ITEM 1A – RISK FACTORS
The material risks that management believes affect the Company are described below. You should carefully consider the risks, together with all of the information included herein. The risks described below are not the only risks the Company faces. Additional risks not presently known or that the Company believes are immaterial also may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.
Macroeconomic and Credit Risks
A decline in general business and economic conditions and any regulatory responses to such conditions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and growth prospects.
Our business and operations are sensitive to business and economic conditions in the United States generally and the state of Illinois and the St. Louis metropolitan area in particular. If the national, regional and local economies experience worsening economic conditions, our growth and profitability could be harmed. Weak economic conditions are characterized by, among other indicators, elevated levels of unemployment, fluctuations in debt and equity capital markets, increased delinquencies on mortgage, commercial and consumer loans, residential and commercial real estate price declines, and lower home sales and commercial activity. All of these factors are generally detrimental to our business. Our business is significantly affected by monetary and other regulatory policies of the U.S. federal government, its agencies and government-sponsored entities. Changes in any of these policies are influenced by macroeconomic conditions and other factors that are beyond our control, are difficult to predict and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and growth prospects.
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If we do not effectively manage our credit risk, we may experience increased levels of nonperforming loans, charge-offs and delinquencies, which could require increases in our provision for credit losses on loans.
There are risks inherent in making any loan, including risks inherent in dealing with individual borrowers, risks of nonpayment, risks resulting from uncertainties as to the future value of collateral and cash flows available to service debt, and risks resulting from changes in economic and market conditions. We cannot guarantee that our credit underwriting and monitoring procedures will reduce these credit risks, and they cannot be expected to completely eliminate our credit risks. If the overall economic climate in the United States generally, or our market areas specifically, declines, our borrowers may experience difficulties in repaying their loans, and the level of nonperforming loans, charge-offs and delinquencies could rise and require further increases in the provision for credit losses on loans, which would cause our net income, return on equity and capital to decrease. We maintain our allowance for credit losses on loans at a level that management considers adequate to absorb expected credit losses on loans based on an analysis of our portfolio and market environment.
As of December 31, 2025, our allowance for credit losses on loans as a percentage of total loans was 1.59% and as a percentage of total nonperforming loans was 105.71%. Although management believed, as of such date, that the allowance for credit losses on loans was adequate to absorb losses on any existing loans that may become uncollectible, we may be required to take additional provisions for credit losses on loans in the future to further supplement the allowance for credit losses on loans, either due to management’s decision to do so or because our banking regulators require us to do so. Our bank regulatory agencies will periodically review our allowance for credit losses on loans and the value attributed to nonaccrual loans or to real estate acquired through foreclosure and may require us to adjust our determination of the value for these items. These adjustments may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
A significant portion of our loan portfolio is secured by real estate, the value and liquidity of which can be negatively affected by economic conditions and environmental issues.
At December 31, 2025, approximately 68.4% of our loan portfolio was comprised of loans with real estate as a primary or secondary component of collateral. As a result, adverse developments affecting real estate values in our market areas could increase the credit risk associated with our real estate loan portfolio. The market value of real estate can fluctuate significantly in a short period of time as a result of interest rate levels and by market conditions in the area in which the real estate is located. Adverse changes affecting real estate values and the liquidity of real estate in one or more of our markets could increase the credit risk associated with our loan portfolio, significantly impair the value of property pledged as collateral on loans and affect our ability to sell the collateral upon foreclosure without a loss or additional losses, which could result in losses that would adversely affect profitability. Such declines and losses could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and growth prospects.
In addition, if hazardous or toxic substances are found on properties pledged as collateral, the value of the real estate could be impaired. If we foreclose on and take title to such properties, we may be liable for remediation costs, as well as for personal injury and property damage. Environmental laws may require us to incur substantial expenses to address unknown liabilities and may materially reduce the affected property’s value or limit our ability to use or sell the affected property.
We may not be able to continue growing our business, particularly if we cannot increase loans through organic loan growth.
While we intend to continue to grow our business through organic loan growth, certain of our market areas are comprised of mature, rural communities with limited population growth, which presents a challenging market for loan origination. Our growth will also depend upon our ability to attract deposits and to identify favorable loan and investment opportunities and on whether we can continue to fund growth while maintaining cost controls and asset quality, as well on other factors beyond our control, such as national, regional and local economic conditions and interest rate trends.
Many of our loans are to commercial borrowers, which have a higher degree of risk than other types of loans.
Commercial loans represented 87.5% of our total loan portfolio at December 31, 2025. Commercial loans are often larger and involve greater risks than other types of lending. Because payments on such loans often depend on the successful operation or development of the property or business involved, repayment of such loans is often more sensitive than other types of loans to adverse conditions in the real estate market or the general business climate and economy. Accordingly, a downturn in the real estate market and a challenging business and economic environment may increase our risk related to commercial loans, particularly commercial real estate loans. Unlike residential mortgage loans, which generally are made on the basis of the borrower's ability to make repayment from their employment and other income and which are secured by real property, the value of which tends to be more easily ascertainable, commercial loans typically are made on the basis of the borrower's ability to make repayment from the cash flow of the commercial venture. Our operating commercial loans are primarily made based on the identified cash flow of the borrower and secondarily on the collateral underlying the loans. Most often, this collateral consists of accounts receivable, inventory and equipment. Inventory and equipment may depreciate over time, may be difficult
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to appraise and may fluctuate in value based on the success of the business. If the cash flow from business operations is reduced, the borrower’s ability to repay the loan may be impaired. Due to the larger average size of each commercial loan as compared with other loans such as residential loans, as well as collateral that is generally less readily-marketable, losses incurred on even a small number of commercial loans could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
The small to midsized businesses that we lend to may have fewer resources to weather adverse business developments, which may impair a borrower’s ability to repay a loan, and such impairment could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
We target our business development and marketing strategy primarily to serve the banking and financial services needs of small to midsized businesses. These businesses generally have fewer financial resources in terms of capital or borrowing capacity than larger entities, frequently have smaller market shares than their competition, may be more vulnerable to economic downturns, often need substantial additional capital to expand or compete and may experience substantial volatility in operating results, any of which may impair a borrower’s ability to repay a loan. In addition, the success of a small or midsized business often depends on the management talents and efforts of one or two people or a small group of people, and the death, disability or resignation of one or more of these people could have a material adverse impact on the business and its ability to repay its loan. If general economic conditions negatively impact the markets in which we operate and small to midsized businesses are adversely affected or our borrowers are otherwise affected by adverse business developments, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.
In addition, we have provided an aggregate of $162.3 million of financing to the two third-party buyers that purchased participation interests in consumer loans that were originated through GreenSky's consumer loan origination platform. The ability of each of these buyers to repay the obligations to us will depend significantly on the performance of the consumer loans.
Real estate construction loans are based upon estimates of costs and values associated with the complete project. These estimates may be inaccurate, and we may be exposed to significant losses on loans for these projects.
Real estate construction loans comprised approximately 6.6% of our total loan portfolio as of December 31, 2025, and such lending involves additional risks because funds are advanced upon the security of the project, which is of uncertain value prior to its completion, and costs may exceed realizable values in declining real estate markets. Because of the uncertainties inherent in estimating construction costs and the realizable market value of the completed project and the effects of governmental regulation of real property, it is relatively difficult to evaluate accurately the total funds required to complete a project and the related loan-to-value ratio. As a result, construction loans often involve the disbursement of substantial funds with repayment dependent, in part, on the success of the ultimate project and the ability of the borrower to sell or lease the property, rather than the ability of the borrower or guarantor to repay principal and interest. If our appraisal of the value of the completed project proves to be overstated or market values or rental rates decline, we may have inadequate security for the repayment of the loan upon completion of construction of the project. If we are forced to foreclose on a project prior to or at completion due to a default, we may not be able to recover all of the unpaid balance of, and accrued interest on, the loan as well as related foreclosure and holding costs. In addition, we may be required to fund additional amounts to complete the project and may have to hold the property for an unspecified period of time while we attempt to dispose of it.
Real estate market volatility and future changes in our disposition strategies could result in net proceeds that differ significantly from our other real estate owned fair value appraisals.
As of December 31, 2025, we had $0.6 million of other real estate owned. Our other real estate owned portfolio consists of properties that we obtained through foreclosure or through an in-substance foreclosure in satisfaction of loans. Properties in our other real estate owned portfolio are recorded at the lower of the recorded investment in the loans for which the properties previously served as collateral or the “fair value,” which represents the estimated sales price of the properties on the date acquired less estimated selling costs.
In response to market conditions and other economic factors, we may utilize alternative sale strategies other than orderly disposition, such as immediate liquidation sales. In this event, as a result of the significant judgments required in estimating fair value and the variables involved in different methods of disposition, the net proceeds realized from such sales transactions could differ significantly from appraisals, comparable sales and other estimates used to determine the fair value of our other real estate owned properties, potentially resulting in additional losses.
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Nonperforming assets take significant time to resolve and adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition, and could result in further losses in the future.
Our nonperforming assets adversely affect our net income in various ways. We do not record interest income on nonaccrual loans or other real estate owned, thereby adversely affecting our net income and returns on assets and equity, increasing our loan administration costs and adversely affecting our efficiency ratio. When we take collateral in foreclosure and similar proceedings, we are required to mark the collateral to its then-fair market value, which may result in a loss. These nonperforming loans and other real estate owned also increase our risk profile and the level of capital our regulators believe is appropriate for us to maintain in light of such risks. The resolution of nonperforming assets requires significant time commitments from management and can be detrimental to the performance of their other responsibilities.
Operational, Strategic and Reputational Risks
The occurrence of fraudulent activity, breaches or failures of our information security controls or cybersecurity-related incidents could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.
As a bank, we are susceptible to fraudulent activity, information security breaches and cybersecurity-related incidents that may be committed against us or our clients, which may result in financial losses or increased costs to us or our clients, disclosure or misuse of our information or our client information, misappropriation of assets, privacy breaches against our clients, litigation or damage to our reputation. Such fraudulent activity may take many forms, including check fraud, electronic fraud, wire fraud, phishing, social engineering and other dishonest acts. Information security breaches and cybersecurity-related incidents may include fraudulent or unauthorized access to systems used by us or our clients, denial or degradation of service attacks and malware or other cyber-attacks. See Item 1C - "Cybersecurity" appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.
In recent periods, there continues to be a rise in electronic fraudulent activity, security breaches and cyber-attacks within the financial services industry, especially in the commercial banking sector due to cyber criminals targeting commercial bank accounts. Moreover, in recent periods, several large corporations, including financial institutions and retail companies, have suffered major data breaches, in some cases exposing not only confidential and proprietary corporate information, but also sensitive financial and other personal information of their customers and employees and subjecting them to potential fraudulent activity. Some of our clients may have been affected by these breaches, which could increase their risks of identity theft and other fraudulent activity that could involve their accounts with us.
Information pertaining to us and our clients is maintained, and transactions are executed, on networks and systems maintained by us and certain third party partners, such as our online banking, mobile banking or accounting systems. The secure maintenance and transmission of confidential information, as well as execution of transactions over these systems, are essential to protect us and our clients against fraud and security breaches and to maintain the confidence of our clients. Breaches of information security also may occur through intentional or unintentional acts by those having access to our systems or the confidential information of our clients, including employees. In addition, increases in criminal activity levels and sophistication, advances in computer capabilities, new discoveries, vulnerabilities in third party technologies (including browsers and operating systems) or other developments could result in a compromise or breach of the technology, processes and controls that we use to prevent fraudulent transactions and to protect data about us, our clients and underlying transactions, as well as the technology used by our clients to access our systems. Our third party partners’ inability to anticipate, or failure to adequately mitigate, breaches of security could result in a number of negative events, including losses to us or our clients, loss of business or clients, damage to our reputation, the incurrence of additional expenses, disruption to our business, additional regulatory scrutiny or penalties or our exposure to civil litigation and possible financial liability, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.
We depend on information technology and telecommunications systems of third parties, and any systems failures, interruptions or data breaches involving these systems could adversely affect our operations and financial condition.
