Note 11 - Regulatory Matters

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Text Block]

11. Regulatory Matters

The Company and its subsidiary banks are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements will initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, banks must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the banks’ assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Company and its subsidiary banks’ capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

The regulatory ratios of the consolidated Company and its subsidiary banks were as follows for the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2016								December 31, 2015
	Common Equity Tier 1 Risk- based Capital1		Tier 1 Risk- based Capital1		Total Risk- based Capital1		Tier 1 Leverage2		Common Equity Tier 1 Risk- based Capital1		Tier 1 Risk- based Capital1		Total Risk- based Capital1		Tier 1 Leverage2
Consolidated		15.43%		18.24%		19.09%		11.96%		14.91%		19.00%		19.89%		12.46%
Farmers Bank		16.07		16.07		16.79		9.48		15.57		15.57		16.35		9.20
United Bank		18.43		18.43		19.40		12.93		18.67		18.67		19.68		12.89
First Citizens		14.35		14.35		14.96		9.80		13.55		13.55		14.17		9.20
Citizens Northern		14.80		14.80		16.02		10.67		14.42		14.42		15.67		10.79

¹Common Equity Tier 1 Risked-based, Tier 1 Risk-based, and Total Risk-based Capital ratios are computed by dividing a bank’s Common Equity Tier 1, Tier 1 or Total Capital, as defined by regulation, by a risk-weighted sum of the bank’s assets, with the risk weighting determined by general standards established by regulation. The safest assets (e.g., government obligations) are assigned a weighting of 0% with riskier assets receiving higher ratings (e.g., ordinary commercial loans are assigned a weighting of 100%).

²Tier 1 Leverage ratio is computed by dividing a bank’s Tier 1 Capital by its total quarterly average assets, as defined by regulation.