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 - March 31, 2025
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: 001-36192
Civista Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio
34-1558688
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
100 East Water Street, Sandusky, Ohio
44870
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (419) 625-4121
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common
CIVB
NASDAQ Capital Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☒
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. Common Shares, no par value, outstanding at May 5, 2025—15,519,072 shares
CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC.
Index
PART I.
Financial Information
2
Item 1.
Financial Statements:
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) Three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
3
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) Three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
4
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Unaudited) Three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
5
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) Three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
6
Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
7
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
36
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
45
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
47
PART II.
Other Information
48
Legal Proceedings
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
49
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 5.
Item 6.
Exhibits
50
Signatures
51
Part I – Financial Information
ITEM 1. Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share data)
March 31, 2025
(Unaudited)
December 31, 2024
ASSETS
Cash and due from financial institutions
$
90,456
63,155
Investments in time deposits
960
1,450
Securities available-for-sale
646,145
648,067
Equity securities
2,392
2,421
Loans held for sale
4,324
665
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses of $40,284 and $39,669
3,063,752
3,041,561
Other securities
32,592
30,352
Premises and equipment, net
45,107
47,166
Accrued interest receivable
14,041
13,453
Goodwill
125,520
Other intangible assets, net
7,506
7,883
Bank owned life insurance
63,170
62,783
Swap assets
2,845
5,308
Deferred taxes
21,889
21,681
Other assets
26,018
27,004
Total assets
4,146,717
4,098,469
LIABILITIES
Deposits
Noninterest-bearing
648,683
695,094
Interest-bearing
2,590,205
2,516,776
Total deposits
3,238,888
3,211,870
Short-term Federal Home Loan Bank advances
360,000
339,000
Long-term Federal Home Loan Bank advances
1,355
1,501
Subordinated debentures
104,130
104,089
Other borrowings
6,140
6,293
Swap liabilities
8,915
11,638
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
29,855
35,576
Total liabilities
3,749,283
3,709,967
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common shares, no par value, 40,000,000 shares authorized, 19,379,608 shares issued at March 31, 2025 and 19,340,021 shares issued at December 31, 2024, including Treasury shares
312,192
312,037
Retained earnings
212,944
205,408
Treasury shares, 3,860,536 common shares at March 31, 2025 and 3,852,354 common shares at December 31, 2024, at cost
(75,753
)
(75,586
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(51,949
(53,357
Total shareholders’ equity
397,434
388,502
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
See notes to interim unaudited consolidated financial statements
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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2025
2024
Interest and dividend income
Loans, including fees
47,646
44,484
Taxable securities
3,555
2,934
Tax-exempt securities
2,340
2,375
Deposits in other banks
192
335
Total interest and dividend income
53,733
50,128
Interest expense
15,716
15,987
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
3,938
4,528
1,161
1,241
145
—
Total interest expense
20,960
21,756
Net interest income
32,773
28,372
Provision for credit losses - loans
1,248
2,042
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses - off-balance sheet credit exposures
319
(50
Net interest income after provision
31,206
26,380
Noninterest income
Service charges
1,524
1,440
Net gain (loss) on equity securities
(29
(141
Net gain on sale of loans and leases
604
863
ATM/Interchange fees
1,326
1,383
Wealth management fees
1,340
1,276
Lease revenue and residual income
1,896
1,674
387
350
Swap fees
72
57
Other
740
1,354
Total noninterest income
7,860
8,256
Noninterest expense
Compensation expense
14,043
15,457
Net occupancy expense
1,634
1,368
Contracted data processing
567
545
FDIC assessment
873
484
State franchise tax
526
485
Professional services
2,090
1,149
Equipment expense
2,103
2,535
ATM/Interchange expense
580
625
Marketing
296
479
Amortization of core deposit intangibles
332
391
Software maintenance expense
1,277
1,189
Other operating expenses
2,805
2,734
Total noninterest expense
27,126
27,441
Income before taxes
11,940
7,195
Income tax expense
1,772
835
Net Income
10,168
6,360
Earnings per common share, basic
0.66
0.41
Earnings per common share, diluted
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)
(In thousands)
Net income
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities
1,566
(7,899
Tax effect
(370
1,672
Reclassification of gains recognized in net income
Pension liability adjustment
268
(56
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
1,408
(6,227
Comprehensive income
11,576
133
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Unaudited)
Common Shares
AccumulatedOther
Total
OutstandingShares
Amount
RetainedEarnings
TreasuryShares
ComprehensiveIncome (Loss)
Shareholders’Equity
Balance, December 31, 2024
15,487,667
Other comprehensive income
Stock-based compensation
39,587
155
Common stock dividends ($0.17 per share)
(2,632
Purchase of common stock
(8,182
(167
Balance, March 31, 2025
15,519,072
ComprehensiveLoss
Balance, December 31, 2023
15,695,424
311,166
183,788
(75,422
(47,530
372,002
Other comprehensive loss
39,851
186
Common stock dividends ($0.15 per share)
(2,510
(8,262
(152
Balance, March 31, 2024
15,727,013
311,352
187,638
(75,574
(53,757
369,659
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,
Net cash provided by operating activities
3,612
752
Cash flows used for investing activities:
Maturities, paydowns and calls of investments in time securities
490
225
Maturities, paydowns and calls of securities, available-for-sale
41,138
4,648
Purchases of securities, available-for-sale
(37,479
(1,188
Purchase of other securities
(5,795
(2,785
Redemption of other securities
1,423
Net change in loans
(23,182
(36,372
Proceeds from sale of premises and equipment
203
Purchases of premises and equipment
(161
(123
Net cash used for investing activities
(21,231
(34,172
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayment of long-term FHLB advances
(146
(181
Net change in short-term FHLB advances
21,000
30,500
Repayment of other borrowings
(153
Increase (decrease) in deposits
27,018
(4,333
Purchase of treasury shares
Common dividends paid
Net cash provided by financing activities
44,920
23,324
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
27,301
(10,096
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
60,406
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
50,310
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest
23,553
24,992
Income taxes
92
Supplemental cash flow information:
Transfer of loans from portfolio to other real estate owned
209
Change in fair value of swap asset
(2,723
(2,201
Change in fair value of swap liability
2,723
2,201
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Form 10-Q
(Amounts in thousands, except share data)
(1) Consolidated Financial Statements
Nature of Operations and Principles of Consolidation: Civista Bancshares, Inc. ("CBI") is an Ohio corporation and a registered financial holding company. The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of CBI and its wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries: Civista Bank ("Civista"), First Citizens Insurance Agency, Inc. ("FCIA"), Water Street Properties, Inc. ("WSP"), CIVB Risk Management, Inc. ("CRMI") and First Citizens Investments, Inc. ("FCI"). The above companies together are sometimes referred to as the "Company". Intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated in consolidation. Management considers the Company to operate primarily in one reportable segment, banking.
Civista provides financial services through its offices in the Ohio counties of Erie, Crawford, Champaign, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Logan, Summit, Huron, Ottawa, Madison, Montgomery, Henry, Wood, and Richland, in the Indiana counties of Dearborn and Ripley, and in the Kentucky county of Kenton. Its primary deposit products are checking, savings, and term certificate accounts, and its primary lending products are residential mortgage, commercial, and installment loans. Substantially all loans are secured by specific items of collateral including business assets, consumer assets and commercial and residential real estate. Commercial loans are expected to be repaid from cash flow from operations of businesses. There are no significant concentrations of loans to any one industry or customer. However, our customers’ ability to repay their loans is dependent on the real estate and general economic conditions in the area. Other financial instruments that potentially represent concentrations of credit risk include deposit accounts in other financial institutions.
Civista Leasing and Finance ("CLF"), formerly known as Vision Financial Group, Inc. ("VFG"), was acquired in the fourth quarter of 2022 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Civista. As of August 31, 2023, VFG was merged into Civista and now operates as a full-service equipment leasing and financing division of Civista. The operations of CLF are headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
FCIA is wholly-owned by CBI and was formed to allow CBI and its subsidiaries to participate in commission revenue generated through CBI's third-party insurance agreement. FCIA revenue was less than 1% of total revenue for each of the quarters ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. WSP is wholly-owned by CBI and was formed to hold properties repossessed by CBI subsidiaries. WSP revenue was less than 1% of total revenue for each of the quarters ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. CRMI is a captive insurance company that is wholly-owned by CBI and was formed in 2017 to provide property and casualty insurance coverage to CBI and its subsidiaries for which insurance may not be currently available or economically feasible in the insurance marketplace. CRMI revenue was less than 1% of total revenue for each of the quarters ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. FCI is wholly-owned by Civista and holds and manages its securities portfolio. The operations of FCI are located in Wilmington, Delaware.
The accompanying Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared by the Company without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as of March 31, 2025 and its results of operations and changes in cash flows for the periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 have been made. The results of operations for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year. Reference is made to the accounting policies of the Company described in the notes to the audited consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The Company has consistently followed these policies in preparing this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
(2) Significant Accounting Policies
Use of Estimates: To prepare financial statements in conformity with GAAP, management makes estimates and assumptions based on available information. These estimates and assumptions affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the disclosures provided, and future results could differ. The allowance for credit losses, determination of goodwill impairment, and fair value measurements of financial instruments are considered material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term.
Revisions: The Company has voluntarily revised amounts reported in a previously issued financial statement to correct two immaterial errors. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified between non-interest income and non-interest expense for the first quarter of 2024 to correct the presentation of certain intercompany amounts as well as revising cash paid for interest in the supplemental section of the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. These revisions had no impact to the Company's net income.
