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Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp - Quarter Report: 2021 September (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

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

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2021

OR

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

Commission File Number: 001-39325

ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia

54-1598552

(State or other jurisdiction of

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

Identification No.)

1051 East Cary Street

Suite 1200

Richmond, Virginia 23219

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(804) 633-5031

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class

    

Trading symbol(s)

    

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $1.33 per share

AUB

The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Depositary Shares, Each Representing a 1/400th Interest in a Share of 6.875% Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A

AUBAP

The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.              Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).            Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes No

The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of October 28, 2021 was 75,653,113.

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ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

INDEX

ITEM

    

    

PAGE

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2021 (unaudited) and December 31, 2020 (audited)

2

Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020

3

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020

4

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020

5

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020

7

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

9

Review Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

52

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

53

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

84

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

86

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

88

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

88

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

88

Item 6.

Exhibits

89

Signatures

90

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Glossary of Acronyms and Defined Terms

2020 Form 10-K

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020

Access

Access National Corporation and its subsidiaries

ACL

Allowance for credit losses

AFS

Available for sale

ALCO

Asset Liability Committee

ALLL

Allowance for loan and lease losses, a component of ACL

AOCI

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

ASC

Accounting Standards Codification

ASC 326

ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments and Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments

ASC 820

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures

ASU

Accounting Standards Update

ATM

Automated teller machine

AUB

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation

AUBAP

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation trading symbol

the Bank

Atlantic Union Bank (formerly, Union Bank & Trust)

BOLI

Bank-owned life insurance

bps

Basis points

CAA

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

CARES Act

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

CECL

Current expected credit losses

the Company

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation (formerly, Union Bankshares Corporation) and its subsidiaries

COVID-19

COVID-19 global pandemic

depositary shares

Depositary shares, each representing a 1/400th ownership interest in a share of the Company’s Series A preferred stock, with a liquidation preference of $10,000 per share of Series A preferred stock (equivalent to $25 per depositary share)

DHFB

Dixon, Hubard, Feinour & Brown, Inc.

EPS

Earnings per common share

Exchange Act

Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

FASB

Financial Accounting Standards Board

FCMs

Futures Commission Merchants

FDIC

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Reserve

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Bank or

FRB

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

FHLB

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

FHLMC

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

FNMA

Federal National Mortgage Association

FOMC

Federal Open Markets Committee

FTE

Fully taxable equivalent

GAAP or U.S. GAAP

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States

GNMA

Government National Mortgage Association

HTM

Held to maturity

ICE Data Services

Intercontinental Exchange Data Services

the Joint Guidance

The five federal bank regulatory agencies and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors guidance issued on March 22, 2020 (subsequently revised on April 7, 2020)

LHFI

Loans held for investment

LHFS

Loans held for sale

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

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NOW

Negotiable order of withdrawal

NPA

Nonperforming assets

OCI

Other comprehensive income

OREO

Other real estate owned

OTC

Over-the-counter

PCD

Purchased credit deteriorated

PD/LGD

Probability of default/loss given default

PPPLF

Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility

PPP

Paycheck Protection Program

Quarterly Report

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021

Repurchase Program

The share repurchase program, approved on May 4, 2021 by the Company’s Board of Directors, which authorizes the Company to purchase up to $125 million worth of the Company’s common stock

ROU Asset

Right of Use Asset

RUC

Reserve for unfunded commitments

RVI

Residual value insurance

SBA

Small Business Administration

SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission

Series A preferred stock

6.875% Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $10.00 per share

SSFA

Simplified supervisory formula approach

TDR

Troubled debt restructuring

Topic 606

ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Topic 606”

Topic 740

ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes: Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”

Topic 848

ASU 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform: Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting”

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands, except share data)

September 30,

December 31,

2021

    

2020

ASSETS

(unaudited)

(audited)

Cash and cash equivalents:

Cash and due from banks

$

255,648

$

172,307

Interest-bearing deposits in other banks

807,225

318,974

Federal funds sold

377

2,013

Total cash and cash equivalents

1,063,250

493,294

Securities available for sale, at fair value

3,195,176

2,540,419

Securities held to maturity, at carrying value

535,722

544,851

Restricted stock, at cost

76,825

94,782

Loans held for sale, at fair value

35,417

96,742

Loans held for investment, net of deferred fees and costs

13,139,586

14,021,314

Less allowance for loan and lease losses

101,798

160,540

Total loans held for investment, net

13,037,788

13,860,774

Premises and equipment, net

159,588

163,829

Goodwill

935,560

935,560

Amortizable intangibles, net

46,537

57,185

Bank owned life insurance

430,341

326,892

Other assets

419,453

514,121

Total assets

$

19,935,657

$

19,628,449

LIABILITIES

Noninterest-bearing demand deposits

$

5,328,838

$

4,368,703

Interest-bearing deposits

11,293,322

11,354,062

Total deposits

16,622,160

15,722,765

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

95,181

100,888

Other short-term borrowings

250,000

Long-term borrowings

290,584

489,829

Other liabilities

233,293

356,477

Total liabilities

17,241,218

16,919,959

Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Preferred stock, $10.00 par value

173

173

Common stock, $1.33 par value

100,062

104,169

Additional paid-in capital

1,804,617

1,917,081

Retained earnings

760,164

616,052

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

29,423

71,015

Total stockholders' equity

2,694,439

2,708,490

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

19,935,657

$

19,628,449

Common shares outstanding

75,645,031

78,729,212

Common shares authorized

200,000,000

200,000,000

Preferred shares outstanding

17,250

17,250

Preferred shares authorized

500,000

500,000

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

September 30,

September 30,

September 30,

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

Interest and dividend income:

Interest and fees on loans

$

124,999

$

138,402

$

383,575

$

432,763

Interest on deposits in other banks

291

137

454

1,154

Interest and dividends on securities:

Taxable

11,230

10,275

32,102

33,170

Nontaxable

9,859

8,600

28,773

24,520

Total interest and dividend income

146,379

157,414

444,904

491,607

Interest expense:

Interest on deposits

5,837

15,568

22,203

63,943

Interest on short-term borrowings

22

72

91

1,598

Interest on long-term borrowings

3,032

4,393

9,676

16,372

Total interest expense

8,891

20,033

31,970

81,913

Net interest income

137,488

137,381

412,934

409,694

Provision for credit losses

(18,850)

6,558

(59,888)

100,954

Net interest income after provision for credit losses

156,338

130,823

472,822

308,740

Noninterest income:

Service charges on deposit accounts

7,198

6,041

19,314

18,549

Other service charges, commissions and fees

1,534

1,621

4,970

4,600

Interchange fees

2,203

1,979

6,252

5,300

Fiduciary and asset management fees

7,029

6,045

20,323

17,543

Mortgage banking income

4,818

8,897

17,692

16,744

Gains on securities transactions

9

18

87

12,293

Bank owned life insurance income

2,727

3,421

8,202

7,498

Loan-related interest rate swap fees

1,102

3,170

4,176

12,602

Other operating income

3,318

3,215

8,372

4,116

Total noninterest income

29,938

34,407

89,388

99,245

Noninterest expenses:

Salaries and benefits

53,534

49,000

156,959

149,013

Occupancy expenses

7,251

7,441

21,705

21,798

Furniture and equipment expenses

4,040

3,895

11,919

11,042

Technology and data processing

7,534

6,564

21,657

19,187

Professional services

3,792

2,914

13,161

9,211

Marketing and advertising expense

2,548

2,631

7,330

7,413

FDIC assessment premiums and other insurance

2,172

1,811

6,798

7,578

Other taxes

4,432

4,124

13,303

12,364

Loan-related expenses

1,503

2,314

5,289

7,512

Amortization of intangible assets

3,381

4,053

10,679

12,676

Loss on debt extinguishment

14,695

10,306

Other expenses

5,156

8,475

15,756

23,581

Total noninterest expenses

95,343

93,222

299,251

291,681

Income from continuing operations before income taxes

90,933

72,008

262,959

116,304

Income tax expense

16,368

11,008

46,821

17,506

Net income

74,565

61,000

216,138

98,798

Dividends on preferred stock

2,967

2,691

8,901

2,691

Net income available to common shareholders

$

71,598

$

58,309

$

207,237

$

96,107

Basic earnings per common share

$

0.94

$

0.74

$

2.66

$

1.22

Diluted earnings per common share

$

0.94

$

0.74

$

2.66

$

1.22

Dividends declared per common share

$

0.28

$

0.25

$

0.81

$

0.75

Basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding

76,309,355

78,714,353

77,988,151

78,904,792

Diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding

76,322,736

78,725,346

78,007,543

78,921,108

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands)

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

    

2021

    

2020

 

2021

    

2020

Net income

$

74,565

$

61,000

$

216,138

$

98,798

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

  

 

Cash flow hedges:

 

 

 

  

 

Change in fair value of cash flow hedges

 

(545)

 

 

634

 

(699)

Reclassification adjustment for losses (gains) included in net income (net of tax, $0 and $0 for the three months and $12 and $394 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively) (1)

 

 

 

(47)

 

1,481

AFS securities:

 

 

 

 

Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during period (net of tax, $6,178 and $332 for the three months and $11,311 and $9,824 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively)

 

(23,242)

 

1,250

 

(42,549)

 

36,956

Reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income (net of tax, $2 and $4 for the three months and $18 and $2,582 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively) (2)

 

(7)

 

(14)

 

(69)

 

(9,711)

HTM securities:

 

 

 

 

Reclassification adjustment for accretion of unrealized gain on AFS securities transferred to HTM (net of tax, $1 and $1 for the three months and $4 and $4 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively) (3)

 

(5)

 

(5)

 

(15)

 

(15)

Bank owned life insurance:

 

 

 

Unrealized holding losses arising during the period

(1,289)

Reclassification adjustment for losses included in net income (4)

 

150

 

127

 

454

 

364

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(23,649)

 

1,358

 

(41,592)

 

27,087

Comprehensive income

$

50,916

$

62,358

$

174,546

$

125,885

(1) The gross amounts reclassified into earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 included a $1.8 million loss related to the termination of a cash flow hedge that is reported in “Other operating income” with the corresponding income tax effect being reflected as a component of income tax expense. The remaining gross amounts are reported in the interest income and interest expense sections of the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income with the corresponding income tax effect being reflected as a component of income tax expense.

(2) The gross amounts reclassified into earnings are reported as "Gains on securities transactions" on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income with the corresponding income tax effect being reflected as a component of income tax expense.

(3) The gross amounts reclassified into earnings are reported within interest income on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income with the corresponding income tax effect being reflected as a component of income tax expense.

(4) Reclassifications in earnings are reported in "Salaries and benefits" expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

  

  

  

  

  

Accumulated

  

Additional

Other

Common

Preferred

Paid-In

Retained

Comprehensive

Stock

Stock

Capital

Earnings

Income

Total

Balance - December 31, 2020

$

104,169

$

173

$

1,917,081

$

616,052

$

71,015

$

2,708,490

Net Income

 

56,189

 

56,189

Other comprehensive loss (net of taxes of $8,835)

 

(34,514)

 

(34,514)

Dividends on common stock ($0.25 per share)

 

(19,700)

 

(19,700)

Dividends on preferred stock ($171.88 per share)

 

(2,967)

 

(2,967)

Issuance of common stock under Equity Compensation Plans, for services rendered, and vesting of restricted stock, net of shares held for taxes (243,884 shares)

 

324

(289)

35

Stock-based compensation expense

 

2,199

 

2,199

Balance - March 31, 2021

$

104,493

$

173

$

1,918,991

$

649,574

$

36,501

$

2,709,732

Net Income

 

85,384

 

85,384

Other comprehensive gain (net of taxes of $3,672)

 

16,571

 

16,571

Dividends on common stock ($0.28 per share)

 

(22,125)

 

(22,125)

Dividends on preferred stock ($171.88 per share)

 

(2,967)

 

(2,967)

Stock purchased under stock repurchase plan (1,090,169 shares)

(1,450)

(40,913)

(42,363)

Issuance of common stock under Equity Compensation Plans, for services rendered, and vesting of restricted stock, net of shares held for taxes (35,693 shares)

48

663

711

Stock-based compensation expense

2,654

2,654

Balance- June 30, 2021

$

103,091

$

173

$

1,881,395

$

709,866

$

53,072

$

2,747,597

Net Income

 

74,565

 

74,565

Other comprehensive loss (net of taxes of $6,181)

 

(23,649)

 

(23,649)

Dividends on common stock ($0.28 per share)

 

(21,300)

 

(21,300)

Dividends on preferred stock ($171.88 per share)

 

(2,967)

 

(2,967)

Stock purchased under stock repurchase plan (2,288,961 shares)

(3,045)

(79,592)

(82,637)

Issuance of common stock under Equity Compensation Plans, for services rendered, and vesting of restricted stock, net of shares held for taxes (11,953 shares)

16

175

191

Stock-based compensation expense

2,639

2,639

Balance- September 30, 2021

$

100,062

$

173

$

1,804,617

$

760,164

$

29,423

$

2,694,439

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

    

    

    

    

    

Accumulated

    

Additional

Other

Common

Preferred

Paid-In

Retained

Comprehensive

Stock

Stock

Capital

Earnings

Income

Total

Balance - December 31, 2019

$

105,827

$

$

1,790,305

$

581,395

$

35,575

$

2,513,102

Net Income

 

 

  

 

7,089

 

  

 

7,089

Other comprehensive income (net of taxes of $3,890)

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

12,754

 

12,754

Dividends on common stock ($0.25 per share)

 

  

 

  

 

(19,825)

 

  

 

(19,825)

Stock purchased under stock repurchase plan (1,493,472 shares)

(1,985)

(47,894)

(49,879)

Issuance of common stock under Equity Compensation Plans, for services rendered, and vesting of restricted stock, net of shares held for taxes (183,750 shares)

 

244

 

(1,273)

 

  

 

  

 

(1,029)

Impact of adoption of ASC 326

(39,053)

(39,053)

Stock-based compensation expense

 

  

 

2,291

 

  

 

  

 

2,291

Balance- March 31, 2020

$

104,086

$

$

1,743,429

$

529,606

$

48,329

$

2,425,450

Net Income

 

30,709

 

30,709

Other comprehensive income (net of taxes of $3,415)

12,975

12,975

Issuance of preferred stock (17,250 shares)

173

166,190

166,363

Dividends on common stock ($0.25 per share)

(19,677)

(19,677)

Issuance of common stock under Equity Compensation Plans, for services rendered, and vesting of restricted stock, net of shares held for taxes (30,120 shares)

40

5

45

Stock-based compensation expense

2,361

2,361

Balance - June 30, 2020

$

104,126

$

173

$

1,911,985

$

540,638

$

61,304

$

2,618,226

Net Income

 

61,000

 

61,000

Other comprehensive income (net of taxes of $327)

1,358

1,358

Net proceeds from preferred stock

(7)

(7)

Dividends on common stock ($0.25 per share)

(19,678)

(19,678)

Dividends on preferred stock ($156.60 per share)

(2,691)

(2,691)

Issuance of common stock under Equity Compensation Plans, for services rendered, and vesting of restricted stock, net of shares held for taxes (11,601 shares)

15

162

177

Stock-based compensation expense

2,500

2,500

Balance - September 30, 2020

$

104,141

$

173

$

1,914,640

$

579,269

$

62,662

$

2,660,885

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 AND 2020

(Dollars in thousands)

    

2021

    

2020

Operating activities:

 

  

 

  

Net income

$

216,138

$

98,798

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

  

 

  

Depreciation of premises and equipment

 

11,992

 

11,311

Writedown of foreclosed properties and former bank premises

 

1,119

 

4,847

Amortization, net

 

24,397

 

20,151

Accretion related to acquisitions, net

 

(1,792)

 

(7,736)

Provision for credit losses

 

(59,888)

 

100,954

Gains on securities transactions, net

 

(87)

 

(12,293)

BOLI income

 

(8,202)

 

(7,498)

Originations and purchases of loans held for sale

 

(491,895)

 

(514,760)

Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale

550,683

516,516

Losses on sales of foreclosed properties and former bank premises, net

 

638

 

37

Losses on debt extinguishment

14,695

10,306

Stock-based compensation expenses

 

7,492

 

7,152

Issuance of common stock for services

 

372

 

604

Net (increase) decrease in other assets

 

108,677

 

(180,343)

Net increase (decrease) in other liabilities

 

(134,336)

 

128,323

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

240,003

 

176,369

Investing activities:

 

  

 

  

Purchases of AFS securities and restricted stock

 

(1,142,304)

 

(940,745)

Proceeds from sales of AFS securities and restricted stock

 

45,436

 

232,946

Proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of AFS securities

 

392,129

 

271,986

Proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of HTM securities

 

6,642

 

5,996

Net decrease (increase) in loans held for investment

 

891,240

 

(1,760,300)

Net increase in premises and equipment

 

(9,221)

 

(18,557)

Proceeds from BOLI settlements

4,843

439

Purchases of BOLI policies

(100,000)

Proceeds from sales of foreclosed properties and former bank premises

 

8,632

 

2,706

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

97,397

 

(2,205,529)

Financing activities:

 

  

 

  

Net increase in noninterest-bearing deposits

 

960,135

 

1,450,526

Net increase in interest-bearing deposits

 

(60,716)

 

820,701

Net decrease in short-term borrowings

 

(255,707)

 

(169,967)

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

189,945

Repayments of long-term debt

(214,695)

(230,306)

Cash dividends paid - common stock

 

(63,125)

 

(59,180)

Cash dividends paid - preferred stock

(8,901)

(2,691)

Repurchase of common stock

(125,000)

(49,879)

Issuance of common stock

 

2,955

 

801

Issuance of preferred stock, net

166,356

Vesting of restricted stock, net of shares held for taxes

 

(2,390)

 

(2,212)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

232,556

 

2,114,094

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

569,956

 

84,934

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of the period

 

493,294

 

436,032

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of the period

$

1,063,250

$

520,966

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ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 AND 2020

(Dollars in thousands)

    

2021

    

2020

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information

 

  

 

  

Cash payments for:

 

  

 

  

Interest

$

30,749

$

82,409

Income taxes

 

1,260

 

13,649

Supplemental schedule of noncash investing and financing activities

 

  

 

  

Transfers from loans to foreclosed properties

 

14

 

615

Transfers from bank premises to OREO

1,109

7,949

Transfers from LHFS to LHFI

1,050

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

1.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company

Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation (Nasdaq: AUB) is the holding company for Atlantic Union Bank. Atlantic Union Bank has 130 branches and approximately 150 ATMs located throughout Virginia, and in portions of Maryland and North Carolina. Certain non-bank financial services affiliates of Atlantic Union Bank include: Atlantic Union Equipment Finance, Inc., which provides equipment financing; Dixon, Hubard, Feinour & Brown, Inc., which provides investment advisory services; Atlantic Union Financial Consultants, LLC, which provides brokerage services; and Union Insurance Group, LLC, which offers various lines of insurance products.

Effective March 1, 2021, Middleburg Financial, the Bank’s wealth management division was rebranded to Atlantic Union Bank Wealth Management, and Middleburg Investment Services, LLC changed its name to Atlantic Union Financial Consultants, LLC.

Effective October 1, 2021, Old Dominion Capital Management, Inc., and its subsidiary, Outfitter Advisors, Ltd., merged with and into DHFB, as part of an internal reorganization to streamline operations. Old Dominion Capital Management operates as a division of DHFB.

The unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information and follow general practice within the banking industry. Accordingly, the unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include all the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements; however, in the opinion of management all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim periods presented have been made. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year or any other period.

The unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation.

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

In March 2020, the FASB issued Topic 848. This guidance provides temporary, optional guidance to ease the potential burden in accounting for reference rate reform associated with the LIBOR transition. LIBOR and other interbank offered rates are widely used benchmark or reference rates that have been used in the valuation of loans, derivatives, and other financial contracts. Topic 848 provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contract modifications and hedging relationships, subject to meeting certain criteria, that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued. Topic 848 is intended to help stakeholders during the global market-wide reference rate transition period. The amendments are effective as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022 and can be adopted at an instrument level. As of March 31, 2021, the Company utilized the expedient to assert probability of the hedged interest, regardless of any expected modification in terms related to reference rate reform for the newly executed cash flow hedges. The Company expects to incorporate other components of Topic 848 at a later date. This amendment does not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

On January 1, 2021, the Company adopted Topic 740. This guidance was issued to simplify accounting for income taxes by removing specific technical exceptions that often produce information difficult for users of financial statements to understand. The amendments also improve consistent application of and simplify GAAP for other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance. The Company’s adoption of Topic 740 did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

For purposes of reporting cash flows, the Company defines cash and cash equivalents as cash, cash due from banks, interest-bearing deposits in other banks, money market investments, other interest-bearing deposits, and federal funds sold.

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Restricted cash is disclosed in Note 7 “Commitments and Contingencies” and is comprised of cash maintained at various correspondent banks as collateral for the Company’s derivative portfolio and is included in interest-bearing deposits in other banks in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. In addition, the Company is required to maintain reserve balances with the Federal Reserve Bank based on the type and amount of deposits; however, on March 15, 2020 the Federal Reserve announced that reserve requirement ratios would be reduced to zero percent effective March 26, 2020 due to economic conditions, which eliminated the reserve requirement for all depository institutions.

Accrued Interest Receivable

The Company has elected to exclude accrued interest from the amortized cost basis in its determination of the ALLL, as well as the ACL reserve for securities. Accrued interest receivable totaled $46.2 million and $56.7 million on loans held for investment, $5.1 million and $6.8 million on HTM securities, and $13.0 million and $11.9 million on AFS securities at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, and is included in “Other Assets” on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company’s policy is to write off accrued interest receivable through reversal of interest income when it becomes probable the Company will not be able to collect the accrued interest. For the quarters ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, accrued interest receivable write offs were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Segment Reporting

Operating segments are components of a business about which separate financial information is available and evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision makers in deciding how to allocate resources and assessing performance.  The Bank is the Company’s only reportable operating segment upon which management makes decisions regarding how to allocate resources and assess performance.  While the Company’s chief operating decision makers do have some limited financial information about its various financial products and services, that information is not complete since it does not include a full allocation of revenue, costs, and capital from key corporate functions; therefore, the Company evaluates financial performance on the Company-wide basis.  Management continues to evaluate these business units for separate reporting as facts and circumstances change. 

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2. SECURITIES

Available for Sale

The Company’s AFS investment portfolio is generally highly-rated or agency backed. All AFS securities were current with no securities past due or on non-accrual as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and estimated fair values of AFS securities as of September 30, 2021 are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):

Amortized

Gross Unrealized

Estimated

    

Cost

    

Gains

    

(Losses)

    

Fair Value

September 30, 2021

 

  

 

  

 

  

  

U.S. government and agency securities

$

74,214

$

645

$

(41)

$

74,818

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

971,987

 

34,885

 

(7,991)

 

998,881

Corporate and other bonds (1)

 

145,151

 

3,931

 

(54)

 

149,028

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

 

Agency

338,327

 

9,213

 

(2,557)

344,983

Non-agency

95,405

 

250

 

(296)

95,359

Total commercial mortgage-backed securities

433,732

 

9,463

 

(2,853)

440,342

Residential mortgage-backed securities

Agency

1,449,753

 

20,630

 

(14,030)

1,456,353

Non-agency

73,783

 

530

 

(195)

74,118

Total residential mortgage-backed securities

1,523,536

 

21,160

 

(14,225)

1,530,471

Other securities

 

1,636

 

 

 

1,636

Total AFS securities

$

3,150,256

$

70,084

$

(25,164)

$

3,195,176

(1) Other bonds include asset-backed securities

The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and estimated fair values of AFS securities as of December 31, 2020 are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):

Amortized

Gross Unrealized

Estimated

    

Cost

    

Gains

    

(Losses)

    

Fair Value

December 31, 2020

U.S. government and agency securities

$

13,009

$

437

$

(52)

$

13,394

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

786,466

50,878

(18)

837,326

Corporate and other bonds (1)

 

148,747

 

2,430

 

(99)

 

151,078

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

 

Agency

321,015

16,277

(2)

337,290

Non-agency

51,244

167

(17)

51,394

Total commercial mortgage-backed securities

372,259

16,444

(19)

388,684

Residential mortgage-backed securities

Agency

1,012,237

31,816

(1,946)

1,042,107

Non-agency

104,904

1,507

(206)

106,205

Total residential mortgage-backed securities

1,117,141

33,323

(2,152)

1,148,312

Other securities

 

1,625

 

 

 

1,625

Total AFS securities

$

2,439,247

$

103,512

$

(2,340)

$

2,540,419

(1) Other bonds include asset-backed securities

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The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the Company’s AFS securities with unrealized losses for which an ACL has not been recorded at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and that are not deemed to be impaired as of those dates. These are aggregated by investment category and length of time that the individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (dollars in thousands).

