NB Bancorp Inc

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1 – Corporate Structure and Nature of Operations; Basis of Presentation

Corporate Structure and Nature of Operations

NB Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) (referred to herein as the “Company," “we,” “us,” or “our”), is a bank holding company. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Needham Bank (the “Bank”), the Company provides a variety of banking services, through its full-service bank branches, located primarily in eastern Massachusetts.

The activities of the Company are subject to the regulatory supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The activities of the Bank are subject to the regulatory supervision of the Massachusetts Commissioner of Banks and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The Company and the activities of the Bank and its subsidiaries are also subject to various Massachusetts business and banking-related regulations.

Basis of Presentation

The Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) as set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and its Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) as well as the rules and interpretive releases of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the authority of federal securities laws.

The Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company include the balances and results of operations of the Company and the Bank, its wholly-owned subsidiary, as well as the Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Needco-op Investment Corporation, Inc., 1892 Investments LLC and Eaton Square Realty LLC. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Certain amounts, previously reported, have been reclassified to state all periods on a comparable basis and had no effect on shareholders’ equity or net income.

The accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2025, the Consolidated Statements of Income, of Comprehensive Income, of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 are unaudited. The Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2024 was derived from the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements as of that date. The interim Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the annual Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes contained within the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the SEC. In the opinion of management, the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the results of operations for the periods presented. The results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025, any other interim period, or any future year or period.

The Company qualifies as an emerging growth company (“EGC”) under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and has elected to defer the adoption of new or revised accounting standards until the nonpublic company effective dates. As such, the Company will adopt standards on the nonpublic company effective dates until such time that we no longer qualify as an EGC.

Subsequent events are events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date but before consolidated financial statements are issued.

Recognized subsequent events are events or transactions that provide additional evidence about conditions that existed at the date of the consolidated balance sheet, including the estimates inherent in the process of preparing consolidated financial statements. Non-recognized subsequent events are events that provide evidence about conditions that did not exist at the date of the consolidated balance sheet but arose after that date.

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates

In preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheets and income and expenses for the periods reported. Actual results could differ from those estimates based on changing conditions, including economic conditions and future events. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to change relate to the determination of the allowance for credit losses, valuation and fair value measurements, the liabilities for benefit obligations (particularly pensions) and the provision for income taxes.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Relevant standards that were recently issued but not yet adopted as of March 31, 2025:

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Sub Topic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses”. ASU 2024-03 improves disclosures about a public business entity’s expenses and addresses requests from investors for more detailed information about the types of expenses (including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, amortization, and depletion) in commonly presented expense captions (such as cost of sales, SG&A, and research and development). ASU 20240-03 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2024-03 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” to improve the transparency of income tax disclosures. The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2023-09 to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Note 3 – Securities

The Company's available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value. For available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position, management will first evaluate whether there is intent to sell, or if it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell a security prior to anticipated recovery of its amortized cost basis. If either of these criteria are met, the Company will record a write-down of the security's amortized cost basis to fair value through income. For those available-for-sale securities which do not meet the intent or requirement to sell criteria, management will evaluate whether the decline in fair value is a result of credit related matters or other factors. In performing this assessment, management considers the creditworthiness of the issuer including whether the security is guaranteed by the U.S. Federal Government or other government agency, the extent to which fair value is less than amortized cost, and changes in credit rating during the period, among other factors. If this assessment indicates the existence of credit losses, the security will be written down to fair value, as determined by a discounted cash flow analysis. To the extent the estimated cash flows do not support the amortized cost, the deficiency is considered to be due to credit loss and is recognized in earnings.

Changes in the allowance for credit losses are recorded as a provision for (or reversal of) credit loss expense. Losses are charged against the allowance when the uncollectibility of a security is confirmed, or when either of the aforementioned criteria surrounding intent or requirement to sell have been met.

Securities have been classified on the consolidated balance sheets according to management’s intent. The following tables summarize the amortized cost, allowance for credit losses, and fair value of securities and their corresponding amounts of unrealized gains and losses at the dates indicated:

The Company did not record a provision for estimated credit losses on any available-for-sale securities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. Excluded from the table above is accrued interest on available-for-sale securities of $1.8 million and $1.6 million at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, which is included within accrued interest receivable on the consolidated balance sheets. Additionally, the Company didnot record any write-offs of accrued interest income on available-for-sale securities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. No securities held by the Company were delinquent on contractual payments at March 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024, nor were any securities placed on non-accrual status for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

The following is a summary of actual maturities of certain available-for-sale securities as of March 31, 2025. The amortized cost and fair values are based on the contractual maturity dates. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without penalty. Agency mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations are presented as separate lines as paydowns are expected to occur before contractual maturity dates.

