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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY [Abstract]  
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
NOTE 11 – SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Regulatory Capital

The Company and the Bank are subject to regulatory capital requirements administered by federal banking agencies. Capital adequacy guidelines and prompt corrective action regulations involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors, and the regulators can lower classifications in certain cases. Failure to meet various capital requirements can initiate regulatory action that could have a direct material effect on the financial statements.

The prompt corrective action regulations provide five categories, including well capitalized, adequately capitalized, undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized, and critically undercapitalized, although these terms are not used to represent overall financial condition. If a bank is only adequately capitalized, regulatory approval is required to, among other things, accept, renew or roll-over brokered deposits. If a bank is undercapitalized, capital distributions and growth and expansion are limited, and plans for capital restoration are required.

In July 2013, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC approved the rules implementing the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s capital guidelines for U.S. banks (commonly known as Basel III). The rules include a common equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio (CET1 ratio) of 4.5% and a capital conservation buffer of 2.5% of risk-weighted assets, which effectively results in a minimum CET1 ratio of 7.0%. The minimum ratio of Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets is 6.0% (which, with the capital conservation buffer, effectively results in a minimum Tier 1 capital ratio of 8.5%), which effectively results in a minimum total capital to risk-weighted assets ratio of 10.5% (with the capital conservation buffer), and requires a minimum leverage ratio of 4.0%.

NOTE 11 – SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Continued)

At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, actual capital levels and minimum required levels were (dollars in thousands):

               
Minimum
Capital
   
Minimum Capital
Adequacy With
   
To Be Well
Capitalized Under
Prompt Corrective
 
   
Actual
   
Adequacy
   
Capital Buffer
   
Action Regulations
 
   
Amount
   
Ratio
   
Amount
   
Ratio
   
Amount
   
Ratio
   
Amount
   
Ratio
 
September 30, 2021
                                               
CET1 capital (to risk weighted assets)
                                               
Consolidated
 
$
250,719
     
17.4
%
 
$
64,714
     
4.5
%
 
$
100,666
     
7.0
%
   
N/A
     
N/A
 
Bank
   
242,635
     
16.9
     
64,703
     
4.5
     
100,648
     
7.0
   
$
93,459
     
6.5
%
Tier 1 capital (to risk weighted assets)
                                                               
Consolidated
   
250,719
     
17.4
     
86,285
     
6.0
     
122,237
     
8.5
     
N/A
     
N/A
 
Bank
   
242,635
     
16.9
     
86,270
     
6.0
     
122,216
     
8.5
     
115,027
     
8.0
 
Total capital (to risk weighted assets)
                                                               
Consolidated
   
267,251
     
18.6
     
115,046
     
8.0
     
150,998
     
10.5
     
N/A
     
N/A
 
Bank
   
259,167
     
18.0
     
115,027
     
8.0
     
150,973
     
10.5
     
143,783
     
10.0
 
Tier 1 capital (to average assets)
                                                               
Consolidated
   
250,719
     
8.5
     
117,813
     
4.0
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
 
Bank
   
242,635
     
8.2
     
117,801
     
4.0
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
147,251
     
5.0
 
                                                                 
December 31, 2020
                                                               
CET1 capital (to risk weighted assets)
                                                               
Consolidated
 
$
235,629
     
15.8
%
 
$
67,170
     
4.5
%
 
$
104,487
     
7.0
%
   
N/A
     
N/A
 
Bank
   
248,829
     
16.7
     
67,161
     
4.5
     
104,473
     
7.0
   
$
97,010
     
6.5
%
Tier 1 capital (to risk weighted assets)
                                                               
Consolidated
   
255,629
     
17.1
     
89,561
     
6.0
     
126,877
     
8.5
     
N/A
     
N/A
 
Bank
   
248,829
     
16.7
     
89,548
     
6.0
     
126,860
     
8.5
     
119,397
     
8.0
 
Total capital (to risk weighted assets)
                                                               
Consolidated
   
273,037
     
18.3
     
119,414
     
8.0
     
156,731
     
10.5
     
N/A
     
N/A
 
Bank
   
266,237
     
17.8
     
119,397
     
8.0
     
156,709
     
10.5
     
149,247
     
10.0
 
Tier 1 capital (to average assets)
                                                               
Consolidated
   
255,629
     
9.9
     
103,420
     
4.0
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
N/A
 
Bank
   
248,829
     
9.6
     
103,391
     
4.0
     
N/A
     
N/A
     
129,238
     
5.0
 

All $20.0 million of trust preferred securities outstanding at  December 31, 2020 qualified as Tier 1 capital. On July 7, 2021, the Company redeemed all of the outstanding trust preferred securities.  Refer to our 2020 Form 10-K for more information on the trust preferred securities.

The Bank was categorized as “well capitalized” at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.