Carter Bankshares, Inc. CARE

Carter Bankshares, Inc. (the "Company") is a bank holding company headquartered in Martinsville, Virginia with assets of $4.9 billion at December 31, 2025. In October 2025, the Company elected to become a financial holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the "BHCA"). As a financial holding company of a Virginia state bank, the Company is subject to regulation, supervision and examination by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "FRB") and the Bureau of Financial Institutions of the Virginia State Corporation Commission (the "Virginia BFI"). The Company is the parent company of its wholly owned subsidiary, Carter Bank & Trust (the "Bank"). The Bank is a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") insured, Virginia state-chartered bank, which operates 64 branches in Virginia and North Carolina. The Bank became a member of the Federal Reserve System on November 13, 2025. The Bank is subject to regulation, supervision and examination by the FRB (through the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond) and the Virginia BFI. The Company provides a full range of commercial banking, consumer banking, mortgage and services through the Bank. The Company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol "CARE".