NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1. Nature of Business and Its Significant Accounting Policies
Partners Bancorp (the “Company”) is a multi-bank holding company with two wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Subsidiaries”), The Bank of Delmarva (“Delmarva”), a commercial bank headquartered in Seaford, Delaware that operates primarily in Wicomico and Worcester counties in Maryland, Sussex County in Delaware, and Camden and Burlington counties in New Jersey, and Virginia Partners Bank (“Partners”), a commercial bank headquartered in Fredericksburg, Virginia that operates in and around the greater Fredericksburg, Virginia area (Stafford County, Spotsylvania County, King George County, Caroline County, and the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia), the Greater Washington area (the District of Columbia, Arlington County, Clarke County, Fairfax County, Fauquier County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, Warren County, and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park, and Reston, Virginia) and Anne Arundel County and the three counties of Southern Maryland (Charles County, Calvert County and St. Mary’s County). The Subsidiaries engage in general banking business and provide a broad range of financial services to individual and corporate customers, and are subject to competition from other financial institutions. The Subsidiaries are also subject to the regulations of certain federal and state agencies and undergo periodic examinations by those regulatory authorities. The accounting and reporting policies of the Company and its Subsidiaries conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and practices within the banking industry.
Significant accounting policies not disclosed elsewhere in the consolidated financial statements are as follows:
Principles of Consolidation:
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company; the Subsidiaries, along with their consolidated subsidiaries: Delmarva Real Estate Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delmarva, which is a real estate holding company; Davie Circle, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delmarva, which is a real estate holding company; Delmarva BK Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delmarva, which is a real estate holding company; DHB Development, LLC, of which Delmarva holds a 40.55% interest, and which is a real estate holding company; and FBW, LLC, of which Delmarva holds a 50% interest, and which is a real estate holding company; Bear Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Partners, which is a real estate holding company; Johnson Mortgage Company, LLC (“JMC”), of which Partners owns a 51% interest, and which is a residential mortgage company; and 410 William Street, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Partners, which holds investment property. During the second quarter of 2022, Delmarva sold its 10% interest in West Nithsdale Enterprises, LLC, which was a real estate holding company. The sale of this interest resulted in a loss of approximately $2 thousand, which is included in “Losses (gains) and expenses on other real estate owned, net” under “Other Expenses” in the Consolidated Statements of Income. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Financial Statement Presentation:
The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements do not include all information and notes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, changes in stockholder's equity, and cash flows in conformity with U.S. GAAP. In the opinion of management, the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the results of its operations for three months and nine months and its cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 in conformity with U.S. GAAP.
Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022, or for any other period.