Our business is highly dependent on the successful and uninterrupted functioning of our information technology and telecommunications systems, third party servicers, accounting systems, mobile and online banking platforms and financial intermediaries. We outsource to third parties many of our major systems, such as data processing and mobile and online banking. The failure of these systems, or the termination of a third party software license or service agreement on which any of these systems is based, could interrupt our operations. Because our information technology and telecommunications systems interface with and depend on third party systems, we could experience service denials if demand for such services exceeds capacity or such third party systems fail or experience interruptions. A system failure or service denial could result in a deterioration of our ability to process loans, gather deposits or provide customer service, compromise our ability to operate effectively, result in potential noncompliance with applicable laws or regulations, damage our reputation, result in a loss of
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customer business or subject us to regulatory action and possible financial liability, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects. In addition, failures of third parties to comply with applicable laws and regulations, or fraud or misconduct on the part of employees of any of these third parties, could disrupt our operations or adversely affect our reputation.
It may be difficult for us to replace some of our third party vendors, particularly vendors providing our core banking and information services, in a timely manner if they are unwilling or unable to provide us with these services in the future for any reason, and even if we are able to replace them, it may be at higher cost or result in the loss of customers. Any such events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.
Our operations rely heavily on the secure processing, storage and transmission of information and the monitoring of a large number of transactions on a minute-by-minute basis, and even a short interruption in service could have significant consequences. We also interact with and rely on retailers, for whom we process transactions, as well as financial counterparties and regulators. Each of these third parties may be targets of the same types of fraudulent activity, computer break-ins and other cyber security breaches described above, and the cyber security measures that they maintain to mitigate the risk of such activity may be different than our own and may be inadequate.
As a result of financial entities and technology systems becoming more interdependent and complex, a cyber incident, information breach or loss, or technology failure that compromises the systems or data of one or more financial entities could have a material impact on counterparties or other market participants, including ourselves. As a result of the foregoing, our ability to conduct business may be adversely affected by any significant disruptions to us or to third parties with whom we interact.
We are subject to certain operational risks, including, but not limited to, customer or employee fraud and data processing system failures and errors.
Employee errors and employee and customer misconduct could subject us to financial losses or regulatory sanctions and seriously harm our reputation. Misconduct by our employees could include hiding unauthorized activities from us, improper or unauthorized activities on behalf of our customers or improper use of confidential information. It is not always possible to prevent employee errors and misconduct, and the precautions we take to prevent and detect this activity may not be effective in all cases. Employee errors could also subject us to financial claims for negligence.
We maintain a system of internal controls and insurance coverage to mitigate against operational risks, including data processing system failures and errors and customer or employee fraud. However, it is possible that these protections may not be sufficient to eliminate the significant and growing risks in this area, including risks relating to the use of artificial intelligence in fraud schemes. If our internal controls fail to prevent or detect an occurrence, or if any resulting loss is not insured or exceeds applicable insurance limits, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Any acquisitions we may engage in could expose us to financial, execution and operational risks that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and growth prospects.
Any acquisition transactions we engage in could require us to use a substantial amount of cash, or other liquid assets and/or incur debt. There are risks associated with acquisitions, including the following:
•We may incur time and expense associated with evaluating potential acquisitions and negotiating potential transactions, resulting in management’s attention being diverted from the operation of our existing business.
•We could be exposed to potential asset and credit quality risks and unknown or contingent liabilities of the banks or businesses we acquire. If these issues or liabilities were to exceed our estimates, our earnings, capital and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.
•The acquisition of other entities generally requires integration of systems, procedures and personnel of the acquired entity. This integration process is complicated and time consuming and can also be disruptive to the customers and employees of the acquired business and our business. If the integration process is not conducted successfully, we may not realize the anticipated economic benefits of acquisitions within the expected time frame, or ever, and we may lose customers or employees of the acquired business. We may also experience greater than anticipated customer losses even if the integration process is successful.
•To finance an acquisition, we may borrow funds or pursue other forms of financing, such as issuing voting and/or non-voting common stock or preferred stock, which may have high dividend rights or may be highly dilutive to holders of our common stock, thereby increasing our leverage and diminishing our liquidity.
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•We may be unsuccessful in realizing the anticipated benefits from acquisitions. For example, we may not be successful in realizing anticipated cost savings. We also may not be successful in preventing disruptions in service to existing customer relationships of the acquired institution, which could lead to a loss in revenues.
In addition to the foregoing, we may face additional risks in acquisitions to the extent we acquire new lines of business or new products, or enter new geographic areas, in which we have little or no current experience, especially if we lose key employees of the acquired operations. If we choose to engage in an acquisition transaction, we cannot assure you that we will be successful in overcoming these risks or any other problems encountered in connection with acquisitions. Our inability to overcome risks associated with acquisitions could have an adverse effect on our ability to grow our business and profitability.
We are highly dependent on our management team, and the loss of our senior executive officers or other key employees could harm our ability to implement our strategic plan, impair our relationships with customers and adversely affect our business, results of operations and growth prospects.
Our success is dependent, to a large degree, upon the continued service and skills of our current executive management team, particularly Mr. Jeffrey G. Ludwig, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Eric T. Lemke, our Chief Financial Officer.
Our business and growth strategies are built primarily upon our ability to retain employees with experience and business relationships within their respective market areas. The loss of any of our key personnel could have an adverse impact on our business and growth because of their skills, years of industry experience, knowledge of our market areas and the difficulty of finding qualified replacement personnel, particularly in light of the fact that we are not headquartered in a major metropolitan area. In addition, although we have non-competition agreements with each of our executive officers and with several others of our senior personnel, we do not have any such agreements with other employees who are important to our business, and in any event the enforceability of non-competition agreements varies across the states in which we do business. While our mortgage originators, loan officers and wealth management professionals are generally subject to non-solicitation provisions as part of their employment, our ability to enforce such agreements may not fully mitigate the injury to our business from the breach of such agreements, as such employees could leave us and immediately begin soliciting our customers. The departure of any of our personnel who are not subject to enforceable non-competition agreements could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and growth prospects.
We may be liable to purchasers of mortgage loans and mortgage servicing rights, including as a result of any breach of representations and warranties we make to the purchasers.
When we sell or securitize mortgage loans in the ordinary course of business, we are required to make certain representations and warranties to the purchaser about the mortgage loans and the manner in which they were originated. Under these agreements, we may be required to repurchase mortgage loans if we have breached any of these representations or warranties, in which case we may record a loss. In addition, if repurchase and indemnity demands increase on loans that we sell from our portfolios, our liquidity, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected. In addition, we have sold mortgage servicing rights to third parties pursuant to customary purchase agreements, under which we could be required to indemnify the purchasers for losses resulting from pre-closing servicing errors or breaches of our representations and warranties, which could affect our results of operations.
Our ability to maintain our reputation is critical to the success of our business, and the failure to do so may materially adversely affect our business and the value of our stock.
We are a community bank, and our reputation is one of the most valuable components of our business. Similarly, each of our subsidiaries operate in niche markets where reputation is critically important. 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 and the value of our stock may be materially adversely affected.
We have a continuing need for technological change, and we may not have the resources to effectively implement new technology or we may experience operational challenges when implementing new technology.
The financial services industry is undergoing rapid technological changes with frequent introductions of new technology-driven products and services, such as those using artificial intelligence. In addition to better serving customers, the effective use of technology increases efficiency and enables financial institutions to reduce costs. Our future success will depend in part upon our ability to address the needs of our customers by using technology to provide products and services that will satisfy customer demands for convenience as well as to create additional efficiencies in our operations as we continue to
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grow and expand our market area. We may experience operational challenges as we implement these new technology enhancements, or seek to implement them across all of our offices and business units, which could result in us not fully realizing the anticipated benefits from such new technology or require us to incur significant costs to remedy any such challenges in a timely manner.
Many of our larger competitors have substantially greater resources to invest in technological improvements. As a result, they may be able to offer additional or superior products to those that we will be able to offer, which would put us at a competitive disadvantage. Accordingly, a risk exists that we will not be able to effectively implement new technology-driven products and services or be successful in marketing such products and services to our customers.
We face strong competition from financial services companies and other companies that offer banking, mortgage, leasing, and wealth management services, which could harm our business.
Our operations consist of offering banking and mortgage services, and we also offer trust and wealth management, and other services to generate noninterest income. Many of our competitors offer the same, or a wider variety of, banking and related financial services within our market areas. These competitors include national banks, regional banks and other community banks. We also face competition from many other types of financial institutions, including savings and loan institutions, finance companies, private credit funds, brokerage firms, insurance companies, credit unions, mortgage banks and other financial intermediaries. In addition, a number of out-of-state financial intermediaries have opened production offices or otherwise solicit deposits in our market areas. Additionally, we face growing competition from so-called “online businesses” with few or no physical locations, including online banks, lenders and consumer and commercial lending platforms, and FinTech companies, as well as automated retirement and investment service providers. Increased competition in our markets may result in reduced loans, deposits, and commissions and brokers’ fees, as well as reduced net interest margin and profitability. Ultimately, we may not be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors. If we are unable to attract and retain banking, mortgage, and wealth management customers, we may be unable to continue to grow our business and our financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.
Consumers and businesses are increasingly using non-banks to complete their financial transactions, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.
Technology and other changes are allowing consumers and businesses to complete financial transactions that historically have involved banks through alternative methods. For example, the wide acceptance of internet-based commerce has resulted in a number of alternative payment processing systems and lending platforms in which banks play only minor roles. Customers can now maintain funds in prepaid debit cards or digital currencies, and pay bills and transfer funds directly without the direct assistance of banks. The diminishing role of banks as financial intermediaries has resulted and could continue to result in the loss of fee income, as well as the loss of customer deposits and the related income generated from those deposits. The loss of these revenue streams and the potential loss of lower cost deposits as a source of funds could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The development of our BaaS platform may expose us to liability for compliance violations by BaaS partners or fall short of its targeted impact on our financial performance.
Beginning in 2022, we invested in the development of a BaaS platform that will enable us to enter into partnerships with financial technology companies through which we will provide banking services to the customers of these companies. We believe that these partnerships will contribute to loan production, deposit gathering, and fee income generation in future years. We intend to be very selective in our approach to developing BaaS partnerships to ensure that any partners that are added meet our high standards for risk management. However, we are subject to compliance and regulatory risk if partners do not follow our servicing policies, lending laws, and regulations. Our bank regulators may hold us responsible for the activities of our BaaS partners with respect to the marketing or administration of their programs, which may result in increased compliance costs for us or potentially compliance violations as a result of BaaS partner activities. In addition, we may not find enough suitable partnerships for the BaaS platform to have a meaningful impact on our overall financial performance.
Legal, Accounting and Compliance Risks
If we fail to design, implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting or fail to remediate any future material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, we may be unable to report our financial results accurately.
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. As disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
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year ended December 31, 2024, management previously identified certain material weaknesses in our internal control over the risk assessment process for identifying whether third-party loan origination and servicing contracts present unique accounting considerations that should be further evaluated and the financial reporting related to our accounting and financial reporting of third-party lending and servicing arrangements. As a result of these material weaknesses, our independent registered public accounting firm concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. In addition, we restated our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023, and for the year ended December 31, 2022, as well as the interim quarterly periods in 2024 and 2023.
In response to the identified material weaknesses, we, under the oversight of the Audit Committee, implemented a remediation plan that included a more formal risk assessment process, enhanced internal control training, the evaluation and enhancement of control implementation policies and procedures and other remediation efforts. As a result, we have concluded the material weaknesses previously identified have been resolved at December 31, 2025. However, we cannot provide assurance that we will not identify additional material weaknesses in the future. Any failure to implement and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting could adversely impact our ability to report our financial position and results from operations on a timely and accurate basis, and could result in further restatements of financial results.
We may incur impairment charges to the goodwill that we recorded in connection with prior business acquisitions, which would negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Goodwill represents the amount by which the cost of an acquisition exceeded the fair value of net assets we acquired in connection with the purchase. We review goodwill for impairment at least annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the asset might be impaired. We determine impairment by comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment charge is recognized in an amount equal to that excess. Any such adjustments are reflected in our results of operations in the periods in which they become known.
