UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

☑    Annual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

☐    Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from_____to____

Commission File Number 000-33501

NORTHRIM BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Alaska	92-0175752
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3111 C Street

Anchorage, Alaska 99503

(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code) 

(907) 562-0062

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, $1.00 par value	The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC
(Title of Class)	(Name of Exchange on Which Listed)

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The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2023 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter) was $212,552,889.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.  5,499,578 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, as of March 8, 2024.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, relating to the registrant’s annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 23, 2024, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
	Part  I
Item 1.	Business	2
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	14
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	31
Item 1C.	Cybersecurity	32
Item 2.	Properties	34
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	35
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	35
	Part II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	36
Item 6.	[RESERVED]	38
Item 7.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	38
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	64
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	68
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	124
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	124
Item 9B.	Other Information	124
Item 9C.	Disclosures Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections	125
	Part III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	126
Item 11.	Executive Compensation	126
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	126
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	126
Item 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services	126
	Part IV
Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	127
	Index to Exhibits	127
Item 16.	Form 10-K Summary	128
	Signatures	130

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PART I

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes “forward-looking statements”, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, which are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements describe management’s expectations about future events and developments such as future operating results, growth in loans and deposits, continued success of Northrim BanCorp Inc.’s style of banking, and the strength of the local economy in which we operate. All statements other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding industry prospects, and future results of operations or financial position, made in this report are forward-looking. We use words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions in part to help identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current plans and expectations and are inherently uncertain. Our actual results may differ significantly from management’s expectations, and those variations may be both material and adverse. Forward-looking statements, are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from our expectations as indicated in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include: potential further increases in interest rates; the value of securities held in our investment portfolio; impact of the results of government initiatives on the regulatory landscape, natural resource extraction industries, and capital markets; the impact of declines in the value of commercial and residential real estate markets, high unemployment rates, inflationary pressures and slowdowns in economic growth; changes in banking regulation or actions by bank regulators, including, the continued availability of the Federal Reserve Bank's Bank Term Funding Program; potential further increases in inflation, supply-chain constraints, and potential geopolitical instability, including the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East; financial stress on borrowers (consumers and businesses) as a result of higher rates or an uncertain economic environment; the general condition of, and changes in, the Alaska economy; our ability to maintain or expand our market share or net interest margin; the sufficiency of our allowance for loan losses and the accuracy of the assumptions or estimates used in preparing our financial statements, including those related to current expected credit losses accounting guidance; our ability to maintain asset quality; our ability to implement our marketing and growth strategies; our ability to identify and address cyber-security risks, including security breaches, “denial of service attacks,” “hacking,” and identity theft; disease, outbreaks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, or similar health threats and measures implemented to combat them; and our ability to execute our business plan. Further, actual results may be affected by competition on price and other factors with other financial institutions; customer acceptance of new products and services; the regulatory environment in which we operate; and general trends in the local, regional and national banking industry and economy. In addition, there are risks inherent in the banking industry relating to collectability of loans and changes in interest rates. Many of these risks, as well as other risks that may have a material adverse impact on our operations and business, are identified in Item 1A. Risk Factors, and in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, you should be aware that these factors are not an exhaustive list, and you should not assume these are the only factors that may cause our actual results to differ from our expectations. In addition, you should note that we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements or the uncertainties that may adversely impact those statements, other than as required by law.

ITEM 1.            BUSINESS

    In this document, please note that references to "we", "our", "us", or the "Company" mean Northrim BanCorp, Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless the context suggests otherwise.

General

    We are a publicly traded bank holding company headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. The Company’s common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) under the symbol, “NRIM.” The Company is regulated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. We began banking operations in Anchorage in December 1990, and formed the Company as an Alaska corporation in connection with our reorganization into a holding company structure; that reorganization was completed effective December 31, 2001. The Company has grown to be the third largest commercial bank in Alaska in terms of deposits, with $2.5 billion in total deposits and $2.8 billion in total assets at December 31, 2023. Northrim Bank and Residential Mortgage are easily accessible to approximately 90% of the Alaska's population through our geographically dispersed 19 branches and 12 mortgage origination offices.

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    The Company has three direct wholly-owned subsidiaries:

•Northrim Bank (the “Bank”), a state chartered, full-service commercial bank headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. The Bank is regulated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC") and the State of Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, Division of Banking and Securities. The Bank has 19 branch locations in Alaska; eight in Anchorage, one in Wasilla, two in Juneau, two in Fairbanks, one in Ketchikan, one in Sitka, one in Eagle River, one in Nome, one in Soldotna, and one in Kodiak. Additionally, we have a loan production office in Homer. We operate in Washington State through Northrim Funding Services (“NFS”), a factoring business that the Bank started in 2004. We offer a wide array of commercial and consumer loan and deposit products, investment products, and electronic banking services over the Internet;

•Northrim Investment Services Company (“NISC”) was formed in November 2002. Through NISC, we own 22% of the total outstanding equity interest in Pacific Wealth Advisors, LLC (“PWA”), an investment advisory, trust, and wealth management business located in Seattle, Washington. PWA is a holding company that owns Pacific Portfolio Consulting, LLC and Pacific Portfolio Trust Company;

•Northrim Statutory Trust 2 (“NST2”), an entity that we formed in December 2005 to facilitate a trust preferred securities offering by the Company.

    The Bank has three direct wholly-owned subsidiaries:

•Northrim Capital Investments Co. (“NCIC”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, which holds a 100% interest in a residential mortgage holding company, Residential Mortgage Holding Company, LLC, the parent company of Residential Mortgage, LLC (collectively “RML”). RML held a 30% investment in Homestate Mortgage, LLC until it dissolved in 2023.

•Northrim Building, LLC (“NBL”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank that owns and operates the Company’s main office facility at 3111 C Street in Anchorage. 

•Northrim Building LO, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank that owns and operates the Company’s community branch facilities at 2270 E. 37th Avenue in Anchorage and 2491 Tongass Avenue in Ketchikan. 

Segments

    The Company operates in two primary segments: Community Banking and Home Mortgage Lending. Measures of the revenues, profit or loss, and total assets for each of the Company's segments are included in Part II. Item 8. "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this report, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Business Strategy

    The Company’s primary objective is to be Alaska's most trusted financial institution by adding value for our customers, communities, and shareholders. We aspire to be Alaska's premier bank and employer of choice as a leader in financial expertise, products, and services. We value our state, and we are proud to be Alaskan. We embody Alaska's frontier spirit and values, and we support our communities. We have a sincere appreciation for our customers, and we strive to deliver superior customer first service that is reliable, ethical, and secure. We look for growth opportunities for our customers, our institution, and our employees.

    Our strategy is one of value-added growth. Management believes that calculated, sustainable organic and inorganic market share growth coupled with good asset quality, an appropriate core deposit and capital base, operational efficiency, diversified sources of other operating income, and improved profitability is the most appropriate means of increasing shareholder value.

    Our business strategy emphasizes commercial lending products and services through relationship banking with businesses and professional individuals. Because of our relatively small size, our experienced senior management team can be more involved with serving customers and making credit decisions, all of which are made in Alaska, allowing us to compete more favorably with larger competitors for business lending relationships. Our business strategy also emphasizes the origination of a variety of home mortgage loan products, most of which we sell to the secondary market. We retain servicing for home mortgages that we originate and sell to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation ("AHFC"). We believe that there is opportunity to increase the Company’s loan portfolio, particularly in the commercial portion of the portfolio, in the Company’s

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current market areas through existing and new customers. In addition to lending products, in many cases commercial customers also require multiple deposit and affiliated services that add franchise value to the Company. We believe that these strategies will continue to benefit the Company in 2024, and we intend to continue to grow our balance sheet through increasing our market share.

    The Company’s business strategy also stresses the importance of customer deposit relationships to support its lending activities. Our guiding principle is to serve our market areas by operating with a “Superior Customer First Service” philosophy, affording our customers the highest priority in all aspects of our operations. We believe that our adherence to this philosophy has created a strong core deposit franchise that provides a stable, low cost funding source for expanded growth in all of our lending areas. We have devoted significant resources to our treasury management products, including a corporate purchasing card and integrated payables, as well as expansion of electronic services for both personal and business customers, and enhancement of the Company's information security related to providing these services.

    In addition to market share growth, a significant aspect of the Company’s business strategy is focused on managing the credit quality of our loan portfolio. As the Company continues to grow, management is committed to allocating more resources to the credit management function of the Bank to provide enhanced financial analysis of our largest, most complex loan relationships to further develop our processes for analyzing and managing various concentrations of credit within the overall loan portfolio. Continued success in maintaining the credit quality of our loan portfolio and managing our level of other real estate owned is a significant aspect of the Company’s strategy for attaining sustainable, long-term market growth to produce increased shareholder value.

Human Capital Resources

    We believe that we provide a high level of customer service. To achieve our objective of providing “Superior Customer First Service”, in managing its human capital resources, management emphasizes the hiring and retention of competent and highly motivated employees at all levels of the organization. Management believes that a well-trained and highly motivated core of employees allows maximum personal contact with customers in order to understand and fulfill customer needs and preferences. This “Superior Customer First Service” philosophy is combined with our emphasis on personalized, local decision making. The Company continues to enhance our company-wide employee training program which focuses on Northrim culture, "Superior Customer First Service", general sales and management skills, and various technical areas. All applicants and employees are treated with the same high level of respect regardless of their gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. The Company complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the Company operates.

The Company strives to continuously evaluate our human capital polices for improvement and alignment with current best practices. The Company recently added the Juneteenth National Independence Day and Indigenous People's Day to our lineup of paid holidays for employees. Additionally, effective January 1, 2022 the Company enhanced its paid parental leave program for employees following the birth of a child or the placement of a child in connection with an adoption. In the third quarter of 2022, the Company increased base wages for all Community Banking employees below the level of Senior Vice President. This pay increase was done outside of the normal annual salary review process in order to appropriately respond, in a timely manner, to inflationary and competitive wage pressures. Effective January 1, 2023, the Company increased its sick leave benefit from 32 to 40 hours per year and removed the legacy 3-day wait period to use this benefit.

Approximately 47% of the Company's employees are working remotely as of December 31, 2023 either on a full- or part-time basis, including employees that work remotely part-time and work in the office part-time, which we refer to as a "hybrid" work from home arrangement. Like many other entities, the percentage of the Company's work force that works remotely in some fashion increased during the pandemic and is expected to stay approximately consistent with current levels in the future as the Company has adjusted to the new environment. We also offer our employees other flexible work options, such as variable work hours, condensed workweeks and part-time hours. There have been no material impacts to our operations due to the increase in these alternative working arrangements, and we are pleased to provide our employees with more flexibility to accommodate their needs. In addition, Northrim provides for a strong work/life balance, including generous paid time off and paid parental leave.

Employee Profile

    We consider our relations with our employees to be highly satisfactory.  We had 472 full-time equivalent employees at December 31, 2023. None of our employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.  Of the 472 full-time equivalent employees, 332 were Community Banking employees and 140 were Home Mortgage Lending employees.

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Among the Company's full-time equivalent employees as of December 31, 2023, 66% identify as women and 34% as men. Approximately 34% of the workforce identify as a member of a racial minority, 3% identify as individuals with a disability, and 1% identify as veterans. In executive and senior management positions, 37% identify as women and 63% as men as of December 31, 2023. Approximately 9% of those in executive and senior management positions identify as a member of a racial minority, 6% identify as individuals with a disability, and 6% identify as veterans.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We strive to ensure a respectful, diverse, and inclusive environment and experience for all of our employees. We support and cultivate an open and respectful environment where everyone can actively contribute, have equal access to opportunities and resources, be themselves, and realize their potential. This is reflected in our policies, which encourage individual values, strengths and protections to provide gender diversity and equality in the workplace and are reinforced through our annual anti-harassment training. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we emphasize inclusion through hiring and compensation practices and consider a pool of diverse candidates for open positions and internal advancement opportunities and treat all our applicants with the same high level of respect regardless of their gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. To address issues related to pay discrimination, we do not ask potential candidates about their current or previous compensation during the hiring process, and we incorporate equal and fair pay reviews into every employment compensation decision. Our annual Affirmative Action Plan continues to focus our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts on increasing the number of veterans and persons with disabilities in our workforce.

Products and Services

    Community Banking

    Lending Services: We have an emphasis on commercial and real estate lending.  Our loan products include short and medium-term commercial loans, commercial credit lines, construction and real estate loans, and consumer loans. We emphasize providing financial services to small and medium-sized businesses and to individuals. These types of lending products have provided us with market opportunities and generally provide higher net interest margins compared to other types of lending such as consumer lending. However, they also involve greater risks, including greater exposure to changes in local economic conditions.

Additionally, in 2021 and 2020, we originated a significant amount of Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") loans. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief. and Economic Security ("CARES") Act established several new temporary U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) loan programs to assist U.S. small businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic. PPP provided loans to small businesses who were affected by economic conditions as a result of COVID-19 and included loan forgiveness of all or a portion of the loan, subject to certain eligibility requirements and conditions.

Our lending operations are guided by loan policies, approval procedures, and amount limitations. Our loan policies outline the basic policies and procedures by which lending operations are conducted. Generally, the policies address our desired loan types, target markets, underwriting and collateral requirements, terms, interest rate and yield considerations, and compliance with laws and regulations. The policies are reviewed and approved annually by the board of directors of the Bank.  Management has processes in place to analyze and manage various concentrations of credit within the overall loan portfolio. The Credit Administration Department monitors the procedures and processes for both the analysis and reporting of problem loans, and also develops strategies to resolve problem loans based on the facts and circumstances for each loan. Additionally, the Credit Administration Department performs a review of the loan portfolio for compliance with loan policy, as well as a review of credit quality. Loan review follows the FDIC sampling guidelines on an annual basis. Finally, our Internal Audit independently reviews loans for regulatory compliance and conformance to the Bank's policies and procedures.  

    Purchase of accounts receivable:  We provide short-term working capital to customers primarily in our Alaska markets as well as Washington, Oregon and some other states by purchasing their accounts receivable through NFS. Our purchased receivable activity is guided by policies that outline risk management, documentation, and approval limits.  In 2024, we expect NFS to continue to operate in these markets and to continue to contribute to the Company’s profitability.

      Deposit Services: Our deposit services include business and personal noninterest-bearing checking accounts and interest-bearing time deposits, checking accounts, savings accounts, and individual retirement accounts.  Our interest-bearing accounts generally earn interest at rates established by management based on competitive market factors and management’s desire to increase or decrease certain types or maturities of deposits.  

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Several of our deposit services and products are:

•A specialized business checking account customized to account activity;

•A money market deposit account;

•A “Jump-Up” certificate of deposit (“CD”) that allows additional deposits with the opportunity to increase the rate to the current market rate for a similar term CD;

• A savings account that is priced like a money market account that allows additional deposits, quarterly withdrawals without penalty, and tailored maturity dates;

•IntraFi® Network Deposits℠ and business sweep;

•Consumer online banking, mobile app, and mobile deposit;

•Business online banking, business mobile app, and business mobile deposit; and

•Instantly issued debit cards for business and consumer accounts at account opening.

    Other Services: In addition to our traditional deposit and lending services, we offer our customers several convenience services:  Mobile Web and Mobile APP Banking, consumer online account opening, Personal Finance, Online Documents, Consumer Debit Cards, Business Debit Cards, My Rewards for consumer debit cards, retail lockbox services, card controls, Consumer Credit Cards, Business Credit Cards, Corporate Purchase Cards, Integrated Payables, home equity advantage access cards, telebanking, and automated teller services.  Other services include personalized checks at account opening, overdraft protection from a savings account, commercial drive-up banking at many locations, automatic transfers and payments, People Pay (a peer-to-peer payment functionality), external transfers, Bill Pay, wire transfers, direct payroll deposit, electronic tax payments, Automated Clearing House origination and receipt, remote deposit capture, account reconciliation and positive pay, merchant services, cash management programs and sweep options to meet the needs of business customers, annuity products, and long term investment portfolios. 

    Other Services Provided Through Affiliates:  Our affiliate PWA provides investment advisory, trust, and wealth management services for customers who are primarily located in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. We plan to continue to leverage these affiliate relationships to strengthen our existing customer base and bring new customers into the Bank.

    Significant Business Concentrations: No individual or single group of related accounts is considered material in relation to our total assets or total revenues, or to the total assets, deposits or revenues of the Bank, or in relation to our overall business. Based on classification by North American Industry Classification System ("NAICS"), there are no segments that exceed 10% of portfolio loans, except for real estate (see Note 5, Loans and Credit Quality, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II. Item 8 of this report for a breakout of real estate loans). The Company has $465.4 million non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans as of December 31, 2023 of which 17% are office class A or B, 14% are office / warehouse, 14% are retail centers, 10% are hotels, 10% are apartments, 8% are mini warehouse and self-storage, 7% are warehouse, and 20% are other.

