CVB FINANCIAL CORP (CVBF)

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion provides information about the results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and capital resources of CVB Financial Corp. (referred to herein on an unconsolidated basis as “CVB” and on a consolidated basis as “we,” “our” or the “Company”) and its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Citizens Business Bank, National Association (the “Bank” or “CBB”). This information is intended to facilitate the understanding and assessment of significant changes and trends related to our financial condition and the results of our operations. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the “2025 Form 10-K”) and the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes presented elsewhere in this report.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The discussion and analysis of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are based upon the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Critical accounting policies are defined as those that are reflective of significant judgments and uncertainties, and are essential to understanding Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. The following is a summary of the more judgmental and complex accounting estimates and principles. In each area, we have identified the variables we believe are most important in our estimation process. We utilize information available to us to make the necessary estimates to value the related assets and liabilities. Actual performance that differs from our estimates and future changes in the key variables and information could change future valuations and impact the results of operations.

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Allowance for Credit Losses (“ACL”)

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Business Combinations

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Valuation and Recoverability of Goodwill

Our significant accounting policies are described in greater detail in our 2025 Form 10-K in the “Critical Accounting Policies” section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and in Note 3 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies included in the 2025 Form 10-K.

Acquisition of Heritage Commerce Corp.

On April 17, 2026, the Company completed its previously announced acquisition of Heritage Commerce Corp and its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Heritage Bank of Commerce (collectively, “Heritage”). The systems conversion was also completed during the second quarter of 2026. The acquisition was an all-stock transaction accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting as a business combination pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Merger, dated December 17, 2025 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and between CVB and Heritage. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Heritage shareholders received 0.65 shares of the Company’s common stock for each share of Heritage common stock owned. Total merger consideration was $845.5 million. Upon closing, the Company acquired loans with a fair value of $3.4 billion and investment securities with a fair value of $1.0 billion, and assumed $1.2 billion of noninterest-bearing deposits, $3.5 billion of interest-bearing deposits, and $38.7 million of subordinated debt. The preliminary purchase price allocation resulted in $450.7 million of intangible assets, consisting of a core deposit intangible asset of $116.6 million and goodwill of $334.1 million.

For additional information on the acquisition of Heritage, see Note 4 - Business Combination.

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OVERVIEW

The Company's financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 reflect the impact of the acquisition of Heritage completed on April 17, 2026.

For the second quarter of 2026, we reported net earnings of $48.3 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.29, compared with $50.6 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.37 for the second quarter of 2025. Net earnings for the second quarter of 2026 generated an annualized return on average equity (“ROAE”) of 6.41%, an annualized return on average tangible common equity (“ROATCE”) of 10.85%, and an annualized return on average assets (“ROAA”) of 0.97%, compared with 9.06%, 14.08%, and 1.34%, respectively, for the second quarter of 2025. Our net interest margin (“NIM”), on a tax equivalent basis, was 3.72% for the second quarter of 2026, while our efficiency ratio was 63.75%. Excluding acquisition expense and provision for unfunded commitments, our adjusted efficiency ratio was 43.88% for the second quarter of 2026, compared with 45.55% for the second quarter of 2025. ROATCE and the adjusted efficiency ratio are non-GAAP financial measures. For additional details, refer to Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) — GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations in this Form 10-Q.

For the six months ended June 30, 2026, net earnings was $99.3 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.65, compared with $101.7 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.73 for the six months ended June 30, 2025. Net earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2026 produced an annualized ROAE of 7.47%, ROATCE of 11.99%, and ROAA of 1.13% compared with 9.18%, 14.29%, and 1.35%, respectively, for the same period last year. Our NIM, on a tax equivalent basis, was 3.60% for six months ended June 30, 2026, while our efficiency ratio was 56.15%, compared with a NIM of 3.31% and an efficiency ratio of 46.12% for the same period last year. Excluding acquisition expense and the provision for unfunded commitments, our adjusted efficiency ratio was 44.19% for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared with 45.92% for the same period last year.

For the second quarter of 2026, net interest income was $162.4 million, an increase of $50.8 million, or 45.5%, from the second quarter of 2025. The increase was primarily attributable to a $57.9 million increase in interest income driven by a $4.01 billion increase in average interest-earning assets and a 34 basis point increase in the yield on earning assets. The increase in interest income was offset by a $7.1 million increase in interest expense attributable to a $2.83 billion increase in average interest-bearing deposits and customer repurchase agreements. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, net interest income was $280.3 million, an increase of $58.2 million, or 26.2%, compared with the same period last year.

