Select Third Quarter 2021 Highlights

• Net income of $25.3 million, or $0.66 per diluted share
• Net interest margin of 3.91%
• Return on average assets of 1.53%, as adjusted¹ 1.59%
• Efficiency ratio of 54.18%
• Non-interest bearing deposits 41.1% of total deposits
• Originated loans and leases increased $189.5 million, total production of $410.3 million
• Common Equity Tier 1 to risk weighted assets of 11.32% 

Byline Bancorp, Inc. ("Byline", the “Company”, "we", "our", or "us")(NYSE: BY), the parent company of Byline Bank (the “Bank”), today reported net income of $25.3 million, or $0.66 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2021, compared with net income of $28.5 million, or $0.73 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2021 and net income of $13.1 million, or $0.34 per diluted share for the third quarter 2020. Adjusted net income¹ was $26.4 million, or $0.69 per adjusted diluted share, for the third quarter of 2021, compared with $29.9 million, or $0.77 per adjusted diluted share¹, for the second quarter of 2021 and $13.1 million, or $0.34 per adjusted diluted share for the third quarter of 2020.

Roberto R. Herencia, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Byline Bancorp, commented, “We reported strong third quarter results highlighted by robust balance sheet growth as our teams remained focused on taking care of our customers, while the economy continued to improve. We executed well on our commercial banking strategy during the quarter driven by solid loan and lease growth, net interest margin expansion while continuing to deploy excess capital through share repurchases and dividends. We remain optimistic about our opportunities to execute on our strategy in the future to further enhance the value of our franchise. I want to thank all of our employees for their continued hard work and dedication to serving all of our stakeholders.”

Alberto J. Paracchini, President of Byline Bancorp, added, “Our strong results were supported by continued momentum across our businesses resulting in loan and lease growth, strong inflows of commercial noninterest-bearing deposits, and higher net interest income. Excluding PPP loans, our total loans and leases grew at a 34.9% annualized rate during the third quarter and more than offset the decline in our PPP portfolio. Growth was particularly strong in the commercial, sponsor finance, leasing and government guaranteed loan portfolios. Thanks to the efforts of all of our bankers and team members, we continue to have a healthy loan pipeline, which we believe will result in continued growth of our business while benefiting the mix of earning assets.”

Board Declares Cash Dividend of $0.09 per Share

On October 26, 2021, the Company's Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.09 per share, payable on November 23, 2021, to stockholders of record of the Company's common stock as of November 9, 2021.

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Net Interest Income

The following table presents net interest income for the periods indicated:

The following table presents the average interest-earning assets and average interest-bearing liabilities for the periods indicated. Net interest income and margin are adjusted to reflect tax-exempt interest income on a tax-equivalent basis using tax rates effective as of the end of the period:

Net interest income for the third quarter of 2021 was $59.8 million, an increase of $1.7 million, or 2.9%, from the second quarter of 2021.

The increase in net interest income was primarily due to:

• An increase of $2.0 million in interest income on loans and leases, due to higher balances and yields on loans and leases and increased Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") servicing fees resulting from a higher volume of loan forgiveness.

Partially offset by:

• A decrease of $825,000 in interest income on securities, due to lower average balances of securities.

Tax-equivalent net interest margin for the third quarter of 2021 was 3.92%, an increase of 16 basis points compared to the second quarter of 2021. Total net accretion income on acquired loans contributed 11 basis points to the net interest margin for the third quarter of 2021 compared to nine basis points for the second quarter of 2021, an increase of two basis points. PPP loan interest income and net fee income combined contributed $5.4 million to net interest income for the third quarter of 2021 compared to $4.5 million for the second quarter of 2021 due to the timing of forgiveness of loans.

The average cost of total deposits was 0.08% for the third quarter of 2021, flat compared to the second quarter of 2021. Average non-interest-bearing demand deposits increased $20.8 million, while average money market account deposits decreased by $21.2 million. Average non-interest-bearing demand deposits were 41.1% of average total deposits for the third quarter of 2021 compared to 41.0% during the second quarter of 2021.

Provision for Loan and Lease Losses

The provision for loan and lease losses was $352,000 for the third quarter of 2021, an increase of $2.3 million compared to a recapture of provision of $2.0 million for the second quarter of 2021. The provision during the third quarter of 2021 was mainly driven by new loan and lease originations during the quarter, offset by a recapture of $1.7 million as a result of improved qualitative factors resulting from continued economic improvement.

