SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY [Abstract]

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

NOTE 12 – 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%.

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

	Actual					Minimum Capital Adequacy					Minimum Capital Adequacy With Capital Buffer					To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Regulations
	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
March 31, 2021
CET1 capital (to risk weighted assets)
Consolidated	$	240,843		16.7	%	$	64,791		4.5	%	$	100,786		7.0	%		N/A		N/A
Bank		253,330		17.6			64,785		4.5			100,776		7.0		$	93,578		6.5	%
Tier 1 capital (to risk weighted assets)
Consolidated		260,843		18.1			86,388		6.0			122,383		8.5			N/A		N/A
Bank		253,330		17.6			86,380		6.0			122,371		8.5			115,173		8.0
Total capital (to risk weighted assets)
Consolidated		278,295		19.3			115,184		8.0			151,180		10.5			N/A		N/A
Bank		270,782		18.8			115,173		8.0			151,165		10.5			143,966		10.0
Tier 1 capital (to average assets)
Consolidated		260,843		9.8			106,493		4.0			N/A		N/A			N/A		N/A
Bank		253,330		9.5			106,459		4.0			N/A		N/A			133,073		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 March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, qualified as Tier 1 capital. Refer to our 2020 Form 10-K for more information on the trust preferred securities.

The Bank was categorized as "well capitalized" at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.