East West Bancorp Reports Net Income for Second Quarter of 2023 of $312 Million and Diluted Earnings Per Share of $2.20, Both Up 21% Year-Over-Year

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PASADENA, Calif., July 20, 2023--(BUSINESS WIRE)--East West Bancorp, Inc. ("East West" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: EWBC), parent company of East West Bank, reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2023. Second quarter 2023 net income was $312.0 million, or $2.20 per diluted share, up from $258.3 million, or $1.81 per diluted share in the prior year period. Year-over-year, net income and earnings per share both increased 21%.

"We are pleased with our operating performance for the second quarter, which continues the strong trajectory from the first quarter of 2023. For the second quarter of 2023, both deposits and loans grew 7% linked quarter annualized, to $55.7 billion and $49.8 billion, respectively," stated Dominic Ng, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of East West. "For the second quarter of 2023, we earned industry-leading returns of 1.85% on average assets and 21.0% on average tangible common equity1. Net interest margin was 3.55%, a healthy margin in the current environment, and asset quality continued to be outstanding with net charge-offs of 0.06% annualized."

"We remain focused on ensuring both the strength and stability of our balance sheet, capital, liquidity and earnings power. Our tangible common equity ratio1 increased to 8.80% and our common equity tier 1 capital ratio increased to 13.17% as of June 30, 2023. We believe that through the strength of our diversified business model and the growth opportunities we see in our markets, we will continue to generate strong returns for shareholders, for the remainder of 2023 and for years to come," concluded Ng.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Quarter Ended

Quarter Ended

Year-over-Year Change

($ in millions, except per share data)

June 30, 2023

June 30, 2022

$

%

Total Loans

$

49,831

$

46,531

$

3,301

7

%

Total Deposits

55,659

54,343

1,315

2

Total Revenue

$

645

$

551

$

94

17

%

Adj. Pre-tax, Pre-provision Income2

440

370

70

19

Net Income

312

258

54

21

Diluted Earnings per Share

$

2.20

$

1.81

$

0.39

21

%

Return on Average Assets

1.85

%

1.66

%

+19 bps

Return on Average Common Equity

19.43

%

18.23

%

+120 bps

Return on Avg. Tang. Common Equity1

21.01

%

19.94

%

+107 bps

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1

Tangible common equity ratio and return on average tangible common equity are non-GAAP financial measures. See reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures in Table 13.

2

Adjusted pre-tax, pre-provision income is a non-GAAP financial measure. See reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures in Table 12.

BALANCE SHEET

  • Total Assets – Total assets reached a record $68.5 billion as of June 30, 2023, an increase of $1.3 billion, or 2%, from $67.2 billion as of March 31, 2023.

    Second quarter 2023 average interest-earning assets of $64.1 billion were up $2.6 billion, or 4%, from $61.5 billion in the first quarter of 2023. Quarter-over-quarter, average loans grew $701.9 million and average interest-bearing cash and deposits with banks increased $1.8 billion.

  • Strong Capital Levels – As of June 30, 2023, stockholders’ equity was $6.5 billion, or $45.67 per share, both up 2% quarter-over-quarter. The stockholders’ equity to asset ratio was 9.43% as of June 30, 2023, an increase of five basis points quarter-over-quarter.

    As of June 30, 2023, tangible book value3 per share was $42.33, up 3% quarter-over-quarter. The tangible common equity ratio3 was 8.80%, an increase of six basis points quarter-over-quarter.

    All of East West’s regulatory capital ratios are well in excess of regulatory requirements for well-capitalized institutions, as well as above regional and national bank averages. The common equity tier 1 ("CET1") capital ratio increased to 13.17%, and the total risk-based capital ratio increased to 14.60%, as of June 30, 2023.

  • Total Loans – Total loans reached a record $49.8 billion as of June 30, 2023, an increase of $906.3 million, or 2%, from $48.9 billion as of March 31, 2023. Year-over-year, total loans grew $3.3 billion, or 7%, from $46.5 billion as of June 30, 2022.

    Second quarter 2023 average loans of $48.9 billion grew $701.9 million, or 1.5%, from the first quarter of 2023. Growth in average residential mortgage and commercial real estate loans was partially offset by a decrease in average commercial and industrial loans.

  • Total Deposits – Total deposits were $55.7 billion as of June 30, 2023, an increase of $921.4 million, or 2%, from $54.7 billion as of March 31, 2023. Noninterest-bearing deposits made up 30% of our total deposits as of June 30, 2023, compared with 33% as of March 31, 2023. Year-over-year, deposits increased $1.3 billion, or 2%, from $54.3 billion as of June 30, 2022.

    Second quarter 2023 average deposits of $54.3 billion were down $669.0 million, or 1%, from the first quarter of 2023. During the second quarter, growth in average interest-bearing checking and time deposits was offset by declines in other deposit categories, which largely reflected customers seeking higher yields in a rising interest rate environment.

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3

Tangible book value and the tangible common equity ratio are non-GAAP financial measures. See reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures in Table 13.

OPERATING RESULTS

Second Quarter Earnings – Second quarter 2023 net income was $312.0 million, and diluted earnings per share ("EPS") were $2.20. Second quarter 2023 net income and EPS both decreased 3% from first quarter 2023 net income of $322.4 million and diluted EPS of $2.27. Second quarter 2023 net income and EPS both increased 21% from second quarter 2022 net income of $258.3 million and diluted EPS of $1.81.

Net income and diluted EPS for the six months ended June 30, 2023 were $634.5 million and $4.47, an increase of 28% and 29%, respectively, from the six months ended June 30, 2022.

Second Quarter 2023 Compared to First Quarter 2023

Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin

Net interest income ("NII") totaled $566.7 million, a decrease of 6% from $599.9 million. Net interest margin ("NIM") of 3.55% declined 41 basis points from 3.96%.

  • The change in NIM was primarily driven by a higher cost of interest-bearing deposits and changes in the deposit mix in favor of higher-cost deposits, partially offset by higher loan volumes and expanding interest-earning asset yields.

  • The average loan yield was 6.33%, up 19 basis points from the first quarter. The average interest-earning asset yield was 5.67%, up 16 basis points from the first quarter.

  • The average cost of funds was 2.31%, up 62 basis points from the first quarter. The average cost of deposits was 2.12%, up 52 basis points from the first quarter.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income totaled $78.6 million in the second quarter, an increase of $18.7 million, or 31%, from $60.0 million in the first quarter.

  • Fee income was $69.3 million, up $3.0 million, or 5%, from $66.3 million in the first quarter, reflecting growth across all fee income categories.

  • Interest rate contracts and other derivative income was $7.4 million in the second quarter, up from $2.6 million in the first quarter. The change reflected both growth in customer-driven revenue and a favorable change in mark-to-market adjustments.

  • Other investment income was $4.0 million for the second quarter, up $2.1 million from $1.9 million in the first quarter, reflecting higher income from Community Reinvestment Act investments during the second quarter.

Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expense totaled $261.8 million in the second quarter, compared with $218.4 million in the first quarter. Second quarter noninterest expense consisted of $205.4 million of adjusted noninterest expense4, $55.9 million in amortization of tax credit and other investments, and $0.5 million in amortization of core deposit intangibles.

  • Adjusted noninterest expense of $205.4 million increased $1.4 million, or 1%, from $204.0 million in the first quarter.

  • Compensation and employee benefits was $124.9 million, a decrease of $4.7 million or 4%, largely due to higher seasonal costs in the first quarter.

