Note 18 - Long-term Borrowings

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Long-term borrowings:

There were no long-term advances from the FHLB at March 31, 2025, or at December 31, 2024.

Long-term and short-term FHLB advances are secured by a blanket pledge of residential mortgage, commercial real estate, and multi-family loans totaling $1.7 billion for both periods ending March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Based on this collateral, the Bank is eligible to borrow an additional $749.3 million at March 31, 2025.

In November 2021, the Company completed the issuance of $75.0 million aggregate principal amount, fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes due December 15, 2031, in a private offering exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The notes carry a fixed rate of 3.125% for five years at which time they will convert to a floating rate based on the three-month term secured overnight funding rate, plus a spread of 220 basis points. The net proceeds from the sale were approximately $73.8 million, after deducting the offering expenses. The Company’s intent was to use the proceeds from the sale for general corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation, providing capital to support its growth organically or through acquisitions, in financing investments, capital expenditures, repurchasing its common shares and for investments in the Bank as regulatory capital. The subordinated debentures are included in Total Capital under current regulatory guidelines and interpretations.

In August 2024, the Company bought back and retired $3 million of the outstanding subordinated notes. The Company may, at its option, beginning December 15, 2026, redeem additional portions of the notes, in whole or in part, from time to time, subject to certain conditions.

On November 1, 2021, the Company completed its acquisition of Cortland, which included the assumption of Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due in September 15, 2037 (the “junior subordinated debt securities”) at an acquisition-date fair value of $4.3 million, held in a wholly-owned statutory trust whose common securities were wholly-owned by Cortland. The sole assets of the statutory trust are the junior subordinated debt securities and related payments. The junior subordinated debt securities and the back-up obligations, in the aggregate, constitute a full and unconditional guarantee of the obligations of the statutory trust under the capital securities held by third-party investors. The securities bear interest at a rate of 1.45% over the 3-month term SOFR rate that includes an additional spread adjustment of 26 basis points. The rate at March 31, 2025 was 6.01% and at December 31, 2024 the rate was 6.07%.

On January 7, 2020, the Company completed its acquisition of Maple Leaf, which included the assumption of Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due December 15, 2036 (the “junior subordinated debt securities”) held in a wholly-owned statutory trust whose common securities were wholly-owned by Maple Leaf. The sole assets of the statutory trust are the junior subordinated debt securities and related payments. The junior subordinated debt securities and the back-up obligations, in the aggregate, constitute a full and unconditional guarantee of the obligations of the statutory trust under the capital securities held by third-party investors. The securities bear interest at a rate of 1.70% over the 3-month term SOFR rate that includes an additional spread adjustment of 26 basis points. The rate at March 31, 2025 was 6.36% and at December 31, 2024 the rate was 6.42%.

In 2015, the Company completed its acquisition of National Bancshares Corporation, which included the assumption of Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debt Securities due June 15, 2035 (the “junior subordinated debt securities”) held in a wholly-owned statutory trust, TSEO Statutory Trust I. The sole assets of the statutory trust are the junior subordinated debt securities and related payments. The junior subordinated debt securities and the back-up obligations, in the aggregate, constitute a full and unconditional guarantee of the obligations of the statutory trust under the capital securities held by third-party investors. The securities bear interest at a rate of 1.80% over the 3-month term SOFR rate that includes an additional spread adjustment of 26 basis points. The rate at March 31, 2025 was 6.26% and at December 31, 2024 the rate was 6.32%.

In all three instances, the Company may redeem the junior subordinated debentures at any quarter-end, in whole, or in part, at par. This type of subordinated debenture qualifies as Tier 1 capital for regulatory purposes in determining and evaluating the Company’s capital adequacy.

A summary of all junior subordinated debentures issued by the Company to affiliates and subordinated debentures follows. For the junior subordinated debentures, these amounts represent the par value of the obligations owed to these affiliates, including the Company’s equity interest in the trusts along with any unamortized fair value marks. For the subordinated debentures, these amounts represent the par value less the remaining deferred offering expense associated with the issuance of the debentures. Balances were as follows at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

(In Thousands of Dollars)		*March 31, 2025*		*December 31, 2024*
TSEO Statutory Trust I	$	2,581	$	2,570
Maple Leaf Financial Statutory Trust II		8,020		7,964
Cortland Statutory Trust I		4,451		4,437
Total junior subordinated debentures owed to unconsolidated subsidiary trusts	$	15,052	$	14,971
Subordinated Debentures	$	71,223	$	71,179
Total long-term borrowings	$	86,275	$	86,150

FARMERS NATIONAL BANC CORP /OH/ 10-Q