CHEMUNG FINANCIAL CORPCHMG
CHEMUNG FINANCIAL CORP Commitments Disclosure
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Some financial instruments, such as loan commitments, credit lines, letters of credit, and overdraft protection are issued to meet customer financing needs. These are agreements to provide credit or to support the credit of others, as long as conditions established in the contract are met, and usually have expiration dates. Commitments may expire without being used and off-balance sheet risk of credit loss exists up to the face amount of these instruments. The same credit policies are used to make such commitments as are used for loans, including obtaining collateral at exercise of the commitment.
The following table presents the contractual amounts of financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fixed Rate | Variable Rate | Fixed Rate | Variable Rate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commitments to make loans | $ | 12,410 | $ | 63,654 | $ | 12,025 | $ | 67,501 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Unused lines of credit | $ | 5,183 | $ | 404,939 | $ | 4,484 | $ | 355,872 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Standby letters of credit | $ | — | $ | 18,952 | $ | — | $ | 19,180 | ||||||||||||||||||
Commitments to make residential real estate and home equity loans are generally made for periods of sixty days or less. As of December 31, 2025, the fixed rate residential real estate and home equity commitments to make loans have interest rates ranging from 5.88% to 7.38% and maturities ranging from fifteen years to thirty years. Commitments to fund commercial draw notes are generally made for periods of three months to twenty-four months. As of December 31, 2025, the fixed rate commercial draw commitments have interest rates ranging from 3.25% to 7.88%.
Because many commitments and almost all standby letters of credit expire without being funded in whole or in part, the contract amounts are not estimates of future cash flows. Loan commitments and unused lines of credit have off-balance sheet credit risk because only origination fees are recognized on the Corporation's Consolidated Balance Sheets until commitments are fulfilled or expire. The credit risk amounts are equal to the contractual amounts, assuming the amounts are fully advanced and collateral or other security is of no value. The Corporation does not anticipate losses as a result of these transactions. These commitments also have off-balance sheet interest rate risk in that the interest rate at which these commitments were made may not be at market rates on the date the commitments are fulfilled.
The Corporation maintains an allowance for credit losses on unfunded commitments in accordance with ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326). The allowance is based on the same methodology as the Corporation's allowance for credit losses on loans and utilizes credit conversion factors to determine balance sheet equivalents. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the allowance for credit losses on unfunded commitments was $0.6 million and $0.8 million, respectively.
The Corporation has issued conditional commitments in the form of standby letters of credit to guarantee payment on behalf of a customer and guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Standby letters of credit generally arise in connection with lending relationships. The credit risk involved in issuing these instruments is essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to customers. Contingent obligations under standby letters of credit totaled $19.0 million as of December 31, 2025 and represent the maximum potential future payments the Corporation could be required to make. Typically, these instruments have terms of twelve months or less and expire unused; therefore, the total amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. Each customer is evaluated individually for creditworthiness under the same underwriting standards used for commitments to extend credit and on-balance sheet instruments. Corporation policies governing loan collateral apply to standby letters of credit at the time of credit extension. As of December 31, 2025, there were no outstanding amounts under its standby letters of credit.
In the normal course of business, there are various outstanding claims and legal proceedings involving the Corporation or its subsidiaries. The Corporation believes that it is not a party to any pending legal, arbitration, or regulatory proceedings that could have a material adverse impact on its financial results or liquidity.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 13, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Mar 13, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 22, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Mar 23, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Mar 24, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Mar 12, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Mar 8, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Mar 8, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Mar 11, 2016 | |
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.