Less than 12 months

More than 12 months

Total

  

Fair

  

Unrealized

  

Fair

  

Unrealized

  

Fair

  

Unrealized

Value

Losses

Value

Losses

Value

Losses

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and agency securities

$

$

$

4,255

$

(41)

$

4,255

$

(41)

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

394,065

(7,885)

2,072

(106)

396,137

(7,991)

Corporate and other bonds(1)

 

11,594

 

(51)

 

1,903

 

(3)

 

13,497

 

(54)

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

Agency

136,397

(2,556)

344

(1)

136,741

(2,557)

Non-agency

21,407

(103)

11,789

(193)

33,196

(296)

Total commercial mortgage-backed securities

157,804

(2,659)

12,133

(194)

169,937

(2,853)

Residential mortgage-backed securities

Agency

857,253

(12,584)

76,393

(1,446)

933,646

(14,030)

Non-agency

13,182

(195)

13,182

(195)

Total residential mortgage-backed securities

870,435

(12,779)

76,393

(1,446)

946,828

(14,225)

Total AFS securities

$

1,433,898

$

(23,374)

$

96,756

$

(1,790)

$

1,530,654

$

(25,164)

December 31, 2020

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

U.S. government and agency securities

$

$

$

5,456

$

(52)

$

5,456

$

(52)

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

5,091

(18)

5,091

(18)

Corporate and other bonds(1)

 

17,946

 

(52)

 

10,698

 

(47)

 

28,644

 

(99)

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agency

5,893

(2)

376

6,269

(2)

Non-agency

17,654

(17)

17,654

(17)

Total commercial mortgage-backed securities

23,547

(19)

376

23,923

(19)

Residential mortgage-backed securities

Agency

219,388

(1,944)

1,055

(2)

220,443

(1,946)

Non-agency

36,942

(206)

36,942

(206)

Total residential mortgage-backed securities

256,330

(2,150)

1,055

(2)

257,385

(2,152)

Total AFS securities

$

302,914

$

(2,239)

$

17,585

$

(101)

$

320,499

$

(2,340)

(1) Other bonds includes asset-backed securities

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As of September 30, 2021, there were $96.8 million, comprised of 26 individual AFS securities that had been in a continuous loss position for more than 12 months and had an aggregate unrealized loss of approximately $1.8 million. As of December 31, 2020, there were $17.6 million, comprised of 15 individual securities that had been in a continuous loss position for more than 12 months and had an aggregate unrealized loss of $101,000.

The Company has evaluated AFS securities in an unrealized loss position for credit related impairment at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and concluded no impairment existed based on several factors which included: (1) the majority of these securities are of high credit quality, (2) unrealized losses are primarily the result of market volatility, (3) the contractual terms of the investments do not permit the issuer(s) to settle the securities at a price less than the cost basis of each investment, (4) issuers continue to make timely principal and interest payments, and (5) the Company does not intend to sell any of the investments and the accounting standard of “more likely than not” has not been met for the Company to be required to sell any of the investments before recovery of its amortized cost basis.

Additionally, the majority of the Company’s mortgage-backed securities are issued by FNMA, FHLMC, and GNMA and do not have credit risk given the implicit and explicit government guarantees associated with these agencies. In addition, the non-agency mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities generally received a 20% SSFA rating.

The following table presents the amortized cost and estimated fair value of AFS securities as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, by contractual maturity. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties (dollars in thousands).

September 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

    

Amortized

    

Estimated

    

Amortized

    

Estimated

Cost

Fair Value

Cost

Fair Value

Due in one year or less

$

11,823

$

11,927

$

19,875

$

19,997

Due after one year through five years

 

175,393

 

180,836

 

161,448

 

169,103

Due after five years through ten years

 

316,877

 

325,440

 

235,021

 

242,791

Due after ten years

 

2,646,163

 

2,676,973

 

2,022,903

 

2,108,528

Total AFS securities

$

3,150,256

$

3,195,176

$

2,439,247

$

2,540,419

Refer to Note 7 "Commitments and Contingencies" for information regarding the estimated fair value of AFS securities that were pledged to secure public deposits, repurchase agreements, and for other purposes as permitted or required by law as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

Held to Maturity

The Company’s HTM investment portfolio primarily consists of highly-rated municipal securities and the estimated credit loss inherent in the portfolio is currently immaterial. The Company’s HTM securities were all current, with no securities past due or on non-accrual at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

The Company reports HTM securities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at carrying value. Carrying value is amortized cost, which includes any unamortized unrealized gains and losses recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income prior to reclassifying the securities from AFS securities to HTM securities. Investment securities transferred into the HTM category from the AFS category are recorded at fair value at the date of transfer. The unrealized holding gain or loss at the date of transfer is retained in accumulated other comprehensive income and in the carrying value of the HTM securities. Such unrealized gains or losses are accreted over the remaining life of the security with no impact on future net income.

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The carrying value, gross unrealized gains and losses, and estimated fair values of HTM securities as of September 30, 2021 are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):

Carrying

Gross Unrealized

Estimated

    

Value

    

Gains

    

(Losses)

Fair Value

September 30, 2021

 

  

 

  

 

  

  

U.S. government and agency securities

$

2,637

$

2

$

(8)

$

2,631

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

528,157

62,763

590,920

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

Agency

4,928

3

(30)

4,901

Non-agency

Total commercial mortgage-backed securities

4,928

3

(30)

4,901

Total held-to-maturity securities

$

535,722

$

62,768

$

(38)

$

598,452

The carrying value, gross unrealized gains and losses, and estimated fair values of HTM securities as of December 31, 2020 are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):

Carrying

Gross Unrealized

Estimated

    

Value

    

Gains

    

(Losses)

    

Fair Value

December 31, 2020

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

U.S. government and agency securities

$

2,751

$

$

(18)

$

2,733

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

536,767

74,978

611,745

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

Agency

5,333

4

(50)

5,287

Non-agency

Total commercial mortgage-backed securities

5,333

4

(50)

5,287

Total held-to-maturity securities

$

544,851

$

74,982

$

(68)

$

619,765

Credit Quality Indicators & Allowance for Credit Losses - HTM

For HTM securities, the Company evaluates the credit risk of its securities on at least a quarterly basis. The Company estimates expected credit losses on HTM debt securities on an individual basis based on the PD/LGD methodology primarily using security-level credit ratings. The Company’s HTM securities ACL was immaterial at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The primary indicators of credit quality for the Company’s HTM portfolio are security type and credit rating, which is influenced by a number of factors including obligor cash flow, geography, seniority, and others. The Company’s only HTM securities with credit risk are obligations of states and political subdivisions.

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The following table presents the amortized cost of HTM securities as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 by security type and credit rating (dollars in thousands):

    

U.S. Government and Agency

    

Obligations of states and political

    

Mortgage-backed

    

Total HTM

securities

subdivisions

securities

securities

September 30, 2021

Credit Rating:

 

 

AAA/AA/A

$

$

528,157

$

$

528,157

Not Rated - Agency(1)

2,637

4,928

7,565

Not Rated - Non-Agency

 

Total

$

2,637

$

528,157

$

4,928

$

535,722

December 31, 2020

Credit Rating:

 

 

AAA/AA/A

$

$

532,157

$

$

532,157

Not Rated - Agency(1)

2,751

5,333

8,084

Not Rated - Non-Agency

 

4,610

4,610

Total

$

2,751

$

536,767

$

5,333

$

544,851

(1) Generally considered not to have credit risk given the government guarantees associated with these agencies

The following table presents the amortized cost and estimated fair value of HTM securities as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, by contractual maturity. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties (dollars in thousands).

September 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

    

Carrying

    

Estimated

    

Carrying

    

Estimated

Value

Fair Value

Value

Fair Value

Due in one year or less

$

3,501

$

3,512

$

1,443

$

1,460

Due after one year through five years

 

5,890

 

6,142

 

8,577

 

8,893

Due after five years through ten years

 

14,061

 

16,091

 

1,744

 

1,805

Due after ten years

 

512,270

 

572,707

 

533,087

 

607,607

Total HTM securities

$

535,722

$

598,452

$

544,851

$

619,765

Refer to Note 7 "Commitments and Contingencies" for information regarding the estimated fair value of HTM securities that were pledged to secure public deposits as permitted or required by law as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

Restricted Stock, at cost

Due to restrictions placed upon the Bank’s common stock investment in the Federal Reserve Bank and FHLB, these securities have been classified as restricted equity securities and carried at cost. These restricted securities are not subject to the investment security classifications and are included as a separate line item on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The FHLB required the Bank to maintain stock in an amount equal to 3.75% and 4.25% of outstanding borrowings at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, as well as a specific percentage of the Bank’s total assets. The Federal Reserve Bank required the Bank to maintain stock with a par value equal to 6% of the Bank’s outstanding capital at both September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. Restricted equity securities consist of Federal Reserve Bank stock in the amount of $67.0 million for September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and FHLB stock in the amount of $9.8 million and $27.8 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

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Realized Gains and Losses

The following table presents the gross realized gains and losses on and the proceeds from the sale of securities during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 (dollars in thousands):

    

Three Months Ended

    

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2021

September 30, 2021

Realized gains (losses)(1):

 

  

 

  

Gross realized gains

$

9

$

147

Gross realized losses

 

 

(60)

Net realized gains

$

9

$

87

Proceeds from sales of securities

$

$

45,436

    

Three Months Ended

    

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2020

September 30, 2020

Realized gains (losses)(1):

 

  

 

  

Gross realized gains

$

18

$

12,522

Gross realized losses

 

 

(229)

Net realized gains

$

18

$

12,293

Proceeds from sales of securities

$

4,675

$

232,946

(1) Includes gains (losses) on sales and calls of securities

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3. LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES

The information included below reflects the impact of the CARES Act, as amended by the CAA, and the Joint Guidance. See Note 1 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K for information about COVID-19 and related legislative and regulatory developments.

The Company’s loans are stated at their face amount, net of deferred fees and costs, and consist of the following at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

September 30, 2021

    

December 31, 2020

Construction and Land Development

$

877,351

$

925,798

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

 

2,027,299

 

2,128,909

Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

 

3,730,720

 

3,657,562

Multifamily Real Estate

 

776,287

 

814,745

Commercial & Industrial(1)

 

2,580,190

 

3,263,460

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

 

624,347

 

671,949

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

 

822,971

 

822,866

Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

 

557,803

 

596,996

Auto

 

425,436

 

401,324

Consumer

 

182,039

 

247,730

Other Commercial(2)

 

535,143

 

489,975

Total loans held for investment, net of deferred fees and costs(3)

13,139,586

14,021,314

Allowance for loan and lease losses

(101,798)

(160,540)

Total loans held for investment, net

$

13,037,788

$

13,860,774

(1) Commercial & industrial loans include approximately $455.8 million and $1.2 billion in loans from the PPP at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

(2) Other commercial loans include approximately $10.8 million and $11.3 million in loans from the PPP at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

(3) Total loans include unamortized premiums and discounts, and unamortized deferred fees and costs totaling $60.0 million and $69.7 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

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The following table shows the aging of the Company’s loan portfolio, by class, at September 30, 2021 (dollars in thousands):

    

    

    

    

Greater than

    

    

30-59 Days

60-89 Days

90 Days and

Current

Past Due

Past Due

still Accruing

Nonaccrual

Total Loans

Construction and Land Development

$

873,535

$

744

$

58

$

304

$

2,710

$

877,351

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

 

2,016,831

 

735

 

61

 

1,886

 

7,786

 

2,027,299

Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

 

3,723,499

 

1,302

 

570

 

1,175

 

4,174

 

3,730,720

Multifamily Real Estate

 

776,174

 

 

 

 

113

 

776,287

Commercial & Industrial

 

2,562,455

 

11,089

 

3,328

 

1,256

 

2,062

 

2,580,190

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

 

619,306

 

807

 

698

 

1,091

 

2,445

 

624,347

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

 

805,765

 

406

 

2,188

 

2,462

 

12,150

 

822,971

Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

 

549,927

 

1,092

 

587

 

2,474

 

3,723

 

557,803

Auto

 

423,222

 

1,548

 

202

 

209

 

255

 

425,436

Consumer

 

180,705

 

790

 

317

 

173

 

54

 

182,039

Other Commercial

533,912

631

600

535,143

Total loans held for investment

$

13,065,331

$

19,144

$

8,609

$

11,030

$

35,472

$

13,139,586

% of total loans

99.43

%

0.15

%

0.07

%

0.08

%

0.27

%

100.00

%

The following table shows the aging of the Company’s loan portfolio, by class, at December 31, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

    

    

    

    

Greater than

    

    

 

30-59 Days

60-89 Days

90 Days and

 

Current

Past Due

Past Due

still Accruing

Nonaccrual

Total Loans

 

Construction and Land Development

$

920,276

$

1,903

$

547

$

$

3,072

$

925,798

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

 

2,114,804

 

1,870

 

1,380

 

3,727

 

7,128

 

2,128,909

Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

 

3,651,232

 

2,144

 

1,721

 

148

 

2,317

 

3,657,562

Multifamily Real Estate

 

814,095

 

617

 

 

 

33

 

814,745

Commercial & Industrial

 

3,257,201

 

1,848

 

1,190

 

1,114

 

2,107

 

3,263,460

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

 

657,351

 

2,227

 

818

 

1,560

 

9,993

 

671,949

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

 

792,852

 

10,182

 

1,533

 

5,699

 

12,600

 

822,866

Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

 

587,522

 

2,975

 

1,044

 

826

 

4,629

 

596,996

Auto

 

398,206

 

2,076

 

376

 

166

 

500

 

401,324

Consumer

 

245,551

 

1,166

 

550

 

394

 

69

 

247,730

Other Commercial

489,959

16

489,975

Total loans held for investment

$

13,929,049

$

27,024

$

9,159

$

13,634

$

42,448

$

14,021,314

% of total loans

99.34

%

0.19

%

0.07

%

0.10

%

0.30

%

100.00

%

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The following table shows the Company’s amortized cost basis of loans on nonaccrual status as of January 1, 2021, as well as amortized cost basis of loans on nonaccrual status and loans past due 90 days and still accruing as of September 30, 2021 (dollars in thousands):

Nonaccrual

January 1, 2021

September 30, 2021

Nonaccrual With No ALLL

90 Days and still Accruing

Construction and Land Development

$

3,072

$

2,710

$

1,985

$

304

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

7,128

7,786

1,996

1,886

Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

2,317

4,174

1,089

1,175

Multifamily Real Estate

33

113

Commercial & Industrial

2,107

2,062

1

1,256

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

9,993

2,445

-

1,091

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

12,600

12,150

1,047

2,462

Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

4,629

3,723

60

2,474

Auto

500

255

209

Consumer

69

54

173

Total loans held for investment

$

42,448

$

35,472

$

6,178

$

11,030

The following table shows the Company’s amortized cost basis of loans on nonaccrual status as of January 1, 2020, as well as amortized cost basis of loans on nonaccrual status and loans past due 90 days and still accruing as of December 31, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

Nonaccrual

January 1, 2020

December 31, 2020

Nonaccrual With No ALLL

90 Days and still Accruing

Construction and Land Development

$

4,060

$

3,072

$

1,985

$

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

13,889

7,128

1,994

3,727

Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

1,368

2,317

148

Multifamily Real Estate

33

Commercial & Industrial

3,037

2,107

1

1,114

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

6,492

9,993

6,388

1,560

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

13,117

12,600

1,069

5,699

Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

2,490

4,629

60

826

Auto

565

500

166

Consumer

88

69

394

Other Commercial

98

Total loans held for investment

$

45,204

$

42,448

$

11,497

$

13,634

There was no interest income recognized on nonaccrual loans during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020. See Note 1 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K for additional information on the Company’s policies for nonaccrual loans.

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Troubled Debt Restructurings

The CARES Act, as amended by the CAA, permits financial institutions to suspend requirements under GAAP for loan modifications to borrowers affected by COVID-19 that would otherwise be characterized as TDRs and suspend any determination related thereto if (i) the loan modification is made between March 1, 2020 and the earlier of January 1, 2022 or 60 days after the end of the COVID-19 emergency declaration and (ii) the applicable loan was not more than 30 days past due as of December 31, 2019. In addition, federal bank regulatory authorities also issued guidance to encourage financial institutions to make loan modifications for borrowers affected by COVID-19. As of September 30, 2021, there were immaterial loans still under their modified terms. As of December 31, 2020, the Company had approximately $146.1 million in loans still under their modified terms.

As of September 30, 2021, the Company has TDRs totaling $18.7 million with an estimated $854,000 of allowance for those loans for the current period. As of December 31, 2020, the Company had TDRs totaling $20.6 million with an estimated $1.6 million of allowance for those loans.

A modification of a loan’s terms constitutes a TDR if the creditor grants a concession that it would not otherwise consider to the borrower for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower’s financial difficulties. All loans that are considered to be TDRs are evaluated for credit losses in accordance with the Company’s ALLL methodology. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, the recorded investment in TDRs prior to modifications was not materially impacted by the modifications.

The following table provides a summary, by class, of TDRs that continue to accrue interest under the terms of the applicable restructuring agreement, which are considered to be performing, and TDRs that have been placed on nonaccrual status, which are considered to be nonperforming, as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

September 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

    

No. of

    

Recorded

    

Outstanding

    

No. of

    

Recorded

    

Outstanding

Loans

Investment

Commitment

Loans

Investment

Commitment

Performing

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Construction and Land Development

 

4

$

205

$

 

4

$

215

$

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

 

4

 

1,003

 

 

6

 

2,033

 

176

Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

 

 

 

 

1

 

1,089

 

Commercial & Industrial

 

2

 

413

 

 

4

 

727

 

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

 

 

 

 

3

 

245

 

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

 

75

 

9,182

 

 

77

 

8,943

 

Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

 

3

 

268

 

4

 

3

 

277

 

Consumer

 

2

 

16

 

 

3

 

22

 

Other Commercial

1

248

1

410

Total performing

 

91

$

11,335

$

4

 

102

$

13,961

$

176

Nonperforming

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

 

2

$

831

$

 

1

$

20

$

Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

3

1,366

1

134

Commercial & Industrial

 

4

 

362

 

 

3

 

237

 

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

 

3

 

393

 

 

4

 

1,296

 

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

 

24

 

4,312

 

 

23

 

4,865

 

Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

 

3

 

101

 

 

3

 

103

 

Total nonperforming

 

39

$

7,365

$

 

35

$

6,655

$

Total performing and nonperforming

 

130

$

18,700

$

4

 

137

$

20,616

$

176

The Company considers a default of a TDR to occur when the borrower is 90 days past due following the restructure or a foreclosure and repossession of the applicable collateral occurs. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company did not have any material loans that went into default that had been restructured in the twelve-month period prior to the time of default.

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The following table shows, by class and modification type, TDRs that occurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30, 2021

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

    

    

Recorded

    

    

Recorded

No. of

Investment at

No. of

Investment at

Loans

Period End

Loans

Period End

Modified to interest only, at a market rate

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Total interest only at market rate of interest

 

$

 

$

Term modification, at a market rate

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

 

1

 

157

 

1

 

157

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

 

$

 

2

$

102

Total loan term extended at a market rate

 

1

$

157

 

3

$

259

Term modification, below market rate

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

 

$

 

11

$

1,813

Consumer

 

 

 

1

 

15

Total loan term extended at a below market rate

 

$

 

12

$

1,828

Interest rate modification, below market rate

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

 

$

 

1

$

45

Total interest only at below market rate of interest

 

$

 

1

$

45

Total

 

1

$

157

 

16

$

2,132

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The following table shows, by class and modification type, TDRs that occurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30, 2020

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

    

    

Recorded

    

    

Recorded

No. of

Investment at

No. of

Investment at

Loans

Period End

Loans

Period End

Modified to interest only, at a market rate

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

$

1

$

272

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

 

1

652

 

1

652

Total interest only at market rate of interest

 

1

$

652

 

2

$

924

Term modification, at a market rate

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Commercial & Industrial

 

$

 

3

$

127

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

 

1

 

299

 

1

 

299

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

 

 

 

4

 

324

Consumer

 

 

 

1

 

10

Total loan term extended at a market rate

 

1

$

299

 

9

$

760

Term modification, below market rate

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Construction and Land Development

$

1

$

34

Commercial & Industrial

 

1

 

143

 

2

 

358

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

 

1

 

290

 

1

 

290

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

 

4

 

423

 

17

 

2,387

Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

1

52

Total loan term extended at a below market rate

 

6

$

856

 

22

$

3,121

Interest rate modification, below market rate

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Total interest only at below market rate of interest

 

$

 

$

Total

 

8

$

1,807

 

33

$

4,805

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Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses

ALLL on the loan portfolio is a material estimate for the Company. The Company estimates its ALLL on its loan portfolio on a quarterly basis. The Company models the ALLL using two primary segments, Commercial and Consumer. Each loan segment is further disaggregated into classes based on similar risk characteristics. The Company has identified the following classes within each loan segment:

Commercial: Construction and Land Development, Commercial Real Estate – Owner Occupied, Commercial Real Estate – Non-Owner Occupied, Multifamily Real Estate, Commercial & Industrial, Residential 1-4 Family – Commercial, and Other Commercial
Consumer: Residential 1-4 Family – Consumer, Residential 1-4 Family – Revolving, Auto, and Consumer

The following tables show the ALLL activity by loan segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30, 2021

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

Commercial

Consumer

Total

    

Commercial

Consumer

Total

Balance at beginning of period

$

89,837

$

28,424

$

118,261

$

117,403

$

43,137

$

160,540

Loans charged-off

 

(967)

 

(1,299)

 

(2,266)

 

 

(3,832)

 

(4,020)

 

(7,852)

Recoveries credited to allowance

 

1,281

 

872

 

2,153

 

3,929

 

2,569

 

6,498

Provision charged to operations

 

(15,173)

 

(1,177)

 

(16,350)

 

 

(42,522)

 

(14,866)

 

(57,388)

Balance at end of period

$

74,978

$

26,820

$

101,798

 

$

74,978

$

26,820

$

101,798

Three Months Ended September 30, 2020

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

Commercial

Consumer

Total

    

Commercial

Consumer

Total

Balance at beginning of period

$

111,954

$

58,023

$

169,977

 

$

30,941

$

11,353

$

42,294

Impact of ASC 326 adoption on non-PCD loans

 

 

 

 

4,432

 

40,666

 

45,098

Impact of ASC 326 adoption on PCD loans

 

 

 

 

 

1,752

 

634

 

2,386

Impact of adopting ASC 326

 

 

 

 

6,184

 

41,300

 

47,484

Loans charged-off

 

(995)

 

(1,983)

 

(2,978)

 

 

(5,553)

 

(9,253)

 

(14,806)

Recoveries credited to allowance

 

718

 

848

 

1,566

 

 

2,580

 

2,557

 

5,137

Provision charged to operations

 

14,978

 

(9,421)

 

5,557

 

 

92,503

 

1,510

 

94,013

Balance at end of period

$

126,655

$

47,467

$

174,122

$

126,655

$

47,467

$

174,122

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Credit Quality Indicators

Credit quality indicators are utilized to help estimate the collectability of each loan class within the Commercial and Consumer loan segments. For classes of loans within the Commercial segment, the primary credit quality indicator used for evaluating credit quality and estimating the ALLL is risk rating categories of Pass, Watch, Special Mention, Substandard, and Doubtful.  For classes of loans within the Consumer segment, the primary credit quality indicator used for evaluating credit quality and estimating the ALLL is delinquency bands of Current, 30-59, 60-89, 90+, and Nonaccrual.  While other credit quality indicators are evaluated and analyzed as part of the Company’s credit risk management activities, these indicators are primarily used in estimating the ALLL. The Company evaluates the credit risk of its loan portfolio on at least a quarterly basis.

Commercial Loans

The Company uses a risk rating system as the primary credit quality indicator for classes of loans within the Commercial segment. The risk rating system on a scale of 0 through 9 is used to determine risk level as used in the calculation of the allowance for credit loss. The risk levels, as described below, do not necessarily follow the regulatory definitions of risk levels with the same name. A general description of the characteristics of the risk levels follows:

Pass is determined by the following criteria:

Risk rated 0 loans have little or no risk and are with General Obligation Municipal Borrowers;
Risk rated 1 loans have little or no risk and are generally secured by cash or cash equivalents;
Risk rated 2 loans have minimal risk to well qualified borrowers and no significant questions as to safety;
Risk rated 3 loans are satisfactory loans with strong borrowers and secondary sources of repayment;
Risk rated 4 loans are satisfactory loans with borrowers not as strong as risk rated 3 loans and may exhibit a greater degree of financial risk based on the type of business supporting the loan.

Watch is determined by the following criteria:

Risk rated 5 loans are watch loans that warrant more than the normal level of supervision and have the possibility of an event occurring that may weaken the borrower’s ability to repay;

Special Mention is determined by the following criteria:

Risk rated 6 loans have increasing potential weaknesses beyond those at which the loan originally was granted and if not addressed could lead to inadequately protecting the Company’s credit position.

Substandard is determined by the following criteria:

Risk rated 7 loans are substandard loans and are inadequately protected by the current sound worth or paying capacity of the obligor or the collateral pledged; these have well defined weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt with the distinct possibility the Company will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.

Doubtful is determined by the following criteria:

Risk rated 8 loans are doubtful of collection and the possibility of loss is high but pending specific borrower plans for recovery, its classification as a loss is deferred until its more exact status is determined;
Risk rated 9 loans are loss loans which are considered uncollectable and of such little value that their continuance as bankable assets is not warranted.

