Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc.

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of

Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc.

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanyingconsolidated statements of financial condition ofEagle Bancorp Montana, Inc (and subsidiaries) (the “Company”) as ofDecember 31, 2025 and 2024, the relatedconsolidated statements ofincome, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’* equity and cash flows* for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as ofDecember 31, 2025, based on criteria established inInternal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

In our opinion, theconsolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, theconsolidated financial position of the Company as ofDecember 31, 2025 and 2024, and theconsolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as ofDecember 31, 2025, based on criteria established inInternal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.

Basis for Opinions

The Company’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanyingManagement Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting included in Item 9A Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’sconsolidated financial statements and an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether theconsolidatedfinancial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audits of theconsolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures to respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in theconsolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of theconsolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

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Allowance for Credit Losses–*** Qualitative Factors***

Critical Audit Matter Description

As described in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s allowance for credit losses (ACL) on loans was $17.4 million at December 31, 2025. The ACL on loans is a valuation account that is deducted from the loans’ amortized cost basis to present the net amount expected to be collected on the loans. The ACL on loans is measured on a collective pool basis when similar risk characteristics exist. The Company utilizes the Weighted Average Remaining Maturity (WARM) methodology, which applies historical loss rates over the estimated remaining life of each loan pool. Modeled expected losses are adjusted to reflect current economic conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts through the use of quantitative models and qualitative factors. Loans considered to have different risk characteristics that do not fall within any pool are analyzed individually.

We identified management’s estimation of qualitative factors used to adjust the modeled expected losses as a critical audit matter. The estimation of these factors, based on management’s evaluation of available internal and external data, is subjective in nature and requires significant judgment by management. Auditing management’s judgments regarding the determination of qualitative factors applied to the ACL on loans required a high level of audit effort and involved especially challenging and subjective auditor judgment when performing audit procedures and evaluating the results of those procedures

How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit

Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls related to the ACL calculation and the identification and assessment of the qualitative factors used. Our audit procedures related to qualitative factors included the following, among others:

Evaluation of Goodwill for Impairment

As described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s goodwill balance was $34.7 million as of December 31, 2025. The Company tests goodwill for impairment annually as of October 31, or more often if events or circumstances indicate there may be impairment. The impairment test did not result in goodwill impairment for the year ended December 31, 2025.

We identified the goodwill impairment test as a critical audit matter. The determination of the fair value of the Company’s reporting unit requires management to develop significant assumptions that are used as inputs to the goodwill impairment test. Auditing management’s annual impairment test required a high level of audit effort that required specialized skills and knowledge. Additionally, the evaluation of audit evidence of the significant assumptions required especially challenging and subjective auditor judgment, including those assumptions underlying the projections of future cash flows utilized in the income approach, the selection of peer data utilized in the market approach, and the relative weight assigned to the different valuation methodologies.

How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit

Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls related to management’s goodwill impairment assessment process. Our audit procedures related to the methods and assumptions used in the goodwill impairment test included the following, among others:

/s/Baker Tilly US, LLP

Spokane, Washington

March 9, 2026

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2019.

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