CIVISTA BANCSHARES, INC. 10-Q

Item 1. Legal Proceedings In the ordinary course of their respective businesses, CBI or Civista or their respective 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. In view of the inherent difficulty of predicting the outcome of such matters, the Company cannot state what the eventual outcome of any such matters will be. However, based on current knowledge and after consultation with legal counsel, management believes these proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity of CBI or Civista. Item 1A. Ri sk Factors The following information updates our risk factors and should be read in conjunction with the risk factors disclosed in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of Part I of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. Recent and future bank failures may adversely affect the Company's business, earnings and financial condition. The failure of other U.S. banks can significantly impact the national, regional and local banking industry and the business environment in which the Company operates. The recent bank failures of Silicon Valley Bank in California, Signature Bank in New York, and First Republic Bank in California during the first and second quarters of 2023 have caused a degree of panic and uncertainty in the investor community and among bank customers generally. While the Company does not believe that the circumstances of these three bank failures are indicators of broader issues with the banking system, these and any future bank failures may reduce customer confidence, affect sources of funding and liquidity, increase regulatory requirements and costs, adversely affect financial markets and/or have a negative reputational ramification for the Company and the banking industry as a whole. The Company will continue to monitor the ongoing events concerning these three bank failures, as well as any future potential bank failures and/or volatility within the banking industry in general, together with any responsive measures taken by the banking regulators to mitigate or manage potential turmoil in the banking industry.