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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Nature of Operations and Principles of Consolidation

Nature of Operations and Principles of Consolidation: Civista Bancshares, Inc. ("CBI") is an Ohio corporation and a registered financial holding company. The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of CBI and its wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries: Civista Bank ("Civista"), First Citizens Insurance Agency, Inc. ("FCIA"), Water Street Properties, Inc. ("WSP"), CIVB Risk Management, Inc. ("CRMI") and First Citizens Investments, Inc. ("FCI"). The above companies together are sometimes referred to as the "Company". Intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated in consolidation. Management considers the Company to operate primarily in one reportable segment, banking.

 

Civista provides financial services through its offices in the Ohio counties of Erie, Crawford, Champaign, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Logan, Summit, Huron, Ottawa, Madison, Montgomery, Henry, Wood, and Richland, in the Indiana counties of Dearborn and Ripley, and in the Kentucky county of Kenton. Its primary deposit products are checking, savings, and term certificate accounts, and its primary lending products are residential mortgage, commercial, and installment loans. Substantially all loans are secured by specific items of collateral including business assets, consumer assets and commercial and residential real estate. Commercial loans are expected to be repaid from cash flow from operations of businesses. There are no significant concentrations of loans to any one industry or customer. However, our customers’ ability to repay their loans is dependent on the real estate and general economic conditions in the area. Other financial instruments that potentially represent concentrations of credit risk include deposit accounts in other financial institutions.

 

Civista Leasing and Finance ("CLF"), formerly known as Vision Financial Group, Inc. ("VFG"), was acquired in the fourth quarter of 2022 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Civista. As of August 31, 2023, VFG was merged into Civista and now operates as a full-service equipment leasing and financing division of Civista. The operations of CLF are headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

FCIA is wholly-owned by CBI and was formed to allow CBI and its subsidiaries to participate in commission revenue generated through CBI's third-party insurance agreement. FCIA revenue was less than 1% of total revenue for each of the quarters ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. WSP is wholly-owned by CBI and was formed to hold properties repossessed by CBI subsidiaries. WSP revenue was less than 1% of total revenue for each of the quarters ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. CRMI is a captive insurance company that is wholly-owned by CBI and was formed in 2017 to provide property and casualty insurance coverage to CBI and its subsidiaries for which insurance may not be currently available or economically feasible in the insurance marketplace. CRMI revenue was less than 1% of total revenue for each of the quarters ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. FCI is wholly-owned by Civista and holds and manages its securities portfolio. The operations of FCI are located in Wilmington, Delaware.

Agreement and Plan of Merger with The Farmers Savings Bank

On July 10, 2025, CBI and Civista entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with The Farmers Savings Bank, an Ohio-chartered bank headquartered in Spencer, Ohio (“Farmers”). Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the merger (the “Effective Time”), Farmers will merge with and into Civista, with Civista being the surviving bank in the merger (the “FSB Merger”). The acquisition of Farmers will add two branches in Medina and Lorain Counties in Northeast Ohio. As of September 30, 2025, Farmers reported total assets of $293 million, net loans of $106 million, and total deposits of $236 million.

Under the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies, CBI agreed to pay $34.925 million in cash and issue 1,434,491 common shares, in aggregate, for all of the outstanding Farmers shares, subject to potential adjustment based on Farmers’ equity prior to closing being $56.0 million. This implies an aggregate deal value of approximately $66.7 million based on the closing price of CBI’s common shares on October 24, 2025 of $22.18.

 

Civista has received all required regulatory approvals for the FSB merger, which is expected to close in November 2025, pending approval by Farmer's shareholders and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.

 

Offering of Common Shares

 

On July 10, 2025, CBI announced an underwritten public offering of up to a maximum of 3,788,238 of its common shares. CBI subsequently closed on the sale of 3,294,120 common shares on July 14, 2025, and the sale of an additional 494,118 common shares on July 16, 2025 pursuant to the underwriters’ exercise of their overallotment option, at the public offering price of $21.25 per share. The aggregate net proceeds from the Offering to CBI were approximately $75.7 million, after deducting $608 of direct expenses and the underwriting discount of $4.2 million. As of September 30, 2025, the net proceeds from the offering was used to pay-down short-term

FHLB advances, but the long-term strategic plan is to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include supporting organic growth opportunities and future strategic transactions.

