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Texas Capital Bancshares Inc./TX – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Wednesday, 2/9/22, at 5:09pm ET · For: 12/31/21 · Accession #: 1077428-22-12 · File #: 1-34657

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/09/22  Texas Capital Bancshares Inc./TX  10-K       12/31/21  128:21M

Annual Report — Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.42M 
 2: EX-10.12    Material Contract                                   HTML    103K 
 3: EX-10.13    Material Contract                                   HTML    103K 
 4: EX-10.14    Material Contract                                   HTML     41K 
 5: EX-10.15    Material Contract                                   HTML     40K 
 6: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     32K 
 7: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     34K 
 8: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     38K 
 9: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     37K 
10: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
11: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
17: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML    104K 
18: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     39K 
19: R3          Related Party Transactions                          HTML     37K 
20: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    129K 
21: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     53K 
22: R6          Consolidated Statements of Income and Other         HTML    167K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
23: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML    103K 
24: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    133K 
25: R9          Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting    HTML    142K 
                Policies                                                         
26: R10         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     54K 
27: R11         Investment Securities                               HTML    189K 
28: R12         Loans Held for Investment and Allowance for Loan    HTML    458K 
                Losses                                                           
29: R13         Certain Transfers of Financial Assets               HTML     82K 
30: R14         Leases                                              HTML     92K 
31: R15         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     55K 
32: R16         Premises and Equipment                              HTML     44K 
33: R17         Deposits                                            HTML     51K 
34: R18         Short-Term and Other Borrowings                     HTML     75K 
35: R19         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     51K 
36: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML    110K 
37: R21         Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk   HTML     46K 
38: R22         Regulatory Restrictions                             HTML    101K 
39: R23         Stock-Based Compensation and Employee Benefits      HTML     97K 
40: R24         Fair Value Disclosures                              HTML    133K 
41: R25         Parent Company Only                                 HTML    118K 
42: R26         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     88K 
43: R27         Material Transactions Affecting Stockholders'       HTML     41K 
                Equity                                                           
44: R28         Quarterly Financial Data                            HTML    103K 
45: R29         New Accounting Standards                            HTML     47K 
46: R30         Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting    HTML    200K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
47: R31         Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting    HTML     60K 
                Policies (Tables)                                                
48: R32         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     54K 
49: R33         Investment Securities (Tables)                      HTML    193K 
50: R34         Loans Held for Investment and Allowance for Loan    HTML    466K 
                Losses (Tables)                                                  
51: R35         Certain Transfers of Financial Assets (Tables)      HTML     78K 
52: R36         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     98K 
53: R37         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     57K 
54: R38         Premises and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     43K 
55: R39         Deposits (Tables)                                   HTML     51K 
56: R40         Short-Term and Other Borrowings (Tables)            HTML     72K 
57: R41         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     49K 
58: R42         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    111K 
59: R43         Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk   HTML     46K 
                (Tables)                                                         
60: R44         Regulatory Restrictions (Tables)                    HTML     91K 
61: R45         Stock-Based Compensation and Employee Benefits      HTML     95K 
                (Tables)                                                         
62: R46         Fair Value Disclosures (Tables)                     HTML    133K 
63: R47         Parent Company Only (Tables)                        HTML    121K 
64: R48         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML     89K 
65: R49         Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)                   HTML    103K 
66: R50         Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting    HTML     66K 
                Policies - Revision of Prior Period Financial                    
                Statements, Balance Sheet (Details)                              
67: R51         Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting    HTML     41K 
                Policies - Additional Information (Details)                      
68: R52         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     82K 
69: R53         Investment Securities - Summary of                  HTML     61K 
                Available-for-Sale Debt Securities (Details)                     
70: R54         Investment Securities - Schedule of Amortized Cost  HTML    110K 
                and Estimated Fair Value of Securities (Details)                 
71: R55         Investment Securities - Narrative (Details)         HTML     51K 
72: R56         Investment Securities - Schedule of                 HTML     63K 
                Available-for-Sale Debt Securities in a Continuous               
                Unrealized Loss Position (Details)                               
73: R57         Investment Securities - Summary of Unrealized and   HTML     40K 
                Realized Gains/(Losses) Recognized in Net Income                 
                on Equity Securities (Details)                                   
74: R58         Loans Held for Investment and Allowance for Loan    HTML     61K 
                Losses - Loans Held for Investment by Portfolio                  
                Segment (Details)                                                
75: R59         Loans Held for Investment and Allowance for Loan    HTML    206K 
                Losses - Loans by Investment Grade (Details)                     
