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OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP - Quarter Report: 2020 June (Form 10-Q)

United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2020

OR

 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 0-20914

OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio
31-1359191
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

420 Third Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio
45631
(Address of principal executive offices)
(ZIP Code)

(740) 446-2631
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
_____________________

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

Common shares, without par value
OVBC
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (The NASDAQ Global Market)
(Title of each class)
(Trading Symbol)
(Name of each exchange on which registered)

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

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

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

Large accelerated filer
 
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
 
Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
     

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  No

The number of common shares of the registrant outstanding as of August 7, 2020 was 4,787,446.




OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.

Index

 
Page Number
PART I.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
     
Item 1.
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
 
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets
3
 
Consolidated Statements of Income
4
 
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
5
 
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
6
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
7
 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
8
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
29
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
42
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
42
     
PART II.
OTHER INFORMATION
 
     
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
43
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
43
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
43
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
43
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
43
Item 5.
Other Information
43
Item 6.
Exhibits
44
     
Signatures
 
45

2


PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
 (dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

 
June 30,
2020
   
December 31,
2019
 
             
ASSETS
           
Cash and noninterest-bearing deposits with banks
 
$
13,388
   
$
12,812
 
Interest-bearing deposits with banks
   
54,863
     
39,544
 
Total cash and cash equivalents
   
68,251
     
52,356
 
                 
Certificates of deposit in financial institutions
   
2,323
     
2,360
 
Securities available for sale
   
114,987
     
105,318
 
Securities held to maturity (estimated fair value: 2020 - $12,134; 2019 - $12,404)
   
11,769
     
12,033
 
Restricted investments in bank stocks
   
7,506
     
7,506
 
                 
Total loans
   
830,832
     
772,774
 
Less: Allowance for loan losses
   
(7,981
)
   
(6,272
)
Net loans
   
822,851
     
766,502
 
                 
Premises and equipment, net
   
21,436
     
19,217
 
Premises and equipment held for sale, net
   
645
     
653
 
Other real estate owned, net
   
226
     
540
 
Accrued interest receivable
   
3,537
     
2,564
 
Goodwill
   
7,319
     
7,319
 
Other intangible assets, net
   
140
     
174
 
Bank owned life insurance and annuity assets
   
35,588
     
30,596
 
Operating lease right-of-use asset, net
   
955
     
1,053
 
Other assets
   
5,462
     
5,081
 
Total assets
 
$
1,102,995
   
$
1,013,272
 
                 
LIABILITIES
               
Noninterest-bearing deposits
 
$
266,840
   
$
222,607
 
Interest-bearing deposits
   
645,007
     
598,864
 
Total deposits
   
911,847
     
821,471
 
                 
Other borrowed funds
   
30,110
     
33,991
 
Subordinated debentures
   
8,500
     
8,500
 
Operating lease liability
   
955
     
1,053
 
Accrued liabilities
   
19,762
     
20,078
 
Total liabilities
   
971,174
     
885,093
 
                 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (See Note 5)
   
     
 
                 
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Common stock ($1.00 stated value per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 2020 - 5,447,185 shares issued; 2019 - 5,447,185 shares issued)
   
5,447
     
5,447
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
51,165
     
51,165
 
Retained earnings
   
88,006
     
86,751
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
   
2,915
     
528
 
Treasury stock, at cost (659,739 shares)
   
(15,712
)
   
(15,712
)
Total shareholders’ equity
   
131,821
     
128,179
 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
 
$
1,102,995
   
$
1,013,272
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

3


OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 
Three months ended
June 30,
   
Six months ended
June 30,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2020
   
2019
 
                         
Interest and dividend income:
                       
Loans, including fees
 
$
10,639
   
$
11,302
   
$
21,512
   
$
23,214
 
Securities
                               
Taxable
   
591
     
656
     
1,188
     
1,274
 
Tax exempt
   
74
     
84
     
147
     
168
 
Dividends
   
64
     
104
     
130
     
217
 
Interest-bearing deposits with banks
   
18
     
325
     
180
     
644
 
Other Interest
   
13
     
12
     
27
     
24
 
     
11,399
     
12,483
     
23,184
     
25,541
 
                                 
Interest expense:
                               
Deposits
   
1,367
     
1,512
     
2,876
     
2,854
 
Other borrowed funds
   
187
     
226
     
387
     
461
 
Subordinated debentures
   
50
     
92
     
122
     
186
 
     
1,604
     
1,830
     
3,385
     
3,501
 
Net interest income
   
9,795
     
10,653
     
19,799
     
22,040
 
Provision for (recovery of) loan losses
   
(393
)
   
(806
)
   
3,453
     
1,571
 
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
   
10,188
     
11,459
     
16,346
     
20,469
 
                                 
Noninterest income:
                               
Service charges on deposit accounts
   
333
     
517
     
826
     
1,020
 
Trust fees
   
61
     
72
     
129
     
136
 
Income from bank owned life insurance and annuity assets
   
192
     
177
     
409
     
355
 
Mortgage banking income
   
431
     
78
     
521
     
147
 
Debit / credit card interchange income
   
930
     
972
     
1,873
     
1,886
 
Gain (loss) on other real estate owned
   
18
     
14
     
(83
)
   
14
 
Tax preparation fees
   
19
     
     
634
     
 
Litigation settlement
   
     
     
2,000
     
 
Other
   
265
     
173
     
382
     
291
 
     
2,249
     
2,003
     
6,691
     
3,849
 
Noninterest expense:
                               
Salaries and employee benefits
   
5,426
     
5,527
     
10,881
     
11,063
 
Occupancy
   
449
     
438
     
881
     
891
 
Furniture and equipment
   
278
     
270
     
540
     
533
 
Professional fees
   
473
     
689
     
1,071
     
1,361
 
Marketing expense
   
293
     
270
     
561
     
540
 
FDIC insurance
   
24
     
110
     
24
     
113
 
Data processing
   
704
     
554
     
1,303
     
1,089
 
Software
   
412
     
427
     
793
     
838
 
Foreclosed assets
   
36
     
19
     
79
     
125
 
Amortization of intangibles
   
17
     
31
     
34
     
62
 
Other
   
1,490
     
1,456
     
2,954
     
2,744
 
     
9,602
     
9,791
     
19,121
     
19,359
 
                                 
Income before income taxes
   
2,835
     
3,671
     
3,916
     
4,959
 
Provision for income taxes
   
572
     
592
     
651
     
687
 
                                 
NET INCOME
 
$
2,263
   
$
3,079
   
$
3,265
   
$
4,272
 
                                 
Earnings per share
 
$
0.47
   
$
0.65
   
$
0.68
   
$
0.90
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
4


OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)
(dollars in thousands)

 
Three months ended
June 30,
   
Six months ended
June 30,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2020
   
2019
 
                         
Net Income
 
$
2,263
   
$
3,079
   
$
3,265
   
$
4,272
 
                                 
Other comprehensive income:
                               
Change in unrealized gain on available for sale securities
   
85
     
1,455
     
3,022
     
3,451
 
Related tax expense
   
(18
)
   
(305
)
   
(635
)
   
(724
)
Total other comprehensive income, net of tax
   
67
     
1,150
     
2,387
     
2,727
 
                                 
Total comprehensive income
 
$
2,330
   
$
4,229
   
$
5,652
   
$
6,999
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

5


OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES
IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

Quarter-to-date
 
Common
Stock
   
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
   
Retained
Earnings
   
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
   
Treasury
Stock
   
Total
Shareholders'
Equity
 
Balance at April 1, 2020
 
$
5,447
   
$
51,165
   
$
86,748
   
$
2,848
   
$
(15,712
)
 
$
130,496
 
Net income
   
     
     
2,263
     
     
     
2,263
 
Other comprehensive income, net
   
     
     
     
67
     
     
67
 
Cash dividends, $0.21 per share
   
     
     
(1,005
)
   
     
     
(1,005
)
Balance at June 30, 2020
 
$
5,447
   
$
51,165
   
$
88,006
   
$
2,915
   
$
(15,712
)
 
$
131,821
 
                                                 
Balance at April 1, 2019
 
$
5,418
   
$
50,162
   
$
81,042
   
$
(558
)
 
$
(15,712
)
 
$
120,352
 
Net income
   
     
     
3,079
     
     
     
3,079
 
Other comprehensive income, net
   
     
     
     
1,150
     
     
1,150
 
Common stock issued through dividend reinvestment, 9,099 shares
   
9
     
330
     
     
     
     
339
 
Cash dividends, $0.21 per share
   
     
     
(1,000
)
   
     
     
(1,000
)
Balance at June 30, 2019
 
$
5,427
   
$
50,492
   
$
83,121
   
$
592
   
$
(15,712
)
 
$
123,920
 

Year-to-date
 
Common
Stock
   
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
   
Retained
Earnings
   
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
   
Treasury
Stock
   
Total
Shareholders'
Equity
 
Balance at January 1, 2020
 
$
5,447
   
$
51,165
   
$
86,751
   
$
528
   
$
(15,712
)
 
$
128,179
 
Net income
   
     
     
3,265
     
     
     
3,265
 
Other comprehensive income, net
   
     
     
     
2,387
     
     
2,387
 
Cash dividends, $0.42 per share
   
     
     
(2,010
)
   
     
     
(2,010
)
Balance at June 30, 2020
 
$
5,447
   
$
51,165
   
$
88,006
   
$
2,915
   
$
(15,712
)
 
$
131,821
 
                                                 
Balance at January 1, 2019
 
$
5,400
   
$
49,477
   
$
80,844
   
$
(2,135
)
 
$
(15,712
)
 
$
117,874
 
Net income
   
     
     
4,272
     
     
     
4,272
 
Other comprehensive income, net
   
     
     
     
2,727
     
     
2,727
 
Common stock issued to ESOP, 8,333 shares
   
8
     
320
     
     
     
     
328
 
Common stock issued through dividend reinvestment, 19,099 shares
   
19
     
695
     
     
     
     
714
 
Cash dividends, $0.42 per share
   
     
     
(1,995
)
   
     
     
(1,995
)
Balance at June 30, 2019
 
$
5,427
   
$
50,492
   
$
83,121
   
$
592
   
$
(15,712
)
 
$
123,920
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

6


OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
(dollars in thousands)

 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
   
2020
   
2019
 
             
Net cash provided by operating activities:
 
$
4,881
   
$
5,022
 
                 
Investing activities:
               
Proceeds from maturities of securities available for sale
   
13,980
     
8,532
 
Purchases of securities available for sale
   
(20,772
)
   
(10,035
)
Proceeds from maturities of securities held to maturity
   
244
     
2,218
 
Proceeds from maturities of certificates of deposit in financial institutions
   
490
     
 
Purchase of certificates of deposit in financial institutions
   
(453
)
   
(50
)
Net change in loans
   
(59,830
)
   
(35
)
Proceeds from sale of other real estate owned
   
264
     
322
 
Purchases of premises and equipment
   
(2,828
)
   
(3,417
)
Purchases of bank owned life insurance and annuity assets
   
(4,583
)
   
 
Net cash used in investing activities
   
(73,488
)
   
(2,465
)
                 
Financing activities:
               
Change in deposits
   
90,393
     
823
 
Proceeds from common stock through dividend reinvestment
   
     
713
 
Cash dividends
   
(2,010
)
   
(1,995
)
Repayment of Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
   
(3,312
)
   
(2,269
)
Change in other long-term borrowings
   
(300
)
   
(763
)
Change in other short-term borrowings
   
(269
)
   
 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
   
84,502
     
(3,491
)
                 
Change in cash and cash equivalents
   
15,895
     
(934
)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
   
52,356
     
71,180
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
68,251
   
$
70,246
 
                 
Supplemental disclosure:
               
Cash paid for interest
 
$
3,533
   
$
3,044
 
Cash paid for income taxes
   
     
890
 
Transfers from loans to other real estate owned
   
33
     
82
 
Initial recognition of operating lease right-of-use asset
   
     
1,280
 
Operating lease liability arising from obtaining right-of-use asset
   
     
1,280
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements


7


NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

NOTE 1- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION:  The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Ohio Valley Banc Corp. (“Ohio Valley”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, The Ohio Valley Bank Company (the “Bank”), Loan Central, Inc. (“Loan Central”), a consumer finance company, Ohio Valley Financial Services Agency, LLC, an insurance agency, and OVBC Captive, Inc. (the “Captive”), a limited purpose property and casualty insurance company.  The Bank has one wholly-owned subsidiary, Ohio Valley REO, LLC (“Ohio Valley REO”), an Ohio limited liability company, to which the Bank transfers certain real estate acquired by the Bank through foreclosure for sale by Ohio Valley REO.  Ohio Valley and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Company.”  All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
These interim financial statements are prepared by the Company without audit and reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company at June 30, 2020, and its results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.  The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be anticipated for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.  The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not purport to contain all the necessary financial disclosures required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) that might otherwise be necessary in the circumstances.  The Annual Report of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2019 contains consolidated financial statements and related notes which should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
The consolidated financial statements for 2019 have been reclassified to conform to the presentation for 2020.  These reclassifications had no effect on net income or shareholders’ equity.

CURRENT EVENTS:  In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) as a global pandemic. COVID-19 has negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted global supply chains, created significant volatility and disruption in financial markets, and increased unemployment levels. The resulting temporary closure of many businesses and the implementation of social distancing and sheltering-in-place policies has, and may continue to impact, many of the Company’s customers.

The potential financial impact of COVID-19 is unknown at this time and depends largely on the actions taken by governmental authorities and other third parties. In addition, COVID-19 may adversely impact several industries within our geographic footprint and impair the ability of our customers to fulfill their contractual obligations to the Company. This could result in a material adverse effect on our business operations, asset valuations, liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations. Effects may include:

The provision for loan losses could increase. Continued uncertainty regarding the severity and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic effects will continue to affect the accounting for loan losses. It also is possible that asset quality could worsen, and that loan charge-offs could increase. The Company is actively participating in the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) by providing loans to small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. PPP loans are fully guaranteed by the U.S. government, and if that should change, the Company could be required to increase its allowance for loan losses through an additional provision for loan losses charged to earnings.

