HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP - Quarter Report: 2023 September (Form 10-Q)

10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark one)

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2023

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

For the transition period from to

Commission file number: 001-36872

HANCOCK WHITNEY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Mississippi		64-0693170
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Hancock Whitney Plaza, 2510 14th Street, Gulfport, Mississippi		39501
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(228) 868-4000

(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 $3.33 per share	HWC	Nasdaq
6.25% Subordinated Notes	HWCPZ	Nasdaq

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 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, 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

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

86,151,165 common shares were outstanding at October 31, 2023.

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Hancock Whitney Corporation

Index


Part I. Financial Information		Page Number
ITEM 1.	Financial Statements	5
	Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) – September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022	5
	Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited) – Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022	6
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited) – Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022	7
	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited) – Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022	8
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) – Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022	9
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) – September 30, 2023 and 2022	10
ITEM 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	41
ITEM 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	67
ITEM 4.	Controls and Procedures	69
Part II. Other Information
ITEM 1.	Legal Proceedings	70
ITEM 1A.	Risk Factors	70
ITEM 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	70
ITEM 3.	Default on Senior Securities	N/A
ITEM 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	N/A
ITEM 5.	Other Information	71
ITEM 6.	Exhibits	71
Signatures		72

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Hancock Whitney Corporation

Glossary of Defined Terms

Entities:

Hancock Whitney Corporation – a financial holding company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission

Hancock Whitney Bank – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hancock Whitney Corporation through which Hancock Whitney Corporation conducts its banking operations

Company – Hancock Whitney Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries

Parent – Hancock Whitney Corporation, exclusive of its subsidiaries

Bank – Hancock Whitney Bank

Other Terms:

ACL – allowance for credit losses

AFS – available for sale securities

AMERIBOR - American Interbank Offered Rate; a benchmark interest rate based on an overnight unsecured loans transacted on the American Financial Exchange

AOCI – accumulated other comprehensive income or loss

ALCO – Asset Liability Management Committee

ALLL – allowance for loan and lease losses

ARRC – Alternative Reference Rates Committee

ASC – Accounting Standards Codification

ASU – Accounting Standards Update

ATM – automated teller machine

Basel III – Basel Committee's 2010 Regulatory Capital Framework (Third Accord)

Beta – amount by which deposit or loan costs change in response to movement in short-term interest rates

BOLI – bank-owned life insurance

bp(s) – basis point(s)

C&I – commercial and industrial loans

CD – certificate of deposit

CDE – Community Development Entity

CECL – Current Expected Credit Losses

CEO – Chief Executive Officer

CFPB– Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

CFO – Chief Financial Officer

CME – Chicago Mercantile Exchange

CMO – collateralized mortgage obligation

Core client deposits – total deposits excluding public funds and brokered deposits

Core deposits – total deposits excluding certificates of deposits of $250,000 or more and brokered deposits

Coronavirus – the novel coronavirus declared a pandemic during the first quarter of 2020, resulting in prolonged market disruptions

COVID-19 – disease caused by the novel coronavirus

CRE – commercial real estate

DEI – Diversity, equity and inclusion

DIF – Deposit Insurance Fund

ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance; term used in discussion of risks and corporate policies related to those items

Excess Liquidity – deposits held at the Federal Reserve above normal levels

FASB – Financial Accounting Standards Board

FDIC – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FDICIA – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991

Federal Reserve Board – The 7-member Board of Governors that oversees the Federal Reserve System, establishes

monetary policy (interest rates, credit, etc.), and monitors the economic health of the country. Its members are appointed

by the President subject to Senate confirmation, and serve 14-year terms.

Federal Reserve System – The 12 Federal Reserve Banks, with each one serving member banks in its own district. This system, supervised by the Federal Reserve Board, has broad regulatory powers over the money supply and the

credit structure. They implement the policies of the Federal Reserve Board and also conduct economic research.

FFIEC – Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

FHA – Federal Housing Administration

FHLB – Federal Home Loan Bank

GAAP – Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America

HTM – held to maturity securities

ICS – Insured cash sweep

IRA 2022 – Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

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IRS – Internal Revenue Service

LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate

LIHTC – Low Income Housing Tax Credit

LTIP – long-term incentive plan

MBS – mortgage-backed securities

MD&A – management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations

MDBCF – Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance

MEFD - reportable modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty as defined by accounting guidance effective January 1, 2023

NAICS – North American Industry Classification System

NII – net interest income

n/m – not meaningful

NSF – Non-sufficient funds

OCI – other comprehensive income or loss

OD – Overdraft

ORE – other real estate defined as foreclosed and surplus real estate

PCD – purchased credit deteriorated loans, as defined by ASC 326

PPNR – Pre-provision net revenue

PPP – Paycheck Protection Program, a loan program administered by the Small Business Administration designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep workers on payroll during interruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

Reference rate reform – refers to the global transition away from LIBOR and other interbank offered rates toward new reference rates that are more reliable and robust

Repos – securities sold under agreements to repurchase

SBA – Small Business Administration

SBIC – Small Business Investment Company

SEC – U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities Act – Securities Act of 1933, as amended

Short-term Investments – the sum of Interest-bearing bank deposits and Federal funds sold

SOFR – Secured Overnight Financing Rate

te – taxable equivalent adjustment, or the term used to indicate that a financial measure is presented on a fully taxable equivalent basis

TDR – troubled debt restructuring, as defined by accounting guidance that was superseded effective January 1, 2023

TSR – total shareholder return

U.S. Treasury – The United States Department of the Treasury

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Part I. Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Hancock Whitney Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)


	September 30,			December 31,
(in thousands, except per share data)	2023			2022
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks	$	541,351		$	564,459
Interest-bearing bank deposits		817,478			323,332
Federal funds sold		471			728
Securities available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost of $6,085,309 and $6,310,214)		5,188,156			5,556,041
Securities held to maturity (fair value of $2,430,287 and $2,615,398 )		2,727,945			2,852,495
Loans held for sale (includes $13,298 and $10,843 measured at fair value)		15,862			26,385
Loans		23,983,679			23,114,046
Less: allowance for loan losses		(306,291	)		(307,789	)
Loans, net		23,677,388			22,806,257
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $310,928 and $303,451		309,909			328,605
Right of use assets, net of accumulated amortization of $52,572 and $44,901		106,918			96,884
Prepaid expenses		56,782			44,632
Other real estate and foreclosed assets, net		4,527			2,017
Accrued interest receivable		152,437			131,849
Goodwill		855,453			855,453
Other intangible assets, net		47,309			56,193
Life insurance contracts		745,741			729,774
Funded pension assets, net		219,456			216,818
Deferred tax asset, net		244,774			211,418
Other assets		586,344			380,485
Total assets	$	36,298,301		$	35,183,825
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Liabilities:
Deposits
Noninterest-bearing	$	11,626,371		$	13,645,113
Interest-bearing		18,693,966			15,425,236
Total deposits		30,320,337			29,070,349
Short-term borrowings		1,425,928			1,871,271
Long-term debt		236,279			242,077
Accrued interest payable		52,569			9,935
Lease liabilities		126,673			116,422
Other liabilities		635,512			531,143
Total liabilities		32,797,298			31,841,197
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock		309,513			309,513
Capital surplus		1,735,098			1,716,884
Retained earnings		2,351,386			2,088,413
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net		(894,994	)		(772,182	)
Total stockholders' equity		3,501,003			3,342,628
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	36,298,301		$	35,183,825
Preferred shares authorized (par value of $20.00 per share)		50,000			50,000
Preferred shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Common shares authorized (par value of $3.33 per share)		350,000			350,000
Common shares issued		92,947			92,947
Common shares outstanding		86,148			85,941

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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Hancock Whitney Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Income

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(in thousands, except per share data)	2023			2022			2023			2022
Interest income:
Loans, including fees	$	358,669		$	248,895		$	1,014,726		$	648,808
Loans held for sale		798			398			1,458			1,532
Securities-taxable		46,934			43,860			142,081			120,039
Securities-tax exempt		4,624			4,743			14,073			14,116
Short-term investments		4,802			1,841			21,365			6,892
Total interest income		415,827			299,737			1,193,703			791,387
Interest expense:
Deposits		130,797			13,580			297,783			22,409
Short-term borrowings		12,732			2,749			58,528			5,127
Long-term debt		3,064			3,101			9,253			9,349
Total interest expense		146,593			19,430			365,564			36,885
Net interest income		269,234			280,307			828,139			754,502
Provision for credit losses		28,498			1,402			42,151			(30,886	)
Net interest income after provision for credit losses		240,736			278,905			785,988			785,388
Noninterest income:
Service charges on deposit accounts		22,264			23,272			64,377			65,441
Trust fees		16,593			16,048			50,720			48,636
Bank card and ATM fees		20,555			21,412			62,258			63,678
Investment and annuity fees and insurance commissions		8,520			6,492			25,628			21,920
Secondary mortgage market operations		2,609			3,284			7,076			10,020
Securities transactions, net		—			—			—			(87	)
Other income		15,433			14,829			39,470			44,814
Total noninterest income		85,974			85,337			249,529			254,422
Noninterest expense:
Compensation expense		95,650			98,985			282,174			279,133
Employee benefits		20,616			19,937			64,279			62,355
Personnel expense		116,266			118,922			346,453			341,488
Net occupancy expense		13,434			12,411			38,347			36,316
Equipment expense		4,776			4,527			14,555			14,097
Data processing expense		29,822			26,768			87,566			77,176
Professional services expense		9,519			9,679			27,565			25,895
Amortization of intangible assets		2,813			3,428			8,884			10,762
Deposit insurance and regulatory fees		5,851			3,596			18,234			10,839
Other real estate and foreclosed assets income, net		(26	)		(1,782	)		(153	)		(3,634	)
Other expense		22,220			15,953			66,246			47,599
Total noninterest expense		204,675			193,502			607,697			560,538
Income before income taxes		122,035			170,740			427,820			479,272
Income taxes expense		24,297			35,351			85,821			98,970
Net income	$	97,738		$	135,389		$	341,999		$	380,302
Earnings per common share-basic	$	1.12		$	1.56		$	3.93		$	4.35
Earnings per common share-diluted	$	1.12		$	1.55		$	3.92		$	4.33
Dividends paid per share	$	0.30		$	0.27		$	0.90		$	0.81
Weighted average shares outstanding-basic		86,131			85,706			86,082			86,141
Weighted average shares outstanding-diluted		86,437			86,020			86,368			86,439

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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Hancock Whitney Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
($ in thousands)	2023			2022			2023			2022
Net income	$	97,738		$	135,389		$	341,999		$	380,302
Other comprehensive income (loss) before income taxes:
Net change in unrealized loss on securities available for sale cash flow hedges and equity method investment		(184,530	)		(367,437	)		(187,089	)		(961,892	)
Reclassification of (income) loss realized and included in earnings		12,854			(1,441	)		33,619			(10,849	)
Valuation adjustments to employee benefit plans		214			(410	)		(7,307	)		(8,397	)
Amortization of unrealized net loss on securities transferred to held to maturity		421			434			1,343			961
Other comprehensive loss before income taxes		(171,041	)		(368,854	)		(159,434	)		(980,177	)
Income tax benefit		(38,833	)		(83,250	)		(36,622	)		(221,331	)
Other comprehensive loss net of income taxes		(132,208	)		(285,604	)		(122,812	)		(758,846	)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	(34,470	)	$	(150,215	)	$	219,187		$	(378,544	)

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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Hancock Whitney Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

(Unaudited)


Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022											Accumulated
	Common Stock										Other
(in thousands, except parenthetical share data)	Shares Issued		Amount		Capital Surplus			Retained Earnings			Comprehensive Loss			Total
Balance, June 30, 2023		92,947	$	309,513	$	1,727,745		$	2,280,004		$	(762,786	)	$	3,554,476
Net income		—		—		—			97,738			—			97,738
Other comprehensive loss		—		—		—			—			(132,208	)		(132,208	)
Comprehensive loss		—		—		—			97,738			(132,208	)		(34,470	)
Cash dividends declared ($0.30 per common share)		—		—		—			(26,390	)		—			(26,390	)
Common stock activity, long-term incentive plans		—		—		6,429			34			—			6,463
Issuance of stock from dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plans		—		—		924			—			—			924
Balance, September 30, 2023		92,947	$	309,513	$	1,735,098		$	2,351,386		$	(894,994	)	$	3,501,003
Balance, June 30, 2022		92,947	$	309,513	$	1,710,898		$	1,856,489		$	(527,177	)	$	3,349,723
Net income		—		—		—			135,389			—			135,389
Other comprehensive loss		—		—		—			—			(285,604	)		(285,604	)
Comprehensive loss		—		—		—			135,389			(285,604	)		(150,215	)
Cash dividends declared ($0.27 per common share)		—		—		—			(23,668	)		—			(23,668	)
Common stock activity, long-term incentive plans		—		—		6,081			50			—			6,131
Issuance of stock from dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plans		—		—		871			—			—			871
Repurchase of common stock (50,000 shares)		—		—		(2,403	)		—			—			(2,403	)
Balance, September 30, 2022		92,947	$	309,513	$	1,715,447		$	1,968,260		$	(812,781	)	$	3,180,439

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022											Accumulated
	Common Stock										Other
(in thousands, except parenthetical share data)	Shares Issued		Amount		Capital Surplus			Retained Earnings			Comprehensive Loss			Total
Balance, December 31, 2022		92,947	$	309,513	$	1,716,884		$	2,088,413		$	(772,182	)	$	3,342,628
Net income		—		—		—			341,999			—			341,999
Other comprehensive loss		—		—		—			—			(122,812	)		(122,812	)
Comprehensive income		—		—		—			341,999			(122,812	)		219,187
Dividends declared ($0.90 per common share)		—		—		—			(79,169	)		—			(79,169	)
Common stock activity, long-term incentive plans		—		—		15,356			143			—			15,499
Issuance of stock from dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plans		—		—		2,858			—			—			2,858
Balance, September 30, 2023		92,947	$	309,513	$	1,735,098		$	2,351,386		$	(894,994	)	$	3,501,003
Balance, December 31, 2021		92,947	$	309,513	$	1,755,701		$	1,659,073		$	(53,935	)	$	3,670,352
Net income		—		—		—			380,302			—			380,302
Other comprehensive loss		—		—		—			—			(758,846	)		(758,846	)
Comprehensive loss		—		—		—			380,302			(758,846	)		(378,544	)
Dividends declared ($0.81 per common share)		—		—		—			(71,249	)		—			(71,249	)
Common stock activity, long-term incentive plans		—		—		15,967			134			—			16,101
Issuance of stock from dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plans		—		—		2,671			—			—			2,671
Repurchase of common stock (1,204,368 shares)		—		—		(58,892	)		—			—			(58,892	)
Balance, September 30, 2022		92,947	$	309,513	$	1,715,447		$	1,968,260		$	(812,781	)	$	3,180,439

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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Hancock Whitney Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)


	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
($ in thousands)	2023			2022
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$	341,999		$	380,302
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		26,183			23,210
Provision for credit losses		42,151			(30,886	)
Gain on other real estate and foreclosed assets		(375	)		(5,210	)
Loss on sale of securities		—			87
Deferred tax expense		3,266			9,396
Increase cash surrender value of life insurance contracts		(13,452	)		(2,372	)
Loss on disposal of assets		981			140
Net (increase) decrease in loans held for sale		(14,572	)		54,010
Net amortization of securities premium/discount		14,233			29,475
Amortization of intangible assets		8,884			10,762
Stock-based compensation expense		18,677			17,507
Net change in derivative collateral liability		101,108			36,776
Net increase in interest payable and other liabilities		26,642			1,964
(Increase) decrease in other assets		(143,211	)		174,915
Other, net		(10,111	)		(24,999	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		402,403			675,077
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from the sale of available for sale securities		—			73,219
Proceeds from maturities of securities available for sale		246,825			415,221
Purchases of securities available for sale		(40,047	)		(517,178	)
Proceeds from maturities of securities held to maturity		122,782			111,612
Purchases of securities held to maturity		(6,023	)		(859,333	)
Proceeds received upon termination of fair value hedge instruments		16,550			74,006
Net (increase) decrease in short-term investments		(493,889	)		3,568,970
Net (purchases) redemption of Federal Home Loan Bank stock		(68,057	)		4,969
Proceeds from sales of loans and leases		79,422			26,619
Net increase in loans		(978,775	)		(1,545,537	)
Purchase of life insurance contracts		—			(65,000	)
Purchases of property and equipment		(24,572	)		(22,352	)
Proceeds from sales of other real estate and foreclosed assets		1,862			11,308
Other, net		(7,240	)		2,778
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(1,151,162	)		1,279,302
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net increase (decrease) in deposits		1,249,988			(1,514,623	)
Net decrease in short-term borrowings		(445,343	)		(122,080	)
Repayments of long-term debt		—			(480	)
Dividends paid		(78,531	)		(70,926	)
Payroll tax remitted on net share settlement of equity awards		(3,321	)		(1,891	)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		—			227
Proceeds from dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plans		2,858			2,671
Repurchase of common stock		—			(58,892	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		725,651			(1,765,994	)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS		(23,108	)		188,385
CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS, BEGINNING		564,459			401,201
CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS, ENDING	$	541,351		$	589,586
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR NON-CASH
INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Assets acquired in settlement of loans	$	4,067		$	328

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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HANCOCK WHITNEY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Hancock Whitney Corporation and all other entities in which it has a controlling interest (the “Company”). The financial statements include all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly state the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the interim periods presented. The Company has also evaluated all subsequent events for potential recognition and disclosure through the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Some financial information and disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. Financial information reported in these financial statements is not necessarily indicative of the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows for any other interim or annual period.

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. Such changes include expanding the presentation of the credit quality metrics by vintage to portfolio class from portfolio segment in Note 3 – Loans. These changes in presentation did not have a material impact on the Company's financial condition or operating results.

Use of Estimates

The accounting principles the Company follows and the methods for applying these principles conform to GAAP and general practices followed by the banking industry. These accounting principles require management to make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Accounting Policies

There were no material changes or developments during the reporting period with respect to methodologies that the Company uses when applying what management believes are critical accounting policies and developing critical accounting estimates as disclosed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

On January 1, 2023, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-02 "Financial Instruments: Credit Losses (Topic 326) - Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures." The amendments in this update eliminated the recognition and measurement guidance as prescribed by Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 310-40 for troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”) and introduced new requirements for certain modifications of loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty (“MEFDs”). Qualifying modifications are interest rate reductions, other-than-insignificant payment delays, term extensions, or any combination of these terms. Our MEFD policy generally considers six months or less to be the time frame that is considered insignificant for payment delays and/or term extensions. Multiple payment delays and/or term extensions to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty within a twelve month period are evaluated collectively. Qualifying modified loans are subject to reporting requirements for the twelve month period following the modification. This standard was adopted on a prospective basis and therefore, only modifications on or after January 1, 2023 are evaluated and reported under the new requirements.

Like TDRs, MEFDs can remain on nonaccrual, move to nonaccrual, return to accrual, or continue to accrue interest, depending on the individual facts and circumstances of the borrower. As allowed by the standard, the Company has elected to evaluate these modified loans for credit loss consistent with policies for the non-modified portfolio, which includes individually evaluating for specific reserves all nonaccrual MEFDs over our existing materiality threshold and collectively evaluating credit loss for all other MEFDs, including those that continue to accrue interest. The credit loss methodology for MEFDs is the same as described in the Allowance for Credit Losses section in the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies disclosed in the Note 1 of the 2022 Form 10-K.

Refer to Note 3 – Loans for disclosures related to reportable MEFDs entered into since adoption, as well as gross charge-offs by class in our vintage disclosures, also required by this standard.

Refer to Note 14 – Recent Accounting Pronouncements for further discussion of accounting standards adopted and issued but not yet adopted at September 30, 2023 and the anticipated impact to the Company’s financial statements.

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2. Securities

The following tables set forth the amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and estimated fair value of debt securities classified as available for sale and held to maturity at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Amortized cost of securities does not include accrued interest which is reflected in the accrued interest line item on the consolidated balance sheets totaling $28.2 million at September 30, 2023 and $29.1 million at December 31, 2022.


	September 30, 2023								December 31, 2022
			Gross		Gross						Gross		Gross
Securities Available for Sale	Amortized		unrealized		unrealized		Fair		Amortized		unrealized		unrealized		Fair
($ in thousands)	cost		gains		losses		value		cost		gains		losses		value
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities	$	118,208	$	—	$	4,018	$	114,190	$	113,211	$	—	$	2,346	$	110,865
Municipal obligations		204,445		44		11,378		193,111		207,014		59		3,981		203,092
Residential mortgage-backed securities		2,424,225		24		463,682		1,960,567		2,655,381		224		398,619		2,256,986
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		3,250,230		—		408,879		2,841,351		3,234,278		2,032		342,880		2,893,430
Collateralized mortgage obligations		64,701		—		5,871		58,830		76,830		—		6,242		70,588
Corporate debt securities		23,500		—		3,393		20,107		23,500		—		2,420		21,080
Total	$	6,085,309	$	68	$	897,221	$	5,188,156	$	6,310,214	$	2,315	$	756,488	$	5,556,041


	September 30, 2023								December 31, 2022
			Gross		Gross						Gross		Gross
Securities Held to Maturity	Amortized		unrealized		unrealized		Fair		Amortized		unrealized		unrealized		Fair
($ in thousands)	cost		gains		losses		value		cost		gains		losses		value
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities	$	418,323	$	—	$	60,006	$	358,317	$	426,454	$	21	$	49,044	$	377,431
Municipal obligations		667,809		—		39,068		628,741		698,908		753		26,558		673,103
Residential mortgage-backed securities		673,898		—		88,902		584,996		734,478		—		72,532		661,946
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		933,260		—		107,231		826,029		948,691		—		87,211		861,480
Collateralized mortgage obligations		34,655		—		2,451		32,204		43,964		—		2,526		41,438
Total	$	2,727,945	$	—	$	297,658	$	2,430,287	$	2,852,495	$	774	$	237,871	$	2,615,398

The following tables present the amortized cost and fair value of debt securities available for sale and held to maturity at September 30, 2023 by contractual maturity. Actual maturities will differ from contractual maturities because of rights to call or repay obligations with or without penalties and scheduled and unscheduled principal payments on mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations.


Debt Securities Available for Sale	Amortized		Fair
($ in thousands)	cost		value
Due in one year or less	$	17,746	$	17,540
Due after one year through five years		1,018,866		957,682
Due after five years through ten years		2,995,003		2,592,296
Due after ten years		2,053,694		1,620,638
Total available for sale debt securities	$	6,085,309	$	5,188,156


Debt Securities Held to Maturity	Amortized		Fair
($ in thousands)	cost		value
Due in one year or less	$	103,187	$	100,661
Due after one year through five years		650,946		602,263
Due after five years through ten years		795,800		718,439
Due after ten years		1,178,012		1,008,924
Total held to maturity securities	$	2,727,945	$	2,430,287

The Company held no securities classified as trading at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

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The following table presents the proceeds from, gross gains on, and gross losses on sales of securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. Net gains or losses are reflected in the "Securities transactions, net" line item on the Consolidated Statements of Income.


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
($ in thousands)	2023		2022
Proceeds	$	—	$	73,219
Gross gains		—		—
Gross losses		—		87
Net loss	$	—	$	(87	)

Securities with carrying values totaling $4.3 billion and $4.9 billion were pledged as collateral at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, primarily to secure public deposits or securities sold under agreements to repurchase and as collateral for an available line of credit with the Federal Reserve Bank.

Credit Quality

The Company’s policy is to invest only in securities of investment grade quality. These investments are largely limited to U.S. agency securities and municipal securities. Management has concluded, based on the long history of no credit losses, that the expectation of nonpayment of the held to maturity securities carried at amortized cost is zero for securities that are backed by the full faith and credit of and/or guaranteed by the U.S. government. As such, no allowance for credit losses has been recorded for these securities. The municipal portfolio is analyzed separately for allowance for credit loss in accordance with the applicable guidance for each portfolio as noted below.

The Company evaluates credit impairment for individual securities available for sale whose fair value was below amortized cost with a more than inconsequential risk of default and where the Company had assessed whether the decline in fair value was significant enough to suggest a credit event occurred. There were no securities with a material credit loss event and, therefore, no allowance for credit loss was recorded in any period presented.

The fair value and gross unrealized losses for securities classified as available for sale with unrealized losses for the periods indicated follow.


Available for Sale
September 30, 2023	Losses < 12 months				Losses 12 months or >				Total
($ in thousands)	Fair value		Gross unrealized losses		Fair value		Gross unrealized losses		Fair value		Gross unrealized losses
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities	$	73,033	$	1,111	$	41,157	$	2,907	$	114,190	$	4,018
Municipal obligations		68,720		3,138		123,078		8,240		191,798		11,378
Residential mortgage-backed securities		7,389		196		1,950,817		463,486		1,958,206		463,682
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		83,732		1,723		2,757,618		407,156		2,841,350		408,879
Collateralized mortgage obligations		—		—		58,830		5,871		58,830		5,871
Corporate debt securities		—		—		19,607		3,393		19,607		3,393
Total	$	232,874	$	6,168	$	4,951,107	$	891,053	$	5,183,981	$	897,221


Available for Sale
December 31, 2022	Losses < 12 months				Losses 12 months or >				Total
			Gross				Gross				Gross
	Fair		unrealized		Fair		unrealized		Fair		unrealized
($ in thousands)	value		losses		value		losses		value		losses
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities	$	102,607		754	$	8,258	$	1,592	$	110,865	$	2,346
Municipal obligations		192,334		3,981		—		—		192,334		3,981
Residential mortgage-backed securities		636,060		49,790		1,611,832		348,829		2,247,892		398,619
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		1,489,974		114,195		1,351,530		228,685		2,841,504		342,880
Collateralized mortgage obligations		41,703		3,275		28,884		2,967		70,587		6,242
Corporate debt securities		13,194		1,306		7,386		1,114		20,580		2,420
Total	$	2,475,872	$	173,301	$	3,007,890	$	583,187	$	5,483,762	$	756,488

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At each reporting period, the Company evaluates its held to maturity municipal obligation portfolio for credit loss using probability of default and loss given default models. The models were run using a long-term average probability of default migration and with a probability weighting of Moody’s economic forecasts. The resulting credit losses, if any, were negligible and no allowance for credit loss was recorded.

The fair value and gross unrealized losses for securities classified as held to maturity with unrealized losses for the periods indicated follow.


