten years 316,534 321,470
$ 1,413,836 $ 1,418,585
Mortgage-backed securities 100,325 100,626
Collateralized mortgage obligations 785,945 768,899
Total $ 2,300,106 $ 2,288,110
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Note 4.Loans Receivable and the Allowance for Credit Losses
The composition of loans by class of receivable was as follows:
As of December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020
Agricultural $ 103,417 $ 116,392
Commercial and industrial 902,314 1,055,488
Commercial real estate:
Construction & development 172,160 181,291
Farmland 144,673 144,970
Multifamily 244,503 256,525
Commercial real estate-other 1,143,205 1,149,575
Total commercial real estate 1,704,541 1,732,361
Residential real estate:
One- to four- family first liens 333,308 355,684
One- to four- family junior liens 133,014 143,422
Total residential real estate 466,322 499,106
Consumer 68,418 78,876
Loans held for investment, net of unearned income $ 3,245,012 $ 3,482,223
Allowance for credit losses $ (48,700) $ (55,500)
Total loans held for investment, net $ 3,196,312 $ 3,426,723
Loans with unpaid principal in the amount of $816.0 million and $830.2 million at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, were pledged to the FHLB as collateral for borrowings.
Non-accrual and Delinquent Loans
Loans are placed on non-accrual when (1) payment in full of principal and interest is no longer expected or (2) principal or interest has been in default for 90 days or more unless the loan is both well secured with marketable collateral and in the process of collection. All loans rated doubtful or worse, and certain loans rated substandard, are placed on non-accrual.
A non-accrual loan may be restored to an accrual status when (1) all past due principal and interest has been paid (excluding renewals and modifications that involve the capitalizing of interest) or (2) the loan becomes well secured with marketable collateral and is in the process of collection. An established track record of performance is also considered when determining accrual status.
Loans are considered past due or delinquent when the contractual principal or interest due in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement or any portion thereof remains unpaid after the due date of the scheduled payment.
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The following table presents the amortized cost basis of loans based on delinquency status:
Age Analysis of Past-Due Financial Assets
(in thousands) Current 30 - 59 Days Past Due 60 - 89 Days Past Due 90 Days or More Past Due Total 90 Days or More Past Due and Accruing
December 31, 2021
Agricultural $ 102,352 $ 244 $ - $ 821 $ 103,417 $ -
Commercial and industrial 899,423 529 134 2,228 902,314 -
Commercial real estate:
Construction & development 171,169 396 - 595 172,160 -
Farmland 141,814 116 - 2,743 144,673 -
Multifamily 243,117 - 1,386 - 244,503 -
Commercial real estate-other 1,129,073 8,417 306 5,409 1,143,205 -
Total commercial real estate 1,685,173 8,929 1,692 8,747 1,704,541 -
Residential real estate:
One- to four- family first liens 330,992 1,057 1,057 202 333,308 -
One- to four- family junior liens 132,392 261 135 226 133,014 -
Total residential real estate 463,384 1,318 1,192 428 466,322 -
Consumer 68,326 66 14 12 68,418 -
Total $ 3,218,658 $ 11,086 $ 3,032 $ 12,236 $ 3,245,012 $ -
December 31, 2020
Agricultural $ 115,284 $ 8 $ 45 $ 1,055 $ 116,392 $ -
Commercial and industrial 1,051,727 477 333 2,951 1,055,488 106
Commercial real estate:
Construction & development 180,059 586 42 604 181,291 -
Farmland 138,798 226 324 5,622 144,970 -
Multifamily 256,525 - - - 256,525 -
Commercial real estate-other 1,132,015 11,514 318 5,728 1,149,575 -
Total commercial real estate 1,707,397 12,326 684 11,954 1,732,361 -
Residential real estate:
One- to four- family first liens 351,370 2,062 566 1,686 355,684 625
One- to four- family junior liens 142,663 377 234 148 143,422 -
Total residential real estate 494,033 2,439 800 1,834 499,106 625
Consumer 78,747 43 39 47 78,876 8
Total $ 3,447,188 $ 15,293 $ 1,901 $ 17,841 $ 3,482,223 $ 739
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The following table presents the amortized cost basis of loans on non-accrual status, amortized cost basis of loans on non-accrual status with no allowance for credit losses recorded, and loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing by class of loan:
Nonaccrual Nonaccrual with no Allowance for Credit Losses 90 Days or More Past Due And Accruing
(in thousands) December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020 December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020 December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020
Agricultural
$ 2,090 $ 2,584 $ 1,341 $ 1,599 $ - $ -
Commercial and industrial
3,803 7,326 1,341 4,349 - 106
Commercial real estate:
Construction and development
595 1,145 595 900 - -
Farmland
5,499 8,319 4,156 7,266 - -
Multifamily
987 746 323 39 - -
Commercial real estate-other
16,544 19,134 1,063 2,497 - -
Total commercial real estate
23,625 29,344 6,137 10,702 - -
Residential real estate:
One- to four- family first liens
1,275 1,895 345 75 - 625
One- to four- family junior liens
713 722 - 1 - -
Total residential real estate
1,988 2,617 345 76 - 625
Consumer
34 79 - 13 - 8
Total
$ 31,540 $ 41,950 $ 9,164 $ 16,739 $ - $ 739
The interest income recognized on loans that were on nonaccrual for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 is $0.6 million and $1.0 million, respectively.
Credit Quality Information
The Company aggregates loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the ability of borrowers to service their debt, such as: current financial information, historical payment experience, credit documentation, and other factors. The Company analyzes loans individually to classify the loans as to credit risk. This analysis includes non-homogenous loans, such as agricultural, commercial and industrial, and commercial real estate loans. Loans not meeting the criteria described below that are analyzed individually are considered to be pass-rated. The Company uses the following definitions for risk ratings:
Special Mention/Watch - A special mention/watch asset has potential weaknesses that deserve management’s close attention. If left uncorrected, these potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for the asset or in the Company’s credit position at some future date. Special mention/watch assets are not adversely classified and do not expose the Company to sufficient risk to warrant adverse classification.
Substandard - Substandard loans are inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged, if any. Loans so classified have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt. They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the Company will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.
Doubtful - Loans classified as doubtful have all the weaknesses inherent in those classified as substandard with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently known facts, conditions and values, highly questionable and improbable.
Loss - Loans classified as loss are considered uncollectible and of such little value that their continuance as bankable assets is not warranted. This classification does not mean that the loan has absolutely no recovery or salvage value but rather it is not practical or desirable to defer writing off this basically worthless asset even though partial recovery may be affected in the future.
Homogenous loans, including residential real estate and consumer loans, are not individually risk rated. Instead, these loans are categorized based on performance: performing and nonperforming. Nonperforming loans include those loans on nonaccrual and loans greater than 90 days past due and on accrual.
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The following table sets forth the amortized cost basis of loans by class of receivable by credit quality indicator and vintage based on the most recent analysis performed, as of December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, there were no 'loss' rated credits.
Term Loans by Origination Year Revolving Loans
December 31, 2021
(in thousands)
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Prior Total
Agricultural
Pass $ 20,145 $ 8,604 $ 4,367 $ 1,260 $ 885 $ 947 $ 58,119 $ 94,327
Special mention / watch 1,255 148 245 - 17 993 1,685 4,343
Substandard 649 827 126 221 4 278 2,642 4,747
Doubtful - - - - - - - -
Total $ 22,049 $ 9,579 $ 4,738 $ 1,481 $ 906 $ 2,218 $ 62,446 $ 103,417
Commercial and industrial
Pass $ 297,285 $ 199,324 $ 56,258 $ 35,522 $ 60,294 $ 75,342 $ 132,323 $ 856,348
Special mention / watch 4,268 2,342 781 470 4,304 14,274 6,938 33,377
Substandard 8 1,772 1,255 772 37 2,922 5,823 12,589
Doubtful - - - - - - - -
Total $ 301,561 $ 203,438 $ 58,294 $ 36,764 $ 64,635 $ 92,538 $ 145,084 $ 902,314
CRE - Construction and development
Pass $ 90,662 $ 37,098 $ 4,942 $ 1,611 $ 1,543 $ 578 $ 33,197 $ 169,631
Special mention / watch 874 - 169 - - - - 1,043
Substandard - 879 596 - - 11 - 1,486
Doubtful - - - - - - - -
Total $ 91,536 $ 37,977 $ 5,707 $ 1,611 $ 1,543 $ 589 $ 33,197 $ 172,160
CRE - Farmland
Pass $ 51,682 $ 33,870 $ 18,674 $ 5,105 $ 5,060 $ 10,240 $ 1,812 $ 126,443
Special mention / watch 3,105 3,824 - 734 292 223 - 8,178
Substandard 1,580 2,004 1,681 2,562 1,667 558 - 10,052
Doubtful - - - - - - - -
Total $ 56,367 $ 39,698 $ 20,355 $ 8,401 $ 7,019 $ 11,021 $ 1,812 $ 144,673
CRE - Multifamily
Pass $ 97,188 $ 96,389 $ 19,234 $ 2,754 $ 4,555 $ 3,813 $ 273 $ 224,206
Special mention / watch 7,871 - - 6,000 1,859 544 - 16,274
Substandard 663 2,049 - - - 1,311 - 4,023
Doubtful - - - - - - - -
Total $ 105,722 $ 98,438 $ 19,234 $ 8,754 $ 6,414 $ 5,668 $ 273 $ 244,503
CRE - other
Pass $ 325,902 $ 384,591 $ 94,449 $ 37,960 $ 60,890 $ 60,543 $ 45,910 $ 1,010,245
Special mention / watch 5,302 26,239 5,172 11,243 2,557 1,905 1,768 54,186
Substandard 4,182 48,885 12,497 5,401 973 6,836 - 78,774
Doubtful - - - - - - - -
Total $ 335,386 $ 459,715 $ 112,118 $ 54,604 $ 64,420 $ 69,284 $ 47,678 $ 1,143,205
RRE - One- to four- family first liens
Performing $ 115,539 $ 77,086 $ 27,279 $ 24,697 $ 16,425 $ 65,676 $ 5,331 $ 332,033
Nonperforming 352 20 45 295 - 563 - 1,275
Total $ 115,891 $ 77,106 $ 27,324 $ 24,992 $ 16,425 $ 66,239 $ 5,331 $ 333,308
RRE - One- to four- family junior liens
Performing $ 29,904 $ 13,335 $ 4,295 $ 5,109 $ 3,574 $ 5,104 $ 70,980 $ 132,301
Nonperforming 31 - 156 198 16 207 105 713
Total $ 29,935 $ 13,335 $ 4,451 $ 5,307 $ 3,590 $ 5,311 $ 71,085 $ 133,014
Consumer
Performing $ 33,124 $ 14,386 $ 5,917 $ 4,080 $ 1,686 $ 5,778 $ 3,412 $ 68,383
Nonperforming - - 15 - 13 7 - 35
Total $ 33,124 $ 14,386 $ 5,932 $ 4,080 $ 1,699 $ 5,785 $ 3,412 $ 68,418
Total by Credit Quality Indicator Category
Pass $ 882,864 $ 759,876 $ 197,924 $ 84,212 $ 133,227 $ 151,463 $ 271,634 $ 2,481,200
Special mention / watch 22,675 32,553 6,367 18,447 9,029 17,939 10,391 117,401
Substandard 7,082 56,416 16,155 8,956 2,681 11,916 8,465 111,671
Doubtful - - - - - - - -
Performing 178,567 104,807 37,491 33,886 21,685 76,558 79,723 532,717
Nonperforming 383 20 216 493 29 777 105 2,023
Total $ 1,091,571 $ 953,672 $ 258,153 $ 145,994 $ 166,651 $ 258,653 $ 370,318 $ 3,245,012
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The following table sets forth the amortized cost basis of loans by class of receivable by credit quality indicator and vintage based on the most recent analysis performed, as of December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, there were no 'loss' rated credits.