In addition to its review of NAICS codes, the Company has also identified concentrations in various industries that may be adversely impacted by a future health pandemic and a decline in oil prices. We estimate that as of December 31, 2023 the Company had $123.3 million, or 7% of total portfolio loans, in the Healthcare sector; $100.4 million, or 6% of portfolio loans, in the Tourism sector; $84.2 million, or 5% in the Accommodations sector; $75.0 million, or 4% in the Fishing sector; $72.8 million, or 4% in Retail loans; $63.4 million, or 4% of portfolio loans, in the Aviation (non-tourism) sector; and $52.2 million, or 3% in the Restaurants and Breweries sector. Additionally, approximately 39% of our loan portfolio at December 31, 2023 is attributable to 50 large borrowing relationships. Moreover, our business activities are currently focused primarily in the state of Alaska. Consequently, our results of operations and financial condition are dependent upon the general trends in the Alaska economy and, in particular, the residential and commercial real estate markets in Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, the Kenai Peninsula, and to a lesser extent, Ketchikan, Sitka, Kodiak and Nome. 

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    Home Mortgage Lending

    Lending Services: The Company originates 1-4 family residential mortgages, the majority of which are located in Alaska, most of which we sell to the secondary market. Residential mortgage choices include several products from AHFC including first-time homebuyer, veteran's and rural community programs; Federal Housing Authority, or "FHA" loans; Veterans Affairs, or "VA" loans; and various conventional mortgages. The Company retains servicing rights on loans sold to AHFC since implementing a loan servicing program in July 2015. The Company also originates loans funded for investment, including adjustable rate mortgages, a second home product, jumbo loans, and extended locks which are retained as consumer loans in the Company's loan portfolio.

Alaska Economy

Our growth and operations are impacted by the economic conditions of Alaska and the specific markets we serve. Significant changes in the Alaska economy and the markets we serve eventually could have a positive or negative impact on the Company. Alaska is strategically located on the Pacific Rim, within nine hours by air from 95% of the northern hemisphere, and Anchorage is a worldwide air cargo and transportation link between the United States and international business in Asia and Europe. The economy of Alaska is dependent upon natural resource industries. Key sectors of the Alaska economy are the oil industry, government and military spending, and the fishing, mining, tourism, air cargo, transportation, and construction industries, as well as health services.

Recent Economic Developments

The Alaska Department of Labor ("DOL") has reported Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in November of 2023 was 4.4% compared to the U.S. rate of 3.7%. The total number of payroll jobs in Alaska, not including uniformed military, increased 1.6% or 5,000 jobs between November of 2022 and November of 2023.

According to the DOL, Health Care had the largest growth in new jobs in Alaska through November compared to the prior year. The sector added 1,300 positions for a year over year growth rate of 3.3%. The Oil & Gas sector had the largest percentage growth rate at 5.6% or 400 new jobs. Leisure and Hospitality added 800 jobs for a 2.6% growth rate. Professional & Business Services and Trade, Transportation & Utilities both added 700 jobs year over year through November of 2023. The Government sector grew by 500 jobs for 0.6% growth due to more federal positions in Alaska, which offset declines in Alaska state government jobs.

Alaska’s Gross State Product (“GSP”) in the third quarter of 2023, was estimated to be $67.7 billion in current dollars, according to the Federal Bureau of Economic Analysis ("BEA"). Alaska’s inflation adjusted “real” GSP grew 3.6% at annualized rates in the third quarter of 2023, compared to the average U.S. rate of 4.9%. Alaska’s real GSP improvement in the third quarter of 2023 was aided by gains in the Transportation & Warehousing and Construction sectors.

The BEA also calculated Alaska’s seasonally adjusted personal income at $52.3 billion in the third quarter of 2023. This was an annualized improvement of 2.2% for Alaska over the second quarter of 2023, compared to the national average of 3.5%.

The monthly average price of Alaska North Slope (“ANS”) crude oil was in a range between $75.64 and $95.05 in 2023. The Alaska Department of Revenue (“DOR”) calculated ANS crude oil production was 479 thousand barrels per day (“bpd”) in Alaska’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. The DOR has forecast production to decline slightly to 470 thousand bpd in Alaska’s fiscal year 2024. That number is projected to grow by the DOR to 663 thousand bpd by fiscal year 2033. This is primarily a result of new production coming on line in and around the NPR-A region west of Prudhoe Bay.

According to the Alaska Multiple Listing Services, the average sales price of a single family home in Anchorage rose 5.4% in 2023 to $481,181, following a 7.6% increase in 2022. This was the sixth consecutive year of price increases.

Average sales prices for single family homes in the Matanuska Susitna Borough rose 4% in 2023 to $397,858, after increasing 9.9% in 2022. This continues a trend of average price increases for more than a decade in the region. These two markets represent where the vast majority of the Bank’s residential lending activity occurs.

However, the Alaska Multiple Listing Services reported a large decrease in the number of units sold in both communities. There were 2,162 housing units sold in Anchorage in 2023, down 24.1% compared to 2,849 in 2022. In the Matanuska Susitna Borough there were 1,632 homes sold in 2023, compared to 2,103 in 2022, a decrease of 22.4%.

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A material portion of our loans at December 31, 2023, were secured by real estate located in greater Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Fairbanks, and Southeast Alaska. In 2023, 24% of our revenue was derived from the residential housing market in the form of loan fees and interest on residential construction and land development loans and income from our Home Mortgage Lending segment as compared to 25% and 38% in 2022 and 2021, respectively. Real estate values generally are affected by economic and other conditions in the area where the real estate is located, fluctuations in interest rates, changes in tax and other laws, and other matters outside of our control. A decline in real estate values in the greater Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Fairbanks, and Southeast Alaska areas could significantly reduce the value of the real estate collateral securing our real estate loans and could increase the likelihood of defaults under these loans.

Long Term Economic Factors

We believe the long-term growth of the Alaska economy will most likely be determined by large scale natural resource development projects. Several multi-billion dollar projects can potentially advance in the moderate-term. Some of these projects include copper, gold and molybdenum production at the proposed Donlin Gold mine and continued exploration in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska. Two significant oil production projects, Willow and Pikka, have been sanctioned and are under development, however the Willow project still faces legal challenges. Because of their size, we believe each of these projects faces tremendous challenges. We believe various political decisions need to be made by government regulators, issues need to be resolved in the court system, and multi-billion dollar financial commitments need to be made by the private sector if these large natural resource projects are to advance.  If none of these projects moves forward in the next ten years, we believe state revenues will continue to decline with falling oil production from older fields on the North Slope of Alaska. We anticipate the decline in state revenues will likely have a negative effect on Alaska’s economy.

    The oil industry plays a significant role in the economy of Alaska, but revenues for the State of Alaska are less dependent on the oil industry than they have been historically due to the implementation of a percent of market value (“POMV”) concept that has balanced and created more certainty in state revenue streams. Part of the POMV concept creates an allocation of a portion of investment earnings to unrestricted revenue instead of restricted revenue. According to the DOR, in 2023 and 2022, investment earnings allocated from the Alaska Permanent Fund under the POMV represented $3.5 billion, or 49%, and $3.0 billion, or 43%, respectively, of unrestricted State revenues. As of December 31, 2023, Alaska's Constitutional Budget Reserve was $2.8 billion and the Alaska Permanent Fund had a balance of $77.4 billion.  Investment revenue generated by the Alaska Permanent Fund is also used to pay an annual dividend to every eligible Alaskan citizen.

    Even though we believe that the implementation of the POMV concept is a positive for the state of Alaska's financial well-being, we anticipate that if oil prices drop to lower levels in the longer term it will be a concern for Alaska's long-term economic growth. However, we believe Alaska's economy is less sensitive to oil price volatility within a six- to twelve-month time frame than Alaska's state government budget. While state government revenue from oil royalties is immediately and directly impacted by a drop in oil prices, we believe that the large scale and nature of oil wells in Alaska are such that project commitments that currently exist will most likely not be disrupted by short-term price volatility.

    We believe our exposure to the tourism industry diversifies the Company's customer base in the long-term. We believe this helps mitigate the effect that a decline in natural resource industries, specifically the oil industry, in Alaska would have on the Company's operations. Southeast Alaska is the primary destination for cruise ships that visit Alaska. Based on the latest information from Rain Coast Data, approximately one million cruise ship tourists have visited Southeast Alaska annually in recent years, including 1.2 million in 2022, except in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On December 29, 2023 the Juneau Empire reported that 1.65 million cruise ship passengers visited Alaska in 2023, and the totals for 2024 and 2025 are expected to be similar to 2023.

    Alaska’s residents are not subject to any state income or state sales taxes.  For over 40 years, Alaska residents have received annual distributions payable in October of each year from the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, which is supported by royalties from oil production and earnings from its investments.  The distribution was $1,312 per eligible resident in 2023 for an aggregate distribution of approximately $819.2 million. The Anchorage Economic Development Corporation estimates that, for most Anchorage households, distributions from the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation exceed other Alaska taxes to which those households are subject.

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Competition

    We operate in a highly competitive and concentrated banking environment. We compete not only with other commercial banks, but also with many other financial competitors, including credit unions (including Global Credit Union, formerly Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, one of the nation’s largest credit unions), finance companies, mortgage banks and brokers, securities firms, insurance companies, private lenders, and other financial intermediaries, many of which have a state-wide or regional presence, and in some cases, a national presence. Many of our competitors have substantially greater resources and capital than we do and offer products and services that are not offered by us. Our non-bank competitors also generally operate under fewer regulatory constraints, and in the case of credit unions, are not subject to income taxes. Changes in credit union operating practices have effectively eliminated the “common bond” of membership requirement and liberalized their lending authority to include business and real estate loans on par with commercial banks. The differences in resources and regulation may make it harder for us to compete profitably, to reduce the rates that we can earn on loans and investments, to increase the rates we must offer on deposits and other funds, and adversely affect our financial condition and earnings.

    As our industry becomes increasingly dependent on and oriented toward technology-driven delivery systems, permitting transactions to be conducted electronically, non-bank institutions are able to attract funds and provide lending and other financial services even without offices located in our primary service area. Some insurance companies and brokerage firms compete for deposits by offering rates that are higher than may be appropriate for the Company in relation to its asset and liability management objectives.  However, we offer a wide array of deposit products and services and believe we can compete effectively through relationship based pricing and effective delivery of “Superior Customer First Service”. We also compete with full service investment firms for non-bank financial products and services offered by PWA and through retail investment advisory services and annuity investment products that we offer through a third-party vendor.

    Currently, there are seven commercial banks operating in Alaska. At June 30, 2023, the date of the most recently available information, from the FDIC, Northrim Bank had approximately a 15% share of the Alaska bank deposits, 19% in the Anchorage area, 22% in Juneau, 19% in Matanuska-Susitna, 15% in Sitka, 12% in Fairbanks, 10% in Ketchikan, 10% in the Kenai Peninsula, 2% in Kodiak, and 8% in Nome.

    The following table sets forth market share data for the banks and credit unions having a presence in Alaska as of June 30, 2023, the most recent date for which comparative deposit information is available.

Financial institution	Number of branches	Total deposits (in thousands)	Market share of total bank deposits
Northrim Bank(1)	19	$2,328,743	15.0	%
Wells Fargo Bank Alaska(1)	38	6,482,757	41.9	%
First National Bank Alaska(1)	27	3,874,988	25.0	%
Key Bank(1)	10	1,116,909	7.2	%
First Bank(1)	9	741,643	4.8	%
Mt. McKinley Bank(1)	5	521,186	3.4	%
Denali State Bank(1)	5	420,906	2.7	%
Total bank branches	113	$15,487,132	100	%

 (1) FDIC Summary of Deposits as of June 30, 2023.

Supervision and Regulation

    The Company is a bank holding company within the meaning of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the “BHC Act”) registered with and subject to examination by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”). The Company’s bank subsidiary is an Alaska-state chartered commercial bank and is subject to examination, supervision, and regulation by the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, Division of Banking and Securities (the “Division”). The FDIC insures the Bank’s deposits and also examines, supervises, and regulates the Bank. The Company’s affiliated investment advisory and wealth management company, Pacific Portfolio Consulting, LLC, is subject to and regulated under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 and applicable state investment advisor rules and regulations. The Company’s affiliated trust company, Pacific Portfolio Trust Company, is regulated as a non-depository trust company under the trust company laws of the State of Washington and is subject to supervision and examination by the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions.

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The Company’s earnings and activities are affected, among other things, by legislation, by actions of the FRB, the Division, the FDIC and other regulators, by local legislative and administrative bodies, and decisions of courts. These include limitations on the ability of the Bank to pay dividends to the Company, numerous federal and state consumer protection laws imposing requirements on the making, enforcement, and collection of consumer loans, and restrictions on and regulation of the sale of mutual funds and other uninsured investment products to customers.

The Dodd-Frank Act significantly modified and expanded the legal and regulatory requirements imposed on banks and other financial institutions. The Dodd-Frank Act permanently increased the maximum amount of deposit insurance coverage to $250,000 per depositor and deposit insurance assessments paid by the Bank are now based on the Bank’s total assets. Other Dodd-Frank Act changes include: (i) tightened capital requirements for the Bank and the Company; (ii) new requirements on parties engaged in residential mortgage origination, brokerage, lending and securitization; (iii) expanded restrictions on affiliate and insider transactions; (iv) enhanced restrictions on management compensation and related governance procedures; (v) creation of a federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB") with broad authority to regulate consumer financial products and services; and (vi) restrictions and prohibitions on the ability of banking entities to engage in proprietary trading and to invest in or have certain relationships with hedge funds and private equity funds.

Bank holding companies, such as the Company, are subject to a variety of restrictions on the activities in which they can engage and the acquisitions they can make. The activities or acquisitions of bank holding companies, such as the Company, that are not financial holding companies, are limited to those which constitute banking, managing or controlling banks or which are closely related activities. A bank holding company is required to obtain the prior approval of the FRB for the acquisition of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or substantially all of the assets of any bank or bank holding company. Nonbank acquisitions and activities of a bank holding company are also generally limited to the acquisition of up to 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities of a company unless the FRB has previously determined that the nonbank activities are closely related to banking, or prior approval is obtained from the FRB.

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (the “GLB Act”) also included extensive consumer privacy provisions. These provisions, among other things, limit the ability of banks and other financial institutions to disclose nonpublic consumer information to non-affiliated third parties. The regulations require disclosure of privacy policies and allow consumers to prevent certain personal information from being shared with non-affiliated third parties. The Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (“FACT Act”) requires financial institutions to develop and implement an identity theft prevention program to detect, prevent and mitigate identity theft “red flags” to reduce the risk that customer information will be misused to conduct fraudulent financial transactions. As a result of the Dodd-Frank Act, the rule-making authority for the privacy provisions of the GLB Act has been transferred to the CFPB. In addition, the states are permitted to adopt more extensive privacy protections through legislation or regulation.

There are various legal restrictions on the extent to which a bank holding company and certain of its nonbank subsidiaries can borrow or otherwise obtain credit from their banking subsidiaries or engage in certain other transactions with or involving those banking subsidiaries. With certain exceptions, federal law imposes limitations on, and requires collateral for, extensions of credit by insured depository institutions, such as the Bank, to their non-bank affiliates, such as the Company. In addition, new capital rules may affect the Company's ability to pay dividends.

Subject to certain limitations and restrictions, a bank holding company, with prior approval of the FRB, may acquire an out-of-state bank. Banks in states that do not prohibit out-of-state mergers may merge with the approval of the appropriate federal banking agency. A state bank may establish a de novo branch out of state if such branching is permitted by the other state for state banks chartered by such other state.

Among other things, applicable federal and state statutes and regulations which govern a bank’s activities relate to minimum capital requirements, required reserves against deposits, investments, loans, legal lending limits, mergers and consolidations, borrowings, issuance of securities, payment of dividends, establishment of branches and other aspects of its operations. The Division and the FDIC also have authority to prohibit banks under their supervision from engaging in what they consider to be unsafe or unsound practices.

There also are certain limitations on the ability of the Company to pay dividends to its shareholders. It is the policy of the FRB that bank holding companies should pay cash dividends on common stock only out of net income available over the past year and only if the prospective rate of earnings retention is consistent with the organization’s current and expected future capital needs, asset quality and overall financial condition. The policy provides that bank holding companies should not maintain a level of cash dividends that undermines a bank holding company’s ability to serve as a source of strength to its

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banking subsidiaries. Additionally, the Alaska Corporations Code generally prohibits the Company from making any distributions to the Company's shareholders unless the amount of the retained earnings of the Company immediately before the distribution equals or exceeds the amount of the proposed distribution. The Alaska Corporations Code also prohibits the Company from making any distribution to the Company's shareholders if the Company or a subsidiary of the Company making the distribution is, or as a result of the distribution would be, likely to be unable to meet its liabilities as they mature. Under Alaska law, the Bank is not permitted to pay or declare a dividend in an amount greater than its undivided profits.

