Company: BWFG
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001505732-25-000162
Chunk: 87

Company: Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 87
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 income of $26.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The increase was partially offset by dividends paid of $4.7 million.

The Bank and Company are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s financial statements. At September 30, 

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2025, the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements to which it was subject and exceeded the regulatory minimum capital levels to be considered well-capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. At September 30, 2025, the Bank’s ratio of Common Equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets was 12.39%, total capital to risk-weighted assets was 12.39%, Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets was 13.48% and Tier 1 capital to average assets was 10.71%. At September 30, 2025, the Company met all capital adequacy requirements to which it was subject and exceeded the regulatory minimum capital levels to be considered well-capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. At September 30, 2025, the Company’s ratio of Common Equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets was 10.39%, total capital to risk-weighted assets was 10.39%, Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets was 13.98% and Tier 1 capital to average assets was 8.99%.

Under the current guidelines, banking organizations must have a minimum total risk-based capital ratio of 8.0%, a minimum Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 6.0%, a minimum common equity Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 4.5%, and a minimum leverage ratio of 4.0% in order to be "adequately capitalized." In addition to these requirements, banking organizations must maintain a capital conservation buffer consisting of common Tier 1 equity in an amount above the minimum risk-based capital requirements for “adequately capitalized” institutions equal to 2.5% of total risk-weighted assets, resulting in a requirement for the Company and the Bank to effectively maintain common equity Tier 1, Tier 1 and total capital ratios of 7.0%, 8.5% and 10.5%, respectively. The Company and the Bank must maintain the capital conservation buffer to avoid restrictions on