Held to maturity
September 30, 2023	Losses < 12 months				Losses 12 months or >				Total
			Gross				Gross				Gross
	Fair		unrealized		Fair		unrealized		Fair		unrealized
($ in thousands)	value		losses		value		losses		value		losses
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities	$	29,314	$	1,310	$	329,004	$	58,696	$	358,318	$	60,006
Municipal obligations		410,196		12,240		218,545		26,828		628,741		39,068
Residential mortgage-backed securities		—		—		584,996		88,902		584,996		88,902
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		—		—		826,028		107,231		826,028		107,231
Collateralized mortgage obligations		—		—		32,204		2,451		32,204		2,451
Total	$	439,510	$	13,550	$	1,990,777	$	284,108	$	2,430,287	$	297,658


Held to maturity
December 31, 2022	Losses < 12 months				Losses 12 months or >				Total
			Gross				Gross				Gross
	Fair		unrealized		Fair		unrealized		Fair		unrealized
($ in thousands)	value		losses		value		losses		value		losses
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities	$	145,893	$	13,245	$	226,499	$	35,799	$	372,392	$	49,044
Municipal obligations		560,288		8,878		64,346		17,680		624,634		26,558
Residential mortgage-backed securities		391,146		30,515		270,800		42,017		661,946		72,532
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		697,827		56,899		163,653		30,312		861,480		87,211
Collateralized mortgage obligations		41,438		2,526		—		—		41,438		2,526
Total	$	1,836,592	$	112,063	$	725,298	$	125,808	$	2,561,890	$	237,871

As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had 787 and 757 securities, respectively, with market values below their cost basis. There were no material unrealized losses related to the marketability of the securities or the issuer’s ability to meet contractual obligations. In all cases, the indicated impairment on these debt securities would be recovered no later than the security’s maturity date or possibly earlier if the market price for the security increases with a reduction in the yield required by the market. The unrealized losses were deemed to be materially non-credit related at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. At September 30, 2023, the Company had adequate liquidity and, therefore, neither planned to nor expected to be required to liquidate these securities before recovery of the amortized cost basis.

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3. Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses

The Company generally makes loans in its market areas of south and central Mississippi; southern and central Alabama; northwest, central and south Louisiana; the northern, central and panhandle regions of Florida; certain areas of east and northeast Texas, including Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio; and the metropolitan areas of Nashville, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia.

Loans, net of unearned income, by portfolio are presented at amortized cost basis in the table below. Amortized cost does not include accrued interest, which is reflected in the accrued interest line item in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, totaling $118.9 million and $100.2 million at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The following table presents loans, net of unearned income, by portfolio class at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


	September 30,		December 31,
($ in thousands)	2023		2022
Commercial non-real estate	$	10,075,585	$	10,146,453
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		3,081,327		3,033,058
Total commercial and industrial		13,156,912		13,179,511
Commercial real estate - income producing		4,027,553		3,560,991
Construction and land development		1,614,846		1,703,592
Residential mortgages		3,721,106		3,092,605
Consumer		1,463,262		1,577,347
Total loans	$	23,983,679	$	23,114,046

The following briefly describes the composition of each loan category and portfolio class.

Commercial and industrial

Commercial and industrial loans are made available to businesses for working capital (including financing of inventory and receivables), business expansion, to facilitate the acquisition of a business, and the purchase of equipment and machinery, including equipment leasing. These loans are primarily made based on the identified cash flows of the borrower and, when secured, have the added strength of the underlying collateral.

Commercial non-real estate loans may be secured by the assets being financed or other tangible or intangible business assets such as accounts receivable, inventory, ownership, enterprise value or commodity interests, and may incorporate a personal or corporate guarantee; however, some short-term loans may be made on an unsecured basis, including a small portfolio of corporate credit cards, generally issued as a part of overall customer relationships.

Commercial real estate – owner occupied loans consist of commercial mortgages on properties where repayment is generally dependent on the cash flow from the ongoing operations and activities of the borrower. Like commercial non-real estate, these loans are primarily made based on the identified cash flows of the borrower, but also have the added strength of the value of underlying real estate collateral.

Commercial real estate – income producing

Commercial real estate – income producing loans consist of loans secured by commercial mortgages on properties where the loan is made to real estate developers or investors and repayment is dependent on the sale, refinance, or income generated from the operation of the property. Properties financed include retail, office, multifamily, senior housing, hotel/motel, skilled nursing facilities and other commercial properties.

Construction and land development

Construction and land development loans are made to facilitate the acquisition, development, improvement and construction of both commercial and residential-purpose properties. Such loans are made to builders and investors where repayment is expected to be made from the sale, refinance or operation of the property or to businesses to be used in their business operations. This portfolio also includes residential construction loans and loans secured by raw land not yet under development.

Residential mortgages

Residential mortgages consist of closed-end loans secured by first liens on 1- 4 family residential properties. The portfolio includes both fixed and adjustable rate loans, although most longer-term, fixed rate loans originated are sold in the secondary mortgage market.

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Consumer

Consumer loans include second lien mortgage home loans, home equity lines of credit and nonresidential consumer purpose loans. Nonresidential consumer loans include both direct and indirect loans. Direct nonresidential consumer loans are made to finance the purchase of personal property, including automobiles, recreational vehicles and boats, and for other personal purposes (secured and unsecured), and deposit account secured loans. Indirect nonresidential consumer loans include automobile financing provided to the consumer through an agreement with automobile dealerships, though the Company is no longer engaged in this type of lending and the remaining portfolio is in runoff. Consumer loans also include a small portfolio of credit card receivables issued on the basis of applications received through referrals from the Bank’s branches, online and other marketing efforts.

LIBOR Transition

Effective July 1, 2023, the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) is no longer a representative rate for the overnight, one-month, three-month, six-month, and twelve-month settings. The Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act (the “LIBOR Act”), signed into law in March of 2022, offers a federal solution for transitioning legacy instruments that lack sufficient provisions addressing LIBOR’s cessation by outlining a uniform process to govern the transition from LIBOR to a replacement rate. The Federal Reserve Bank Board, authorized under the LIBOR Act to issue appropriate and necessary regulations to administer and carry out the purposes of the Act, issued final regulations which became effective on February 27, 2023. Under the LIBOR Act and the related regulations, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“CME Term SOFR”) plus a tenor spread adjustment was designated as the replacement reference rate for instruments that previously referenced LIBOR.

Allowance for Credit Losses

The calculation of the allowance for credit losses is performed using two primary approaches: a collective approach for pools of loans that have similar risk characteristics using a loss rate analysis, and a specific reserve analysis for credits individually evaluated. The allowance for credit losses was developed using multiple Moody’s Analytics (“Moody’s") macroeconomic forecasts applied to internally developed credit models for a two year reasonable and supportable period. The following tables present activity in the allowance for credit losses (ACL) by portfolio class for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, as well as the corresponding recorded investment in loans at the end of each period.


				Commercial			Total			Commercial
	Commercial			real estate-			commercial			real estate-			Construction
	non-real			owner			and			income			and land			Residential
($ in thousands)	estate			occupied			industrial			producing			development			mortgages			Consumer			Total
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
Allowance for credit losses
Allowance for loan losses:
Beginning balance	$	96,461		$	48,284		$	144,745		$	71,961		$	30,498		$	32,464		$	28,121		$	307,789
Charge-offs		(44,837	)		—			(44,837	)		(73	)		(72	)		(53	)		(10,787	)		(55,822	)
Recoveries		4,419			447			4,866			12			10			888			2,701			8,477
Net provision for loan losses		43,622			(7,152	)		36,470			2,441			(2,213	)		3,563			5,586			45,847
Ending balance - allowance for loan losses	$	99,665		$	41,579		$	141,244		$	74,341		$	28,223		$	36,862		$	25,621		$	306,291
Reserve for unfunded lending commitments:
Beginning balance	$	4,984		$	302		$	5,286		$	1,395		$	25,110		$	31		$	1,487		$	33,309
Provision for losses on unfunded commitments		270			10			280			39			(3,874	)		4			(145	)		(3,696	)
Ending balance - reserve for unfunded lending commitments		5,254			312			5,566			1,434			21,236			35			1,342			29,613
Total allowance for credit losses	$	104,919		$	41,891		$	146,810		$	75,775		$	49,459		$	36,897		$	26,963		$	335,904
Allowance for loan losses:
Individually evaluated	$	1,666		$	—		$	1,666		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	1,666
Collectively evaluated		97,999			41,579			139,578			74,341			28,223			36,862			25,621			304,625
Allowance for loan losses	$	99,665		$	41,579		$	141,244		$	74,341		$	28,223		$	36,862		$	25,621		$	306,291
Reserve for unfunded lending commitments:
Individually evaluated	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Collectively evaluated		5,254			312			5,566			1,434			21,236			35			1,342			29,613
Reserve for unfunded lending commitments:	$	5,254		$	312		$	5,566		$	1,434		$	21,236		$	35		$	1,342		$	29,613
Total allowance for credit losses	$	104,919		$	41,891		$	146,810		$	75,775		$	49,459		$	36,897		$	26,963		$	335,904
Loans:
Individually evaluated	$	17,658		$	—		$	17,658		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	17,658
Collectively evaluated		10,057,927			3,081,327			13,139,254			4,027,553			1,614,846			3,721,106			1,463,262			23,966,021
Total loans	$	10,075,585		$	3,081,327		$	13,156,912		$	4,027,553		$	1,614,846		$	3,721,106		$	1,463,262		$	23,983,679

In arriving at the September 30, 2023 allowance for credit losses, the Company weighted the September 2023 baseline economic forecast, which Moody’s defines as the “most likely outcome” based on current conditions and its view of where the economy is

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headed, with a 40% probability. The September 2023 baseline scenario maintains a somewhat optimistic outlook in its assumptions surrounding the drivers of economic growth, including its expectations of the effectiveness of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy in easing inflationary conditions. The baseline forecast assumes the Federal Funds rate has reached its terminal value in the rate hiking cycle, with rate cuts expected to begin in June 2024. This forecast includes sustained economic growth with forecasted annual GDP growth of 2.1%, 1.4% and 1.9% in 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively, and only a modest increase in unemployment, forecasted at 3.7%, 4.1% and 4.2% for 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. This forecast scenario also assumes the 10-year U.S. treasury rate reached its recent high in the second quarter of 2023, and will continue to ease slightly through 2025. Management determined that assumptions provided for in the downside slower near-term growth/mild recessionary scenario (S-2) were also reasonably possible and weighted that scenario as more likely than the baseline at 60%. The S-2 scenario assumes that geopolitical conflict creates longer and wider supply chain disruption, keeps inflation elevated and assumes the disruption in the financial sector results in broader tightening of credit standards. This leads to a mild recession that starts in the fourth quarter of 2023 lasting three quarters, with the stock market contracting 22%. The S-2 scenario includes forecasted annual GDP growth of 2.1% in 2023, but contracts to negative 0.2% in 2024 before returning to 2.5% in 2025. Unemployment is forecasted to increase from current levels to 3.9%, 6.1% and 4.9% in 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively.

While economic uncertainty continues, including the possibility of a recession in the near-term, the credit loss outlook on the loan portfolio as a whole has not changed materially since year-end. The modest decline in the allowance for credit loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 reflects a relatively stable economic outlook, with shifts between portfolios and a relatively modest decline in reserve coverage to total loans.


				Commercial			Total			Commercial
	Commercial			real estate-			commercial			real estate-			Construction
	non-real			owner			and			income			and land			Residential
($ in thousands)	estate			occupied			industrial			producing			development			mortgages			Consumer			Total
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
Allowance for credit losses
Allowance for loan losses:
Beginning balance	$	95,888		$	53,433		$	149,321		$	108,058		$	22,102		$	30,623		$	31,961		$	342,065
Charge-offs		(6,366	)		(946	)		(7,312	)		(1,066	)		(3	)		(102	)		(9,464	)		(17,947	)
Recoveries		9,460			606			10,066			878			132			1,463			4,479			17,018
Net provision for loan losses		(4,176	)		(5,076	)		(9,252	)		(30,458	)		4,516			(1,037	)		1,211			(35,020	)
Ending balance - allowance for loan losses	$	94,806		$	48,017		$	142,823		$	77,412		$	26,747		$	30,947		$	28,187		$	306,116
Reserve for unfunded lending commitments:
Beginning balance	$	4,522		$	323		$	4,845		$	1,694		$	21,907		$	22		$	866		$	29,334
Provision for losses on unfunded commitments		238			10			248			(205	)		3,602			(5	)		494			4,134
Ending balance - reserve for unfunded lending commitments		4,760			333			5,093			1,489			25,509			17			1,360			33,468
Total allowance for credit losses	$	99,566		$	48,350		$	147,916		$	78,901		$	52,256		$	30,964		$	29,547		$	339,584

Allowance for loan losses:
Individually evaluated	$	71		$	31		$	102		$	17		$	19		$	276		$	102		$	516
Collectively evaluated		94,735			47,986			142,721			77,395			26,728			30,671			28,085			305,600
Allowance for loan losses	$	94,806		$	48,017		$	142,823		$	77,412		$	26,747		$	30,947		$	28,187		$	306,116
Reserve for unfunded lending commitments:
Individually evaluated	$	3		$	—		$	3		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	3
Collectively evaluated		4,757			333			5,090			1,489			25,509			17			1,360			33,465
Reserve for unfunded lending commitments:	$	4,760		$	333		$	5,093		$	1,489		$	25,509		$	17		$	1,360		$	33,468
Total allowance for credit losses	$	99,566		$	48,350		$	147,916		$	78,901		$	52,256		$	30,964		$	29,547		$	339,584
Loans:
Individually evaluated	$	1,282		$	929		$	2,211		$	1,270		$	118		$	3,680		$	527		$	7,806
Collectively evaluated		9,904,145			3,032,204			12,936,349			3,685,270			1,541,139			2,840,043			1,574,978			22,577,779
Total loans	$	9,905,427		$	3,033,133		$	12,938,560		$	3,686,540		$	1,541,257		$	2,843,723		$	1,575,505		$	22,585,585

The release of credit reserves across most portfolios during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 reflected positive economic indicators in our market, continued improvement in our asset quality metrics, and a sustained period of minimal credit losses. In arriving at the allowance for credit losses at September 30, 2022, the Company weighted the baseline economic forecast at 25% and the downside slower near-term growth scenario S-2 at 75%.

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Nonaccrual loans and certain reportable modified loan disclosures

The following table shows the composition of nonaccrual loans and those without an allowance for loan loss, by portfolio class.



		September 30, 2023						December 31, 2022
($ in thousands)		Total nonaccrual			Nonaccrual without allowance for loan loss			Total nonaccrual			Nonaccrual without allowance for loan loss
Commercial non-real estate	$		22,108	$		15,413	$		4,020	$		941
Commercial real estate - owner occupied			2,432			—			1,461			692
Total commercial and industrial			24,540			15,413			5,481			1,633
Commercial real estate - income producing			344			—			1,240			1,174
Construction and land development			742			—			309			—
Residential mortgages			26,905			—			25,269			1,884
Consumer			7,800			—			6,692			—
Total loans	$		60,331	$		15,413	$		38,991	$		4,691

As a part of our loss mitigation efforts, we may provide modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty to improve long-term collectability of the loans and to avoid the need for repossession or foreclosure of collateral. As described in Note 1 – Accounting Policy, accounting and reporting requirements changed related to such modifications effective January 1, 2023, impacting the comparability between periods of the disclosures that follow.

Nonaccrual loans include reportable nonaccruing modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty (“MEFDs”) totaling $20 thousand at September 30, 2023 and loans modified in troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”) totaling $2.6 million at December 31, 2022. Total reportable MEFDs, both accruing and nonaccruing, were $28.9 million at September 30, 2023 and total TDRs were $4.5 million at December 31, 2022. At September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had no unfunded commitments to borrowers whose loan terms have been modified as a reportable MEFD or TDR, respectively.

The tables below provides detail by portfolio class for reportable MEFDs entered into during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. Modified facilities are reflected only once in each table based on the type of modification or combinaion of modification.



	Three Months Ended September 30, 2023
	Term extension					Payment delay				Term extensions and payment delay					Other(1)
($ in thousands)	Balance		Percentage of portfolio			Balance		Percentage of portfolio		Balance		Percentage of portfolio			Balance		Percentage of portfolio
Commercial non-real estate	$	5,873		0.06	%	$	—		—	$	4,431		0.04	%	$	—		—
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		—		—			—		—		17,035		0.55	%		—		—
Total commercial and industrial		5,873		0.04	%		—		—		21,466		0.16	%				—
Commercial real estate - income producing		—		—			—		—		—		—			—		—
Construction and land development		86		0.01	%		—		—		—		—			—		—
Residential mortgages		120		0.00	%		—		—		—		—			66		0.00	%
Consumer		62		0.00	%		—		—		—		—			—		—
Total reportable modified loans	$	6,141		0.03	%	$	—		—	$	21,466		0.09	%	$	66		0.00	%

(1) Includes interest rate reduction and other than insignificant payment delays.

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	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
	Term extension					Payment delay					Term extensions and payment delay					Other(1)
($ in thousands)	Balance		Percentage of portfolio			Balance		Percentage of portfolio			Balance		Percentage of portfolio			Balance		Percentage of portfolio
Commercial non-real estate	$	6,969		0.07	%	$	100		0.00	%	$	4,431		0.04	%	$	—		—
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		—		—			—		—			17,035		0.55	%		—		—
Total commercial and industrial		6,969		0.05	%		100		0.00	%		21,466		0.16	%		—		—
Commercial real estate - income producing		—		—			—		—			—		—			—		—
Construction and land development		86		0.01	%		—		—			—		—			—		—
Residential mortgages		120		0.00	%		—		—			—		—			66		0.00	%
Consumer		62		0.00	%		—		—			—		—			—		—
Total reportable modified loans	$	7,237		0.03	%	$	100		0.00	%	$	21,466		0.09	%	$	66		0.00	%

(1) Includes interest rate reduction and other than insignificant payment delays.

Reportable modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty during the both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 consisted of weighted average term extensions totaling approximately eight months for commercial, fifteen years for residential mortgage and five years for consumer. The weighted average term of other than insignificant payment delays was four months. Reported term extensions and payment delays are considered more than insignificant if they exceeded six months when considering other modifications made in the past twelve months.

The table below presents the aging analysis of reportable modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty by portfolio class at September 30, 2023.


September 30, 2023	30-59 days past due		60-89 days past due		Greater than 90 days past due		Total past due		Current		Total reportable modified Loans
(in thousands)
Commercial non-real estate	$	4,718	$	—	$	—	$	4,718	$	6,782	$	11,500
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		—		—		—		—		17,035		17,035
Total commercial and industrial		4,718		—		—		4,718		23,817		28,535
Commercial real estate - income producing		—		—		—		—		—		—
Construction and land development		—		—		—		—		86		86
Residential mortgages		—		—		20		20		166		186
Consumer		—		—		—		—		62		62
Total reportable modified loans	$	4,718	$	—	$	20	$	4,738	$	24,131	$	28,869

There was one residential mortgage loan totaling $20 thousand with a reportable interest rate reduction and a term extension modification that had a post modification payment default during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2023. A payment default occurs if the loan is either 90 days or more delinquent or has been charged off as of the end of the period presented.

Aging Analysis

The tables below present the aging analysis of past due loans by portfolio class at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


September 30, 2023	30-59 days past due		60-89 days past due		Greater than 90 days past due		Total past due		Current		Total Loans		Recorded investment > 90 days and still accruing
($ in thousands)
Commercial non-real estate	$	20,712	$	12,881	$	13,522	$	47,115	$	10,028,470	$	10,075,585	$	1,476
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		2,642		1,860		2,324		6,826		3,074,501		3,081,327		1,037
Total commercial and industrial		23,354		14,741		15,846		53,941		13,102,971		13,156,912		2,513
Commercial real estate - income producing		224		300		19,428		19,952		4,007,601		4,027,553		19,139
Construction and land development		947		150		148		1,245		1,613,601		1,614,846		67
Residential mortgages		9,419		8,834		17,878		36,131		3,684,975		3,721,106		85
Consumer		12,504		3,612		6,029		22,145		1,441,117		1,463,262		2,366
Total	$	46,448	$	27,637	$	59,329	$	133,414	$	23,850,265	$	23,983,679	$	24,170

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December 31, 2022	30-59 days past due		60-89 days past due		Greater than 90 days past due		Total past due		Current		Total Loans		Recorded investment > 90 days and still accruing
($ in thousands)
Commercial non-real estate	$	4,050	$	21,329	$	3,418	$	28,797	$	10,117,656	$	10,146,453	$	996
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		19,069		3,346		1,894		24,309		3,008,749		3,033,058		1,623
Total commercial and industrial		23,119		24,675		5,312		53,106		13,126,405		13,179,511		2,619
Commercial real estate - income producing		879		—		1,174		2,053		3,558,938		3,560,991		—
Construction and land development		4,029		242		133		4,404		1,699,188		1,703,592		54
Residential mortgages		28,208		11,056		17,346		56,610		3,035,995		3,092,605		293
Consumer		8,845		2,806		4,407		16,058		1,561,289		1,577,347		1,619
Total	$	65,080	$	38,779	$	28,372	$	132,231	$	22,981,815	$	23,114,046	$	4,585

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Credit Quality Indicators

The following tables present the credit quality indicators by segment and portfolio class of loans at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The Company routinely assesses the ratings of loans in its portfolio through an established and comprehensive portfolio management process.


	September 30, 2023
($ in thousands)	Commercial non-real estate		Commercial real estate - owner- occupied		Total commercial and industrial		Commercial real estate - income producing		Construction and land development		Total commercial
Grade:
Pass	$	9,680,970	$	2,983,077	$	12,664,047	$	3,862,680	$	1,600,484	$	18,127,211
Pass-Watch		183,257		63,261		246,518		137,577		12,888		396,983
Special Mention		50,128		8,512		58,640		2,258		702		61,600
Substandard		161,230		26,477		187,707		25,038		772		213,517
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	10,075,585	$	3,081,327	$	13,156,912	$	4,027,553	$	1,614,846	$	18,799,311


	December 31, 2022
($ in thousands)	Commercial non-real estate		Commercial real estate - owner- occupied		Total commercial and industrial		Commercial real estate - income producing		Construction and land development		Total commercial
Grade:
Pass	$	9,641,117	$	2,912,057	$	12,553,174	$	3,440,648	$	1,690,756	$	17,684,578
Pass-Watch		284,843		49,093		333,936		111,587		12,097		457,620
Special Mention		79,980		6,267		86,247		3,810		196		90,253
Substandard		140,513		65,641		206,154		4,946		543		211,643
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	10,146,453	$	3,033,058	$	13,179,511	$	3,560,991	$	1,703,592	$	18,444,094


	September 30, 2023						December 31, 2022
($ in thousands)	Residential mortgage		Consumer		Total		Residential mortgage		Consumer		Total
Performing	$	3,694,201	$	1,455,462	$	5,149,663	$	3,066,319	$	1,570,186	$	4,636,505
Nonperforming		26,905		7,800		34,705		26,286		7,161		33,447
Total	$	3,721,106	$	1,463,262	$	5,184,368	$	3,092,605	$	1,577,347	$	4,669,952

Below are the definitions of the Company’s internally assigned grades:

Commercial:

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Pass – loans properly approved, documented, collateralized, and performing which do not reflect an abnormal credit risk.

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Pass-Watch – credits in this category are of sufficient risk to cause concern. This category is reserved for credits that display negative performance trends. The “Watch” grade should be regarded as a transition category.

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Special Mention – a criticized asset category defined as having potential weaknesses that deserve management’s close attention. If left uncorrected, these potential weaknesses may, at some future date, result in the deterioration of the repayment prospects for the credit or the institution’s credit position. Special mention credits are not considered part of the classified credit categories and do not expose the institution to sufficient risk to warrant adverse classification.

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Substandard – an asset that is inadequately protected by the current sound worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged, if any. Assets so classified must have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt. They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the institution will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.

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Doubtful – an asset that has all the weaknesses inherent in one classified substandard with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions, and values, highly questionable and improbable.

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Loss – credits that are considered uncollectable and are charged off promptly once so classified.

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Residential and Consumer:

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Performing – accruing loans.

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Nonperforming – loans for which there are good reasons to doubt that payments will be made in full. Nonperforming loans include all loans with nonaccrual status and, prior to January 1, 2023, all loans that were modified in a troubled debt restructuring.

Vintage Analysis

The following tables present credit quality disclosures of amortized cost by portfolio class and vintage for term loans and by revolving and revolving converted to amortizing at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The Company defines vintage as the later of origination, renewal or modification date. The gross charge-offs presented in the table are for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.