Valuation and fair value measurement challenges may occur. Material adverse impacts may include all or a combination of valuation impairments on the Company’s securities, impaired loans, goodwill, other real estate owned, and interest rate swap agreements.

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NOTE 1- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

USE OF ESTIMATES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:  The accounting and reporting policies followed by the Company conform to US GAAP established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the disclosures provided, and actual results could differ.

INDUSTRY SEGMENT INFORMATION:  Internal financial information is primarily reported and aggregated in two lines of business: banking and consumer finance.

EARNINGS PER SHARE:  Earnings per share are computed based on net income divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.  The weighted average common shares outstanding were 4,787,446 and 4,763,858 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  The weighted average common shares outstanding were 4,787,446 and 4,756,209 for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Ohio Valley had no dilutive effect and no potential common shares issuable under stock options or other agreements for any period presented.

ADOPTION OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARD UPDATES (“ASU”): In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. This ASU eliminates, adds and modifies certain disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. Among the changes, entities will no longer be required to disclose the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy but will be required to disclose the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and early adoption is permitted. For non-public entities, this ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE TO BE ADOPTED IN FUTURE PERIODS:  In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses”. ASU 2016-13 requires entities to replace the current “incurred loss” model with an “expected loss” model, which is referred to as the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model.  These expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting date are to be based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This ASU will also require enhanced disclosures to help investors and other financial statement users better understand significant estimates and judgments used in estimating credit losses, as well as the credit quality and underwriting standards of an entity’s portfolio. These disclosures include qualitative and quantitative requirements that provide additional information about the amounts recorded in the financial statements. A CECL steering committee has developed a CECL model and is evaluating the source data, various credit loss methodologies and model results in relation to the new ASU guidance.  Management expects to recognize a one-time cumulative effect adjustment to the allowance for loan losses as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the new standard is effective.  Management expects the adoption will result in a material increase to the allowance for loan losses balance.  At this time, the impact is being evaluated. On October 16, 2019, the FASB confirmed it would delay the effective date of this ASU for smaller reporting companies, such as the Company, until fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022.

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NOTE 2 – FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Fair value is the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.  There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair values:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.

Level 2: Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

The following is a description of the Company’s valuation methodologies used to measure and disclose the fair values of its financial assets and liabilities on a recurring or nonrecurring basis:

Securities:  The fair values for securities are determined by quoted market prices, if available (Level 1). For securities where quoted prices are not available, fair values are calculated based on market prices of similar securities (Level 2). For securities where quoted prices or market prices of similar securities are not available, fair values are calculated using discounted cash flows or other market indicators (Level 3). During times when trading is more liquid, broker quotes are used (if available) to validate the model. Rating agency and industry research reports as well as defaults and deferrals on individual securities are reviewed and incorporated into the calculations.

Impaired Loans:  At the time a loan is considered impaired, it is valued at the lower of cost or fair value. Impaired loans carried at fair value generally receive specific allocations of the allowance for loan losses. For collateral dependent loans, fair value is commonly based on recent real estate appraisals. These appraisals may utilize a single valuation approach or a combination of approaches including comparable sales and the income approach. Adjustments are routinely made in the appraisal process by the independent appraisers to adjust for differences between the comparable sales and income data available. Such adjustments are usually significant and typically result in a Level 3 classification of the inputs for determining fair value. Non-real estate collateral may be valued using an appraisal, net book value per the borrower’s financial statements, or aging reports, adjusted or discounted based on management’s historical knowledge, changes in market conditions from the time of the valuation, and management’s expertise and knowledge of the client and client’s business, resulting in a Level 3 fair value classification. Impaired loans are evaluated on a quarterly basis for additional impairment and adjusted accordingly.


10


NOTE 2 – FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Continued)

Other Real Estate Owned:  Assets acquired through or instead of loan foreclosure are initially recorded at fair value less costs to sell when acquired, establishing a new cost basis. These assets are subsequently accounted for at lower of cost or fair value less estimated costs to sell. Fair value is commonly based on recent real estate appraisals. These appraisals may utilize a single valuation approach or a combination of approaches including comparable sales and the income approach. Adjustments are routinely made in the appraisal process by the independent appraisers to adjust for differences between the comparable sales and income data available. Such adjustments are usually significant and typically result in a Level 3 classification of the inputs for determining fair value. In some instances, fair value adjustments can be made based on a quoted price from an observable input, such as a purchase agreement.  Such adjustments would be classified as a Level 2 classification.

Appraisals for both collateral-dependent impaired loans and other real estate owned are performed by certified general appraisers (for commercial properties) or certified residential appraisers (for residential properties) whose qualifications and licenses have been reviewed and verified by the Company. Once received, a member of management reviews the assumptions and approaches utilized in the appraisal as well as the overall resulting fair value in comparison with management’s own assumptions of fair value based on factors that include recent market data or industry-wide statistics.

On an as-needed basis, the Company reviews the fair value of collateral, taking into consideration current market data, as well as all selling costs that typically approximate 10%.

Interest Rate Swap Agreements:  The fair value of interest rate swap agreements is determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash payments (or receipts) and the discounted expected variable cash receipts (or payments).  The variable cash receipts (or payments) are based on the expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observed market interest rate curves (Level 2).

Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below:

 
Fair Value Measurements at June 30, 2020 Using
 
   
Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Assets:
                 
U.S. Government sponsored entity securities
   
   
$
15,633
     
 
Agency mortgage-backed securities, residential
   
     
99,354
     
 
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
     
1,148
     
 
                         
Liabilities:
                       
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
     
(1,148
)
   
 

 
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2019 Using
 
   
Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Assets:
                 
U.S. Government sponsored entity securities
   
   
$
16,736
     
 
Agency mortgage-backed securities, residential
   
     
88,582
     
 
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
     
465
     
 
                         
Liabilities:
                       
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
     
(465
)
   
 

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during 2020 or 2019.


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NOTE 2 – FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Continued)

Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis
There were no assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at June 30, 2020. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at December 31, 2019 are summarized below: 

 
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2019, Using
 
   
Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Assets:
                 
Impaired loans:
                 
Commercial real estate:
                 
Owner-occupied
   
     
   
$
1,644
 
Commercial and Industrial
   
     
     
4,559
 

At June 30, 2020, the Company had no recorded investment of impaired loans measured for impairment using the fair value of collateral for collateral-dependent loans and, therefore, recorded no impact to provision expense during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.  This is compared to a decrease of $3 to provision expense during the three months ended June 30, 2019, and an increase of $1 to provision expense during the six months ended June 30, 2019, with $65 in additional charge-offs recognized during both periods.  At December 31, 2019, the recorded investment of impaired loans measured for impairment using the fair value of collateral for collateral-dependent loans totaled $7,010, with a corresponding valuation allowance of $807, resulting in an increase of $807 in provision expense during the year ended December 31, 2019, with no corresponding charge-offs recognized.

There was no other real estate owned that was measured at fair value less costs to sell at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. There were no corresponding write downs during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.

The following table presents quantitative information about Level 3 fair value measurements for financial instruments measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at December 31, 2019:

 December 31, 2019
 
Fair
Value
   
Valuation
Technique(s)
   
Unobservable
Input(s)
   
Range
   
(Weighted Average)
 
Impaired loans:
         
1
     
1
     
1
       
Commercial real estate:
                                   
Owner-occupied
 
$
1,644
   
Sales approach
   
Adjustment to comparables
   
0% to 20%
     
9.7
%
Commercial and industrial
   
4,559
   
Sales approach
   
Adjustment to comparables
   
0% to 61%
     
10.3
%


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NOTE 2 – FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Continued)

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 
Carrying
   
Fair Value Measurements at June 30, 2020 Using
 
   
Value
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Financial Assets:
                             
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
68,251
   
$
68,251
   
$
   
$
   
$
68,251
 
Certificates of deposit in financial institutions
   
2,323
     
     
2,323
     
     
2,323
 
Securities available for sale
   
114,987
     
     
114,987
     
     
114,987
 
Securities held to maturity
   
11,769
     
     
3,923
     
8,211
     
12,134
 
Loans, net
   
822,851
     
     
     
817,932
     
817,932
 
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
1,148
     
     
1,148
     
     
1,148
 
Accrued interest receivable
   
3,537
     
     
327
     
3,210
     
3,537
 
                                         
Financial liabilities:
                                       
Deposits
   
911,847
     
266,840
     
647,433
     
     
914,273
 
Other borrowed funds
   
30,110
     
     
32,134
     
     
32,134
 
Subordinated debentures
   
8,500
     
     
5,586
     
     
5,586
 
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
1,148
     
     
1,148
     
     
1,148
 
Accrued interest payable
   
1,442
     
1
     
1,441
     
     
1,442
 

 
Carrying
   
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2019 Using:
 
   
Value
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Financial Assets:
                             
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
52,356
   
$
52,356
   
$
   
$
   
$
52,356
 
Certificates of deposit in financial institutions
   
2,360
     
     
2,360
     
     
2,360
 
Securities available for sale
   
105,318
     
     
105,318
     
     
105,318
 
Securities held to maturity
   
12,033
     
     
6,446
     
5,958
     
12,404
 
Loans, net
   
766,502
     
     
     
771,285
     
771,285
 
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
465
     
     
465
     
     
465
 
Accrued interest receivable
   
2,564
     
     
315
     
2,249
     
2,564
 
                                         
Financial liabilities:
                                       
Deposits
   
821,471
     
222,607
     
599,937
     
     
822,544
 
Other borrowed funds
   
33,991
     
     
34,345
     
     
34,345
 
Subordinated debentures
   
8,500
     
     
6,275
     
     
6,275
 
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
465
     
     
465
     
     
465
 
Accrued interest payable
   
1,589
     
3
     
1,586
     
     
1,589
 

Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information and information about the financial instrument. These estimates do not reflect any premium or discount that could result from offering for sale at one time the Company’s entire holdings of a particular financial instrument. Because no market exists for a significant portion of the Company’s financial instruments, fair value estimates are based on judgments regarding future expected loss experience, current economic conditions, risk characteristics of various financial instruments and other factors. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment and therefore cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates.

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NOTE 3 – SECURITIES

The following table summarizes the amortized cost and fair value of securities available for sale and securities held to maturity at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, and the corresponding amounts of gross unrealized gains and losses recognized in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) and gross unrecognized gains and losses:

Securities Available for Sale
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross Unrealized
Losses
   
Estimated
Fair Value
 
June 30, 2020
                       
U.S. Government sponsored entity securities
 
$
15,223
   
$
410
   
$
   
$
15,633
 
Agency mortgage-backed securities, residential
   
96,074
     
3,291
     
(11
)
   
99,354
 
Total securities
 
$
111,297
   
$
3,701
   
$
(11
)
 
$
114,987
 
                                 
December 31, 2019
                               
U.S. Government sponsored entity securities
 
$
16,579
   
$
163
   
$
(6
)
 
$
16,736
 
Agency mortgage-backed securities, residential
   
88,071
     
807
     
(296
)
   
88,582
 
Total securities
 
$
104,650
   
$
970
   
$
(302
)
 
$
105,318
 

Securities Held to Maturity
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross Unrecognized
Gains
   
Gross Unrecognized
Losses
   
Estimated
Fair Value
 
June 30, 2020
                       
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
 
$
11,767
   
$
365
   
$
   
$
12,132
 
Agency mortgage-backed securities, residential
   
2
     
     
     
2
 
Total securities
 
$
11,769
   
$
365
   
$
   
$
12,134
 
                                 
December 31, 2019
                               
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
 
$
12,031
   
$
372
   
$
(1
)
 
$
12,402
 
Agency mortgage-backed securities, residential
   
2
     
     
     
2
 
Total securities
 
$
12,033
   
$
372
   
$
(1
)
 
$
12,404
 

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of debt securities at June 30, 2020, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because certain issuers may have the right to call or prepay the debt obligations prior to their contractual maturities.  Securities not due at a single maturity are shown separately.

 
Available for Sale
   
Held to Maturity
 
 
Debt Securities:
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Estimated
Fair Value
   
Amortized
Cost
   
Estimated
Fair Value
 
                         
Due in one year or less
 
$
6,892
   
$
6,974
   
$
819
   
$
836
 
Due in over one to five years
   
8,331
     
8,659
     
6,725
     
6,928
 
Due in over five to ten years
   
     
     
4,223
     
4,368
 
Agency mortgage-backed securities, residential
   
96,074
     
99,354
     
2
     
2
 
Total debt securities
 
$
111,297
   
$
114,987
   
$
11,769
   
$
12,134
 


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NOTE 3 – SECURITIES (Continued)

The following table summarizes securities with unrealized losses at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, aggregated by major security type and length of time in a continuous unrealized loss position:

June 30, 2020
 
Less Than 12 Months
   
12 Months or More
   
Total
 
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized Loss
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized Loss
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized Loss
 
Securities Available for Sale
                                   
Agency mortgage-backed
                                   
securities, residential
 
$
10,435
   
$
(11
)
 
$
   
$
   
$
10,435
   
$
(11
)
Total available for sale
 
$
10,435
   
$
(11
)
 
$
   
$
   
$
10,435
   
$
(11
)

Less Than 12 Months
 
12 Months or More
 
Total
 
 
Fair Value
 
Unrecognized Loss
 
Fair Value
 
Unrecognized Loss
 
Fair Value
 
Unrecognized Loss
 
Securities Held to Maturity
                                   
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 
Total held to maturity
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 

December 31, 2019
 
Less Than 12 Months
   
12 Months or More
   
Total
 
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized Loss
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized Loss
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized Loss
 
Securities Available for Sale
                                   
U.S. Government sponsored entity securities
 
$
   
$
   
$
1,999
   
$
(6
)
 
$
1,999
   
$
(6
)
Agency mortgage-backedsecurities, residential
   
15,041
     
(84
)
   
21,344
     
(212
)
   
36,385
     
(296
)
Total available for sale
 
$
15,041
   
$
(84
)
 
$
23,343
   
$
(218
)
 
$
38,384
   
$
(302
)

Less Than 12 Months
 
12 Months or More
 
Total
 
 
Fair Value
 
Unrecognized Loss
 
Fair Value
 
Unrecognized Loss
 
Fair Value
 
Unrecognized Loss
 
Securities Held to Maturity
                                   
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
 
$
204
   
$
(1
)
 
$
   
$
   
$
204
   
$
(1
)
Total held to maturity
 
$
204
   
$
(1
)
 
$
   
$
   
$
204
   
$
(1
)

There were no sales of investment securities during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 or 2019. Unrealized losses on the Company’s debt securities have not been recognized into income because the issuers’ securities are of high credit quality as of June 30, 2020, and management does not intend to sell, and it is likely that management will not be required to sell, the securities prior to their anticipated recovery.  Management does not believe any individual unrealized loss at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 represents an other-than-temporary impairment.