For example, during the first quarter of 2025, Management determined that a triggering event had occurred at our Banking reporting unit as a result of further deteriorated credit quality coupled with the trends in the Company's stock price. The Company performed a quantitative impairment test on its Banking reporting unit as of March 31, 2025, and engaged a third-party service provider to assist Management with the determination of the fair value. The resulting calculation indicated that the carrying amount exceeded the fair value of the Company's Banking reporting unit. As a result of the assessment, the Company recognized goodwill impairment expense of $154.0 million in the first quarter of 2025. This non-cash impairment expense did not impact our regulatory capital ratios, tangible common equity ratio nor our liquidity position, and will not result in future cash expenditures. There can be no assurance that our future evaluations of our remaining existing goodwill or goodwill we may acquire in the future will not result in additional findings of impairment and related charges, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our risk management framework may not be effective in mitigating risks and/or losses to us.
Our risk management framework is comprised of various processes, systems and strategies, and is designed to manage the types of risk to which we are subject, including, among others, credit, market, liquidity, interest rate and compliance. Our framework also includes financial or other modeling methodologies that involve management assumptions and judgment. Our risk management framework may not be effective under all circumstances or may not adequately mitigate risk or loss to us. If our framework is not effective, we could suffer unexpected losses and our business, financial condition, results of operations or growth prospects could be materially and adversely affected. We may also be subject to potentially adverse regulatory consequences.
We are and may become involved from time to time in suits, legal proceedings, information-gathering requests, investigations and proceedings by governmental and self-regulatory agencies that may lead to adverse consequences.
Many aspects of our business and operations involve the risk of legal liability, and in some cases we or our subsidiaries have been named or threatened to be named as defendants in various lawsuits arising from our business activities. For example, some of the services we provide, such as wealth management services, require us to act as fiduciaries for our customers and others. From time to time, third parties make claims and take legal action against us pertaining to the performance of our fiduciary responsibilities.In addition, companies in our industry are frequently the subject of governmental and self-regulatory agency information-gathering requests, reviews, investigations and proceedings. We believe we face an elevated risk of the foregoing proceedings in connection with the matters leading us to restate our prior years' financial statements and in connection with LendingPoint's 2023 system conversion and any potential effects on certain loans, as discussed in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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The results of such proceedings could lead to significant civil or criminal penalties, including monetary penalties, damages, adverse judgments, settlements, fines, injunctions, restrictions on the way in which we conduct our business, or reputational harm.
Although we establish accruals for legal proceedings when information related to the loss contingencies represented by those matters indicates both that a loss is probable and that the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated, we do not have accruals for all legal proceedings where we face a risk of loss. In addition, due to the inherent subjectivity of the assessments and unpredictability of the outcome of legal proceedings, amounts accrued may not represent the ultimate loss to us from the legal proceedings in question. Accordingly, our ultimate losses may be higher, and possibly significantly so, than the amounts accrued for legal loss contingencies, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
Legislative and regulatory actions taken now or in the future may increase our costs and impact our business, governance structure, financial condition or results of operations.
Compliance with applicable bank regulations by us and our third party vendors has resulted, and may continue to result, in additional operating and compliance costs and restrictions that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects. In addition, new proposals for legislation may continue to be introduced in the U.S. Congress that could further substantially change regulation of the bank and non-bank financial services industries and impose restrictions on the operations and general ability of firms within the industry to conduct business consistent with historical practices. Federal and state regulatory agencies also frequently adopt changes to their regulations or change the manner in which existing regulations are applied. Legislation and regulations may be impacted by the political ideologies of the executive branches of the U.S. government as well as the heads of regulatory and administrative agencies, which may change as a result of elections. Certain aspects of current or proposed regulatory or legislative changes to laws applicable to the financial industry, if enacted or adopted, may impact the profitability of our business activities, require more oversight or change certain of our business practices, including the ability to offer new products, obtain financing, attract deposits, make loans and achieve satisfactory interest spreads and could expose us to additional costs, including increased compliance costs. These changes also may require us to invest significant management attention and resources to make any necessary changes to operations to comply and could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We are subject to stringent capital requirements, and failure to comply with these requirements may impact dividend payments and limit our activities.
As a result of the implementation of the Basel III Rule, we are required to meet minimum capital requirements. The failure to meet applicable regulatory capital requirements of the Basel III Rule could result in one or more of our regulators placing limitations or conditions on our activities, including our growth initiatives, or restricting the commencement of new activities, and could affect customer and investor confidence, our costs of funds and FDIC insurance costs, our ability to pay dividends on our common stock, our ability to make acquisitions, and our business, results of operations and financial conditions, generally. In addition, banking institutions that do not maintain a capital conservation buffer, comprised of Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, of 2.5% above the regulatory minimum capital requirements face constraints on the payment of dividends, stock repurchases and discretionary bonus payments to executive officers based on the amount of the shortfall, unless prior regulatory approval is obtained. Accordingly, if the Bank or the Company fails to maintain the applicable minimum capital ratios and the capital conservation buffer, distributions by the Bank to the Company, or dividends or stock repurchases by the Company, may be prohibited or limited.
Federal and state regulators periodically examine our business, and we may be required to remediate adverse examination findings.
The Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the DFPR periodically examine our business, including our compliance with laws and regulations. If, as a result of an examination, a banking agency were to determine that our financial condition, capital resources, asset quality, earnings prospects, management, liquidity or other aspects of any of our operations had become unsatisfactory, or that we were in violation of any law or regulation, they may take a number of different remedial actions as they deem appropriate. These actions include the power to enjoin “unsafe or unsound” practices, to require affirmative action to correct any conditions resulting from any violation or practice, to issue an administrative order that can be judicially enforced, to direct an increase in our capital, to restrict our growth, to assess civil money penalties, to fine or remove officers and directors and, if it is concluded that such conditions cannot be corrected or there is an imminent risk of loss to depositors, to terminate our deposit insurance and place us into receivership or conservatorship. Any regulatory action against us could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
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We face a risk of noncompliance and enforcement action with the Bank Secrecy Act and other anti-money laundering statutes and regulations.
The Bank Secrecy Act, the USA PATRIOT Act and other laws and regulations require financial institutions, among other duties, to institute and maintain an effective anti-money laundering program and to file reports such as suspicious activity reports and currency transaction reports. We are required to comply with these and other anti-money laundering requirements. The federal banking agencies and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network are authorized to impose significant civil money penalties for violations of those requirements and have engaged in coordinated enforcement efforts against banks and other financial services providers with the U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration and Internal Revenue Service. We are also subject to increased scrutiny of compliance with the rules enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. If our policies, procedures and systems are deemed deficient, including those of our third party vendors, we could be subject to liability, including fines and regulatory actions, which may include restrictions on our ability to pay dividends and the necessity to obtain regulatory approvals to proceed with certain aspects of our business plan, including our acquisition plans.
Failure to maintain and implement adequate programs to combat money laundering and terrorist financing could also have serious reputational consequences for us. Any of these results could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.
We are subject to numerous laws designed to protect consumers, including the Community Reinvestment Act and fair lending laws, and failure to comply with these laws could lead to a wide variety of sanctions.
The CRA, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act and other fair lending laws and regulations prohibit discriminatory lending practices by financial institutions. The U.S. Department of Justice, federal banking agencies, and other federal agencies are responsible for enforcing these laws and regulations. A challenge to an institution’s compliance with fair lending laws and regulations could result in a wide variety of sanctions, including damages and civil money penalties, injunctive relief, restrictions on mergers and acquisitions activity, restrictions on expansion, and restrictions on entering new business lines. Private parties may also challenge an institution’s performance under fair lending laws in private class action litigation. Such actions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.
The Federal Reserve may require us to commit capital resources to support the Bank.
As a matter of policy, the Federal Reserve expects a bank holding company to act as a source of financial and managerial strength to a subsidiary bank and to commit resources to support such subsidiary bank. The Dodd-Frank Act codified the Federal Reserve’s policy on serving as a source of financial strength. Under the “source of strength” doctrine, the Federal Reserve may require a bank holding company to make capital injections into a troubled subsidiary bank and may charge the bank holding company with engaging in unsafe and unsound practices for failure to commit resources to a subsidiary bank. A capital injection may be required at times when the holding company may not have the resources to provide it and therefore may be required to borrow the funds or raise capital. Any loans by a holding company to its subsidiary banks are subordinate in right of payment to deposits and to certain other indebtedness of such subsidiary bank. In the event of a bank holding company’s bankruptcy, the bankruptcy trustee will assume any commitment by the holding company to a federal bank regulatory agency to maintain the capital of a subsidiary bank. Moreover, bankruptcy law provides that claims based on any such commitment will be entitled to a priority of payment over the claims of the institution’s general unsecured creditors, including the holders of its note obligations. Thus, any borrowing that must be done by the Company to make a required capital injection becomes more difficult and expensive and could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The financial services industry, as well as the broader economy, may be subject to new legislation, regulation, and government policy.
The federal government may cause broad economic changes as a result of implementation of policies regarding tariffs, deportations and tax regulations. New appointments to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve could affect monetary policy and interest rates, and changes in fiscal policy could affect broader patterns of trade and economic growth. Future legislation, regulation, and government policy could affect the banking industry as a whole, including our business and results of operations, in ways that are difficult to predict. In addition, our results of operations also could be adversely affected by changes in the way in which existing statutes and regulations are interpreted or applied by courts and government agencies.
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Market and Interest Rate Risks
Monetary policies and regulations of the Federal Reserve could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition to being affected by general economic conditions, our earnings, capital ratios and growth are affected by the policies of the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve reduced the federal funds rate several times since late 2024 based upon improving economic conditions. These recent reductions have resulted in decreases in asset yields and funding costs. Future rate reductions of the Federal Reserve could continue to have positive effects on our business, by increasing loan demand, decreasing our costs of deposits and other sources of funding, improving the value of our securities portfolio, and increasing the earnings of our wealth management business. Lower interest rates can also positively affect our customers’ businesses and financial condition, and the value of collateral securing loans in our portfolio.
Fluctuations in interest rates may reduce net interest income and otherwise negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations.
Shifts in short-term interest rates may reduce net interest income, which is the principal component of our earnings. Net interest income is the difference between the amounts received by us on our interest-earning assets and the interest paid by us on our interest-bearing liabilities. When interest rates rise, the rate of interest we pay on our liabilities, such as deposits, generally rises more quickly than the rate of interest that we receive on our interest-bearing assets, such as loans, which may cause our profits to decrease. The impact on earnings is more adverse when the slope of the yield curve flattens, that is, when short-term interest rates increase more than long-term interest rates or when long-term interest rates decrease more than short-term interest rates.
Interest rate increases often result in larger payment requirements for our borrowers, which increases the potential for default. At the same time, the marketability of the underlying property may be adversely affected by any reduced demand resulting from higher interest rates. In a declining interest rate environment, there may be an increase in prepayments on loans as borrowers refinance their mortgages and other indebtedness at lower rates.
Changes in interest rates also can affect the value of loans, securities and other assets. An increase in interest rates that adversely affects the ability of borrowers to pay the principal or interest on loans, or that adversely affects the value of collateral securing those loans, may lead to an increase in nonperforming assets and a reduction of income recognized, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and cash flows. Further, when we place a loan on nonaccrual status, we reverse any accrued but unpaid interest receivable, which decreases interest income. Subsequently, we continue to have a cost to fund the loan, which is reflected as interest expense, without any interest income to offset the associated funding expense. Thus, an increase in the amount of nonperforming assets would have an adverse impact on net interest income.
If short-term interest rates remain at low levels for a prolonged period, and assuming longer term interest rates fall, we could experience net interest margin compression as our interest earning assets would continue to reprice downward while our interest-bearing liability rates could fail to decline in tandem. This would have a material adverse effect on our net interest income and our results of operations.
We could recognize losses on securities held in our securities portfolio, particularly if interest rates continue to increase or economic and market conditions deteriorate.
Factors beyond our control can significantly influence the fair value of securities in our portfolio and can cause potential adverse changes to the fair value of these securities. For example, fixed-rate securities acquired by us are generally subject to decreases in market value when interest rates rise. Additional factors include, but are not limited to, rating agency downgrades of the securities or our own analysis of the value of the security, defaults by the issuer or individual mortgagors with respect to the underlying securities, and continued instability in the credit markets. Any of the foregoing factors could cause an impairment in future periods and result in realized losses. The process for determining potential impairment requires difficult, subjective judgments about the future financial performance of the issuer and any collateral underlying the security in order to assess the probability of receiving all contractual principal and interest payments on the security. Because of changing economic and market conditions affecting interest rates, the financial condition of issuers of the securities and the performance of the underlying collateral, we may recognize realized and/or unrealized losses in future periods, which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Our mortgage banking revenue has been and could continue to be adversely impacted by an elevated interest rate environment.