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The table below details the amortized cost of the classes of loans within the Commercial segment by risk level and year of origination as of September 30, 2021 (dollars in thousands):

September 30, 2021

Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

Prior

Revolving Loans

Total

Construction and Land Development

Pass

$

305,044

$

265,805

$

107,223

$

46,770

$

17,980

$

50,365

$

23,429

$

816,616

Watch

545

657

24,401

538

335

6,255

32,731

Special Mention

2,742

1

181

303

3,227

Substandard

263

18,901

199

5,414

24,777

Total Construction and Land Development

$

308,331

$

266,463

$

132,068

$

66,209

$

18,514

$

62,337

$

23,429

$

877,351

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

Pass

$

161,174

$

286,458

$

310,041

$

266,173

$

202,234

$

588,315

$

19,484

$

1,833,879

Watch

187

25

11,745

16,141

17,279

48,534

903

94,814

Special Mention

201

945

24,706

1,486

1,112

30,264

1,001

59,715

Substandard

12,155

1,696

1,953

22,378

709

38,891

Total Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

$

161,562

$

287,428

$

358,647

$

285,496

$

222,578

$

689,491

$

22,097

$

2,027,299

Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

Pass

$

360,208

$

439,673

$

531,065

$

370,114

$

391,043

$

1,161,218

$

56,566

$

3,309,887

Watch

14,549

8,528

29,797

53,599

11,463

76,680

16

194,632

Special Mention

10,649

29,923

31,347

14,062

30,133

116,114

Substandard

41,595

21,279

12,557

34,354

302

110,087

Total Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

$

374,757

$

458,850

$

632,380

$

476,339

$

429,125

$

1,302,385

$

56,884

$

3,730,720

Commercial & Industrial

Pass

$

725,216

$

534,948

$

302,159

$

147,127

$

42,624

$

168,224

$

577,089

$

2,497,387

Watch

173

3,808

2,526

21,778

4,571

4,855

14,322

52,033

Special Mention

221

1,343

8,417

1,924

906

659

2,135

15,605

Substandard

397

580

4,375

1,381

247

2,515

5,670

15,165

Total Commercial & Industrial

$

726,007

$

540,679

$

317,477

$

172,210

$

48,348

$

176,253

$

599,216

$

2,580,190

Multifamily Real Estate

Pass

$

41,843

$

163,955

$

89,602

$

136,569

$

79,594

$

250,115

$

1,597

$

763,275

Watch

4,336

463

532

5,331

Special Mention

2,261

629

4,544

92

42

7,568

Substandard

113

113

Total Multifamily Real Estate

$

41,843

$

166,216

$

94,567

$

141,576

$

79,594

$

250,852

$

1,639

$

776,287

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

Pass

$

85,081

$

96,580

$

68,972

$

50,528

$

61,335

$

215,176

$

917

$

578,589

Watch

2,047

6,727

7,494

3,708

8,772

314

29,062

Special Mention

160

97

455

409

4,957

6,078

Substandard

95

3,467

896

1,341

4,520

299

10,618

Total Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

$

85,336

$

98,724

$

79,166

$

59,373

$

66,793

$

233,425

$

1,530

$

624,347

Other Commercial

Pass

$

145,656

$

173,414

$

105,143

$

5,995

$

26,284

$

50,631

$

13,425

$

520,548

Watch

589

1,259

4,563

6,411

Special Mention

3

203

7,730

7,936

Substandard

248

248

Total Other Commercial

$

145,656

$

173,414

$

105,143

$

6,584

$

27,546

$

55,645

$

21,155

$

535,143

Total Commercial

Pass

$

1,824,222

$

1,960,833

$

1,514,205

$

1,023,276

$

821,094

$

2,484,044

$

692,507

$

10,320,181

Watch

15,454

15,065

79,532

100,602

38,615

150,191

15,555

415,014

Special Mention

3,324

15,296

63,856

39,756

16,492

66,611

10,908

216,243

Substandard

492

580

61,855

44,153

16,297

69,542

6,980

199,899

Total Commercial

$

1,843,492

$

1,991,774

$

1,719,448

$

1,207,787

$

892,498

$

2,770,388

$

725,950

$

11,151,337

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The table below details the amortized cost of the classes of loans within the Commercial segment by risk level and year of origination as of December 31, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

December 31, 2020

Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Prior

Revolving Loans

Total

Construction and Land Development

Pass

$

316,585

$

277,142

$

116,800

$

24,770

$

42,970

$

54,023

$

23,324

$

855,614

Watch

1,873

18,181

8,434

344

2,355

6,372

412

37,971

Special Mention

5,532

135

2,655

8,322

Substandard

17,780

64

2,037

4,010

23,891

Total Construction and Land Development

$

318,458

$

300,855

$

143,149

$

25,178

$

47,362

$

67,060

$

23,736

$

925,798

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

Pass

$

286,522

$

375,541

$

300,583

$

233,359

$

128,261

$

570,361

$

18,838

$

1,913,465

Watch

1,942

14,611

22,224

15,623

24,979

41,361

1,648

122,388

Special Mention

988

6,052

5,749

4,198

9,907

30,455

1,121

58,470

Substandard

4,858

5,159

914

1,555

21,101

999

34,586

Total Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

$

289,452

$

401,062

$

333,715

$

254,094

$

164,702

$

663,278

$

22,606

$

2,128,909

Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

Pass

$

381,849

$

455,427

$

433,183

$

403,677

$

336,630

$

850,035

$

30,421

$

2,891,222

Watch

28,354

142,279

76,838

59,451

79,533

224,944

16,870

628,269

Special Mention

702

11,072

34,905

18,073

40,771

11,211

723

117,457

Substandard

246

13,357

25

6,986

20,614

Total Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

$

411,151

$

608,778

$

558,283

$

481,201

$

456,959

$

1,093,176

$

48,014

$

3,657,562

Commercial & Industrial

Pass

$

1,730,876

$

350,618

$

199,489

$

67,035

$

71,799

$

140,461

$

590,701

$

3,150,979

Watch

4,872

32,028

13,073

6,500

3,182

4,906

19,972

84,533

Special Mention

1,009

2,178

3,890

1,150

724

1,234

4,755

14,940

Substandard

534

4,269

1,274

309

560

2,676

3,386

13,008

Total Commercial & Industrial

$

1,737,291

$

389,093

$

217,726

$

74,994

$

76,265

$

149,277

$

618,814

$

3,263,460

Multifamily Real Estate

Pass

$

144,805

$

85,740

$

150,724

$

117,881

$

67,984

$

231,113

$

2,311

$

800,558

Watch

5,074

475

617

560

6,726

Special Mention

2,280

4,388

760

7,428

Substandard

33

33

Total Multifamily Real Estate

$

147,085

$

90,814

$

155,587

$

117,881

$

68,601

$

232,466

$

2,311

$

814,745

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

Pass

$

104,630

$

89,332

$

70,310

$

79,156

$

68,915

$

201,492

$

2,236

$

616,071

Watch

666

6,665

8,252

4,141

4,067

9,307

195

33,293

Special Mention

601

663

468

5,923

7,655

Substandard

644

793

4,913

1,995

986

5,111

488

14,930

Total Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

$

105,940

$

96,790

$

84,076

$

85,955

$

74,436

$

221,833

$

2,919

$

671,949

Other Commercial

Pass

$

223,490

$

112,045

$

9,549

$

30,314

$

16,494

$

42,158

$

44,180

$

478,230

Watch

613

1,299

1,189

3,934

7,035

Special Mention

10

7

4,591

102

4,710

Total Other Commercial

$

223,500

$

112,045

$

10,162

$

31,620

$

17,683

$

50,683

$

44,282

$

489,975

Total Commercial

Pass

$

3,188,757

$

1,745,845

$

1,280,638

$

956,192

$

733,053

$

2,089,643

$

712,011

$

10,706,139

Watch

37,707

218,838

129,909

87,358

115,922

291,384

39,097

920,215

Special Mention

4,989

24,834

49,668

24,091

51,870

56,829

6,701

218,982

Substandard

1,424

9,920

42,483

3,282

5,163

39,917

4,873

107,062

Total Commercial

$

3,232,877

$

1,999,437

$

1,502,698

$

1,070,923

$

906,008

$

2,477,773

$

762,682

$

11,952,398

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Consumer Loans

For Consumer loans, the Company evaluates credit quality based on the delinquency status of the loan. The following table details the amortized cost of the classes of loans within the Consumer segment based on their delinquency status and year of origination as of September 30, 2021 (dollars in thousands):

September 30, 2021

Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

Prior

Revolving Loans

Total

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

Current

$

194,184

$

190,849

$

57,249

$

37,678

$

49,080

$

276,715

$

10

$

805,765

30-59 Days Past Due

117

159

47

83

406

60-89 Days Past Due

305

1,883

2,188

90+ Days Past Due

451

46

20

1,945

2,462

Nonaccrual

899

1,361

9,890

12,150

Total Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

$

194,635

$

190,849

$

57,412

$

38,756

$

50,793

$

290,516

$

10

$

822,971

Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

Current

$

6,418

$

10,327

$

2,343

$

1,176

$

$

487

$

529,176

$

549,927

30-59 Days Past Due

1,092

1,092

60-89 Days Past Due

587

587

90+ Days Past Due

2,474

2,474

Nonaccrual

64

19

227

3,413

3,723

Total Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

$

6,418

$

10,391

$

2,343

$

1,195

$

$

714

$

536,742

$

557,803

Consumer

Current

$

14,576

$

17,830

$

44,158

$

37,069

$

14,446

$

17,697

$

34,929

$

180,705

30-59 Days Past Due

9

28

287

180

49

224

13

790

60-89 Days Past Due

1

35

53

166

7

4

51

317

90+ Days Past Due

3

31

88

10

24

17

173

Nonaccrual

54

54

Total Consumer

$

14,586

$

17,896

$

44,529

$

37,503

$

14,512

$

18,003

$

35,010

$

182,039

Auto

Current

$

138,193

$

136,530

$

81,956

$

36,844

$

19,660

$

10,039

$

$

423,222

30-59 Days Past Due

79

477

423

227

190

152

1,548

60-89 Days Past Due

81

58

45

14

4

202

90+ Days Past Due

101

15

75

6

12

209

Nonaccrual

98

75

11

29

42

255

Total Auto

$

138,373

$

137,201

$

82,587

$

37,133

$

19,893

$

10,249

$

$

425,436

Total Consumer

Current

$

353,371

$

355,536

$

185,706

$

112,767

$

83,186

$

304,938

$

564,115

$

1,959,619

30-59 Days Past Due

88

505

827

566

286

459

1,105

3,836

60-89 Days Past Due

1

116

111

211

326

1,891

638

3,294

90+ Days Past Due

552

18

152

114

10

1,981

2,491

5,318

Nonaccrual

162

75

929

1,390

10,213

3,413

16,182

Total Consumer

$

354,012

$

356,337

$

186,871

$

114,587

$

85,198

$

319,482

$

571,762

$

1,988,249

The Company did not have any material revolving loans convert to term during the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

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The following table details the amortized cost of the classes of loans within the Consumer segment based on their delinquency status and year of origination as of December 31, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

December 31, 2020

Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Prior

Revolving Loans

Total

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

Current

$

213,763

$

75,133

$

64,299

$

68,320

$

102,123

$

269,203

$

11

$

792,852

30-59 Days Past Due

678

181

2,243

516

457

6,107

10,182

60-89 Days Past Due

156

57

679

641

1,533

90+ Days Past Due

608

1,696

23

1,246

2,126

5,699

Nonaccrual

696

851

887

10,166

12,600

Total Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

$

215,205

$

77,010

$

67,318

$

70,366

$

104,713

$

288,243

$

11

$

822,866

Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

Current

$

13,217

$

3,916

$

1,593

$

300

$

$

636

$

567,860

$

587,522

30-59 Days Past Due

70

2,905

2,975

60-89 Days Past Due

53

991

1,044

90+ Days Past Due

826

826

Nonaccrual

21

227

4,381

4,629

Total Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

$

13,340

$

3,916

$

1,614

$

300

$

$

863

$

576,963

$

596,996

Consumer

Current

$

26,498

$

68,208

$

67,041

$

22,464

$

9,997

$

15,893

$

35,450

$

245,551

30-59 Days Past Due

35

252

504

98

15

143

119

1,166

60-89 Days Past Due

28

176

317

23

3

3

550

90+ Days Past Due

5

84

242

4

56

3

394

Nonaccrual

69

69

Total Consumer

$

26,566

$

68,720

$

68,104

$

22,589

$

10,012

$

16,164

$

35,575

$

247,730

Auto

Current

$

171,051

$

115,319

$

55,886

$

32,555

$

17,081

$

6,314

$

$

398,206

30-59 Days Past Due

239

467

543

478

197

152

2,076

60-89 Days Past Due

124

150

59

26

17

376

90+ Days Past Due

6

23

53

58

15

11

166

Nonaccrual

30

93

126

101

88

62

500

Total Auto

$

171,450

$

116,052

$

56,608

$

33,251

$

17,407

$

6,556

$

$

401,324

Total Consumer

Current

$

424,529

$

262,576

$

188,819

$

123,639

$

129,201

$

292,046

$

603,321

$

2,024,131

30-59 Days Past Due

1,022

900

3,290

1,092

669

6,402

3,024

16,399

60-89 Days Past Due

361

326

374

761

26

661

994

3,503

90+ Days Past Due

619

1,803

318

62

1,261

2,193

829

7,085

Nonaccrual

30

93

843

952

975

10,524

4,381

17,798

Total Consumer

$

426,561

$

265,698

$

193,644

$

126,506

$

132,132

$

311,826

$

612,549

$

2,068,916

The Company did not have any material revolving loans convert to term during the year ended December 31, 2020.

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4. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The Company’s intangible assets consist of core deposits, goodwill, and other intangibles arising from acquisitions. The Company has determined that core deposit intangibles have finite lives and amortizes them over their estimated useful lives. Core deposit intangibles are being amortized over the period of expected benefit, which ranges from 4 to 10 years, using an accelerated method. Other amortizable intangible assets are being amortized over the period of expected benefit, which ranges from 4 to 10 years, using various methods.

COVID-19 has disrupted and adversely impacted the economy and created significant volatility in the financial markets. The volatility in the financial markets adversely affected the Company’s expected future cash flows, due to the lower interest rate environment and other factors. The forecasted impact from COVID-19 was included in the Company’s annual goodwill impairment test in the second quarter of 2021 and the Company determined that there was no impairment to its goodwill or intangible assets. In the normal course of business, the Company routinely monitors the impact of the changes in the financial markets and includes these assessments in the Company’s goodwill impairment process.

The Company analyzed its intangible assets at September 30, 2021 and concluded no impairment existed as of the balance sheet date. Amortization expense of intangibles for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 totaled $3.4 million and $10.7 million, and $4.1 million and $12.7 million, respectively.

As of September 30, 2021, the estimated remaining amortization expense of intangibles is as follows for the years ending (dollars in thousands):

For the remaining three months of 2021

    

$

3,226

2022

11,490

2023

9,687

2024

7,818

2025

6,219

Thereafter

8,097

Total estimated amortization expense

$

46,537

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5. LEASES

The Company enters into both lessor and lessee arrangements and determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. As both a lessee and lessor, the Company elected the practical expedient permitted under the transition guidance within the standard to account for lease and non-lease components as a single lease component for all asset classes.

Lessor Arrangements

The Company’s lessor arrangements consist of sales-type and direct financing leases for equipment. Lease payment terms are fixed and are typically payable in monthly installments with terms ranging from 31 months to 125 months. The lease arrangements may contain renewal options and purchase options that allow the lessee to purchase the leased equipment at the end of the lease term. The leases generally do not contain non-lease components. The Company has no material sale leaseback transactions and no lease transactions with related parties.

At lease inception the Company estimates the expected residual value of the leased property at the end of the lease term by considering both internal and third-party appraisals. In certain cases, the Company obtains lessee-provided residual value guarantees and third-party RVI to reduce its residual asset risk. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the carrying value of residual assets covered by residual value guarantees and RVI was $20.5 million and $14.7 million, respectively.

The net investment in sales-type and direct financing leases consists of the carrying amount of the lease receivables plus unguaranteed residual assets, net of unearned income and any deferred selling profit on direct financing leases. The lease receivables include the lessor’s right to receive lease payments and the guaranteed residual asset value the lessor expects to derive from the underlying assets at the end of the lease term. The Company’s net investment in sales-type and direct financing leases are included in Loans Held for Investment (net of deferred fees and costs) on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Lease income is recorded within Interest Income on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. There were no significant changes in the balance of the Company’s unguaranteed residual assets for the periods ending September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

Total net investment in sales-type and direct financing leases consists of the following (dollars in thousands):

    

September 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

Sales-type and direct financing leases:

Lease receivables, net of unearned income and deferred selling profit

$

161,703

$

141,180

Unguaranteed residual values, net of unearned income and deferred selling profit

6,805

4,796

Total net investment in sales-type and direct financing leases

 

$

168,508

$

145,976

Lessee Arrangements

The Company’s lessee arrangements consist of operating and finance leases; however, the majority of the leases have been classified as non-cancellable operating leases and are primarily for real estate leases with remaining lease terms of up to 24 years. The Company’s real estate lease agreements do not contain residual value guarantees and most agreements do not contain restrictive covenants. The Company does not have any material arrangements where the Company is in a sublease contract.

Lessee arrangements with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The ROU Assets and lease liabilities associated with operating and finance leases greater than 12 months are recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets; ROU Assets within Other Assets and lease liabilities within Other Liabilities. ROU Assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset over the course of the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. The initial measurement of lease liabilities and ROU Assets are the same for operating and finance leases. Lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the incremental borrowing rate. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. ROU Assets are recognized at commencement date based on the initial measurement of the lease liability, any lease payments made excluding lease incentives, and any initial direct costs incurred. Most of the Company’s operating leases include one or more options to renew and if the Company is reasonably certain to exercise those options it would be included in the measurement of the operating ROU Assets and lease liabilities.

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Lease expense for operating lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and recorded in Occupancy Expenses within noninterest expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. Finance lease expenses consist of straight-line amortization expense of the ROU Assets recognized over the lease term and interest expense on the lease liability. Total finance lease expenses for the amortization of the ROU Assets are recorded in Occupancy Expenses within noninterest expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income and interest expense on the finance lease liability is recorded in Interest on Long-Term Borrowings within total interest expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.

As of September 30, 2021, the Company had no sales leaseback transactions or leases that have not yet commenced that create significant rights and obligations.

The tables below provide information about the Company’s lessee lease portfolio and other supplemental lease information (dollars in thousands):

    

September 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

Operating

Finance

Operating

Finance

Right-of-use-assets

$

43,299

$

6,736

$

48,051

$

7,425

Lease liabilities

52,766

9,770

58,901

10,621

Lease Term and Discount Rate of Operating leases:

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)

 

6.85

7.33

7.27

8.08

Weighted-average discount rate (1)

 

2.60

%

1.17

%

2.66

%

1.17

%

(1)An incremental borrowing rate is used based on information available at commencement date of lease or at remeasurement date.

Nine months ended September 30, 

 

2021

2020

Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of lease liabilities:

Operating Cash Flows from Finance Leases

$

89

$

41

Operating Cash Flows from Operating Leases

 

8,961

10,398

Financing Cash Flows from Finance Leases

851

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:

  

Operating leases

 

2,412

7,566

Finance leases

10,549

Three months ended September 30, 

Nine months ended September 30, 

2021

2020

2021

2020

Net Operating Lease Cost

$

2,535

$

2,536

$

7,615

$

8,383

Finance Lease Cost:

Amortization of right-of-use assets

230

230

689

306

Interest on lease liabilities

29

31

89

41

Total Lease Cost

$

2,794

$

2,797

$

8,393

$

8,730

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The maturities of lessor and lessee arrangements outstanding at September 30, 2021 are presented in the tables below (dollars in thousands):

September 30, 2021

Lessor

Lessee

Sales-type and Direct Financing

Operating

Finance

For the remaining three months of 2021

    

$

9,333

$

2,976

$

321

2022

39,099

11,348

1,292

2023

 

37,133

10,204

1,325

2024

 

36,889

9,183

1,358

2025

 

24,928

6,857

1,392

Thereafter

 

28,242

17,534

4,515

Total undiscounted cash flows

 

175,624

58,102

10,203

Less: Adjustments (1)

 

13,921

5,336

433

Total (2)

$

161,703

$

52,766

$

9,770

(1) Lessor – unearned income and unearned guaranteed residual value; Lessee – imputed interest.

(2) Represents lease receivables for lessor arrangements and lease liabilities for lessee arrangements.

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6. BORROWINGS

Short-term Borrowings

The Company classifies all borrowings that will mature within a year from the date on which the Company enters into them as short-term borrowings. Total short-term borrowings consist primarily of advances from the FHLB, federal funds purchased (which are secured overnight borrowings from other financial institutions), and other lines of credit. Also included in total short-term borrowings are securities sold under agreements to repurchase, which are secured transactions with customers and generally mature the day following the date sold.

Total short-term borrowings consist of the following as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

    

September 30, 

December 31, 

 

2021

2020

 

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

$

95,181

$

100,888

Federal Funds Purchased

150,000

FHLB Advances

 

 

100,000

Total short-term borrowings

$

95,181

$

350,888

Average outstanding balance during the period

$

114,710

$

213,932

Average interest rate during the period

 

0.11

%  

 

0.79

%

Average interest rate at end of period

 

0.06

%  

 

0.13

%

The Bank maintains federal funds lines with several correspondent banks, the remaining available balance was $997.0 million and $847.0 million at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The Company maintains an alternate line of credit at a correspondent bank, which had an available balance of $25.0 million at both September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The Company has certain restrictive covenants related to certain asset quality, capital, and profitability metrics associated with these lines and is in compliance with such covenants as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. Additionally, the Company had a collateral dependent line of credit with the FHLB of up to $6.0 billion at both September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

Long-term Borrowings

In response to the current interest rate environment, the Company prepaid a $200.0 million long-term FHLB advance on February 26, 2021 and $550.0 million of long-term FHLB advances in 2020, which resulted in prepayment penalties of $14.7 million and $31.2 million, respectively.

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Total long-term borrowings consist of the following as of September 30, 2021 (dollars in thousands):

Spread to

Principal

3-Month LIBOR

Rate (1)

Maturity

Investment (2)

Trust Preferred Capital Securities

Trust Preferred Capital Note - Statutory Trust I

$

22,500

 

2.75

%  

2.88

%  

6/17/2034

$

696

Trust Preferred Capital Note - Statutory Trust II

 

36,000

 

1.40

%  

1.53

%  

6/15/2036

 

1,114

VFG Limited Liability Trust I Indenture

 

20,000

 

2.73

%  

2.86

%  

3/18/2034

 

619

FNB Statutory Trust II Indenture

 

12,000

 

3.10

%  

3.23

%  

6/26/2033

 

372

Gateway Capital Statutory Trust I

 

8,000

 

3.10

%  

3.23

%  

9/17/2033

 

248

Gateway Capital Statutory Trust II

 

7,000

 

2.65

%  

2.78

%  

6/17/2034

 

217

Gateway Capital Statutory Trust III

 

15,000

 

1.50

%  

1.63

%  

5/30/2036

 

464

Gateway Capital Statutory Trust IV

 

25,000

 

1.55

%  

1.68

%  

7/30/2037

 

774

MFC Capital Trust II

 

5,000

 

2.85

%  

2.98

%  

1/23/2034

 

155

Total Trust Preferred Capital Securities

$

150,500

 

  

 

  

 

  

$

4,659

Subordinated Debt(3)(4)

2026 Subordinated Debt(5)

150,000

-

%

5.00

%

12/15/2026

Total Subordinated Debt

$

150,000

Fair Value Premium (Discount)(6)

(14,575)

Investment in Trust Preferred Capital Securities

4,659

Total Long-term Borrowings

$

290,584

(1) Rate as of September 30, 2021.

(2) The total of the trust preferred capital securities and investments in the respective trusts represents the principal asset of the Company’s junior subordinated debt securities with like maturities and like interest rates to the capital securities. The Company’s investment in the trusts is reported in "Other Assets" on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(3) The remaining issuance discount as of September 30, 2021 is $1.0 million.

(4) Subordinated notes qualify as Tier 2 capital for the Company for regulatory purposes.

(5) Fixed-to-floating rate notes are redeemable, at the Company’s option, on any interest payment date occurring on or after December 15, 2021, at which time the interest rate will change to a floating rate of LIBOR plus 3.175% through its maturity date or earlier redemption.

(6) Includes discount on issued subordinated notes.

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Total long-term borrowings consist of the following as of December 31, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

Spread to

Principal

3-Month LIBOR

Rate (1)

Maturity

Investment (2)

Trust Preferred Capital Securities

Trust Preferred Capital Note - Statutory Trust I

$

22,500

 

2.75

%  

2.99

%  

6/17/2034

$

696

Trust Preferred Capital Note - Statutory Trust II

 

36,000

 

1.40

%  

1.64

%  

6/15/2036

 

1,114

VFG Limited Liability Trust I Indenture

 

20,000

 

2.73

%  

2.97

%  

3/18/2034

 

619

FNB Statutory Trust II Indenture

 

12,000

 

3.10

%  

3.34

%  

6/26/2033

 

372

Gateway Capital Statutory Trust I

 

8,000

 

3.10

%  

3.34

%  

9/17/2033

 

248

Gateway Capital Statutory Trust II

 

7,000

 

2.65

%  

2.89

%  

6/17/2034

 

217

Gateway Capital Statutory Trust III

 

15,000

 

1.50

%  

1.74

%  

5/30/2036

 

464

Gateway Capital Statutory Trust IV

 

25,000

 

1.55

%  

1.79

%  

7/30/2037

 

774

MFC Capital Trust II

 

5,000

 

2.85

%  

3.09

%  

1/23/2034

 

155

Total Trust Preferred Capital Securities

$

150,500

 

  

 

  

 

  

$

4,659

FHLB Advances

Fixed Rate Convertible

200,000

-

%

1.78

%

10/26/2028

Total FHLB Advances

$

200,000

Subordinated Debt(3)(4)

2026 Subordinated Debt(5)

150,000

-

%

5.00

%

12/15/2026

Total Subordinated Debt

$

150,000

Fair Value Premium (Discount)(6)

(15,330)

Investment in Trust Preferred Capital Securities

4,659

Total Long-term Borrowings

$

489,829

(1) Rate as of December 31, 2020.

(2) The total of the trust preferred capital securities and investments in the respective trusts represents the principal asset of the Company’s junior subordinated debt securities with like maturities and like interest rates to the capital securities. The Company’s investment in the trusts is reported in "Other Assets" on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(3) The remaining issuance discount as of December 31, 2020 is $1.2 million.

(4) Subordinated notes qualify as Tier 2 capital for the Company for regulatory purposes.

(5) Fixed-to-floating rate notes are redeemable, at the Company’s option, on any interest payment date occurring on or after December 15, 2021, at which time the interest rate will change to a floating rate of LIBOR plus 3.175% through its maturity date or earlier redemption.

(6) Includes discount on issued subordinated notes.

As of September 30, 2021, the contractual maturities of long-term debt are as follows for the years ending (dollars in thousands):

  

Trust

  

  

  

  

Preferred

  

  

Fair Value

  

Total

  

Capital

  

Subordinated

  

Premium

  

 Long-term

  

Notes

  

Debt

  

(Discount) (1)

  

Borrowings

For the remaining three months of 2021

$

$

$

(254)

$

(254)

2022

 

 

 

(1,030)

 

(1,030)

2023

 

 

 

(1,053)

 

(1,053)

2024

 

 

 

(1,078)

 

(1,078)

2025

 

 

 

(1,102)

 

(1,102)

Thereafter

 

155,159

 

150,000

 

(10,058)

 

295,101

Total long-term borrowings

$

155,159

$

150,000

$

(14,575)

$

290,584

(1) Includes discount on issued subordinated notes.

