10-Q - BFC - Equibles

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

Commission file number: 001-38676

BANK FIRST CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


WISCONSIN		39-1435359
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

402 North 8^th^ Street, Manitowoc, Wisconsin		54220
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(920) 652-3100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ⌧ No ◻

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ⌧ No ◻

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ⌧	Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐	Smaller reporting company ☐
	Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)		Name on each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value 0.01 per share	BFC		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

All values are in US Dollars.

The number of shares of the issuer’s common stock, par value $0.01, outstanding as of May 11, 2026 was 11,163,169 shares.

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		Page Number
Part I. Financial Information		3
ITEM 1.	Financial Statements	3
	Consolidated Balance Sheets – March 31, 2026 (unaudited) and December 31, 2025	3
	Consolidated Statements of Income – Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 (unaudited)	4
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 (unaudited)	5
	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity – Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 (unaudited)	6
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows –Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 (unaudited)	7
	Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements	9
ITEM 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	29
ITEM 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	52
ITEM 4.	Controls and Procedures	54
Part II. Other Information		54
ITEM 1.	Legal Proceedings	54
ITEM 1A.	Risk Factors	54
ITEM 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	55
ITEM 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	55
ITEM 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	55
ITEM 5.	Other Information	55
ITEM 6.	Exhibits	56
Signatures		57

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

BANK FIRST CORPORATION

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share and per share data)



	March 31, 2026			December 31, 2025

Assets
Cash and due from banks	$	64,419		$	55,345
Interest-bearing deposits		334,219			187,862
Cash and cash equivalents		398,638			243,207
Securities held to maturity, at amortized cost ($117,590 and $105,146 fair value at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively)		117,929			103,726
Securities available for sale, at fair value ($496,205 and $171,796 amortized cost at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively)		483,235			164,422
Loans held for sale		9,751			6,243
Loans		4,515,626			3,604,651
Allowance for credit losses - loans ("ACL-Loans")		(57,067)			(44,374)
Loans, net		4,458,559			3,560,277
Premises and equipment, net		93,140			79,217
Goodwill		246,370			175,106
Other investments		30,674			23,613
Cash value of life insurance		97,275			61,085
Core deposit intangibles, net		45,538			16,200
Mortgage servicing rights ("MSR")		17,484			13,650
Other real estate owned (“OREO”)		3,190			—
Investment in Ansay and Associates, LLC ("Ansay")		35,728			35,444
Other assets		31,502			23,905
TOTAL ASSETS	$	6,069,013		$	4,506,095
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Liabilities:
Deposits:
Interest-bearing deposits	$	3,589,919		$	2,692,711
Noninterest-bearing deposits		1,496,897			1,003,076
Total deposits		5,086,816			3,695,787
Notes payable		99,992			109,966
Subordinated notes		16,603			12,000
Junior subordinated debenture		8,250			—
Other liabilities		37,499			44,506
Total liabilities		5,249,160			3,862,259
Stockholders’ equity:
Serial preferred stock - $0.01 par value
Authorized - 5,000,000 shares		—			—
Common stock - $0.01 par value
Authorized - 20,000,000 shares
Issued - 12,898,070 and 11,515,130 shares as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively
Outstanding - 11,222,442 and 9,834,623 shares as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively		129			115
Additional paid-in capital		500,627			333,836
Retained earnings		431,374			416,997
Treasury stock, at cost - 1,675,628 and 1,680,507 shares as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively		(102,832)			(102,088)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(9,445)			(5,024)
Total stockholders’ equity		819,853			643,836
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$	6,069,013		$	4,506,095

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ITEM 1. Financial Statements Continued:

BANK FIRST CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Income

(In thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited)


		Three months ended March 31,
		2026		2025

Interest income:
Loans, including fees		$	64,573	$	49,232
Securities:
Taxable			6,139		3,013
Tax-exempt			277		240
Other			2,616		2,563
Total interest income			73,605		55,048
Interest expense:
Deposits			20,049		16,852
Borrowed funds			340		1,659
Total interest expense			20,389		18,511
Net interest income			53,216		36,537
Provision for credit losses			—		400
Net interest income after provision for credit losses			53,216		36,137
Noninterest income:
Service charges			4,690		2,011
Income from Ansay			975		1,181
Loan servicing income			955		732
Valuation adjustment on MSR			81		175
Net gain on sales of mortgage loans			1,076		334
Trust and wealth management			1,575		17
Other			1,180		2,138
Total noninterest income			10,532		6,588
Noninterest expense:
Salaries, commissions, and employee benefits			21,789		10,985
Occupancy			2,556		1,591
Data processing			3,410		2,444
Postage, stationery, and supplies			439		240
Net gain on sales and valuations of OREO			(191)		—
Net loss on sale of securities			31		—
Advertising			83		65
Charitable contributions			240		476
Federal deposit insurance			716		630
Outside service fees			2,400		788
Amortization of intangibles			2,572		1,298
Other			5,011		2,087
Total noninterest expense			39,056		20,604
Income before provision for income taxes			24,692		22,121
Provision for income taxes			4,704		3,880
Net Income		$	19,988	$	18,241
Earnings per share - basic		$	1.78	$	1.82
Earnings per share - diluted		$	1.78	$	1.82

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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ITEM 1. Financial Statements Continued:

BANK FIRST CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(In thousands) (Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2026		2025

Net Income	$	19,988	$	18,241
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gains (losses) on available for sale securities:
Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during period		(5,627)		943
Reclassification adjustment for losses included in net income		31		—
Income tax (expense) benefit		1,175		(196)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		(4,421)		747
Comprehensive income	$	15,567	$	18,988

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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ITEM 1. Financial Statements Continued:

BANK FIRST CORPORATION

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity

(In thousands, except share and per share data) (Unaudited)


											Accumulated
	Serial				Additional						Other		Total
	Preferred		Common		Paid-in		Retained		Treasury		Comprehensive		Stockholders'
	Stock		Stock		Capital		Earnings		Stock		Income (loss)		Equity

Balance at January 1, 2025	$	—	$	115	$	333,842	$	398,002	$	(82,925)	$	(9,351)	$	639,683
Net income		—		—		—		18,241		—		—		18,241
Other comprehensive income		—		—		—		—		—		747		747
Purchase of treasury stock		—		—		—		—		(6,381)		—		(6,381)
Sale of treasury stock		—		—		—		—		64		—		64
Cash dividends ($0.45 per share)		—		—		—		(4,491)		—		—		(4,491)
Amortization of stock-based compensation		—		—		551		—		—		—		551
Vesting of restricted stock awards		—		—		(2,143)		—		2,143		—		—

Balance at March 31, 2025	$	—	$	115	$	332,250	$	411,752	$	(87,099)	$	(8,604)	$	648,414

Balance at January 1, 2026	$	—	$	115	$	333,836	$	416,997	$	(102,088)	$	(5,024)	$	643,836
Net income		—		—		—		19,988		—		—		19,988
Other comprehensive loss		—		—		—		—		—		(4,421)		(4,421)
Purchase of treasury stock		—		—		—		—		(3,076)		—		(3,076)
Sale of treasury stock		—		—		—		—		88		—		88
Cash dividends ($0.50 per share)		—		—		—		(5,611)		—		—		(5,611)
Amortization of stock-based compensation		—		—		579		—		—		—		579
Vesting of restricted stock awards		—		—		(2,244)		—		2,244		—		—
Shares issued in the acquisition of Centre 1 Bancorp, Inc. (1,382,940 shares)		—		14		168,456		—		—		—		168,470

Balance at March 31, 2026	$	—	$	129	$	500,627	$	431,374	$	(102,832)	$	(9,445)	$	819,853

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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ITEM 1. Financial Statements Continued:

BANK FIRST CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands) (Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2026		2025

Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	19,988	$	18,241
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Provision for credit losses		—		400
Depreciation and amortization of premises and equipment		724		591
Termination of lease		1,586		—
Amortization of intangibles		2,572		1,298
Net accretion of securities		(2,145)		(1,374)
Amortization of stock-based compensation		579		551
Accretion of purchase accounting valuations		(3,658)		(1,017)
Net change in deferred loan fees and costs		(748)		(239)
Change in fair value of MSR and other investments		(341)		(693)
Net gain on sale of OREO and valuation allowance		(191)		—
Proceeds from sales of mortgage loans		61,342		29,241
Originations of mortgage loans held for sale		(63,774)		(28,495)
Gain on sales of mortgage loans		(1,076)		(334)
Realized loss on sale of securities		31		—
Undistributed income of Ansay joint venture		(975)		(1,181)
Net earnings on life insurance		(743)		(407)
Increase in other assets		8,103		973
Decrease in other liabilities		(32,925)		(11,389)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(11,651)		6,166
Cash flows from investing activities, net of effects of business combination:
Activity in securities available for sale and held to maturity:
Sales		8,920		—
Maturities, prepayments, and calls		17,621		256,762
Purchases		(27,189)		(194,612)
Net increase in loans		73,635		(30,417)
Dividends received from Ansay		691		635
Proceeds from sale of OREO		991		—
Net sales of Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) stock		3,920		—
Net purchases of Federal Reserve Bank (“FRB”) stock		(3,996)		—
Proceeds from life insurance		—		1,328
Proceeds from sale of premises and equipment		1		1
Purchases of premises and equipment		(5,241)		(2,154)
Net cash received in business combination		169,493		—
Net cash provided by investing activities		238,846		31,543

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ITEM 1. Financial Statements Continued:

BANK FIRST CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

(In thousands) (Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2026		2025

Cash flows from financing activities, net of effects of business combination:
Net increase in deposits	$	14,649	$	13,140
Repayment of notes payable		(77,814)		(508)
Dividends paid		(5,611)		(4,491)
Proceeds from sales of common stock		88		64
Repurchase of common stock		(3,076)		(6,381)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		(71,764)		1,824
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		155,431		39,533
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		243,207		261,332
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	398,638	$	300,865

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	$	19,316	$	18,724
Income taxes		56		—
Supplemental schedule of noncash activities:
Closed branch buildings transferred to OREO		3,990		—
MSR resulting from sale of loans		723		325
Change in unrealized loss on investment securities available for sale, net of tax		(4,421)		747

Acquisition:
Fair value of assets acquired	$	1,581,684	$	—
Fair value of liabilities assumed		1,484,184		—
Net assets acquired	$	97,500	$	—

Common stock issued in acquisition	$	168,470	$	—

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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BANK FIRST CORPORATION

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Bank First Corporation (the “Company”) provides a variety of financial services to individual and corporate customers through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank First, N.A. (the “Bank”). The Bank operates as a full-service financial institution with a primary market area including, but not limited to, the counties in which the Bank’s branches are located. The Bank has thirty-eight locations located in Brown, Columbia, Dane, Door, Fond du Lac, Green, Jefferson, Manitowoc, Monroe, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Rock, Shawano, Sheboygan, Walworth, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago counties in the State of Wisconsin and Winnebago county in the State of Illinois. The Company and Bank are subject to the regulations of certain federal agencies and undergo periodic examinations by those regulatory authorities.

These interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures required by GAAP have been omitted or abbreviated. These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (“Annual Report”).

The unaudited consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods. The results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to GAAP in the United States and general practices within the financial institution industry. To prepare financial statements in conformity with GAAP, management makes estimates, assumptions and judgments based on available information. These estimates, assumptions and judgments are based on information available as of the date of the financial statements and, as this information changes, actual results could differ from the estimates, assumptions and judgments reflected in the financial statement. As disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report, management has identified several accounting policies that, due to the estimates, assumptions and judgments inherent in those policies, are critical in understanding our financial statements. These include accounting for business combinations (primarily related to core deposit intangibles and acquired loans) and accounting for the ACL-Loans.

There have been no material changes or developments with respect to the assumptions or methodologies that the Company uses when applying what management believes are critical accounting policies and developing critical accounting estimates as previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report.

Reclassifications

Certain 2025 amounts have been reclassified to conform to the presentation used in 2026. These reclassifications had no effect on the operations, financial condition or cash flows of the Company.

Updates to Significant Accounting Policies

Effective January 1, 2026, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2025-08, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Purchased Financial Assets. Any financial assets purchased after January 1, 2026 (including those acquired as part of the acquisition of Centre 1 Bancorp. Inc. (“Centre”) on January 1, 2026) reflect the application of ASU 2025-08, while financial assets purchased prior to this date will continue to be reported in accordance with previously applicable accounting standards. 9

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Recently Issued Not Yet Effective Accounting Standards

In October 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements. This ASU modifies the disclosure or presentation requirements of a variety of Topics in the Codification. The amendments in this ASU are expected to clarify or improve disclosure and presentation requirements for certain codification topics. The effective date for each amendment will be the date on which the Security and Exchange Commission’s removal of that related disclosure from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K becomes effective, with early adoption prohibited. If, by June 30, 2027, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not removed the applicable requirement from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, the pending content of the related amendment will be removed from the Codification and will not become effective for any entity. The Company does not anticipate a significant impact to its financial statement disclosures as a result of this ASU.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Topic 220): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU is intended to improve the disclosures about a public entity’s income statement expense categories and addresses requests from investors and other decision makers for additional, more detailed information about income statement expense categories. The amendment applies to all public entities that are required to report income statement categories in accordance with Topic 280. The effective date for this update was amended by ASU 2025-01, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date, and is now effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027.

In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270) – Narrow Scope Improvements. This ASU is intended to better clarify interim disclosure requirements and the applicability of Topic 270 by improving the navigability of the required interim disclosures and clarifying what guidance is applicable. The amendments also provide additional guidance on what disclosures would be provided in interim reporting periods. This update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company anticipates that this standard may impact the specific disclosures it utilizes in interim reports but will not cause any change in the accounting for operational results.

NOTE 2 – ACQUISITION

On January 1, 2026, the Company completed a merger with Centre, a bank holding company headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin, pursuant to the merger agreement, dated as of July 17, 2025, by and between the Company and Centre, whereby Centre merged with and into the Company, and First National Bank and Trust, Centre’s wholly-owned banking subsidiary, merged with and into the Bank. Centre’s principal activity was the ownership and operation of First National Bank and Trust, a federal-chartered banking institution that operated seventeen (17) branches in Wisconsin and Illinois at the time of closing. The merger consideration totaled approximately $168.8 million.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Centre shareholders were entitled to receive, for each share of Centre common stock that was outstanding immediately prior to the merger, 0.9200 shares of the Company’s common stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares. Company stock issued totaled 1,382,940 shares valued at approximately $168.5 million, with cash of $0.3 million comprising the remainder of merger consideration. After close the combined company had total assets of approximately $6.2 billion, loans of approximately $4.6 billion, and deposits of approximately $5.0 billion.

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The fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed on January 1, 2026 was as follows:


	As Recorded by			Fair Value			As Recorded by
	Centre			Adjustments			the Company
Cash, cash equivalents and securities	$	508,129		$	(2,493)		$	505,636
Other investments		6,660			64			6,724
Loans, net		987,951			(19,247)			968,704
Premises and equipment, net		17,672			(2,689)			14,983
Core deposit intangible		17			31,893			31,910
Other assets		80,754			(27,027)			53,727
Total assets acquired	$	1,601,183		$	(19,499)		$	1,581,684

Deposits	$	1,376,635		$	(393)		$	1,376,242
Other borrowings		67,841			1,323			69,164
Subordinated debentures		4,500			110			4,610
Junior subordinated debentures		8,250			—			8,250
Other liabilities		25,781			137			25,918
Total liabilities assumed	$	1,483,007		$	1,177		$	1,484,184

Excess of assets acquired over liabilities assumed	$	118,176		$	(20,676)		$	97,500
Less: purchase price								168,763
Goodwill							$	71,263

The Company purchased loans through the acquisition of Centre for which there was, at the date of acquisition, more than insignificant deterioration of credit quality since origination (PCD Loans). The carrying amount of these loans at acquisition was as follows:


	January 1, 2026
Purchase price of PCD loans at acquisition	$	55,284
Non-credit discount on PCD loans at acquisition		2,742
Allowance for credit losses on PCD loans at acquisition		4,971
Par value of PCD acquired loans at acquisition	$	62,997

All other loans purchased through this acquisition were classified as Purchased Seasoned Loans under the guidance of ASU 2025-08.

The following unaudited pro forma information is presented for illustrative purposes only. The pro forma information should not be relied upon as being indicative of the historical results of operations the Company would have had if the Centre merger had occurred before such periods or the future results of operations that the Company will experience as a result of the merger. The pro forma information, although helpful in illustrating the financial characteristics of the combined company under one set of assumptions, does not reflect the benefits of expected cost savings, opportunities to earn additional revenue, the impact of restructuring and merger-related expenses, or other factors that may result as a consequence of the merger and, accordingly, does not attempt to predict or suggest future results. The unaudited pro forma information set forth below gives effect to the merger as if it had occurred on January 1, 2025, the beginning of the earliest period presented.


		Year Ended
(in thousands, except per share data)		December 31, 2025
Total revenue, net of interest expense		$	233,694
Net income		$	72,250
Diluted earnings per common share		$	6.41

The Company accounted for this transaction under the acquisition method of accounting, and thus, the financial position and results of operations of Centre prior to the consummation dates were not included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The accounting required assets purchased and liabilities assumed to be recorded at their respective fair values at the date of acquisition. The Company determined the fair value of core deposit intangibles, securities, premises and equipment, loans, other assets and liabilities and deposits with the assistance of third-party valuations, appraisals and third-party advisors. The acquisition accounting is provisional for up to one year after the acquisition and could be adjusted in subsequent quarters during 2026 if additional relevant information to the fair values listed above becomes available. 11

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NOTE 3 – EARNINGS PER SHARE

The two-class method is used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share. Under the two-class method, earnings available to common shareholders for the period are allocated between common shareholders and participating securities according to dividends declared (or accumulated) and participation rights in undistributed earnings. There were no anti-dilutive stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2026 or 2025.

