Broadway Financial Corporation (“Broadway”, “we” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ Capital Market: BYFC), announced that the United States Department of the Treasury (the “U.S. Treasury”) has informed Broadway that the Company is eligible to receive an equity investment of $142.5 million from the U.S. Treasury pursuant to the Emergency Capital Investment Program (“ECIP”).

Under ECIP the U.S. Treasury will invest over $8.7 billion into 186 Community Development Financial Institutions and Minority Depository Institutions to provide funding for these institutions to increase access to capital for small and minority-owned businesses and consumers in traditionally underserved markets, such as low-to-moderate income communities. To read the Treasury Department news release, click here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0530

The investment in Broadway is expected to take the form of Senior Perpetual Noncumulative Preferred Stock with a dividend rate between 0.5% and 2% per annum that is dependent on Broadway’s investment of the proceeds within Target Communities in certain types of loans that are consistent with the types of loans that the Company has historically originated. The investment is subject to completion of satisfactory documentation and is intended to qualify as Tier 1 Capital. At September 30, 2021, Broadway’s stockholders’ equity was $143.3 million, or 13.48% of the Company’s assets and the Tier 1 Capital of its bank subsidiary, City First Bank, National Association, was $98 million.

Chief Executive Officer, Brian Argrett, commented, “We are excited to report that our application to participate in the ECIP has been approved by the U.S. Treasury. This investment will significantly improve our ability to advance our mission and multiply the impact and lending that we can make in the low-to-moderate income communities that we serve, as well as significantly enhance the scale of our operations and improve the economics of our business.”

About CityFirstBroadway

Broadway Financial Corporation, a bank holding company, and its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, City First Bank, National Association (the “Bank”), are collectively referred to as CityFirstBroadway. CityFirstBroadway is a leading provider of financial products and services to economically underserved urban communities. The Bank offers a variety of commercial loan products, services, and depository accounts that support investments in affordable housing, small businesses, and nonprofit community facilities located within low-to-moderate income neighborhoods. The Bank is a CDFI, MDI, Certified B Corp, and a member of the Global Alliance of Banking on Values, entities whose values are aligned with sustainable solutions, healthier families, and more prosperous communities for our collective well-being. CityFirstBroadway has branches serving the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. and Southern California regions. For more information, please visit us at cityfirstbank.com

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