The Company utilizes interest rate swap agreements as part of its asset liability management strategy to help manage its interest rate risk position. The notional amount of the interest rate swap does not represent amounts exchanged by the parties. The amount exchanged is determined by reference to the notional amount and the other terms of the individual interest rate swap agreements. Interest rate swaps were entered into on April 13, 2017, January 1, 2020 and March 3, 2020 each with a respective notional amount of $25.0 million and were designated as a cash flow hedge of a Federal Home Loan Bank advance We are required to pay fixed-rates of interest ranging from 0.88% to 1.93% and receive variable rates of interest that reset quarterly based on three-month LIBOR. Expiration dates for the swaps range from January 2022 to April 2022. The swaps were determined to be fully effective during the period presented and therefore no amount of ineffectiveness has been included in net income. Therefore, the aggregate fair value of the swaps is recorded in other assets (liabilities) with changes in fair value recorded in other comprehensive income (loss). The amount included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) would be reclassified to current earnings should the hedges no longer be considered effective. The Company expects the hedges to remain fully effective during the remaining term of the swaps.

In addition, during the three months ended September 30, 2021, the company entered into 5 forward starting pay fixed-rate interest rate swaps, with a total notional amount of $200 million, which are also designated as a cash flow hedge of a future Federal Home Loan Bank advance. We are required to pay fixed rates of interest ranging from 0.631% to 0.955% and receive variable rates of interest that reset quarterly based on the daily compounding secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”). The forward starting swaps have commencing payment dates ranging from October 2021 to April 2022, with expiration dates ranging from March 2026 to January 2028.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

Note 4. Derivatives – (continued)

Interest expense recorded on these swap transactions totaled approximately $0.3 million and $1.5 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, compared to $0.6 million and $0.9 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and is reported as a component of interest expense on FHLB Advances.

Cash Flow Hedge

The following table presents the net losses recorded in other comprehensive income and the Consolidated Statements of Income relating to the cash flow derivative instruments for the following periods:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
	Amount of (loss)		Amount of loss		Amount of gain
	gain recognized		(gain) reclassified		recognized in other
	in OCI (Effective		from OCI to		Noninterest income
	Portion)		interest income		(Ineffective Portion)
	(dollars in thousands)
Interest rate contracts	$	1,890	$	328	$	-

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
	Amount of (loss)			Amount of loss		Amount of gain
	gain recognized			(gain) reclassified		recognized in other
	in OCI (Effective			from OCI to		Noninterest income
	Portion)			interest income		(Ineffective Portion)
	(dollars in thousands)
Interest rate contracts	$	(82	)	$	631	$	-

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

Note 4. Derivatives – (continued)

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
	Amount of (loss)		Amount of loss		Amount of gain
	gain recognized		(gain) reclassified		recognized in other
	in OCI (Effective		from OCI to		Noninterest income
	Portion)		interest income		(Ineffective Portion)
	(dollars in thousands)
Interest rate contracts	$	1,872	$	1,543	$	-

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
	Amount of (loss)			Amount of loss		Amount of gain
	gain recognized			(gain) reclassified		recognized in other
	in OCI (Effective			from OCI to		Noninterest income
	Portion)			interest income		(Ineffective Portion)
	(dollars in thousands)
Interest rate contracts	$	(3,397	)	$	942	$	-

The following table reflects the cash flow hedges included in the consolidated statements of condition as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

	September 30, 2021				December 31, 2020
	Notional				Notional
	Amount		Fair Value		Amount		Fair Value
	(dollars in thousands)
Interest rate swaps related to FHLB advances included in liabilities	$	275,000	$	1,295	$	175,000	$	(2,119	)