	Term Loans														Revolving Loans
September 30, 2023	Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year												Revolving		Converted to
($ in thousands)	2023		2022		2021		2020		2019		Prior		Loans		Term Loans		Total
Commercial Non-Real Estate:
Pass	$	1,316,709	$	1,938,055	$	1,205,406	$	545,552	$	435,870	$	966,469	$	3,184,264	$	88,645	$	9,680,970
Pass-Watch		19,835		47,472		13,054		3,820		9,284		9,771		76,764		3,257		183,257
Special Mention		649		9,324		14,251		5,553		—		866		12,342		7,143		50,128
Substandard		37,553		39,124		8,327		8,971		4,256		11,236		45,698		6,065		161,230
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	1,374,746	$	2,033,975	$	1,241,038	$	563,896	$	449,410	$	988,342	$	3,319,068	$	105,110	$	10,075,585
Gross Charge-offs	$	7,019	$	872	$	468	$	21,109	$	81	$	250	$	12,299	$	2,739	$	44,837
Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied:
Pass	$	299,428	$	681,918	$	605,725	$	509,454	$	302,742	$	538,751	$	31,599	$	13,460	$	2,983,077
Pass-Watch		18,697		3,547		6,788		2,803		9,007		21,563		856		—		63,261
Special Mention		563		—		2,047		656		—		4,748		498		—		8,512
Substandard		557		7,621		633		5,239		4,616		6,607		1,204		—		26,477
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	319,245	$	693,086	$	615,193	$	518,152	$	316,365	$	571,669	$	34,157	$	13,460	$	3,081,327
Gross Charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Commercial Real Estate - Income Producing:
Pass	$	359,078	$	926,189	$	1,031,726	$	683,720	$	349,978	$	396,668	$	65,636	$	49,685	$	3,862,680
Pass-Watch		3,084		35,676		338		57,931		23,951		16,034		263		300		137,577
Special Mention		159		—		—		354		—		1,745		—		—		2,258
Substandard		20,780		1,931		289		1,245		—		793		—		—		25,038
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	383,101	$	963,796	$	1,032,353	$	743,250	$	373,929	$	415,240	$	65,899	$	49,985	$	4,027,553
Gross Charge-offs	$	73	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	73
Construction and Land Development:
Pass	$	310,519	$	744,624	$	334,025	$	59,938	$	5,875	$	20,227	$	119,833	$	5,443	$	1,600,484
Pass-Watch		8,429		2,011		1,409		93		648		212		86		—		12,888
Special Mention		702		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		702
Substandard		—		88		67		—		10		312		295		—		772
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	319,650	$	746,723	$	335,501	$	60,031	$	6,533	$	20,751	$	120,214	$	5,443	$	1,614,846
Gross Charge-offs	$	—	$	7	$	54	$	—	$	—	$	11	$	—	$	—	$	72
Residential Mortgage:
Performing	$	389,320	$	791,881	$	917,332	$	496,414	$	178,861	$	916,803	$	3,590	$	—	$	3,694,201
Nonperforming		461		2,202		2,417		755		1,323		19,747		—		—		26,905
Total	$	389,781	$	794,083	$	919,749	$	497,169	$	180,184	$	936,550	$	3,590	$	—	$	3,721,106
Gross Charge-offs	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	53	$	—	$	—	$	53
Consumer Loans:
Performing	$	63,967	$	66,584	$	41,713	$	31,708	$	37,837	$	47,188	$	1,148,476	$	17,989	$	1,455,462
Nonperforming		195		132		311		569		448		3,206		337		2,602		7,800
Total	$	64,162	$	66,716	$	42,024	$	32,277	$	38,285	$	50,394	$	1,148,813	$	20,591	$	1,463,262
Gross Charge-offs	$	289	$	1,641	$	967	$	144	$	415	$	568	$	5,543	$	1,220	$	10,787

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	Term Loans														Revolving Loans
December 31, 2022	Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year												Revolving		Converted to
($ in thousands)	2022		2021		2020		2019		2018		Prior		Loans		Term Loans		Total
Commercial Non-Real Estate:
Pass	$	2,600,656	$	1,450,689	$	679,355	$	569,842	$	267,025	$	763,122	$	3,193,769	$	116,659	$	9,641,117
Pass-Watch		68,307		38,949		31,841		11,757		8,237		49,577		66,339		9,836		284,843
Special Mention		30,276		13,625		2,443		4,406		322		1,654		25,184		2,070		79,980
Substandard		29,667		13,807		11,766		21,667		12,792		1,250		39,213		10,351		140,513
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	2,728,906	$	1,517,070	$	725,405	$	607,672	$	288,376	$	815,603	$	3,324,505	$	138,916	$	10,146,453

Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied:
Pass	$	630,121	$	650,742	$	537,849	$	328,364	$	265,437	$	447,707	$	46,730	$	5,107	$	2,912,057
Pass-Watch		7,129		5,299		3,743		13,301		10,872		7,706		893		150		49,093
Special Mention		—		—		544		822		1,231		3,670		—		—		6,267
Substandard		19,899		547		6,715		7,663		7,543		21,465		1,000		809		65,641
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	657,149	$	656,588	$	548,851	$	350,150	$	285,083	$	480,548	$	48,623	$	6,066	$	3,033,058

Commercial Real Estate - Income Producing:
Pass	$	894,522	$	795,378	$	660,235	$	420,435	$	232,145	$	317,446	$	113,487	$	7,000	$	3,440,648
Pass-Watch		1,027		18,070		58,256		20,865		12,066		836		467		—		111,587
Special Mention		235		—		708		2,325		166		376		—		—		3,810
Substandard		415		—		2,785		8		1,240		498		—		—		4,946
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	896,199	$	813,448	$	721,984	$	443,633	$	245,617	$	319,156	$	113,954	$	7,000	$	3,560,991

Construction and Land Development:
Pass	$	663,735	$	711,731	$	148,579	$	9,198	$	15,360	$	10,854	$	128,842	$	2,457	$	1,690,756
Pass-Watch		8,233		1,944		643		559		199		450		69		—		12,097
Special Mention		—		—		—		196		—		—		—		—		196
Substandard		35		55		—		12		61		380		—		—		543
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	672,003	$	713,730	$	149,222	$	9,965	$	15,620	$	11,684	$	128,911	$	2,457	$	1,703,592

Residential Mortgage:
Performing	$	631,339	$	694,104	$	518,705	$	192,431	$	107,675	$	918,918	$	3,147	$	—	$	3,066,319
Nonperforming		1,058		2,434		716		1,196		2,080		18,802		—		—		26,286
Total	$	632,397	$	696,538	$	519,421	$	193,627	$	109,755	$	937,720	$	3,147	$	—	$	3,092,605

Consumer Loans:
Performing	$	103,742	$	58,248	$	45,641	$	62,715	$	41,559	$	40,489	$	1,212,958	$	4,834	$	1,570,186
Nonperforming		193		198		228		758		381		3,341		459		1,603		7,161
Total	$	103,935	$	58,446	$	45,869	$	63,473	$	41,940	$	43,830	$	1,213,417	$	6,437	$	1,577,347

Residential Mortgage Loans in Process of Foreclosure

Loans in process of foreclosure include those for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process according to local requirements of the applicable jurisdiction. Included in loans at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were $5.4 million and $4.9 million, respectively, of consumer loans secured by single family residential real estate that were in process of foreclosure. In addition to the single family residential real estate loans in process of foreclosure, the Company also held foreclosed single family residential properties in other real estate owned totaling $1.4 million at September 30, 2023 and $0.4 million at December 31, 2022.

Loans Held for Sale

Loans held for sale totaled $15.9 million and $26.4 million at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Loans held for sale is composed primarily of residential mortgage loans originated for sale in the secondary market. At September 30, 2023, residential mortgage loans carried at the fair value option totaled $13.3 million with an unpaid principal balance of $13.1 million. At December 31, 2022, residential mortgage loans carried at the fair value option totaled $10.8 million with an unpaid principal balance of $10.6 million. All other loans held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or market.

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4. Short-Term Borrowings

The following table presents information concerning short-term borrowings at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


	September 30,			December 31,
($ in thousands)	2023			2022
Federal funds purchased:
Amount outstanding at period end	$	350		$	1,850
Weighted-average interest at period end		4.90	%		3.90	%
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
Amount outstanding at period end	$	525,578		$	444,421
Weighted-average interest at period end		1.46	%		0.53	%
FHLB borrowings:
Amount outstanding at period end	$	900,000		$	1,425,000
Weighted-average interest at period end		5.45	%		4.70	%

The following table presents information concerning short-term borrowings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
($ in thousands)	2023			2022			2023			2022
Federal funds purchased:
Average amount outstanding during period	$	7,665		$	28,861		$	5,785		$	11,425
Maximum amount at any month end during period	$	350		$	1,850		$	1,850		$	2,350
Weighted-average interest rate during period		6.16	%		2.59	%		5.58	%		2.29	%
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
Average amount outstanding during period	$	538,167		$	516,546		$	494,298		$	542,105
Maximum amount at any month end during period	$	525,578		$	541,131		$	625,773		$	640,592
Weighted-average interest rate during period		1.64	%		0.13	%		1.27	%		0.09	%
FHLB borrowings:
Average amount outstanding during period	$	765,217		$	405,163		$	1,429,121		$	731,982
Maximum amount at any month end during period	$	900,000		$	1,000,000		$	3,100,000		$	1,100,000
Weighted-average interest rate during period		5.39	%		2.34	%		5.01	%		0.84	%

Federal funds purchased represent unsecured borrowings from other banks, generally on an overnight basis.

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase ("repurchase agreements") are funds borrowed on a secured basis by selling securities under agreements to repurchase, mainly in connection with treasury-management services offered to deposit customers. The customer repurchase agreements mature daily and are secured by agency securities. As the Company maintains effective control over assets sold under agreements to repurchase, the securities continue to be presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Because the Company acts as a borrower transferring assets to the counterparty, and the agreements mature daily, the Company's risk is limited.

The $900 million of Federal Home Loan Bank ("FHLB") borrowings at September 30, 2023 consisted of two fixed rate advances with a maturity date of October 2, 2023. The $1.4 billion of FHLB borrowings at December 31, 2022 consisted of one fixed rate note entered into on December 30, 2022, that matured on January 3, 2023. The Company continues to hold FHLB short-term borrowings at levels that will vary based on liquidity needs.

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5. Derivatives

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

The Company enters into derivative financial instruments to manage risks related to differences in the amount, timing, and duration of the Company’s known or expected cash receipts and its known or expected cash payments. The Bank also enters into interest rate derivative agreements as a service to certain qualifying customers. The Bank manages a matched book with respect to these customer derivatives in order to minimize its net interest rate risk exposure resulting from such agreements. In addition, the Bank also enters into risk participation agreements under which it may either sell or buy credit risk associated with a customer’s performance under certain interest rate derivative contracts related to loans in which participation interests have been sold to or purchased from other banks.

Fair Values of Derivative Instruments on the Balance Sheet

The table below presents the notional or contractual amounts and fair values of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


		September 30, 2023							December 31, 2022
				Derivative (1)							Derivative (1)
($ in thousands)	Type of Hedge	Notional or Contractual Amount		Assets			Liabilities		Notional or Contractual Amount		Assets			Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps - variable rate loans	Cash Flow	$	1,550,000	$	—		$	117,363	$	2,100,000	$	2,301		$	112,262
Interest rate swaps - securities	Fair Value		513,500		39,902			—		716,000		43,501			—
			2,063,500		39,902			117,363		2,816,000		45,802			112,262
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps	N/A		5,078,764		190,288			187,752		4,620,544		172,242			169,712
Risk participation agreements	N/A		338,165		9			11		298,729		1			13
Interest rate-lock commitments on residential mortgage loans	N/A		15,136		351			2		10,930		8			113
Forward commitments to sell residential mortgage loans	N/A		31,013		—			174		13,819		161			8
To Be Announced (TBA) securities	N/A		22,000		177			2		10,000		78			7
Foreign exchange forward contracts	N/A		98,759		965			933		123,106		1,643			1,594
Visa Class B derivative contract	N/A		42,690		—			1,432		43,111		—			1,883
			5,626,527		191,790			190,306		5,120,239		174,133			173,330
Total derivatives		$	7,690,027	$	231,692		$	307,669	$	7,936,239	$	219,935		$	285,592
Less: netting adjustment (2)					(107,261	)		—				(110,438	)		(81,471	)
Total derivative assets/liabilities				$	124,431		$	307,669			$	109,497		$	204,121

(1)

Derivative assets and liabilities are reported at fair value in other assets or other liabilities, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets.

(2)

Represents balance sheet netting of derivative assets and liabilities for variation margin collateral held or placed with the same central clearing counterparty. See offsetting assets and liabilities for further information.

Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

The Company is party to various interest rate swap agreements designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges of the Company’s forecasted variable cash flows for pools of variable rate loans. For each agreement, the Company receives interest at a fixed rate and pays at a variable rate. The Company terminated six swap agreements in 2023 and paid cash of approximately $2.9 million, which was recorded as accumulated other comprehensive loss and is being amortized into earnings through the original maturity dates of the respective contracts. Using the elections allowed for ASU 2022-06 "Reference Rate Return (Topic 848)," as amended, the Company converted all of its LIBOR-based swaps to SOFR and replaced the variable rate loan pools with SOFR based instruments during the second quarter of 2023, with minimal impact to financial results. The notional amounts of the swap agreements in place at September 30, 2023 expire as follows: $50 million in 2025; $475 million in 2026; $925 million in 2027; and $100 million in 2028.

Fair Value Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

Interest rate swaps on securities available for sale

The Company is party to forward-starting fixed payer swaps that convert the latter portion of the term of certain available for sale securities to a floating rate. These derivative instruments are designated as fair value hedges of interest rate risk. This strategy provides the Company with a fixed rate coupon during the front-end unhedged tenor of the bonds and results in a floating rate security during the back-end hedged tenor. At September 30, 2023, these single layer instruments have hedge start dates between January 2025 and

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July 2026, and maturity dates from December 2027 through March 2031. The fair value of the hedged item attributable to interest rate risk is presented in interest income along with the change in the fair value of the hedging instrument.

The hedged available for sale securities are part of closed portfolios of pre-payable commercial mortgage backed securities. In accordance with ASC 815, prepayment risk may be excluded when measuring the change in fair value of such hedged items attributable to interest rate risk under the portfolio layer method (formerly referred to as last-of-layer). At September 30, 2023, the amortized cost basis of the closed portfolio of pre-payable commercial mortgage backed securities totaled $558.6 million, excluding any basis adjustment. The amount that represents the hedged items was $473.4 million and the basis adjustment associated with the hedged items was a loss totaling $40.1 million.

The Company terminated three fair value swap agreements during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and received cash of approximately $16.6 million. At the time of termination, the value of the swap was recorded as an adjustment to the book value of the underlying security, thereby changing its current book yield and extending its duration.

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges

Customer interest rate derivative program

The Bank enters into interest rate derivative agreements, primarily rate swaps, with commercial banking customers to facilitate their risk management strategies. The Bank enters into offsetting agreements with unrelated financial institutions, thereby mitigating its net risk exposure resulting from such transactions. Because the interest rate derivatives associated with this program do not meet hedge accounting requirements, changes in the fair value of both the customer derivatives and the offsetting derivatives are recognized directly in earnings.

Risk participation agreements

The Bank also enters into risk participation agreements under which it may either assume or sell credit risk associated with a borrower’s performance under certain interest rate derivative contracts. In those instances where the Bank has assumed credit risk, it is not a direct counterparty to the derivative contract with the borrower and has entered into the risk participation agreement because it is a party to the related loan agreement with the borrower. In those instances in which the Bank has sold credit risk, it is the sole counterparty to the derivative contract with the borrower and has entered into the risk participation agreement because other banks participate in the related loan agreement. The Bank manages its credit risk under risk participation agreements by monitoring the creditworthiness of the borrower, based on the Bank’s normal credit review process.

Mortgage banking derivatives

The Bank also enters into certain derivative agreements as part of its mortgage banking activities. These agreements include interest rate lock commitments on prospective residential mortgage loans and forward commitments to sell loans to investors on either a best efforts or a mandatory delivery basis. The Company uses these forward sales commitments, which may include To Be Announced (“TBA”) security contracts, on the open market to protect the value of its rate locks and mortgage loans held for sale from changes in interest rates and pricing between the origination of the rate lock and the final sale of these loans. These instruments meet the definition of derivative financial instruments and are reflected in other assets and other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, with changes to the fair value recorded in noninterest income within the secondary mortgage market operations line item in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

The loans sold on a mandatory basis commit the Company to deliver a specific principal amount of mortgage loans to an investor at a specified price, by a specified date. If the Company fails to deliver the amount of mortgages necessary to fulfill the commitment by the specified date, we may be obligated to pay a pair-off fee, based on then-current market prices, to the investor/counterparty to compensate the investor for the shortfall. Mandatory delivery forward commitments include TBA security contracts on the open market to provide protection against changes in interest rates on the locked mortgage pipeline. The Company expects that mandatory delivery contracts, including TBA security contracts, will experience changes in fair value opposite to the changes in the fair value of derivative loan commitments. Certain assumptions, including pull through rates and rate lock periods, are used in managing the existing and future hedges. The accuracy of underlying assumptions could impact the ultimate effectiveness of any hedging strategies.

Forward commitments under best effort contracts commit the Company to deliver a specific individual mortgage loan to an investor if the loan to the underlying borrower closes. Generally, best efforts cash contracts have no pair-off risk regardless of market movement. The price the investor will pay the seller for an individual loan is specified prior to the loan being funded, generally the same day the Company enters into the interest rate lock commitment with the potential borrower. The Company expects that these best efforts forward loan sale commitments will experience a net neutral shift in fair value with related derivative loan commitments.

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At the closing of the loan, the rate lock commitment derivative expires and the Company generally records a loan held for sale at fair value under the election of fair value option.

Customer foreign exchange forward contract derivatives

The Company enters into foreign exchange forward derivative agreements, primarily forward foreign currency contracts, with commercial banking customers to facilitate their risk management strategies. The Bank manages its risk exposure from such transactions by entering into offsetting agreements with unrelated financial institutions. The Bank has not elected to designate these foreign exchange forward contract derivatives as hedges; as such, changes in the fair value of both the customer derivatives and the offsetting derivatives are recognized directly in earnings.

Visa Class B derivative contract

The Company is a member of Visa USA. In 2018, the Company sold the majority of its Visa Class B holdings, at which time it entered into a derivative agreement with the purchaser whereby the Company will make or receive cash payments whenever the conversion ratio of the Visa Class B shares into Visa Class A shares is adjusted. The conversion ratio changes when Visa deposits funds to a litigation escrow established by Visa to pay settlements for certain litigation, for which Visa is indemnified by Visa USA members. The Company is also required to make periodic financing payments to the purchaser until all of Visa’s covered litigation matters are resolved. Thus, the derivative contract extends until the end of Visa’s covered litigation matters, the timing of which is uncertain.

The contract includes a contingent accelerated termination clause based on the credit ratings of the Company. At September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the fair value of the liability associated with this contract was $1.4 million and $1.9 million, respectively. Refer to Note 13 – Fair Value of Financial Instruments for discussion of the valuation inputs and process for this derivative liability.

LIBOR Transition

Using the elections allowed for ASU 2022-06 "Reference Rate Return (Topic 848)," as amended, and in accordance with the Federal Reserve Bank Board’s Final Rule published pursuant to the authority granted under the LIBOR Act, all of the Company’s remaining derivative instruments with LIBOR based indexes were transitioned to the Fallback Rate SOFR benchmark as recommended by the International Swap and Derivatives Association effective July 1, 2023. Transitioned LIBOR based instruments included interest rate swaps and risk participation agreements with notional amounts totaling $3.5 billion and $163.5 million, respectively, at July 1, 2023. The transition did not have a material impact on the Company's operating results for the three or nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Income

The effects of derivative instruments in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 are presented in the table below.


		Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
($ in thousands)		September 30,						September 30,
Derivative Instruments:	Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in the Statements of Income:	2023			2022			2023			2022
Cash flow hedges:
Variable rate loans	Interest income - loans	$	(11,116	)	$	1,752		$	(28,609	)	$	14,519
Fair value hedges:
Securities	Interest income - securities - taxable		3,023			1,596			8,786			2,625
Securities- terminations	Noninterest income - securities transactions, net		—			—			—			1,620
Derivatives not designated as hedging:
Residential mortgage banking	Noninterest income - secondary mortgage market operations		235			(365	)		736			2,595
Customer and all other instruments	Noninterest income - other noninterest income		418			1,309			1,585			6,386
Total gain (loss)		$	(7,440	)	$	4,292		$	(17,502	)	$	27,745

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Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features

Certain of the Bank’s derivative instruments contain provisions allowing the financial institution counterparty to terminate the contracts in certain circumstances, such as a downgrade of the Bank’s credit ratings below specified levels, a default by the Bank on its indebtedness, or the failure of the Bank to maintain specified minimum regulatory capital ratios or its regulatory status as a well-capitalized institution. These derivative agreements also contain provisions regarding the posting of collateral by each party. At September 30, 2023, the Company was not in violation of any such provisions. The aggregate fair value of derivative instruments with credit risk-related contingent features that were in a net liability position at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was $96.5 million and $8.7 million, respectively, for which the Company had posted collateral of $97.5 million and $8.5 million, respectively.

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

The Bank’s derivative instruments with certain counterparties contain legally enforceable netting provisions that allow for net settlement of multiple transactions to a single amount, which may be positive, negative, or zero. Agreements with certain bilateral counterparties require both parties to maintain collateral in the event that the fair values of derivative instruments exceed established exposure thresholds. For centrally cleared derivatives, the Company is subject to initial margin posting and daily variation margin exchange with the central clearinghouses. Offsetting information in regards to all derivative assets and liabilities, including accrued interest, subject to these master netting agreements at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 is presented in the following tables.


($ in thousands)			Gross Amounts			Net Amounts		Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition
Description	Gross Amounts Recognized		Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition			Presented in the Statement of Financial Condition		Financial Instruments		Cash Collateral		Net Amount
As of September 30, 2023
Derivative Assets	$	237,433	$	(109,904	)	$	127,529	$	122,171	$	129,773	$	135,131
Derivative Liabilities	$	122,171	$	—		$	122,171	$	122,171	$	—	$	—


($ in thousands)			Gross Amounts			Net Amounts		Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition
Description	Gross Amounts Recognized		Offset in the Statement of Financial Condition			Presented in the Statement of Financial Condition		Financial Instruments		Cash Collateral		Net Amount
As of December 31, 2022
Derivative Assets	$	223,072	$	(112,338	)	$	110,734	$	32,601	$	27,852	$	105,985
Derivative Liabilities	$	116,395	$	(83,794	)	$	32,601	$	32,601	$	—	$	—

The Company has excess posted collateral compared to total exposure due to initial margin requirements for day-to-day rate volatility.

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6. Stockholders’ Equity

Common Shares Outstanding

Common shares outstanding excludes treasury shares totaling 6.2 million and 6.3 million, with a first-in-first-out cost basis of $235.0 million and $238.6 million, at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Shares outstanding also excludes unvested restricted share awards totaling 0.6 million and 0.7 million at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Stock Buyback Program

On January 26, 2023, the Company’s board of directors approved a stock buyback program whereby the Company is authorized to repurchase up to 4.3 million shares of its common stock through the program’s expiration date of December 31, 2024. The program allows the Company to repurchase its common shares in the open market, by block purchase, through accelerated share repurchase programs, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, in one or more transactions. The Company is not obligated to purchase any shares under this program, and the board of directors has the ability to terminate or amend the program at any time prior to the expiration date. To date, the Company has not repurchased shares under this program.

Prior to its expiration on December 31, 2022, the Company had in place a stock repurchase program authorized by the board of directors on April 22, 2021, whereby the Company was authorized to repurchase up to 4.3 million shares of its common stock. The program allowed the Company to repurchase its common shares in the open market, by block purchase, through accelerated share repurchase programs, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, in one or more transactions. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company repurchased 1,204,368 shares of its common stock at an average cost of $48.90 per share, inclusive of commissions. In total, the Company repurchased 1,654,244 million shares at an average cost of $48.77 per share under this plan.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

A roll-forward of the components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) is presented in the table that follows:


	Available for Sale Securities			HTM Securities Transferred from AFS			Employee Benefit Plans			Cash Flow Hedges			Equity Method Investment			Total
($ in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2021	$	11,037		$	153		$	(80,946	)	$	16,284		$	(463	)	$	(53,935	)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss)		(844,250	)		—			—			(118,110	)		468			(961,892	)
Reclassification of net income or loss realized and included in earnings		1,707			—			1,963			(14,519	)		—			(10,849	)
Valuation adjustments to employee benefit plans		—			—			(8,397	)		—			—			(8,397	)
Transfer of net unrealized loss from AFS to HTM securities portfolio		15,405			(15,405	)		—			—			—			—
Amortization of unrealized net loss on securities transferred to HTM		—			961			—			—			—			961
Income tax benefit		186,685			3,260			1,452			29,934			—			221,331
Balance, September 30, 2022	$	(629,416	)	$	(11,031	)	$	(85,928	)	$	(86,411	)	$	5		$	(812,781	)
Balance, December 31, 2022	$	(584,408	)	$	(10,734	)	$	(97,952	)	$	(79,093	)	$	5		$	(772,182	)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss)		(142,980	)		—			—			(44,823	)		714			(187,089	)
Reclassification of net loss realized and included in earnings		—			—			5,010			28,609			—			33,619
Valuation adjustments to employee benefit plans		—			—			(7,307	)		—			—			(7,307	)
Amortization of unrealized net loss on securities transferred to HTM		—			1,343			—			—			—			1,343
Income tax (expense) benefit		32,757			(302	)		517			3,650			—			36,622
Balance, September 30, 2023	$	(694,631	)	$	(9,693	)	$	(99,732	)	$	(91,657	)	$	719		$	(894,994	)

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income or Loss (“AOCI”) is reported as a component of stockholders’ equity. AOCI can include, among other items, unrealized holding gains and losses on securities available for sale (“AFS”), including the Company’s share of unrealized gains and losses reported by a partnership accounted for under the equity method, gains and losses associated with pension or other post-retirement benefits that are not recognized immediately as a component of net periodic benefit cost, and gains and losses on derivative instruments that are designated as, and qualify as, cash flow hedges. Net unrealized gains and losses on AFS securities reclassified as securities held to maturity (“HTM”) also continue to be reported as a component of AOCI and will be amortized over the estimated remaining life of the securities as an adjustment to interest income. Subject to certain thresholds, unrealized losses on employee benefit plans will be reclassified into income as pension and post-retirement costs are recognized over the remaining service period of plan participants. Accumulated gains or losses on cash flow hedges of variable rate loans described in Note 5- Derivatives will be reclassified into income over the life of the hedge. Accumulated other comprehensive loss resulting from the terminated interest rate swaps will be amortized over the remaining maturities of the designated instruments. Gains and losses within AOCI are net of deferred income taxes, where applicable.

The following table shows the line items in the consolidated statements of income affected by amounts reclassified from AOCI.


	Nine Months Ended
Amount reclassified from AOCI (a)	September 30,						Affected line item on
($ in thousands)	2023			2022			the statement of income
Loss on sale of AFS securities	$	—		$	(1,707	)	Noninterest income
Tax effect		—			385		Income taxes
Net of tax		—			(1,322	)	Net income
Amortization of unrealized net loss on securities transferred to HTM		(1,343	)		(961	)	Interest income
Tax effect		302			217		Income taxes
Net of tax		(1,041	)		(744	)	Net income
Amortization of defined benefit pension and post-retirement items		(5,010	)		(1,963	)	Other noninterest expense (b)
Tax effect		1,128			443		Income taxes
Net of tax		(3,882	)		(1,520	)	Net income
Reclassification of unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges		(34,506	)		5,786		Interest income
Tax effect		7,768			(1,306	)	Income taxes
Net of tax		(26,738	)		4,480		Net income
Amortization of gain on terminated cash flow hedges		5,897			8,733		Interest income
Tax effect		(1,327	)		(1,971	)	Income taxes
Net of tax		4,570			6,762		Net income
Total reclassifications, net of tax		(27,091	)		7,656		Net income

(a)

Amounts in parentheses indicate reduction in net income.

(b)

These AOCI components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and post-retirement cost that is reported with other noninterest
expense (see Note 10 – Retirement Plans for additional details).

7. Other Noninterest Income

Components of other noninterest income are as follows:


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
($ in thousands)	2023		2022		2023		2022
Income from bank-owned life insurance	$	3,633	$	4,784	$	10,283	$	12,602
Credit related fees		3,253		2,628		9,249		7,840
Income from derivatives		418		1,309		1,585		6,386
Other miscellaneous		8,129		6,108		18,353		17,986
Total other noninterest income	$	15,433	$	14,829	$	39,470	$	44,814

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8. Other Noninterest Expense

Components of other noninterest expense are as follows:


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
($ in thousands)	2023			2022			2023			2022
Corporate value and franchise taxes and other non-income taxes	$	5,238		$	4,010		$	15,732		$	12,816
Advertising		3,621			3,533			10,353			10,211
Telecommunications and postage		2,590			3,027			8,373			8,923
Entertainment and contributions		2,765			2,231			7,978			7,632
Tax credit investment amortization		1,494			1,004			4,297			3,012
Printing and supplies		968			971			3,107			2,892
Travel expense		1,368			1,239			4,065			3,022
Net other retirement expense		(3,228	)		(7,570	)		(10,195	)		(22,123	)
Other miscellaneous		7,404			7,508			22,536			21,214
Total other noninterest expense	$	22,220		$	15,953		$	66,246		$	47,599

9. Earnings Per Common Share

The Company calculates earnings per share using the two-class method. The two-class method allocates net income to each class of common stock and participating security according to common dividends declared and participation rights in undistributed earnings. Participating securities consist of nonvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents.

A summary of the information used in the computation of earnings per common share follows.