Mortgage production, especially refinancing activity, is adversely affected by high or rising interest rate environments. Though the Federal Reserve reduced the federal funds rate several times since late 2024, should interest rates remain elevated, it
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could adversely affect our mortgage production levels. Because we sell a substantial portion of the mortgage loans we originate, the revenue and profitability of our mortgage banking business also depends in large part on our ability to aggregate a high volume of loans and sell them in the secondary market at a gain. Thus, in addition to our dependence on the interest rate environment, we are dependent upon (i) the existence of an active secondary market and (ii) our ability to profitably sell loans or securities into that market. To the extent we are not able to achieve a high level of mortgage production, our revenue and profitability will depend upon our ability to reduce our costs commensurate with the reduction of revenue from our mortgage operations.
Liquidity and Funding Risks
Liquidity risks could affect operations and jeopardize our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Liquidity is essential to our business. An inability to raise funds through deposits, borrowings, the sale of loans and/or investment securities and from other sources could have a substantial negative effect on our liquidity. Our most important source of funds consists of our customer deposits, including escrow deposits held in connection with our commercial mortgage servicing business. Such deposit balances can decrease when customers perceive alternative investments, such as the stock market, as providing a better risk/return tradeoff, or, in connection with our commercial mortgage servicing business, third parties for whom we provide servicing choose to terminate that relationship with us. If customers move money out of bank deposits and into other investments, we could lose a relatively low cost source of funds, which would require us to seek wholesale funding alternatives in order to continue to grow, thereby increasing our funding costs and reducing our net interest income and net income.
Our access to funding sources in amounts adequate to finance or capitalize our activities or on terms that are acceptable to us could be impaired by factors that affect us directly or the financial services industry or economy in general, such as disruptions in the financial markets or negative views and expectations about the prospects for the financial services industry.
Any decline in available funding could adversely impact our ability to continue to implement our strategic plan, including originate loans, invest in securities, meet our expenses, pay dividends to our shareholders or to fulfill obligations such as repaying our borrowings or meeting deposit withdrawal demands, any of which could have a material adverse impact on our liquidity, business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may need to raise additional capital in the future, and if we fail to maintain sufficient capital, whether due to losses, an inability to raise additional capital or otherwise, our financial condition, liquidity and results of operations, as well as our ability to maintain regulatory compliance, would be adversely affected.
We face significant capital and other regulatory requirements as a financial institution. The Company, on a consolidated basis, and the Bank, on a stand-alone basis, must meet certain regulatory capital requirements and maintain sufficient liquidity. Importantly, regulatory capital requirements could increase from current levels, which could require us to raise additional capital or contract our operations. Our ability to raise additional capital depends on conditions in the capital markets, economic conditions and a number of other factors, including investor perceptions regarding the banking industry, market conditions and governmental activities, and on our financial condition and performance. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that we will be able to raise additional capital if needed or on terms acceptable to us. If we fail to maintain capital to meet regulatory requirements, our financial condition, liquidity and results of operations would be materially and adversely affected.
We may be adversely affected by the soundness of other financial institutions.
Our ability to engage in routine funding transactions and the perceived strength of our Bank could be adversely affected by the actions and commercial soundness of other financial institutions. Financial services companies are interrelated as a result of trading, clearing, counterparty, and other relationships. We have exposure to different industries and counterparties, and through transactions with counterparties in the financial services industry, including brokers and dealers, commercial banks, investment banks, and other institutional clients. As a result, defaults by, or even rumors or questions about, one or more financial services companies, or the financial services industry generally, have led to market-wide liquidity problems and deposit volatility, and could lead to losses or defaults by us or by other institutions. These issues could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects. Additionally, if our competitors were extending credit on terms we found to pose excessive risks, or at interest rates which we believed did not warrant the credit exposure, we may not be able to maintain our business volume and could experience deteriorating financial performance.
ITEM 1B –UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
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None.
ITEM 1C –CYBERSECURITY
We rely extensively on various information systems and other electronic resources to operate our business. In addition, nearly all of our customers, service providers and other business partners on whom we depend, including the providers of our online banking, mobile banking and accounting systems, use these systems and their own electronic information systems. Any of these systems can be compromised, including through intentional acts or carelessness by employees, customers and other individuals who are authorized to use them, and by criminals, who often use sophisticated and constantly evolving set of software, tools and strategies to do so. We expect the strength of these threats to continue to increase as criminals incorporate artificial intelligence tools into their strategies. The nature of our business, as a financial services provider, and our relative size, make us and our business partners high-value targets for these bad actors to pursue, and any intrusion into our systems could result in material financial losses and operational problems. See “Operational, Strategic and Reputational Risks.”
Accordingly, we have developed an information security program and devoted resources for assessing, identifying and managing risks associated with cybersecurity threats, including:
•established a dedicated internal cybersecurity team that is responsible for conducting regular assessments of our information systems, existing controls, vulnerabilities and potential improvements;
•implemented continuous monitoring tools and a third-party Security Operations Center that can detect and respond to cybersecurity threats in real-time;
•perform ongoing due diligence with respect to our third-party service providers, including their cybersecurity practices, and requiring contractual commitments from our service providers to take certain measures to mitigate their cybersecurity risk;
•retain third-party cybersecurity consultants who conduct periodic penetration testing, vulnerability assessments and other procedures to identify potential weaknesses in our systems and processes;
•conduct frequent cybersecurity training and testing for our workforce;
•provide our board of directors with regular updates regarding threat levels, including analyses that demonstrate the overall cybersecurity posture and health of the organization;
•engage in periodic assessments of our cyber resilience with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA);
•conduct scheduled reviews of our Incident Response Plan to assess the responsiveness during a cybersecurity event or Ransomware attack; and
•maintain third party vendor management program, which includes requirements for how our partners transmit, store and use Bank information.
This information security program is a key part of our overall risk management system, which is administered by our Chief Risk Officer and Chief Information Security Officer. The program includes administrative, technical and physical safeguards to help ensure the security, integrity and confidentiality of customer records and information, and prohibit unauthorized access to our critical operating systems. These security and privacy policies and procedures are in effect across all of our businesses and geographic locations.
From time-to-time, we have identified cybersecurity threats and cybersecurity incidents, including with respect to our commercial customers and vendors, that require us to make changes to our processes and implement additional safeguards. While none of these identified threats or incidents have materially affected us, it is possible that future threats and incidents could have a material adverse effect on our business strategy, results of operations and financial condition, even if the threat or incident is promptly identified and countermeasures are implemented. Such events could lead to direct financial loss or require the expenditure of significant amounts to obtain the release of critical data and/or restore our operating systems or those of our customers and/or vendors if the incident was the result of a security breach for which we are held legally responsible.
Our management team is responsible for the day-to-day management of risks we face, including our Chief Information Security Officer. Our Chief Information Security Officer has over 20 years of information technology and information security experience, and before joining our Company has held the positions of Chief Technology Officer and Director of IT and Information Security Officer at his prior places of employment.
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In addition, our board of directors, as a whole and through its Risk Policy & Compliance Committee (the “Risk Committee”), is responsible for the oversight of risk management.In that role, our board of directors and Risk Committee, with support from the Company’s cybersecurity advisors, are responsible for ensuring that the risk management processes designed and implemented by management are adequate and functioning as designed. To carry out those duties, both our board of directors and the Risk Committee receive quarterly reports from our management team, including from our Chief Risk Officer and our Chief Information Security Officer regarding cybersecurity risks, and the Company’s efforts to prevent, detect, mitigate and remediate any cybersecurity incidents.
ITEM 2 – PROPERTIES
Our corporate headquarters office building is located at 1201 Network Centre Drive, Effingham, Illinois 62401. We own our corporate headquarters office building, which was built in 2011 and also houses our primary operations center. We have additional operations centers located in St. Louis, Missouri and Rockford, Illinois, supporting our banking and wealth management businesses. At December 31, 2025, the Bank operated a total of 53 full-service banking centers, including 42 located in Illinois and 11 located in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Of these facilities, 43 are owned, and 10 are leased from unaffiliated third parties.
We believe that the leases to which we are subject are generally on terms consistent with prevailing market terms. None of the leases are with our directors, officers, beneficial owners of more than 5% of our voting securities or any affiliates of the foregoing. We believe that our facilities are in good condition and are adequate to meet our operating needs for the foreseeable future.
ITEM 3 – LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
There are no material pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, to which we or any of our subsidiaries is a party or of which any of our property is the subject. However, given the nature, scope and complexity of the extensive legal and regulatory landscape applicable to our business, we, like all banking organizations, are subject to various legal proceedings from time to time, including those referenced in "Note 21 - Commitments, Contingencies and Credit Risk" to our consolidated financial statements.
ITEM 4 – MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
PART II
ITEM 5 –MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Shareholders
As of February 13, 2026, the Company had 987 common stock shareholders of record, and the closing price of the Company’s common stock, traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol MSBI, was $22.97 per share.
Stock Performance Graph
The following graph compares the Company's five year cumulative shareholder returns with the Nasdaq Composite Index and the S&P U.S. Small Cap Banks Index. The graph assumes an investment of $100.00 in the Company's common stock and each index on December 31, 2020 and reinvestment of all quarterly dividends. Measurement points are the last trading day of the second quarter and fourth quarter of each subsequent year through December 31, 2025. There is no assurance that the Company's common stock performance will continue in the future with the same or similar results as shown in the graph.
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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table sets forth information regarding the Company’s repurchase of shares of its outstanding common stock during the fourth quarter of 2025.
(1)Represents shares of the Company’s common stock repurchased under the stock repurchase program and shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of awards of restricted stock.
(2)As previously disclosed, the board of directors of the Company approved a new stock repurchase program on November 3, 2025, pursuant to which the Company is authorized to repurchase up to $25.0 million of its common stock through November 2, 2026. Repurchases under the program may be made from time to time on the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or in any other manner that complies with applicable securities laws, at the discretion of the Company. The timing of purchases and the number of shares repurchased under the program are dependent upon a variety of factors including price, trading volume, corporate and regulatory requirements and market conditions. The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time, and any Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement entered into by the Company may be terminated or amended, in each case without notice.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
None.
ITEM 6 –[RESERVED]
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ITEM 7 –MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto, included in Item 8 - "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data", and other financial data appearing elsewhere in this report. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Certain risks, uncertainties and other factors, including but not limited to those set forth under “Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,” Item 1A – "Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this report, may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements. Readers of our Annual Report on Form 10-K should therefore consider these risks and uncertainties in evaluating forward-looking statements and should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Overview
Midland States Bancorp, Inc. is a diversified financial holding company headquartered in Effingham, Illinois. Its wholly owned banking subsidiary, Midland States Bank, has branches across Illinois and in Missouri, and provides a full range of commercial and consumer banking products and services, merchant credit card services, trust and investment management services and insurance and financial planning services. As of December 31, 2025, we had assets of $6.51 billion, deposits of $5.42 billion and shareholders’ equity of $565.5 million.
Our strategic plan focuses on delivering a superior customer experience through a high-tech, high-touch approach, while remaining committed to core community banking and relationship-driven growth. We continue to enhance our regional franchise approach that serves our core customers with a consistent, high-performance culture rooted in our One Midland values and with a strong foundation in Enterprise Risk Management.
Our principal lines of business include community banking and wealth management. Our community banking business primarily consists of commercial and retail lending and deposit taking. Our wealth management group provides a comprehensive suite of trust and wealth management products and services and had $4.48 billion of assets under administration as of December 31, 2025.
Our principal business activity has been lending to and accepting deposits from individuals, businesses, municipalities and other entities. We have derived income principally from interest charged on loans and leases and, to a lesser extent, from interest and dividends earned on investment securities. We have also derived income from noninterest sources, such as: fees received in connection with various lending and deposit services; wealth management services; residential mortgage loan originations and sales; and, from time to time, gains on sales of assets. Our principal expenses include interest expense on deposits and borrowings, operating expenses, such as salaries and employee benefits, occupancy and equipment expenses, data processing costs, professional fees, provisions for credit losses, income tax expense, and other noninterest expenses.
