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ACQUISITIONS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
ACQUISITIONS |
ACQUISITIONS | NOTE B: ACQUISITIONS Pending Acquisition On October 4, 2021, the Company announced that the Bank had entered into an agreement to acquire Elmira Savings Bank (“Elmira”), a twelve branch banking franchise headquartered in Elmira, New York, for $82.8 million in cash. The acquisition will enhance the Company’s presence in five counties in New York’s Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions. The merger was approved by the shareholders of Elmira on December 14, 2021. The Company expects to complete the acquisition in the second quarter of 2022, subject to customary closing conditions, including required regulatory approval. The Company expects to incur certain one-time, transaction-related costs in connection with the Elmira acquisition. Current and Prior Period Acquisitions On August 2, 2021, the Company, through its subsidiary OneGroup NY, Inc. (“OneGroup”), completed its acquisition of certain assets and liabilities of the Thomas Gregory Associates Insurance Brokers, Inc. (“TGA”), a specialty-lines insurance broker based in the Boston, Massachusetts area, for $11.6 million in cash plus contingent consideration with a fair value at acquisition date of $1.5 million. The Company recorded a $10.9 million customer list intangible asset and $2.2 million of goodwill in conjunction with the acquisition. The effects of the acquired assets and liabilities have been included in the consolidated financial statements since that date. Revenues of approximately $0.6 million and direct expenses of approximately $0.6 million from TGA were included in the consolidated income statement for the year ended December 31, 2021. The acquisition of TGA includes a contingent consideration arrangement that requires additional consideration to be paid by the Company based on the future retained revenue of TGA over a three-year period. Amounts are payable in two payments, the first of which is two years after the acquisition date, and the second three years after the acquisition date. The range of the undiscounted amounts the Company could pay under the contingent consideration agreement is between zero and $3.4 million. The fair value of the contingent consideration recognized on the acquisition date of $1.5 million was estimated by applying the income approach; a measure that is based on significant Level 3 inputs not readily observable in the market. Key assumptions at the date of acquisition include (1) a discount rate range of 0.82% to 1.09%, and (2) probability adjusted level of retained revenue between $2.3 million and $3.8 million. The contingent consideration related to the TGA acquisition was revalued at December 31, 2021. The range of the undiscounted amounts the Company could pay under the agreement remained at between zero and $3.4 million. Key assumptions include (1) a discount rate range of 1.38% to 1.65%, and (2) probability adjusted level of retained revenue between $3.0 million and $3.4 million. Based on the results of the revaluation, no adjustments were made to the fair value of the contingent consideration related to the TGA acquisition at December 31, 2021. On July 1, 2021, the Company, through its subsidiary BPA, completed its acquisition of Fringe Benefits Design of Minnesota, Inc. (“FBD”) for $15.4 million in cash plus contingent consideration with a fair value at acquisition date of $1.4 million. The Company recorded a $14.0 million customer list intangible asset and $2.0 million of goodwill in conjunction with the acquisition. The effects of the acquired assets have been included in the consolidated financial statements since that date. Revenues of approximately $2.8 million and direct expenses of approximately $2.5 million from FBD were included in the consolidated income statement for the year ended December 31, 2021. The acquisition of FBD includes a contingent consideration arrangement that requires additional consideration to be paid by the Company based on the future retained revenue of FBD over a two-year period. Amounts are payable three years after the acquisition date. The range of the undiscounted amounts the Company could pay under the contingent consideration agreement is between zero and $2.7 million. The fair value of the contingent consideration recognized on the acquisition date of $1.4 million was estimated by applying the income approach; a measure that is based on significant Level 3 inputs not readily observable in the market. Key assumptions at the date of acquisition include (1) a discount rate of 1.05%, and (2) probability adjusted level of retained revenue between $5.6 million and $5.8 million. The contingent consideration related to the FBD acquisition was revalued at December 31, 2021. The range of the undiscounted amounts the Company could pay under the agreement remained at between zero and $2.7 million. Key assumptions include (1) a discount rate of 1.50%, and (2) probability adjusted level of retained revenue between $5.6 million and $5.8 million. Based on the results of the revaluation, the Company recorded a $0.2 million acquisition-related contingent consideration adjustment in the consolidated statements of income related to the FBD