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Issuer:     BCB BANCORP INC (BCBP)
CIK:        0001228454
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-25T19:25:19+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-402710
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

BCB Bancorp to sell $205.3M of problem loans to six buyers; expects $43.3M Q3 pre-tax loss
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- Definitive agreements signed Sept 21-24, 2026 with six purchasers covering loans with $205.3M aggregate unpaid principal balance as of June 30, 2026.
- Portfolio mix: $180.7M commercial and multifamily real estate, $14.8M C&I, $9.8M construction; no business express loans included, mostly criticized/classified credits.
- Estimated pre-tax loss of $43.3M on the sales, to be recorded in the third quarter of 2026.
- Five of six transactions have closed; the last is expected to close before the end of Q3 2026, and each agreement is independent of the others.
- CEO Thomas M. O'Brien said the sales 'meaningfully de-risk our balance sheet'; Hilltop Securities advised, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer was legal counsel.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1228454/000119312526402710/0001193125-26-402710-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1228454/000119312526402710/d185663d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-402710

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