Various federal and state statutory provisions also limit the amount of dividends that subsidiary banks can pay to their holding companies without regulatory approval. The FDIC or the Division could take the position that paying a dividend would constitute an unsafe or unsound banking practice. In addition, recent capital rules may affect the Bank's ability to pay dividends.

Under longstanding FRB policy and under the Dodd-Frank Act, a bank holding company is required to act as a source of financial strength for its subsidiary banks. The Company could be required to commit resources to its subsidiary bank in circumstances where it might not do so, absent such requirement.

Both the Company and the Bank are required to maintain minimum levels of regulatory capital. In July 2013, federal banking regulators (including the FDIC and the FRB) adopted new capital requirement rules (the “Rules”). The Rules apply to both depository institutions (such as the Bank) and their holding companies (such as the Company). The Rules reflect, in part, certain standards initially adopted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010 (which standards are commonly referred to as “Basel III”) as well as requirements contemplated by the Dodd-Frank Act.

The Rules recognize three types, or tiers, of capital: common equity Tier 1 capital, additional Tier 1 capital and Tier 2 capital. Common equity Tier 1 capital generally consists of retained earnings and common stock instruments (subject to certain adjustments), as well as accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”), except to the extent that the Company and the Bank exercise a one-time irrevocable option to exclude certain components of AOCI. Additional Tier 1 capital generally includes noncumulative perpetual preferred stock and related surplus subject to certain adjustments and limitations. Tier 2 capital generally includes certain capital instruments (such as subordinated debt) and portions of the amounts of the allowance for loan and lease losses, subject to certain requirements and deductions. The term "Tier 1 capital" means common equity Tier 1 capital plus additional Tier 1 capital, and the term "total capital" means Tier 1 capital plus Tier 2 capital.

The Rules generally measure an institution's capital using four capital measures or ratios. The common equity Tier 1 capital ratio is the ratio of the institution's common equity Tier 1 capital to its total risk-weighted assets. The Tier 1 capital ratio is the ratio of the institution's total Tier 1 capital to its total risk-weighted assets. The total capital ratio is the ratio of the institution's total capital to its total risk-weighted assets. The leverage ratio is the ratio of the institution's Tier 1 capital to its average total consolidated assets. To determine risk-weighted assets, assets of an institution are generally placed into a risk category and given a percentage weight based on the relative risk of that category. The percentage weights range from 0% to 1,250%. An asset's risk-weighted value will generally be its percentage weight multiplied by the asset's value as determined under generally accepted accounting principles. In addition, certain off-balance-sheet items are converted to balance-sheet credit equivalent amounts, and each amount is then assigned to one of the risk categories. An institution's federal regulator may require the institution to hold more capital than would otherwise be required under the Rules if the regulator determines that the institution's capital requirements under the Rules are not commensurate with the institution's credit, market, operational or other risks.

Both the Company and the Bank are required to have a common equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 4.5% as well as a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 4.0%, a Tier 1 risk-based ratio of 6.0% and a total risk-based ratio of 8.0%. In addition to the preceding requirements, both the Company and the Bank are required to have a “conservation buffer,” consisting of common equity Tier 1 capital, which is at least 2.5% above each of the preceding common equity Tier 1 capital ratio, the Tier 1 risk-based ratio and the total risk-based ratio. An institution that does not meet the conservation buffer will be subject to restrictions on certain activities including payment of dividends, stock repurchases and discretionary bonuses to executive officers.

The Rules set forth the manner in which certain capital elements are determined, including but not limited to, requiring certain deductions related to mortgage servicing rights and deferred tax assets. The Rules permit holding companies with less than $15 billion in total assets as of December 31, 2009 (which includes the Company) to continue to include trust preferred securities issued prior to May 19, 2010 in Tier 1 capital, generally up to 25% of other Tier 1 capital.

The Rules made changes in the methods of calculating certain risk-based assets, which in turn affects the calculation of risk- based ratios. Higher or more sensitive risk weights are assigned to various categories of assets, among which are commercial real estate, credit facilities that finance the acquisition, development or construction of real property, certain

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exposures or credits that are 90 days past due or are nonaccrual, foreign exposures, certain corporate exposures, securitization exposures, equity exposures and in certain cases mortgage servicing rights and deferred tax assets. We believe that the current capital levels of the Company and the Bank are in compliance with the standards under the Rules including the conservation buffer.

Following the enactment of certain federal legislation in 2018, the federal banking regulators (including the FDIC and FRB) proposed a rule intended to simplify capital rules for certain community banks and their holding companies, the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (“CBLR”). Qualifying community banking organizations can elect to opt-into the CBLR and be under a new capital requirement rather than the current capital framework. To be eligible to make this election, the community banking organization would have to have less than $10 billion in assets, have a community bank leverage ratio of at least 9.00% and meet certain other criteria (including limits on off-balance sheet exposures and trading assets and liabilities). The CBLR would generally be the ratio of the organization's total bank equity capital to average assets, subject to certain adjustments. The intent of the CBLR is to simplify but not weaken capital requirements for qualifying community banks. Management has not elected to opt in to these new capital rules.

In addition to the minimum capital standards, the federal banking agencies have issued regulations to implement a system of "prompt corrective action." These regulations apply to the Bank but not the Company. The regulations establish five capital categories; under the Rules, a bank generally is:

“well capitalized” if it has a total risk-based capital ratio of 10.0% or more, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 8.0% or more, a common equity Tier 1 risk-based ratio of 6.5% or more, and a leverage capital ratio of 5.0% or more, and is not subject to any written agreement, order or capital directive to meet and maintain a specific capital level for any capital measure;

“adequately capitalized” if it has a total risk-based capital ratio of 8.0% or more, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 6.0% or more, a common equity Tier 1 risk-based ratio of 4.5% or more, and a leverage capital ratio of 4.0% or more;

“undercapitalized” if it has a total risk-based capital ratio less than 8.0%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio less than 6.0%, a common equity risk-based ratio less than 4.5% or a leverage capital ratio less than 4.0%;

“significantly undercapitalized” if it has a total risk-based capital ratio less than 6.0%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio less than 4.0%, a common equity risk-based ratio less than 3.0% or a leverage capital ratio less than 3.0%; and

“critically undercapitalized” if it has a ratio of tangible equity to total assets that is equal to or less than 2.0%.

A bank that, based upon its capital levels, is classified as “well capitalized,” “adequately capitalized” or “undercapitalized” may be treated as though it were in the next lower capital category if the appropriate federal banking agency, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, determines that an unsafe or unsound condition, or an unsafe or unsound practice, warrants such treatment.

At each successive lower capital category, a bank is subject to increasing supervisory restrictions. For example, being “adequately capitalized” rather than “well-capitalized” affects a bank’s ability to accept brokered deposits without the prior approval of the FDIC, and may cause greater difficulty obtaining retail deposits. Banks in the “adequately capitalized” classification may have to pay higher interest rates to continue to attract those deposits, and higher deposit insurance rates for those deposits. This status also affects a bank’s eligibility for a streamlined review process for acquisition proposals.

Management intends to maintain capital ratios for the Bank in 2024 that exceed the FDIC’s requirements for the “well-capitalized” capital requirement classification. The dividends that the Bank pays to the Company will be limited to the extent necessary for the Bank to meet the regulatory requirements of a “well-capitalized” bank.

The Bank is required to file periodic reports with the FDIC and the Division and is subject to periodic examinations and evaluations by those regulatory authorities. These examinations must be conducted every 12 months, except that certain “well-capitalized” banks may be examined every 18 months. The FDIC and the Division may each accept the results of an examination by the other in lieu of conducting an independent examination.

In the liquidation or other resolution of a failed insured depository institution, claims for administrative expenses (including certain employee compensation claims) and deposits are afforded a priority over other general unsecured claims,

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including non-deposit claims, and claims of a parent company such as the Company. Such priority creditors would include the FDIC, which succeeds to the position of insured depositors to the extent it has made payments to such depositors.

The Bank is subject to the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (“CRA”). The CRA requires that the Bank help meet the credit needs of the communities it serves, including low and moderate income neighborhoods, consistent with the safe and sound operation of the institution. The FDIC assigns one of four possible ratings to the Bank’s CRA performance and makes the rating and the examination reports publicly available. The four possible ratings are outstanding, satisfactory, needs to improve and substantial noncompliance. A financial institution’s CRA rating can affect an institution’s future business. For example, a federal banking agency will take CRA performance into consideration when acting on an institution’s application to establish or move a branch, to merge or to acquire assets or assume liabilities of another institution. In its most recent CRA examination, the Bank received a “Satisfactory” rating from the FDIC.

On October 24, 2023, the FDIC, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), and the FRB jointly issued a final rule to strengthen and modernize the existing CRA regulations. Under the final rule, the agencies will evaluate a bank’s CRA performance based upon the varied activities that it conducts and the communities in which it operates. CRA evaluations and data collection requirements will be tailored based on bank size and type. The Bank would be considered a large bank with assets of greater than $2 billion under the final rule and therefore will be evaluated under new lending, retail services and products, community development financing, and community development services tests. The final rule includes CRA assessment areas associated with mobile and online banking, and new metrics and benchmarks to assess retail lending performance. In addition, the final rule emphasizes smaller loans and investments that can have a high impact and be more responsive to the needs of low and moderate income communities. The final rule will take effect on April 1, 2024; however, compliance with the majority of the final rule's provisions will not be required until January 1, 2026, and the data reporting requirements of the final rule will not take effect until January 1, 2027.

The Bank is also subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (the “BSA”) and other anti-money laundering laws and regulations including the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (the “USA PATRIOT Act”) and the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (the “AMLA”). The BSA is intended to require financial institutions to develop policies, procedures, and practices to prevent and deter money laundering. The regulations implementing the BSA require financial institutions to establish risk-based procedures for conducting ongoing customer due diligence and procedures for understanding the nature and purpose of customer relationships for the purpose of developing a customer risk profile. In addition, FinCEN has promulgated customer due diligence and customer identification rules that require banks to identify and verify the identity of the beneficial owners. In addition to complying with the BSA, the Bank is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act. The USA PATRIOT Act is designed to deny terrorists and criminals the ability to obtain access to the United States’ financial system and has significant implications for depository institutions, brokers, dealers, and other businesses involved in the transfer of money. The USA PATRIOT Act mandates that financial service companies implement additional policies and procedures and take heightened measures designed to address any or all of the following matters: customer identification programs, money laundering, terrorist financing, identifying and reporting suspicious activities and currency transactions, currency crimes, and cooperation between financial institutions and law enforcement authorities.

Further, on January 1, 2021, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (the “NDAA”), which included the enactment of AMLA, and which enacted the most significant overhaul of the BSA and related anti-money laundering laws since the USA PATRIOT Act. Notable amendments include, among others, significant changes to the collection of beneficial ownership information and the establishment of a beneficial ownership registry, which requires corporate entities to report beneficial ownership information to FinCEN. Many of the amendments require the Department of Treasury and FinCEN to promulgate rules. On September 29, 2022, FinCEN issued a final regulation implementing the BSA amendments included in the NDAA with respect to beneficial ownership reporting. The Bank’s policies and procedures are designed to comply with the requirements of the anti-money laundering laws, including the USA PATRIOT ACT.

In July 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published adopted final rules relating to risk management, strategy, governance and incident disclosure which are applicable to public companies in preparing disclosures about cybersecurity risks and incidents. These SEC rules, and any other regulatory guidance, are in addition to notification and disclosure requirements under state and federal banking law and regulations.

The federal banking regulators regularly issue new guidance and standards, and update existing guidance and standards, regarding cybersecurity intended to enhance cyber risk management among financial institutions. Financial institutions are expected to comply with such guidance and standards and to accordingly develop appropriate security controls

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and risk management processes. If we fail to observe such regulatory guidance or standards, we could be subject to various regulatory sanctions, including financial penalties.

Effective in 2022, the federal banking agencies adopted a Final Rule, that requires banking organizations to notify their primary banking regulator within 36 hours of determining that a “computer-security incident” has materially disrupted or degraded, or is reasonably likely to materially disrupt or degrade, the banking organization’s ability to carry out banking operations or deliver banking products and services to a material portion of its customer base, its businesses and operations that would result in material loss, or that would impact the stability of the United States. State regulators have also been increasingly active in implementing privacy and cybersecurity standards and regulations.

Risks and exposures related to cybersecurity attacks, including litigation and enforcement risks, are expected to be elevated for the foreseeable future due to the rapidly evolving nature and sophistication of these threats, as well as due to the expanding use of Internet banking, mobile banking and other technology-based products and services by us and our customers.

A number of other federal and state consumer protection laws extensively govern the Bank’s relationship with its customers. These laws include the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Truth in Savings Act, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the Expedited Funds Availability Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Service Members Civil Relief Act and these laws’ respective state-law counterparts, as well as state and territorial usury laws and laws regarding unfair and deceptive acts and practices. These and other laws subject the Bank to substantial regulatory oversight and, among other things, require disclosures of the cost of credit and terms of deposit accounts, provide substantive consumer rights, prohibit discrimination in credit transactions, regulate the use of credit report information, provide financial privacy protections, prohibit unfair, deceptive and abusive practices, and restrict the Bank’s ability to raise interest rates.

The Company is also subject to the information, proxy solicitation, insider trading restrictions and other requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Securities Exchange Act of 1934”), including certain requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Available Information

    The Company’s annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as well as its current reports on Form 8-K and proxy statement filings (and all amendments thereto), which are filed with the SEC, are accessible free of charge at our website at http://www.northrim.com as soon as reasonably practicable after filing with the SEC. By making this reference to our website, the Company does not intend to incorporate into this report any information contained in the website. The website should not be considered part of this report.

    The public may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549.  The public may also obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.  The SEC maintains a website at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers, including the Company, that file electronically with the SEC.

ITEM 1A.            RISK FACTORS

    The material risks and uncertainties that management believes affect the Company are described below. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below together with all of the other information included or incorporated by reference in this report.  The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones facing the Company. Additional risks and uncertainties that management is not aware of or focused on or that management currently deems immaterial may also impair the Company’s business operations.  This report is qualified in its entirety by these risk factors. If any of the following risks actually occur, the Company’s financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. If this were to happen, the value of the Company’s common stock could decline significantly, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

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Risk Factors Summary

An investment in the Company's common stock is subject to risks inherent to the Company's business. Such risks, including those set forth in the summary of material risks in this Part I. Item 1A. should be carefully considered before purchasing our securities.

Interest Rate and Inflation Risk Factors

•Changes in market interest rates could adversely impact the Company.

•The impact of interest rates on our mortgage banking business can have a significant impact on revenues.

•Inflationary pressures and rising prices may affect our results of operations and financial condition.

•Rising interest rates have decreased the value of our held-to-maturity securities portfolio, and we would realize losses if we were required to sell such securities to meet liquidity needs.

Operational, Strategic and Business Risk Factors

•Changes and instability in economic conditions, geopolitical matters and financial markets, including contraction of economic activity, could adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

•Current economic conditions in the State of Alaska pose challenges for us and could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

•Our concentration of operations in the Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Fairbanks and Southeast areas of Alaska makes us more sensitive to downturns in those areas.

•Our allowance for credit losses may be insufficient.

•We are subject to lending concentration risks.

•Our commercial real estate lending may expose us to increased lending risks.

•Residential mortgage lending is a market sector that experiences significant volatility and is influenced by many factors beyond our control.

•Our information systems or those of our third-party vendors may be subject to an interruption or breach in security, including as a result of cyber-attacks.

•A failure in or breach of the Company's operational systems, information systems, or infrastructure, or those of the Company's third party vendors and other service providers, may result in financial losses, or loss of customers.

•Our business is highly reliant on third party vendors.

•We continually encounter technological change, and we may have fewer resources than many of our competitors to continue to invest in technological improvements.

•Our business, financial condition and results of operations are subject to risk from changes in customer behavior.

•Consumers may decide not to use banks to complete their financial transactions.

•If we do not comply with the agreements governing servicing of loans, if these agreements change materially, or if others allege non-compliance, our business and results of operations may be harmed.

•Certain hedging strategies that we use to manage interest rate risk may be ineffective to offset any adverse changes in the fair value of these assets due to changes in interest rates and market liquidity.

•We may be unable to attract and retain key employees and personnel.

•Our internal controls may be ineffective.

•Liquidity risk could impair our ability to fund operations and jeopardize our financial conditions.

•A failure of a significant number of our borrowers, guarantors and related parties to perform in accordance with the terms of their loans would have an adverse impact on our results of operations.