When securities are sold, the adjusted cost of the specific security sold is used to compute the gain or loss on the sale. There wereno sales of available-for-sale securities during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

There wereno available-for-sale securities pledged to secure borrowings as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

The following tables present fair value and gross unrealized losses, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of the dates stated.

Management evaluates securities for expected credit losses at least on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market concerns warrant such evaluation.

Included in corporate bonds are investments in senior and subordinated debt of banks and bank holding companies, some of which do not have investment ratings.

At March 31, 2025, available-for-sale debt securities had unrealized losses with aggregate depreciation of 4.9% from the Company’s amortized cost basis. These unrealized losses relate to changes in market interest rates since acquiring the securities. As management has the intent and ability to hold available-for-sale debt securities until maturity or cost recovery, no allowance for credit losses on securities is deemed necessary as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Note 4 – Loans Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality

Loans Receivable

Loans that management has the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future or until loan maturity or pay-off are reported as held-for-investment at their outstanding principal balance adjusted for any charge-offs and net of any deferred fees (including purchase accounting adjustments) and origination costs (collectively referred to as “amortized cost”). For originated loans, loan fees and certain direct origination costs are deferred and amortized into interest income over the contractual life of the loan using the level-yield method. When a loan is paid off, the unamortized portion is recognized in interest income.

Loans are generally placed into nonaccrual status when they are past due 90 days or more as to either principal or interest or when, in the opinion of management, the collection of principal and/or interest is in doubt. A loan remains in nonaccrual status until the loan is current as to payment of both principal and interest or past due less than 90 days and the borrower demonstrates the ability to pay and remain current. When cash payments are received, they are applied to principal first, then to accrued interest. It is the Company’s policy not to record interest income on nonaccrual loans until principal has become current. In certain instances, accruing loans that are past due 90 days or more as to principal or interest may not go on nonaccrual status if the Company determines that the loans are well-secured and are in the process of collection.

Allowance for Credit Losses

The Allowance for Credit Losses (“ACL”) represents management’s best estimate of credit losses over the remaining life of the loan portfolio. Loans are charged-off against the ACL when management believes the loan balance is no longer collectible. This determination is made based on management's review of specific facts and circumstances of the individual loan, including the expected cash flows to repay the loan, the value of the collateral and the ability and willingness of any guarantors to perform. Subsequent recoveries of previously charged-off amounts are recorded as increases to the ACL. The provision for credit losses on loans is an amount sufficient to bring the ACL to an estimated balance that management considers adequate to absorb lifetime expected losses in the Company’s held-for-investment loan portfolio. The ACL 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.

Management’s determination of the adequacy of the ACL underFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 326 – Financial Instruments – Credit Losses is based on an evaluation of the composition of the loan portfolio, current economic conditions, historical loan loss experience, reasonable and supportable forecasts, and other risk factors.

The Company uses a third-party Current Expected Credit Loss (“CECL”) model as part of its estimation of the ACL on a quarterly basis. Loans with similar risk characteristics are collectively assessed within pools (or segments). Loss estimates within the collectively assessed population are based on a combination of pooled assumptions and loan-level characteristics. The Company has determined that using federal call codes is an appropriate loan segmentation methodology, as it is generally based on risk characteristics of a loan’s underlying collateral. Using federal call codes also allows the Company to utilize and assess publicly available external information when developing its estimate of the ACL.

The weighted average remaining maturity (“WARM”) method is the primary credit loss estimation methodology used by the Company and involves estimating future cash flows and expected credit losses for pools of loans using their expected remaining weighted average life.

In applying future economic forecasts, the Company utilizes a forecast period of up to two years. Historical loss rates used in the quantitative model are primarily derived using both the Bank’s data, supplemented with peer bank data obtained from publicly available sources. Management also considers qualitative adjustments when estimating credit losses to take into account the model’s quantitative limitations.