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
($ in thousands, except per share data)	2023		2022		2023		2022
Numerator:
Net income to common shareholders	$	97,738	$	135,389	$	341,999	$	380,302
Net income allocated to participating securities - basic and diluted		992		2,014		3,574		5,776
Net income allocated to common shareholders - basic and diluted	$	96,746	$	133,375	$	338,425	$	374,526
Denominator:
Weighted-average common shares - basic		86,131		85,706	$	86,082	$	86,141
Dilutive potential common shares		306		314		286		298
Weighted-average common shares - diluted		86,437		86,020	$	86,368	$	86,439
Earnings per common share:
Basic	$	1.12	$	1.56	$	3.93	$	4.35
Diluted	$	1.12	$	1.55	$	3.92	$	4.33

Potential common shares consist of stock options, nonvested performance-based awards, nonvested restricted stock units, and restricted share awards deferred under the Company’s nonqualified deferred compensation plan. These potential common shares do not enter into the calculation of diluted earnings per share if the impact would be antidilutive, i.e., increase earnings per share or reduce a loss per share. Potential common shares with weighted averages totaling 97,558 and 109,801 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, and 2,212 and 5,671 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, did not enter the calculation of diluted earnings per share as the impact would have been anti-dilutive.

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10. Retirement Plans

The Company offers a qualified defined benefit pension plan, the Hancock Whitney Corporation Pension Plan and Trust Agreement (“Pension Plan”), covering certain eligible associates. Eligibility is based on minimum age and service-related requirements. The Pension Plan excludes any individual hired or rehired by the Company after June 30, 2017 from eligibility to participate, and the accrued benefits of any participant in the Pension Plan whose combined age plus years of service as of January 1, 2018 totaled less than 55 were frozen as of January 1, 2018 and will not thereafter increase. The Company makes contributions to the Pension Plan in amounts sufficient to meet funding requirements set forth in federal employee benefit and tax laws, plus such additional amounts as the Company may determine to be appropriate.

The Company also offers a defined contribution retirement benefit plan (401(k) plan), the Hancock Whitney Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan and Trust Agreement (“401(k) Plan”), that covers substantially all associates who have been employed 60 days and meet a minimum age requirement and employment classification criteria. The Company matches 100% of the first 1% of compensation saved by a participant, and 50% of the next 5% of compensation saved. Newly eligible associates are automatically enrolled at an initial 3% savings rate unless the associate actively opts out of participation in the plan. Beginning January 1, 2018, the Company makes an additional basic contribution to associates hired or rehired after June 30, 2017 in an amount equal to 2% of the associate’s eligible compensation. For Pension Plan participants whose benefits were frozen as of January 1, 2018, the 401(k) Plan provides an enhanced Company contribution in the amount of 2%, 4% or 6% of such participant’s eligible compensation, based on the participant’s current age and years of service with the Company. Participants vest in basic and enhanced Company contributions upon completion of three years of service.

The Company sponsors a nonqualified defined benefit plan covering certain legacy Whitney employees, under which accrued benefits were frozen as of December 31, 2012 and, as such, no future benefits are accrued under this plan.

The Company sponsors defined benefit post-retirement plans for both legacy Hancock and legacy Whitney employees that provide health care and life insurance benefits. Benefits under the Hancock plan are not available to employees hired on or after January 1, 2000. Benefits under the Whitney plan are restricted to retirees who were already receiving benefits at the time of plan amendments in 2007 or active participants who were eligible to receive benefits as of December 31, 2007.

The following tables show the components of net periodic benefit cost included in expense for the periods indicated.


	Three Months Ended September 30,
	Pension Benefits						Other Post-Retirement Benefits
(in thousands)	2023			2022			2023			2022
Service cost	$	1,979		$	2,855		$	8		$	25
Interest cost		6,052			3,756			160			77
Expected return on plan assets		(11,177	)		(11,714	)		—			—
Amortization of net (gain) or loss and prior service costs		1,981			450			(243	)		(139	)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	(1,165	)	$	(4,653	)	$	(75	)	$	(37	)


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	Pension Benefits						Other Post-Retirement Benefits
($ in thousands)	2023			2022			2023			2022
Service cost	$	5,938		$	8,584		$	(13	)	$	75
Interest cost		17,803			10,881			525			230
Expected return on plan assets		(33,533	)		(34,900	)		—			—
Amortization of net (gain) or loss and prior service costs		5,662			2,380			(652	)		(417	)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	(4,130	)	$	(13,055	)	$	(140	)	$	(112	)

11. Share-Based Payment Arrangements

The Company maintains incentive compensation plans that provide for awards of share-based compensation to employees and directors. These plans have been approved by the Company’s shareholders. Detailed descriptions of these plans were included in Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

During the three months ended September 30, 2023, all of the 1,476 stock options that were outstanding at December 31, 2022 expired. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, no stock options were exercised.

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The Company’s restricted and performance-based share awards to certain employees and directors are subject to service requirements. A summary of the status of the Company’s nonvested restricted stock units and restricted and performance-based share awards at September 30, 2023 are presented in the following table.


				Weighted
				Average
	Number of			Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2023		1,431,515		$	40.95
Granted		649,023			48.55
Vested		(242,815	)		45.52
Forfeited		(123,451	)		41.29
Nonvested at September 30, 2023		1,714,272		$	43.16

At September 30, 2023, there was $51.9 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested restricted and performance share awards and units expected to vest in the future. This compensation is expected to be recognized in expense over a weighted average period of 3.0 years. The total fair value of shares that vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was $9.5 million.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company granted 500,515 restricted stock units (RSUs) to certain eligible employees. Unlike restricted share awards (RSAs), the holders of unvested restricted stock units have no rights as a shareholder of the Company, including voting or dividend rights. The Company has elected to award dividend equivalents on each restricted stock unit not deferred under the Company's nonqualified deferred compensation plan. Such dividend equivalents are forfeited should the employee terminate employment prior to the vesting of the RSU.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company granted 41,495 performance share awards subject to a total shareholder return (“TSR”) performance metric with a grant date fair value of $51.14 per share and 41,495 performance share awards subject to an operating earnings per share performance metric with a grant date fair value of $46.73 per share to key members of executive management. The number of performance shares subject to TSR that ultimately vest at the end of the three-year performance period, if any, will be based on the relative rank of the Company’s three-year TSR among the TSRs of a peer group of 49 regional banks. The fair value of the performance shares subject to TSR at the grant date was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation method. The number of performance shares subject to operating earnings per share that ultimately vest will be based on the Company’s attainment of certain operating earnings per share goals over the two-year performance period. The maximum number of performance shares that could vest is 200% of the target award. Compensation expense for these performance shares is recognized on a straight line basis over the three-year service period.

12. Commitments and Contingencies

In the normal course of business, the Bank enters into financial instruments, such as commitments to extend credit and letters of credit, to meet the financing needs of its customers. Such instruments are not reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements until they are funded, although they expose the Bank to varying degrees of credit risk and interest rate risk in much the same way as funded loans. Under regulatory capital guidelines, the Company and Bank must include unfunded commitments meeting certain criteria in risk-weighted capital calculations.

Commitments to extend credit include revolving commercial credit lines, nonrevolving loan commitments issued mainly to finance the acquisition and development or construction of real property or equipment, and credit card and personal credit lines. The availability of funds under commercial credit lines and loan commitments generally depends on whether the borrower continues to meet credit standards established in the underlying contract and has not violated other contractual conditions. Loan commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee by the borrower. Credit card and personal credit lines are generally subject to cancellation if the borrower’s credit quality deteriorates. A number of commercial and personal credit lines are used only partially or, in some cases, not at all before they expire, and the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements of the Company.

A substantial majority of the letters of credit are standby agreements that obligate the Bank to fulfill a customer’s financial commitments to a third party if the customer is unable to perform. The Bank issues standby letters of credit primarily to provide credit enhancement to its customers’ other commercial or public financing arrangements and to help them demonstrate financial capacity to vendors of essential goods and services.

The contract amounts of these instruments reflect the Company’s exposure to credit risk. The Company undertakes the same credit evaluation in making loan commitments and assuming conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments and may require collateral or other credit support. The Company had a reserve for unfunded lending commitments of $29.6 million and $33.3 million at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

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The following table presents a summary of the Company’s off-balance sheet financial instruments as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:


	September 30,		December 31,
($ in thousands)	2023		2022
Commitments to extend credit	$	10,044,537	$	10,202,464
Letters of credit		428,228		400,505

Legal Proceedings

The Company is party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. Management does not believe that loss contingencies, if any, arising from pending litigation and regulatory matters will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position or liquidity of the Company.

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13. Fair Value Measurements

The FASB defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The FASB’s guidance also establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to these valuation techniques used to measure fair value, giving preference to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (“level 1”) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs such as a reporting entity’s own data (“level 3”). Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, observable inputs other than quoted prices, such as interest rates and yield curves, and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis

The following tables present for each of the fair value hierarchy levels the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis on the consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:


	September 30, 2023
($ in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Available for sale debt securities:
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities	$	—	$	114,190	$	—	$	114,190
Municipal obligations		—		193,111		—		193,111
Corporate debt securities		—		20,107		—		20,107
Residential mortgage-backed securities		—		1,960,567		—		1,960,567
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		—		2,841,351		—		2,841,351
Collateralized mortgage obligations		—		58,830		—		58,830
Total available for sale securities		—		5,188,156		—		5,188,156
Mortgage loans held for sale		—		13,298		—		13,298
Derivative assets (1)		—		124,431		—		124,431
Total recurring fair value measurements - assets	$	—	$	5,325,885	$	—	$	5,325,885
Liabilities
Derivative liabilities (1)	$	—	$	306,237	$	1,432	$	307,669
Total recurring fair value measurements - liabilities	$	—	$	306,237	$	1,432	$	307,669


	December 31, 2022
($ in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Available for sale debt securities:
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities	$	—	$	110,865	$	—	$	110,865
Municipal obligations		—		203,092		—		203,092
Corporate debt securities		—		21,080		—		21,080
Residential mortgage-backed securities		—		2,256,986		—		2,256,986
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		—		2,893,430		—		2,893,430
Collateralized mortgage obligations		—		70,588		—		70,588
Total available for sale securities		—		5,556,041		—		5,556,041
Mortgage loans held for sale		—		10,843		—		10,843
Derivative assets (1)		—		109,497		—		109,497
Total recurring fair value measurements - assets	$	—	$	5,676,381	$	—	$	5,676,381
Liabilities
Derivative liabilities (1)	$	—	$	202,238	$	1,883	$	204,121
Total recurring fair value measurements - liabilities	$	—	$	202,238	$	1,883	$	204,121

(1) For further disaggregation of derivative assets and liabilities, see Note 5 - Derivatives.

Securities classified as level 2 include obligations of U.S. Government agencies and U.S. Government-sponsored agencies, including “off-the-run” U.S. Treasury securities, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations that are issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, and state and municipal bonds. The level 2 fair value measurements for investment securities are obtained quarterly from a third-party pricing service that uses industry-standard pricing models. Substantially all of the model inputs are observable in the marketplace or can be supported by observable data.

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The Company invests only in securities of investment grade quality with a targeted duration, for the overall portfolio, generally between two and five and a half years. Company policies generally limit investments to U.S. agency securities and municipal securities determined to be investment grade according to an internally generated score which generally includes a rating of not less than “Baa” or its equivalent by a nationally recognized statistical rating agency.

Loans held for sale consist of residential mortgage loans carried under the fair value option. The fair value for these instruments is classified as level 2 based on market prices obtained from potential buyers.

For the Company’s derivative financial instruments designated as hedges and those under the customer interest rate program, the fair value is obtained from a third-party pricing service that uses an industry-standard discounted cash flow model that relies on inputs, Overnight Index swap rate curves and LIBOR swap curves (where applicable), all observable in the marketplace. To comply with the accounting guidance, credit valuation adjustments are incorporated in the fair values to appropriately reflect nonperformance risk for both the Company and the counterparties. Although the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value these derivative instruments fall within level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit value adjustments utilize level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads. The Company has determined that the impact of the credit valuation adjustments is not significant to the overall valuation of these derivatives. As a result, the Company has classified its derivative valuations for these instruments in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The Company’s policy is to measure counterparty credit risk quarterly for all derivative instruments subject to master netting arrangements consistent with how market participants would price the net risk exposure at the measurement date.

The Company also has certain derivative instruments associated with the Bank’s mortgage-banking activities. These derivative instruments include interest rate lock commitments on prospective residential mortgage loans and forward commitments to sell these loans to investors on a best efforts delivery basis and To Be Announced securities for mandatory delivery contracts. The fair value of these derivative instruments is measured using observable market prices for similar instruments and is classified as a level 2 measurement.

The Company’s level 3 liability consists of a derivative contract with the purchaser of 192,163 shares of Visa Class B common stock. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company retains the risks associated with the ultimate conversion of the Visa Class B common shares into shares of Visa Class A common stock, such that the counterparty will be compensated for any dilutive adjustments to the conversion ratio and the Company will be compensated for any anti-dilutive adjustments to the ratio. The agreement also requires periodic payments by the Company to the counterparty calculated by reference to the market price of Visa Class A common shares at the time of sale and a fixed rate of interest that steps up once after the eighth scheduled quarterly payment. The fair value of the liability is determined using a discounted cash flow methodology. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement are the Company’s own assumptions about estimated changes in the conversion rate of the Visa Class B common shares into Visa Class A common shares, the date on which such conversion is expected to occur and the estimated growth rate of the Visa Class A common share price. Refer to Note 5 – Derivatives for information about the derivative contract with the counterparty.

The Company believes its valuation methods for its assets and liabilities carried at fair value are appropriate; however, the use of different methodologies or assumptions, particularly as applied to level 3 assets and liabilities, could have a material effect on the computation of their estimated fair values.

Changes in Level 3 Fair Value Measurements and Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

The table below presents a rollforward of the amounts on the consolidated balance sheets for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022 for financial instruments of a material nature that are classified within level 3 of the fair value hierarchy and are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:


($ in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	4,116
Cash settlement		(2,429	)
Losses included in earnings		196
Balance at December 31, 2022		1,883
Cash settlement		(1,997	)
Losses included in earnings		1,546
Balance at September 30, 2023	$	1,432

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The table below provides an overview of the valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs used in those techniques to measure the financial instrument measured on a recurring basis and classified within level 3 of the valuation. The range of sensitivities that management utilized in its fair value calculations is deemed acceptable in the industry with respect to the identified financial instrument.


($ in thousands)
	Fair Value
Level 3 Class	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Derivative liability	$	1,432	$	1,883
Valuation technique	Discounted cash flow		Discounted cash flow
Unobservable inputs:
Visa Class A appreciation - range	6-12%		6-12%
Visa Class A appreciation - weighted average	9%		9%
Conversion rate - range	1.60x-1.59x		1.61x-1.60x
Conversion rate -weighted average	1.5950x		1.6030x
Time until resolution	3-9 months		3-12 months

The Company’s policy is to recognize transfers between valuation hierarchy levels as of the end of a reporting period.

Fair Value of Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis

Certain assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. Collateral-dependent loans individually evaluated for credit loss loans are level 2 assets measured at the fair value of the underlying collateral based on independent third-party appraisals that take into consideration market-based information such as recent sales activity for similar assets in the property’s market.

Other real estate owned and foreclosed assets, including both foreclosed property and surplus banking property, are level 3 assets that are adjusted to fair value, less estimated selling costs, upon transfer from loans or property and equipment. Subsequently, other real estate owned and foreclosed assets is carried at the lower of carrying value or fair value less estimated selling costs. Fair values are determined by sales agreement or third-party appraisals as discounted for estimated selling costs, information from comparable sales, and marketability of the assets.

The fair value information presented below is not as of the period end, rather it was as of the date the fair value adjustment was recorded during the twelve months for each of the dates presented below, and excludes nonrecurring fair value measurements of assets no longer on the balance sheet.

The following tables present the Company’s financial assets that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis for each of the fair value hierarchy levels.


	September 30, 2023
($ in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Collateral-dependent loans individually evaluated for credit loss	$	—	$	17,658	$	—	$	17,658
Other real estate owned and foreclosed assets, net		—		—		4,527		4,527
Total nonrecurring fair value measurements	$	—	$	17,658	$	4,527	$	22,185


	December 31, 2022
($ in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Collateral-dependent loans individually evaluated for credit loss	$	—	$	4,692	$	—	$	4,692
Other real estate owned and foreclosed assets, net		—		—		2,017		2,017
Total nonrecurring fair value measurements	$	—	$	4,692	$	2,017	$	6,709

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Accounting guidance from the FASB requires the disclosure of estimated fair value information about certain on- and off-balance sheet financial instruments, including those financial instruments that are not measured and reported at fair value on a recurring basis. The significant methods and assumptions used by the Company to estimate the fair value of financial instruments are discussed below.

Cash, Short-Term Investments and Federal Funds Sold – For these short-term instruments, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.

Securities – The fair value measurement for securities available for sale was discussed earlier in the note. The same measurement techniques were applied to the valuation of securities held to maturity.

Loans, Net – The fair value measurement for certain collateral dependent loans that are individually evaluated for credit loss was described earlier in this note. For the remaining portfolio, fair values were generally determined by discounting scheduled cash flows using discount rates determined with reference to current market rates at which loans with similar terms would be made to borrowers of similar credit quality.

Loans Held for Sale – These loans are either carried under the fair value option or at the lower of cost or market. Given the short duration of these instruments, the carrying amount is considered a reasonable estimate of fair value.

Deposits – The accounting guidance requires that the fair value of deposits with no stated maturity, such as noninterest-bearing demand deposits, interest-bearing checking and savings accounts, be assigned fair values equal to amounts payable upon demand (“carrying amounts”). The fair value of fixed maturity certificates of deposit is estimated using the rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities.

Federal Funds Purchased and Securities Sold under Agreements to Repurchase – For these short-term liabilities, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.

Short-Term FHLB Borrowings – At September 30, 2023, short-term FHLB borrowings were comprised of two fixed-rate instruments for which the fair value was estimated by discounting the future contractual cash flows using the current market rate at which a borrowing with similar terms could be obtained and, therefore, is reflected as level 2 in the respective table below. At December 31, 2022, short-term FHLB borrowings were comprised of one fixed-rate instrument entered into on December 30, 2022, and maturing on January 3, 2023; as such, the carrying amount of the instrument is a reasonable estimate of the fair value and is reflected as level 1 in the respective table below.

Long-Term Debt – The fair value is estimated by discounting the future contractual cash flows using current market rates at which debt with similar terms could be obtained.

Derivative Financial Instruments – The fair value measurement for derivative financial instruments was described earlier in this note.

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The following tables present the estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments by fair value hierarchy levels and the corresponding carrying amounts.


	September 30, 2023
							Total Fair		Carrying
($ in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Value		Amount
Financial assets:
Cash, interest-bearing bank deposits, and federal funds sold	$	1,359,300	$	—	$	—	$	1,359,300	$	1,359,300
Available for sale securities		—		5,188,156		—		5,188,156		5,188,156
Held to maturity securities		—		2,430,287		—		2,430,287		2,727,945
Loans, net		—		17,658		23,058,357		23,076,015		23,677,388
Loans held for sale		—		15,862		—		15,862		15,862
Derivative financial instruments		—		124,431		—		124,431		124,431
Financial liabilities:
Deposits	$	—	$	—	$	30,298,620	$	30,298,620	$	30,320,337
Federal funds purchased		350		—		—		350		350
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		525,578		—		—		525,578		525,578
FHLB short-term borrowings		—		899,995		—		899,995		900,000
Long-term debt		—		183,901		—		183,901		236,279
Derivative financial instruments		—		306,237		1,432		307,669		307,669


	December 31, 2022
($ in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total Fair Value		Carrying Amount
Financial assets:
Cash, interest-bearing bank deposits, and federal funds sold	$	888,519	$	—	$	—	$	888,519	$	888,519
Available for sale securities		—		5,556,041		—		5,556,041		5,556,041
Held to maturity securities		—		2,615,398		—		2,615,398		2,852,495
Loans, net		—		4,692		22,132,683		22,137,375		22,806,257
Loans held for sale		—		26,385		—		26,385		26,385
Derivative financial instruments		—		109,497		—		109,497		109,497
Financial liabilities:
Deposits	$	—	$	—	$	29,041,635	$	29,041,635	$	29,070,349
Federal funds purchased		1,850		—		—		1,850		1,850
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		444,421		—		—		444,421		444,421
FHLB short-term borrowings		1,425,000		—		—		1,425,000		1,425,000
Long-term debt		—		200,060		—		200,060		242,077
Derivative financial instruments		—		202,238		1,883		204,121		204,121

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14. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Adopted During the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023

In March 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2022-01, "Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Fair Value Hedging - Portfolio Layer Method," to provide clarification of and expand upon certain provisions of Topic 815 that became effective with the issuance of ASU 2017-12. The amendments in this update include the following provisions: (1) expand the current last-of-layer method to allow multiple hedged layers of a single closed portfolio and, accordingly, renaming the last-of-layer method to the portfolio layer method; (2) expand the scope of the portfolio layer method to include nonprepayable financial assets; (3) specify that eligible hedging instruments in a single-layer hedge may include spot-starting or forward-starting constant-notional swaps, or spot or forward-starting amortizing-notional swaps and that the number of hedged layers corresponds with the number of hedges designated; (4) provide additional guidance on the accounting for and disclosure of hedge basis adjustments that are applicable to the portfolio layer method whether a single hedged layer or multiple hedged layers are designated, and; (5) specify how hedge basis adjustments should be considered when determining credit losses for the assets included in the closed portfolio. The amendments in this update apply to all entities that elect to apply the portfolio layer method of hedge accounting in accordance with Topic 815.

The amendments in this update were effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Upon adoption, any entity may designate multiple hedged layers of a single closed portfolio solely on a prospective basis. All entities are required to apply the amendments related to hedge basis adjustments under the portfolio layer method, except for those related to disclosures, on a modified retrospective basis by means of a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings on the initial application date. Entities have the option to apply the amendments related to disclosures on a prospective basis from the initial application date or on a retrospective basis to each prior period presented after the date of adoption of the amendments in Update 2017-12. Within 30 days after the adoption, an entity may reclassify debt securities classified in the held-to-maturity category at the date of adoption to the available-for-sale category only if the entity applies portfolio layer method hedging to one or more closed portfolios that include those debt securities. The Company adopted this standard effective January 1, 2023, and elected to apply amendments to disclose on a prospective basis with no reclassification of debt securities from held to maturity to available for sale. The impact of adoption was not material to the Company's consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In March 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-02, "Financial Instruments: Credit Losses (Topic 326) - Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures." The amendments in this update cover two issues: (1) the elimination of TDR recognition and measurement guidance as prescribed by ASC 310-40 and, instead, require that an entity evaluate (consistent with the accounting for other loan modifications) whether the modification represents a new loan or a continuation of an existing loan. The amendments enhance existing disclosure requirements and introduce new requirements related to certain modifications of receivables made to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty; and, (2) for public business entities, the requirement that an entity disclose current-period gross write-offs by year of origination for financing receivables and net investment in leases within the scope of Subtopic 326-20. Gross write-off information must be included in the vintage disclosures required for public business entities in accordance with paragraph 326-20-50-6, which requires that an entity disclose the amortized cost basis of financing receivables by credit quality indicator and class of financing receivable by year of origination.

The amendments in this update were effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For the elimination of recognition and measurement guidance on troubled debt restructurings by creditors in Subtopic 310-40, an entity may elect to apply a modified retrospective transition by means of a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening retained earnings as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption, or a prospective approach applied to modifications occurring after the date of adoption. The remainder of amendments should be applied prospectively. The Company adopted this standard effective January 1, 2023, on a prospective basis for all amendments. The adoption of this standard was not material to the Company's consolidated financial position or results of operations. See further discussion of the resulting changes to our policies in Note 1- Basis of Presentation, Accounting Policies.

Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted

In March 2023, FASB issued ASU 2023-02, “Investments – Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Accounting for Investments in Tax Credit Structures Using the Proportional Amortization Method,” to allow reporting entities to have the option to elect and expand the use of the proportional amortization method of accounting for qualifying tax credit equity investments structures that meet certain criteria. Existing guidance under Subtopic 323-70 provides the option to apply the proportional amortization method only to investments in low-income-housing tax credit structures; equity investments in other tax credit structures are typically accounted for under Topic 321, Investments – Equity Securities. Under the provisions of this update, the accounting policy election to apply the proportional amortization method can be made on a tax-credit-program-by-tax-credit-program basis for programs that meeting certain conditions and is not made at the reporting entity or individual investment level. Application of the proportional

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amortization method to any eligible tax credit investments will result in the cost of the investment being amortized in proportion to the income tax credits and other income tax benefits received, with the amortization being presented as a component of income tax expense (benefit), as opposed to current guidance under Topic 321, where any investment income, gains and losses and tax credits are all presented gross in the statement of income.

For public business entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for all entities in any interim period; if an entity adopts the amendments in an interim period, it shall adopt them as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. The amendments in this update must be applied on either a modified retrospective or a retrospective basis. The Company is currently assessing the provisions of this guidance, but does not expect adoption to have a material impact to its consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In October 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-06, “Disclosure Improvements,” to modify the disclosure or presentation requirements related to various subtopics in the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. The ASU was issued in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) August 2018 final rule that updated and simplified disclosure requirements that the SEC believed were redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated, or superseded. The amendments in this update are intended to align U.S. GAAP requirements with those of the SEC and to facilitate the application of U.S. GAAP for all entities. The amendments in this update add 14 of the 27 disclosure or presentation requirements identified in the SEC’s final rule to the Codification. However, each amendment in the ASU will only become effective if the SEC removes the related disclosure or presentation requirement from its existing regulations by June 30, 2027. For entities subject to the SEC’s existing disclosure requirements, such as the Company, the effective date for each amendment will be the date on which the SEC’s removal of that related disclosure from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K becomes effective, with early adoption prohibited. The amendments in this Update should be applied prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the provision of this guidance, but expects any applicable provisions to affect only presentation or disclosure and, therefore, have no effect on the results of operations or financial condition.

