The Company maintains an interest rate protection program for commercial loan customers. Under this program, the Company provides a variable rate loan while creating a fixed rate loan for the customer by the customer entering into an interest rate swap with terms that match the loan. The Company offsets its risk exposure by entering into an offsetting interest rate swap with an unaffiliated institution. The Company had interest rate swaps associated with commercial loans with a notional value of $63.9 million and fair value of $4.2 million in other assets and $4.2 million in other liabilities at December 31, 2023. At December 31, 2022 the Company had interest rate swaps associated with commercial loans with a notional value of $71.9 million and fair value of $5.5 million in other assets and $5.5 million in other liabilities. The interest rate swaps with both the customers and third parties are not designated as hedges under FASB ASC 815. As the interest rate swaps are structured to offset each other, changes to the underlying benchmark interest rates considered in the valuation of these instruments do not result in an impact to earnings; however, there may be fair value adjustments related to credit quality variations between counterparties, which may impact earnings as required by FASB ASC 820.

There were no net gains or losses for interest rate swaps for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

The Company has one interest rate swap with a notional amount of $100.0 million as of December 31, 2023 and it is designated as a fair value hedge to mitigate the risk of further interest rate increases and the subsequent impact on the valuation of the company’s state and political subdivision municipal bond portfolio. The gross aggregate fair value of the swap of $(836) thousand is recorded as a $1.3 million mark to market adjustment in other liabilities, and $425 thousand recorded to other assets for the accrued interest receivable in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2023. The Company expects the hedge to remain in effect for the remaining term of the swap, which matures August 2026. A summary of the interest rate swap designated as a fair value hedge is presented below:


	December 31, 2023

Notional amount fair value hedge	$	100,000
Fixed pay rates		4.35	%
Variable SOFR receive rates		5.38	%
Remaining maturity (in years)		2.6
Fair value	$	(836	)

Commitments to fund certain mortgage loans (interest rate locks) to be sold into the secondary market and forward commitments for the future delivery of mortgage loans to third-party investors are considered derivatives. Effective May 2022, the Company began the practice of entering into forward commitments for the future delivery of residential mortgage loans when the interest rate lock commitments are entered into in order to economically hedge the effect of changes in interest rates resulting from its commitments to fund the loans. These mortgage banking derivatives are not designated in hedge relationships.

The net gains (losses) relating to non-designated derivative instruments used for risk management are included in Net Gains on Sale of Loans on the Consolidated Statements of Income and are summarized below for the years ended December 31:


	2023			2022		2021

Forward sales contracts	$	(45	)	$	362	$	0
Interest rate lock commitments		87			21		423

The following table reflects the amount and fair value of mortgage banking derivatives included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as on December 31:


		2023					2022
		Notional		Fair			Notional		Fair
		Amount		Value			Amount		Value
Included in other assets:
	Forward sales contracts	$	0	$	0		$	4,300	$	30
	Interest rate lock commitments		7,400		109			4,900		21
	Total included in other assets	$	7,400	$	109		$	9,200	$	51

Included in other liabilities:
	Forward sales contracts	$	3,300	$	(14	)	$	0	$	0