Term Loans by Origination Year Revolving Loans
December 31, 2020
(in thousands)
2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Prior Total
Agricultural
Pass $ 17,836 $ 6,959 $ 2,764 $ 2,145 $ 1,386 $ 1,833 $ 60,802 $ 93,725
Special mention / watch 4,892 1,083 117 108 553 1,103 7,210 15,066
Substandard 4,075 650 258 183 121 226 2,086 7,599
Doubtful 1 - - - - 1 - 2
Total $ 26,804 $ 8,692 $ 3,139 $ 2,436 $ 2,060 $ 3,163 $ 70,098 $ 116,392
Commercial and industrial
Pass $ 546,171 $ 105,523 $ 57,055 $ 61,753 $ 38,695 $ 92,526 $ 120,498 $ 1,022,221
Special mention / watch 3,410 572 497 2,261 611 112 4,796 12,259
Substandard 5,014 1,539 928 656 461 3,261 9,144 21,003
Doubtful - - - 1 - 3 1 5
Total $ 554,595 $ 107,634 $ 58,480 $ 64,671 $ 39,767 $ 95,902 $ 134,439 $ 1,055,488
CRE - Construction and development
Pass $ 109,885 $ 25,972 $ 14,994 $ 2,696 $ 679 $ 876 $ 22,519 $ 177,621
Special mention / watch 843 298 542 - 9 3 - 1,695
Substandard 597 1,132 220 - - 26 - 1,975
Doubtful - - - - - - - -
Total $ 111,325 $ 27,402 $ 15,756 $ 2,696 $ 688 $ 905 $ 22,519 $ 181,291
CRE - Farmland
Pass $ 48,378 $ 25,022 $ 9,577 $ 10,490 $ 8,378 $ 13,003 $ 1,263 $ 116,111
Special mention / watch 8,088 4,583 935 660 361 237 - 14,864
Substandard 3,924 2,627 4,386 1,728 166 1,128 36 13,995
Doubtful - - - - - - - -
Total $ 60,390 $ 32,232 $ 14,898 $ 12,878 $ 8,905 $ 14,368 $ 1,299 $ 144,970
CRE - Multifamily
Pass $ 164,817 $ 18,992 $ 17,805 $ 10,706 $ 10,201 $ 19,581 $ 11,558 $ 253,660
Special mention / watch 345 - - - 59 - - 404
Substandard 1,099 - - - 1,362 - - 2,461
Doubtful - - - - - - - -
Total $ 166,261 $ 18,992 $ 17,805 $ 10,706 $ 11,622 $ 19,581 $ 11,558 $ 256,525
CRE - other
Pass $ 487,771 $ 129,388 $ 60,957 $ 83,393 $ 66,369 $ 91,698 $ 45,129 $ 964,705
Special mention / watch 71,141 14,870 12,415 5,953 3,756 4,335 455 112,925
Substandard 48,690 7,162 6,370 1,222 579 6,997 925 71,945
Doubtful - - - - - - - -
Total $ 607,602 $ 151,420 $ 79,742 $ 90,568 $ 70,704 $ 103,030 $ 46,509 $ 1,149,575
RRE - One- to four- family first liens
Performing $ 117,923 $ 46,581 $ 42,875 $ 30,628 $ 37,407 $ 68,501 $ 9,249 $ 353,164
Nonperforming 239 1 596 303 148 1,233 - 2,520
Total $ 118,162 $ 46,582 $ 43,471 $ 30,931 $ 37,555 $ 69,734 $ 9,249 $ 355,684
RRE - One- to four- family junior liens
Performing $ 19,818 $ 7,973 $ 12,140 $ 6,152 $ 3,467 $ 5,354 $ 87,795 $ 142,699
Nonperforming 7 - 223 17 116 190 170 723
Total $ 19,825 $ 7,973 $ 12,363 $ 6,169 $ 3,583 $ 5,544 $ 87,965 $ 143,422
Consumer
Performing $ 30,755 $ 13,662 $ 10,341 $ 4,960 $ 2,656 $ 6,306 $ 10,118 $ 78,798
Nonperforming 2 21 13 5 13 24 - 78
Total $ 30,757 $ 13,683 $ 10,354 $ 4,965 $ 2,669 $ 6,330 $ 10,118 $ 78,876
Total by Credit Quality Indicator Category
Pass $ 1,374,858 $ 311,856 $ 163,152 $ 171,183 $ 125,708 $ 219,517 $ 261,769 $ 2,628,043
Special mention / watch 88,719 21,406 14,506 8,982 5,349 5,790 12,461 157,213
Substandard 63,399 13,110 12,162 3,789 2,689 11,638 12,191 118,978
Doubtful 1 - - 1 - 4 1 7
Performing 168,496 68,216 65,356 41,740 43,530 80,161 107,162 574,661
Nonperforming 248 22 832 325 277 1,447 170 3,321
Total $ 1,695,721 $ 414,610 $ 256,008 $ 226,020 $ 177,553 $ 318,557 $ 393,754 $ 3,482,223
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Allowance for Credit Losses
At December 31, 2021, the economic forecast used by the Company showed the following: (1) Midwest unemployment - decreases over the next three forecasted quarters, followed by an increase in the fourth forecasted quarter; (2) Year-to-year change in national retail sales - increases over the next four forecasted quarters; (3) Year-to-year change in CRE Index - increases over the next four forecasted quarters; (4) Year-to-year change in U.S. GDP - increases over the next four forecasted quarters; (5) Year-to-year change in National Home Price Index - increases over the next four forecasted quarters; and (6) Rental Vacancy - increases over the next four forecasted quarters. The decline in the ACL between the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021 is reflective of overall improvements in forecasted economic conditions and improvement in the credit risk profile, coupled with net loan recoveries of $0.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to net loan charge-offs of $5.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2020.
We have made a policy election to report interest receivable as a separate line on the balance sheet. Accrued interest receivable, which is recorded within 'Other Assets' totaled $10.4 million and $14.2 million at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively and is excluded from the estimate of credit losses.
The changes in the allowance for credit losses by portfolio segment were as follows:
For the Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019
(in thousands) Agricultural Commercial and Industrial Commercial Real Estate Residential Real Estate Consumer Total
Beginning balance, prior to the adoption of ASC 326 $ 1,346 $ 15,689 $ 32,640 $ 4,882 $ 943 $ 55,500
Charge-offs
(170) (1,015) (602) (107) (438) (2,332)
Recoveries
149 1,604 742 88 185 2,768
Credit loss (benefit) expense(1)
(658) 1,016 (6,660) (853) (81) (7,236)
Ending balance $ 667 $ 17,294 $ 26,120 $ 4,010 $ 609 $ 48,700
Beginning balance $ 3,748 $ 8,394 $ 13,804 $ 2,685 $ 448 $ 29,079
Day 1 transition adjustment from adoption of ASC 326 (2,557) 2,728 1,300 2,050 463 $ 3,984
Charge-offs
(1,051) (2,502) (2,317) (186) (737) (6,793)
Recoveries
130 1,055 124 49 170 1,528
Credit loss expense(1)
1,076 6,014 19,729 284 599 27,702
Ending balance $ 1,346 $ 15,689 $ 32,640 $ 4,882 $ 943 $ 55,500
Beginning balance $ 3,637 $ 7,478 $ 15,635 $ 2,349 $ 208 $ 29,307
Charge-offs
(1,130) (4,774) (1,537) (229) (720) (8,390)
Recoveries
32 195 311 105 361 1,004
Credit loss (benefit) expense 1,209 5,495 (605) 460 599 7,158
Ending balance $ 3,748 $ 8,394 $ 13,804 $ 2,685 $ 448 $ 29,079
(1)The difference in the credit loss expense reported herein as compared to the Consolidated Statements of Income is associated with the credit loss benefit of $0.1 million and a credit loss expense of $0.7 million related to off-balance sheet credit exposures for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. There was no credit loss expense related to off-balance sheet credit exposures recorded in the year ended December 31, 2019.
The composition of allowance for credit losses by portfolio segment based on evaluation method were as follows:
As of December 31, 2021
(in thousands) Agricultural Commercial and Industrial Commercial Real Estate Residential Real Estate Consumer Total
Loans held for investment, net of unearned income
Individually evaluated for impairment $ 1,341 $ 3,005 $ 23,118 $ 570 $ - $ 28,034
Collectively evaluated for impairment 102,076 899,309 1,681,423 465,752 68,418 3,216,978
Total $ 103,417 $ 902,314 $ 1,704,541 $ 466,322 $ 68,418 $ 3,245,012
Allowance for credit losses
Individually evaluated for impairment $ - $ 681 $ 2,193 $ 224 $ - $ 3,098
Collectively evaluated for impairment 667 16,613 23,927 3,786 609 45,602
Total $ 667 $ 17,294 $ 26,120 $ 4,010 $ 609 $ 48,700
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
As of December 31, 2020
(in thousands) Agricultural Commercial and Industrial Commercial Real Estate Residential Real Estate Consumer Total
Loans held for investment, net of unearned income
Individually evaluated for impairment $ 2,088 $ 6,582 $ 28,235 $ 427 $ 8 $ 37,340
Collectively evaluated for impairment 114,304 1,048,906 1,704,126 498,679 78,868 3,444,883
Total $ 116,392 $ 1,055,488 $ 1,732,361 $ 499,106 $ 78,876 $ 3,482,223
Allowance for loan losses
Individually evaluated for impairment $ 66 $ 799 $ 2,031 $ 179 $ - $ 3,075
Collectively evaluated for impairment 1,280 14,890 30,609 4,703 943 52,425
Total $ 1,346 $ 15,689 $ 32,640 $ 4,882 $ 943 $ 55,500
The following table presents the amortized cost basis of collateral dependent loans, by the primary collateral type, which are individually evaluated to determine expected credit losses, and the related ACL allocated to these loans:
As of December 31, 2021
Primary Type of Collateral
(in thousands) Real Estate Equipment Other Total ACL Allocation
Agricultural $ 916 $ 425 $ - $ 1,341 $ -
Commercial and industrial 408 374 2,223 3,005 681
Commercial real estate:
Construction and development 595 - - 595 -
Farmland 5,185 - - 5,185 22
Multifamily 987 - - 987 387
Commercial real estate-other 16,130 - 221 16,351 1,784
Residential real estate:
One- to four- family first liens 410 - - 410 64
One- to four- family junior liens - - 160 160 160
Consumer - - - - -
Total $ 24,631 $ 799 $ 2,604 $ 28,034 $ 3,098
As of December 31, 2020
Primary Type of Collateral
(in thousands) Real Estate Equipment Other Total ACL Allocation
Agricultural $ 516 $ 824 $ 748 $ 2,088 $ 66
Commercial and industrial 667 3,037 2,878 6,582 799
Commercial real estate:
Construction and development 899 - - 899 -
Farmland 7,850 - - 7,850 88
Multifamily 746 - - 746 202
Commercial real estate-other 18,740 - - 18,740 1,741
Residential real estate:
One- to four- family first liens 204 - - 204 132
One- to four- family junior liens 223 - - 223 47
Consumer - 8 - 8 -
Total $ 29,845 $ 3,869 $ 3,626 $ 37,340 $ 3,075
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Troubled Debt Restructurings
TDRs totaled $20.0 million as of December 31, 2021 and $11.0 million as of December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $8 thousand of commitments to lend additional funds to borrowers with loans classified as TDR.
The following table sets forth information on the Company's TDRs by class of financing receivable occurring during the stated periods. TDRs may include multiple concessions, and the disclosure classifications in the table are based on the primary concession provided to the borrower.
