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12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract]

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EQUITY AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Equity investments are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value reported in net income. In December 2021, we invested as a limited partner in a hedge fund that primarily trades S&P 500 index options. The average duration of the option positions employed by the fund ranges 14 to 17 business days. Investors may withdraw funds at the end of any month with 30 calendar days prior written notice. This investment is reflected on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as Equity Investments.

Equity securities without readily determinable fair values are carried at cost, minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for an identical or similar investment. Our equity securities totaled $407,000 at December 31, 2021 and 2020 respectively and are included in Other Investments on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

We are a member bank of the Federal Home Loan Bank ("FHLB") system. Members are required to own a certain amount of stock based on the level of borrowings from FHLB and other factors. FHLB stock is carried at cost and periodically evaluated for impairment based on ultimate recovery of par value. Dividends are reported as income as earned. This stock totaled $6.8 million and $9.8 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020.

We have invested in four limited partnerships which own interests in diversified portfolios of qualified affordable housing projects. Also, we have purchased substantially all the interest in a limited liability company owning a qualified rehabilitated multi-family housing project. As result of these investments, Summit is allocated its proportional share of each investees’ operating losses and Federal Low-Income Housing and Rehabilitation Tax Credits. We use the proportional amortization method to account for each of these investments, whereby the cost of the investment is amortized in proportion to the amount of tax credits and other tax benefits received, and the net investment performance is recognized in the consolidated statements of income as a component of the provision for current income taxes. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, our carrying value of these investments totaled $4.1 million and $3.9 million, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, we realized $1,087,000, $746,000 and $669,000, respectively, in tax credits and other tax benefits on these investments, against

which we amortized these investments $877,000, $549,000 and $552,000 and recognized income tax benefits of $206,000, $248,000 and $177,000.