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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES

Loans are comprised of the following:

 
June 30,
2020
   
December 31,
2019
 
             
Residential real estate
 
$
314,987
   
$
310,253
 
Commercial real estate:
               
Owner-occupied
   
53,580
     
55,825
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
151,780
     
131,398
 
   Construction
   
34,531
     
34,913
 
Commercial and industrial
   
142,972
     
100,023
 
Consumer:
               
Automobile
   
60,369
     
63,770
 
Home equity
   
20,125
     
22,882
 
Other
   
52,488
     
53,710
 
     
830,832
     
772,774
 
Less:  Allowance for loan losses
   
(7,981
)
   
(6,272
)
                 
Loans, net
 
$
822,851
   
$
766,502
 

Commercial and industrial loans include $34,145 of loans originated under the PPP at June 30, 2020.

The following table presents the activity in the allowance for loan losses by portfolio segment for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:

June 30, 2020
 
Residential
Real Estate
   
Commercial
Real Estate
   
Commercial
and Industrial
   
Consumer
   
Total
 
Allowance for loan losses:
                             
Beginning balance
 
$
2,002
   
$
3,028
   
$
2,045
   
$
1,654
   
$
8,729
 
Provision for loan losses
   
64
     
(343
)
   
(349
)
   
235
     
(393
)
Loans charged off
   
(52
)
   
     
(56
)
   
(390
)
   
(498
)
Recoveries
   
10
     
15
     
9
     
109
     
143
 
Total ending allowance balance
 
$
2,024
   
$
2,700
   
$
1,649
   
$
1,608
   
$
7,981
 

June 30, 2019
 
Residential
Real Estate
   
Commercial
Real Estate
   
Commercial
and Industrial
   
Consumer
   
Total
 
Allowance for loan losses:
                             
Beginning balance
 
$
2,079
   
$
2,452
   
$
1,315
   
$
2,167
   
$
8,013
 
Provision for loan losses
   
(552
)
   
(260
)
   
(169
)
   
175
     
(806
)
Loans charged-off
   
(78
)
   
(438
)
   
(111
)
   
(536
)
   
(1,163
)
Recoveries
   
524
     
468
     
60
     
305
     
1,357
 
Total ending allowance balance
 
$
1,973
   
$
2,222
   
$
1,095
   
$
2,111
   
$
7,401
 


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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Continued)

The following table presents the activity in the allowance for loan losses by portfolio segment for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:

June 30, 2020
 
Residential
Real Estate
   
Commercial
Real Estate
   
Commercial
and Industrial
   
Consumer
   
Total
 
Allowance for loan losses:
                             
Beginning balance
 
$
1,250
   
$
1,928
   
$
1,447
   
$
1,647
   
$
6,272
 
Provision for loan losses
   
990
     
1,229
     
275
     
959
     
3,453
 
Loans charged off
   
(250
)
   
(516
)
   
(89
)
   
(1,279
)
   
(2,134
)
Recoveries
   
34
     
59
     
16
     
281
     
390
 
Total ending allowance balance
 
$
2,024
   
$
2,700
   
$
1,649
   
$
1,608
   
$
7,981
 

June 30, 2019
 
Residential
Real Estate
   
Commercial
Real Estate
   
Commercial
and Industrial
   
Consumer
   
Total
 
Allowance for loan losses:
                             
Beginning balance
 
$
1,583
   
$
2,186
   
$
1,063
   
$
1,896
   
$
6,728
 
Provision for loan losses
   
261
     
133
     
304
     
873
     
1,571
 
Loans charged-off
   
(407
)
   
(579
)
   
(344
)
   
(1,193
)
   
(2,523
)
Recoveries
   
536
     
482
     
72
     
535
     
1,625
 
Total ending allowance balance
 
$
1,973
   
$
2,222
   
$
1,095
   
$
2,111
   
$
7,401
 

The following table presents the balance in the allowance for loan losses and the recorded investment of loans by portfolio segment and based on impairment method as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

June 30, 2020
 
Residential
Real Estate
   
Commercial
Real Estate
   
Commercial
and Industrial
   
Consumer
   
Total
 
Allowance for loan losses:
                             
Ending allowance balance attributable to loans:
                             
Individually evaluated for impairment
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 
Collectively evaluated for impairment
   
2,024
     
2,700
     
1,649
     
1,608
     
7,981
 
Total ending allowance balance
 
$
2,024
   
$
2,700
   
$
1,649
   
$
1,608
   
$
7,981
 
                                         
Loans:
                                       
Loans individually evaluated for impairment
 
$
423
   
$
5,051
   
$
4,725
   
$
403
   
$
10,602
 
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment
   
314,564
     
234,840
     
138,247
     
132,579
     
820,230
 
Total ending loans balance
 
$
314,987
   
$
239,891
   
$
142,972
   
$
132,982
   
$
830,832
 

December 31, 2019
 
Residential
Real Estate
   
Commercial
Real Estate
   
Commercial
and Industrial
   
Consumer
   
Total
 
Allowance for loan losses:
                             
Ending allowance balance attributable to loans:
                             
Individually evaluated for impairment
 
$
   
$
385
   
$
303
   
$
119
   
$
807
 
Collectively evaluated for impairment
   
1,250
     
1,543
     
1,144
     
1,528
     
5,465
 
Total ending allowance balance
 
$
1,250
   
$
1,928
   
$
1,447
   
$
1,647
   
$
6,272
 
                                         
Loans:
                                       
Loans individually evaluated for impairment
 
$
438
   
$
11,300
   
$
4,910
   
$
487
   
$
17,135
 
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment
   
309,815
     
210,836
     
95,113
     
139,875
     
755,639
 
Total ending loans balance
 
$
310,253
   
$
222,136
   
$
100,023
   
$
140,362
   
$
772,774
 


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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Continued)

The following tables present information related to loans individually evaluated for impairment by class of loans as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

June 30, 2020
 
Unpaid
Principal Balance
   
Recorded
Investment
   
Allowance for Loan
Losses Allocated
 
With an allowance recorded
 
$
   
$
   
$
 
With no related allowance recorded:
                       
Residential real estate
   
424
     
423
     
 
Commercial real estate:
                       
Owner-occupied
   
4,034
     
4,034
     
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
1,017
     
1,017
     
 
Commercial and industrial
   
4,725
     
4,725
     
 
Consumer:
                       
Home equity
   
403
     
403
     
 
Total
 
$
10,603
   
$
10,602
   
$
 

December 31, 2019
 
Unpaid
Principal Balance
   
Recorded
Investment
   
Allowance for Loan
Losses Allocated
 
With an allowance recorded:
                 
Commercial real estate:
                 
Owner-occupied
 
$
2,030
   
$
2,030
   
$
385
 
Commercial and industrial
   
4,861
     
4,861
     
303
 
Consumer:
                       
Automobile
   
8
     
8
     
8
 
Other
   
111
     
111
     
111
 
With no related allowance recorded:
                       
Residential real estate
   
438
     
438
     
 
Commercial real estate:
                       
Owner-occupied
   
1,778
     
1,778
     
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
7,492
     
7,492
     
 
Commercial and industrial
   
49
     
49
     
 
Consumer:
                       
Home equity
   
368
     
368
     
 
Total
 
$
17,135
   
$
17,135
   
$
807
 


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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Continued)

The following tables present information related to loans individually evaluated for impairment by class of loans for the three and  six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:

 
Three months ended June 30, 2020
   
Six months ended June 30, 2020
 
   
Average
Impaired Loans
   
Interest Income
Recognized
   
Cash Basis
Interest Recognized
   
Average
Impaired Loans
   
Interest Income
Recognized
   
Cash Basis
Interest Recognized
 
 
With an allowance recorded
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 
With no related allowance recorded:
                                               
Residential real estate
   
426
     
5
     
5
     
430
     
8
     
8
 
Commercial real estate:
                                               
Owner-occupied
   
4,051
     
44
     
44
     
3,764
     
102
     
102
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
1,018
     
13
     
13
     
1,027
     
24
     
24
 
Commercial and industrial
   
4,355
     
56
     
56
     
4,428
     
129
     
129
 
Consumer:
                                               
Home equity
   
403
     
3
     
3
     
391
     
8
     
8
 
Total
 
$
10,253
   
$
121
   
$
121
   
$
10,040
   
$
271
   
$
271
 

 
Three months ended June 30, 2019
   
Six months ended June 30, 2019
 
   
Average
Impaired Loans
   
Interest Income
Recognized
   
Cash Basis
Interest Recognized
   
Average
Impaired Loans
   
Interest Income
Recognized
   
Cash Basis
Interest Recognized
 
With an allowance recorded:
                                   
Residential real estate
 
$
1,213
   
$
   
$
   
$
1,214
   
$
5
   
$
5
 
Commercial real estate:
                                               
Nonowner-occupied
   
324
     
1
     
1
     
337
     
1
     
1
 
With no related allowance recorded:
                                               
Residential real estate
   
636
     
6
     
6
     
575
     
11
     
11
 
Commercial real estate:
                                               
Owner-occupied
   
3,483
     
58
     
58
     
3,111
     
112
     
112
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
7,458
     
117
     
117
     
5,287
     
228
     
228
 
Commercial and industrial
   
7,366
     
121
     
121
     
6,591
     
242
     
242
 
Consumer:
                                               
Other
   
6
     
     
     
4
     
     
 
Total
 
$
20,486
   
$
303
   
$
303
   
$
17,119
   
$
599
   
$
599
 

The recorded investment of a loan is its carrying value excluding accrued interest and deferred loan fees.

Nonaccrual loans and loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing include both smaller balance homogenous loans that are collectively evaluated for impairment and individually classified as impaired loans.

The Company transfers loans to other real estate owned, at fair value less cost to sell, in the period the Company obtains physical possession of the property (through legal title or through a deed in lieu). As of June 30, 2020, there were no other real estate owned for residential real estate properties, as compared to $68 at December 31, 2019. In addition, nonaccrual residential mortgage loans that are in the process of foreclosure had a recorded investment of $759 and $1,780 as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.


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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Continued)

The following table presents the recorded investment of nonaccrual loans and loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing by class of loans as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

June 30, 2020
 
Loans Past Due
90 Days And
Still Accruing
   
Nonaccrual
 
             
Residential real estate
 
$
153
   
$
5,773
 
Commercial real estate:
               
Owner-occupied
   
60
     
341
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
     
716
 
Construction
   
     
176
 
Commercial and industrial
   
11
     
427
 
Consumer:
               
Automobile
   
65
     
177
 
Home equity
   
     
213
 
Other
   
164
     
60
 
Total
 
$
453
   
$
7,883
 

December 31, 2019
 
Loans Past Due
90 Days And
Still Accruing
   
Nonaccrual
 
             
Residential real estate
 
$
255
   
$
6,119
 
Commercial real estate:
               
Owner-occupied
   
     
863
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
     
804
 
Construction
   
     
229
 
Commercial and industrial
   
     
590
 
Consumer:
               
Automobile
   
239
     
61
 
Home equity
   
     
392
 
Other
   
395
     
91
 
Total
 
$
889
   
$
9,149
 


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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Continued)

The following table presents the aging of the recorded investment of past due loans by class of loans as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

June 30, 2020
 
30-59
Days
Past Due
   
60-89
Days
Past Due
   
90 Days
Or More
Past Due
   
Total
Past Due
   
Loans Not
Past Due
   
Total
 
                                     
Residential real estate
 
$
2,352
   
$
1,260
   
$
2,081
   
$
5,693
   
$
309,294
   
$
314,987
 
Commercial real estate:
                                               
Owner-occupied
   
494
     
     
313
     
807
     
52,773
     
53,580
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
645
     
     
599
     
1,244
     
150,536
     
151,780
 
Construction
   
153
     
     
20
     
173
     
34,358
     
34,531
 
Commercial and industrial
   
60
     
     
438
     
498
     
142,474
     
142,972
 
Consumer:
                                               
Automobile
   
462
     
124
     
221
     
807
     
59,562
     
60,369
 
Home equity
   
112
     
81
     
112
     
305
     
19,820
     
20,125
 
Other
   
254
     
134
     
192
     
580
     
51,908
     
52,488
 
Total
 
$
4,532
   
$
1,599
   
$
3,976
   
$
10,107
   
$
820,725
   
$
830,832
 

December 31, 2019
 
30-59
Days
Past Due
   
60-89
Days
Past Due
   
90 Days
Or More
Past Due
   
Total
Past Due
   
Loans Not
Past Due
   
Total
 
                                     
Residential real estate
 
$
4,015
   
$
1,314
   
$
1,782
   
$
7,111
   
$
303,142
   
$
310,253
 
Commercial real estate:
                                               
Owner-occupied
   
383
     
59
     
144
     
586
     
55,239
     
55,825
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
12
     
     
697
     
709
     
130,689
     
131,398
 
Construction
   
186
     
19
     
49
     
254
     
34,659
     
34,913
 
Commercial and industrial
   
1,320
     
312
     
241
     
1,873
     
98,150
     
100,023
 
Consumer:
                                               
Automobile
   
986
     
329
     
246
     
1,561
     
62,209
     
63,770
 
Home equity
   
106
     
18
     
279
     
403
     
22,479
     
22,882
 
Other
   
559
     
139
     
443
     
1,141
     
52,569
     
53,710
 
Total
 
$
7,567
   
$
2,190
   
$
3,881
   
$
13,638
   
$
759,136
   
$
772,774
 

Troubled Debt Restructurings:

A troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) occurs when the Company has agreed to a loan modification in the form of a concession for a borrower who is experiencing financial difficulty. All TDRs are considered to be impaired. The modification of the terms of such loans included one or a combination of the following: a reduction of the stated interest rate of the loan; an extension of the maturity date at a stated rate of interest lower than the current market rate for new debt with similar risk; a reduction in the contractual principal and interest payments of the loan; or short-term interest-only payment terms.

