Operating Leases

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

(9) Operating Leases

The Company has committed to rent premises used in business operations under non-cancelable operating leases and determines if an arrangement meets the definition of a lease upon inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and operating lease liabilities on the Company’s balance sheets.

Operating lease ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. The Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, therefore the Company used its incremental collateralized borrowing rates commensurate with the underlying lease terms to determine present value of operating lease liabilities. Additionally, the Company does allocate the consideration between lease and non-lease components. The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Variable lease components, such as fair market value adjustments, are expensed as incurred and not included in ROU assets and operating lease liabilities. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet; we recognize lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. As of March 31, 2024, the Company did not have any leases with terms of twelve months or less.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company did not have any leases for which the construction had not yet started. As of March 31, 2024, lease expiration dates ranged from two months to 20.5 years and have a weighted average remaining lease term of 8.4 years. Certain leases provide for increases in future minimum annual rental payments as defined in the lease agreements. As mentioned above the leases generally also include variable lease components, which include real estate taxes, insurance, and common area maintenance (“CAM”) charges in the annual rental payments.

Other information related to leases was as follows:

(dollars in thousands)	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2024		2023
Operating lease cost	$	2,097		2,050
Variable lease cost		606		585

Total Lease costs	$	2,703		2,635

(dollars in thousands)	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2024			2023
Supplemental cash flows information:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	2,124			2,072

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:		759			385

Weighted average remaining lease term	8.4 years			8.7 years
Weighted average discount rate		3.12	%		3.00	%

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of March 31, 2024 were as follows:

(dollars in thousands)

Year ending
December 31,
2024^(a)	$	6,362
2025		8,156
2026		7,183
2027		5,974
2028		4,786
Thereafter		17,085
Total lease payments	$	49,546
Less: Interest		6,108

Present value of lease liabilities	$	43,438

^(a)	Excluding the three months ended March 31, 2024.

A member of the Board of Directors has an ownership interest in five entities that own commercial real estate leased by the Company for use as branch locations. Total lease payments from the Company to those entities, which are included in the table above, owed as of March 31, 2024, were $2.6 million, which includes interest in the amount of $292 thousand.