Regulatory, Legislative and Legal Risk Factors

•We operate in a highly regulated environment and changes of or significant increases in banking or other laws and regulations or governmental fiscal or monetary policies could adversely affect us.

•We face risks related to the adoption of future legislation and potential changes in federal regulatory agency leadership, policies, and priorities.

•Fiscal challenges facing U.S. government could negatively impact financial markets which in turn could have an adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

•Non-compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act, Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Truth-in-Lending Act or other laws and regulations could result in fines, sanctions or other adverse consequences.

•Deposit insurance premiums could increase further in the future.

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•Recent volatility in the banking sector, triggered by the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank, may result in legislative initiatives, agency rulemaking activities, or changes in agency policies and priorities that could subject the Company and the Bank to enhanced government regulation and supervision.

•Climate change and related legislative and regulatory initiatives may result in operational changes and expenditures that could significantly impact our business.

Accounting, Tax and Financial Risk Factors

•Changes in the federal, state, or local tax laws may negatively impact our financial performance.

•Changes in our accounting policies or in accounting standards could materially affect how we report our financial results.

Stock Ownership Risk Factors

•Our ability to pay dividends, repurchase our shares, or to repay our indebtedness depends upon liquid assets held by the Company and the results of operations of our subsidiaries and their ability to pay dividends.

•There can be no assurance that the Company will continue to repurchase stock.

•The market price for our common stock may be volatile.

•There may be future sales or other dilution of the Company’s equity, which may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

•The Company’s business or the value of its common stock could be negatively affected as a result of actions by activist shareholders.

General Risk Factors

•Natural disasters and adverse weather could negatively affect real estate property values and Bank operations.

•The soundness of other financial institutions could adversely affect us.

•The financial services business is intensely competitive and our success will depend on our ability to compete effectively.

•We are a community bank and our ability to maintain our reputation is critical to the success of our business and the failure to do so could materially adversely affect our performance.

•Social, political, and economic instability, unrest, and other circumstances beyond our control could adversely affect our business operations.

•Climate change, severe weather, natural disasters, and other external events could significantly impact our business.

•Increasing, complex and evolving regulatory, stakeholder, and other third party expectations on ESG matters could adversely affect our reputation, our access to capital and the market price of our securities.

We attempt to mitigate the foregoing risks. However, if we are unable to effectively manage the impact of these and other risks, our financial condition, results of operations, our ability to make distributions to our shareholders, or the market price of our common stock could be materially impacted.

Interest Rate and Inflation Risks

Changes in market interest rates could adversely impact the Company.

Our earnings and cash flows are largely dependent upon our net interest income. Net interest income is the difference between interest income earned on interest-earning assets such as loans and securities and interest expense paid on interest-bearing liabilities such as deposits and borrowed funds. Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors that are beyond our control, including general economic conditions, inflationary trends, changes in government spending and debt issuances and policies of various governmental and regulatory agencies and, in particular, the FRB. Changes in monetary policy, including changes in interest rates, could influence not only the interest we receive on loans and investments and the amount of interest we pay on deposits and borrowings, but such changes could also affect (i) our ability to originate loans and obtain deposits; (ii) the fair value of our financial assets and liabilities; and (iii) the average duration of our mortgage portfolio and other interest-earning assets. In January 2022, due to elevated levels of inflation and corresponding pressure to raise interest rates, the FRB announced after several periods of historically low federal funds rates and yields on Treasury notes that it would be slowing the pace of its bond purchasing and increasing the target range for the federal funds rate over time. The FOMC since has increased

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the target range eleven times throughout 2022 and 2023. As of December 31, 2023, the target range for the federal funds rate had been increased to 5.25% to 5.50%. It remains uncertain whether the FOMC will further increase the target range for the federal funds rate to attain a monetary policy sufficiently restrictive to return inflation to more normalized levels, begin to reduce the federal funds rate or leave the rate at its current elevated level for a lengthy period of time. Our interest rate spread, net interest margin and net interest income increased during this period of rising interest rates as our interest earning assets generally reprice more quickly than our interest earning liabilities.

If the interest rates paid on deposits and other borrowings increase at a faster rate than the interest rates received on loans and other investments, our net interest income, and therefore earnings, could be adversely affected. Earnings could also be adversely affected if the interest rates received on loans and other investments fall more quickly than the interest rates paid on deposits and other borrowings. The Company’s interest rate risk profile is such that, generally, a higher yield curve adds to income while a lower yield curve has a negative impact on earnings. Our most significant interest rate risk may result from timing differences in the maturity and re-pricing characteristics of assets and liabilities, changes in the shape of the yield curve, and the potential exercise of explicit or embedded options.

Although management believes it has implemented effective asset and liability management strategies, including the potential use of derivatives as hedging instruments, to reduce the potential effects of changes in interest rates on our results of operations, any substantial, unexpected, prolonged change in market interest rates could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations, and any related economic downturn, especially domestically and in the regions in which we operate, may adversely affect our asset quality, deposit levels, loan demand and results of operations. Also, our interest rate risk modeling techniques and assumptions likely may not fully predict or capture the impact of actual interest rate changes on our balance sheet.

The impact of interest rates on our mortgage banking business can have a significant impact on revenues.

Changes in interest rates can impact RML’s revenues and net revenues associated with our mortgage activities. A decline in mortgage rates generally increases the demand for mortgage loans as borrowers refinance, but also generally leads to accelerated payoffs. Conversely, in a constant or increasing rate environment, we would expect fewer loans to be refinanced and a decline in payoffs. Although we use models to assess the impact of interest rates on mortgage-related revenues, the estimates of revenues produced by these models are dependent on estimates and assumptions of future loan demand, prepayment speeds and other factors which may differ from actual subsequent experience.

Inflationary pressures and rising prices may affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Inflation has continued rising in 2023 at levels not seen for over 40 years. Inflationary pressures are currently expected to continue in 2024. Inflation could lead to increased costs to our customers, making it more difficult for them to repay their loans or other obligations increasing our credit risk. Sustained higher interest rates by the FRB may be needed to tame persistent inflationary price pressures, which could push down asset prices and weaken economic activity. A deterioration in economic conditions in the United States and our regional markets could result in an increase in loan delinquencies and non-performing assets, decreases in loan collateral values and a decrease in demand for our products and services, all of which, in turn, would adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Rising interest rates have decreased the value of our held-to-maturity securities portfolio, and we would realize losses if we were required to sell such securities to meet liquidity needs.

As a result of inflationary pressures and the resulting rapid increases in interest rates over the last year, the trading value of previously issued government and other fixed income securities has declined significantly. These securities make up a majority of the securities portfolio of most banks in the U.S., including ours, resulting in unrealized losses embedded in the held-to-maturity portion of U.S. banks’ securities portfolios. The book value of the Company's held-to-maturity securities portfolio was $36.8 million at both December 31, 2023 and 2022. Unrealized losses on the held-to-maturities portfolio amounted to $3.3 million and $4.1 million at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The fair value of the Company's held-to-maturity securities portfolio was $33.4 million and $32.6 million at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. While we do not currently intend to sell these securities, if we were required to sell such securities to meet liquidity needs, we may incur losses, which could impair our capital, financial condition, and results of operations and, in the event that our other funding sources are insufficient, could require us to raise additional capital. While we have taken actions to maximize our funding sources, there is no guarantee that such actions will be successful or sufficient in the event of sudden liquidity needs.

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Operational, Strategic and Business Risks

    Changes and instability in economic conditions, geopolitical matters and financial markets, including a contraction of economic activity, could adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our success depends, to a certain extent, upon global, domestic and local economic and political conditions, as well as governmental monetary policies. Conditions such as changes in interest rates, money supply, levels of employment and other factors beyond our control may have a negative impact on economic activity. Any contraction of economic activity, including an economic recession, may adversely affect our asset quality, deposit levels and loan demand and, therefore, our earnings. In particular, interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors that are beyond our control, including global, domestic and local economic conditions and the policies of various governmental and regulatory agencies and, specifically, the FRB. Throughout 2022 and 2023, the FOMC raised the target range for the federal funds rate on eleven separate occasions, citing factors including the hardships caused by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, continued global supply chain disruptions and imbalances, and increased inflationary pressure.

The tightening of the FRB’s monetary policies, including repeated and aggressive increases in target range for the federal funds rate as well as the conclusion of the FRB’s tapering of asset purchases, together with ongoing economic and geopolitical instability, increases the risk of an economic recession. Although forecasts have varied, many economists are projecting that, while indicators of U.S. economic performance, such as income growth, may be strong and levels of inflation may continue to decrease, the U.S. economy may be flat or experience a modest decrease in gross domestic output in 2024 while inflation is expected to remain elevated relative to historic levels in the coming quarters. Any such downturn in economic output, especially domestically and in the Alaska and other markets in which we operate, may adversely affect our asset quality, deposit levels, loan demand and results of operations.

As a result of the economic and geopolitical factors discussed above, financial institutions also face heightened credit risk, among other forms of risk. Of note, because we have a significant amount of real estate loans, decreases in real estate values could adversely affect the value of property used as collateral, which, in turn, can adversely affect the value of our loan and investment portfolios. Adverse economic developments, specifically including inflation-related impacts, may have a negative effect on the ability of our borrowers to make timely repayments of their loans or to finance future home purchases. According to the Federal Reserve's October 2023 Financial Stability Report, commercial real estate values remained elevated relative to fundamentals, even as prices continued to decline. While commercial real estate values continue to fluctuate, some markets are showing signs of stabilizing prices. However, the outlook for commercial real estate remains dependent on the broader economic environment and, specifically, how major subsectors respond to a rising interest rate environment and higher prices for commodities, goods and services. In any case, credit performance over the medium- and long-term is susceptible to economic and market forces and therefore forecasts remain uncertain; however, some degree of instability in the commercial real estate markets is expected in the coming quarters as loans are refinanced in markets with higher vacancy rates under current economic conditions. Instability and uncertainty in the commercial and residential real estate markets, as well as in the broader commercial and retail credit markets, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Current economic conditions in the State of Alaska pose challenges for us and could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

    We are operating in an uncertain economic environment. The pandemic caused a global economic slowdown, and while we have seen economic recovery, continuing supply chain issues, fluctuations in oil prices, labor shortages and inflation risk are affecting the continued recovery. In the longer term, relatively low oil prices are expected to negatively impact the overall economy in Alaska on a larger scale as we estimate that one third of the Alaskan economy is related to oil. Financial institutions continue to be affected by changing conditions in the real estate and financial markets, along with an arduous regulatory climate. Continued economic uncertainty and a recessionary or stagnant economy could result in financial stress on the Bank's borrowers, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Deteriorating conditions in the regional economies of Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Fairbanks, and the Southeast areas of Alaska served by the Company could drive losses beyond that which is provided for in our allowance for credit losses. We may also face the following risks in connection with events:

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▪ Ineffective monetary policy could cause rapid changes in interest rates and asset values that would have a materially adverse impact on our profitability and overall financial condition.

▪ Market developments and economic stagnation may affect consumer confidence levels and may cause adverse changes in payment patterns, resulting in increased delinquencies and default rates on loans and other credit facilities.

▪ Regulatory scrutiny of the industry could increase, leading to harsh regulation of our industry that could lead to a higher cost of compliance, limit our ability to pursue business opportunities and increase our exposure to litigation.

▪ Further erosion in the fiscal condition of the U.S. Treasury could lead to new taxes that would limit the ability of the Company to pursue growth and return profits to shareholders.

    If these conditions or similar ones develop, we could experience adverse effects on our financial condition and results of operations.

    Our concentration of operations in the Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Fairbanks and Southeast areas of Alaska makes us more sensitive to downturns in those areas.

    Substantially all of our business is derived from the Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Fairbanks, Southeast, and Kenai Peninsula areas of Alaska.  The majority of our lending has been with Alaska businesses and individuals. At December 31, 2023, approximately 72% of loans are secured by real estate and 4% are unsecured. Approximately 24% are for general commercial uses, including professional, retail, and small businesses, and are secured by non-real estate assets. Repayment is expected from the borrowers’ cash flow or, secondarily, the collateral. Our exposure to credit loss, if any, is the outstanding amount of the loan if the collateral is proved to be of no value. These areas rely primarily upon the natural resources industries, particularly oil production, as well as tourism and government and U.S. military spending for their economic success. In particular, the oil industry plays a significant role in the Alaskan economy.

    Our business is and will remain sensitive to economic factors that relate to these industries and local and regional business conditions. As a result, local or regional economic downturns, or downturns that disproportionately affect one or more of the key industries in regions served by the Company, may have a more pronounced effect upon our business than they might on an institution that is less geographically concentrated. The extent of the future impact of these events on economic and business conditions cannot be predicted; however, prolonged or acute fluctuations could have a material and adverse impact upon our financial condition and results of operation.

Our allowance for credit losses may be insufficient.

We maintain allowances for credit losses on loans, securities and off-balance sheet credit exposures. The amount of each allowance account represents management's best estimate of current expected credit losses on these financial instruments considering available information, from internal and external sources, relevant to assessing exposure to credit loss over the contractual term of the instrument. Relevant available information includes historical credit loss experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. As a result, the determination of the appropriate level of the allowance for credit losses inherently involves a high degree of subjectivity and requires us to make significant estimates related to current and expected future credit risks and trends, all of which may undergo material changes. Continuing deterioration in economic conditions affecting borrowers and securities issuers; new information regarding existing loans, credit commitments and securities holdings; natural disasters and risks related to climate change; and identification of additional problem loans, ratings down-grades and other factors, both within and outside of our control, may require an increase in the allowances for credit losses on loans, securities and off-balance sheet credit exposures. In addition, bank regulatory agencies periodically review our allowance for credit losses and may require an increase in credit loss expense or the recognition of further loan charge-offs, based on judgments different than those of management. Furthermore, if any charge-offs related to loans, securities or off-balance sheet credit exposures in future periods exceed our allowances for credit losses on loans, securities or off-balance sheet credit exposures, we will need to recognize additional credit loss expense to increase the applicable allowance. Any increase in the allowance for credit losses on loans, securities and/or off-balance sheet credit exposures will result in a decrease in net income and, possibly, capital, and may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to concentration risks. 

    Approximately 72% of the Bank’s loan portfolio at December 31, 2023 consisted of loans secured by commercial and residential real estate mostly located in Alaska. Additionally, all of the Company's loans held for sale are secured by residential real estate. A slowdown in the residential sales cycle in our major markets and a constriction in the availability of mortgage financing, would negatively impact residential real estate sales, which would result in customers’ inability to repay loans. This would result in an increase in our non-performing assets if more borrowers fail to perform according to loan terms and if we take possession of real estate properties. Additionally, if real estate values decline, the value of real estate collateral securing

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our loans could be significantly reduced. If any of these effects continue or become more pronounced, loan losses will increase more than we expect and our financial condition and results of operations would be adversely impacted.

Our commercial real estate lending may expose us to increased lending risks. 

    Approximately 49% of the Bank’s loan portfolio at December 31, 2023 consisted of commercial real estate loans. Commercial construction and commercial real estate loans typically involve larger loan balances to single borrowers or groups of related borrowers. Consequently, an adverse development with respect to one commercial loan or one credit relationship exposes us to significantly greater risk of loss compared to an adverse development with respect to a consumer loan. Because payments on loans secured by commercial real estate often depend upon the successful operation and management of the properties and the businesses which operate from within them, repayment of such loans may be affected by factors outside the borrower’s control, such as adverse conditions in the real estate market or the economy or changes in government regulation. In recent years, commercial real estate markets have been experiencing substantial growth, and increased competitive pressures have contributed significantly to historically low capitalization rates and rising property values. However, commercial real estate markets have been facing downward pressure since 2022 due in large part to increasing interest rates and declining property values. Accordingly, the federal banking agencies have expressed concerns about weaknesses in the current commercial real estate market and have applied increased regulatory scrutiny to institutions with commercial real estate loan portfolios that are fast growing or large relative to the institutions' total capital. To address supervisory expectations with respect to financial institutions' handling of commercial real estate borrowers who are experiencing financial difficulty, in June of 2023, the federal banking agencies issued an interagency policy statement addressing prudent commercial real estate loan accommodations and workouts. Our failure to adequately implement enhanced risk management policies, procedures and controls could adversely affect our ability to increase this portfolio going forward and could result in an increased rate of delinquencies in, and increased losses from, this portfolio. The credit quality of these loans may also deteriorate more than expected which may result in losses that exceed the estimates that are currently included in our allowance for loan losses, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

     Residential mortgage lending is a market sector that experiences significant volatility and is influenced by many factors beyond our control.

The Company earns revenue from the residential mortgage lending activities primarily in the form of gains on the sale of mortgage loans that we originate and sell to the secondary market.  Residential mortgage lending in general has experienced substantial volatility in recent periods primarily due to changes in interest rates and other market forces beyond our control.     

