LOANS AND LEASES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

First Financial offers clients a variety of commercial and consumer loan and lease products with distinct interest rates and payment terms. Commercial loan categories include C&I, CRE, construction real estate and lease financing. Consumer loan categories include residential real estate, home equity, installment and credit card.

Lending activities are primarily concentrated in states where the Bank operates banking centers (Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois). First Financial also offers two nationwide lending platforms, one that provides equipment and leasehold improvement financing for franchisees in the quick service and casual dining restaurant sector and another that primarily provides loans that are secured by commissions and cash collateral to insurance agents and brokers.

Credit Quality. To facilitate the monitoring of credit quality for commercial loans First Financial utilizes the following categories of credit grades:

Pass - Higher quality loans that do not fit any of the other categories described below.

Special Mention - First Financial assigns a special mention rating to loans and leases with potential weaknesses that deserve management's close attention. If left uncorrected, these potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for the loan, lease or First Financial's credit position at some future date.

Substandard - First Financial assigns a substandard rating to loans or leases that are inadequately protected by the current sound financial worth and paying capacity of the borrower or of the collateral pledged, if any. Substandard loans and leases have well-defined weaknesses that jeopardize repayment of the debt. Substandard loans and leases are characterized by the distinct possibility that the Company will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not addressed.

Doubtful - First Financial assigns a doubtful rating to loans and leases with all the attributes of a substandard rating with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full highly questionable and improbable, on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions and values. The possibility of loss is extremely high, but because of certain important and reasonably specific pending factors that may work to the advantage and strengthening of the credit quality of the loan or lease, its classification as an estimated loss is deferred until its more exact status may be determined. Pending factors include proposed merger, acquisition or liquidation procedures, capital injection, perfecting liens on additional collateral and refinancing plans.

The credit grades previously described are derived from standard regulatory rating definitions and are assigned upon initial approval of credit to borrowers and updated periodically thereafter.

First Financial considers repayment performance to be the best indicator of credit quality for consumer loans. Consumer loans that have principal and interest payments that are past due by 90 days or more are generally classified as nonperforming. Additionally, consumer loans that have been modified in a TDR are classified as nonperforming.

The following table sets forth the Company's loan portfolio at March 31, 2020 by risk attribute and origination date:



(Dollars in thousands)	2020		2019		2018		2017		2016		Prior		Term Total		Revolving		Total
Commercial & industrial
Pass	$	112,198	$	541,313	$	463,439	$	296,040	$	195,719	$	166,485	$	1,775,194	$	582,562	$	2,357,756
Special mention	0		7,524		11,814		8,206		3,057		3,835		34,436		26,287		60,723
Substandard	281		830		11,555		26,492		8,449		2,027		49,634		9,660		59,294
Doubtful	0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0
Total	$	112,479	$	549,667	$	486,808	$	330,738	$	207,225	$	172,347	$	1,859,264	$	618,509	$	2,477,773
Lease financing
Pass	$	2,422	$	30,362	$	15,240	$	12,482	$	8,474	$	11,374	$	80,354	$	0	$	80,354
Special mention	0		0		0		0		0		6		6		0		6
Substandard	0		0		1,379		257		588		18		2,242		0		2,242
Doubtful	0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0
Total	$	2,422	$	30,362	$	16,619	$	12,739	$	9,062	$	11,398	$	82,602	$	0	$	82,602
Construction real estate
Pass	$	4,582	$	127,531	$	164,885	$	79,198	$	52,550	$	56,575	$	485,321	$	14,990	$	500,311
Special mention	0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0
Substandard	0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0
Doubtful	0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0
Total	$	4,582	$	127,531	$	164,885	$	79,198	$	52,550	$	56,575	$	485,321	$	14,990	$	500,311
Commercial real estate - investor
Pass	$	121,429	$	1,052,858	$	485,310	$	455,332	$	357,074	$	578,729	$	3,050,732	$	64,503	$	3,115,235
Special mention	966		59		957		18,881		19,243		3,261		43,367		174		43,541
Substandard	0		4,334		6,831		6,150		112		3,834		21,261		0		21,261
Doubtful	0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0
Total	$	122,395	$	1,057,251	$	493,098	$	480,363	$	376,429	$	585,824	$	3,115,360	$	64,677	$	3,180,037
Commercial real estate - owner
Pass	$	64,121	$	188,827	$	178,010	$	162,309	$	173,052	$	260,262	$	1,026,581	$	32,492	$	1,059,073
Special mention	0		696		4,112		289		2,549		16,456		24,102		331		24,433
Substandard	0		2,092		2,259		4,612		1,786		3,965		14,714		0		14,714
Doubtful	0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0
Total	$	64,121	$	191,615	$	184,381	$	167,210	$	177,387	$	280,683	$	1,065,397	$	32,823	$	1,098,220
Residential real estate
Performing	$	61,423	$	319,956	$	168,242	$	95,898	$	83,240	$	326,053	$	1,054,812	$	0	$	1,054,812
Nonperforming	0		261		221		677		363		5,458		6,980		0		6,980
Total	$	61,423	$	320,217	$	168,463	$	96,575	$	83,603	$	331,511	$	1,061,792	$	0	$	1,061,792
Home equity
Performing	$	9,019	$	27,294	$	23,829	$	15,066	$	13,639	$	62,117	$	150,964	$	625,581	$	776,545
Nonperforming	0		79		96		39		95		435		744		3,954		4,698
Total	$	9,019	$	27,373	$	23,925	$	15,105	$	13,734	$	62,552	$	151,708	$	629,535	$	781,243
Installment
Performing	$	7,267	$	24,153	$	17,227	$	14,093	$	4,260	$	4,370	$	71,370	$	8,524	$	79,894
Nonperforming	0		28		44		9		15		95		191		0		191



