Item 1A. Risk Factors
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
For information regarding risk factors, please refer to Part I. Item 1A in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, as updated by the Company's periodic filings with the SEC. These factors could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and capital position, and could cause our actual results to differ materially from our historical results or the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company believes that there has been no material change in its risk factors as previously disclosed in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 other than as set forth below.
The Merger Agreement may be terminated in accordance with its terms and the Mergers may not be completed.
The Merger Agreement is subject to a number of conditions which must be fulfilled in order to complete the Mergers. Those conditions include, among other things: (i) approval by each of the Company’s shareholders and the PBCO shareholders of certain matters relating to the Mergers at each company’s respective special meeting; (ii) the receipt of required regulatory approvals, including the approval of the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Division of Financial Regulation; and the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Banking and Securities; and (iii) the absence of any order, injunction, decree, or other law preventing or making illegal the completion of the Mergers, the Bank Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Each party’s obligation to complete the Merger is also subject to certain additional customary conditions, including (a) subject to applicable materiality standards, the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party, (b) the performance in all material respects by the other party of its obligations under the Merger Agreement and (c) the receipt by each party of an opinion from its counsel to the effect that the Mergers should qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
These conditions to the closing of the Mergers may not be fulfilled in a timely manner or at all, and, accordingly, the Mergers may not be completed. In addition, the parties can mutually decide to terminate the Merger Agreement at any time, before or after the requisite shareholder approvals, or Northrim or PBCO may unilaterally elect to terminate the Merger Agreement in certain other circumstances.
Regulatory approvals may not be received, may take longer than expected, or may impose conditions that are not presently anticipated or that could have an adverse effect on the combined company following the Mergers.
Before the Mergers and the Bank Merger may be completed, various approvals, consents and non-objections must be obtained from the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Division of Financial Regulation, the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Banking and Securities, and other regulatory authorities in the United States. In determining whether to grant these approvals, such regulatory authorities consider a variety of factors, including the regulatory standing of each party. These approvals could be delayed or not obtained at all, including due to an adverse development in either party’s regulatory standing or in any other factors considered by regulators when granting such approvals; governmental, political, or community group inquiries, investigations, or opposition; or changes in legislation or the political environment generally.
The approvals that are granted may impose terms and conditions, limitations, obligations, or costs, or place restrictions on the conduct of the combined company’s business or require changes to the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. There can be no assurance that regulators will not impose any such conditions, limitations, obligations, or restrictions and that such conditions, limitations, obligations, or restrictions will not have the effect of delaying the completion of any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, imposing additional material costs on or materially limiting the revenues of the combined company following the Mergers or otherwise reducing the anticipated benefits of the Mergers if the Mergers were consummated successfully within the expected timeframe. In addition, there can be no assurance that any such conditions, terms, obligations, or restrictions will not result in the delay or abandonment of the Mergers. Additionally, the completion of the Mergers is conditioned on the absence of certain orders, injunctions or decrees by any court or regulatory agency of competent jurisdiction that would prohibit or make illegal the completion of any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
In addition, despite the parties’ commitments to using their reasonable best efforts to comply with conditions imposed by regulators, under the terms of the Merger Agreement, neither Northrim nor PBCO, nor any of their respective subsidiaries, is permitted (without the written consent of the other party), to take any action, or commit to take any action, or agree to any condition or restriction, in connection with obtaining the required permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of
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governmental entities that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the combined company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, after giving effect to the Mergers and the Bank Merger.
Failure to complete the Mergers could negatively impact Northrim.
If the Mergers are not completed for any reason, including as a result of Northrim shareholders or PBCO shareholders failing to approve certain matters in connection with the Mergers at each company’s respective special meeting, there may be various adverse consequences and Northrim may experience negative reactions from the financial markets and from its customers and employees. For example, Northrim’s business may have been impacted adversely by the failure to pursue other beneficial opportunities due to the focus of management on the Mergers, without realizing any of the anticipated benefits of completing the Mergers. Also, Northrim has devoted significant internal resources to the pursuit of the Mergers and the expected benefit of those resource allocations would be lost if the Mergers are not completed. Additionally, if the Merger Agreement is terminated, the market price of Northrim’s common stock could decline to the extent that current market prices reflect a market assumption that the Mergers will be beneficial and will be completed. Northrim also could be subject to litigation related to any failure to complete the Mergers or to proceedings commenced against Northrim to perform its obligations under the Merger Agreement.
Combining Northrim and PBCO may be more difficult, costly or time-consuming than expected, and Northrim may fail to realize the anticipated benefits of the Mergers.