acquisition, resulting in an adjusted fair value of $1.6 million at December 31, 2021. On June 1, 2021, the Company, through its subsidiary OneGroup, completed its acquisition of certain assets and liabilities of NuVantage Insurance Corp. (“NuVantage”), an insurance agency headquartered in Melbourne, Florida. The Company paid $2.9 million in cash and recorded a $1.4 million customer list intangible asset and $1.4 million of goodwill in conjunction with the acquisition. The effects of the acquired assets and liabilities have been included in the consolidated financial statements since that date. Revenues of approximately $0.7 million and direct expenses of approximately $0.6 million from NuVantage were included in the consolidated income statement for the year ended December 31, 2021. On June 12, 2020, the Company completed its merger with Steuben Trust Corporation (“Steuben”), parent company of Steuben Trust Company, a New York State chartered bank headquartered in Hornell, New York, for $98.6 million in Company stock and cash, comprised of $21.6 million in cash and the issuance of 1.36 million shares of common stock. The merger extended the Company’s footprint into two new counties in Western New York State, and enhanced the Company’s presence in four Western New York State counties in which it currently operates. In connection with the merger, the Company added 11 full-service offices to its branch service network and acquired $607.8 million of assets, including $339.7 million of loans and $180.5 million of investment securities, as well as $516.3 million of deposits. Goodwill of $20.0 million was recognized as a result of the merger. The effects of the acquired assets and liabilities have been included in the consolidated financial statements since that date. Revenues, excluding interest income on acquired investments, interest income on acquired consumer indirect loans, and revenues associated with acquired loans and deposits consolidated into the legacy branch network, of approximately $13.1 million and $7.7 million, and direct expenses, which may not include certain shared expenses, of approximately $5.1 million and $2.6 million from Steuben were included in the consolidated income statement for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company incurred certain one-time, transaction-related costs in connection with the Steuben acquisition. On September 18, 2019, the Company, through its subsidiary, CISI, completed its acquisition of certain assets of a practice engaged in the financial services business headquartered in Syracuse, New York. The Company paid $0.5 million in cash to acquire a customer list, and recorded a $0.5 million customer list intangible asset in conjunction with the acquisition. The effects of the acquired assets have been included in the consolidated financial statements since that date. On July 12, 2019, the Company completed its merger with Kinderhook Bank Corp. (“Kinderhook”), parent company of The National Union Bank of Kinderhook, headquartered in Kinderhook, New York, for $93.4 million in cash. The merger added 11 branch locations across a five county area in the Capital District of Upstate New York. The merger resulted in the acquisition of $642.8 million of assets, including $479.9 million of loans and $39.8 million of investment securities, as well as $568.2 million of deposits and $40.0 million in goodwill. The effects of the acquired assets and liabilities have been included in the consolidated financial statements since that date. Revenues, excluding interest income on acquired investments, of approximately $11.8 million, $16.3 million, and $10.6 million and direct expenses, which may not include certain shared expenses, of approximately $7.1 million, $7.4 million, and $4.7 million from Kinderhook were included in the consolidated income statements for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. On January 2, 2019, the Company, through its subsidiary, CISI, completed its acquisition of certain assets of Wealth Resources Network, Inc. (“Wealth Resources”), a financial services business headquartered in Liverpool, New York. The Company paid $1.2 million in cash to acquire a customer list from Wealth Resources, and recorded a $1.2 million customer list intangible asset in conjunction with the acquisition. The effects of the acquired assets have been included in the consolidated financial statements since that date. The assets and liabilities assumed in the acquisitions were recorded at their estimated fair values based on management’s best estimates using information available at the dates of the acquisitions, and were subject to adjustment based on updated information not available at the time of the acquisitions. During 2021, the carrying amount of other liabilities associated with the Steuben acquisition decreased by $0.3 million as a result of an adjustment to accrued income taxes and deferred income taxes. Goodwill associated with the Steuben acquisition decreased $0.3 million as a result of this adjustment. The carrying amount of other assets associated with the FBD acquisition increased by $0.02 million as a result of an adjustment to other assets. Goodwill associated with the FBD acquisition decreased by $0.02 million as a result of this adjustment. The above referenced acquisitions generally expanded the Company’s geographical presence in New York, Florida, Massachusetts, and Minnesota, and management expects that the Company will benefit from greater geographic diversity and the advantages of other synergistic business development opportunities. The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed after considering the measurement period adjustments described above: ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | 2021 | ​ | ​ | 2020 | ​ | 2019