2021 2020 2019
(dollars in thousands) Number of Contracts Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment Number of Contracts Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment Number of Contracts Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment
CONCESSION - Interest rate reduction
Commercial and industrial - $ - $ - 1 $ 143 $ 143 - $ - $ -
Farmland 2 1,982 1,982 - - - - - -
One- to four- family first liens 1 171 171 - - - - - -
CONCESSION - Extended maturity date
Agricultural - - - - - - 7 341 341
Commercial and industrial - - - 2 480 480 3 6,309 6,309
Farmland - - - - - - 1 158 158
Multifamily - - - 1 39 39 - - -
Commercial real estate-other 2 9,717 9,623 3 759 808 - - -
One- to four- family first liens 3 263 263 3 274 278 4 294 293
One- to four- family junior liens - - - - - - 6 168 168
CONCESSION - Other
Agricultural - - - 4 848 858 - - -
Farmland - - - 3 504 514 - - -
Multifamily - - - 1 706 706 - - -
Commercial real estate-other 1 44 44 1 667 667 - - -
One- to four- family first liens 1 150 150 3 317 317 - - -
Total 10 $ 12,327 $ 12,233 22 $ 4,737 $ 4,810 21 $ 7,270 $ 7,269
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Loans by class of financing receivable modified as TDRs that redefaulted within 12 months subsequent to restructure during the stated periods were:
2021 2020 2019
Number of Contracts Recorded Investment Number of Contracts Recorded Investment Number of Contracts Recorded Investment
(dollars in thousands)
CONCESSION - Interest rate reduction
Farmland 1 $ 1 - $ - - $ -
CONCESSION - Extended maturity date
Agricultural - - - - 6 315
Commercial and industrial - - 1 142 - -
Farmland - - - - 1 158
Commercial real estate-other 1 132 - - - -
One- to four- family first liens - - 2 203 3 239
One- to four- family junior liens - - - - 2 30
CONCESSION - Other
Agricultural - - 1 59 - -
Farmland - - 1 150 - -
Multifamily 1 663 - - - -
One- to four- family first liens - - 1 169 - -
Total 3 $ 796 6 $ 723 12 $ 742
Modifications in response to COVID-19:
The Company offered short-term loan modifications to assist borrowers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act, as extended by the CAA, along with a joint interagency statement issued by the federal banking agencies, provided that short-term modifications made in response to COVID-19 did not need to be accounted for as a TDR. Accordingly, the Company did not account for such loan modifications as TDRs. The Company's loan modifications allowed for the initial deferral of three months of principal and/or interest. The deferred interest is due and payable at the end of the deferral period, and the deferred principal is due and payable on the maturity date. At December 31, 2021, the outstanding balance of loans modified as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic totaled $2.9 million. This program has ended and no additional deferrals are being granted on loans.
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Pre-ASC 326 Adoption Impaired Loan Disclosures
The following table presents the average recorded investment and interest income recognized for loans individually evaluated for impairment, excluding purchased credit impaired loans, by class of receivable, during the stated periods, which were prior to the adoption of ASC 326:
For the Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands) Average Recorded Investment Interest Income Recognized
With no related allowance recorded:
Agricultural $ 2,388 $ 43
Commercial and industrial 5,323 -
Commercial real estate:
Construction & development 244 37
Farmland 2,243 -
Multifamily - -
Commercial real estate-other 2,161 224
Total commercial real estate 4,648 261
Residential real estate:
One- to four- family first liens 323 2
One- to four- family junior liens - -
Total residential real estate 323 2
Consumer 17 -
Total $ 12,699 $ 306
With an allowance recorded:
Agricultural $ 1,500 $ 34
Commercial and industrial 2,186 136
Commercial real estate:
Construction & development 26 7
Farmland 684 5
Multifamily - -
Commercial real estate-other 1,558 100
Total commercial real estate 2,268 112
Residential real estate:
One- to four- family first liens 265 9
One- to four- family junior liens - -
Total residential real estate 265 9
Consumer - -
Total $ 6,219 $ 291
Total:
Agricultural $ 3,888 $ 77
Commercial and industrial 7,509 136
Commercial real estate:
Construction & development 270 44
Farmland 2,927 5
Multifamily - -
Commercial real estate-other 3,719 324
Total commercial real estate 6,916 373
Residential real estate:
One- to four- family first liens 588 11
One- to four- family junior liens - -
Total residential real estate 588 11
Consumer 17 -
Total $ 18,918 $ 597
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 5.Derivatives, Hedging Activities and Balance Sheet Offsetting
The following table presents the total notional amounts and gross fair values of the Company’s derivatives as of the dates indicated. The derivative asset and liability balances are presented on a gross basis, prior to the application of master netting agreements, as included in other assets and other liabilities, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets.
As of December 31, 2021 As of December 31, 2020
Notional
Amount Fair Value Notional
Amount Fair Value
(in thousands) Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities
Designated as hedging instruments:
Fair value hedges:
Interest rate swaps
$ 24,802 $ 424 $ 1,400 $ 25,559 $ 34 $ 2,452
Total $ 24,802 $ 424 $ 1,400 $ 25,559 $ 34 $ 2,452
Not designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps $ 356,636 $ 5,352 $ 5,363 $ 347,380 $ 10,758 $ 10,807
RPAs - protection sold 4,229 - - 4,471 4 -
RPAs - protection purchased
9,629 - 2 9,825 - 8
Interest rate lock commitments 17,438 330 - - - -
Interest rate forward loan sales contracts 22,710 - (24) - - -
Total $ 410,642 $ 5,682 $ 5,341 $ 361,676 $ 10,762 $ 10,815
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
The Company uses derivative instruments to hedge its exposure to economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk. Certain hedging relationships are formally designated and qualify for hedge accounting under GAAP as fair value or cash flow hedges.
Fair Value Hedges - Derivatives are designated as fair value hedges to limit the Company's exposure to changes in the fair value of assets or liabilities due to movements in interest rates. The Company entered into pay-fixed receive-floating interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to changes in fair value in certain fixed-rate assets. The gain or loss on the derivative as well as the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in interest income.
Cash Flow Hedges - Derivatives are designated as cash flow hedges in order to minimize the variability in cash flows of earning assets or forecasted transactions caused by movement in interest rates. In February 2020, the Company entered into a pay-fixed receive-variable interest rate swap with a notional amount of $30.0 million to hedge against adverse fluctuations in interest rates by reducing exposure to variability in cash flows relating to interest payments on the Company's variable rate debt. The interest rate swap was designated as a cash flow hedge. The gain or loss on the derivative was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassified into interest expense in the same period(s) during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. The Company terminated its cash flow hedge in the fourth quarter of 2020.
The table below presents the effect of cash flow hedge accounting on AOCI for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI on Derivative Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income
Year Ended December 31, Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Interest rate swaps $ - $ (1,002) Interest Expense $ - $ (1,002)
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The table below presents the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019:
Location and Amount of Gain or Loss Recognized in Income on Fair Value and Cash Flow Hedging Relationships
For the Years Ended December 31,
2021 2020 2019
(in thousands) Interest Income Other Income Interest Income Other Income Interest Income Other Income
Total amounts of income and expense line items presented in the consolidated statements of income in which the effects of fair value or cash flow hedges are recorded
$ (439) $ - $ (335) $ - $ 1 $ -
The effects of fair value and cash flow hedging:
Gain (Loss) on fair value hedging relationships:
Interest contracts:
Hedged items
(1,441) - 1,308 - 891 -
Derivative designated as hedging instruments
1,052 - (1,339) - (890) -
Income statement effect of cash flow hedging relationships:
Interest contracts:
Amount reclassified from AOCI into income
- - (226) - - -
Amount of loss reclassified from AOCI into income upon de-designation of cash flow hedge
- - - (776) - -
As of December 31, 2021, the following amounts were recorded on the balance sheet related to cumulative basis adjustment for fair value hedges:
Balance Sheet Line Item in Which the
Hedged Item is Included Carrying Amount of the
Hedged Assets Cumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustment Included in the Carrying Amount of the Hedged Asset
(in thousands)
Loans $ 25,801 $ 978
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Interest Rate Swaps - The Company periodically enters into commercial loan interest rate swap agreements in order to provide commercial loan customers with the ability to convert from variable to fixed interest rates. These derivative contracts relate to transactions in which the Company enters into an interest rate swap with a customer, while simultaneously entering into an offsetting interest rate swap with an institutional counterparty.
Credit Risk Participation Agreements -The Company enters into RPAs to manage the credit exposure on interest rate contracts associated with a syndicated loan. The Company may enter into protection purchased RPAs with institutional counterparties to decrease or increase its exposure to a borrower. Under the RPA, the Company will receive or make payment if a borrower defaults on the related interest rate contract. The notional amount of the RPAs reflects the Company’s pro-rata share of the derivative instrument.
Interest Rate Forward Loan Sales Contracts & Interest Rate Lock Commitments - The Company enters into forward delivery contracts to sell residential mortgage loans at specific prices and dates in order to hedge the interest rate risk in its portfolio of mortgage loans held for sale and its residential mortgage interest rate lock commitments. At December 31, 2021, the Bank had commitments to originate mortgage loans held for sale totaling $17.4 million and forward sales commitments of $22.7 million, which are used to hedge both on-balance sheet and off-balance sheet exposures. At December 31, 2020, the Bank had $54.1 million of commitments to originate mortgage loans held for sale and no forward sales commitments.
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following table presents the net gains (losses) recognized on the consolidated statements of income related to the derivatives not designated as hedging instruments for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019:
Location in the Consolidated Statements of Income For the Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Interest rate swaps Other income $ 38 $ 126 $ (138)
RPAs Other income 2 102 (117)
Interest rate lock commitments Loan revenue 330 - -
Interest rate forward loan sales contracts Loan revenue 24 - -
Total $ 394 $ 228 $ (255)
Offsetting of Derivatives
The Company has entered into agreements with certain counterparty financial institutions, which include master netting agreements. However, the Company has elected to account for all derivatives with counterparty institutions on a gross basis. The Company manages the risk of default by its borrower counterparties through its normal loan underwriting and credit monitoring policies and procedures.
The table below presents gross derivatives and the respective collateral received or pledged in the form of other financial instruments as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, which are generally marketable securities and/or cash. The collateral amounts in the table below are limited to the outstanding balances of the related asset or liability (after netting is applied); thus instances of over-collateralization are not shown. Further, the net amounts of derivative assets or liabilities can be reconciled to the tabular disclosure of fair value. The tabular disclosure of fair value provides the location that derivative assets and liabilities are presented on the consolidated balance sheets.
Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets (Liabilities) Gross Amounts Offset in the Balance Sheet Net Amounts of Assets (Liabilities) presented in the Balance Sheet Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Balance Sheet Net Assets (Liabilities)
(in thousands) Financial Instruments Cash Collateral Received (Paid)
As of December 31, 2021
Asset Derivatives $ 6,106 $ - $ 6,106 $ - $ - $ 6,106
Liability Derivatives (6,741) - (6,741) (3,250) (3,491)
As of December 31, 2020
Asset Derivatives $ 10,796 $ - $ 10,796 $ - $ - $ 10,796
Liability Derivatives (13,267) - (13,267) - (13,267) -
Credit-risk-related Contingent Features
The Company has an unsecured federal funds line with its institutional derivative counterparty. The Company has an agreement with its institutional derivative counterparty that contains a provision under which if the Company defaults on any of its indebtedness, including default where repayment of the indebtedness has not been accelerated by the lender, then the Company could also be declared in default on its derivative obligations. The Company also has an agreement with its derivative counterparty that contains a provision under which the Company could be declared in default on its derivative obligations if repayment of the underlying indebtedness is accelerated by the lender due to the Company’s default on the indebtedness.
As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of derivatives in a net liability position, which includes accrued interest but excludes any adjustment for nonperformance risk, related to these agreements was $5.2 million. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has minimum collateral posting thresholds with certain of its derivative counterparties, and has posted $3.3 million of collateral related to these agreements. If the Company had breached any of these provisions at December 31, 2021, it could have been required to settle its obligations under the agreements at their termination value of $5.2 million.
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 6.Premises and Equipment
Premises and equipment as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:
As of December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020
Land $ 14,144 $ 14,144
Buildings and leasehold improvements 89,141 88,783
Furniture and equipment 20,978 21,969
Construction in process 319 82
Premises and equipment 124,582 124,978
Accumulated depreciation and amortization 41,090 38,577
Premises and equipment, net $ 83,492 $ 86,401
Premises and equipment depreciation and amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $4.8 million, $5.1 million and $4.8 million, respectively.
Note 7.Goodwill and Intangible Assets
The following table presents the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the periods indicated:
For the Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020
Goodwill, beginning of period $ 62,477 $ 91,918
Fair value adjustment(1)
- 2,059
Goodwill impairment(2)
- (31,500)
Total goodwill, end of period $ 62,477 $ 62,477
(1) Goodwill adjustments consisted of the ATBancorp acquisition purchase accounting adjustments, which were finalized in the first quarter of 2020.