The following table presents the factors used in the earnings per share computations for the period indicated:


		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2026		2025
Basic
Net income available to common shareholders		$	19,988	$	18,241
Less: Earnings allocated to participating securities			(84)		(91)
Net income allocated to common shareholders		$	19,904	$	18,150

Weighted average common shares outstanding including participating securities			11,215,545		10,001,009
Less: Participating securities (1)			(47,210)		(50,039)
Average shares			11,168,335		9,950,970

Basic earnings per common share		$	1.78	$	1.82

Diluted
Net income available to common shareholders		$	19,988	$	18,241

Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic earnings per common share			11,168,335		9,950,970
Add: Dilutive effects of stock-based compensation awards			18,927		21,182
Average shares and dilutive potential common shares			11,187,262		9,972,152

Diluted earnings per common share		$	1.78	$	1.82
(1)	Participating securities are restricted stock awards whereby the stock certificates have been issued, are included in outstanding shares, receive dividends and can be voted, but have not vested.
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NOTE 4 – SECURITIES

The following is a summary of available for sale securities:


				Gross		Gross
		Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized		Estimated
		Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
March 31, 2026
U.S. Treasury securities		$	92,557	$	7	$	(1,104)	$	91,460
Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored agencies			157,969		—		(3,701)		154,268
Obligations of states and political subdivisions			85,189		34		(5,507)		79,716
Mortgage-backed securities			136,876		5		(2,034)		134,847
Corporate notes			23,614		—		(670)		22,944
Total available for sale securities		$	496,205	$	46	$	(13,016)	$	483,235

December 31, 2025
Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored agencies		$	23,226	$	—	$	(1,947)	$	21,279
Obligations of states and political subdivisions			61,511		95		(4,187)		57,419
Mortgage-backed securities			71,384		337		(965)		70,756
Corporate notes			15,675		—		(707)		14,968
Total available for sale securities		$	171,796	$	432	$	(7,806)	$	164,422

The following is a summary of held to maturity securities:


				Gross		Gross
		Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized		Estimated
		Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
March 31, 2026
U.S. Treasury securities		$	113,629	$	611	$	(950)	$	113,290
Obligations of states and political subdivisions			4,300		—		—		4,300
Total held to maturity securities		$	117,929	$	611	$	(950)	$	117,590

December 31, 2025
U.S. Treasury securities		$	101,331	$	1,590	$	(170)	$	102,751
Obligations of states and political subdivisions			2,395		—		—		2,395
Total held to maturity securities		$	103,726	$	1,590	$	(170)	$	105,146

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The following table shows the fair value and gross unrealized losses of securities with unrealized losses, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position:


	Less Than 12 Months				Greater Than 12 Months				Total
													Number
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		of
	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Securities

March 31, 2026 - Available for Sale
U.S. Treasury securities	$	84,206	$	(1,104)	$	—	$	—	$	84,206	$	(1,104)	9
Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored agencies		135,120		(1,585)		19,147		(2,116)		154,267		(3,701)	47
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		33,355		(529)		37,402		(4,978)		70,757		(5,507)	88
Mortgage-backed securities		105,700		(846)		24,113		(1,188)		129,813		(2,034)	119
Corporate notes		3,026		(4)		13,838		(666)		16,864		(670)	15
Totals	$	361,407	$	(4,068)	$	94,500	$	(8,948)	$	455,907	$	(13,016)	278

March 31, 2026 - Held to Maturity
U.S. Treasury securities	$	53,840	$	(675)	$	16,116	$	(275)	$	69,956	$	(950)	28

December 31, 2025 - Available for Sale
Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored agencies	$	929	$	(8)	$	20,350	$	(1,939)	$	21,279	$	(1,947)	24
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		—		—		45,131		(4,187)		45,131		(4,187)	55
Mortgage-backed securities		10,911		(45)		24,636		(920)		35,547		(965)	92
Corporate notes		—		—		13,801		(707)		13,801		(707)	9
Totals	$	11,840	$	(53)	$	103,918	$	(7,753)	$	115,758	$	(7,806)	180

December 31, 2025 - Held to Maturity
U.S. Treasury securities	$	997	$	—	$	22,156	$	(170)	$	23,153	$	(170)	12

As of March 31, 2026, and December 31, 2025, no allowance for credit losses has been recognized on available for sale securities in an unrealized loss position as the Company does not believe any of the debt securities are credit impaired. This is based on the Company’s analysis of the risk characteristics, including credit ratings, and other qualitative factors related to these securities. The issuers of these securities continue to make timely principal and interest payments under the contractual terms of the securities. As of March 31, 2026, the Company did not intend to sell these securities and it was more likely than not that the Company would not be required to sell the debt securities before recovery of their amortized cost, which may be at maturity. The unrealized losses have occurred as a result of changes in interest rates, market spreads and market conditions subsequent to purchase, not credit deterioration.

Furthermore, based on its analysis the Company has determined that held to maturity securities have zero expected credit losses. U.S. Treasury securities have the full faith and credit backing of the United States Government. 14

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The following is a summary of amortized cost and estimated fair value of securities by contractual maturity as of March 31, 2026. Contractual maturities will differ from expected maturities for mortgage-backed securities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations without penalties.


	Available for Sale				Held to Maturity
	Amortized		Estimated		Amortized		Estimated
	Cost		Fair Value		Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	33,019	$	32,975	$	23,247	$	23,226
Due after one year through 5 years		199,914		197,408		32,231		32,108
Due after 5 years through 10 years		89,573		84,880		62,451		62,256
Due after 10 years		36,823		33,125		—		—
Subtotal		359,329		348,388		117,929		117,590
Mortgage-backed securities		136,876		134,847		—		—
Total	$	496,205	$	483,235	$	117,929	$	117,590

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the carrying values of securities pledged to secure public deposits and for other purposes required or permitted by law were approximately $268.1 million and $249.7 million, respectively.

Sales of securities available for sale produced $8.9 million in proceeds with immaterial gross gains and losses for the three months ended March 31, 2026. There were no sales of securities available for sale during the three months ended March 31, 2025.


	2026		2025
Proceeds from sales of securities	$	8,920	$	—
Gross gains on sales		37		—
Gross losses on sales		(68)		—

NOTE 5 – LOANS, ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES, AND CREDIT QUALITY

The following table presents total loans by portfolio segment and class of loan as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025:


	2026		2025
Commercial/industrial	$	821,721	$	647,552
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		1,133,371		881,037
Commercial real estate - non-owner occupied		660,465		492,635
Multi-family		456,898		402,622
Construction and development		259,510		215,599
Residential 1‑4 family		1,101,151		894,633
Consumer		61,181		54,618
Other		22,356		16,941
Subtotals		4,516,653		3,605,637
ACL - Loans		(57,067)		(44,374)
Loans, net of ACL - Loans		4,459,586		3,561,263
Deferred loan fees, net		(1,027)		(986)
Loans, net	$	4,458,559	$	3,560,277

The ACL - Loans is based on the Company’s evaluation of historical default and loss experience, current and projected economic conditions, asset quality trends, known and inherent risks in the portfolio, adverse situations that may affect the borrowers’ ability to repay a loan, the estimated value of any underlying collateral, composition of the loan portfolio and other relevant factors. More information regarding the Company’s methodology related to the ACL-Loans can be found in the Company’s Annual Report.

The Company utilized the high-end range of the Federal Reserve Bank Open Market Committee forecast for national unemployment and the low-end range for national GDP growth at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2026, the Company anticipates the national unemployment rate to rise during the forecast period and the national GDP growth rate to rise nominally. The Company utilized long-term averages for the remaining loss drivers. Due to increased geopolitical and economic uncertainty, the qualitative adjustment to individual loan pools related to risk from changes in economic conditions was increased during the first quarter of 2026. 15

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A roll forward of the ACL-Loans is summarized as follows:


	Three Months Ended				Year Ended
	March 31, 2026		March 31, 2025		December 31, 2025
Beginning Balance	$	44,374	$	44,151	$	44,151
ACL on loans acquired		12,826		-		-
Provision for credit losses		-		400		1,200
Charge-offs		(156)		(836)		(1,145)
Recoveries		23		34		168
Net charge-offs		(133)		(802)		(977)
Ending Balance	$	57,067	$	43,749	$	44,374

A summary of the activity in the ACL - Loans by loan type for the three months ended March 31, 2026 is summarized as follows:


			Commercial		Commercial
			Real Estate -		Real Estate -				Construction
	Commercial /		Owner		Non - Owner		Multi-		and		Residential
	Industrial		Occupied		Occupied		Family		Development		1-4 Family		Consumer		Other		Total
ACL - Loans - January 1, 2026	$	7,264	$	9,691	$	4,581	$	4,088	$	3,814	$	13,644	$	1,074	$	218	$	44,374
ACL - Loans on loans acquired		2,646		2,346		2,573		2,104		137		2,930		51		39		12,826
Charge-offs		—		—		—		—		—		—		(32)		(124)		(156)
Recoveries		1		—		—		—		—		2		—		20		23
Provision		81		589		(70)		(970)		427		(240)		51		132		—
ACL - Loans - March 31, 2026	$	9,992	$	12,626	$	7,084	$	5,222	$	4,378	$	16,336	$	1,144	$	285	$	57,067

A summary of the activity in the ACL – Loans by loan type for the three months ended March 31, 2025 is summarized as follows:


			Commercial		Commercial
			Real Estate -		Real Estate -				Construction
	Commercial /		Owner		Non - Owner		Multi-		and		Residential
	Industrial		Occupied		Occupied		Family		Development		1-4 Family		Consumer		Other		Total
ACL - Loans - January 1, 2025	$	6,737	$	9,334	$	5,213	$	3,739	$	5,223	$	12,684	$	1,084	$	137	$	44,151
Charge-offs		—		(802)		—		—		—		(1)		(21)		(12)		(836)
Recoveries		—		—		—		—		—		30		—		4		34
Provision		(455)		439		42		435		96		(172)		10		5		400
ACL - Loans - March 31, 2025	$	6,282	$	8,971	$	5,255	$	4,174	$	5,319	$	12,541	$	1,073	$	134	$	43,749

In addition to the ACL-Loans, the Company has established an allowance for credit losses on unfunded commitments (“ACL-Unfunded Commitments”), classified in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. This allowance is maintained to absorb losses arising from unfunded loan commitments, and is determined quarterly based on methodology similar to the methodology for determining the ACL-Loans. The ACL - Unfunded Commitments was $4.0 million and $3.0 million at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. See Note 11 for further information on commitments.

The provision for credit losses is determined by the Company as the amount to be added to the ACL accounts for various types of financial instruments including loans, investment securities, and off-balance sheet credit exposures after net charge-offs have been deducted to bring the ACL to a level that, in management’s judgment, is necessary to absorb expected credit losses over the lives of the respective financial instruments. The following table presents the components of the provision for credit losses.


	Three Months Ended				Year Ended
	March 31, 2026		March 31, 2025		December 31, 2025
Provision for credit losses on:
Loans	$	—	$	400	$	1,200
Unfunded Commitments		—		—		50
Total provision for credit losses	$	—	$	400	$	1,250

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The Company’s past due and non-accrual loans as of March 31, 2026 is summarized as follows:


			90 Days						Non-Accrual
	30-89 Days		or more						with no
	Past Due		Past Due		Non-				related
	Accruing		and Accruing		Accrual		Total		allowance
Commercial/industrial	$	952	$	43	$	2,589	$	3,584	$	236
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		1,245		4,324		4,566		10,135		—
Commercial real estate - non-owner occupied		555		351		—		906		—
Multi-family		—		—		12,943		12,943		—
Construction and development		292		1		—		293		—
Residential 1‑4 family		5,395		132		1,788		7,315		1,788
Consumer		207		6		147		360		147
Other		—		—		—		—		—
	$	8,646	$	4,857	$	22,033	$	35,536	$	2,171

The Company’s past due and non-accrual loans as of December 31, 2025 is summarized as follows:


			90 Days						Non-Accrual
	30-89 Days		or more						with no
	Past Due		Past Due		Non-				related
	Accruing		and Accruing		Accrual		Total		allowance
Commercial/industrial	$	894	$	—	$	1,754	$	2,648	$	137
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		337		2,791		2,330		5,458		—
Commercial real estate - non-owner occupied		974		—		—		974		—
Multi-family		—		—		—		—		—
Construction and development		719		1		—		720		—
Residential 1‑4 family		3,198		425		1,643		5,266		1,642
Consumer		277		25		79		381		79
Other		—		—		—		—		—
	$	6,399	$	3,242	$	5,806	$	15,447	$	1,858

Interest recognized on non-accrual loans is considered immaterial to the consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

A loan is considered to be collateral dependent when, based upon management’s assessment, the borrower is experiencing financial

difficulty and repayment is expected to be provided substantially through the operation or sale of the collateral. For collateral dependent loans, expected credit losses are based on amortized cost of the loan less the estimated fair value of the collateral at the balance sheet date, with consideration for estimated selling costs if satisfaction of the loan depends on the sale of the collateral.

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The following tables present collateral dependent loans by portfolio segment and collateral type, including those loans with and without a related allowance allocation. Real estate collateral primarily consists of operating facilities of the underlying borrowers. Other business assets collateral primarily consists of equipment, receivables and inventory of the underlying borrowers.


	Collateral Type
As of March 31, 2026			Other				Without an		With an		Allowance
	Real Estate		Business Assets		Total		Allowance		Allowance		Allocation
Commercial/industrial	$	—	$	3,345	$	3,345	$	—	$	3,345	$	2,965
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		8,107		—		8,107		2,786		5,321		865
Commercial real estate - non-owner occupied		2,181		—		2,181		—		2,181		865
Multi-family		12,943		—		12,943		—		12,943		787
Construction and development		—		—		—		—		—		—
Residential 1‑4 family		—		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—		—
Other		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total Loans	$	23,231	$	3,345	$	26,576	$	2,786	$	23,790	$	5,482


	Collateral Type
As of December 31, 2025			Other				Without an		With an		Allowance
	Real Estate		Business Assets		Total		Allowance		Allowance		Allocation
Commercial/industrial	$	—	$	1,618	$	1,618	$	—	$	1,618	$	1,611
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		5,121		—		5,121		2,791		2,330		594
Commercial real estate - non-owner occupied		—		—		—		—		—		—
Multi-family		—		—		—		—		—		—
Construction and development		—		—		—		—		—		—
Residential 1‑4 family		—		—		—		—		—		—
Consumer		—		—		—		—		—		—
Other		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total Loans	$	5,121	$	1,618	$	6,739	$	2,791	$	3,948	$	2,205

The Company utilizes a numerical risk rating system for commercial relationships. All other types of relationships (ex: residential, consumer, other) are assigned a “Pass” rating, unless they have fallen 90 days past due or more, at which time they are assessed for a rating of 5, 6 or 7. The Company uses split ratings for government guaranties on loans. The portion of a loan that is supported by a government guaranty is included with other Pass credits.

The determination of a commercial loan risk rating begins with completion of a matrix, which assigns scores based on the strength of the borrower’s debt service coverage, collateral coverage, balance sheet leverage, industry outlook, and customer concentration. A weighted average is taken of these individual scores to arrive at the overall rating. This rating is subject to adjustment by the loan officer based on facts and circumstances pertaining to the borrower. Risk ratings are subject to independent review.

Commercial borrowers with ratings between 1 and 5 are considered Pass credits, with 1 being most acceptable and 5 being just above the minimum level of acceptance. Commercial borrowers rated 6 have potential weaknesses which may jeopardize repayment ability. Borrowers rated 7 have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses such as the inability to demonstrate significant cash flow for debt service based on analysis of the company’s financial information. These loans remain on accrual status provided full collection of principal and interest is reasonably expected. Otherwise they are deemed impaired and placed on nonaccrual status. Borrowers rated 8 are the same as 7 rated credits with one exception: collection or liquidation in full is not probable. 18

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The following tables present total loans by risk ratings and year of origination. Loans acquired from other previously acquired institutions have been included in the table based upon the actual origination date.


	Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
As of March 31, 2026																Revolving
		2026		2025		2024		2023		2022		Prior		Revolving		to Term		Total
Commercial/industrial
Grades 1-4	$	47,512	$	112,334	$	53,717	$	43,065	$	50,286	$	95,684	$	192,699	$	-	$	595,297
Grade 5		5,051		37,923		8,666		7,135		3,060		12,086		75,075		-		148,996
Grade 6		-		5,006		6,387		149		40,270		150		3,069		-		55,031
Grade 7		-		225		553		1,631		1,337		10,150		8,501		-		22,397
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	52,563	$	155,488	$	69,323	$	51,980	$	94,953	$	118,070	$	279,344	$	-	$	821,721
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Commercial real estate - owner occupied
Grades 1-4	$	32,581	$	109,178	$	121,211	$	68,282	$	112,243	$	397,792	$	22,585	$	-	$	863,872
Grade 5		1,327		42,721		46,203		20,294		20,632		56,298		812		-		188,287
Grade 6		-		1,938		1,326		604		4,014		14,386		-		-		22,268
Grade 7		-		6,271		3,976		3,863		13,822		30,253		759		-		58,944
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	33,908	$	160,108	$	172,716	$	93,043	$	150,711	$	498,729	$	24,156	$	-	$	1,133,371
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Commercial real estate - non-owner occupied
Grades 1-4	$	10,300	$	61,912	$	39,767	$	50,004	$	80,651	$	297,202	$	14,589	$	-	$	554,425
Grade 5		1,820		7,895		19,108		2,616		6,514		30,070		179		-		68,202
Grade 6		-		-		199		6,471		989		21,082		363		-		29,104
Grade 7		-		-		-		401		-		8,333		-		-		8,734
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	12,120	$	69,807	$	59,074	$	59,492	$	88,154	$	356,687	$	15,131	$	-	$	660,465
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Multi-family
Grades 1-4	$	9,355	$	25,143	$	4,332	$	40,390	$	72,020	$	261,883	$	3,687	$	-	$	416,810
Grade 5		-		-		763		21,854		751		3,777		-		-		27,145
Grade 6		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Grade 7		-		-		12,943		-		-		-		-		-		12,943
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	9,355	$	25,143	$	18,038	$	62,244	$	72,771	$	265,660	$	3,687	$	-	$	456,898
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Construction and development
Grades 1-4	$	6,626	$	95,945	$	21,390	$	39,605	$	26,961	$	15,919	$	2,846	$	-	$	209,292
Grade 5		914		17,197		18,163		11,948		-		133		130		-		48,485
Grade 6		-		1,024		-		-		-		-		-		-		1,024
Grade 7		-		-		-		-		-		709		-		-		709
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	7,540	$	114,166	$	39,553	$	51,553	$	26,961	$	16,761	$	2,976	$	-	$	259,510
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Residential 1 ‑ 4 family
Grades 1-4	$	11,986	$	98,656	$	82,333	$	103,917	$	194,038	$	432,499	$	152,233	$	-	$	1,075,662
Grade 5		-		5,329		2,041		1,902		1,954		1,781		1,997		-		15,004
Grade 6		-		-		-		177		1,592		-		1,278		-		3,047
Grade 7		-		107		113		169		1,274		4,393		1,382		-		7,438
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	11,986	$	104,092	$	84,487	$	106,165	$	198,858	$	438,673	$	156,890	$	-	$	1,101,151
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Consumer
Grades 1-4	$	9,049	$	18,306	$	14,998	$	8,173	$	3,809	$	5,888	$	727	$	-	$	60,950
Grade 5		-		-		-		-		1		-		-		-		1
Grade 6		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Grade 7		-		7		70		14		5		134		-		-		230
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	9,049	$	18,313	$	15,068	$	8,187	$	3,815	$	6,022	$	727	$	-	$	61,181
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	-	$	32	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	32
Other
Grades 1-4	$	1,562	$	1,010	$	2,481	$	541	$	364	$	9,747	$	566	$	-	$	16,271
Grade 5		611		3,749		-		-		-		407		721		-		5,488
Grade 6		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Grade 7		-		-		-		119		17		-		461		-		597
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	2,173	$	4,759	$	2,481	$	660	$	381	$	10,154	$	1,748	$	-	$	22,356
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	2	$	-	$	11	$	-	$	-	$	111	$	-	$	124

Total Loans	$	138,694	$	651,876	$	460,740	$	433,324	$	636,604	$	1,710,756	$	484,659	$	-	$	4,516,653
Total current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	2	$	32	$	11	$	-	$	-	$	111	$	-	$	156

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	Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
As of December 31, 2025																Revolving
		2025		2024		2023		2022		2021		Prior		Revolving		to Term		Total
Commercial/industrial
Grades 1-4	$	114,479	$	62,065	$	42,402	$	48,707	$	38,384	$	46,256	$	116,076	$	-	$	468,369
Grade 5		36,459		7,301		7,241		3,059		4,538		3,282		46,643		-		108,523
Grade 6		4,919		6,622		435		40,958		-		-		3,236		-		56,170
Grade 7		180		94		644		215		4,772		4,147		4,438		-		14,490
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	156,037	$	76,082	$	50,722	$	92,939	$	47,694	$	53,685	$	170,393	$	-	$	647,552
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	-	$	222	$	21	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	243
Commercial real estate - owner occupied
Grades 1-4	$	56,839	$	88,734	$	47,080	$	93,492	$	121,105	$	203,633	$	25,080	$	-	$	635,963
Grade 5		54,267		47,403		20,150		14,008		29,065		33,682		768		-		199,343
Grade 6		1,963		1,336		-		4,042		2,078		1,772		-		-		11,191
Grade 7		6,167		960		1,443		988		5,454		19,328		200		-		34,540
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	119,236	$	138,433	$	68,673	$	112,530	$	157,702	$	258,415	$	26,048	$	-	$	881,037
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	802	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	802
Commercial real estate - non-owner occupied
Grades 1-4	$	50,036	$	31,783	$	51,896	$	57,947	$	110,640	$	110,192	$	8,464	$	-	$	420,958
Grade 5		7,466		19,428		3,502		3,878		13,134		16,677		685		-		64,770
Grade 6		-		-		-		425		393		-		-		-		818
Grade 7		-		-		-		-		5,753		336		-		-		6,089
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	57,502	$	51,211	$	55,398	$	62,250	$	129,920	$	127,205	$	9,149	$	-	$	492,635
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Commercial real estate - multi-family
Grades 1-4	$	23,407	$	3,101	$	37,493	$	61,885	$	97,100	$	142,757	$	479	$	-	$	366,222
Grade 5		-		767		21,924		758		-		-		-		-		23,449
Grade 6		-		12,951		-		-		-		-		-		-		12,951
Grade 7		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	23,407	$	16,819	$	59,417	$	62,643	$	97,100	$	142,757	$	479	$	-	$	402,622
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Construction and development
Grades 1-4	$	78,556	$	25,539	$	18,880	$	27,815	$	8,407	$	6,877	$	2,419	$	-	$	168,493
Grade 5		16,830		16,849		12,449		-		-		136		120		-		46,384
Grade 6		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Grade 7		-		-		-		-		-		722		-		-		722
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	95,386	$	42,388	$	31,329	$	27,815	$	8,407	$	7,735	$	2,539	$	-	$	215,599
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Residential 1 ‑ 4 family
Grades 1-4	$	87,038	$	82,270	$	75,340	$	151,412	$	146,848	$	200,686	$	125,733	$	-	$	869,327
Grade 5		4,750		2,508		1,935		3,042		685		1,152		725		-		14,797
Grade 6		-		-		178		1,610		-		171		1,250		-		3,209
Grade 7		108		113		170		1,069		617		3,690		1,533		-		7,300
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	91,896	$	84,891	$	77,623	$	157,133	$	148,150	$	205,699	$	129,241	$	-	$	894,633
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	1	$	-	$	-	$	1
Consumer
Grades 1-4	$	22,082	$	14,613	$	8,133	$	4,344	$	1,935	$	2,930	$	439	$	-	$	54,476
Grade 5		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Grade 6		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Grade 7		9		80		16		3		4		30		-		-		142
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	22,091	$	14,693	$	8,149	$	4,347	$	1,939	$	2,960	$	439	$	-	$	54,618
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	8	$	21	$	13	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	42
Other
Grades 1-4	$	347	$	950	$	91	$	309	$	20	$	9,797	$	642	$	-	$	12,156
Grade 5		3,818		-		-		-		412		-		408		-		4,638
Grade 6		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Grade 7		-		-		127		20		-		-		-		-		147
Grade 8		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Total	$	4,165	$	950	$	218	$	329	$	432	$	9,797	$	1,050	$	-	$	16,941
Current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	57	$	-	$	57

Total Loans	$	569,720	$	425,467	$	351,529	$	519,986	$	591,344	$	808,253	$	339,338	$	-	$	3,605,637
Total current-period gross charge-offs	$	-	$	810	$	243	$	34	$	-	$	1	$	57	$	-	$	1,145

Loans that were both experiencing financial difficulty and were modified during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, were insignificant to these consolidated financial statements.

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NOTE 6 – MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS

Loans serviced for others are not included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. MSRs are recognized as separate assets when loans sold in the secondary market are sold with servicing retained. The Company utilizes a third-party consulting firm to assist with determining an accurate assessment of the MSRs fair value. The third-party firm collects relevant data points from numerous sources. Some of these data points relate directly to the pricing level or relative value of the mortgage servicing while other data points relate to the assumptions used to derive fair value. In addition, the valuation evaluates specific collateral types, and current and historical performance of the collateral in question. The valuation process focuses on the non-distressed secondary servicing market, common industry practices and current regulatory standards. The primary determinants of the fair value of MSRs are servicing fee percentage, ancillary income, expected loan life or prepayment speeds, discount rates, costs to service, delinquency rates, foreclosure losses and recourse obligations. The valuation data also contains interest rate shock analyses for monitoring fair value changes in differing interest rate environments.

Following is an analysis of activity in the MSR asset:


		Three Months Ended			Year Ended
		March 31, 2026			December 31, 2025
Fair value at beginning of period		$	13,650		$	13,369

Servicing asset additions			723			1,954
Loan payments and payoffs			(769)			(2,071)
Changes in valuation inputs and assumptions used in the valuation model			127			398
Amount recognized through earnings			81			281
MSR asset acquired			3,753			—
Fair value at end of period		$	17,484		$	13,650

Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced for others		$	1,541,914		$	1,202,991
Mortgage servicing rights as a percent of loans serviced for others			1.13			1.13

The primary economic assumptions utilized by the Company in measuring the value of MSRs were constant prepayment speeds of 9.0% and 8.5% and discount rates of 10.14% and 10.17% as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. The constant prepayment speeds are obtained from publicly available sources for each of the loan programs the Company originates under.

NOTE 7 – NOTES PAYABLE

The Company utilizes FHLB advances to fund liquidity. The Company had outstanding balances borrowed from the FHLB of $100.0 million and $110.0 million at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. The advances, rate, and maturities of FHLB advances were as follows:


					March 31,			December 31,
	Maturity		Rate		2026			2025
Fixed rate, fixed term	03/23/2026		4.02%			—			10,000
Fixed rate, fixed term	05/26/2026		1.95%			5,000			5,000
Fixed rate, fixed term	06/29/2026		4.77%			15,000			15,000
Fixed rate, fixed term	03/23/2027		3.91%			10,000			10,000
Fixed rate, fixed term	06/28/2027		4.57%			15,000			15,000
Fixed rate, fixed term	03/23/2028		3.85%			10,000			10,000
Fixed rate, fixed term	07/05/2028		4.41%			20,000			20,000
Fixed rate, fixed term	07/09/2029		4.31%			25,000			25,000
						100,000			110,000
Adjustment due to purchase accounting						(8)			(34)
					$	99,992		$	109,966

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Future maturities of borrowings were as follows:


	March 31,			December 31,
	2026			2025
1 year or less	$	30,000		$	30,000
1 to 2 years		25,000			25,000
2 to 3 years		20,000			30,000
3 to 4 years		25,000			25,000
4 to 5 years		—			—
Over 5 years		—			—
	$	100,000		$	110,000

As of March 31, 2026, the Company had borrowing availability at the FHLB totaling $226.4 million in addition to the existing borrowings noted in the tables above. The Company has also issued $102.8 million in letters of credit through the FHLB with expiration dates through November 2026.

The Company assumed $65.0 million of FHLB borrowings as part of the Centre acquisition on January 1, 2026. The Company repaid these borrowings in full on January 23, 2026, prior to the contractual maturity. As a result, the Company recognized $1.3 million of purchase accounting fair value adjustment related to the borrowings, which reduced interest expense from borrowed funds, and incurred a $1.1 million prepayment penalty paid to the FHLB which is reflected in other noninterest expense.

NOTE 8 – SUBORDINATED NOTES AND JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES

During July 2020, the Company entered into subordinated note agreements with two separate commercial banks. The Company had through December 31, 2020, to borrow funds up to a maximum availability of $6.0 million under each agreement, or $12.0 million total. These notes were issued with 10-year maturities, carried interest at a fixed rate of 5.0% through June 30, 2025, and carry a variable rate thereafter, payable quarterly. These notes became callable by the Company on January 1, 2026 and qualify for Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes. The Company had outstanding balances of $6.0 million under these agreements at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

During August 2022, the Company entered into subordinated note agreements with an individual. The Company had outstanding balances of $6.0 million under these agreements as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. These notes were issued with 10-year maturities, carry interest at a fixed rate of 5.25% through August 6, 2027, and at a variable rate thereafter, payable quarterly. These notes are callable on or after August 6, 2027 and qualify for Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes.

The Company assumed $4.5 million in subordinated note agreements with an individual as part of the Centre acquisition January 1, 2026. These notes were entered into by Centre during January 2025. They contain 10-year maturities and carry interest at a fixed rate of 6.75% through January 1, 2030, and at a variable rate thereafter, payable quarterly. These notes are callable on or after January 2030 and qualify for Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes.

As a result of the acquisition of Centre on January 1, 2026, the Company acquired all of the common securities of Centre’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Centre 1 Capital Trust I (“Trust I”). The Company also assumed an adjustable rate junior subordinated note agreement with this trust. The junior subordinated debenture issued to Trust I totals $8.3 million, carries interest at a floating rate resetting on each quarterly payment date, and is due in January 2039. The junior subordinated debenture is redeemable by the Company, subject to prior approval by the Federal Reserve Bank, on any quarterly payment date. The junior subordinated debenture represents the sole asset of Trust I. The trust is not included in the consolidated financial statements. The net effect of all agreements assumed with respect to Trust I is that the Company, through payments on its debenture, is liable for the distributions and other payments required on the trust’s preferred securities. Trust I also provides the Company with $8.0 million in Tier 1 capital for regulatory capital purposes.

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NOTE 9 – REGULATORY MATTERS

Banks and certain bank holding companies are subject to regulatory capital requirements administered by federal banking agencies. Capital adequacy guidelines and, additionally for banks, prompt corrective action regulations involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance sheet items calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators. Failure to meet capital requirements can initiate regulatory action.

Under regulatory guidance for non-advanced approaches institutions, the Bank and Company are required to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of common equity Tier I capital to risk-weighted assets, including an additional conservation buffer determined by banking regulators. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, this buffer was 2.5%. The Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

Actual and required capital amounts and ratios are presented below at period-end:


																	To Be Well
												Minimum Capital					Capitalized Under
							For Capital					Adequacy with					Prompt Corrective
		Actual					Adequacy Purposes					Capital Buffer					Action Provisions
		Amount			Ratio		Amount			Ratio		Amount			Ratio		Amount			Ratio

March 31, 2026
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets):
Company		$	609,288		12.90	%	$	377,788		8.00	%	$	495,847		10.50	%		NA		NA
Bank		$	564,303		11.96	%	$	377,439		8.00	%	$	495,388		10.50	%	$	471,798		10.00	%
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets):
Company		$	544,890		11.54	%	$	283,341		6.00	%	$	401,400		8.50	%		NA		NA
Bank		$	516,508		10.95	%	$	283,079		6.00	%	$	401,029		8.50	%	$	377,439		8.00	%
Common Equity Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets):
Company		$	537,390		11.38	%	$	212,506		4.50	%	$	330,565		7.00	%		NA		NA
Bank		$	516,508		10.95	%	$	212,309		4.50	%	$	330,259		7.00	%	$	306,669		6.50	%
Tier 1 capital (to average assets):
Company		$	544,890		9.46	%	$	230,351		4.00	%	$	230,351		4.00	%		NA		NA
Bank		$	516,508		9.00	%	$	229,450		4.00	%	$	229,450		4.00	%	$	286,812		5.00	%
December 31, 2025
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets):
Company		$	515,461		13.80	%	$	298,764		8.00	%	$	392,128		10.50	%		NA		NA
Bank		$	460,199		12.33	%	$	298,541		8.00	%	$	391,835		10.50	%	$	373,177		10.00	%
Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets):
Company		$	460,067		12.32	%	$	224,073		6.00	%	$	317,437		8.50	%		NA		NA
Bank		$	416,805		11.17	%	$	223,906		6.00	%	$	317,200		8.50	%	$	298,541		8.00	%
Common Equity Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets):
Company		$	460,067		12.32	%	$	168,055		4.50	%	$	261,419		7.00	%		NA		NA
Bank		$	416,805		11.17	%	$	167,929		4.50	%	$	261,224		7.00	%	$	242,565		6.50	%
Tier 1 capital (to average assets):
Company		$	460,067		10.87	%	$	169,339		4.00	%	$	169,339		4.00	%		NA		NA
Bank		$	416,805		9.85	%	$	169,277		4.00	%	$	169,277		4.00	%	$	211,597		5.00	%

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NOTE 10 – SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company’s single reportable segment is determined by the Chief Executive Officer, who is the designated chief operating decision maker, based upon information provided by the Company’s products and services offered, primarily banking operations. The segment is also distinguished by the level of information provided to the chief operating decision maker, who uses such information to review the performance of various components of the business such as branches, which are then aggregated as operating performance, products and services, and customers are similar. The chief operating decision maker will then evaluate the financial performance of the Company’s business components such as by evaluating significant revenues and expenses and budget to actual results in assessing the Company’s segment and in the determination of allocating resources. The chief decision maker uses revenue streams to evaluate product pricing and significant expenses to assess performance and evaluate return on assets. The chief decision maker uses consolidated net income and return on assets to benchmark the Company against its competitors. The benchmarking analysis, coupled with monitoring of budget to actual results, are used in the assessment of performance and in establishing compensation. Loans, investments, service charges, and deposits in other banks provide the significant revenues in the banking operation. Interest expense, provisions for credit losses, data processing and payroll provide the significant expenses in the banking operation. All operations are domestic. Information reported internally for performance assessment by the chief operating decision maker is identical to that which is shown in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

NOTE 11 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company enters into commitments to originate loans whereby the interest rate on the loan is determined prior to funding (rate-lock commitments). Rate-lock commitments on mortgage loans that are intended to be sold are considered to be derivatives. Accordingly, such commitments, along with any related fees received from potential borrowers, are recorded at fair value in derivative assets or liabilities, with changes in fair value recorded in the net gain or loss on sale of mortgage loans. Fair value is based on fees currently charged to enter into similar agreements and for fixed rate commitments also considers the difference between current levels of interest rates and committed rates. The notional amount of rate-lock commitments at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 was approximately $24.8 million and $16.9 million, respectively. The fair value of these rate-lock commitments are not material to these financial statements.

