PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT:

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross [Abstract]

PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT:

Premises and equipment are summarized as follows:



	December 31,
(Dollar amounts in thousands)	2014			2013
Land	$	11,353		$	11,423
Building and leasehold improvements	55,074			54,353
Furniture and equipment	45,602			42,546
	112,029			108,322
Less accumulated depreciation	(60,227		)	(56,873		)
TOTAL	$	51,802		$	51,449

Aggregate depreciation expense was $4.98 million, $4.29 million and $3.74 million for 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The Company leases certain branch properties and equipment under operating leases. Rent expense was $0.9 million, $1.0 million, and $1.1 million for 2014, 2013, and 2012. Rent commitments, before considering renewal options that generally are present, were as follows:



2015	$	901
2016	720
2017	391
2018	304
2019	204
Thereafter	1,188
	$	3,708

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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