Factors Affecting Comparability
Each factor listed below affects the comparability of our results of operations and financial condition in 2025 and 2024, and may affect the comparability of financial information we report in future fiscal periods.
Sale of non-core consumer loan portfolios. During the fourth quarter of 2024, we sold our LendingPoint portfolio of $87.1 million, recognizing net charge-offs of $17.3 million on the sale. As of December 31, 2024, we also had committed to a plan to sell our GreenSky consumer loan portfolio and recognized net charge-offs of $35.0 million when these loans were transferred to held for sale. On April 9, 2025, we sold participation interests in $317.5 million of our GreenSky consumer loan portfolio, while retaining the remaining $53.6 million of the portfolio.
Sale of equipment finance portfolio. As a continuation of steps taken to address credit quality issues, including the sales of non-core loan portfolios, we sold substantially all of our equipment finance portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2025 resulting in a loss on sale of $21.4 million. As previously disclosed, we ceased originating new equipment finance loans and leases effective as of September 30, 2025. As a result of that decision, we recognized $1.0 million of severance expense in the third quarter of 2025.
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Goodwill impairment. During the first quarter of 2025, we determined that a triggering event had occurred at our Banking reporting unit as a result of further deteriorated credit quality coupled with trends in our stock price. We performed a quantitative impairment test on our Banking reporting unit as of March 31, 2025, and engaged a third-party service provider to assist Management with the determination of the fair value. The resulting calculation indicated that the carrying amount exceeded the fair value of our Banking reporting unit. As a result of the assessment, we recognized $154.0 million of goodwill impairment expense. The impairment expense did not impact our regulatory capital ratios, tangible common equity ratio or our liquidity position.
Redemption of Subordinated Notes.On September 30, 2025, we redeemed all of our outstanding Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due September 30, 2029, with an interest rate of 7.91%, which had an aggregate principal amount of $50.8 million. The aggregate redemption price was 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the subordinated notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
In 2024, we redeemed $16.0 million of outstanding subordinated notes. The weighted average redemption price was 98.5% of the aggregate principal amount of the subordinated notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest. We recorded net gains totaling $0.2 million on these redemptions.
Results of Operations
Overview. The following table sets forth condensed income statement information of the Company for the years ended 2025, 2024, and 2023:
Years Ended December 31,
Income Statement Data:
Per Share Data:
Basic earnings (loss) per common share $ (6.12) $ 1.32 $ 2.33
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share $ (6.12) $ 1.32 $ 2.33
Performance Metrics:
Return on average assets (1.76) % 0.49 % 0.77 %
Return on average shareholders' equity (20.33) % 4.79 % 7.94 %
During the year ended December 31, 2025, we generated a net loss of $124.3 million, or diluted loss per common share of $6.12, compared to net income of $38.0 million, or diluted earnings per common share of $1.32, in the year ended December 31, 2024. The results in 2025 included a $21.4 million loss on the sale of substantially all of our equipment finance portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2025. Earnings for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to the year ended December 31, 2024 included a $0.5 million increase in net interest income, a $60.5 million decrease in provision for credit losses, a $50.6 million decrease in noninterest income, a $172.1 million increase in noninterest expense (primarily as a result of $154.0 million of goodwill impairment in the first quarter of 2025) and a $0.6 million increase in income tax expense.
Net Interest Income and Margin. Our primary source of revenue is net interest income, which is the difference between interest income from interest-earning assets (primarily loans and securities) and interest expense of funding sources (primarily interest-bearing deposits and borrowings). Net interest income is influenced by many factors, primarily the volume and mix of interest-earning assets, funding sources and interest rate fluctuations. Noninterest-bearing sources of funds, such as
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demand deposits and shareholders’ equity, also support interest-earning assets. Net interest margin is calculated as net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets. Net interest margin is presented on a tax-equivalent basis, which means that tax-free interest income has been adjusted to a pretax-equivalent income, assuming a federal income tax rate of 21% for 2025 and 2024.
At its December 2025 meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points, marking the third such reduction in 2025. Following the rate cut, the borrowing rate was in a range between 3.50%-3.75%.
The FOMC concluded its January 2026 meeting by maintaining the federal funds target range at 3.50%-3.75%. FOMC upgraded its assessment of the economy, noting that activity is expanding at a solid pace, aided by resilient consumer spending and growing business investment. The assessment further reflected the committee's view that, while job gains remain low, the labor market has improved, showing signs of stabilization, though inflation remains elevated. This suggests the Federal Reserve is shifting toward a more patient stance after three consecutive rate cuts in late 2025.
The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) price index, has moderated, aided by cooling services inflation. Partially offsetting that progress, goods inflation has risen, in part due to tariffs. Overall, inflation remains above the 2% target, and the pace of disinflation has slowed.
In 2024, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate three times by a total of 1.00 percentage point, marking the first reductions in four years. These rate cuts lowered the federal funds rate into a range of 4.25% to 4.50%.
In 2025, net interest income, on a tax-equivalent basis, totaled $237.7 million with a tax-equivalent net interest margin of 3.64% compared to net interest income, on a tax-equivalent basis, of $237.2 million and a tax-equivalent net interest margin of 3.35% in 2024.
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Average Balance Sheet, Interest and Yield/Rate Analysis. The following table presents average balance sheet information, interest income, interest expense and the corresponding average yields earned and rates paid for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023. The average balances are principally daily averages and, for loans, include both performing and nonperforming balances. Interest income on loans includes the effects of discount accretion and net deferred loan origination costs accounted for as yield adjustments.
Years Ended December 31,
Interest-earning assets:
Investment securities:
Loans:
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
(1)Interest income and average rates for tax-exempt loans and securities are presented on a tax-equivalent basis, assuming a statutory federal income tax rate of 21%. Tax-equivalent adjustments totaled $0.9 million, $0.8 million and $0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
(2)Average loan balances include nonaccrual loans. Interest income on loans includes amortization of deferred loan fees, net of deferred loan costs.
(3)Net interest margin during the periods presented represents: (i) the difference between interest income on interest-earning assets and the interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities, divided by (ii) average interest-earning assets for the period.
Interest Rates and Operating Interest Differential. Increases and decreases in interest income and interest expense result from changes in average balances (volume) of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, as well as changes in average interest rates. The following table shows the effect that these factors had on the interest earned on our interest-earning assets and the interest incurred on our interest-bearing liabilities. The effect of changes in volume is determined by multiplying
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the change in volume by the previous period’s average rate. Similarly, the effect of rate changes is calculated by multiplying the change in average rate by the previous period’s volume. Changes which are not due solely to volume or rate have been allocated proportionally to the change due to volume and the change due to rate.
Change due to: InterestVariance Change due to: InterestVariance
(tax-equivalent basis, dollars in thousands) Volume Rate Volume Rate
Earning assets:
Federal funds sold and cash investments $ (127) $ (746) $ (873) $ (19) $ 55 $ 36
Investment securities:
Loans:
Interest-bearing liabilities:
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Interest Income. For the year ended December 31, 2025, interest income, on a tax-equivalent basis, decreased $38.2 million to $388.8 million as compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to a decline in earning assets. The yield on earning assets decreased seven basis points to 5.96% from 6.03%.
Average earning assets decreased to $6.53 billion in 2025 from $7.08 billion in 2024. Average loans decreased $891.3 million. This decrease was partially offset by increases in investment securities and loans held for sale of $253.1 million and $89.6 million, respectively.
Average loans decreased $891.3 million in 2025 compared to 2024. Average consumer loans decreased $633.4 million due to the sale of non-core consumer loan portfolios in 2025. During the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company sold substantially all of its equipment finance portfolio. As a result, equipment finance loan and lease average balances decreased $249.7 million to $650.0 million by the end of 2025. Proceeds from the sale of the loan portfolios were used to purchase investment securities and reduce higher-cost funding for the Company.
Average loans held for sale in 2025 primarily reflected the GreenSky consumer loans, which were transferred to held for sale in December 2024. The Company completed the sale of this portfolio in April 2025.
Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased $38.7 million to $151.1 million in 2025 compared to 2024. The cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased to 2.85% compared to 3.31% for the prior year primarily due to decreases in interest rates on deposits. Interest expense on deposits was $124.3 million in 2025 compared to $160.7 million in 2024, as a result of the rate cuts enacted by the Federal Reserve Bank beginning in late 2024.
Average balances of interest-bearing deposit accounts decreased $402.7 million, or 7.79%, to $4.77 billion for 2025 compared to the same period one year earlier. Servicing deposits decreased $433.7 million to $665.3 million due to the loss of a customer in July 2025. In addition, brokered deposits decreased $76.5 million.
Interest expense on FHLB advances and other borrowings decreased $1.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 from the prior year, due to decreases in both average balances and interest rates. The average balances decreased $29.0 million in 2025 compared to 2024, while the average borrowing rates decreased to 4.15% in 2025 compared to 4.32% in 2024.
Interest expense on subordinated debt decreased $0.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, from the prior year, due to a decrease in average balances. The average balance decreased $24.2 million in 2025 compared to 2024, due the redemption of $50.8 million of debt at September 30, 2025 and $16.0 million in 2024.
Provision for Credit Losses.The Company's provision for credit losses on loans totaled $60.5 million and $119.3 million in 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company charged off $29.8 million of the allowance for credit losses related to its equipment finance portfolio in connection with the loan and lease sale during the fourth quarter of 2025. The provision for credit losses in 2025 was driven by the replenishment of reserve balances following higher charge offs and a modest reserve build related to loan growth in the community banking portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2025. The Company recognized charge-offs in its specialty finance and equipment financing units of $25.3 million and $28.8 million, respectively in 2024. These charge-offs, recognized to reduce future credit risk, resulted in the increase in provision expense in 2024. In addition, the Company recognized $0.7 million recapture of credit losses related to unfunded commitments in 2025 compared to provision expense of $1.1 million in 2024.
The provision for credit losses on loans recognized during the year ended December 31, 2025 was made at a level deemed necessary by Management to absorb estimated losses in the loan portfolio. A detailed evaluation of the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses is completed quarterly by Management, the results of which are used to determine provision for credit losses. Management estimates the allowance balance required using past loan loss experience, the nature and volume of the portfolio, information about specific borrower situations and estimated collateral values, economic conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts along with other qualitative and quantitative factors.
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Noninterest Income. The following table sets forth the major components of our noninterest income for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
(dollars in thousands) 2025 2024 2023 Increase (decrease) Increase (decrease)
Noninterest income:
Wealth management revenue. Wealth management revenue increased $2.3 million, or 8.09%, in 2025 as compared to 2024, driven by the growth in assets under management. Assets under administration increased 7.85% to $4.48 billion at December 31, 2025 from $4.15 billion at December 31, 2024.
Credit enhancement income. Prior to 2025, the Company was party to three third-party loan origination programs. As part of these programs, the third-party providers offered various credit enhancements with respect to loans originated under the programs, including contributions to reserve accounts, yield maintenance and certain other payments. In 2025, the Company operated only one such program due to the previous sales of the LendingPoint and GreenSky portfolios. Effective December 31, 2025, the Company modified its third-party lending and servicing arrangements with its sole partner. The new agreements provide a credit enhancement by the partner which protects the Company by indemnifying or reimbursing incurred losses. We estimate and record a provision for expected losses and a corresponding credit enhancement asset on the balance sheet through credit enhancement income.
Credit enhancement income declined $51.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to the same period of 2024 as a result of loan payoffs and a cessation in loans originated through the LendingPoint and GreenSky programs. The Company recognized $6.6 million of additional credit enhancement income during the fourth quarter of 2025, resulting from the contractual changes with its sole partner referenced above.
Other noninterest income.Other income decreased $3.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024. The Company recognized incremental servicing revenues related to the GreenSky portfolio of $0.3 million in the 2025 compared to $3.7 million in 2024.