Non-interest Income

The following table presents the components of non-interest income for the periods indicated:

Non-interest income for the third quarter of 2021 was $18.5 million, a decrease of $2.5 million, or 11.9%, compared to $21.0 million for the second quarter of 2021.

The decrease in total non-interest income was primarily due to:

• A $2.7 million loan servicing asset revaluation charge, which was a $2.7 million downward valuation adjustment for the current quarter compared to a $7,000 upward valuation adjustment in the prior quarter, due to changes in the fair value of the servicing asset; and
• A $793,000 decrease in the fair value of equity securities.

Partially offset by:

• An increase of $491,000 in net gains on sales of loans due to higher volume of loan sales.

During the third quarter of 2021, we sold $104.2 million of U.S. government guaranteed loans compared to $100.6 million during the second quarter of 2021.

Non-interest Expense

The following table presents the components of non-interest expense for the periods indicated:

Non-interest expense for the third quarter of 2021 was $44.2 million, an increase of $1.2 million, or 2.8%, from $43.0 million for the second quarter of 2021.

The increase in total non-interest expense was primarily due to:

• An increase of $1.4 million in salaries and employee benefits, primarily due to new hires during the quarter and increased commission expense; and
• An increase of $395,000 in other non-interest expense, mainly due to advertising campaigns launched during the quarter.

Partially offset by:

• A decrease of $328,000 in loan and leases related expenses, mainly due to decreases in government guaranteed loan expenses; and
• A decrease of $347,000 in net loss recognized on other real estate owned and other related expenses, due to decreases in write-downs.

Our efficiency ratio was 54.18% for the third quarter of 2021 compared to 51.95% for the second quarter of 2021. Excluding impairment charges on assets held for sale, our adjusted efficiency ratio¹ was 52.35% for the third quarter of 2021, compared with 49.50% for the second quarter of 2021.

INCOME TAXES

We recorded income tax expense of $8.5 million during the third quarter of 2021, compared to $9.7 million during the second quarter of 2021. The effective tax rate was 25.1%, and 25.3%, for the third quarter and second quarter of 2021, respectively.

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

Total assets were $6.7 billion at September 30, 2021, an increase of $163.8 million compared to $6.5 billion at June 30, 2021.

The current quarter increase was primarily due to:

• An increase in loans and leases of $139.8 million, as a result of new originations, primarily driven by commercial real estate and commercial and industrial loans.

Partially offset by:

• A decreases of $68.2 million in securities available-for-sale, at fair value, due to principal paydowns used to fund loan and lease growth.

The following table shows our allocation of the originated, acquired impaired, and acquired non-impaired loans and leases at the dates indicated:

Paycheck Protection Program

The following table presents the net PPP loans outstanding as of September 30, 2021:

PPP loans decreased by $208.2 million in the third quarter of 2021 primarily as a result of forgiveness of PPP loans. Forgiveness for the third quarter 2021 was $202.4 million compared to $180.7 million for the second quarter of 2021.

ASSET QUALITY

Non-Performing Assets

The following table sets forth the amounts of non-performing loans and leases (excluding acquired impaired), other real estate owned, and accruing troubled debt restructured loans at the dates indicated:

Variances in non-performing assets were:

• Non-performing loans and leases were $34.5 million at September 30, 2021, a decrease of $1.0 million from $35.5 million at June 30, 2021; and
• Other real estate owned was $3.0 million at September 30, 2021, a decrease of $1.4 million from $4.4 million at June 30, 2021 due to sales.

Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses

The following table presents the balance and activity within the allowance for loan and lease losses for the periods indicated:

The allowance for loan and lease losses as a percentage of total loans and leases held for investment decreased to 1.31% at September 30, 2021 compared to 1.38% at June 30, 2021. The allowance for loan and lease losses as a percentage of total loans and leases held for investment excluding PPP loans decreased to 1.40% at September 30, 2021 from 1.55% at June 30, 2021.

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued new guidance on the recognition of credit losses, which replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses. In November 2019, the FASB delayed the effective date of the standard for smaller reporting companies, which includes emerging growth companies. Assuming we remain an emerging growth company, the Company anticipates adopting the standard on December 31, 2022. We are in the process of implementation and determining the impact that this new authoritative guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Net Charge-Offs

Net charge-offs during the third quarter of 2021 were $1.5 million, or 0.13% of average loans and leases, on an annualized basis, a decrease of $429,000 compared to $1.9 million or 0.17% of average loans and leases, during the second quarter of 2021, and a decrease of $4.3 million from $5.8 million or 0.53% of average loans and leases from the comparable period a year ago.