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

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The objective of this discussion and analysis is to provide material information relevant to the assessment of the financial condition and results of operations of Hancock Whitney Corporation and subsidiaries during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and selected comparable prior periods, including an evaluation of the amounts and certainty of cash flows from operations and outside sources. This discussion and analysis is intended to highlight and supplement financial and operating data and information presented elsewhere in this report, including the consolidated financial statements and related notes. The discussion contains forward-looking statements within the meaning and protections of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, our actual results may differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in other reports or documents that we file from time to time with the SEC include, but are not limited to, the following:

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general economic and business conditions in our local markets, including conditions affecting employment levels, interest rates, inflation, supply chains, the threat of recession, volatile equity capital markets, collateral values, property and casualty insurance costs, customer income, creditworthiness and confidence, spending and savings that may affect customer bankruptcies, defaults, charge-offs and deposit activity; and the impact of the foregoing on customer and client behavior (including the velocity and levels of deposit withdrawals and loan repayments);

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recent adverse developments in the banking industry highlighted by high-profile bank failures and the potential impact of such developments on customer confidence, liquidity and regulatory responses to these developments (including increases in the cost of our deposit insurance assessments), the Company's ability to effectively manage its liquidity risk and any growth plans, and the availability of capital and funding;

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balance sheet and revenue growth expectations may differ from actual results;

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the risk that our provision for loan losses may be inadequate or may be negatively affected by credit risk exposure;

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loan growth expectations;

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management’s predictions about charge-offs;

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fluctuations in commercial and residential real estate values, especially as they relate to the value of collateral supporting the Company's loans;

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the risk that our enterprise risk management framework may not identify or address risks adequately, which may result in unexpected losses;

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the impact of future business combinations upon our performance and financial condition including our ability to successfully integrate the businesses;

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deposit trends, including growth, pricing and betas;

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credit quality trends;

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changes in interest rates;

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the impact of reference rate reform;

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net interest margin trends, including the impact of changes in interest rates;

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changes in the cost and availability of funding due to changes in the deposit and credit markets;

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success of revenue-generating and cost reducing initiatives;

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future expense levels;

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changes in expense to revenue (efficiency ratio), including the risk that we may not realize and/or sustain the expected benefits from efficiency and growth initiatives or that we may not be able to realize cost savings or revenue benefits in the time period expected, which could negatively affect our future profitability;

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the effectiveness of derivative financial instruments and hedging activities to manage risks;

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risks related to our reliance on third parties to provide key components of our business infrastructure, including the risks related to disruptions in services or financial difficulties of a third-party vendor;

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risks related to potential claims, damages, penalties, fines and reputational damage resulting from pending or future litigation, regulatory proceedings or enforcement actions;

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risks related to the ability of our operational framework to manage risks associated with our business such as credit risk and operation risk, including third-party vendors and other service providers, which could among other things, result in a breach of operating or security systems as a result of a cyber-attack or similar act;

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the extensive use, reliability, disruption, and accuracy of the models and data we rely on;

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risks related to our implementation of new lines of business, new products and services, new technologies, and expansion of our existing business opportunities;

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projected tax rates;

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purchase accounting impacts, such as accretion levels;

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our ability to identify and address potential cybersecurity risks on our systems and/or third party vendors and service providers on which we rely, heightened by increased use of our virtual private network platform, including data security breaches, credential stuffing, malware, “denial-of-service” attacks, “hacking” and identity theft, a failure of which could disrupt our business and result in the disclosure of and/or misuse or misappropriation of confidential or proprietary information, disruption or damage to our systems, increased costs, losses, or adverse effects to our reputation;

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our ability to receive dividends from Hancock Whitney Bank could affect our liquidity, including our ability to pay dividends or take other capital actions;

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the risk that we may be required to make substantial expenditures to keep pace with regulatory initiatives and the rapid technology changes in the financial services market;

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the impact on our financial results, reputation, and business if we are unable to comply with all applicable federal and state regulations or other supervisory actions or directives and any necessary capital initiatives;

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our ability to effectively compete with other traditional and non-traditional financial services companies, some of whom possess greater financial resources than we do or are subject to different regulatory standards than we are;

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our ability to maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting;

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the financial impact of future tax legislation;

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the effects of war or other conflicts, including Russia's military action in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war, acts of terrorism, climate change, natural disasters such as hurricanes, freezes, flooding, man-made disasters, such as oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, health emergencies, epidemics or pandemics, or other catastrophic events that may affect general economic conditions, and/or increase costs, including, but not limited to, property and casualty and other insurance costs;

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risks related to environmental, social and governance ("ESG") legislation, rulemaking, activism and litigation, the scope and pace of which could alter our reputation and shareholder, associate, customer and third-party affiliations; and

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changes in laws and regulations affecting our businesses, including governmental monetary and fiscal policies, legislation and regulations relating to bank products and services, increased regulatory scrutiny resulting from recent bank failures, as well as changes in the enforcement and interpretation of such laws and regulations by applicable governmental and self-regulatory agencies, which could require us to change certain business practices, increase compliance risk, reduce our revenue, impose additional costs on us, or otherwise negatively affect our businesses;

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a deterioration of the credit rating for U.S. long-term sovereign debt, actions that the U.S. government may take to avoid exceeding the debt ceiling, and uncertainties surrounding the debt ceiling and the federal budget;

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the risk that the regulatory environment may not be conducive to or may prohibit the consummation of future mergers and/or business combinations, may increase the length of time and amount of resources required to consummate such transactions, and may reduce the anticipated benefit.

Also, any statement that does not describe historical or current facts is a forward-looking statement. These statements often include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “forecast,” “goals,” “targets,” “initiatives,” “focus,” “potentially,” “probably,” “projects,” “outlook,” or similar expressions or future conditional verbs such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” and “could.” Forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of management and on information currently available to management. Our statements speak as of the date hereof, and we do not assume any obligation to update these statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those contained in such statements in light of new information or future events.

Forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on such statements. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward looking statements. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially can be found in Part II, Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, or in other periodic reports that we file with the SEC.

You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We do not intend, and undertake no obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of differences in actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting such statements, except as required by law.

OVERVIEW

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations include non-GAAP measures used to describe our performance. These non-GAAP financial measures have inherent limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered on a standalone basis or as a substitute for analyses of financial condition and results as reported under GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures

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are not standardized and therefore, it may not be possible to compare these measures with other companies that present measures having the same or similar names. These disclosures should not be considered an alternative to GAAP.

A reconciliation of those measures to GAAP measures are provided in the Consolidated Financial Results table later in this item. The following is a summary of these non-GAAP measures and an explanation as to why they are deemed useful.

Consistent with the provisions of subpart 229.1400 of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation S-K, “Disclosures by Bank and Savings and Loan Registrants,” we present net interest income, net interest margin and efficiency ratios on a fully taxable equivalent (“te”) basis. The te basis adjusts for the tax-favored status of net interest income from certain loans and investments using a statutory federal tax rate of 21% to increase tax-exempt interest income to a taxable equivalent basis. We believe this measure to be the preferred industry measurement of net interest income, and that it enhances comparability of net interest income arising from taxable and tax-exempt sources.

We present certain additional non-GAAP financial measures to assist the reader with a better understanding of the Company’s performance period over period, as well as to provide investors with assistance in understanding the success management has experienced in executing its strategic initiatives. These non-GAAP measures may reference the concept “operating.” We use the term “operating” to describe a financial measure that excludes income or expense considered to be nonoperating in nature. Items identified as nonoperating are those that, when excluded from a reported financial measure, provide management or the reader with a measure that may be more indicative of forward-looking trends in our business.

We define Operating Pre-Provision Net Revenue as total revenue (te) less noninterest expense, excluding nonoperating items. Management believes that operating pre-provision net revenue is a useful financial measure because it enables investors and others to assess the Company’s ability to generate capital to cover credit losses through a credit cycle.

Current Economic Environment

U.S. economic activity remains resilient more than eighteen months into an aggressive campaign to tame inflation; however, the Federal Reserve has seen some success in slowing economic growth without precipitating a recession. Headline and core (less food and energy) inflation have receded considerably below their recent peaks, though at 3.7% and 4.1%, respectively, both remain well above the Federal Reserve's target rate of 2%. Third quarter 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 4.9% on an annual basis was better than expected and notably higher than that of the six preceding fiscal quarters. The labor market remains strong, but signs of softening have begun to show, with wage growth slowing throughout the quarter and the unemployment rate rising to 3.8% in the latter half. The Federal Reserve issued an additional 25-basis point interest rate increase in July, but held the rate steady at its September meeting. While the pace of consumer spending and the strength of the labor market may help prevent or reduce the severity of a potential recession, the likelihood that rates will remain higher for longer and possible additional interest rate increases may result in below-trend economic growth. Economic trends may be further influenced by factors outside of inflation, such as a potential shutdown of the U.S. government and expanding geopolitical conflict.

Within the financial services industry, particularly in the regional bank space, institutions continue to grapple with macroeconomic and industry-specific headwinds. The rising interest rate environment has fostered a continued shift within deposit composition toward higher cost products, although the pace of movement has slowed somewhat. Recent high-profile bank failures have prompted heightened regulatory scrutiny over an institution's liquidity and the stability of its deposit base, which has intensified competition for deposits and, in turn, placed further pressure on borrowing costs. The interest rate environment has also steadily affected the affordability of credit to consumers and business that has tempered loan demand. At the same time, economic uncertainty and industry turmoil has prompted many institutions to tighten credit standards.

Within our markets, loan growth has again moderated this quarter as demand has continued to slow amid rising interest rates and increased insurance costs. Further, we continue to narrow our credit appetite in certain sectors and shift our focus toward full-service relationships. However, interest rates on new, renewed and repricing variable rate loans continues to result in increased yields on earning assets. Our core client deposits, defined as total deposits excluding public funds and brokered deposits, grew this quarter as we continue to maintain our diversified deposit base with competitive pricing, as much of our client base remains interest rate sensitive.

Economic Outlook

We utilize economic forecasts produced by Moody’s Analytics (Moody’s) that provide various scenarios to assist in the development of our economic outlook. This outlook discussion utilizes the September 2023 Moody’s forecast, the most current available at September 30, 2023. The forecasts are anchored on a baseline forecast scenario, which Moody’s defines as the “most likely outcome” of where the economy is headed based on current conditions. Several upside and downside scenarios are produced that are derived from the baseline scenario that display varying depictions of economic performance as compared to the baseline.

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Management applied a weighting of 40% to the baseline and 60% to the mild recessionary S-2 scenario in the computation of the allowance for credit losses at September 30, 2023, consistent with the scenarios and respective weighting used at June 30, 2023. Our overall credit loss outlook has not changed significantly, and we continue to believe a mild recession is reasonably possible due to uncertainty in current economic conditions.

The baseline scenario continues to incorporate the belief that the Federal Reserve will accomplish its goal of bringing inflation to or below its target without precipitating a recession. Key assumptions within the September 2023 baseline forecast include the following: (1) the Federal Funds rate has reached its terminal value in the rate hiking cycle, with rate cuts forecasted to begin in June 2024; (2) banks will continue to limit credit growth, though the financial system overall remains stable; (3) the U.S government will shut down for two weeks in October 2023, resulting in a 20-basis point reduction in GDP growth that will be reversed in the succeeding quarter; (4) labor market softening has commenced, and the unemployment rate will continue to rise from its current rate of 3.8% to 4.1% in 2024 and 4.2% in 2025; (5) GDP will display modest annual growth of 2.1% in 2023, 1.4% in 2024, and 1.9% in 2025; and (6) the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield reached its recent high in the second quarter of 2023, and will continue to ease slightly through 2025.

The S-2 scenario predicts a mild recession beginning in the fourth quarter of 2023 that lasts for three quarters, with the stock market contracting 22%. Contributing to that prediction is (1) geopolitical conflict creates longer and wider supply chain disruption than assumed in the baseline scenario; (2) ongoing disruption in the financial services sector results in broader tightening of lending standards; (3) the unemployment rate averages 3.9% in 2023, 6.1% in 2024 (peaking at 6.5%), and 4.9% in 2025; (4) GDP grows 2.1% in 2023, but contracts to a negative 0.2% in 2024 before returning to a more moderate level of 2.5% in 2025; (5) because of the fragility of the economy, the Federal Reserve will begin lowering rates in the first quarter of 2024, earlier than expected in the baseline scenario.

As noted earlier, the credit loss outlook for our portfolio as a whole has not changed materially since June 30, 2023. Aside from a single sizable charge-off in the current quarter attributable to borrower-specific circumstances, our asset quality metrics have remained relatively stable over the preceding several quarters, with relatively low levels and fairly modest variation in nonaccrual loans and commercial criticized loans and a low level of all other net charge-offs. We continue to closely monitor our portfolio for customers that are sensitive to prolonged inflation and the elevated interest rate environment. We expect full year 2023 loan growth in the low-to-mid single digit range, reflecting our disciplined loan pricing, the potential for economic slowdown and a focus on lending to resilient borrowers with whom we have a full service relationship.

There are a number of uncertainties in the current economic outlook, including the Federal Reserve's actions with respect to inflation and, the recent downgrading of the United States of America's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating to 'AA+' from 'AAA,' and the potential for a government shutdown. The full extent of the impact of these factors, among others, is uncertain and may have a negative impact on the U.S. economy, including the possibility of an economic recession in the near or mid-term.

Highlights of the Third Quarter 2023

We reported net income for the third quarter of 2023 of $97.7 million, or $1.12 per diluted common share, compared to $117.8 million, or $1.35 per diluted common share, in the second quarter of 2023 and $135.4 million, or $1.55 per diluted common share, in the third quarter of 2022.

Third quarter 2023 results compared to second quarter 2023:

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Net income of $97.7 million, or $1.12 per diluted share, down $20.1 million, or $0.23 per diluted share

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Results reflect provision expense of $28.5 million, up from $7.6 million, and includes a $29.7 million charge-off related to a single syndicated borrower

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Pre-provision net revenue, a non-GAAP measure, totaled $153.4 million, down $4.4 million, or 3%

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Period-end loans of $24.0 billion increased $193.8 million, or 1%

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Criticized commercial loans and nonaccrual loans remain at relatively low levels

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Period-end deposits of $30.3 billion up $276.8 million, or 1%

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Net interest margin of 3.27%, down 3 basis points (bps) from 3.30%

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Common equity tier 1 ratio of 12.06%, up 23 bps, and tangible common equity ratio of 7.34%, down 16 bps

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Efficiency ratio of 56.38%, compared to 55.33%

Despite the challenges of the current economic environment, our third quarter of 2023 reflects continued solid results. Our net income was impacted by a single customer-specific idiosyncratic charge-off, but otherwise reflected a slowing decline in net interest income

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and a modest increase in noninterest income that was nearly offset by a similar increase in noninterest expense. We experienced modest loan growth that was fully funded by core client deposit growth. We continue to maintain what we believe is a stable and diversified deposit base, our allowance for credit losses is robust, and capital levels remain solid. Expense management, full-service client relationships and capital growth remain our focus as we continue to navigate the uncertain economic environment.

Consolidated Financial Results

The following table contains the consolidated financial results for the periods indicated.


	Three Months Ended										Nine Months Ended
(in thousands, except per share data)	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022		September 30, 2022		September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022
Income Statement Data:
Interest income	$	415,827	$	405,273	$	372,603	$	345,676	$	299,737	$	1,193,703	$	791,387
Interest income (te) (a)		418,679		408,110		375,187		348,291		302,340		1,201,976		799,120
Interest expense		146,593		131,362		87,609		50,175		19,430		365,564		36,885
Net interest income (te)		272,086		276,748		287,578		298,116		282,910		836,412		762,235
Provision for credit losses		28,498		7,633		6,020		2,487		1,402		42,151		(30,886	)
Noninterest income		85,974		83,225		80,330		77,064		85,337		249,529		254,422
Noninterest expense		204,675		202,138		200,884		190,154		193,502		607,697		560,538
Income before income taxes		122,035		147,365		158,420		179,924		170,740		427,820		479,272
Income tax expense		24,297		29,571		31,953		36,137		35,351		85,821		98,970
Net income	$	97,738	$	117,794	$	126,467	$	143,787	$	135,389	$	341,999	$	380,302

Balance Sheet Data:
Period end balance sheet data
Loans	$	23,983,679	$	23,789,886	$	23,404,523	$	23,114,046	$	22,585,585	$	23,983,679	$	22,585,585
Earning assets		32,733,591		32,715,630		34,106,792		31,873,027		31,213,449		32,733,591		31,213,449
Total assets		36,298,301		36,210,148		37,547,083		35,183,825		34,567,242		36,298,301		34,567,242
Noninterest-bearing deposits		11,626,371		12,171,817		12,860,027		13,645,113		14,290,817		11,626,371		14,290,817
Total deposits		30,320,337		30,043,501		29,613,070		29,070,349		28,951,274		30,320,337		28,951,274
Stockholders' equity		3,501,003		3,554,476		3,531,232		3,342,628		3,180,439		3,501,003		3,180,439
Average balance sheet data
Loans	$	23,830,724	$	23,654,994	$	23,086,529	$	22,723,248	$	22,138,709	$	23,526,808	$	21,643,149
Earning assets		33,137,565		33,619,829		32,753,781		32,244,681		31,783,801		33,171,798		32,583,652
Total assets		35,626,927		36,205,396		35,159,050		34,498,915		34,377,773		35,665,505		35,247,985
Noninterest-bearing deposits		11,453,236		12,153,453		12,963,133		13,854,625		14,323,646		12,184,410		14,447,445
Total deposits		29,757,180		29,372,899		28,792,851		28,816,338		29,180,626		29,311,176		29,727,009
Stockholders' equity		3,572,487		3,567,260		3,412,813		3,228,667		3,405,463		3,518,105		3,464,699
Common Shares Data:
Earnings per share - basic	$	1.12	$	1.35	$	1.45	$	1.65	$	1.56	$	3.93	$	4.35
Earnings per share - diluted		1.12		1.35		1.45		1.65		1.55		3.92		4.33
Cash dividends per common share		0.30		0.30		0.30		0.27		0.27		0.90		0.81
Book value per share (period end)		40.64		41.27		41.03		38.89		37.12		40.64		37.12
Tangible book value per share (period end)		30.16		30.76		30.47		28.29		26.44		30.16		26.44
Weighted average number of shares - diluted		86,437		86,370		86,282		86,249		86,020		86,368		86,439
Period end number of shares		86,148		86,123		86,066		85,941		85,686		86,148		85,686

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	Three Months Ended															Nine Months Ended
($ in thousands)	September 30, 2023			June 30, 2023			March 31, 2023			December 31, 2022			September 30, 2022			September 30, 2023			September 30, 2022
Performance and other data:
Return on average assets		1.09	%		1.30	%		1.46	%		1.65	%		1.56	%		1.28	%		1.44	%
Return on average common equity		10.85	%		13.24	%		15.03	%		17.67	%		15.77	%		13.00	%		14.68	%
Return on average tangible common equity		14.53	%		17.76	%		20.49	%		24.64	%		21.58	%		17.51	%		19.98	%
Tangible common equity (b)		7.34	%		7.50	%		7.16	%		7.09	%		6.73	%		7.34	%		6.73	%
Tangible common equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio		12.06	%		11.83	%		11.60	%		11.41	%		11.10	%		12.06	%		11.10	%
Net interest margin (te)		3.27	%		3.30	%		3.55	%		3.68	%		3.54	%		3.37	%		3.13	%
Noninterest income as a percentage of total revenue (te)		24.01	%		23.12	%		21.83	%		20.54	%		23.17	%		22.98	%		25.03	%
Efficiency ratio (c)		56.38	%		55.33	%		53.76	%		49.81	%		51.62	%		55.14	%		54.08	%
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total loans		1.28	%		1.32	%		1.32	%		1.33	%		1.36	%		1.28	%		1.36	%
Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total loans		1.40	%		1.45	%		1.46	%		1.48	%		1.50	%		1.40	%		1.50	%
Annualized net charge-offs to average loans		0.64	%		0.06	%		0.10	%		0.02	%		0.02	%		0.27	%		0.01	%
Nonaccrual loans as a percentage of loans		0.25	%		0.33	%		0.23	%		0.17	%		0.18	%		0.25	%		0.18	%
FTE headcount		3,681			3,705			3,679			3,627			3,607			3,681			3,607

Reconciliation of operating revenue and operating pre-provision net revenue (non-GAAP measure) (te) (d)
Net interest income	$	269,234		$	273,911		$	284,994		$	295,501		$	280,307		$	828,139		$	754,502
Noninterest income		85,974			83,225			80,330			77,064			85,337			249,529			254,422
Total revenue		355,208			357,136			365,324			372,565			365,644			1,077,668			1,008,924
Taxable equivalent adjustment		2,852			2,837			2,584			2,615			2,603			8,273			7,733
Nonoperating revenue		—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Total revenue (te)	$	358,060		$	359,973		$	367,908		$	375,180		$	368,247		$	1,085,941		$	1,016,657
Noninterest expense		(204,675	)		(202,138	)		(200,884	)		(190,154	)		(193,502	)		(607,697	)		(560,538	)
Nonoperating expense		—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Operating pre-provision net revenue (te)	$	153,385		$	157,835		$	167,024		$	185,026		$	174,745		$	478,244		$	456,119

(a)

For analytical purposes, management adjusts interest income and net interest income for tax-exempt items to a taxable equivalent basis using a federal income tax rate of 21%.

(b)

The tangible common equity ratio is common stockholders’ equity less intangible assets divided by total assets less intangible assets.

(c)

The efficiency ratio is noninterest expense to total net interest (te) and noninterest income, excluding amortization of purchased intangibles and nonoperating items.

(d)

Refer to the non-GAAP financial measures section of this analysis for a discussion of these measures.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Net Interest Income

Net interest income (te) for the third quarter of 2023 was $272.1 million, down $4.7 million, or 2%, compared to the second quarter of 2023 and was $836.4 million for the first nine months of 2023, up $74.2 million, or 10%, from the comparable period in 2022.

The decrease in net interest income (te) compared to the second quarter of 2023 is largely attributable to growth in and prevailing rates on interest-bearing liabilities outpacing those of earning assets. Interest expense increased $15.2 million, driven by an increase in cost of funds, largely due to an increase in average interest-bearing deposits as noninterest-bearing deposits continue to shift into higher cost products; partially offset by a lower level of short-term borrowings with less reliance on wholesale funding. The increase in interest income (te) of $10.6 million is largely due to higher interest rates on loans, partially offset by a reduction in the level of short term investments, as excess liquidity held earlier in the year was released. The impact of the additional day in the third quarter of 2023 added approximately $2.1 million to net interest income (te).

The net interest margin for the third quarter of 2023 was 3.27%, down 3 bps from 3.30% in the second quarter of 2023. The decline in the net interest margin from the prior quarter was largely driven by the change in deposit mix and rates, discussed above, down 24 bps, partially offset by an increase of 16 bps from the change in earning asset mix and increased loan yields and 5 bps from lower short term borrowing costs.

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The $74.2 million increase in net interest income (te) for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 includes a $402.9 million increase in interest income (te), partially offset by a $328.7 million increase in interest expense. The increase in interest income is largely due to the rising interest rate environment, a favorable change in the earning asset mix, and a $15.1 million decrease in net premium amortization on the securities portfolio. The favorable change in the average earning asset mix reflects a $1.9 billion increase in loans and a $1.3 billion decline in short-term investments. The increase in interest income was partially offset by a $3.6 million decrease in nonaccrual interest recoveries and a $1.9 million decrease in purchase accounting discount accretion. The increase in interest expense was largely driven by the shift in mix of deposits from noninterest-bearing and low interest-bearing transaction and savings deposits into higher cost products at competitive interest rates in the rising rate environment. In addition, we experienced increased borrowing costs, primarily attributable to FHLB advances, as low fixed-rate instruments were called and replaced with new instruments at prevailing interest rates with higher average balances.

The net interest margin for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was up 24 bps compared to the same period in 2022, largely as a result of the rising interest rate environment and a more favorable earning asset mix. The yield on earning assets was up 156 bps to 4.84%, while the cost of funds increased 132 bps to 1.47%.

We expect continued modest compression of 3 bps to 5 bps to the net interest margin for the fourth quarter of 2023. This assumes no additional Federal Funds interest rate increases in 2023, continued deposit remix with stabilizing costs and higher loan yields.

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The following tables detail the components of our net interest income (te) and net interest margin.


	Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2023							June 30, 2023							September 30, 2022
($ in millions)	Volume		Interest (d)		Rate			Volume		Interest (d)		Rate			Volume		Interest (d)		Rate
Average earning assets
Commercial & real estate loans (te) (a)	$	18,679.0	$	294.1		6.25	%	$	18,670.8	$	280.9		6.03	%	$	17,855.9	$	203.0		4.51	%
Residential mortgage loans		3,669.9		33.7		3.67	%		3,469.0		31.4		3.62	%		2,713.4		22.7		3.34	%
Consumer loans		1,481.8		32.2		8.61	%		1,515.2		30.7		8.14	%		1,569.4		23.2		5.87	%
Loan fees & late charges		—		0.3		0.00	%		—		—		0.00	%		—		1.3		0.00	%
Total loans (te) (b)		23,830.7		360.3		6.01	%		23,655.0		343.0		5.81	%		22,138.7		250.2		4.49	%
Loans held for sale		43.4		0.8		7.30	%		25.1		0.4		5.83	%		35.2		0.4		4.48	%
US Treasury and government agency securities		535.3		3.4		2.52	%		537.4		3.4		2.50	%		420.3		2.0		1.94	%
Mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations		7,450.5		42.7		2.29	%		7,552.0		43.2		2.29	%		7,822.4		40.9		2.09	%
Municipals (te)		879.2		6.5		2.98	%		894.9		6.7		3.00	%		911.5		6.8		2.97	%
Other securities		23.5		0.2		3.51	%		23.5		0.2		3.51	%		23.3		0.2		3.54	%
Total securities (te) (c)		8,888.5		52.8		2.37	%		9,007.8		53.5		2.38	%		9,177.5		49.9		2.17	%
Total short-term investments		375.0		4.8		5.08	%		931.9		11.2		4.83	%		432.4		1.8		1.69	%
Total earning assets (te)	$	33,137.6	$	418.7		5.02	%	$	33,619.8	$	408.1		4.87	%	$	31,783.8	$	302.3		3.78	%
Average interest-bearing liabilities
Interest-bearing transaction and savings deposits	$	10,583.2	$	51.4		1.93	%	$	10,478.4	$	41.3		1.58	%	$	11,164.4	$	4.3		0.15	%
Time deposits		4,868.7		53.8		4.38	%		3,759.3		36.9		3.93	%		954.4		0.4		0.18	%
Public funds		2,852.0		25.6		3.57	%		2,981.7		24.3		3.27	%		2,738.2		8.9		1.28	%
Total interest-bearing deposits		18,303.9		130.8		2.84	%		17,219.4		102.5		2.39	%		14,857.0		13.6		0.36	%
Repurchase agreements		538.1		2.2		1.64	%		497.9		1.7		1.38	%		516.6		0.2		0.13	%
Other short-term borrowings		772.9		10.5		5.40	%		1,888.7		24.1		5.10	%		434.0		2.5		2.36	%
Long-term debt		236.3		3.1		5.19	%		242.0		3.1		5.11	%		238.4		3.1		5.20	%
Total borrowings		1,547.3		15.8		4.06	%		2,628.6		28.9		4.40	%		1,189.0		5.8		1.96	%
Total interest-bearing liabilities		19,851.2		146.6		2.93	%		19,848.0		131.4		2.65	%		16,046.0		19.4		0.48	%
Net interest-free funding sources		13,286.4							13,771.8							15,737.8
Total cost of funds	$	33,137.6	$	146.6		1.76	%	$	33,619.8	$	131.4		1.57	%	$	31,783.8	$	19.4		0.24	%
Net interest spread (te)			$	272.1		2.09	%			$	276.7		2.21	%			$	282.9		3.30	%
Net interest margin	$	33,137.6	$	272.1		3.27	%	$	33,619.8	$	276.7		3.30	%	$	31,783.8	$	282.9		3.54	%

(a)

Taxable equivalent (te) amounts were calculated using a federal income tax rate of 21%.

