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4Q23 Earnings Investor Presentation
4Q23 Earnings Review
Net Interest
Income
Noninterest
Income
Noninterest
Expense
Provision
Taxes
Earnings
¹ Non-GAAP, see Appendix
▪ The primary factor contributing to the quarter's NIM compression was increased funding costs on interest-bearing
deposits (29 bps decrease), offset partially by higher new volume rates & repricing rates (15 bps increase) and
reduced borrowing costs (6 bps increase)
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Noninterest income (ex-securities gains/losses)¹ of $31 million in 4Q23, representing 29% of revenue
▪ Wealth management fees of $13.7 million in 4Q23, a decrease from $14.2 million in 3Q23 but +6% YoY
Payment tech solutions revenue of $5.4 million in 4Q23, an increase from $5.2 million in 3Q23 and +8% YoY
Fees for customer services of $7.5 million in 4Q23, flat from $7.5 million in 3Q23 and +7% YoY
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Net interest income was $77.1 million in 4Q23 vs. $77.8 million in 3Q23 and $91.1 million in 4Q22
Net interest margin¹ was 2.74% in 4Q23, a decrease of 6 bps vs. 2.80% in 3Q23. Net interest margin did stabilize
in Dec. 2023
▪ Adjusted core expense¹ of $65.2 million (ex-amortization of intangible assets, one-time items, unfunded
commitment provision, and NMTC amortization) in 4Q23, equating to 60.1% adjusted core efficiency ratio¹
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▪ $0.5 million loan loss provision expense
▪ $0.8 million provision for unfunded commitments (captured in other noninterest expense)
Net charge offs of $0.4 million in 4Q23
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Adjusted noninterest expense¹ (ex-amortization of intangibles, one-time acquisition and restructuring related
items) of $68.3 million in 4Q23, resulting in a 63.0% adjusted efficiency ratio ¹
4Q23 earnings were negatively impacted by an increase to income tax expense as a result of adjusting our
annual tax provision
4Q23 effective tax rate increased to 22.5% compared to 18.2% in 3Q23 (20.4% for full year 2023 vs. combined
federal and state statutory rate of approximately 28.0%)
Adjusted net income of $29.1 million or $0.52 per diluted share¹ ($0.51 ex-securities gains)
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Adjusted pre-provision net revenue of $40.2 million (1.30% PPNR ROAA) in 4Q23 ¹
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0.94% Adjusted ROAA and 13.64% Adjusted ROATCE in 4Q23 ¹
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