76: R60         Loans Held for Investment and Allowance for Loan    HTML     71K 
                Losses - Allowance Activity (Details)                            
77: R61         Loans Held for Investment and Allowance for Loan    HTML     56K 
                Losses - Additional Information (Details)                        
78: R62         Loans Held for Investment and Allowance for Loan    HTML    123K 
                Losses - Age Analysis (Details)                                  
79: R63         Loans Held for Investment and Allowance for Loan    HTML     52K 
                Losses - Details of Recorded Investment (Details)                
80: R64         Certain Transfers of Financial Assets (Details)     HTML     52K 
81: R65         Certain Transfers of Financial Assets - Narrative   HTML     61K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R66         Certain Transfers of Financial Assets - Schedule    HTML     59K 
                of Mortgage Servicing Rights Activity (Details)                  
83: R67         Certain Transfers of Financial Assets - Schedule    HTML     42K 
                of Fair Value Assumption Used to Value Mortgage                  
                Servicing Rights Retained (Details)                              
84: R68         Certain Transfers of Financial Assets - Schedule    HTML     37K 
                of Sensitivity Analysis of Fair Value,                           
                Transferor's Interests in Transferred Financial                  
                Assets (Details)                                                 
85: R69         Leases - ROU Assets and Lease Liabilities           HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R70         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     47K 
87: R71         Leases - Net lease cost (Details)                   HTML     63K 
88: R72         Leases - Other information (Details)                HTML     43K 
89: R73         Leases - Maturity of remaining lease liabilities    HTML     89K 
                (Details)                                                        
90: R74         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Schedule of  HTML     57K 
                Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)                   
91: R75         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Schedule of  HTML     49K 
                Estimated Aggregate Future Amortization Expense                  
                for Intangible Assets (Details)                                  
92: R76         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Narrative    HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R77         Premises and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     50K 
94: R78         Deposits - Schedule of Deposits (Details)           HTML     47K 
95: R79         Deposits - Schedule of Maturities of                HTML     46K 
                Interest-Bearing Time Deposits (Details)                         
96: R80         Deposits - Narrative (Details)                      HTML     35K 
97: R81         Short-Term and Other Borrowings - Summary of        HTML     53K 
                Borrowings (Details)                                             
98: R82         Short-Term and Other Borrowings - Summary of Other  HTML     50K 
                Borrowing Capacities (Details)                                   
99: R83         Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML     67K 
100: R84         Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Details of the Trust   HTML     67K  
                Preferred Subordinated Debentures (Details)                      
101: R85         Income Taxes - Income Tax Expense (Benefit)         HTML     65K  
                (Details)                                                        
102: R86         Income Taxes - Effective Income Tax Reconciliation  HTML     80K  
                (Details)                                                        
103: R87         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     41K  
104: R88         Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Asset (Details)         HTML     75K  
105: R89         Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk   HTML     47K  
                (Details)                                                        
106: R90         Regulated Operations - Narrative (Details)          HTML     52K  
107: R91         Regulatory Restrictions - Schedule of Compliance    HTML    108K  
                With Regulatory Capital Requirements (Details)                   
108: R92         Stock-Based Compensation and Employee Benefits -    HTML     83K  
                Narrative (Details)                                              
109: R93         Stock-Based Compensation and Employee Benefits -    HTML     71K  
                Schedule of Stock Appreciation Rights Activity                   
                (Details)                                                        
110: R94         Stock-Based Compensation and Employee Benefits -    HTML     67K  
                Summary of Status and Changes in Nonvested                       
                Restricted Stock Units (Details)                                 
111: R95         Fair Value Disclosures - Schedule of Assets and     HTML     90K  
                Liabilities Measured At Fair Value (Details)                     
112: R96         Fair Value Disclosures - Level 3 Fair Value Assets  HTML     54K  
                Measured on a Recurring Basis (Details)                          
113: R97         Fair Value Disclosures - Narrative (Details)        HTML     71K  
114: R98         Fair Value Disclosures - Summary of the Carrying    HTML     75K  
                Amounts and Estimated Fair Values of Financial                   
                Instruments (Details)                                            
115: R99         Parent Company Only - Balance Sheet (Details)       HTML    105K  
116: R100        Parent Company Only - Statement of Earnings         HTML    108K  
                (Details)                                                        
117: R101        Parent Company Only - Statement of Cash Flows       HTML    108K  
                (Details)                                                        
118: R102        Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     35K  
119: R103        Derivative Financial Instruments - Schedule of      HTML     87K  
                Derivative Instruments (Details)                                 
120: R104        Derivative Financial Instruments Derivative         HTML     46K  
                Financial Instruments - Schedule of Weighted                     
                Average Interest Rate Received and Paid (Details)                
121: R105        Derivative Financial Instruments Derivative         HTML     59K  
                Financial Instruments - Narrative (Details)                      
122: R106        Material Transactions Affecting Stockholders'       HTML     54K  
                Equity (Details)                                                 
123: R107        Quarterly Financial Data (Details)                  HTML    101K  
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Texas Capital Bancshares Inc./TX – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Wednesday, 2/9/22, at 5:09pm ET · For: 12/31/21 · Accession #: 1077428-22-12 · File #: 1-34657

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