Corporate Structure and Nature of Operations; Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Corporate Structure and Nature of Operations; Basis of Presentation

Corporate Structure and Nature of Operations; Basis of Presentation

Corporate Structure and Nature of Operations

Eastern Bankshares, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), is a bank holding company. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Eastern Bank (the “Bank”) and Eastern Insurance Group LLC (“Eastern Insurance Group”), the Company provides a variety of banking services, trust and investment services, and insurance services through its full-service bank branches and insurance offices, located primarily in eastern Massachusetts, southern and coastal New Hampshire and Rhode Island. On September 19, 2023, the Company and the Bank entered into an asset purchase agreement in which Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (“Gallagher”) agreed to purchase substantially all of Eastern Insurance Group’s assets for cash consideration and to assume certain liabilities. On October 31, 2023, the Company completed its sale of its insurance agency business to Gallagher. Refer to Note 19, “Discontinued Operations” and Note 20, “Subsequent Events” for further discussion regarding the sale of the insurance agency business.

The activities of the Company are subject to the regulatory supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”). The activities of the Bank are subject to the regulatory supervision of the Massachusetts Commissioner of Banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Company and the activities of the Bank and its subsidiaries are also subject to various Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island business and banking regulations and, with regard to Eastern Insurance Group, applicable insurance regulations.

Basis of Presentation

The Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) as set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and its Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) as well as the rules and interpretive releases of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the authority of federal securities laws.

The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and entities in which it holds a controlling financial interest through being the primary beneficiary or through holding a majority of the voting interest. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Certain previously reported amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation which included certain loan servicing-related costs which have been reclassified from professional services to loan expense. In addition, as a result of the decision to sell substantially all of the assets and transfer substantially all of the liabilities of Eastern Insurance Group, the Company reclassified certain amounts previously reported including:

•certain assets and liabilities previously reported in the insurance agency business were reclassified to assets and liabilities of discontinued operations, respectively, on the Consolidated Balance Sheets;

•certain components of noninterest income and noninterest expense previously reported in the insurance agency business were reclassified to net income from discontinued operations on the Consolidated Statements of Income; and

•certain operating, investing, and financing cash flows previously reported on their applicable lines within the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows were reclassified to cash flows used in/provided by operating activities of, investment activities of and financing activities of discontinued operations, respectively.

The accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2023, the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income and of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 and Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 are unaudited. The Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2022 was derived from the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements as of that date. The interim Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the annual Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes contained within the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (“2022 Form 10-K”), as filed with the SEC. In the opinion of management, the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the results of operations for the periods presented. The results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023, any other interim periods, or any future year or period.