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Note 14 - Regulatory Matters

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Note 14 - Regulatory Matters
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements  
Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Text Block]

NOTE 14.         REGULATORY MATTERS

 

The Bank is subject to dividend restrictions set forth in the Alabama Banking Code and by the Alabama State Banking Department. Under such restrictions, the Bank may not, without the prior approval of the Alabama State Banking Department, declare dividends in excess of the sum of the current year’s earnings plus the retained earnings from the prior two years. Based on these restrictions, the Bank would be limited to paying $573.9 million in dividends as of December 31, 2023.

 

The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the state and federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possible additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Bank and the financial statements. Under regulatory capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines involving quantitative measures of the Bank’s assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Bank’s capital amounts and classification under the prompt corrective guidelines are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors.

 

Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the table below) of common equity Tier 1 capital, total risk-based capital and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets (as defined in the regulations), and Tier 1 capital to adjusted total assets (as defined). Management believes, as of December 31, 2023, that the Bank meets all capital adequacy requirements to which it is subject.

 

As of December 31, 2023, the most recent notification from the FDIC categorized ServisFirst Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. To remain categorized as well capitalized, the Bank will have to maintain minimum CET1, total risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based, and Tier 1 leverage ratios as disclosed in the table below. Management believes that it is well capitalized under the prompt corrective action provisions as of December 31, 2023.

 

The Company’s and Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following table:

 

   

Actual

   

For Capital Adequacy Purposes

   

To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions

 
   

Amount

   

Ratio

   

Amount

   

Ratio

   

Amount

   

Ratio

 

As of December 31, 2023:

                                               

CET I Capital to Risk Weighted Assets:

                                               

Consolidated

  $ 1,473,885       10.91 %   $ 607,690       4.50 %     N/A       N/A  

ServisFirst Bank

    1,535,757       11.37 %     607,665       4.50 %   $ 877,738       6.50 %

Tier I Capital to Risk Weighted Assets:

                                               

Consolidated

    1,474,385       10.92 %     810,253       6.00 %     N/A       N/A  

ServisFirst Bank

    1,536,257       11.38 %     810,220       6.00 %     1,080,293       8.00 %

Total Capital to Risk Weighted Assets:

                                               

Consolidated

    1,681,028       12.45 %     1,080,338       8.00 %     N/A       N/A  

ServisFirst Bank

    1,690,149       12.52 %     1,080,293       8.00 %     1,350,366       10.00 %

Tier I Capital to Average Assets:

                                               

Consolidated

    1,474,385       9.12 %     646,710       4.00 %     N/A       N/A  

ServisFirst Bank

    1,536,257       9.50 %     646,675       4.00 %     808,343       5.00 %
                                                 

As of December 31, 2022:

                                               

CET I Capital to Risk Weighted Assets:

                                               

Consolidated

  $ 1,326,035       9.55 %   $ 624,986       4.50 %     N/A       N/A  

ServisFirst Bank

    1,385,697       9.98 %     624,942       4.50 %   $ 902,694       6.50 %

Tier I Capital to Risk Weighted Assets:

                                               

Consolidated

    1,326,535       9.95 %     833,315       6.00 %     N/A       N/A  

ServisFirst Bank

    1,386,197       9.98 %     833,256       6.00 %     1,111,008       8.00 %

Total Capital to Risk Weighted Assets:

                                               

Consolidated

    1,532,134       11.03 %     1,111,086       8.00 %     N/A       N/A  

ServisFirst Bank

    1,533,069       11.04 %     1,111,008       8.00 %     1,388,760       10.00 %

Tier I Capital to Average Assets:

                                               

Consolidated

    1,326,535       9.29 %     570,960       4.00 %     N/A       N/A  

ServisFirst Bank

    1,386,197       9.71 %     570,924       4.00 %     713,656       5.00 %