PLUMAS BANCORP (PLBC)

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

Certain matters discussed in this Quarterly Report are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, (1) significant increases in competitive pressures in the financial services industry; (2) changes in the interest rate environment resulting in reduced margins; (3) general economic conditions, either nationally or regionally, may be less favorable than expected, resulting in, among other things, a deterioration in credit quality; (4) changes in regulatory environment; (5) loss of key personnel; (6) fluctuations in the real estate market; (7) changes in business conditions and inflation; (8) operational risks including data processing systems failures or fraud; and (9) changes in securities markets. Therefore, the information set forth herein should be carefully considered when evaluating the business prospects of Plumas Bancorp (the “Company”).

When the Company uses in this Quarterly Report the words “anticipate”, “estimate”, “expect”, “project”, “intend”, “commit”, “believe” and similar expressions, the Company intends to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are not guarantees of performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described in this Quarterly Report. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, expected, projected, intended, committed or believed. The future results and stockholder values of the Company may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. Many of the factors that will determine these results and values are beyond the Company’s ability to control or predict. For those statements, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

INTRODUCTION

The following discussion and analysis sets forth certain statistical information relating to the Company as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 and for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Plumas Bancorp’s Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Plumas Bancorp trades on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol “PLBC”.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

See the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 for a complete discussion of the Company’s significant accounting policies and critical accounting estimates.

Allowance for Credit Losses

During the second quarter of 2026, the Company completed its annual review of the allowance for credit losses methodology and refined certain assumptions and model inputs used in estimating expected credit losses within its existing CECL framework. The refinements included updates to the reasonable and supportable forecast period, which was extended from four quarters to eight quarters, and certain model inputs. These refinements were implemented through the Company's regular model governance and review process and reflect management's current assessment of portfolio dynamics and the period over which forecast information is considered sufficiently reliable for estimating expected credit losses.

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS - ACQUISITION OF CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY BANCORP

On July 1, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), Plumas Bancorp (the “Company”) completed its previously announced acquisition of Cornerstone Community Bancorp (“Cornerstone”) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of January 28, 2025, by and between the Company and Cornerstone (the “Merger Agreement”).  Total book value of assets acquired from Cornerstone, excluding fair value adjustments, were $658 million, gross loans totaled $478 million, and deposits totaled $580 million. Goodwill associated with the acquisition of Cornerstone was $18.7 million; the core deposit intangible was $11.6 million.  In addition, the Company recorded a discount on the acquired loans totaling $15.8 million.  With the completion of the merger, Plumas Bank adds four branches in Anderson, Red Bluff and Redding (two branches), California.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on the Closing Date, Cornerstone merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”) with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation. Immediately following the Merger, Cornerstone’s subsidiary, Cornerstone Community Bank (CCB) merged with and into the Company’s subsidiary, Plumas Bank with Plumas Bank as the surviving bank. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon the completion of the Merger, each share of Cornerstone common stock outstanding immediately prior was converted into the right to receive 0.6608 shares of common stock of the Company and $9.75 cash, with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares. The total aggregate consideration delivered to holders of Cornerstone common stock in the Merger was 1,003,718 shares of Company common stock and $14.8 million cash. In addition, in accordance with the Merger Agreement, the Company paid approximately $1.3 million to holders of options to purchase Cornerstone common stock that were terminated in connection with the Merger. The Company also assumed options to purchase 35,000 shares of Cornerstone common stock representing, on an as-converted basis, options to purchase 30,803 shares of the Company’s common stock.

In connection with the acquisition of Cornerstone, the Company assumed $12 million of subordinated debentures, including $2 million of 4.75% Fixed‑to‑Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due November 30, 2035 (the “2035 Notes”). The 2035 Notes, which were issued in 2020, have a fixed interest rate of 4.75% for the first ten years and thereafter a quarterly variable interest rate equal to the then current three-month term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus 4.14%. The remaining subordinated notes were called in 2025 and are no longer outstanding. Interest expense recognized on the subordinated notes for the six months ended June 30, 2026, was $97 thousand.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED June 30, 2026

Net Income. The Company recorded net income of $9.9 million or $1.43 per share during the current quarter, an increase of $3.6 million from $6.3 million or $1.07 per share during the second quarter of 2025.  Diluted earnings per share increased to $1.41 per share during the three months ended June 30, 2026 up from $1.05 per share during the quarter ended June 30, 2025. Return on average assets was 1.79% during the current quarter, up from 1.56% during the second quarter of 2025. Return on average equity increased to 15.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2026, up from 13.4% during the second quarter of 2025.