Recently Adopted and Newly Issued but Not Yet Effective Accounting Standards:
In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The Update is designed to
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provide relief from the accounting analysis and impacts that may otherwise be required for modifications to agreements necessitated by reference rate reform. The Update also provides optional expedients to enable companies to continue to apply hedge accounting to certain hedging relationships impacted by reference rate reform. The amendments in this Update were effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022; however, a deferral of the implementation of reference rate reform was issued in December of 2022, which extended the implementation to December 31, 2024. The Company has implemented a replacement for the reference rate using the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") or the Prime Rate and has determined that the changes to the reference rate did not have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The amendments in this ASU apply to all public entities that are required to report segment information in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting. The amendments in this ASU are intended to improve reportable segment disclosure requirements primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The amendments require that a public entity disclose, on an annual and interim basis, significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker ("CODM") and included within each reported measure of segment profit or loss. Public entities are required to disclose, on an annual and interim basis, an amount for other segment items by reportable segment and a description of its composition. In addition, public entities must provide all annual disclosures about a reportable segment’s profit or loss and assets currently required by FASB ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting, in interim periods. The amendments clarify that if the CODM uses more than one measure of a segment’s profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources, a public entity may report one or more of those additional measures of segment profit. However, at least one of the reported segment profit or loss measures (or the single reported measure, if only one is disclosed) should be the measure that is most consistent with the measurement principles used in measuring the corresponding amounts in the public entity’s consolidated financial statements. The amendments require that a public entity disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources. Finally, the amendments require that a public entity that has a single reportable segment provide all the disclosures required by the amendments in the ASU and all existing segment disclosures in ASC Topic 280. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. A public entity should apply the amendments retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. Upon transition, the segment expense categories and amounts disclosed in the prior periods should be based on the significant segment expense categories identified and disclosed in the period of adoption. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 in 2024 with little impact as currently, the Company's financial service operations are considered by management to be aggregated in one reportable segment.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The amendments in this ASU require that public business entities on an annual basis (a) disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation and (b) provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold (if the effect of those reconciling items is equal to or greater than 5 percent of the amount computed by multiplying pretax income or loss by the applicable statutory income tax rate). The amendments in this ASU also require that all entities disclose on an annual basis the amount of income taxes paid (net of refunds received) disaggregated by federal (national), state, and foreign taxes, and the amount of income taxes paid (net of refunds received) disaggregated by individual jurisdictions in which income taxes paid (net of refunds received) is equal to or greater than 5 percent of total income taxes paid (net of refunds received). The amendments require that all entities disclose income (or loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense (or benefit) disaggregated between domestic and foreign and income tax expense (or benefit) from continuing operations disaggregated by federal (national), state, and foreign. ASU 2023-09 is effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The amendments should be applied on a prospective basis. Retrospective application is permitted. The impact of ASU 2023-09 is not expected to be material to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-01, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope Application of Profits Interest and Similar Awards. The amendments clarify how an entity determines whether a profits interest or similar award is (i) within scope of Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718) or (ii) not a share-based payment arrangements and therefore within the scope of other guidance. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The impact of ASU 2024-01 is not expected to be material to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03: Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU requires disaggregation of certain expense captions into specified categories in disclosures within the footnotes to the financial statements. This ASU does not change the expense captions an entity presents on the face of the income statement ASU 2024-03 can be applied prospectively, and it is effective for annual
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periods beginning after December 15, 2026,and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption and retrospective applications are permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2024-03 on its Consolidated Financial Statements.
(3) Securities
The amortized cost and fair market value of available-for-sale securities and the related gross unrealized gains and losses recognized were as follows:
AmortizedCost
GrossUnrealizedGains
GrossUnrealizedLosses
Fair Value
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government agencies
67,118
307
(2,441
64,984
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
350,689
197
(30,672
320,214
Mortgage-backed securities in government sponsored entities
288,763
325
(28,141
260,947
Total debt securities (1)
706,570
829
(61,254
100,378
303
(3,294
97,387
351,635
482
(26,998
325,119
258,045
97
(32,581
225,561
710,058
882
(62,873
(1) Excludes accrued interest receivable on securities of $3,738 and $4,351 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, that is recorded in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets.
The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities at March 31, 2025, by contractual maturity, is shown below. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations. Securities not due at a single maturity date, primarily mortgage-backed securities, are shown separately.
Available for sale
FairValue
Due in one year or less
8,840
8,663
Due after one year through five years
83,189
79,209
Due after five years through ten years
46,486
45,737
Due after ten years
279,292
251,589
Mortgage-backed securities
Total securities available-for-sale
There were no proceeds from sales of debt securities available-for-sale, gross realized gains or gross realized losses as of March 31, 2025 or March 31, 2024.
Securities are pledged by the Company from time to time to secure public deposits, other deposits and liabilities as required by law. The carrying value of pledged securities was approximately $211,288 and $206,600 as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
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The following tables show the fair value and gross unrealized losses, aggregated by investment category, and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
12 Months or less
More than 12 months
Description of Securities
UnrealizedLoss
2,524
(13
53,914
(2,428
56,438
115,829
(1,840
176,930
(28,832
292,759
Mortgage-backed securities in gov’t sponsored entities
11,114
(119
185,308
(28,022
196,422
129,467
(1,972
416,152
(59,282
545,619
32,388
(51
55,000
(3,243
87,388
98,965
(806
173,668
(26,192
272,633
28,322
(329
186,173
(32,252
214,495
159,675
(1,186
414,841
(61,687
574,516
At March 31, 2025, there were a total of 512 securities in the portfolio with unrealized losses mainly due to higher current market rates when compared to the time of purchase. At December 31, 2024, the Company owned 508 securities that were in an unrealized loss position. The unrealized losses on securities have not been recognized into income because the issuers’ securities are of high credit quality, management has the intent and ability to hold these securities for the foreseeable future, and the decline in fair value is largely due to currently higher market rates when compared to the time of purchase. The fair value is expected to recover as the securities approach their maturity date or reset date. The Company does not intend to sell until recovery and does not believe selling will be required before recovery.
Each quarter, we perform an analysis to determine if any of the unrealized losses on securities available-for-sale are comprised of credit losses as compared to unrealized losses due to market interest rate adjustments. Our assessment includes a review of the unrealized loss for each security issuance held; the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, including external credit ratings and recent downgrades; and our ability and intent to hold the security for a period of time sufficient for a recovery in value. We also consider the extent to which the securities are issued by the federal government or its agencies, and any guarantee of issued amounts by those agencies. The portfolio continues to consist of a mix of fixed and floating-rate, high quality securities, largely rated AA (or better), displaying an overall effective duration of approximately 3.0 years. No credit losses were determined to be present as of March 31, 2025, as there was no credit quality deterioration noted. Therefore, no provision for credit losses on securities was recognized for the first quarter of 2025.
The following table presents the net gains and losses on equity investments recognized in earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 and the portion of unrealized gains and losses for the period that relates to equity investments held at March 31, 2025 and 2024:
Net gains (losses) recognized on equity securities during the period
Less: Net gains (losses) realized on the sale of equity securities during the period
Unrealized gains (losses) recognized on equity securities held at reporting date
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Equity securities consisting of investments in other financial institutions totaled $2.4 million as of both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Stock of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (“FHLBC”), the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (“FRBC”), United Bankers' Bancorp, Farmer Mac and Norwalk Community Development Corp are considered Other securities. FHLBC stock was recorded at $20.8 million at March 31, 2025 and $18.5 million at December 31, 2024. FRBC stock was recorded at $11.5 million at both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. United Bankers' Bancorp stock was recorded at $225 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Farmer Mac stock was recorded at $42 at both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Norwalk Community Development Corp stock was recorded at $2 at both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Other securities are carried at cost, classified as restricted securities, and periodically evaluated for impairment based on ultimate recovery of par value.
(4) Loans
Loan balances were as follows:
Commercial & Agriculture
330,627
328,488
Commercial Real Estate- Owner Occupied
378,095
374,367
Commercial Real Estate- Non-Owner Occupied
1,246,025
1,225,991
Residential Real Estate
773,349
763,869
Real Estate Construction
297,589
305,992
Farm Real Estate
22,399
23,035
Lease Financing Receivables
44,570
46,900
Consumer and Other
11,382
12,588
Total loans
3,104,036
3,081,230
Allowance for credit losses
(40,284
(39,669
Net loans
Included in total loans above are net deferred loan fees of $2,144 and $2,686 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
The Company elected to exclude accrued interest receivable from the amortized cost basis of loans disclosed in this Note 4 and in Note 5 (Allowance for Credit Losses). As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, loans accrued interest receivable totaled $10,105 and $9,077, respectively, and is included in the accrued interest receivable line item on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Lease financing receivables consist of sales-type and direct financing leases for equipment, with terms typically ranging from two to six years. On direct financing leases, the Company obtains third-party residual value guarantees to reduce its residual asset risk. The net investment in direct financing and sales-type leases was comprised of the following as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
Minimum lease payments receivable
50,417
53,284
Unguaranteed residual assets
1,330
1,286
Unamortized direct costs
Unearned income
(7,177
(7,670
Total net investment in direct financing and sales-type leases
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(5) Allowance for Credit Losses
The following table presents, by portfolio segment, the changes in the allowance for credit losses ("ACL") for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
Allowance for credit losses:
For the three months ended March 31, 2025
Beginning balance
Charge-offs
Recoveries
Provision
Ending Balance
6,586
(72
291
(611
6,194
Commercial Real Estate:
Owner Occupied
4,327
139
4,466
Non-Owner Occupied
11,404
(800
808
11,412
11,866
19
570
12,455
3,708
309
4,017
226
38
264
1,361
(90
25
(19
191
(14
8
14
199
39,669
(976
343
40,284
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company provided $1,248 to the allowance for credit losses, as compared to a provision of $2,042 for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The Company experienced an increase in the allowance for credit losses as our current expected credit loss ("CECL") model required higher provisions, primarily attributable to quantitative factors representing an increase in the forecasted unemployment rate, forecasted probability of default and lower prepayment speeds as well as loan growth during the period. In the commercial and agriculture portfolio, the company experienced a decrease in reserves primarily related to the decrease in specific reserves related to one client that made a large paydown during the quarter.
March 31, 2024
7,587
(212
152
210
7,737
4,723
(74
4,652
12,056
(174
1,081
12,968
8,489
120
478
9,074
3,388
41
3,433
260
60
320
297
(226
288
359
341
(26
(23
306
Unallocated
0
37,160
(651
298
38,849
The Company’s internally assigned risk grades are as follows:
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Homogeneous loans, generally Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Construction, and Consumer and Other loans, are not risk-graded, except when collateral is used for a business purpose. These loans are monitored based on performance, with performing loans included as Pass and nonperforming loans included in Substandard.