  • Amortization of tax credit and other investments totaled $55.9 million in the second quarter, compared with $10.1 million in the first quarter. Quarter-over-quarter variability in the amortization of tax credits and other investments primarily reflects the impact of investments that close in a given period and are projected to generate tax credits by the end of the year.

  • The efficiency ratio was 40.6% in the second quarter, compared with 33.1% in the first quarter and the adjusted efficiency ratio4 was 31.8% in the second quarter, compared with 30.5% in the first quarter.

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4

Adjusted noninterest expense and the adjusted efficiency ratio are non-GAAP financial measures. See reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures in Table 12.

TAX RELATED ITEMS

Second quarter 2023 income tax expense was $45.6 million, and the effective tax rate was 12.7%, compared with 23.5% for the first quarter of 2023. The lower effective tax rate was mainly due to an additional $97 million of tax credits in renewable energy investments that closed during the second quarter. The effective tax rate for the first six months of 2023 was 18.6% compared with 22.4% for the first six months of 2022. We currently estimate that the full year tax rate for 2023 will be approximately 20%.

ASSET QUALITY

The asset quality of our loan portfolio continues to be strong. Second quarter 2023 provision for credit losses was $26.0 million, compared with $20.0 million in the first quarter of 2023.

  • The allowance for loan losses increased to $635.4 million, or 1.28% of loans held-for-investment ("HFI"), as of June 30, 2023, compared with $619.9 million, or 1.27% of loans HFI, as of March 31, 2023.

  • Second quarter 2023 net charge-offs were $7.5 million or annualized 0.06% of average loans HFI, compared with $0.6 million or annualized 0.01% of average loans HFI, for the first quarter of 2023.

  • The criticized loans ratio improved 24 basis points quarter-over-quarter to 1.63% of loans HFI as of June 30, 2023, compared with 1.87% as of March 31, 2023. Criticized loans decreased $102.3 million, or 11%, quarter-over-quarter to $811.8 million as of June 30, 2023, compared with $914.1 million as of March 31, 2023.

  • The nonperforming assets ratio was 0.17% of total assets as of June 30, 2023, compared with 0.14% of total assets as of March 31, 2023. Nonperforming assets increased $22.1 million, or 24%, quarter-over-quarter to $115.5 million as of June 30, 2023, from $93.4 million as of March 31, 2023.

CAPITAL STRENGTH

Capital levels for East West are strong and all capital ratios expanded quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year. The following table presents the regulatory capital metrics as of June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and June 30, 2022.

EWBC Capital

($ in millions)

June 30, 2023 (a)

March 31, 2023 (a)

June 30, 2022 (a)

Risk-Weighted Assets ("RWA") (b)

$

51,689

$

50,229

$

48,499

Risk-based capital ratios:

CET1 capital ratio

13.17

%

13.06

%

11.97

%

Tier 1 capital ratio

13.17

%

13.06

%

11.97

%

Total capital ratio

14.60

%

14.50

%

13.25

%

Leverage ratio

10.03

%

10.02

%

9.31

%

Tangible common equity ratio (c)

8.80

%

8.74

%

8.29

%

(a)

The Company has elected to use the 2020 Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) transition provision in the calculation of its June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and June 30, 2022 regulatory capital ratios. The Company’s June 30, 2023 regulatory capital ratios and RWA are preliminary.

(b)

Under regulatory guidelines, on-balance sheet assets and credit equivalent amounts of derivatives and off-balance sheet items are assigned to one of several broad risk categories based on the nature of the obligor, or, if relevant, the guarantor or the nature of any collateral. The aggregate dollar value in each risk category is then multiplied by the risk weight associated with that category. The resulting weighted values from each of the risk categories are aggregated for determining total RWA.

(c)

Tangible common equity ratio is a non-GAAP financial measure. See reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures in Table 13.

DIVIDEND PAYOUT AND CAPITAL ACTIONS

East West’s Board of Directors has declared third quarter 2023 dividends for the Company’s common stock. The common stock cash dividend of $0.48 per share is payable on August 15, 2023, to stockholders of record on August 1, 2023.

On March 3, 2020, East West’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $500 million of East West’s common stock, of which $254 million remains available. East West did not repurchase any shares during the second quarter of 2023.

Conference Call

East West will host a conference call to discuss second quarter 2023 earnings with the public on Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. PT/11:30 a.m. ET. The public and investment community are invited to listen as management discusses second quarter 2023 results and operating developments.

  • The following dial-in information is provided for participation in the conference call: calls within the U.S. – (877) 506-6399; calls within Canada – (855) 669-9657; international calls – (412) 902-6699.

  • A presentation to accompany the earnings call will be available on the Investor Relations page of the Company’s website at www.eastwestbank.com/investors.

  • A listen-only live broadcast of the call will also be available on the Investor Relations page of the Company’s website at www.eastwestbank.com/investors.

  • A replay of the conference call will be available on July 20, 2023, at 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. ET through August 20, 2023. The replay numbers are: within the U.S. – (877) 344-7529; within Canada – (855) 669-9658; international calls – (412) 317-0088; and the replay access code is: 5177099.

About East West

East West provides financial services that help customers reach further and connect to new opportunities. East West Bancorp, Inc. is a public company (Nasdaq: "EWBC") with total assets of $68.5 billion. The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, East West Bank, is the largest independent bank headquartered in Southern California, and operates over 120 locations in the United States and Asia. The Bank’s markets in the United States include California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Texas, and Washington. For more information on East West, visit www.eastwestbank.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain matters set forth herein (including any exhibits hereto) contain forward-looking statements that are intended to be covered by the safe harbor for such statements provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition, the Company may make forward-looking statements in other documents that it files with, or furnishes to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and management may make forward-looking statements to analysts, investors, media members and others. Forward-looking statements are those that do not relate to historical facts and that are based on current assumptions, beliefs, estimates, expectations and projections, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and beyond the Company’s control. Forward-looking statements may relate to various matters, including the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance, business or industry, and usually can be identified by the use of forward-looking words, such as "anticipates," "assumes," "believes," "can," "continues," "could," "estimates," "expects," "forecasts," "goal," "intends," "likely," "may," "might," "objective," "plans," "potential," "projects," "remains," "should," "target," "trend," "will," "would," or similar expressions or variations thereof, and the negative thereof, but these terms are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, as they are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described below. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind these risks and uncertainties, as well as any cautionary statements the Company may make.