Interest rate changes, such as rate increases implemented by the FRB, have in the past, and may in the future, result in lower rate locks and closed loan volume, which may adversely impact the earnings and results of operations of RML. In addition, the recent increase and future increase, as is currently expected, in interest rates has in the past, and may in the future, materially and adversely affect our future loan origination volume and margins.

Our information systems or those of our third-party vendors may be subject to an interruption or breach in security, including as a result of cyber-attacks.

    The Company’s technologies, systems, networks and software, and those of other financial institutions have been, and are likely to continue to be, the target of cybersecurity threats and attacks, which may range from uncoordinated individual attempts to sophisticated and targeted measures directed at us. These cybersecurity threats and attacks may include, but are not limited to, breaches, unauthorized access, misuse, malicious code, computer viruses and denial of service attacks that could result in unauthorized access, misuse, loss or destruction of data (including confidential customer information), account takeovers, unavailability of service or other events. These types of threats may result from human error, fraud or malice on the part of external or internal parties, or from accidental technological failure. Further, to access our products and services our customers may use computers and mobile devices that are beyond our security control systems. The risk of a security breach or disruption, particularly through cyber-attack or cyber intrusion, including by computer hackers, has increased as the number, intensity and sophistication of attempted attacks and intrusions from around the world have increased.

    Our business requires the collection and retention of large volumes of customer data, including payment card numbers and other personally identifiable information in various information systems that we maintain and in those maintained by third parties with whom we contract to provide data services. We also maintain important internal company data such as personally identifiable information about our employees and information relating to our operations. The integrity and protection of that customer and company data is important to us. As customer, public, legislative and regulatory expectations and requirements regarding operational and information security have increased, our operations systems and infrastructure must continue to be safeguarded and monitored for potential failures, disruptions and breakdowns.

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    Our customers and employees have been, and will continue to be, targeted by parties using fraudulent e-mails and other communications in attempts to misappropriate passwords, payment card numbers, bank account information or other personal information or to introduce viruses or other malware through “trojan horse” programs to our customers’ computers. These communications may appear to be legitimate messages sent by the Bank or other businesses, but direct recipients to fake websites operated by the sender of the e-mail or request that the recipient send a password or other confidential information via e-mail or download a program. Despite our efforts to mitigate these threats through product improvements, use of encryption and authentication technology to secure online transmission of confidential consumer information, and customer and employee education, such attempted frauds against us or our merchants and our third-party service providers remain a serious issue. The pervasiveness of cyber security incidents in general and the risks of cyber-crime are complex and continue to evolve. In addition, following COVID-19, we have modified our business practices with a portion of our employees working remotely from their homes. The continuation of these work-from-home measures also introduces additional operational risk, including increased cybersecurity risk. In light of several recent high-profile data breaches at other companies involving customer personal and financial information, we believe the potential impact of a cyber security incident involving the Company, any exposure to consumer losses and the cost of technology investments to improve security could cause customer and/or Bank losses, damage to our brand, and increase our costs.

    Although we make significant efforts to maintain the security and integrity of our information systems and have implemented various measures to manage the risk of a security breach or disruption, there can be no assurance that our security efforts and measures will be effective or that attempted security breaches or disruptions would not be successful or damaging. Even the most well-protected information, networks, systems and facilities remain potentially vulnerable because attempted security breaches, particularly cyber-attacks and intrusions, or disruptions will occur in the future, and because the techniques used in such attempts are constantly evolving and generally are not recognized until launched against a target, and in some cases are designed not to be detected and, in fact, may not be detected. Accordingly, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate security barriers or other preventative measures, and thus it is virtually impossible for us to entirely mitigate this risk. A security breach or other significant disruption could: disrupt the proper functioning of our networks and systems and therefore our operations and/or those of certain of our customers;  result in the unauthorized access to, and destruction, loss, theft, misappropriation or release of confidential, sensitive or otherwise valuable information of ours or our customers, including account numbers and other financial information; result in a violation of applicable privacy, data breach and other laws, subjecting the Bank to additional regulatory scrutiny and exposing the Bank to civil litigation, governmental fines and possible financial liability; require significant management attention and resources to remedy the damages that result; or harm our reputation or cause a decrease in the number of customers that choose to do business with us or reduce the level of business that our customers do with us. The occurrence of any such failures, disruptions or security breaches could have a negative impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

A failure in or breach of the Company's operational systems, information systems, or infrastructure, or those of the Company's third party vendors and other service providers, may result in financial losses, or loss of customers.

    The Company relies heavily on communications and information systems to conduct our business. In addition, we rely on third parties to provide key components of our infrastructure, including the processing of sensitive consumer and business customer data, internet connections, and network access. These types of information and related systems are critical to the operation of our business and essential to our ability to perform day-to-day operations, and, in some cases, are critical to the operations of many of our customers. These third parties with which the Company does business or that facilitate our business activities, including exchanges, financial intermediaries or vendors that provide services or security solutions for our operations, could also be sources of operational and information security risk to us, including breakdowns or failures of their own systems or capacity constraints. Although the Company has implemented safeguards and business continuity plans, our business operations may be adversely affected by significant and widespread disruption to our physical infrastructure or operating systems that support our business and our customers, resulting in financial losses or loss of customers.

    Our business is highly reliant on third party vendors.

    We rely on third parties to provide services that are integral to our operations. These vendors provide services that support our operations, including the storage and processing of sensitive consumer and business customer data. The loss of these vendor relationships, or a failure of these vendors' systems, could disrupt the services we provide to our customers and cause us to incur significant expense in connection with replacing these services.

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    We continually encounter technological change, and we may have fewer resources than many of our competitors to continue to invest in technological improvements.

    The financial services industry is undergoing rapid technological changes with frequent introductions of new technology-driven products and services. The effective use of technology increases efficiency and enables financial institutions to better serve customers and to reduce costs. Our future success will depend, in part, upon our ability to address the needs of our clients by using technology to provide products and services that will satisfy client demands for convenience, as well as to create additional efficiencies in our operations. Many national vendors provide turn-key services to community banks, such as Internet banking and remote deposit capture that allow smaller banks to compete with institutions that have substantially greater resources to invest in technological improvements. We may not be able, however, to effectively implement new technology-driven products and services or be successful in marketing these products and services to our customers.

Our business, financial condition and results of operations are subject to risk from changes in customer behavior.

Individual, economic, political, industry-specific conditions and other factors outside of our control, such as fuel prices, energy costs, real estate values, inflation, taxes or other factors that affect customer income levels, could alter anticipated customer behavior, including borrowing, repayment, investment and deposit practices. Such a change in these practices could materially adversely affect our ability to anticipate business needs and meet regulatory requirements. Further, difficult economic conditions may negatively affect consumer confidence levels. A decrease in consumer confidence levels would likely aggravate the adverse effects of these difficult market conditions on us, our customers and adversely affect our future loan origination volume and margins.

Consumers may decide not to use banks to complete their financial transactions.

Technology and other changes are allowing parties to complete financial transactions through alternative methods that historically have involved banks. For example, consumers can now maintain funds that would have historically been held as bank deposits in brokerage accounts, mutual funds or general-purpose reloadable prepaid cards. Consumers can also complete transactions, such as paying bills and/or transferring funds directly without the assistance of banks. Transactions utilizing digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and other similar assets, have increased substantially over the course of the last several years. Certain characteristics of digital asset transactions, such as the speed with which such transactions can be conducted, the ability to transact without the involvement of regulated intermediaries, the ability to engage in transactions across multiple jurisdictions, and the anonymous nature of the transactions, are appealing to certain consumers notwithstanding the various risks posed by such transactions as illustrated by the current and ongoing market volatility. Accordingly, digital asset service providers, which at present are not subject to the extensive regulation of banking organizations and other financial institutions, have become active competitors for our customers’ banking business. The process of eliminating banks as intermediaries, known as “disintermediation,” could result in the loss of fee income, as well as the loss of customer deposits and the related income generated from those deposits. Further, an initiative by the CFPB, as prompted by the current Presidential Administration, to promote “open and decentralized banking” through the proposal of a Personal Financial Data Rights rule designed to facilitate the transfer of customer information at the direction of the customer to other financial institutions could lead to greater competition for products and services among banks and nonbanks alike if a final rule is adopted. The timing of and prospects for any such action are uncertain at this time. The loss of these revenue streams and the lower cost of deposits as a source of funds could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

    If we do not comply with the agreements governing servicing of loans, if these agreements change materially, or if others allege non-compliance, our business and results of operations may be harmed.

    We have contractual obligations under the servicing agreements pursuant to which we service mortgage loans. Many of our servicing agreements require adherence to general servicing standards, and certain contractual provisions delegate judgment over various servicing matters to us. If the terms of these servicing agreements change, we may sustain higher costs. Our servicing practices, and the judgments that we make in our servicing of loans, could also be questioned by parties to these agreements. We could also become subject to litigation claims seeking damages or other remedies arising from alleged breaches of our servicing agreements. 

    Additionally, under our loan servicing program we retain servicing rights on mortgage loans originated by RML and sold to AHFC. If we breach any of the representations and warranties in our servicing agreements with AHFC, we may be required to repurchase any loan sold under this program and record a loss upon repurchase and/or bear any subsequent loss on the loan. We may not have any remedies available to us against third parties for such losses, or the remedies might not be as broad as the remedies available to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation against us.

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    Certain hedging strategies that we use to manage interest rate risk may be ineffective to offset any adverse changes in the fair value of these assets due to changes in interest rates and market liquidity.

    We use derivative instruments to economically hedge the interest rate risk in our residential mortgage loan commitments. Our hedging strategies are susceptible to prepayment risk, basis risk, market volatility and changes in the shape of the yield curve, among other factors. In addition, hedging strategies rely on assumptions and projections regarding assets and general market factors. If these assumptions and projections prove to be incorrect or our hedging strategies do not adequately mitigate the impact of changes in interest rates, we may incur losses that would adversely impact our financial condition and results of operations.

    We may be unable to attract and retain key employees and personnel.

    We will be dependent for the foreseeable future on the services of Joseph M. Schierhorn, our Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Operating Officer of the Company; Michael Huston, our President of Northrim Bank; Jed W. Ballard, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Amber Zins, our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Northrim Bank. While we maintain keyman life insurance on the lives of Messrs. Schierhorn, Huston, Ballard and Ms. Zins in the amounts of $2.4 million, $2 million, $2 million and $2 million, respectively, we may not be able to timely replace these key employees with a person of comparable ability and experience should the need to do so arise, causing losses in excess of the insurance proceeds. The unexpected loss of key employees could have a material adverse effect on our business and possibly result in reduced revenues and earnings.

Our internal controls may be ineffective.

Management regularly reviews and updates our internal controls, disclosure controls and procedures, and corporate governance policies and procedures. Any system of controls, however well designed and operated, is based in part on certain assumptions and can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurances that the objectives of the controls are met. Any failure or circumvention of our controls and procedures or failure to comply with regulations related to controls and procedures could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

    Liquidity risk could impair our ability to fund operations and jeopardize our financial conditions.

    Liquidity is essential to our business. An inability to raise funds through deposits, borrowings and other sources could have a substantial negative effect on our liquidity and severely constrain our financial flexibility. Our primary source of funding is deposits gathered through our network of branch offices. Our access to funding sources in amounts adequate to finance our activities on terms that are acceptable to us could be impaired by factors that affect us specifically or the financial services industry or the economy in general. Factors that could negatively impact our access to liquidity sources include:

•a decrease in the level of our business activity as a result of an economic downturn in the markets in which our loans are concentrated;

•adverse regulatory actions against us; or

•our inability to attract and retain deposits. 

    Our ability to borrow could be impaired by factors that are not specific to us or our region, such as a disruption in the financial markets or negative views and expectations about the prospects for the financial services industry and unstable credit markets. Our access to deposits can be impacted by the liquidity needs of our customers as a substantial portion of our liabilities are demand while a substantial portion of our assets are loans that cannot be sold in the same timeframe. Historically, we have been able to meet its cash flow needs as necessary. If a sufficiently large number of depositors sought to withdraw their deposits for whatever reason, we may be unable to obtain the necessary funding at favorable term.

    A failure of a significant number of our borrowers, guarantors and related parties to perform in accordance with the terms of their loans would have an adverse impact on our results of operations.

    A source of risk arises from the possibility that losses will be sustained if a significant number of our borrowers, guarantors and related parties fail to perform in accordance with the terms of their loans. We have adopted underwriting and credit monitoring procedures and credit policies, including the establishment and review of our allowance for loan losses, which we believe are appropriate to minimize this risk by assessing the likelihood of nonperformance, tracking loan performance, and diversifying our credit portfolio. These policies and procedures, however, may not prevent unexpected losses that could materially affect our financial condition and results of operations.

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Regulatory, Legislative, Legal and Reputational Risks

We operate in a highly regulated environment and changes of or significant increases in banking or other laws and regulations or governmental fiscal or monetary policies could adversely affect us.

We are subject to extensive regulation, supervision and examination by federal and state banking authorities. In addition, as a publicly-traded company, we are subject to regulation by the SEC and NASDAQ.  Any change in applicable regulations or federal or state legislation or in policies or interpretations or regulatory approaches to compliance and enforcement, income tax laws and accounting principles could have a substantial impact on us and our operations. Changes in laws and regulations may also increase our expenses by imposing additional fees or taxes or restrictions on our operations. Significant changes in SEC regulations, such as the proposed climate change disclosures and other regulatory initiatives, can dramatically shift resources and costs to ensure adequate compliance. Additional legislation and regulations that could significantly affect our authority and operations may be enacted or adopted in the future, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Failure to appropriately comply with any such laws, regulations or principles could result in sanctions by regulatory agencies or damage to our reputation, all of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

The Dodd-Frank Act has had a substantial impact on our industry, including the creation of the CFPB with broad powers to regulate consumer financial products such as credit cards and mortgages, the creation of a Financial Stability Oversight Council comprised of the heads of other regulatory agencies, has resulted in new capital requirements from federal banking agencies, placed new limits on electronic debit card interchange fees, and requires banking regulators, the SEC and national stock exchanges to adopt significant new corporate governance and executive compensation reforms. Regulators have significant discretion and authority to prevent or remedy practices that they deem to be unsafe or unsound, or violations of laws or regulations by financial institutions and holding companies in the performance of their supervisory and enforcement duties. The exercise of regulatory authority may have a negative impact on our financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, our business is affected significantly by the fiscal and monetary policies of the U.S. federal government and its agencies, including the FRB.

We cannot accurately predict the full effects of recent or future legislation or the various other governmental, regulatory, monetary and fiscal initiatives which have been and may be enacted on the financial markets and on the Company. The terms and costs of these activities could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and the trading price of our common stock.

We face risks related to the adoption of future legislation and potential changes in federal regulatory agency leadership, policies, and priorities.

Last Congress, Democrats controlled the White House and both Chambers of Congress. As a result, Democrats were able to set the policy agenda both legislatively and in the regulatory agencies that have rulemaking and supervisory authority over the financial services industry generally and the Bank specifically. These dynamics shifted after the 2022 midterm elections. While Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate, the party has a slim majority of 51 seats. Republicans assumed control of the U.S. House of Representatives, with a slim majority of 222 seats. In consideration of the divided control of Congress, the narrow majorities in each chamber, and the current political environment, the legislative process is expected to be more challenging in the current legislative session.

Although agendas are expected to vary substantially in each chamber, congressional committees with jurisdiction over the banking sector have pursued, and likely will continue to pursue, oversight in a variety of areas, including addressing climate-related risks, promoting diversity and equality within the banking industry and addressing other ESG matters, improving competition in the banking sector and enhancing oversight of bank mergers and acquisitions, and establishing a regulatory framework for digital assets and markets. The prospects for the enactment of major banking reform legislation under the new Congress are unclear at this time.

Moreover, the turnover of the Presidential Administration in 2021 resulted in certain changes in the leadership and senior staffs of the federal banking agencies and the Treasury Department. These changes have impacted the rulemaking, supervision, examination and enforcement priorities and policies of the agencies and likely will continue to do so over the next several years. The potential impact of any changes in agency personnel, policies and priorities on the financial services sector, including the Bank, cannot be predicted at this time.