The Company is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets.

The Company’s exposure to credit loss is represented by the contractual or notional amount of these commitments. The Company follows the same credit policies in making commitments as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments. Since some of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon and some of the commitments may not be drawn upon to the total extent of the commitment, the notional amount of these commitments does not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

The following commitments were outstanding:


		Notional Amount
		March 31, 2026		December 31, 2025

Commitments to extend credit:
Fixed		$	57,586	$	41,721
Variable			916,701		723,821
Credit card arrangements			31,532		26,217
Letters of credit			15,142		11,708

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NOTE 12 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Accounting guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value.

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) or identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.

Level 2: Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

Information regarding the fair value of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis is as follows:


	Instruments		Markets		Other		Significant
	Measured		for Identical		Observable		Unobservable
	At Fair		Assets		Inputs		Inputs
	Value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
March 31, 2026
Assets
Securities available for sale
U.S. Treasury securities	$	91,460	$	91,460	$	—	$	—
Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored agencies		154,268		—		154,268		—
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		79,716		—		79,716		—
Mortgage-backed securities		134,847		—		134,847		—
Corporate notes		22,944		—		22,944		—
Mortgage servicing rights		17,484		—		17,484		—

December 31, 2025
Assets
Securities available for sale
Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored agencies	$	21,279	$	—	$	21,279	$	—
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		57,419		—		57,419		—
Mortgage-backed securities		70,756		—		70,756		—
Corporate notes		14,968		—		14,968		—
Mortgage servicing rights		13,650		—		13,650		—

There were no assets measured on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) during these periods. Furthermore, there were no liabilities measured on a recurring basis during the periods.

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Information regarding the fair value of assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis is as follows:


			Quoted Prices
			In Active		Significant
	Assets		Markets		Other		Significant
	Measured		for Identical		Observable		Unobservable
	At Fair		Assets		Inputs		Inputs
	Value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
March 31, 2026
OREO	$	3,190	$	—	$	—	$	3,190
Loans individually evaluated, net of reserve		18,308		—		—		18,308
	$	21,498	$	—	$	—	$	21,498

December 31, 2025
Loans individually evaluated, net of reserve	$	1,743	$	—	$	—	$	1,743

The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used by the Company for the items noted in the table above, including the general classification of such instruments in the fair value hierarchy. For loans individually evaluated, the amount of reserve is based upon the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate, the estimated fair value of the underlying collateral for collateral-dependent loans, or the estimated liquidity of the note. For OREO, the fair value is based upon the estimated fair value of the underlying collateral adjusted for the expected costs to sell.

The following table shows significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of Level 3 assets:


					Weighted
		Unobservable	Range of		Average
	Valuation Technique	Inputs	Discounts		Discount
As of March 31, 2026
OREO	Third party appraisals, sales contracts or brokered price options	Collateral discounts and estimated costs to sell	0	%	0	%
Loans individually evaluated	Third party appraisals and discounted cash flows	Collateral discounts and discount rates	0% - 99	%	21	%

As of December 31, 2025
Loans individually evaluated	Third party appraisals and discounted cash flows	Collateral discounts and discount rates	0% - 99	%	33	%

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The carrying value and estimated fair value of financial instruments not measured and reported at fair value on a recurring or non-recurring basis at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 are as follows:


	Carrying
March 31, 2026	amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total

Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	398,638	$	398,638	$	—	$	—	$	398,638
Securities held to maturity		117,929		113,290		4,300		—		117,590
Loans held for sale		9,751		—		9,751		—		9,751
Loans, net		4,458,559		—		—		4,336,573		4,336,573
Other investments		30,674		—		—		30,674		30,674
Financial liabilities:
Deposits	$	5,086,816	$	—	$	—	$	4,632,373	$	4,632,373
Notes payable		99,992		—		99,992		—		99,992
Subordinated notes		16,603		—		16,603		—		16,603
Junior subordinated debentures		8,250		—		8,250		—		8,250


	Carrying
December 31, 2025	amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	243,207	$	243,207	$	—	$	—	$	243,207
Securities held to maturity		103,726		102,751		2,395		—		105,146
Loans held for sale		6,243		—		6,243		—		6,243
Loans, net		3,560,277		—		—		3,447,489		3,447,489
Other investments		23,613		—		—		23,613		23,613
Financial liabilities:
Deposits	$	3,695,787	$	—	$	—	$	3,466,151	$	3,466,151
Notes payable		109,966		—		109,966		—		109,966
Subordinated notes		12,000		—		12,000		—		12,000

The fair value of a financial instrument is the current amount that would be exchanged between willing parties, other than in a forced liquidation. Fair value is best determined based upon quoted market prices. However, in many instances, there are no quoted market prices for the Company’s various financial instruments. In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair values are based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques. Those techniques are significantly affected by the assumptions used, including the discount rate and estimates of future cash flows. Accordingly, the fair value estimates may not be realized in an immediate settlement of the instrument. Consequently, the aggregate fair value amounts presented may not necessarily represent the underlying fair value of the Company.

Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time based on relevant market information and information about the financial instrument. These estimates do not reflect any premium or discount that could result from offering for sale at one time the Company’s entire holdings of a particular instrument. Because no market exists for a significant portion of the Company’s financial instruments, fair value estimates are based on judgments regarding future expected loss experience, current economic conditions, risk characteristics of various financial instruments, and other factors. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters that could affect the estimates. Fair value estimates are based on existing on- and off-balance-sheet financial instruments without attempting to estimate the value of anticipated future business and the value of assets and liabilities that are not considered financial instruments.

Deposits with no stated maturities are defined as having a fair value equivalent to the amount payable on demand. This prohibits adjusting fair value derived from retaining those deposits for an expected future period of time. This component, commonly referred to as a deposit base intangible, is neither considered in the above amounts nor is it recorded as an intangible asset on the consolidated balance sheet. Significant assets and liabilities that are not considered financial assets and liabilities include premises and equipment. In addition, the tax ramifications related to the realization of the unrealized gains and losses can have a significant effect on fair value estimates and have not been considered in the estimates.

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NOTE 13 – STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

The Company has made restricted share grants pursuant to the Bank First Corporation 2011 Equity Plan and the Bank First Corporation 2020 Equity Plan, which replaced the 2011 Plan. The purpose of the Plan is to provide financial incentives for selected employees and for the non-employee Directors of the Company, thereby promoting the long-term growth and financial success of the Company. The number of shares of Company stock that may be issued pursuant to awards under the 2020 Plan shall not exceed, in the aggregate, 700,000. As of March 31, 2026, 150,499 shares of Company stock have been awarded under the 2020 Plan. Compensation expense for restricted stock is based on the fair value of the awards of Bank First Corporation common stock at the time of grant. The value of restricted stock grants that are expected to vest is amortized into expense over the vesting periods. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, compensation expense of $0.6 million and $0.6 million, respectively, was recognized related to restricted stock awards.

As of March 31, 2026, there was $5.1 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted stock awards granted under the plan. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.4 years. The aggregate grant date fair value of restricted stock awards that vested during the three months ended March 31, 2026, was approximately $2.2 million.


		For the period ended			For the period ended
		March 31, 2026			March 31, 2025
			Weighted-			Weighted-
			Average Grant-			Average Grant-
		Shares	Date Fair Value		Shares	Date Fair Value
Restricted Stock
Outstanding at beginning of period		46,727	$	94.77	52,634	$	79.27
Granted		25,929		135.23	23,100		105.96
Vested		(24,406)		91.96	(28,290)		75.74
Forfeited or cancelled		(557)		97.55	—		—
Outstanding at end of period		47,693	$	118.18	47,444	$	94.37

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, included in our Annual Report and with our unaudited condensed accompanying notes set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period March 31, 2026.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements contained in this report are forward-looking statements within the meaning of and subject to the safe harbor protections of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements relating to the Company’s assets, business, cash flows, condition (financial or otherwise), credit quality, financial performance, liquidity, short and long-term performance goals, prospects, results of operations, strategic initiatives, potential future acquisitions, disposition and other growth opportunities. These statements, which are based upon certain assumptions and estimates and describe the Company’s future plans, results, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by the use of the words and phrases “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “goal,” “plan,” “potential,” “estimate,” “project,” “believe,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “target,” “aim,” “predict,” “continue,” “seek,” “projection” and other variations of such words and phrases and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, and are based upon current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company’s industry, management’s beliefs and certain assumptions made by management, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and beyond the Company’s control. The inclusion of these forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that such expectations, estimates and projections will be achieved. Accordingly, the Company cautions investors that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, assumptions and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and that are beyond the Company’s control. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date of this report, actual results may prove to be materially different from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statement in this report including, without limitation, the risks and other factors set forth in the Company’s Registration Statements under the captions “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk factors.” Many of these factors are beyond the Company’s ability to control or predict. If one or more events related to these or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if the Company’s underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements speaks only as of the date of this report, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law. New risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict their occurrence or how they will affect the Company.

We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

OVERVIEW

Bank First Corporation is a Wisconsin corporation that was organized primarily to serve as the holding company for Bank First, N.A. Bank First, N.A., which was incorporated in 1894, is a nationally-chartered bank headquartered in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. It is a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”), and is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”). Including its headquarters in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, the Bank has thirty-eight banking locations in Brown, Columbia, Dane, Door, Fond du Lac, Green, Jefferson, Manitowoc, Monroe, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Rock, Shawano, Sheboygan, Walworth, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago counties in the State of Wisconsin and Winnebago county in the State of Illinois. The Bank offers loan, deposit, treasury management, trust, and wealth management services at each of its banking locations. 29

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As with most community banks, the Bank derives a significant portion of its income from interest received on loans and investments. The Bank’s primary source of funding is deposits, both interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing. In order to maximize the Bank’s net interest income, or the difference between the income on interest-earning assets and the expense of interest-bearing liabilities, the Bank must not only manage the volume of these balance sheet items, but also the yields earned on interest-earning assets and the rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities. To account for credit risk inherent in all loans, the Bank maintains an ACL - Loans to absorb possible losses on existing loans that may become uncollectible. The Bank establishes and maintains this allowance by charging a provision for credit losses against operating earnings. Beyond its net interest income, the Bank further receives income through the net gain on sale of loans held for sale as well as servicing income which is retained on those sold loans. In order to maintain its operations and bank locations, the Bank incurs various operating expenses which are further described within the “Results of Operations” later in this section.

On January 1, 2026, the Company consummated its merger with Centre pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Bank Merger, dated as of July 17, 2025, by and among the Company and Centre, whereby Centre was merged with and into the Company, and First National Bank and Trust, Centre’s wholly owned banking subsidiary, was merged with and into the Bank. Eleven branches of First National Bank and Trust opened on January 2, 2026, operating under the First National Bank and Trust name as a division of Bank First, expanding the Bank’s presence in Rock County in Wisconsin and Winnebago County in Illinois. These branches will be rebranded under the Bank First name when core systems are consolidated during the second quarter of 2026.

The Company accounted for this transaction under the acquisition method of accounting, and thus, the financial position and results of operations of the acquired institution prior to the consummation date are not included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The acquisition method of accounting required assets purchased and liabilities assumed to be recorded at their respective fair values at the date of acquisition. The Company determines the fair value of core deposit intangibles, securities, premises and equipment, loans, other assets and liabilities, deposits and borrowings with the assistance of third-party valuations, appraisals, and third-party advisors. The acquisition accounting is provisional for up to one year after the acquisition and could be adjusted in subsequent quarters during 2026 if additional relevant information to the fair values becomes available.

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SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The following tables present certain selected historical consolidated financial data as of the dates or for the period indicated:


		At or for the Three Months Ended
(In thousands, except per share data)		3/31/2026			12/31/2025			9/30/2025			6/30/2025			3/31/2025

Results of Operations:
Interest income		$	73,605		$	56,636		$	55,456		$	54,575		$	55,048
Interest expense			20,389			16,470			17,203			17,873			18,511
Net interest income			53,216			40,166			38,253			36,702			36,537
Provision for credit losses			—			—			650			200			400
Net interest income after provision for credit losses			53,216			40,166			37,603			36,502			36,137
Noninterest income			10,532			4,758			5,953			4,921			6,588
Noninterest expense			39,056			22,012			21,086			20,756			20,604
Income before income tax expense			24,692			22,912			22,470			20,667			22,121
Income tax expense			4,704			4,522			4,480			3,792			3,880
Net income		$	19,988		$	18,390		$	17,990		$	16,875		$	18,241

Earnings per common share - basic		$	1.78		$	1.87		$	1.83		$	1.71		$	1.82
Earnings per common share - diluted			1.78			1.87			1.83			1.71			1.82

Common Shares:
Basic weighted average			11,168,335			9,787,840			9,787,275			9,854,306			9,950,970
Diluted weighted average			11,187,262			9,814,225			9,808,694			9,868,739			9,972,152
Outstanding			11,222,442			9,834,623			9,834,083			9,833,476			9,973,276

Noninterest income / noninterest expense:
Service charges		$	4,690		$	2,255		$	2,106		$	2,053		$	2,011
Income from Ansay			975			267			1,314			1,153			1,181
Loan servicing income			955			747			736			733			732
Valuation adjustment on mortgage servicing rights			81			(45)			250			(99)			175
Net gain on sales of mortgage loans			1,076			649			482			338			334
Trust and wealth management			1,575			26			14			16			17
Other noninterest income			1,180			859			1,051			727			2,138
Total noninterest income		$	10,532		$	4,758		$	5,953		$	4,921		$	6,588

Personnel expense		$	21,789		$	10,565		$	10,498		$	10,427		$	10,985
Occupancy, equipment and office			2,556			2,769			1,567			1,922			1,591
Data processing			3,410			2,685			2,506			2,620			2,444
Postage, stationery and supplies			439			309			165			259			240
Net gain on sales and valuations of other real estate owned			(191)			—			—			(159)			—
Net loss on sales of securities			31			—			—			—			—
Advertising			83			(28)			78			61			65
Charitable contributions			240			79			143			274			476
Federal deposit insurance			716			510			540			630			630
Outside service fees			2,400			1,490			1,818			1,135			788
Amortization of intangibles			2,572			1,204			1,228			1,273			1,298
Other noninterest expense			5,011			2,429			2,543			2,314			2,087
Total noninterest expense		$	39,056		$	22,012		$	21,086		$	20,756		$	20,604

Period-end balances:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	398,638		$	243,207		$	126,184		$	120,328		$	300,865
Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value			483,235			164,422			167,125			167,209			163,743
Investment securities held-to-maturity, at cost			117,929			103,726			106,823			109,854			110,241
Loans			4,515,626			3,604,651			3,629,663			3,580,357			3,548,070
Allowance for credit losses - loans			(57,067)			(44,374)			(44,501)			(44,292)			(43,749)
Premises and equipment			93,140			79,217			78,027			75,667			72,670
Goodwill and other intangibles, net			291,908			191,306			192,510			193,738			195,011
Mortgage Servicing Rights			17,484			13,650			13,696			13,445			13,544
Other Assets			208,120			150,290			150,884			148,776			144,670
Total assets			6,069,013			4,506,095			4,420,411			4,365,082			4,505,065

Deposits			5,086,816			3,695,787			3,538,761			3,595,424			3,674,218
Borrowings			124,845			121,966			221,941			121,915			146,890
Other liabilities			37,499			44,506			31,584			35,410			35,543
Total liabilities			5,249,160			3,862,259			3,792,286			3,752,749			3,856,651

Stockholders’ equity			819,853			643,836			628,125			612,333			648,414

Book value per common share			73.05			65.47			63.87			62.27			65.02
Tangible book value per common share (1)			47.04			46.01			44.30			42.57			45.46


Average balances:
Loans		$	4,560,355		$	3,615,930		$	3,600,259		$	3,560,945		$	3,541,995
Interest-earning assets			5,489,866			4,019,999			3,948,304			4,006,981			4,100,846
Total assets			6,052,695			4,421,837			4,350,555			4,407,112			4,498,891
Deposits			5,043,273			3,602,826			3,573,341			3,596,755			3,672,039
Interest-bearing liabilities			3,750,264			2,732,417			2,709,808			2,762,544			2,837,182

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Goodwill and other intangibles, net		292,757		192,061		193,250		194,503		195,752
Stockholders’ equity		801,987		636,418		620,153		623,861		645,708

Financial ratios (2):
Return on average assets		1.34	%	1.65	%	1.64	%	1.54	%	1.64	%
Return on average common equity		10.11	%	11.46	%	11.51	%	10.85	%	11.46	%
Average equity to average assets		13.25	%	14.39	%	14.25	%	14.16	%	14.35	%
Stockholders’ equity to assets		13.51	%	14.29	%	14.21	%	14.03	%	14.39	%
Tangible equity to tangible assets (1)		9.14	%	10.49	%	10.30	%	10.04	%	10.52	%
Loan yield		5.77	%	5.81	%	5.76	%	5.66	%	5.68	%
Earning asset yield		5.47	%	5.63	%	5.61	%	5.50	%	5.49	%
Cost of funds		2.20	%	2.39	%	2.52	%	2.59	%	2.65	%
Net interest margin, taxable equivalent		3.96	%	4.01	%	3.88	%	3.72	%	3.65	%
Net loan charge-offs to average loans		0.01	%	0.01	%	—	%	—	%	0.09	%
Nonperforming loans to total loans		0.60	%	0.25	%	0.38	%	0.38	%	0.19	%
Nonperforming assets to total assets		0.50	%	0.20	%	0.31	%	0.31	%	0.17	%
Allowance for credit losses - loans to total loans		1.26	%	1.23	%	1.23	%	1.24	%	1.23	%
(1)	These measures are not measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, and are therefore considered to be non-GAAP financial measures. See “GAAP reconciliation and management explanation of non-GAAP financial measures” for a reconciliation of these measures to their most comparable GAAP measures.
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(2)	Income statement-related ratios for partial year periods are annualized.
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GAAP RECONCILIATION AND MANAGEMENT EXPLANATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

We identify certain financial measures discussed in the Report as being “non-GAAP financial measures.” The non-GAAP financial measures presented in this Report are tangible book value per common share and tangible equity to tangible assets.