Net charge-offs for the third quarter of 2021 included $1.3 million in the unguaranteed portion of U.S. government guaranteed loans, while net charge-offs for the second quarter of 2021 and third quarter of 2020 included $1.6 million and $4.1 million, respectively, in the unguaranteed portion of U.S. government guaranteed loans.

Deposits and Other Liabilities

The following table presents the composition of deposits at the dates indicated:

Total deposits were $5.2 billion at September 30, 2021, an increase of $66.1 million, or 1.3%, compared to $5.1 billion at June 30, 2021. Non-interest-bearing deposits were 41.1% and 41.0% of total deposits at September 30, 2021 and June 30, 2021, respectively.

The increase in the current quarter was primarily due to:

• An increase in non-interest-bearing deposits of $28.3 million, due to increases in commercial deposits; and
• An increase in money market demand accounts of $33.7 million, principally driven by increases in personal money market accounts.

Total borrowings and other liabilities were $721.8 million at September 30, 2021, an increase of $90.4 million from $631.3 million at June 30, 2021, primarily driven by an increase in Federal Home Loan Bank advances of $243.0 million, offset by the Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility decreasing by $148.3 million to $156.4 million at September 30, 2021 from $304.7 million at June 30, 2021.

Stockholders’ Equity

Total stockholders’ equity was $824.4 million at September 30, 2021, an increase of $7.3 million from $817.1 million at June 30, 2021. The increase was primarily due to an increase in retained earnings, offset by a decrease in the fair value of available-for-sale securities, and repurchases of common stock.

Under its stock repurchase program the Company repurchased an aggregate of 460,220 shares at an average price per share of $22.62 during the third quarter, and 1,331,708 shares at an average price of $21.68 year-to-date.

The following table presents actual regulatory capital dollar amounts and ratios of the Company and Byline Banks of September 30, 2021:

Capital ratios for the period presented are based on the Basel III regulatory capital framework as applied to our current business and operations, and are subject to, among other things, completion and filing of our regulatory reports and ongoing regulatory review and implementation guidance.

Conference Call, Webcast and Slide Presentation

We will host a conference call and webcast at 9:00 a.m. Central Time on Friday, October 29, 2021 to discuss our quarterly financial results. Analysts and investors may participate in the question-and-answer session. The call can be accessed via telephone at (844) 200-6205; passcode 611698. A recorded replay can be accessed through November 12, 2021 by dialing (866) 813-9403; passcode: 960656.

A slide presentation relating to our third quarter 2021 results will be accessible prior to the conference call. The slide presentation and webcast of the conference call can be accessed on our investor relations website at www.bylinebancorp.com.

About Byline Bancorp, Inc.

Headquartered in Chicago, Byline Bancorp, Inc. is the parent company for Byline Bank, a full service commercial bank serving small- and medium-sized businesses, financial sponsors, and consumers. Byline Bank has approximately $6.7 billion in assets and operates more than 40 full service branch locations throughout the Chicago and Milwaukee metropolitan areas. Byline Bank offers a broad range of commercial and retail banking products and services including small ticket equipment leasing solutions and is one of the top five Small Business Administration lenders in the United States.

Forward-Looking Statements

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The COVID-19 pandemic is adversely affecting us, our employees, customers, counterparties and third-party service providers, and the ultimate extent of the impacts on our business, financial position, results of operations, liquidity, and prospects is uncertain. Deterioration in general business and economic conditions, including increases in unemployment rates or turbulence in U.S. or global financial markets, could adversely affect our revenues and the values of our assets and liabilities, reduce the availability of funding, and lead to a tightening of credit and further increase stock price volatility. In addition, changes to statutes, regulations, or regulatory policies or practices as a result of, or in response to COVID-19, could affect us in substantial and unpredictable ways.

No representations, warranties or guarantees are or will be made by Byline as to the reliability, accuracy or completeness of any forward-looking statements contained in this communication or that such forward-looking statements are or will remain based on reasonable assumptions. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements contained in this communication.

Certain risks and important factors that could affect Byline’s future results are identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including among other things under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and Byline undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made, to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, or otherwise unless required under the federal securities laws.