Regulatory Matters

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Regulatory Matters [Abstract]

Regulatory Matters

REGULATORY MATTERS

Capital guidelines adopted by federal and state regulatory agencies and restrictions imposed by law limit the amount of cash dividends our Bank can pay to us. Under these guidelines, the amount of dividends that may be paid in any calendar year is limited to the Bank’s current year net profits, combined with the retained net profits of the preceding two years. Further, the Bank cannot pay a dividend at any time that it has negative undivided profits. As of December 31, 2023, the

Bank had positive undivided profits of $176.6 million. It is not our intent to have dividends paid in amounts that would reduce the capital of our Bank to levels below those which we consider prudent or that would not be in accordance with guidelines of regulatory authorities.

We are also subject to various regulatory capital requirements. The prompt corrective action regulations establish quantitative measures to ensure capital adequacy and require minimum amounts and ratios of total, Tier 1, and common equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets and Tier 1 capital to average assets. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can result in certain mandatory, and possibly discretionary, actions by regulators that could have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements. In addition, capital adequacy rules include a common equity Tier 1 capital conservation buffer of 2.5% of risk-weighted assets that applies to all supervised financial institutions. To avoid limits on capital distributions and certain discretionary bonus payments we must meet the minimum ratio for adequately capitalized institutions plus the buffer. Under capital adequacy guidelines, we must meet specific capital requirements that involve quantitative measures as well as qualitative judgments by the regulators. The most recent regulatory filings as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, have our Bank categorized as well capitalized and exceeding the minimum ratio for adequately capitalized institutions plus the capital conservation buffer. Management is not aware of any conditions or events that would have changed the most recent Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (‘‘FDIC’’) categorization.

Our actual capital amounts and ratios at December 31 follow(1):

	Actual				Minimum for Adequately Capitalized Institutions				Minimum for Well-Capitalized Institutions
	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio
	(Dollars in thousands)
2023
Total capital to risk-weighted assets
Consolidated	$	573,972	13.71	%	$	335,014	8.00	%	NA		NA
Independent Bank	521,374		12.46		334,673		8.00		$	418,341	10.00	%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets
Consolidated	$	481,569	11.50	%	$	251,260	6.00	%	NA		NA
Independent Bank	469,023		11.21		251,005		6.00		$	334,673	8.00	%
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets
Consolidated	$	443,065	10.58	%	$	188,445	4.50	%	NA		NA
Independent Bank	469,023		11.21		188,254		4.50		$	271,922	6.50	%
Tier 1 capital to average assets
Consolidated	$	481,569	9.03	%	$	213,227	4.00	%	NA		NA
Independent Bank	469,023		8.80		213,180		4.00		$	266,475	5.00	%
2022
Total capital to risk-weighted assets
Consolidated	$	536,549	13.62	%	$	315,059	8.00	%	NA		NA
Independent Bank	480,886		12.22		314,733		8.00		$	393,416	10.00	%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets
Consolidated	$	447,299	11.36	%	$	236,294	6.00	%	NA		NA
Independent Bank	431,685		10.97		236,049		6.00		$	314,733	8.00	%
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets
Consolidated	$	408,863	10.38	%	$	177,221	4.50	%	NA		NA
Independent Bank	431,685		10.97		177,037		4.50		$	255,720	6.50	%
Tier 1 capital to average assets
Consolidated	$	447,299	8.86	%	$	201,875	4.00	%	NA		NA
Independent Bank	431,685		8.56		201,820		4.00		$	252,275	5.00	%

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(1) These ratios do not reflect a capital conservation buffer of 2.50% at December 31, 2023 and 2022.

NA - Not applicable

The components of our regulatory capital are as follows:

	Consolidated				Independent Bank
	December 31,				December 31,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Total shareholders’ equity	$	404,449	$	347,596	$	430,407	$	370,418
Add (deduct)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss for regulatory purposes	66,344		86,966		66,344		86,966
Goodwill and other intangibles	(30,304)		(30,851)		(30,304)		(30,851)
CECL (1)	2,576		5,152		2,576		5,152
Common equity tier 1 capital	443,065		408,863		469,023		431,685
Qualifying trust preferred securities	38,504		38,436		—		—
Tier 1 capital	481,569		447,299		469,023		431,685
Subordinated debt	40,000		40,000		—		—
Allowance for credit losses and allowance for unfunded lending commitments limited to 1.25% of total risk-weighted assets	52,403		49,250		52,351		49,201
Total risk-based capital	$	573,972	$	536,549	$	521,374	$	480,886

(1) We elected the three years CECL transition method for regulatory purposes.