Leases
A lease is defined as a contract, or part of a contract, that conveys the right to control the use of identified property, plant or equipment for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Substantially all of the leases in which the Company is the lessee are comprised of real estate property for branches, ATM locations, and office space with terms extending through 2052. Substantially all of the Company’s leases are classified as operating leases and therefore required to be recognized on the consolidated statements of condition as right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and corresponding lease liabilities. The Company has one existing finance lease for a portion of the Company’s principal offices with a lease term through 2052.
The following table represents the consolidated statements of condition classification of the Company’s ROU assets and lease liabilities. The Company elected not to include short-term leases (i.e., leases with initial terms of twelve months or less), or equipment leases (deemed immaterial) on the consolidated statements of condition.
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| (dollars in thousands) | | December 31, 2025 | | December 31, 2024 |
| Lease Right-of-Use Assets | Classification | | | |
| Operating Lease Right-of-Use Assets | Operating Lease Right-of-Use Assets | $ | 83,424 | | | $ | 80,165 | |
| Finance Lease Right-of-Use Assets | Premises and Equipment, Net | 531 | | | 551 | |
| Total Lease Right-of-Use Assets | | $ | 83,955 | | | $ | 80,716 | |
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| Lease Liabilities | | | | |
| Operating Lease Liabilities | Operating Lease Liabilities | $ | 92,402 | | | $ | 88,794 | |
| Finance Lease Liabilities | Other Debt | 8,176 | | | 8,274 | |
| Total Lease Liabilities | | $ | 100,578 | | | $ | 97,068 | |
The calculated amount of the ROU assets and lease liabilities in the table above are impacted by the length of the lease term and the discount rate used to present value the minimum lease payments. The Company’s lease agreements often include one or more options to renew at the Company’s discretion. If at lease inception, the Company considers the exercising of a renewal option to be reasonably certain, the Company will include the extended term in the calculation of the ROU asset and lease liability. Regarding the discount rate, Topic 842 requires the use of the rate implicit in the lease whenever this rate is readily determinable. As this rate is rarely determinable, the Company utilizes its incremental borrowing rate at lease inception, on a collateralized basis, over a similar term. For operating leases existing prior to January 1, 2019, the rate for the remaining lease term as of January 1, 2019, was used. For the Company’s only finance lease, the Company utilized its incremental borrowing rate at lease inception.
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| December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 |
| Weighted-Average Remaining Lease Term | | |
| Operating Leases | 13.8 years | 13.8 years |
| Finance Leases | 27.0 years | 28.0 years |
| Weighted-Average Discount Rate | | |
| Operating Leases | 3.85 | % | 3.62 | % |
| Finance Leases | 7.04 | % | 7.04 | % |
The following table represents lease costs and other lease information. As the Company elected, for all classes of underlying assets, not to separate lease and non-lease components and instead to account for them as a single lease component, the variable lease cost primarily represents variable payments such as common area maintenance and utilities.
Variable lease cost also includes payments for ATM location leases in which payments are based on a percentage of ATM transactions (i.e., ATM surcharge fees), rather than a fixed amount.
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| (dollars in thousands) | 2025 | | 2024 | | 2023 |
| Lease Costs | | | | | |
| Operating Lease Cost | $ | 11,587 | | | $ | 11,469 | | | $ | 11,667 | |
| Variable Lease Cost | 3,572 | | | 3,808 | | | 3,497 | |
| Short-Term Lease Cost | 801 | | | 478 | | | 226 | |
Interest on Lease Liabilities 1 | 579 | | | 671 | | | 721 | |
| Amortization of Right-of-Use Assets | 20 | | | 55 | | | 72 | |
| Revaluation of lease liability | — | | | (330) | | | — | |
| Sublease Income | (5,773) | | | (6,105) | | | (7,201) | |
| Net Lease Costs | $ | 10,786 | | | $ | 10,046 | | | $ | 8,982 | |
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| Other Information | | | | | |
| Cash Paid for Amounts Included in the Measurement of Lease Liabilities: | | | | | |
| Operating Cash Flows for Operating Leases | $ | 12,429 | | | $ | 12,368 | | | $ | 11,561 | |
| Operating Cash Flows for Finance Leases | 579 | | | 671 | | | 721 | |
| Financing Cash Flows for Finance Leases | 98 | | | 105 | | | 104 | |
| Non-Cash Operating Activities: | | | | | |
| Right-of-Use Assets Obtained in Exchange for New Operating Lease Liabilities | 12,580 | | | 3,244 | | | 2,477 | |
1Included in other debt interest expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. All other lease costs in this table are included in net occupancy expense.
Future minimum payments for finance leases and operating leases with initial or remaining terms of one year or more as of December 31, 2025, were as follows:
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| (dollars in thousands) | Finance Leases | | Operating Leases |
| 2026 | $ | 677 | | | $ | 11,212 | |
| 2027 | 677 | | | 9,951 | |
| 2028 | 677 | | | 9,327 | |
| 2029 | 677 | | | 8,558 | |
| 2030 | 677 | | | 8,501 | |
| Thereafter | 14,902 | | | 69,391 | |
| Total Future Minimum Lease Payments | 18,287 | | | 116,940 | |
| Amounts Representing Interest | (10,111) | | | (24,538) | |
| Present Value of Net Future Minimum Lease Payments | $ | 8,176 | | | $ | 92,402 | |
The Company, as lessor, leases and subleases certain properties to third party lessees. Rental income for these operating leases, which includes payments received for common area maintenance and utilities, were $9.0 million, $9.1 million, and $10.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Future minimum rental income under operating leases, including subleases, as of December 31, 2025, were as follows:
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| (dollars in thousands) | Minimum Rental Income |
| 2026 | $ | 4,765 | |
| 2027 | 3,994 | |
| 2028 | 3,494 | |
| 2029 | 1,696 | |
| 2030 | 1,276 | |
| Thereafter | 4,690 | |
| Total | $ | 19,915 | |