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Nature of Business Activities and Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Nature of Business Activities and Significant Accounting Policies Nature of Business Activities and Significant Accounting Policies
Nature of operations
The consolidated financial statements include Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. (“Burke & Herbert”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company (“the Bank”), together referred to as “the Company” for purposes of the Notes to the Financial Statements. As of close of the calendar year 2025, we ceased to be an emerging growth company and became a large accelerated filer. Therefore, we are no longer exempt from the requirements under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and are no longer able to take advantage of exemptions from various public company reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. was organized as a Virginia corporation in 2022 to serve as the holding company for the Bank. Burke & Herbert became a bank holding company when it commenced operations on October 1, 2022, following a reorganization transaction in which it acquired control of the Bank under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (“BHCA”). This transaction was treated as an internal reorganization as all shareholders of the Bank became shareholders of Burke & Herbert. Burke & Herbert has no material operations other than owning the Bank. In September 2023, Burke & Herbert elected to become a financial holding company under the BHCA. As a financial holding company of a Virginia state bank, the Company is subject to regulation, supervision, and examination by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) and the Bureau of Financial Institutions of the Virginia State Corporation Commission (the “Virginia BFI”). The Bank is a Virginia chartered commercial bank that commenced operations in 1852. The Bank became a member of the Federal Reserve System on December 31, 2024. The Bank is subject to regulation, supervision, and examination by the Federal Reserve (through the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond) and the Virginia BFI.
The Bank’s primary market area includes northern Virginia and West Virginia, and as of March 31, 2026, it has over 77 branches and commercial loan offices across Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Company’s branch locations accept business and consumer deposits from a diverse customer base. The Company’s deposit products include checking, savings, and term certificate accounts. The Company’s loan portfolio includes commercial and consumer loans, a substantial portion of which are secured by real estate.

Merger with LINKBANCORP, Inc.
Effective on May 1, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp., a Virginia corporation (“Burke & Herbert”), completed its previously announced merger with LINKBANCORP, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“LNKB”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 18, 2025 between Burke & Herbert and LNKB (the “LNKB Merger Agreement”).
Pursuant to the LNKB Merger Agreement, on the Closing Date, (i) LNKB merged with and into Burke & Herbert, with Burke & Herbert continuing as the surviving corporation (the “LNKB Merger”), and (ii) immediately following the LNKB Merger, LINKBANK, a Pennsylvania chartered commercial bank and a wholly-owned subsidiary of LNKB (“Link”), merged with and into Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company, a Virginia chartered bank (“Burke & Herbert Bank”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Burke & Herbert, with Burke & Herbert Bank as the surviving bank.
Pursuant to the LNKB Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the LNKB Merger (the “Effective Time”), each LNKB share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“LNKB Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than certain shares held by Burke & Herbert and LNKB, was converted into the right to receive 0.1350 shares of Burke & Herbert common stock. Holders of LNKB Common Stock will receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of Burke & Herbert common stock in accordance with the terms of the LNKB Merger Agreement. The total aggregate consideration payable in the LNKB Merger was approximately 5,082,657 shares of Burke & Herbert Common Stock. Management is currently evaluating the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as a result of the merger.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial reporting and with applicable quarterly reporting regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The accounting and reporting
policies of the Company conform to GAAP and reflect practices of the banking industry. They do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. As such, these unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2026.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and the Bank (as its wholly-owned subsidiary). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions between the Company and the Bank have been eliminated. In preparing financial statements in conformity with 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 sheet and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations in these financial statements, have been made. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2026, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other interim period or for the full year. All December 31, 2025, amounts and disclosures included in this quarterly report were derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements. Certain items in the prior period have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on prior year net income or on shareholders’ equity.
Adoption of new accounting standards
In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-08, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Purchased Loans. This ASU amends the accounting for certain acquired loans by expanding the use of the “gross‑up” approach under the CECL model to include purchased seasoned loans. Under this approach, the allowance for expected credit losses is recognized at the acquisition date as an adjustment to the loan’s amortized cost basis, rather than through a provision for credit losses, thereby eliminating a “day‑one” credit loss expense for loans within the scope of the guidance. The amendments do not change the accounting for purchased credit‑deteriorated loans, originated loans, credit card loans, or debt securities. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, including interim periods within those fiscal years, and are to be applied on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. As permitted, the Company has elected to early adopt the amended guidance on January 1, 2026 on a prospective basis. The Company expects that substantially all the loans acquired in the LNKB Merger will be considered seasoned.
Newly issued not yet adopted accounting standards
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement (Subtopic 220-40): Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures. This ASU seeks to improve disclosures about a public business entity’s expenses and addresses requests from investors for more detailed information about the types of expenses in commonly presented expense captions. The amendments in this update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. This ASU is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In October 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements: Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative. This ASU incorporates certain amendments to SEC disclosure requirements into the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. The amendments in the ASU are expected to clarify or improve disclosure and presentation requirements of a variety of Codification Topics, allow users to more easily compare entities subject to the SEC’s existing disclosures with those entities that were not previously subject to the requirements, and align the requirements in the Codification with the SEC’s regulations. For entities subject to the SEC’s existing disclosure requirements and for entities required to file or furnish financial statements with or to the SEC in preparation for the sale of or for purposes of issuing securities that are not subject to contractual restrictions on transfer, the effective date for each amendment will be the date on which the SEC’s removal of the related disclosure requirement becomes effective. For all other entities, the effective date will be two years after the date of such removal. However, if by June 30, 2027, the SEC has not removed the related disclosure from its regulations, the amendments will be removed from the Codification and not become effective for any entity. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2023-06 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.