(2) Goodwill impairment relates to the impairment charge that was recorded in the third quarter of 2020. Refer to Note 1. Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies for additional information.
The following table presents the gross carrying amount, accumulated amortization, and net carrying amount of other intangible assets at the dates indicated:
As of December 31, 2021 As of December 31, 2020
(in thousands) Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount
Core deposit intangible $ 41,745 $ (30,629) $ 11,116 $ 41,745 $ (26,440) $ 15,305
Customer relationship intangible 5,265 (3,692) 1,573 5,265 (2,630) 2,635
Other 2,700 (2,544) 156 2,700 (2,438) 262
$ 49,710 $ (36,865) $ 12,845 $ 49,710 $ (31,508) $ 18,202
Indefinite-lived trade name intangible $ 7,040 $ 7,040
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following table provides the estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets:
(in thousands) Core Deposit Intangible Customer Relationship Intangible Other Total
Year ending December 31,
2022 $ 3,487 $ 797 $ 79 $ 4,363
2023 2,833 518 51 3,402
2024 2,180 239 24 2,443
2025 1,526 19 2 1,547
2026 872 - - 872
Thereafter 218 - - 218
Total $ 11,116 $ 1,573 $ 156 $ 12,845
Note 8.Other Assets
The components of the Company’s other assets as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows:
As of December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020
Bank-owned life insurance $ 85,372 $ 83,483
Interest receivable 20,117 21,706
FHLB stock 10,157 13,784
Mortgage servicing rights 6,532 5,137
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net 2,840 3,613
Federal & state taxes, current 178 -
Federal & state taxes, deferred 13,893 3,845
Derivative assets 6,106 10,796
Other receivables/assets 12,553 11,129
$ 157,748 $ 153,493
Note 9.Loans Serviced for Others
Loans serviced for others are not included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The unpaid principal balances of mortgage and other loans serviced for others were $1.1 billion at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. Servicing loans for others generally consists of collecting mortgage payments, maintaining escrow accounts, disbursing payments to investors and collection and foreclosure processing. Loan servicing income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes servicing fees from investors and certain charges collected from borrowers, such as late payment fees, and is net of fair value adjustments to capitalized mortgage servicing rights.
Note 10. Deposits
The following table presents the composition of our deposits as of the dates indicated:
As of December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020
Noninterest-bearing deposits $ 1,005,369 $ 910,655
Interest checking deposits 1,619,136 1,351,641
Money market deposits 939,523 918,654
Savings deposits 628,242 529,751
Time deposits under $250 505,392 581,471
Time deposits of $250 or more 416,857 254,877
Total deposits
$ 5,114,519 $ 4,547,049
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
At December 31, 2021, the scheduled maturities of certificates of deposits were as follows:
(in thousands)
2022 $ 687,934
2023 124,162
2024 70,116
2025 11,967
2026 23,879
Thereafter 4,191
Total $ 922,249
The Company had $3.4 million and $7.8 million in reciprocal time deposits through the CDARS program as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Included in interest-bearing checking and money market deposits at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were $35.4 million and $14.8 million, respectively, of reciprocal deposits in the Insured Cash Sweep (ICS) program. The CDARS and ICS programs coordinate, on a reciprocal basis, a network of banks to spread deposits exceeding the FDIC insurance coverage limits out to numerous institutions in order to provide insurance coverage for all participating deposits.
As of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had public entity deposits that were collateralized by investment securities of $303.3 million and $156.7 million, respectively.
Note 11. Short-Term Borrowings
The following table summarizes our short-term borrowings as of the dates indicated:
December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020
(dollars in thousands) Weighted Average Rate Balance Weighted Average Rate Balance
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase 0.24 % $ 181,368 0.28 % $ 174,289
Federal Home Loan Bank advances - - 0.29 56,500
Total
0.24 % $ 181,368 0.28 % $ 230,789
Securities Sold Under an Agreement to Repurchase: Securities sold under agreements to repurchase are agreements in which the Company acquires funds by selling assets to another party under a simultaneous agreement to repurchase the same assets at a specified price and date. The Company enters into repurchase agreements and also offers a demand deposit account product to customers that sweeps their balances in excess of an agreed upon target amount into overnight repurchase agreements. All securities sold under agreements to repurchase are recorded on the face of the balance sheet.
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances: The Bank has a secured line of credit with the FHLBDM. Advances from the FHLBDM are collateralized primarily by one- to four-family residential, commercial and agricultural real estate first mortgages equal to various percentages of the total outstanding notes. See Note 4. Loans Receivable and the Allowance for Credit Losses of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.
Federal Funds Purchased: The Bank has unsecured federal funds lines totaling $155.0 million from multiple correspondent banking relationships. There were no borrowings from such lines at either December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020.
Other: At December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had no Federal Reserve Discount Window borrowings, while the financing capacity was $60.2 million as of December 31, 2021 and $67.7 million as of December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Bank had municipal securities with a market value of $65.2 million and $72.0 million, respectively, pledged to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to secure potential borrowings.
The Company has a credit agreement with a correspondent bank with a revolving commitment of $25.0 million. Prior to September 30, 2021, interest on the outstanding balance was payable at a rate of one-month LIBOR plus 1.75%. Fees are paid on the average daily unused revolving commitment in the amount of 0.30% per annum. On October 22, 2021, the credit agreement was amended such that, commencing September 30, 2021, interest is payable on the $25.0 million revolving commitment at an annual rate equal to the monthly reset term SOFR rate plus 1.70%. There were no changes to the fees paid on the average daily unused revolving commitment as part of the amendment. The amended credit agreement matures on
MIDWESTONE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2022. The Company had no balance outstanding under this revolving credit facility as of both December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
Note 12. Long-Term Debt
Junior Subordinated Notes Issued to Capital Trusts
The table below summarizes the terms of each issuance of junior subordinated notes outstanding as of the dates indicated:
December 31, 2021 Face Value Book Value Interest Rate Interest Rate Maturity Date Callable Date
(in thousands)
ATBancorp Statutory Trust I $ 7,732 $ 6,888 Three-month LIBOR + 1.68%
1.88 % 06/15/2036 06/15/2011
ATBancorp Statutory Trust II 12,372 10,908 Three-month LIBOR + 1.65% 1.85 % 09/15/2037 06/15/2012
Barron Investment Capital Trust I 2,062 1,800 Three-month LIBOR + 2.15% 2.37 % 09/23/2036 09/23/2011
Central Bancshares Capital Trust II 7,217 6,880 Three-month LIBOR + 3.50% 3.70 % 03/15/2038 03/15/2013
MidWestOne Statutory Trust II 15,464 15,464 Three-month LIBOR + 1.59% 1.79 % 12/15/2037 12/15/2012
Total $ 44,847 $ 41,940
December 31, 2020
ATBancorp Statutory Trust I $ 7,732 $ 6,850 Three-month LIBOR + 1.68% 1.90 % 06/15/2036 06/15/2011
ATBancorp Statutory Trust II 12,372 10,850 Three-month LIBOR + 1.65% 1.87 % 09/15/2037 06/15/2012
Barron Investment Capital Trust I 2,062 1,767 Three-month LIBOR + 2.15% 2.39 % 09/23/2036 09/23/2011
Central Bancshares Capital Trust II 7,217 6,832 Three-month LIBOR + 3.50% 3.72 % 03/15/2038 03/15/2013
MidWestOne Statutory Trust II 15,464 15,464 Three-month LIBOR + 1.59% 1.81 % 12/15/2037 12/15/2012
Total $ 44,847 $ 41,763
The trust preferred securities are subject to mandatory redemption, in whole or in part, upon repayment of the junior subordinated notes at the stated maturity date or upon redemption of the junior subordinated notes. Each trust’s ability to pay amounts due on the trust preferred securities is solely dependent upon the Company making payment on the related junior subordinated notes. The Company’s obligation under the junior subordinated notes and other relevant trust agreements, in aggregate, constitutes a full and unconditional guarantee by the Company of each trust’s obligations under the trust preferred securities issued by each trust. The Company has the right to defer payment of interest on the junior subordinated notes and, therefore, distributions on the trust preferred securities, for up to five years, but not beyond the stated maturity date in the table above. During any such deferral period the Company may not pay cash dividends on its stock and generally may not repurchase its stock.
Subordinated Debentures
On May 1, 2019, with the acquisition of ATBancorp, the Company assumed $10.9 million of subordinated debentures (the “ATB Debentures”). The ATB Debentures had a stated maturity of May 31, 2023, and bore interest at a fixed annual rate of 6.50%, with interest payable semi-annually. The Company redeemed the debentures, in whole, on May 31, 2021. At the time of redemption, the Company was permitted to treat 20% of the ATB Debentures as Tier 2 capital under the applicable rules and regulations of the Federal Reserve. The amount of ATB Debentures qualifying as Tier 2 regulatory capital would have been phased-out completely starting in the second quarter of 2022.
On July 28, 2020, the Company completed the private placement offering of $65.0 million of its subordinated notes, of which $63.75 million have been exchanged for subordinated notes registered under the Securities Act of 1933. The 5.75% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes are due July 30, 2030. At December 31, 2021, 100% of the subordinated notes qualified as Tier 2 capital. Per applicable Federal Reserve rules and regulations, the amount of the subordinated notes qualifying as Tier 2 regulatory capital will be phased-out by 20% of the amount of the subordinated notes in each of the five years beginning on the fifth anniversary preceding the maturity date of the subordinated notes.
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Other Long-Term Debt
Long-term borrowings were as follows as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020
(in thousands) Weighted Average Rate Balance Weighted Average Rate Balance
Finance lease payable 8.89 % $ 951 8.89 % $ 1,096
FHLB borrowings 2.76 48,113 1.92 91,198
Total
2.88 % $ 49,064 2.00 % $ 92,294
The Company utilizes FHLB borrowings as a funding source to supplement customer deposits and to assist in managing interest rate risk. As a member of the FHLBDM, the Bank may borrow funds from the FHLB in amounts up to 45% of the Bank’s total assets, provided the Bank is able to pledge an adequate amount of qualified assets to secure the borrowings. Advances from the FHLB are collateralized primarily by one- to four-family residential, commercial and agricultural real estate first mortgages equal to various percentages of the total outstanding notes. See Note 4. Loans Receivable and the Allowance for Credit Losses of the notes to the consolidated financial statements. At December 31, 2021, FHLB long-term borrowings included advances from the FHLBC, which were collateralized by investment securities. See Note 3. Debt Securities of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.
As of December 31, 2021, FHLB borrowings were as follows:
(in thousands) Weighted Average Rate Amount
Due in 2022 2.68 % $ 31,000
Due in 2023 2.79 % 11,000
Due in 2024 3.15 % 6,000
Total 48,000
Valuation adjustment from acquisition accounting 113
Total $ 48,113
Note 13. Income Taxes
Income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 are summarized as follows:
December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Current:
Federal tax expense $ 12,675 $ 7,376 $ 1,217
State tax expense 5,549 4,548 2,353
Deferred:
Deferred income tax expense 1,768 (5,225) 3,003
Total income tax provision $ 19,992 $ 6,699 $ 6,573
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Income tax expense (benefit) based on statutory rate for the year ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 varied from the amount computed by applying the maximum effective federal income tax rate of 21%, to the income before income taxes, because of the following items:
Year ended December 31,
2021 2020 2019
(dollars in thousands) Amount % of Pretax Income Amount % of Pretax Income Amount % of Pretax Income
Income tax based on statutory rate $ 18,790 21.0 % $ 2,798 21.0 % $ 10,543 21.0 %
Tax-exempt interest (3,500) (3.9) (3,053) (22.9) (2,392) (4.8)
Bank-owned life insurance (451) (0.5) (467) (3.5) (394) (0.8)
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit 4,624 5.2 2,355 17.6 2,688 5.3
Goodwill impairment - - 6,615 49.6 - -
Non-deductible acquisition expenses 41 - - - 177 0.4
General business credits 22 - (1,751) (13.1) (4,090) (8.1)
Other 466 0.5 202 1.5 41 0.1
Total income tax expense $ 19,992 22.3 % $ 6,699 50.2 % $ 6,573 13.1 %
Net deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 consisted of the following components:
December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020
Deferred income tax assets:
Allowance for credit losses $ 13,732 $ 15,529
Deferred compensation 3,483 3,698
Net operating losses (state corporate tax differences) 5,624 5,134
Unrealized losses on investment securities 3,131 -
Accrued compensation 1,365 983
ROU liabilities 984 1,194
Other 2,003 2,656
Gross deferred tax assets 30,322 29,194
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Premises and equipment depreciation and amortization 4,356 4,573
Purchase accounting adjustments 2,880 3,613
Mortgage servicing rights 1,702 1,339
Unrealized gains on investment securities - 8,685
ROU assets 930 1,144
Other 937 861
Gross deferred tax liabilities 10,805 20,215
Net deferred income tax asset 19,517 8,979
Valuation allowance 5,624 5,134
Net deferred tax asset $ 13,893 $ 3,845
The Company has recorded a deferred tax asset for the future tax benefits of Iowa net operating loss carryforwards. The Iowa net operating loss carryforwards amounting to approximately $58.1 million will expire in various amounts from 2022 to 2042. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company believed it was more likely than not that all temporary differences associated with the Iowa corporate tax return would not be fully realized. Accordingly, the Company has recorded a valuation allowance to reduce the net operating loss carryforward and the temporary differences associated with the Iowa corporate income tax return. A valuation allowance related to the remaining deferred tax assets has not been provided because management believes it is more likely than not that the results of future operations will generate sufficient taxable income to realize the deferred tax assets.
