Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc._2023 Annual Report

GAAP Reconciliation and Management Explanation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures Some of the financial data included in this report are not measures of financial performance recognized by GAAP. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in the analysis of performance: • “Pre-Provision Net Revenue” is defined as net interest income plus total noninterest income (excluding all gains and losses on sales of assets or extinguishments or prepayments of liabilities) minus total noninterest expense, excluding the amortization of tax credit investments and debt prepayment fees. • “Core Net Interest Margin” is defined as the ratio of net interest income (on a fully tax-equivalent basis), reduced by loan fees and PPP interest and fees, divided by interest earning assets, excluding average PPP loans. • “Efficiency ratio” is defined as noninterest expense less the amortization of intangibles divided by our operating revenue, which is equal to net interest income plus noninterest income excluding gains and losses on sales of assets. In management’s judgment, the adjustments made to operating revenue allow investors and analysts to better assess our operating expenses in relation to our core operating revenue by removing the volatility that is associated with certain one-time items and other discrete items that are unrelated to the Company’s core business. • “Tangible common equity” is defined as shareholders’ equity reduced by preferred stock, goodwill and other intangible assets. The Company believes that this measure is important to many investors in the marketplace who are interested in changes from period to period in common shareholders’ equity exclusive of changes in intangible assets. Goodwill and other intangibles that were recorded in a purchase business combination have the effect of increasing both equity and assets while not increasing tangible equity or tangible assets. • “Tangible common equity to tangible assets” is defined as the ratio of tangible common equity, as defined above, divided by total assets reduced by goodwill and other intangible assets. The Company believes that this measure is important to many investors in the marketplace who are interested in relative changes from period to period in common shareholders’ equity to total assets, each exclusive of changes in intangible assets. Goodwill and other intangibles that were recorded in a purchase business combination have the effect of increasing both equity and assets while not increasing our tangible equity or tangible assets. • “Tangible book value per share” is defined as tangible common shareholders’ equity divided by total common voting shares outstanding. The Company believes that this measure is important to many investors in the marketplace who are interested in changes from period to period in book value per share exclusive of changes in intangible assets. Goodwill and other intangibles that were recorded in a purchase business combination have the effect of increasing book value while not increasing tangible book value. • “Return on average tangible common equity” is defined as the ratio of net income available to common shareholders, divided by average tangible common equity. Management believes that this measure is important to many investors in the marketplace because it measures the return on common equity, exclusive of the effects of preferred stock and intangible assets on earnings and capital.

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