(000s omitted) |  | TGA | ​ | FBD |  | NuVantage |  | Total | ​ | ​ | Steuben |  | Total (1)
Consideration: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |
Cash | $ | 11,620 | ​ | $ | 15,350 | ​ | $ | 2,900 | ​ | $ | 29,870 | ​ | $ | 21,613 | ​ | $ | 95,034
Community Bank System, Inc. common stock | ​ | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ | ​ | 76,942 | ​ |  | 0
Contingent consideration | ​ | 1,500 | ​ | ​ | 1,400 | ​ | ​ | 0 | ​ | ​ | 2,900 | ​ | ​ | 0 | ​ | ​ | 0
Total net consideration | ​ | 13,120 | ​ |  | 16,750 | ​ |  | 2,900 | ​ |  | 32,770 | ​ | ​ | 98,555 | ​ |  | 95,034
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed: | ​ | ​ | ​ |  |  | ​ |  |  | ​ |  |  | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | ​ | 0 | ​ |  | 541 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 541 | ​ | ​ | 55,973 | ​ |  | 90,381
Investment securities | ​ | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ | ​ | 180,497 | ​ |  | 39,770
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses on PCD loans (2) | ​ | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ | ​ | 339,017 | ​ |  | 479,877
Premises and equipment, net | ​ | 279 | ​ |  | 282 | ​ |  | 199 | ​ |  | 760 | ​ | ​ | 7,764 | ​ |  | 13,970
Accrued interest and fees receivable | ​ | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ | ​ | 2,701 | ​ |  | 1,130
Other assets | ​ | 0 | ​ |  | 579 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 579 | ​ | ​ | 17,675 | ​ |  | 14,109
Core deposit intangibles | ​ | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ | ​ | 2,928 | ​ |  | 3,573
Other intangibles | ​ | 10,900 | ​ |  | 14,000 | ​ |  | 1,437 | ​ |  | 26,337 | ​ | ​ | 1,196 | ​ |  | 1,650
Deposits | ​ | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ | ​ | (516,274) | ​ |  | (568,161)
Other liabilities | ​ | (229) | ​ |  | (698) | ​ |  | (174) | ​ |  | (1,101) | ​ | ​ | (4,841) | ​ |  | (2,922)
Other Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings | ​ | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ | ​ | (6,000) | ​ |  | (2,420)
Subordinated notes payable | ​ | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ | ​ | 0 | ​ |  | (13,831)
Subordinated debt held by unconsolidated subsidiary trusts | ​ | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ |  | 0 | ​ | ​ | (2,062) | ​ |  | (2,062)
Total identifiable assets, net | ​ | 10,950 | ​ |  | 14,704 | ​ |  | 1,462 | ​ |  | 27,116 | ​ | ​ | 78,574 | ​ |  | 55,064
Goodwill | $ | 2,170 | ​ | $ | 2,046 | ​ | $ | 1,438 | ​ | $ | 5,654 | ​ | $ | 19,981 | ​ | $ | 39,970
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(1) | Includes amounts related to the Kinderhook and both CISI acquisitions completed in 2019.
(2) | Acquisition-related allowance for credit losses on purchased credit deteriorated ("PCD") loans applicable beginning in 2020.
Under ASC 310-30, acquired loans that have evidence of deterioration in credit quality since origination and for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the Company will be unable to collect all contractually required payments were aggregated by comparable characteristics and recorded at fair value without a carryover of the related allowance for credit losses. Cash flows for each loan were determined using an estimate of credit losses and rate of prepayments. Projected monthly cash flows were then discounted to present value using a market-based discount rate. The excess of the undiscounted expected cash flows over the estimated fair value is referred to as the “accretable yield” and is recognized into interest income over the remaining lives of the acquired loans. On January 1, 2020, the Company adopted ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) which replaces the ASC 310-30 acquired impaired loans methodology described above with the purchased credit deteriorated ("PCD") methodology discussed in Note A: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. The Company has acquired loans from Steuben for which there was evidence of a more-than-insignificant deterioration in credit quality since origination. There were no investment securities acquired from Steuben for which there was evidence of a more-than-insignificant deterioration in credit quality since origination. The carrying amount of those loans is as follows at the date of acquisition: ​
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(000s omitted) |  | PCD Loans
Par value of PCD loans at acquisition | ​ | $ | 35,906
Allowance for credit losses at acquisition | ​ |  | (668)
Non-credit premium at acquisition | ​ |  | 103
Fair value of PCD loans at acquisition | ​ | $ | 35,341
​ The following is a summary of the remaining loans acquired from Steuben for which there was no evidence of a more-than-insignificant deterioration in credit quality since origination at the date of acquisition: ​