In accordance with the SEC’s rules, we classify a financial measure as being a non-GAAP financial measure if that financial measure excludes or includes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that have the effect of excluding or including amounts, that are included or excluded, as the case may be, in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time in the United States in our statements of income, balance sheets or statements of cash flows.

The non-GAAP financial measures that we discuss in this Report should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the most directly comparable or other financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Moreover, the manner in which we calculate the non-GAAP financial measures that we discuss in our selected historical consolidated financial data may differ from that of other companies reporting measures with similar names. You should understand how such other banking organizations calculate their financial measures similar or with names similar to the non-GAAP financial measures we have presented in our selected historical consolidated financial data when comparing such non-GAAP financial measures. The following discussion and reconciliations provide a more detailed analysis of these non-GAAP financial measures. 32

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Tangible book value per common share and tangible equity to tangible assets are non-GAAP measures that exclude the impact of goodwill and other intangibles used by the Company’s management to evaluate capital adequacy. Because intangible assets such as goodwill and other intangibles vary extensively from company to company, we believe that the presentation of this information allows investors to more easily compare the Company’s capital position to other companies. The most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP are book value per common share, return on average common equity and stockholders’ equity to total assets.


		At or for the Three Months Ended
(In thousands, except per share data)		3/31/2026			12/31/2025			9/30/2025			6/30/2025			3/31/2025
Tangible Assets
Total assets		$	6,069,013		$	4,506,095		$	4,420,411		$	4,365,082		$	4,505,065
Adjustments:
Goodwill			(246,370)			(175,106)			(175,106)			(175,106)			(175,106)
Core deposit intangible, net of amortization			(45,538)			(16,200)			(17,404)			(18,632)			(19,905)
Tangible assets		$	5,777,105		$	4,314,789		$	4,227,901		$	4,171,344		$	4,310,054

Tangible Common Equity
Total stockholders’ equity		$	819,853		$	643,836		$	628,125		$	612,333		$	648,414
Adjustments:
Goodwill			(246,370)			(175,106)			(175,106)			(175,106)			(175,106)
Core deposit intangible, net of amortization			(45,538)			(16,200)			(17,404)			(18,632)			(19,905)
Tangible common equity		$	527,945		$	452,530		$	435,615		$	418,595		$	453,403

Book value per common share		$	73.05		$	65.47		$	63.87		$	62.27		$	65.02
Tangible book value per common share			47.04			46.01			44.30			42.57			45.46

Total stockholders’ equity to total assets			13.51	%		14.29	%		14.21	%		14.03	%		14.39	%
Tangible common equity to tangible assets			9.14	%		10.49	%		10.30	%		10.04	%		10.52	%

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025

General**.** Net income increased $1.8 million to $20.0 million for three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $18.2 million for the same period in 2025. This increase is primarily due to the added scale of operations resulting from the Centre acquisition at the beginning of the first quarter of 2026.

Net Interest Income. The management of interest income and expense is fundamental to our financial performance. Net interest income, the difference between interest income and interest expense, is the largest component of the Company’s total revenue. Management closely monitors both total net interest income and the net interest margin (net interest income divided by average earning assets). We seek to maximize net interest income without exposing the Company to an excessive level of interest rate risk through our asset and liability policies. Interest rate risk is managed by monitoring the pricing, maturity and repricing options of all classes of interest-bearing assets and liabilities. Our net interest margin can also be adversely impacted by the reversal of interest on nonaccrual loans and the reinvestment of loan payoffs into lower yielding investment securities and other short-term investments.

Net interest and dividend income increased by $16.7 million to $53.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to $36.5 million for three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase in net interest income was primarily due to growth in interest earning assets over the last three months, resulting from the acquisition of Centre. Total average interest-earning assets were $5.49 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2026, up from $4.10 billion for the same period in 2025. In addition, growth of $0.9 million in interest-bearing liabilities, from $2.84 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2025 to $3.75 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2026, was partially offset by average rates paid on these liabilities declining from 2.65% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, to 2.20% for the three months ended March 31, 2026. Bank First repaid $65.0 million in FHLB borrowings assumed from Centre during the first quarter of 2026, triggering the recognition of $1.3 million in purchase accounting fair value adjustments, reducing interest expense and causing the rate paid on other borrowings to decrease to 0.95% on an annualized basis during the first quarter of 2026. Net interest margin and net interest income are influenced by internal and external factors. Internal factors include balance sheet changes on both volume and mix and pricing decisions, and external factors include changes in market interest rates, competition and the shape of the interest rate yield curve.

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Interest Income. Total interest income increased $18.6 million, or 33.7%, to $73.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to $55.0 million for the same period in 2025. The increase in total interest income was primarily due to the aforementioned growth in interest earnings assets resulting from the acquisition of Centre. The average balance of interest-earning assets increased by $1.39 billion during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025. Interest income from the accretion of purchase accounting fair value marks increased by $2.7 million in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the prior-year first quarter.

Interest Expense. Interest expense increased $1.9 million, or 10.2%, to $20.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to $18.5 million for the same period in 2025.

Interest expense on interest-bearing deposits increased by $3.2 million to $20.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to $16.9 million for the same period in 2025. The increase in interest expense was primarily due to elevated interest-bearing liabilities from the Centre acquisition. The average balance and rate of interest-bearing deposits was $3.61 billion and 2.26% for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $2.69 billion and 2.54% for the same period in 2025.

Other borrowed funds, the Company’s highest-cost source of funding, saw average balances decline by $2.3 million to $144.6 million during the first quarter of 2026 compared to $147.0 million during the same period in the prior year. Rates paid on these funds declined due to the aforementioned recognition of $1.3 million in purchase accounting fair value adjustments on acquired balances that were paid off prior to contractual maturity.

Provision for Credit Losses. Credit risk is inherent in the business of making loans. We establish an allowance for credit losses through charges to earnings, which are shown in the statements of operations as the provision for credit losses. The provision for credit losses and level of allowance for each period are dependent upon many factors, including loan growth, net charge-offs, changes in the composition of the loan portfolio, delinquencies, management’s assessment of the quality of the loan portfolio, the valuation of problem loans and the general economic conditions in our market area. The determination of the amount is complex and involves a high degree of judgment and subjectivity.

We did not record a provision for credit loss during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to recording a $0.4 million provision for credit loss during the same period in 2025. Economic forecasts, primarily US gross domestic product projections, increased slightly during the first quarter of 2026 while projections for unemployment also increased. We incurred $0.1 million net charge-offs during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to net charge-offs of $0.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The Bank’s loan portfolio continues to exhibit very little credit stress. The acquisition of Centre led to an increase of $12.8 million of ACL – Loans related to the acquired portfolio. The ACL - Loans was $57.1 million, or 1.26% of total loans, at March 31, 2026 compared to $43.7 million, or 1.23% of total loans at March 31, 2025.

Noninterest Income. Noninterest income is an important component of our total revenues. A significant portion of our noninterest income has historically been associated with service charges and income from the Bank’s unconsolidated subsidiary, Ansay. The Centre acquisition introduced a new Trust and Wealth Management business line in the first quarter of 2026. Other sources of noninterest income include loan servicing fees and gains on sales of mortgage loans.

Noninterest income increased $3.9 million to $10.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to $6.6 million for the same period in 2025. This increase was primarily the result of higher service charge and loan servicing income provided by added operational scale from the acquisition of Centre. Income provided by the Bank’s investment in Ansay totaled $1.0 million during the first quarter of 2026, down $0.2 million from the prior-year first quarter. Income provided by Trust and Wealth Management was $1.6 million during the first quarter of 2026. Assets under management of this department totaled $798.4 million as of March 31, 2026. Finally, gains on sales of mortgage loans totaled $1.1 million during the first quarter of 2026, up from $0.3 million in the prior-year first quarter.

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The major components of our noninterest income are listed below:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2026		2025			Change		% Change
(in thousands)	(In thousands)
Noninterest Income
Service charges	$	4,690	$	2,011					133	%
Income from Ansay		975		1,181					(17)	%
Loan servicing income		955		732					30	%
Valuation adjustment on MSR		81		175					(54)	%
Net gain on sales of mortgage loans		1,076		334					222	%
Trust and wealth management		1,575		17					NM
Other		1,180		2,138					(45)	%
Total noninterest income	$	10,532	$	6,588					60	%

All values are in US Dollars.

Noninterest Expense. Noninterest expense increased $18.5 million to $39.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to $20.6 million for the same period in 2025. Most areas of noninterest expense were elevated in the most recent quarter due to the added operating scale from Centre acquisition. Expenses directly related to the Bank’s acquisition of Centre totaled $6.5 million during the first quarter of 2026. These expenses were primarily incurred in the areas of personnel expense, outside service fees and data processing. Occupancy expense was significantly elevated due to eleven new operating locations added to the Bank’s footprint as part of the Centre acquisition. This acquisition also created a core deposit intangible asset of $31.9 million. Amortization related to this intangible asset, which will be amortized over the next 10 years, led to the elevated amortization expense during the first quarter of 2026. As mentioned, the Bank incurred a $1.1 million prepayment penalty when it repaid $65.0 million in FHLB borrowings during the first quarter of 2026.

The major components of our noninterest expense are listed below:


		Three Months Ended March 31,									****
		2026			2025			Change		% Change	****
		(In thousands)
Noninterest Expense
Salaries, commissions, and employee benefits		$	21,789		$	10,985				98	%
Occupancy			2,556			1,591				61	%
Data processing			3,410			2,444				40	%
Postage, stationary, and supplies			439			240				83	%
Net gain on sales and valuations of other real estate owned			(191)			—				NM
Net loss on sales of securities			31			—				NM
Advertising			83			65				28	%
Charitable contributions			240			476				(50)	%
Federal deposit insurance			716			630				14	%
Outside service fees			2,400			788				205	%
Amortization of intangibles			2,572			1,298				98	%
Other			5,011			2,087				140	%
Total noninterest expenses		$	39,056		$	20,604				90	%

All values are in US Dollars.

Income Tax Expense. We recorded a provision for income taxes of $4.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to a provision of $3.9 million for the same period during 2025, reflecting effective tax rates of 19.1% for the first quarter of 2026 compared to 17.5% during first quarter 2025. The effective tax rates were reduced from the statutory federal and state income tax rates during both periods as a result of tax-exempt interest income produced by certain qualifying loans and investments in the Bank’s portfolios. Tax-exempt income during the first quarter of 2025 resulted from a death benefit on life insurance, further reducing the effective tax rate for that quarter.

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NET INTEREST MARGIN

Net interest income represents the difference between interest earned, primarily on loans and investments, and interest paid on funding sources, primarily deposits and borrowings. Interest rate spread is the difference between the average rate earned on total interest-earning assets and the average rate paid on total interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest margin is the amount of net interest income, on a fully taxable-equivalent basis, expressed as a percentage of average interest-earning assets. The average rate earned on earning assets is the amount of annualized taxable-equivalent interest income expressed as a percentage of average earning assets. The average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities is equal to annualized interest expense as a percentage of average interest-bearing liabilities.

The following tables set forth the distribution of our average assets, liabilities and stockholders’ equity, and average rates earned or paid on a fully taxable equivalent basis for each of the periods indicated:


		Three Months Ended
		March 31, 2026								March 31, 2025
					Interest								Interest
		Average			Income/			Rate Earned/ Paid		Average			Income/			Rate Earned/ Paid
		Balance			Expenses (1)			(1)		Balance			Expenses (1)			(1)
		(dollars in thousands)
ASSETS
Interest-earning assets
Loans (2)
Taxable		$	4,427,935		$	256,839		5.80	%	$	3,410,262		$	194,219		5.70	%
Tax-exempt			132,420			6,378		4.82	%		131,733			6,887		5.23	%
Securities
Taxable (available for sale)			502,318			20,864		4.15	%		180,322			7,963		4.42	%
Tax-exempt (available for sale)			36,196			1,304		3.60	%		32,697			1,149		3.51	%
Taxable (held to maturity)			102,506			4,195		4.09	%		107,641			4,267		3.96	%
Tax-exempt (held to maturity)			4,507			119		2.64	%		3,196			85		2.66	%
Cash and due from banks			283,984			10,447		3.68	%		234,995			10,386		4.42	%
Total interest-earning assets			5,489,866			300,146		5.47	%		4,100,846			224,956		5.49	%
Non interest-earning assets			618,184								442,262
Allowance for credit losses - loans			(55,355)								(44,217)
Total assets		$	6,052,695							$	4,498,891
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Interest-bearing deposits
Checking accounts		$	724,221		$	17,833		2.46	%	$	516,658		$	12,760		2.47	%
Savings accounts			1,114,331			14,133		1.27	%		831,083			12,066		1.45	%
Money market accounts			938,689			19,806		2.11	%		683,446			16,685		2.44	%
Certificates of deposit			813,281			28,941		3.56	%		638,937			26,019		4.07	%
Brokered deposits			15,114			597		3.95	%		20,092			815		4.06	%
Total interest-bearing deposits			3,605,636			81,310		2.26	%		2,690,216			68,345		2.54	%
Other borrowed funds			144,628			1,378		0.95	%		146,966			6,729		4.58	%
Total interest-bearing liabilities			3,750,264			82,688		2.20	%		2,837,182			75,074		2.65	%
Non-interest bearing liabilities
Demand deposits			1,437,637								981,823
Other liabilities			62,807								34,178
Total liabilities			5,250,708								3,853,183
Shareholders’ equity			801,987								645,708
Total liabilities & shareholders’ equity		$	6,052,695							$	4,498,891
Net interest income on a fully taxable equivalent basis						217,458								149,882
Less taxable equivalent adjustment						(1,638)								(1,705)
Net interest income					$	215,820							$	148,177
Net interest spread (3)								3.26	%							2.84	%
Net interest margin (4)								3.96	%							3.65	%
(1).	Annualized on a fully taxable equivalent basis calculated using a federal tax rate of 21% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
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(2).	Nonaccrual loans are included in average amounts outstanding.
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(3).	Interest rate spread represents the difference between the weighted average yield on interest-earning assets and the weighted average cost of interest-bearing liabilities.
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(4).	Net interest margin represents net interest income on a fully tax equivalent basis as a percentage of average interest-earning assets.
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Rate/Volume Analysis

The following tables describe the extent to which changes in interest rates and changes in the volume of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities have affected our interest income and interest expense during the periods indicated. Information is provided in each category with respect to: (i) changes attributable to changes in volumes (changes in average balance multiplied by prior year average rate) and (ii) changes attributable to changes in rate (change in average interest rate multiplied by prior year average balance), while (iii) changes attributable to the combined impact of volumes and rates have been allocated proportionately to separate volume and rate categories.


		Three Months Ended March 31, 2026
		Compared with
		Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
		Increase/(Decrease) Due to Change in
		Volume			Rate			Total
	****	(dollars in thousands)								****
Interest income
Loans
Taxable		$	58,967		$	3,653		$	62,620
Tax-exempt			36			(545)			(509)
Securities
Taxable (AFS)			13,401			(500)			12,901
Tax-exempt (AFS)			125			30			155
Taxable (HTM)			(207)			135			(72)
Tax-exempt (HTM)			35			(1)			34
Cash and due from banks			1,964			(1,903)			61
Total interest income			74,321			869			75,190
Interest expense
Deposits
Checking accounts			5,111			(38)			5,073
Savings accounts			3,733			(1,666)			2,067
Money market accounts			5,611			(2,490)			3,121
Certificates of deposit			6,487			(3,565)			2,922
Brokered Deposits			(197)			(21)			(218)
Total interest bearing deposits			20,745			(7,780)			12,965
Other borrowed funds			(105)			(5,246)			(5,351)
Total interest expense			20,640			(13,026)			7,614
Change in net interest income		$	53,681		$	13,895		$	67,576

CHANGES IN FINANCIAL CONDITION

Total Assets. Total assets increased $1.56 billion, or 34.7%, to $6.07 billion at March 31, 2026, from $4.51 billion at December 31, 2025, primarily as a result of the Centre acquisition on January 1, 2026.

Cash and Cash Equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents increased by $155.4 million to $398.6 million at March 31, 2026, from $243.2 million at December 31, 2025.

Investment Securities. The carrying value of total investment securities increased by $333.0 million to $601.2 million at March 31, 2026, from $268.1 million at December 31, 2025. The increase in investments was primarily attributed to the investment portfolio acquired from Centre during the first quarter of 2026.

Loans. Net loans increased by $898.3 million, totaling $4.46 billion at March 31, 2026 compared to $3.56 billion at December 31, 2025. The fair value of loans acquired as part of the acquisition of Centre at the beginning of the first quarter of 2026 totaled $968.7 million.

