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Item 1. Financial Statements

2025-08-11 compared with 2025-05-09 · 75 added, 65 removed, 441 unchanged (24% of the section changed)

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(In thousands) (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31,

Six Months Ended June 30,

Cash flows from financing activities:

Net increase (decrease) in deposits

Net decrease in deposits

Net decrease in securities sold under repurchase agreements

Proceeds from advances of notes payable

Repayment of notes payable

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Repurchase of common stock

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Net cash used in financing activities

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

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MSR resulting from sale of loans

Change in unrealized gains and losses on investment securities available for sale, net of tax

Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities available for sale, net of tax

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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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 twenty-six locations located in Manitowoc, Outagamie, Brown, Winnebago, Sheboygan, Shawano, Waupaca, Ozaukee, Monroe, Fond du Lac, Waushara, Dane, Columbia and Jefferson counties in Wisconsin.

The Bank has twenty-seven locations located in Manitowoc, Outagamie, Brown, Winnebago, Sheboygan, Shawano, Waupaca, Ozaukee, Monroe, Fond du Lac, Waushara, Dane, Columbia, Door and Jefferson counties in Wisconsin.

The Company and Bank are subject to the regulations of certain federal agencies and undergo periodic examinations by those regulatory authorities.

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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 2024 amounts have been reclassified to conform to the presentation used in 2025.

These reclassifications had no effect on the operations, financial condition or cash flows of the Company.

Recently Issued Not Yet Effective Accounting Standards

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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, 2025 or 2024.

There were no anti-dilutive stock options for the six months ended June 30, 2025 or 2024.

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

Three Months Ended March 31,

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

Net income available to common shareholders

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The following is a summary of available for sale securities:

March 31, 2025

June 30, 2025

Obligations of U.S.

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The following is a summary of held to maturity securities:

March 31, 2025

June 30, 2025

Treasury securities

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Greater Than 12 Months

March 31, 2025 - Available for Sale

June 30, 2025 - Available for Sale

Obligations of U.S.

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Corporate notes

March 31, 2025 - Held to Maturity

June 30, 2025 - Held to Maturity

Treasury securities

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Treasury securities

As of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, 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.

As of June 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, 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, 2025, 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.

As of June 30, 2025, 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.

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Treasury securities have the full faith and credit backing of the United States Government.

The following is a summary of amortized cost and estimated fair value of securities by contractual maturity as of March 31, 2025.

The following is a summary of amortized cost and estimated fair value of securities by contractual maturity as of June 30, 2025.

Contractual maturities will differ from expected maturities for mortgage-backed securities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations without penalties.

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Mortgage-backed securities

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the carrying values of securities pledged to secure public deposits and for other purposes required or permitted by law were approximately $ 265.6 million and $ 273.4 million, respectively.

There were no sales of securities available for sale during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Sales of securities available for sale produced $ 10.2 million in proceeds with immaterial gross losses for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the carrying values of securities pledged to secure public deposits and for other purposes required or permitted by law were approximately $ 196.5 million and $ 273.4 million, respectively.

There were no sales of securities available for sale during the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, or the six months ended June 30, 2025.

Sales of securities available for sale produced $ 10.2 million in proceeds with immaterial gross losses for the six months ended June 30, 2024.

NOTE 4 – 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, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

The following table presents total loans by portfolio segment and class of loan as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

Commercial/industrial

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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, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

As of March 31, 2025, the Company anticipates the national unemployment rate to rise during the forecast period and the national GDP growth rate to decline.

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 June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

As of June 30, 2025, the Company anticipates the national unemployment rate to rise during the forecast period and the national GDP growth rate to decline.

The Company utilized long-term averages for the remaining loss drivers.

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Three Months Ended

March 31, 2025

March 31, 2024

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2025

June 30, 2024

June 30, 2025

June 30, 2024

December 31, 2024

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Ending Balance

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

A summary of the activity in the ACL - Loans by loan type for the six months ended June 30, 2025 is summarized as follows:

Real Estate -

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ACL - Loans - January 1, 2025

ACL - Loans - March 31, 2025

A summary of the activity in the ACL – Loans by loan type for the three months ended March 31, 2024 is summarized as follows:

ACL - Loans - June 30, 2025

A summary of the activity in the ACL – Loans by loan type for the six months ended June 30, 2024 is summarized as follows:

Real Estate -

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ACL - Loans - January 1, 2024

ACL - Loans - March 31, 2024

ACL - Loans - June 30, 2024

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 $ 2.9 million at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

The ACL - Unfunded Commitments was $ 2.6 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

See Note 10 for further information on commitments.

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Three Months Ended

March 31, 2025

March 31, 2024

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2025

June 30, 2024

June 30, 2025

June 30, 2024

December 31, 2024

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Total provision for credit losses

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

The Company’s past due and non-accrual loans as of June 30, 2025 is summarized as follows:

Commercial/industrial

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Residential 1‑4 family

Interest recognized on non-accrual loans is considered immaterial to the consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

Interest recognized on non-accrual loans is considered immaterial to the consolidated financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

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

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Collateral Type

As of March 31, 2025

As of June 30, 2025

Business Assets

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Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year

As of March 31, 2025

As of June 30, 2025

Commercial/industrial

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Total current-period gross charge-offs

Loans that were both experiencing financial difficulty and were modified during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, were insignificant to these consolidated financial statements.