(b)

Includes nonaccrual loans.

(c)

Average securities do not include unrealized holding gains/losses on available for sale securities.

(d)

Included in interest income is net purchase accounting accretion of $0.6 million, $0.7 million, and $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, and September 30, 2022, respectively.

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	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2023								September 30, 2022
($ in millions)	Volume		Interest (d)			Rate			Volume		Interest (d)		Rate
Average earning assets
Commercial & real estate loans (te) (a)	$	18,558.6	$	834.2			6.01	%	$	17,515.1	$	519.3		3.96	%
Residential mortgage loans		3,452.8		93.1			3.60	%		2,564.1		64.8		3.37	%
Consumer loans		1,515.4		92.1			8.12	%		1,563.9		61.2		5.23	%
Loan fees & late charges		—		(0.1	)		0.00	%		—		7.6		0.00	%
Total loans (te) (b)		23,526.8		1,019.3			5.79	%		21,643.1		652.9		4.03	%
Loans held for sale		30.6		1.4			6.38	%		49.1		1.5		4.17	%
US Treasury and government agency securities		538.0		10.1			2.50	%		402.0		5.4		1.79	%
Mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations		7,556.0		129.2			2.28	%		7,612.7		111.7		1.96	%
Municipals (te)		892.7		20.0			2.98	%		913.5		20.2		2.96	%
Other securities		23.5		0.6			3.51	%		21.8		0.5		3.40	%
Total securities (te) (c)		9,010.2		159.9			2.37	%		8,950.0		137.8		2.05	%
Total short-term investments		604.2		21.4			4.73	%		1,941.4		6.9		0.47	%
Total earning assets (te)	$	33,171.8	$	1,202.0			4.84	%	$	32,583.6	$	799.1		3.28	%
Average interest-bearing liabilities
Interest-bearing transaction and savings deposits	$	10,570.5	$	120.0			1.52	%	$	11,332.6	$	6.7		0.08	%
Time deposits		3,559.3		104.1			3.91	%		1,015.5		1.5		0.19	%
Public funds		2,997.0		73.7			3.29	%		2,931.4		14.2		0.65	%
Total interest-bearing deposits		17,126.8		297.8			2.32	%		15,279.5		22.4		0.20	%
Repurchase agreements		494.3		4.7			1.27	%		542.1		0.3		0.09	%
Other short-term borrowings		1,434.9		53.8			5.02	%		743.4		4.8		0.86	%
Long-term debt		240.1		9.3			5.14	%		240.2		9.4		5.19	%
Total borrowings		2,169.3		67.8			4.18	%		1,525.7		14.5		1.27	%
Total interest-bearing liabilities		19,296.1		365.6			2.53	%		16,805.2		36.9		0.29	%
Net interest-free funding sources		13,875.7								15,778.4
Total cost of funds	$	33,171.8	$	365.6			1.47	%	$	32,583.6	$	36.9		0.15	%
Net interest spread (te)			$	836.4			2.31	%			$	762.2		2.99	%
Net interest margin	$	33,171.8	$	836.4			3.37	%	$	32,583.6	$	762.2		3.13	%

(a)

Taxable equivalent (te) amounts were calculated using a federal income tax rate of 21%.

(b)

Includes nonaccrual loans.

(c)

Average securities do not include unrealized holding gains/losses on available for sale securities.

(d)

Included in interest income is net purchase accounting accretion of $2.1 million and $3.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Provision for Credit Losses

During the third quarter of 2023, we recorded a provision for credit losses of $28.5 million, compared to $7.6 million in the second quarter of 2023. The provision in the third quarter of 2023 included net charge-offs of $38.3 million and a reserve release of $9.8 million, compared to net charge-offs of $3.4 million and a reserve build of $4.2 million in the second quarter of 2023. The provision for credit losses in the third quarter of 2023 includes a $29.7 million charge-off and a $5.8 million reserve release attributable to a single individually evaluated credit where the expected resolution degraded since the previous quarter-end as the syndicated borrower converted from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 bankruptcy in August. This charge-off stemmed from borrower-specific circumstances that we do not believe to be indicative of an industry or portfolio trend.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we recorded a provision for credit losses of $42.2 million, compared to a negative provision for credit losses of $30.9 million in the same period in 2022. The provision for credit losses in the first nine months of 2023 included net charge-offs of $47.3 million and a reserve release of $5.2 million, compared to net charge-offs of $0.9 million and a reserve release of $31.8 million in the first nine months of 2022. The provision for credit losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 includes the $29.7 million charge-off attributable to the single individually evaluated credit described above. The negative provision for credit losses for the same period in 2022 reflects the gradual release of pandemic-related allowance as overall credit performance and economic conditions in our markets continued to improve.

Net charge-offs in the third quarter of 2023 were $38.3 million, or 0.64% of average total loans on an annualized basis, compared to net charge-offs of $3.4 million, or 0.06%, in the second quarter of 2023. The single customer charge-off in the third quarter of 2023

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comprised 50 bps of the net charge-off ratio, with the remainder representing a more normalized level of losses. The third quarter of 2023 included net charge-offs of $35.5 million in the commercial portfolio and $3.1 million in the consumer portfolio, partially offset by net recoveries of $0.4 million in the residential mortgage portfolio. The second quarter of 2023 included net charge-offs of $1.2 million in the commercial portfolio and $2.5 million in the consumer portfolio, partially offset by net recoveries of $0.3 million in the residential mortgage portfolio. Net charge-offs in the first nine months of 2023 were $47.3 million, or 0.27% of average loans, comprised of net charge-offs of $40.1 million in the commercial portfolio and $8.1 million in the consumer portfolio, partially offset by net recoveries of $0.9 million in the residential mortgage portfolio. Net charge-offs for the first nine months of 2022 were $0.9 million, or 0.01% of average loans, which was attributable to net charge-offs of $5.0 million in the consumer portfolio, largely offset by net recoveries in both the commercial portfolio and the residential mortgage portfolio totaling $2.7 million and $1.4 million, respectively.

We expect to see low to modest charge-offs and provision for credit losses in the fourth quarter of 2023. However, loan growth, portfolio mix, asset quality metrics and future assumptions in economic forecasts will drive the level of credit loss reserves.

The discussion labeled "Allowance for Credit Losses and Asset Quality" that appears later in this Item provides additional information on these changes and on general credit quality.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income totaled $86.0 million for the third quarter of 2023, up $2.8 million, or 3%, from the second quarter of 2023. The increase in noninterest income from the second quarter of 2023 was largely attributable to increases in other miscellaneous income, including small business investment company income, dividends on Federal Home Loan Bank stock and other fee income from our specialty lines of business. Other changes include higher service charges on deposit accounts, secondary mortgage market operations, investment and annuity fees, and income from bank-owned life insurance, partially offset by a decrease in trust fees and bank card and ATM fees and derivative income. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, noninterest income totaled $249.5 million, down $4.9 million, or 2%, from the same period in 2022. The decline is largely attributable to decreases in income from derivatives, secondary mortgage market operations and bank-owned life insurance, partially offset by increases in investment and annuity fees and trust fees. See further discussion below.

The components of noninterest income are presented in the following table for the indicated periods.


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,		June 30,		September 30,		September 30,		September 30,
($ in thousands)	2023		2023		2022		2023		2022
Service charges on deposit accounts	$	22,264	$	21,491	$	23,272	$	64,377	$	65,441
Trust fees		16,593		17,393		16,048		50,720		48,636
Bank card and ATM fees		20,555		20,982		21,412		62,258		63,678
Investment and annuity fees and insurance commissions		8,520		8,241		6,492		25,628		21,920
Secondary mortgage market operations		2,609		2,299		3,284		7,076		10,020
Income from bank-owned life insurance		3,633		3,364		4,784		10,283		12,602
Credit related fees		3,253		3,231		2,628		9,249		7,840
Income from customer and other derivatives		418		584		1,309		1,585		6,386
Securities transactions, net		—		—		—		—		(87	)
Other miscellaneous		8,129		5,640		6,108		18,353		17,986
Total noninterest income	$	85,974	$	83,225	$	85,337	$	249,529	$	254,422

Service charges on deposit accounts are composed of overdraft and nonsufficient funds fees, business and corporate account analysis fees, overdraft protection fees and other customer transaction-related charges. Service charges on deposits totaled $22.3 million for the third quarter of 2023, up $0.8 million, or 4%, from the second quarter of 2023. The increase from the previous quarter is primarily attributable to the consumer account fees, as lower average noninterest-bearing balances have resulted in an increase in account service charges. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, service charges on deposits totaled $64.4 million, down $1.1 million, or 2%, from the same period in 2022. The year over year decline is primarily attributable to consumer overdraft and other service charges, the result of the elimination of certain consumer non-sufficient funds and overdraft fees in late 2022.

Trust fee income represents revenue generated from a full range of trust services, including asset management and custody services provided to individuals, businesses and institutions. Trust fees totaled $16.6 million for the second quarter of 2023, down $0.8 million, or 5%, from the prior quarter, largely attributable to seasonal income tax preparation fees recorded in the second quarter. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, trust fees totaled $50.7 million, an increase of $2.1 million, or 4%, from the same period in 2022.

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The year over year increase was primarily from corporate and institutional trust accounts, largely a product of the rising interest rate environment.

Bank card and ATM fees include interchange and other income from credit and debit card transactions, fees earned from processing card transactions for merchants, and fees earned from ATM transactions. Bank card and ATM fees totaled $20.6 million for the third quarter of 2023, down $0.4 million, or 2%, from the second quarter of 2023, with modestly lower activity across all products. Bank card and ATM fees for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 totaled $62.3 million, down $1.4 million, or 2%, from the same period in 2022. The year over year decline was driven primarily by decreases in merchant, debit card and ATM fees, partially offset by an increase in credit and purchasing card revenue.

Investment and annuity fees and insurance commissions, which include both fees earned from sales of annuity and insurance products, as well as managed account fees, totaled $8.5 million, up $0.3 million, or 3%, from the second quarter of 2023. The linked quarter increase is primarily attributable to strong annuity sales performance, investment management fees and corporate underwriting fees. Investment and annuity fees and insurance commissions totaled $25.6 million, up $3.7 million, or 17%, from the same period in 2022. The year over year increase includes a $3.0 million increase in annuity fees, reflective of increased demand amid the rising interest rate environment, and a $1.3 million increase in trading commissions. These increases were partially offset by a $0.6 million decline in other investment fees.

Income from secondary mortgage market operations is comprised of income produced from the origination and sales of residential mortgage loans in the secondary market. We offer a full range of mortgage products to our customers and typically sell longer-term fixed-rate loans while retaining the majority of adjustable-rate loans, as well as loans generated through programs to support customer relationships. Secondary mortgage market operations income will vary based on application volume and pull through rates. Income from secondary mortgage market operations was $2.6 million in the third quarter of 2023, up $0.3 million, or 13%, from the second quarter of 2023. The increase from the second quarter of 2023 is primarily attributable to an increase in the percentage of loans sold in the secondary market. The percentage of mortgage loans sold in the secondary market to total originations (as opposed to those held in our portfolio) was 68% in the third quarter of 2023, compared to 34% in the second quarter of 2023. Secondary mortgage market operations income for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 totaled $7.1 million, down $2.9 million, or 29%, from the same period in 2022. The year over year decline is largely attributable to a decline in application volume and loans closed, driven by the sharp rise in interest rates that followed a two-year period of very favorable interest rates, partially offset by a higher percentage of originated loans sold in the secondary market, up to 38% compared to 23% in the prior year.

Income from bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) is typically generated through insurance benefit proceeds as well as the growth of the cash surrender value of insurance contracts held. Income from BOLI was $3.6 million for the third quarter of 2023, up $0.3 million, or 8%, from the second quarter of 2023 primarily due to higher mortality gains. Income from BOLI for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 totaled $10.3 million, down $2.3 million, or 18% from the same period in 2022. The year over year decrease reflects declines in income from cash surrender value and mortality gains.

Credit-related fees include fees assessed on letters of credit and unused portions of loan commitments. Credit-related fees were $3.2 million for the third quarter of 2023, virtually unchanged from the second quarter of 2023. Credit-related fees for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 totaled $9.2 million, up $1.4 million, or 18%, from the same period in 2022, with increases across all products. Income from these products will vary based on letters of credit issued, credit line utilization and prevailing assessment rates.

Income from customer and other derivatives is largely derived from our customer interest rate derivative program and totaled $0.4 million for the third quarter of 2023, down $0.2 million, or 28%, from the prior quarter. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, income from derivatives totaled $1.6 million, down $4.8 million, or 75%, from the same period in 2022. Derivative income can be volatile and is dependent upon the composition of the portfolio, volume and mix of sales and termination activity, and market value adjustments due to market interest rate movement. The substantial year over year decline in derivative income is largely tied to the significant change in the interest rate environment present in each of the comparative periods, which affects demand for variable rate loans and related derivative products, valuation adjustments, and related collateral income/expense for the program as a whole.

Other miscellaneous income is comprised of various items, including income from small business investment companies (SBIC), Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock dividends, and fees from loan syndication and other specialty lines of business. Other miscellaneous income totaled $8.1 million, up $2.5 million, or 44%, from the prior quarter. The linked quarter increase was largely driven by a $1.0 million increase in SBIC income, a $0.8 million increase in dividends on FHLB stock, and a $0.7 million increase in net gain on sale of assets that were largely related to our specialty business lines. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, other miscellaneous income totaled $18.4 million, up $0.4 million, or 2%, from the same period in 2022. The year over year change was largely attributable to an increase of $3.1 million in FHLB stock dividends that was largely offset by a $1.2 million decrease in net gains on sales of assets, an $0.8 million decrease in SBIC income and a $0.6 million decrease in fees from specialty business lines.

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We expect noninterest income for the fourth quarter of 2023 will be down slightly from the third quarter, with the full year 2023 expected to increase 1% to 2% from 2022.

Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expense for the third quarter of 2023 was $204.7 million, up $2.5 million, or 1%, from the second quarter of 2023. The increase in noninterest expense from the second quarter of 2023 was largely driven by increases in personnel expense, net occupancy and equipment expense, and professional services expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, noninterest expense totaled $607.7 million, up $47.2 million, or 8%, from the same period in 2022. The year over year increase is attributable to most expense categories, notably personnel expense, other retirement expense, data processing expense, regulatory fees, bank share tax and occupancy and equipment expenses. Approximately 41% of the year over year increase in noninterest expense is attributable to the increases in other retirement expense and deposit and regulatory fees. A more detailed discussion of these and other noninterest expense variances follows.

The components of noninterest expense for the periods indicated are presented in the following tables.


	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	September 30,			June 30,			September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
($ in thousands)	2023			2023			2022			2023			2022
Compensation expense	$	95,650		$	94,121		$	98,985		$	282,174		$	279,133
Employee benefits		20,616			20,743			19,937			64,279			62,355
Personnel expense		116,266			114,864			118,922			346,453			341,488
Net occupancy expense		13,434			12,707			12,411			38,347			36,316
Equipment expense		4,776			5,043			4,527			14,555			14,097
Data processing expense		29,822			29,562			26,768			87,566			77,176
Professional services expense		9,519			8,915			9,679			27,565			25,895
Amortization of intangible assets		2,813			2,957			3,428			8,884			10,762
Deposit insurance and regulatory fees		5,851			6,463			3,596			18,234			10,839
Other real estate and foreclosed asset income, net		(26	)		(282	)		(1,782	)		(153	)		(3,634	)
Corporate value and franchise taxes and other non-income taxes		5,238			5,241			4,010			15,732			12,816
Advertising		3,621			3,476			3,533			10,353			10,211
Telecommunications and postage		2,590			2,712			3,027			8,373			8,923
Entertainment and contributions		2,765			2,582			2,231			7,978			7,632
Tax credit investment amortization		1,494			1,402			1,004			4,297			3,012
Printing and supplies		968			1,149			971			3,107			2,892
Travel expense		1,368			1,651			1,239			4,065			3,022
Net other retirement expense		(3,228	)		(3,312	)		(7,570	)		(10,195	)		(22,123	)
Other miscellaneous		7,404			7,008			7,508			22,536			21,214
Total noninterest expense	$	204,675		$	202,138		$	193,502		$	607,697		$	560,538

Personnel expense consists of salaries, incentive compensation, long-term incentives, payroll taxes, and other employee benefits such as 401(k), pension, and insurance for medical, life and disability. Personnel expense totaled $116.3 million for the third quarter of 2023, up $1.4 million, or 1%, from the prior quarter. The linked quarter increase in expense reflects a decrease in expense deferrals as lower originations reduced the amount of personnel expense capitalized, largely in residential mortgage where volume was down and a larger portion was sold in the secondary market. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, personnel expense totaled $346.5 million, up $5.0 million, or 1%, from the same period in 2022. The year over year change reflects increases of $17.0 million in salary expense as a result of increased head count and annual merit increases, and $1.9 million in benefits expense, partially offset by a $14.0 million decrease in bonus and incentive pay expense.

Occupancy and equipment expenses are primarily composed of lease expenses, depreciation, maintenance and repairs, rent, taxes, and other equipment expenses. Occupancy and equipment expenses totaled $18.2 million for the third quarter of 2023, up $0.5 million or 3%, from the prior quarter, due largely to a gain on a lease termination of $0.6 million reflected in the prior quarter. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, occupancy and equipment expenses totaled $52.9 million, up $2.5 million, or 5%, driven largely by increases of $1.4 million in insurance expense and $0.8 million depreciation expense on furniture and equipment.

Data processing expense includes expenses related to third party technology processing and servicing costs, technology project costs and fees associated with bank card and ATM transactions. Data processing expense was $29.8 million for the third quarter of 2023, up

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$0.3 million, or 1%, from the second quarter of 2023. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, data processing expense totaled $87.6 million, up $10.4 million, or 13%, from the same period in 2022, largely attributable to an increase in costs associated with the implementation of technology enhancement projects, including maintenance and amortization of bank-owned software of $4.0 million, and new data processing arrangements of $1.7 million.

Professional services expense for the third quarter of 2023 totaled $9.5 million, up $0.6 million, or 7%, from the second quarter of 2023. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, professional services expense totaled $27.6 million, up $1.7 million, or 6%, from the same period in 2022, driven by an increase in consulting fees. Professional service expense may vary from period to period, generally related to consulting and legal needs.

Deposit insurance and regulatory fees for the third quarter of 2023 totaled $5.9 million, down $0.6 million, or 9%, from the second quarter of 2023, due largely to improvement in the risk based assessment. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, deposit insurance and regulatory fees totaled $18.2 million, up $7.4 million, or 68%, from the same period in 2022. The year over year increase includes $4.9 million attributable to a two-basis point increase in the deposit insurance fund assessment that was effective January 1, 2023 and will remain in effect until the Deposit Insurance Fund reserve ratio to insured deposits meets the FDIC’s long-term goal for the fund. The remaining increase reflects $1.5 million of higher deposit insurance expense resulting from an increase in our assessment base and rates, and $1.0 million in state regulatory fees and special assessments. The Company expects to incur an additional FDIC deposit insurance charge in 2023 related to a special assessment to recover the costs associated with the systemic risk exception utilized in the March 2023 bank failures, the amount of which is still unknown. See further discussion below.

Net gains on sales of other real estate and foreclosed assets outpaced expense by less than $0.1 million in the third quarter of 2023, compared to $0.3 million in the second quarter of 2023. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, net gains on sales of other real estate and foreclosed assets outpaced expense by $0.2 million, compared to $3.6 million for the same period in 2022, reflecting a higher number of property sales in the prior year. The level of net expense or income associated with maintaining the ORE portfolio can vary depending on sales activity and/or valuation adjustments. Gains or losses on the sale of other real estate and foreclosed assets may occur periodically and are dependent on the number and type of assets for sale and current market conditions.

Corporate value, franchise and other non-income tax expense for the third quarter of 2023 totaled $5.2 million, virtually unchanged from the prior quarter. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, corporate value, franchise and other non-income tax expense totaled $15.7 million, up $2.9 million, or 23%, from the same period in 2022, largely attributable to bank share tax. The calculation of bank share tax is based on multiple variables, including average quarterly assets, earnings and stockholders’ equity to determine the taxable assessment value.

Business development-related expenses (including advertising, travel, entertainment and contributions) totaled $7.8 million for the third quarter of 2023, up $0.1 million, or less than 1%, from the second quarter of 2023. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, business development-related expenses totaled $22.4 million, up $1.5 million, or 7%, from the same period in 2022, largely attributable to travel expense. The timing and level of business development expense can vary based on business needs and promotional campaigns.

All other expenses, excluding amortization of intangibles, totaled $9.2 million for the third quarter of 2023, up $0.3 million, or 3%, from the second quarter of 2023, primarily attributable to other miscellaneous losses. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, all other expenses, excluding amortization of intangibles, totaled $28.1 million, up $14.2 million from the same period in 2022. The year over year variance is largely attributable to an $11.9 million increase in pension-related other retirement expense that is driven by an increase in the discount rate and other changes in actuarial assumptions for the current plan year. The remaining difference includes a $1.3 million increase in tax credit investment amortization and higher other miscellaneous losses.

We expect fourth quarter 2023 noninterest expense will be down slightly from the third quarter, with the full year 2023 expected to increase 7.5% to 8.5% from 2022. The anticipated year-over-year increase includes unfavorable changes in retirement (pension) expense and the two basis point FDIC assessment increase as described above. This guidance does not include any potential expense from a deposit insurance special assessment in connection with the systemic risk exception discussed below.

On May 11, 2023, the FDIC Board of Directors published a notice of proposed rulemaking that would impose a special assessment to recover the loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund arising from the protection of uninsured depositors in connection with the systemic risk determination announced on March 12, 2023, following the closures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. While we expect the final rule will be implemented, we believe that it is likely there will be modifications to the proposed calculation. Based on the information currently available, the Company estimates the special assessment expense under the proposed rule to be approximately $24 million. Upon issuance of the final rule, the Company will accrue the full amount of the special assessment expense in the period in which the expense is probable and estimable, which is expected to occur before year end 2023.

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Income Taxes

The effective income tax rate for the third quarter of 2023 was approximately 19.9% compared to 20.1% in the second quarter of 2023. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was 20.1%, compared to 20.7% for the same period in 2022. Based on the current forecast, management expects the effective income tax rate to be approximately 21% in 2023.

Our effective tax rate has historically varied from the federal statutory rate primarily because of tax-exempt income and tax credits. Interest income on bonds issued by or loans to state and municipal governments and authorities, and earnings from the bank-owned life insurance program are the major components of tax-exempt income. The main source of tax credits has been investments in tax-advantaged securities and tax credit projects. These investments are made primarily in the markets we serve and are directed at tax credits issued under the Federal and State New Market Tax Credit (“NMTC”) programs, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (“LIHTC”) programs, as well as pre-2018 Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (“QZAB”) and Qualified School Construction Bonds (“QSCB”). These investments generate tax credits, which reduce current and future taxes and are recognized when earned as a benefit in the provision for income taxes.

We have invested in NMTC projects through investments in our own Community Development Entities (“CDE”), as well as other unrelated CDEs. Federal tax credits from NMTC investments are recognized over a seven-year period, while recognition of the benefits from state tax credits varies from three to five years. We have also invested in affordable housing projects that generate federal LIHTC tax credits that are recognized over a ten-year period, beginning in the year the rental activity begins. The amortization of the LIHTC investment cost is recognized as a component of income tax expense in proportion to the tax credits recognized over the ten-year credit period.

Based on tax credit investments that have been made to date in 2023, we expect to realize benefits from federal and state tax credits over the next three years totaling $12.4 million, $9.8 million and $8.2 million in 2024, 2025 and 2026, respectively. We intend to continue making investments in tax credit projects. However, our ability to access new credits will depend upon, among other factors, federal and state tax policies and the level of competition for such credits.

In August 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA of 2022) was signed into law to address inflation, healthcare costs, climate change and renewal energy incentives, among other things. Included in the IRA of 2022 are provisions for the creation of a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax rate (CAMT) that is effective for tax years beginning January 1, 2023 for corporations with an average annual adjusted financial statement income in excess of $1 billion. Based on information available to date, we do not anticipate our consolidated corporate group to be subject to the 15% CAMT, absent any further changes in law.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Liquidity

Liquidity management ensures that funds are available to meet the cash flow requirements of our depositors and borrowers, while also meeting the operating, capital and strategic cash flow needs of the Company, the Bank and other subsidiaries. As part of the overall asset and liability management process, liquidity management strategies and measurements have been developed to manage and monitor liquidity risk. The Company had access to sufficient liquidity at September 30, 2023, summarized as follows:


	September 30, 2023
($ in thousands)	Total Available		Amount Used		Net Availability
Available Sources of Funding:
Internal Sources:
Free securities	$	3,542,223	$	—	$	3,542,223
External Sources:
Federal Home Loan Bank (a)		6,845,445		987,090		5,858,355
Federal Reserve Bank		3,459,651		—		3,459,651
Brokered deposits		4,554,651		1,157,243		3,397,408
Other		1,369,000		—		1,369,000
Total Available Sources of Funding	$	19,770,970	$	2,144,333	$	17,626,637
Cash and other interest-bearing bank deposits						1,359,300
Total Liquidity					$	18,985,937

(a) Amount used includes funded advances and letters of credit.

The recent failures of three major regional U.S. banks that experienced large-scale deposit runs has brought the subject of bank liquidity into focus. Dampened depositor confidence over a financial institution's ability to protect deposit balances in excess of the federally insured limit is thought to pose a higher likelihood of a deposit run, and, in turn, the risk that the institution may have insufficient liquidity to meet the demand. At September 30, 2023, our available on and off-balance sheet liquidity of $19.0 billion is well in excess of our estimated uninsured, noncollateralized deposits of approximately $10.5 billion.

The asset portion of the balance sheet provides liquidity primarily through loan principal repayments, maturities and repayments of investment securities and occasional sales of various assets. Short-term investments such as federal funds sold, securities purchased under agreements to resell and interest-bearing deposits with the Federal Reserve Bank or with other commercial banks are additional sources of liquidity to meet cash flow requirements. Free securities represent unpledged securities that can be sold or used as collateral for borrowings, and include unpledged securities assigned to short-term dealer repurchase agreements or to the Federal Reserve Bank discount window. Management has established an internal target for the ratio of free securities to total securities of 20% or greater. As shown in the table below, our ratio of free securities to total securities was 46.12% at September 30, 2023, compared to 41.23% at June 30, 2023 and 41.59% at December 31, 2022. The free securities ratio at March 31, 2023 of 28.45% was impacted by pledging additional securities to the Federal Reserve Bank, done as a cautionary measure to increase borrowing capacity under its discount window as a result of the first quarter of 2023 bank failures. The total pledged securities were $4.3 billion at September 30, 2023, compared to $4.7 billion at June 30, 2023 and $4.9 billion at December 31, 2022. Both securities and FHLB letters of credit are pledged as collateral related to public funds and repurchase agreements.