The Company has allocated reserves for a portion of its TDRs to reflect the fair values of the underlying collateral or the present value of the concessionary terms granted to the customer.


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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Continued)

The following table presents the types of TDR loan modifications by class of loans as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

June 30, 2020
 
TDRs
Performing to Modified Terms
   
TDRs Not
Performing to Modified Terms
   
Total
TDRs
 
Residential real estate:
                 
Interest only payments
 
$
205
   
$
   
$
205
 
Commercial real estate:
                       
Owner-occupied
                       
Interest only payments
   
868
     
     
868
 
Reduction of principal and interest payments
   
1,501
     
     
1,501
 
Maturity extension at lower stated rate than market rate
   
354
     
     
354
 
Credit extension at lower stated rate than market rate
   
388
     
     
388
 
Nonowner-occupied
                       
Credit extension at lower stated rate than market rate
   
393
     
     
393
 
Commercial and industrial:
                       
Interest only payments
   
3,077
     
     
3,077
 
                         
Total TDRs
 
$
6,786
   
$
   
$
6,786
 

December 31, 2019
 
TDRs
Performing to Modified Terms
   
TDRs Not
Performing to Modified Terms
   
Total
TDRs
 
Residential real estate:
                 
Interest only payments
 
$
209
   
$
   
$
209
 
Commercial real estate:
                       
Owner-occupied
                       
Interest only payments
   
882
     
     
882
 
Reduction of principal and interest payments
   
1,521
     
     
1,521
 
Maturity extension at lower stated rate than market rate
   
393
     
     
393
 
Credit extension at lower stated rate than market rate
   
393
     
     
393
 
Nonowner-occupied
                       
Credit extension at lower stated rate than market rate
   
395
     
     
395
 
Commercial and industrial:
                       
Interest only payments
   
4,574
     
     
4,574
 
Reduction of principal and interest payments
   
185
     
     
185
 
                         
Total TDRs
 
$
8,552
   
$
   
$
8,552
 

At June 30, 2020, the balance in TDR loans decreased $1,766, or 20.7%, from year-end 2019. The Company had no specific allocations in reserves to customers whose loan terms have been modified in TDRs at  June 30, 2020, as compared to $227 in reserves at December 31, 2019. At June 30, 2020, the Company had $2,423 in commitments to lend additional amounts to customers with outstanding loans that are classified as TDRs, as compared to $941 at December 31, 2019.


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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Continued)

There were no TDR loan modifications that occurred during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. The following table presents the pre- and post-modification balances of TDR loan modifications by class of loans that occurred during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019:

       
TDRs
Performing to Modified Terms
   
TDRs Not
Performing toModified Terms
 
Three months ended June 30, 2019
 
Number
of Loans
   
Pre-Modification Recorded
Investment
   
Post-Modification Recorded
Investment
   
Pre-Modification Recorded
Investment
   
Post-Modification Recorded
Investment
 
Residential real estate:
                             
Interest only payments
   
1
   
$
292
   
$
292
   
$
   
$
 
Commercial and Industrial:
                                       
Interest only payments
   
1
     
282
     
282
                 
Total TDRs
   
2
   
$
574
   
$
574
   
$
   
$
 

       
TDRs
Performing to Modified Terms
   
TDRs Not
Performing to Modified Terms
 
Six months ended June 30, 2019
 
Number
of Loans
   
Pre-Modification Recorded
Investment
   
Post-Modification Recorded
Investment
   
Pre-Modification Recorded
Investment
   
Post-Modification Recorded
Investment
 
Residential real estate:
                             
Interest only payments
   
1
   
$
292
   
$
292
   
$
   
$
 
Commercial and Industrial:
                                       
Interest only payments
   
1
     
282
     
282
                 
Total TDRs
   
2
   
$
574
   
$
574
   
$
   
$
 

The TDRs described above had no impact on the allowance for loan losses and resulted in no charge-offs during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.

The Company had no TDRs that occurred during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 or June 30, 2019 that experienced any payment defaults within twelve months following their loan modification.  A default is considered to have occurred once the TDR is past due 90 days or more or it has been placed on nonaccrual.  TDR loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was signed into law on March 27, 2020 and provided guidance around the modification of loans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which outlined, among other criteria, that short-term modifications made on a good faith basis to borrowers who were current as defined under the CARES Act prior to any relief, are not TDRs. This includes short-term modifications such as payment deferrals, fee waivers, extensions of repayment terms, or other delays in payment that are insignificant. Borrowers are considered current under the CARES Act and related regulatory guidance if they are less than 30 days past due on their contractual payments at the time a modification program is implemented.  As of June 30, 2020, the Company had modified 692 loans related to the COVID-19 pandemic with an aggregate loan balance of $139,304 that were not reported as TDRs in the tables presented above.


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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Continued)

Credit Quality Indicators:

The Company categorizes loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the ability of borrowers to service their debt, such as: current financial information, historical payment experience, credit documentation, public information, and current economic trends, among other factors. These risk categories are represented by a loan grading scale from 1 through 11. The Company analyzes loans individually with a higher credit risk rating and groups these loans into categories called “criticized” and ”classified” assets. The Company considers its criticized assets to be loans that are graded 8 and its classified assets to be loans that are graded 9 through 11. The Company’s risk categories are reviewed at least annually on loans that have aggregate borrowing amounts that meet or exceed $750.

The Company uses the following definitions for its criticized loan risk ratings:

Special Mention.  Loans classified as special mention indicate considerable risk due to deterioration of repayment (in the earliest stages) due to potential weak primary repayment source, or payment delinquency.  These loans will be under constant supervision, are not classified and do not expose the institution to sufficient risks to warrant classification.  These deficiencies should be correctable within the normal course of business, although significant changes in company structure or policy may be necessary to correct the deficiencies.  These loans are considered bankable assets with no apparent loss of principal or interest envisioned.  The perceived risk in continued lending is considered to have increased beyond the level where such loans would normally be granted.  Credits that are defined as a TDR should be graded no higher than special mention until they have been reported as performing over one year after restructuring.

The Company uses the following definitions for its classified loan risk ratings:

Substandard.  Loans classified as substandard represent very high risk, serious delinquency, nonaccrual, or unacceptable credit. Repayment through the primary source of repayment is in jeopardy due to the existence of one or more well defined weaknesses and the collateral pledged may inadequately protect collection of the loans. Loss of principal is not likely if weaknesses are corrected, although financial statements normally reveal significant weakness. Loans are still considered collectible, although loss of principal is more likely than with special mention loans. Collateral liquidation is considered likely to satisfy debt.

Doubtful.  Loans classified as doubtful display a high probability of loss, although the amount of actual loss at the time of classification is undetermined. This classification should be temporary until such time that actual loss can be identified, or improvements made to reduce the seriousness of the classification. These loans exhibit all substandard characteristics with the addition that weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full highly questionable and improbable. This classification consists of loans where the possibility of loss is high after collateral liquidation based upon existing facts, market conditions, and value. Loss is deferred until certain important and reasonable specific pending factors which may strengthen the credit can be more accurately determined. These factors may include proposed acquisitions, liquidation procedures, capital injection, receipt of additional collateral, mergers, or refinancing plans. A doubtful classification for an entire credit should be avoided when collection of a specific portion appears highly probable with the adequately secured portion graded substandard.

Loss.  Loans classified as loss are considered uncollectible and are of such little value that their continuance as bankable assets is not warranted.  This classification does not mean that the credit has absolutely no recovery or salvage value, but rather it is not practical or desirable to defer writing off this asset yielding such a minimum value even though partial recovery may be affected in the future.  Amounts classified as loss should be promptly charged off.


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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Continued)

Criticized and classified loans will mostly consist of commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans. The Company considers its loans that do not meet the criteria for a criticized and classified asset rating as pass rated loans, which will include loans graded from 1 (Prime) to 7 (Watch). All commercial loans are categorized into a risk category either at the time of origination or reevaluation date. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, and based on the most recent analysis performed, the risk category of commercial loans by class of loans was as follows:

June 30, 2020
 
 
Pass
   
Criticized
   
Classified
   
Total
 
Commercial real estate:
                       
Owner-occupied
 
$
48,178
   
$
686
   
$
4,716
   
$
53,580
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
144,420
     
6,170
     
1,190
     
151,780
 
Construction
   
34,531
     
     
     
34,531
 
Commercial and industrial
   
134,820
     
2,703
     
5,449
     
142,972
 
Total
 
$
361,949
   
$
9,559
   
$
11,355
   
$
382,863
 

December 31, 2019
 
 
Pass
   
Criticized
   
Classified
   
Total
 
Commercial real estate:
                       
Owner-occupied
 
$
49,486
   
$
2,889
   
$
3,450
   
$
55,825
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
123,847
     
     
7,551
     
131,398
 
Construction
   
34,864
     
     
49
     
34,913
 
Commercial and industrial
   
89,749
     
298
     
9,976
     
100,023
 
Total
 
$
297,946
   
$
3,187
   
$
21,026
   
$
322,159
 

The Company also obtains the credit scores of its borrowers upon origination (if available by the credit bureau), but the scores are not updated. The Company focuses mostly on the performance and repayment ability of the borrower as an indicator of credit risk and does not consider a borrower's credit score to be a significant influence in the determination of a loan's credit risk grading.

For residential and consumer loan classes, the Company evaluates credit quality based on the aging status of the loan, which was previously presented, and by payment activity. The following table presents the recorded investment of residential and consumer loans by class of loans based on repayment activity as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

June 30, 2020
 
Consumer
   
Residential
       
   
Automobile
   
Home Equity
   
Other
   
Real Estate
   
Total
 
                               
Performing
 
$
60,127
   
$
19,912
   
$
52,264
   
$
309,061
   
$
441,364
 
Nonperforming
   
242
     
213
     
224
     
5,926
     
6,605
 
Total
 
$
60,369
   
$
20,125
   
$
52,488
   
$
314,987
   
$
447,969
 

December 31, 2019
 
Consumer
   
Residential
       
   
Automobile
   
Home Equity
   
Other
   
Real Estate
   
Total
 
                               
Performing
 
$
63,470
   
$
22,490
   
$
53,224
   
$
303,879
   
$
443,063
 
Nonperforming
   
300
     
392
     
486
     
6,374
     
7,552
 
Total
 
$
63,770
   
$
22,882
   
$
53,710
   
$
310,253
   
$
450,615
 

The Company, through its subsidiaries, originates residential, consumer, and commercial loans to customers located primarily in the southeastern areas of Ohio as well as the western counties of West Virginia.  Approximately 4.34% of total loans were unsecured at June 30, 2020, down from 5.00% at December 31, 2019.

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NOTE 5 - FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK

The Bank is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers.  These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit, standby letters of credit and financial guarantees.  The Bank’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit, and financial guarantees written, is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments.  The contract amounts of these instruments are not included in the consolidated financial statements.  At June 30, 2020, the contract amounts of these instruments totaled approximately $84,507, compared to $75,178 at December 31, 2019.  The Bank uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for instruments recorded on the balance sheet.  Since many of these instruments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total contract amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

NOTE 6 - OTHER BORROWED FUNDS

Other borrowed funds at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are comprised of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) of Cincinnati and promissory notes.

 
FHLB Borrowings
   
Promissory Notes
   
Totals
 
                   
June 30, 2020
 
$
26,446
   
$
3,664
   
$
30,110
 
December 31, 2019
 
$
29,758
   
$
4,233
   
$
33,991
 

Pursuant to collateral agreements with the FHLB, advances were secured by $306,417 in qualifying mortgage loans, $79,976 in commercial loans and $5,365 in FHLB stock at June 30, 2020.  Fixed-rate FHLB advances of $26,446 mature through 2042 and have interest rates ranging from 1.53% to 3.31% and a year-to-date weighted average cost of 2.40%.  There were no variable-rate FHLB borrowings at June 30, 2020.

At June 30, 2020, the Company had a cash management line of credit enabling it to borrow up to $80,000 from the FHLB.  All cash management advances have an original maturity of 90 days.  The line of credit must be renewed on an annual basis.  There was $80,000 available on this line of credit at June 30, 2020.

Based on the Company's current FHLB stock ownership, total assets and pledgeable loans, the Company had the ability to obtain borrowings from the FHLB up to a maximum of $198,131 at June 30, 2020.  Of this maximum borrowing capacity, the Company had $109,288 available to use as additional borrowings, of which $80,000 could be used for short-term, cash management advances, as mentioned above.

Promissory notes, issued primarily by Ohio Valley, are due at various dates through a final maturity date of May 18, 2021, and have fixed rates ranging from 2.00% to 4.09% and a year-to-date weighted average cost of 2.40% at June 30, 2020, as compared to 2.73% at December 31, 2019.  There were seven promissory notes payable by Ohio Valley to related parties totaling $3,558 at June 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019.  Promissory notes payable to other banks totaled $106 at June 30, 2020, as compared to $405 at December 31, 2019.

Letters of credit issued on the Bank's behalf by the FHLB to collateralize certain public unit deposits as required by law totaled $62,397 at June 30, 2020 and $56,500 at December 31, 2019.