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Deposits. Deposits increased $1.39 billion, or 37.6%, to $5.09 billion at March 31, 2026 from $3.70 billion at December 31, 2025. The fair value of deposits acquired as part of the acquisition of Centre at the beginning of the first quarter of 2026 totaled $1.38 billion.

Borrowings. At March 31, 2026, borrowings consisted of advances from the FHLB and subordinated debt to other banks and an individual. FHLB borrowings decreased $10.0 million, or 9.1%, to $100.0 million at March 31, 2026 from $110.0 million at December 31, 2025. Junior subordinated debentures, all of which were assumed as part of the acquisition of Centre, totaled $8.3 million at March 31, 2026. The Company assumed $4.5 million of subordinated debt at fair value in the Centre transaction, increasing total subordinated debt to $16.6 million at March 31, 2026, up from $12.0 million at December 31, 2025.

Stockholders’ Equity. Total stockholders’ equity increased $176.0 million, or 27.3%, to $819.9 million at March 31, 2026 from $643.8 million at December 31, 2025. Repurchases of the Company’s common stock totaling $3.1 million and dividends declared totaling $5.6 million offset the positive impact of earnings totaling $20.0 million during the first three months of the 2026. The largest contributor to this increase was the Centre acquisition, which added $168.5 million to stockholders’ equity.

LOANS

Our lending activities are principally conducted in the states of Wisconsin and Illinois. The Bank makes commercial and industrial loans, commercial real estate loans, construction and development loans, residential real estate loans, and a variety of consumer loans and other loans. Much of the loans made by the Bank are secured by real estate collateral. The Bank’s commercial business loans are primarily made based on the cash flow of the borrower and secondarily on the underlying collateral provided by the borrower, with liquidation of the underlying real estate collateral typically being viewed as the primary source of repayment in the event of borrower default. Although commercial business loans are also often collateralized by equipment, inventory, accounts receivable, or other business assets, the liquidation of collateral in the event of default is often an insufficient source of repayment. Repayment of the Bank’s residential loans are generally dependent on the health of the employment market in the borrowers’ geographic areas and that of the general economy with liquidation of the underlying real estate collateral being typically viewed as the primary source of repayment in the event of borrower default.

Our loan portfolio is our most significant earning asset, comprising 74.6% and 80.1% of our total assets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. Our strategy is to grow our loan portfolio by originating quality commercial and consumer loans that comply with our credit policies and that produce revenues consistent with our financial objectives. We believe our loan portfolio is well-balanced, which provides us with the opportunity to grow while monitoring our loan concentrations.

Loans increased $911.0 million, or 25.3%, to $4.51 billion as of March 31, 2026, compared to $3.60 billion as of December 31, 2025. This increase was primarily driven by the acquisition of Centre, which included approximately $1.0 billion in loan balances, and was comprised of an increase of $157.2 million or 24.3% in commercial and industrial loans, an increase of $76.6 million or 8.7% in owner occupied commercial real estate loans, an increase of $209.9 million or 42.6% in non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans, an increase of $240.1 million or 59.7% in multifamily loans, an increase of $40.4 million or 18.8% in construction and development loans, an increase of $262.6 million or 29.3% in residential 1-4 family loans and an increase of $11.9 million or 16.6% in consumer and other loans. 38

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The following table presents the balance and associated percentage of each major category in our loan portfolio:


		March 31, 2026					December 31, 2025					March 31, 2025				****
		Amount			% of Total		Amount			% of Total		Amount			% of Total	****
	****	(dollars in thousands)
Commercial & industrial		$	821,243		18	%	$	647,086		18	%	$	615,795		17	%
Commercial real estate
Owner occupied			1,133,042		25	%		880,723		24	%		828,281		23	%
Non-owner occupied			660,359		15	%		492,525		14	%		514,181		15	%
Multi-family			456,366		10	%		402,053		11	%		355,003		10	%
Construction & development			259,365		6	%		215,518		6	%		278,475		8	%
Residential 1-4 family			1,101,515		24	%		894,979		25	%		886,528		25	%
Consumer			61,378		1	%		54,826		2	%		54,763		2	%
Other loans			22,358		1	%		16,941		—	%		15,044		—	%
Total Loans		$	4,515,626		100	%	$	3,604,651		100	%	$	3,548,070		100	%

Loan categories

The principal categories of our loan portfolio are discussed below:

Commercial and Industrial (C&I). Our C&I portfolio totaled $821.2 million and $647.1 million at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, and represented 18% of our total loans as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

Our C&I loan customers represent various small and middle-market established businesses involved in professional services, accommodation and food services, health care, financial services, wholesale trade, manufacturing, distribution, retailing and non-profits. Most clients are privately owned with markets that range from local to national in scope. Many of the loans to this segment are secured by liens on corporate assets and the personal guarantees of the principals. The regional economic strength or weakness impacts the relative risks in this loan category. There is little concentration in any one business sector, and loan risks are generally diversified among many borrowers. We actively communicate with our C&I loan customers regarding their operations, including the impacts of recently implemented tariffs on their input costs and customer relationships. We have not noted significant pressure on our customer base from the current uncertain economic environment, but we will continue to monitor the impact of these items on our loan portfolio and its credit quality.

Commercial Real Estate (CRE). Our CRE loan portfolio totaled $2.25 billion and $1.78 billion at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, and represented 50% and 49% of our total loans at those dates

Our CRE loans are secured by a variety of property types including multi-family dwellings, retail facilities, office buildings, commercial mixed use, lodging and industrial and warehouse properties. We do not have any specific industry or customer concentrations in our CRE portfolio. Our commercial real estate loans are generally for terms up to ten years, with loan-to-values that generally do not exceed 80%. Amortization schedules are long term and thus a balloon payment is generally due at maturity. Under most circumstances, the Bank will offer to rewrite or otherwise extend the loan at prevailing interest rates.

Construction and Development (C&D). Our C&D loan portfolio totaled $259.4 million and $215.5 million at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, and represented 6% of our total loans as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

Our C&D loans are generally for the purpose of creating value out of real estate through construction and development work, and also include loans used to purchase recreational use land. Borrowers typically provide a copy of a construction or development contract which is subject to bank acceptance prior to loan approval. Disbursements are handled by a title company. Borrowers are required to inject their own equity into the project prior to any note proceeds being disbursed. These loans are, by their nature, intended to be short term and are refinanced into other loan types at the end of the construction and development period. This short term and transitory nature causes the total balances in this loan category to increase and decrease from period-to-period.

Residential 1 – 4 Family. Residential 1 – 4 family loans held in portfolio amounted to $1.10 billion and $895.0 million at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, and represented 24% of our total loans as of March 31, 2026 and 25% of our total loans as of December 31, 2025.

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We offer fixed and adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans with maturities up to 30 years. One-to-four family residential mortgage loans are generally underwritten according to Fannie Mae guidelines, and we refer to loans that conform to such guidelines as “conforming loans.” We generally originate both fixed and adjustable-rate mortgage loans in amounts up to the maximum conforming loan limits as established by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which is generally $806,500 for one-unit properties. In addition, we also offer loans above conforming lending limits typically referred to as “jumbo” loans. These loans are typically underwritten to the same guidelines as conforming loans; however, we may choose to hold a jumbo loan within its portfolio with underwriting criteria that does not exactly match conforming guidelines.

We do not offer reverse mortgages nor do we offer loans that provide for negative amortization of principal, such as “Option ARM” loans, where the borrower can pay less than the interest owed on his loan, resulting in an increased principal balance during the life of the loan. We also do not offer “subprime loans” (loans that are made with low down payments to borrowers with weakened credit histories typically characterized by payment delinquencies, previous charge-offs, judgments, bankruptcies, or borrowers with questionable repayment capacity as evidenced by low credit scores or high debt-burden ratios) or Alt-A loans (defined as loans having less than full documentation).

Residential real estate loans are originated both for sale to the secondary market as well as for retention in the Bank’s loan portfolio. The decision to sell a loan to the secondary market or retain within the portfolio is determined based on a variety of factors including but not limited to our asset/liability position, the current interest rate environment, and customer preference. Servicing rights are retained on all loans sold to the secondary market.

We were servicing mortgage loans sold to others without recourse of approximately $1.54 billion and $1.20 billion at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

Loans sold with the retention of servicing assets result in the capitalization of servicing rights. Loan servicing rights are carried at fair value. The net balance of capitalized servicing rights amounted to $17.5 million at March 31, 2026 and $13.7 million December 31, 2025.

Consumer Loans. Our consumer loan portfolio totaled $61.4 million and $54.8 million at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, and represented 1% of our total loans as of March 31, 2026 and 2% of our total loans as of December 31, 2025. Consumer loans include secured and unsecured loans, lines of credit and personal installment loans.

Consumer loans generally have greater risk compared to longer-term loans secured by improved, owner-occupied real estate, particularly consumer loans that are secured by rapidly depreciable assets. In these cases, any repossessed collateral for a defaulted loan may not provide an adequate source of repayment of the outstanding loan balance. As a result, consumer loan repayments are dependent on the borrower’s continuing financial stability and thus are more likely to be adversely affected by job loss, divorce, illness or personal bankruptcy.

Other Loans. Our other loans totaled $22.4 million and $16.9 million at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, and are immaterial to the overall loan portfolio. The other loans category consists primarily of over-drafted depository accounts, loans utilized to purchase or carry securities and loans to nonprofit organizations.

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Loan Portfolio Maturities.

The following tables summarize the dollar amount of loans maturing in our portfolio based on their loan type, fixed or variable rate of interest, and contractual terms to maturity at March 31, 2026. The tables do not include any estimate of prepayments, which can significantly shorten the average life of all loans and may cause our actual repayment experience to differ from that shown below. Demand loans, loans having no stated repayment schedule or maturity, and overdraft loans are reported as being due in one year or less.


	One Year or		One to Five		Five to Fifteen		Over Fifteen
	Less		Years		Years		Years		Total
	(dollars in thousands)
Commercial & industrial	$	284,284	$	396,736	$	139,254	$	969	$	821,243
Commercial real estate
Owner Occupied		180,927		571,961		294,670		85,484		1,133,042
Non-owner Occupied		103,096		468,274		87,469		1,520		660,359
Multi-family		83,701		285,644		86,535		486		456,366
Construction & Development		61,195		58,366		64,753		75,051		259,365
Residential 1-4 family		27,148		114,908		261,161		698,298		1,101,515
Consumer and other		9,537		37,867		26,783		9,549		83,736
Total	$	749,888	$	1,933,756	$	960,625	$	871,357	$	4,515,626
Fixed Rate Loans:
Commercial & industrial	$	45,106	$	238,034	$	60,396	$	—	$	343,536
Commercial real estate
Owner Occupied		122,257		450,493		100,860		28,885		702,495
Non-owner Occupied		84,425		389,018		30,896		—		504,339
Multi-family		81,605		213,677		59,339		—		354,621
Construction & Development		36,712		27,577		14,517		36,351		115,157
Residential 1-4 family		12,531		92,846		199,815		284,000		589,192
Consumer and other		8,043		34,469		25,794		8,709		77,015
Total	$	390,679	$	1,446,114	$	491,617	$	357,945	$	2,686,355
Floating Rate Loans:
Commercial & industrial	$	239,178	$	158,702	$	78,858	$	969	$	477,707
Commercial real estate
Owner Occupied		58,670		121,468		193,810		56,599		430,547
Non-owner Occupied		18,671		79,256		56,573		1,520		156,020
Multi-family		2,096		71,967		27,196		486		101,745
Construction & Development		24,483		30,789		50,236		38,700		144,208
Residential 1-4 family		14,617		22,062		61,346		414,298		512,323
Consumer and other		1,494		3,398		989		840		6,721
Total	$	359,209	$	487,642	$	469,008	$	513,412	$	1,829,271

NONPERFORMING ASSETS

In order to operate with a sound risk profile, we focus on originating loans that we believe to be of high quality. We have established loan approval policies and procedures to assist us in maintaining the overall quality of our loan portfolio. When delinquencies in our loans exist, we rigorously monitor the levels of such delinquencies for any negative or adverse trends. From time to time, we may modify loans to extend the term or make other concessions to help a borrower with a deteriorating financial condition stay current on their loan and to avoid foreclosure. We generally do not forgive principal or interest on loans or modify the interest rates on loans to rates that are below market rates. Furthermore, we are committed to collecting on all of our loans and, as a result, at times have lower net charge-offs compared to many of our peer banks. We believe that our commitment to collecting on all of our loans results in higher loan recoveries. 41

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Our nonperforming assets consist of nonperforming loans and foreclosed real estate. Nonperforming loans are those on which the accrual of interest has stopped, as well as loans that are contractually 90 days past due on which interest continues to accrue. The composition of our nonperforming assets is as follows:


		As of March 31,			As of December 31,			As of March 31,		****
		2026			2025			2025		****
	****	(dollars in thousands)
Nonperforming loans
Nonaccrual loans
Commercial & industrial		$	2,589		$	1,754		$	789
Commercial real estate
Owner Occupied			4,566			2,330			4,090
Non-owner Occupied			—			—			493
Multi-family			12,943			—			—
Construction & Development			—			—			—
Residential 1-4 family			1,788			1,643			988
Consumer and other			147			79			36
Total nonaccrual loans			22,033			5,806			6,396
Loans past due > 90 days, but still accruing
Commercial & industrial			43			—			48
Commercial real estate
Owner Occupied			4,324			2,791			—
Non-owner Occupied			351			—			—
Multi-family			—			—			—
Construction & Development			1			1			—
Residential 1-4 family			132			425			346
Consumer and other			6			25			24
Total loans past due > 90 days, but still accruing			4,857			3,242			418
Total nonperforming loans		$	26,890		$	9,048		$	6,814
OREO
Commercial real estate owned		$	—		$	—		$	—
Residential real estate owned			—			—			—
Acquired bank property real estate owned			3,190			—			741
Total OREO		$	3,190		$	—		$	741
Total nonperforming assets ("NPAs")		$	30,080		$	9,048		$	7,555
Accruing modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty		$	386		$	239		$	15
Ratios
Nonaccrual loans to total loans			0.49	%		0.16	%		0.18	%
NPAs to total loans plus OREO			0.67	%		0.25	%		0.21	%
NPAs to total assets			0.50	%		0.20	%		0.17	%
ACL - Loans to nonaccrual loans			259	%		764	%		684	%
ACL - Loans to total loans			1.26	%		1.23	%		1.23	%

Nonaccrual Loans

Loans are typically placed on nonaccrual status when any payment of principal and/or interest is 90 days or more past due, unless the collateral is sufficient to cover both principal and interest and the loan is in the process of collection. Loans are also placed on nonaccrual status when management believes, after considering economic and business conditions, that the principal or interest will not be collectible in the normal course of business. We monitor closely the performance of our loan portfolio. In addition to the monitoring and review of loan performance internally, we have also contracted with an independent organization to review our commercial and retail loan portfolios. The status of delinquent loans, as well as situations identified as potential problems, are reviewed on a regular basis by senior management. The increase in nonaccrual loans through the first three months of 2026 was primarily due to the deterioration of one customer relationship, which resulted in several loans being moved to nonaccrual status. 42

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ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES - LOANS

The Company assesses the adequacy of its ACL - Loans at the end of each calendar quarter. The level of ACL - Loans is based on the Company’s evaluation of historical default and loss experience, current and projected economic conditions, asset quality trends, known and inherent risks in the portfolio, adverse situations that may affect the borrowers’ ability to repay a loan, the estimated value of any underlying collateral, composition of the loan portfolio and other relevant factors. The ACL - Loans is increased by a provision for credit losses, which is charged to expense, when the analysis shows that an increase is warranted. The ACL – Loans is reduced by charge-offs, net of recoveries, when they occur. The ACL is believed adequate to absorb all expected future losses to be recognized over the contractual life of the loans in the portfolio.

For further details on the Company’s ACL – Loans, refer to the footnotes along with the consolidated financial statements elsewhere in this report.

At March 31, 2026, the ACL - Loans was $57.1 million (representing 1.26% of period end loans). The Bank did not record a provision for credit losses during the first quarter of 2026. In addition, the ACL - Loans increased due to the acquisition of Centre, which required a $5.1 million allowance for credit losses on non-PCD loans and a $7.7 million reserve related to PCD loans. The ACL – Loans has remained consistent over recent quarters as economic conditions have remained stable and the Company’s overall asset quality remain strong. The Company recorded net charge-offs totaling $0.1 million during the first three months of 2026.

The following table summarizes the changes in our ACL - Loans for the periods indicated:


	Three months ended			Year ended			Three months ended
	March 31,			December 31,			March 31,
	2026			2025			2025		****
	(dollars in thousands)
Balance of ACL - Loans at the beginning of period	$	44,374		$	44,151		$	44,151
ACL - Loans on loans acquired		12,826			—			—
Net loans charged-off (recovered):
Commercial & industrial		(1)			214			—
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		—			771			802
Commercial real estate - non-owner occupied		—			—			—
Commercial real estate - multi-family		—			—			—
Construction & Development		—			—			—
Residential 1-4 family		(2)			(76)			(29)
Consumer		32			24			21
Other Loans		104			44			8
Total net loans charged-off (recovered)		133			977			802
Provision charged to operating expense		—			1,250			400
Transfer from (to) ACL - Unfunded Commitments		—			(50)			—
Balance of ACL - Loans at end of period	$	57,067		$	44,374		$	43,749
Ratio of net charge-offs (recoveries) to average loans by loan composition
Commercial & industrial		(0.00)	%		0.04	%		—	%
Commercial real estate - owner occupied		—	%		0.08	%		0.08	%
Commercial real estate - non-owner occupied		—	%		—	%		—	%
Commercial real estate - multi-family		—	%		—	%		—	%
Construction & Development		—	%		—	%		—	%
Residential 1-4 family		(0.00)	%		(0.01)	%		—	%
Consumer		0.05	%		0.04	%		0.04	%
Other Loans		0.47	%		0.30	%		0.05	%
Total net charge-offs (recoveries) to average loans		0.00	%		0.03	%		0.02	%

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The following table summarizes an allocation of the ACL - Loans and the related percentage of loans outstanding in each category for the periods below.