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7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation Matters

In the ordinary course of its operations, the Company and its subsidiaries are parties to various legal proceedings. Based on the information presently available, and after consultation with legal counsel, management believes that the ultimate outcome in such proceedings, in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, or results of operations of the Company.

Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk

The Company 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 and to reduce its own exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and letters of credit. These instruments involve elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The contractual amounts of these instruments reflect the extent of the Company’s involvement in particular classes of financial instruments.

The Company’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instruments for commitments to extend credit and letters of credit written is represented by the contractual amount of these instruments. The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments. Unless noted otherwise, the Company does not require collateral or other security to support off-balance sheet financial instruments with credit risk. The Company considers credit losses related to off-balance sheet commitments by undergoing a similar process in evaluating losses for loans that are carried on the balance sheet. The Company considers historical loss and funding information, current and future economic conditions, risk ratings, and past due status among other factors in the consideration of expected credit losses in the Company’s off-balance sheet commitments to extend credit. The Company also records an indemnification reserve that includes balances relating to mortgage loans previously sold based on historical statistics and loss rates.

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company’s reserves for unfunded commitments and indemnification were $8.0 million and $10.8 million, respectively.

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to customers as long as there are no violations of any conditions established in the contracts. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Because many of the commitments may expire without being completely drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

Letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of customers to third parties. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to customers.

The following table presents the balances of commitments and contingencies as of the following dates (dollars in thousands):

    

September 30, 2021

    

December 31, 2020

Commitments with off-balance sheet risk:

 

  

 

  

Commitments to extend credit (1)

$

5,793,342

$

4,722,412

Letters of credit

 

153,350

 

161,827

Total commitments with off-balance sheet risk

$

5,946,692

$

4,884,239

(1) Includes unfunded overdraft protection.

As of September 30, 2021, the Company had approximately $212.8 million in deposits in other financial institutions, of which $88.4 million served as collateral for cash flow and loan swap derivatives. As of December 31, 2020, the Company had approximately $290.5 million in deposits in other financial institutions, of which $251.0 million served as collateral for cash flow and loan swap derivatives. For the OTC derivatives cleared with the central clearinghouses, the variation margin is treated as a settlement of the related derivatives fair values. The Company had approximately $121.5 million and $36.4 million in deposits in other financial institutions that were uninsured at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. At least annually, the Company’s management evaluates the loss risk of its uninsured deposits in financial counterparties.

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For asset/liability management purposes, the Company uses interest rate swap agreements to hedge various exposures or to modify the interest rate characteristics of various balance sheet accounts. Refer to Note 8 “Derivatives” for additional information.

As part of the Company’s liquidity management strategy, it pledges collateral to secure various financing and other activities that occur during the normal course of business. The following tables present the types of collateral pledged at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

Pledged Assets as of September 30, 2021

    

    

AFS

    

HTM

    

    

Cash

Securities (1)

Securities (1)

Loans (2)

Total

Public deposits

$

$

662,373

$

424,355

$

$

1,086,728

Repurchase agreements

 

 

131,669

 

 

 

131,669

FHLB advances

 

 

45,976

 

 

4,282,408

 

4,328,384

Derivatives

 

88,446

 

65,615

 

 

 

154,061

Fed Funds

361,987

361,987

Other purposes

 

21,424

976

22,400

Total pledged assets

$

88,446

$

927,057

$

425,331

$

4,644,395

$

6,085,229

(1) Balance represents market value.

(2) Balance represents book value.

Pledged Assets as of December 31, 2020

    

    

AFS

    

HTM

    

    

Cash

Securities (1)

Securities (1)

Loans (2)

Total

Public deposits

$

$

469,864

$

436,449

$

$

906,313

Repurchase agreements

 

 

116,876

 

 

 

116,876

FHLB advances

 

 

52,323

 

 

4,374,383

 

4,426,706

Derivatives

 

251,047

 

785

 

 

 

251,832

Fed Funds

340,847

340,847

Other purposes

 

 

123,388

 

8,634

 

 

132,022

Total pledged assets

$

251,047

$

763,236

$

445,083

$

4,715,230

$

6,174,596

(1) Balance represents market value.

(2) Balance represents book value.

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8. DERIVATIVES

The Company is exposed to economic risks arising from its business operations and uses derivatives primarily to manage risk associated with changing interest rates, and to assist customers with their risk management objectives. The Company designates certain derivatives as hedging instruments in a qualifying hedge accounting relationship (cash flow or fair value hedge). The remaining are classified as free-standing derivatives consisting of customer accommodation loan swaps and interest rate lock commitments that do not qualify for hedge accounting.

Derivatives Counterparty Credit Risk

Derivative instruments contain an element of credit risk that arises from the potential failure of a counterparty to perform according to the terms of the contract. The Company’s exposure to derivative counterparty credit risk, at any point in time, is equal to the amount reported as a derivative asset on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, assuming no recoveries of underlying collateral. The Company clears certain OTC derivatives with central clearinghouses through FCMs due to applicable regulatory requirement, which reduces the Company’s counterparty risk.

The Company also enters into legally enforceable master netting agreements and collateral agreements, where possible, with certain derivative counterparties to mitigate the risk of default on a bilateral basis. These bilateral agreements typically provide the right to offset exposures and require one counterparty to post collateral on derivative instruments in a net liability position to the other counterparty. For the OTC derivatives cleared with central clearinghouses, the variation margin is treated as settlement of the related derivatives fair values.

Cash Flow Hedges

The Company designates derivatives as cash flow hedges when they are used to manage exposure to variability in cash flows related to forecasted transactions on variable rate financial instruments. The Company uses interest rate swap agreements as part of its hedging strategy by exchanging a notional amount, equal to the principal amount of the borrowings or commercial loans, for fixed-rate interest based on benchmarked interest rates. The original terms and conditions of the interest rate swaps vary and range in length. Amounts receivable or payable are recognized as accrued under the terms of the agreements.

All swaps were entered into with counterparties that met the Company’s credit standards, and the agreements contain collateral provisions protecting the at-risk party. The Company concluded that the credit risk inherent in the contract is not significant.

For derivatives designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges, ineffectiveness is not measured or separately disclosed. Rather, as long as the hedging relationship continues to qualify for hedge accounting, the entire change in the fair value of the hedging instrument is recorded in OCI and recognized in earnings as the hedged transaction affects earnings. Derivative amounts affecting earnings are recognized consistent with the classification of the hedged item.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company entered into two interest rate swaps with notional amounts totaling $200 million designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges of the Company’s forecasted variable interest receipts on variable rate loans. The Company did not have any derivatives designated as cash flow hedges at December 31, 2020. For each agreement, the Company receives interest at a fixed rate and pays at a variable rate. 

Fair Value Hedge

Derivatives are designated as fair value hedges when they are used to manage exposure to changes in the fair value of certain financial assets and liabilities, referred to as the hedged items, which fluctuate in value as a result of movements in interest rates.

Loans: During the normal course of business, the Company enters into swap agreements to convert certain long-term fixed-rate loans to floating rates to hedge the Company’s exposure to interest rate risk. The Company pays a fixed interest rate to the counterparty and receives a floating rate from the same counterparty calculated on the aggregate notional amount. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the aggregate notional amount of the related hedged items for certain long-term fixed rate loans totaled $89.8 million and $74.7 million, respectively, and the fair value of the swaps associated with the derivative related to hedged items was an unrealized loss of $1.2 million and $5.1 million, respectively.

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AFS Securities: The Company has entered into a swap agreement to hedge the interest rate risk on a portion of its fixed rate available for sale securities. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the aggregate notional amount of the related hedged items of the AFS securities totaled $50 million and the fair value of the swaps associated with the derivative related to hedged items was an unrealized loss of $5.0 million and $7.3 million, respectively.

The Company applies hedge accounting in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and the fair value hedge and the underlying hedged item, attributable to the risk being hedged, are recorded at fair value with unrealized gains and losses being recorded on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. The Company assesses the effectiveness of each hedging relationship by comparing the changes in fair value or cash flows on the derivative hedging instrument with the changes in fair value or cash flows on the designated hedged item or transactions for the risk being hedged. If a hedging relationship ceases to qualify for hedge accounting, the relationship is discontinued and future changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument are recognized in current period earnings. For a discontinued or terminated fair value hedging relationship, all remaining basis adjustments to the carrying amount of the hedged item are amortized to interest income or expense over the remaining life of the hedged item consistent with the amortization of other discounts or premiums. Previous balances deferred in AOCI from discontinued or terminated cash flow hedges are reclassified to interest income or expense as the hedged transactions affect earnings or over the originally specified term of the hedging relationship. The Company’s hedges continue to be highly effective and had no material impact on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

Loan Swaps

During the normal course of business, the Company offers interest rate swap loan relationships (“loan swaps”) to its borrowers to help meet their financing needs. Upon entering into the loan swaps, the Company enters into offsetting positions with a third party in order to minimize interest rate risk. These back-to-back loan swaps qualify as financial derivatives with fair values as reported in “Other Assets” and “Other Liabilities” on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following table summarizes key elements of the Company’s derivative instruments as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, segregated by derivatives that are considered accounting hedges and those that are not (dollars in thousands):

    

September 30, 2021

    

December 31, 2020

Derivative (2)

Derivative (2)

    

Notional or

    

    

    

Notional or

    

    

Contractual

Contractual

Amount (1)

Assets

Liabilities

Amount (1)

Assets

Liabilities

Derivatives designated as accounting hedges:

Interest rate contracts: (3)

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Cash flow hedges

$

200,000

$

$

$

$

$

Fair value hedges

 

139,792

 

 

6,769

 

124,726

 

 

12,483

Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges:

Loan Swaps: (3)

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Pay fixed - receive floating interest rate swaps

 

2,440,163

 

953

 

39,664

 

2,356,453

 

212

 

163,148

Pay floating - receive fixed interest rate swaps

 

2,440,163

 

89,293

 

12,431

 

2,356,453

 

163,148

 

212

(1) Notional amounts are not recorded on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and are generally used only as a basis on which interest and other payments are determined.

(2) Balances represent fair value of derivative financial instruments.

(3) The Company’s cleared derivatives are classified as a single-unit of accounting, resulting in the fair value of the designated swap being reduced by the variation margin, which is treated as settlement of the related derivatives fair value for accounting purposes and is reported on a net basis at September 30, 2021. The previous periods presented do not include the offsetting impact of variation margin.

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The following table summarizes the carrying value of the Company’s hedged assets in fair value hedges and the associated cumulative basis adjustments included in those carrying values as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

September 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

    

    

Cumulative

    

    

Cumulative

Amount of Basis

Amount of Basis

Adjustments

Adjustments

Included in the

Included in the

Carrying Amount

Carrying

Carrying Amount

Carrying

of Hedged

Amount of the

of Hedged

Amount of the

Assets/(Liabilities)

Hedged

Assets/(Liabilities)

Hedged

Amount (1)

 

Assets/(Liabilities)

Amount (1)

 

Assets/(Liabilities)

Line items on the Consolidated Balance Sheets in which the hedged item is included:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Securities available-for-sale (1) (2)

$

122,522

$

4,993

$

166,413

$

7,297

Loans

 

89,792

 

1,170

 

74,726

 

5,088

(1) These amounts include the amortized cost basis of the investment securities designated in hedging relationships for which the hedged item is the last layer expected to be remaining at the end of the hedging relationship. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the amortized cost basis of this portfolio was $123 million and $166 million, respectively, and the cumulative basis adjustment associated with this hedge was $5.0 million and $7.3 million, respectively. The amount of the designated hedged item at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 totaled $50 million.

(2) Carrying value represents amortized cost.

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9. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Series A Preferred Stock

On June 9, 2020, the Company issued and sold 6,900,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/400th ownership interest in a share of its Series A preferred stock, with a liquidation preference of $10,000 per share of Series A preferred stock (equivalent to $25 per depositary share), including 900,000 depositary shares pursuant to the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional depositary shares. The total net proceeds to the Company were approximately $166.4 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and other offering expenses payable by the Company.

Repurchase Program

In 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program to purchase up to $150.0 million of the Company’s common stock through June 30, 2021 in open market transactions or privately negotiated transactions. On March 20, 2020, the Company suspended its share repurchase program, which had approximately $20 million remaining in authorization at the time. The Company repurchased an aggregate of approximately 3.7 million shares, at an average price of $35.48 per share, under the authorization prior to suspension. On May 4, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program (the “Repurchase Program”) to purchase up to $125 million worth of the Company’s common stock in open market transactions or privately negotiated transactions, including pursuant to a trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 and/or Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, that was due to expire on June 30, 2022. As part of the Repurchase Program, 1.1 million shares (or $42.3 million) were repurchased during the quarter ended June 30, 2021, and 2.3 million shares (or $82.7 million) were repurchased during the quarter ended September 30, 2021, fully utilizing the $125 million repurchase authorization under the Repurchase Program.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The change in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 is summarized as follows, net of tax (dollars in thousands):

    

    

Unrealized Gains

    

    

    

(Losses)

Unrealized

for AFS

Unrealized

Gains (Losses)

Securities

Change in Fair

Gains

on AFS

Transferred to

Value of Cash

(Losses) on

Securities

HTM

Flow Hedge

BOLI

Total

Balance - June 30, 2021

$

54,792

$

45

$

1,132

$

(2,897)

$

53,072

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

  

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification

 

(23,242)

(545)

 

(23,787)

Amounts reclassified from AOCI into earnings

 

(7)

(5)

150

 

138

Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(23,249)

 

(5)

 

(545)

 

150

 

(23,649)

Balance - September 30, 2021

$

31,543

$

40

$

587

$

(2,747)

$

29,423

    

    

Unrealized Gains

    

    

    

(Losses)

Unrealized

for AFS

Unrealized

Gains (Losses)

Securities

Change in Fair

Gains

on AFS

Transferred to

Value of Cash

(Losses) on

Securities

HTM

Flow Hedge

BOLI

Total

Balance - December 31, 2020

$

74,161

$

55

$

$

(3,201)

$

71,015

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

  

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification

 

(42,549)

634

 

(41,915)

Amounts reclassified from AOCI into earnings

 

(69)

(15)

(47)

454

 

323

Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(42,618)

 

(15)

 

587

 

454

 

(41,592)

Balance - September 30, 2021

$

31,543

$

40

$

587

$

(2,747)

$

29,423

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The change in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2020 is summarized as follows, net of tax (dollars in thousands):

    

    

Unrealized Gain

    

    

    

(Losses)

Unrealized

for AFS

Unrealized

Gains (Losses)

Securities

Change in Fair

Gains

on AFS

Transferred to

Value of Cash

(Losses)

Securities

HTM

Flow Hedge

on BOLI

Total

Balance - June 30, 2020

$

63,886

$

65

$

$

(2,647)

$

61,304

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification

 

1,250

1,250

Amounts reclassified from AOCI into earnings

 

(14)

(5)

127

108

Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)

 

1,236

 

(5)

 

 

127

 

1,358

Balance - September 30, 2020

$

65,122

$

60

$

$

(2,520)

$

62,662

    

    

Unrealized Gain

    

    

    

(Losses)

Unrealized

for AFS

Unrealized

Gains (Losses)

Securities

Change in Fair

Gains

on AFS

Transferred to

Value of Cash

(Losses)

Securities

HTM

Flow Hedge

on BOLI

Total

Balance - December 31, 2019

$

37,877

$

75

$

(782)

$

(1,595)

$

35,575

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification

 

36,956

(699)

(1,289)

34,968

Amounts reclassified from AOCI into earnings

 

(9,711)

(15)

1,481

364

(7,881)

Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)

 

27,245

 

(15)

 

782

 

(925)

 

27,087

Balance - September 30, 2020

$

65,122

$

60

$

$

(2,520)

$

62,662

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10. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Company follows ASC 820 to record fair value adjustments to certain assets and liabilities and to determine fair value disclosures. ASC 820 clarifies that fair value of certain assets and liabilities is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between willing market participants.

ASC 820 specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s market assumptions. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 based on these two types of inputs are as follows:

Level 1  Valuation is based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 2  Valuation is based on observable inputs including quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in less active markets, and model-based valuation techniques for which significant assumptions can be derived primarily from or corroborated by observable data in the markets.

Level 3  Valuation is based on model-based techniques that use one or more significant inputs or assumptions that are unobservable in the market. These unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s assumptions about what market participants would use and information that is reasonably available under the circumstances without undue cost and effort.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following describes the valuation techniques used by the Company to measure certain financial assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis in the financial statements.

Derivative Instruments

As discussed in Note 8 “Derivatives”, the Company records derivative instruments at fair value on a recurring basis. The Company utilizes derivative instruments as part of the management of interest rate risk to modify the re-pricing characteristics of certain portions of the Company’s interest-bearing assets and liabilities. The Company has contracted with a third-party vendor to provide valuations for derivatives using standard valuation techniques and therefore classifies such valuations as Level 2. Third party valuations are validated by the Company using Bloomberg Valuation Service’s derivative pricing functions. No material differences were identified during the validation as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The Company has considered counterparty credit risk in the valuation of its derivative assets and has considered its own credit risk in the valuation of its derivative liabilities. Mortgage banking derivatives as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 did not have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

AFS Securities

AFS securities are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Fair value measurement is based upon quoted market prices, when available (Level 1). If quoted market prices are not available, fair values are measured utilizing independent valuation techniques of identical or similar securities for which significant assumptions are derived primarily from or corroborated by observable market data (Level 2). If the inputs used to provide the evaluation for certain securities are unobservable and/or there is little, if any, market activity, then the security would fall to the lowest level of the hierarchy (Level 3).

The Company’s investment portfolio is primarily valued using fair value measurements that are considered to be Level 2. The Company has contracted with a third-party portfolio accounting service vendor for valuation of its securities portfolio. The vendor’s primary source for security valuation is ICE Data Services, which evaluates securities based on market data. ICE Data Services utilizes evaluated pricing models that vary by asset class and include available trade, bid, and other market information. Generally, the methodology includes broker quotes, proprietary models, vast descriptive terms and conditions databases, as well as extensive quality control programs.

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The vendor utilizes proprietary valuation matrices for valuing all municipals securities. The initial curves for determining the price, movement, and yield relationships within the municipal matrices are derived from industry benchmark curves or sourced from a municipal trading desk. The securities are further broken down according to issuer, credit support, state of issuance, and rating to incorporate additional spreads to the industry benchmark curves.

The Company primarily uses Bloomberg Valuation Service, an independent information source that draws on quantitative models and market data contributed from over 4,000 market participants, to validate third party valuations. Any material differences between valuation sources are researched by further analyzing the various inputs that are utilized by each pricing source. No material differences were identified during the validation as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

The carrying value of restricted FRB and FHLB stock approximates fair value based on the redemption provisions of each entity and is therefore excluded from the table below.

Loans Held for Sale

Loans held for sale are carried at fair value. These loans currently consist of residential loans originated for sale in the secondary market. Fair value is based on the price secondary markets are currently offering for similar loans using observable market data which is not materially different than cost due to the short duration between origination and sale (Level 2). Gains and losses on the sale of loans are recorded in current period earnings as a component of "Mortgage banking income" on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.

The following table presents the balances of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

    

Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2021 using

    

    

Significant

    

    

Quoted Prices in

Other

Significant

Active Markets for

Observable

Unobservable

Identical Assets

Inputs

Inputs

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Balance

ASSETS

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

AFS securities:

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

U.S. government and agency securities

$

64,955

$

9,863

$

$

74,818

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

 

998,881

 

 

998,881

Corporate and other bonds(1)

 

 

149,028

 

 

149,028

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

1,970,813

 

 

1,970,813

Other securities

 

 

1,636

 

 

1,636

Loans held for sale

 

 

35,417

 

 

35,417

Derivatives:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Interest rate swap

 

 

90,246

 

 

90,246

LIABILITIES

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Derivatives:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Interest rate swap

$

$

52,096

$

$

52,096

Fair value hedges

 

 

6,769

 

 

6,769

(1) Other bonds include asset-backed securities.

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Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2020 using

    

    

Significant

    

    

Quoted Prices in

Other

Significant

Active Markets for

Observable

Unobservable

Identical Assets

Inputs

Inputs

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Balance

ASSETS

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

AFS securities:

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

U.S. government and agency securities

$

$

13,394

$

$

13,394

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

837,326

837,326

Corporate and other bonds(1)

 

 

151,078

 

 

151,078

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

1,536,996

 

 

1,536,996

Other securities

 

 

1,625

 

 

1,625

Loans held for sale

96,742

96,742

Derivatives:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Interest rate swap

 

 

163,360

 

 

163,360

LIABILITIES

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Derivatives:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Interest rate swap

$

$

163,360

$

$

163,360

Fair value hedges

 

 

12,483

 

 

12,483

(1) Other bonds include asset-backed securities.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

Certain assets are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Adjustments to the fair value of these assets usually result from the application of lower-of-cost-or-market accounting or write-downs of individual assets after they are evaluated for impairment. The primary assets accounted for at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are related to foreclosed properties, former bank premises, and collateral-dependent loans that are individually assessed. When the asset is secured by real estate, the Company measures the fair value utilizing an income or market valuation approach based on an appraisal conducted by an independent, licensed appraiser using observable market data. Management may discount the value from the appraisal in determining the fair value if, based on its understanding of the market conditions, the collateral had been impaired below the appraised value (Level 3). The assets for which a nonrecurring fair value measurement was recorded during the period ended September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was $4.2 million and $12.7 million, respectively. The nonrecurring valuation adjustments for these assets did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

ASC 825, Financial Instruments, requires disclosure about fair value of financial instruments for interim periods and excludes certain financial instruments and all non-financial instruments from its disclosure requirements. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts presented may not necessarily represent the underlying fair value of the Company.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

For those short-term instruments, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.

HTM Securities

The Company’s investment portfolio is primarily valued using fair value measurements that are considered to be Level 2. The Company has contracted with a third-party portfolio accounting service vendor for valuation of its securities portfolio. The vendor’s primary source for security valuation is ICE Data Services, which evaluates securities based on market data. ICE Data Services utilizes evaluated pricing models that vary by asset class and include available trade, bid, and other market information. Generally, the methodology includes broker quotes, proprietary models, vast descriptive terms and conditions databases, as well as extensive quality control programs.

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The vendor utilizes proprietary valuation matrices for valuing all municipals securities. The initial curves for determining the price, movement, and yield relationships within the municipal matrices are derived from industry benchmark curves or sourced from a municipal trading desk. The securities are further broken down according to issuer, credit support, state of issuance, and rating to incorporate additional spreads to the industry benchmark curves.

The Company primarily uses Bloomberg Valuation Service, an independent information source that draws on quantitative models and market data contributed from over 4,000 market participants, to validate third party valuations. Any material differences between valuation sources are researched by further analyzing the various inputs that are utilized by each pricing source. No material differences were identified during the validation as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The Company’s Level 3 securities are a result of the Access acquisition and are comprised of asset-backed securities and municipal bonds. Valuations of the asset-backed securities are provided by a third party vendor specializing in the SBA markets, and are based on underlying loan pool information, market data, and recent trading activity for similar securities. Valuations of the municipal bonds are provided by a third party vendor that specializes in hard-to-value securities, and are based on a discounted cash flow model and considerations for the complexity of the instrument, likelihood it will be called and credit ratings. The Company reviews the valuation of both security types for reasonableness in the context of market conditions and to similar bonds in the Company’s portfolio. Any material differences between valuation sources are researched by further analyzing the various inputs that are utilized by each pricing source. No material differences were identified during the validation as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

Loans and Leases

The fair value of loans and leases were estimated using an exit price, representing the amount that would be expected to be received if the Company sold the loans and leases. The fair value of performing loans and leases were estimated through use of discounted cash flows.  Credit loss assumptions were based on market PD/LGD for loan and lease cohorts.  The discount rate was based primarily on recent market origination rates. Fair value of loans and leases individually assessed and their respective levels within the fair value hierarchy are described in the previous section related to fair value measurements of assets that are measured on a nonrecurring basis.

Bank Owned Life Insurance

The carrying value of BOLI approximates fair value. The Company records these policies at their cash surrender value, which is estimated using information provided by insurance carriers.

Deposits

The fair value of demand deposits, savings accounts, and certain money market deposits is the amount payable on demand at the reporting date. The fair value of certificates of deposits were valued using a discounted cash flow calculation that includes a market rate analysis of the current rates offered by market participants for certificates of deposits that mature in the same period.

Accrued Interest

The carrying amounts of accrued interest approximate fair value.