The Company had no material unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
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Note 14. Employee Benefit Plans
The Company has a salary reduction profit-sharing 401(k) plan covering all employees fulfilling minimum age and service requirements. Employee contributions to the plan are optional. Employer contributions are discretionary and may be made to the plan in an amount equal to a percentage of each participating employee’s salary. The Company matches 100% of the first 3% of employee contributions, and 50% of the next 2% of employee contributions, up to a maximum amount of 4% of an employee’s compensation. Company matching contributions for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were $1.9 million, $1.9 million, and $1.6 million, respectively.
The Company has an ESOP covering all employees fulfilling minimum age and service requirements. Employer contributions are discretionary and may be made to the plan in an amount equal to a percentage of each participating employee’s salary. The ESOP contribution expense for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were $2.0 million, $1.2 million, and $1.5 million, respectively.
The Company provides Health Savings Account contributions to its employees enrolled in high deductible plans. Company contributions for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were $0.3 million each year.
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans: The Company has entered into nonqualified supplemental executive retirement plans (SERPs) with certain executive officers. The SERPs allow certain executives to accumulate retirement benefits beyond those provided by the qualified plans. Changes in the liability related to the SERPs, included in other liabilities, were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Balance, beginning $ 1,395 $ 1,632 $ 1,867
Company contributions and interest 79 104 117
Cash payments made (228) (341) (352)
Balance, ending $ 1,246 $ 1,395 $ 1,632
Salary Continuation Plans: The Company has salary continuation plans for several officers and directors. These plans provide payments of various amounts upon retirement or death. There are no employee compensation deferrals to these plans. The Company accrues the expense for these benefits by charges to operating expense during the period the respective officer or director attains full eligibility. Changes in the salary continuation agreements, included in other liabilities, were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Balance, beginning $ 4,771 $ 5,452 $ 1,104
Plans acquired in ATBancorp merger - - 11,058
Company paid interest 137 246 145
Cash payments made (619) (927) (6,855)
Balance, ending $ 4,289 $ 4,771 $ 5,452
Deferred Compensation Plans: The Company has entered into deferred compensation agreements with certain executive officers. Under the provisions of the agreements, the officers may defer compensation. Interest on the deferred amounts is earned at The Wall Street Journal’s prime rate plus one percent. The Company also maintains deferred compensation agreements with certain other officers and directors, under which deferrals are no longer permitted, and the interest rate is fixed at 4%. In 2019 the Company also acquired deferred compensations plans as a result of the merger with ATBancorp. Under the provisions of the agreements, interest on the deferred amounts is earned at an annual interest rate equal to either the Bank’s or Company’s return on equity and deferrals are no longer permitted. Upon retirement, participants will generally receive the deferral balance in equal monthly installments over periods no longer that 180 months.
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Changes in the deferred compensation agreements, included in other liabilities, were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Balance, beginning $ 6,159 $ 7,021 $ 855
Plans acquired in ATBancorp merger - - 5,958
Employee deferrals 223 200 157
Company paid interest 142 560 395
Cash payments made (644) (1,622) (344)
Balance, ending $ 5,880 $ 6,159 $ 7,021
Post-retirement Death Benefit Plan: The Company has an insurance benefit plan for several officers that provides a life insurance benefit of the participant’s last annual salary after retirement. Changes in the accrued balance, included in other liabilities, were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Balance, beginning $ 1,905 $ 1,670 $ 1,442
Company deferral expense 86 235 228
Balance, ending $ 1,991 $ 1,905 $ 1,670
To provide the retirement benefits for the aforementioned SERPs, salary continuation plans, deferred compensation plans, and post-retirement death benefit plan, the Company carries life insurance policies which had cash values totaling $81.2 million, $79.0 million and $74.9 million at December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Note 15. Stock Compensation Plans
The Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”) permits the Company to grant a total of 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock as stock options, stock appreciation rights or stock awards (including restricted stock and restricted stock units) and also to grant cash incentive awards to eligible individuals. As of December 31, 2021, 250,697 shares of the Company’s common stock remained available for future awards under the 2017 Plan.
During 2021, the Company recognized $2.2 million of stock based compensation expense related to restricted stock unit grants. In comparison, during 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized $1.4 million and $1.2 million, respectively, related to restricted stock unit grants.
Under the 2017 Plan, the Company may grant restricted stock unit awards that vest upon the completion of future service requirements or specified performance criteria. Generally, all restricted stock units vest upon death, disability, or in connection with a change in control. In addition, both TRSUs and PRSUs receive forfeitable dividend equivalents. To the extent there is a financial restatement, any performance-based or incentive-based compensation that has been paid is subject to clawback.
For TRSUs granted prior to 2020, the restricted stock units vest 25% per year over four years. Beginning with the TRSUs granted in 2020, each restricted stock unit award now vests 1/3rd per year over 3 years, with the first vesting date being the one-year anniversary of the grant date. Awards granted to directors vest 100% one year from the grant date.
The PRSUs cliff vest 3 years from the grant date based on certain performance conditions, which are weighted equally. The three-year performance measurement period commences at the beginning of the defined period. Upon retirement, PRSU awards remain eligible to vest at the conclusion of the performance period.
The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense for TRSUs over the vesting period, using the straight-line method, based upon the number of awards ultimately expected to vest. The fair value of the TRSUs is equal to the market price of the common stock at the grant date. Stock-based compensation expense for PRSUs is based upon the fair value of the underlying stock on the grant date, and is amortized over the vesting period using the straight-line method unless it is determined that: (1) attainment of the financial metrics is less than probable, in which case a portion of the amortization is suspended, or (2) attainment of the financial metrics is improbable, in which case a portion of the previously recognized amortization is reversed and also suspended.
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The following is a summary of non-vested restricted stock unit activity for the year ended December 31, 2021:
Weighted-Average
Shares Grant-Date Fair Value
Non-vested at December 31, 2020
124,270 $ 28.80
Granted 84,066 28.40
Vested (54,266) 26.51
Forfeited (9,544) 29.92
Reinvested 3,556 28.62
Non-vested at December 31, 2021
148,082 $ 29.33
The fair value of restricted stock unit awards that vested during 2021 was $1.6 million, compared to $1.1 million and $1.0 million during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, the total compensation costs related to non-vested restricted stock units that have not yet been recognized totaled $2.8 million, and the weighted average period over which these costs are expected to be recognized is approximately 1.9 years
Note 16. Earnings per Share
Basic per-share amounts are computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted per-share amounts assume issuance of all common stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of other securities, unless the effect is to reduce the loss or increase the income per common share from continuing operations.
The following table presents the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for the periods indicated:
Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
2021 2020 2019
Basic Earnings Per Share:
Net income $ 69,486 $ 6,623 $ 43,630
Weighted average shares outstanding 15,876,727 16,102,226 14,869,952
Basic earnings per common share $ 4.38 $ 0.41 $ 2.93
Diluted Earnings Per Share:
Net income $ 69,486 $ 6,623 $ 43,630
Weighted average shares outstanding, included all dilutive potential shares 15,905,035 16,110,296 14,884,933
Diluted earnings per common share $ 4.37 $ 0.41 $ 2.93
Note 17. Regulatory Capital Requirements and Restrictions on Subsidiary Cash
Regulatory Capital and Reserve Requirement: The Company (on a consolidated basis) and the Bank are 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 consolidated financial statements. The capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings and other factors.
The ability of the Company to pay dividends to its shareholders is dependent upon dividends paid by the Bank to the Company. The Bank is subject to certain statutory and regulatory restrictions on the amount of dividends it may pay. In addition, as previously disclosed, subsequent to December 31, 2008, the Bank’s board of directors adopted a capital policy requiring it to maintain a ratio of Tier 1 capital to total assets of at least 8% and a ratio of total capital to risk-based capital of at least 10%. Failure to maintain these ratios also could limit the ability of the Bank to pay dividends to the Company.
Effective March 31, 2020, we elected the 5-year phase-in option allowed under the interim final rule (IFR) recently issued by the federal banking regulatory agencies that delays the estimated impact on regulatory capital stemming from the implementation of CECL. The IFR allows the add back of 100% of the capital effect from the day one CECL transition adjustment and 25% of the capital effect from subsequent increases in the allowance for credit losses through the two year
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period ending December 31, 2021. This cumulative amount will then be reduced from capital over the subsequent three-year period.
As of December 31, 2021, the most recent notification from the FDIC categorized the Bank as “well capitalized” under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action then in effect. There are no conditions or events since this date that management believes have changed the Bank’s category. In order to be a “well-capitalized” depository institution, a bank must maintain a Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 6.5% or more; a Tier 1 capital ratio of 8% or more; a total capital ratio of 10% or more; and a leverage ratio of 5% or more. A capital conservation buffer of 2.5%, comprised of Common Equity Tier 1 capital, is also established above the regulatory minimum capital requirements.
As of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Bank was not required to maintain reserve balances in cash on hand or on deposit with Federal Reserve Banks, and therefore the total amount held in reserve for each of these as of periods was zero dollars.
A comparison of the Company’s and the Bank’s capital with the corresponding minimum regulatory requirements in effect as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, is presented below:
Actual For Capital Adequacy Purposes With Capital Conservation Buffer(1) To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions
(dollars in thousands) Amount Ratio Amount Ratio(1)
Amount Ratio
At December 31, 2021:
Consolidated:
Total capital/risk weighted assets $ 615,060 13.09 % $ 493,283 10.50 % N/A N/A
Tier 1 capital/risk weighted assets 508,687 10.83 399,324 8.50 N/A N/A
Common equity tier 1 capital/risk weighted assets 466,747 9.94 328,855 7.00 N/A N/A
Tier 1 leverage capital/average assets 508,687 8.67 234,745 4.00 N/A N/A
MidWestOne Bank:
Total capital/risk weighted assets $ 584,348 12.46 % $ 492,436 10.50 % $ 468,987 10.00 %
Tier 1 capital/risk weighted assets 542,975 11.58 398,639 8.50 375,189 8.00
Common equity tier 1 capital/risk weighted assets 542,975 11.58 328,291 7.00 304,841 6.50
Tier 1 leverage capital/average assets 542,975 9.25 234,686 4.00 293,358 5.00
At December 31, 2020:
Consolidated:
Total capital/risk weighted assets $ 572,437 13.41 % $ 448,068 10.50 % N/A N/A
Tier 1 capital/risk weighted assets 456,526 10.70 362,722 8.50 N/A N/A
Common equity tier 1 capital/risk weighted assets 414,763 9.72 298,712 7.00 N/A N/A
Tier 1 leverage capital/average assets 456,526 8.50 214,795 4.00 N/A N/A
MidWestOne Bank:
Total capital/risk weighted assets $ 547,558 12.89 % $ 446,113 10.50 % $ 424,870 10.00 %
Tier 1 capital/risk weighted assets 500,981 11.79 361,139 8.50 339,896 8.00
Common equity tier 1 capital/risk weighted assets 500,981 11.79 297,409 7.00 276,165 6.50
Tier 1 leverage capital/average assets 500,981 9.35 214,251 4.00 271,992 5.00
(1) Includes the capital conservation buffer of 2.50%.