(Dollars in thousands)	2020		2019		2018		2017		2016		Prior		Term Total		Revolving		Total
Total	$	7,267	$	24,181	$	17,271	$	14,102	$	4,275	$	4,465	$	71,561	$	8,524	$	80,085
Credit cards
Performing	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	44,920	$	44,920
Nonperforming	0		0		0		0		0		0		0		836		836
Total	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	45,756	$	45,756
Grand Total	$	383,709	$	2,328,197	$	1,609,712	$	1,196,029	$	924,268	$	1,451,089	$	7,893,004	$	1,414,815	$	9,307,819

Commercial and consumer credit exposure by risk attribute as of December 31, 2019 was as follows:



	As of December 31, 2019
	Commercial		Real Estate				Lease
(Dollars in thousands)	& industrial		Construction		Commercial		financing		Total
Pass	$	2,324,021	$	493,182	$	4,108,752	$	85,262	$	7,011,217
Special Mention	100,954		0		59,383		488		160,825
Substandard	40,902		0		26,516		2,614		70,032
Doubtful	0		0		0		0		0
Total	$	2,465,877	$	493,182	$	4,194,651	$	88,364	$	7,242,074



(Dollars in thousands)	Residential real estate		Home equity		Installment		Credit card		Total
Performing	$	1,040,787	$	766,169	$	82,385	$	48,983	$	1,938,324
Nonperforming	15,162		5,700		204		201		21,267
Total	$	1,055,949	$	771,869	$	82,589	$	49,184	$	1,959,591

Delinquency. Loans are considered past due or delinquent when the contractual principal or interest due in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement remains unpaid after the date of the scheduled payment.

Loan delinquency, including loans classified as nonaccrual, was as follows:



	As of March 31, 2020
(Dollars in thousands)	30 – 59 days past due		60 – 89 days past due		> 90 days past due		Total past due		Current		Total		> 90 days past due and still accruing
Loans
Commercial & industrial	$	2,305	$	267	$	16,322	$	18,894	$	2,458,879	$	2,477,773	$	0
Lease financing	0		0		0		0		82,602		82,602		0
Construction real estate	0		0		0		0		500,311		500,311		0
Commercial real estate-investor	7,225		346		1,864		9,435		3,170,602		3,180,037		0
Commercial real estate-owner	1,106		0		2,782		3,888		1,094,332		1,098,220		0
Residential real estate	1,710		990		4,280		6,980		1,054,812		1,061,792		0
Home equity	1,428		852		2,419		4,699		776,544		781,243		0
Installment	73		5		112		190		79,895		80,085		0
Credit card	383		330		122		835		44,921		45,756		120
Total	$	14,230	$	2,790	$	27,901	$	44,921	$	9,262,898	$	9,307,819	$	120