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Fiscal challenges facing the U.S. government could negatively impact financial markets which in turn could have an adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

Federal budget deficit concerns and the potential for political conflict over legislation to fund U.S. government operations and raise the U.S. government’s debt limit may increase the possibility of a default by the U.S. government on its debt obligations, related credit-rating downgrades, or an economic recession in the United States. Many of our investment securities are issued by the U.S. government and government agencies and sponsored entities. As a result of uncertain domestic political conditions, including potential future federal government shutdowns, the possibility of the federal government defaulting on its obligations for a period of time due to debt ceiling limitations or other unresolved political issues, investments in financial instruments issued or guaranteed by the federal government pose liquidity risks. In connection with prior political disputes over U.S. fiscal and budgetary issues leading to the U.S. government shutdown in 2011, S&P lowered its long term sovereign credit rating on the U.S. from AAA to AA+. In 2023, Congress narrowly averted two separate government shutdowns by passing continuing resolutions. In part due to repeated debt-limit political standoffs and last-minute resolutions, in 2023 a rating agency downgraded the U.S. long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating to AA+ from AAA. A further downgrade, or a downgrade by other rating agencies, as well as sovereign debt issues facing the governments of other countries, could have a material adverse impact on financial markets and economic conditions in the U.S. and worldwide.

    Non-compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act, Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Truth-in-Lending Act or other laws and regulations could result in fines, sanctions or other adverse consequences.

    Financial institutions are required under the USA PATRIOT Act and Bank Secrecy Act to develop programs to prevent financial institutions from being used for money-laundering and terrorist activities. Financial institutions are also obligated to file suspicious activity reports with the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network if such activities are detected. These rules also require financial institutions to establish procedures for identifying and verifying the identity of customers seeking to open new financial accounts. Failure or the inability to comply with these regulations could result in fines or penalties, intervention or sanctions by regulators, and costly litigation or expensive additional controls and systems. In recent years, several banking institutions have received large fines for non-compliance with these laws and regulations. In addition, the federal government has in place laws and regulations relating to residential and consumer lending, as well as other activities with customers, that create significant compliance burdens and financial risks. We have developed policies and continue to augment procedures and systems designed to assist in compliance with these laws and regulations; however, it is possible for such safeguards to fail or prove deficient during the implementation phase to avoid non-compliance with such laws.

Deposit insurance premiums could increase further in the future.

The FDIC insures deposits at FDIC-insured financial institutions, including the Bank. The FDIC charges insured financial institutions premiums to maintain the Deposit Insurance Fund ("DIF") at a specific level. Historically, unfavorable economic conditions increased bank failures and these additional failures decreased the DIF. In order to restore the DIF to its statutorily mandated minimums the FDIC significantly increased deposit insurance premium rates, including the Bank's. FDIC insurance premiums could increase in the future in response to similar declining economic conditions. More recently, extraordinary growth in insured deposits and losses occasioned by recent bank failures caused the ratio of the DIF to total insured deposits to fall below the current statutory minimum of 1.35%. The FDIC has also established a higher reserve ratio of 2% as a long term goal and the minimum level needed to withstand future financial crises of the magnitude of past crises. The FDIC may continue to increase the assessment rates or impose additional special assessments in the future to restore and then steadily increase the DIF to these statutory target levels. Any increase in the Bank's FDIC premiums could have an adverse effect on its business, financial condition and results of operations.

Recent volatility in the banking sector, triggered by the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank, may result in legislative initiatives, agency rulemaking activities, or changes in agency policies and priorities that could subject the Company and the Bank to enhanced government regulation and supervision.

The recent high-profile bank failures involving Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank have generated significant market volatility among publicly traded bank holding companies and, in particular, regional banks like the Company. Investor and customer confidence in the banking sector, particularly with regard to mid-size and larger regional banking organizations, waned in response to the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank. Congress and the federal banking agencies have and continue to evaluate the events leading to the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank to ascertain possible explanations for these developments. Legislators and the leadership of the federal banking agencies noted that inadequate prudential regulation of regional banking organizations

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(generally, institutions with less than $250 billion in total assets), insufficient supervision of such organizations, poor management and inadequate risk management practices, specifically including interest rate and liquidity risks in consideration of each institution’s business model, and substantial uninsured deposit liabilities were causes of the failures.

Further evaluation of recent developments in the banking sector may lead to governmental initiatives intended to prevent future bank failures and stem significant deposit outflows from the banking sector, including (i) legislation aimed at preventing similar future bank runs and failures and stabilizing confidence in the banking sector over the long term, (ii) agency rulemaking to modify and enhance relevant regulatory requirements, specifically with respect to liquidity risk management, deposit concentrations, capital adequacy, stress testing and contingency planning, and safe and sound banking practices, and (iii) enhancement of the agencies’ supervision and examination policies and priorities. In fact, in July 2023, the federal banking agencies issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would substantially revise the regulatory capital framework for banking organizations with total assets of $100 billion or more and banking organizations with significant trading activity. Among other things, the proposed rule would require all banking organizations with over $100 billion in assets to include unrecognized gains and losses on available for sale debt securities via the inclusion of accumulated other comprehensive income in capital. In addition, banking organizations with over $100 billion in assets would be subject to the supplementary leverage ratio and countercyclical capital buffer. The proposed rule, if adopted as proposed, would not apply to the Bank directly based on the Bank's current asset size. The federal banking agencies may also re-evaluate applicable liquidity risk management standards, such as by reconsidering the mix of assets that are deemed to be "high-quality liquid assets" and/or how "high-quality liquid assets" holdings and cash inflows and outflows are tabulated and weighted for liquidity management purposes.

Although we cannot predict with certainty which initiatives may be pursued by lawmakers and agency leadership, nor can we predict the terms and scope of any such initiatives, any of the potential changes referenced above could, among other things, subject us to additional costs, limit the types of financial services and products we may offer, and limit our future growth, any of which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.

Climate change and related legislative and regulatory initiatives may result in operational changes and expenditures that could significantly impact our business.

The current and anticipated effects of climate change are creating an increasing level of concern for the state of the global environment. As a result, political and social attention to the issue of climate change has increased. In recent years, governments across the world have entered into international agreements or have otherwise acted to attempt to reduce global temperatures, in part by limiting greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions. The FRB became a member of the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System and, in its Financial Stability Report of November 2020, specifically addressed the implications of climate change for markets, financial exposures, financial institutions, and financial stability. The U.S. Congress, state legislatures and federal and state regulatory agencies have continued to propose and advance numerous legislative and regulatory initiatives seeking to mitigate the effects of climate change, including mandatory substantive and/or disclosure requirements regarding climate change. Such initiatives have been pursued with rigor under the current Presidential Administration. The Financial Stability Oversight Council published a report in 2021 identifying climate-related financial risk as an “emerging threat” to financial stability. The leadership of the federal banking agencies have emphasized that climate-related risks are faced by banking organizations of all types and sizes, specifically including physical and transition risks, and are in the process of enhancing supervisory expectations regarding banks' risk management practices. To that end, on October 24, 2023, the federal banking agencies issued interagency guidance on principles for climate-related financial risk management by large financial institutions. The guidance reiterates the agencies’ view that financial institutions are likely to be affected by both the physical risks and transition risks associated with climate change, which can manifest as traditional risks such as credit, market, liquidity, operation, and legal risks. To address these risks, the guidance covers six areas: governance; policies, procedures, and limits; strategic planning; risk management; data, risk management, and reporting; and scenario analysis. The guidance applies only to banking organizations with total consolidated assets of greater than $100 billion and therefore does not apply to the Bank directly. Additionally, in March 2022, the SEC proposed new climate-related disclosure rules, which if finalized, would require new climate-related disclosures in SEC filings and audited financial statements, including certain climate-related metrics and direct and indirect GHG emissions data, information about climate-related targets and goals, transition plans, if any, and attestation requirements. Disclosure requirements imposed by different regulators may not always be uniform, which may result in increased complexity, and cost, for compliance. Additionally, many of our suppliers and business partners may be subject to similar requirements, which may augment or create additional risks, including risks that may not be known to us.

Although these new guidelines do not apply to a banking organization of our size, as the Company continues to grow and expand the scope of our operations, our regulators generally will expect us to enhance our internal control programs and processes, including with respect to risk management and stress testing under a variety of adverse scenarios and related capital planning. In the event the federal banking agencies were to expand the scope of coverage of the new climate risk guidelines to

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institutions of our size or promulgate new regulations or supervisory guidance applicable to the Company, we would expect to experience increased compliance costs and other compliance-related risks.

The above measures may also result in the imposition of taxes and fees, the required purchase of emission credits, and the implementation of significant operational changes, each of which may require the Company to expend significant capital and incur compliance, operating, maintenance and remediation costs. Given the lack of empirical data on the credit and other financial risks posed by climate change, it is impossible to predict how climate change may impact our financial condition and operations; however, as a banking organization, the physical effects of climate change may present certain unique risks to the Company. For example, weather disasters, shifts in local climates and other disruptions related to climate change may adversely affect the value of real properties securing our loans, which could diminish the value of our loan portfolio. Such events may also cause reductions in regional and local economic activity that may have an adverse effect on our customers, which could limit our ability to raise and invest capital in these areas and communities, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

In recognition of the risks posed by climate change, as discussed above, the Company has taken a variety of actions to manage its carbon footprint and has sought to engage in sustainable lending and investment activities. However, we cannot guarantee the success of these actions, nor can we make any assurances that our regulators, investors in our securities or other third parties, such as environmental advocacy organizations, will find our efforts to support climate-related initiatives to be sufficient.

Accounting, Tax and Financial Risks

Changes in the federal, state, or local tax laws may negatively impact our financial performance.

We are subject to changes in tax law that could increase our effective tax rates. These law changes may be retroactive to previous periods and as a result could negatively affect our current and future financial performance. For example, legislation enacted in 2017 resulted in a reduction in our federal corporate tax rate from 35% in 2017 to 21% in 2018, which had a favorable impact on our earnings and capital generation abilities. However, this legislation also enacted limitations on certain deductions, such as the deduction of FDIC deposit insurance premiums, which partially offset the anticipated increase in net earnings from the lower tax rate. Any increase in the corporate tax rate or surcharges that may be adopted by Congress would adversely affect our results of operations in future periods.

In addition, the Bank’s customers experienced and likely will continue to experience varying effects from both the individual and business tax provisions of the Tax Act and other future changes in tax law and such effects, whether positive or negative, may have a corresponding impact on our business and the economy as a whole.

Further, on August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was enacted into law. The legislation imposed a non-deductible 1% excise tax on repurchases of stock by “covered corporations,” including the Company. As a result, our results of operations in future periods may be impacted adversely to the extent of any significant stock repurchases by the Company.

Changes in our accounting policies or in accounting standards could materially affect how we report our financial results.

Our accounting policies are fundamental to understanding our financial results and condition. Some of these policies require the use of estimates and assumptions that may affect the value of our assets or liabilities and financial results. Some of our accounting policies are critical because they require management to make difficult, subjective and complex judgments about matters that are inherently uncertain and because it is likely that materially different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions. If such estimates or assumptions underlying our financial statements are incorrect, we may experience material losses.

From time to time, the FASB and the SEC change the financial accounting and reporting standards or the interpretation of those standards that govern the preparation of our external financial statements. These changes are beyond our control, can be hard to predict and could materially impact how we report our results of operations and financial condition. We could be required to apply a new or revised standard retroactively, resulting in our restating prior period financial statements in material amounts.

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Stock Ownership Risk Factors

Our ability to pay dividends, repurchase our shares, or to repay our indebtedness depends upon liquid assets held by the Company and the results of operations of our subsidiaries and their ability to pay dividends.

The Company is a separate legal entity from our subsidiaries and does not have significant operations of its own. The availability of dividends from the Bank is limited by the Bank's earnings and capital, as well as various statutes and regulations. Our inability to receive dividends from the Bank could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Our net income depends primarily upon the Bank’s net interest income, which is the income that remains after deducting from total income generated by earning assets the expense attributable to the acquisition of the funds required to support earning assets (primarily interest paid on deposits and borrowings). The amount of interest income is dependent on many factors including the volume of earning assets, the general level of interest rates, the dynamics of changes in interest rates and the levels of nonperforming loans. All of those factors affect the Bank’s ability to pay dividends to the Company.

Various statutory provisions restrict the amount of dividends the Bank can pay to us without regulatory approval. Under Alaska law, a bank may not declare or pay a dividend in an amount greater than its net undivided profits then on hand. In addition, the Bank may not pay cash dividends if that payment could reduce the amount of its capital below that necessary to meet the “adequately capitalized” level in accordance with regulatory capital requirements. It is also possible that, depending upon the financial condition of the Bank and other factors, regulatory authorities could conclude that payment of dividends or other payments, including payments to us, is an unsafe or unsound practice and impose restrictions or prohibit such payments. It is the policy of the FRB that bank holding companies should pay cash dividends on common stock only out of net income available over the past year and only if the prospective rate of earnings retention is consistent with the organization’s current and expected future capital needs, asset quality and overall financial condition. The policy provides that bank holding companies should not maintain a level of cash dividends that undermines a bank holding company’s ability to serve as a source of strength to its banking subsidiaries. If the Bank earnings are not sufficient to make dividend payments to us while maintaining adequate capital levels, then our liquidity may be affected and our stock price may be negatively affected by our inability to pay dividends, which will have an adverse impact on both the Company and our shareholders.

There can be no assurance that the Company will continue to repurchase stock.

During 2023, the Company repurchased 208,673 shares of common stock at an average price of $43.34 per share under its previously announced share repurchase program. On January 26, 2024, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 110,000 shares of common stock.

Whether we continue, and the amount and timing of such stock repurchases is subject to capital availability and periodic determinations by our Board. The Company continues to evaluate the potential impact that regulatory proposals may have on our liquidity and capital management strategies, including Basel III and those required under the Dodd-Frank Act. The actual amount and timing of future share repurchases, if any, will depend on market and economic conditions, applicable SEC rules, federal and state regulatory restrictions, and various other factors, including the recently implemented 1% excise tax on repurchases of stock. In addition, the amount we spend and the number of shares we are able to repurchase under our stock repurchase program may further be affected by a number of other factors, including the stock price and blackout periods in which we are restricted from repurchasing shares. Our stock repurchases may change from time to time, and we cannot provide assurance that we will continue to repurchase stock in any particular amounts or at all. A reduction in or elimination of our stock repurchases could have a negative effect on our stock price.

The market price for our common stock may be volatile.

The market price of our common stock could fluctuate substantially in the future in response to a number of factors, including those discussed below. The market price of our common stock has in the past fluctuated significantly. We expect to see additional volatility in the financial markets due to the uncertainty caused by recent high-profile bank failures involving Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank, disruption in global supply chains, uncertainty over the U.S. government debt ceiling and changing FRB policy. Some additional factors that may cause the price of our common stock to fluctuate include:

•general conditions in the financial markets and real estate markets.

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•macro-economic and political conditions in the U. S. and the financial markets generally.

•variations in the operating results of the Company and our competitors.

•events affecting other companies that the market deems comparable to the Company.

•changes in securities analysts' estimates of our future performance and the future performance of our competitors.

•announcements by the Company or our competitors of mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships.

•additions or departure of key personnel.

•the presence or absence of short selling of our common stock.

•future sales or other issuances by us of our common stock.

The stock markets in general have experienced substantial price and trading fluctuations. These fluctuations have resulted in volatility in the market prices of securities that often has been unrelated or disproportionate to changes in operating performance. These broad market fluctuations are expected to continue for the near future, and may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.

There may be future sales or other dilution of the Company's equity, which may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

We are not restricted from issuing additional shares of common stock, preferred stock, or securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, common stock or preferred stock. Our Board of Directors has the power, without shareholder approval, to set the terms of any such classes or series of preferred stock that may be issued, including voting rights, dividend rights, and preferences over the common stock with respect to dividends or upon our dissolution, winding up and liquidation and other terms.

The issuance of any additional shares of common or of preferred stock or convertible securities or the exercise of such securities could be substantially dilutive to existing shareholders. We may also elect to use common stock to fund future acquisitions, which will dilute existing shareholders. Holders of our common stock have no preemptive rights that entitle holders to purchase their pro rata share of any offering of shares of any class or series and, therefore, such sales or offerings could result in dilution to our shareholders.

The Company’s business or the value of its common stock could be negatively affected as a result of actions by activist shareholders.

The Company values constructive input from shareholders, and our Board of Directors and management team are committed to acting in the best interests of all of the Company’s shareholders. Activist shareholders who disagree with the composition of the Board of Directors, the Company’s strategic direction, or the way the Company is managed may seek to effect change through various strategies that range from private engagement to public filings, proxy contests, efforts to force transactions not supported by the Board of Directors, and litigation. Responding to some of these actions can be costly and time-consuming, may disrupt the Company’s operations and divert the attention of the Board of Directors and management. Such activities could interfere with the Company’s ability to execute its strategic plan and to attract and retain qualified executive leadership. The perceived uncertainty as to the Company’s future direction resulting from activist strategies could also affect the market price and volatility of the Company’s common stock.

General Risk Factors

    Natural disasters and adverse weather could negatively affect real estate property values and Bank operations.

