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BASIS OF PRESENTATION
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
BASIS OF PRESENTATION  
BASIS OF PRESENTATION

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Seneca Financial Corp. (the “Company”) is a federally chartered mid-tier stock holding company and was formed in connection with the conversion of Seneca Federal Savings and Loan Association (the “Bank”) into the mutual holding company form of organization in October 2017, and it is a subsidiary of Seneca Financial MHC (the “Mutual Holding Company”), a federally chartered mutual holding company. The Mutual Holding Company activity is not included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Seneca Savings, formerly known as Seneca Federal Savings and Loan Association, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The same directors and officers, who manage the Bank, also manage the Company and the Mutual Holding Company.

On May 8, 2025, the Board of Directors adopted a Plan of Conversion and Reorganization, pursuant to which the Mutual Holding Company will undertake a “second step” conversion from the mutual holding company structure to the stock holding company structure. In connection with the second step conversion, the Bank is seeking regulatory approval to convert its charter to a national bank that will be renamed “Seneca Savings Bank, National Association.” Upon completion of the conversion and stock offering, the Mutual Holding Company and the Company will cease to exist and Seneca Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation, will become the successor holding company to the Company and will become the stock holding company of the Bank. The conversion will be accomplished by the merger of the Mutual Holding Company with and into the Company, followed by the merger of the Company with and into Seneca Bancorp, Inc. The Mutual Holding Company currently owns approximately 58.1% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. The proposed transaction is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to regulatory approval, approval by the members of the Mutual Holding Company (i.e., depositors and certain borrowers of the Bank), and approval by the stockholders of the Company, including by a separate vote of approval by the Company’s minority stockholders.

Seneca Savings maintains its executive offices and main branch in Baldwinsville, New York, with branches in Liverpool, North Syracuse, Manlius and Bridgeport, New York. The Bank is a community-oriented savings and loan institution whose business primarily consists of accepting deposits from customers within its market area and investing those funds primarily in residential mortgage and commercial loans.