NOTE 17 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Lending and Letter of Credit Commitments

The Company operates in a highly regulated environment. From time to time, the Company is a party to various claims and litigation matters incidental to the conduct of its business. The Company is not presently party to any legal proceedings where it believes the resolution would have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, or results of operations.

Nevertheless, given the nature, scope and complexity of the extensive legal and regulatory landscape applicable to the Company’s business (including laws and regulations governing consumer protection, fair lending, fair labor, privacy, information security and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism laws), the Company, like all banking organizations, is subject to heightened legal and regulatory compliance and litigation risk.

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into various commitments to extend credit which are not reflected in the financial statements. These commitments consist of the undisbursed balance on home equity and unsecured personal lines of credit and commercial lines of credit, including commercial real estate secured lines of credit, and undisbursed funds on construction and development loans. The Company also issues standby letter of credit commitments, primarily for the third-party performance obligations of clients.

The following table presents a summary of commitments described above as of the dates indicated:

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Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses. The actual liquidity needs or the credit risk that the Company will experience will likely be lower than the contractual amount of commitments to extend credit because a significant portion of these commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon. The commitments are generally variable rate and include unfunded home equity lines of credit, commercial real estate construction loans where disbursement is made over the course of construction, commercial revolving lines of credit, and unsecured personal lines of credit. The Company’s outstanding loan commitments are made using the same underwriting standards as comparable outstanding loans. The reserve associated with these commitments included in interest payable and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets was $335,000 at March 31, 2026 and $410,000 at December 31, 2025.

Commercial Real Estate Concentrations

At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, in management’s judgment, a concentration of loans existed in commercial real estate related loans. The Company’s commercial real estate loans are secured by owner-occupied and non-owner occupied commercial real estate and multifamily properties. Although management believes that loans within these concentrations have no more than the normal risk of collectability, a decline in the performance of the economy in general, or a decline in real estate values in the Company’s primary market areas in particular, could have an adverse impact on collectability.

Other Assets

The Company has commitments to fund investments in LIHTC partnerships and an SBIC fund. At March 31, 2026, the remaining commitments to the LIHTC partnerships and the SBIC fund were approximately $3.5 million and $122,000, respectively. At December 31, 2025, the remaining commitments to the LIHTC partnerships and the SBIC fund were approximately $4.7 million and $122,000, respectively.

Deposit Concentrations

At March 31, 2026, approximately $298.5 million, or 13.2%, of the Company's deposits were derived from its top ten depositors. At December 31, 2025, approximately $235.8 million, or 11.7%, of the Company's deposits were derived from its top ten depositors.

Local Agency Deposits and Other Advances

In the normal course of business, the Company accepts deposits from local agencies. The Company is required to provide collateral for certain local agency deposits in the states of California, Colorado, New Mexico and Washington. At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the FHLB had issued letters of credit on behalf of the Company totaling $42.1 million and $41.6 million, respectively, as collateral for local agency deposits.