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Based on the most recent analysis performed, the risk category of loans at March 31, 2025, and year-to-date gross charge-offs as of March 31, 2025, by type and year of originations, was as follows:
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
Revolving
2023
2022
2021
Prior
Loans
Pass
15,283
71,588
50,954
33,330
30,474
19,220
87,076
307,925
Special Mention
1,020
28
1,168
6,471
9,046
Substandard
4,928
2,011
741
56
331
3,958
12,025
Doubtful
1,631
Total Commercial & Agriculture
76,516
53,985
34,430
30,558
20,719
99,136
Commercial & Agriculture:
Current-period gross charge-offs
67
Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied
9,696
30,535
42,075
71,877
61,094
140,004
7,428
362,709
1,855
3,625
848
8,431
1,488
3,134
702
6,955
Total Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied
45,561
76,990
61,942
145,241
8,130
Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied:
Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied
6,903
76,610
236,533
308,589
164,883
387,359
26,873
1,207,750
2,019
9,219
9,355
20,593
7,200
10,482
17,682
Total Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied
310,608
181,302
407,196
Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied:
800
10,580
104,612
124,498
111,075
89,082
151,081
173,222
764,150
68
286
328
1,602
510
1,556
645
2,467
905
6,083
1,091
423
1,514
Total Residential Real Estate
105,771
125,294
112,631
90,297
153,876
174,900
Residential Real Estate:
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7,301
92,585
125,442
42,335
4,755
8,591
10,470
291,479
208
747
5,000
6,110
Total Real Estate Construction
92,793
126,189
47,335
4,910
Real Estate Construction:
53
377
2,098
2,078
15,158
1,469
21,712
388
159
140
687
Total Farm Real Estate
867
15,317
1,609
Farm Real Estate:
Current-period charge-offs
4,030
14,931
15,344
5,700
1,247
445
41,697
78
742
170
117
11
1,124
1,049
329
371
1,749
-
Total Lease Financing Receivables
4,108
16,722
15,843
6,188
1,253
456
Lease Financing Receivables:
90
655
1,872
3,349
1,997
1,490
680
1,313
11,356
18
26
Total Consumer and Other
2,015
1,498
Consumer and Other:
Total Loans
54,579
401,196
608,852
591,064
373,838
752,076
322,431
Total Loans:
100
804
976
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The risk category of loans at December 31, 2024, and year-to-date gross charge-offs as of March 31, 2024, by type and year of originations, was as follows:
2020
74,397
55,540
37,078
33,164
7,477
13,449
86,804
307,909
255
1,225
511
32
4,173
7,482
5,629
1,942
413
89
3,004
1,685
80,281
58,707
38,002
33,285
8,766
13,781
95,666
40
33
212
26,677
40,344
72,901
62,663
52,478
97,293
8,358
360,714
3,525
4,987
855
383
302
178
10,230
3,189
234
3,423
43,869
77,888
63,518
52,861
100,784
8,770
59,635
227,608
299,079
170,534
121,313
280,870
29,219
1,188,258
7,166
10,533
17,699
8,000
12,034
20,034
306,245
178,534
303,437
174
97,552
127,090
113,877
90,198
64,528
91,785
168,840
753,870
71
576
481
426
1,932
316
967
859
675
2,655
1,180
6,652
1,115
300
1,415
98,738
127,692
114,844
91,633
65,295
94,921
170,746
10
13
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90,417
133,695
52,564
10,348
6,841
2,369
9,449
305,683
154
90,571
10,503
571
2,125
495
2,099
4,122
11,525
22,427
158
62
608
883
11,683
1,552
18,783
16,516
1,563
65
44,308
1,107
466
1,000
1,485
19,890
16,982
7,955
151
12
63
2,521
3,717
2,329
1,787
677
206
1,339
12,576
9
3,720
1,796
378,884
614,398
600,710
382,931
260,320
527,246
316,741
141
153
230
651
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The following tables include an aging analysis of the recorded investment of past due loans outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
30-59DaysPast Due
60-89DaysPast Due
90 Daysor GreaterPast Due
Total PastDue
Current
Past Due90 DaysandAccruing
9,315
308
1,800
11,423
319,204
146
378,088
8,234
8,301
1,237,724
2,970
1,196
1,880
6,046
767,303
3,008
352
3,360
41,210
88
111
11,271
15,388
1,576
12,284
29,248
3,074,788
825
114
1,374
2,313
326,175
374,142
69
2,514
10,583
1,215,408
5,504
2,273
9,411
754,458
575
351
909
1,835
45,065
181
37
221
12,367
7,154
10,136
7,298
24,588
3,056,642
The following table presents loans on nonaccrual status as of March 31, 2025.
Nonaccrual loans with a related ACL
Nonaccrual loans without a related ACL
Total Nonaccrual loans
7,351
5,353
12,704
2,959
1,034
5,079
1,515
6,594
353
470
13,845
17,144
30,989
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The following table presents loans on nonaccrual status as of December 31, 2024.
8,901
3,370
12,271
10,514
4,745
2,131
6,876
638
600
1,238
15
16,849
14,101
30,950
Nonaccrual Loans: Loans are considered for nonaccrual status upon reaching 90 days delinquency, unless the loan is well secured and in the process of collection, although the Company may be receiving partial payments of interest and partial repayments of principal on such loans. When a loan is placed on nonaccrual status, previously accrued but unpaid interest is deducted from interest income. Payments received on nonaccrual loans are applied to the unpaid principal balance. A loan may be returned to accruing status only if one of two conditions are met: the loan is well-secured and none of the principal and interest has been past due for a minimum of 90 days or the principal and interest payments are reasonably assured and a sustained period of performance has occurred, generally six months.
Modifications to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty: There were no loans modified to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024. The allowance for credit losses incorporates an estimate of lifetime expected credit losses and is recorded on each loan upon loan origination or acquisition. The starting point for the estimate of the allowance for credit losses is historical loss information, which includes losses from modifications of loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty. The Company uses probability of default/loss given default, discounted cash flows or remaining life method to determine the allowance for credit losses. An assessment of whether a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty is made on the date of a modification. Because the effect of most modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty is already included in the allowance for credit losses because of the measurement methodologies used to estimate the allowance, a change to the allowance for credit losses is generally not recorded upon modification.
Upon the Company's determination that a modified loan (or portion of a loan) has subsequently been deemed uncollectible, the loan (or a portion of the loan) is written off. Therefore, the amortized cost basis of the loan is reduced by the uncollectible amount and the allowance for credit losses is adjusted by the same amount. The Company closely monitors the performance of the loans that were modified to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty to understand the effectiveness of its modification efforts. There were no modification loans that had a payment default during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024, and were modified during the twelve months prior to that default to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty.
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The following table presents the payment status of the loans that were modified to borrowers experiencing financial difficulties in the last twelve months ended March 31, 2025.
Non-Accrual
2,863
435
3,298
8,669
11,532
Individually Evaluated Loans: Larger (greater than $350) Commercial & Agricultural and Commercial Real Estate loan relationships, as well as Residential Real Estate and Consumer loans and Lease financing receivables that are part of a larger relationship are individually evaluated on a quarterly basis, when they do not share similar risk characteristics with the collectively evaluated pools. These loans are analyzed to determine if it is probable that all amounts will not be collected according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. If management determines that the value of the loan is less than the recorded investment in the loan (net of previous charge-offs, deferred loan fees or costs and unamortized premium or discount), impairment is recognized through an allowance estimate or a charge-off to the allowance. The Company’s policy for recognizing interest income on individually evaluated loans does not differ from its overall policy for interest recognition.
The following table presents the amortized cost basis of collateral dependent loans, which are individually evaluated to determine expected credit losses, and the related allowance for credit losses allocated to these loans as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Real Estate
Allowance for Credit Losses
8,603
968
550
12,708
1,518
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8,179
1,679
674
12,645
8,844
2,359
Collateral-dependent loans consist primarily of Residential Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate and Commercial & Agricultural loans. Individually evaluated loans are collateral-dependent when foreclosure is probable or when the repayment of the loan is expected to be provided substantially through the operation or sale of the underlying collateral. When a loan is deemed collateral-dependent, the level of credit loss is measured by the difference between amortized cost of the loan and the fair value of collateral adjusted for estimated cost to sell. In the case of Commercial & Agricultural loans secured by equipment, the fair value of the collateral is estimated by third-party valuation experts. Loan balances are charged down to the underlying collateral value when they are deemed uncollectible. Note that the Company did not elect to use the collateral maintenance agreement practical expedient available under CECL.
Foreclosed Assets Held For Sale
Foreclosed assets acquired in settlement of loans are carried at fair value less estimated costs to sell and are included in Other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had initiated formal foreclosure procedures on $869 and $669, respectively, of Residential Real Estate loans.
Allowance for Credit Losses on Off-Balance-Sheet Credit Exposures
The Company estimates expected credit losses over the contractual period in which the Company is exposed to credit risk from a contractual obligation to extend credit. The allowance for credit losses on off-balance-sheet credit exposures is adjusted as a provision for credit loss expense recognized within provision for credit losses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The estimated credit loss includes consideration of the likelihood that funding will occur and an estimate of expected credit losses on commitments expected to be funded over its estimated life. The estimate of expected credit loss is based on the historical loss rate for the loan class in which the loan commitments would be classified as if funded.
The following table lists the allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures as of March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024:
Beginning of Period
3,380
3,901
Provision for (recovery of)
End of Period
3,699
3,851
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(6) Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The following table present the changes in each component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax for the three month periods ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024.
For the Three-Month Period Ended
March 31, 2025(a)
March 31, 2024(a)
UnrealizedGains and(Losses) onAvailable-for-SaleSecurities (a)
DefinedBenefitPensionItems (a)
Total (a)
(48,851
(4,506
(43,024
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)
Ending balance
(47,655
(4,294
(49,251
There were no amounts reclassified out of any component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the three month periods ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024.
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(7) Goodwill and Intangible Assets
The carrying amount of goodwill was $125,520 at both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Acquired intangible assets, other than goodwill, as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were as follows:
GrossCarryingAmount
AccumulatedAmortization
NetCarryingAmount
Amortized intangible assets:
Core deposit intangibles
12,668
7,994
4,674
7,662
5,006
Total amortized intangible assets
Aggregate core deposit intangible amortization expense was $332 and $391, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Activity for mortgage servicing rights ("MSRs") for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024 were as follows:
Mortgage Servicing Rights:
Balance at Beginning of Period
2,877
3,018
Additions
24
Additions from acquisition
Disposals
Amortized to expense
(69
Other charges
Change in valuation allowance
Balance at End of Period
2,832
2,999
There was no valuation allowance for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024.
Estimated amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows:
MSRs
Core depositintangibles
2025 (1)
122
974
1,096
2026
161
1,193
2027
1,071
1,229
2028
793
945
2029
150
282
432
Thereafter
2,089
361
2,450
(1) 2025 includes nine months of amortization expense for the period from April 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025.