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The carrying values and estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows (dollars in thousands):

Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2021 using

    

    

Quoted Prices

    

Significant

    

    

in Active

Other

Significant

Markets for

Observable

Unobservable

Total Fair

Identical Assets

Inputs

Inputs

Value

Carrying

 

Value

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Balance

ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents

$

1,063,250

$

1,063,250

$

$

$

1,063,250

AFS securities

 

3,195,176

 

64,955

 

3,130,221

 

 

3,195,176

HTM securities

 

535,722

 

 

590,920

 

7,532

 

598,452

Restricted stock

 

76,825

 

 

76,825

 

 

76,825

Loans held for sale

 

35,417

 

 

35,417

 

 

35,417

Net loans

 

13,037,788

 

 

 

12,791,350

 

12,791,350

Derivatives:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Interest rate swap

 

90,246

 

 

90,246

 

 

90,246

Accrued interest receivable

 

64,610

 

 

64,610

 

 

64,610

BOLI

 

430,341

 

 

430,341

 

 

430,341

LIABILITIES

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Deposits

$

16,622,160

$

$

16,643,354

$

$

16,643,354

Borrowings

 

385,765

 

 

375,577

 

 

375,577

Accrued interest payable

 

3,008

 

 

3,008

 

 

3,008

Derivatives:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Interest rate swap

 

52,096

 

 

52,096

 

 

52,096

Fair value hedges

 

6,769

 

 

6,769

 

 

6,769

    

Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2020 using

Quoted Prices

Significant

in Active

Other

Significant

Markets for

Observable

Unobservable

Total Fair

Identical Assets

Inputs

Inputs

Value

Carrying

Value

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Balance

ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents

$

493,294

$

493,294

$

$

$

493,294

AFS securities

 

2,540,419

 

 

2,540,419

 

 

2,540,419

HTM securities

 

544,851

 

 

606,496

 

13,269

 

619,765

Restricted stock

 

94,782

 

 

94,782

 

 

94,782

Loans held for sale

96,742

 

96,742

 

96,742

Net loans

 

13,860,774

 

 

 

13,710,640

 

13,710,640

Derivatives:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Interest rate swap

 

163,360

 

 

163,360

 

 

163,360

Accrued interest receivable

 

75,757

 

 

75,757

 

 

75,757

BOLI

 

326,892

 

 

326,892

 

 

326,892

LIABILITIES

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Deposits

$

15,722,765

$

$

15,763,991

$

$

15,763,991

Borrowings

 

840,717

 

 

821,516

 

 

821,516

Accrued interest payable

 

2,516

 

 

2,516

 

 

2,516

Derivatives:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Interest rate swap

 

163,360

 

 

163,360

 

 

163,360

Fair value hedges

 

12,483

 

 

12,483

 

 

12,483

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The Company assumes interest rate risk (the risk that general interest rate levels will change) as a result of its normal operations. As a result, the fair values of the Company’s financial instruments will change when interest rate levels change and that change may be either favorable or unfavorable to the Company. Management attempts to match maturities of assets and liabilities to the extent believed necessary to minimize interest rate risk. Borrowers with fixed rate obligations, however, are less likely to prepay in a rising rate environment and more likely to prepay in a falling rate environment. Conversely, depositors who are receiving fixed rates are more likely to withdraw funds before maturity in a rising rate environment and less likely to do so in a falling rate environment. Management monitors rates and maturities of assets and liabilities and attempts to minimize interest rate risk by adjusting terms of new loans and deposits and by investing in securities with terms that mitigate the Company’s overall interest rate risk.

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11. REVENUE

The majority of the Company’s noninterest income comes from short term contracts associated with fees for services provided on deposit accounts, credit cards, and wealth management accounts and is being accounted for in accordance with Topic 606. Typically, the duration of a contract does not extend beyond the services performed; therefore, the Company concluded that discussion regarding contract balances is immaterial.

The Company’s performance obligations on revenue from interchange fees and deposit accounts are generally satisfied immediately, when the transaction occurs, or by month-end. Performance obligations on revenue from fiduciary and asset management fees are generally satisfied monthly or quarterly. For a majority of fee income on deposit accounts, the Company is a principal, controlling the promised good or service before transferring it to the customer. For the majority of income related to wealth management income, the Company is an agent, responsible for arranging for the provision of goods and services by another party. Mortgage banking income is earned when the originated loans are sold to an investor on the secondary market. The loans are classified as loans held for sale prior to being sold. Additionally, the changes in fair value of the loans held for sale, loan commitments, and related derivatives are included in mortgage banking income.

Noninterest income disaggregated by major source for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

    

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

September 30, 

2021

2020

 

2021

2020

Noninterest income:

 

  

 

  

  

 

  

Deposit Service Charges (1):

 

  

 

  

  

 

  

Overdraft fees

$

4,648

$

4,231

$

11,864

$

13,240

Maintenance fees & other

 

2,550

 

1,810

 

7,450

 

5,309

Other service charges, commissions, and fees (1)

 

1,534

 

1,621

 

4,970

 

4,600

Interchange fees(1)

 

2,203

 

1,979

 

6,252

 

5,300

Fiduciary and asset management fees (1):

 

 

 

 

Trust asset management fees

 

3,233

 

2,729

 

9,127

 

8,026

Registered advisor management fees

 

2,510

 

2,224

 

7,299

 

6,402

Brokerage management fees

 

1,286

 

1,092

 

3,897

 

3,115

Mortgage banking income

 

4,818

 

8,897

 

17,692

 

16,744

Gains on securities transactions

 

9

 

18

 

87

 

12,293

Bank owned life insurance income

 

2,727

 

3,421

 

8,202

 

7,498

Loan-related interest rate swap fees

 

1,102

 

3,170

 

4,176

 

12,602

Other operating income (2)

 

3,318

 

3,215

 

8,372

 

4,116

Total noninterest income

$

29,938

$

34,407

$

89,388

$

99,245

(1) Income within scope of Topic 606.

(2) Includes a $1.8 million loss related to the termination of a cash flow hedge for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

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12. EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, including the effect of dilutive potential common shares outstanding attributable to stock awards.

The following table presents basic and diluted EPS calculations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 (dollars in thousands except per share data):

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 

September 30, 

2021

2020

2021

2020

Net Income:

Net Income

$

74,565

$

61,000

$

216,138

$

98,798

Less: Preferred Stock Dividends

2,967

2,691

8,901

2,691

Net income available to common shareholders

$

71,598

$

58,309

$

207,237

$

96,107

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic

 

76,309

 

78,714

 

77,989

 

78,905

Dilutive effect of stock awards

 

14

 

11

 

19

 

16

Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted

 

76,323

 

78,725

 

78,008

 

78,921

Earnings per common share, basic

$

0.94

$

0.74

$

2.66

$

1.22

Earnings per common share, diluted

$

0.94

$

0.74

$

2.66

$

1.22

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13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On October 28, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share of common stock. The common stock dividend amount is the same as the prior quarter and an increase of $0.03, or 12.0%, from the dividend paid in the fourth quarter of 2020. The common stock dividend is payable on November 26, 2021 to common shareholders of record as of November 12, 2021.

The Board also declared a quarterly dividend on the outstanding shares of its Series A preferred stock. The Series A preferred stock is represented by depositary shares, each representing a 1/400th ownership interest in a share of Series A preferred stock. The dividend of $171.88 per share (equivalent to $0.43 per outstanding depositary share) is consistent with the prior quarter. The preferred stock dividend is payable on December 1, 2021 to preferred shareholders of record as of November 16, 2021.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation

Results of Review of Interim Financial Statements

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation (the Company) as of September 30, 2021, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, and stockholders’ equity for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the consolidated statements of changes in cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated interim financial statements”). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2020, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 26, 2021, we expressed an unqualified audit opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the PCAOB. We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. A review of interim financial statements consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Richmond, Virginia

November 4, 2021

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ITEM 2 – MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Management’s discussion and analysis is presented to aid the reader in understanding and evaluating the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. This discussion and analysis should be read with the Company’s consolidated financial statements, the notes to the financial statements, and the other financial data included in this report, as well as the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K, including the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section therein. Highlighted in the discussion are material changes from prior reporting periods and identifiable trends materially affecting the Company. Results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the full year or for any other period. Amounts are rounded for presentation purposes; however, some of the percentages presented are computed based on unrounded amounts.

In management’s discussion and analysis, the Company provides certain financial information determined by methods other than in accordance with US GAAP. The Company believes the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides a meaningful basis for period-to-period and company-to-company comparisons. Non-GAAP financial measures may be identified with the symbol (+) and may be labeled as adjusted.  Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section within this Item 2 for more information about these non-GAAP financial measures, including a reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable financial measures in accordance with GAAP.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements in this report may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements, including without limitation, statements regarding future interest rate environments and potential impacts on the Company’s net interest margin, future economic conditions, and developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and may include other projections, predictions, expectations, or beliefs about future events or results that are not statements of historical fact. Such forward-looking statements are based on various assumptions as of the time they are made, and are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified, that may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often accompanied by words that convey projected future events or outcomes such as “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “will,” “may,” “view,” “opportunity,” “potential,” or words of similar meaning or other statements concerning opinions or judgment of the Company and its management about future events. Although the Company believes that its expectations with respect to forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions within the bounds of its existing knowledge of its business and operations, there can be no assurance that actual results, performance, or achievements of, or trends affecting, the Company will not differ materially from any projected future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Actual future results, performance, achievements or trends may differ materially from historical results or those anticipated depending on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to the effects of or changes in:

market interest rates;
general economic and financial market conditions, in the United States generally and particularly in the markets in which the Company operates and which its loans are concentrated, including the effects of declines in real estate values, an increase in unemployment levels and slowdowns in economic growth, including as a result of COVID-19;
the quality or composition of the loan or investment portfolios and changes therein;
demand for loan products and financial services in the Company’s market area;
the Company’s ability to manage its growth or implement its growth strategy;
the effectiveness of expense reduction plans;
the introduction of new lines of business or new products and services;
the Company’s ability to recruit and retain key employees;
the incremental cost and/or decreased revenues associated with exceeding $10 billion in assets;
real estate values in the Bank’s lending area;
an insufficient ACL;
changes in accounting principles;
the Company’s liquidity and capital positions;
concentrations of loans secured by real estate, particularly commercial real estate;
the effectiveness of the Company’s credit processes and management of the Company’s credit risk;

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the Company’s ability to compete in the market for financial services and increased competition from fintech companies;
technological risks and developments, and cyber threats, attacks, or events;
the potential adverse effects of unusual and infrequently occurring events, such as weather-related disasters, terrorist acts or public health events (such as COVID-19), and of governmental and societal responses thereto; these potential adverse effects may include, without limitation, adverse effects on the ability of the Company's borrowers to satisfy their obligations to the Company, on the value of collateral securing loans, on the demand for the Company's loans or its other products and services, on supply chains and methods used to distribute products and services, on incidents of cyberattack and fraud, on the Company’s liquidity or capital positions, on risks posed by reliance on third-party service providers, on other aspects of the Company's business operations and on financial markets and economic growth;
the effect of steps the Company takes in response to COVID-19, the severity and duration of the pandemic, the uncertainty regarding new variants of COVID-19 that have emerged, the speed and efficacy of vaccine and treatment developments, the impact of loosening or tightening of government restrictions, the pace of recovery when the pandemic subsides and the heightened impact it has on many of the risks described herein;
the discontinuation of LIBOR and its impact on the financial markets, and the Company’s ability to manage operational, legal and compliance risks related to the discontinuation of LIBOR and implementation of one or more alternate reference rates,
performance by the Company’s counterparties or vendors;
deposit flows;
the availability of financing and the terms thereof;
the level of prepayments on loans and mortgage-backed securities;
legislative or regulatory changes and requirements, including the impact of the CARES Act, as amended by the CAA, and other legislative and regulatory reactions to COVID-19;
potential claims, damages, and fines related to litigation or government actions, including litigation or actions arising from the Company’s participation in and administration of programs related to COVID-19, including, among other things, the CARES Act, as amended by the CAA, and other legislative and regulatory reactions to COVID-19;
the effects of changes in federal, state or local tax laws and regulations;
monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. government, including policies of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve;
changes to applicable accounting principles and guidelines; and
other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company.

Please refer to the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of the 2020 Form 10-K and related disclosures in other filings, including the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021, which have been filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. All of the forward-looking statements made in this report are expressly qualified by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this Quarterly Report. The actual results or developments anticipated may not be realized or, even if substantially realized, they may not have the expected consequences to or effects on the Company or its businesses or operations. Readers are cautioned not to rely too heavily on the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update, revise or clarify these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accounting and reporting policies of the Company are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and conform to general practices within the banking industry. The Company’s financial position and results of operations are affected by management’s application of accounting policies, including estimates, assumptions, and judgments made to arrive at the carrying value of assets and liabilities and amounts reported for revenues, expenses, and related disclosures. Different assumptions in the application of these policies could result in material changes in the Company’s consolidated financial position and/or results of operations. The Company evaluates its critical accounting estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis and updates them, as needed. Management has discussed the Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.

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The critical accounting and reporting policies include the Company’s accounting for the ACL, acquired loans, business combinations and divestitures, and goodwill and intangible assets. The Company’s accounting policies are fundamental to understanding the Company’s consolidated financial position and consolidated results of operations. Accordingly, the Company’s significant accounting policies are discussed in detail in Note 1 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the “Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements” contained in Item 8 "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.

The Company provides additional information on its critical accounting policies and estimates listed above under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies” in its 2020 Form 10-K and in Note 1 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” within Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (ISSUED BUT NOT FULLY ADOPTED)

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04 “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting.” This guidance provides temporary, optional guidance to ease the potential burden in accounting for reference rate reform associated with the LIBOR transition. LIBOR and other interbank offered rates are widely used benchmark or reference rates that have been used in the valuation of loans, derivatives, and other financial contracts. Global capital markets are going to be required to move away from LIBOR and other interbank offered rates and toward rates that are more observable or transaction based and less susceptible to manipulation. Topic 848 provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contract modifications and hedging relationships, subject to meeting certain criteria, that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued. Topic 848 is intended to help stakeholders during the global market-wide reference rate transition period. The amendments are effective as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022 and can be adopted at an instrument level. As of March 31, 2021, the Company utilized the expedient to assert probability of hedged interested as detailed in Note 1 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the “Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements” contained in Item 8 "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K. The Company may incorporate other components of Topic 848 at a later date and is continuing to evaluate the remaining components of Topic 848 and its impact to the Company.

ABOUT ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION

Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation (Nasdaq: AUB) is the holding company for Atlantic Union Bank. Atlantic Union Bank has 130 branches and approximately 150 ATMs located throughout Virginia, and in portions of Maryland and North Carolina. Certain non-bank financial services affiliates of Atlantic Union Bank include: Atlantic Union Equipment Finance, Inc., which provides equipment financing; Dixon, Hubard, Feinour & Brown, Inc., which provides investment advisory services; Atlantic Union Financial Consultants, LLC, which provides brokerage services; and Union Insurance Group, LLC, which offers various lines of insurance products.

Shares of the Company’s common stock are traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "AUB". Additional information is available on the Company’s website at https://investors.atlanticunionbank.com. The information contained on the Company’s website is not a part of or incorporated into this Quarterly Report.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Executive Overview

The Company’s financial condition and results of operations as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 have been impacted by COVID-19 and governmental programs and initiatives that have responded to COVID-19, including the PPP.

The Company participated in SBA PPP under the CARES Act, which was intended to provide economic relief to small businesses that had been adversely impacted by COVID-19. The PPP loan funding program expired on May 31, 2021. The Company had PPP loans with a recorded investment of $481.7 million and unamortized deferred fees of $15.1 million as of September 30, 2021. The PPP loans carry a 1% interest rate.

In addition to an insignificant amount of PPP loan pay offs, the Company has processed $1.7 billion(*) of loan forgiveness on 13,000 PPP loans(*) since the inception of the program through September 30, 2021 with $165.0 million(*) on 2,500 loans(*) occurring in the first quarter of 2021, $705.0 million(*) on 5,000 loans(*) occurring in the second quarter of 2021, and $392.0 million(*) on 3,000 loans(*) occurring in the third quarter of 2021.  

During 2020, the Company launched several initiatives to reduce expenses in light of the current and expected operating environment, including the consolidation of certain branch locations. The Company completed the consolidation of 15 branches in 2020, and five additional branches were consolidated in February 2021. These actions resulted in branch closure costs of approximately $1.1 million in the first quarter of 2021 primarily related to lease termination costs, severance costs, and real estate write-downs.

On May 4, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the Repurchase Program to purchase up to $125 million worth of the Company’s common stock in open market transactions or privately negotiated transactions, including pursuant to a trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 and/or Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, that was due to expire on June 30, 2022. Under the Repurchase Program, 1.1 million shares were repurchased for $42.3 million during the quarter ended June 30, 2021 and 2.3 million shares were repurchased for $82.7 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2021, fully utilizing the $125 million repurchase authorization under the Repurchase Program.

Third Quarter Net Income and Performance Metrics

Net income available to common shareholders was $71.6 million and basic and diluted EPS was $0.94 for the third quarter of 2021, compared to $58.3 million and $0.74 for the third quarter of 2020.
Pre-tax pre-provision adjusted operating earnings(+), which exclude provision for credit losses, gains on sales of securities, and income tax expense totaled $72.1 million for the third quarter of 2021, compared to $78.5 million for the third quarter of 2020.

Nine Month Net Income and Performance Metrics

Net income available to common shareholders was $207.2 million and basic and diluted EPS was $2.66 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $96.1 million and $1.22 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
Adjusted operating earnings available to common shareholders(+), which exclude gains on sales of securities and net loss on balance sheet repositioning, totaled $218.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $95.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
Pre-tax pre-provision adjusted operating earnings(+), which exclude provision for credit losses, gains on sales of securities, net loss on balance sheet repositioning, and income tax expense, totaled $217.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $217.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Balance Sheet

Cash and cash equivalents were $1.1 billion at September 30, 2021, an increase of $570.0 million or 154.5% (annualized) from December 31, 2020.
AFS securities were $3.2 billion at September 30, 2021, an increase of $654.8 million or 34.5% (annualized) from December 31, 2020.
Loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs) were $13.1 billion, including $466.6 million in PPP loans at September 30, 2021, a decrease of $881.7 million or 8.4% (annualized) from December 31, 2020. Excluding the impact of the PPP(+), loans held for investment decreased $168.8 million or 1.8% (annualized) during this period.

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Total deposits were $16.6 billion at September 30, 2021, an increase of $889.4 million or 7.6% (annualized) from December 31, 2020.

(*) PPP forgiveness values are rounded and approximate values

COVID-19

The Company’s financial performance generally, and in particular the ability of its borrowers to repay their loans, the value of collateral securing those loans, as well as demand for loans and other products and services the Company offers, is highly dependent on the business environment in its primary markets where it operates and in the United States as a whole.

COVID-19 has had and may continue to have a wide range of economic impacts. Since the first quarter of 2020, COVID-19 has severely disrupted supply chains and adversely affected production, demand, sales, and employee productivity across a range of industries, and has increased unemployment in the Company’s areas of operation and nationally. During 2021, the economy has, with certain setbacks, started to reopen, as there was wider vaccine distribution, resulting in the easing of restrictions related to COVID-19, which appear to be leading to greater economic activity. However, the national economy and economies in the Company’s areas of operations continue to be impacted during 2021 and are likely to be impacted into 2022, despite the fact that many businesses have re-opened at full capacity. In addition, COVID-19 may have social and other impacts that are not yet known but may affect the Company’s customers, employees, and vendors. If a resurgence in the COVID-19 pandemic leads to signficant restrictions on economic activity or significant impacts on public health, COVID-19 may still present the possibility of an extended economic recession.

During 2020 and the first nine months of 2021, the Company has taken and is continuing to take precautions to protect the safety and well-being of the Bank’s employees and customers during COVID-19. The Bank has implemented additional safety policies and procedures and follows guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state health authorities, and state and local executive orders where our branches and corporate offices are located. The Bank remains very focused on the safety and well-being of its employees and customers during COVID-19 and is committed to safely and responsibly operating its branch network and maintaining appropriate staffing in each branch.

COVID-19 has adversely affected the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations since the first quarter of 2020. The duration, nature and severity of future impacts of COVID-19 on the Company’s operational and financial performance will depend on future developments with respect to COVID-19, all of which remain highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, and new information may emerge concerning the nature and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergence of new COVID-19 variants, short- and long-term health impacts, the actions to contain the pandemic or address its impacts (including the efficacy of vaccine and treatment developments and the success of vaccination programs), the pace and durability of any economic recovery, and unforeseen effects of the pandemic, among others. Other national health concerns, including the outbreak of other contagious diseases or pandemics, may adversely affect the Company in the future.

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Net Interest Income

For the Three Months Ended

September 30, 

    

2021

    

2020

    

Change

    

(Dollars in thousands)

Average interest-earning assets

$

17,910,389

$

17,748,152

$

162,237

 

  

Interest and dividend income

$

146,379

$

157,414

$

(11,035)

 

  

Interest and dividend income (FTE) (1)

$

149,543

$

160,315

$

(10,772)

 

  

Yield on interest-earning assets

 

3.24

%  

 

3.53

%  

 

(29)

 

bps

Yield on interest-earning assets (FTE) (1)

 

3.31

%  

 

3.59

%  

 

(28)

 

bps

Average interest-bearing liabilities

$

11,908,809

$

12,444,083

$

(535,274)

 

  

Interest expense

$

8,891

$

20,033

$

(11,142)

 

  

Cost of interest-bearing liabilities

 

0.30

%  

 

0.64

%  

 

(34)

 

bps

Cost of funds

 

0.19

%  

 

0.45

%  

 

(26)

 

bps

Net interest income

$

137,488

$

137,381

$

107

 

  

Net interest income (FTE) (1)

$

140,652

$

140,282

$

370

 

  

Net interest margin

 

3.05

%  

 

3.08

%  

 

(3)

 

bps

Net interest margin (FTE) (1)

 

3.12

%  

 

3.14

%  

 

(2)

 

bps

(1) Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section within this Item 2 for more information about these measures, including a reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.

For the third quarter of 2021, net interest income was $137.5 million, and net interest income (FTE)(+) was $140.7 million, both of which were in line with the third quarter of 2020. In the third quarter of 2021, net interest margin decreased 3 basis points to 3.05% from 3.08% in the third quarter of 2020, and net interest margin (FTE)(+) decreased 2 basis points compared to the third quarter of 2020. The decline in net interest margin and net interest margin (FTE)(+) measures were primarily driven by a decrease in the yield on interest-earning assets, partially offset by a decrease in the cost of funds. The decline in the Company’s earning asset yields was primarily driven by the impact of excess liquidity, and declines in loan and investment securities yields, as a result of the decrease in market interest rates. The cost of funds decline was driven by lower deposit costs and wholesale borrowing costs driven by lower market interest rates and a favorable funding mix.

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For the Nine Months Ended

September 30, 

    

2021

    

2020

    

Change

    

(Dollars in thousands)

Average interest-earning assets

$

17,824,607

$

16,809,423

$

1,015,184

 

  

Interest and dividend income

$

444,904

$

491,607

$

(46,703)

 

  

Interest and dividend income (FTE) (1)

$

454,265

$

500,069

$

(45,804)

 

  

Yield on interest-earning assets

 

3.34

%  

 

3.91

%  

 

(57)

 

bps

Yield on interest-earning assets (FTE) (1)

 

3.41

%  

 

3.97

%  

 

(56)

 

bps

Average interest-bearing liabilities

$

11,939,838

$

12,200,209

$

(260,371)

 

  

Interest expense

$

31,970

$

81,913

$

(49,943)

 

  

Cost of interest-bearing liabilities

 

0.36

%  

 

0.90

%  

 

(54)

 

bps

Cost of funds

 

0.24

%  

 

0.65

%  

 

(41)

 

bps

Net interest income

$

412,934

$

409,694

$

3,240

 

  

Net interest income (FTE) (1)

$

422,295

$

418,156

$

4,139

 

  

Net interest margin

 

3.10

%  

 

3.26

%  

 

(16)

 

bps

Net interest margin (FTE) (1)

 

3.17

%  

 

3.32

%  

 

(15)

 

bps

(1) Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section within this Item 2 for more information about these measures, including a reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.

For the first nine months of 2021, net interest income was $412.9 million, an increase of $3.2 million from the same period of 2020. For the first nine months of 2021, net interest income (FTE)(+) was $422.3 million, an increase of $4.1 million from the same period of 2020. The increases in both net interest income and net interest income (FTE)(+) were primarily driven by a decline in interest expense due to decreased deposit costs and a favorable funding mix partially offset by lower interest income due to lower earning asset yields and an unfavorable earning asset mix. In the first nine months of 2021, net interest margin decreased 16 basis points to 3.10% from 3.26% in the first nine months of 2020, and net interest margin (FTE)(+) decreased 15 basis points compared to the first nine months of 2020. The net decline in net interest margin and net interest margin (FTE)(+) measures were primarily driven by a decrease in the yield on interest-earning assets, partially offset by a decrease in the cost of funds. The decline in the Company’s earning asset yields was primarily driven by the impact of excess liquidity and declines in loan and investment securities yields, as a result of the decrease in market interest rates. The cost of funds decline was driven by lower deposit costs and wholesale borrowing costs driven by lower market interest rates and a favorable funding mix.

In response to COVID-19, the FOMC reduced its Federal Funds target rates to its current range of 0% to 0.25%, compared to an upper bound in the Federal Funds target rate of 1.75% during the first quarter of 2020. As a consequence of reduced short-term rates, the Company has seen compression on its net interest margin as earning asset yields have decreased by more than the decrease in the Company’s cost of funds due primarily to the impact of excess liquidity.