There are various important factors that could cause future results to differ materially from historical performance and any forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences, include, but are not limited to: changes in the global economy, including an economic slowdown, capital or financial market disruption, supply chain disruption, level of inflation, interest rate environment, housing prices, employment levels, rate of growth and general business conditions, which could result in, among other things, reduced demand for loans, reduced availability of funding or increased funding costs, declines in asset values and /or recognition of allowance for credit losses; changes in local, regional and global business, economic and political conditions and geopolitical events, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; the soundness of other financial institutions and the impacts related to or resulting from recent bank failures and other economic and industry volatility, including potential increased regulatory requirements, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") insurance premiums, losses in the value of our investment portfolio, deposit withdrawals, or other adverse consequences of negative market perceptions of the banking industry or the Company; changes in laws or the regulatory environment, including regulatory reform initiatives and policies of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Federal Reserve"), the FDIC, the SEC, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"), the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation — Division of Financial Institutions, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore; changes and effects thereof in trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including the ongoing trade, economic and political disputes between the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China and the monetary policies of the Federal Reserve; changes in the commercial and consumer real estate markets; changes in consumer or commercial spending, savings and borrowing habits, and patterns and behaviors; the impact from potential changes to income tax laws and regulations, federal spending and economic stimulus programs; the impact of any future U.S. federal government shutdown and uncertainty regarding the U.S. federal government’s debt limit and credit rating; the Company’s ability to compete effectively against financial institutions and other entities, including as a result of emerging technologies; the success and timing of the Company’s business strategies; the Company’s ability to retain key officers and employees; the impact on the Company’s funding costs, net interest income and net interest margin from changes in key variable market interest rates, competition, regulatory requirements and the Company’s product mix; changes in the Company’s costs of operation, compliance and expansion; the Company’s ability to adopt and successfully integrate new technologies into its business in a strategic manner; the impact of the benchmark interest rate reform in the U.S. including the transition away from the U.S. dollar ("USD") London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") to alternative reference rates; the impact of communications or technology disruption, failure in, or breach of, the Company’s operational or security systems or infrastructure, or those of third party vendors with which the Company does business, including as a result of cyber-attacks; and other similar matters which could result in, among other things, confidential and/or proprietary information being disclosed or misused, and materially impact the Company’s ability to provide services to its clients; the adequacy of the Company’s risk management framework, disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting; future credit quality and performance, including the Company’s expectations regarding future credit losses and allowance levels; the impact of adverse changes to the Company’s credit ratings from major credit rating agencies; the impact of adverse judgments or settlements in litigation; the impact on the Company’s operations due to political developments, pandemics, wars, civil unrest, terrorism or other hostilities that may disrupt or increase volatility in securities or otherwise affect business and economic conditions; heightened regulatory and governmental oversight and scrutiny of the Company’s business practices, including dealings with consumers; the impact of reputational risk from negative publicity, fines, penalties and other negative consequences from regulatory violations, legal actions and the Company’s interactions with business partners, counterparties, service providers and other third parties; the impact of regulatory investigations and enforcement actions; changes in accounting standards as may be required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") or other regulatory agencies and their impact on the Company’s critical accounting policies and assumptions; the Company’s capital requirements and its ability to generate capital internally or raise capital on favorable terms; the impact on the Company’s liquidity due to changes in the Company’s ability to receive dividends from its subsidiaries; any strategic acquisitions or divestitures; changes in the equity and debt securities markets; fluctuations in the Company’s stock price; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; the impact of increased focus on social, environmental and sustainability matters, which may affect the Company’s operations as well as those of its customers and the economy more broadly; and the impact of climate change, natural or man-made disasters or calamities, such as wildfires, droughts, hurricanes, flooding and earthquakes or other events that may directly or indirectly result in a negative impact on the Company’s financial performance.

For a more detailed discussion of some of the factors that might cause such differences, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 under the heading Item 1A. Risk Factors and the information set forth under Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. You should treat forward-looking statements as speaking only as of the date they are made and based only on information then actually known to the Company. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of events or circumstances after the date of such statements except as required by law.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

($ and shares in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

Table 1

June 30, 2023
% or Basis Point Change

June 30, 2023

March 31, 2023

June 30, 2022

Qtr-o-Qtr

Yr-o-Yr

Assets

Cash and due from banks

$

614,053

$

760,317

$

688,936

(19.2

)%

(10.9

)%

Interest-bearing cash with banks

5,763,834

5,173,877

1,213,117

11.4

375.1

Cash and cash equivalents

6,377,887

5,934,194

1,902,053

7.5

235.3

Interest-bearing deposits with banks

17,169

10,249

712,709

67.5

(97.6

)

Assets purchased under resale agreements ("resale agreements")

635,000

654,288

1,422,794

(2.9

)

(55.4

)

Available-for-sale ("AFS") debt securities (amortized cost of $6,820,569, $7,072,240 and $6,891,522)

5,987,258

6,300,868

6,255,504

(5.0

)

(4.3

)

Held-to-maturity ("HTM") debt securities, at amortized cost (fair value of $2,440,484, $2,502,674 and $2,656,549)

2,975,933

2,993,421

3,028,302

(0.6

)

(1.7

)

Loans held-for-sale ("HFS")

2,830

6,861

28,464

(58.8

)

(90.1

)

Loans held-for-investment ("HFI") (net of allowance for loan losses of $635,400, $619,893 and $563,270)

49,192,964

48,298,155

45,938,806

1.9

7.1

Investments in qualified affordable housing partnerships, tax credit and other investments, net

815,471

741,354

634,304

10.0

28.6

Goodwill

465,697

465,697

465,697

Operating lease right-of-use assets

100,500

103,114

107,588

(2.5

)

(6.6

)

Other assets

1,961,972

1,736,697

1,898,062

13.0

3.4

Total assets

$

68,532,681

$

67,244,898

$

62,394,283

1.9

%

9.8

%

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

Deposits

$

55,658,786

$

54,737,402

$

54,343,354

1.7

%

2.4

%

Short-term borrowings

4,500,000

4,500,000

100.0

FHLB advances

174,776

(100.0

)

Assets sold under repurchase agreements ("repurchase agreements")

611,785

(100.0

)

Long-term debt and finance lease liabilities

152,951

152,467

152,663

0.3

0.2

Operating lease liabilities

110,383

112,676

115,387

(2.0

)

(4.3

)

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

1,648,864

1,433,022

1,386,836

15.1

18.9

Total liabilities

62,070,984

60,935,567

56,784,801

1.9

9.3

Stockholders’ equity

6,461,697

6,309,331

5,609,482

2.4

15.2

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

68,532,681

$

67,244,898

$

62,394,283

1.9

%

9.8

%

Book value per share

$

45.67

$

44.62

$

39.81

2.4

%

14.7

%

Tangible book value (1) per share

$

42.33

$

41.28

$

36.44

2.6

16.2

Number of common shares at period-end

141,484

141,396

140,917

0.1

0.4

Total stockholders’ equity to assets ratio

9.43

%

9.38

%

8.99

%

5

bps

44

bps

Tangible common equity ("TCE") ratio (1)

8.80

%

8.74

%

8.29

%

6

bps

51

bps

(1)

Tangible book value and the TCE ratio are non-GAAP financial measures. See reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures in Table 13.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

TOTAL LOANS AND DEPOSITS DETAIL

($ in thousands)

(unaudited)

Table 2

June 30, 2023
% Change

June 30, 2023

March 31, 2023

June 30, 2022

Qtr-o-Qtr

Yr-o-Yr

Loans:

Commercial:

Commercial and industrial ("C&I")

$

15,670,084

$

15,641,840

$

15,377,117

0.2

%

1.9

%

Commercial real estate ("CRE"):

CRE

14,373,385

14,019,136

13,566,748

2.5

5.9

Multifamily residential

4,764,180

4,682,280

4,443,704

1.7

7.2

Construction and land

781,068

731,394

515,857

6.8

51.4

Total CRE

19,918,633

19,432,810

18,526,309

2.5

7.5

Consumer:

Residential mortgage:

Single-family residential

12,308,613

11,786,998

10,234,473

4.4

20.3

Home equity lines of credit ("HELOCs")

1,862,928

1,988,881

2,280,080

(6.3

)

(18.3

)

Total residential mortgage

14,171,541

13,775,879

12,514,553

2.9

13.2

Other consumer

68,106

67,519

84,097

0.9

(19.0

)

Total loans HFI (1)

49,828,364

48,918,048

46,502,076

1.9

7.2

Loans HFS

2,830

6,861

28,464

(58.8

)

(90.1

)

Total loans (1)

49,831,194

48,924,909

46,530,540

1.9

7.1

Allowance for loan losses

(635,400

)

(619,893

)

(563,270

)

2.5

12.8

Net loans (1)