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(8) Short-Term and Other Borrowings
Short-term borrowings, which consist of federal funds purchased and short-term FHLB advances, are summarized as follows:
Short-termBorrowings
Fed Funds Purchased
FHLB Advances:
Overnight advances
Interest rate on balance
4.42
%
Total Short-term FHLB Advances
Maximum indebtedness
394,000
Average balance
355,589
329,120
Average rate paid
5.44
Average balance during the period represents daily averages. Average rate paid represents interest expense divided by the related average balances.
The following table summarizes the Company's subordinated debentures at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
SubordinatedDebentures
Subordinated Debentures:
First Citizens Statutory Trust II
7,732
First Citizens Statutory Trust III
12,887
First Citizens Statutory Trust IV
5,155
Futura TPF Trust I
2,578
Futura TPF Trust II
Long-Term Subordinated Debentures, net of unamortized debt issuance costs
73,781
73,740
Total Subordinated Debentures
Other borrowings, which consists of secured borrowings from other institutions for the right to participate in the future payments of specific leases originated by the CLF division of Civista, totaled $6,140 and $6,293 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The weighted average rate on these borrowings was 9.58% and 6.72% at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The weighted average life was 27 months and 30 months at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
(9) Earnings per Common Share
The Company has granted restricted stock awards with non-forfeitable rights (with respect to dividends), which are considered participating securities. Accordingly, earnings per common share is computed using the two-class method as required by ASC 260-10-45. Basic earnings per common share are computed as net income available to common shareholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, which excludes the participating securities. Diluted earnings per common share include the dilutive effect, if any, of additional potential common shares issuable under the Company’s equity incentive plan, computed using the treasury stock method. The Company had no dilutive securities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024.
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Basic
Less allocation of earnings and dividends to participating securities
44
227
Net income available to common shareholders—basic
10,124
6,133
Weighted average common shares outstanding
15,488,813
15,695,963
Less average participating securities
66,711
561,344
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used in the calculation of basic earnings per common share
15,422,102
15,134,619
Earnings per common share:
Diluted
(10) Commitments, Contingencies and Off-Balance Sheet Risk
Some financial instruments, such as loan commitments, credit lines, letters of credit and overdraft protection, are issued to meet customers’ financing needs. These are agreements to provide credit or to support the credit of others, as long as the conditions established in the contract are met, and usually have expiration dates. Commitments may expire without being used. Off-balance-sheet risk of credit loss exists up to the face amount of these instruments, although material losses are not anticipated. The same credit policies are used to make such commitments as are used for loans, including obtaining collateral at exercise of commitment. The contractual amounts of financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk were as follows at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
Contract Amount
Fixed Rate
VariableRate
Commitment to extend credit:
Lines of credit and construction loans
25,618
684,307
31,940
657,401
Overdraft protection
44,581
55,085
Letters of credit
743
107
782
244
26,371
728,995
32,732
712,730
Commitments to make loans are generally made for a period of one year or less. Fixed rate loan commitments included in the table above had interest rates ranging from 3.10% to 8.5% at March 31, 2025 and from 3.1% to 8.9% at December 31, 2024. Maturities extend up to 30 years.
Civista is required to maintain certain reserve balances on hand in accordance with the Federal Reserve Board requirements. No reserve balance was maintained, or required to be maintained, in accordance with such requirements at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
(11) Pension Information
The Company sponsors a pension plan which is a noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan. Annual payments, subject to the maximum amount deductible for federal income tax purposes, are made to a pension trust fund. In 2006, the Company amended the pension plan to provide that no employee could be added as a participant to the pension plan after December 31, 2006. In 2014, the Company amended the pension plan again to provide that no additional benefits would accrue beyond April 30, 2014.
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Net periodic pension cost was as follows:
Service cost
Interest cost
96
95
Expected return on plan assets
(116
(137
Other components
Net periodic pension benefit
(20
(42
The Company does not expect to make any contribution to its pension plan in 2025. The Company made no contribution to its pension plan in 2024.
(12) Equity Incentive Plan
At the Company’s 2014 annual meeting, the shareholders adopted the Company’s 2014 Incentive Plan (“2014 Incentive Plan”). The 2014 Incentive Plan authorized the Company to grant options, stock awards, stock units and other awards for up to 375,000 common shares of the Company. The 2014 Incentive Plan expired in accordance with its terms on April 16, 2024, and no further awards may be granted under the 2014 Incentive Plan after April 16, 2024. On February 20, 2024, the Company's Board of Directors adopted the Civista Bancshares, Inc. 2024 Incentive Plan (the "2024 Incentive Plan"), which was subsequently approved by the shareholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 16, 2024. The 2024 Incentive Plan authorizes the Company to grant options, stock awards, stock units and other awards for up to 450,000 common shares of the Company. There were 398,500 shares available for grants under this plan at March 31, 2025.
No options were granted under the 2014 Incentive Plan or the 2024 Incentive Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024.
In each of the past several years, the Board of Directors has awarded restricted common shares to senior officers of the Company. The restricted shares vest ratably over a three-year or five-year period following the grant date. The product of the number of restricted shares granted and the grant date market price of the Company’s common shares determines the fair value of restricted shares awarded under the Company’s incentive plans. Management recognizes compensation expense for the fair value of restricted shares on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award.
The Company classifies share-based compensation for employees with “Compensation expense” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
The following is a summary of the Company’s outstanding restricted common shares and changes therein for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
Number ofRestrictedShares
WeightedAverage GrantDate Fair Value
Nonvested at beginning of period
90,331
19.14
Granted
21.46
Vested
(33,226
20.31
Forfeited
Nonvested at end of period
96,692
19.69
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The following is a summary of the status of the Company’s outstanding restricted common shares as of March 31, 2025:
At March 31, 2025
Date of Award
Shares
Remaining Expense
Remaining VestingPeriod (Years)
March 3, 2021
2,488
35
0.75
March 3, 2022
4,598
98
1.75
March 14, 2023
9,761
2.75
8,817
March 12, 2024
20,969
3.75
9,185
123
September 9, 2024
1,287
17
2.50
March 11, 2025
21,487
452
5.00
18,100
375
3.00
1,747
3.13
The Company recorded $155 and $186 of share-based compensation expense during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. At March 31, 2025, the total compensation cost related to unvested awards not yet recognized was $1,747, which was expected to be recognized over the weighted average remaining life of the grants of 3.13 years.
(13) Fair Value Measurement
The Company uses a fair value hierarchy to measure fair value. This hierarchy describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value: Level 1: Quoted prices for identical assets in active markets that are identifiable on the measurement date; Level 2: Significant other observable inputs, such as quoted prices for similar assets, quoted prices in markets that are not active and other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data; and Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that reflect the Company’s own view about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset.
Debt securities: The fair values of securities available-for-sale are determined by matrix pricing, which is a mathematical technique widely used in the industry to value debt securities without relying exclusively on quoted prices for the specific securities, but rather by relying on the securities’ relationship to other benchmark quoted securities (Level 2 inputs).
Equity securities: The Company’s equity securities are not actively traded in an open market. The fair value of these equity securities available-for-sale not actively traded in an open market is determined by using market data inputs for similar securities that are observable (Level 2 inputs).
The fair value of the swap asset/liability: The fair value of the swap asset and liability is based on an external derivative model using data inputs based on similar transactions as of the valuation date and classified as Level 2. The changes in fair value of these assets/liabilities had no impact on net income or comprehensive income.
Collateral Dependent Loans: The Company generally measures the fair value of collateral dependent loans based on the fair value of the loan’s collateral. Fair value is generally determined based upon independent third-party appraisals of the properties. In some cases, management may adjust the appraised value due to the age of the appraisal, changes in market conditions, or observable deterioration of the property since the appraisal was completed. Additionally, management makes estimates about expected costs to sell the property which are also included in the net realizable value. If the fair value of the collateral dependent loan is less than the carrying amount of the loan, a specific reserve for the loan is made in the allowance for credit losses or a charge-off is taken to reduce the loan to the fair value of the collateral (less estimated selling costs) and the loan is included in the table below as a Level 3 measurement.
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Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are summarized in the tables below.
Fair Value Measurements at March 31, 2025 Using:
(Level 1)
(Level 2)
(Level 3)
Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government agencies
Swap asset
Liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
Swap liability
Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis:
Collateral-dependent loans
19,793
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2024 Using:
19,177
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The following tables present quantitative information about the Level 3 significant unobservable inputs for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis a March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
Valuation Technique
Unobservable Input
Range
Weighted Average
Appraisals which utilize sales comparison, net income and cost approach
Discounts for collection issues and changes in market conditions
10 - 75%
19%
25%
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Much of the information used to arrive at “fair value” is highly subjective and judgmental in nature and therefore the results may not be precise. Subjective factors include, among other things, estimated cash flows, risk characteristics and interest rates, all of which are subject to change. With the exception of investment securities, the Company’s financial instruments are not readily marketable and market prices do not exist. Since negotiated prices for the instruments, which are not readily marketable, depend greatly on the motivation of the buyer and seller, the amounts that will actually be realized or paid per settlement or maturity of these instruments could be significantly different.
The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents and accrued interest receivable, as a result of their short-term nature, is considered to be equal to fair value and are classified as Level 1.
The carrying amount of investments in time deposits and loans held for sale are classified as Level 2.
The carrying value of other securities, which consist of FHLB and other bank stock, approximates fair value as the stock is nonmarketable and has restrictions placed on its transferability.
The Company uses an exit price income approach to determine the fair value of the loan portfolio. The model utilizes a discounted cash flow approach to estimate the fair value of the loans using assumptions for the coupon rates, remaining maturities, prepayment speeds, projected default probabilities, losses given defaults, and estimates of prevailing discount rates. The discounted cash flow approach models the credit losses directly in the projected cash flows. The model applies various assumptions regarding credit, interest, and prepayment risks for the loans based on loan types, payment types and fixed or variable classifications. For all periods presented, the estimated fair value of individually analyzed loans is based on the fair value of the collateral, less estimated cost to sell, or the present value of the loan’s expected future cash flows (discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate). All individually analyzed loans are classified as Level 3 within the valuation hierarchy.
The fair values of noninterest-bearing deposits are considered equal to the amount payable on demand at the reporting date (i.e., carrying value) and are classified as Level 1. The fair value of savings, NOW and certain money market accounts are equal to their carrying amounts and are a Level 1 classification. Fair values of fixed rate certificates of deposit are estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies interest rates currently being offered on certificates to a schedule of aggregated expected monthly maturities on time deposits resulting in a Level 3 classification.
