10-K: Civista Bancshares Reports Solid Financial Position in 2024 Annual Filing

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Annual Results 10 March 2025 9:03 AM

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Civista Bancshares' 2024 10-K filing reveals a strong financial position with increased assets and compliance with regulatory capital requirements, despite a slight decrease in net income.

Capital raiseWe may elect or need to raise additional capital in the future, but capital may not be available when it is needed.Our ability to raise additional capital, if needed, will depend on conditions in the capital markets, economic conditions and a number of other factors, many of which are outside our control, and are based on our financial performance.

Worse than expectedNet income decreased from $42,964 in 2023 to $31,683 in 2024.Net interest income decreased by 7.0% to $116,710 in 2024.

Summary

Civista Bancshares, Inc. (CBI) reported total consolidated assets of $4,098,469 at December 31, 2024.
Net loans increased by 7.7% to $3,041,561, while securities available for sale increased by 4.8% to $648,067.
The company's net income for 2024 was $31,683, a decrease from $42,964 in 2023.
Net interest income decreased by 7.0% to $116,710 in 2024.
The allowance for credit losses to total loans was 1.29% at December 31, 2024.
Deposits increased by 7.6% to $3,211,870 at the end of 2024.
The company remains in compliance with all regulatory capital requirements.
Both CBI and Civista were in compliance with all regulatory capital requirements to which they are subject at December 31, 2024.

Sentiment

Score: 6

Explanation: The document presents a mixed sentiment. While the company shows growth in assets and deposits, there's a decline in net income and net interest income. The document also highlights several risks and challenges, balancing the positive aspects.

Positives

The company's capital position significantly exceeds all regulatory capital guidelines.
The company maintains significant sources of both onand off-balance sheet liquidity.
The company's strategy focuses on providing high-quality, personal service to customers.
The company emphasizes relationship banking by maintaining and growing customer contacts with personal interaction.
The company strives to operate more efficiently by incorporating technology into client offerings.
The company has implemented a clawback policy for incentive compensation payments.

Negatives

Net income decreased from $42,964 in 2023 to $31,683 in 2024.
Net interest income decreased by 7.0% to $116,710 in 2024.
Noninterest expense increased by 4.6% to $112,520 in 2024.
The company is subject to extensive supervision and regulation by federal and state agencies.

Risks

Changes in economic and political conditions could adversely affect earnings.
The company is subject to liquidity risk.
Adverse changes in the real estate market could cause increases in delinquencies and non-performing assets.
Changes in interest rates could have a material adverse effect on net interest income.
The company is exposed to operational risk, including cybersecurity risk.
Unauthorized disclosure of sensitive client information or breaches in security of systems could severely harm the business.
Strong competition within the market area may reduce the ability to attract and retain deposits and originate loans.
The allowance for credit losses may prove to be insufficient to absorb potential losses in the loan portfolio.
The small to medium sized businesses that the company lends to may have fewer resources to weather adverse business conditions.
The company relies heavily on its management team, and the unexpected loss of key management may adversely affect operations.
Acquisitions or other expansion may adversely affect the financial condition and result of operations.
Legislative or regulatory changes or actions could adversely impact the business.
The market price of common shares may be subject to fluctuations and volatility.
Climate change, severe weather, natural disasters, acts of war or terrorism and other external events could significantly impact the business.

Future Outlook

The company plans to continue to focus on growing its core deposit base, leverage its residential mortgage banking infrastructure, improve operating efficiency, and maintain robust capital and liquidity levels.

Management Comments

The Companys management uses various measures to monitor interest rate risk and believes it has implemented effective asset and liability management strategies to reduce the potential adverse effects of changes in interest rates on the Companys financial condition and results of operations.
Management believes it has taken appropriate positions with respect to all tax returns and does not anticipate that any examination would have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.
Management believes that the analysis of the allowance for credit losses supported a reserve of $39,669 at December 31, 2024.

Industry Context

The banking business is highly competitive, with competition coming from numerous financial institutions, including large regional financial institutions, community banks, thrifts, and credit unions. Nontraditional sources of competition include captive auto finance companies, mortgage banking companies, internet banks, brokerage companies, insurance companies, and direct mutual funds.

