PART I – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Item 1. Financial Statements

OAK VALLEY BANCORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

125 N. Third Ave., Oakdale, CA95361

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

(209) 848-2265

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes   ☒   No   ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes   ☒   No   ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ☐ No ☒

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS

State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 8,281,661 shares of common stock outstanding as of August 4, 2023.  

PART I – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Item 1. Financial Statements

OAK VALLEY BANCORP

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

OAK VALLEY BANCORP

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

OAK VALLEY BANCORP

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

OAK VALLEY BANCORP

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

OAK VALLEY BANCORP

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

OAK VALLEY BANCORP

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Oak Valley Bancorp (“the Company”, “us”, “our”) is the parent holding company for Oak Valley Community Bank (the “Bank”), a California state-chartered bank.  The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the parent company and its wholly-owned bank subsidiary. Unless otherwise stated, the “Company” refers to the consolidated entity, Oak Valley Bancorp, while the “Bank” refers to Oak Valley Community Bank. All material intercompany transactions have been eliminated. The interim consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are unaudited but reflect all adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations for the interim periods presented. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The results of operations for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 20222023 are not necessarily indicative of the results of a full year’s operations. Certain prior yearperiod amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current yearperiod presentation. There was no effect on net income or shareholders’ equity as previously reported as a result of reclassifications. For further information, refer to the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.2022.

The Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of California on May 31, 1990, and began operations in Oakdale, California on May 28, 1991. The Company operates branches in Oakdale, Sonora, Bridgeport, Bishop, Mammoth Lakes, Modesto, Manteca, Patterson, Turlock, Ripon, Stockton, Escalon, and Sacramento, California. The Bridgeport, Mammoth Lakes, and Bishop branches operate as a separate division, Eastern Sierra Community Bank. The Company’s primary source of revenue is providing loans to customers who are predominantly middle-market businesses.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements include the allowance for loancredit losses and fair value measurements. The estimates and assumptions may change as new events occur, as more experience is acquired, as additional information is obtained and as the Company’s operating environment changes. Actual results may differ from these estimates due to the uncertainty aroundof various qualitative factors. Descriptions of our significant accounting policies are included in Note 1. Summary of Accounting Policies in the magnitude and duration ofNotes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the COVID-192022 pandemic, as well as other factors.

Annual Report on Form 10-K.

NOTE 2 – RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In June 2016, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASUAccounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326). This update revises the methodology used by financial institutions under GAAP to recognize credit losses in the financial statements.  Currently,Previously, GAAP requiresrequired the use of the incurred lossan “incurred loss” model, whereby financial institutions recognize in current period earnings, incurred credit losses and those inherent in the financial statements, as of the date of the balance sheet.  The “incurred loss” methodology for recognizing credit losses delayed recognition until it is probable that a loss has been incurred. ASU 2016-13 replaces such incurred loss impairment model with a new methodology that requires organizations to measure all expected credit losses for financial instruments held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. This ASU guidance results in a new model for estimating the allowance for loan and leasecredit losses, commonly referred to as the Current Expected Credit Loss (“CECL”) model.  Under the CECL model, financial institutions are required to estimate future credit losses and recognize those losses in current period earnings.  The amendments within the update arewere initially effective for fiscal years and all interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019,2019. with early adoption permitted.  In October 2019, FASB approved an amendment that will delaydelayed the adoption of this ASU for three years for certain entities including the Company since we are classified as a SmallSmaller Reporting Company. Accordingly, this ASU will become effective for theThe Company adopted these standards as required on January 1, 2023.2023 Upon adoption ofusing the amendments within this update, the Company will be required to make a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the year of adoption. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact the adoption of this update will have on its financial statements. While the Company has not quantified the impact of this ASU, it does expect that changing from the current incurred loss model to an expected loss model will result in an earlier recognition of losses.

In May 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-05,Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Targeted Transition Relief. This ASU allows an optionmodified retrospective method for entities to irrevocably elect the fair value option on an instrument-by-instrument basis for eligibleall financial assets measured at amortized cost basisand off-balance sheet credit exposures. There was no cumulative effect adjustment related to our available-for-sale investment portfolio upon adoption and the Company had no securities designated as held-to-maturity as of January 1, 2023.

Results for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2023 are presented under CECL while prior period amounts continue to be reported in accordance with the probable incurred loss method accounting standards.  The transition adjustment of the CECL adoption included an increase in the allowance for credit loss standards. This amendment provides relieflosses of $346,000, an increase of $547,000 to the reserve for those entities electingunfunded commitments, a $629,000 decrease to retained earnings, and a $285,000 tax benefit recorded as part of the fair value option on newly originated or purchased financial assets, while maintaining existing similar financial assets at amortized cost, avoidingdeferred tax asset in the requirement to maintain dual measurement methods for similar assets. The fair value option does not apply to held-to-maturity debt securities. The effective date for this ASU is the same as for ASU 2016-13, as discussed above. We will evaluate this ASU in conjunction with ASU 2016-13 to determine its impact on our financial condition and results of operations.Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.