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The fair values of subordinated debentures are estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies interest rates currently being offered on subordinated debentures to the schedule of maturities on the subordinated debt tranches resulting in a Level 3 classification.
FHLB advances with maturities greater than 90 days are valued based on discounted cash flow analysis, using interest rates currently being quoted for similar characteristics and maturities resulting in a Level 3 classification.
The carrying amount and fair values of financial instruments not measured at fair value on a recurring or nonrecurring basis at March 31, 2025 were as follows:
CarryingAmount
TotalFair Value
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Financial Assets:
Loans, held for sale
Loans, net of allowance
2,935,074
Financial Liabilities:
Nonmaturing deposits
2,273,008
Time deposits
965,880
968,778
Short-term FHLB advances
Long-term FHLB advances
1,302
102,662
Accrued interest payable
6,924
The carrying amount and fair values of financial instruments not measured at fair value on a recurring or nonrecurring basis at December 31, 2024 were as follows:
2,919,899
2,266,916
944,954
948,734
1,418
101,175
9,518
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(14) Derivatives
To accommodate customer need and to support the Company’s asset/liability positioning, on occasion the Company enters into interest rate swaps with a customer and a bank counterparty. The interest rate swaps are free-standing derivatives and are recorded at fair value. The Company enters into a floating rate loan and a fixed rate swap with our customer. Simultaneously, the Company enters into an offsetting fixed rate swap with a bank counterparty. In connection with each swap transaction, the Company agrees to pay interest to the customer on a notional amount at a variable interest rate and receive interest from the customer on the same notional amount at a fixed interest rate. At the same time, the Company agrees to pay a bank counterparty the same fixed interest rate on the same notional amount and receive the same variable interest rate on the same notional amount. These transactions allow the Company’s customer to effectively convert variable rate loans to fixed rate loans. Since the Company acts as an intermediary for its customer, changes in the fair value of the underlying derivative contracts offset each other and do not significantly impact the Company’s results of operations. None of the Company’s derivatives are designated as hedging instruments.
The Company presents derivative positions gross on the balance sheet for customers and net for financial institution counterparty positions subject to master netting arrangements. The fair value on the asset side was reduced by the margin call adjustment per the Company's netting arrangement in the amounts of $6,070 and $6,330 as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
The following table reflects the derivatives recorded on the balance sheet as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
NotionalAmount
Included in swap assets:
Interest rate swaps with loan customers in an asset position
83,271
68,621
1,169
Counterparty positions with financial institutions in an asset position
250,598
6,790
247,727
10,469
Total before netting adjustments
Netting adjustments - cash collateral posted by counterparties*
(6,070
(6,330
Total Swap assets
Included in swap liabilities:
Interest rate swaps with loan customers in a liability position
167,327
179,106
Counterparty positions with financial institutions in a liability position
Netting adjustments - cash collateral posted to counterparties**
Total Swap liabilities
*Cash collateral posted by counterparties represents the obligation to return cash collateral received from counterparties.
**Cash collateral posted to counterparties represents the right to reclaim cash collateral that was paid to counterparties.
Gross notional positions with customers
Gross notional positions with financial institution counterparties
The Company monitors and controls all derivative products with a comprehensive Board of Director approved commercial loan swap policy. All hedge transactions must be approved in advance by the Lenders Loan Committee or the Board of Directors. The Company classifies changes in fair value of derivatives in Other noninterest income in the Consolidated Statements of Operation. There was no gain or loss recognized on derivatives for the period ended March 31, 2025 or the period ended March 31, 2024.
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At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company did not have any cash or securities pledged for collateral on its interest rate swaps with third party financial institutions. Cash pledged for collateral on interest rate swaps is classified as restricted cash on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(15) Qualified Affordable Housing Project Investments
The Company invests in certain qualified affordable housing projects. At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the balance of the Company's investments in qualified affordable housing projects was $15,500 and $15,850, respectively. These balances are reflected in the Other assets line on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The unfunded commitments related to the investments in qualified affordable housing projects totaled $4,753 and $5,668 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. These balances are reflected in the Accrued expenses and other liabilities line on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized amortization expense with respect to its investments in qualified affordable housing projects of $350 and $304, respectively, offset by tax credits and other benefits from its investments in affordable housing tax credits of $416 and $390, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company did not incur any impairment losses related to its investments in qualified affordable housing projects.
(16) Revenue Recognition
The Company accounts for revenues from contracts with customers under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Revenue associated with financial instruments, including revenue from loans and securities, are outside the scope of ASC 606 and accounted for under other existing GAAP. In addition, certain noninterest income streams such as fees associated with mortgage servicing rights, financial guarantees, derivatives, and certain credit card fees are also not in scope of the guidance. Noninterest revenue streams in-scope of ASC 606 are discussed below.
Service Charges
Service charges consist of account analysis fees (i.e., net fees earned on analyzed business and public checking accounts), monthly service fees, and other deposit account related fees. The Company’s performance obligation for account analysis fees and monthly service fees is generally satisfied, and the related revenue recognized, over the period in which the service is provided. Other deposit account related fees are largely transactional based, and therefore, the Company’s performance obligation is satisfied, and related revenue recognized, at a point in time. Payment for service charges on deposit accounts is primarily received immediately or in the following month through a direct charge to customers’ accounts.
ATM/Interchange Fees
Fees, exchange, and other service charges are primarily comprised of debit and credit card income, ATM fees and other service charges. Debit and credit card income is primarily comprised of interchange fees earned whenever the Company’s debit and credit cards are processed through card payment networks such as Mastercard. ATM fees are primarily generated when a Company cardholder uses a non-Company ATM or a non-Company cardholder uses a Company ATM. The Company’s performance obligation for fees, exchange, and other service charges are largely satisfied, and related revenue recognized, when the services are rendered or upon completion. Payment is typically received immediately or in the following month.
Wealth Management Fees
Wealth management fees are primarily comprised of fees earned from the management and administration of trusts and other customer assets. The Company’s performance obligation is generally satisfied over time and the resulting fees are recognized monthly, based upon the month-end market value of the assets under management and the applicable fee rate. Payment is generally received in the following month through a direct charge to customers’ accounts. The Company does not earn performance-based incentives.
Other noninterest income consists of other recurring revenue streams such as check order fees, wire transfer fees, safety deposit box rental fees, item processing fees and other miscellaneous revenue streams. Check order income mainly represents fees charged to customers for checks. Wire transfer fees represent revenue from processing wire transfers. Safe deposit box rental fees are charged to the customer on an annual basis and recognized upon receipt of payment. The Company determined that since rentals and renewals occur fairly consistently over time, revenue is recognized on a basis consistent with the duration of the performance obligation. Item
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processing fee income represents fees charged to other financial institutions for processing their transactions. Payment is typically received in the following month.
The following presents noninterest income, segregated by revenue streams in-scope and out-of-scope of Topic 606, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
Noninterest Income
In-scope of Topic 606:
605
1,572
Noninterest Income (in-scope of Topic 606)
4,795
5,671
Noninterest Income (out-of-scope of Topic 606)
3,065
2,585
Total Noninterest Income
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(17) Leases
We have operating leases for several branch locations and office space. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. We also lease certain office equipment under operating leases. Many of our leases include both lease (e.g., minimum rent payments) and non-lease (e.g., common-area or other maintenance costs) components. The Company accounts for each component separately based on the standalone price of each component. In addition, we have several operating leases with lease terms of less than one year and therefore, we have elected the practical expedient to exclude these short-term leases from our right-of-use ("ROU") assets and lease liabilities.
Most leases include one or more options to renew. The exercise of lease renewal options is typically at our sole discretion. The majority of renewals to extend the lease terms are included in our ROU assets and lease liabilities as they are reasonably certain of exercise.
As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use the fully collateralized FHLB borrowing rate, commensurate with the lease terms based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of the lease payments.
The balance sheet information related to our operating leases were as follows as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
Classification on the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Assets:
Operating lease
2,493
1,063
Liabilities:
The cost components of our operating leases were as follows for the periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024:
Lease cost
Operating lease cost
205
132
Short-term lease cost
Sublease income
(5
(7
Total lease cost
233
143
Maturities of our lease liabilities for all operating leases for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows:
609
755
578
395
76
Total lease payments
3,153
Less: Imputed Interest
660
Present value of lease liabilities
The weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates for all of our operating leases were as follows as of March 31, 2025:
Weighted-average remaining lease term-operating leases (years)
4.96
Weighted-average discount rate-operating leases
3.81
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The Company is the lessor of equipment under operating leases to a wide variety of customers, from commercial and industrial to government and healthcare. The operating lease assets are presented on the balance sheet as premises and equipment. Total cost, net of accumulated depreciation, of leased assets was $17,576 and $19,136 as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The Company records lease revenue over the term of the lease and retains ownership of the related assets which are depreciated over the estimated useful life, normally two to six years.
The Company also leases equipment to customers under direct financing leases. At the inception of each lease, the lease receivables, together with the present value of the estimated unguaranteed residual values, are presented on the balance sheet as Loans. The excess of the lease receivables and residual values over the cost of the equipment is recorded as unearned lease income and will be recognized over the lease term, normally two to six years as well.
(18) Segment Reporting
The Company conducts its operations through one single business segment, which is determined by the Chief Financial Officer, who is the designated chief operating decision maker ("CODM").
This decision is based upon information provided about the Company's products and services offered. The segment is also distinguished by the level of information provided to the CODM, 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. The CODM evaluates revenue streams, significant expenses, and budget to actual results in assessing the Company's segment and in the determination of allocating resources. The CODM uses revenue streams to evaluate product pricing and significant expenses to assess performance and evaluate return on assets. The CODM uses consolidated net income to benchmark the Company against its competitors. The benchmarking analysis coupled with monitoring of budget to actual results are used in assessment performance and in establishing compensation. Loans and investments provide the majority of revenues in the banking operation. Interest expense, provision for credit losses, and compensation expense provide the significant expenses in the banking operation.
The Company's segment assets represent its total assets as presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
All of the Company's earnings relate to its operations within the United States.
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ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Introduction
The following discussion focuses on the consolidated financial condition of the Company at March 31, 2025 compared to December 31, 2024, and the consolidated results of operations for the three month period ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), relating to such matters as financial condition, anticipated operating results, cash flows, business line results, credit quality expectations, prospects for new lines of business, economic trends (including interest rates) and similar matters. Forward-looking statements reflect our expectations, estimates or projections concerning future results or events. These statements are generally identified by the use of forward-looking words or phrases such as “believe,” “belief,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “may,” “could,” “intend,” “intent,” “estimate,” “plan,” “foresee,” “likely,” “will,” “should” or other similar words or phrases. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance and are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict and could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements could include, but are not limited to:
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The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements, except as required by law.