Qualitative adjustments to quantitative loss factors, either negative or positive, may include considerations of economic conditions, volume and severity of past due loans, value of underlying collateral, experience, depth, and ability of management, and concentrations of credit. The Company made no significant changes to loss factors, assumptions nor qualitative factors within the CECL model during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

For those loans that do not share similar risk characteristics, the Company evaluates the ACL needs on an individual (or loan by loan) basis. This population of individually evaluated loans (or loan relationships with the same primary source of repayment) is determined on a quarterly basis and consists of: loans with a risk rating of substandard or worse and a balance exceeding $500,000, or loan terms differing significantly from other pooled loans. In accordance with the Company’s policy, non-accrual residential real estate loans that are below $500,000 and well secured (loan-to-value <60%) are excluded from individually evaluated loans.

Measurement of credit loss is based on the expected future cash flows of an individually evaluated loan, discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate, or measured on an observable market value, if one exists, or the estimated market value of the collateral underlying the loan, discounted to consider estimated costs to sell the collateral for collateral-dependent loans. If the net value is less than the loan’s amortized cost, a specific reserve in the ACL is recorded, which is charged-off in the period when management believes the loan balance is no longer collectible.

In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into commitments to extend credit. Such financial instruments are recorded in the consolidated financial statements when they are funded. The credit risk associated with these commitments is evaluated in a manner similar to the ACL on loans. The reserve for unfunded commitments is included in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.

Loans consist of the following as of the dates stated:

Included in the above are approximately $454.3 million and $459.6 million in loans to borrowers in the cannabis industry at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Of that total, $320.3 million and $321.9 million were direct loans to cannabis companies and were collateralized by real estate at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company purchased approximately $14.4 million and $5.5 million of consumer loan pools, respectively. The loans purchased during the three months ended March 31, 2025 included loan pools collateralized by automobiles. The loans purchased during the three months ended March 31, 2024 included loan pools collateralized by boats, recreational vehicles and automobiles.

The outstanding balances of these consumer purchased loan pools, shown net of premium (discount) are as follows as of the dates stated:

The carrying value of loans pledged to secure advances from the FHLB were $1.25 billion and $1.24 billion as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

The following table presents the aging of the amortized cost of loans receivable by loan category as of the date stated:

The following table presents the amortized cost of nonaccrual loans receivable by loan category as of the dates stated:

During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company reversed$378,000 and$159,000 of interest income for loans that were placed on non-accrual respectively.

Credit Quality Information

The Company utilizes a nine-grade internal rating system for all loans, except consumer loans, which are not risk rated, as follows:

Loans rated 1-5: Loans in these categories are considered “pass” rated loans with low to average risk.

Loans rated 6: Loans in this category are considered “special mention”. These loans are starting to show signs of potential weakness and are being closely monitored by management.

Loans rated 7: Loans in this category are considered “substandard”. Generally, a loan is considered substandard if it is inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligors and/or the collateral pledged. There is a distinct possibility that the Company will sustain some loss if the weakness is not corrected. Non-accrual residential real estate and commercial loans are downgraded to a substandard risk rating.

Loans rated 8: Loans in this category are considered “doubtful”. Loans classified as doubtful have all the weaknesses inherent in those classified as substandard with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing facts, highly questionable and improbable.

Loans rated 9: Loans in this category are considered uncollectible (“loss”) and of such little value that their continuance as loans is not warranted.

On an annual basis, or more often if needed, the Company reviews the accuracy of risk ratings for all commercial real estate, construction and land development loans, and commercial and industrial loans based on various ongoing performance characteristics and supporting information that is provided from time to time by commercial borrowers. Annually, the Company engages an independent third-party to review a significant portion of loans within these segments. Management uses the results of these reviews as part of its annual review process.

The following table presents the amortized cost of loans receivable by internal risk grade by year of origination as of March 31, 2025. Also presented are current period gross charge-offs by loan type and vintage year for the three months ended March 31, 2025:

(1) Consumer loans are not formally risk rated and included $1.8 million of loans on non-accrual as of March 31, 2025.

The following table presents the amortized cost of loans receivable by internal risk grade by year of origination as of December 31, 2024. Also presented are current period gross charge-offs by loan type and vintage year for the three months ended December 31, 2024:

(1) Consumer loans are not formally risk rated and included $2.4 million of loans on non-accrual as of December 31, 2024.

The following table presents an analysis of the change in the ACL by major loan segment for the periods stated:

The following table presents the amortized cost of collateral-dependent loans as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

The Company closely monitors the performance of borrowers experiencing financial difficulty to understand the effectiveness of its loan modification efforts. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company didnot modify any loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty.

