INVESTMENT SECURITIES

Prior to the final determination of Basel III, investments were recorded as held-to-maturity due to the uncertainty of the capital treatment of available-for-sale investments. Upon the issuance of the final ruling, the Company opted out of the Other Comprehensive Income treatment of available-for-sale investments permitted under Basel III. Due to the change in capital treatment under the final ruling of Basel III, the Company’s purpose of recording investments as held-to-maturity changed; therefore, during the period ended March 31, 2016, the Company reclassified $52.4 million, with unrealized holding gains of $1.8 million, of the remaining held-to-maturity investments into available-for-sale investments.

There were no held-to-maturity securities at December 31, 2016.

Amortized cost and fair values of investment securities held-to-maturity at December 31, 2015 including gross unrealized gains and losses, are summarized as follows:



(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value
Municipal securities	$	52,859	$	1,699	$	(88	)	$	54,470
Total investment securities held-to-maturity	$	52,859	$	1,699	$	(88	)	$	54,470

Amortized cost and fair values of investment securities available-for-sale at December 31, 2016 are summarized as follows:



(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value
U. S. Agency securities	$	29,234	$	7	$	(425	)	$	28,816
U.S. Sponsored Mortgage-backed securities	56,080		14		(1,362		)	54,732
Municipal securities	72,075		744		(2,023		)	70,796
Total debt securities	157,389		765		(3,810		)	154,344
Equity and other securities	7,643		381		—			8,024
Total investment securities available-for-sale	$	165,032	$	1,146	$	(3,810	)	$	162,368

Amortized cost and fair values of investment securities available-for-sale at December 31, 2015 are summarized as follows:



(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gain		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value
U. S. Agency securities	$	29,532	$	—	$	(181	)	$	29,351
U.S. Sponsored Mortgage-backed securities	34,246		1		(533		)	33,714
Municipal securities	1,775		23		—			1,798
Total debt securities	65,553		24		(714		)	64,863
Equity and other securities	5,309		95		(11		)	5,393
Total investment securities available-for-sale	$	70,862	$	119	$	(725	)	$	70,256

The following table summarizes amortized cost and fair values of debt securities by maturity:

	December 31, 2016
	Available for sale
(Dollars in thousands)	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Within one year	$	1,277	$	1,280
After one year, but within five	11,176		11,244
After five years, but within ten	14,666		14,487
After ten Years	130,270		127,333
Total	$	157,389	$	154,344

Investment securities with a carrying value of $82.7 million and $106.4 million at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, were pledged to secure public funds, repurchase agreements and potential borrowings at the Federal Reserve discount window.

The Company’s investment portfolio includes securities that are in an unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2016, the details of which are included in the following table. Although these securities, if sold at December 31, 2016 would result in a pretax loss of $3.8 million, the Company has no intent to sell the applicable securities at such fair values, and maintains the Company has the ability to hold these securities until all principal has been recovered. It is not more likely than not the Company would sell any securities at a loss for liquidity purposes. Declines in the fair values of these securities can be traced to general market conditions which reflect the prospect for the economy as a whole. When determining other-than-temporary impairment on securities, the Company considers such factors as adverse conditions specifically related to a certain security or to specific conditions in an industry or geographic area, the time frame securities have been in an unrealized loss position, the Company’s ability to hold the security for a period of time sufficient to allow for anticipated recovery in value, whether or not the security has been downgraded by a rating agency, and whether or not the financial condition of the security issuer has severely deteriorated. As of December 31, 2016, the Company considers all securities with unrealized loss positions to be temporarily impaired, and consequently, does not believe the Company will sustain any material realized losses as a result of the current temporary decline in fair value.

The following table discloses investments in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2016:



(Dollars in thousands)	Less than 12 months					12 months or more
Description and number of positions	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
U.S. Agency securities (16)	$	28,814	$	(425	)	$	—	$	—
U.S. Sponsored Mortgage-backed securities (29)	33,209		(1,040		)	13,919		(322		)
Municipal securities (86)	42,727		(2,023		)	—		—
	$	104,750	$	(3,488	)	$	13,919	$	(322	)

The following table discloses investments in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2015:



(Dollars in thousands)	Less than 12 months					12 months or more
Description and number of positions	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
U.S. Agency securities (9)	$	28,351	$	(181	)	$	—	$	—
U.S. Sponsored Mortgage-backed securities (19)	20,647		(233		)	11,862		(300		)
Municipal securities (22)	3,827		(32		)	5,559		(56		)
Equity and other securities (1)	2,489		(11		)	—		—
	$	55,314	$	(457	)	$	17,421	$	(356	)

The Company sold investments available-for-sale of $55.2 million, $12.9 million and $61.3 million in 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. These sales resulted in gross gains of $1.1 million, $125 thousand and $553 thousand and gross losses of $2 thousand, $0, and $140 thousand in 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

During 2015, the Company sold investments held-to-maturity $421 thousand, resulting in gross gains of $5 thousand. The held-to-maturity investments were sold due to a credit downgrade, indicating significant deterioration of the issuer’s creditworthiness. The Company sold no held-to-maturity investments during the years of 2016 or 2014.