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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSISOF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTSOF
OPERATIONS
General
Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. (the “Company”) is a bank holdingcompany registered with the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) under the Bank HoldingCompany Act of 1956, as amended (the
“BHC Act”). The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1990, and in1994 it succeeded its Alabama predecessor as the
bank holding company controlling AuburnBank, an Alabama state memberbank with its principal office in Auburn,
Alabama (the “Bank”). The Company and its predecessor have controlledthe Bank since 1984.As a bank holding
company, the Companymay diversify into a broader range of financial services and other business activities thancurrently
are permitted to the Bank under applicable laws and regulations.The holding company structure also provides greater
financial and operating flexibility than is presently permitted to the Bank.
The Bank has operated continuously since 1907 and currently conducts its businessprimarily in East Alabama, including
Lee County and surrounding areas.The Bank has been a member of the Federal Reserve System since April 1995.The
Bank’s primary regulators are theFederal Reserve and the Alabama Superintendent of Banks (the “Alabama
Superintendent”).The Bank has been a member of the FHLB of Atlanta since 1991. Certain of the statementsmade in this
discussion and analysis and elsewhere, including information incorporatedherein by reference to other documents, are
“forward-looking statements” as more fully described under “Special CautionaryNotice Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements” below.
The following discussion and analysis is intended to provide a better understandingof various factors related to the results
of operations and financial condition of the Company and the Bank.This discussion is intended to supplement and
highlight information contained in the accompanying unaudited condensedconsolidated financial statements and related
notes for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, as well as the informationcontained in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and our QuarterlyReports on Form 10-Q.
Special Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Variousof the statements made herein under the captions “Business”, “Properties”,“Risk Factors”, “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, “Quantitativeand Qualitative Disclosures
about Market Risk”, and elsewhere, are “forward-looking statements” withinthe meaning and protections of Section 27A
of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to our beliefs, plans,objectives, goals, expectations,
anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions and future performance,and involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control,and which may cause the actual results, performance,
achievements or financial condition of the Company to be materially differentfrom future results, performance,
achievements or financial condition expressed or implied by such forward-lookingstatements.Youshould not expect us to
update any forward-looking statements.
All statements,other than statements of historical fact, could be forward-lookingstatements.Youcan identify these
forward-looking statements through our use of words such as “may”,“will”, “anticipate”,“assume”, “should”,“indicate”,
“would”,“believe”,“contemplate”, “expect”,“estimate”, “continue”,“designed”, “plan”, “point to”, “project”, “could”,
“intend”,“target”,“seek”, and other similar words and expressions of the future.These forward-looking statements may
not be realized due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation:
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the effects of future economic, business and market conditionsand changes, foreign, domestic and locally,
including inflation, seasonality,natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornados,floods and droughts, epidemics or
pandemics, supply chain disruptions and changes in consumer behaviors;
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the effects of war, other conflicts orattacks, acts of terrorism, trade restrictions, tariffs, sanctions, thevalue of the
U.S. dollar against other currencies, disruptions of supply chains includingenergy supplies, or other events that
may affect general economic conditions, and consumerand business confidence;