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Noninterest Expense. The following table sets forth the major components of noninterest expense for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
(dollars in thousands) 2025 2024 2023 Increase (decrease) Increase (decrease)
Noninterest expense:
Salaries and employee benefits. Salaries and employee benefits expense increased $10.8 million in 2025 as compared to 2024, primarily due to increases of $3.2 million in severance expense, and $4.8 million in variable compensation expense, including commissions and annual bonuses. The Company employed 861 employees at December 31, 2025 compared to 896 employees at December 31, 2024.
FDIC insurance expense. The Company recognized $1.7 million in additional FDIC assessments in 2025 related to prior years’ amended call reports due to the restatements of prior years’ financial statements.
Professional services expense. The increase in professional services expense for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to 2024, was primarily the result of increased audit and consulting fees related to restatements of prior years' financial statements and the evaluation of the accounting and reporting of the Company's third-party lending and servicing programs.
Marketing expense. The increase in marketing expense for the year ended December 31, 2025, as compared to 2024, was primarily the result of increased brand marketing and program expenses related to deposit account acquisition.
Loan servicing fees. Loan servicing fees expense representsservicing fees paid to third parties associated with our third party lending programs. The decline in servicing fees was a result of loan payoffs and a cessation in loans originated through the GreenSky and LendingPoint programs.
Impairment on goodwill. As mentioned previously, the Company recognized $154.0 million of goodwill impairment expense during the first quarter of 2025 in its Banking reporting unit.
Other real estate owned.The Company recorded impairment expense of $4.9 million in 2024 related to a single assisted living facility. This asset was sold in 2025.
Loss on sale of loan portfolios.The Company recognized losses of $23.1 million on the sale of loan portfolios, including $21.4 million related to the sale of substantially all of its equipment finance portfolio.
Impairment on leased assets and surrendered assets. Impairment on leased assets and surrendered assets totaled $7.9 million in 2024, primarily related to assets associated with the trucking industry.
Other expense. The Company recognized $3.1 million in expenses related to various legal actions in 2024.
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Income Tax Expense. The Company recognized income tax expense of $9.4 million in 2025 compared to $8.9 million in 2024. Effective tax rates for 2025 and 2024 were 24.1% and 18.9%, respectively. The effective tax rate calculation for the year ended December 31, 2025, excludes the goodwill impairment charge of $154.0 million, as this item is not deductible for tax purposes.
Financial Condition
Assets. Total assets were $6.51 billion at December 31, 2025, as compared to $7.51 billion at December 31, 2024.
Loans. The loan portfolio is the largest category of our assets. The principal segments of our loan portfolio are discussed below:
Commercial loans. We provide a mix of variable and fixed rate commercial loans. The loans are typically made to small and medium-sized manufacturing, wholesale, retail and service businesses for working capital needs, business expansions and farm operations. Commercial loans generally include lines of credit and loans with maturities of five years or less. The loans are generally made with business operations as the primary source of repayment, but may also include collateralization by inventory, accounts receivable and equipment, and generally include personal guarantees. The commercial loan category also includes loans originated by the equipment financing business that are secured by the underlying equipment, of which we sold substantially all of our equipment finance portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2025.
Commercial real estate loans. Our commercial real estate loans consist of both real estate occupied by the borrower for ongoing operations and non-owner occupied real estate properties. The real estate securing our existing commercial real estate loans includes a wide variety of property types, such as owner occupied offices, warehouses and production facilities, office buildings, hotels, mixed-use residential and commercial facilities, retail centers, multifamily properties, skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Our commercial real estate loan portfolio also includes farmland loans. Farmland loans are generally made to a borrower actively involved in farming rather than to passive investors.
Construction and land development loans. Our construction and land development loans are comprised of residential construction, commercial construction and land acquisition and development loans. Interest reserves are generally established on real estate construction loans.
The following table presents the balance and associated percentage of the major property types within our commercial real estate and construction and land development loan portfolios at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
(dollars in thousands) Balance Percent Balance Percent
Loans secured by office space totaled $140.1 million and $146.3 million at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, are primarily located in suburban locations in Illinois and Missouri.
Residential real estate loans. Our residential real estate loans are loans secured by residential properties that generally do not qualify for secondary market sale.
Consumer loans. Our consumer loans include direct personal loans, indirect automobile loans, lines of credit and installment loans originated through home improvement specialty retailers and contractors. Personal loans are generally secured by automobiles, boats and other types of personal property and are made on an installment basis.
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Lease financing. Our equipment leasing business provides financing leases to varying types of businesses nationwide for purchases of business equipment and software. The financing is secured by a first priority interest in the financed asset and generally requires monthly payments. The Company sold substantially all of our equipment finance portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2025.
The following table presents the balance and associated percentage of each major category in our loan portfolio at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
(dollars in thousands) Book Value % Book Value %
Loans:
Total loans decreased $815.6 million, or 15.8%, to $4.35 billion at December 31, 2025, as compared to December 31, 2024. In 2025, the Company sold participation interests of $317.5 million related to our GreenSky consumer loan portfolio, and we also completed the sale of substantially all of our equipment finance portfolio, which included $316.1 million of commercial loans and $239.7 million of leases.
The Company's loan portfolio is assigned to the following internal business sectors:
•Community bank represents predominately in-market loans originated through our banking center network.
•Specialty finance provides bridge loan financing for commercial real estate projects, primarily multi-family and healthcare. These projects can include construction and short term financing in anticipation of obtaining permanent secondary market financing. The loans are typically outside of the Company’s primary market areas.
•Equipment finance portfolio includes loans and leases originated to varying types of businesses throughout the United States for purchases of business equipment and software. The Company sold substantially all of our equipment finance portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2025.
•Non-core and other includes our third-party origination and servicing programs, and capital market credits, including loans to finance the sale of the GreenSky portfolio.
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The following tables present our outstanding loans by business sector at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
Total loans decreased $815.6 million, or 15.8%, to $4.35 billion at December 31, 2025, as compared to December 31, 2024. Community bank portfolio increased $150.3 million, or 4.7%, in 2025. This growth partially offset the strategic declines in the Specialty finance and Equipment finance sectors of $358.3 million and $748.6 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2025. The increase in our Non-core and other business sector is primarily due to the financing we provided related to the sale of the GreenSky portfolio.
The following table shows the contractual maturities of our loan portfolio and the distribution between fixed and adjustable interest rate loans at December 31, 2025:
Within One Year One Year to Five Years Five Years to 15 Years After 15 Years
Loan Quality
We use what we believe is a comprehensive methodology to monitor credit quality and prudently manage credit concentration within our loan portfolio. Our underwriting policies and practices govern the risk profile, credit and geographic concentration for our loan portfolio. We also have what we believe to be a comprehensive methodology to monitor these credit quality standards, including a risk classification system that identifies potential problem loans based on risk characteristics by loan type as well as the early identification of deterioration at the individual loan level.
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Analysis of the Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans. The allowance for credit losses on loans was $69.2 million, or 1.59% of total loans, at December 31, 2025, compared to $111.2 million, or 2.15% of total loans, at December 31, 2024. The following table allocates the allowance for credit losses on loans by loan category:
(dollars in thousands) Allowance Percent (1) Allowance Percent (1)
(1)Represents the percentage of the allowance to total loans in the respective category.
We measure expected credit losses over the life of each loan utilizing a combination of models which measure probability of default and loss given default, among other things. The measurement of expected credit losses is impacted by loan and borrower attributes and certain macroeconomic variables. Models are adjusted to reflect the impact of certain current macroeconomic variables as well as their expected changes over a reasonable and supportable forecast period.
In estimating expected credit losses as of December 31, 2025, we utilized certain forecasted macroeconomic variables from Oxford Economics in our models. The forecasted projections included, among other things, (i) U.S. gross domestic product ranging from 1.7% to 2.3% over the next four quarters; (ii) the 10-year treasury rate averaging 4.2% over the next four quarters; and (iii) Illinois unemployment rate averaging 4.9% through the fourth quarter of 2026.
We qualitatively adjust the model results based on this scenario for various risk factors that are not considered within our modeling processes but are nonetheless relevant in assessing the expected credit losses within our loan pools. These Q-Factor adjustments are based upon management judgment and current assessment as to the impact of risks related to changes in lending policies and procedures; economic and business conditions; loan portfolio attributes and credit concentrations; and external factors, among other things, that are not already fully captured within the modeling inputs, assumptions and other processes. Management assesses the potential impact of such items within a range of severely negative impact to positive impact and adjusts the modeled expected credit loss by an aggregate adjustment percentage based upon the assessment. The qualitative factor adjustment at December 31, 2025, was approximately 57 basis points of total loans, decreasing slightly from 67 basis points at December 31, 2024.
The allowance allocated to commercial loans totaled $23.7 million, or 2.01% of total commercial loans, at December 31, 2025, compared to $42.8 million, or 3.15%, at December 31, 2024. Outstanding loan balances decreased $181.3 million, or 13.3%, during 2025, primarily as a result of the sale of substantially all of our equipment finance portfolio. Charge-offs related to the non-core loan program of $11.1 million during the first quarter of 2025 coupled with charge-offs related to the sale of the equipment finance portfolio of $14.2 million during the fourth quarter of 2025 resulted in a significant decrease in the allowance allocated to commercial loans. Excluding these charge-offs, modeled expected credit losses increased $8.5 million. Qualitative factor adjustments decreased $2.3 million. There were no specific allocations for commercial loans that were evaluated for expected credit losses on an individual basis at December 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024.
The allowance allocated to commercial real estate loans totaled $28.3 million, or 1.21% of total commercial real estate loans, at December 31, 2025, decreasing $8.5 million, from $36.8 million, or 1.42% of total commercial real estate loans, at December 31, 2024. Outstanding loan balances decreased $249.0 million, or 9.6%, during 2025. Specific allocations for loans that were individually evaluated decreased $9.1 million as three relationships totaling $10.9 million were charged-off in the second quarter of 2025. Modeled expected credit losses increased $0.8 million and qualitative factor adjustments decreased $0.3 million. The commercial real estate portfolio does not include significant exposure to urban office properties.
The allowance allocated to construction and land development loans totaled $2.6 million, or 0.92% of total construction and land development loans, at December 31, 2025, decreasing $1.0 million from $3.6 million, or 1.18% of total constructions loans, at December 31, 2024. Modeled expected credit losses decreased $0.3 million and qualitative factor adjustments related to construction loans decreased $0.6 million. There were no specific allocations for construction loans that were evaluated for expected credit losses on an individual basis at December 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024.
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The allowance allocated to residential real estate loans totaled $6.7 million, or 1.90% of total residential real estate loans, at December 31, 2025, decreasing $1.3 million, from $8.0 million, or 2.10% of total residential real estate loans, at December 31, 2024. Modeled expected credit losses and qualitative factor adjustments decreased $1.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively. There were no specific allocations for residential real estate loans that were evaluated for expected credit losses on an individual basis at December 31, 2025, or December 31, 2024.
The allowance allocated to consumer loans totaled $4.8 million, or 3.33% of total consumer loans, at December 31, 2025, compared to $5.4 million, or 3.74%, at December 31, 2024. Modeled expected credit losses increased $1.4 million while qualitative factor adjustments decreased $2.0 million.
The allowance allocated to the lease portfolio totaled $3.2 million, or 6.25% of total commercial leases, at December 31, 2025, decreasing $11.4 million, from $14.6 million, or 3.74% of total commercial leases at December 31, 2024. Outstanding lease balances decreased $340.4 million, or 87.0%, during 2025 due to the sale of substantially all of our equipment finance portfolio.
The following table provides an analysis of the allowance for credit losses on loans, provision for credit losses on loans and net charge-offs for the years ended 2025, 2024, and 2023:
Years Ended December 31,
Charge-offs:
Recoveries:
Construction and land development 2,197 3 33
Net charge-offs to average loans 2.07 % 2.87 % 0.83 %
Allowance for credit losses to total loans 1.59 % 2.15 % 2.61 %
Individual loans considered to be uncollectible are charged-off against the allowance. Factors used in determining the amount and timing of charge-offs on loans include consideration of the loan type, length of delinquency, sufficiency of collateral value, lien priority and the overall financial condition of the borrower. Collateral value is determined using updated appraisals and/or other market comparable information. Charge-offs are generally taken on loans when the collectability of a loan balance is unlikely. Recoveries on loans previously charged-off are added to the allowance.
