Note 13 – Derivative Financial Instruments

As a part of managing interest rate risk, the Bank entered into interest rate swap agreements to modify the re-pricing characteristics of certain interest-bearing liabilities. The Corporation has designated these interest rate swap agreements as cash flow hedges under the guidance of ASC Subtopic 815-30, Derivatives and Hedging – Cash Flow Hedges. Cash flow hedges have the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative, net of taxes, recorded in net accumulated other comprehensive loss.

In March 2016, the Corporation entered into four interest rate swap contracts totaling $30.0 million notional amount, hedging future cash flows associated with floating rate trust preferred debt. These contracts include a three-year $5.0 million contract that matured on June 17, 2019, a five-year $5.0 million contract that matures on March 17, 2021, a seven-year $5.0 million contract that matures on March 17, 2023 and a 10-year $15.0 million contract that matures on March 17, 2026.

The fair value of the interest rate swap contracts was $(1.4) million and $(133) thousand at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Corporation recorded a decrease in the value of the derivatives of $1.3 million and the related deferred tax of $352 thousand in net accumulated other comprehensive loss to reflect the effective portion of cash flow hedges. ASC Subtopic 815-30 requires the net accumulated other comprehensive loss to be reclassified to earnings if the hedge becomes ineffective or is terminated. There was no hedge ineffectiveness recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The Corporation does not expect any losses relating to these hedges to be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months.

Interest rate swap agreements are entered into with counterparties that meet established credit standards and the Corporation believes that the credit risk inherent in these contracts is not significant as of March 31, 2020.

The table below discloses the impact of derivative financial instruments on the Corporation’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.



Derivative in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships
(in thousands)	Amount of gain or (loss) recognized in OCI on derivative (effective portion)		Amount of gain or (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective portion) (a)		Amount of gain or (loss) recognized in income or derivative (ineffective portion and amount excluded from effectiveness testing) (b)
Interest rate contracts:
Three months ended:
March 31, 2020	$	(963)	$	—	$	—
March 31, 2019		(315)		—		—

Notes:

(a) Reported as interest expense

(b) Reported as other income