Financial Condition
Total assets of the Company at March 31, 2025 were $4,146,717 compared to $4,098,469 at December 31, 2024, an increase of $48,248, or 1.2%. The increase in total assets was mainly due to increases in net loans of $22,191 and cash and cash equivalents of $27,301. These increases were partially offset by decreases in available-for-sale securities of $1,922, premises and equipment of $2,059, and swap assets of $2,463. Total liabilities at March 31, 2025 were $3,749,283 compared to $3,709,967 at December 31, 2024, an increase of $39,316, or 1.1%. The increase in total liabilities was primarily attributable to increases in total deposits of $27,018 and short-term FHLB advances of $21,000, partially offset by decreases in swap liabilities of $2,723 and accrued expenses and other liabilities of $5,721.
Loans outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were as follows:
$ Change
% Change
2,139
0.7
Commercial Real Estate—Owner Occupied
3,728
1.0
Commercial Real Estate—Non-Owner Occupied
1.6
9,480
1.2
(8,403
-2.7
(636
-2.8
(2,330
-5.0
(1,206
-9.6
22,806
(615
22,191
Loans held for sale increased $3,659, or 550.2%, since December 31, 2024. The increase was due to increases in both the number of loans and average loan balances held for sale. At March 31, 2025, 16 loans totaling $4,324 were held for sale as compared to 6 loans totaling $665 at December 31, 2024.
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Net loans have increased $22,191, or 0.7%, since December 31, 2024. The increase at March 31, 2025 can be attributed to increases in four categories, primarily Commercial Real Estate – Non-Owner Occupied and Residential Real Estate, partially offset by a decrease in Real Estate Construction. At March 31, 2025, the net loan to deposit ratio was 95.8% compared to 95.9% at December 31, 2024.
During the first three months of 2025, provisions made to the allowances for credit losses and off-balance sheet credit exposures totaled $1,567, compared to a provision of $1,992 during the same period in 2024. The decrease in provision is primarily the result of a recapture of credit losses on commercial and agriculture resulting from a decrease in specific reserves related to one large credit that made a significant paydown during the first quarter of 2025. Commercial and agriculture delinquencies increased significantly during the quarter, primarily in the 30-59 days past due category, which increased from $825 at December 31, 2024 to $9,315 at March 31, 2025; however, this had limited impact on required reserves as $7,704 of the 30-59 days past due balance related to two large credits that were on nonaccrual and individually evaluated as of both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. At December 31, 2024 these credits were current. That recapture of credit losses on commercial and agriculture was offset by provision expense to restore the reserves on commercial real estate non-owner occupied after recognizing $800 in charge-offs during the quarter and to fund additional reserves on the residential real estate and real estate construction segments resulting from slower prepayment speed and higher unemployment forecast assumptions.
Reserves on the lease financing receivables portfolio decreased slightly during the first quarter of 2025, consistent with the slight decrease in the outstanding balance of lease financing receivables from December 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025, maintaining a consistent percentage of reserves to lease balance. Total delinquencies on lease financing receivables increased from December 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025; however, the severity of delinquencies improved. Lease financing receivables 30-59 days past due increased, while the balance of 60-89 days past due and 90 days or greater past due both decreased. Nonaccrual lease finance receivables also decreased from $1,238 at December 31, 2024 to $470 at March 31, 2025.
Net charge-offs for the first three months of 2025 totaled $633, compared to net charge-offs of $353 for the same period of 2024. For the first three months of 2025, the Company charged off a total of 13 loans, consisting of three Commercial & Agriculture loans totaling $72, four Lease Financing Receivables totaling $90, one Commercial Real Estate – Non-Owner Occupied loan for $800, and five Consumer and Other loans totaling $14. The Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied charge-off of $800 is related to a loan that was previously identified and actively monitored by management, classified as nonaccrual and individually evaluated as of both December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025. In addition, during the first three months of 2025, the Company had recoveries on previously charged-off Commercial & Agriculture loans of $291, Commercial Real Estate – Owner Occupied loans of $5, Residential Real Estate loans of $14, Leasing Finance Receivables of $25 and Consumer and Other loans of $8. For each loan category, as well as in total, the percentage of net charge-offs to loans was less than one percent. Each of these factors was considered by management as part of the examination of both the level and mix of the allowance by credit type as well as the overall level of the allowance.
Management specifically evaluates loans that do not share common risk characteristics for estimates of loss. To evaluate the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses to cover probable losses in the loan portfolio, management considers specific reserve allocations for identified portfolio loans, reserves for delinquencies and historical reserve allocations. Loss migration rates are calculated over a three-year period for all portfolio segments. Management also considers certain economic factors for trends that management uses to account for the qualitative and environmental changes in risk, which affects the level of the reserve.
Larger (greater than $350) Commercial & Agricultural and Commercial Real Estate loan relationships, as well as Residential Real Estate and Consumer loans and Lease financing receivables that are part of a larger relationship are individually evaluated on a quarterly basis, when they do not share similar risk characteristics with the collectively evaluated pools. These loans are analyzed to determine if it is probable that all amounts will not be collected according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. If management determines that the value of the loan is less than the recorded investment in the loan (net of previous charge-offs, deferred loan fees or costs and unamortized premium or discount), impairment is recognized through an allowance estimate or a charge-off to the allowance. The Company’s policy for recognizing interest income on individually evaluated loans does not differ from its overall policy for interest recognition. Loans held for sale are excluded from consideration as impaired. Loans are generally moved to nonaccrual status when 90 days or more past due. Loans, or portions thereof, are charged-off when deemed uncollectible. The allowance for credit losses as a percent of total loans was 1.30% at March 31, 2025 and 1.29% at December 31, 2024.
The available-for-sale securities portfolio decreased by $1,922, from $648,067 at December 31, 2024 to $646,145 at March 31, 2025. Management continually evaluates our securities portfolio in response to established asset/liability management objectives, changing market conditions that could affect profitability, and the level of interest rate risk to which the Company is exposed. These evaluations
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may cause the Company to change the level of funds it deploys into investment securities and change the composition of its investment securities portfolio. As of March 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with all pledging requirements.
Premises and equipment, net, decreased $2,059 from December 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025. The decrease was the result of depreciation of $1,833 and disposals of $76, partially offset by purchases of $161. The decrease in depreciation was mainly attributable to leasing operations as operating leases mature. Since mid-2024, new lease originations have primarily consisted of finance leases which are recorded in loans on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Bank owned life insurance ("BOLI") increased $387 from December 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025. The increase was the result of increases in the cash surrender value of the underlying insurance policies.
Swap assets decreased $2,463 from December 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025. The decrease was primarily the result of a decline in market value.
Total deposits as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were as follows:
Noninterest-bearing demand
(46,411
-6.7
Interest-bearing demand
467,601
419,583
48,018
11.4
Savings and money market
1,146,480
1,126,974
19,506
1.7
515,910
469,954
45,956
9.8
Brokered deposits
460,214
500,265
(40,051
-8.0
Total Deposits
0.8
The Company had approximately $456,569 and $431,713 of uninsured deposits as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Uninsured deposit amounts are estimated based on the portions of customer account balances that exceed the FDIC insurance limit of $250.
Total deposits at March 31, 2025 increased $27,018 from December 31, 2024. Noninterest-bearing deposits decreased $46,411 from December 31, 2024, while interest-bearing deposits, including savings and time deposits, increased $73,429 from December 31, 2024. The decrease in noninterest-bearing deposits was primarily due to a $62,499 decrease in noninterest-bearing business accounts mainly due to seasonality, as the first quarter of each year normally sees a decline in business accounts primarily due to tax payments, partially offset by an increase of $11,300 in noninterest-bearing public funds accounts. The increase in interest-bearing demand deposits was primarily due to an increase of $56,267 in interest-bearing public funds accounts, slightly offset by a decrease of $6,276 in Jumbo NOW accounts. The $19,506 increase in savings and money market accounts was primarily due to a $41,791 increase in business money market accounts, and a $5,726 increase in statement savings accounts, mostly offset by a decrease of $22,682 in reciprocal deposits. The $45,956 increase in time deposits was due to increases of $17,569 in jumbo time deposits, $15,622 in retail time deposits, and $19,689 in time certificates over $250, which were slightly offset by a decrease if $7,611 in reciprocal time deposits. The year-to-date average balance of total deposits increased $252,894, compared to the average balance for the same period in 2024, mainly due to a increases of $142,265 in the average balance of time deposits and $110,629 in the average balance of demand and savings, partially offset by a $41,767 decrease in the average balance of noninterest-bearing deposits.
Short-term FHLB advances increased $21,000 from December 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025 for purposes of funding loan growth prior to receiving one large deposit on March 31, 2025. The short-term advance was paid off the following day.
Swap liabilities decreased $2,723 from December 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025. The decrease was the result of a decrease in fair value of swap liabilities.
Accrued expenses and other liabilities decreased $5,721 from December 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025. The decrease was due to a decrease in accrued interest on brokered CDs of $3,019 as a result of interest payments in the first quarter of 2025; and a decrease in accrued commissions and incentives of $2,730 relating to accrued earned commissions and performance incentives being paid in the first quarter of 2025 .
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Shareholders’ equity at March 31, 2025 was $397,434, or 9.6% of total assets, compared to $388,502, or 9.5% of total assets, at December 31, 2024. The increase was as a result of net income of $10,168 and an increase in the fair value of securities, net of tax, of $1,408, partially offset by dividends paid on common shares of $2,632.
Total outstanding common shares at March 31, 2025 were 15,519,072, which increased from 15,487,667 common shares outstanding at December 31, 2024. Common shares outstanding increased due to the grant of 39,587 restricted common shares to certain officers under the Company’s 2024 Incentive Plan, partially offset by 8,182 common shares surrendered by officers to the Company to pay taxes upon vesting of restricted shares.
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
The Company had net income of $10,168 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $3,808 from net income of $6,360 for the same period of 2024. Basic and diluted earnings per common share were $0.66 for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, compared to $0.41 for the same period of 2024. The primary reasons for the changes in net income are explained below.