    Real estate and real estate property values play an important role for the Bank in several ways. The Bank owns or leases many real estate properties in connection with its operations, located in Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Kodiak, Ketchikan, Sitka, and the Kenai Peninsula. Real estate is also utilized as collateral for many of our loans. A natural disaster could cause property values to fall, which could require the Bank to record an impairment on its financial statements. A natural disaster could also impact collateral values, which would increase our exposure to loan defaults. Our business operations could also suffer to the extent the Bank cannot utilize its branch network due to a natural disaster or other weather-related damage.

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The soundness of other financial institutions could adversely affect us.

    Our ability to engage in routine funding transactions could be adversely affected by the actions and commercial soundness of other financial institutions. Financial services institutions are interrelated as a result of trading, clearing, counterparty or other relationships. As a result, defaults by, or even rumors or questions about, one or more financial services institutions, or the financial services industry generally, have led to market-wide liquidity problems and could lead to losses or defaults by us or by other institutions. Many of these transactions expose us to credit risk in the event of default of our counterparty or client. In addition, our credit risk may be exacerbated when the collateral held by us cannot be realized upon or is liquidated at prices not sufficient to recover the full amount of the financial instrument exposure. There can be no assurance that any such losses would not materially and adversely affect our results of operations.

    The financial services business is intensely competitive and our success will depend on our ability to compete effectively.

    The financial services business in our market areas is highly competitive. It is becoming increasingly competitive due to changes in regulation, technological advances, and the accelerating pace of consolidation among financial services providers. We face competition both in attracting deposits and in originating loans. We compete for loans principally through the pricing of interest rates and loan fees and the efficiency and quality of services. Increasing levels of competition in the banking and financial services industries may reduce our market share or cause the prices charged for our services to fall.  Improvements in technology, communications, and the internet have intensified competition. As a result, our competitive position could be weakened, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

    We are a community bank and our ability to maintain our reputation is critical to the success of our business and the failure to do so could materially adversely affect our performance.

    We are a community bank, and our reputation is one of the most valuable components of our business. As such, we strive to conduct our business in a manner that enhances our reputation. This is done, in part, by recruiting, hiring and retaining employees who share our core values of being an integral part of the communities we serve, delivering superior service to our customers and caring about our customers and associates. If our reputation is negatively affected, by the actions of our employees or otherwise, our business and, therefore, our operating results could be materially adversely affected.

Social, political, and economic instability, unrest, and other circumstances beyond our control could adversely affect our business operations.

Our business may be adversely affected by social, political, and economic instability, unrest, or disruption in a geographic region in which we operate, regardless of cause, including legal, regulatory, and policy changes by the current presidential administration in the U.S., protests, demonstrations, strikes, riots, civil disturbance, disobedience, insurrection, or social and other political unrest.

Such events may result in restrictions, curfews, or other actions and give rise to significant changes in regional and global economic conditions and cycles, which may adversely affect our financial condition and operations. Government actions in an effort to protect people and property, including curfews and restrictions on business operations, may disrupt operations, harm perceptions of personal well-being, and increase the need for additional expenditures on security resources. In addition, action resulting from such social or political unrest may pose significant risks to our personnel, facilities, and operations. The effect and duration of demonstrations, protests, or other factors is uncertain, and we cannot ensure there will not be further political or social unrest in the future or that there will not be other events that could lead to social, political, and economic disruptions. If such events or disruptions persist for a prolonged period of time, our overall business and results of operations may be adversely affected.

Changes in federal policy, including tax policies, and at regulatory agencies occur over time through policy and personnel changes following elections, which lead to changes involving the level of oversight and focus on certain industries and corporate entities. The nature, timing, and economic and political effects of potential changes to the current legal and regulatory frameworks affecting the financial services industry remain highly uncertain.

    Climate change, severe weather, natural disasters, and other external events could significantly impact our business.

    Severe weather events of increasing strength and frequency due to climate change cannot be predicted and may be exacerbated by global climate change, natural disasters, including volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, and other adverse

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external events could have a significant impact on our ability to conduct business or upon third parties who perform operational services for us. In addition, there is continuing uncertainty over demand for oil and gas in part due to consumer demand and regulatory changes from climate change related policies. Such events could affect the stability of our deposit base, impair the ability of borrowers to repay outstanding loans, impair the value of collateral securing loans, cause significant property damage, result in lost revenue, or cause us to incur additional expenses. Although management has established disaster recovery policies and procedures, there can be no assurance of the effectiveness of such policies and procedures, and the occurrence of any such event could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Increasing, complex and evolving regulatory, stakeholder, and other third party expectations on ESG matters could adversely affect our reputation, our access to capital and the market price of our securities.

The Company is subject to a variety of risks arising from ESG matters as governmental and regulatory bodies, investors, customers, employees and other stakeholders and third parties have been increasingly focused on ESG matters. ESG matters include, among other things, climate risk, hiring practices, the diversity of our work force, and racial and social justice issues involving our personnel, customers and third parties with whom we otherwise do business. Risks arising from ESG matters may adversely affect, among other things, our reputation and the market price of our securities.

Further, we may be exposed to negative publicity based on the identity and activities of those to whom we lend and with which we otherwise do business and the public’s view of the approach and performance of our customers and business partners with respect to ESG matters. Any such negative publicity could arise from adverse news coverage in traditional media and could also spread through the use of social media platforms. The Company’s relationships and reputation with its existing and prospective customers and third parties with which we do business could be damaged if we were to become the subject of any such negative publicity. This, in turn, could have an adverse effect on our ability to attract and retain customers and employees and could have a negative impact on the market price for securities.

Investors have begun to consider the steps taken and resources allocated by financial institutions and other commercial organizations to address ESG matters when making investment and operational decisions. Certain investors are beginning to incorporate the business risks of climate change and the adequacy of companies’ responses to the risks posed by climate change and other ESG matters into their investment theses. Additionally, organizations that provide information to investors on corporate governance and related matters have developed ratings processes for evaluating companies on their approach to ESG matters. Unfavorable ratings of the Company may adversely affect investor sentiment towards the Company or the market price of our securities.

Further, as we continue to focus on developing ESG practices, and as investor and other stakeholder expectations, voluntary and regulatory ESG disclosure standards and policies continue to evolve, we have expanded and expect to further expand our public disclosures in these areas. Such disclosures may reflect aspirational goals, targets, and other expectations and assumptions, which are necessarily uncertain and may not be realized. Failure to realize (or timely achieve progress on) such aspirational goals and targets could adversely affect our third party ESG ratings, our reputation or otherwise adversely affect us.

Increased attention to ESG matters also has caused public officials, including certain state attorneys general, treasurers, and legislators, to take various actions to impact the extent to which ESG principles are considered by private investors. For instance, certain states have enacted laws or issued directives designed to penalize financial institutions that the state believes are boycotting certain industries such as the fossil fuel and firearms industries. These developments illustrate that ESG-based investing has become a divisive political issue. Shifts in investing priorities based on ESG principles may result in adverse effects on the market price of our securities to the extent that investors that give significant weight to such principles determine that the Company has not made sufficient progress on ESG matters. Conversely, the market price of our securities may be adversely affected if a government official or agency seeks to limit the Company’s business with a certain government entity or initiates an investigation or enforcement action because of what is perceived to be the Company’s unwarranted focus on ESG matters.

ITEM 1B.            UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

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ITEM 1C.            CYBERSECURITY

Risk Management and Strategy

The Company continuously monitors its information systems to proactively assess, identify, and manage risks from vulnerabilities and assess cybersecurity threats. The Company’s process for identifying and assessing material risks from cybersecurity threats operates alongside the Company’s broader overall risk assessment process. The Company’s Computer Security Incident Response Team immediately investigates system alerts that may indicate the presence of a cybersecurity threat or incident and escalates information regarding the threat or incident as necessary to address it in a timely manner. The Company also maintains a computer security incident response plan with formalized workflows and playbooks. The computer security incident response plan, among other things, provides for inter-departmental coordination and management of cybersecurity threats or incidents to quickly assess the impact, mitigate risks to information systems, and work to resolve vulnerabilities. We periodically conduct simulation exercises involving employees at various levels of the organization. We also periodically engage external partners to conduct annual audits of our systems, test our systems infrastructure, and suggest improvements. Through these channels and others, we work to proactively identify potential vulnerabilities in our information security system. Senior management meets regularly with the Company’s risk-management team and internal and external auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of the Company’s systems, controls, and management processes with respect to cybersecurity risks. The results of key assessments are reported in summary to the Board of Directors periodically.

We also recognize that we are exposed to cybersecurity threats associated with our use of third-party service providers. To minimize the risk and vulnerabilities to our own systems stemming from such use, our Cybersecurity Program Manager and other subject matter experts monitor and identify known cybersecurity threats and incidents at third-party service providers on a regular basis. In addition, we strive to minimize cybersecurity risks when we first select or renew a vendor by including cybersecurity risk as part of our overall vendor evaluation and due diligence process. A vendor management policy is in place, which is approved by the Board of Directors annually. The vendor management policy calls for the evaluation of risk for each vendor based upon an assessment of the degree to which their relationship could expose the Company to risk in relation to the Company’s reliance on the vendor’s promise to perform and to protect customer privacy and based on the vendor’s fiscal strength.

The Company provides mandatory initial and annual training thereafter for personnel regarding security awareness as a means to equip the Company’s personnel with the understanding of how to properly use and protect the computing resources entrusted to them, and to communicate the Company’s information security policies, standards, processes and practices. We also work to educate our customers about the importance and understanding of their role in protecting their identities and the privacy of their information. We consider customer education regarding the use of electronic convenience products to be especially important due to the Bank’s increased exposure to loss related to these products if procedures are not followed.

To our knowledge, cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any previous cybersecurity incidents, have not materially affected the Company, including its business strategy, results of operations or financial condition. With regard to the possible impact of future cybersecurity threats or incidents, see Part I. Item 1A, Risk Factors — Operational, Strategic and Business Risks.

Governance

Management of cybersecurity risk is the responsibility of the full Board of Directors, with additional assistance from the Audit Committee. The Board of Directors also devotes significant time and attention to the oversight of cybersecurity and information security risk and receives an operational risk update that includes a review of cybersecurity and information security risk. As part of its oversight of cybersecurity and informational security risk, on an annual basis, our Board of Directors reviews its Information Security Policy with its appointed Information Security Officer and frequently receives presentations on and discusses cybersecurity and information security risks, industry trends, and best practices from our Chief Information Officer and our Information Security Officer.

At the management level, the Chief Information Officer and Information Security Officer receive regular reports from the Company’s systems department, both historical and real-time, about the Company’s cybersecurity status. The Company has established written policies and procedures to ensure that significant cybersecurity incidents are immediately investigated, addressed through the coordination of various internal departments, and publicly reported (to the extent required by applicable

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law). If management determines a material cybersecurity incident has occurred, the Company’s policies require management to promptly inform the Audit Committee with follow-up information to the full Board of Directors.

Under the direction of the Chief Information Officer, the Information Security Officer is responsible for cybersecurity and business continuity, which includes security architecture, security operations, incident response, IT risk and compliance, and security awareness and training. The Information Security Officer has over 40 years of security & risk management experience among other disciplines. The Cybersecurity Program Manager who reports directly to and supports the Information Security Officer in various aspects of cybersecurity and business continuity in the Company is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), The other members of the Company’s information security organization also have extensive cybersecurity, business, and technology experience and hold certifications in their area of expertise.

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ITEM 2.            PROPERTIES

    The following sets forth information about our Community Banking branch locations:

Locations	Type	Leased/Owned
Midtown Financial Center: Northrim Headquarters 3111 C Street, Anchorage, AK	Traditional	Land partially leased, partially owned, building owned
SouthSide Financial Center 8730 Old Seward Highway, Anchorage, AK	Traditional	Land leased, building owned
Lake Otis Community Branch 2270 East 37th Avenue, Anchorage, AK	Traditional	Land leased, building owned
Huffman Branch 1501 East Huffman Road, Anchorage, AK	In-store	Leased
Jewel Lake Branch 4000 W. Dimond Boulevard, Suite No. 02, Anchorage, AK	Traditional	Leased
Seventh Avenue Branch 517 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK	Traditional	Leased
Eastside Community Branch 7905 Creekside Center Drive, Suite 100, Anchorage, AK	Traditional	Leased
West Anchorage Branch 2709 Spenard Road, Anchorage, AK	Traditional	Owned
Eagle River Branch 12812 Old Glenn Highway, Suite C03, Eagle River, AK	Traditional	Leased
Fairbanks West Community Branch 3637 Airport Way, Suite 110, Fairbanks, AK	Traditional	Leased
Fairbanks Financial Center 360 Merhar Avenue, Fairbanks, AK	Traditional	Owned
Wasilla Financial Center 850 E. USA Circle, Suite A, Wasilla, AK	Traditional	Owned
Soldotna Financial Center 44384 Sterling Highway, Suite 101, Soldotna, AK	Traditional	Leased
Juneau Financial Center 2094 Jordan Avenue, Juneau, AK	Traditional	Leased
Juneau Downtown Branch 301 North Franklin Street, Juneau, AK	Traditional	Leased
Sitka Financial Center 315 Lincoln Street, Suite 206, Sitka, AK	Traditional	Leased
Ketchikan Financial Center 2491 Tongass Avenue, Ketchikan, AK	Traditional	Owned
Nome Financial Center 306 W. 5th Avenue, Suite C, Nome, AK	Traditional	Leased
Kodiak Financial Center 2695 Mill Bay Road, Kodiak, AK	Traditional	Owned
Homer Loan Production Office 601 E. Pioneer Avenue, Suite 209, Homer, AK	Loan Production	Leased

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    The following sets forth information about our Home Mortgage Lending branch locations, operated by RML:

Locations	Leased/Owned
Main Office at Calais 100 Calais Drive, Anchorage, AK	Leased
ReMax/Dynamic Office 3350 Midtown Place, Suite 101, Anchorage, AK	Leased
Fairbanks Office 324 Old Steese Highway, Suite 7, Fairbanks, AK	Leased
Juneau Office 8800 Glacier Highway, #232, Juneau, AK	Leased
Kodiak Office 2695 Mill Bay Road, Kodiak, AK	Leased
Soldotna Office 44384 Sterling Highway, Suite 102, Soldotna, AK	Leased
Wasilla Northrim Branch 850 E USA Circle, Suite B, Wasilla, AK	Leased
Centerpoint Office 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 100, Anchorage, AK	Leased
Glendale Office 17505 N. 79th Avenue, Suite 411, Glendale, AZ	Leased
Meridian Office 2541 E. Gala Street, Suite 200, Meridian, ID	Leased
Portland Office 5933 NE Win Sivers Drive, Suite 205, Office 244, Portland, OR	Leased
Vancouver Office 1706 D Street, Suite A, Vancouver, WA	Leased

ITEM 3.            LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

    The Company from time to time may be involved with disputes, claims and litigation related to the conduct of its banking business. Management does not expect that the resolution of these matters will have a material effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

ITEM 4.            MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

    Not applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5.                MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

    Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Stock Market under the symbol, “NRIM.” At March 8, 2024, the number of shareholders of record of our common stock was 206. As many of our shares of common stock are held of record in "street name" by brokers and other institutions on behalf of shareholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of beneficial holders of our common stock represented by these record holders.

Repurchase of Securities

    The Company repurchased 55,786 shares during the three-month period ended December 31, 2023 at an average price of $44.90 per share.

	Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased	Average Price Paid per Shares (or Unit)	Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of the Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Maximum Number (1) (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
Period	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)
Month No. 1
October 1, 2023 - October 31, 2023	22,000	$40.00	22,000	110,113
Month No. 2
November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023	28,854	$47.42	28,854	81,259
Month No. 3
December 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023	4,932	$52.04	4,932	76,327
Total	55,786	$44.90	55,786	76,327

(1) At December 31, 2023, there were 76,327 shares available for repurchase under the previously announced stock repurchase program. The Company repurchased 208,673 shares in 2023 and 333,724 shares in 2022. On January 26, 2024, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 110,000 shares of common stock. The Company intends to continue to repurchase its stock from time to time depending upon market conditions, but we can make no assurances that we will continue this program.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

    The following table sets forth information regarding securities authorized for issuance under the Company’s equity plans as of December 31, 2023. Additional information regarding the Company’s equity plans is presented in Note 21 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II. Item 8 of this report.

Plan Category	Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights (a)	Weighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options,  Warrants and Rights	Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans (Excluding Securities Reflected in Column (a))
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders1	157,484	$23.29	218,461
Total	157,484	$23.29	218,461
1Consists of the Company's 2023 Stock Incentive Plan, which replaced the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2020 Plan")

    We do not have any equity compensation plans that have not been approved by our shareholders.

