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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes INCOME TAXES
 
The provision for income taxes is comprised of the following components for the periods indicated below:
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,		Nine Months Ended
September 30,
(In thousands)2025202420252024
Income taxes currently payable$3,110 $2,777 $20,538 $16,137 
Deferred income taxes(163,842)(2,016)(166,587)(3,254)
Provision for income taxes$(160,732)$761 $(146,049)$12,883 
The tax effects of temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts that give rise to deferred income tax assets and liabilities, and their approximate tax effects, are as follows: 

September 30,December 31,
(In thousands)20252024
Deferred tax assets:  
Loans acquired$1,418 $2,141 
Allowance for credit losses60,528 55,196 
Valuation of foreclosed assets375 374 
Tax NOLs from acquisition6,766 9,945 
Deferred compensation payable3,952 3,989 
Accrued equity and other compensation9,656 9,323 
Acquired securities7,526 7,504 
Capitalized intangibles110,212 — 
Right-of-use lease liability14,709 16,416 
Unrealized loss on AFS securities153,096 128,873 
Allowance for unfunded commitments6,087 6,069 
Other6,189 7,163 
Gross deferred tax assets380,514 246,993 
Deferred tax liabilities:
Goodwill and other intangible amortization(36,759)(38,139)
Accumulated depreciation(23,357)(24,489)
Right-of-use lease asset(14,169)(15,920)
Unrealized gain on swaps(15,928)(25,174)
Deferred loan fees and costs— (2,075)
Other(7,578)(11,193)
Gross deferred tax liabilities(97,791)(116,990)
Net deferred tax asset$282,723 $130,003 

A reconciliation of income tax expense at the statutory rate to the Company’s actual income tax expense is shown for the periods indicated below:
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,		Nine Months Ended
September 30,
(In thousands)2025202420252024
Computed at the statutory rate (21%)
$(151,940)$5,354 $(130,553)$24,624 
Increase (decrease) in taxes resulting from:
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit(6,741)(644)(6,305)(1,370)
Discrete items related to share-based compensation(135)(14)(4)454 
Tax exempt interest income(2,263)(3,810)(9,880)(11,518)
Tax exempt earnings on BOLI(767)(755)(2,317)(2,376)
Federal tax credits(637)(546)(1,937)(1,667)
Other differences, net1,751 1,176 4,947 4,736 
Actual tax provision$(160,732)$761 $(146,049)$12,883 
The Company follows ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes, which prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Benefits from tax positions should be recognized in the financial statements only when it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained upon examination by the appropriate taxing authority that would have full knowledge of all relevant information. A tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold is measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than fifty percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Tax positions that previously failed to meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold should be recognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which that threshold is met. Previously recognized tax positions that no longer meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold should be derecognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which that threshold is no longer met. ASC Topic 740 also provides guidance on the accounting for and disclosure of unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties. The Company has no history of expiring net operating loss carryforwards and is projecting significant pre-tax and financial taxable income in future years. The Company expects to fully realize its deferred tax assets in the future.

The amount of unrecognized tax benefits may increase or decrease in the future for various reasons including adding amounts for current tax year positions, expiration of open income tax returns due to the statutes of limitation, changes in management’s judgment about the level of uncertainty, status of examinations, litigation and legislative activity and the addition or elimination of uncertain tax positions.

Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code imposes an annual limit on the ability of a corporation that undergoes an “ownership change” to use its U.S. net operating losses to reduce its tax liability. The Company has engaged in three tax-free reorganization transactions in which acquired net operating losses are limited pursuant to Section 382. In total, approximately $29.2 million of federal net operating losses subject to the IRC Section 382 annual limitation are expected to be utilized by the Company. All of the acquired net operating loss carryforwards are expected to be fully utilized by 2036.

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction. The Company’s U.S. federal income tax returns are open and subject to examinations from the 2021 tax year and forward. The Company’s various state income tax returns are generally open from the 2021 and later tax return years based on individual state statute of limitations.