Subordinated Notes: The Company completed a private placement of $65.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes on July 28, 2020. The subordinated notes are intended to qualify as Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes.
ATBancorp Subordinated Debenture Redemption: On May 31, 2021, the Company redeemed, in whole, $10.8 million of ATB Debentures. The amount of ATB Debentures qualifying as Tier 2 regulatory capital would have been phased-out completely starting in the second quarter of 2022. See Note 12. Long-Term Debt of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.
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Note 18. Commitments and Contingencies
Credit-related financial instruments: The Bank is a party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit, commitments to sell loans, and standby letters of credit. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the balance sheets.
The Bank uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments. The following table summarizes the Bank’s commitments as of the dates indicated:
December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020
Commitments to extend credit $ 1,014,397 $ 897,274
Commitments to sell loans 12,917 59,956
Standby letters of credit 16,342 34,212
Total $ 1,043,656 $ 991,442
The Bank’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the counterparty to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The Bank evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Bank upon extension of credit, is based on management’s credit evaluation of the party. Collateral held varies, but may include accounts receivable, crops, livestock, inventory, property and equipment, residential real estate and income-producing commercial properties.
Commitments to sell loans are agreements to sell loans held for sale to third parties at an agreed upon price.
Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Those guarantees are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements and, generally, have terms of one year or less. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers. The Bank holds collateral, which may include accounts receivable, inventory, property, equipment and income-producing properties, that support those commitments, if deemed necessary. In the event the customer does not perform in accordance with the terms of the agreement with the third party, the Bank would be required to fund the commitment. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Bank could be required to make is represented by the contractual amount shown in the summary above. If the commitment is funded, the Bank would be entitled to seek recovery from the customer.
Liability for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Losses: The Company records a liability for off-balance sheet credit losses through a charge to credit loss expense (or a reversal of credit loss expense) on the Company's consolidated statements of income and other liabilities on the Company's consolidated balance sheets. At December 31, 2021, the liability for off-balance-sheet credit losses totaled $4.0 million, whereas the total amount of the liability as of December 31, 2020 was $4.1 million. The total amount recorded in credit loss (benefit) expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 was a benefit of $0.1 million, while credit loss expense of $0.7 million was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Litigation: In the normal course of business, the Company and its subsidiaries have been named, from time to time, as defendants in various legal actions. Certain of the actual or threatened legal actions may include claims for substantial compensatory and/or punitive damages or claims for indeterminate amounts of damages. Management, after consulting with legal counsel, is of the opinion that the ultimate liability, if any, resulting from these pending or threatened actions and proceedings will not have a material effect on the financial statements of the Company.
Concentrations of credit risk: Substantially all of the Bank’s loans, commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit have been granted to customers in the Bank’s market areas. Although the loan portfolio of the Bank is diversified, approximately 62% of the loans are real estate loans and approximately 8% are agriculturally related. The concentrations of credit by type of loan are set forth in Note 4. Loans Receivable and the Allowance for Credit Losses. Commitments to extend credit are primarily related to commercial loans and home equity loans. Standby letters of credit were granted primarily to commercial borrowers. Investments in securities issued by state and political subdivisions involve certain governmental entities
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within Iowa and Minnesota. The carrying value of investment securities of Iowa and Minnesota political subdivisions totaled 17% and 12%, respectively, as of December 31, 2021.
Note 19. Related Party Transactions
Certain directors of the Company and certain principal officers are customers of, and have banking transactions with, the Bank in the ordinary course of business. Such indebtedness has been incurred on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with unrelated persons.
The following is an analysis of the changes in the loans to related parties during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:
Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020
Balance, beginning $ 16,816 $ 19,249
Advances 2,979 6,823
Change due to collections or loans sold (5,211) (9,256)
Balance, ending $ 14,584 $ 16,816
Available credit $ 8,488 $ 8,355
None of these loans are past due, nonaccrual or restructured to provide a reduction or deferral of interest or principal because of deterioration in the financial position of the borrower. Deposits from these related parties totaled $10.2 million and $8.8 million as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Deposits from related parties are accepted subject to the same interest rates and terms as those from non-related parties.
Note 20. Estimated Fair Value of Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair values:
•Level 1 - Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.
•Level 2 - Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
•Level 3 - Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.
The Company uses fair value to measure certain assets and liabilities on a recurring basis, primarily available for sale debt securities, derivatives and mortgage servicing rights. For assets measured at the lower of cost or fair value, the fair value measurement criteria may or may not be met during a reporting period, and such measurements are therefore considered "nonrecurring" for purposes of disclosing the Company's fair value measurements. Fair value is used on a nonrecurring basis to adjust carrying values for collateral dependent individually analyzed loans and foreclosed assets.
Recurring Basis
The Company used the following methods and significant assumptions to estimate the fair value of each type of financial instrument:
Investment Securities - The fair value for investment securities are determined by quoted market prices, if available (Level 1). The Company utilizes an independent pricing service to obtain the fair value of debt securities. Debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury and other U.S. Government agencies and corporations, mortgage-backed securities, and collateralized mortgage obligations are priced utilizing industry-standard models that consider various assumptions, including time value, yield curves, volatility factors, prepayment speeds, default rates, loss severity, current market and contractual prices for the underlying
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financial instruments, as well as other relevant economic measures. Substantially all of these assumptions are observable in the marketplace, can be derived from observable data, or are supported by observable levels at which transactions are executed in the marketplace (Level 2). Municipal securities are valued using a type of matrix, or grid, pricing in which securities are benchmarked against the treasury rate based on credit rating (Level 2).
Derivatives - Interest rate swaps are valued by using cash flow valuation techniques with observable market data inputs (Level 2). The Company has entered into collateral agreements with its swap dealers which entitle it to receive collateral to cover market values on derivatives which are in asset position, thus a credit risk adjustment on interest rate swaps is not warranted. RPAs are entered into by the Company with institutional counterparties, under which the Company assumes its pro-rata share of the credit exposure associated with a borrower’s performance related to interest rate derivative contracts. The fair value of RPAs is calculated by determining the total expected asset or liability exposure using observable inputs, such as yield curves and volatilities, of the derivatives to the borrowers and applying the borrowers’ credit spread to that exposure (Level 2). The fair values of the interest rate lock commitments and interest rate forward loan sales contracts are estimated using quoted or published market prices for similar instruments, adjusted for factors such as pull-through rate assumptions based on historical information, where appropriate. The pull-through rate assumptions are considered Level 3 valuation inputs and are significant to the interest rate lock commitments valuation; as such, the interest rate lock commitments are classified as Level 3.
Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSR) - MSRs are recorded at fair value based on assumptions through a third-party valuation service. The valuation model incorporates assumptions that are observable in the marketplace and that market participants would use in estimating future net servicing income, such as servicing cost per loan, the discount rate, the escrow float rate, an inflation rate, ancillary income, prepayment speeds and default rates and losses (Level 2).
The following table summarizes assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 by level within the fair value hierarchy:
Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2021 Using
(in thousands) Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Assets:
Available for sale debt securities:
U.S. Government agencies and corporations $ 266 $ - $ 266 $ -
State and political subdivisions 765,742 - 765,742 -
Mortgage-backed securities 100,626 - 100,626 -
Collateralized mortgage obligations 768,899 - 768,899 -
Corporate debt securities 652,577 - 652,577 -
Derivative assets 6,106 - 5,776 330
Mortgage servicing rights 6,532 - 6,532 -
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities $ 6,741 $ - $ 6,741 $ -
Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2020 Using
(in thousands) Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Assets:
Available for sale debt securities:
U.S. Government agencies and corporations $ 361 $ - $ 361 $ -
State and political subdivisions 628,346 - 628,346 -
Mortgage-backed securities 94,018 - 94,018 -
Collateralized mortgage obligations 565,836 - 565,836 -
Corporate debt securities 368,820 - 368,820 -
Derivative assets 10,796 - 10,796 -
Mortgage servicing rights 5,137 - 5,137 -
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities $ 13,267 $ - $ 13,267 $ -
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There were no transfers of assets between Level 3 and other levels of the fair value hierarchy during the years ended December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020.
Changes in the fair value of available for sale debt securities are included in other comprehensive income.
The following table presents the valuation technique, significant unobservable inputs, and quantitative information about the unobservable inputs used for fair value measurements of the financial instruments held by the Company and categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of the dates indicated:
Fair Value at
(dollars in thousands) December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020 Valuation Techniques(s) Unobservable Input Range of Inputs Weighted Average
Interest rate lock commitments $ 330 $ - Quoted or published market prices of similar instruments, adjusted for factors such as pull-through rate assumptions Pull-through rate 88 % - 100 % 88 %
Nonrecurring Basis
The Company used the following methods and significant assumptions to estimate the fair value of each type of financial instrument:
Collateral Dependent Individually Analyzed Loans - Collateral dependent individually analyzed loans are valued based on the fair value of the collateral less estimated costs to sell. These estimates are based on the most recently available appraisals by qualified licensed appraisers with certain adjustment made based on the type of property, age of appraisal, current status of the property, and other related factors to estimate the current value of the collateral (Level 3).
Foreclosed Assets, Net - Foreclosed assets are measured at fair value less costs to sell. These estimates are based on the most recently available appraisals by qualified licensed appraisers with certain adjustment made based on the type of property, age of appraisal, current status of the property, and other related factors to estimate the current value of the collateral (Level 3).
The following table presents assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of the dates indicated:
Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2021 Using
(in thousands) Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Collateral dependent individually analyzed loans $ 15,772 $ - $ - $ 15,772
Foreclosed assets, net
357 - - 357
Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2020 Using
(in thousands) Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Collateral dependent individually analyzed loans $ 34,265 $ - $ - $ 34,265
Foreclosed assets, net
2,316 - - 2,316
The following presents the valuation technique(s), unobservable inputs, and quantitative information about the unobservable inputs used for fair value measurements of the financial instruments held by the Company and categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of the date indicated:
Fair Value at
(dollars in thousands) December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020 Valuation Techniques(s) Unobservable Input Range of Inputs Weighted Average
Collateral dependent individually analyzed loans $ 15,772 $ 34,265 Fair value of collateral Valuation adjustments 7 % 55 % 30 %
Foreclosed assets, net 357 2,316 Fair value of collateral Valuation adjustments 8 % 63 % 22 %
Changes in assumptions or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on these estimated fair values.
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Other Fair Value Methods
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Interest Receivable, Short-term Borrowings, and Finance Lease Payable - The carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximate their fair values.
Loans Held for Sale - Loans held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or fair value, with fair value being based on binding contracts from third party investors (Level 2). The portfolio has historically consisted primarily of residential real estate loans.
Loans Held for Investment, Net - The estimated fair value of loans, net, was performed using the income approach, with the market approach used for certain nonperforming loans, resulting in a Level 3 fair value classification.
FHLB stock - Investments in FHLB stock are recorded at cost and measured for impairment quarterly. Ownership of FHLB stock is restricted to member banks and the securities do not have a readily determinable market value. Purchases and sales of these securities are at par value with the issuer. The fair value of investments in FHLB stock is equal to the carrying amount.
Deposits - Deposits are carried at historical cost. The fair values of deposits with no stated maturity (defined as noninterest-bearing demand, interest checking, money market, and savings accounts) are equal to the amount payable on demand as of the balance sheet date and considered Level 1. The fair value of time deposits is based on the discounted value of contractual cash flows and considered Level 2. The discount rate is estimated using the rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities.
FHLB Borrowings - Borrowings are carried at amortized cost. The fair value of FHLB borrowings is calculated by discounting scheduled cash flows through the maturity dates or call dates, if applicable, using estimated market discount rates that reflect current rates offered for borrowings with similar remaining maturities and characteristics and are considered Level 2.