		March 31,					December 31,					March 31,				****
		2026					2025					2025				****
					% of					% of					% of	****
(in thousands, except %)	****	Amount			Loans		Amount			Loans		Amount			Loans
Loan Type:
Commercial & industrial		$	9,992		18	%	$	7,264		18	%	$	6,282		17	%
Commercial real estate - owner occupied			12,626		25	%		9,691		24	%		8,971		23	%
Commercial real estate - non-owner occupied			7,084		15	%		4,581		14	%		5,255		15	%
Commercial real estate - multi-family			5,222		10	%		4,088		11	%		4,174		10	%
Construction & development			4,378		6	%		3,814		6	%		5,319		8	%
Residential 1-4 family			16,336		24	%		13,644		25	%		12,541		25	%
Consumer			1,144		1	%		1,074		2	%		1,073		2	%
Other loans			285		1	%		218		—	%		134		—	%
Total allowance		$	57,067		100	%	$	44,374		100	%	$	43,749		100	%

SOURCES OF FUNDS

General. Deposits have traditionally been our primary source of funds for our investment and lending activities. We also borrow from the FHLB of Chicago to supplement cash needs, to lengthen the maturities of liabilities for interest rate risk management purposes and to manage our cost of funds. Our additional sources of funds are scheduled payments and prepayments of principal and interest on loans and investment securities and fee income and proceeds from the sales of loans and securities.

Deposits. Our current deposit products include non-interest bearing and interest-bearing checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificate of deposits. As of March 31, 2026, deposit liabilities accounted for approximately 83.8% of our total liabilities and equity. We accept deposits primarily from customers in the communities in which our branches and offices are located, as well as from small businesses and other customers throughout our lending area. We rely on our competitive pricing and products, quality customer service, and convenient locations and hours to attract and retain deposits. Deposit rates and terms are based primarily on current business strategies, market interest rates, liquidity requirements and our deposit growth goals.

Total deposits were $5.09 billion and $3.70 billion as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. Noninterest-bearing deposits at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, were $1.50 billion and $1.00 billion, respectively, while interest-bearing deposits were $3.59 billion and $2.69 billion at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

At March 31, 2026, we had a total of $822.4 million in certificates of deposit, including $15.1 million of brokered deposits. Based on historical experience and our current pricing strategy, we believe we will retain a majority of these accounts upon maturity, although our long-term strategy is to minimize reliance on certificates of deposits by increasing relationship deposits in lower earning savings and demand deposit accounts.

The following tables set forth the average balances of our deposits for the periods indicated:


	Three months ended				Year ended				Three months ended
	March 31, 2026				December 31, 2025				March 31, 2025
	Amount		Percent		Amount		Percent		Amount		Percent
	(dollars in thousands)

Noninterest-bearing demand deposits	$	1,437,637	28.5	%	$	991,160	27.5	%	$	981,823	26.8	%
Interest-bearing checking deposits		724,221	14.4	%		451,898	12.5	%		516,658	14.1	%
Savings deposits		1,114,331	22.1	%		841,486	23.3	%		831,083	22.6	%
Money market accounts		938,689	18.6	%		668,106	18.5	%		683,446	18.6	%
Certificates of deposit		813,281	16.1	%		640,004	17.7	%		638,937	17.4	%
Brokered deposits		15,114	0.3	%		18,292	0.5	%		20,092	0.5	%
Total	$	5,043,273	100	%	$	3,610,946	100	%	$	3,672,039	100	%

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The following table provides information on maturities of certificates of deposits which exceed FDIC insurance limits of $250,000 as of March 31, 2026:


	Time Deposits over FDIC		Portion of Time Deposits in
	Insurance Limits		Excess of FDIC Insurance Limits
	(dollars in thousands)
3 months or less remaining	$	103,505	$	61,255
Over 3 to 6 months remaining		50,284		25,034
Over 6 to 12 months remaining		52,291		25,041
Over 12 months or more remaining		15,457		4,707
Total	$	221,537	$	116,037

Borrowings

The Company’s borrowings have historically consisted primarily of FHLB advances collateralized by a blanket pledge agreement on the Company’s FHLB capital stock and retail and commercial loans held in the Company’s portfolio. There were $100.0 million and $110.0 million of advances outstanding from the FHLB at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

The total loans pledged as collateral were $839.3 million and $1.10 billion at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. There were $102.8 million letters of credit from the FHLB at March 31, 2026 compared to no letters of credit at December 31, 2025.

The following table summarizes borrowings from the FHLB, and the weighted average interest rates paid:


	Three months ended			Year ended			Three months ended
(dollars in thousands)	March 31, 2026			December 31, 2025			March 31, 2025
Average daily amount of borrowings outstanding during the period	$	121,681		$	128,275		$	134,966
Weighted average interest rate on average daily borrowing		(0.11)	%		4.45	%		4.53	%
Maximum outstanding borrowings at any month-end	$	109,983		$	209,941		$	134,890
Borrowing outstanding at period end	$	99,992		$	109,966		$	134,890
Weighted average interest rate on borrowing at period end		4.23	%		4.21	%		4.39	%

Lines of credit and other borrowings.

During July 2020, the Company entered into subordinated note agreements with two separate commercial banks. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, outstanding balances under these agreements totaled $6.0 million. These notes were issued with 10-year maturities, carried interest at a fixed rate of 5.0% through June 30, 2025, and carry a variable rate, payable quarterly. These notes are callable on or after January 1, 2026 and qualify for Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes.

During August 2022, the Company entered into subordinated note agreements with an individual. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, outstanding balances under these agreements totaled $6.0 million. These notes were issued with 10-year maturities, will carry interest at a fixed rate of 5.25% through August 6, 2027, and at a variable rate thereafter, payable quarterly. These notes are callable on or after August 6, 2027 and qualify for Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes.

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INVESTMENT SECURITIES

Our securities portfolio consists of securities available for sale and securities held to maturity. Securities are classified as held to maturity or available for sale at the time of purchase. Obligations of states and political subdivisions, obligations of U.S. government sponsored agencies, and mortgage-backed securities, all of which are issued by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored enterprises, along with U.S. Treasuries make up the largest components of the securities portfolio. We manage our investment portfolio to provide an adequate level of liquidity as well as to maintain neutral interest rate-sensitive positions, while earning an adequate level of investment income without taking undue or excessive risk.

Securities available for sale consist of U.S. Treasuries, U.S. government sponsored agencies, obligations of states and political subdivision, mortgage-backed securities, and corporate notes. Securities classified as available for sale, which management has the intent and ability to hold for an indefinite period of time, but not necessarily to maturity, are carried at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses, net of related deferred income taxes, included in stockholders’ equity as a separate component of other comprehensive income. The fair value of securities available for sale totaled $483.2 million and included negligible gross unrealized gains and gross unrealized losses of $13.0 million at March 31, 2026. At December 31, 2025, the fair value of securities available for sale totaled $164.4 million and included $0.4 million gross unrealized gains and gross unrealized losses of $7.8 million.

Securities classified as held to maturity consist of U.S. treasury securities and obligations of states and political subdivisions. These securities, which management has the intent and ability to hold to maturity, are reported at amortized cost. Securities held to maturity totaled $117.9 million at March 31, 2026 and $103.7 million at December 31, 2025.

The Company had recognized net losses of $0.03 million on sales of securities during the three months ended March 31, 2026. The Company had recognized net losses on sales of securities of zero during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

The following tables set forth the composition and maturities of investment securities as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.


					After One, But				After Five, But											****
	Within One Year				Within Five Years				Within Ten Years				After Ten Years				Total			****
			Weighted				Weighted				Weighted				Weighted				Weighted	****
	Amortized		Average		Amortized		Average		Amortized		Average		Amortized		Average		Amortized		Average	****
At March 31, 2026	Cost		Yield (1)		Cost		Yield (1)		Cost		Yield (1)		Cost		Yield (1)		Cost		Yield (1)	****
	(dollars in thousands)
Available for sale securities
U.S. Treasury securities	$	—	—	%	$	76,522	3.5	%	$	16,035	4.1	%	$	—	—	%	$	92,557	3.6	%
Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored agencies		24,680	3.6	%		91,050	3.6	%		34,270	3.2	%		7,970	2.2	%		157,970	3.5	%
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		5,310	3.9	%		26,342	4.0	%		30,341	3.2	%		23,195	3.2	%		85,188	3.5	%
Mortgage-backed securities		4,455	4.4	%		55,734	4.1	%		5,177	4.1	%		71,510	4.4	%		136,876	4.3	%
Corporate notes		3,029	4.0	%		6,000	7.8	%		8,927	3.6	%		5,658	9.4	%		23,614	6.1	%
Total available for sale securities	$	37,474	3.8	%	$	255,648	3.8	%	$	94,750	3.4	%	$	108,333	4.3	%	$	496,205	3.9	%
Held to maturity securities
U.S. Treasury securities	$	21,723	3.7	%	$	29,455	4.0	%	$	62,451	4.4	%	$	—	—	%	$	113,629	4.2	%
Obligations of states and political subdivisions		1,524	2.6	%		2,776	0.9	%		—	—	%		—	—	%		4,300	1.5	%
Total held to maturity securities	$	23,247	3.7	%	$	32,231	3.7	%	$	62,451	4.4	%	$	—	—	%	$	117,929	4.1	%
Total	$	60,721	3.7	%	$	287,879	3.8	%	$	157,201	3.8	%	$	108,333	4.3	%	$	614,134	3.9	%

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						After One, But				After Five, But
		Within One Year				Within Five Years				Within Ten Years				After Ten Years				Total
				Weighted				Weighted				Weighted				Weighted				Weighted
		Amortized		Average		Amortized		Average		Amortized		Average		Amortized		Average		Amortized		Average
At December 31, 2025		Cost		Yield (1)		Cost		Yield (1)		Cost		Yield (1)		Cost		Yield (1)		Cost		Yield (1)
		(dollars in thousands)
Available for sale securities
Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored agencies		$	—	—	%	$	1,656	3.3	%	$	11,942	1.9	%	$	9,628	2.2	%	$	23,226	2.1	%
Obligations of states and political subdivisions			830	3.8	%		15,507	4.1	%		23,375	3.0	%		21,799	2.9	%		61,511	3.2	%
Mortgage-backed securities			6,200	4.5	%		49,166	4.1	%		6,490	3.9	%		9,528	3.7	%		71,384	4.1	%
Corporate notes			—	—	%		5,000	8.7	%		9,593	3.3	%		1,082	9.7	%		15,675	5.4	%
Total available for sale securities		$	7,030	4.4	%	$	71,329	4.4	%	$	51,400	2.9	%	$	42,037	3.1	%	$	171,796	3.6	%
Held to maturity securities
U.S. Treasury securities		$	21,767	3.3	%	$	32,763	4.1	%	$	46,801	4.4	%	$	—	—	%	$	101,331	4.1	%
Obligations of states and political subdivisions			691	2.6	%		1,704	2.8	%		—	—	%		—	—	%		2,395	2.7	%
Total held to maturity securities		$	22,458	3.3	%	$	34,467	4.0	%	$	46,801	4.4	%	$	—	—	%	$	103,726	4.0	%
Total		$	29,488	3.5	%	$	105,796	4.3	%	$	98,201	3.6	%	$	42,037	3.1	%	$	275,522	3.8	%
(1)	Weighted Average Yield is shown on a fully taxable equivalent basis using a federal tax rate of 21% and includes the amortization of premiums and discounts.
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As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, no allowance for credit losses on securities AFS was recognized. The Company does not consider its securities AFS with unrealized losses to be attributable to credit-related factors, as the unrealized losses in each category have occurred as a result of changes in noncredit-related factors such as changes in interest rates, market spreads and market conditions subsequent to purchase, not credit deterioration. Furthermore, as of March 31, 2026, the Company did not have the intent to sell any of these securities AFS and believes that it is more likely than not that we will not have to sell any such securities before a recovery of cost.

The Company does not believe there are any expected credit losses in its HTM securities portfolio at March 31, 2026 or December 31, 2025. All U.S. Treasury securities have the full faith and credit backing of the United States government.

As of March 31, 2026, 278 debt securities had gross unrealized losses, with an aggregate depreciation of 2.2% from our amortized cost basis. The largest unrealized loss percentage of any single security was 21.2% (or $0.4 million) of its amortized cost. The largest unrealized dollar loss of any security was $0.7 million (or 19.1%).

As of December 31, 2025, 180 debt securities had gross unrealized losses, with an aggregate depreciation of 2.2% from our amortized cost basis. The largest unrealized loss percentage of any single security was 19.1% (or $0.4 million) of its amortized cost. The largest unrealized dollar loss of any single security was $0.6 million (or 11.0%).

The unrealized losses on these debt securities arose primarily due to changing interest rates and are considered to be temporary. 47

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Impact of Inflation and Changing Prices. Our consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. GAAP generally requires the measurement of financial position and operating results in terms of historical dollars without consideration of changes in the relative purchasing power of money over time due to inflation. The impact of inflation is reflected in the increased cost of our operations. Unlike industrial companies, our assets and liabilities are primarily monetary in nature. As a result, changes in market interest rates have a greater impact on our performance than they would on industrial companies.

Liquidity. Liquidity is defined as the Company’s ability to generate adequate cash to meet its needs for day-to-day operations and material long and short-term commitments. Liquidity is the risk of potential loss if we were unable to meet our funding requirements at a reasonable cost. We are expected to maintain adequate liquidity at the Bank to meet the cash flow requirements of customers who may be either depositors wishing to withdraw funds or borrowers needing assurance that sufficient funds will be available to meet their credit needs. Our asset and liability management policy is intended to cause the Bank to maintain adequate liquidity and, therefore, enhance our ability to raise funds to support asset growth, meet deposit withdrawals and lending needs, maintain reserve requirements and otherwise sustain our operations.

We continuously monitor our liquidity position to ensure that assets and liabilities are managed in a manner that will meet all of our short-term and long-term cash requirements. We manage our liquidity based on demand and specific events and uncertainties to meet current and future financial obligations of a short-term nature. We also monitor our liquidity requirements in light of interest rate trends, changes in the economy and the scheduled maturity and interest rate sensitivity of the investment and loan portfolios and deposits. Our objective in managing liquidity is to respond to the needs of depositors and borrowers as well as to increase earnings enhancement opportunities in a changing marketplace.

Our liquidity is maintained through our investment portfolio, deposits, borrowings from the FHLB, and lines available from correspondent banks. Our highest priority is placed on growing noninterest bearing deposits through strong community involvement in the markets that we serve. Borrowings and brokered deposits are considered short-term supplements to our overall liquidity but are not intended to be relied upon for long-term needs. We believe that our present position is adequate to meet our current and future liquidity needs, and management knows of no trend or event that will have a material impact on the Company’s ability to maintain liquidity at satisfactory levels.

Capital Adequacy. Total stockholders’ equity was $819.9 million at March 31, 2026 compared to $643.8 million at December 31, 2025.

Our capital management consists of providing adequate equity to support our current and future operations. The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by state and federal banking agencies, including the Federal Reserve and the OCC. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements may prompt certain actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measure of their assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The capital amounts and the classifications are also subject to qualitative judgment by the regulator in regard to components, risk weighting and other factors. 48

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The Bank is subject to the following risk-based capital ratios: a common equity Tier 1 (“CET1”) risk-based capital ratio, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio, which includes CET1 and additional Tier 1 capital, and a total capital ratio, which includes Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital. CET1 is primarily comprised of the sum of common stock instruments and related surplus net of treasury stock, retained earnings, and certain qualifying minority interests, less certain adjustments and deductions, including with respect to goodwill, intangible assets, mortgage servicing assets and deferred tax assets subject to temporary timing differences. Additional Tier 1 capital is primarily comprised of noncumulative perpetual preferred stock, tier 1 minority interests and grandfathered trust preferred securities. Tier 2 capital consists of instruments disqualified from Tier 1 capital, including qualifying subordinated debt, other preferred stock and certain hybrid capital instruments, and a limited amount of loan loss reserves up to a maximum of 1.25% of risk-weighted assets, subject to certain eligibility criteria. The capital rules also define the risk-weights assigned to assets and off-balance sheet items to determine the risk-weighted asset components of the risk-based capital rules, including, for example, certain “high volatility” commercial real estate, past due assets, structured securities and equity holdings.

The leverage capital ratio, which serves as a minimum capital standard, is the ratio of Tier 1 capital to quarterly average assets net of goodwill, certain other intangible assets, and certain required deduction items. The required minimum leverage ratio for all banks is 4%.