$

49,195,794

$

48,305,016

$

45,967,270

1.8

7.0

Deposits:

Noninterest-bearing demand

$

16,741,099

$

18,327,320

$

23,028,831

(8.7

)%

(27.3

)%

Interest-bearing checking

8,348,587

8,742,580

7,094,726

(4.5

)

17.7

Money market

11,486,473

9,293,114

11,814,402

23.6

(2.8

)

Savings

2,102,850

2,280,562

3,027,819

(7.8

)

(30.5

)

Time deposits

16,979,777

16,093,826

9,377,576

5.5

81.1

Total deposits

$

55,658,786

$

54,737,402

$

54,343,354

1.7

%

2.4

%

(1)

Includes $(74.0) million, $(75.4) million and $(56.2) million of net deferred loan fees and net unamortized premiums as of June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and June 30, 2022, respectively.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME

($ and shares in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

Table 3

Three Months Ended

June 30, 2023
% Change

June 30, 2023

March 31, 2023

June 30, 2022

Qtr-o-Qtr

Yr-o-Yr

Interest and dividend income

$

906,134

$

835,506

$

499,754

8.5

%

81.3

%

Interest expense

339,388

235,645

26,802

44.0

NM

Net interest income before provision for credit losses

566,746

599,861

472,952

(5.5

)

19.8

Provision for credit losses

26,000

20,000

13,500

30.0

92.6

Net interest income after provision for credit losses

540,746

579,861

459,452

(6.7

)

17.7

Noninterest income

78,631

59,978

78,444

31.1

0.2

Noninterest expense

261,789

218,447

196,860

19.8

33.0

Income before income taxes

357,588

421,392

341,036

(15.1

)

4.9

Income tax expense

45,557

98,953

82,707

(54.0

)

(44.9

)

Net income

$

312,031

$

322,439

$

258,329

(3.2

)%

20.8

%

Earnings per share ("EPS")

- Basic

$

2.21

$

2.28

$

1.83

(3.5

)%

20.8

%

- Diluted

$

2.20

$

2.27

$

1.81

(3.2

)

21.2

Weighted-average number of shares outstanding

- Basic

141,468

141,112

141,429

0.3

%

0.0

%

- Diluted

141,876

141,913

142,372

0.0

(0.3

)

Three Months Ended

June 30, 2023
% Change

June 30, 2023

March 31, 2023

June 30, 2022

Qtr-o-Qtr

Yr-o-Yr

Noninterest income:

Lending fees

$

20,901

$

20,586

$

20,142

1.5

%

3.8

%

Deposit account fees

22,285

21,703

22,372

2.7

(0.4

)

Interest rate contracts and other derivative income

7,373

2,564

9,801

187.6

(24.8

)

Foreign exchange income

13,251

12,660

11,361

4.7

16.6

Wealth management fees

6,889

6,304

6,539

9.3

5.4

Net (losses) gains on sales of loans

(7

)

(22

)

917

NM

NM

Net realized (losses) gains on AFS debt securities

(10,000

)

28

NM

(100.0

)

Other investment income

4,003

1,921

4,863

108.4

(17.7

)

Other income

3,936

4,262

2,421

(7.6

)

62.6

Total noninterest income

$

78,631

$

59,978

$

78,444

31.1

%

0.2

%

Noninterest expense:

Compensation and employee benefits

$

124,937

$

129,654

$

113,364

(3.6

)%

10.2

%

Occupancy and equipment expense

16,088

15,587

15,469

3.2

4.0

Deposit insurance premiums and regulatory assessments

8,262

7,910

4,927

4.5

67.7

Deposit account expense

10,559

9,609

5,671

9.9

86.2

Data processing

3,213

3,347

3,486

(4.0

)

(7.8

)

Computer software expense

7,479

7,360

6,572

1.6

13.8

Other operating expense (1)

35,337

34,870

32,392

1.3

9.1

Amortization of tax credit and other investments

55,914

10,110

14,979

453.1

273.3

Total noninterest expense

$

261,789

$

218,447

$

196,860

19.8

%

33.0

%

NM - Not meaningful.

(1)

Includes $3.9 million of repurchase agreements’ extinguishment cost for the three months ended March 31, 2023.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME

($ and shares in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

Table 4

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2023
% Change

June 30, 2023

June 30, 2022

Yr-o-Yr

Interest and dividend income

$

1,741,640

$

931,783

86.9%

Interest expense

575,033

43,218

NM

Net interest income before provision for credit losses

1,166,607

888,565

31.3

Provision for credit losses

46,000

21,500

114.0

Net interest income after provision for credit losses

1,120,607

867,065

29.2

Noninterest income

138,609

158,187

(12.4)

Noninterest expense

480,236

386,310

24.3

Income before income taxes

778,980

638,942

21.9

Income tax expense

144,510

142,961

1.1

Net income

$

634,470

$

495,981

27.9%

EPS

- Basic

$

4.49

$

3.50

28.3%

- Diluted

$

4.47

$

3.47

28.8

Weighted-average number of shares outstanding

- Basic

141,291

141,725

(0.3)%

- Diluted

141,910

142,838

(0.6)

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2023
% Change

June 30, 2023

June 30, 2022

Yr-o-Yr

Noninterest income:

Lending fees

$

41,487

$

39,580

4.8%

Deposit account fees

43,988

42,687

3.0

Interest rate contracts and other derivative income

9,937

20,934

(52.5)

Foreign exchange income

25,911

24,060

7.7

Wealth management fees

13,193

12,591

4.8

Net (losses) gains on sales of loans

(29

)

3,839

NM

Net realized (losses) gains on AFS debt securities

(10,000

)

1,306

NM

Other investment income

5,924

6,490

(8.7)

Other income

8,198

6,700

22.4

Total noninterest income

$

138,609

$

158,187

(12.4)%

Noninterest expense:

Compensation and employee benefits

$

254,591

$

229,633

10.9%

Occupancy and equipment expense

31,675

30,933

2.4

Deposit insurance premiums and regulatory assessments

16,172

9,644

67.7

Deposit account expense

20,168

10,364

94.6

Data processing

6,560

7,151

(8.3)

Computer software expense

14,839

13,866

7.0

Other operating expense (1)

70,207

55,840

25.7

Amortization of tax credit and other investments

66,024

28,879

128.6

Total noninterest expense

$

480,236

$

386,310

24.3%

(1)

Includes $3.9 million of repurchase agreements’ extinguishment cost for the six months ended June 30, 2023.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

SELECTED AVERAGE BALANCES

($ in thousands)

(unaudited)

Table 5

Three Months Ended

June 30, 2023
% Change

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2023
% Change

June 30,
2023

March 31,
2023

June 30,
2022

Qtr-o-Qtr

Yr-o-Yr

June 30,
2023

June 30,
2022

Yr-o-Yr

Loans:

Commercial:

C&I

$

15,244,826

$

15,400,996

$

14,986,876

(1.0)%

1.7%

$

15,322,480

$

14,631,365

4.7%

CRE:

CRE

14,130,811

13,932,758

13,049,058

1.4

8.3

14,032,331

12,666,338

10.8

Multifamily residential

4,685,786

4,600,094

4,112,411

1.9

13.9

4,643,177

3,931,993

18.1

Construction and land

782,541

675,047

475,933

15.9

64.4

729,091

434,657

67.7

Total CRE

19,599,138

19,207,899

17,637,402

2.0

11.1

19,404,599

17,032,988

13.9

Consumer:

Residential mortgage:

Single-family residential

12,014,513

11,417,477

9,624,242

5.2

24.8

11,717,644

9,369,132

25.1

HELOCs

1,928,208

2,050,778

2,290,378

(6.0)

(15.8)

1,989,154

2,237,025

(11.1)

Total residential mortgage

13,942,721

13,468,255

11,914,620

3.5

17.0

13,706,798

11,606,157

18.1

Other consumer

65,035

72,687

87,590

(10.5)

(25.8)

68,840

105,888

(35.0)

Total loans (1)

$

48,851,720

$

48,149,837

$

44,626,488

1.5%

9.5%

$

48,502,717

$

43,376,398

11.8%

Interest-earning assets

$

64,061,569

$

61,483,533

$

58,668,677

4.2%

9.2%

$

62,779,673

$

58,680,456

7.0%

Total assets

$

67,497,367

$

65,113,604

$

62,232,841

3.7%

8.5%

$

66,312,070

$

61,996,756

7.0%

Deposits:

Noninterest-bearing demand

$

16,926,937

$

19,709,980

$

23,887,452

(14.1)%

(29.1)%

$

18,310,770

$

23,661,355

(22.6)%

Interest-bearing checking

8,434,655

6,493,865

6,712,890

29.9

25.6

7,469,621

6,680,657

11.8

Money market

10,433,839

11,260,715

12,319,930

(7.3)

(15.3)

10,844,993

12,614,994

(14.0)

Savings

2,200,124

2,436,587

2,970,007

(9.7)

(25.9)

2,317,702

2,950,268

(21.4)

Time deposits

16,289,320

15,052,762

8,239,571

8.2

97.7

15,674,457

8,170,613

91.8

Total deposits

$

54,284,875

$

54,953,909

$

54,129,850

(1.2)%

0.3%

$

54,617,543

$

54,077,887

1.0%

Interest-bearing liabilities

$

42,026,844

$

36,814,685

$

30,957,475

14.2%

35.8%

$

39,435,162

$

31,087,256

26.9%

Stockholders’ equity

$

6,440,996

$

6,183,324

$

5,682,427

4.2%

13.3%

$

6,312,872

$

5,762,078

9.6%

(1)

Includes loans HFS.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

QUARTER-TO-DATE AVERAGE BALANCES, YIELDS AND RATES

($ in thousands)

(unaudited)

Table 6

Three Months Ended

June 30, 2023

March 31, 2023

Average

Average

Average

Average

Balance

Interest

Yield/Rate (1)

Balance

Interest

Yield/Rate (1)

Assets

Interest-earning assets:

Interest-bearing cash and deposits with banks

$

5,247,755

$

60,995

4.66

%

$

3,449,626

$

35,647

4.19

%

Resale agreements

641,939

3,969

2.48

%

688,778

4,503

2.65

%

AFS debt securities

6,257,397

56,292

3.61

%

6,108,825

53,197

3.53

%

HTM debt securities

2,983,780

12,678

1.70

%

2,995,677

12,734

1.72

%

Loans (2)

48,851,720

771,264

6.33

%

48,149,837

728,386

6.14

%

FHLB and FRB stock

78,978

936

4.75

%

90,790

1,039

4.64

%

Total interest-earning assets

$

64,061,569

$

906,134

5.67

%

$

61,483,533

$

835,506

5.51

%

Noninterest-earning assets:

Cash and due from banks

569,227

621,104

Allowance for loan losses

(619,868

)

(602,754

)

Other assets

3,486,439

3,611,721

Total assets

$

67,497,367

$

65,113,604

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

Interest-bearing liabilities:

Checking deposits

$

8,434,655

$

49,571

2.36

%

$

6,493,865

$

23,174

1.45

%

Money market deposits

10,433,839

86,419

3.32

%

11,260,715

76,102

2.74

%

Savings deposits

2,200,124

3,963

0.72

%

2,436,587

3,669

0.61

%

Time deposits

16,289,320

147,524

3.63

%

15,052,762

113,849

3.07

%

Federal funds purchased and other short-term borrowings

4,500,566

49,032

4.37

%

811,551

8,825

4.41

%

FHLB advances

1

%

500,000

6,430

5.22

%

Repurchase agreements

15,579

211

5.43

%

106,785

1,052

4.00

%

Long-term debt and finance lease liabilities

152,760

2,668

7.01

%

152,420

2,544

6.77

%

Total interest-bearing liabilities

$

42,026,844

$

339,388

3.24

%

$

36,814,685

$

235,645

2.60

%

Noninterest-bearing liabilities and stockholders’ equity:

Demand deposits

16,926,937

19,709,980

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

2,102,590

2,405,615

Stockholders’ equity

6,440,996

6,183,324

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

67,497,367

$

65,113,604

Interest rate spread

2.43

%

2.91

%

Net interest income and net interest margin

$

566,746

3.55

%

$

599,861

3.96

%

(1)

Annualized.

(2)

Includes loans HFS.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

QUARTER-TO-DATE AVERAGE BALANCES, YIELDS AND RATES

($ in thousands)

(unaudited)

Table 7

Three Months Ended

June 30, 2023

June 30, 2022

Average

Average

Average

Average

Balance

Interest

Yield/Rate (1)

Balance

Interest

Yield/Rate (1)

Assets

Interest-earning assets:

Interest-bearing cash and deposits with banks

$

5,247,755

$

60,995

4.66

%

$

2,797,711

$

4,787

0.69

%

Resale agreements

641,939

3,969

2.48

%

1,641,723

8,553

2.09

%

AFS debt securities

6,257,397

56,292

3.61

%

6,503,677

33,438

2.06

%

HTM debt securities

2,983,780

12,678

1.70

%

3,021,239

12,738

1.69

%

Loans (2)

48,851,720

771,264

6.33

%

44,626,488

439,416

3.95

%

FHLB and FRB stock

78,978

936

4.75

%

77,839

822

4.24

%

Total interest-earning assets

$

64,061,569

$

906,134

5.67

%

$

58,668,677

$

499,754

3.42

%

Noninterest-earning assets:

Cash and due from banks

569,227

712,884

Allowance for loan losses

(619,868

)

(545,489

)

Other assets

3,486,439

3,396,769

Total assets

$

67,497,367

$

62,232,841

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

Interest-bearing liabilities:

Checking deposits

$

8,434,655

$

49,571

2.36

%

$

6,712,890

$

3,178

0.19

%

Money market deposits

10,433,839

86,419

3.32

%

12,319,930

8,892

0.29

%

Savings deposits

2,200,124

3,963

0.72

%

2,970,007

1,864

0.25

%

Time deposits

16,289,320

147,524

3.63

%

8,239,571

8,554

0.42

%

Federal funds purchased and other short-term borrowings

4,500,566

49,032

4.37

%

64,145

241

1.51

%

FHLB advances

1

%

138,960

559

1.61

%

Repurchase agreements

15,579

211

5.43

%

359,778

2,418

2.70

%

Long-term debt and finance lease liabilities

152,760

2,668

7.01

%

152,194

1,096

2.89

%

Total interest-bearing liabilities

$

42,026,844

$

339,388

3.24

%

$

30,957,475

$

26,802

0.35

%

Noninterest-bearing liabilities and stockholders’ equity:

Demand deposits

16,926,937

23,887,452

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

2,102,590

1,705,487

Stockholders’ equity

6,440,996

5,682,427

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

67,497,367

$

62,232,841

Interest rate spread

2.43

%

3.07

%

Net interest income and net interest margin

$

566,746

3.55

%

$

472,952

3.23

%

(1)

Annualized.