Noninterest income for the second quarter of 2026 was $17.0 million, an increase of $2.3 million, or 15.4%, from $14.7 million for the second quarter of 2025, reflecting the impact of the Heritage acquisition. The increase included $468,000 in trust and investment services, $377,000 in service charges on deposit accounts, $264,000 in Bank-owned life insurance (“BOLI”) income, and $1.2 million in other income. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, noninterest income was $31.3 million, an increase of $316,000, or 1.0%, from $31.0 million from the same period last year.

Noninterest expense for the second quarter of 2026 was $114.4 million, an increase of $56.8 million, or 98.7%, from $57.6 million for the second quarter of 2025. The increase was primarily attributable to the Heritage acquisition and the related addition of operations, personnel, and banking centers. During the second quarter of 2026, the Company incurred $31.4 million of acquisition expenses and recorded an initial provision of $4.3 million for unfunded loan commitments acquired in the transaction. Excluding acquisition expense and the provision for unfunded loan commitments, the increase in noninterest expense compared with the second quarter of 2025 was $21.2 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, noninterest expense was $174.9 million, an increase of $58.2 million, or 49.9% from the same period last year.

At June 30, 2026, total assets were $21.18 billion, an increase of $5.55 billion, or 35.52%, from total assets of $15.63 billion at December 31, 2025. Interest-earning assets were $18.69 billion at June 30, 2026, an increase of $4.69 billion, or 33.56%, compared with $13.99 billion at December 31, 2025. The increase in interest-earning assets was primarily due to a $3.32 billion increase in total loans, a $728.0 million increase in cash and cash equivalents, and a $722.8 million increase in investment securities. The increase in total assets primarily reflected the impact of the Heritage acquisition completed on April 17, 2026, which added approximately $5.41 billion of assets, partially offset by balance sheet optimization activities during the quarter.

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Total investment securities were $5.68 billion at June 30, 2026, an increase of $722.8 million, or 14.6%, from $4.95 billion at December 31, 2025. The increase was primarily attributable to $1.02 billion of investment securities acquired in the Heritage acquisition, of which $519.0 million was retained and $488.2 million were sold upon completion of the merger as part of the Company's balance sheet optimization strategy, as well as approximately $511.5 million of purchases of AFS securities during the second quarter of 2026. At June 30, 2026, investment securities held-to-maturity (“HTM”) totaled $2.22 billion, a decrease of $51.9 million, or 2.3%, from $2.27 billion at December 31, 2025. At June 30, 2026, available-for-sale (“AFS”) investment securities totaled $3.46 billion, inclusive of a pre-tax net unrealized loss of $323.5 million. AFS securities increased by $774.7 million, or 28.87%, from $2.68 billion at December 31, 2025. The pre-tax unrealized loss increased by $15.7 million from December 31, 2025. Our average tax equivalent yield on investments was 2.74% for the second quarter of 2026, compared to 2.62% for the second quarter of 2025.

Fair value hedging transactions with $700 million notional pay-fixed interest rate swaps, had a fair value which totaled $3.8 million and was reflected as an asset at June 30, 2026. The fair value of these instruments totaled $8.6 million and were reflected as a liability at December 31, 2025. These instruments generated negative interest income of $100,000 for the second quarter of 2026, compared to interest income of $1.2 million for the second quarter of 2025. Refer to Note 11 – Derivative Financial Instruments of the notes to the consolidated financial statements of this report for additional information.

Total loans and leases, at amortized cost, of $12.02 billion at June 30, 2026, increased by $3.32 billion, or 38.1%, from December 31, 2025. The increase was primarily attributable to the Heritage acquisition, which added $3.10 billion of loans held for investment recorded at fair value as of the acquisition date, as well as organic loan growth. To further optimize the balance sheet, the Company sold SFR mortgage pools acquired from Heritage at their fair value of $327.5 million during the second quarter of 2026. The increase in total loans and leases included increases of $2.41 billion in commercial real estate loans, $505.3 million in commercial and industrial loans, $172.2 million in construction loans, $166.2 million in consumer loans, $159.2 million in SBA loans, and $59.6 million in SFR mortgage loans. Our average loan yields were 5.53% for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared with 5.22% for the second quarter of