Failure to be well-capitalized or to meet minimum capital requirements could result in certain mandatory and possible additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have an adverse material effect on our operations or financial condition. For example, only a well-capitalized depository institution may accept brokered deposits without prior regulatory approval. Failure to be well-capitalized or to meet minimum capital requirements could also result in restrictions on the Bank’s ability to pay dividends or otherwise distribute capital or to receive regulatory approval of applications or other restrictions on its growth.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (“FDICIA”), among other things, requires the federal bank regulatory agencies to take “prompt corrective action” regarding depository institutions that do not meet minimum capital requirements. FDICIA establishes five regulatory capital tiers: “well capitalized”, “adequately capitalized”, “undercapitalized”, “significantly undercapitalized”, and “critically undercapitalized”. A depository institution’s capital tier will depend upon how its capital levels compare to various relevant capital measures and certain other factors, as established by regulation. FDICIA generally prohibits a depository institution from making any capital distribution (including payment of a dividend) or paying any management fee to its holding company if the depository institution would thereafter be undercapitalized. The FDICIA imposes progressively more restrictive restraints on operations, management and capital distributions, depending on the category in which an institution is classified. Undercapitalized depository institutions are subject to restrictions on borrowing from the Federal Reserve System. In addition, undercapitalized depository institutions may not accept brokered deposits absent a waiver from the FDIC, are subject to growth limitations and are required to submit capital restoration plans for regulatory approval. A depository institution’s holding company must guarantee any required capital restoration plan, up to an amount equal to the lesser of 5 percent of the depository institution’s assets at the time it becomes undercapitalized or the amount of the capital deficiency when the institution fails to comply with the plan. Federal banking agencies may not accept a capital plan without determining, among other things, that the plan is based on realistic assumptions and is likely to succeed in restoring the depository institution’s capital. If a depository institution fails to submit an acceptable plan, it is treated as if it is significantly undercapitalized. All of the federal bank regulatory agencies have adopted regulations establishing relevant capital measures and relevant capital levels for federally insured depository institutions. The Bank was well capitalized at March 31, 2026, and brokered deposits are not restricted. 49

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To be well-capitalized, the Bank must maintain at least a 6.5% CET1 to risk-weighted assets ratio, an 8.0% Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio, a 10.0% Total capital to risk-weighted assets ratio, and a 5.0% leverage ratio.

The Bank’s regulatory capital ratios were above the applicable well-capitalized standards and met the then-applicable capital conservation buffer. Based on current estimates, we believe that the Bank will continue to exceed all applicable well-capitalized regulatory capital requirements and the capital conservation buffer in 2026.

As a result of the Economic Growth Act, the federal banking agencies were required to develop a “Community Bank Leverage Ratio” (the ratio of a bank’s Tier 1 capital to average total consolidated assets) for financial institutions with assets of less than $10 billion. A “qualifying community bank” that exceeds this ratio will be deemed to be in compliance with all other capital and leverage requirements, including the capital requirements to be considered “well capitalized” under prompt corrective action statutes. The federal banking agencies may consider a financial institution’s risk profile when evaluation whether it qualifies as a community bank for purposes of the capital ratio requirement. The federal banking agencies set the minimum capital for the new Community Bank Leverage Ratio at 9%. The Bank does not intend to opt into the Community Bank Leverage Ratio Framework.

On December 21, 2018, federal banking agencies issued a joint final rule to revise their regulatory capital rules to (i) address the upcoming implementation of CECL accounting standard under GAAP; (ii) provide an optional three-year phase-in period for the day-one adverse regulatory capital effects that banking organizations are expected to experience upon adopting CECL; and (iii) require the use of CECL in stress tests beginning with the 2020 capital planning and stress testing cycle for certain banking organizations. For more information regarding Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13, which introduced CECL as the methodology to replace the current “incurred loss” methodology for financial assets measured at amortized cost, and changed the approaches for recognizing and recording credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities and purchased credit impaired financial assets, including the required implementation date for the Company, see the Company’s Annual Report.

Federal banking regulators have issued risk-based capital guidelines, which assign risk factors to asset categories and off-balance-sheet items. The following table reflects capital ratios computed utilizing the implemented Basel III regulatory capital framework discussed above:


										Minimum Capital Required				Minimum To Be Well-
						Minimum Capital				for Capital Adequacy Plus				Capitalized Under prompt
						Required for Capital				Capital Conservation Buffer				corrective Action
	Actual					Adequacy				Basel III Phase-In Schedule				Provisions
	Amount		Ratio			Amount	Ratio			Amount	Ratio			Amount	Ratio
	(dollars in thousands)
At March 31, 2026
Bank First Corporation:
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)	$	609,288	12.9	%	$	377,788	8.0	%	$	495,847	10.5	%		N/A	N/A
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)		544,890	11.5	%		283,341	6.0	%		401,400	8.5	%		N/A	N/A
Common equity tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)		537,390	11.4	%		212,506	4.5	%		330,565	7.0	%		N/A	N/A
Tier I capital (to average assets)		544,890	9.5	%		230,351	4.0	%		230,351	4.0	%		N/A	N/A
Bank First, N.A:
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)	$	564,303	12.0	%	$	377,439	8.0	%	$	495,388	10.5	%	$	471,798	10.0	%
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)		516,508	11.0	%		283,079	6.0	%		401,029	8.5	%		377,439	8.0	%
Common equity tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)		516,508	11.0	%		212,309	4.5	%		330,259	7.0	%		306,669	6.5	%
Tier I capital (to average assets)		516,508	9.0	%		229,450	4.0	%		229,450	4.0	%		286,812	5.0	%
At December 31, 2025
Bank First Corporation:
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)	$	515,461	13.8	%	$	298,764	8.0	%	$	392,128	10.5	%		N/A	N/A
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)		460,067	12.3	%		224,073	6.0	%		317,437	8.5	%		N/A	N/A
Common equity tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)		460,067	12.3	%		168,055	4.5	%		261,419	7.0	%		N/A	N/A
Tier I capital (to average assets)		460,067	10.9	%		169,339	4.0	%		169,339	4.0	%		N/A	N/A
Bank First, N.A:
Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)	$	460,199	12.3	%	$	298,541	8.0	%	$	391,835	10.5	%	$	373,177	10.0	%
Tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)		416,805	11.2	%		223,906	6.0	%		317,200	8.5	%		298,541	8.0	%
Common equity tier I capital (to risk-weighted assets)		416,805	11.2	%		167,929	4.5	%		261,224	7.0	%		242,565	6.5	%
Tier I capital (to average assets)		416,805	9.9	%		169,277	4.0	%		169,277	4.0	%		211,597	5.0	%

As previously mentioned, the Company carried $16.6 million of subordinated debt as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, which qualifies as Tier II capital. These amounts are included in total capital for the Company in the tables above. 50

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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE-SHEET RISK

We are party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of our customers. These financial instruments primarily include commitments to originate and sell loans, standby and direct pay letters of credit, unused lines of credit and unadvanced portions of construction and development loans. The instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheet. The contract or notional amounts of those instruments reflect the extent of involvement the Company has in these particular classes of financial instruments.

Our exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for loan commitments, standby and direct pay letters of credit and unadvanced portions of construction and development loans is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. Our significant off-balance-sheet arrangements consist of the following:

●	Unused lines of credit
●	Standby and direct pay letters of credit
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●	Credit card arrangements
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Off-balance sheet arrangement means any transaction, agreement or other contractual arrangement to which an entity unconsolidated with the registrant is a party, under which the registrant has (1) any obligation under a guarantee contract, (2) retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity or similar arrangement, (3) any obligation, including a contingent obligation, under a contract that would be accounted for as a derivative instrument, or (4) any obligation, including a contingent obligation, arising out of a variable interest.

Loan commitments are made to accommodate the financial needs of our customers. Standby and direct pay letters of credit commit us to make payments on behalf of customers when certain specified future events occur. Both arrangements have credit risk essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to clients and are subject to our normal credit policies. Collateral (e.g., securities, receivables, inventory, equipment, etc.) is obtained based on management’s credit assessment of the customer.

Loan commitments and standby and direct pay letters of credit do not necessarily represent our future cash requirements because while the borrower has the ability to draw upon these commitments at any time, these commitments often expire without being drawn upon. Our off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2026, were as follows:


		Amounts of Commitments Expiring - By Period as of March 31, 2026
					Less Than One			One to Three			Three to Five
Other Commitments		Total		****	Year		****	Years		****	Years		****	After Five Years
	****	(dollars in thousands)
Unused lines of credit		$	974,287		$	518,165		$	131,557		$	67,439		$	257,126
Standby and direct pay letters of credit			15,142			12,583			385			2,174			—
Credit card arrangements			31,532			—			—			—			31,532
Total commitments		$	1,020,961		$	530,748		$	131,942		$	69,613		$	288,658

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Market risk is the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and rates. Our market risk arises primarily from interest rate risk inherent in its lending, investment and deposit-taking activities. To that end, management actively monitors and manages its interest rate risk exposure.

Our profitability is affected by fluctuations in interest rates. A sudden and substantial change in interest rates may adversely impact our earnings to the extent that the interest rates borne by assets and liabilities do not change at the same speed, to the same extent or on the same basis. We monitor the impact of changes in interest rates on its net interest income using several tools.

Our primary objective in managing interest rate risk is to minimize the adverse impact of changes in interest rates on our net interest income and capital, while configuring our asset-liability structure to obtain the maximum yield-cost spread on that structure. We rely primarily on our asset-liability structure to control interest rate risk.

Interest Rate Sensitivity. Interest rate risk is the risk to earnings and value arising from changes in market interest rates. Interest rate risk arises from timing differences in the repricings and maturities of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities (repricing risk), changes in the expected maturities of assets and liabilities arising from embedded options, such as borrowers’ ability to prepay home mortgage loans at any time and depositors’ ability to redeem certificates of deposit before maturity (option risk), changes in the shape of the yield curve where interest rates increase or decrease in a nonparallel fashion (yield curve risk), and changes in spread relationships between different yield curves, such as U.S. Treasuries (basis risk).

An asset sensitive position refers to a balance sheet position in which an increase in short-term interest rates is expected to generate higher net interest income, as rates earned on our interest-earning assets would reprice upward more quickly than rates paid on our interest-bearing liabilities, thus expanding our net interest margin. Conversely, a liability sensitive position refers to a balance sheet position in which an increase in short-term interest rates is expected to generate lower net interest income, as rates paid on our interest-bearing liabilities would reprice upward more quickly than rates earned on our interest-earning assets, thus compressing our net interest margin.

The Company actively manages its interest rate sensitivity position. The objectives of interest rate risk management are to control exposure of net interest income to risks associated with interest rate movements and to achieve sustainable growth in net interest income. The Company’s ALCO, using policies and procedures approved by the Company’s board of directors, is responsible for the management of the Company’s interest rate sensitivity position. The Company manages interest rate sensitivity by changing the mix, pricing and re-pricing characteristics of its assets and liabilities, through the management of its investment portfolio, its offerings of loan and selected deposit terms and through wholesale funding. Wholesale funding consists of, but is not limited to, multiple sources including borrowings with the FHLB of Chicago, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s discount window and certificates of deposit from institutional brokers.

The Company uses several tools to manage its interest rate risk including interest rate sensitivity analysis, or gap analysis, market value of portfolio equity analysis, interest rate simulations under various rate scenarios and net interest margin reports. The results of these reports are compared to limits established by the Company’s ALCO policies and appropriate adjustments are made if the results are outside the established limits.

There are an infinite number of potential interest rate scenarios, each of which can be accompanied by differing economic/political/regulatory climates; can generate multiple differing behavior patterns by markets, borrowers, depositors, etc.; and, can last for varying degrees of time. Therefore, by definition, interest rate risk sensitivity cannot be predicted with certainty. Accordingly, the Company’s interest rate risk measurement philosophy focuses on maintaining an appropriate balance between theoretical and practical scenarios; especially given the primary objective of the Company’s overall asset/liability management process is to facilitate meaningful strategy development and implementation.

Therefore, we model a set of interest rate scenarios capturing the financial effects of a range of plausible rate scenarios; the collective impact of which will enable the Company to clearly understand the nature and extent of its sensitivity to interest rate changes. Doing so necessitates an assessment of rate changes over varying time horizons and of varying/sufficient degrees such that the impact of embedded options within the balance sheet are sufficiently examined. 52

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The following tables demonstrate the annualized result of an interest rate simulation and the estimated effect that a parallel interest rate shift, or “shock,” in the yield curve and subjective adjustments in deposit pricing might have on the Company’s projected net interest income over the next 12 months.

This simulation assumes that there is no growth in interest-earning assets or interest-bearing liabilities over the next 12 months. The changes to net interest income shown below are in compliance with the Company’s policy guidelines.

As of March 31, 2026:


Change in Interest Rates		Percentage Change in
(in Basis Points)		Net Interest Income
+300		(3.9)%
+200		(2.5)%
+100		(1.2)%
-100		(1.1)%
-200		(2.3)%
-300		(1.6)%

As of December 31, 2025:


Change in Interest Rates		Percentage Change in
(in Basis Points)		Net Interest Income
+300		(2.1)%
+200		(1.2)%
+100		(0.7)%
-100		(2.1)%
-200		(4.2)%
-300		(3.3)%

Economic Value of Equity Analysis. We also analyze the sensitivity of the Company’s financial condition to changes in interest rates through our economic value of equity model. This analysis measures the difference between estimated changes in the present value of the Company’s assets and estimated changes in the present value of the Company’s liabilities assuming various changes in current interest rates. The Company’s economic value of equity analysis as of March 31, 2026 estimated that, in the event of an instantaneous 200 basis point increase in interest rates, the Company would experience a 3.66% increase in the economic value of equity. At the same date, our analysis estimated that, in the event of an instantaneous 100 basis point decrease in interest rates, the Company would experience a 1.99% decrease in the economic value of equity. The estimates of changes in the economic value of our equity require us to make certain assumptions including loan and mortgage-related investment prepayment speeds, reinvestment rates, and deposit maturities and decay rates. These assumptions are inherently uncertain and, as a result, we cannot precisely predict the impact of changes in interest rates on the economic value of our equity. Although our economic value of equity analysis provides an indication of our interest rate risk exposure at a particular point in time, such estimates are not intended to, and do not, provide a precise forecast of the effect of changes in market interest rates on the economic value of our equity and will differ from actual results.

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and our Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), undertook an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report, and, based on that evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report, in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting in a timely manner the information that the Company is required to disclose in its reports under the Exchange Act and in accumulating and communicating to the Company’s management, including the Company’s CEO and CFO, such information as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

No changes were made to our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 2026 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are a party to various litigation in the normal course of business. Management, after consulting with our legal counsel, believes that any liability resulting from litigation will not have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Additional information regarding risk factors appears in “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Forward-Looking Statements” of this Form 10-Q and in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. There have been no material changes during the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026 to the risk factors previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report.

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

(a)	None.
(b)	None.
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(c)	Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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On February 18, 2025, the Company renewed its share repurchase program, pursuant to which the Company may repurchase up to $50 million of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for a period of one (1) year, ending on February 17, 2026. The program was announced in a Current Report on Form 8-K on February 18, 2025. The table below sets forth information regarding repurchases of our common stock during the first quarter of 2026 under that program as well as pursuant to the 2020 Equity Plan and other repurchases.


							Total Number		Maximum Number
							of Shares Repurchased as		of Shares
							Part of		that May Yet Be
		Total Number of Shares		Average Price Paid per			Publicly Announced		Purchased Under the
(in thousands, except per share data)		Repurchased		Share^(1)^			Plans or Programs		Plans or Programs^(2)^
January 2026		—		$	—	****	—		204,158
February 2026	****	16,000			148.49	****	—		188,158
March 2026	****	5,176			135.23	****	—		182,982
Total		21,176		$	145.25	****	—		182,982
(1)	The average price paid per share is calculated on a trade date basis for all open market transactions and excludes commissions and other transaction expenses.
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(2)	Based on the closing per share price as of March 31, 2026 ($135.06).
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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”) created a new nondeductible 1% excise tax on repurchases of corporate stock by certain publicly traded corporations or their specified affiliates after December 31, 2022. The tax is imposed on the fair value of the stock of a covered corporation that is repurchased in a given year, less the fair market value of any stock issued in that year. The Company falls under the definition of a “covered corporation”. The excise tax applies to all of the stock of a covered corporation regardless of whether the corporation has profits or losses. The impact of the IRA on our consolidated financial statements will be dependent on the extent of stock repurchases made in current and future periods.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

None.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Rule 10b5-1 Trading Arrangements

For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, there were no trading arrangements for the sale or purchases of Company securities adopted, terminated or for which the amount, pricing or timing provisions were modified by our directors and officers that was either (1) a contract, instruction or written plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) (a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement”) or (2) a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” (as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K).

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number		Description

31.1		Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer*
31.2		Rules 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer*
32.1		Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer**
101 INS		Inline XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the Inline XBRL document)

*Filed herewith.

**Furnished herewith.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


		BANK FIRST CORPORATION


DATE:	May 11, 2026	BY:	/s/Kevin M. LeMahieu
			Kevin M. LeMahieu
			Chief Financial Officer
			(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Exhibit 31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

I, Michael B. Molepske, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Bank First Corporation;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
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a.	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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b.	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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c.	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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d.	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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a.	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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b.	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: May 11, 2026	By:	/s/Michael B. Molepske
		Michael B. Molepske
		Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

I, Kevin M. LeMahieu, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Bank First Corporation;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
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a.	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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b.	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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c.	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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d.	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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a.	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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b.	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: May 11, 2026	By:	/s/Kevin M. LeMahieu
		Kevin M. LeMahieu
		Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the filing of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 (the “Report”) by Bank First Corporation (“Registrant”), each of the undersigned hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), that to the undersigned’s knowledge:

1.	The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and

2.	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Registrant.

Date:	May 11, 2026	By:	/s/Michael B. Molepske
			Michael B. Molepske
			Chief Executive Officer
Date:	May 11, 2026	By:	/s/Kevin M. LeMahieu
			Kevin M. LeMahieu
			Chief Financial Officer

This certification “accompanies” the Form 10-Q to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the SEC and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of the Form 10-Q, irrespective of any general incorporation contained in such filing.)