Scheduled principal payments as of June 30, 2020:

 
FHLB
Borrowings
   
Promissory
Notes
   
Totals
 
                   
2020
 
$
1,541
   
$
2,104
   
$
3,645
 
2021
   
2,888
     
1,560
     
4,448
 
2022
   
2,727
     
     
2,727
 
2023
   
2,588
     
     
2,588
 
2024
   
2,214
     
     
2,214
 
Thereafter
   
14,488
     
     
14,488
 
   
$
26,446
   
$
3,664
   
$
30,110
 


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NOTE 7 – SEGMENT INFORMATION

The reportable segments are determined by the products and services offered, primarily distinguished between banking and consumer finance. They are also distinguished by the level of information provided to the chief operating decision maker, who uses such information to review performance of various components of the business, which are then aggregated if operating performance, products/services, and customers are similar. Loans, investments, and deposits provide the majority of the net revenues from the banking operation, while loans provide the majority of the net revenues for the consumer finance segment. All Company segments are domestic.

Total revenues from the banking segment, which accounted for the majority of the Company's total revenues, totaled 93.2% and 93.1% of total consolidated revenues for the quarters end June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The accounting policies used for the Company's reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. Income taxes are allocated based on income before tax expense.

Information for the Company’s reportable segments is as follows:

 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
 
   
Banking
   
Consumer
Finance
   
Total
Company
 
Net interest income
 
$
9,317
   
$
478
   
$
9,795
 
Provision expense
   
(400
)
   
7
     
(393
)
Noninterest income
   
2,201
     
48
     
2,249
 
Noninterest expense
   
9,049
     
553
     
9,602
 
Tax expense
   
579
     
(7
)
   
572
 
Net income
   
2,290
     
(27
)
   
2,263
 
Assets
   
1,091,377
     
11,618
     
1,102,995
 

 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
 
   
Banking
   
Consumer
Finance
   
Total
Company
 
Net interest income
 
$
10,088
   
$
565
   
$
10,653
 
Provision expense
   
(800
)
   
(6
)
   
(806
)
Noninterest income
   
1,960
     
43
     
2,003
 
Noninterest expense
   
9,211
     
580
     
9,791
 
Tax expense
   
585
     
7
     
592
 
Net income
   
3,052
     
27
     
3,079
 
Assets
   
1,023,466
     
11,509
     
1,034,975
 

 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
 
   
Banking
   
Consumer
Finance
   
Total
Company
 
Net interest income
 
$
18,788
   
$
1,011
   
$
19,799
 
Provision expense
   
3,445
     
8
     
3,453
 
Noninterest income
   
5,688
     
1,003
     
6,691
 
Noninterest expense
   
17,815
     
1,306
     
19,121
 
Tax expense
   
504
     
147
     
651
 
Net income
   
2,712
     
553
     
3,265
 
Assets
   
1,091,377
     
11,618
     
1,102,995
 

 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
 
   
Banking
   
Consumer
Finance
   
Total
Company
 
Net interest income
 
$
20,125
   
$
1,915
   
$
22,040
 
Provision expense
   
1,450
     
121
     
1,571
 
Noninterest income
   
3,779
     
70
     
3,849
 
Noninterest expense
   
18,031
     
1,328
     
19,359
 
Tax expense
   
575
     
112
     
687
 
Net income
   
3,848
     
424
     
4,272
 
Assets
   
1,023,466
     
11,509
     
1,034,975
 


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NOTE 8 – LEASES

Substantially all of the Company’s operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and operating lease liabilities represent leases for branch buildings and office space to conduct business.  Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet. The lease expense for these leases are recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Leases with initial terms in excess of 12 months are recorded as either operating or financing leases on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company has no finance lease arrangements. Operating leases have remaining lease terms ranging from 15 months to 17 years, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to 15 years. Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are valued based on the present value of future minimum lease payments, discounted with an incremental borrowing rate for the same term as the underlying lease. The Company has one lease arrangement that contains variable lease payments that are adjusted periodically for an index.  Upon adoption of the new lease guidance on January 1, 2019, an initial ROU asset of $1,280 was recognized as a non-cash asset addition to the consolidated balance sheet.

Balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

 
As of
June 30, 2020
   
As of
December 31, 2019
 
Operating leases:
           
Operating lease right-of-use assets
 
$
955
   
$
1,053
 
Operating lease liabilities
   
955
     
1,053
 

The components of lease cost were as follows:

Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
 
Operating lease cost
 
$
41
   
$
80
   
$
95
   
$
146
 
Short-term lease expense
   
8
     
15
     
16
     
31
 

Future undiscounted lease payments for operating leases with initial terms of one year or more as of June 30, 2020 are as follows:

 
Operating Leases
 
2020 (remaining)
 
$
79
 
2021
   
157
 
2022
   
157
 
2023
   
116
 
2024
   
95
 
Thereafter
   
546
 
Total lease payments
   
1,150
 
Less: Imputed Interest
   
(195
)
Total operating leases
 
$
955
 

Other information was as follows:

 
As of
June 30, 2020
   
As of
December 31, 2019
 
Weighted-average remaining lease term for operating leases
 
10.0 years
   
10.6 years
 
Weighted-average discount rate for operating leases
   
2.77
%
   
2.76
%

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this report and other publicly available documents incorporated herein by reference constitute "forward looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934 and as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of such words as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plan,” “goal,” “seek,” “project,” “estimate,” “strategy,” “future,” “likely,” “may,” “should,” “will,” and similar expressions. Such statements involve various important assumptions, risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond our control, particularly with regard to developments related to the  COVID-19 pandemic, and which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward looking statements.  These factors include, but are not limited to:  the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, operations, customers and capital position; higher default rates on loans made to our customers related to COVID-19 and its impact on our customers’ operations and financial condition; the impact of COVID-19 on local, national and global economic conditions; unexpected changes in interest rates or disruptions in the mortgage market related to COVID-19 or responses to the health crisis; the effects of various governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic; changes in political, economic or other factors, such as inflation rates, recessionary or expansive trends, taxes, the effects of implementation of legislation and the continuing economic uncertainty in various parts of the world; competitive pressures; fluctuations in interest rates; the level of defaults and prepayment on loans made by the Company; unanticipated litigation, claims, or assessments; fluctuations in the cost of obtaining funds to make loans; and regulatory changes.  Additional detailed information concerning such factors is available in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including the disclosure under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of Part II of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 and Part I of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.  The Company undertakes no obligation and disclaims any intention to republish revised or updated forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, unanticipated future events or otherwise.

Financial Overview

BUSINESS OVERVIEW: The Company is primarily engaged in commercial and retail banking, offering a blend of commercial and consumer banking services within southeastern Ohio as well as western West Virginia.  The banking services offered by the Bank include the acceptance of deposits in checking, savings, time and money market accounts; the making and servicing of personal, commercial, floor plan and student loans; the making of construction and real estate loans; and credit card services.  The Bank also offers individual retirement accounts, safe deposit boxes, wire transfers and other standard banking products and services.  In January 2020, the Bank began offering Tax Refund Advance Loans (“TALs”) to Loan Central tax customers. A TAL represents a short-term loan offered by the Bank to tax preparation customers of Loan Central.  Previously, Loan Central offered and originated tax refund anticipation loans that represented a large composition of its annual earnings.  However, new Ohio laws that became effective in April 2019 placed numerous restrictions on short-term and small loans extended by certain non-bank lenders in Ohio.  As a result, Loan Central is no longer able to directly offer the service to its tax preparation customers, but it is able to do so through the Bank.  After Loan Central prepares a customer’s tax return, the customer is offered the opportunity to have immediate access to a portion of the anticipated tax refund by entering into a TAL with the Bank.  As part of the process, the tax customer completes a loan application and authorizes the expected tax refund to be deposited with the Bank once it is issued by the IRS.  Once the Bank receives the tax refund, the refund is used to repay the TAL and Loan Central’s tax preparation fees, then the remainder of the refund is remitted to Loan Central’s tax customer.


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IMPACT of COVID-19: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption in the United States and international economies and financial markets. The primary markets served by the Company in southeastern Ohio and western West Virginia have been significantly impacted by COVID-19, which has changed the way we live and work. The actions taken by the Governors of the States of Ohio and West Virginia beginning in March of 2020 were imposed to mitigate the spread and lessen the public health impact of COVID-19. Currently, the Bank’s primary channels of serving our customers consist of drive-thru, mobile, and online banking services. Lobby services continue to be on an appointment-only basis within all of our banking centers, with the exception of our Holzer and Gallipolis Wal-Mart offices. These accommodations are likely to have a negative impact on the Company’s results of operations during the duration of the pandemic, and, depending on how quickly the businesses of our customers rebound after the same, could lead to an increase in nonperforming assets.

On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was signed into law. The CARES Act provides assistance to small businesses through the establishment of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The PPP provides small businesses with funds to pay up to 8 weeks of payroll costs, including benefits. The funds are provided in the form of loans that are fully guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and that will be fully forgiven when used for payroll costs, interest on mortgages, rent, and utilities. Most small businesses with 500 or fewer employees are eligible for these loans. On June 5, 2020, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (the “Flexibility Act”) was signed into law. The Flexibility Act amended the CARES Act and resulted in several changes to the PPP, including: (i) extending the covered period for loan forgiveness purposes to the earlier of 24 weeks or December 31, 2020; (ii) lowering the amount required to be spent on payroll costs from 75% to 60% of the PPP loan funds; (iii) extending the loan maturity period from two to five years; and (iv) revising the loan deferral period. Our teams have continued to support our clients who have experienced financial hardship due to COVID-19 through participation in the PPP, assistance with expedited deposits of CARES Act stimulus payments, and loan modifications, as needed.

FINANCIAL RESULTS OVERVIEW:  Net income totaled $2,263 during the second quarter of 2020, a decrease of $816, or 26.5%, compared to $3,079 during the second quarter of 2019. Earnings per share for the second quarter of 2020 finished at $.47 per share, compared to $.65 per share during the second quarter of 2019.  The Company’s net income during the six months ended June 30, 2020 totaled $3,265, a decrease of $1,007, or 23.6%, compared to $4,272 during the six months ended June 30, 2019. Earnings per share during the first six months of 2020 finished at $.68 per share, compared to $0.90 per share during the first six months of 2019. Lower earnings during both the quarterly and year-to-date periods ended June 30, 2020 were largely impacted by decreases in interest and fee loan revenue and higher provision expense being partially offset by higher noninterest revenue and lower noninterest expenses.

The negative impact of lower net earnings during the first six months of 2020 also had a direct impact to the Company’s annualized net income to average asset ratio, or return on assets, which decreased to 0.62% at June 30, 2020, compared to 0.83% at June 30, 2019.  The Company’s net income to average equity ratio, or return on equity, also decreased to 5.07% at June 30, 2020, compared to 7.20% at June 30, 2019.

During the three months ended June 30, 2020, net interest income decreased $858, or 8.1%, from the same period in 2019.  During the six months ended June 30, 2020, net interest income decreased $2,241, or 10.2%, from the same period in 2019. The decreases were mostly attributable to net interest margin compression in relation to decreases in market rates that contributed to lower earning asset yields during the first half of 2020. During the second half of 2019, the Federal Reserve reduced interest rates by 75 basis points and another 150 basis points in March 2020 due to concerns about the impact of COVID-19 on the economy.  Although the effects of lower market rates have reduced earning asset yields, the effects have not yet fully impacted the Company’s interest-bearing deposit costs. The Company’s interest rates on time deposits have repriced downward, which will have an impact of lowering interest expense when new time deposits are issued going forward.  Furthermore, certain interest-bearing deposits were already at or near their interest rate floors, which also limited the Company’s ability to reduce deposit costs during the first half of 2020.  Due to this lagging effect of deposit cost reduction combined with a more rate-sensitive earning asset portfolio, the Company’s net interest margin decreased 49 basis points during the three months ended June 30, 2020, and decreased 53 basis points during the six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively. Also impacting net interest income were lower loan fees impacted by the change in the Company’s business model for Loan Central’s assessment of fees for tax refund advance loans, as previously described above. This resulted in a $728 decrease in loan fees during the first half of 2020, as compared to the same period last year.  Loan Central’s tax preparation fee income from TAL offerings during the first half of 2020 was recorded to noninterest income, as discussed below.  Since the tax refund business is seasonal, there was minimal impact from fee revenue during the second quarter of 2020.  Partially offsetting the negative impact from lower asset yields and fee revenue was growth in average earning assets, up $38,170 during the second quarter of 2020 and $10,366 during the first half of 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.  The growth came largely from the impact of $34,173 in PPP loans that were originated mostly during the second quarter of 2020, contributing to higher commercial and industrial loans at June 30, 2020.  Average earning asset growth also came from growth in the Company’s interest-bearing deposit account at the Federal Reserve Bank, driven by heightened deposit balances received during the first half of 2020.


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During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company’s provision expense increased $413 and $1,882, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.  The increase in provision expense during the second quarter of 2020 was primarily due to a $549 increase in net charge-offs.  The increase in provision expense during the first half of 2020 was largely impacted by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in a higher general allocation of the allowance for loan losses during the first quarter of 2020.  Based on declining economic conditions and increasing unemployment levels, management increased general reserves by $2,185 to reflect higher anticipated losses due to the expected financial impact of COVID-19 on its customers.  The Company will continue to closely monitor COVID-19 and expects to continue to make the appropriate adjustments within the allowance for loan losses in response to the pandemic as the situation evolves.

Total noninterest income during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 increased $246 and $2,842 over the same respective periods in 2019.  The year-over-year improvement in noninterest revenue came primarily from proceeds of $2,000 received in a litigation settlement with a third-party, while further growth also came from tax preparation fee income, which was up $634 over the prior year.  Tax preparation fee income was the result of the Company changing its business model in 2020 from assessing tax refund advance loan fees to now assessing tax preparation fees in response to a state law enacted in 2019. Noninterest revenue was also impacted by surging growth in mortgage banking income, which was up $353 and $374 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.  Mortgage banking income has grown in response to the record low mortgage rates that have generated a significant volume of mortgages being refinanced in 2020. Partially offsetting these factors was lower service charges on deposit accounts, which decreased $184 and $194 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.  The decline came mostly from overdraft fees.