	September 30,			June 30,			March 31,			December 31,			September 30,
Liquidity Metrics	2023			2023			2023			2022			2022
Free securities / total securities		46.12	%		41.23	%		28.45	%		41.59	%		49.79	%
Core deposits / total deposits		90.85	%		91.63	%		94.83	%		98.12	%		98.93	%
Wholesale funds / core deposits		10.24	%		11.00	%		15.43	%		7.43	%		6.23	%
Quarter-to-date average loans /quarter-to-date average deposits		80.08	%		80.53	%		80.18	%		78.86	%		75.87	%

The liability portion of the balance sheet provides liquidity mainly through the ability to use cash sourced from customers’ interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing deposit accounts. At September 30, 2023, deposits totaled $30.3 billion, an increase of $276.8 million, or 1%, from June 30, 2023 and an increase of $1.2 billion, or 4% from December 31, 2022. The increase from June 30, 2023 was attributable to growth in interest-bearing deposits, particularly in time deposits amid the favorable interest rate environment. Growth in interest-bearing deposits was partially offset by a decrease in noninterest-bearing deposits, some of which represents a shift to interest-bearing products. The increase from December 31, 2022 is primarily attributable to an increase in time deposits, both retail

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and brokered, partially offset by an outflow of noninterest-bearing and public funds deposits. Brokered time deposits totaled $1.2 billion at both September 30, 2023 and June 30, 2023 and is comprised primarily of brokered certificates of deposits added in the first half of 2023. In March, we added $568 million of brokered certificates of deposit that mature in December 2023 and bear interest plus fees of 5.45% per annum and, in May, we added $590 million of brokered certificates of deposit that bear interest plus fees of 5.35% per annum, of which, $195 million will mature in February 2024 and $395 million will mature in May 2024. The use of brokered deposits as a funding source is subject to certain policies regarding the amount, term and interest rate.

Core deposits consist of total deposits excluding certificates of deposit of $250,000 or more and brokered deposits. Core deposits totaled $27.5 billion at September 30, 2023, virtually unchanged compared to June 30, 2023 and down $1.0 billion, or 3%, compared to December 31, 2022. The decline in core deposits compared to the prior year reflects the shift of deposits into certificates of deposits of $250,000 or more, up $1.1 billion compared to December 31, 2022, largely due to attractive interest rates offered in the current year. The ratio of core deposits to total deposits was 90.85% at September 30, 2023, compared to 91.63% at June 30, 2023 and 98.12% at December 31, 2022.

Purchases of federal funds, securities sold under agreements to repurchase and other short-term borrowings from customers provide additional sources of liquidity to meet short-term funding requirements. Besides funding from customer sources, the Bank has a line of credit with the FHLB that is secured by blanket pledges of certain mortgage loans. At September 30, 2023, the Bank had borrowings of $900 million and approximately $5.9 billion available under this line. The unused borrowing capacity at the Federal Reserve’s discount window is approximately $3.5 billion. There were no outstanding borrowings with the Federal Reserve at any date during any period covered by this report. In response to the March 2023 bank failures and resulting liquidity concerns, the Federal Reserve established a Bank Term Funding Program, available to eligible depository institutions to provide an additional source of liquidity secured by U.S. Treasury and government agency and mortgage-backed securities, and other qualifying assets at par. As a cautionary measure, the Bank registered for the program at its inception, but has not, and does not intend to borrow under this program.

Wholesale funds, which are comprised of short-term borrowings, long-term debt and brokered deposits were 10.24% of core deposits at September 30, 2023, compared to 11.00% at June 30, 2023 and 7.43% at December 31, 2022. At September 30, 2023, wholesale funds totaled $2.8 billion, a decrease of $208.8 million, or 7%, from June 30, 2023 and an increase of $0.7 billion, or 33%, from December 31, 2022. The linked-quarter decrease was primarily due to a $200 million paydown of FHLB advances. The increase from December 31, 2022 reflects the addition of $1.2 billion in brokered deposits, partially offset by a net reduction in FHLB advances of $525 million. The Company has established an internal target for wholesale funds to be less than 25% of core deposits.

Another measure used to monitor our liquidity position is the loan-to-deposit ratio (average loans outstanding for the reporting period divided by average deposits outstanding). The loan-to-deposit ratio measures the amount of funds the Company lends for each dollar of deposits on hand. Our average loan-to-deposit ratio for the third quarter of 2023 was 80.08%, compared to 80.53% for the second quarter of 2023 and 78.86% for the fourth quarter of 2022. Management has an established target range for the loan-to-deposit ratio of 87% to 89%, but will operate outside that range under certain circumstances, such as those caused by the pandemic and subsequent rising interest rate environment where deposits became and have remained elevated.

Cash generated from operations is another important source of funds to meet liquidity needs. The Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows included in Part I, Item 1 of this document present operating cash flows and summarize all significant sources and uses of funds during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.

Dividends received from the Bank have been the primary source of funds available to the Parent for the payment of dividends to our stockholders and for servicing its debt. The liquidity management process takes into account the various regulatory provisions that can limit the amount of dividends the Bank can distribute to the Parent. The Parent targets cash and other liquid assets to provide liquidity in an amount sufficient to fund approximately six quarters of ongoing cash or liquid asset needs, consisting primarily of common stockholder dividends, debt service requirements, and any expected share repurchase or early extinguishment of debt. The Parent may operate below the target level on a temporary basis if a return to the target can be achieved in the near-term, generally not to exceed four quarters. The Parent had cash and liquid assets of $198.6 million at September 30, 2023.

Capital Resources

Stockholders’ equity totaled $3.5 billion at September 30, 2023, down $53.5 million, or 2%, from June 30, 2023 and up $158.4 million, or 5%, from December 31, 2022. The decrease from June 30, 2023 is attributable to other comprehensive loss of $132.2 million, net of tax, primarily attributable to fair value adjustments on securities available for sale and cash flow hedges, and dividends of $26.4 million. These factors were partially offset by net income of $97.7 million and $7.4 million of long-term incentive plan and dividend reinvestment activity. The increase from December 31, 2022 is attributable to net income of $342.0 million, $18.4 million of

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long-term incentive plan and dividend reinvestment activity. These factors were partially offset by other comprehensive loss of $122.8 million, net of tax and dividends of $79.2 million.

The tangible common equity (TCE) ratio was 7.34% at September 30, 2023, down 16 bps from 7.50% at June 30, 2023 and up 25 bps from 7.09% at December 31, 2022. TCE is influenced by net income, tangible net assets, other comprehensive income or loss, and dividends.

The regulatory capital ratios of the Company and the Bank at September 30, 2023 remained well in excess of current regulatory minimum requirements, including capital conservation buffers, by at least $683 million. The Company and the Bank have been categorized as “well-capitalized” in the most recent notices received from our regulators. Refer to the Supervision and Regulation section in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 for further discussion of our capital requirements.

The following table shows the regulatory capital ratios for the Company and the Bank as calculated under current rules for the indicated periods. The capital ratios reflect the election to use the CECL five-year transition rule that allowed for the option to delay for two years the estimated impact of CECL on regulatory capital (0% in 2020 and 2021), followed by a three-year transition (25% in 2022, 50% in 2023, 75% in 2024, and 100% thereafter). The two-year delay included the full impact of January 1, 2020 cumulative effect impact plus an estimated impact of CECL calculated quarterly as 25% of the current ACL over the January 1, 2020 balance (modified transition amount). The modified transition amount was recalculated each quarter in 2020 and 2021, with the December 31, 2021 impact of $24.9 million plus day one impact of $44.1 million (net of tax) carrying through the remaining three years of the transition, as adjusted by the applicable transition percentage, equating to $34.5 million at September 30, 2023.


	Well-			September 30,			June 30,			March 31,			December 31,			September 30,
	Capitalized			2023			2023			2023			2022			2022
Total capital (to risk weighted assets)
Hancock Whitney Corporation		10.00	%		13.63	%		13.44	%		13.21	%		12.97	%		12.67	%
Hancock Whitney Bank		10.00	%		12.82	%		12.70	%		12.54	%		12.39	%		12.16	%
Tier 1 common equity capital (to risk weighted assets)
Hancock Whitney Corporation		6.50	%		12.06	%		11.83	%		11.60	%		11.41	%		11.10	%
Hancock Whitney Bank		6.50	%		11.83	%		11.68	%		11.52	%		11.43	%		11.20	%
Tier 1 capital (to risk weighted assets)
Hancock Whitney Corporation		8.00	%		12.06	%		11.83	%		11.60	%		11.41	%		11.10	%
Hancock Whitney Bank		8.00	%		11.83	%		11.68	%		11.52	%		11.43	%		11.20	%
Tier 1 leverage capital
Hancock Whitney Corporation		5.00	%		10.01	%		9.64	%		9.63	%		9.53	%		9.27	%
Hancock Whitney Bank		5.00	%		9.82	%		9.52	%		9.57	%		9.54	%		9.35	%

We regularly perform stress analysis on our capital levels. One such scenario includes the hypothetical impact of including accumulated other comprehensive losses on market valuations of available for sale securities and cash flow hedges in regulatory capital and a further stress scenario that includes both those losses plus losses on the held to maturity investment portfolio in regulatory capital. We estimate that our regulatory capital ratios would remain in excess of the well-capitalized minimums under both of these stress scenarios at September 30, 2023.

On January 26, 2023, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to 4,297,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (approximately 5% of the shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2022). The authorization is set to expire on December 31, 2024. The shares may be repurchased in the open market, by block purchase, through accelerated share repurchase plans, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, in one or more transactions, from time to time, depending upon market conditions and other factors, and in accordance with applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is not obligated to purchase any shares under this program and the repurchase authorization may be terminated or amended by the Board at any time prior to the expiration date. No shares have been repurchased under this program.

On July 27, 2023, our board of directors declared the regular third quarter cash dividend of $0.30 per share. The quarterly common stock cash dividend was paid on September 15, 2023 to shareholders of record on September 5, 2023. The Company has paid uninterrupted dividends to its shareholders since 1967.

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excise tax was effective at the beginning of 2023. While we may complete transactions subject to the new excise tax, we do not expect a material impact to our statement of condition or results of operations.

BALANCE SHEET ANALYSIS

Short-Term Investments

Short-term assets are held to ensure funds are available to meet the cash flow needs of both borrowers and depositors. Short-term investments, including interest-bearing bank deposits and federal funds sold, were $817.9 million at September 30, 2023, up $143.8 million from June 30, 2023 and up $493.9 million from December 31, 2022. Average short-term investments of $375.0 million for the third quarter of 2023 were down $556.9 million from the second quarter of 2023 and up $78.9 million from the fourth quarter of 2022. The linked quarter decline was largely attributable to the utilization of funds for the repayment of incremental FHLB advances in early May 2023. Typically, the balance of short-term investments will change on a daily basis depending upon movement in customer loan and deposit accounts.

Securities

The purpose of the securities portfolio is to increase profitability, mitigate interest rate risk, provide liquidity and comply with regulatory pledging requirements. Our securities portfolio includes securities categorized as available for sale and held to maturity. Available for sale securities are carried at fair value and may be sold prior to maturity. Unrealized gains or losses on available for sale securities, net of deferred taxes, are recorded as accumulated other comprehensive income or loss in stockholders' equity.

Investment in securities totaled $7.9 billion at September 30, 2023, down $279.6 million, or 3%, from June 30, 2023 and $492.4 million, or 6%, from December 31, 2022. The decreases from both comparative periods reflects net payoffs and paydowns, part of a strategic decision to allow cash inflows from the securities portfolio to fund loan growth. The decreases from June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 reflect unfavorable fair market valuation adjustments on the available for sales portfolio of $175.7 million and $139.4 million, respectively.

At September 30, 2023, securities available for sale totaled $5.2 billion and securities held to maturity totaled $2.7 billion.

Our securities portfolio consists mainly of residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations that are issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies. We invest only in high quality investment grade securities with a targeted portfolio effective duration generally between two and five and a half years. At September 30, 2023, the average expected maturity of the portfolio was 5.94 years with an effective duration of 4.54 years and a nominal weighted-average yield of 2.33%. Under an immediate, parallel rate shock using increases of 100 bps and 200 bps, the effective durations would be 4.49 and 4.43 years, respectively. At December 31, 2022, the average expected maturity of the portfolio was 6.02 years with an effective duration of 4.87 years and a nominal weighted-average yield of 2.27%. The changes in expected maturity, effective duration, and nominal weighted-average yield were largely the result of maturities, paydowns and the impact from the termination of fair value hedges on available for sale securities. At September 30, 2023, approximately $559 million of our available for sale securities are hedged with $514 million in fair value hedges in order to provide protection and flexibility to reposition and/or reprice the portfolio in a rising interest rate environment, effectively reducing the duration (market price risk) on the hedged securities. Our strategy in the near term will be to utilize the securities portfolio cash flow to fund loan growth and monitor our hedge positions to adjust interest rate sensitivity.

At the end of each reporting period, we evaluate the securities portfolio for credit loss. Based on our assessments, expected credit loss was not material for any period presented, and therefore no allowance for credit loss was recorded.

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Loans

Total loans at September 30, 2023 were $24.0 billion, up $193.8 million, or 1%, compared to June 30, 2023, and $869.6 million, or 4%, from December 31, 2022. New loans, a slower pace of paydowns and continued funding of both commercial and residential construction contributed to the growth for both comparative periods.

The following table shows the composition of our loan portfolio at each date indicated.


	September 30,		June 30,		March 31,		December 31,		September 30,
($ in thousands)	2023		2023		2023		2022		2022
Total loans:
Commercial non-real estate	$	10,075,585	$	10,113,932	$	10,013,482	$	10,146,453	$	9,905,427
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		3,081,327		3,058,829		3,050,748		3,033,058		3,033,133
Total commercial and industrial		13,156,912		13,172,761		13,064,230		13,179,511		12,938,560
Commercial real estate - income producing		4,027,553		3,762,428		3,758,455		3,560,991		3,686,540
Construction and land development		1,614,846		1,768,252		1,726,916		1,703,592		1,541,257
Residential mortgages		3,721,106		3,581,514		3,329,793		3,092,605		2,843,723
Consumer		1,463,262		1,504,931		1,525,129		1,577,347		1,575,505
Total loans	$	23,983,679	$	23,789,886	$	23,404,523	$	23,114,046	$	22,585,585

Commercial and industrial (“C&I”) loans, including both non-real estate and owner occupied real estate secured loans, totaled approximately $13.2 billion, or 55% of the total loan portfolio, at September 30, 2023, down less than 1%, compared to both June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Loan growth in this portfolio segment has tempered, as demand has been affected by the interest rate environment and as a result of a selective credit appetite with a focus on resilient industries and borrowers.

The Bank lends mainly to middle market and smaller commercial entities, although it participates in larger shared credit loan facilities. Shared national credits outstanding at September 30, 2023 totaled approximately $2.8 billion, or 11% of total loans, a decrease of $41.5 million from June 30, 2023 and an increase of $11.8 million from December 31, 2022. At September 30, 2023, our larger concentrations in shared national credits include approximately $480 million to finance and insurance customers, $448 million to healthcare-related customers and $443 million to real estate rental and leasing customers, with the remainder of the balance in other diverse industries.

Our loan portfolio is well diversified by product, client, and geography throughout our footprint. Nevertheless, we may be exposed to certain concentrations of credit risk which exist in relation to different borrowers or groups of borrowers, specific types of collateral, industries, loan products, or regions. The following table provides detail of the more significant industry concentrations for our commercial and industrial loan portfolio, which is based on NAICS codes for all industries, with the exception of energy, which is based on the borrower’s source of revenue (i.e. a manufacturer whose income is derived from energy-related business is reported as energy).


	September 30,					June 30,					March 31,					December 31,					September 30,
	2023					2023					2023					2022					2022
			Pct of					Pct of					Pct of					Pct of					Pct of
( $ in thousands )	Balance		Total			Balance		Total			Balance		Total			Balance		Total			Balance		Total
Commercial & industrial loans:
Health care and social assistance	$	1,465,057		11	%	$	1,454,716		11	%	$	1,398,300		10	%	$	1,407,960		11	%	$	1,420,861		11	%
Real estate and rental and leasing		1,289,505		10	%		1,249,557		9	%		1,368,460		10	%		1,520,955		12	%		1,483,937		11	%
Retail trade		1,231,718		9	%		1,250,708		9	%		1,238,090		9	%		1,218,784		9	%		1,162,095		9	%
Manufacturing		1,159,312		9	%		1,143,417		9	%		1,149,578		9	%		1,145,947		8	%		1,123,087		9	%
Construction		1,047,345		8	%		1,052,386		8	%		1,025,582		8	%		1,034,860		8	%		1,021,365		8	%
Wholesale trade		1,046,650		8	%		1,064,342		8	%		999,258		8	%		997,930		8	%		1,001,960		8	%
Finance and insurance		931,750		7	%		925,639		7	%		914,033		7	%		966,683		7	%		981,823		8	%
Transportation and warehousing		884,057		7	%		902,181		7	%		852,153		7	%		872,234		7	%		856,599		7	%
Professional, scientific, and technical services		766,440		6	%		768,863		6	%		732,068		6	%		706,430		5	%		696,855		5	%
Accommodation, food services and entertainment		726,582		5	%		714,463		5	%		677,488		5	%		637,942		5	%		669,063		5	%
Public administration		477,830		4	%		489,503		4	%		507,291		4	%		542,698		4	%		556,938		4	%
Information		442,928		3	%		417,465		3	%		407,754		3	%		386,568		3	%		332,230		2	%
Other services (except public administration)		392,561		3	%		393,319		3	%		387,396		3	%		396,629		3	%		405,724		3	%
Admin, Support, Waste Mgmt, Remediation Services		360,617		3	%		348,540		3	%		326,667		3	%		314,921		2	%		244,399		2	%
Educational services		247,427		2	%		264,377		2	%		282,488		2	%		298,126		2	%		268,392		2	%
Energy		205,030		1	%		222,603		2	%		227,171		2	%		242,076		2	%		246,344		2	%
Other		482,103		4	%		510,682		4	%		570,453		4	%		488,768		4	%		466,888		4	%
Total commercial & industrial loans	$	13,156,912		100	%	$	13,172,761		100	%	$	13,064,230		100	%	$	13,179,511		100	%	$	12,938,560		100	%

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Commercial real estate – income producing loans totaled approximately $4.0 billion at September 30, 2023, up $265.1 million, or 7%, from June 30, 2023 and $466.6 million, or 13%, from December 31, 2022. Construction and land development loans totaled approximately $1.6 billion at September 30, 2023, down $153.4 million, or 9%, from June 30, 2023 and $88.7 million, or 5%, from December 31, 2022. The increases in commercial real estate – income producing loans for both periods was largely the result of completed construction projects moving to permanent financing, with the shift from construction partially offset by continued funding of existing credit lines. In addition, we continue to see slowing of prepayments in our commercial real estate – income producing portfolio driven by the current interest rate environment. We are continuing to limit our growth in income producing real estate with a focus on resilient projects given the current economic environment. The following table details the end-of-period aggregated commercial real estate – income producing and construction loan balances by property type. Loans reflected in 1-4 family residential construction include both loans to construction builders as well as single family borrowers.


	September 30,					June 30,					March 31,					December 31,					September 30,
	2023					2023					2023					2022					2022
			Pct of					Pct of					Pct of					Pct of					Pct of
( $ in thousands )	Balance		Total			Balance		Total			Balance		Total			Balance		Total			Balance		Total
Commercial real estate - income producing and construction loans:
Multifamily	$	1,189,768		21	%	$	1,087,984		20	%	$	1,017,351		19	%	$	870,869		17	%	$	872,944		17	%
Healthcare related properties		864,331		15	%		844,304		15	%		865,414		16	%		854,563		16	%		851,998		16	%
Retail		848,914		15	%		822,134		15	%		802,220		15	%		811,990		15	%		803,300		15	%
Industrial		724,359		13	%		698,409		13	%		677,907		12	%		613,149		12	%		602,739		12	%
Office		547,516		10	%		555,080		10	%		561,248		10	%		569,452		11	%		585,614		11	%
1-4 family residential construction		527,325		9	%		593,238		11	%		623,293		11	%		602,867		11	%		588,122		11	%
Hotel/motel and restaurants		464,014		8	%		448,362		8	%		475,377		9	%		485,865		9	%		453,847		9	%
Other land loans		198,722		4	%		219,398		4	%		219,192		4	%		213,159		4	%		222,723		4	%
Other		277,450		5	%		261,771		5	%		243,369		4	%		242,669		5	%		246,510		5	%
Total commercial real estate - income producing and construction loans	$	5,642,399		100	%	$	5,530,680		100	%	$	5,485,371		100	%	$	5,264,583		100	%	$	5,227,797		100	%

The residential mortgage loan portfolio totaled $3.7 billion at September 30, 2023, up $139.6 million, or 4%, from June 30, 2023 and $628.5 million, or 20%, from December 31, 2022. Growth in residential mortgage includes a combination of completed construction loans converting to permanent financing, as well new loan growth.

The consumer loan portfolio totaled $1.5 billion at September 30, 2023, down $41.7 million, or 3%, from June 30, 2023 and $114.1 million, or 7%, from December 31, 2022. Changes in the consumer loan portfolio for both periods reflect both slowing demand and the impact of our exit from the indirect automobile lending market, where the existing portfolio is in run-off. The decline in indirect loan portfolio totaled approximately $15.0 million and $51.3 million compared to the second quarter of 2023 and year end 2022, respectively.

Average loans for the third quarter of 2023 totaling $23.8 billion was up $175.7 million, or 1%, compared to the second quarter of 2023. Average loans for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 totaled $23.5 billion, up $1.9 billion, or 9%, compared to the same period in 2022, with growth of $1.0 billion in commercial loans and $0.9 billion in residential mortgage.

Management expects the full year 2023 period end loan growth percentage to be in the range of low to mid-single digits from the December 31, 2022 balance of $23.1 billion.

Allowance for Credit Losses and Asset Quality

The Company's allowance for credit losses was $335.9 million at September 30, 2023, down $9.8 million from $345.7 million at June 30, 2023, and $5.2 million from $341.1 million at December 31, 2022. The $9.8 million linked-quarter decrease in the allowance for credit losses is attributable to $38.3 million of net charge-offs, partially offset by a provision for credit losses of $28.5 million. The third quarter changes were driven by a $29.7 million charge-off and a $5.8 million reserve release attributable to a single individually evaluated credit where the expected resolution degraded since the previous quarter-end with the syndicated borrower's conversion from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 bankruptcy in August. This charge-off stemmed from borrower-specific circumstances that we do not believe to be indicative of an industry or portfolio trend. The $5.2 million decrease in the allowance compared to December 31, 2022 reflects net charge-offs of $47.3 million partially offset by provision expense of $42.1 million, also impacted by the large syndicated charge-off. Despite the sizable charge-off in the current period, our overall credit outlook is not significantly different than in the previous quarter or since year end, and most of our credit metrics remain relatively stable. However, uncertainty related to inflationary pressure and the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy continues to result in an elevated reserve relative to pre-pandemic levels.

After considering the variables underlying each of the Moody's economic scenarios, management weighed the baseline scenario at 40% and the downside S-2 mild recessionary scenario at 60% in the computation of the allowance for credit losses at September 30,

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2023, consistent with the weighting used in the prior quarter. Each of the scenarios utilized have varying degrees of severity and duration of inflationary pressure, including volatility in commodities prices and impacts to the labor market, the consequences of the Federal Reserve's actions with regard to monetary policy, the effects of disruption in the financial services industry, and impacts from geopolitical unrest. Refer to the Economic Outlook section of this discussion and analysis for further information on the Moody’s scenarios and our weighting assumptions.

Our allowance for credit losses coverage to total loans was 1.40% at September 30, 2023, down from 1.45% at June 30, 2023 and 1.48% at December 31, 2022. The allowance for credit losses on the commercial portfolio totaled $272.0 million, or 1.45% of that portfolio, at September 30, 2023, down $8.6 million from $280.6 million, or 1.50%, at June 30, 2023. This reflects a $5.8 million decline in individually evaluated reserves related to the previously mentioned charge-off, and relatively stable credit performance for most of the portfolio. The allowance for credit losses on the residential mortgage portfolio increased modestly to $36.9 million, or 0.99% of that portfolio, at September 30, 2023, compared to $36.6 million, or 1.02%, at June 30, 2023, due largely to growth in the portfolio. The allowance for credit losses on the consumer portfolio was $27.0 million, or 1.84% of that portfolio, at September 30, 2023, compared to $28.4 million, or 1.89%, at June 30, 2023. The decline in allowance for credit losses coverage compared to year-end 2022 reflects declines across the three portfolios, but remains robust compared to pre-pandemic levels.

Criticized commercial loans totaled $275.1 million at September 30, 2023, down $27.1 million, or 9%, from $302.2 million at June 30, 2023, and $26.8 million, or 9% from $301.9 million at December 31, 2022. Criticized loans are defined as those having potential weaknesses that deserve management’s close attention (risk-rated as special mention, substandard and doubtful), including both accruing and nonaccruing loans. The Company routinely assesses the ratings of loans in its portfolio through an established and comprehensive portfolio management process. In addition, the Company often reviews portfolios of loans to determine if there are areas of risk not specifically identified in its loan by loan approach. Criticized commercial loans comprised 1.46% of that portfolio at September 30, 2023, down from 1.62% at June 30, 2023 and 1.64% at December 31, 2022, and remain near historically low levels. Our criticized commercial loans at September 30, 2023 are diversified across many industries, with the largest concentrations being construction, totaling $63.0 million; transportation and warehousing, totaling $40.6 million; accommodation, food services and entertainment, totaling $40.5 million; and manufacturing, totaling $30.7 million. Commercial loans risk rated pass-watch totaled $397.0 million at September 30, 2023, down $22.3 million, or 5%, from $419.3 million at June 30, 2023, and $60.6 million, or 13%, from $457.6 million at December 31, 2022. The pass-watch risk rating includes credits with negative performance trends that reflect sufficient risk to cause concern, but have not risen to the level of criticized.

Net charge-offs were $38.3 million, or 0.64% of average total loans on an annualized basis in the third quarter of 2023, compared to $3.4 million, or 0.06% of average total loans in the second quarter of 2023. The $29.7 million charge-off of the single credit described above added 50 bps to our net charge-off ratio. Our commercial portfolio had net charge-offs of $35.5 million in the third quarter of 2023, compared to $1.2 million in the second quarter of 2023. Our residential mortgage portfolio had net recoveries of $0.4 million compared to net recoveries of $0.3 million in the second quarter of 2023. Consumer net charge-offs were $3.1 million in the third quarter of 2023 compared to $2.4 million in the second quarter of 2023. For the first nine months of 2023, net charge-offs totaled $47.3 million, or 0.27% of average total loans on an annualized basis, compared to $0.9 million in the first nine months of 2022, as we return to more normalized charge-off levels.

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The following table sets forth activity in the allowance for credit losses for the periods indicated.