Net interest income increased by $7.8 million from $18.2 million during the three months ended June 30, 2025, to $26 million during the current quarter. The provision for credit losses decreased from $860 thousand during the second quarter of 2025 to $600 thousand during the current quarter. Non-interest income increased by $390 thousand from $2.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2025 to $2.8 million during the second quarter of 2026. Non-interest expense increased by $3.5 million from $11.0 million during the second quarter of 2025 to $14.5 million during the current quarter. The provision for income taxes increased by $1.3 million from $2.4 million, during the three months ended June 30, 2025 to $3.7 million during the current quarter. The average effective tax rate was 27.1% in both periods.

The following is a detailed discussion of each component of the change in net income.

Net interest income before provision for credit losses.  Driven primarily by growth in the loan portfolio mostly related to the acquisition of Cornerstone, net interest income increased by $7.8 million from $18.2 million during the three months ended June 30, 2025, to $26.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026. The increase in net interest income includes an increase of $9.7 million in interest income partially offset by an increase of $1.9 million in interest expense.

Interest and fees on loans increased by $9.2 million to $24.8 million related to an increase in average balance and an increase in yield. Average loan balances increased by $484 million, while the average yield on these loans increased by 47 basis points from 6.14% during the second quarter of 2025 to 6.61% during the current quarter. The increase in yield relates to several factors including the accretion of discount on purchased loans, the repricing of a portion of our commercial real estate loans most of which reprice every five years from the date of origination, the reversal of $344 thousand in accrued interest on a large loan relationship during the second quarter of 2025 and growth in fixed rate SBA loans which totaled $123 million at June 30, 2026, and $75 million at June 30, 2025.  The weighted average rate earned on this portfolio at June 30, 2026, was 8.1%.

The accretion of discounts on loans acquired from Cornerstone totaled $1.3 million during the quarter an increase of $800 thousand from $500 thousand during the first quarter of 2026. The increase in accretion during the current quarter relates to an increase in prepayments on this portfolio. Partially offsetting the discount accretion was the reversal of approximately $375 thousand in interest on loans placed on nonaccrual during the current quarter. The average prime interest rate decreased from 7.5% during the second quarter of 2025 to 6.75% during the current quarter. Approximately 15% of the Company's loans are tied to the prime interest rate and most of these reprice within one to three months of a change in prime.

Interest earned on investment securities increased by $484 thousand related to an increase in yield on investment securities of 21 basis points to 4.29% and an increase in average balance of $24 million. The increase in investment yields is consistent with the partial restructuring of the investment portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2025 and market conditions. Average investment securities increased from $442 million during the three months ended June 30, 2025 to $466 million during the current period.

Interest earned on cash balances increased by $78 thousand related to an increase in average balance of $17 million partially offset by a decrease in average rate paid on cash balances of 73 basis points from 4.47% during the second quarter of 2025 to 3.74% during the current quarter. This decline in yield was mostly related to a decline in rate paid on balances held at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRB). The average rate earned on FRB balances decreased from 4.40% during the second quarter of 2025 to 3.65% during the current quarter.

Interest expense on deposits increased by $1.6 million and is broken down by product type as follows: money market accounts - $844 thousand, savings deposits - $29 thousand and time deposits - $747 thousand. The increase in interest expense primarily relates to the growth in money market and time deposits related to the acquisition of Cornerstone. The average rate paid on interest-bearing deposits increased from 1.30% during the second quarter of 2025 to 1.59% during the current quarter and relates to an increase in the percentage of average money market and time deposits to average i

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

General

Plumas Bancorp is a bank holding company for Plumas Bank, a California state-chartered commercial bank. We derive our income primarily from interest received on real estate related, commercial, automobile and consumer loans and, to a lesser extent, interest on investment securities and cash balances and fees received in connection with servicing deposit and loan customers. Our major operating expenses are the interest we pay on deposits and borrowings and general operating expenses. We rely on locally-generated deposits to provide us with funds for making loans.