Northrim and PBCO have operated and, until the completion of the Mergers, will continue to operate independently. The success of the Mergers, including anticipated benefits and cost savings, will depend, in part, on our ability to successfully combine and integrate the businesses of Northrim and PBCO in a manner that permits growth opportunities and does not materially disrupt the existing customer relations nor result in decreased revenues due to loss of customers. It is possible that the integration process could result in the loss of key employees, the disruption of either company’s ongoing businesses or inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures, and policies that adversely affect the combined company’s ability to maintain relationships with clients, customers, depositors, and employees or to achieve the anticipated benefits and cost savings of the Mergers. The loss of key employees could adversely affect Northrim’s ability to successfully conduct its business, which could have an adverse effect on Northrim’s financial results and the value of its common stock. If Northrim experiences difficulties with the integration process, the anticipated benefits of the Mergers may not be realized fully or at all, or may take longer to realize than expected. As with any merger of financial institutions, there also may be business disruptions that cause Northrim or PBCO to lose customers or cause customers to remove their accounts from Northrim or PBCO and move their business to competing financial institutions. Integration efforts between the two companies will also divert management attention and resources. These integration matters could have an adverse effect on each of Northrim and PBCO during this transition period and for an undetermined period after completion of the Mergers on the combined company. In addition, the actual cost savings of the Mergers could be less than anticipated.
The combined company may be unable to retain Northrim and/or PBCO personnel successfully after the Mergers are completed.
The success of the Mergers will depend in part on the combined company’s ability to retain the talent and dedication of key employees currently employed by Northrim and PBCO. It is possible that these employees may decide not to remain with Northrim or PBCO, as applicable, while the Mergers are pending or with the combined company after the Mergers are consummated. If Northrim and PBCO are unable to retain key employees, including management, who are critical to the successful integration and future operations of the companies, Northrim and PBCO could face disruptions in their operations, loss of existing customers, loss of key information, expertise, or know-how and unanticipated additional recruitment costs. In addition, following the Mergers, if key employees terminate their employment, the combined company’s business activities may be adversely affected, and management’s attention may be diverted from successfully hiring suitable replacements, all of which may cause the combined company’s business to suffer. Northrim and PBCO also may not be able to locate or retain suitable replacements for any key employees who leave either company.
Northrim will be subject to business uncertainties and contractual restrictions while the Mergers are pending.
Uncertainty about the effect of the Mergers on employees and customers may have an adverse effect on Northrim. These uncertainties may impair Northrim’s ability to attract, retain and motivate key personnel until the Mergers are completed, and could cause customers and others that deal with Northrim to seek to change existing business relationships with Northrim. In addition, subject to certain exceptions, Northrim has agreed to operate its business in the ordinary course prior to closing in all material respects. These restrictions may prevent Northrim from pursuing attractive business opportunities that may arise prior to the completion of the Mergers.
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Northrim has incurred and is expected to incur substantial costs related to the Mergers and integration.
Both Northrim and PBCO will incur substantial expenses in connection with the negotiation and completion of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. These costs include legal, financial advisory, accounting, consulting, and other advisory fees, retention, severance and employee benefit-related costs, public company filing fees and other regulatory fees, financial printing and other printing costs, closing, integration, and other related costs. Some of these costs are payable by Northrim regardless of whether or not the Mergers are completed.
Shareholder litigation related to the Mergers could prevent or delay the completion of the Mergers, result in the payment of damages or otherwise negatively impact the business and operations of Northrim.
Shareholders may bring claims in connection with the proposed Mergers and, among other remedies, may seek damages or an injunction preventing the Mergers from closing. If any plaintiff were successful in obtaining an injunction prohibiting Northrim or PBCO from completing the Mergers or any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, then such injunction may delay or prevent the effectiveness of the Mergers and could result in costs to Northrim, including costs in connection with the defense or settlement of any shareholder lawsuits filed in connection with the Mergers. Further, such lawsuits and the defense or settlement of any such lawsuits may have an adverse effect on the financial condition and results of operations of Northrim.
The Merger Agreement limits Northrim’s ability to pursue acquisition proposals.
The Merger Agreement prohibits Northrim from soliciting, initiating, knowingly encouraging, or knowingly facilitating certain third-party acquisition proposals. These provisions might discourage a potential competing acquirer that might have an interest in acquiring all or a significant part of Northrim from considering or proposing such an acquisition.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
(a)-(b) Not applicable
(c) There were no stock repurchases by the Company during the three-month period ending June 30, 2026.
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