Junior Subordinated Notes Issued to Capital Trusts - Junior subordinated notes issued to capital trusts are carried at amortized cost. The fair value of these junior subordinated notes with variable rates is determined using a market discount rate on the expected cash flows and are considered Level 2.
Subordinated Debentures - Subordinated debentures are carried at amortized cost. The fair value of subordinated debentures is based on discounted cash flows on current borrowing rates being offered for similar subordinated debenture deals and considered Level 2.
The carrying amount and estimated fair value of financial instruments at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows:
December 31, 2021
(in thousands) Carrying
Amount Estimated
Fair Value Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 203,830 $ 203,830 $ 203,830 $ - $ -
Debt securities available for sale
2,288,110 2,288,110 - 2,288,110 -
Loans held for sale
12,917 12,970 - 12,970 -
Loans held for investment, net
3,196,312 3,207,314 - - 3,207,314
Interest receivable
20,117 20,117 - 20,117 -
FHLB stock 10,157 10,157 - 10,157 -
Derivative assets
6,106 6,106 - 5,776 330
Financial liabilities:
Noninterest bearing deposits 1,005,369 1,005,369 1,005,369 - -
Interest bearing deposits 4,109,150 4,105,858 3,186,901 918,957 -
Short-term borrowings
181,368 181,368 181,368 - -
Finance leases payable
951 951 - 951 -
FHLB borrowings 48,113 48,947 - 48,947 -
Junior subordinated notes issued to capital trusts
41,940 35,545 - 35,545 -
Subordinated debentures
63,875 68,207 - 68,207 -
Derivative liabilities
6,741 6,741 - 6,741 -
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December 31, 2020
(in thousands) Carrying
Amount Estimated
Fair Value Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 82,659 $ 82,659 $ 82,659 $ - $ -
Debt securities available for sale
1,657,381 1,657,381 - 1,657,381 -
Loans held for sale
59,956 60,039 - 60,039 -
Loans held for investment, net
3,426,723 3,469,515 - - 3,469,515
Interest receivable
21,706 21,706 - 21,706 -
FHLB stock 13,784 13,784 - 13,784 -
Derivative assets
10,796 10,796 - 10,796 -
Financial liabilities:
Noninterest bearing deposits 910,655 910,655 910,655 - -
Interest bearing deposits 3,636,394 3,640,365 2,800,046 840,319
Short-term borrowings
230,789 230,789 230,789 - -
Finance leases payable
1,096 1,096 - 1,096 -
FHLB borrowings 91,198 93,380 - 93,380
Junior subordinated notes issued to capital trusts
41,763 33,986 - 33,986
Subordinated debentures
74,634 77,228 - 77,228
Derivative liabilities
13,267 13,267 - 13,267 -
Note 21. Revenue Recognition
Substantially all of the Company’s revenue is generated from contracts with customers. Topic 606 does not apply to revenue associated with financial instruments, including revenue from loans and securities. In addition, certain noninterest income streams such as fees associated with mortgage servicing rights, financial guarantees, derivatives, and certain credit card fees are also not in the scope of Topic 606. Noninterest revenue streams in-scope of Topic 606 are discussed below.
Trust and Asset Management
Trust and asset management income is primarily comprised of fees earned from the management and administration of trusts and other customer assets. The Company’s performance obligation is generally satisfied over time, and the resulting fees are recognized monthly, based upon the month-end market value of the assets under management and the applicable fee rate. Payment is generally received a few days after month end through a direct charge to customers’ accounts. The Company does not earn performance-based incentives. Optional services such as real estate sales and tax return preparation services are also available to existing trust and asset management customers. The Company’s performance obligation for these transactional-based services is generally satisfied, and related revenue recognized, at a point in time (i.e., as incurred). Payment is received shortly after services are rendered.
Service Charges on Deposit Accounts
Service charges on deposit accounts consist of account analysis fees (i.e., net fees earned on analyzed business and public checking accounts), monthly service fees, check orders, and other deposit account related fees. The Company’s performance obligation for account analysis fees and monthly service fees is generally satisfied, and the related revenue recognized, over the period in which the service is provided. Check orders and other deposit account related fees are largely transactional based, and therefore, the Company’s performance obligation is satisfied, and related revenue recognized, at a point in time. Payment for service charges on deposit accounts is primarily received immediately or in the following month through a direct charge to customers’ accounts.
Fees, Exchange, and Other Service Charges
Fees, exchange, and other service charges are primarily comprised of debit and credit card income, ATM fees, merchant services income, and other service charges. Debit and credit card income is primarily comprised of interchange fees earned whenever the Company’s debit and credit cards are processed through card payment networks such as Visa. ATM fees are primarily generated when a Company cardholder uses a non-Company ATM or a non-Company cardholder uses a Company ATM. Merchant services income mainly represents fees charged to merchants to process their debit and credit card transactions, in addition to account management fees. Other service charges include revenue from processing wire transfers, bill pay service, cashier’s checks, and other services. The Company’s performance obligation for fees, exchange, and other service charges are
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
largely satisfied, and related revenue recognized, when the services are rendered or upon completion. Payment is typically received immediately or in the following month.
Gains/Losses on Sales of Foreclosed Assets
Gain or loss from the sale of foreclosed assets occurs when control of the property transfers to the buyer, which generally occurs at the time of an executed deed. When the Company finances the sale of foreclosed assets to the buyer, the Company assesses whether the buyer is committed to perform their obligations under the contract and whether collectability of the transaction price is probable. Once these criteria are met, the foreclosed assets are derecognized and the gain or loss on sale is recorded upon the transfer of control of the property to the buyer. In determining the gain or loss on the sale, the Company adjusts the transaction price and related gain (loss) on sale if a significant financing component is present. Foreclosed asset sales for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were not financed by the Bank.
Other
Other noninterest income consists of other recurring revenue streams such as safe deposit box rental fees, and other miscellaneous revenue streams. Safe deposit box rental fees are charged to the customer on an annual basis and recognized upon receipt of payment. The Company determined that since rentals and renewals occur fairly consistently over time, revenue is recognized on a basis consistent with the duration of the performance obligation.
Contract Balances
A contract asset balance occurs when an entity performs a service for a customer before the customer pays consideration (resulting in a contract receivable) or before payment is due (resulting in a contract asset). A contract liability balance is an entity’s obligation to transfer a service to a customer for which the entity has already received payment (or payment is due) from the customer. The Company’s noninterest revenue streams are largely based on transactional activity, or standard month-end revenue accruals such as asset management fees based on month-end market values. Consideration is often received immediately or shortly after the Company satisfies its performance obligation and revenue is recognized. The Company does not typically enter into long-term revenue contracts with customers, and therefore, does not experience significant contract balances. As of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company did not have any significant contract balances.
Contract Acquisition Costs
In connection with the adoption of Topic 606, an entity is required to capitalize, and subsequently amortize into expense, certain incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer if these costs are expected to be recovered. The incremental costs of obtaining a contract are those costs that an entity incurs to obtain a contract with a customer that it would not have incurred if the contract had not been obtained (for example, sales commission). The Company utilizes the practical expedient which allows entities to immediately expense contract acquisition costs when the asset that would have resulted from capitalizing these costs would have been amortized in one year or less. Upon adoption of Topic 606, the Company did not capitalize any contract acquisition cost.
Note 22. Leases
A lease is defined as a contract, or part of a contract, that conveys the right to control the use of identified property, plant or equipment for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Substantially all of the leases in which the Company is the lessee are comprised of real estate property for banking offices and office space with terms extending through 2025. We do not have any material subleased properties. Substantially all of our leases are classified as operating leases, with the Company only holding one existing finance lease for a banking office location with a lease term through 2025. The Company made a policy election to exclude the recognition requirements of Topic 842 to all classes of leases with original terms of 12 months or less. Instead, the short-term lease payments are recognized in income or expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. If at lease inception, the Company considers the exercising of a renewal option to be reasonably certain, the Company will include the extended term in the calculation of the ROU asset and lease liability.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:
(dollars in thousands) Classification December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020
Operating lease right-of-use assets Other assets
$ 2,840 $ 3,613
Finance lease right-of-use asset Premises and equipment, net
446 542
Total right-of-use assets $ 3,286 $ 4,155
Operating lease liability Other liabilities
$ 3,778 $ 4,583
Finance lease liability Long-term debt
951 1,096
Total lease liabilities $ 4,729 $ 5,679
Weighted-average remaining lease term
Operating leases
9.13 years 8.82 years
Finance lease
4.67 years 5.67 years
Weighted-average discount rate
Operating leases
4.13 % 3.92 %
Finance lease
8.89 % 8.89 %
The following table represents lease costs and other lease information. As the Company elected, for all classes of underlying assets, not to separate lease and non-lease components and instead to account for them as a single lease component, the variable lease cost primarily represents variable payments such as common area maintenance and utilities.
Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Lease Costs
Operating lease cost
$ 1,194 $ 1,236 $ 1,068
Variable lease cost
107 241 148
Interest on lease liabilities (1)
90 102 113
Amortization of right-of-use assets
95 96 96
Net lease cost
$ 1,486 $ 1,675 $ 1,425
Other Information
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases
$ 1,177 $ 1,146 $ 989
Operating cash flows from finance lease
90 102 113
Finance cash flows from finance lease
145 128 113
Supplemental non-cash information on lease liabilities:
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities 232 132 6,250
(1) Included in long-term debt interest expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. All other lease costs in this table are included in occupancy expense of premises, net.
Future minimum payments for finance leases and operating leases with initial or remaining terms of one year or more as of December 31, 2021 were as follows:
(in thousands) Finance Leases Operating Leases
Twelve Months Ended:
December 31, 2022 $ 240 $ 1,060
December 31, 2023 245 947
December 31, 2024 250 717
December 31, 2025 255 247
December 31, 2026 171 153
Thereafter - 1,820
Total undiscounted lease payment $ 1,161 $ 4,944
Amounts representing interest (210) (1,166)
Lease liability $ 951 $ 3,778
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 23. Operating Segments
The Company’s activities are considered to be one reportable segment for financial reporting purposes. The Company is engaged in the business of commercial and retail banking and trust and investment management services with operations throughout central and eastern Iowa, the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, Naples and Fort Myers Florida, and Denver, Colorado. Substantially all income is derived from a diverse base of commercial, mortgage and retail lending activities, and investments.
Note 24. Parent Company Only Financial Information
The following are condensed balance sheets of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (parent company only):
As of December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020
Balance Sheets
Assets
Cash $ 29,869 $ 25,078
Investment in subsidiaries 603,703 601,467
Income tax receivable - 499
Bank-owned life insurance - 5,252
Other assets 1,882 1,857
Total assets $ 635,454 $ 634,153
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Long-term debt $ 105,815 $ 116,397
Income taxes payable 67 -
Deferred income taxes 165 343
Other liabilities 1,932 2,163
Total liabilities 107,979 118,903
Shareholders’ equity
Capital stock, preferred - -
Capital stock, common 16,581 16,581
Additional paid-in capital 300,940 300,137
Retained earnings 243,365 188,191
Treasury stock (24,546) (14,251)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (8,865) 24,592
Total shareholders’ equity 527,475 515,250
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 635,454 $ 634,153
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following are condensed statements of income of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019 (parent company only):
Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Statements of Income
Dividends received from subsidiaries $ 40,750 $ 3,500 $ 15,000
Interest income and dividends on investment securities 67 88 84
Investment securities gains (losses) 118 (136) 47
Interest on debt (5,306) (4,471) (3,439)
Bank-owned life insurance income 62 124 130
Income from MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc.
- - 943
Operating expenses (3,662) (2,723) (4,130)
Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in subsidiaries’ undistributed income 32,029 (3,618) 8,635
Income tax benefit (1,764) (1,495) (1,394)
Income (loss) before equity in subsidiaries’ undistributed income 33,793 (2,123) 10,029
Equity in subsidiaries’ undistributed income 35,693 8,746 33,601
Net income $ 69,486 $ 6,623 $ 43,630
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following are condensed statements of cash flows of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019 (parent company only):
Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2019
Statements of Cash Flows
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $ 69,486 $ 6,623 $ 43,630
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Undistributed income of subsidiaries, net of dividends and distributions (35,693) (8,746) (33,601)
Amortization 261 215 134
Decrease in deferred income taxes, net (355) (49) (43)
Share-based compensation 2,153 1,380 1,156
Gain on sale of assets of MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc.
