Brad Kessel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Replay available
Independent Bank Corporation (NASDAQ: IBCP) Q1 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-04-23. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.

President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial Banking
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Analyst, Hovde Group
Analyst, Piper Sandler
Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Independent Bank Corporation first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during this session, you will need to press star 1-1 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star 1-1 again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Brad Kessel, President and CEO. Sir, please go ahead. Good morning and welcome to today's call. Thank you for joining us for Independent Bank Corporation's conference call and webcast to discuss the company's results for the first quarter of 2026. I am Brad Kessel, President and Chief Executive Officer, and joining me this morning is Gavin Moore, Executive Vice President and our Chief Financial Officer, as well as Joel Rahn, Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial Banking for Independent. Before we begin today's call, I would like to direct you to important information on page two of our presentation, specifically the cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements. If anyone does not already have a copy of the press release issued by us today, you can access it at our website, independentbank.com. The agenda for today's call will include prepared remarks, followed by a question and answer session, and then closing remarks. Independent Bank Corporation reported first quarter 2026 net income of $16.9 million, or 81 cents per diluted share, versus net income of $15.6 million, or 74 cents per diluted share in the prior year period. Highlights for our first q...