Comparison to Industry Standards

The document does not provide specific comparisons to industry standards or benchmarks.
However, it mentions competition from various types of financial institutions, suggesting that Civista operates in a competitive environment where it must offer competitive rates and services.
The document also notes that certain competitors offer a broader range of products and services due to their size and resources, implying that Civista may need to adapt to stay competitive.

Legal Proceedings

In the ordinary course of their respective businesses, the Company or its properties may be named or otherwise subject as a plaintiff, defendant or other party to various pending and threatened legal proceedings and various actual and potential claims.

Stakeholder Impact

The regulation of financial holding companies and their subsidiaries is intended primarily for the protection of consumers, depositors, borrowers, the Deposit Insurance Fund (the DIF) and the banking system as a whole, and not for the protection of shareholders.

Next Steps

The Company is currently evaluating the final rule and its potential impact on the Company's CRA activities and operations.
The Company expects this trend of state-level activity in those areas to continue, and is continually monitoring developments in the states in which our customers are located.
We continue to assess the risks and threats in the cyber environment, invest in enhancements to our cybersecurity capabilities, and engage in industry and government forums to promote advancements in our cybersecurity collaboration and capabilities.

Key Dates

Date	Description
1884	Civista Bank opened for business as The Citizens National Bank.
February 19, 1987	CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC. (CBI) was organized under the laws of the State of Ohio.
1999	CBI is a registered financial holding company under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, as amended (the GLBA).
March 2000	CBI became a financial holding company.
December 26, 2017	CIVB RISK MANAGEMENT, INC. (CRMI) was formed and began operations.
May 25, 2018	The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (the Regulatory Relief Act) was enacted.
January 1, 2020	The federal banking agencies issued a final rule, effective January 1, 2020, that gave community banks the option to calculate a simple leverage ratio to measure capital adequacy.
March 26, 2020	The Federal Reserve Board reduced reserve requirement ratios to 0% effective on March 26, 2020, to support lending to households and businesses.
August 26, 2020	The federal banking agencies adopted a final rule that temporarily lowered the CBLR threshold and provided a gradual transition back to the prior level.
October 1, 2020	This final rule became effective on October 1, 2020.
January 2021	The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (the AMLA), which amends the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (the BSA), was enacted.
May 2022	The OCC, the Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC issued a final rule which became effective in May 2022, requiring banking organizations that experience a computer-security incident to notify certain entities.
March 2022	The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act, enacted in March 2022, will require, once administrative rules are adopted, certain covered entities, including those in the financial services industry, to report a covered cyber incident to the U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within 72 hours after it reasonably believes an incident has occurred.
July 1, 2022	CBI completed the acquisition by merger of Comunibanc Corp.
October 1, 2022	CBI and Civista completed the acquisition by Civista of all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of VFG.
January 1, 2023	The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 effective January 1, 2023 and, upon adoption, recognized a one-time cumulative effect adjustment (increase) to the retained earnings upon adoption in the first quarter of 2023 of $6,069.
July 2023	As of July 2023, all promissory notes and swap contracts were transitioned to SOFR.
August 31, 2023	VFG was merged with and into Civista, and CLF is now operated as a full-service general equipment leasing and financing division of Civista.
October 24, 2023	The federal banking agencies, including the Federal Reserve Board, issued a final rule designed to strengthen and modernize the regulations implementing the CRA.
November 2023	The FDIC issued a final rule to implement a special assessment to recover losses to the DIF incurred as a result of bank failures earlier that year.
July 26, 2023	The SEC adopted final rules that require public companies to promptly disclose material cybersecurity incidents in a Current Report on Form 8-K and detailed information regarding their cybersecurity risk management, strategy, and governance on an annual basis in an Annual Report on Form 10-K.
October 2024	The CFPB issued a final rule that requires a provider of payment accounts or products, such as a bank, to make data available to consumers, free upon request, regarding the products or services they obtain from the provider.
October 2024	In the FDIC's most recent semiannual update for the Amended Restoration Plan in October 2024, the FDIC noted the reserve ratio increased 6 basis points from 1.15% as of December 31, 2023 to 1.21% as of June 30, 2024.
April 15, 2025	Portions of the registrants Proxy Statement for the registrants 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 15, 2025 (the 2025 Proxy Statement) are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

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