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The following tables present charge-offs by business sector for the years ended 2025 and 2024:
Construction and land development 36 3,307 — — 3,343
Residential real estate 287 — — — 287
Construction and land development — 17,991 — — 17,991
Residential real estate 817 — — — 817
Charge-offs in 2025 were $110.9 million compared to $171.6 million in 2024. Charge-offs in the equipment finance sector increased $23.8 million to $52.6 million in 2025 compared to 2024. The Company recognized charge-offs of $29.8 million as a result of the sale of substantially all of the portfolio in 2025. Consumer loan charge-offs totaled $3.1 million in 2025 compared to $98.1 million in 2024. In 2024, the Company recognized charge-offs of $17.3 million in connection with the sale of our LendingPoint portfolio and $35.0 million in connection with the planned sale and transfer of the GreenSky portfolio to held for sale. As of December 31, 2025, we had one active non-core loan program.
Nonperforming Loans. The following table presents the change in our nonperforming loans for the year ended December 31, 2025:
(dollars in thousands) Year Ended December 31, 2025
Balance, beginning of period $ 150,907
New nonperforming loans 39,788
Return to performing status (813)
Payments received (40,815)
Transfer to OREO and other repossessed assets (12)
Transfer to loans held for sale (29,400)
Balance, end of period $ 65,483
Beginning in 2024 and continuing throughout 2025, the Company prioritized improving its credit quality by tightening its loan underwriting standards and pursuing opportunities to resolve nonperforming loans, which included the sale of specific loans or portfolios.
The Company ceased originations of new construction loans in the Specialty Finance Group in the fourth quarter of 2024. In the third quarter of 2025, the Company ceased originations in the equipment finance portfolio, selling substantially all of the portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2025.
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Loan portfolios originated through our FinTech partners, LendingPoint and GreenSky, were sold in the fourth quarter of 2024 and in the second quarter of 2025, respectively.
These actions resulted in nonperforming loans decreasing to $65.5 million, or 1.50% of total loans, at December 31, 2025, compared to $150.9 million, or 2.92% of total loans at December 31, 2024.
The following table sets forth our nonperforming assets by asset category as of the dates presented. Nonperforming loans include nonaccrual loans and loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest. The balance of nonperforming loans reflect the net investment in these assets.
Nonperforming loans:
Construction and land development 155 8,438 39
Other real estate owned and other repossessed assets 606 6,502 11,350
Nonperforming loans to total loans 1.50 % 2.92 % 0.92 %
Nonperforming assets to total assets 1.01 % 2.10 % 0.87 %
Allowance for credit losses to nonperforming loans 105.71 % 73.69 % 282.73 %
We did not recognize interest income on nonaccrual loans during the years ended December 31, 2025 or 2024 while the loans were in nonaccrual status. Additional interest income that would have been recorded on nonaccrual loans had they been current in accordance with their original terms was $11.3 million and $9.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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Investment Securities. Our investment strategy aims to maximize earnings while maintaining liquidity in securities with minimal credit risk. The types and maturities of securities purchased are primarily based on our current and projected liquidity and interest rate sensitivity positions. In the periods presented, all investment securities of the Company are classified as available for sale and, therefore, the book value of investment securities is equal to the fair market value.
The following table sets forth the book value and percentage of each category of investment securities at December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023.
(dollars in thousands) Balance Percent Balance Percent Balance Percent
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury securities $ — — % $ — — % $ 1,097 0.1 %
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The following table sets forth the book value, maturities and weighted average yields for our investment portfolio at December 31, 2025.
(dollars in thousands) Balance Percent Weighted average yield
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. government sponsored entities and U.S. agency securities:
Maturing within one year $ — — % — %
Mortgage-backed securities - agency:
Maturing within one year $ — — % — %
Total mortgage-backed securities - agency $ 1,193,750 78.4 % 4.38 %
Mortgage-backed securities - non-agency:
Maturing within one year $ — — % — %
Total mortgage-backed securities - non-agency $ 97,089 6.4 % 4.94 %
Asset-backed student loans:
Maturing within one year $ — — % — %
Maturing in one to five years — — —
Maturing in five to ten years 684 — 4.74
Total asset-backed student loans $ 34,215 2.2 % 4.65 %
State and municipal securities (1):
Maturing within one year $ 978 0.1 % 2.59 %
Total state and municipal securities $ 73,458 4.8 % 3.68 %
Collateralized loan obligations:
Maturing within one year $ — — % — %
Maturing in one to five years — — —
Total collateralized loan obligations $ 46,854 3.1 % 5.66 %
Corporate securities:
Maturing within one year $ — — % — %
Total investment securities, available for sale $ 1,523,001 100.0 % 4.42 %
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(1)Weighted average yield for tax-exempt securities are presented on a tax-equivalent basis assuming a federal income tax rate of 21%.
The table below presents the credit ratings for our investment securities classified as available for sale, at fair value, at December 31, 2025.
Amortized Fair Average credit rating
(dollars in thousands) cost Value AAA AA+/- A+/- BBB+/- <BBB- Not Rated
Investment securities available for sale:
Loans Held for Sale. Loans held for sale totaled $7.8 million at December 31, 2025, comprised entirely of residential real estate loans. Loans held for sale totaled $344.9 million at December 31, 2024, comprised of $336.7 million of consumer loans and $8.2 million of residential real estate loans. At December 31, 2024, we committed to a plan to sell our GreenSky consumer loan portfolio and transferred these loans to held for sale. The sale was completed in the second quarter of 2025.
Liabilities. At December 31, 2025, liabilities totaled $5.95 billion compared to $6.80 billion at December 31, 2024.
Deposits. We emphasize developing total client relationships with our customers in order to increase our retail and commercial core deposit bases, which are our primary funding sources. Our deposits consist of noninterest-bearing and interest-bearing demand, savings and time deposit accounts.
Total deposits decreased $772.9 million to $5.42 billion at December 31, 2025, as compared to December 31, 2024. Interest-bearing checking account and time deposit account balances decreased $523.0 million and $290.4 million, respectively, during this period. Brokered time deposit account balances decreased to $43.1 million at December 31, 2025 from $259.5 million at December 31, 2024, accounting for the decrease in time deposit account balances.
Balance Percent Balance Percent Balance Percent
Interest-bearing:
The following table sets forth the maturity of uninsured time deposits as of December 31, 2025:
(dollars in thousands) Amount
Three months or less $ 19,080
Three to six months 26,010
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Subordinated Debt. Subordinated debt totaled $27.0 million and $77.7 million as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. On September 30, 2025, the Company redeemed the outstanding Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due September 30, 2029, having an aggregate principal amount of $50.8 million. The interest rate on the subordinated notes was 7.91%, equating to approximately $4.0 million of annual interest expense.
Capital Resources and Liquidity Management
Capital Resources. Shareholders’ equity is influenced primarily by earnings, dividends, issuances and redemptions of common and preferred stock and changes in accumulated other comprehensive income caused primarily by fluctuations in unrealized holding gains or losses, net of taxes, on available-for-sale investment securities, fair value hedges and cash flow hedges.
Shareholders’ equity decreased $145.3 million to $565.5 million at December 31, 2025, as compared to December 31, 2024. The change in shareholders’ equity was the result of the net loss of $124.3 million, dividends to common shareholders of $27.7 million, dividends to preferred shareholders of $8.9 million and repurchases of common stock of $9.7 million, partially offset by an increase in accumulated other comprehensive losses of $21.6 million.
On November 3, 2025, the Company’s board of directors authorized a new share repurchase program, pursuant to which the Company is authorized to repurchase up to $25.0 million of common stock through November 2, 2026. The new stock repurchase program became effective on November 3, 2025. The Company’s previous stock repurchase program expired on December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2025, $9.6 million, or 457,222 shares of the Company’s common stock, had been repurchased under the current program.
Liquidity Management. Liquidity refers to the measure of our ability to meet the cash flow requirements of depositors and borrowers, while at the same time meeting our operating, capital and strategic cash flow needs, all at a reasonable cost. We continuously monitor our liquidity position to ensure that assets and liabilities are managed in a manner that will meet all short-term and long-term cash requirements. We manage our liquidity position to meet the daily cash flow needs of customers, while maintaining an appropriate balance between assets and liabilities to meet the return on investment objectives of our shareholders.
Integral to our liquidity management is the administration of short-term borrowings. To the extent we are unable to obtain sufficient liquidity through core deposits, we seek to meet our liquidity needs through wholesale funding or other borrowings on either a short- or long-term basis.
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase, which are classified as secured borrowings, generally mature within one to four days from the transaction date. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase are reflected at the amount of cash received in connection with the transaction, which represents the amount of the Bank’s obligation. The Bank may be required to provide additional collateral based on the fair value of the underlying securities. Investment securities with a carrying amount of $12.2 million and $15.0 million at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, were pledged for securities sold under agreements to repurchase.
The table below presents our sources of liquidity as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
Conditional Funding Based on Market Conditions
ICS One Way Buy (additional capacity) 600,000 —
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The Company is a corporation separate and apart from the Bank and, therefore, must provide for its own liquidity. The Company’s main source of funding is dividends declared and paid to it by the Bank. There are statutory, regulatory and debt covenant limitations that affect the ability of the Bank to pay dividends to the Company. Management believed at December 31, 2025, that these limitations will not impact our ability to meet our ongoing short-term cash obligations.
Regulatory Capital Requirements
We are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal and state banking regulators. Failure to meet regulatory capital requirements may result in certain mandatory and possible additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on our financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for “prompt corrective action”, we must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of our assets, liabilities and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting policies.
At December 31, 2025, the Company and the Bank exceeded the regulatory minimums and met the regulatory definition of well capitalized. The following table presents the Company's and the Bank’s capital ratios and the minimum requirements at December 31, 2025:
Ratio Actual MinimumRegulatoryRequirements (1) WellCapitalized
Total risk-based capital ratio
Midland States Bancorp, Inc. 15.16 % 10.50 % N/A
Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio
Midland States Bancorp, Inc. 13.37 8.50 N/A
Common equity tier 1 risk-based capital ratio
Midland States Bancorp, Inc. 9.89 7.00 N/A
Tier 1 leverage ratio
Midland States Bancorp, Inc. 9.90 4.00 N/A
(1)Total risk-based capital ratio, Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio and Common equity tier 1 risk-based capital ratio include the capital conservation buffer of 2.5%.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have limited off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future material effect on our financial condition, revenues, expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
In the normal course of business, we enter into various transactions, which, in accordance with GAAP, are not included in our consolidated balance sheets. We enter into these transactions to meet the financing needs of our customers. These transactions include commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit, which involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk and interest rate risk in excess of the amounts recognized in our consolidated balance sheets. Most of these commitments mature within two years and are expected to expire without being drawn upon. Standby letters of credit are included in the determination of the amount of risk-based capital that the Company and the Bank are required to hold.
We enter into contractual loan commitments to extend credit, normally with fixed expiration dates or termination clauses, at specified rates and for specific purposes. Substantially all of our commitments to extend credit are contingent upon customers maintaining specific credit standards until the time of loan funding. We decrease our exposure to losses under these commitments by subjecting them to credit approval and monitoring procedures. We assess the credit risk associated with certain commitments to extend credit and establish a liability for probable credit losses.
Standby letters of credit are written conditional commitments issued by us to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. In the event that the customer does not perform in accordance with the terms of the agreement with the third party, we would be required to fund the commitment. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make is represented by the contractual amount of the commitment. If the commitment is funded, we would be entitled to seek
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recovery from the customer. Our policies generally require that standby letter of credit arrangements contain security and debt covenants similar to those contained in loan agreements.
We guarantee the distributions and payments for redemption or liquidation of the trust preferred securities issued by our wholly owned subsidiary business trusts to the extent of funds held by the trusts. Although this guarantee is not separately recorded, the obligation underlying the guarantee is fully reflected on our consolidated balance sheets as junior subordinated debentures held by subsidiary trusts. The junior subordinated debentures currently qualify as Tier 1 capital under the Federal Reserve capital adequacy guidelines.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market Risk. Market risk represents the risk of loss due to changes in market values of assets and liabilities. We incur market risk in the normal course of business through exposures to market interest rates, equity prices, and credit spreads. We are primarily exposed to interest rate risk as a result of offering a wide array of financial products to our customers and secondarily to price risk from investments in securities.
Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk is the risk to earnings arising from changes in market interest rates. Interest rate risk arises from timing differences in the repricings and maturities of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities (reprice risk), changes in the expected maturities of assets and liabilities arising from embedded options, such as borrowers’ ability to prepay residential mortgage loans at any time and depositors’ ability to redeem certificates of deposit before maturity (option risk), changes in the shape of the yield curve where interest rates increase or decrease in a nonparallel fashion (yield curve risk), and changes in spread relationships between different yield curves, such as U.S. Treasuries and SOFR (basis risk).
Interest rate risk management is an active process that encompasses monitoring loan and deposit flows complemented by investment, funding and hedging activities. Effective management of interest rate risk begins with understanding the dynamic characteristics of assets and liabilities and determining the appropriate interest rate risk posture given business forecasts, management objectives, market expectations, and policy constraints.
Changes in market interest rates may result in changes in the fair market value of our financial instruments, cash flows, and net interest income. We seek to achieve a stable net interest income profile while managing volatility arising from shifts in market interest rates. Our Board of Directors’ Risk Policy and Compliance Committee oversees interest rate risk, as well as the establishment of risk measures, limits, and policy guidelines for managing the amount of interest rate risk and its effect on net interest income. The Committee meets quarterly to monitor the level of interest rate risk sensitivity to ensure compliance with the board of directors’ approved risk limits.
An asset sensitive position refers to a balance sheet position in which an increase in short-term interest rates is expected to generate higher net interest income, as rates earned on our interest-earning assets would reprice upward more quickly than rates paid on our interest-bearing liabilities, thus expanding our net interest margin. Conversely, a liability sensitive position refers to a balance sheet position in which an increase in short-term interest rates is expected to generate lower net interest income, as rates paid on our interest-bearing liabilities would reprice upward more quickly than rates earned on our interest-earning assets, thus compressing our net interest margin.
Interest rate risk measurement is calculated and reported to the Risk Policy and Compliance Committee at least quarterly. The information reported includes period-end results and identifies any policy limits exceeded, along with an assessment of the policy limit breach and the action plan and timeline for resolution, mitigation, or assumption of the risk.
We use NII at Risk to model interest rate risk utilizing various assumptions for assets, liabilities, and derivatives. NII at Risk uses net interest income simulation analysis which involves forecasting net interest earnings under a variety of scenarios including changes in the level of interest rates, the shape of the yield curve, and spreads between market interest rates. The sensitivity of net interest income to changes in interest rates is measured using numerous interest rate scenarios including shocks, gradual ramps, curve flattening, curve steepening as well as forecasts of likely interest rates scenarios. Modeling the sensitivity of net interest earnings to changes in market interest rates is highly dependent on numerous assumptions incorporated into the modeling process. To the extent that actual performance is different than what was assumed, actual net interest earnings sensitivity may be different than projected. We use various ad-hoc reports to continuously refine, stress and validate these assumptions. Assumptions and methodologies regarding administered rate liabilities (e.g., savings accounts, money market accounts and interest-bearing checking accounts), balance trends, and repricing relationships reflect our best estimate of expected behavior and these assumptions are reviewed periodically.
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The following table shows NII at Risk at the dates indicated:
Net interest income sensitivity (Shocks)
Immediate change in rates
Percent change 1.1 % 0.6 % (1.2) % (2.5) %
We report NII at Risk to isolate the change in income related solely to interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. The NII at Risk results included in the table above reflect the analysis used quarterly by management. It models -200, −100, +100 and +200 basis point parallel shifts in market interest rates. We were within board policy limits for all scenarios at December 31, 2025.
Tolerance levels for risk management require the continuing development of remedial plans to maintain residual risk within approved levels as we adjust the balance sheet. NII at Risk reported at December 31, 2025 projects that our earnings exhibit increasing profitability in a declining rate environment, consistent with our modeling at December 31, 2024. Throughout the course of 2025, the Bank has been holding to its non-maturity beta assumptions and lowering rates along with the industry overall. Coupled with market expectations, the Bank continued its strategy of layering on protection to lower short-term rates through deposit pricing, securities purchase selection and hedging. These aspects are reflective of the Bank becoming more biased to lower rates year over year.
Price Risk. Price risk represents the risk of loss arising from adverse movements in the prices of financial instruments that are carried at fair value and are subject to fair value accounting. We have price risk from investment securities, derivative instruments, and equity investments.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Our most significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements. Certain of these accounting policies require management to use significant judgment and estimates, which can have a material impact on the carrying value of certain assets and liabilities, and we consider these policies to be our critical accounting estimates. The judgment and assumptions made are based upon historical experience, future forecasts, or other factors that management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Because of the nature of the judgment and assumptions, actual results could differ from estimates, which could have a material effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
The following accounting estimates materially affect our reported earnings and financial condition and requires significant judgments and assumptions. Management has reviewed these critical accounting estimates and related disclosures with our Audit Committee.
Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans
Management’s evaluation process used to determine the appropriateness of the allowance for credit losses on loans is subject to the use of estimates, assumptions, and judgments. The evaluation process combines many factors: Management’s ongoing review and grading of the loan portfolio leveraging probability of default and loss given default, consideration of historical loan loss and delinquency experience, trends in past due and nonaccrual loans, risk characteristics of the various classifications of loans, concentrations of loans to specific borrowers or industries, existing economic conditions and forecasts, the fair value of underlying collateral, and other qualitative and quantitative factors which could affect future credit losses. Because current economic conditions and forecasts can change and future events are inherently difficult to predict, the anticipated amount of estimated credit losses on loans, and therefore the appropriateness of the allowance for credit losses on loans, could change significantly. It is difficult to estimate how potential changes in any one economic factor or input might affect the overall allowance because a wide variety of factors and inputs are considered in estimating the allowance and changes in those factors and inputs considered may not occur at the same rate and may not be consistent across all product types. Additionally, changes in factors and inputs may be directionally inconsistent, such that improvement in one factor may offset deterioration in others. As an integral part of their examination process, various regulatory agencies also review the allowance for credit losses on loans. Such agencies may require additions to the allowance for credit losses on loans or may require that
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certain loan balances be charged-off or downgraded into criticized loan categories when their credit evaluations differ from those of management, based on their judgments about information available to them at the time of their examination. The Company believes the level of the allowance for credit losses on loans is appropriate.
ITEM 7A – QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk are included under “Item 7 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk”.
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ITEM 8 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 173) 55
Consolidated Balance Sheets 56
Consolidated Statements of Income 57
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income 58
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity 59
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 60
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 61
Note 2. Investment Securities 71
Note 3. Loans 73
Note 4. Premises, Equipment and Leases 90
Note 5: Operating Leases - Lessor 91
Note 6. Loan Servicing Rights 91
Note 7. Goodwill and Intangible Assets 92
Note 8. Derivative Instruments 93
Note 9. Deposits 96
Note 10. FHLB Advances 96
Note 11. Subordinated Debt 97
Note 12. Trust Preferred Debentures 98
Note 13. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 99
Note 15. Retirement Plans 102
Note 16. Share-Based Compensation 104
Note 17. Preferred Stock 106
Note 18. Earnings Per Common Share 107
Note 19. Capital Requirements 107
Note 20. Fair Value of Financial Instruments 108
Note 21. Commitments, Contingencies and Credit Risk 114
Note 22. Segment Information 114
Note 23. Revenue from Contracts with Customers 117
Note 24. Parent Company Only Financial Information 118
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Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Midland States Bancorp, Inc.
Effingham, Illinois
Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Midland States Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework: (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2025 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework: (2013) issued by COSO.
Basis for Opinions
The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements and an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audits of the financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans
As described in Notes 1 and 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans (“ACL”) represents the Company’s estimate of expected credit losses over the contractual life of loans held for investment. The estimate is based on historical loss experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. As of December 31, 2025, the Company’s ACL was $69.2 million, and the provision for credit losses on loans was $60.5 million for the year then ended.
The Company estimates expected credit losses using a quantitative model and qualitative adjustments. The quantitative component is based on a probability of default, loss given default, and exposure at default framework that incorporates historical default experience, loan-level risk characteristics, and forecasted macroeconomic variables over a reasonable and supportable forecast period, with losses reverting to long-term historical averages thereafter. The macroeconomic variables used in the model are selected based on statistical relevancy and correlation to historical credit losses by performing regression analyses. Management then applies qualitative factor adjustments to the modeled results for risks not fully captured in the model, including changes in economic and business conditions, portfolio credit quality, delinquency and nonaccrual trends, collateral values, and other internal and external factors.
We identified auditing the allowance for credit losses on loans, including the selection and application of forecasted macroeconomic variables and qualitative factor adjustments, as a critical audit matter. Auditing these judgments involved a high degree of auditor judgment and significant audit effort to evaluate the significant subjective and complex judgments made by management throughout the application processes for the forecasted macroeconomic variables and qualitative factor adjustments, including the need to involve our valuation services specialists.
The primary audit procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:
•Testing the operating effectiveness of the Company’s controls over the:
◦Selection and application of forecasted macroeconomic variables and related forecast scenarios.
◦Review of the reasonableness of the calculation output and tested the completeness and accuracy of inputs used in the quantitative model and qualitative factor adjustments.
◦Review over the relevance and reliability of external data used in the analysis to select the forecasted macroeconomic variables and qualitative factor adjustments.
◦Review over the appropriateness of the framework for the qualitative factor adjustments.
◦Mathematical accuracy of the qualitative factor adjustments.
•Substantive tests included:
◦Evaluating the relevance and reliability of the external data used in the selection of forecasted macroeconomic variables.
◦Evaluating the reasonableness of the selection and application of the forecasted macroeconomic variables and scenarios used in the reasonable and supportable forecast period.
◦Testing the completeness and accuracy of inputs used in the quantitative model and evaluating the reasonableness of the calculation output.
◦Assessing the appropriateness and reasonableness of the framework developed for the qualitative factor adjustments including evaluating management’s judgments as to which factors impacted the qualitative analysis for each portfolio segment.
◦Testing the completeness and accuracy of internal data and relevance and reliability of external data used in determining the qualitative factor adjustments.
◦Testing the mathematical accuracy of the calculation of the qualitative factor adjustments.
Credit Enhancements Contained Within Third-Party Agreements
The Company has an agreement with a third party to originate and service consumer and commercial loans that are included in the Company’s loan portfolio as described in Notes 1 and 3 to the consolidated financial statements. The Company recorded a credit enhancement asset of $12.6 million as of December 31, 2025 related to the agreement associated with loans recorded on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2025. The Company also recorded a $12.6 million allowance for credit losses for these consumer and commercial loans as of December 31, 2025.
We identified auditing the accounting associated with the credit enhancement contained within the third-party agreements as a critical audit matter due to the nature and extent of audit effort required, including the need for individuals with specialized knowledge.
The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included engaging our internal specialists to evaluate the third-party agreement and the related accounting treatment; and testing the operating effectiveness of the control over the evaluation of the accounting and financial reporting impact related to this third-party agreement.
Crowe LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2017.
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
March 2, 2026
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MIDLAND STATES BANCORP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Assets
Investment securities available for sale, at fair value 1,523,001 1,207,574
Equity securities, at fair value 4,235 4,792
Loan servicing rights, at lower of cost or fair value 11,932 17,842
Loan servicing rights, held for sale 3,661 —
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Liabilities:
Deposits:
Accrued interest payable and other liabilities 91,485 124,266
Shareholders’ Equity:
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax (60,333) (81,960)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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MIDLAND STATES BANCORP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Years Ended December 31,
Interest income:
Loans including fees:
Investment securities:
Interest expense:
Provision for credit losses:
(Recapture of) provision for credit losses on unfunded commitments (700) 1,070 —
Noninterest income:
Gain (loss) on sales of investment securities, net 14 (230) (9,372)
Noninterest expense:
Impairment on goodwill 153,977 — —
Loss on sale of loan portfolios 23,051 — —
Impairment on leased assets and surrendered assets 684 7,858 —
Per common share data:
Basic earnings (loss) per common share $ (6.12) $ 1.32 $ 2.33
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share $ (6.12) $ 1.32 $ 2.33
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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