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

The following discussion provides information about the results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, and capital resources of CVB Financial Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary. This information is intended to facilitate the understanding and assessment of significant changes and trends related to our financial condition and the results of our operations. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes presented elsewhere in this report.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Critical accounting policies are defined as those that are reflective of significant judgments and uncertainties, and are essential to understanding Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. The following is a summary of the more judgmental and complex accounting estimates and principles. In each area, we have identified the variables most important in the estimation process. We have used the best information available to make the necessary estimates to value the related assets and liabilities. Actual performance that differs from our estimates and future changes in the key variables could change future valuations and impact the results of operations.

Allowance for Credit Losses (“ACL”) — Our allowance for credit losses is based upon lifetime loss rate models developed from an estimation framework that uses historical lifetime loss experiences to derive loss rates at a collective pool level. We measure the expected credit losses on a collective (pooled) basis for those loans that share similar risk characteristics. We have three collective loan pools: Commercial Real Estate, Commercial and Industrial, and Consumer. Our ACL amounts are largely driven by portfolio characteristics, including loss history and various risk attributes, and the economic outlook for certain macroeconomic variables. Risk attributes for commercial real estate loans include original loan to value ratios, origination year, loan seasoning, and macroeconomic variables that include GDP growth, commercial real estate price index and unemployment rate. Risk attributes for commercial and industrial loans include internal risk ratings, borrower industry sector, loan credit spreads and macroeconomic variables that include unemployment rate and BBB spread. The macroeconomic variables for Consumer include unemployment rate and GDP. The Commercial Real Estate methodology is applied over commercial real estate loans, a portion of construction loans, and a portion of SBA loans. The Commercial and Industrial methodology is applied over a substantial portion of the Company’s commercial and industrial loans, all dairy & livestock and agribusiness loans, municipal lease receivables, as well as the remaining portion of SBA loans. The Consumer methodology is applied to SFR mortgage loans, consumer loans, as well as the remaining construction loans. In addition to determining the quantitative life of loan loss rate to be applied against the amortized cost basis of the portfolio segments, management reviews current conditions and forecasts to determine whether adjustments are needed to ensure that the life of loan loss rates reflect both the current state of the portfolio, and expectations for macroeconomic changes. Our methodology for assessing the appropriateness of the allowance is reviewed on a regular basis and considers overall risks in the Bank’s loan portfolio.

For a full discussion of our methodology of assessing the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses, see “Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation — Risk Management” and Note 3 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 5 — Loans and Lease Finance Receivables and Allowance for Credit Losses of our consolidated financial statements presented elsewhere in this report.

Business Combinations — The Company applies the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations. Under the acquisition method, the acquiring entity in a business combination recognizes the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. Management utilizes prevailing valuation techniques appropriate for the asset or liability being measured in determining these fair values. These fair values are estimates and are subject to adjustment for up to one year after the acquisition date or when additional information relative to the closing date fair values becomes available and such information is considered final, whichever is earlier. Any excess of the purchase price over amounts allocated to assets acquired, including identifiable intangible assets, and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill. Where amounts

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allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed is greater than the purchase price, a bargain purchase gain would be recognized. Acquisition related costs are expensed as incurred.

Valuation and Recoverability of Goodwill — Goodwill represented $765.8 million of our $15.63 billion in total assets as of December 31, 2025. The Company has one reportable segment. Goodwill has an indefinite useful life and is not amortized, but is tested for impairment at least annually, or more frequently, if events and circumstances exist that indicate that a goodwill impairment test should be performed. Such events and circumstances may include among others, a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the general business climate, significant decline in our stock price and market capitalization, unanticipated competition, the testing for recoverability of a significant asset group within the reporting unit, and an adverse action or assessment by a regulating body. Any adverse change in these factors could have a significant impact on the recoverability of goodwill and could have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Based on the results of our annual goodwill impairment test, we determined that no goodwill impairment charges were required as our single reportable segment’s estimated fair value exceeded its carrying amount. See Note 6 — Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets of our consolidated financial statements presented elsewhere in this report.

For a complete discussion and disclosure of other accounting policies see Note 3 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of the Company’s consolidated financial statements presented elsewhere in this report.

