Note 16—Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Legal contingencies—In the ordinary course of business, the Company and Bank have various outstanding commitments and contingent liabilities that are not recognized in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. In addition, the Company may be a defendant in certain claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, the ultimate disposition of these matters is currently not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

Operating lease commitments—Refer to Note 9—Leases for additional information on operating lease commitments.

Commitments to extend credit—The Company is party to financial instruments with off‑balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. Those instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition. The contractual or notional amounts of those instruments reflect the extent of involvement the Company has in particular classes of financial instruments.

The Company’s exposure to credit loss in the event of non‑performance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit and letters of credit is represented by the contractual or notional amount of those instruments. The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for funded instruments. The Company does not anticipate any material losses as a result of the commitments and letters of credit. Refer to Note 5—Loans and Lease Receivables and Allowance for Credit Losses for additional information on the allowance for unfunded commitments.

The following table summarizes the contract or notional amount of outstanding loan and lease commitments at December 31, 2025 and 2024:

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

 

Fixed Rate

 

 

Variable Rate

 

 

Total

 

 

Fixed Rate

 

 

Variable Rate

 

 

Total

 

Commitments to extend credit

 

$

132,976

 

 

$

1,812,187

 

 

$

1,945,163

 

 

$

190,269

 

 

$

1,821,769

 

 

$

2,012,038

 

Letters of credit

 

 

308

 

 

 

69,241

 

 

 

69,549

 

 

 

630

 

 

 

63,272

 

 

 

63,902

 

Total

 

$

133,284

 

 

$

1,881,428

 

 

$

2,014,712

 

 

$

190,899

 

 

$

1,885,041

 

 

$

2,075,940

 

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amount does not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The Company evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Company upon extension of credit, is based on management’s credit evaluation of the counterparty. Collateral is primarily obtained in the form of commercial and residential real estate (including income producing commercial properties).

Letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee to a third-party the performance of a customer. Those guarantees are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements, bond financing and similar transactions. The credit risk involved in issuing letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loan facilities to customers.

Note 16—Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (continued)

Commitments to make loans are generally made for periods of 90 days or less. The fixed rate loan commitments have interest rates ranging from 2.69% to 15.00% and maturities up to 2047. Variable rate loan commitments have interest rates ranging from 4.00% to 16.75% and maturities up to 2053.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 27, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 28, 2025
2023Mar 4, 2024
2022Mar 7, 2023
2021Mar 7, 2022
2020Mar 4, 2021
2019Mar 12, 2020
2018Mar 15, 2019
2017Mar 30, 2018

About Commitments Disclosures

Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.

Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.