Loans that were both experiencing financial difficulty and were modified during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, were insignificant to these consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 5 – MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS

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Following is an analysis of activity in the MSR asset:

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2025

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2025

December 31, 2024

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Amount recognized through earnings

MSR asset acquired

Fair value at end of period

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Mortgage servicing rights as a percent of loans serviced for others

The primary economic assumptions utilized by the Company in measuring the value of MSRs were constant prepayment speeds of 8.1 and 8.2 months as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and discount rates of 10.18 % as of each of those periods.

The primary economic assumptions utilized by the Company in measuring the value of MSRs were constant prepayment speeds of 8.0 and 8.2 months as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and discount rates of 10.18 % as of each of those periods.

The constant prepayment speeds are obtained from publicly available sources for each of the loan programs the Company originates under.

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The Company utilizes FHLB advances to fund liquidity.

The Company had outstanding balances borrowed from the FHLB of $ 135.0 million at March 31, 2025 and $ 135.5 million as of December 31, 2024.

The Company had outstanding balances borrowed from the FHLB of $ 110.0 million at June 30, 2025 and $ 135.5 million as of December 31, 2024.

The advances, rate, and maturities of FHLB advances were as follows:

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1 year or less

As of March 31, 2025, the Company had borrowing availability at the FHLB totaling $ 478.5 million in addition to the existing borrowings noted in the tables above.

As of June 30, 2025, the Company had borrowing availability at the FHLB totaling $ 501.6 million in addition to the existing borrowings noted in the tables above.

NOTE 7 – SUBORDINATED NOTES AND JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES

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These notes are callable on or after 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, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

The Company had outstanding balances of $ 6.0 million under these agreements at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

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, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

The Company had outstanding balances of $ 6.0 million under these agreements as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

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.

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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, 2025 and December 31, 2024, this buffer was 2.5 %.

The Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, this buffer was 2.5 %.

The Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

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

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Action Provisions

March 31, 2025

June 30, 2025

Total capital (to risk-weighted assets):

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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, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was approximately $ 9.6 million and $ 8.2 million, respectively.

The notional amount of rate-lock commitments at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was approximately $ 15.9 million and $ 8.2 million, respectively.

The fair value of these rate-lock commitments are not material to these financial statements and have not been recorded.

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Notional Amount

March 31, 2025

June 30, 2025

December 31, 2024

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for Identical

March 31, 2025

June 30, 2025

Securities available for sale

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for Identical

March 31, 2025

June 30, 2025

Loans individually evaluated, net of reserve

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Valuation Technique

As of March 31, 2025

Third party appraisals, sales contracts or brokered price options

Collateral discounts and estimated costs to sell

As of June 30, 2025

Loans individually evaluated

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Collateral discounts and discount rates

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, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are as follows:

March 31, 2025

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 June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are as follows:

June 30, 2025

Financial assets:

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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, 2025, 124,054 shares of Company stock have been awarded under the 2020 Plan.

As of June 30, 2025, 124,570 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, 2025 and 2024, compensation expense of $ 0.6 million and $ 0.6 million, respectively, was recognized related to restricted stock awards.

As of March 31, 2025, there was $ 3.8 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted stock awards granted under the plan.

For the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, compensation expense of $ 0.5 million and $ 0.5 million, respectively, was recognized related to restricted stock awards.

For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, compensation expense of $ 1.0 million and $ 1.1 million, respectively, was recognized related to restricted stock awards.

As of June 30, 2025, there was $ 3.3 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 1.75 years.

The aggregate grant date fair value of restricted stock awards that vested during the three months ended March 31, 2025, was approximately $ 2.1 million.

The aggregate grant date fair value of restricted stock awards that vested during the six months ended June 30, 2025, was approximately $ 2.1 million.

For the period ended

March 31, 2025

March 31, 2024

June 30, 2025

June 30, 2024

Average Grant-

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NOTE 13 – SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On April 25, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend of $ 3.50 per share of the Company’s common stock.

This dividend is payable on May 16, 2025, to shareholders of record on May 9, 2025.

This special dividend is in addition to the Company’s regular quarterly cash dividend of $ 0.45 , which was declared on April 15, 2025, and is payable on July 9, 2025, to shareholders of record on June 25, 2025.

The aggregate amount of this special dividend will approximate $ 35.0 million.

On July 18, 2025, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Centre 1 Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of First National Bank and Trust Company (“FNBT”), a community bank headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin.

Under the terms of the agreement, Centre 1 Bancorp will merge with and into the Company, and FNBT will merge with and into the Bank.

The transaction is expected to close on January 1, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals.

Merger consideration will consist of common stock of the Company, with final terms based on the fair market value of the Company’s common stock at closing.

Based on combined results as of June 30, 2025, the merged entity would have total assets of approximately $ 5.9 billion, loans of approximately $ 4.6 billion, and deposits of approximately $ 4.9 billion.

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What changed 10-Q

Item 1. Financial Statements