	As of December 31, 2019
(Dollars in thousands)	30 – 59 days past due		60 – 89 days past due		> 90 days past due		Total past due		Current		Subtotal		Purchased impaired		Total		> 90 days past due and still accruing
Loans
Commercial & industrial	$	1,266	$	3,332	$	14,518	$	19,116	$	2,443,680	$	2,462,796	$	3,081	$	2,465,877	$	0
Lease financing	0		0		0		0		88,364		88,364		0		88,364		0
Construction real estate	0		0		0		0		493,167		493,167		15		493,182		0
Commercial real estate	776		857		5,613		7,246		4,151,513		4,158,759		35,892		4,194,651		0
Residential real estate	8,032		1,928		5,031		14,991		1,014,138		1,029,129		26,820		1,055,949		0
Home equity	2,530		1,083		2,795		6,408		762,863		769,271		2,598		771,869		0
Installment	111		50		148		309		82,022		82,331		258		82,589		0
Credit card	208		75		201		484		48,700		49,184		0		49,184		201
Total	$	12,923	$	7,325	$	28,306	$	48,554	$	9,084,447	$	9,133,001	$	68,664	$	9,201,665	$	201

For PCD assets, the delinquency status was determined individually for each loan in accordance with the individual loan's contractual repayment terms. Prior to the adoption of CECL in the first quarter of 2020, PCI loans were classified as performing, even though they may have been contractually past due, as any nonpayment of contractual principal or interest was considered in the periodic re-estimation of expected cash flows and was included in the resulting recognition of current period provision for credit losses or prospective yield adjustments.

Nonaccrual. Loans are classified as nonaccrual when, in the opinion of management, collection of principal or interest is doubtful or when principal or interest payments are 90 days or more past due. Generally, loans are classified as nonaccrual due to the continued failure to adhere to contractual payment terms by the borrower, coupled with other pertinent factors. When a loan is classified as nonaccrual, the accrual of interest income is discontinued and previously accrued but unpaid interest is reversed. Any payments received while a loan is on nonaccrual status are applied as a reduction to the carrying value of the loan. A loan classified as nonaccrual may return to accrual status if none of the principal and interest is due and unpaid, and the Bank expects repayment of the remaining contractual principal and interest.

Troubled Debt Restructurings. A loan modification is considered a TDR when the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and a concession is made by the Company that would not otherwise be considered for a borrower with similar credit characteristics. The most common types of modifications include interest rate reductions, maturity extensions and modifications to principal amortization, including interest-only structures. Modified terms are dependent upon the financial position and needs of the individual borrower. If the modification agreement is violated, the loan is managed by the Company’s credit administration group for resolution, which may result in foreclosure in the case of real estate. In accordance with the the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, performing loans that demonstrated limited signs of credit deterioration, but were modified to provide borrowers relief during the COVID-19 pandemic were not considered to be TDR as of March 31, 2020.

TDRs are generally classified as nonaccrual for a minimum period of six months and may qualify for return to accrual status once they have demonstrated performance with the restructured terms of the loan agreement.

First Financial had 171 TDRs totaling $40.6 million at March 31, 2020, including $22.2 million on accrual status and $18.4 million classified as nonaccrual. First Financial had $1.0 million of commitments outstanding to lend additional funds to borrowers whose loan terms have been modified through TDRs, and the ALLL included reserves of $3.6 million related to TDRs at March 31, 2020. Additionally, as of March 31, 2020, $4.5 million of accruing TDRs have been performing in accordance with the restructured terms for more than one year.

First Financial had 157 TDRs totaling $30.0 million at December 31, 2019, including $11.4 million of loans on accrual status and $18.5 million classified as nonaccrual. First Financial had $2.5 million commitments outstanding to lend additional funds to borrowers whose loan terms had been modified through TDRs. At December 31, 2019, the ALLL included reserves of $2.5 million related to TDRs, and $4.7 million of the accruing TDRs had been performing in accordance with the restructured terms for more than one year.