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The following tables show interest income on earning assets and related average yields as well as interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities and related average rates paid for the periods indicated:

AVERAGE BALANCES, INCOME AND EXPENSES, YIELDS AND RATES (TAXABLE EQUIVALENT BASIS)

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 

 

2021

2020

 

    

    

Interest

    

    

    

Interest

    

 

Average

Income /

Yield /

Average

Income /

Yield /

 

Balance

Expense (1)

Rate (1)(2)

Balance

Expense (1)

Rate (1)(2)

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Securities:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Taxable

$

2,248,478

$

11,230

 

1.98

%  

$

1,738,033

$

10,275

 

2.35

%

Tax-exempt

 

1,431,499

 

12,480

 

3.46

%  

 

1,153,177

 

10,886

 

3.76

%

Total securities

 

3,679,977

 

23,710

 

2.56

%  

 

2,891,210

 

21,161

 

2.91

%

Loans, net (3) (4)

 

13,451,674

 

125,290

 

3.70

%  

 

14,358,666

 

138,635

 

3.84

%

Other earning assets

 

778,738

 

543

 

0.28

%  

 

498,276

 

519

 

0.41

%

Total earning assets

 

17,910,389

$

149,543

 

3.31

%  

 

17,748,152

$

160,315

 

3.59

%

Allowance for credit losses

 

(117,414)

 

  

 

(174,171)

 

  

 

  

Total non-earning assets

 

2,263,595

 

  

 

2,211,186

 

  

 

  

Total assets

$

20,056,570

 

  

$

19,785,167

 

  

 

  

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Interest-bearing deposits:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Transaction and money market accounts

$

8,345,410

$

1,501

 

0.07

%  

$

7,834,317

$

4,684

 

0.24

%

Regular savings

 

1,058,284

 

55

 

0.02

%  

 

845,936

 

128

 

0.06

%

Time deposits (5)

 

2,109,131

 

4,281

 

0.81

%  

 

2,579,991

 

10,756

 

1.66

%

Total interest-bearing deposits

 

11,512,825

 

5,837

 

0.20

%  

 

11,260,244

 

15,568

 

0.55

%

Other borrowings (6)

 

395,984

 

3,054

 

3.06

%  

 

1,183,839

 

4,465

 

1.50

%

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

11,908,809

$

8,891

 

0.30

%  

 

12,444,083

$

20,033

 

0.64

%

Noninterest-bearing liabilities:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Demand deposits

 

5,205,319

 

  

 

4,320,225

 

  

 

  

Other liabilities

 

224,410

 

  

 

372,082

 

  

 

  

Total liabilities

 

17,338,538

 

  

 

17,136,390

 

  

 

  

Stockholders' equity

 

2,718,032

 

  

 

2,648,777

 

  

 

  

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

20,056,570

 

  

$

19,785,167

 

  

 

  

Net interest income

$

140,652

 

  

 

  

$

140,282

 

  

Interest rate spread

 

3.01

%  

 

  

 

  

 

2.95

%  

Cost of funds

 

0.19

%  

 

  

 

  

 

0.45

%  

Net interest margin

 

3.12

%  

 

  

 

  

 

3.14

%  

(1) Income and yields are reported on a taxable equivalent basis using the statutory federal corporate tax rate of 21%.

(2) Rates and yields are annualized and calculated from actual, not rounded amounts in thousands, which appear above.

(3) Nonaccrual loans are included in average loans outstanding.

(4) Interest income on loans includes $4.2 million and $3.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, in accretion of the fair market value adjustments related to acquisitions.

(5) Interest expense on time deposits includes amortization of $8,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and accretion of $26,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020, for the fair market value adjustments related to acquisitions.

(6) Interest expense on borrowings includes $203,000 and $167,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, in amortization of the fair market value adjustments related to acquisitions.

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AVERAGE BALANCES, INCOME AND EXPENSES, YIELDS AND RATES (TAXABLE EQUIVALENT BASIS)

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 

 

2021

2020

 

    

    

Interest

    

    

    

Interest

    

 

Average

Income /

Yield /

Average

Income /

Yield /

 

Balance

Expense (1)

Rate (1)(2)

Balance

Expense (1)

Rate (1)(2)

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Securities:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Taxable

$

2,062,486

$

32,102

 

2.08

%  

$

1,676,528

$

33,170

 

2.64

%

Tax-exempt

 

1,375,799

 

36,421

 

3.54

%  

 

1,044,633

 

31,038

 

3.97

%

Total securities

 

3,438,285

 

68,523

 

2.66

%  

 

2,721,161

 

64,208

 

3.15

%

Loans, net (3) (4)

 

13,827,002

 

384,252

 

3.72

%  

 

13,639,401

 

433,286

 

4.24

%

Other earning assets

 

559,320

 

1,490

 

0.36

%  

 

448,861

 

2,575

 

0.77

%

Total earning assets

 

17,824,607

$

454,265

 

3.41

%  

 

16,809,423

$

500,069

 

3.97

%

Allowance for credit losses

 

(137,589)

 

  

 

(138,524)

 

  

 

  

Total non-earning assets

 

2,203,137

 

  

 

2,166,681

 

  

 

  

Total assets

$

19,890,155

 

  

$

18,837,580

 

  

 

  

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Interest-bearing deposits:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Transaction and money market accounts

$

8,189,587

$

5,462

 

0.09

%  

$

7,415,491

$

26,508

 

0.48

%

Regular savings

 

1,005,537

 

169

 

0.02

%  

 

792,994

 

409

 

0.07

%

Time deposits (5)

 

2,288,530

 

16,572

 

0.97

%  

 

2,667,267

 

37,026

 

1.85

%

Total interest-bearing deposits

 

11,483,654

 

22,203

 

0.26

%  

 

10,875,752

 

63,943

 

0.79

%

Other borrowings (6)

 

456,184

 

9,767

 

2.86

%  

 

1,324,457

 

17,970

 

1.81

%

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

11,939,838

$

31,970

 

0.36

%  

 

12,200,209

$

81,913

 

0.90

%

Noninterest-bearing liabilities:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Demand deposits

 

4,949,816

 

  

 

3,756,957

 

  

 

  

Other liabilities

 

271,896

 

  

 

338,558

 

  

 

  

Total liabilities

 

17,161,550

 

  

 

16,295,724

 

  

 

  

Stockholders' equity

 

2,728,605

 

  

 

2,541,856

 

  

 

  

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

19,890,155

 

  

$

18,837,580

 

  

 

  

Net interest income

$

422,295

 

  

 

  

$

418,156

 

  

Interest rate spread

 

3.05

%  

 

  

 

  

 

3.07

%  

Cost of funds

 

0.24

%  

 

  

 

  

 

0.65

%  

Net interest margin

 

3.17

%  

 

  

 

  

 

3.32

%  

(1) Income and yields are reported on a taxable equivalent basis using the statutory federal corporate tax rate of 21%.

(2) Rates and yields are annualized and calculated from actual, not rounded amounts in thousands, which appear above.

(3) Nonaccrual loans are included in average loans outstanding.

(4) Interest income on loans includes $12.6 million and $19.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, in accretion of the fair market value adjustments related to acquisitions.

(5) Interest expense on time deposits includes $24,000 and $110,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, in accretion of the fair market value adjustments related to acquisitions.

(6) Interest expense on borrowings includes $603,000 and $445,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, in amortization of the fair market value adjustments related to acquisitions.

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The table below presents changes in interest income and interest expense and distinguishes between the changes related to increases or decreases in average outstanding balances of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities (volume), and the changes related to increases or decreases in average interest rates on such assets and liabilities (rate). Changes attributable to both volume and rate have been allocated proportionally. Results, on a taxable equivalent basis, are as follows (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2021 vs. September 30, 2020

 

September 30, 2021 vs. September 30, 2020

Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in:

 

Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in:

    

Volume

    

Rate

    

Total

 

Volume

    

Rate

    

Total

Earning Assets:

Securities:

Taxable

$

2,711

$

(1,756)

$

955

$

6,791

$

(7,859)

$

(1,068)

Tax-exempt

 

2,475

 

(881)

 

1,594

 

9,041

 

(3,658)

 

5,383

Total securities

 

5,186

 

(2,637)

 

2,549

 

15,832

 

(11,517)

 

4,315

Loans, net (1)

 

(8,559)

 

(4,786)

 

(13,345)

 

5,886

 

(54,920)

 

(49,034)

Other earning assets

 

231

 

(207)

 

24

 

527

 

(1,612)

 

(1,085)

Total earning assets

$

(3,142)

$

(7,630)

$

(10,772)

$

22,245

$

(68,049)

$

(45,804)

Interest-Bearing Liabilities:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Interest-bearing deposits:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Transaction and money market accounts

$

287

$

(3,470)

$

(3,183)

$

2,511

$

(23,557)

$

(21,046)

Regular savings

 

27

 

(100)

 

(73)

 

89

 

(329)

 

(240)

Time Deposits (2)

 

(1,699)

 

(4,776)

 

(6,475)

 

(4,682)

 

(15,772)

 

(20,454)

Total interest-bearing deposits

 

(1,385)

 

(8,346)

 

(9,731)

 

(2,082)

 

(39,658)

 

(41,740)

Other borrowings (3)

 

(4,180)

 

2,769

 

(1,411)

 

(15,400)

 

7,197

 

(8,203)

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

(5,565)

 

(5,577)

 

(11,142)

 

(17,482)

 

(32,461)

 

(49,943)

Change in net interest income

$

2,423

$

(2,053)

$

370

$

39,727

$

(35,588)

$

4,139

(1) The rate-related change in interest income on loans includes the impact of higher accretion of $362,000 for the three month change and lower accretion of $7.2 million for the nine month change of the acquisition-related fair market value adjustments.

(2) The rate-related change in interest expense on deposits includes the impact of lower accretion of the acquisition-related fair market value adjustments of $34,000 and $86,000 for the three-and-nine-month change, respectively.

(3) The rate-related change in interest expense on other borrowings includes the impact of higher amortization of the acquisition-related fair market value adjustments of $36,000 and $158,000 for the three-and-nine-month change, respectively.

The Company’s net interest margin (FTE) includes the impact of acquisition accounting fair value adjustments. The impact of net accretion related to acquisition accounting fair value adjustments for the first, second and third quarters of 2020, and the first, second and third quarters of 2021 are reflected in the following table (dollars in thousands):

    

    

    

    

Loan

Deposit

Borrowings

Accretion

Accretion (Amortization)

Amortization

Total

For the quarter ended March 31, 2020

$

9,528

$

50

$

(138)

$

9,440

For the quarter ended June 30, 2020

6,443

34

(140)

6,337

For the quarter ended September 30, 2020

3,814

26

(167)

3,673

For the quarter ended March 31, 2021

4,287

20

(198)

4,109

For the quarter ended June 30, 2021

4,132

12

(202)

3,942

For the quarter ended September 30, 2021

4,176

(8)

(203)

3,965

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Noninterest Income

For the Three Months Ended

 

September 30, 

Change

 

    

2021

    

2020

    

$

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Noninterest income:

Service charges on deposit accounts

$

7,198

$

6,041

$

1,157

19.2

%

Other service charges, commissions, and fees

 

1,534

 

1,621

 

(87)

(5.4)

%

Interchange fees

 

2,203

 

1,979

 

224

11.3

%

Fiduciary and asset management fees

 

7,029

 

6,045

 

984

16.3

%

Mortgage banking income

 

4,818

 

8,897

 

(4,079)

(45.8)

%

Gains on securities transactions

 

9

 

18

 

(9)

(50.0)

%

Bank owned life insurance income

 

2,727

 

3,421

 

(694)

(20.3)

%

Loan-related interest rate swap fees

 

1,102

 

3,170

 

(2,068)

(65.2)

%

Other operating income

 

3,318

 

3,215

 

103

3.2

%

Total noninterest income

$

29,938

$

34,407

$

(4,469)

(13.0)

%

Noninterest income decreased $4.5 million or 13.0% to $29.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, compared to $34.4 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020. The decrease was primarily driven by a decrease in mortgage banking income of $4.1 million due to lower mortgage origination volumes and a decrease in loan-related interest swap income of $2.1 million due to lower transaction volumes. Partially offsetting these decreases was an increase of $1.2 million in service charges on deposit accounts and an increase of $1.0 million in fiduciary and asset management fees due to growth in assets under management.

For the Nine Months Ended

 

September 30, 

Change

 

    

2021

    

2020

    

$

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Noninterest income:

Service charges on deposit accounts

$

19,314

$

18,549

$

765

4.1

%

Other service charges, commissions, and fees

 

4,970

 

4,600

 

370

8.0

%

Interchange fees

 

6,252

 

5,300

 

952

18.0

%

Fiduciary and asset management fees

 

20,323

 

17,543

 

2,780

15.8

%

Mortgage banking income

 

17,692

 

16,744

 

948

5.7

%

Gains on securities transactions

 

87

 

12,293

 

(12,206)

(99.3)

%

Bank owned life insurance income

 

8,202

 

7,498

 

704

9.4

%

Loan-related interest rate swap fees

 

4,176

12,602

(8,426)

(66.9)

%

Other operating income

 

8,372

4,116

4,256

103.4

%

Total noninterest income

$

89,388

$

99,245

$

(9,857)

(9.9)

%

Noninterest income decreased $9.9 million or 9.9% to $89.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $99.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Excluding gains on securities transactions and losses related to balance sheet repositioning, adjusted operating noninterest income(+) for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 remained comparable with a slight decrease of $580,000 or 0.7% compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Key changes from the first nine months of 2020 to the same period during 2021 related to fiduciary and asset management fees increasing $2.8 million due to growth in assets under management and other operating income increasing primarily due to the change in unrealized gains on equity method investments of approximately $4.3 million. Partially offsetting these increases was a decrease in loan-related interest swap income of $8.4 million due to lower transaction volumes.

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Noninterest Expense

For the Three Months Ended

 

September 30, 

Change

 

    

2021

    

2020

    

$

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Noninterest expense:

Salaries and benefits

$

53,534

$

49,000

$

4,534

9.3

%

Occupancy expenses

 

7,251

 

7,441

 

(190)

(2.6)

%

Furniture and equipment expenses

 

4,040

 

3,895

 

145

3.7

%

Technology and data processing

 

7,534

 

6,564

 

970

14.8

%

Professional services

 

3,792

 

2,914

 

878

30.1

%

Marketing and advertising expense

 

2,548

 

2,631

 

(83)

(3.2)

%

FDIC assessment premiums and other insurance

 

2,172

 

1,811

 

361

19.9

%

Other taxes

 

4,432

 

4,124

 

308

7.5

%

Loan-related expenses

 

1,503

 

2,314

 

(811)

(35.0)

%

Amortization of intangible assets

 

3,381

 

4,053

 

(672)

(16.6)

%

Other expenses

 

5,156

 

8,475

 

(3,319)

(39.2)

%

Total noninterest expense

$

95,343

$

93,222

$

2,121

2.3

%

Noninterest expense increased $2.1 million or 2.3% to $95.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 compared to $93.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020. The increase was mainly driven by higher salaries and benefits of $4.5 million, technology and data processing of approximately $1.0 million, and professional services of approximately $878,000. Other expenses decreased $3.3 million, primarily due to a decrease in expenses associated with the Company’s 2020 expense reduction plans, which totaled $2.6 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, and primarily included branch closure costs that were not incurred during the third quarter of 2021.

For the Nine Months Ended

 

September 30, 

Change

 

    

2021

    

2020

    

$

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Noninterest expense:

Salaries and benefits

$

156,959

$

149,013

$

7,946

5.3

%

Occupancy expenses

 

21,705

 

21,798

 

(93)

(0.4)

%

Furniture and equipment expenses

 

11,919

 

11,042

 

877

7.9

%

Technology and data processing

 

21,657

 

19,187

 

2,470

12.9

%

Professional services

 

13,161

 

9,211

 

3,950

42.9

%

Marketing and advertising expense

 

7,330

 

7,413

 

(83)

(1.1)

%

FDIC assessment premiums and other insurance

 

6,798

 

7,578

 

(780)

(10.3)

%

Other taxes

 

13,303

 

12,364

 

939

7.6

%

Loan-related expenses

 

5,289

 

7,512

 

(2,223)

(29.6)

%

Amortization of intangible assets

 

10,679

 

12,676

 

(1,997)

(15.8)

%

Loss on debt extinguishment

14,695

10,306

4,389

42.6

%

Other expenses

 

15,756

 

23,581

 

(7,825)

(33.2)

%

Total noninterest expense

$

299,251

$

291,681

$

7,570

2.6

%

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Noninterest expense increased $7.6 million or 2.6% to $299.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $291.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Excluding amortization of intangible assets and losses on debt extinguishment, adjusted operating noninterest expense(+) for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 increased $5.2 million or 1.9% compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase was primarily driven by an increase of $7.9 million in salaries and benefits due to higher wages, contract labor costs, and performance based variable incentive compensation, $4.0 million in professional services costs due to an increase in legal fees and costs related to strategic projects, and $2.5 million in technology and data processing expenses. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in other operating expenses driven by a decrease in loan-related expenses of $2.2 million due to lower third-party lending costs, and a decrease of $2.3 million in OREO and credit-related expenses, reflecting the impact of $1.8 million in gains on the sale of closed branches recorded as a reduction in other expenses in the current year and also reflecting the impact of the Company’s continued low levels of nonperforming assets.

Noninterest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 included $1.2 million in real-estate related branch closure costs, compared to $4.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Noninterest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 included approximately $500,000 in costs related to the Company’s response to COVID-19, compared to $1.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, and approximately $640,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 in expenses associated with PPP loan forgiveness processing, specific to technology, digital and contract worker spending, which were not incurred in the prior period.

Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes is based upon the results of operations, adjusted for the effect of certain tax-exempt income and non-deductible expenses. In addition, certain items of income and expense are reported in different periods for financial reporting and tax return purposes. The tax effects of these temporary differences are recognized currently in the deferred income tax provision or benefit. Deferred tax assets or liabilities are computed based on the difference between the financial statement and income tax bases of assets and liabilities using the applicable enacted marginal tax rate.

The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was 18.0% and 15.3%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was 17.8% and 15.1%, respectively. The increase in the effective tax rates is primarily due to the lower proportion of tax-exempt income to pre-tax income in the 2021 periods.

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DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

Overview

Assets

At September 30, 2021, total assets were $19.9 billion, an increase of $307.2 million or approximately 2.1% (annualized) from $19.6 billion at December 31, 2020. Total assets have remained relatively consistent from December 31, 2020 to September 30, 2021, with loans declining due to PPP forgiveness and the negative impacts of increased loan paydowns, cash and cash equivalents increasing due to excess liquidity, and net growth in the investment securities portfolio.

Loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs) were $13.1 billion, including $466.6 million in PPP loans, at September 30, 2021, a decrease of $881.7 million or 8.4% (annualized) from December 31, 2020.  Excluding the effects of the PPP(+), loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs) decreased $168.8 million or 1.8% (annualized) during this period. For the quarter ended September 30, 2021, quarterly average loans decreased $907.0 million compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2020. Excluding the effects of the PPP(+), quarterly average loans for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 increased $44.0 million or 0.3% from the quarter ended September 30, 2020. Refer to "Loan Portfolio" within Item 2 and Note 3 "Loans and Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses" in Part I, Item 1 for additional information on the Company’s loan activity.

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

At September 30, 2021, total liabilities were $17.2 billion, an increase of $321.3 million from $16.9 billion at December 31, 2020.

Total deposits were $16.6 billion at September 30, 2021, an increase of $899.4 million or approximately 7.6% (annualized) from December 31, 2020. For the quarter ended September 30, 2021, quarterly average deposits increased $1.1 billion or 7.3% compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2020 primarily due to additional liquidity of bank customers due to higher levels of government assistance programs responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Refer to “Deposits” within this Item 2 for further discussion on this topic.

Total short-term and long-term borrowings decreased from $840.7 million at December 31, 2020 to $385.8 million at September 30, 2021. The Company prepaid a $200.0 million long-term FHLB advance during the first quarter of 2021. At September 30, 2021, the Company no longer has any federal funds purchased or short-term advances with the FHLB as compared to $150.0 million and $100.0 million at December 31, 2020, respectively. Refer to Note 6 “Borrowings” in Part I of Item I for further discussion on this topic.

At September 30, 2021, stockholders’ equity was $2.7 billion, a decrease of $14.1 million from December 31, 2020. Refer to “Capital Resources” within this Item 2, as well as Note 9 "Stockholders’ Equity" in Part I, Item 1 for additional information on the Company’s capital ratios.

For information related to the Company’s stock repurchase activity and the Repurchase Program, please refer to Note 9 “Stockholders’ Equity” in Part I, Item 1 and Part II, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report.

The Company declared and paid a cash dividend of $0.28 per common share during the third quarter of 2021. Dividends for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 were $0.81, an increase of $0.06 per common share, or 8.0% compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2020. During the third quarter of 2021, the Board also declared and paid a quarterly dividend on the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock of $171.88 per share (equivalent to $0.43 per outstanding depositary share). Dividends paid on the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 were $515.64 per share (equivalent to $1.29 per outstanding depositary share).

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Securities

At September 30, 2021, the Company had total investments in the amount of $3.8 billion, or 19.1% of total assets, as compared to $3.2 billion, or 16.2% of total assets, at December 31, 2020. The Company seeks to diversify its portfolio to minimize risk. It focuses on purchasing mortgage-backed securities for cash flow and reinvestment opportunities and securities issued by states and political subdivisions due to the tax benefits and the higher yield offered from these securities. The majority of the Company’s mortgage-backed securities are agency-backed securities, which have a government guarantee. The investment portfolio has a high percentage of municipal securities; therefore, the Company earns a higher taxable equivalent yield on its portfolio as compared to many of its peers. For information regarding the hedge transaction related to available for sale securities, see Note 8 "Derivatives" in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.

The table below sets forth a summary of the AFS securities, HTM securities, and restricted stock as of the dates indicated (dollars in thousands):

    

September 30, 

    

December 31, 

2021

2020

Available for Sale:

 

  

 

  

U.S. government and agency securities

$

74,818

$

13,394

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

998,881

 

837,326

Corporate and other bonds

 

149,028

 

151,078

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

Commercial

440,342

388,684

Residential

1,530,471

1,148,312

Total mortgage-back securities

1,970,813

1,536,996

Other securities

 

1,636

 

1,625

Total AFS securities, at fair value

 

3,195,176

 

2,540,419

Held to Maturity:

 

  

 

  

U.S. government and agency securities

2,637

2,751

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

528,157

 

536,767

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

Commercial

4,928

5,333

Residential

Total mortgage-back securities

4,928

5,333

Total held to maturity securities, at carrying value

 

535,722

 

544,851

Restricted Stock:

 

  

 

  

Federal Reserve Bank stock

 

67,032

 

67,032

FHLB stock

 

9,793

 

27,750

Total restricted stock, at cost

 

76,825

 

94,782

Total investments

$

3,807,723

$

3,180,052

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The following table summarizes the contractual maturity of AFS securities at fair value and their weighted average yields as of September 30, 2021 (dollars in thousands):

    

1 Year or

    

    

5 – 10

    

Over 10

    

 

Less

1 - 5 Years

Years

Years

Total

 

U.S. government and agency securities

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Amortized cost

$

$

$

74,214

$

$

74,214

Fair value

 

 

 

74,818

 

 

74,818

Weighted average yield (1)

 

%  

 

%  

 

1.48

%  

%  

 

1.48

%  

Obligations of states and political subdivisions:

 

 

Amortized cost

$

2,276

$

16,261

$

44,408

$

909,042

$

971,987

Fair value

 

2,325

 

16,897

 

46,525

 

933,134

 

998,881

Weighted average yield (1)

 

4.93

%  

 

2.78

%  

 

2.63

%  

 

2.77

%  

 

2.77

%

Corporate bonds and other securities:

 

 

Amortized cost

$

1,636

$

12,799

$

111,069

$

21,283

$

146,787

Fair value

 

1,636

 

13,127

 

114,498

 

21,403

 

150,664

Weighted average yield (1)

 

0.72

%  

 

4.14

%  

 

4.11

%  

 

1.81

%  

 

3.74

%

Mortgage backed securities:

 

 

Commercial

Amortized cost

$

7,886

$

134,472

$

23,887

$

267,487

$

433,732

Fair value

 

7,941

 

138,840

 

24,277

 

269,284

 

440,342

Weighted average yield (1)

 

2.35

%  

 

3.23

%  

 

2.46

%  

 

2.23

%  

 

2.56

%

Residential

Amortized cost

$

25

$

11,861

$

63,299

$

1,448,351

$

1,523,536

Fair value

25

11,972

65,322

1,453,152

1,530,471

Weighted average yield (1)

2.78

%  

2.47

%  

2.33

%  

1.75

%  

1.78

%  

Total mortgage-backed securities

Amortized cost

$

7,911

$

146,333

$

87,186

$

1,715,838

$

1,957,268

Fair value

7,966

150,812

89,599

1,722,436

1,970,813

Weighted average yield (1)

2.36

%  

3.16

%  

2.37

%  

1.83

%  

1.95

%  

Total AFS securities:

 

 

Amortized cost

$

11,823

$

175,393

$

316,877

$

2,646,163

$

3,150,256

Fair value

 

11,927

 

180,836

 

325,440

 

2,676,973

 

3,195,176

Weighted average yield (1)

 

2.63

%  

 

3.20

%  

 

2.81

%  

 

2.15

%  

 

2.28

%

(1) Yields on tax-exempt securities have been computed on a tax-equivalent basis.

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The following table summarizes the contractual maturity of HTM securities at carrying value and their weighted average yields as of September 30, 2021 (dollars in thousands):

    

1 Year or

    

    

5 – 10

    

Over 10

    

 

Less

1 - 5 Years

Years

Years

Total

 

U.S. government and agency securities

Carrying value

$

1,526

$

$

1,111

$

$

2,637

Fair value

1,518

1,113

2,631

Weighted average yield (1)

4.27

%

%

4.05

%

%

4.18

%

Obligations of states and political subdivisions:

Carrying value

$

1,975

$

5,890

$

12,950

$

507,342

$

528,157

Fair value

 

1,994

 

6,142

 

14,978

 

567,806

 

590,920

Weighted average yield (1)

 

2.32

%  

 

2.60

%  

 

4.35

%  

 

4.10

%  

 

4.08

%

Mortgage backed securities:

 

Commercial

Amortized cost

$

$

$

$

4,928

$

4,928

Fair value

4,901

4,901

Weighted average yield (1)

%

%

%

4.92

%

4.92

%

Residential

Amortized cost

$

$

$

$

$

Fair value

Weighted average yield (1)

%

%

%

%

%

Total mortgage-backed securities

Amortized cost

$

$

$

$

4,928

$

4,928

Fair value

 

 

 

 

4,901

 

4,901

Weighted average yield (1)

 

%

 

%  

 

%  

 

4.92

%  

 

4.92

%

Total HTM securities:

 

Carrying value

$

3,501

$

5,890

$

14,061

$

512,270

$

535,722

Fair value

 

3,512

 

6,142

 

16,091

 

572,707

 

598,452

Weighted average yield (1)

 

3.17

%  

 

2.60

%  

 

4.33

%  

 

4.10

%  

 

4.09

%

(1) Yields on tax-exempt securities have been computed on a tax-equivalent basis.