In March 2020, FASB issued ASU 2020-04 - Reference Rate Reform (Subtopic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. This ASU provides optional expedients and exceptions for contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or other reference rates expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. The ASU iswas effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. In December 2022, FASB Issued ASU 2022-06 to defer the sunset date from December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2024. The Company is in the process of evaluatinghas evaluated the provisions of this ASU and its effects on our consolidated financial statements.

In August 2021, FASB issued ASU 2021-06– Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205), Financial Services- Depository and Lending (Topic 942, and Financial Services- Investment Companies (Topic 946). This ASU amends various SEC paragraphs pursuant to the issuance of SEC Release No.33-10786, Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses. This ASU became effective upon issuance in August 2021. This ASU diddoes not expect it will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In March 2023, the FASB issued ASU No.2023-02,Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Accounting for Investments in Tax Credit Structures Using the Proportional Amortization Method (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force). The amendments in this update permit reporting entities to elect to account for their tax equity investments, regardless of the program from which the income tax credits are received, using the proportional amortization method if certain conditions are met. A reporting entity may make an accounting policy election to apply the proportional amortization method on a tax-credit-program-by-tax-credit-program basis rather than electing to apply the proportional amortization method at the reporting entity level or to individual investments. Previously, only Low-Income Housing Tax Credit investments were eligible to apply the proportional amortization method. This ASU becomes effective on January 1, 2024, with early adoption permitted and can be adopted using either a retrospective or modified retrospective transition method. The Company intends to adopt this standard but does not expect it will have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 3 – SECURITIES

Equity Securities

The Company held equity securities with fair values of $3,107,000$3,042,000 and $3,391,000$2,990,000 as of June 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021,2022, respectively. There were 0no sales of equity securities during the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 20222023 and 2021.2022. Consistent with ASUASC 2016-01,321, Equity Securities, these securities are carried at fair value with the changes in fair value recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of income. Accordingly, the Company recognized a loss of $48,000 and a gain of $3,000 during the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2023, respectively, as compared to losses of $139,000 and $316,000 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, as compared to losses of $0 and $45,000 during the same periods of 2021.2022.

Debt Securities

Debt securities have been classified in the financial statements as available for sale. The amortized cost and estimated fair values of debt securities as of June 30, 20222023 are as follows:

The following tables detail the gross unrealized losses and fair values of debt securities aggregated by investment category and the length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of June 30, 2022.2023.

As of June 30, 2022, 2 corporate debts, three U.S. agencies, 4 Small Business Administration (“SBA”) pools, one collateralized mortgage obligation and 3 asset backed securities make up the totalFor available-for-sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position, for greater than 12 months. Asmanagement evaluates whether the decline in fair value is a reflection of June 30, 2022, 23 asset backed securities, 11 corporate debts, 37 U.S.credit deterioration or other factors. In performing this evaluation, management considers the extent which fair value has fallen below amortized cost, changes in ratings by rating agencies, 119 municipalities, and 4 collateralized mortgage obligations make upother information indicating a deterioration in repayment capacity of either the total debt securitiesunderlying issuer or the borrowers providing repayment capacity in a securitization. If management’s evaluation indicates that a credit loss position for less than 12 months. Management periodically evaluates each available-for-sale investmentexists then a present value of the expected cash flows is calculated and compared to the amortized cost basis of the security in question and to the degree that the amortized cost basis exceeds the present value an allowance for credit loss (“ACL”) is established, with the caveat that the maximum amount of the reserve on any individual security is the difference between the fair value and amortized cost balance of the security in question. Any unrealized loss position to determine if the impairmentthat has not been recorded through an ACL is temporary orrecognized in other than temporary. This evaluation encompasses various factors including the nature of the investment, the cause of the impairment, the severity and duration of the impairment, credit ratings and other credit related factors such as third party guarantees and the volatility of the security’s fair value. Management has determined that no investment security is other than temporarily impaired. comprehensive income.

The unrealized losses are due primarily to rising market yields. yields and not due to credit deterioration. As such, no ACL on available-for-sale securities has been established as of June 30, 2023. The Company does not intend to sell the securities and it is not likely that the Company will be required to sell the securities before the earlier of the forecasted recovery or the maturity of the underlying investment security.

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of debt securities as of June 30, 2022,2023, segregated by contractual maturity or call date, are shown below. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.