The Company benefited from lower noninterest expense, decreasing $189 and $238 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.  Both the quarterly and year-to-date periods have been impacted by lower salaries and employee benefit costs, which decreased $101 and $182, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively. The decrease was primarily from the expense savings associated with a lower number of employees from the sale of two branches in December 2019 and the voluntary severance program that was completed during the fourth quarter of 2019, which more than offset the expense increase associated with annual merit increases in 2020. Also contributing to lower overhead costs were professional fees, which decreased $216 and $290 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.  This expense savings was related to lower audit expense and litigation related legal fees. Partially offsetting overhead expense reductions was an increase in data processing expense, which increased $150 and $214 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively. The increase was primarily from costs associated with the platform used to facilitate PPP loans, credit card processing and website maintenance costs.

The Company’s provision for income taxes decreased $20 and $36 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020,  as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.  This is largely due to the changes in taxable income affected by the factors mentioned above.   

At June 30, 2020, total assets were $1,102,995, an increase of $89,723 from total assets of $1,013,272 at year-end 2019.  Higher assets were impacted mostly by increases in loans, cash and cash equivalents, and investment securities, which were collectively up $83,358, or 8.8%, from year-end 2019. The Company’s loan portfolio increased $58,058, finishing at $830,832 at June 30, 2020, compared to $772,774 at year-end 2019.  The commercial loan segment experienced an 18.8% increase from year-end 2019, which was partially related to the origination of $34,173 in PPP loans. The residential real estate segment grew 1.5% from year-end 2019, while the consumer loan segment decreased 7.5% from year-end 2019. The increase in both cash and cash equivalents and securities was related to the investment of the heightened deposit balances received during the first half of 2020. Further asset increases came from bank owned life insurance (“BOLI”) and annuity assets, which increased $4,992 from year-end 2019, impacted by new BOLI plan purchases in the second quarter of 2020. Premises and equipment also increased $2,211 from year-end 2019, impacted by the construction of the Company’s new Second and State Street facility in Gallipolis, Ohio.  The facility officially opened in the first quarter of 2020 and consists mostly of executive offices and areas for processing.

Total liabilities were $971,174 at June 30, 2020, up $86,081 from year-end 2019. Contributing most to this increase were higher deposit balances, which increased $90,376 from year-end 2019.  The increase was impacted mostly by customers receiving stimulus funds and their desire to preserve cash during this uncertain economic environment. Partially offsetting the growth in deposits were reduced borrowings of $3,881 from the continued principal repayments of long-term advances with the FHLB.

At June 30, 2020, total shareholders' equity was $131,821, up $3,642 since December 31, 2019.  Regulatory capital ratios of the Company remained higher than the "well capitalized" minimums.


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Comparison of Financial Condition
at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019

The following discussion focuses, in more detail, on the consolidated financial condition of the Company at June 30, 2020 compared to December 31, 2019.  This discussion should be read in conjunction with the interim consolidated financial statements and the footnotes included in this Form 10‑Q.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

At June 30, 2020, cash and cash equivalents were $68,251, an increase of $15,895 from $52,356 at December 31, 2019.  The increase in cash and cash equivalents came mostly from higher interest-bearing deposits on hand with correspondent banks.  Over 77% of cash and cash equivalents consist of the Company’s interest-bearing Federal Reserve Bank clearing account. The Company utilizes its interest-bearing Federal Reserve Bank clearing account to manage excess funds, as well as to assist in funding earning asset growth. The interest rate paid on both the required and excess reserve balances of the Federal Reserve Bank account is based on the targeted federal funds rate established by the Federal Open Market Committee.  During the second half of 2019, the rate associated with the Company’s Federal Reserve Bank clearing account decreased 75 basis points to 1.75% as a result of the Federal Reserve’s action to decrease short-term market rates.  The Federal Reserve again reduced short-term rates by 150 basis points during March 2020 due to concerns about the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, resulting in a target federal funds rate range of 0% to 0.25%.  Although interest-bearing deposits in the Federal Reserve Bank are the Company's lowest-yielding interest-earning asset, the investment rate is higher than the rate the Company would have received from its investments in federal funds sold. Furthermore, Federal Reserve Bank balances are 100% secured.

The Company’s focus will be to invest excess funds in longer-term, higher-yielding assets, primarily loans, when the opportunities arise. As liquidity levels vary continuously based on consumer activities, amounts of cash and cash equivalents can vary widely at any given point in time. As previously mentioned, the Bank settled the lawsuit filed against a third-party tax refund provider for breach of contract in March 2020.  In addition, the Bank entered into a new agreement with the third-party to process future electronic refund checks and deposits presented for payment on behalf of taxpayers through accounts containing taxpayer refunds. The new agreement provides that the Bank will process refunds for five tax seasons, beginning with the 2021 tax season and continuing through the 2025 tax season.  As a result, the Bank anticipates this new tax agreement will materially impact its liquidity levels during the term of the agreement beginning in 2021.

Certificates of deposit

At June 30, 2020, the Company had $2,323 in certificates of deposit owned by the Captive, down from $2,360 at year-end 2019.  The deposits on hand at June 30, 2020 consist of ten certificates with remaining maturity terms ranging from less than 3 months up to 34 months.

Securities

The balance of total securities increased $9,405, or 8.0%, compared to year-end 2019.  The Company’s investment securities portfolio is made up mostly of U.S. Government agency (“Agency”) mortgage-backed securities, which increased $10,772, or 12.2%, from year-end 2019 and represented 78.4% of total investments at June 30, 2020.  During the first half of 2020, the Company invested $20,772 in new Agency mortgage-backed securities, while receiving principal repayments of $12,623.  The monthly repayment of principal has been the primary advantage of Agency mortgage-backed securities as compared to other types of investment securities, which deliver proceeds upon maturity or call date.

In addition, decreasing market rates during 2020 led to a $3,022 decrease in the net unrealized loss position associated with the Company’s available for sale securities, which increased the fair value of securities at June 30, 2020.  The fair value of an investment security moves inversely to interest rates, so as rates decreased, the unrealized loss in the portfolio was reduced. These changes in rates are typical and do not impact earnings of the Company as long as the securities are held to full maturity.

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Loans

The loan portfolio represents the Company’s largest asset category and is its most significant source of interest income. Gross loan balances grew to $830,832 at June 30, 2020, representing an increase of $58,058, or 7.5%, as compared to $772,774 at December 31, 2019.  Loan growth has been largely influenced by PPP loan originations within the commercial and industrial loan segment.  Additional growth also came from the commercial and residential real estate portfolios, which were partially offset by decreases in the consumer loan portfolio from year-end 2019.

The majority of the Company’s increase in loans from year-end 2019 came from the commercial and industrial portfolio, which increased $42,949, or 42.9%, from year-end 2019. Commercial and industrial loans consist of loans to corporate borrowers primarily in small to mid-sized industrial and commercial companies that include service, retail and wholesale merchants.  Collateral securing these loans includes equipment, inventory, and stock. Furthermore, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the first quarter of 2020, the Company was authorized to originate PPP loans under the CARES Act.  PPP loans are guaranteed by the SBA and have an interest rate of 1.0%, a two-year loan term to maturity, and principal and interest payments deferred for six months from the date of disbursement. As long as the small business borrower meets certain criteria on the use of loan proceeds, the entire principal and accrued interest is eligible to be forgiven by the SBA. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had funded over 340 PPP loans totaling $34,173.

Additional loan growth came from the commercial real estate loan portfolio, which increased $17,755, or 8.8%, from year-end 2019.  The commercial real estate segment comprised the largest portion of the Company’s total commercial loan portfolio at June 30, 2020 at 62.7%. Leading the growth in commercial real estate were increases in nonowner-occupied loan originations, with balances up $20,382, or 15.5%, from year-end 2019, primarily due to continued demand from new customers. While management believes lending opportunities exist in the Company’s markets, future commercial lending activities will depend upon economic and other related conditions, such as general demand for loans in the Company’s primary markets, interest rates offered by the Company, the effects of competitive pressure and normal underwriting considerations.  Management will continue to place emphasis on its commercial lending, which generally yields a higher return on investment as compared to other types of loans.

Further loan growth also came from the Company’s residential real estate loan segment, which increased $4,734, or 1.5%, from year-end 2019.  The residential real estate loan segment comprises the largest portion of the Company’s overall loan portfolio at 37.9% and consists primarily of one- to four-family residential mortgages and carries many of the same customer and industry risks as the commercial loan portfolio.  The growth in residential real estate loans represents a shift in trend movement from year-end 2019, with balances decreasing $2,374 during the first quarter of 2020, and then increasing $7,108 during the second quarter of 2020. The second quarter surge in residential real estate loans came largely from the Bank's warehouse lending volume. Warehouse lending consists of a line of credit provided by the Bank to another mortgage lender that makes loans for the purchase of one- to four-family residential real estate properties. The mortgage lender eventually sells the loans and repays the Bank. With record low mortgage rates during 2020, real estate refinancings began to significantly increase during the second quarter of 2020.  This not only contributed to the rise in warehouse lending volume, but also impacted an increase in volume of long-term fixed-rate mortgages being sold to the secondary market.

Partially offsetting the increases in both the commercial and residential real estate loan portfolios were consumer loan balances, which were down $7,380, or 5.3%, from year-end 2019, finishing at $132,982. This change was primarily impacted by a decline in automobile loan balances from year-end 2019.  Automobile loans represent the Company’s largest consumer loan segment at 45.4% of total consumer loans.  Automobile loans decreased primarily as a result of COVID-19 and the stay-at-home orders that limited automobile sales within the Company’s market areas. Further limiting the volume of automobile loan originations are heightened incentives being offered from the captive auto finance companies in response to the pandemic.


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Allowance for Loan Losses

The Company established a $7,981 allowance for loan losses at June 30, 2020, which represents an increase from the $6,272 allowance at year-end 2019. The allowance was impacted by an increase of $2,516 in general allocations from year-end 2019. As part of the Company’s quarterly analysis of the allowance for loan losses, management will review various factors that directly impact the general allocation needs of the allowance, which include:  historical loan losses, loan delinquency levels, local economic conditions and unemployment rates, criticized/classified asset coverage levels and loan loss recoveries.  During the first half of 2020, the Company added a new risk factor to the evaluation of the allowance for loan losses pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic. The risk factor was necessary to account for the changes in economic conditions resulting from increases in unemployment that would produce higher anticipated losses as a result of COVID-19. Given that the economic scenarios had deteriorated significantly since the pandemic was declared in early March, it was determined the credit risk in the loan portfolio had increased, resulting in the need for an additional reserve for credit loss. As a result, the general reserve allocation related to COVID-19 totaled $2,185 at June 30, 2020, which had a corresponding impact to provision expense during the first half of 2020.  While the Company has yet to experience any significant charge-offs related to COVID-19, the continued uncertainty regarding the severity and duration of the pandemic and related economic effects will continue to impact the Company’s estimate of its allowance for loan losses and resulting provision expense.

Excluding the risk factors from COVID-19, the Company also experienced increases in general allocations from its historical loan loss factor, which grew from 0.23% at year-end 2019 to 0.24% at June 30, 2020.  Increases also came from higher unemployment rates within the Company’s market areas, as well as lower annualized loan recoveries at June 30, 2020 compared to year-end 2019. The impact from these risk factors were partially offset by a lower classified asset risk factor from year-end 2019, impacted by various commercial loan upgrades as a result of improvements in the financial performance of certain borrowers’ ability to repay their loans.  This contributed to lower classified assets from year-end 2019, particularly within the commercial nonowner-occupied and commercial and industrial loan segments. Furthermore, the Company’s delinquency levels decreased from year-end 2019, with nonperforming loans to total loans of 1.00% at June 30, 2020 compared to 1.30% at December 31, 2019, and lower nonperforming assets to total assets of 0.78% at June 30, 2020 compared to 1.04% at year-end 2019.  The large increase in PPP loans during the first half of 2020 will have minimal to no impact to the general allocations of the allowance for loan losses due to these loans being fully guaranteed by the SBA.

Increases in general allocations were partially offset by an $807 decrease in specific allocations from year-end 2019.  Specific allocations of the allowance for loan losses identify loan impairment by measuring fair value of the underlying collateral and the present value of estimated future cash flows. The change in specific reserves from year-end 2019 was related to the loan payoff of one commercial borrower and additional collateral to secure the loan of another commercial borrower.

The Company’s allowance for loan losses to total loans ratio finished at 0.96% at June 30, 2020 and 0.81% at year-end 2019.  Management believes that the allowance for loan losses at June 30, 2020 was adequate and reflected probable incurred losses in the loan portfolio.  There can be no assurance, however, that adjustments to the allowance for loan losses will not be required in the future.  Changes in the circumstances of particular borrowers, as well as adverse developments in the economy, particularly with the COVID-19 pandemic, could cause further increases in the required allowance for loan losses and require additional provision expense. Asset quality will continue to remain a key focus, as management continues to stress not just loan growth, but quality in loan underwriting as well.