The following tables provide information on loan modifications classified as TDRs during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:



	Three months ended
	March 31, 2020					March 31, 2019
(Dollars in thousands)	Number of loans	Pre-modification loan balance		Period end balance		Number of loans	Pre-modification loan balance		Period end balance
Commercial & industrial	2	$	11,383	$	11,383	5	$	7,637	$	7,661
Construction real estate	0	0		0		0	0		0
Commercial real estate	0	0		0		6	1,323		1,232
Residential real estate	14	1,129		1,073		5	458		458
Home equity	4	186		186		1	17		17
Installment	1	26		15		0	0		0
Total	21	$	12,724	$	12,657	17	$	9,435	$	9,368

For TDRs identified during the three months ended March 31, 2020, there were $0.4 million of chargeoffs for the portion of TDRs determined to be uncollectible. For TDRs identified during the three months ended March 31, 2019, there were no chargeoffs for the portion of TDRs determined to be uncollectible.

The following table provides information on how TDRs were modified during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:



	Three months ended
	March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2020		2019
Extended maturities	$	0	$	2,877
Adjusted interest rates	0		5,284
Combination of rate and maturity changes	0		508
Forbearance	1,008		557
Other ⁽¹⁾	11,649		142
Total	$	12,657	$	9,368

⁽¹⁾ Includes covenant modifications and other concessions, or combination of concessions, that do not consist of interest rate adjustments, forbearance and maturity extensions

First Financial considers repayment performance as an indication of the effectiveness of the Company's loan modifications. Borrowers that are 90 days or more past due on any principal or interest payments, or who prematurely terminate a restructured loan agreement without paying off the contractual principal balance, are considered to be in default of the terms of the TDR agreement.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, there were no TDR relationships for which there was a payment default during the period that occurred within twelve months of the loan modifications. For the three month period ended March 31, 2019, there were two TDR relationships for $6.9 million for which there was a payment default during the period that occurred within twelve months of the loan modification.

As stated in the CARES Act, loan modifications in response to COVID-19 that are executed on a loan that was not more than 30 days past due as of December 31, 2019 and executed between March 1, 2020, and the earlier of 60 days after the date of termination of the National Emergency or December 31, 2020 are not required to be reported as TDR. Through April 30, 2020, the Company modified 1,055 commercial loans with balances of $1.6 billion and 979 consumer loans with balances of $129.5 million in response to COVID-19 that are not considered TDRs.

Nonperforming Loans. Loans classified as nonaccrual and loans modified as TDRs are considered nonperforming for 2020 and impaired as of December 31, 2019. The following table provides information on nonperforming loans:



	March 31, 2020						December 31, 2019
(Dollars in thousands)	Nonaccrual loans with a related ACL		Nonaccrual loans with no related ACL		Total nonaccrual		Total nonaccrual
Nonaccrual loans⁽¹⁾
Commercial & industrial	$	10,754	$	10,372	$	21,126	$	24,346
Lease financing	0		222		222		223
Construction real estate	0		0		0		0
Commercial real estate	4,206		5,844		10,050		7,295
Residential real estate	0		11,163		11,163		10,892
Home equity	0		5,821		5,821		5,242
Installment	0		145		145		167
Total nonaccrual loans	$	14,960	$	33,567	$	48,527	$	48,165

⁽¹⁾ Nonaccrual loans include nonaccrual TDRs of $18.4 million and $18.5 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.



	Three months ended
	March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2020		2019
Interest income effect on nonperforming loans
Gross amount of interest that would have been recorded under original terms	$	1,306	$	1,613
Interest included in income
Nonaccrual loans	167		335
Troubled debt restructurings	235		236
Total interest included in income	402		571
Net impact on interest income	$	904	$	1,042

First Financial individually reviews all nonperforming commercial loan relationships, as well as consumer loan TDRs greater than $250,000, to determine if an individually evaluated allowance is necessary based on the borrower’s overall financial condition, resources and payment record, support from guarantors and the realizable value of any collateral. Individually evaluated allowances are based on discounted cash flows using the loan's initial effective interest rate or the fair value of the collateral for certain collateral dependent loans.