(2)

Includes loans HFS.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

YEAR-TO-DATE AVERAGE BALANCES, YIELDS AND RATES

($ in thousands)

(unaudited)

Table 8

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2023

June 30, 2022

Average

Average

Average

Average

Balance

Interest

Yield/Rate(1)

Balance

Interest

Yield/Rate(1)

Assets

Interest-earning assets:

Interest-bearing cash and deposits with banks

$

4,353,658

$

96,642

4.48

%

$

3,627,253

$

8,047

0.45

%

Resale agreements

665,229

8,472

2.57

%

1,868,600

16,936

1.83

%

AFS debt securities

6,183,522

109,489

3.57

%

7,232,686

67,907

1.89

%

HTM debt securities

2,989,695

25,412

1.71

%

2,497,811

20,936

1.69

%

Loans (2)

48,502,717

1,499,650

6.24

%

43,376,398

816,526

3.80

%

FHLB and FRB stock

84,852

1,975

4.69

%

77,708

1,431

3.71

%

Total interest-earning assets

$

62,779,673

$

1,741,640

5.59

%

$

58,680,456

$

931,783

3.20

%

Noninterest-earning assets:

Cash and due from banks

595,022

677,579

Allowance for loan losses

(611,358

)

(544,423

)

Other assets

3,548,733

3,183,144

Total assets

$

66,312,070

$

61,996,756

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

Interest-bearing liabilities:

Checking deposits

$

7,469,621

$

72,745

1.96

%

$

6,680,657

$

4,580

0.14

%

Money market deposits

10,844,992

162,521

3.02

%

12,614,994

12,095

0.19

%

Savings deposits

2,317,702

7,632

0.66

%

2,950,268

3,568

0.24

%

Time deposits

15,674,457

261,373

3.36

%

8,170,613

15,234

0.38

%

Federal funds purchased and other short-term borrowings

2,666,249

57,857

4.38

%

33,177

250

1.52

%

FHLB advances

248,619

6,430

5.22

%

149,431

1,137

1.53

%

Repurchase agreements

60,931

1,263

4.18

%

336,013

4,434

2.66

%

Long-term debt and finance lease liabilities

152,591

5,212

6.89

%

152,103

1,920

2.55

%

Total interest-bearing liabilities

$

39,435,162

$

575,033

2.94

%

$

31,087,256

$

43,218

0.28

%

Noninterest-bearing liabilities and stockholders’ equity:

Demand deposits

18,310,770

23,661,355

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

2,253,266

1,486,067

Stockholders’ equity

6,312,872

5,762,078

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

66,312,070

$

61,996,756

Interest rate spread

2.65

%

2.92

%

Net interest income and net interest margin

$

1,166,607

3.75

%

$

888,565

3.05

%

(1)

Annualized.

(2)

Includes loans HFS.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

SELECTED RATIOS

(unaudited)

Table 9

Three Months Ended (1)

June 30, 2023
Basis Point Change

June 30, 2023

March 31, 2023

June 30, 2022

Qtr-o-Qtr

Yr-o-Yr

Return on average assets

1.85

%

2.01

%

1.66

%

(16

)

bps

19

bps

Adjusted return on average assets (2)

1.85

%

2.05

%

1.66

%

(20

)

19

Return on average common equity

19.43

%

21.15

%

18.23

%

(172

)

120

Adjusted return on average common equity (2)

19.43

%

21.61

%

18.23

%

(218

)

120

Return on average TCE (3)

21.01

%

22.94

%

19.94

%

(193

)

107

Adjusted return on average TCE (3)

21.01

%

23.44

%

19.94

%

(243

)

107

Interest rate spread

2.43

%

2.91

%

3.07

%

(48

)

(64

)

Net interest margin

3.55

%

3.96

%

3.23

%

(41

)

32

Average loan yield

6.33

%

6.14

%

3.95

%

19

238

Yield on average interest-earning assets

5.67

%

5.51

%

3.42

%

16

225

Average cost of interest-bearing deposits

3.09

%

2.49

%

0.30

%

60

279

Average cost of deposits

2.12

%

1.60

%

0.17

%

52

195

Average cost of funds

2.31

%

1.69

%

0.20

%

62

211

Adjusted pre-tax, pre-provision profitability ratio (4)

2.61

%

2.90

%

2.38

%

(29

)

23

Adjusted noninterest expense/average assets (4)

1.22

%

1.27

%

1.17

%

(5

)

5

Efficiency ratio

40.56

%

33.11

%

35.70

%

745

486

Adjusted efficiency ratio (4)

31.83

%

30.46

%

32.90

%

137

bps

(107

)

bps

Six Months Ended (1)

June 30, 2023
Basis Point Change

June 30, 2023

June 30, 2022

Yr-o-Yr

Return on average assets

1.93

%

1.61

%

32

bps

Adjusted return on average assets (2)

1.95

%

1.61

%

34

Return on average common equity

20.27

%

17.36

%

291

Adjusted return on average common equity (2)

20.49

%

17.36

%

313

Return on average TCE (3)

21.95

%

18.96

%

299

Adjusted return on average TCE (3)

22.19

%

18.96

%

323

Interest rate spread

2.65

%

2.92

%

(27

)

Net interest margin

3.75

%

3.05

%

70

Average loan yield

6.24

%

3.80

%

244

Yield on average interest-earning assets

5.59

%

3.20

%

239

Average cost of interest-bearing deposits

2.80

%

0.24

%

256

Average cost of deposits

1.86

%

0.13

%

173

Average cost of funds

2.01

%

0.16

%

185

Adjusted pre-tax, pre-provision profitability ratio (4)

2.75

%

2.25

%

50

Adjusted noninterest expense/average assets (4)

1.25

%

1.16

%

9

Efficiency ratio

36.79

%

36.91

%

(12

)

Adjusted efficiency ratio (4)

31.13

%

34.05

%

(292

)

bps

(1)

Annualized except for efficiency ratio.

(2)

Adjusted return on average assets and adjusted return on average common equity are non-GAAP financial measures. See reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures in Table 14.

(3)

Return on average TCE and adjusted return on average TCE are non-GAAP financial measures. See reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures in Table 13.

(4)

Adjusted pre-tax, pre-provision profitability ratio, adjusted noninterest expense/average assets and the adjusted efficiency ratio are non-GAAP financial measures. See reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures in Table 12.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES & OFF-BALANCE SHEET CREDIT EXPOSURES

($ in thousands)

(unaudited)

Table 10

Three Months Ended June 30, 2023

Commercial

Consumer

C&I

Total CRE

Total Residential
Mortgage

Other Consumer

Total

Allowance for loan losses, March 31, 2023

$

376,325

$

188,915

$

52,978

$

1,675

$

619,893

Provision for (reversal of) credit losses on loans

(a)

5,259

16,076

3,057

(367

)

24,025

Gross charge-offs

(7,335

)

(2,366

)

(6

)

(48

)

(9,755

)

Gross recoveries

2,065

143

10

2,218

Total net (charge-offs) recoveries

(5,270

)

(2,223

)

4

(48

)

(7,537

)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

(981

)

(981

)

Allowance for loan losses, June 30, 2023

$

375,333

$

202,768

$

56,039

$

1,260

$

635,400

Three Months Ended March 31, 2023

Commercial

Consumer

C&I

Total CRE

Total Residential
Mortgage

Other Consumer

Total

Allowance for loan losses, December 31, 2022

$

371,700

$

182,346

$

40,039

$

1,560

$

595,645

Impact of ASU 2022-02 adoption

5,683

343

2

6,028

Allowance for loan losses, January 1, 2023

$

377,383

$

182,689

$

40,041

$

1,560

$

601,673

(Reversal of) provision for credit losses on loans

(a)