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Stock Performance Graph

    The graph shown below depicts the total return to shareholders during the period beginning after December 31, 2018, and ending December 31, 2023. The definition of total return includes appreciation in market value of the stock, as well as the actual cash and stock dividends paid to shareholders. The comparable indices utilized are the Russell 3000 Index, representing approximately 98% of the U.S. equity market, and the S&P U.S. Small Cap Banks Index, comprised of publicly traded banks with a market capitalization between $58 million to $20.5 billion and average of $1.7 billion, which are located in the United States. The graph assumes that the value of the investment in the Company’s common stock and each of the two indices was $100 on December 31, 2018, and that all dividends were reinvested.

	Period Ending
Index	12/31/18	12/31/19	12/31/20	12/31/21	12/31/22	12/31/23
Northrim BanCorp, Inc.	100.00	120.60	111.94	148.29	193.85	213.99
Russell 3000	100.00	131.02	158.39	199.03	160.80	202.54
S&P U.S. SmallCap Banks	100.00	125.46	113.94	158.62	139.85	140.55

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ITEM 6.        [RESERVED]  

ITEM 7.            MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

    We have prepared this Management's Discussion and Analysis as an aid to understanding our financial results. It highlights key information as determined by management but may not contain all of the information that is important to you. It should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in Part II. Item 8 of this report. Discussions of 2021 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2022 and 2021 that are not included in this Form 10-K can be found in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Part II. Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.

    This annual report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  Our actual results may differ materially from those indicated in forward-looking statements.  See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Executive Overview

    Net income decreased 17% to $25.4 million or $4.49 per diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2023, from $30.7 million, or $5.27 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease in net income is primarily the result of a $3.8 million decrease in net income in the Community Banking segment, as well as a $1.6 million decrease in net income in the Home Mortgage Lending segment.

Highlights for the year ended December 31, 2023 are as follows:  

•Net income in the Community Banking segment decreased 12% or $3.8 million, to $27.9 million in 2023 as compared to 2022. This decrease was primarily the result of the following:

◦Loan and deposit growth supported 2023 earnings in the Community Banking segment but were offset by increased other operating expenses in the segment, which increased $6.8 million to $70.7 million in 2023 from $63.9 million in 2022, primarily due to increases in salaries and other personnel expense as the Company continues to expand its branch network into new markets.

◦The provision for credit losses increased in 2023 to a provision of $3.8 million from a provision of $1.8 million in 2022 primarily due to higher loan growth in 2023 compared to 2022.

•Net income in the Home Mortgage Lending segment decreased 178%, or $1.6 million, to a loss of $2.5 million in 2023 from a loss of $897,000 in 2022 driven by a decrease in production volume sold to $376.2 million in 2023 from $585.5 million in 2022 largely due to the significant increase in interest rates in 2023 as well as the fact that the Company retained $146.3 million in mortgage loan originations on its balance sheet in 2023 compared to $34.6 million in 2022.

•The net interest margin increased to 4.14% in 2023 from 3.85% in 2022 mostly due to an increase in average yields on interest earning assets to in 2023 compared to 2022 as a result of higher interest rates. This was only partially offset by an increase in the cost of interest-bearing liabilities.

•Loans increased 19% to $1.79 billion at December 31, 2023 compared to $1.50 billion at December 31, 2022, and deposits increased 4% to $2.49 billion at December 31, 2023 compared to $2.39 billion at December 31, 2022.

•Nonperforming loans, net of government guarantees, decreased to $5.0 million at the end of 2023 compared to $6.4 million at the end of 2022, while total adversely classified loans, net of government guarantees at December 31, 2023 decreased to $7.1 million from $7.6 million at December 31, 2022. The Allowance for Credit Losses ("ACL") totaled 0.97% of total portfolio loans at December 31, 2023, compared to 0.92% at December 31, 2022. The ACL as a percentage of total portfolio loans, net of government guarantees was 1.02% at December 31, 2023 compared to 0.99% at December 31, 2022.

•The aggregate cash dividends paid by the Company in 2023 rose 28% to $13.6 million from $10.6 million paid in 2022. The Company paid cash dividends of $2.40 per share in 2023 and $1.82 per share in 2022.

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•The Company repurchased 208,673 shares of its common stock in 2023 at an average price of $43.34 per share.

•Total shareholders' equity was $234.7 million as of December 31, 2023, up 4% from the preceding quarter, and up 7% from $218.6 million a year ago. Shareholders' equity was positively impacted by the fair value of the available for sales securities portfolio which increased $12.6 million in 2023 and negatively impacted, but to a lesser extent, by the share repurchases totaling $9.0 million. The Company continued to maintain strong regulatory capital ratios with Tier 1 Capital to Risk Adjusted Assets of 11.43% at December 31, 2023.

  Trends in Miscellaneous Financial Data (1)

	Years Ended December 31,
	(In thousands, except per share data and shares outstanding amounts)
	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	Five Year Compound Growth Rate
	(Unaudited)
Net interest income	$103,256	$95,115	$80,827	$70,665	$64,442	$61,208	11	%
Provision (benefit) for credit losses	3,842	1,846	(4,099)	2,432	(1,175)	(500)	NM
Other operating income	26,375	34,077	52,263	63,328	37,346	32,167	(4)	%
Compensation expense, RML acquisition payments	—	—	—	—	468	—	NM
Other operating expense	94,181	88,852	89,196	89,114	76,370	69,800	6	%
Income before provision for income taxes	31,608	38,494	47,993	42,447	26,125	24,075	6	%
Provision for income taxes	6,214	7,753	10,476	9,559	5,434	4,071	9	%
Net income	$25,394	$30,741	$37,517	$32,888	$20,691	$20,004	5	%
Year End Balance Sheet
Assets	$2,807,497	$2,674,318	$2,724,719	$2,121,798	$1,643,996	$1,502,988	13	%
Loans	1,789,497	1,501,785	1,413,886	1,444,050	1,043,371	984,346	13	%
Deposits	2,485,055	2,387,211	2,421,631	1,824,981	1,372,351	1,228,088	15	%
Shareholders' equity	234,718	218,629	237,817	221,575	207,117	205,947	3	%
Common shares outstanding	5,513,459	5,700,728	6,014,813	6,251,004	6,558,809	6,883,216	(4)	%
Average Balance Sheet
Assets	$2,690,347	$2,641,008	$2,432,599	$1,936,047	$1,555,707	$1,493,385	12	%
Earning assets	2,492,240	2,469,383	2,260,778	1,758,839	1,386,557	1,346,449	13	%
Loans	1,643,943	1,415,125	1,478,318	1,339,908	1,010,098	971,548	11	%
Deposits	2,364,245	2,354,881	2,125,080	1,638,216	1,276,407	1,227,272	14	%
Shareholders' equity	227,244	224,773	239,214	211,721	208,602	201,022	2	%
Basic common shares outstanding	5,601,471	5,765,088	6,180,801	6,354,687	6,708,622	6,877,573	(4)	%
Diluted common shares outstanding	5,661,460	5,829,412	6,249,313	6,431,367	6,808,209	6,981,557	(4)	%
Per Common Share Data
Basic earnings	$4.53	$5.33	$6.07	$5.18	$3.08	$2.91	9	%
Diluted earnings	$4.49	$5.27	$6.00	$5.11	$3.04	$2.86	9	%
Book value per share	$42.57	$38.35	$39.54	$35.45	$31.58	$29.92	7	%
Tangible book value per share(2)	$39.68	$35.55	$36.88	$32.88	$29.12	$27.57	8	%
Cash dividends per share	$2.40	$1.82	$1.50	$1.38	$1.26	$1.02	19	%

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	Years Ended December 31,
	(In thousands, except per share data and shares outstanding amounts)
	2023		2022		2021		2020		2019		2018		Five Year Compound Growth Rate
	(Unaudited)
Performance Ratios
Return on average assets	0.94	%	1.16	%	1.54	%	1.70	%	1.33	%	1.34	%	(7)	%
Return on average equity	11.17	%	13.68	%	15.68	%	15.53	%	9.92	%	9.95	%	2	%
Equity/assets	8.36	%	8.18	%	8.73	%	10.44	%	12.60	%	13.70	%	(9)	%
Tangible common equity/tangible assets(3)	7.84	%	7.62	%	8.19	%	9.76	%	11.73	%	12.76	%	(9)	%
Net interest margin	4.14	%	3.85	%	3.58	%	4.02	%	4.65	%	4.55	%	(2)	%
Net interest margin (tax equivalent)(4)	4.21	%	3.89	%	3.60	%	4.05	%	4.70	%	4.60	%	(2)	%
Non-interest income/total revenue	20.35	%	26.38	%	39.27	%	47.26	%	36.69	%	34.45	%	(10)	%
Efficiency ratio (5)	72.64	%	68.76	%	66.99	%	66.47	%	75.43	%	74.68	%	(1)	%
Dividend payout ratio	53.59	%	34.17	%	25.02	%	26.66	%	40.79	%	35.08	%	9	%
Asset Quality
Nonperforming loans, net of government guarantees	$5,002		$6,430		$10,672		$10,048		$13,951		$14,694		(19)	%
Nonperforming assets, net of government guarantees	5,810		6,430		15,031		16,289		19,946		22,619		(24)	%
Nonperforming loans, net of government guarantees/portfolio loans	0.28	%	0.43	%	0.75	%	0.70	%	1.34	%	1.49	%	(28)	%
Net charge-offs (recoveries)/average loans	—	%	(0.08)	%	0.07	%	0.03	%	(0.07)	%	0.15	%	(100)	%
Allowance for credit losses/portfolio loans	0.97	%	0.92	%	0.83	%	1.46	%	1.83	%	1.98	%	(13)	%
Nonperforming assets, net of government guarantees/assets	0.21	%	0.24	%	0.55	%	0.77	%	1.21	%	1.50	%	(33)	%
Other Data
Effective tax rate (6)	20	%	20	%	22	%	23	%	21	%	17	%	3	%
Number of banking offices(7)	20		19		18		17		16		16		5	%
Number of employees (FTE) (8)	472		469		451		438		431		430		2	%

1 These unaudited schedules provide selected financial information concerning the Company that should be read in conjunction with Part II Item 7. "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" of this report.

2Tangible book value per share is a non-GAAP ratio defined as shareholders’ equity, less intangible assets, divided by common shares outstanding. Management believes that tangible book value is a useful measurement of the value of the Company’s equity because it excludes the effect of intangible assets on the Company’s equity. See reconciliation to book value per share, the most comparable GAAP measurement below.

3Tangible common equity to tangible assets is a non-GAAP ratio that represents total equity less goodwill and intangible assets divided by total assets less goodwill and intangible assets. Management believes this ratio is important as it has received more attention over the past several years from stock analysts and regulators. The most comparable GAAP measure of shareholders' equity to total assets is calculated by dividing total shareholders' equity by total assets. See reconciliation to shareholders' equity to total assets, the most comparable GAAP measurement below.

4Tax-equivalent net interest margin is a non-GAAP performance measurement in which interest income on non-taxable investments and loans is presented on a tax-equivalent basis using a combined federal and state statutory rate of 28.43% in 2018 through 2023.  Management believes that tax-equivalent net interest margin is a useful financial measure because it enables investors to evaluate net interest margin

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excluding tax expense in order to monitor our effectiveness in growing higher interest yielding assets and managing our costs of interest bearing liabilities over time on a fully tax equivalent basis.  See reconciliation to net interest margin, the most comparable GAAP measurement below. 

5In managing our business, we review the efficiency ratio exclusive of intangible asset amortization, which is a non-GAAP performance measurement. Management believes that this is a useful financial measurement because we believe this presentation provides investors with a more accurate picture of our operating efficiency. The efficiency ratio is calculated by dividing other operating expense, exclusive of intangible asset amortization, by the sum of net interest income and other operating income. Other companies may define or calculate this data differently. For additional information see the "Other Operating Expense" section in Part II. Item 7 "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" of this report.  See reconciliation to efficiency ratio, the most comparable GAAP measurement below.

6The Company’s 2017 results included the impact of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed into law on December 22, 2017. The law includes significant changes to the U.S. corporate tax system, including a Federal corporate rate reduction from 35% to 21%.  In 2017, the Company applied the newly enacted corporate federal income tax rate of 21%, reducing the value of the Company's net deferred tax asset, resulting in approximately a $2.7 million increase in tax expense. In 2018, the Company finalized changes related to the reduction in the federal tax rate which resulted in a $470,000 reduction in tax expense.

7Number of banking offices does not include RML locations. 2023 number of banking offices includes 19 full service branches and one loan production office. 2022 number of banking offices includes 18 full service branches and one loan production office. 2021 number of banking offices includes 17 full service branches and one loan production office. 2020 number of banking offices includes 16 full service branches and one loan production office. 2018 number of banking offices includes 15 full service branches and 1 loan production office.

8FTE includes 332, 336, 321, 312, 311, and 320 Community Banking employees at the end of 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. FTE includes 140, 133, 130, 126, 120, and 110 Home Mortgage Lending employees at the end of 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Reconciliation of Selected Non-GAAP Financial Data to GAAP Financial Measures

    These unaudited schedules provide selected financial information concerning the Company that should be read in conjunction with "Part II. Item 7.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" of this report.

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Reconciliation of total shareholders' equity to tangible common shareholders’ equity (Non-GAAP) and total assets to tangible assets:

(In Thousands)	2023		2022		2021		2020		2019		2018
Total shareholders' equity	$234,718		$218,629		$237,817		$221,575		$207,117		$205,947
Total assets	2,807,497		2,674,318		2,724,719		2,121,798		1,643,996		1,502,988
Total shareholders' equity to total assets ratio	8.36	%	8.18	%	8.73	%	10.44	%	12.60	%	13.70	%

(In Thousands)	2023		2022		2021		2020		2019		2018
Total shareholders' equity	$234,718		$218,629		$237,817		$221,575		$207,117		$205,947
Less: goodwill and other intangible assets, net	15,967		15,984		16,009		16,046		16,094		16,154
Tangible common shareholders' equity	$218,751		$202,645		$221,808		$205,529		$191,023		$189,793
Total assets	$2,807,497		$2,674,318		$2,724,719		$2,121,798		$1,643,996		$1,502,988
Less: goodwill and other intangible assets, net	15,967		15,984		16,009		16,046		16,094		16,154
Tangible assets	$2,791,530		$2,658,334		$2,708,710		$2,105,752		$1,627,902		$1,486,834
Tangible common equity to tangible assets ratio	7.84	%	7.62	%	8.19	%	9.76	%	11.73	%	12.76	%

Reconciliation of tangible book value per share (Non-GAAP) to book value per share

(In thousands, except per share data)	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018
Total shareholders' equity	$234,718	$218,629	$237,817	$221,575	$207,117	$205,947
Divided by common shares outstanding	5,513,459	5,700,728	6,014,813	6,251,004	6,558,809	6,883,216
Book value per share	$42.57	$38.35	$39.54	$35.45	$31.58	$29.92

(In thousands, except per share data)	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018
Total shareholders' equity	$234,718	$218,629	$237,817	$221,575	$207,117	$205,947
Less: goodwill and intangible assets, net	15,967	15,984	16,009	16,046	16,094	16,154
Tangible book value	$218,751	$202,645	$221,808	$205,529	$191,023	$189,793
Divided by common shares outstanding	5,513,459	5,700,728	6,014,813	6,251,004	6,558,809	6,883,216
Tangible book value per share	$39.68	$35.55	$36.88	$32.88	$29.12	$27.57

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Reconciliation of tax-equivalent net interest margin (Non-GAAP) to net interest margin

(In Thousands)	2023		2022		2021		2020		2019		2018
Net interest income(9)	$103,256		$95,115		$80,827		$70,665		$64,442		$61,208
Divided by average interest-bearing assets	2,492,240		2,469,383		2,260,778		1,758,839		1,386,557		1,346,449
Net interest margin	4.14	%	3.85	%	3.58	%	4.02	%	4.65	%	4.55	%

(In Thousands)	2023		2022		2021		2020		2019		2018
Net interest income(9)	$103,256		$95,115		$80,827		$70,665		$64,442		$61,208
Plus: reduction in tax expense related to
tax-exempt interest income	1,576		939		489		613		722		726
	$104,832		$96,054		$81,316		$71,278		$65,164		$61,934
Divided by average interest-bearing assets	2,492,240		2,469,383		2,260,778		1,758,839		1,386,557		1,346,449
Tax-equivalent net interest margin	4.21	%	3.89	%	3.60	%	4.05	%	4.70	%	4.60	%

Reconciliation of efficiency ratio exclusive of intangible asset amortization (non-GAAP) to efficiency ratio.

(In Thousands)	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018
Net interest income(9)	$103,256	$95,115	$80,827	$70,665	$64,442	$61,208
Other operating income	26,375	34,077	52,263