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Deposits
Deposits continue to be the most significant source of funds used by the Company to meet obligations for depositor withdrawals, to fund the borrowing needs of loan customers, and to fund ongoing operations.  Total deposits at June 30, 2020 increased $90,376, or 11.0%, from year-end 2019.  This change in deposits came primarily from interest-bearing deposit balances, which were up by $46,143, or 7.7%, from year-end 2019, while noninterest-bearing deposits increased $44,233, or 19.9%, from year-end 2019. The significant increase in deposits was largely impacted by funds from government stimulus programs such as the PPP and consumer economic impact payments received.
The increase in interest-bearing deposits came mostly from higher interest-bearing NOW account balances from year-end 2019, which increased $15,543, or 9.8%. This increase was largely driven by higher municipal NOW product balances, particularly within the Gallia County, Ohio and Mason County, West Virginia market areas. Money market balances also grew from year-end 2019 by $14,120, or 10.8%, primarily from a shift in consumer preference to more competitive, higher-costing deposit accounts, partially offset by a decrease in brokered money market balances due to a favorable liquidity position from elevated retail deposits. Time deposit balances also increased $4,334, or 2.1%, from year-end 2019, as a result of new wholesale certificates of deposit issuances, while retail time deposits were relatively flat from year-end 2019. The remaining interest-bearing deposits were up $12,146 from year-end 2019, primarily from higher statement savings account balances impacted by the government stimulus proceeds previously mentioned.
The increase in noninterest-bearing deposits came mostly from the Company’s business and incentive-based checking account balances from year-end 2019.
While facing increased competition for deposits in its market areas, the Company will continue to emphasize growth and retention in its core deposit relationships during the remainder of 2020, reflecting the Company’s efforts to reduce its reliance on higher cost funding and improve net interest income.
Other Borrowed Funds
Other borrowed funds were $30,110 at June 30, 2020, a decrease of $3,881, or 11.4%, from year-end 2019. The decrease was related primarily to the principal repayments applied to various FHLB advances during the first half of 2020. The Company took advantage of its heightened liquidity position to apply $1,195 in principal prepayments to various FHLB advances to further reduce interest expense on higher-cost funding sources. While deposits continue to be the primary source of funding for growth in earning assets, management will continue to utilize FHLB advances and promissory notes to help manage interest rate sensitivity and liquidity.
Shareholders’ Equity
Total shareholders' equity at June 30, 2020 increased $3,642, or 2.8%, to finish at $131,821, as compared to $128,179 at December 31, 2019. Net unrealized gains on available for sale securities increased $2,387 from year-end 2019, as market rate decreases continued during the first half of 2020, causing an increase in the fair value of the Company’s investment portfolio.

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Comparison of Results of Operations
For the Three and Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020 and 2019

The following discussion focuses, in more detail, on the consolidated results of operations of the Company for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the same periods in 2019. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the interim consolidated financial statements and the footnotes included in this Form 10‑Q.
Net Interest Income
The most significant portion of the Company's revenue, net interest income, results from properly managing the spread between interest income on earning assets and interest expense incurred on interest-bearing liabilities. During the three months ended June 30, 2020, net interest income decreased $858, or 8.1%, as compared to the same period in 2019. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, net interest income decreased $2,241, or 10.2%, as compared to the same period in 2019. The decreases during both periods were mostly attributable to a net interest margin compression in relation to decreases in market rates that contributed to lower earning asset yields during the first half of 2020.

Total interest and fee income recognized on the Company’s earning assets decreased $1,084, or 8.7%, during the second quarter of 2020, and decreased $2,357, or 9.2%, during the first half of 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019.  The quarterly and year-to-date decreases were impacted by interest and fees on loans, which decreased $663, or 5.9%, and $1,702, or 7.3%, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively. These results are directly related to the decline in loan yields, which decreased from 5.87% to 5.42% when comparing the second quarters of 2019 to 2020, and decreased from 6.07% to 5.59% when comparing the first six months of 2019 to 2020, respectively. Loan yields were impacted by interest rate reductions from the Federal Reserve Bank in the second half of 2019 and in March 2020.  This trend of decreasing market rates led to lower yields on the Company’s loan portfolio and lower loan interest revenue. Partially offsetting the effects from lower loan yields was average growth in loans.  Average loans for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2019 increased $17,848, or 2.3%. Average loans for the first half of 2020 compared to the first half of 2019 increased $3,392, or 0.4%. The increase in average loans for both the quarterly and year-to-date periods came mostly from the origination of $34,173 in PPP loans primarily during the second quarter of 2020. While PPP loans contributed to higher earning asset balances, they also had a dilutive effect to loan yields as a result of the 1% interest rate associated with each loan. These factors resulted in decreases of $946 and $1,377 in loan interest income during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019.

Loan revenue was also impacted by loan fees, which increased $283 during the three months ended June 30, 2020, while decreasing $325 during the six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively. The quarterly increase was largely impacted by $300 in loan fees earned on the origination of government-guaranteed PPP loans. The year-to-date change came mostly from lower fees associated with tax advance loans. As previously mentioned, beginning in 2020, the Company changed its business model for Loan Central’s assessment of fees from assessing tax refund advance loan fees to now assessing tax preparation fees. This fundamental change in the fee structure was necessary to comply with new Ohio lending regulations. As a result, tax refund advance loan fees decreased $728 during the first half of 2020 from the same period last year, with minimal impact during the second quarters of both 2020 and 2019.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, interest income from interest-bearing deposits with banks decreased $307, or 94.5%, and $464, or 72.1%, when compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively. These changes in interest revenue come primarily from the Company’s interest-bearing Federal Reserve Bank clearing account.  The quarterly and year-to-date decreases in interest income was primarily due to the interest rate tied to this interest-bearing clearing account, which was 0.25% at June 30, 2020 compared to 2.50% at June 30, 2019. The increase in liquidity from the surge in deposit liabilities, allowed the Company to maintain higher average balances within the account, which increased $18,670 during the second quarter of 2020, and $6,574 during the first half of 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.


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Total interest expense incurred on the Company’s interest-bearing liabilities decreased $226, or 12.4%, during the second quarter of 2020, and decreased $116, or 3.3%, during the first half of 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively. Interest expense decreased during both periods despite an increase in average interest-bearing deposits of $25,350 during the second quarter of 2020 and an increase of $12,739 during the first half of 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively. The converse relationship between increasing average interest-bearing liabilities to lower interest expense is related to the repricing efforts in a lower rate environment which drove down average costs during the quarter. However, interest expense on deposits continues to be higher than the prior year, increasing $22, or 0.8%, during the first half of 2020, as compared to the same period in 2019. This has been impacted by the composition shift to a higher-costing money market account that has generated more interest expense. Furthermore, given the Company’s asset-sensitivity, decreases in short-term interest rates have had a negative impact to net interest income in that interest-earning assets have repriced faster than interest-bearing liabilities. This has caused a lagging effect to the impact that decreasing market rates have had on reducing deposit expense, particularly with CDs.  As CD rates have repriced downward, the Company will benefit from lower interest expense only to the extent that new CDs at lower rates are issued. As CDs continued to rollover into lower rates during the second quarter of 2020, along with the rate reductions of other interest-bearing deposit products, the interest expense on deposits decreased $145, or 9.6%, when comparing the three months ended June 30, 2020 with the same period from 2019. As a result, the Company’s total weighted average costs on interest-bearing deposits has decreased by 2 basis points from 0.94% at June 30, 2019 to 0.92% at June 30, 2020.

The Company’s net interest margin is defined as fully tax-equivalent net interest income as a percentage of average earning assets.  During 2020, the Company’s second quarter net interest margin finished at 3.94%, compared to 2019’s second quarter net interest margin of 4.43%. The year-to-date net interest margin at June 30, 2020 finished at 4.13%, compared to 4.66% at June 30, 2019. The decrease in margin was largely impacted by the decreasing market rates that contributed to lower earning asset yields during 2020. Interest rates were reduced in the first quarter of 2020 primarily by the growing concern of the COVID-19 pandemic that has had a significant impact to a weakening economy. Furthermore, the Company’s ability to reduce deposit expenses in a low rate environment has been limited by a lagging effect in CD rates, along with an increased composition of higher-costing deposits, such as time deposits and money market accounts. The Company’s primary focus is to invest its funds into higher yielding assets, particularly loans, as opportunities arise. However, if loan balances do not continue to expand and remain a larger component of overall earning assets, the Company will face pressure within its net interest income and margin improvement.

Provision for Loan Losses
For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company’s provision expense increased $413, and for the six months ended June 30, 2020, provision expense increased $1,882, over the same respective periods in 2019.  The quarterly change to provision expense was impacted primarily by an increase of $549 in net charge-offs and a $376 increase in general reserves related to rising unemployment trends related to COVID-19. This was partly offset by the effects of lower specific reserves during the second quarter of 2020 compared to the second quarter of 2019, resulting in a $627 decrease to provision expense. Provision expense during the six months ended June 30, 2020 increased in large part to the addition of a new risk reserve allocation.  As previously discussed, the Company’s general reserves during the first quarter of 2020 were significantly impacted by a $1,942 allocation of the allowance for loan losses as a result of the expected financial impact of COVID-19 on its customers. The allocation resulted in a corresponding entry to provision expense.  Due to growing risk concerns impacted by rising unemployment trends related to COVID-19, this allocation has grown to $2,185 at June 30, 2020. The impact from this new risk factor was partially offset by the release of general reserves associated with lower classified assets.

Future provisions to the allowance for loan losses will continue to be based on management’s quarterly in-depth evaluation that is discussed in further detail under the caption “Critical Accounting Policies - Allowance for Loan Losses” within this Management’s Discussion and Analysis.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income for the three months ended June 30, 2020 increased $246, or 12.3%, when compared to the three months ended June 30, 2019. Noninterest income for the six months ended June 30, 2020 increased $2,842, or 73.8%, when compared to the six months ended June 30, 2019. The key contributor to the yearly improvement in noninterest revenue was from proceeds received in a litigation settlement with a third-party. During the first quarter of 2020, the Bank entered into a settlement agreement related to the previously disclosed litigation the Bank had filed against a third-party tax software product provider for breach of contract. Under the settlement agreement, the third-party paid a $2,000 settlement payment to the Bank, which was recorded as noninterest income.


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Further growth in noninterest revenue for the year came from tax preparation fee income.  As previously discussed, the Company changed its business model in 2020 for assessing fees related to tax refund advance loans. By charging for the tax preparation services, the Company recorded $634 in tax preparation fee income for the first half of 2020, which includes $19 in tax preparation fee income recorded during the second quarter of 2020.

Also improving noninterest revenue was mortgage banking income.  Mortgage banking income is highly influenced by mortgage interest rates and housing market conditions.  With mortgage rates at record lows impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the consumer demand to refinance long-term, fixed-rate real estate mortgages significantly increased. This led to increased sales of loans to the secondary market, which generated increases of $353 and $374 in mortgage banking income during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, when compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.

Partially offsetting growth in noninterest income was less service charge fees recorded in 2020. During the three months ended June 30, 2020, service charges on deposit accounts decreased $184, or 35.6%, while also decreasing $194, or 19.0%, during the first half of 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.  This was largely due to lower overdraft fees impacted by economic stimulus proceeds received by customers, along with growing uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic that has disrupted consumer spending.

The remaining noninterest income categories increased $58, or 4.1%, during the second quarter of 2020, and $28, or 1.0%, during the first half of 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.  This income growth came mostly from interest rate swap agreements, which increased $126 and $147 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively. The Company utilizes interest rate swaps to satisfy the desire of large commercial customers to have a fixed-rate loan while permitting the Company to originate a variable-rate loan, which helps mitigate interest rate risk. The Company recorded an $85 fee in relation to a new interest rate swap origination during the second quarter of 2020. Partially offsetting interest rate swap revenue were higher losses from the sale of other real estate owned during the first half of 2020 and lower debit and credit interchange income during both periods.

Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expense during the second quarter of 2020 decreased $189, or 1.9%, as compared to the same period in 2019. Noninterest expense during the first half of 2020 decreased $238, or 1.2%, as compared to the same period in 2019. Contributing to lower noninterest expense was salaries and employee benefits, which decreased $101, or 1.8%, and $182, or 1.6%, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively. The decreases were primarily from the expense savings associated with a lower number of employees from the sale of two branches in December 2019 and the voluntary severance program that was completed during the fourth quarter of 2019.  The Bank’s average full-time equivalent employee base at June 30, 2020 was 244 employees, down from an average full-time equivalent employee base of 264 employees at June 30, 2019. The impact of a lower employee base more than offset the expense increase associated with annual merit increases in 2020.

Further impacting lower overhead costs were professional fees, which decreased $216, or 31.4%, during the second quarter of 2020, and $290, or 21.3%, during the first half of 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.  These decreases include lower litigation costs associated with the Bank’s lawsuit against the third-party tax software product provider.  As previously discussed, a settlement was reached with the third-party during the first quarter of 2020, which contributed to lower legal costs.  Additionally, the Company incurred lower audit-related expenses during the quarterly and year-to-date periods ended June 30, 2020.  This was related to costs from 2019 associated with the “expected loss” allowance model that the Company was prepared to adopt in 2020. In the fourth quarter of 2019, it was announced this required accounting guidance would be delayed until 2023.

The Company also benefited from lower FDIC premium costs, which decreased $86, or 78.2%, during the second quarter of 2020, and $89, or 78.8%, during the first half of 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively. The decreases have been largely driven by assessment credits that were given to smaller banks in 2019 with assets less than $10 billion. The Bank began receiving its portion of their $253 credit beginning in the third quarter of 2019.  As of June 30, 2020, the bank had fully exhausted its credit and will be assessed going forward with no premium expense discount.


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Partially offsetting decreases in overhead costs were higher data processing expenses, which increased $150, or 27.1%, during the second quarter of 2020, and $214, or 19.7%, during the first half of 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.  The increase in both periods were primarily due to a $186 expense associated with the platform used to facilitate PPP loans during the second quarter of 2020. Further expenses also came from the processing of credit cards, as well as website maintenance costs to improve the quality of the Company’s internet-based technology.

The remaining noninterest expense categories increased $64, or 2.2%, during the second quarter of 2020, and $109, or 1.9%, during the first half of 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019, respectively.  These increases were impacted mostly from incentive costs associated with promoting the use of demand deposit products, as well as the use of both debit and credit cards with merchandise and cash incentives.