(678

)

6,021

13,022

155

18,520

Gross charge-offs

(1,900

)

(6

)

(91

)

(40

)

(2,037

)

Gross recoveries

1,211

211

6

1,428

Total net (charge-offs) recoveries

(689

)

205

(85

)

(40

)

(609

)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

309

309

Allowance for loan losses, March 31, 2023

$

376,325

$

188,915

$

52,978

$

1,675

$

619,893

Three Months Ended June 30, 2022

Commercial

Consumer

C&I

Total CRE

Total Residential Mortgage

Other Consumer

Total

Allowance for loan losses, March 31, 2022

$

339,446

$

182,296

$

21,958

$

1,985

$

545,685

Provision for (reversal of) credit losses on loans

(a)

19,030

(9,181

)

3,122

(502

)

12,469

Gross charge-offs

(240

)

(679

)

(193

)

(34

)

(1,146

)

Gross recoveries

6,514

1,043

173

7,730

Total net recoveries (charge-offs)

6,274

364

(20

)

(34

)

6,584

Foreign currency translation adjustment

(1,468

)

(1,468

)

Allowance for loan losses, June 30, 2022

$

363,282

$

173,479

$

25,060

$

1,449

$

563,270

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES & OFF-BALANCE-SHEET CREDIT EXPOSURES

($ in thousands)

(unaudited)

Table 10 (continued)

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023

Commercial

Consumer

C&I

Total CRE

Total Residential
Mortgage

Other Consumer

Total

Allowance for loan losses, December 31, 2022

$

371,700

$

182,346

$

40,039

$

1,560

$

595,645

Impact of ASU 2022-02 adoption

5,683

343

2

6,028

Allowance for loan losses, January 1, 2023

$

377,383

$

182,689

$

40,041

$

1,560

$

601,673

Provision for (reversal of) credit losses on loans

(a)

4,581

22,097

16,079

(212

)

42,545

Gross charge-offs

(9,235

)

(2,372

)

(97

)

(88

)

(11,792

)

Gross recoveries

3,276

354

16

3,646

Total net charge-offs

(5,959

)

(2,018

)

(81

)

(88

)

(8,146

)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

(672

)

(672

)

Allowance for loan losses, June 30, 2023

$

375,333

$

202,768

$

56,039

$

1,260

$

635,400

Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

Commercial

Consumer

C&I

Total CRE

Total Residential
Mortgage

Other Consumer

Total

Allowance for loan losses, December 31, 2021

$

338,252

$

180,808

$

20,595

$

1,924

$

541,579

Provision for (reversal of) credit losses on loans

(a)

28,292

(7,523

)

4,347

(395

)

24,721

Gross charge-offs

(11,428

)

(1,078

)

(193

)

(80

)

(12,779

)

Gross recoveries

9,516

1,272

311

11,099

Total net (charge-offs) recoveries

(1,912

)

194

118

(80

)

(1,680

)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

(1,350

)

(1,350

)

Allowance for loan losses, June 30, 2022

$

363,282

$

173,479

$

25,060

$

1,449

$

563,270

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30,
2023

March 31,
2023

June 30,
2022

June 30,
2023

June 30,
2022

Unfunded Credit Facilities

Allowance for unfunded credit commitments, beginning of period (1)

$

27,741

$

26,264

$

23,262

$

26,264

$

27,514

Provision for (reversal of) credit losses on unfunded credit commitments

(b)

1,975

1,480

1,031

3,455

(3,221

)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

12

(3

)

11

9

11

Allowance for unfunded credit commitments, end of period (1)

$

29,728

$

27,741

$

24,304

$

29,728

$

24,304

Provision for credit losses

(a)+(b)

$

26,000

$

20,000

$

13,500

$

46,000

$

21,500

(1)

Included in Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CRITICIZED LOANS, NONPERFORMING ASSETS AND CREDIT QUALITY RATIOS

($ in thousands)

(unaudited)

Table 11

Criticized Loans

June 30, 2023

March 31, 2023

June 30, 2022

Special mention loans

$

330,741

$

461,356

$

590,227

Classified loans

481,051

452,715

432,414

Total criticized loans (1)

$

811,792

$

914,071

$

1,022,641

Nonperforming Assets

June 30, 2023

March 31, 2023

June 30, 2022

Nonaccrual loans:

Commercial:

C&I

$

61,879

$

43,747

$

40,053

Total CRE

20,598

19,427

12,742

Consumer:

Total residential mortgage

33,032

29,585

37,129

Other consumer

24

366

11

Total nonaccrual loans

115,533

93,125

89,935

Other real estate owned, net

270

Total nonperforming assets

$

115,533

$

93,395

$

89,935

Credit Quality Ratios

June 30, 2023

March 31, 2023

June 30, 2022

Annualized quarterly net charge-offs (recoveries) to average loans HFI

0.06

%

0.01

%

(0.06

)%

Special mention loans to loans HFI

0.66

%

0.94

%

1.27

%

Classified loans to loans HFI

0.97

%

0.93

%

0.93

%

Criticized loans to loans HFI

1.63

%

1.87

%

2.20

%

Nonperforming assets to total assets

0.17

%

0.14

%

0.14

%

Nonaccrual loans to loans HFI

0.23

%

0.19

%

0.19

%

Allowance for loan losses to loans HFI

1.28

%

1.27

%

1.21

%

(1)

Excludes loans HFS.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

GAAP TO NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION

($ in thousands)

(unaudited)

Table 12

The Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to provide supplemental information regarding the Company’s performance. Adjusted efficiency ratio represents adjusted noninterest expense divided by adjusted revenue. Adjusted pre-tax, pre-provision profitability ratio represents total adjusted revenue less adjusted noninterest expense, divided by average total assets. Adjusted revenue excludes the write-off of an AFS debt security (where applicable). Adjusted noninterest expense excludes the amortization of tax credit and other investments, the amortization of core deposit intangibles and the repurchase agreements’ extinguishment cost (where applicable). Management believes that the measures and ratios presented below provide clarity to financial statement users regarding the ongoing performance of the Company and allow comparability to prior periods.

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30,
2023

March 31,
2023

June 30,
2022

June 30,
2023

June 30,
2022

Net interest income before provision for credit losses

(a)

$

566,746

$

599,861

$

472,952

$

1,166,607

$

888,565

Total noninterest income

78,631

59,978

78,444

138,609

158,187

Total revenue

(b)

$

645,377

$

659,839

$

551,396

$

1,305,216

$

1,046,752

Noninterest income

78,631

59,978

78,444

138,609

158,187

Add: Write-off of AFS debt security

10,000

10,000

Adjusted noninterest income

(c)

78,631

69,978

78,444

148,609

158,187

Adjusted revenue

(a)+(c) = (d)

$

645,377

$

669,839

$

551,396

$

1,315,216

$

1,046,752

Total noninterest expense

(e)

$

261,789

$

218,447

$

196,860

$

480,236

$

386,310

Less: Amortization of tax credit and other investments

(55,914

)

(10,110

)

(14,979

)

(66,024

)

(28,879

)

Amortization of core deposit intangibles

(440

)

(441

)

(488

)

(881

)

(999

)

Repurchase agreements’ extinguishment cost

(3,872

)

(3,872

)

Adjusted noninterest expense

(f)

$

205,435

$

204,024

$

181,393

$

409,459

$

356,432

Efficiency ratio

(e)/(b)

