Bridgewater Bank Annual Report

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PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS Company Overview and History Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) is a financial holding company with two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Bridgewater Bank (the “Bank”) and Bridgewater Risk Management, Inc., a captive insurance entity. The Bank has formed two wholly owned subsidiaries: BWB Holdings, LLC, which was formed for the purpose of holding repossessed property; and Bridgewater Investment Management, Inc., which was formed for the purposes of holding certain municipal securities and engaging in municipal lending activities. The Bank has seven full-service offices located in Bloomington, Greenwood, Minneapolis (2), St. Louis Park, Orono, and St. Paul, Minnesota. The Company is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb located approximately 10 miles south of downtown Minneapolis and in close proximity to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The Bank was established in 2005 as a de novo bank by a group of industry veterans and local business leaders committed to serving the diverse needs of commercial real estate investors, small business entrepreneurs, and high net worth individuals. Since inception, the Company has grown significantly and profitably, with a focus on organic growth, driven primarily by commercial real estate lending. Assets have grown at a compounded annual growth rate of 36.3%, since 2005, surpassing total asset milestones of $500 million in 2013, $1.0 billion in 2016 and $1.5 billion in 2017. This growth made the Bank the fastest growing de novo bank in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metropolitan Statistical Area, or Twin Cities MSA, over the past two decades. While this growth has been almost entirely organic, in 2016, the Company acquired First National Bank of the Lakes in a complementary small bank acquisition, which added approximately $76.1 million in assets, $66.7 million in seasoned core deposits and two branch locations within its market area. As of December 31, 2018, total assets were $1.97 billion, total gross loans were $1.66 billion, total deposits were $1.56 billion, and total shareholders’ equity was $221.0 million. The principal sources of funds for loans and investments are transaction, savings, time, and other deposits, and short-term and long-term borrowings. The Company’s principal sources of income are interest and fees collected on loans, interest and dividends earned on investment securities and service charges. The Company’s principal expenses are interest paid on deposit accounts and borrowings, employee compensation and other overhead expenses. The Company’s simple, efficient business model of providing responsive support and unconventional experiences to clients continues to be the underlying principle that drives the Company’s profitable growth. Market Area and Competition The Company operates in the Twin Cities MSA, which had total deposits of $184.8 billion as of June 30, 2018, and ranks as the 15th largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States in total deposits, and the second largest metropolitan statistical area in the Midwest in total deposits, based on FDIC data. This area is commonly known as the “Twin Cities” after its two largest cities, Minneapolis, the city with the largest population in the state, and St. Paul, which is the state capital. The Twin Cities MSA is defined by attractive market demographics, including strong household incomes, dense populations, low unemployment and the presence of a diverse group of large and small businesses. As of December 31, 2018, the Company’s market ranked third in median household income in the Midwest and sixth in the nation, when compared to the top 20 metropolitan statistical areas by population size in each area, based on data available on S&P Global Market Intelligence. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the population in the

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