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EUGENE, Ore. -- (Business Wire)

Summit Bank Group (OTCID: SBKO)

• Q2 2026 Net Income - $4.13 million or $0.52 per fully diluted share, an increase of 24.1 percent over Q2 2025.
• Year to date 2026 earnings per fully diluted share increased 37.4 percent over the previous year.
• Cash and Securities total $153.5 million – 11.5 percent of assets, increased from 10.5 percent as of Q2 2025.
• Year over year Net Loan Growth - $58.3 million or 5.4 percent.
• Year over year Deposit Growth - $60.1 million or 5.5 percent.
• Year to date 2026 Net Interest Income increased $2.1 million or 7.7 percent over the previous year.

Summit Bank Group reported net income for the second quarter of $4.13 million or 52 cents per fully diluted share. Comparable earnings for second quarter of 2025 were $3.33 million or 42 cents per fully diluted share, representing an increase of 24.1 percent or 10 cents to earnings and earnings per fully diluted share respectively. Net interest income was $1.0 million higher during Q2 2026 than Q2 2025, or 7.4 percent. Provision for loan losses improved by $0.3 million and $0.4 million higher noninterest income offset $621 thousand of growth-related increases to noninterest expense resulting in strong earnings for the quarter.

“Our year-over-year results reflect the loyalty of our clients and the disciplined execution of our long-term strategy. We remain focused on building meaningful relationships and that clients value a bank that is local, responsive and deeply committed to the communities we serve,” said Craig Wanichek, president and chief executive officer. “Trailing 4 quarter earnings per share has now increased for a tenth consecutive quarter.”

The Bank continues to achieve balanced growth in its loan and deposit portfolios, with total net loans increasing by $58.3 million or 5.4 percent and total deposits increasing by $60.1 million or 5.5 percent over the most recent four quarters. The deposit growth consisted entirely of demand and money market account balances over the period, increasing by $72.4 million or 6.8 percent, as total certificates of deposit balances decreased by $12.3 million.

“We are pleased to see deposit growth increasingly driven this year by core relationships, which is an encouraging indicator of the trust our clients place in Summit Bank by choosing us for the relationship, not just the rate,” said Wanichek. “In addition, $27.6 million in quarterly loan growth, or 2.5%, demonstrated positive momentum in loan origination efforts.”

The Bank’s balance sheet remains highly liquid with cash and Available for Sale (AFS) short-term securities totaling $153.5 million, which represents 11.5 percent of total assets as of June 30, 2026, increased from $131.6 million or 10.5 percent of assets as of June 30, 2025. Additionally, the Bank maintains secured borrowing commitments from the Federal Home Loan Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank with total available borrowing capacity as of June 30, 2026 of $378 million, an increase of $63 million over the June 30, 2025 total available. Combined, the Bank’s cash and available secured borrowing as of June 30, 2026 total $477 million. This total is 35.9 percent of total assets and 125 percent of total estimated uninsured deposits as of June 30, 2026. Return on average equity for the second quarter, the 2026 year to date and the trailing four quarters was 12.5 percent, 13.3 percent, and 13.4 percent respectively. Total shareholders’ equity ended the second quarter at $133.8 million, an increase of $18.0 million or 15.6 percent since June 30, 2025. As the Company continues its 23^rd year of operations, capital levels remain very strong, supporting its consistent asset growth with similarly strong retained earnings which have totaled $62.8 million over the last five years.

Total non-performing assets as of June 30, 2026 were 0.46 percent of total assets. This total decreased during the second quarter from 0.54 percent of total assets as of March 31, 2026. Substantially all of the Bank’s total non-performing assets as of June 30, 2026 carry US Small Business Administration guarantees which reduce the Bank’s exposure to losses on the assets. The total exposure to the Bank after such federal guarantees are applied is reduced to 0.13 percent of total assets.

Summit Bank Group Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary Summit Bank, maintains offices in Eugene, Central Oregon, and Portland, specializing in providing high-level service to professionals and medium-sized businesses and their owners. The Bank was voted for the fifth year in a row as one of Oregon’s “Top 100 Companies to Work For,” according to Oregon Business Magazine. In 2023, 2025 and 2026, Summit Bank was honored as “Favorite Bank” in the Eugene Register-Guard’s annual Reader’s Choice Awards and “Best Bank” by Central Oregon’s Bend Bulletin. Summit Bank Group Inc. is quoted on the OTCID under the symbol SBKO. It was named in January as a Top 10 Place to Work for Working Parents, according to the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Contacts:

Craig Wanichek, President & Chief Executive Officer 541-684-7500

Source: Summit Bank Group