	Three Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	September 30,			June 30,			September 30,			September 30,
($ in thousands)	2023			2023			2022			2023			2022
Provision and Allowance for Credit Losses
Allowance for loan losses:
Allowance for loan losses at beginning of period	$	314,496		$	309,385		$	308,175		$	307,789		$	342,065
Loans charged-off:
Commercial non real estate		37,334			2,975			2,619			44,837			6,366
Commercial real estate - owner-occupied		—			—			89			—			946
Total commercial & industrial		37,334			2,975			2,708			44,837			7,312
Commercial real estate - income producing		—			73			—			73			1,066
Construction and land development		—			11			—			72			3
Total commercial		37,334			3,059			2,708			44,982			8,381
Residential mortgages		25			8			42			53			102
Consumer		3,875			3,549			3,837			10,787			9,464
Total charge-offs		41,234			6,616			6,587			55,822			17,947
Recoveries of loans previously charged-off:
Commercial non real estate		1,725			1,661			2,857			4,419			9,460
Commercial real estate - owner-occupied		97			155			115			447			606
Total commercial & industrial		1,822			1,816			2,972			4,866			10,066
Commercial real estate - income producing		2			10			—			12			878
Construction and land development		4			—			6			10			132
Total commercial		1,828			1,826			2,978			4,888			11,076
Residential mortgages		408			299			936			888			1,463
Consumer		748			1,115			1,377			2,701			4,479
Total recoveries		2,984			3,240			5,291			8,477			17,018
Total net charge-offs		38,250			3,376			1,296			47,345			929
Provision for loan losses		30,045			8,487			(763	)		45,847			(35,020	)
Allowance for loan losses at end of period	$	306,291		$	314,496		$	306,116		$	306,291		$	306,116
Reserve for Unfunded Lending Commitments:
Reserve for unfunded lending commitments at beginning of period	$	31,160		$	32,014		$	31,303		$	33,309		$	29,334
Provision for losses on unfunded lending commitments		(1,547	)		(854	)		2,165			(3,696	)		4,134
Reserve for unfunded lending commitments at end of period	$	29,613		$	31,160		$	33,468		$	29,613		$	33,468
Total Allowance for Credit Losses	$	335,904		$	345,656		$	339,584		$	335,904		$	339,584
Total Provision for Credit Losses	$	28,498		$	7,633		$	1,402		$	42,151		$	(30,886	)
Coverage Ratios:
Allowance for loan losses to period-end loans		1.28	%		1.32	%		1.36	%		1.28	%		1.36	%
Allowance for credit losses to period-end loans		1.40	%		1.45	%		1.50	%		1.40	%		1.50	%
Charge-offs ratios:
Gross charge-offs to average loans		0.69	%		0.11	%		0.12	%		0.32	%		0.11	%
Recoveries to average loans		0.05	%		0.05	%		0.09	%		0.05	%		0.11	%
Net charge-offs to average loans		0.64	%		0.06	%		0.02	%		0.27	%		0.01	%
Net Charge-offs to average loans by portfolio
Commercial non real estate		1.40	%		0.05	%		(0.01	)%		0.54	%		(0.04	)%
Commercial real estate - owner-occupied		(0.01	)%		(0.02	)%		(0.00	)%		(0.02	)%		0.02	%
Total commercial & industrial		1.07	%		0.04	%		(0.01	)%		0.41	%		(0.03	)%
Commercial real estate - income producing		(0.00	)%		0.01	%		—			0.00	%		0.01	%
Construction and land development		(0.00	)%		0.00	%		(0.00	)%		0.00	%		(0.01	)%
Total commercial		0.75	%		0.03	%		(0.01	)%		0.29	%		(0.02	)%
Residential mortgages		(0.04	)%		(0.03	)%		(0.13	)%		(0.03	)%		(0.07	)%
Consumer		0.84	%		0.64	%		0.62	%		0.71	%		0.43	%

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The following table sets forth for the periods indicated nonaccrual loans and loans modified or restructured, by type, and foreclosed and surplus ORE and other foreclosed assets. The table also includes loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing.


	September 30,			June 30,			March 31,			December 31,			September 30,
($ in thousands)	2023			2023			2023			2022			2022
Loans accounted for on a nonaccrual basis:
Commercial non-real estate	$	22,108		$	39,361		$	12,378		$	3,078		$	3,563
Commercial non-real estate - modified/restructured (a)		—			907			924			942			965
Total commercial non-real estate		22,108			40,268			13,302			4,020			4,528
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		2,432			1,620			1,709			1,233			2,009
Commercial real estate - owner-occupied - modified/restructured (a)		—			675			684			228			228
Total commercial real estate - owner-occupied		2,432			2,295			2,393			1,461			2,237
Commercial real estate - income producing		344			356			1,501			1,174			1,814
Commercial real estate - income producing - modified/restructured (a)		—			—			—			66			69
Total commercial real estate - income producing		344			356			1,501			1,240			1,883
Construction and land development		742			370			340			306			349
Construction and land development - modified/restructured (a)		—			—			—			3			4
Total construction and land development		742			370			340			309			353
Residential mortgage		26,885			27,458			30,110			23,946			22,753
Residential mortgage - modified/restructured (a)		20			—			—			1,323			1,530
Total residential mortgage		26,905			27,458			30,110			25,269			24,283
Consumer		7,800			7,473			6,698			6,646			6,476
Consumer - modified/restructured (a)		—			—			—			46			47
Total consumer		7,800			7,473			6,698			6,692			6,523
Total nonaccrual loans	$	60,331		$	78,220		$	54,344		$	38,991		$	39,807
ORE and foreclosed assets		4,527			2,174			1,976			2,017			2,085
Total nonaccrual loans and ORE and foreclosed assets	$	64,858		$	80,394		$	56,320		$	41,008		$	41,892
Modified/Restructured loans - still accruing (a):
Commercial non-real estate	$	11,500		$	1,010		$	10		$	307		$	316
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		17,035			—			—			—			—
Commercial real estate - income producing		—			—			—			—			—
Construction and land development		86			—			—			113			114
Residential mortgage		166			—			—			1,018			1,016
Consumer		62			—			—			469			479
Total Modified/restructured loans - still accruing (a)	$	28,849		$	1,010		$	10		$	1,907		$	1,925
Total reportable modified loans (a)	$	28,869		$	2,592		$	1,618		$	—		$	—
Total troubled debt restructured loans (a)	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	4,515		$	4,768
Loans 90 days past due still accruing	$	24,170		$	7,552		$	13,155		$	4,585		$	2,600
Ratios:
Nonaccrual loans to total loans		0.25	%		0.33	%		0.23	%		0.17	%		0.18	%
Nonaccrual loans plus ORE and foreclosed assets to loans plus ORE and foreclosed assets		0.27	%		0.34	%		0.24	%		0.18	%		0.19	%
Allowance for loan losses to nonaccrual loans		507.68	%		402.07	%		569.31	%		789.38	%		769.00	%
Allowance for loan losses to nonaccrual loans and accruing loans 90 days past due		362.47	%		366.67	%		458.35	%		706.33	%		721.85	%
Loans 90 days past due still accruing to loans		0.10	%		0.03	%		0.06	%		0.02	%		0.01	%

(a)

Loans presented in the September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023 columns represent modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulties, and the columns for December 31, 2022, and September 30, 2022 represent troubled debt restructured loans. The definition of reportable modifications/restructured loans changed for modifications made on or after January 1, 2023 with the adoption of ASU 2022-02. Refer to Note 1 included in Part 1 of this document for a discussion of this standard.

Nonaccrual loans plus ORE and foreclosed assets totaled $64.9 million at September 30, 2023, down $15.5 million compared to June 30, 2023 and up $23.8 million from December 31, 2022. Nonaccrual loans of $60.3 million decreased $17.9 million compared to June 30, 2023, largely due to the previously discussed charge-off during the third quarter of 2023. While nonaccrual loans increased $21.3 million compared to December 31, 2022, the level remains relatively low at 0.25% of the total portfolio. ORE and foreclosed assets were $4.5 million at September 30, 2023, up $2.4 million from the prior period and $2.5 million from December 31, 2022. Nonaccrual loans plus ORE and other foreclosed assets as a percentage of total loans, ORE and other foreclosed assets was 0.27% at September 30, 2023, down 7 bps compared to June 30, 2023 and up 9 bps from December 31, 2022.

We expect to continue to see low to modest charge-offs and provision for credit losses for the remainder of 2023. Loan growth, portfolio mix, asset quality metrics and future assumptions in economic forecasts will drive the level of credit loss reserves.

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Deposits

Deposits provide the most significant source of funding for our interest earning assets. Generally, our ability to compete for market share depends on our deposit pricing and our wide range of products and services that are focused on customer needs, among other things. We offer high-quality banking services with convenient delivery channels, including online and mobile banking. We provide specialized services to our commercial customers to promote commercial deposit growth. These services include treasury management, industry expertise and lockbox services. Since early 2020, deposit levels have also been influenced by pandemic-driven factors, such as inflows from government stimulus payments, deposits related to funding PPP loans into business checking accounts and a slowdown in customer spending during the height of the pandemic.

The failures of three large U.S. banks in the first half of 2023 have created disruption in the financial services industry. While many factors played a role in the ultimate failures, these institutions had significant industry/demographic concentration within their deposit bases and a high ratio of uninsured deposits. Lack of diversity in concentration within a deposit base may increase the risk of events or trends that could prompt a larger-scale demand for deposits outflow. Concerns over a financial institution's ability to protect deposit balances in excess of the federally insured limit may increase the risk of a deposit run. We consider our deposit base to be seasoned, stable and well-diversified. We also offer our customers an insured cash sweep product (ICS) that allows customers to secure deposits above FDIC insured limits. We have seen increased demand for the ICS product following the recent bank failures, with the balance totaling $318.9 million at September 30, 2023, compared to $220.9 million at June 30, 2023 and $12.2 million at December 31, 2022. At September 30, 2023, we have calculated our average deposit account size by dividing period-end deposits by the population of accounts with balances to be approximately $38,400, which includes $199,100 in our commercial and small business lines (excluding public funds), $134,300 in our wealth management business line, and $18,500 in our consumer business line.

Further, at September 30, 2023, our sources of liquidity exceed uninsured deposits. We have estimated the Bank’s amount of uninsured deposits using the methodologies and assumptions required for FDIC regulatory reporting to be approximately $13.8 billion at September 30, 2023, compared to $13.6 billion at June 30, 2023 and $14.7 billion at December 31, 2022. Our uninsured deposit total at September 30, 2023 includes approximately $3.3 billion of public funds that have pledged securities as collateral, leaving $10.5 billion of noncollateralized, uninsured deposits compared to total liquidity of $19.0 billion. Our ratio of noncollateralized, uninsured deposits to total deposits was approximately 34.6% at September 30, 2023, compared to 34.4% at June 30, 2023 and 37.9% at December 31, 2022.

Total deposits were $30.3 billion at September 30, 2023, up $276.8 million, or 1%, from June 30, 2023 and $1.2 billion, or 4%, from December 31, 2022. Average deposits for the third quarter of 2023 were $29.8 billion, up $384.3 million, or 1%, from the second quarter of 2023.

The following table shows the composition of our deposits at each date indicated.


	September 30,		June 30,		March 31,		December 31,		September 30,
($ in thousands)	2023		2023		2023		2022		2022

Noninterest-bearing deposits	$	11,626,371	$	12,171,817	$	12,860,027	$	13,645,113	$	14,290,817
Interest-bearing retail transaction and savings deposits		10,678,462		10,455,175		10,682,568		10,757,495		10,924,309
Interest-bearing public fund deposits:
Public fund transaction and savings deposits		2,761,267		2,828,301		2,987,565		3,132,828		2,737,074
Public fund time deposits		91,969		97,130		98,644		111,397		59,288
Total interest-bearing public fund deposits		2,853,236		2,925,431		3,086,209		3,244,225		2,796,362
Retail time deposits		4,005,025		3,328,577		2,411,765		1,418,596		934,866
Brokered time deposits		1,157,243		1,162,501		572,501		4,920		4,920
Total interest-bearing deposits		18,693,966		17,871,684		16,753,043		15,425,236		14,660,457
Total deposits	$	30,320,337	$	30,043,501	$	29,613,070	$	29,070,349	$	28,951,274

Noninterest-bearing demand deposits were $11.6 billion at September 30, 2023, down $545.4 million, or 4%, from June 30, 2023 and $2.0 billion, or 15%, from December 31, 2022. The declines in noninterest-bearing deposits from both comparative periods were influenced by a variety of factors, including a continued shift to interest-bearing products amid the rising interest rate environment and increased spending of "cushions" built post-pandemic that has been amplified by inflationary conditions. Noninterest-bearing demand deposits comprised 38% of total deposits at September 30, 2023, 40% at June 30, 2023, and 47% at December 31, 2022. The current level of 38% represents a more typical, pre-pandemic mix of noninterest-bearing and interest-bearing deposits, but shifts to interest-bearing deposits may continue given the elevated interest rate environment.

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Interest-bearing transaction and savings accounts of $10.7 billion at September 30, 2023 were up $223.3 million, or 2%, from June 30, 2023 and down $79.0 million, or 1%, from December 31, 2022. Interest-bearing public fund deposits totaled $2.9 billion at September 30, 2023, down $72.2 million, or 2%, from June 30, 2023 and $391.0 million, or 12%, from December 31, 2022. The decrease in public funds is mostly reflective of typical seasonal outflows. Retail time deposits totaled $4.0 billion at September 30, 2023, up $676.4 million, or 20%, from June 30, 2023 and $2.6 billion, or 182%, from December 31, 2022. The increase in retail time deposits reflects the continued shift from noninterest-bearing products amid the rising interest rate environment as depositors take advantage of the current rate offerings. Brokered time deposits of $1.2 billion at September 30, 2023 represents the addition of brokered time deposits of $568 million in March 2023 and $590 million in May 2023, bearing interest plus fees of 5.45% and 5.35%, respectively. These instruments are short-term in nature, maturing between December 2023 and May 2024.

As previously noted, interest rates paid on deposit accounts continued to increase in the third quarter of 2023, particularly on retail time and money market deposits where we have offered promotional rates. The following table sets forth average balances and weighted-average rates paid on deposits for the third and second quarters of 2023 and the third quarter of 2022.


	September 30, 2023								June 30, 2023								September 30, 2022
($ in millions)	Balance		Rate			Mix			Balance		Rate			Mix			Balance		Rate			Mix
Interest-bearing deposits:
Interest-bearing transaction deposits	$	2,393.3		1.11	%		8.0	%	$	2,355.0		0.74	%		8.0	%	$	2,666.4		0.14	%		9.1	%
Money market deposits		5,888.5		3.01			19.8			5,648.8		2.62			19.2			5,552.3		0.23			19.0
Savings deposits		2,314.5		0.01			7.8			2,493.7		0.01			8.5			2,969.3		0.01			10.2
Time deposits		4,855.7		4.39			16.3			3,740.3		3.95			12.7			930.8		0.19			3.2
Public Funds		2,851.9		3.57			9.6			2,981.7		3.27			10.2			2,738.2		1.28			9.4
Total interest-bearing deposits		18,303.9		2.84	%		61.5			17,219.5		2.39	%		58.6			14,857.0		0.36	%		50.9
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits		11,453.2					38.5			12,153.4					41.4			14,323.6					49.1
Total deposits	$	29,757.1					100.0	%	$	29,372.9					100.0	%	$	29,180.6					100.0	%

The following sets forth the maturities of time certificates of deposit greater than $250,000 at September 30, 2023.


	September 30,
($ in thousands)	2023
Three months	$	741,461
Over three months through six months		456,893
Over six months through one year		392,519
Over one year		28,396
Total	$	1,619,269

Management expects relatively flat or low single digit end of period deposit growth for 2023 compared to the balance of $29.1 billion at December 31, 2022.

Short-Term Borrowings

At September 30, 2023, short-term borrowings totaled $1.4 billion, down $203.6 million, or 12%, from June 30, 2023 and down $445.3 million, or 24%, from December 31, 2022. The decline from both comparative periods is primarily attributable to FHLB borrowings. FHLB borrowings totaled $900.0 million at September 30, 2023 and consisted of two fixed-rate advances that matured on October 2, 2023. Average short-term borrowings of $1.3 billion in the third quarter of 2023 were down $1.1 billion, or 45%, from the second quarter of 2023 and down $264.8 million, or 17%, from the fourth quarter of 2022. Average short-term borrowings for the second quarter of 2023 were influenced by an incremental $1.2 billion of FHLB borrowings carried from March to May 2023 as a cautionary measure to provide additional on-balance sheet liquidity in light of the disruption that followed the bank failures.

Short-term borrowings are a core portion of the Company’s funding strategy and can fluctuate depending on our funding needs and the sources utilized. Customer repurchase agreements and FHLB borrowings are the major sources of short-term borrowings. Customer repurchase agreements are offered mainly to commercial customers to assist them with their cash management strategies or to provide a temporary investment vehicle for their excess liquidity pending redeployment for corporate or investment purposes. While customer repurchase agreements provide a recurring source of funds to the Bank, amounts available will vary. FHLB borrowings are funds from the Federal Home Loan Bank that are collateralized by certain residential mortgage and commercial real estate loans included in the Bank’s loan portfolio, subject to specific criteria.

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Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt totaled $236.3 million at September 30, 2023, virtually unchanged from June 30, 2023 and down $5.8 million, or 2%, from December 31, 2022.

Long-term debt at September 30, 2023 includes subordinated notes payable with an aggregate principal amount of $172.5 million, a stated maturity of June 15, 2060, and a fixed rate of 6.25% per annum that qualify as Tier 2 capital of certain regulatory capital ratios. Subject to prior approval by the Federal Reserve, the Company may redeem these notes in whole or in part on any of its quarterly interest payment dates after June 15, 2025.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

Loan Commitments and Letters of Credit

Commitments to extend credit include revolving commercial credit lines, non-revolving loan commitments issued mainly to finance the acquisition and development or construction of real property or equipment, and credit card and personal credit lines. The availability of funds under commercial credit lines and loan commitments generally depends on whether the borrower continues to meet credit standards established in the underlying contract and has not violated other contractual conditions. Loan commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee by the borrower. Credit card and personal credit lines are generally subject to cancellation if the borrower’s credit quality deteriorates. A number of commercial and personal credit lines are used only partially or, in some cases, not at all before they expire, and the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent our future cash requirements.

The contract amounts of these instruments reflect our exposure to credit risk. The Bank undertakes the same credit evaluation in making loan commitments and assuming conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments and may require collateral or other credit support. At September 30, 2023, the Company had a reserve for unfunded lending commitments totaling $29.6 million.

The following table shows the commitments to extend credit and letters of credit at September 30, 2023 according to expiration date.


			Expiration Date
			Less than		1-3		3-5		More than
($ in thousands)	Total		1 year		years		years		5 years
Commitments to extend credit	$	10,044,537	$	3,978,635	$	2,710,532	$	2,549,619	$	805,751
Letters of credit		428,228		343,389		50,447		34,264		128
Total	$	10,472,765	$	4,322,024	$	2,760,979	$	2,583,883	$	805,879

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and with those generally practiced within the banking industry which require management to make estimates and assumptions about future events. Estimates are based on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, and the resulting estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of certain assets and liabilities not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Refer to Note 14 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The Company’s net income is materially dependent upon net interest income. The Company’s primary market risk is interest rate risk which stems from uncertainty with respect to absolute and relative levels of future market interest rates that affect financial products and services. In order to manage the exposures to interest rate risk, management measures the sensitivity of net interest income and cash flows under various market interest rate scenarios, establishes interest rate risk management policies and implements asset/liability management strategies designed to produce a relatively stable net interest margin under varying interest rate environments.

The following table presents an analysis of our interest rate risk as measured by the estimated changes in net interest income resulting from an instantaneous and sustained parallel shift in rates at September 30, 2023. Shifts are measured in 100 basis point increments in a range from -500 to +500 basis points from base case, with -300 through +300 basis points presented in the table below. Our interest rate sensitivity modeling incorporates a number of assumptions including loan and deposit repricing characteristics, the rate of loan prepayments and other factors such as loan floors and the impact of off-balance sheet hedges. The base scenario assumes that the current interest rate environment is held constant over a 24-month forecast period and is the scenario to which all others are compared in order to measure the change in net interest income. Policy limits on the change in net interest income under a variety of interest rate scenarios are approved by the Board of Directors. All policy scenarios assume a static volume forecast where the balance sheet is held constant, although other scenarios are modeled.


	Estimated Increase
	(Decrease) in NII
Change in Interest Rates	Year 1			Year 2
(basis points)
-300		-8.01	%		-12.41	%
-200		-5.04	%		-7.61	%
-100		-2.29	%		-3.56	%
+100		2.46	%		3.51	%
+200		4.47	%		6.92	%
+300		6.98	%		10.41	%

The results indicate a general asset sensitivity across most scenarios driven primarily by repricing in variable rate loans and a funding mix which includes a large percentage of noninterest-bearing and lower rate sensitive deposits. As rates have risen over the past year, the funding mix has experienced a shift to more rate sensitive deposit and wholesale funding which has resulted in a lower net interest income at risk measurements compared to recent years. When deemed prudent, management has taken actions to mitigate exposure to interest rate risk with on-or off-balance sheet financial instruments and intends to do so in the future. Possible actions include, but are not limited to, changes in the pricing of loan and deposit products, modifying the composition of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and adding to, modifying or terminating existing interest rate swap agreements or other financial instruments used for interest rate risk management purposes.

Even if interest rates change in the designated amounts, there can be no assurance that our assets and liabilities would perform as anticipated. Additionally, a change in the U.S. Treasury rates in the designated amounts accompanied by a change in the shape of the U.S. Treasury yield curve would cause significantly different changes to net interest income than indicated above. Strategic management of our balance sheet and earnings is fluid and would be adjusted to accommodate these movements. As with any method of measuring interest rate risk, certain shortcomings are inherent in the methods of analysis presented above. For example, although

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certain assets and liabilities may have similar maturities or periods to repricing, they may react in different degrees to changes in market interest rates. Also, the interest rates on certain types of assets and liabilities may fluctuate in advance of changes in market interest rates, while interest rates on other types may lag behind changes in market rates. Certain assets such as adjustable-rate loans have features which restrict changes in interest rates on a short-term basis and over the life of the asset. Also, the ability of many borrowers to service their debt may decrease in the event of an interest rate increase. All of these factors are considered in monitoring exposure to interest rate risk.

LIBOR Transition

In 2017, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced that after 2021 it would no longer compel banks to submit the rates required to calculate the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). Publication of the one week and two month LIBOR offered rates ceased on December 31, 2021 and the publication of the remaining LIBOR offered rates ceased to be representative on June 30, 2023. The Company discontinued the use of LIBOR for new contracts after December 31, 2021, with limited exceptions as permitted by regulatory guidance and internal policy.

Regulators, industry groups and certain committees (e.g., the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC)) have, among other things, published recommended fallback language for LIBOR-linked financial instruments, identified recommended alternatives for certain LIBOR rates (e.g., AMERIBOR or the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)), and proposed implementations of the recommended alternatives in floating rate instruments. Further, the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act, enacted in March 2022, provides a statutory framework to replace U.S. dollar LIBOR with a benchmark rate based on the SOFR for contracts governed by U.S. law that have no or ineffective fallbacks, and in December 2022, the Federal Reserve Board adopted related implementing rules. In addition, where fallback language allows the Bank to select a benchmark rate, the statutory framework grants the authority to select the Board-selected benchmark replacement as the benchmark replacement, including the safe harbor provisions that, among other things, generally provide that such selection or use will not discharge or excuse performance under, give any person the right to unilaterally terminate or suspend performance under, or constitute a breach, of the contract.

The Bank has adopted several replacement benchmarks to use in place of LIBOR benchmark rates, including Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) Term SOFR, FRB-NY SOFR and AMERIBOR as the primary rates. The replacement benchmark rates adopted by the Bank have been affirmed to comply with the 19 principles set forth by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) for Financial Benchmarks, and it further provides the Bank confidence these replacement benchmarks are based on transparent, market-based transactions. The Bank began using these replacement benchmarks towards the end of the third quarter of 2021. In the first half of 2023, the Company converted all of its LIBOR based cash flow hedges to SOFR and replaced the variable rate loan pools with SOFR based instruments, with limited financial impact or cost.

Effective July 3, 2023, approximately $3.1 billion of variable rate loans tied to LIBOR were transitioned in accordance with the statutory framework established by the Federal Reserve, with the transition rate to be utilized upon the next reset period, in a manner that is consistent with industry practice. In addition, all of our remaining derivative instruments with LIBOR based indexes were transitioned to the Fallback Rate SOFR benchmark as recommended by the International Swap and Derivatives Association, including interest rate swaps and risk participation agreements with notional amounts totaling $3.5 billion and $163.5 million. There was no material financial impact from this transition in our operating results and we do not expect there will be any significant future impact. While we have not had any material issues to-date, the discontinuance of LIBOR could result in customer uncertainty and disputes arising as a consequence of the transition, and could result in damage to our reputation and loss of customers.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

In connection with the preparation of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, an evaluation was carried out by the Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of September 30, 2023, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, identified no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three month period ended September 30, 2023, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

The Company, including subsidiaries, is party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that loss contingencies, if any, arising from pending litigation and regulatory matters will have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or liquidity.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this Report, in evaluating an investment in the Company’s securities, investors should consider carefully, among other things, the risk factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our 2022 Form 10-K, and as disclosed in Part II, Item 1A of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, which could materially affect the Company's business, financial position, results of operations, cash flows, or future results. Please be aware that these risks may change over time and other risks may prove to be important in the future. New risks may emerge at any time, and we cannot predict such risks or estimate the extent to which they may affect our business, financial condition or results of operations, or the trading price of our securities.

There are no material changes during the period covered by this Report to the risk factors previously disclosed in our 2022 Form 10-K or our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The Company has in place a Board-approved stock buyback program whereby the Company is authorized to repurchase up to 4.3 million shares of its common stock through the program’s expiration date of December 31, 2024. The program allows the Company to repurchase its common shares in the open market, by block purchase, through accelerated share repurchase programs, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, in one or more transactions. Following is a summary of repurchases during the three months ended September 30, 2023.


	Total number of shares or units purchased		Average price paid per share		Total number of shares purchased as part of a publicly announced plan or program		Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under such plans or programs
July 1, 2023 - July 31, 2023		—	$	—		—		4,297,000
August 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023		—	$	—		—		4,297,000
September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023		—	$	—		—		4,297,000
		—	$	—		—

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Item 5. Other Information

Pursuant to Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K, none of the Company's directors or executive officers adopted, terminated or modified a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement during the three months ended September 30, 2023.

Item 6. Exhibits

(a) Exhibits:


Exhibit Number	Description	Filed Herewith	Form	Exhibit	Filing Date
3.1	Second Amended and Restated Articles of Hancock Whitney Corporation		8-K	3.1	5/1/2020
3.2	Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Hancock Whitney Corporation		8-K	3.2	5/1/2020
31.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	X
31.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	X
32.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	X
32.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	X
101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance Document	X
101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document	X
101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document	X
101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document	X
101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document	X
101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document	X
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File	X

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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.


	Hancock Whitney Corporation

	By:		/s/ John M. Hairston
			John M. Hairston
			President & Chief Executive Officer
			(Principal Executive Officer)

			/s/ Michael M. Achary
			Michael M. Achary
			Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

			November 2, 2023