Our business, financial condition and operating results can be affected by a number of factors, whether currently known or unknown, including but not limited to those described in Part I, Item 1A of the 2025 Annual Report under the heading “Risk Factors,” any one or more of which could, directly or indirectly, cause our actual financial condition and operating results to vary materially from past, or from anticipated future, financial condition and operating results. Any of these factors, in whole or in part, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and stock price. Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes to our risk factors since the 2025 Annual Report. We may not be able to consummate the Transaction with BNCC on the anticipated terms, on the anticipated timeline, or at all, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operation and stock price. On April 28, 2026, the Company entered into the Merger Agreement with BNCC and Merger Sub. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, BNCC will merge with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub surviving as our wholly owned subsidiary. Immediately following the Merger, an interim bank and our wholly owned subsidiary to be formed following the date thereof will merge with and into BNC, with BNC (which is expected to be renamed OppFi Bank, N.A.) surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary. The consummation of the Transaction remains subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including regulatory and BNCC stockholder approvals, as well as the satisfaction of other customary conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. These closing conditions may not be fulfilled in a timely manner or at all, and, accordingly, the Transaction may not be completed. In connection with the Transaction, a portion of the consideration payable at closing will consist of shares of our Class A Common Stock. We expect to issue approximately 6.8 million shares of our Class A Common Stock in the Transaction. The issuance of these shares will dilute the ownership interests of our existing stockholders. Although the issuance represents a relatively small percentage of our currently outstanding Class A Common Stock, such dilution could adversely affect the market price of our Class A Common Stock. If the Transaction is not consummated, or is consummated on different terms than as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, we could be adversely affected and subject to a variety of risks associated with the failure to consummate the Transaction, or to consummate the Transaction as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including: •our stockholders may be prevented from realizing the anticipated potential benefits of the Transaction; •the market price of our Class A Common Stock could decline significantly; •reputational harm due to the adverse public perception of any failure to successfully complete the Transaction; and •the attention of our management and employees may be diverted from their day-to-day business and operational matters and our relationships with our customers, bank partners, regulators, vendors and employees may be disrupted as a result of efforts relating to attempting to consummate the Transaction. Following the consummation of the Transaction, we may not realize the anticipated synergies and other expected benefits of the Transaction on the anticipated timeline or at all. Even if the Transaction is completed, we may not realize the anticipated synergies and other expected benefits of the Transaction on the anticipated timeline or at all. The success of the Merger will depend, in part, on our ability to integrate BNC’s business, operations, technology platforms and personnel into our existing business, maintain regulatory compliance across applicable jurisdictions, and manage the combined company’s expanded scale and product offerings. Further, BNC’s business is subject to operational, regulatory, credit, market and compliance risks that differ from or are greater than those associated with our existing operations, including operating as a bank holding company, which we will be required to do after the closing. We will be required to devote significant management attention and resources to the integration of BNC’s business practices and operations into our existing platform. The integration may be complex and time-consuming. For these and other reasons, it is possible that the integration process could result in the diversion of management’s attention, the disruption of our ongoing business or inconsistencies in operations, controls, policies and procedures, any of which could adversely affect our ability to maintain relationships with customers, bank partners, regulators, vendors and 44 Table of Contents employees, or to realize the anticipated benefits of the Transaction. Failure to successfully integrate BNC’s business, or to realize the anticipated benefits of the Transaction could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.