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BORROWED FUNDS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
BORROWED FUNDS
BORROWED FUNDS

Borrowed funds at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are summarized, as follows:
 
 
March 31, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
 
Average
 
 
 
Average
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Principal
 
Rate
 
Principal
 
Rate
Short-term borrowings:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Advances from the FHLB
 
$
835,891

 
1.93
%
 
$
667,300

 
1.48
%
Total short-term borrowings:
 
835,891

 
1.93

 
667,300

 
1.48

Long-term borrowings:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Advances from the FHLB and other borrowings
 
289,969

 
1.66

 
380,436

 
1.54

Subordinated borrowings
 
73,920

 
7.00

 
73,875

 
7.00

Junior subordinated borrowings
 
15,464

 
3.77

 
15,464

 
3.30

Total long-term borrowings:
 
379,353

 
2.79

 
469,775

 
2.46

Total
 
$
1,215,244

 
2.19
%
 
$
1,137,075

 
1.88
%


Short-term debt includes Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances with an original maturity of less than one year and a short-term line-of-credit drawdown through a correspondent bank. The Bank also maintains a $3.0 million secured line of credit with the FHLB that bears a daily adjustable rate calculated by the FHLB. There was no outstanding balance on the FHLB line of credit for the periods ended March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

The Bank is approved to borrow on a short-term basis from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston as a non-member bank. The Bank has pledged certain loans and securities to the Federal Reserve Bank to support this arrangement. No borrowings with the Federal Reserve Bank took place for the periods ended March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

Long-term FHLB advances consist of advances with an original maturity of more than one year. The advances outstanding at March 31, 2018 include no callable advances and amortizing advances totaling $1.4 million. The advances outstanding at December 31, 2017 include no callable advances and amortizing advances totaling $1.4 million. All FHLB borrowings, including the line of credit, are secured by a blanket security agreement on certain qualified collateral, principally all residential first mortgage loans and certain securities.
A summary of maturities of FHLB advances as of March 31, 2018 is as follows:
 
 
March 31, 2018
 
 
 
 
Weighted Average
(In thousands, except rates)
 
Principal
 
Rate
Fixed rate advances maturing:
 
 

 
 

2018
 
$
914,874

 
1.88
%
2019
 
150,080

 
1.64

2020
 
53,737

 
2.04

2021
 
216

 
2.96

2022 and beyond
 
6,953

 
2.64

Total FHLB advances
 
$
1,125,860

 
1.86
%


The Company did not have variable-rate FHLB advances for the periods ended March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

In September 2012, the Company issued fifteen year subordinated notes in the amount of $75.0 million at a discount of 1.15%. The interest rate is fixed at 6.875% for the first ten years. After ten years, the notes become callable and convert to an interest rate of three-month LIBOR rate plus 5.113%. The subordinated note includes reduction to the note principal balance of $553 thousand and $583 thousand for unamortized debt issuance costs as of March 31, 2018 and December 31 2017, respectively.

The Company holds 100% of the common stock of Berkshire Hills Capital Trust I (“Trust I”) which is included in other assets with a cost of $0.5 million. The sole asset of Trust I is $15.5 million of the Company’s junior subordinated debentures due in 2035. These debentures bear interest at a variable rate equal to LIBOR plus 1.85% and had a rate of 3.77% and 3.30% at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The Company has the right to defer payments of interest for up to five years on the debentures at any time, or from time to time, with certain limitations, including a restriction on the payment of dividends to shareholders while such interest payments on the debentures have been deferred. The Company has not exercised this right to defer payments. The Company has the right to redeem the debentures at par value. Trust I is considered a variable interest entity for which the Company is not the primary beneficiary. Accordingly, Trust I is not consolidated into the Company’s financial statements.