Efficiency

The Company’s efficiency ratio is defined as noninterest expense as a percentage of fully tax-equivalent net interest income plus noninterest income. The effects from provision expense are excluded from the efficiency ratio. Management continues to place emphasis on managing its balance sheet mix and interest rate sensitivity as well as developing more innovative ways to generate noninterest revenue. Comparing the second quarters of 2020 and 2019, the Company’s asset yields were negatively impacted by market rate reductions related to COVID-19, which led to an 8.1% decrease in net interest income. This more than offset the positive effects of a 12.3% improvement in noninterest income and a 1.9% decrease in overhead costs for the quarter. As a result, the Company’s efficiency number increased (regressed) to 79.0% during the quarterly period ended June 30, 2020, as compared to 76.7% during the same period in 2019. Comparing the first half of 2020 to the first half of 2019, average earning asset yields remained lower due to the reduction in market rates. This, combined with the $728 decrease in tax refund advance loan fees, caused the Company’s net interest income to decrease by 10.2%. However, this was completely offset by a $2,842 increase in noninterest revenue, which was impacted by $2,000 in income from a litigation settlement and $615 in tax preparation fee income.  Furthermore, the severance package offering and the sale of two branch offices in December 2019 contributed to lower overhead expenses in 2020. As a result, the Company’s efficiency number decreased (improved) to 71.6% during the first half of June 30, 2020, as compared to 74.2% during the same period in 2019.

Provision for income taxes
The Company’s income tax provision decreased $20, or 3.4%, during the three months ended June 30, 2020, while also decreasing $36, or 5.2%, during the six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the same periods in 2019.  The change in tax expense corresponded directly to the change in associated taxable income during 2020 and 2019.

Capital Resources

Federal regulators have classified and defined capital into the following components: (1) tier 1 capital, which includes tangible shareholders’ equity for common stock, qualifying preferred stock and certain qualifying hybrid instruments, and (2) tier 2 capital, which includes a portion of the allowance for loan losses, certain qualifying long-term debt, preferred stock and hybrid instruments which do not qualify as tier 1 capital.

In September 2019, consistent with Section 201 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, the federal banking agencies issued a final rule providing simplified capital requirements for certain community banking organizations (banks and holding companies). Under the rule, a qualifying community banking organization (“QCBO”) is eligible to opt into the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (“CBLR”) framework in lieu of the Basel III capital requirements if it has less than $10 billion in total consolidated assets, limited amounts of certain trading assets and liabilities, limited amounts of off-balance sheet exposure and a leverage ratio greater than 9.0%. The new rule took effect January 1, 2020, and QCBOs were allowed to opt into the new CBLR framework in their call report beginning the first quarter of 2020.

A QCBO opting into the CBLR framework must maintain a CBLR of 9.0%, subject to a two quarter grace period to come back into compliance, provided that the QCBO maintains a leverage ratio of more than 8.0% during the grace period. A QCBO failing to satisfy these requirements must comply with the existing Basel III capital requirements as implemented by the banking regulators in July 2013.


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The numerator of the CBLR is Tier 1 capital, as calculated under present rules. The denominator of the CBLR is the QCBO’s average assets, calculated in accordance with the QCBO’s Call Report instructions and less assets deducted from Tier 1 capital.

The Bank has opted into the CBLR, and will therefore not be required to comply with the Basel III capital requirements. As of June 30, 2020, the Bank’s CBLR was 10.92%, and the Company’s CBLR was 12.00%.

Pursuant to the CARES Act, the federal banking regulators in April,2020 issued interim final rules to set the CBLR at 8% beginning in the second quarter of 2020 through the end of 2020. Beginning in 2021, the CBLR will increase to 8.5% for the calendar year. Community banks will have until January 1, 2022 before the CBLR requirement will return to 9%.

Cash dividends paid by the Company were $2,010 during the first half of 2020.  The year-to-date dividends paid totaled $0.42 per share.


Liquidity

Liquidity relates to the Company's ability to meet the cash demands and credit needs of its customers and is provided by the ability to readily convert assets to cash and raise funds in the marketplace. Total cash and cash equivalents, held to maturity securities maturing within one year and available for sale securities, totaling $183,877, represented 16.7% of total assets at June 30, 2020. In addition, the FHLB offers advances to the Bank, which further enhances the Bank's ability to meet liquidity demands. At June 30, 2020, the Bank could borrow an additional $109,288 from the FHLB, of which $80,000 could be used for short-term, cash management advances. Furthermore, the Bank has established a borrowing line with the Federal Reserve. At June 30, 2020, this line had total availability of $46,939. Lastly, the Bank also has the ability to purchase federal funds from a correspondent bank.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As discussed in Note 5 – Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk, the Company engages in certain off-balance sheet credit-related activities, including commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit, which could require the Company to make cash payments in the event that specified future events occur. Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. While these commitments are necessary to meet the financing needs of the Company’s customers, many of these commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon. Therefore, the total amount of commitments does not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

Critical Accounting Policies
The most significant accounting policies followed by the Company are presented in Note A to the financial statements in the Company’s 2019 Annual Report to Shareholders. These policies, along with the disclosures presented in the other financial statement notes, provide information on how significant assets and liabilities are valued in the financial statements and how those values are determined. Management views critical accounting policies to be those which are highly dependent on subjective or complex judgments, estimates and assumptions, and where changes in those estimates and assumptions could have a significant impact on the financial statements. Management currently views the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses to be a critical accounting policy.

Allowance for loan losses

The allowance for loan losses is a valuation allowance for probable incurred credit losses. Loan losses are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectibility of a loan balance is confirmed. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance. Management estimates the allowance balance required using past loan loss experience, the nature and volume of the portfolio, information about specific borrower situations and estimated collateral values, economic conditions, and other factors. Allocations of the allowance may be made for specific loans, but the entire allowance is available for any loan that, in management’s judgment, should be charged off.


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The allowance consists of specific and general components. The specific component relates to loans that are individually classified as impaired. A loan is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Impaired loans generally consist of loans with balances of $200 or more on nonaccrual status or nonperforming in nature. Loans for which the terms have been modified, and for which the borrower is experiencing financial difficulties, are considered TDRs and classified as impaired.

Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value, and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due. Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired. Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration all of the circumstances surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length and reasons for the delay, the borrower’s prior payment record, and the amount of shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed.

Commercial and commercial real estate loans are individually evaluated for impairment. If a loan is impaired, a portion of the allowance is allocated so that the loan is reported, net, at the present value of estimated future cash flows using the loan’s existing rate or at the fair value of collateral if repayment is expected solely from the collateral. Smaller balance homogeneous loans, such as consumer and most residential real estate, are collectively evaluated for impairment, and accordingly, they are not separately identified for impairment disclosure. TDRs are measured at the present value of estimated future cash flows using the loan’s effective rate at inception. If a TDR is considered to be a collateral dependent loan, the loan is reported, net, at the fair value of the collateral. For TDRs that subsequently default, the Company determines the amount of reserve in accordance with the accounting policy for the allowance for loan losses.

The general component covers non-impaired loans and impaired loans that are not individually reviewed for impairment and is based on historical loss experience adjusted for current factors. The historical loss experience is determined by portfolio segment and is based on the actual loss history experienced by the Company over the most recent 3 years for the consumer and real estate portfolio segment and 5 years for the commercial portfolio segment. The total loan portfolio’s actual loss experience is supplemented with other economic factors based on the risks present for each portfolio segment. These economic factors include consideration of the following: levels of and trends in delinquencies and impaired loans; levels of and trends in charge-offs and recoveries; trends in volume and terms of loans; effects of any changes in risk selection and underwriting standards; other changes in lending policies, procedures, and practices; experience, ability, and depth of lending management and other relevant staff; national and local economic trends and conditions; industry conditions; and effects of changes in credit concentrations. The following portfolio segments have been identified: Commercial Real Estate, Commercial and Industrial, Residential Real Estate, and Consumer.

Commercial and industrial loans consist of borrowings for commercial purposes by individuals, corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, and other business enterprises. Commercial and industrial loans are generally secured by business assets such as equipment, accounts receivable, inventory, or any other asset excluding real estate and generally made to finance capital expenditures or operations. The Company’s risk exposure is related to deterioration in the value of collateral securing the loan should foreclosure become necessary. Generally, business assets used or produced in operations do not maintain their value upon foreclosure, which may require the Company to write down the value significantly to sell.

Commercial real estate consists of nonfarm, nonresidential loans secured by owner-occupied and nonowner-occupied commercial real estate as well as commercial construction loans. An owner-occupied loan relates to a borrower purchased building or space for which the repayment of principal is dependent upon cash flows from the ongoing business operations conducted by the party, or an affiliate of the party, who owns the property. Owner-occupied loans that are dependent on cash flows from operations can be adversely affected by current market conditions for their product or service. A nonowner-occupied loan is a property loan for which the repayment of principal is dependent upon rental income associated with the property or the subsequent sale of the property. Nonowner-occupied loans that are dependent upon rental income are primarily impacted by local economic conditions which dictate occupancy rates and the amount of rent charged. Commercial construction loans consist of borrowings to purchase and develop raw land into one- to four-family residential properties. Construction loans are extended to individuals as well as corporations for the construction of an individual or multiple properties and are secured by raw land and the subsequent improvements. Repayment of the loans to real estate developers is dependent upon the sale of properties to third parties in a timely fashion upon completion. Should there be delays in construction or a downturn in the market for those properties, there may be significant erosion in value which may be absorbed by the Company.


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Residential real estate loans consist of loans to individuals for the purchase of one- to four-family primary residences with repayment primarily through wage or other income sources of the individual borrower. The Company’s loss exposure to these loans is dependent on local market conditions for residential properties as loan amounts are determined, in part, by the fair value of the property at origination.

Consumer loans are comprised of loans to individuals secured by automobiles, open-end home equity loans and other loans to individuals for household, family, and other personal expenditures, both secured and unsecured. These loans typically have maturities of 6 years or less with repayment dependent on individual wages and income. The risk of loss on consumer loans is elevated as the collateral securing these loans, if any, rapidly depreciate in value or may be worthless and/or difficult to locate if repossession is necessary. During the last several years, one of the most significant portions of the Company’s net loan charge-offs have been from consumer loans. Nevertheless, the Company has allocated the highest percentage of its allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loans to the other identified loan portfolio segments due to the larger dollar balances and inherent risk associated with such portfolios.

Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company maintains a diversified credit portfolio, with residential real estate loans currently comprising the most significant portion. Credit risk is primarily subject to loans made to businesses and individuals in southeastern Ohio and western West Virginia. Management believes this risk to be general in nature, as there are no material concentrations of loans to any industry or consumer group. To the extent possible, the Company diversifies its loan portfolio to limit credit risk by avoiding industry concentrations.

ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not applicable.

ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

With the participation of the Chief Executive Officer (the principal executive officer) and the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (the principal financial officer) of Ohio Valley, Ohio Valley’s management has evaluated the effectiveness of Ohio Valley’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of June 30, 2020. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by Ohio Valley in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to Ohio Valley’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on that evaluation, Ohio Valley’s Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that Ohio Valley’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2020 due to a material weakness described in Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (our “2019 Form 10-K”).

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Based on the assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, as described in our 2019 Form 10-K, management concluded that Ohio Valley did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019 due to the effectiveness of the Company’s control over appropriate monitoring of loans through the subsequent events period, including not timely evaluating information received after the fiscal year end that affected the appropriateness of loan grades and impairment classification used in the allowance for loan losses estimate. A material weakness is a deficiency in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement would not be prevented or detected in a timely manner. With regard to the material weakness, our remediation efforts began during the quarter ended March 31, 2020. We are changing how certain controls are designed, performed and documented. Our credit administration department, in conjunction with an expanded group of the management team, have heightened the monitoring of troubled credits during the subsequent event period up and until the report filing date. This included training around timely identifying and communicating subsequent events and increasing the management staff involved with monitoring the control around subsequent events that may impact the assessment of loan grades or impairment valuations. We must now demonstrate the effectiveness of these changes with an appropriate amount of consistency and for a sufficient period of time to conclude that the control is functioning properly. Other than these changes, there were no significant changes during the quarter ended June 30, 2020 in Ohio Valley’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Ohio Valley’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Ohio Valley is not currently subject to any material legal proceedings.

ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS

There are no material changes from the risk factors set forth under Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the 2019 Form 10-K and Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.

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

Ohio Valley did not sell any unregistered equity securities during the three months ended June 30, 2020.

Ohio Valley did not purchase any of its shares during the three months ended June 30, 2020.

ITEM 3.  DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
Not applicable.

ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION
Not applicable.


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ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS

(a)
Exhibits:

Exhibit Number
 
Exhibit Description
     
 
Amended Articles of Incorporation of Ohio Valley (reflects amendments through April 7, 1999) [for SEC reporting compliance only not filed with the Ohio Secretary of State].  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Ohio Valley’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal-year ended December 31, 2007 (File No. 000-20914).
     
 
Code of Regulations of Ohio Valley (as amended by the shareholders on May 12, 2010): Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to Ohio Valley’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010 (File No. 000-20914).
     
 
Agreement to furnish instruments and agreements defining rights of holders of long-term debt: Filed herewith.
     
 
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification (Principal Executive Officer): Filed herewith.
     
 
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification (Principal Financial Officer): Filed herewith.
     
 
Section 1350 Certifications (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer): Filed herewith.
     
101.INS #
 
Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document): Filed herewith. #
     
101.SCH #
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema: Filed herewith. #
     
101.CAL #
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase: Filed herewith. #
     
101.DEF #
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase: Filed herewith. #
     
101.LAB #
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase: Filed herewith. #
     
101.PRE #
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase: Filed herewith. #
     
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101): Filed herewith #.

# Attached as Exhibit 101 are the following documents formatted in Inline XBRL (eXtensive Business Reporting Language): (i) Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income; (iii) Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; (iv) Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity; (v) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (vi) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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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.

     
OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
       
Date: August 10, 2020
 
By:
/s/ Thomas E. Wiseman
     
Thomas E. Wiseman
     
Chief Executive Officer
       
Date: August 10, 2020
 
By:
/s/ Scott W. Shockey
     
Scott W. Shockey
     
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


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