Regulatory Matters

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Regulatory Matters

Regulatory Matters

Note 14. Regulatory Matters

The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal banking agencies. Capital adequacy guidelines and, additionally, 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. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate regulatory action. The net unrealized gain or loss on available for sale securities is not included in computing regulatory capital. Management believes as of September 30, 2022, the Bank meets all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject.

Prompt corrective action regulations provide five classifications: well capitalized, adequately capitalized, undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized, and critically undercapitalized, although these terms are not used to represent overall financial condition. If adequately capitalized or worse, regulatory approval is required to accept brokered deposits. If undercapitalized, capital distributions are limited, as is asset growth and expansion, and capital restoration plans are required. At year-end 2022 and 2021, the most recent regulatory notifications categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the institution’s category.

Under a policy of the Federal Reserve applicable to bank holding companies with less than $3.0 billion in consolidated assets, the Company is not subject to consolidated regulatory capital requirements.

The following table sets forth the Bank’s actual and required capital amounts (in thousands) and ratios under current regulations:

									Minimum Capital				Minimum to Be Well
									Adequacy Requirement				Capitalized Under
					Minimum Capital				with Capital				Prompt Corrective
	Actual Capital				Adequacy Requirement				Conservation Buffer				Action Provisions
	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio
September 30, 2022
Total capital to risk-weighted assets	$	191,355	16.32	%	$	93,796	8.00	%	$	123,107	10.50	%	$	117,245	10.00	%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets		178,340	15.21	%		70,347	6.00	%		99,658	8.50	%		93,796	8.00	%
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets		178,340	15.21	%		52,760	4.50	%		82,071	7.00	%		76,209	6.50	%
Tier 1 capital to average total assets		178,340	10.90	%		65,429	4.00	%		N/A	N/A			81,786	5.00	%
September 30, 2021
Total capital to risk-weighted assets	$	132,554	15.59	%	$	68,040	8.00	%	$	89,303	10.50	%	$	85,050	10.00	%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets		123,666	14.54	%		51,030	6.00	%		72,293	8.50	%		68,040	8.00	%
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets		123,666	14.54	%		38,273	4.50	%		59,535	7.00	%		55,283	6.50	%
Tier 1 capital to average total assets		123,666	9.45	%		52,338	4.00	%		N/A	N/A			65,423	5.00	%

Dividend restrictions - The Company’s principal source of funds for dividend payments is dividends received from the Bank. During 2022 the Bank made $0.4 million cash dividends to the Holding Company. Banking regulations limit the amount of dividends that may be paid without prior approval of regulatory agencies. As of September 30, 2022, the Bank had $42.2 million of retained net income available for dividends to the Company, without obtaining regulatory approval. The Holding Company made capital contributions of $26.0 million to the Bank.