BCB Bancorp, Inc. Announces Definitive Agreements to Sell Problem Loan Portfolios
Five sales have closed, while the estimated $43.3 million pre-tax loss will be recorded in the third quarter of 2026.
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BCB Bancorp (BCBP) entered definitive agreements to sell approximately $205.3 million in problem loans held by BCB Community Bank.
The bank signed agreements with six purchasers between September 21 and September 24, 2026. The figure is the loans’ aggregate unpaid principal balance as of June 30, 2026. Most are rated criticized or classified under the bank’s internal risk rating system. The portfolios comprise approximately $180.7 million in commercial and multifamily real estate loans, $14.8 million in commercial and industrial loans, and $9.8 million in construction loans, each measured as of June 30, 2026.
Five of the six sales have closed. The bank expects the remaining sale to close before the end of the third quarter of 2026. The estimated pre-tax loss attributable to the sales is $43.3 million and will be recorded in that quarter.
Positive
- Five of six loan-sale transactions have closed
- Definitive agreements cover approximately $205.3 million in loans
Negative
- Estimated $43.3 million pre-tax loss to be recorded in Q3 2026
Key Figures
- Aggregate unpaid principal balance
- Approximately $205.3 million
- Loans covered by agreements; as of June 30, 2026
- Commercial and multifamily real estate loans
- Approximately $180.7 million
- Unpaid principal balance as of June 30, 2026
- Commercial and industrial loans
- Approximately $14.8 million
- Unpaid principal balance as of June 30, 2026
- Construction loans
- Approximately $9.8 million
- Unpaid principal balance as of June 30, 2026
- Estimated pre-tax loss
- $43.3 million
- Loan sales; to be recorded in the third quarter of 2026
- Purchasers
- Six
- Different purchasers under agreements entered September 21–24, 2026
- Transactions closed
- Five of six
- Closings completed; one transaction remained
- Remaining transaction closing
- Before the end of the third quarter of 2026
- Expected closing
Historical Context
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Disclosed marketing of problem loans and projected third-quarter credit-loss charges.
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Key Terms
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BAYONNE, N.J., Sept. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BCB Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), (NASDAQ: BCBP), the holding company for BCB Community Bank (the “Bank”), announced today that the Bank has entered into definitive agreements to sell several portfolios of certain problem loans, most of which are rated criticized or classified under the Bank’s internal risk rating system. Between September 21 and September 24, 2026, the Bank entered into definitive agreements with six different purchasers providing for the sale of loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of approximately
The portfolios being sold consist of commercial and multifamily real estate loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of approximately
Closing has occurred with respect to five of the six loan sale transactions, with the last transaction expected to close before the end of the third quarter of 2026. Each definitive agreement is independent of the others, and the closing of any one agreement was not conditioned on the closing of any other.
Hilltop Securities Inc. served as financial advisor and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP served as legal counsel to the Bank in connection with the successful execution of these transactions.
Thomas M. O’Brien, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank, stated, “Since I joined the Company, we have moved quickly to reassess our credit risk ratings and take decisive action on our legacy credit challenges. We committed to aggressively address these issues and to put transparent, actionable solutions in place promptly, and the sale transactions we are announcing today, covering approximately
About BCB Bancorp, Inc.
Established in 2000 and headquartered in Bayonne, N.J., BCB Community Bank is the wholly-owned subsidiary of BCB Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCBP). The Bank has twenty-two branch offices in Bayonne, Edison, Hoboken, Fairfield, Holmdel, Jersey City, Lyndhurst, Maplewood, Monroe Township, Newark, Plainsboro, River Edge, Rutherford, South Orange, Union, and Woodbridge, New Jersey, and four branches in Hicksville and Staten Island, New York. The Bank provides businesses and individuals a wide range of loans, deposit products, and retail and commercial banking services. For more information, please go to www.bcb.bank.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release, like many written and oral communications presented by BCB Bancorp, Inc., and our authorized officers, may contain certain forward-looking statements regarding our prospective performance and strategies within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are including this statement for purposes of said safe harbor provisions. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe future plans, strategies, and expectations of the Company, are generally identified by use of words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “seek,” “strive,” “try,” or future or conditional verbs such as “could,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” or similar expressions. Our ability to predict results or the actual effects of our plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Accordingly, actual results may differ materially from anticipated results.
The most significant factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those anticipated by our forward-looking statements include the global impact of the military conflicts in the Ukraine and the Middle East, the potential impact of any future Federal budget stalemate in Congress, global tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, higher inflation levels, and general economic concerns, all of which could impact economic growth and could cause increased loan delinquencies, a reduction in financial transactions and business activities, including decreased deposits and reduced loan originations. Other factors that could cause future results to vary materially from current management expectations as reflected in our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: our ability to manage liquidity and capital in a rapidly changing and unpredictable market, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages; unfavorable economic conditions in the United States generally and particularly in our primary market area; the Company’s ability to effectively attract and deploy deposits; changes in the Company’s corporate strategies, the composition of its assets, or the way in which it funds those assets; shifts in investor sentiment or behavior in the securities, capital, or other financial markets, including changes in market liquidity or volatility; the effects of declines in real estate values that may adversely impact the collateral underlying our loans; increase in unemployment levels and slowdowns in economic growth; our level of non-performing assets and the costs associated with resolving any problem loans including litigation and other costs; the impact of changes in interest rates and the credit quality and strength of underlying collateral and the effect of such changes on the market value of our loan and investment securities portfolios; the credit risk associated with our loan portfolio; changes in the quality and composition of the Bank’s loan and investment portfolios; changes in our ability to access cost-effective funding; deposit flows; legislative and regulatory changes, including increases in Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, insurance rates; monetary and fiscal policies of the federal and state governments; changes in tax policies, rates and regulations of federal, state and local tax authorities; demands for our loan products; demand for financial services; competition; changes in the securities or secondary mortgage markets; changes in management’s business strategies; changes in consumer spending; our ability to hire and retain key employees; the effects of any reputational, credit, interest rate, market, operational, legal, liquidity, or regulatory risk; expanding regulatory requirements which could adversely affect operating results; civil unrest in the communities that we serve; and other factors discussed elsewhere in this report, and in other reports we filed with the SEC, including under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2025, and our other periodic reports that we file with the SEC.
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