As of September 30, 2021, the Company maintained a diversified municipal bond portfolio with approximately 64% of its holdings in general obligation issues and the majority of the remainder backed by revenue bonds. Issuances within the state of Texas represented 20% of the municipal portfolio; no other state had a concentration above 10%. Substantially all municipal holdings are considered investment grade. When purchasing municipal securities, the Company focuses on strong underlying ratings for general obligation issuers or bonds backed by essential service revenues.

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Liquidity

Liquidity represents an institution’s ability to meet present and future financial obligations through either the sale or maturity of existing assets or the acquisition of additional funds through liability management. Liquid assets include cash, interest-bearing deposits with banks, money market investments, federal funds sold, loans held for sale, and securities and loans maturing or re-pricing within one year. Additional sources of liquidity available to the Company include its capacity to borrow additional funds when necessary through federal funds lines with several correspondent banks, a line of credit with the FHLB, the Federal Reserve Discount Window, the purchase of brokered certificates of deposit, corporate line of credit with a large correspondent bank, and debt and capital issuance. Management considers the Company’s overall liquidity to be sufficient to satisfy its depositors’ requirements and to meet its customers’ credit needs.

On June 9, 2020, the Company issued and sold 6,900,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/400th ownership interest in a share of its Series A preferred stock, with a liquidation preference of $10,000 per share of Series A preferred stock (equivalent to $25 per depositary share), including 900,000 depositary shares pursuant to the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional depositary shares. The total net proceeds to the Company were approximately $166.4 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and other offering expenses payable by the Company.

The Company has continued to see elevated customer deposit balances as a result of the impacts of COVID-19 as a result of government stimulus programs. As a result of the increases in customer deposits, the Company has reduced its wholesale borrowings during 2020 and in the first three quarters of 2021.  The Company considers a portion of the increases in customer deposits to be temporary, which it expects will result in outflows in subsequent quarters.

Under the terms of the PPPLF, prior to that program’s expiration, the Company could borrow funds which are secured by the Company’s PPP loans. During 2020, the Company’s borrowings pursuant to the PPPLF fluctuated; however, at its peak, the Company borrowed $200.5 million. The PPPLF expired on July 30, 2021, following an extension by the Federal Reserve from the previously scheduled expiration date of June 30, 2021.

In response to the low market interest rate environment, in February 2021 the Company prepaid a $200.0 million long-term FHLB advance, which resulted in a pre-tax prepayment penalty of $14.7 million.

As of September 30, 2021, liquid assets totaled $6.8 billion or 34.3% of total assets, and liquid earning assets totaled $6.6 billion or 37.0% of total earning assets. Asset liquidity is also provided by managing loan and securities maturities and cash flows. As of September 30, 2021, loan payments of approximately $5.4 billion or 40.7% of total loans are expected within one year based on contractual terms, adjusted for expected prepayments, and approximately $380.3 million or 10.0% of total securities are scheduled to be paid down within one year based on contractual terms, adjusted for expected prepayments.

For additional information and the available balances on various lines of credit, please refer to Note 6 “Borrowings” in the “Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements” contained in Part I of Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. In addition to lines of credit, the Bank may also borrow additional funds by purchasing certificates of deposit through a nationally recognized network of financial institutions. For additional information and outstanding balances on purchased certificates of deposits, please refer to “Deposits” within this Item 2.

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Loan Portfolio

Loans held for investment, net of deferred fees and costs, were $13.1 billion at September 30, 2021, $14.0 billion at December 31, 2020, and $14.4 billion at September 30, 2020. Commercial & industrial loans and commercial real estate-non-owner occupied loans represented the Company’s largest categories at September 30, 2021. Commercial and industrial loans included approximately $455.8 million in loans from the PPP loan program as of September 30, 2021.

The following table presents the Company’s composition of loans held for investment, net of deferred fees and costs, in dollar amounts and as a percentage of total gross loans as of and for the quarters ended (dollars in thousands):

September 30, 2021

June 30, 2021

March 31, 2021

December 31, 2020

September 30, 2020

 

Commercial loans:

Construction and Land Development

    

$

877,351

    

6.7

%  

$

838,722

    

6.1

%  

$

884,303

    

6.2

%  

$

925,798

    

6.6

%  

$

1,207,190

    

8.4

%

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

 

2,027,299

 

15.4

%  

 

2,069,658

 

15.1

%  

 

2,083,155

 

14.6

%  

 

2,128,909

 

15.2

%  

 

2,107,333

 

14.7

%

Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

 

3,730,720

 

28.4

%  

 

3,712,607

 

27.1

%  

 

3,671,471

 

25.7

%  

 

3,657,562

 

26.1

%  

 

3,497,929

 

24.3

%

Multifamily Real Estate

 

776,287

 

5.9

%  

 

860,081

 

6.3

%  

 

842,906

 

5.9

%  

 

814,745

 

5.8

%  

 

731,582

 

5.1

%

Commercial & Industrial

 

2,580,190

 

19.6

%  

 

2,990,622

 

21.8

%  

 

3,599,884

 

25.2

%  

 

3,263,460

 

23.3

%  

 

3,536,249

 

24.6

%

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

 

624,347

 

4.8

%  

 

637,485

 

4.7

%  

 

658,051

 

4.6

%  

 

671,949

 

4.8

%  

 

696,944

 

4.8

%

Other Commercial

 

535,143

 

4.1

%  

 

600,276

 

4.4

%  

 

529,748

 

3.7

%  

 

489,975

 

3.5

%  

 

494,084

 

3.4

%

Total Commercial Loans

$

11,151,337

84.9

%  

$

11,709,451

85.5

%

$

12,269,518

85.9

%

$

11,952,398

85.3

%

$

12,271,311

85.3

%

Consumer loans:

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

$

822,971

 

6.3

%  

$

823,355

 

6.0

%  

$

816,916

 

5.7

%  

$

822,866

 

5.8

%  

$

830,144

 

5.8

%

Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

 

557,803

 

4.2

%  

 

559,014

 

4.1

%  

 

563,786

 

4.0

%  

 

596,996

 

4.2

%  

 

618,320

 

4.3

%

Auto

 

425,436

 

3.2

%  

 

411,073

 

3.0

%  

 

406,349

 

2.9

%  

 

401,324

 

2.9

%  

 

387,417

 

2.7

%

Consumer

 

182,039

 

1.4

%  

 

195,036

 

1.4

%  

 

215,711

 

1.5

%  

 

247,730

 

1.8

%  

 

276,023

 

1.9

%

Total Consumer Loans

$

1,988,249

15.1

%

$

1,988,478

14.5

%

$

2,002,762

14.1

%

$

2,068,916

14.7

%

$

2,111,904

14.7

%

Total loans held for investment

$

13,139,586

 

100.0

%  

$

13,697,929

 

100.0

%  

$

14,272,280

 

100.0

%  

$

14,021,314

 

100.0

%  

$

14,383,215

 

100.0

%

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The following table presents the remaining maturities, based on contractual maturity, by loan type and by rate type (variable or fixed), as of September 30, 2021 (dollars in thousands):

    

    

    

Variable Rate

    

Fixed Rate

    

Total

    

Less than 1

    

    

    

More than 5

    

    

    

More than 5

Maturities

year

Total

1-5 years

years

Total

1-5 years

years

Construction and Land Development

$

877,351

$

395,868

$

328,559

$

267,643

$

60,916

$

152,924

$

92,457

$

60,467

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

 

2,027,299

 

172,203

 

630,565

 

133,535

 

497,030

 

1,224,531

 

539,635

 

684,896

Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied

 

3,730,720

 

466,112

 

1,885,139

 

779,672

 

1,105,467

 

1,379,469

 

1,018,486

 

360,983

Multifamily Real Estate

 

776,287

 

71,924

 

469,310

 

131,776

 

337,534

 

235,053

 

168,287

 

66,766

Commercial & Industrial

 

2,580,190

 

402,254

 

1,096,894

 

923,938

 

172,956

 

1,081,042

 

784,645

 

296,397

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

 

624,347

 

100,988

 

133,031

 

27,656

 

105,375

 

390,328

 

296,776

 

93,552

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

 

822,971

 

1,043

 

224,994

 

2,045

 

222,949

 

596,934

 

13,015

 

583,919

Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

 

557,803

 

37,532

 

501,633

 

40,830

 

460,803

 

18,638

 

1,573

 

17,065

Auto

 

425,436

 

3,080

 

 

 

 

422,356

 

176,417

 

245,939

Consumer

 

182,039

 

8,045

 

32,016

 

28,676

 

3,340

 

141,978

 

52,264

 

89,714

Other Commercial

 

535,143

 

33,996

 

82,719

 

9,228

 

73,491

 

418,428

 

176,395

 

242,033

Total loans held for investment

$

13,139,586

$

1,693,045

$

5,384,860

$

2,344,999

$

3,039,861

$

6,061,681

$

3,319,950

$

2,741,731

The Company remains committed to originating soundly underwritten loans to qualifying borrowers within its markets. As reflected in the loan table, at September 30, 2021, the largest components of the Company’s loan portfolio consisted of commercial real estate and commercial & industrial loans. The risks attributable to these concentrations are mitigated by the Company’s credit underwriting and monitoring processes, including oversight by a centralized credit administration function and credit policy and risk management committee, as well as seasoned bankers focusing their lending to borrowers with proven track records in markets with which the Company is familiar.

Total short-term loan modifications related to COVID-19 are immaterial to the Company as a whole at September 30, 2021.

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Asset Quality

Overview

At September 30, 2021, the Company experienced decreases in NPAs compared to December 31, 2020. Accruing past due loan levels as a percentage of total loans held for investment at September 30, 2021 were down from accruing past due loan levels at December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020.

Net charge-offs decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Total net charge-offs as a percentage of total average loans on an annualized basis also decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The allowance for credit losses decreased from December 31, 2020 due to lower expected losses than previously estimated as a result of benign credit quality metrics to date, improvements in credit trends particularly during the third quarter of 2021, and an improved economic outlook.

The Company believes its continued proactive efforts to effectively manage its loan portfolio, combined with the unprecedented government stimulus and programs and regulatory support, have contributed to the sustained historically low levels of NPAs. The Company’s efforts included identifying potential problem credits through early identification and diligent monitoring of specific problem credits where the uncertainty has been realized, or conversely, has been reduced or eliminated. The Company continues to refrain from originating or purchasing loans from foreign entities. The Company selectively originates loans to higher risk borrowers. The Company’s loan portfolio generally does not include exposure to option adjustable rate mortgage products, high loan-to-value ratio mortgages, interest only mortgage loans, subprime mortgage loans or mortgage loans with initial teaser rates, which are all considered higher risk instruments.

As discussed under “Executive Overview” within this Item 2, COVID-19 has had a wide range of economic impacts, including impacts in the Company’s area of operations and on the Company’s clients and borrowers, but the Company has not yet experienced material deterioration in asset quality as compared to asset quality before COVID-19. The Company’s asset quality may in the future be adversely impacted to some degree due to the effects of COVID-19 (including the emergence and impact of new COVID-19 variants), although at this time it is impossible for the Company to estimate either the timing or the magnitude of any such adverse changes in asset quality. The Company continues to monitor asset quality trends and economic and market conditions for indications that COVID-19 may have more significant impacts on the Company’s asset quality than experienced to date. As of September 30, 2021, the Company’s management believes that the ultimate impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s asset quality will be less severe than initially projected at the start of the pandemic, and the Company’s management anticipates economic activity to increase over the next several quarters.

Nonperforming Assets

At September 30, 2021, NPAs totaled $37.2 million, a decrease of $8.1 million from December 31, 2020. NPAs as a percentage of total outstanding loans at September 30, 2021 were 0.28%, a decrease of 4 basis points from 0.32% at December 31, 2020.

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The following table shows a summary of asset quality balances and related ratios as of and for the quarters ended (dollars in thousands):

    

September 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

March 31, 

    

December 31, 

    

September 30, 

 

 

2021

 

2021

 

2021

 

2020

 

2020

Nonaccrual loans

$

35,472

$

36,399

$

41,866

$

42,448

$

39,023

Foreclosed properties

 

1,696

 

1,696

 

2,344

 

2,773

 

4,159

Total NPAs

 

37,168

 

38,095

 

44,210

 

45,221

 

43,182

Loans past due 90 days and accruing interest

 

11,030

 

8,746

 

9,776

 

13,634

 

15,661

Total NPAs and loans past due 90 days and accruing interest

$

48,198

$

46,841

$

53,986

$

58,855

$

58,843

Performing TDRs

$

11,335

$

13,053

$

13,670

$

13,961

$

14,515

Balances

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Allowance for loan and lease losses

$

101,798

$

118,261

$

142,911

$

160,540

$

174,122

Average loans, net of deferred fees and costs

 

13,451,674

 

13,971,939

 

14,064,123

 

13,777,467

 

14,358,666

Loans, net of deferred fees and costs

 

13,139,586

 

13,697,929

 

14,272,280

 

14,021,314

 

14,383,215

Ratios

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Nonaccrual loans to total loans

0.27

%  

0.27

%  

0.29

%

0.30

%

0.27

%

NPAs to total loans

 

0.28

%  

 

0.28

%  

 

0.31

%  

 

0.32

%  

 

0.30

%

NPAs to total adjusted loans(1)

0.29

%  

0.30

%  

0.35

%  

0.35

%  

0.34

%  

NPAs & loans 90 days past due to total loans

 

0.37

%  

 

0.34

%  

 

0.38

%  

 

0.42

%  

 

0.41

%

NPAs to total loans & foreclosed property

 

0.28

%  

 

0.28

%  

 

0.31

%  

 

0.32

%  

 

0.30

%

NPAs & loans 90 days past due to total loans & foreclosed property

 

0.37

%  

 

0.34

%  

 

0.38

%  

 

0.42

%  

 

0.41

%

(1) Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section within this Item 2 for more information about these non-GAAP financial measures, including a reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable financial measures in accordance with GAAP.

The following table shows the activity in nonaccrual loans for the quarters ended (dollars in thousands):

    

September 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

March 31, 

    

December 31, 

    

September 30, 

2021

 

2021

 

2021

 

2020

 

2020

Beginning Balance

$

36,399

$

41,866

$

42,448

$

39,023

$

39,624

Additions

 

4,177

 

4,162

 

3,821

 

8,211

 

2,790

Net customer payments

 

(4,719)

 

(9,307)

 

(4,133)

 

(4,640)

 

(2,803)

Charge-offs

 

(385)

 

(183)

 

(270)

 

(146)

 

(588)

Loans returning to accruing status

 

 

(153)

 

 

 

Transfers to foreclosed property

 

 

14

 

 

 

Ending Balance

$

35,472

$

36,399

$

41,866

$

42,448

$

39,023

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The following table presents the composition of nonaccrual loans at the quarters ended (dollars in thousands):

    

September 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

March 31, 

    

December 31, 

    

September 30, 

2021

 

2021

 

2021

 

2020

 

2020

Construction and Land Development

$

2,710

$

2,685

$

2,637

$

3,072

$

3,520

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied

 

7,786

 

6,969

 

7,016

 

7,128

 

9,267

Commercial Real Estate - Non-owner Occupied

 

4,174

 

3,026

 

1,958

 

2,317

 

1,992

Multifamily Real Estate

113

113

33

33

Commercial & Industrial

 

2,062

 

1,908

 

2,023

 

2,107

 

1,592

Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial

 

2,445

 

4,200

 

9,190

 

9,993

 

5,743

Residential 1-4 Family - Consumer

 

12,150

 

13,489

 

14,770

 

12,600

 

12,620

Residential 1-4 Family - Revolving

 

3,723

 

3,726

 

3,853

 

4,629

 

3,664

Auto

 

255

 

179

 

303

 

500

 

517

Consumer

54

104

116

69

75

Total

$

35,472

$

36,399

$

41,866

$

42,448

$

39,023

NPAs at September 30, 2021 also includes $1.7 million in foreclosed property, a decrease of $1.1 million or 38.8% from December 31, 2020. The following table shows the activity in foreclosed property for the quarters ended (dollars in thousands):

    

September 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

March 31, 

    

December 31, 

    

September 30, 

2021

 

2021

 

2021

 

2020

 

2020

Beginning Balance

$

1,696

$

2,344

$

2,773

$

4,159

$

4,397

Additions of foreclosed property

 

 

14

 

 

 

Valuation adjustments

 

 

 

 

(35)

 

Proceeds from sales

 

 

(572)

 

(419)

 

(1,357)

 

(254)

Gains (losses) from sales

 

 

(90)

 

(10)

 

6

 

16

Ending Balance

$

1,696

$

1,696

$

2,344

$

2,773

$

4,159

The following table presents the composition of the foreclosed property portfolio at the quarter ended (dollars in thousands):

    

September 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

March 31, 

    

December 31, 

    

September 30, 

2021

 

2021

 

2021

 

2020

 

2020

Land

$

728

$

728

$

1,227

$

1,227

$

1,238

Land Development

 

894

 

894

 

894

 

1,323

 

1,965

Residential Real Estate

 

74

 

74

 

60

 

60

 

793

Commercial Real Estate

 

 

 

163

 

163

 

163

Total

$

1,696

$

1,696

$

2,344

$

2,773

$

4,159

Past Due Loans

At September 30, 2021, total accruing past due loans were $38.8 million or 0.30% of total loans held for investment, compared to $49.8 million or 0.36% of total loans held for investment at December 31, 2020 and $50.9 million or 0.35% of total loans held for investment at September 30, 2020. Of the total past due loans still accruing interest $11.0 million or 0.08% of total loans held for investment were past due 90 days or more at September 30, 2021, compared to $13.6 million or 0.10% of total loans held for investment at December 31, 2020 and $15.6 million or 0.11% of total loans held for investment at September 30, 2020.

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Troubled Debt Restructurings

A modification of a loan’s terms constitutes a TDR if the creditor grants a concession that it would not otherwise consider to the borrower for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower’s financial difficulties. Management strives to identify borrowers in financial difficulty early and work with them to modify their loan to more affordable terms before their loan reaches nonaccrual status. These modified terms may include rate reductions, extension of terms that are considered to be below market, conversion to interest only, principal forgiveness and other actions intended to minimize the economic loss and to avoid foreclosure or repossession of the collateral.

The total recorded investment in TDRs at September 30, 2021 was $18.7 million, a decrease of $1.9 million or 9.3% from $20.6 million at December 31, 2020. Of the $18.7 million of TDRs at September 30, 2021, $11.3 million or 60.6% were considered performing, while the remaining $7.4 million were considered nonperforming. Of the $20.6 million of TDRs at December 31, 2020, $14.0 million or 68.0% were considered performing while the remaining $6.6 million were considered nonperforming. Loans are removed from TDR status in accordance with the established policy described in Note 1 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.

Net Charge-offs

Including and excluding the impact of the PPP loans(+), net charge-offs were $113,000 or less than 0.01% of total average loans on an annualized basis for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, compared to $1.4 million or 0.04% for the same quarter last year. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, net charge-offs were $1.4 million or 0.01% of total average loans on an annualized basis, compared to $9.7 million or 0.09% for the same period last year. Excluding the impact of the PPP loans(+), net charge-offs were 0.01% of total adjusted average loans on an annualized basis for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to 0.11% of total adjusted average loans on an annualized basis for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Provision for Credit Losses

The Company recorded a negative provision for credit losses of $18.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 a decrease of $25.4 million compared to the provision for credit losses of $6.6 million recorded during the same quarter of 2020. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded a negative $59.9 million provision for credit losses, a decrease of $160.8 million compared to the provision for credit losses of $100.9 million recorded during the same period last year. The provision for credit losses for the third quarter of 2021 reflected a negative provision of $16.3 million in provision for loan losses and negative $2.5 million in provision for unfunded commitments. The decrease in the provision for credit losses as compared to the same quarter in 2020 was driven by the benign credit impacts since the pandemic began, the significant recovery in the economy since last year, as well as the improvement in the economic forecast utilized in estimating the ACL as of September 30, 2021.

Allowance for Credit Losses

At September 30, 2021, the ACL was $109.3 million and included an ALLL of $101.8 million and an RUC of $7.5 million. The ACL decreased $61.2 million from December 31, 2020, including a decline in the ALLL of $58.7 million and a decline in the RUC of $2.5 million. The decline in the ACL was primarily due to negative provisions for credit losses that were driven by lower expected losses than previously estimated as a result of benign credit quality metrics to date and an improved economic outlook due to the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as additional government stimulus inclusive of more PPP funding.

The ACL as a percentage of the total loan portfolio was 0.83% at September 30, 2021 and 1.22% at December 31, 2020. The ACL as a percentage of total adjusted loans(+) decreased 47 bps from December 31, 2020 to 0.86% at September 30, 2021.

The ALLL as a percentage of the total loan portfolio was 0.77% at September 30, 2021 and 1.14% at December 31, 2020. When excluding PPP loans(+), which are 100% guaranteed by the SBA, the ALLL as a percentage of total adjusted loans decreased 45 bps to 0.80% at September 30, 2021 from 1.25% at December 31, 2020.

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The following table summarizes activity in the ALLL during the quarters ended (dollars in thousands):

    

September 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

March 31, 

    

December 31, 

    

September 30, 

 

2021

 

2021

 

2021

 

2020

 

2020

 

ALLL Balance, beginning of period

$

118,261

$

142,911

$

160,540

$

174,122

$

169,977

Less: Loans charged-off:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Commercial

 

967

 

891

 

1,974

 

1,118

 

995

Consumer

 

1,299

 

1,054

 

1,667

 

2,268

 

1,983

Total loans charged-off

 

2,266

 

1,945

 

3,641

 

3,386

 

2,978

Add: Recoveries:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Commercial

 

1,281

 

1,042

 

1,606

 

937

 

718

Consumer

 

872

 

834

 

863

 

680

 

848

Total recoveries

 

2,153

 

1,876

 

2,469

 

1,617

 

1,566

Net charge-offs

 

113

 

69

 

1,172

 

1,769

 

1,412

Add: Provision for loan losses

 

(16,350)

 

(24,581)

 

(16,457)

 

(11,813)

 

5,557

ALLL Balance, end of period

$

101,798

$

118,261

$

142,911

$

160,540

$

174,122

Total RUC

$

7,500

$

10,000

$

12,833

$

10,000

$

12,000

Total ACL

$

109,298

$

128,261

$

155,744

$

170,540

$

186,122

ALLL to loans

 

0.77

%  

 

0.86

%  

 

1.00

%  

 

1.14

%  

 

1.21

%  

ALLL to adjusted loans(1)

0.80

%  

0.92

%  

1.12

%  

1.25

%  

1.36

%  

ACL to loans

0.83

%  

0.94

%  

1.09

%  

1.22

%  

1.29

%  

ACL to adjusted loans(1)

0.86

%  

1.00

%  

1.22

%  

1.33

%  

1.46

%  

Net charge-offs to average loans

 

0.00

%  

 

0.00

%  

 

0.03

%  

 

0.05

%  

 

0.04

%  

Net charge-offs to adjusted average loans(1)

0.00

%  

0.00

%  

0.04

%  

0.06

%  

0.04

%  

Provision for loan losses to average loans

 

(0.48)

%  

 

(0.71)

%  

 

(0.47)

%  

 

(0.33)

%  

 

0.15

%  

Provision for loan losses to adjusted average loans(1)

(0.51)

%  

 

(0.77)

%  

 

(0.52)

%  

 

(0.37)

%  

 

0.17

%  

(1) Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section within this Item 2 for more information about these non-GAAP financial measures, including a reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable financial measures in accordance with GAAP.

The following table shows the ALLL by loan segment and the percentage of the loan portfolio that the related ALLL covers as of the quarters ended (dollars in thousands):

September 30, 

    

June 30, 

    

March 31, 

    

December 31, 

    

September 30, 

 

2021

2021

2021

2020

2020

 

    

$

    

% (1)

    

$

    

% (1)

    

$

    

% (1)

    

$

    

% (1)

    

$

    

% (1)

 

Commercial

$

74,978

84.9

%  

$

89,837

85.5

%  

$

106,432

85.9

%  

$

117,403

85.3

%  

$

126,655

85.3

%  

Consumer

 

26,820

15.1

%  

 

28,424

14.5

%  

 

36,479

14.1

%  

 

43,137

14.7

%  

 

47,467

14.7

%  

Total

$

101,798

100.0

%  

$

118,261

100.0

%  

$

142,911

100.0

%  

$

160,540

100.0

%  

$

174,122

100.0

%

(1) Represents the loan balance divided by total loans held for investment.

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Deposits

As of September 30, 2021, total deposits were $16.6 billion, an increase of $899.4 million or 7.6% annualized from December 31, 2020. Total interest-bearing deposits consist of NOW, money market, savings, and time deposit account balances. Total time deposit balances of $2.0 billion accounted for 18.1% of total interest-bearing deposits at September 30, 2021.

The following table presents the deposit balances by major category as of the quarters ended (dollars in thousands):

September 30, 2021

    

December 31, 2020

 

    

    

% of total

    

    

% of total

 

Deposits:

Amount

deposits

Amount

deposits

 

Non-interest bearing

$

5,328,838

 

32.0

%  

$

4,368,703

 

27.8

%

NOW accounts

 

4,016,505

 

24.2

%  

 

3,621,181

 

23.0

%

Money market accounts

 

4,152,986

 

25.0

%  

 

4,248,335

 

27.0

%

Savings accounts

 

1,079,735

 

6.5

%  

 

904,095

 

5.8

%

Time deposits of $100,000 and over(1)

 

1,179,417

 

7.1

%  

 

1,532,082

 

9.7

%

Other time deposits

 

864,679

 

5.2

%  

 

1,048,369

 

6.7

%

Total Deposits

$

16,622,160

 

100.0

%  

$

15,722,765

 

100.0

%

(1) Includes time deposits of $250,000 and over of $546.2 million and $654.2 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

The Company may also borrow additional funds by purchasing certificates of deposit through a nationally recognized network of financial institutions. The Company utilizes this funding source when rates are more favorable than other funding sources. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were $0 and $145.9 million, respectively, purchased certificates of deposit included in certificates of deposit on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The reduced usage of purchased certificates of deposit in 2021 is due to the increase in customer deposits.