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OVERVIEW

For the year ended December 31, 2025, we reported net earnings of $209.3 million, compared with $200.7 million for 2024, a $8.6 million, or 4.28%, increase from the prior year. Diluted earnings per share of $1.52 for 2025, increased by $0.08, or 5.61%, when compared to $1.44 for 2024. Market interest rates stayed elevated throughout the first eight months of 2024 until the Federal Reserve initiated a series of rate cuts in September 2024. This shift in the interest rate environment materially affected the Company's net interest income and overall earnings during 2025. Net earnings benefited from higher net interest income, driven primarily by the expansion in net interest margin. The improvement reflected a reduction in overall cost of funds, particularly on borrowings, as a result of the Company's balance sheet deleveraging efforts in late 2024. Net earnings of $209.3 million produced a return on average equity (“ROAE”) of 9.26%, a return on average tangible common equity (“ROATCE”) of 14.28% and a return on average assets (“ROAA”) of 1.36%. Our net interest margin, tax equivalent (“NIM”), was 3.36% for 2025, while our efficiency ratio was 46.0%.

Net interest income of $460.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, increased $12.9 million, or 2.89%, compared to the same period of 2024. Interest income decreased by $36.8 million, or 5.84%, in 2025, while interest expense decreased $49.8 million year-over-year. Cost of funds for 2025 decreased by 29 basis points over 2024, while the earning asset yield decreased by two basis points. Average earning assets declined by $798.3 million year-over-year.

Noninterest income of $55.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, increased by $0.7 million, or 1.28%, compared to the same period of 2024. Trust and investment income for 2025 grew by $1.3 million, or 9.50%, from the prior year. Noninterest income in 2025 included a $11.0 million in losses on the sale of AFS investment securities, a $6.0 million legal settlement, and a $2.3 million gain in OREO, while 2024 included a total pre-tax loss of $28.3 million from the sale of $467 million of AFS securities partially offset by a pre-tax gain of $25.9 million from the sale-leaseback of four buildings.

Noninterest expense increased from $233.6 million in 2024 to $237.3 million in 2025. The $3.7 million increase in noninterest expense was primarily driven by higher software related costs associated with the continued investments in technology and infrastructure. In addition, noninterest expense included $1.6 million of acquisition related costs to the announced merger with Heritage.

At December 31, 2025, total assets of $15.63 billion increased by $477.4 million, or 3.15%, from total assets of $15.15 billion at December 31, 2024. Interest-earning assets of $13.99 billion at December 31, 2025 increased by $463.0 million, or 3.42%, when compared with $13.53 billion at December 31, 2024. The increase in interest-earning assets was primarily due to a $218.1 million increase in interest-earning balances due from the Federal Reserve, a $162.8 million increase in total loans, and a $31.7 million increase in investment securities.

Total investment securities were $4.95 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of $31.7 million, or 0.64%, from $4.92 billion at December 31, 2024. At December 31, 2025, investment securities HTM totaled $2.27 billion. HTM securities decreased by $109.3 million, or 4.59% from $2.38 billion at December 31, 2024. At December 31, 2025, investment securities AFS totaled $2.68 billion, inclusive of a pre-tax net unrealized loss of $299.2 million. AFS securities increased by $141.0 million, or 5.54%, from $2.54 billion at December 31, 2024, driven primarily by $482.5 million in purchases of AFS securities and an improvement of $128.9 million in AFS investment securities mark-to-market unrealized loss, partially offset by principal payments and maturities, as well as sales of securities of $92.9 million during the year, which resulted in a pre-tax loss of $11.0 million. The securities sold had an average yield of less than three percent. Our tax equivalent yield on our investment portfolio remained the same at 2.65% for 2024 and 2025.

Fair value hedging transactions with $700 million notional pay-fixed interest rate swaps, had a fair value which totaled $8.7 million and was reflected as a liability at December 31, 2025. The fair value of these instruments totaled $7.2 million and were reflected as a asset at December 31, 2024. These instruments generated interest income of $4.3 million for 2025, a decrease of $10.1 million from interest income of $14.4 million for 2024. Refer to Note 18 – Derivative Financial Instruments of the notes to the consolidated financial statements of this report for additional information.

Total loans and leases, at amortized cost, were $8.70 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of $162.8 million, or 1.91%, from $8.54 billion at D

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