We are subject to competition from other financial institutions and our operating results, like those of other financial institutions operating in California and Northern Nevada, are significantly influenced by economic conditions in California and Northern Nevada, including the strength of the real estate market. In addition, both the fiscal and regulatory policies of the federal and state government and regulatory authorities that govern financial institutions and market interest rates also impact the Bank’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

SALES/LEASEBACK AND iNVESTMENT RESTRUCTURING

2025 Sale/Leaseback

On March 28, 2025, Plumas Bank entered into an agreement for the purchase and sale of real property (the “Purchase Agreement”). The Purchase Agreement as amended provided for the sale to BBS Branch III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, two administrative buildings located in Quincy California for an aggregate cash purchase price of $5.5 million. The sale was completed on November 19, 2025, resulting in a net gain on sale of $5.5 million, recording of right-of-use assets totaling $5.3 million and recording a lease liability of $4.7 million.

Concurrent with the closing of the sale, Plumas Bank and Plumas Investor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Plumas Quincy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company entered into triple net lease agreements (the “Lease Agreements”) pursuant to which the Bank leased back the Properties sold.  The Lease Agreements have an initial term of 15 years with three five-year renewal options. The Lease Agreements provide for annual rent of approximately $463,000 in the aggregate for both Properties, increasing by three percent per annum each year.

The gain on sales of the branches was mostly offset by a $5.4 million loss on the sale of approximately $47 million in investment securities. We sold $47 million in investment securities having a weighted average tax equivalent yield of 2.43% recording a $5.4 million loss on the sales. As part of the restructuring, beginning in November 2025 and ending on January 13, 2026, we purchased $42 million in investment securities having a weighted average tax equivalent yield of 4.88%.

2024 Sale/Leaseback

On January 19, 2024, Plumas Bank entered into two agreements for the purchase and sale of real property (the “Sale Agreements”). One Sale Agreement provided for the sale to MountainSeed of nine properties owned and operated by Plumas Bank as branches for an aggregate cash purchase price of approximately $25.7 million. The branch portion of the sale was completed on February 14, 2024 resulting in a net gain on sale of $19.9 million, recording of right-of-use assets totaling $22.3 million and recording a lease liability of $22.3 million. The second Sale Agreement provided for the sale to MountainSeed of up to three properties operated as non-branch administrative offices (the “Non-Branch Offices”). This agreement was terminated in August 2024.

Concurrently with the closing of the sale of the branch properties, we entered into triple net lease agreements (the “Lease Agreements”) pursuant to which Plumas Bank leased back each of the properties sold. Each Lease Agreement has an initial term of fifteen years with one 15-year renewal option. The Lease Agreements provide for an annual rent of approximately $2.4 million in the aggregate for the nine properties increased by two percent (2%) per annum for each year during the initial Term. During the renewal term, the initial rent will be the basic rent during the last year of the initial term, increased by two percent (2%) per annum for each year during the renewal term.

The gain on sales of the branches was offset by losses on the sale of approximately $115 million in investment securities. We sold $115 million in investment securities having a weighted average tax equivalent yield of 2.24% recording a $19.8 million loss on the sales. As part of the restructuring, beginning in December 2023 and ending on March 27, 2024, we purchased $120 million in investment securities having a weighted average tax equivalent yield of 5.25%.

