Note 8 – Borrowings

The following table is a summary of borrowings as of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018. Junior subordinated debentures are discussed in detail in Note 9:


	September 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Securities sold under repurchase agreements	$	48,870	$	46,632
Other short-term borrowings 1		84,000		149,500
Junior subordinated debentures		57,722		57,686
Senior notes		44,244		44,158
Notes payable and other borrowings		8,856		15,379
Total borrowings	$	243,692	$	313,355

1 Includes short-term FHLBC advances for both periods presented as well as the outstanding portion of an operating line of credit as of December 31, 2018, which totaled $4.0 million.

The Company enters into deposit sweep transactions where the transaction amounts are secured by pledged securities. These transactions consistently mature overnight from the transaction date and are governed by sweep repurchase agreements. All sweep repurchase agreements are treated as financings secured by U.S. government agencies and collateralized mortgage-backed securities and had a carrying amount of $48.9 million at September 30, 2019, and $46.6 million at December 31, 2018. The fair value of the pledged collateral was $62.4 million at September 30, 2019 and $72.8 million at December 31, 2018. At September 30, 2019, there were no customers with secured balances exceeding 10% of stockholders’ equity.

The Company’s borrowings at the FHLBC require the Bank to be a member and invest in the stock of the FHLBC. Total borrowings are generally limited to the lower of 35% of total assets or 60% of the book value of certain mortgage loans. As of September 30, 2019, the Bank had $84.0 million in short-term advances outstanding under the FHLBC compared to $145.5 million outstanding as of December 31, 2018; $65.0 million and $10.0 million of the September 30, 2019, balance was issued at 2.02% and 2.04%, respectively, and the remaining $8.9 million was issued at rates ranging from 1.76% to 2.23%. The additional $4.0 million in other short-term borrowings as of December 31, 2018, was the outstanding portion of a $20.0 million line of credit the Company has with a correspondent bank for short-term funding needs; advances under the line can be outstanding up to 360 days from the date of issuance. This line of credit was repaid with operating cash on hand in late January 2019. The Bank also assumed $23.4 million of long-term FHLBC advances with the ABC Bank acquisition. At September 30, 2019, these advances have a total outstanding balance of $8.9 million and are scheduled to mature over the next seven years with interest rates ranging between 2.19% and 2.83%. FHLBC stock held at September 30, 2019 was valued at $4.5 million, and any potential FHLBC advances were collateralized by securities with a fair value of $54.9 million and loans with a principal balance of $610.3 million, which carried a FHLBC-calculated combined collateral value of $464.1 million. The Company had excess collateral of $277.0 million available to secure borrowings at September 30, 2019. The increase in collateral availability of 367.4% since December 2018 is due to the completion of an analysis of FHLBC loan collateral eligibility in the first quarter of 2019, which expanded the capacity of funding at the FHLBC as additional loan collateral was deemed acceptable.

The Company also has $44.2 million of senior notes outstanding, net of deferred issuance costs, as of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018. The senior notes were issued in December 2016 with a ten years maturity, and terms include interest payable semiannually at 5.75% for five years. Beginning December 2021, the senior debt will pay interest at a floating rate, with interest payable quarterly at three month LIBOR plus 385 basis points. The notes are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, beginning with the interest payment date on December 31, 2021, and on any floating rate interest payment date thereafter, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest. As of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, unamortized debt issuance costs related to the senior notes were $756,000 and $842,000, respectively, and are included as a reduction of the balance of the senior notes on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. These deferred issuance costs will be amortized to interest expense over the ten year term of the notes and are included in the Consolidated Statements of Income.