TRICO BANCSHARES / 10-Q

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk Based on the changes in interest rates occurring subsequent to December 31, 2021, the following update of the Company’s assessment of market risk as of June 30, 2022 is being provided. These updates and changes should be read in conjunction with the additional quantitative and qualitative disclosures in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. During the quarter ended June 30, 2022, market interest rates (including many rates that serve as reference indices for variable rate loans) increased, and experienced a significant amount of volatility. This is providing a moderate lift to the loan portfolio's yield, driven by new loan originations and the approximately $875,000,000 in variable floating rate loans outstanding tied to the Wall Street Prime index. However, market competition stemming from loan to deposit ratios being at historic lows remains elevated, and approximately $2.51 billion in variable rate loans outstanding are generally tied to the 5-year US Treasury rate and subject to reprice quarterly, subsequent to the expiration of a fixed rate period of three months to five years from origination. As of June 30, 2022, the Company's loan portfolio consisted of approximately $6.1 billion in outstanding principal with a weighted average coupon rate of 4.39%, inclusive of the PPP program loans. Excluding PPP loans, the Company's loan portfolio has approximately $6.09 billion outstanding with a weighted average coupon rate of 4.40% as of June 30, 2022. Management funds the acquisition of nearly all of its earning assets through its core deposit gathering activities. As of June 30, 2022, non-interest bearing deposits increased by approximately $21,000,000 from the trailing quarter end, and represented 41.2% of total deposits. Further, during the quarter ended June 30, 2022, the cost of interest bearing deposits were 0.05% and the cost of total deposits were 0.04%. With the intent of maximizing net interest income and maintaining healthy credit quality, management intends to continue to carefully deploy any excess liquidity and migrate certain earning assets into higher yielding categories, when available (shifting proceeds from investment security prepayment or maturity into loans, for example). 63 Table of Contents As of June 30, 2022 the overnight Federal funds rate, the rate primarily used in these interest rate shock scenarios, was 1.58%. Based on the historical nature of these rates in the United States not falling below zero, management believes that a shock scenario that reduces interest rates below zero would not provide meaningful results and therefore, have not been modeled. These scenarios assume that 1) interest rates increase or decrease evenly (in a “ramp” fashion) over a twelve-month period and remain at the new levels beyond twelve months or 2) that interest rates change instantaneously (“shock”). The simulation results shown below assume no changes in the structure of the Company’s balance sheet over the twelve months being measured. The following table summarizes the estimated effect on net interest income and market value of equity to changing interest rates as measured against a flat rate (no interest rate change) instantaneous parallel shock scenario over a twelve month period utilizing a interest sensitivity (GAP) analysis based on the Company's specific mix of interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities as of June 30, 2022. Interest Rate Risk Simulations: Change in Interest Rates (Basis Points) Estimated Change in Net Interest Income (NII) (as % of NII) Estimated Change in Market Value of Equity (MVE) (as % of MVE) +200 (shock) 1.0 % 1.4 % +100 (shock) 0.7 % 1.8 % + 0 (flat) — — -100 (shock) (6.0) % (9.9) % -200 (shock) nm nm Basic assumptions include prepayment speeds on mortgage-related assets, cash flows and maturities of other investment securities, loan and deposit volumes and pricing. These assumptions are inherently subjective and may not be realized and, as a result, actual results will differ from our projections. More specifically, non-maturity deposit assumptions include savings accounts that reprice in the third month of the time horizon while all other non-maturity deposits are scheduled to reprice in the sixtieth month. In addition, variances in the timing, magnitude and frequency of interest rate changes, overall market conditions including volumes and pricing, and changes in management strategies, among other factors, will also result in variances between the projected and actual results. These projections are based on the current interest rate environment and a static balance sheet mix of earning assets and interest sensitive liabilities. While market interest rates have been volatile in recent months, the impact of those changes on the Company's mix of assets and liabilities may not correlate directly to changes in the Company's net interest income or market value of equity. In addition, the Company's ability to reprice deposit costs downward in a falling interest rate scenario is generally constrained under the assumption that negative deposit rates will not be introduced.