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BUSINESS COMBINATION - Acquisition OF Cornerstone COMMUNITY Bancorp

On July 1, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), Plumas Bancorp (the “Company”) completed its previously announced acquisition of Cornerstone Community Bancorp (“Cornerstone”) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of January 28, 2025, by and between the Company and Cornerstone (the “Merger Agreement”).  Total book value of assets acquired from Cornerstone, excluding fair value adjustments, were $658 million, gross loans totaled $478 million, and deposits totaled $580 million. Goodwill associated with the acquisition of Cornerstone was $18.7 million; the core deposit intangible (CDI) was $11.6 million.  In addition, the Company recorded a discount on the acquired loans totaling $15.5 million.  With the completion of the merger, Plumas Bank adds four branches in Anderson, Red Bluff and Redding (two branches), California.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on the Closing Date, Cornerstone merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”) with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation. Immediately following the Merger, Cornerstone’s subsidiary, Cornerstone Community Bank (CCB) merged with and into the Company’s subsidiary, Plumas Bank with Plumas Bank as the surviving bank. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon the completion of the Merger, each share of Cornerstone common stock outstanding immediately prior was converted into the right to receive 0.6608 shares of common stock of the Company and $9.75 cash, with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares. The total aggregate consideration delivered to holders of Cornerstone common stock in the Merger was 1,003,718 shares of Company common stock and $14.8 million cash. In addition, in accordance with the Merger Agreement, the Company paid approximately $1.3 million to holders of options to purchase Cornerstone common stock that were terminated in connection with the Merger. The Company also assumed options to purchase 35,000 shares of Cornerstone common stock representing, on an as-converted basis, options to purchase 30,803 shares of the Company’s common stock.

As a result of and upon the completion of the Merger, the Company assumed Cornerstone’s obligations with respect to an aggregate principal amount of $12 million of subordinated notes, comprised of (a) $2 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.75% Fixed to Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due November 30, 2035 (the “2035 Notes”) and (b) $10 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.75% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due November 30, 2030 (the “2030 Notes”). The 2035 Notes, which were issued in 2020, have a fixed interest rate of 4.75% for the first ten years and thereafter a quarterly variable interest rate equal to the then current three-month term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus 4.14%. The 2030 Notes, which were issued in 2020, have a fixed interest rate of 4.75% for the first five years and thereafter a quarterly variable interest rate equal to the then current three-month term SOFR plus 4.52%. The 2030 notes were called for redemption on December 30, 2025. Of the $10 million originally outstanding on the 2030 notes, principal payments were made on $5.8 million while $4.2 million remain outstanding at December 31, 2025. The remaining $4.2 million will be paid once the notes are surrendered for cancelation by the debenture holders as required under the 2030 Notes. In accordance with the terms of the 2030 Notes interest has ceased to accrue on the remaining $4.2 million. Interest expense recognized on the subordinated notes for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, was $426 thousand.

Our financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP). In connection with the acquisition, the Company incurred a variety of non-recurring expenses related to the Merger which are summarized on the following page under the heading “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Disclosure”. The non-recurring expenses for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025 were $7.3 million. Excluding these expenses, non-GAAP net income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025 would have been $35.0 million, resulting in diluted earnings per share of $5.37 and return on average assets of 1.80%.

In addition, during the second half of 2025, the Company recorded additional expense and income related to the amortization and accretion, respectively related to the amortization/accretion of various Fair Value (FV) marks required under GAAP.  The following table presents the effect on pretax earnings of the amortization/accretion of the FV marks recorded during the six months ended December 31, 2025 and the projected effect for the twelve months ended December 31, 2026. Positive numbers would increase pretax income and negative are a decrease in pretax income.

The projected accretion of the discount on acquired loans is based on the acquired loans contractual payment schedules and may differ significantly from the actual accretion during the projected periods. The accretion of the premium on time deposits of $655 thousand was accelerated with the payoff of $38.5 million in brokered deposits during the three months ended September 30, 2025. This resulted in a $160 thousand discount going forward which will be amortized as an increase in interest expense over the remaining life of the time deposits acquired.

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NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to results presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the GAAP, Management has presented these non-GAAP financial measures because it believes that they provide useful and comparative information to assess trends in the Company's core operations reflected in the current quarter's results and facilitate the comparison of our performance with the performance of our peers. However, these non-GAAP financial measures are supplemental and are not a substitute for any analysis based on GAAP.

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