Maturities of time deposits of $100,000 or more as of September 30, 2021 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

    

Amount

Within 3 Months

$

287,135

3 - 6 Months

 

258,953

6 - 12 Months

288,793

Over 12 Months

 

344,536

Total

$

1,179,417

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Capital Resources

Capital resources represent funds, earned or obtained, over which financial institutions can exercise greater or longer control in comparison with deposits and borrowed funds. The adequacy of the Company’s capital is reviewed by management on an ongoing basis with reference to size, composition, and quality of the Company’s resources and consistency with regulatory requirements and industry standards. Management seeks to maintain a capital structure that will assure an adequate level of capital to support anticipated asset growth and to absorb potential losses, yet allow management to effectively leverage its capital to maximize return to shareholders.

On June 9, 2020, the Company issued and sold 6,900,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/400th ownership interest in a share of its Series A preferred stock, with a liquidation preference of $10,000 per share of Series A preferred stock (equivalent to $25 per depositary share), including 900,000 depositary shares pursuant to the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional depositary shares. The total net proceeds to the Company were approximately $166.4 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and other offering expenses payable by the Company.

The Federal Reserve requires the Company and the Bank to comply with the following minimum capital ratios: (i) a common equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 7.0% of risk-weighted assets; (ii) a Tier 1 capital ratio of 8.5% of risk-weighted assets; (iii) a total capital ratio of 10.5% of risk-weighted assets; and (iv) a leverage ratio of 4.0% of total assets. These ratios, with the exception of the leverage ratio, include a 2.5% capital conservation buffer, which is designed to absorb losses during periods of economic stress. Banking institutions with a ratio of common equity Tier 1 to risk-weighted assets above the minimum but below the conservation buffer will face constraints on dividends, equity repurchases, and compensation based on the amount of the shortfall.

For information about the Company’s stock repurchase activity and the Repurchase Program, please refer to Note 9 “Stockholders’ Equity” in Part I, Item 1 and Part II, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report.

On March 27, 2020, the banking agencies issued an interim final rule that allows the Company to phase in the impact of adopting the CECL methodology up to two years, with a three-year transition period to phase out the cumulative benefit to regulatory capital provided during the two-year delay.  The Company is allowed to include the impact of the CECL transition, which is defined as the CECL Day 1 impact to capital plus 25% of the Company’s provision for credit losses during 2020, in regulatory capital through 2021.  The Company elected to phase-in the regulatory capital impact as permitted under the aforementioned interim final rule. Beginning in 2022, the transition amount will begin to impact regulatory capital by phasing it in over a three-year period ending in 2024.

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The table summarizes the Company’s capital and related ratios for the periods presented (3) (dollars in thousands):

September 30, 

December 31, 

September 30, 

2021

2020

2020

Common equity Tier 1 capital

$ 1,541,325

$ 1,512,507

$ 1,470,639

Tier 1 capital

1,707,681

1,678,863

1,636,995

Tier 2 capital

340,464

384,494

401,456

Total risk-based capital

2,048,146

2,063,356

2,038,451

Risk-weighted assets

14,858,407

14,739,253

14,644,960

Capital ratios:

Common equity Tier 1 capital ratio

10.37%

10.26%

10.04%

Tier 1 capital ratio

11.49%

11.39%

11.18%

Total capital ratio

13.78%

14.00%

13.92%

Leverage ratio (Tier 1 capital to average assets)

8.97%

8.95%

8.82%

Capital conservation buffer ratio (1)

5.49%

5.39%

5.18%

Common equity to total assets

12.68%

12.95%

12.52%

Tangible common equity to tangible assets (2)

8.16%

8.31%

7.91%

(1) Calculated by subtracting the regulatory minimum capital ratio requirements from the Company’s actual ratio results for Common equity, Tier 1, and Total risk based capital. The lowest of the three measures represents the Company’s capital conservation buffer ratio.

(2) Refer to “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section within this Item 2 for more information about this non-GAAP financial measure, including a reconciliation of this measure to the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP.

(3) All ratios and amounts at September 30, 2021 are estimates and subject to change pending the Company’s filing of its FR Y9-C. All other periods are presented as filed.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In this Form 10-Q, the Company has provided supplemental performance measures on a tax-equivalent, tangible, operating, adjusted and/or pre-tax pre-provision basis. These measures are a supplement to GAAP used to prepare the Company’s financial statements and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the Company’s non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to non-GAAP measures of other companies. The Company uses the non-GAAP measures discussed herein in its analysis of the Company’s performance.

Net interest income (FTE), total revenue (FTE) and total adjusted revenue (FTE), which are used in computing net interest margin (FTE) and adjusted operating efficiency ratio (FTE), respectively, provide valuable additional insight into the net interest margin and the efficiency ratio by adjusting for differences in the tax treatment of interest income sources. The entire FTE adjustment is attributable to interest income on earning assets, which is used in computing the yield on earning assets. Interest expense and the related cost of interest-bearing liabilities and cost of funds ratios are not affected by the FTE components.

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The following table reconciles non-GAAP financial measures from the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures for each of the periods presented (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Interest Income (FTE)

Interest and dividend income (GAAP)

$

146,379

$

157,414

$

444,904

$

491,607

FTE adjustment

 

3,164

 

2,901

 

9,361

 

8,462

Interest and dividend income FTE (non-GAAP)

$

149,543

$

160,315

$

454,265

$

500,069

Average earning assets

$

17,910,389

$

17,748,152

$

17,824,607

$

16,809,423

Yield on interest-earning assets (GAAP)

 

3.24

%  

 

3.53

%

 

3.34

%  

 

3.91

%

Yield on interest-earning assets (FTE) (non-GAAP)

 

3.31

%  

 

3.59

%

 

3.41

%  

 

3.97

%

Net Interest Income (FTE)

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Net interest income (GAAP)

$

137,488

$

137,381

$

412,934

$

409,694

FTE adjustment

 

3,164

 

2,901

 

9,361

 

8,462

Net interest income FTE (non-GAAP)

$

140,652

$

140,282

$

422,295

$

418,156

Noninterest income (GAAP)

29,938

34,407

89,388

99,245

Total revenue (FTE) (non-GAAP)

$

170,590

$

174,689

$

511,683

$

517,401

Average earning assets

$

17,910,389

$

17,748,152

$

17,824,607

$

16,809,423

Net interest margin (GAAP)

 

3.05

%  

 

3.08

%

 

3.10

%  

 

3.26

%

Net interest margin (FTE) (non-GAAP)

 

3.12

%  

 

3.14

%

 

3.17

%  

 

3.32

%

The Company believes tangible common equity is an important indication of its ability to grow organically and through business combinations as well as its ability to pay dividends and to engage in various capital management strategies. Tangible common equity is used in the calculation of certain profitability, capital, and per share ratios. The Company believes tangible common equity and related ratios are meaningful measures of capital adequacy because they provide a meaningful base for period-to-period and company-to-company comparisons, which the Company believes will assist investors in assessing the capital of the Company and its ability to absorb potential losses.

The following table reconciles non-GAAP financial measures from the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures for each of the periods presented (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended

September 30, 

December 31, 

September 30, 

    

2021

    

2020

    

2020

    

Tangible Assets

 

  

 

  

 

  

Ending Assets (GAAP)

$

19,935,657

$

19,628,449

$

19,930,650

Less: Ending goodwill

 

935,560

 

935,560

 

935,560

Less: Ending amortizable intangibles

 

46,537

 

57,185

 

61,068

Ending tangible assets (non-GAAP)

$

18,953,560

$

18,635,704

$

18,934,022

Tangible Common Equity

 

  

 

  

 

  

Ending Equity (GAAP)

$

2,694,439

$

2,708,490

$

2,660,885

Less: Ending goodwill

 

935,560

 

935,560

 

935,560

Less: Ending amortizable intangibles

 

46,537

 

57,185

 

61,068

Less: Perpetual preferred stock

166,357

166,357

166,357

Ending tangible common equity (non-GAAP)

$

1,545,985

$

1,549,388

$

1,497,900

Average equity (GAAP)

$

2,718,032

$

2,679,170

$

2,648,777

Less: Average goodwill

 

935,560

 

935,560

 

935,560

Less: Average amortizable intangibles

 

48,179

 

59,031

 

63,016

Less: Average perpetual preferred stock

166,356

166,356

166,353

Average tangible common equity (non-GAAP)

$

1,567,937

$

1,518,223

$

1,483,848

Tangible common equity to tangible assets (non-GAAP)

 

8.16

%

 

8.31

%

 

7.91

%

Adjusted operating measures exclude the gains or losses related to balance sheet repositioning, principally composed of gains and losses on debt extinguishment and gains or losses on sale of securities. The Company believes these non-GAAP adjusted measures provide investors with important information about the combined economic results of the organization’s operations.

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The following table reconciles non-GAAP financial measures from the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures for each of the periods presented (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts):

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Adjusted Operating Earnings & EPS

Net income (GAAP)

$

74,565

$

61,000

$

216,138

$

98,798

Plus: Net loss related to balance sheet repositioning, net of tax

11,609

9,539

Less: Gain on sale of securities, net of tax

7

14

69

9,711

Adjusted operating earnings (non-GAAP)

$

74,558

$

60,986

$

227,678

$

98,626

Less: Dividends on preferred stock

2,967

2,691

8,901

2,691

Adjusted operating earnings available to common shareholders (non-GAAP)

$

71,591

$

58,295

$

218,777

$

95,935

The adjusted operating efficiency ratio (FTE) excludes the amortization of intangible assets and gains or losses related to balance sheet repositioning (principally composed of gains and losses on debt extinguishment). This measure is similar to the measure utilized by the Company when analyzing corporate performance and is also similar to the measure utilized for incentive compensation. Adjusted operating measures exclude the amortization of intangible assets and the gains or losses related to balance sheet repositioning, principally composed of gains and losses on debt extinguishment and gains or losses on sale of securities. The Company believes this adjusted measure provides investors with important information about the combined economic results of the organization’s operations. Net interest income (FTE) and total adjusted revenue (FTE), which are used in computing net interest margin (FTE) and adjusted operating efficiency ratio (FTE), respectively, provide valuable additional insight into the net interest margin and the efficiency ratio by adjusting for differences in tax treatment of interest income sources. The entire FTE adjustment is attributable to interest income on earning assets, which is used in computing yield on earning assets. Interest expense and the related cost of interest-bearing liabilities and cost of funds ratios are not affected by the FTE components.

The following table reconciles non-GAAP financial measures from the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures for each of the periods presented (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Adjusted Operating Noninterest Expense, Noninterest Income & Efficiency Ratio

Noninterest expense (GAAP)

$

95,343

$

93,222

$

299,251

$

291,681

Less: Amortization of intangible assets

 

3,381

 

4,053

 

10,679

 

12,676

Less: Losses related to balance sheet repositioning

14,695

10,306

Adjusted operating noninterest expense (non-GAAP)

$

91,962

$

89,169

$

273,877

$

268,699

Noninterest income (GAAP)

$

29,938

$

34,407

$

89,388

$

99,245

Plus: Losses related to balance sheet repositioning

(1,769)

Less: Gains on sale of securities

9

18

87

12,293

Adjusted operating noninterest income (non-GAAP)

$

29,929

$

34,389

$

89,301

$

88,721

Net interest income (FTE) (non-GAAP)

$

140,652

$

140,282

$

422,295

$

418,156

Adjusted operating noninterest income (non-GAAP)

29,929

34,389

89,301

88,721

Total adjusted revenue (FTE)(non-GAAP)

$

170,581

$

174,671

$

511,596

$

506,877

Efficiency ratio (GAAP)

 

56.95

%  

 

54.27

%

 

59.57

%  

 

57.31

%

Adjusted operating efficiency ratio (FTE) (non-GAAP)

 

53.91

%  

 

51.05

%

 

53.53

%  

 

53.01

%

Pre-tax pre-provision adjusted operating earnings exclude the provision for credit losses, which can fluctuate significantly from period-to-period under the CECL methodology, income tax expense, gains or losses related to balance sheet repositioning (principally composed of gains and losses on debt extinguishment and gains or losses on sale of securities). The Company believes this adjusted measure provides investors with important information about the combined economic results of the organization’s operations.

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The following table reconciles non-GAAP financial measures from the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures for each of the periods presented (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts):

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Pre-tax pre-provision adjusted operating earnings

Net Income (GAAP)

$

74,565

$

61,000

$

216,138

$

98,798

Plus: Provision for credit losses

 

(18,850)

 

6,558

 

(59,888)

 

100,954

Plus: Income tax expenses

 

16,368

 

11,008

 

46,821

 

17,506

Plus: Net loss related to balance sheet repositioning

14,695

12,075

Less: Gain on sale of securities

9

18

87

12,293

Pre-tax pre-provision adjusted operating earnings (non-GAAP)

$

72,074

$

78,548

$

217,679

$

217,040

PPP adjustment impact excludes the SBA guaranteed PPP loans funded during 2020 and 2021. The Company believes loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs), excluding PPP is useful to investors as it provides more clarity on the Company’s organic growth. The Company also believes that the related non-GAAP financial measures of past due loans still accruing interest as a percentage of total loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs), provision for credit losses as a percentage of average loans held for investment, and net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs), in each case excluding impacts from the PPP, are useful to investors as loans originated under the PPP carry an SBA guarantee. The Company believes that the ALLL and the ACL, each as a percentage of loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs), and each excluding impacts from the PPP, are useful to investors because of the size of the Company’s PPP loan originations and the impact of the embedded credit enhancement provided by the SBA guarantee.

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Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 

June 30, 

March 31,

December 31,

September 30,

September 30, 

September 30, 

2021

2021

2021

2020

2020

2021

2020

Adjusted Loans

Loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs)(GAAP)

$

13,139,586

$

13,697,929

$

14,272,280

$

14,021,314

$

14,383,215

$

13,139,586

$

14,383,215

Less: PPP adjustments (net of deferred fees and costs)

466,609

859,386

1,512,714

1,179,522

1,600,577

466,609

1,600,577

Total adjusted loans (non-GAAP)

$

12,672,977

$

12,838,543

$

12,759,566

$

12,841,792

$

12,782,638

$

12,672,977

$

12,782,638

Average loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs) (GAAP)

$

13,451,674

$

13,971,939

$

14,064,123

$

14,188,661

$

14,358,666

$

13,827,002

$

13,639,401

Less: Average PPP adjustments (net of deferred fees and costs)

687,259

1,187,641

1,309,326

1,445,602

1,638,204

1,059,130

1,457,091

Total adjusted average loans (non-GAAP)

$

12,764,415

$

12,784,298

$

12,754,797

$

12,743,059

$

12,720,462

$

12,767,872

$

12,182,310

Asset Quality

Provision for loan losses

$

(16,350)

$

(24,581)

$

(16,457)

$

(11,813)

$

5,557

$

(57,388)

$

94,013

Net charge-offs

113

69

1,172

1,769

1,412

1,354

9,669

Allowance for loan and lease losses

101,798

118,261

142,911

160,540

174,122

101,798

174,122

Allowance for credit losses

109,298

128,261

155,744

170,540

186,122

109,298

186,122

Total NPAs

37,168

38,095

44,210

45,221

43,182

37,168

43,182

Loans past due ≥ 90 days and still accruing

11,030

8,746

9,776

13,634

15,661

11,030

15,661

ALLL/total outstanding loans

0.77

%  

0.86

%  

1.00

%  

1.14

%  

1.21

%  

0.77

%  

1.21

%  

ALLL/total adjusted loans (non-GAAP)

0.80

%  

0.92

%  

1.12

%  

1.25

%  

1.36

%  

0.80

%  

1.36

%  

ACL/total outstanding loans

    

0.83

%  

0.94

%  

1.09

%  

1.22

%  

1.29

%  

    

0.83

%  

1.29

%  

ACL/total adjusted loans (non-GAAP)

0.86

%  

1.00

%  

1.22

%  

1.33

%  

1.46

%  

0.86

%  

1.46

%  

NPAs/total outstanding loans

0.28

%  

0.28

%  

0.31

%  

0.32

%  

0.30

%  

0.28

%  

0.30

%  

NPAs/total adjusted loans (non-GAAP)

0.29

%  

0.30

%  

0.35

%  

0.35

%  

0.34

%  

0.29

%  

0.34

%  

Net charge-offs/total average loans

%  

%  

0.03

%  

0.05

%  

0.04

%  

0.01

%  

0.09

%  

Net charge-offs/total adjusted average loans (non-GAAP)

%  

%  

0.04

%  

0.06

%  

0.04

%  

0.01

%  

0.11

%  

Provision for loan losses/total average loans

(0.48)

%  

(0.71)

%  

(0.47)

%  

(0.33)

%  

0.15

%  

(0.55)

%  

0.92

%  

Provision for loan losses/total adjusted average loans (non-GAAP)

(0.51)

%  

(0.77)

%  

(0.52)

%  

(0.37)

%  

0.17

%  

(0.60)

%  

1.03

%  

ITEM 3 – QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in the fair value of financial instruments due to changes in interest rates, exchange rates, and equity prices. The Company’s market risk is composed primarily of interest rate risk. The ALCO of the Company is responsible for reviewing the interest rate sensitivity position of the Company and establishing policies to monitor and limit exposure to this risk. The Company’s Board of Directors reviews and approves the guidelines established by ALCO.

Interest rate risk is monitored through the use of three complementary modeling tools: static gap analysis, earnings simulation modeling, and economic value simulation (net present value estimation). Each of these models measures changes in a variety

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of interest rate scenarios. While each of the interest rate risk models has limitations, taken together they represent a reasonably comprehensive view of the magnitude of interest rate risk in the Company, the distribution of risk along the yield curve, the level of risk through time, and the amount of exposure to changes in certain interest rate relationships. Static gap, which measures aggregate re-pricing values, is less utilized because it does not effectively measure the options risk impact on the Company and is not addressed here. Earnings simulation and economic value models, which more effectively measure the cash flow and optionality impacts, are utilized by management on a regular basis and are explained below.

The Company determines the overall magnitude of interest sensitivity risk and then formulates policies and practices governing asset generation and pricing, funding sources and pricing, and off-balance sheet commitments. These decisions are based on management’s expectations regarding future interest rate movements, the states of the national, regional and local economies, and other financial and business risk factors. The Company uses simulation modeling to measure and monitor the effect of various interest rate scenarios and business strategies on net interest income. This modeling reflects interest rate changes and the related impact on net interest income and net income over specified time horizons.

Earnings Simulation Analysis

Management uses simulation analysis to measure the sensitivity of net interest income to changes in interest rates. The model calculates an earnings estimate based on current and projected balances and rates. This method is subject to the accuracy of the assumptions that underlie the process, but it provides a better analysis of the sensitivity of earnings to changes in interest rates than other analyses, such as the static gap analysis discussed above.

Assumptions used in the model are derived from historical trends and management’s outlook and include loan and deposit growth rates and projected yields and rates. These assumptions may not materialize and unanticipated events and circumstances may occur. The model also does not take into account any future actions of management to mitigate the impact of interest rate changes. Such assumptions are monitored by management and periodically adjusted as appropriate. All maturities, calls, and prepayments in the securities portfolio are assumed to be reinvested in like instruments. Mortgage-backed securities prepayment assumptions are based on industry estimates of prepayment speeds for portfolios with similar coupon ranges and seasoning. Different interest rate scenarios and yield curves are used to measure the sensitivity of earnings to changing interest rates. Interest rates on different asset and liability accounts move differently when the prime rate changes and are reflected in the different rate scenarios.

The Company uses its simulation model to estimate earnings in rate environments where rates are instantaneously shocked up or down around a “most likely” rate scenario, based on implied forward rates and futures curves. The analysis assesses the impact on net interest income over a 12-month time horizon after an immediate increase or “shock” in rates, of 100 basis points up to 300 basis points. The model, under all scenarios, does not drop the index below zero.

The following table represents the interest rate sensitivity on net interest income for the Company across the rate paths modeled for balances as of September 30, 2021 and 2020:

Change In Net Interest Income

September 30, 

2021

2020

    

%

    

%

Change in Yield Curve:

 

  

  

+300 basis points

 

22.43

11.39

+200 basis points

 

14.90

8.26

+100 basis points

 

7.26

4.37

Most likely rate scenario

 

-100 basis points

 

(6.50)

(0.97)

-200 basis points

 

(7.73)

(1.19)

Asset sensitivity indicates that in a rising interest rate environment, the Company’s net interest income would increase and in a decreasing interest rate environment, the Company’s net interest income would decrease. Liability sensitivity indicates that in a rising interest rate environment, the Company’s net interest income would decrease and in a decreasing interest rate environment, the Company’s net interest income would increase.

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From a net interest income perspective, the Company was more asset sensitive as of September 30, 2021, compared to its position as of September 30, 2020. This shift is due to the increase in customer deposits, the changing characteristics of certain loan and deposit products, and other balance sheet strategies. The Company would expect net interest income to increase with an immediate increase or shock in market rates. In the decreasing interest rate environments, the Company would expect a decline in net interest income as interest-earning assets re-price at lower rates and interest-bearing deposits remain at or near their floors.

Economic Value Simulation

Economic value simulation is used to calculate the estimated fair value of assets and liabilities over different interest rate environments. Economic values are calculated based on discounted cash flow analysis. The net economic value of equity is the economic value of all assets minus the economic value of all liabilities. The change in net economic value over different rate environments is an indication of the longer-term earnings capability of the balance sheet. The same assumptions are used in the economic value simulation as in the earnings simulation. The economic value simulation uses instantaneous rate shocks to the balance sheet.

The following chart reflects the estimated change in net economic value over different rate environments using economic value simulation for the balances at the quarterly periods ended September 30, 2021 and 2020:

Change In Economic Value of Equity

September 30, 

2021

2020

    

%

    

%

Change in Yield Curve:

 

  

  

+300 basis points

 

5.80

(1.30)

+200 basis points

 

4.86

0.49

+100 basis points

 

3.20

1.39

Most likely rate scenario

 

-100 basis points

 

(6.13)

(5.24)

-200 basis points

 

(7.92)

(1.96)

As of September 30, 2021, the Company’s economic value of equity is generally more asset sensitive in a rising interest rate environment compared to September 30, 2020 primarily due to the composition of the Consolidated Balance Sheets that has been impacted by the increase in customer deposits, the changing characteristics of certain loan and deposit products, and other balance sheet strategies.

ITEM 4 – CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Management, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2021. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in 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 to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Based on this evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of September 30, 2021, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

In designing and evaluating the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Additionally, in designing disclosure controls and procedures, management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

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Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management has taken measures to maintain the internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended September 30, 2021. There have been no changes that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1 – LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In the ordinary course of its operations, the Company and its subsidiaries are parties to various legal proceedings. Based on the information presently available, and after consultation with legal counsel, management believes that the ultimate outcome in such proceedings, in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the business or the financial condition or results of operations of the Company.

ITEM 1A – RISK FACTORS

During the quarter ended September 30, 2021, there have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed under Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in the Company’s 2020 Annual Report.

An investment in the Company’s securities involves risks. In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report, including the information addressed under “Forward-Looking Statements,” investors in the Company’s securities should carefully consider the factors discussed below, as well as the factors discussed in the Company’s 2020 Annual Report. These factors could materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, and capital position and could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from its historical results or the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in this report, in which case the trading price of the Company’s securities could decline.

ITEM 2 – UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

(a) Sales of Unregistered Securities – None

(b) Use of Proceeds – Not Applicable.

(c) Issuer Purchases of Securities 

Stock Repurchase Program; Other

On July 8, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program to purchase up to $150 million worth of the Company’s common stock through June 30, 2021, and subsequently suspended the program on March 20, 2020.

On May 4, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program (or the “Repurchase Program”) to purchase up to $125 million worth of the Company’s common stock in open market transactions or privately negotiated transactions, including pursuant to a trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 and/or Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act. The Repurchase Program was due to expire on June 30, 2022 and replaced the prior repurchase program that was due to expire on June 30, 2021. The $125 million repurchase authorization under the Repurchase Program was fully utilized in August 2021.

The following information describes the Company’s common stock repurchases for the three months ended September 30, 2021:

Period

Total number of shares purchased(1)

Average price paid per share(2) ($)

Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs

Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs(2) ($)

July 1 - July 31, 2021

1,422,682

35.72

1,422,362

31,835,717

August 1 - August 31, 2021

866,870

36.74

866,599

-

September 1 - September 30, 2021

1,384

36.68

-

-

Total

2,290,936

36.10

2,288,961

(1) For the three months ended September 30, 2021, 1,975 shares were withheld upon vesting of restricted shares granted to employees of the Company in order to satisfy tax withholding obligations.

(2) These amounts include fees and commissions associated with the shares repurchased.

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ITEM 6 – EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Quarterly Report and this list includes the Exhibit Index:

Exhibit No.

    

Description

2.1

Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of May 19, 2017, by and between Union Bankshares Corporation and Xenith Bankshares, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 23, 2017).

2.2

Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of October 4, 2018, as amended on December 7, 2018, by and between Union Bankshares Corporation and Access National Corporation (incorporated by reference to Annex A to Form S-4/A Registration Statement filed on December 10, 2018; SEC file no. 333-228455).

3.1

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation, effective May 7, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 7, 2020).

3.1.1

Articles of Amendment designating the 6.875% Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A, effective June 9, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 9, 2020).

3.2

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation, effective as of December 5, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 25, 2020).

10.24

Schedule of Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation Non-Employee Directors’ Annual Compensation.

15.1

Letter regarding unaudited interim financial information.

31.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2

Certification of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101

Interactive data files formatted in Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (1): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited), (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited), (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited), (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).

104

The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, formatted in Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (included with Exhibit 101).

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation

(Registrant)

Date: November 4, 2021

By:

/s/ John C. Asbury

John C. Asbury,

President and Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)

Date: November 4, 2021

By:

/s/ Robert M. Gorman

Robert M. Gorman,

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial and accounting officer)

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