Note 5 – Employee Benefits

401(k) Plan – The Company has an employee tax deferred incentive plan (the “401(k) plan”) under which the Company makes voluntary contributions within certain limitations. All employees who meet specified age and length of service requirements are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan.

The amount contributed by the Company to the 401(k) Plan is includedin salaries and employee benefits in the consolidated statements of income. The amounts contributed to the 401(k) plan for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 were$688,000 and$619,000, respectively.

Employee Pension Plan – The Company provided pension benefits through a defined benefit plan maintained with the Co-operative Banks Employees Retirement Association (“CBERA”) (the “Plan”). The Plan was a multi-employer plan whereby the contributions by each bank are not restricted to provide benefits to the employees of the contributing bank; therefore, the Company is not required to recognize the funded status of the plan on its consolidated balance sheet and need only accrue for any quarterly contributions due and payable on demand, or any withdrawal liabilities assessed by CBERA if the Company intended to withdraw from the Plan.

The Company determined to freeze benefit accruals and withdraw from the CBERA Plan as of December 31, 2023. The Company withdrew from the Plan in the second quarter of 2024.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, as part of the final CBERA Plan liquidation, the Company contributed an additional $1.1 million to the CBERA Plan.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, an expense of $390,000 was recorded to reflect an increase in the liability related to the withdrawal from the CBERA Plan. The increase was primarily driven by final computations for estimated payouts to participants.

Officers’ Deferred Compensation Plan – During 2014, the Company put into place an unfunded, defined contribution, Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (“Officers’ Deferred Comp Plan”) for select employees of the Company. The Officers’ Deferred Comp Plan was provided to key management of the Company and results in 5% -20% of the employee’s then current base salary being credited to the participant’s account annually, subject to increases based upon increases in annual base compensation and the possibility of additional discretionary contributions. The employees vest at varying dates in accordance with each individual’s deferred compensation participation agreement; however, all key officers will be fully vested upon the attainment of age 65. The obligations under these plans are included in accrued retirement liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and approximated $2.7 million and $2.6 million at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The expense under the Officers’ Deferred Comp Plan (recorded in salaries and employee benefits in the consolidated statements of income) approximated $89,000 and $100,000 for the the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Deferred Compensation Plans – In January 2022, the Company put into place an unfunded Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (“Deferred Comp Plan”) for select employees of the Company. The Deferred Comp Plan was provided to key management of the Company and allows for the employees to defer amounts from their salary, bonus, or Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) into the Deferred Comp Plan to be paid out at a future date. Amounts deferred under the Deferred Comp Plan increase in value based upon the growth of the Bank’s tangible capital, with the Compensation Committee holding discretionary authority. The obligations under the Deferred Comp Plan are included in accrued retirement liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and approximated $5.8 million and $878,000 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

LTIP – In January 2020, the Company put into place a long-term incentive plan for certain members of its management team where benefits are awarded annually on a discretionary basis and cliff vest after three years. Under this plan, individuals are granted “phantom shares” and benefits are accrued based upon the projected growth of the Bank’s capital. The obligations under this plan are included in accrued retirement liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and approximated $5.9 million and $14.6 million as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The expense under this plan (recorded in salaries and employee benefits in the consolidated statements of income) approximated $832,000 and $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Director Pension Plan – The Company has a director defined benefit pension plan (“Director Pension Plan”), covering directors who were in service prior to 2023 and have met the plan’s vesting requirements. The Company’s liabilities for the Director Pension Plan are calculated by an independent actuary who uses the “projected unit credit” actuarial method to determine the normal cost and actuarial liability. The liability for the Director Pension Plan amounted to$5.9 million and$5.7 million as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and is recorded on the consolidated balance sheets. The expense under this plan (recorded in salaries and employee benefits in the consolidated statements of income) approximated $162,000 and $181,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The Company records an estimate of net periodic pension cost for the director pension plan to accrued retirement liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet on a quarterly basis. Equity adjustments, to accumulated other comprehensive loss, in conjunction with the pension plan are recorded by the Company annually upon receipt of the independent actuarial report.

Employment and Change in Control Agreements – The Company entered into an employment agreement with the Chief Executive Officer that renew for one additional year each January 1 st. During 2025, the Company entered into Change in Control agreements with certain executive officers, which provide severance payments in the event of the executive’s involuntary or constructive termination of employment, including upon a termination following a change in control as defined in the agreements.