Net interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $32,773, an increase of $4,401 from $28,372 for the same period of 2024. This increase was a result of an increase of $3,605 in total interest and dividend income, coupled with a $796 decrease in total interest expense. Total interest-earning assets averaged $3,801,709 during the three months ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $249,157 from $3,552,552 for the same period of 2024. The Company’s total average interest-bearing liabilities increased from $2,720,586 during the three months ended March 31, 2024 to $2,999,661 during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The Company’s fully tax equivalent net interest margin for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was 3.51% and 3.22%, respectively.
Total interest and dividend income was $53,733 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $3,605 from $50,128 for the same period of 2024. The increase in interest and dividend income is attributable to a $3,162 increase in interest and fees on loans and a $621 increase in interest income on taxable securities. The $3,605 increase in interest and fees on loans is attributable to increases in both average balances and loan yield. The average balance of loans increased by $219,409, or 7.6%, to $3,099,440 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to $2,880,031 for the same period of 2024. The loan yield increased to 6.23% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, from 6.20% for the same period of 2024.
Interest on taxable securities increased $621 to $3,555 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $2,934 for the same period of 2024. The average balance of taxable securities increased $46,078 to $396,893 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to $350,815 for the same period of 2024. The yield on taxable securities increased 31 basis points to 3.31% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to 3.00% for the same period of 2024 resulting from the purchase of similar securities with higher rates due to the yield curve change from the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period of 2024. Interest on tax-exempt securities decreased $35 to $2,340 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $2,375 for the same period of 2024. The average balance of tax-exempt securities decreased $8,907 to $286,481 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to $295,388 for the same period of 2024. The yield on tax-exempt securities increased 6 basis points to 3.91% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to 3.85% for the same period of 2024.
Total interest expense decreased $796, or 3.7%, to $20,960 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared with $21,756 for the same period of 2024. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the average balance of interest-bearing liabilities increased $285,504 to $3,006,090, as compared to $2,720,586 for the same period of 2024. Interest incurred on deposits decreased by $271 to $15,716 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $15,987 for the same period of 2024. The average balance of interest-bearing deposits increased by $252,893 to $2,538,560 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024, slightly offset by a decrease in the rate paid on time deposits from 5.33% in 2024 to 4.22% in 2025. The decrease in rates on time deposits is primarily related to paying lower rates on retail and brokered CDs due to the lower rate environment in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period of 2024. Interest expense incurred on short-term FHLB advances decreased because of the yield curve shifting downwards during the first three months of 2025 compared to the same period of 2024.
The following table presents the condensed average balance sheets for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. The daily average loan amounts outstanding are net of unearned income and include loans held for sale and nonaccrual loans. The average balance of securities is computed using the carrying value of securities. Rates are annualized and taxable equivalent yields are computed using
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a 21% tax rate for tax-exempt interest income. The average yield has been computed using the historical amortized cost average balance for available-for-sale securities.
Averagebalance
Yield/rate*
Interest-earning assets:
Loans, including fees**
3,099,440
6.23
2,880,031
44,485
6.20
396,893
3.31
350,815
286,481
3.91
295,388
3.85
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
18,895
4.13
26,318
334
5.09
Total interest-earning assets
3,801,709
5.71
3,552,552
5.64
Noninterest-earning assets:
43,203
29,599
46,404
54,980
13,567
12,724
Intangible assets
133,268
134,872
62,916
58,472
58,588
61,456
Less allowance for loan losses
(39,956
(37,356
Total Assets
4,119,699
3,867,299
Liabilities and Shareholders Equity:
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Demand and savings
1,578,949
5,729
1.47
1,383,225
3,986
1.15
Time
959,611
9,987
4.22
902,442
12,001
5.33
3,929
4.48
328,687
4,515
5.51
2.56
2,275
2.29
6,430
9.14
0.00
104,103
4.52
103,957
4.79
Total interest-bearing liabilities
3,006,090
2.83
2,720,586
3.21
Noninterest-bearing deposits
670,774
712,483
Other liabilities
45,813
63,778
Shareholders’ Equity
397,021
370,452
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
4,119,698
Net interest income and interest rate spread(1)
2.88
2.43
Net interest margin(2)
3.51
3.22
(1) Net interest spread represents the difference between the yield on average interest-earning assets and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities.
(2) Net interest margin represents net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets.
* Average yields are presented on a tax equivalent basis. The tax equivalent effect associated with loans and investments, included in the yields above, was $622 and $632 for the periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
** Average balance includes nonaccrual loans.
Net interest income may also be analyzed by comparing the volume and rate components of interest income and interest expense. The following table provides an analysis of the changes in interest income and expense between the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
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Increase (decrease) due to:
Volume (1)
Rate (1)
Net
(Dollars in thousands)
Interest income:
3,374
(213
3,161
280
621
(48
(35
(83
(59
(142
Total interest income
3,584
21
3,605
Interest expense:
616
1,127
1,743
723
(2,737
(2,014
348
(934
(586
1
(4
(82
(80
1,829
(2,625
(796
1,755
2,646
4,401
The Company provides for loan losses through regular provisions to the allowance for credit losses. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $1,567, a decrease of $425, from $1,992 during the three months ended March 31, 2024.
Noninterest income for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was as follows:
84
5.8
112
-79.4
(259
-30.0
(57
-4.1
64
5.0
222
13.3
10.6
26.3
(614
-45.3
(396
-4.8
Total noninterest income for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $7,860, a decrease of $396, or 4.8%, from $8,256 for the same period of 2024. Other income decreased $614 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period of 2025, mostly related to lower fee revenue from CLF. Net gain on sale of loans and leases decreased $259 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period of 2024, primarily due to lower originations. Net gain (loss) on equity securities increased $112 as a result
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of the decrease in market value being less in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 coupled with an increase of $222 in lease revenue and residual income from stronger lease originations.
Noninterest expense for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was as follows:
(1,414
-9.1
266
19.4
22
4.0
FDIC Assessment
389
80.4
8.5
941
81.9
(432
-17.0
(45
-7.2
(183
-38.2
-15.1
7.4
2.6
(315
-1.1
Total noninterest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $27,126, a decrease of $315, or 1.1%, from $27,441 reported for the same period of 2024. The decrease in total noninterest expense was primarily due to decreases in compensation expense and equipment expense, mostly offset by increases in professional services and FDIC assessment. The decrease in compensation expense was primarily due to lower employee benefit costs, lower full time equivalent employees ("FTE"), coupled with an increase in the deferral of salaries and wages related to the loan growth in the first three months of 2025. The decrease in equipment expense was mainly due to normal depreciation as well as decreases in expenses related to operating lease contracts. The increase in professional fees was attributable to utilizing consultants to assist in the transitioning of the new core operating system at CLF. The increase in FDIC assessment was due to an increase in the total assessment base resulting from the Company's overall balance sheet growth year-over-year. The average FTEs were 520 at March 31, 2025, a decrease of 19 FTEs over the same period of 2024.
Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 totaled $1,772, up $937 compared to the same period of 2024. The effective tax rates for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 were 14.8% and 11.6%, respectively. The difference between the statutory federal income tax rate and the Company’s effective tax rate is the permanent tax differences, primarily consisting of tax-exempt interest income from municipal investments and loans, low-income housing tax credits, tax-deductible captive insurance premiums and bank owned life insurance income.
Capital Resources
Shareholders’ equity totaled $397,434 at March 31, 2025, compared to $388,502 at December 31, 2024. Shareholders’ equity increased during the first three months of 2025 as a result of net income of $10,168 and an increase in the fair value of securities available-for-sale, net of tax, of $1,408, partially offset by dividends on common shares of $2,632.
All of the Company’s capital ratios exceeded the regulatory minimum guidelines as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 as identified in the following table:
Total RiskBasedCapital
Tier I RiskBasedCapital
CET1 RiskBasedCapital
LeverageRatio
Company Ratios—March 31, 2025
14.5
11.0
10.0
8.7
Company Ratios—December 31, 2024
13.9
10.4
9.5
8.6
For Capital Adequacy Purposes
8.0
6.0
4.5
To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt
Corrective Action Provisions
6.5
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Liquidity
The Company maintains a conservative liquidity position. All securities, with the exception of equity securities, are classified as available-for-sale. Securities, with maturities of one year or less, totaled $8,840, or 1.25% of the total security portfolio, at March 31, 2025. The available-for-sale securities portfolio helps to provide the Company with the ability to meet its funding needs. The Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) contained in the Consolidated Financial Statements detail the Company’s cash flows from operating activities resulting from net earnings.
As reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited), our cash flows are classified for financial reporting purposes as operating, investing or financing cash flows. Net cash provided by operating activities was $3,612 and $752 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The primary additions to cash from operating activities are from proceeds from the sale of loans. The primary use of cash from operating activities is from loans originated for sale. Net cash used for investing activities was $21,231 and $34,172 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, principally reflecting our loan and investment security activities. Cash provided by financing activities was $44,920 and $23,324 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The primary additions in financing activities is the increase in deposits and short-term FHLB advances, partially offset by the payment of common dividends.
Future loan demand of Civista may be funded by increases in deposit accounts, proceeds from payments on existing loans, the maturity of securities, and the sale of securities classified as available-for-sale. Additional sources of funds may also come from borrowing in the Federal Funds market and/or borrowing from the FHLB. Through its correspondent banks, Civista maintains federal funds borrowing lines totaling $50,000. As of March 31, 2025, Civista had total credit availability with the FHLB of $870,985 with standby letters of credit totaling $125,400 and a remaining borrowing capacity of approximately $384,230. In addition, CBI maintains a credit line with a third party lender totaling $10,000. No borrowings were outstanding by CBI under this credit line as of March 31, 2025.
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ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
The Company’s primary market risk exposure is interest-rate risk and, to a lesser extent, liquidity risk. All of the Company’s transactions are denominated in U.S. dollars with no specific foreign exchange exposure.
Interest-rate risk is the exposure of a banking organization’s financial condition to adverse movements in interest rates. Accepting this risk can be an important source of profitability and shareholder value. However, excessive levels of interest-rate risk can pose a significant threat to the Company’s earnings and capital base. Accordingly, effective risk management that maintains interest-rate risk at prudent levels is essential to the Company’s safety and soundness.
Evaluating a financial institution’s exposure to changes in interest rates includes assessing both the adequacy of the management process used to control interest-rate risk and the organization’s quantitative level of exposure. When assessing the interest-rate risk management process, the Company seeks to ensure that appropriate policies, procedures, management information systems and internal controls are in place to maintain interest-rate risk at prudent levels with consistency and continuity. Evaluating the quantitative level of interest rate risk exposure requires the Company to assess the existing and potential future effects of changes in interest rates on its consolidated financial condition, including capital adequacy, earnings, liquidity and, where appropriate, asset quality.
The Federal Reserve Board, together with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, issue policy statements and guidance on sound practices for managing interest-rate risk, which form the basis for ongoing evaluation of the adequacy of interest-rate risk management at supervised institutions. The guidance also outlines fundamental elements of sound management and discusses the importance of these elements in the context of managing interest-rate risk. The guidance emphasizes the need for active board of director and senior management oversight and a comprehensive risk-management process that effectively identifies, measures, and controls interest-rate risk.
Financial institutions derive their income primarily from the excess of interest collected over interest paid. The rates of interest an institution earns on its assets and owes on its liabilities generally are established contractually for a period of time. Since market interest rates change over time, an institution is exposed to lower profit margins (or losses) if it cannot adapt to interest-rate changes. For example, assume that an institution’s assets carry intermediate- or long-term fixed rates and that those assets were funded with short-term liabilities. If market interest rates rise by the time the short-term liabilities must be refinanced, the increase in the institution’s interest expense on its liabilities may not be sufficiently offset if assets continue to earn at the long-term fixed rates. Accordingly, an institution’s profits could decrease on existing assets because the institution will have either lower net interest income or, possibly, net interest expense. Similar risks exist when assets are subject to contractual interest-rate ceilings, or rate sensitive assets are funded by longer-term, fixed-rate liabilities in a decreasing-rate environment.
Several techniques may be used by an institution to minimize interest-rate risk. One approach used by the Company is to periodically analyze its assets and liabilities and make future financing and investment decisions based on payment streams, interest rates, contractual maturities, and estimated sensitivity to actual or potential changes in market interest rates. Such activities fall under the broad definition of asset/liability management. The Company’s primary asset/liability management technique is the measurement of the Company’s asset/liability gap, that is, the difference between the cash flow amounts of interest sensitive assets and liabilities that will be refinanced (or repriced) during a given period. For example, if the asset amount to be repriced exceeds the corresponding liability amount for a certain day, month, year, or longer period, the institution is in an asset sensitive gap position. In this situation, net interest income would increase if market interest rates rose or decrease if market interest rates fell. If, alternatively, more liabilities than assets will reprice, the institution is in a liability sensitive position. Accordingly, net interest income would decline when rates rose and increase when rates fell. Also, these examples assume that interest rate changes for assets and liabilities are of the same magnitude, whereas actual interest rate changes generally differ in magnitude for assets and liabilities.
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Several ways an institution can manage interest-rate risk include selling existing assets or repaying certain liabilities; matching repricing periods for new assets and liabilities, for example, by shortening terms of new loans or securities; and hedging existing assets, liabilities, or anticipated transactions. An institution might also invest in more complex financial instruments intended to hedge or otherwise change interest-rate risk. Interest rate swaps, futures contracts, options on futures, and other such derivative financial instruments often are used for this purpose. Because these instruments are sensitive to interest rate changes, they require management expertise to be effective. The Company has not purchased derivative financial instruments to hedge interest rate risk in the past and does not currently intend to purchase such instruments in the near future. Financial institutions are also subject to prepayment risk in falling rate environments. For example, mortgage loans and other financial assets may be prepaid by a debtor so that the debtor may refinance its obligations at new, lower rates. Prepayments of assets carrying higher rates reduce the Company’s interest income and overall asset yields. A large portion of an institution’s liabilities may be short-term or due on demand, while most of its assets may be invested in long-term loans or securities. Accordingly, the Company seeks to have in place, sources of cash to meet short-term demands. These funds can be obtained by increasing deposits, borrowing, or selling assets. FHLB advances and wholesale borrowings may also be used as important sources of liquidity for the Company.
The following table provides information about the Company’s financial instruments that were sensitive to changes in interest rates as of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025, based on certain prepayment and account decay assumptions that management believes are reasonable. The table shows the changes in the Company’s net portfolio value (in amount and percent) that would result from hypothetical interest rate increases of up to 400 basis points from 100 basis points and interest rate decreases of 100 basis points and up to 400 basis points at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Net Portfolio Value
Change in Rates
DollarAmount
DollarChange
PercentChange
+400bp
681,623
51,165
649,236
46,009
+300bp
671,860
41,402
640,723
37,496
+200bp
660,729
30,271
630,945
27,718
+100bp
648,385
17,927
620,021
16,794
Base
630,458
603,227
-100bp
612,441
(18,017
(3
)%
584,528
(18,699
-200bp
584,558
(45,900
556,163
(47,064
(8
-300bp
569,453
(61,005
(10
530,688
(72,539
(12
-400bp
639,958
9,500
593,087
(10,140
(2
The change in net portfolio value from December 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025, can be attributed to a couple of factors. The yield curve has widened since last year with the short-end shifting down and the long-end shifting upward. Additionally, the volume of assets and funding sources has changed, but the asset mix remains centered on loan and deposits. The volume of loans and deposits has increased, while the volume of short-term FHLB advances and other borrowings has decreased. The volume shifts from the end of the year contributed to an increase in the base net portfolio value. Beyond the change in the base level of net portfolio value, projected movements in rates, up or down, would also lead to changes in market values. The change in the rates up scenarios for the 100, 200, 300 and 400 basis point movements would lead to a slightly larger increase in the market value of liabilities than assets. Accordingly, the Company sees an increase in the net portfolio value. The change in the rates down scenarios for the 100, 200, and 300 basis point movements would lead to a larger decrease in the market value of liabilities than in assets, leading to a decrease in the net portfolio value with the exception of the down 400 basis point which has a higher market value of assets then liabilities.
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ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive and our principal financial officers, the Company evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our 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 the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based upon that evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2025, were effective.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Part II—Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
In the ordinary course of their respective businesses, CBI or Civista or their respective properties may be named or otherwise subject as a plaintiff, defendant or other party to various pending and threatened legal proceedings and various actual and potential claims. In view of the inherent difficulty of predicting the outcome of such matters, the Company cannot state what the eventual outcome of any such matters will be. However, based on current knowledge and after consultation with legal counsel, management believes that damages, if any, and other amounts related to pending legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity of CBI or Civista.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There were no material changes during the current period to the risk factors disclosed in "Item 1A. Risk Factors" of Part 1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 except as set forth below:
Significant changes to the size, structure, powers and operations of the federal government, changes to U.S. economic policies, and uncertainties regarding the potential for these changes may cause economic disruptions that could, in turn, adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.
The current U.S. administration has implemented significant changes in federal priorities and has taken steps to change the operations, structure, and policy focus of various federal agencies, as well as regulatory priorities, policy approaches and interpretations of existing laws by those federal agencies. These developments in the federal government may have varying effects on the banking and financial services industry that are difficult to predict, which makes it difficult for us to anticipate and mitigate attendant risks. Compliance with changing federal and regulatory priorities could, among other things, increase the costs of operating our business, reduce the demand for our products and services, impact our ability to achieve our business goals, and increase our legal, operational and reputational risks, any or all of which could materially adversely affect our results of operations.
The current U.S. administration also has implemented rapid shifts in macroeconomic policies, such as those relating to trade restrictions and tariffs, which have created significant uncertainties regarding U.S. economic growth, the potential for recession, and concerns over an increase in inflation. In particular, these economic policies have created significant instability in the trade relationship between the U.S. and various global economies, including tariff escalations. In order to limit the impact of unpredictable U.S. actions, global companies and governments may reduce the use of the U.S. dollar in world trade and financial transactions, which could result in further volatility in the financial markets and U.S. economy. Slow economic growth, economic contraction or recession, or shifts in broader consumer and business trends in the markets we serve would significantly impact our ability to originate loans, the ability of borrowers to repay loans, and the value of the collateral securing loans.
Regional business and economic conditions are a major driver of our results of operations. Difficult conditions in the regional business and economic environment, including those caused by the lack of stability and predictability of U.S. policymaking, may materially adversely affect our operating expenses, the quality of our assets, credit losses, and the demand for our products and services.
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table details repurchases by the Company and purchases by "affiliated purchasers" as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act of the Company's common shares during the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.
Period
Total Number ofShares Purchased
Average Price Paidper Share
Total Number of SharesPurchased as Part ofPublicly AnnouncedPlans or Programs
Maximum Number(or Approximate DollarValue) of Shares (Units)that May Yet BePurchased Under thePlans or Programs
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025
8,182
20.39
12,003,223
February 1, 2025 - February 28, 2025
March 1, 2025 - March 31, 2025
On April 18, 2023, the Company announced a common share repurchase program pursuant to which the Company was authorized to repurchase a maximum aggregate value of $13.5 million of its outstanding common shares through April 25, 2025. An aggregate of $1,496,777 of common shares were repurchased by the Company under this repurchase program through March 31, 2025.
On April 15, 2025, the Company announced a new common share repurchase program pursuant to which the Company is authorized to repurchase a maximum aggregate value of $13.5 million of its outstanding common shares through April 15, 2026.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable
Item 5. Other Information
Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans
During the quarter ended March 31, 2025, none of our directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act) adopted or terminated any “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.
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Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit
Description
Location
2.1
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 10, 2022, by and between Civista Bancshares, Inc. and Comunibanc Corp.
Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Civista Bancshares, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated and filed on January 10, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference. (File No. 001-36192)
2.2
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2022, by and among Civista Bancshares, Inc., Civista Bank, Vision Financial Group, Inc. and Frederick Summers
Filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Civista Bancshares, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 29, 2022 and filed on September 30, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference. (File No. 001-36192)
3.1
Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Civista Bancshares, Inc., as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State on November 15, 2018.
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Civista Bancshares, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 16, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference. (File No. 001-36192)
3.2
Amended and Restated Code of Regulations of Civista Bancshares, Inc. (adopted April 15, 2008)
Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Civista Bancshares, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2017, filed on November 8, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference. (File No. 001-36192)
31.1
Rule 13a-14(a)/15-d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
Included herewith
31.2
Rule 13a-14(a)/15-d-14(a) Certification of Principal Accounting Officer.
32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2
Certification of Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS
Inline XBRL Instance Document-the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File as its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
101.SCH
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema with Embedded Linkbase Documents
104
Cover page formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language.
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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.
/s/ Dennis G. Shaffer
May 7, 2025
Dennis G. Shaffer
Date
Chief Executive Officer and President
/s/ Ian Whinnem
Ian Whinnem
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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