First Financial's investment in impaired loans as of December 31, 2019 was as follows:



	As of December 31, 2019
(Dollars in thousands)	Current balance		Contractual principal balance		Related allowance
Loans with no related allowance recorded
Commercial & industrial	$	16,726	$	19,709	$	0
Lease financing	223		223		0
Construction real estate	0		0		0
Commercial real estate	10,160		17,897		0
Residential real estate	14,868		17,368		0
Home equity	5,700		6,462		0
Installment	204		341		0
Total	47,881		62,000		0

Loans with an allowance recorded
Commercial & industrial	10,754		21,513		2,044
Lease financing	0		0		0
Construction real estate	0		0		0
Commercial real estate	671		675		113
Residential real estate	294		294		18
Home equity	0		0		0
Installment	0		0		0
Total	11,719		22,482		2,175

Total
Commercial & industrial	27,480		41,222		2,044
Lease financing	223		223		0
Construction real estate	0		0		0
Commercial real estate	10,831		18,572		113
Residential real estate	15,162		17,662		18
Home equity	5,700		6,462		0
Installment	204		341		0
Total	$	59,600	$	84,482	$	2,175

First Financial's average impaired loans and interest income recognized by class for the three months ended March 31, 2019 were as follows:



	Three months ended
	March 31, 2019
(Dollars in thousands)	Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized
Loans with no related allowance recorded
Commercial & industrial	$	33,418	$	279
Lease financing	162		0
Construction real estate	9		0
Commercial real estate	23,111		103
Residential real estate	16,967		86
Home equity	6,288		38
Installment	174		1
Total	80,129		507

Loans with an allowance recorded
Commercial & industrial	2,111		43
Lease financing	0		0
Construction real estate	0		0
Commercial real estate	2,004		19
Residential real estate	300		2
Home equity	0		0
Installment	0		0
Total	4,415		64

Total
Commercial & industrial	35,529		322
Lease financing	162		0
Construction real estate	9		0
Commercial real estate	25,115		122
Residential real estate	17,267		88
Home equity	6,288		38
Installment	174		1
Total	$	84,544	$	571

The following table provides collateral information by class of loan for collateral-dependent loans with a specific reserve. A loan is considered to be collateral dependent when the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and the repayment is expected to be provided substantially through the operation or sale of collateral.



	As of March 31, 2020
	Type of Collateral
(Dollar in thousands)	Commercial real estate		Equipment		Residential real estate		Total
Class of loan
Commercial & industrial	$	0	$	10,755	$	0	$	10,755
Commercial real estate-investor	4,205		0		0		4,205
Commercial real estate-owner	333		0		0		333
Residential real estate	0		0		1,005		1,005
Total	$	4,538	$	10,755	$	1,005	$	16,298

Lease financing. The Company prospectively applied FASB ASC Topic 842 in the first quarter of 2019. First Financial originates both sales-type and direct financing leases, and the Company manages and reviews lease residuals in accordance with its credit policies. Sales-type lease contracts contain the ability to purchase the underlying equipment at lease maturity and profit or loss is recognized at lease commencement. Direct financing leases are generally three to five years in length and may be extended at maturity, however, early cancellation may result in a fee to the borrower. For direct financing leases, the net unearned income is deferred and amortized over the life of the lease. Income recognized in first three months of 2020 and 2019 related to the implementation of FASB ASC Topic 842 was insignificant.

OREO. OREO consists of properties acquired by the Company primarily through the loan foreclosure or repossession process, that results in partial or total satisfaction of problem loans.

Changes in OREO were as follows:



	Three months ended
	March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2020			2019
Balance at beginning of period	$	2,033		$	1,401
Additions
Commercial & industrial	247			0
Residential real estate	146			504
Total additions	393			504
Disposals
Commercial & industrial	(179		)	(22		)
Residential real estate	(721		)	(161		)
Total disposals	(900		)	(183		)
Valuation adjustment
Commercial & industrial	0			0
Residential real estate	(59		)	(57		)
Total valuation adjustment	(59		)	(57		)
Balance at end of period	$	1,467		$	1,665