Employee Stock Ownership Plan* –*As part of the Initial Public Offering ("IPO") completed on December 27, 2023, the Bank established a tax-qualified Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP") to provide eligible employees the opportunity to own Company shares. The ESOP borrowed $47.2 million from the Company to purchase 3,416,458 common shares on the open market. The loan is payable in annual installments over 20 years at an interest rate of 8.50%. As the loan is repaid to the Company, shares are released and allocated proportionally to eligible participants on the basis of each participant’s proportional share of compensation relative to the compensation of all participants. The unallocated ESOP shares are pledged as collateral on the loan.

The Company accounts for its ESOP in accordance withFASB ASC 718-40, Compensation – Stock Compensation. Under this guidance, unreleased shares are deducted from shareholders’ equity as unearned ESOP shares on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company recognizes compensation expense equal to the fair value of the ESOP shares during the periods in which they are committed to be released. To the extent that the fair value of the Company’s ESOP shares differs from the cost of such shares, the difference will be credited or debited to shareholders' equity.

As the loan is internally leveraged, the loan receivable from the ESOP to the Company is not reported as an asset nor is the debt of the ESOP shown as a liability on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Total compensation expense recognized in connection with the ESOP was $783,000 and $588,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The following table presents share information held by the ESOP:

Stock-Based Compensation* –*On April 23, 2025, the shareholders of the Company approved the NB Bancorp, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (“2025 Plan”). The 2025 Plan provides for the issuance of up to 5,987,802 shares of common stock pursuant to grants of restricted stock awards (“RSAs”), restricted stock units (“RSUs”), non-qualified stock options and incentive stock options, any or all of which can be granted with performance-based vesting conditions. Under the 2025 Plan,1,708,229 shares may be issued as RSAs or RSUs, including those issued as performance shares and PSUs, and 4,270,573 shares may be issued upon the exercise of stock options. These shares may be awarded from the Company’s authorized but unissued shares. However, the 2025 Plan permits the grant of additional awards of restricted stock or RSUs above the aforementioned limit, provided that, for each additional share of RSA or RSU awarded in excess of such limit, the pool of shares available to be issued upon the exercise of stock options will be reduced bythree shares. Pursuant to the terms of the 2025 Plan, each of the Company’s non-employee directors were automatically granted awards of restricted stock on April 23, 2025. Such RSAs vest pro-rata on an annual basis over afive-year period.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company did not grant any RSAs, RSUs, non-qualified stock options or incentive stock options.

Note 6 – Fair Value Measurements

ASC 820-10, Fair Value Measurement – Overall (“ASC 820-10”), provides a framework for measuring fair value under U.S. GAAP. This guidance also allows the Company the irrevocable option to elect fair value for the initial and subsequent measurement for certain financial assets and liabilities on a contract-by-contract basis.

In accordance withASC 820-10, the Company groups its financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value in three levels, based on the markets in which the assets and liabilities are traded and the reliability of the assumptions used to determine fair value.

Level 1 – Valuations for assets and liabilities traded in active exchange markets, such as the New York Stock Exchange. Valuations are obtained from readily available pricing sources for market transactions involving identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Valuations for assets and liabilities traded in less active dealer or broker markets. Valuations are obtained from third party pricing services for identical or comparable assets or liabilities.

Level 3 – Valuations for assets and liabilities that are derived from other methodologies, including option pricing models, discounted cash flow models and similar techniques, and are not based on market exchange, dealer, or broker traded transactions. Level 3 valuations incorporate certain assumptions and projections in determining the fair value assigned to such assets and liabilities.

A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

A description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy, is set forth below. These valuation methodologies were applied to all of the Company’s financial assets and financial liabilities carried at fair value for March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Available-for-sale securities – Where quoted prices are available in an active market, securities are classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. Level 1 securities would include highly liquid government bonds (such as U.S. Treasuries), mortgage products and exchange traded equities. If quoted market prices are not available, then fair values are estimated by using pricing models, quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics, or discounted cash flows. Level 2 securities would include U.S. agency securities, mortgage-backed agency securities, obligations of states and political subdivisions, and certain corporate, asset-backed and other securities. In certain cases where there is limited activity or less transparency around inputs to the valuation, securities are classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy.

Derivative arrangements – The fair values of derivative arrangements are estimated by the Company using a third-party derivative valuation expert who relies on Level 2 inputs, namely discounted cash flow models to determine fair value by calculating a settlement termination value with the counterparty.

Assets measured and reported at estimated fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below: