Accounting Policies (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders (net income less dividend requirements for preferred stock and accretion of preferred stock discount) by the weighted–average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock.

The following table shows computation of basic and diluted earnings per share.


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30				June 30
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Basic earnings per share
Net income	$	22,173	$	14,639	$	42,595	$	26,294
Weighted average common shares outstanding	43,950,501		43,781,249		43,935,111		44,219,880
Basic earnings per share	$	0.50	$	0.33	$	0.97	$	0.59

Diluted earnings per share
Net income	$	22,173	$	14,639	$	42,595	$	26,294
Weighted average common shares outstanding	43,950,501		43,781,249		43,935,111		44,219,880
Effect of dilutive securities:
Restricted stock	106,175		7,614		104,421		40,017
Stock options	54,427		13,931		53,045		26,967
Weighted average common shares outstanding	44,111,103		43,802,794		44,092,577		44,286,864
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.50	$	0.33	$	0.97	$	0.59

There were 137,705 and 137,705 shares for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, which were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were non–dilutive. There were 504,085 and 285,588 shares for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, which were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were non–dilutive.

Horizon has share–based employee compensation plans, which are described in the notes to the financial statements included in the December 31, 2020 Annual Report on Form 10–K. Also, the Company's shareholders approved the 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan at its Annual Meeting on May 6, 2021, adding 1.4 million additional shares to the plan and with no other significant changes from the Company's previous plan.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Guidance Issued But Not Yet Adopted

FASB ASU No. 2020–04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting

The FASB has issued ASU 2020–04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting, which provides temporary, optional guidance to ease the potential burden in accounting for, or recognizing the effects of, the transition away from the LIBOR or other interbank offered rates on financial reporting. To help with the transition to new reference rates, the ASU provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to affected contract modifications and hedge accounting relationships. The main provisions include:

•A change in a contract's reference interest rate would be accounted for as a continuation of that contract rather than as the creation of a new one for contracts, including loans, debt, leases, and other arrangements, that meet specific criteria.

•When updating its hedging strategies in response to reference rate reform, an entity would be allowed to preserve its hedge accounting.

The guidance is applicable only to contracts or hedge accounting relationships that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued. Because the guidance is meant to help entities through the transition period, it will be in effect for a limited time and will not apply to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022, except for hedging relationships existing as of December 31, 2022, for which an entity has elected certain optional expedients that are retained through the end of the hedging relationship. The amendments in this ASU are effective March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022.

ASU 2020–04 permits relief solely for reference rate reform actions and permits different elections over the effective date for legacy and new activity. Accordingly, the Company is evaluating and reassessing the elections on a quarterly basis. For current elections in effect regarding the assertion of the probability of forecasted transactions, the Company elects the expedient to assert the probability of the hedged interest payments and receipts regardless of any expected modification in terms related to reference rate reform.

The Company has been conducting monthly meetings to address contracts and hedge accounting relationships that reference LIBOR. All contracts referencing LIBOR as an interest rate have been identified and are in the process of being rewritten or refinanced by December 31, 2021, except for commercial loan interest rate swaps. Hedge accounting relationships referencing LIBOR will be modified by the counter parties. The Company believes the adoption of this guidance on activities subsequent to December 31, 2020 through December 31, 2022 will not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.