The accompanying Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared by the Company without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as of September 30, 2025 and its results of operations and changes in cash flows for the periods ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 have been made. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year. Reference is made to the accounting policies of the Company described in the notes to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The Company has consistently followed these policies in preparing this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, with the additions made to the accounting policy for derivatives to address derivatives designated as hedges, as described in Note 14.
Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates: To prepare financial statements in conformity with GAAP, management makes estimates and assumptions based on available information. These estimates and assumptions affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the disclosures provided, and future results could differ. The allowance for credit losses, determination of goodwill impairment, and fair value measurements of financial instruments are considered material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term.

Revisions

Revisions: The Company has voluntarily revised amounts reported in a previously issued financial statement to correct one immaterial error. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified between non-interest income and non-interest expense for the first, second, and third quarters of 2024 to correct the presentation of certain intercompany amounts. The immaterial error was fully corrected as of the nine months ended September 30, 2025. These revisions had no impact to the Company's net income.
Effect of Newly Issued but Not Yet Effective Accounting Standards

Recently Adopted and Newly Issued but Not Yet Effective Accounting Standards:

 

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The amendments in this ASU apply to all public entities that are required to report segment information in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting. The amendments in this ASU are intended to improve reportable segment disclosure requirements primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The amendments require that a public entity disclose, on an annual and interim basis, significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker ("CODM") and included within each reported measure of segment profit or loss. Public entities are required to disclose, on an annual and interim basis, an amount for other segment items by reportable segment and a description of its composition. In addition, public entities must provide all annual disclosures about a reportable segment’s profit or loss and assets currently required by FASB ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting, in interim periods. The amendments clarify that if the CODM uses more than one measure of a segment’s profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources, a public entity may report one or more of those additional measures of segment profit. However, at least one of the reported segment profit or loss measures (or the single reported measure, if only one is disclosed) should be the measure that is most consistent with the measurement principles used in measuring the corresponding amounts in the public entity’s consolidated financial statements. The amendments require that a public entity disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources. Finally, the amendments require that a public entity that has a single reportable segment provide all the disclosures required by the amendments in the ASU and all existing segment disclosures in ASC Topic 280. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. A public entity should apply the amendments retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. Upon transition, the segment expense categories and amounts disclosed in the prior periods should be based on the significant segment expense categories identified and disclosed in the period of adoption. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 in 2024 with little impact as currently, the Company's financial service operations are considered by management to be aggregated in one reportable segment.

 

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The amendments in this ASU require that public business entities on an annual basis (a) disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation and (b) provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold (if the effect of those reconciling items is equal to or greater than 5% of the amount computed by multiplying pretax income or loss by the applicable statutory income tax rate). The amendments in this ASU also require that all entities disclose on an annual basis the amount of income taxes paid (net of refunds

received) disaggregated by federal (national), state, and foreign taxes, and the amount of income taxes paid (net of refunds received) disaggregated by individual jurisdictions in which income taxes paid (net of refunds received) is equal to or greater than 5% of total income taxes paid (net of refunds received). The amendments require that all entities disclose income (or loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense (or benefit) disaggregated between domestic and foreign and income tax expense (or benefit) from continuing operations disaggregated by federal (national), state, and foreign. ASU 2023-09 is effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The amendments should be applied on a prospective basis. Retrospective application is permitted. The impact of ASU 2023-09 is not expected to be material to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-01, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope Application of Profits Interest and Similar Awards. The amendments clarify how an entity determines whether a profits interest or similar award is (i) within scope of Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718) or (ii) not a share-based payment arrangement and therefore within the scope of other guidance. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The impact of ASU 2024-01 is not expected to be material to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03: Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU requires disaggregation of certain expense captions into specified categories in disclosures within the footnotes to the financial statements. This ASU does not change the expense captions an entity presents on the face its income statement. ASU 2024-03 can be applied prospectively, and it is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption and retrospective applications are permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2024-03 on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-03, Business Combinations (Topic 805) and Consolidation (Topic 810): Determining the Accounting Acquirer in the Acquisition of a Variable Interest Entity ("VIE"). The ASU revises the guidance in ASC 805 to clarify that, in determining the accounting acquirer in "a business combination that is effected primarily by exchanging equity interests in which a VIE is acquired," an entity would be required to consider the factors in ASC 805-10-55-12 through 55-15. Previously, the accounting acquirer in such transactions was always the primary beneficiary. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, including interim periods within those fiscal reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an interim or fiscal reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2025-03, but it is not expected to have a material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.