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TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 5/9/22, at 2:04pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/22   ·   Accession #:  1380846-22-25   ·   File #:  1-35913

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 5/09/22  TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.   10-Q        3/31/22   96:16M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.93M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 4: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
10: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     89K 
11: R2          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML    143K 
                Financial Condition                                              
12: R3          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     53K 
                Financial Condition (Parenthetical)                              
13: R4          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML    139K 
                Income                                                           
14: R5          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     60K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
15: R6          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     36K 
                Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical)                             
16: R7          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     66K 
                Changes in Shareholders? Equity                                  
17: R8          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML    158K 
                Cash Flows                                                       
18: R9          Basis of Information and Summary of Significant     HTML     93K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
19: R10         Investment Securities                               HTML    256K 
20: R11         Loans and Leases                                    HTML     56K 
21: R12         Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans and Leases     HTML    297K 
22: R13         Deposits                                            HTML     59K 
23: R14         Borrowings                                          HTML     62K 
24: R15         Stock Transactions                                  HTML     57K 
25: R16         Regulatory Capital                                  HTML     91K 
26: R17         Earnings Per Common Share                           HTML     60K 
27: R18         Derivatives and Hedging Activity                    HTML    112K 
28: R19         Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial           HTML    167K 
                Instruments                                                      
29: R20         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     50K 
                (Loss)                                                           
30: R21         Contingent Liabilities                              HTML     32K 
31: R22         Segments                                            HTML     98K 
32: R23         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     29K 
33: R24         Basis of Information and Summary of Significant     HTML    149K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
34: R25         Investment Securities (Tables)                      HTML    349K 
35: R26         Loans and Leases (Tables)                           HTML     52K 
36: R27         Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans and Leases     HTML    291K 
                (Tables)                                                         
37: R28         Deposits (Tables)                                   HTML     58K 
38: R29         Borrowings (Tables)                                 HTML     59K 
39: R30         Stock Transactions (Tables)                         HTML     50K 
40: R31         Regulatory Capital (Tables)                         HTML     85K 
41: R32         Earnings Per Common Share (Tables)                  HTML     93K 
42: R33         Derivatives and Hedging Activity (Tables)           HTML    114K 
43: R34         Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial           HTML    155K 
                Instruments (Tables)                                             
44: R35         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     49K 
                (Loss) (Tables)                                                  
45: R36         Segments (Tables)                                   HTML     94K 
46: R37         BASIS OF INFORMATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT     HTML     60K 
                ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Narrative (Details)                        
47: R38         INVESTMENT SECURITIES - Investment Types (Details)  HTML     96K 
48: R39         INVESTMENT SECURITIES - Narrative (Details)         HTML     48K 
49: R40         INVESTMENT SECURITIES - Interest Income on          HTML     35K 
                Investment Securities (Details)                                  
50: R41         INVESTMENT SECURITIES - Contractual Maturities      HTML     84K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R42         INVESTMENT SECURITIES - Gains and Losses on Sales   HTML     53K 
                and Calls of Investment Securities (Details)                     
52: R43         INVESTMENT SECURITIES - Debt Securities,            HTML     55K 
                Held-to-maturity, Allowance for Credit Loss                      
                (Details)                                                        
53: R44         INVESTMENT SECURITIES - Unrealized Losses           HTML     80K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R45         INVESTMENT SECURITIES - Credit Quality Indicator    HTML     83K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R46         LOANS AND LEASES - Loans Receivable by Class        HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R47         LOANS AND LEASES - Narrative (Details)              HTML     40K 
57: R48         ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES ON LOANS AND LEASES -   HTML     69K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
58: R49         ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES ON LOANS AND LEASES -   HTML    119K 
                Credit Quality Indicator (Details)                               
59: R50         ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES ON LOANS AND LEASES -   HTML     48K 
                Changes in Allowance (Details)                                   
60: R51         ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES ON LOANS AND LEASES -   HTML     65K 
                Analysis of Past Due Loans (Details)                             
61: R52         ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES ON LOANS AND LEASES -   HTML     84K 
                Impaired Loans (Details)                                         
62: R53         ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES ON LOANS AND LEASES -   HTML     57K 
                Allowance (Details)                                              
63: R54         ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES ON LOANS AND LEASES-    HTML     35K 
                Troubled Debt Restructuring (Details)                            
64: R55         ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES ON LOANS AND LEASES -   HTML     41K 
                Modifications (Details)                                          
65: R56         DEPOSITS - Schedule of Deposits by Type (Details)   HTML     61K 
66: R57         DEPOSITS - Narrative (Details)                      HTML     33K 
67: R58         DEPOSITS - Contractual Maturities of Time Deposits  HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R59         DEPOSITS - Interest Expense on Deposits by Type     HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R60         BORROWINGS - Schedule of Borrowings (Details)       HTML     65K 
70: R61         BORROWINGS - Narrative (Details)                    HTML     83K 
71: R62         BORROWINGS - Interest Expense on Borrowings by      HTML     35K 
                Type (Details)                                                   
72: R63         STOCK TRANSACTIONS - Narrative (Details)            HTML     48K 
73: R64         STOCK TRANSACTIONS - Shares Outstanding Activity    HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R65         REGULATORY CAPITAL - Narrative (Details)            HTML     28K 
75: R66         REGULATORY CAPITAL - Regulatory Capital             HTML    101K 
                Requirements (Details)                                           
76: R67         EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE - Schedule of Earnings    HTML     94K 
                Per Common Share (Details)                                       
77: R68         EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE - Anti-Dilutive Shares    HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R69         DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITY - Financial        HTML     45K 
                Position, Fair Value (Details)                                   
79: R70         DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITY - Offsetting of    HTML     45K 
                Derivative Assets (Details)                                      
80: R71         DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITY - Offsetting of    HTML     44K 
                Derivative Liabilities (Details)                                 
81: R72         DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITY - Interest Rate    HTML     52K 
                Derivative Transactions (Details)                                
82: R73         DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITY - Gain (Loss) in   HTML     40K 
                Statement of Financial Performance (Details)                     
83: R74         DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITY - Narrative        HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R75         DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL           HTML    107K 
                INSTRUMENTS - Assets and Liabilities Measured on                 
                Recurring Basis (Details)                                        
85: R76         DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL           HTML     43K 
                INSTRUMENTS - Fair Value Measurements,                           
                Nonrecurring (Details)                                           
86: R77         DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL           HTML     28K 
                INSTRUMENTS - Narrative (Details)                                
87: R78         DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL           HTML     42K 
                INSTRUMENTS - Fair Value Inputs, Assets,                         
                Quantitative Information (Details)                               
88: R79         DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL           HTML     80K 
                INSTRUMENTS - Financial Assets and Liabilities                   
                (Details)                                                        
89: R80         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   HTML     55K 
                (Loss) (Details)                                                 
90: R81         SEGMENTS - Schedule of Segment Reporting            HTML    122K 
                Information (Details)                                            
91: R82         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     45K 
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