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(000s omitted) |  | Non-PCD Loans
Contractually required principal and interest at acquisition | ​ | $ | 400,738
Contractual cash flows not expected to be collected | ​ |  | (2,994)
Expected cash flows at acquisition | ​ |  | 397,744
Interest component of expected cash flows | ​ |  | (94,068)
Fair value of non-PCD loans at acquisition | ​ | $ | 303,676
​ The following is a summary of the loans acquired from Kinderhook at the date of acquisition: ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Acquired | ​ | Acquired | ​ | Total
​ | ​ | Impaired | ​ | Non-impaired | ​ | Acquired
(000s omitted) |  | Loans |  | Loans |  | Loans
Contractually required principal and interest at acquisition | ​ | $ | 13,350 | ​ | $ | 636,384 | ​ | $ | 649,734
Contractual cash flows not expected to be collected |  | ​ | (4,176) |  | ​ | (5,472) |  | ​ | (9,648)
Expected cash flows at acquisition |  | ​ | 9,174 |  | ​ | 630,912 |  | ​ | 640,086
Interest component of expected cash flows |  | ​ | (551) |  | ​ | (159,658) |  | ​ | (160,209)
Fair value of acquired loans | ​ | $ | 8,623 | ​ | $ | 471,254 | ​ | $ | 479,877
​ The fair value of the Company’s common stock issued for the Steuben acquisition was determined using the market close price of the stock on June 12, 2020. ​ The fair value of checking, savings and money market deposit accounts acquired were assumed to approximate the carrying value as these accounts have no stated maturity and are payable on demand. Certificate of deposit accounts were valued at the present value of the certificates’ expected contractual payments discounted at market rates for similar certificates. The fair value of subordinated notes payable was estimated using discounted cash flows and interest rates being offered on similar securities. Subordinated notes payable assumed with the Kinderhook acquisition included $3.0 million of subordinated notes with a fixed interest rate of 6.0% maturing in February 2028 and $10.0 million of subordinated notes with a fixed interest rate of 6.375% maturing in November 2025. The core deposit intangibles and other intangibles related to the NuVantage acquisition, Steuben acquisition, both acquisitions completed by CISI in 2019, and the Kinderhook acquisition are being amortized using an accelerated method over their estimated useful life of eight years. The other intangibles related to the TGA and FBD acquisitions are being amortized using an accelerated method over their estimated useful life of 13 years and 15 years, respectively. The goodwill, which is not amortized for book purposes, was assigned to the Banking segment for the Steuben and Kinderhook acquisitions, the All Other segment for the NuVantage and TGA acquisitions, and the Employee Benefit Services segment for the FBD acquisition. Goodwill arising from the FBD, Steuben, and Kinderhook acquisitions is not deductible for tax purposes. Goodwill arising from the NuVantage and TGA acquisitions is deductible for tax purposes. Direct costs related to the acquisitions were expensed as incurred. Merger and acquisition integration-related expenses amount to $0.7 million, $4.9 million and $8.6 million during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and have been separately stated in the consolidated statements of income. Supplemental Pro Forma Financial Information (Unaudited) The following unaudited condensed pro forma information assumes the Steuben acquisition had been completed as of January 1, 2019 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the Kinderhook acquisitions had been completed as of January 1, 2018 for the year ended December 31, 2019. The pro forma information does not include amounts related to the NuVantage, FBD, or TGA acquisitions completed in 2021, or the two acquisitions completed by CISI in 2019, as the amounts were immaterial. The table below has been prepared for comparative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the actual results that would have been attained had the acquisitions occurred as of the beginning of the year presented, nor is it indicative of the Company’s future results. Furthermore, the unaudited pro forma information does not reflect management’s estimate of any revenue-enhancing opportunities nor anticipated cost savings that may have occurred as a result of the integration and consolidation of the acquisitions. The pro forma information set forth below reflects the historical results of Steuben and Kinderhook combined with the Company’s consolidated statements of income with adjustments related to (a) certain purchase accounting fair value adjustments and (b) amortization of customer lists and core deposit intangibles. Acquisition expenses related to the Steuben transaction totaling $4.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 were included in the pro forma information as if they were incurred in 2019. ​
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​ | ​ | Pro Forma (Unaudited)
​ | ​ | Year Ended December 31,
(000s omitted) |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Total revenue, net of interest expense | ​ | $ | 607,382 | ​ | $ | 626,229
Net income | ​ |  | 171,147 | ​ |  | 180,237
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