- - (1,076)
Increase in cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance - (125) (128)
Change in:
Other assets 476 745 (403)
Other liabilities (55) 1,674 (4)
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 36,273 $ 1,717 $ 9,665
Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from sales of debt securities available for sale $ 70 $ - $ 43
Purchase of debt securities available for sale (3) (9) (9)
Proceeds from intercompany sale of bank-owned life insurance 5,252 - -
Proceeds from sale of assets of MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc.
- - 1,175
Cash and earnings transferred in dissolution of MidWestOne Insurance Services, Inc.
- - 631
Proceeds from sale of premises and equipment - 210 -
Net cash paid in business acquisition - - (18,624)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities $ 5,319 $ 201 $ (16,784)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of subordinated debt $ - $ 65,000 $ -
Payments of subordinated debt issuance costs (9) (1,303) -
Redemption of subordinated debentures (10,835) - -
Proceeds from other long-term debt - - 35,000
Payments of other long-term debt - (32,250) (10,250)
Taxes paid relating to the release/lapse of restriction on RSUs (121) (149) (103)
Dividends paid (14,282) (14,175) (11,476)
Payments of stock issuance costs - - (323)
Repurchase of common stock (11,554) (4,624) (4,679)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities $ (36,801) $ 12,499 $ 8,169
Net increase in cash $ 4,791 $ 14,417 $ 1,050
Cash Balance:
Beginning of period 25,078 10,661 9,611
Ending balance $ 29,869 $ 25,078 $ 10,661
Note 25. Subsequent Events
Management evaluated subsequent events through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued. Events or transactions occurring after December 31, 2021, but prior to the date the consolidated financial statements were issued, that provided additional evidence about conditions that existed at December 31, 2021 have been recognized in the consolidated financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2021. Events or transactions that provided evidence about conditions that did not exist at December 31, 2021, but arose before the consolidated financial statements were issued, have not been recognized in the consolidated financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2021.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
On January 1, 2022, the Company transferred, at fair value, $1.25 billion of mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and state and political subdivisions from the available for sale classification to the held to maturity classification. The net unrealized after tax loss of $11.5 million remained in accumulated other comprehensive loss and will be amortized over the remaining life of the securities. No gains or losses were recognized at the time of the transfer.
On January 25, 2022, the board of directors of the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.2375 per share payable on March 15, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 1, 2022.
Pursuant to the Company’s share repurchase program approved on June 22, 2021, the Company has purchased 7,500 shares of common stock subsequent to December 31, 2021 and through March 8, 2022 for a total cost of $0.2 million inclusive of transaction costs, leaving $5.5 million remaining available under the program.
Note 26. Quarterly Results of Operations (unaudited)
Three Months Ended
December 31 September 30 June 30 March 31
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Interest income $ 43,556 $ 45,219 $ 43,787 $ 44,204
Interest expense 4,737 4,879 5,282 5,587
Net interest income 38,819 40,340 38,505 38,617
Credit loss expense (benefit) 622 (1,080) (2,144) (4,734)
Noninterest income 11,229 9,182 10,218 11,824
Noninterest expense 30,444 29,778 28,670 27,700
Income before income taxes 18,982 20,824 22,197 27,475
Income tax expense 4,726 4,513 4,926 5,827
Net income $ 14,256 $ 16,311 $ 17,271 $ 21,648
Earnings per common share
Basic $ 0.91 $ 1.03 $ 1.08 $ 1.35
Diluted $ 0.91 $ 1.03 $ 1.08 $ 1.35
Interest income $ 45,470 $ 45,154 $ 46,758 $ 47,405
Interest expense 6,433 7,345 8,046 9,999
Net interest income 39,037 37,809 38,712 37,406
Credit loss (benefit) expense (3,041) 4,992 4,685 21,733
Noninterest income 10,626 9,570 8,269 10,155
Noninterest expense 31,915 59,939 28,038 30,001
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) 20,789 (17,552) 14,258 (4,173)
Income tax expense (benefit) 4,079 2,272 2,546 (2,198)
Net income (loss) $ 16,710 $ (19,824) $ 11,712 $ (1,975)
Earnings (loss) per common share
Basic $ 1.04 $ (1.23) $ 0.73 $ (0.12)
Diluted $ 1.04 $ (1.23) $ 0.73 $ (0.12)

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
None.

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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or Rule 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2021.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and Rule 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2021 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) to provide reasonable assurance to the Company’s management and board of directors regarding the preparation of reliable published financial statements. Internal control over financial reporting includes self-monitoring mechanisms and taking action to correct deficiencies as they are identified. Because of inherent limitations in any system of internal control, no matter how well designed, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected, including the possibility of the circumvention or overriding of controls. Accordingly, even effective internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation. Further, because of changes in conditions, internal control effectiveness may vary over time.
Management assessed the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021. This assessment was based on criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting described in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this assessment, the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer assert that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021 based on the specified criteria.
The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, has been audited by RSM US LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm who also has audited the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. RSM US LLP’s report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting appears on the following page.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Shareholders and the Board of Directors of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.
Opinion on the Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We have audited MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. and its subsidiary’s (the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and the consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements of the Company and our report dated March 10, 2022 expressed an unqualified opinion.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting in the accompanying Management’s Assessment of Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ RSM US LLP
Des Moines, Iowa
March 10, 2022

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.
On March 8, 2022, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Len D. Devaisher, the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Bank. The agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.18 to this Form 10-K.

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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.
The information required by this Item 10 will be included in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the headings “Proposal 1: Election of Directors,” “Information About Nominees, Continuing Directors and Named Executive Officers,” “Corporate Governance and Board Matters,” “Section 16(a) Reports,” and “Shareholder Communications with the Board and Nomination and Proposal Procedures” and is incorporated herein by reference. The Definitive Proxy Statement will be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days of the end of the Company’s 2021 fiscal year.

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
The information required by this Item 11 will be included in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the headings “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” “Compensation Committee Report,” “Executive Compensation” and “Director Compensation” and is incorporated herein by reference. The Definitive Proxy Statement will be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days of the end of the Company’s 2021 fiscal year.

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.
The information required by this Item 12 will be included in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the headings “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information” and is incorporated herein by reference. The Definitive Proxy Statement will be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days of the end of the Company’s 2021 fiscal year.

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.
The information required by this Item 13 will be included in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the headings “Corporate Governance and Board Matters” and “Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions” and is incorporated herein by reference. The Definitive Proxy Statement will be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days of the end of the Company’s 2021 fiscal year.

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES (PCAOB ID: 49).
The information required by this Item 14 will be included in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the caption “Proposal 3: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” and is incorporated herein by reference. The Definitive Proxy Statement will be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days of the end of the Company’s 2021 fiscal year.
PART IV

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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:
(1) Financial Statements: The following consolidated financial statements of the registrant and its subsidiaries are filed as part of this document under “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”
Consolidated Balance Sheets - December 31, 2021 and 2020
Consolidated Statements of Income - Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity - Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(2) Financial Statement Schedules:
All schedules are omitted as such information is inapplicable or is included in the financial statements.
(3) Exhibits:
The exhibits are filed as part of this report and exhibits incorporated herein by reference to other documents are as follows:
Exhibit
Number Description Incorporated by Reference to:
2.1
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
August 21, 2018, between MidWestOne Financial
filed with the SEC on August 22, 2018
Group, Inc. and ATBancorp+
2.2
First Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
dated April 30, 2019, between MidWestOne Financial
filed with the SEC on May 1, 2019
Group, Inc. and ATBancorp
2.3
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated November 1, 2021^ Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on November 1, 2021
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. filed with the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-147628)
Secretary of State of the State of Iowa on March 14, 2008 filed with the SEC on January 14, 2008
3.2
Articles of Amendment (First Amendment) to the Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of filed with the SEC on January 23, 2009
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Iowa on
January 23, 2009
3.3
Articles of Amendment (Second Amendment) to the Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of filed with the SEC on February 6, 2009
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Iowa on
February 4, 2009 (containing the Certificate of
Designations for the Company’s Fixed Rate
Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A)
3.4
Articles of Amendment (Third Amendment) to the Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of ended March 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on May 4, 2017
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc., filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of Iowa on April 21, 2017
3.5
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws, as Amended of Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. as of January 25, 2022
filed with the SEC on January 27, 2022
4.1 Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1 through 3.5 hereof N/A
4.2
Description of the Company’s Securities Registered Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of filed with the SEC on March 6, 2020
4.3
Indenture, dated July 28, 2020, by and between Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. and U.S. Bank
filed with the SEC on July 29, 2020
National Association, as trustee
Exhibit
Number Description Incorporated by Reference to:
4.4
Forms of 5.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Note Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
due 2030 (included as Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 to the filed with the SEC on July 29, 2020
Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.3 hereto)
10.1
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
Ownership Plan and Trust (Restated as of January 1, filed with the SEC on March 6, 2020
2013)*
10.2
ISB Financial Corp. (now known as MidWestOne
Appendix F of the Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus
Financial Group, Inc.) 2008 Equity Incentive Plan* constituting part of the Company’s Amendment No. 2 to
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-147628)
filed with the SEC on January 22, 2008
10.3
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. 2017 Equity
Appendix A of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on
Incentive Plan* Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 10, 2017
10.4
Form of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. 2017 Equity
Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement* filed with the SEC on March 11, 2021
10.5
Form of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. 2017 Equity
Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
Incentive Plan Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit filed with the SEC on March 11, 2021
Award Agreement*
10.6
Employment Agreement between MidWestOne Financial
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on
Group, Inc. and Charles N. Funk, dated October 18, 2017* Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2017
10.7
Supplemental Retirement Agreement between Iowa State Exhibit 10.13 of the Company’s Registration Statement on
Bank & Trust Company (now known as MidWestOne
Form S-4 (File No. 333-147628) filed with the SEC on
Bank) and Charles N. Funk, dated November 1, 2001* November 27, 2007
10.8
Employment Agreement between MidWestOne Financial
Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Current Report on
Group, Inc. and James M. Cantrell, dated October 18, Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2017
2017*
10.9
Credit Agreement by and between MidWestOne
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter
Financial Group, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association ended June 30, 2015 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2015
dated April 30, 2015
10.10
Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement by and Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
between MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. and U.S. Bank
filed with the SEC on March 6, 2020
National Association dated April 29, 2019
10.11
Seventh Amendment to the Credit Agreement by and Exhibit 10.11 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
between MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. and U.S. Bank
filed with the SEC on March 11, 2021
National Association dated December 11, 2020
10.12
Eighth Amendment to the Credit Agreement by and Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter
between MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. and U.S. Bank
ended September 30, 2021 filed with the SEC on
National Association dated October 22, 2021. November 4, 2021
10.13
Employment Agreement between MidWestOne Financial
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on
Group, Inc. and Barry S. Ray, effective June 4, 2018* Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 4, 2018
10.14
Employment Agreement between MidWestOne Financial
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on
Group, Inc. and Gary L. Sims, effective June 25, 2018* Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 11, 2018
Exhibit
Number Description Incorporated by Reference to:
10.15
Change in Control Agreement between MidWestOne
Exhibit 10.23 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
Financial Group, Inc. and David Lindstrom, effective filed with the SEC on March 8, 2019
February 21, 2018*
10.16
Change in Control Agreement between MidWestOne
Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
Financial Group, Inc. and Gregory W. Turner, effective filed with the SEC on March 6, 2020
October 13, 2017*
10.17
Amended and Restated MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.
Exhibit 10.16 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, effective filed with the SEC on March 11, 2021
December 15, 2020*
10.18
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Filed herewith
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. and Len D. Devaisher,
dated March 8, 2022*
21.1
Subsidiaries of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of RSM US LLP Filed herewith
31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Filed herewith
Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a)
31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Filed herewith
Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a)
32.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Filed herewith
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Filed herewith
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101 The following financial statements from the Company’s Filed herewith
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2021, formatted in Inline XBRL:
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Comprehensive Income, (iv) Consolidated Statements of
Shareholders’ Equity, (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash
Flows, and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,
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* Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
^ The schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K and will be provided to the SEC upon request.