40.56

%

33.11

%

35.70

%

36.79

%

36.91

%

Adjusted efficiency ratio

(f)/(d)

31.83

%

30.46

%

32.90

%

31.13

%

34.05

%

Adjusted pre-tax, pre-provision income

(d)-(f) = (g)

$

439,942

$

465,815

$

370,003

$

905,757

$

690,320

Average total assets

(h)

$

67,497,367

$

65,113,604

$

62,232,841

$

66,312,070

$

61,996,756

Adjusted pre-tax, pre-provision profitability ratio (1)

(g)/(h)

2.61

%

2.90

%

2.38

%

2.75

%

2.25

%

Adjusted noninterest expense/average assets (1)

(f)/(h)

1.22

%

1.27

%

1.17

%

1.25

%

1.16

%

(1)

Annualized.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

GAAP TO NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION

($ in thousands)

(unaudited)

Table 13

The Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to provide supplemental information regarding the Company’s performance. Tangible book value, tangible book value per share and TCE ratio are non-GAAP financial measures. Tangible book value and tangible assets represent stockholders’ equity and total assets, respectively, which have been reduced by goodwill and other intangible assets. Given that the use of such measures and ratios is more prevalent in the banking industry, and such measures and ratios are used by banking regulators and analysts, the Company has included them below for discussion.

June 30, 2023

March 31, 2023

June 30, 2022

Stockholders’ equity

(a)

$

6,461,697

$

6,309,331

$

5,609,482

Less: Goodwill

(465,697

)

(465,697

)

(465,697

)

Other intangible assets (1)

(6,418

)

(7,201

)

(8,537

)

Tangible book value

(b)

$

5,989,582

$

5,836,433

$

5,135,248

Number of common shares at period-end

(c)

141,484

141,396

140,917

Book value per share

(a)/(c)

$

45.67

$

44.62

$

39.81

Tangible book value per share

(b)/(c)

$

42.33

$

41.28

$

36.44

Total assets

(d)

$

68,532,681

$

67,244,898

$

62,394,283

Less: Goodwill

(465,697

)

(465,697

)

(465,697

)

Other intangible assets (1)

(6,418

)

(7,201

)

(8,537

)

Tangible assets

(e)

$

68,060,566

$

66,772,000

$

61,920,049

Total stockholders’ equity to assets ratio

(a)/(d)

9.43

%

9.38

%

8.99

%

TCE ratio

(b)/(e)

8.80

%

8.74

%

8.29

%

Return on average TCE represents tangible net income divided by average tangible book value. Adjusted return on average TCE represents adjusted tangible net income divided by average tangible book value. Tangible net income excludes the after-tax impacts of the amortization of core deposit intangibles and mortgage servicing assets. Adjusted tangible net income excludes the after-tax impacts of the tangible net income adjustments and the write-off of an AFS debt security. Given that the use of such measures and ratios is more prevalent in the banking industry, and such measures and ratios are used by banking regulators and analysts, the Company has included them below for discussion.

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2023

March 31, 2023

June 30, 2022

June 30, 2023

June 30, 2022

Net income

(e)

$

312,031

$

322,439

$

258,329

$

634,470

$

495,981

Add: Amortization of core deposit intangibles

440

441

488

881

999

Amortization of mortgage servicing assets

342

356

364

698

756

Tax effect of amortization adjustments (2)

(230

)

(233

)

(245

)

(463

)

(505

)

Tangible net income

(f)

$

312,583

$

323,003

$

258,936

$

635,586

$

497,231

Add: Write-off of AFS debt security

10,000

10,000

Tax effect of write-off (2)

(2,929

)

(2,929

)

Adjusted tangible net income

(g)

$

312,583

$

330,074

$

258,936

$

642,657

$

497,231

Average stockholders’ equity

(h)

$

6,440,996

$

6,183,324

$

5,682,427

$

6,312,872

$

5,762,078

Less: Average goodwill

(465,697

)

(465,697

)

(465,697

)

(465,697

)

(465,697

)

Average other intangible assets (1)

(6,921

)

(7,696

)

(8,827

)

(7,306

)

(9,016

)

Average tangible book value

(i)

$

5,968,378

$

5,709,931

$

5,207,903

$

5,839,869

$

5,287,365

Return on average common equity (3)

(e)/(h)

19.43

%

21.15

%

18.23

%

20.27

%

17.36

%

Return on average TCE (3)

(f)/(i)

21.01

%

22.94

%

19.94

%

21.95

%

18.96

%

Adjusted return on average TCE (3)

(g)/(i)

21.01

%

23.44

%

19.94

%

22.19

%

18.96

%

(1)

Includes core deposit intangibles and mortgage servicing assets.

(2)

Applied statutory tax rate of 29.29% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, and the three months ended March 31, 2023. Applied statutory tax rate of 28.77% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.

(3)

Annualized.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

GAAP TO NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION

($ and shares in thousands, except for per share data)

(unaudited)

Table 14

During the first quarter of 2023, the Company recorded a $10.0 million pre-tax impairment write-off of an AFS debt security. Management believes that presenting the computations of the adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per common share, adjusted return on average assets and adjusted return on average common equity that adjust for the above discussed non-recurring item provide clarity to financial statement users regarding the ongoing performance of the Company and allows comparability to prior periods.

Three Months Ended

June 30, 2023

March 31, 2023

June 30, 2022

Net income

(a)

$

312,031

$

322,439

$

258,329

Add: Write-off of AFS debt security

10,000

Tax effect of write-off (1)

(2,929

)

Adjusted net income

(b)

$

312,031

$

329,510

$

258,329

Diluted weighted-average number of shares outstanding

141,876

141,913

142,372

Diluted EPS

$

2.20

$

2.27

$

1.81

Add: Write-off of AFS debt security

0.05

Adjusted diluted EPS

$

2.20

$

2.32

$

1.81

Average total assets

(c)

$

67,497,367

$

65,113,604

$

62,232,841

Average stockholders’ equity

(d)

$

6,440,996

$

6,183,324

$

5,682,427

Return on average assets (2)

(a)/(c)

1.85

%

2.01

%

1.66

%

Adjusted return on average assets (2)

(b)/(c)

1.85

%

2.05

%

1.66

%

Return on average common equity (2)

(a)/(d)

19.43

%

21.15

%

18.23

%

Adjusted return on average common equity (2)

(b)/(d)

19.43

%

21.61

%

18.23

%

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2023

June 30, 2022

Net income

(e)

634,470

$

495,981

Add: Write-off of AFS debt security

10,000

Tax effect of write-off (1)

(2,929

)

Adjusted net income

(f)

$

641,541

$

495,981

Diluted weighted-average number of shares outstanding

141,910

142,838

Diluted EPS

$

4.47

$

3.47

Add: Write-off of AFS debt security

0.05

Adjusted diluted EPS

$

4.52

$

3.47

Average total assets

(g)

$

66,312,070

$

61,996,756

Average stockholders’ equity

(h)

$

6,312,872

$

5,762,078

Return on average assets (2)

(e)/(g)

1.93

%

1.61

%

Adjusted return on average assets (2)

(f)/(g)

1.95

%

1.61

%

Return on average common equity (2)

(e)/(h)

20.27

%

17.36

%

Adjusted return on average common equity (2)

(f)/(h)

20.49

%

17.36

%

(1)

Applied statutory tax rate of 29.29% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and the six months ended June 30, 2023.

(2)

Annualized.

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Contacts

FOR INVESTOR INQUIRIES, CONTACT:
Irene Oh
Chief Financial Officer
T: (626) 768-6360
E: irene.oh@eastwestbank.com

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