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Unity Bancorp, Inc.

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2022  ANN UAL  REPORT

UNITY BANCORP, INC. (Nasdaq: UNTY) is the 
holding company for Unity Bank, a commercial bank 
insured by the FDIC, headquartered in Clinton, New 
Jersey. The Bank offers complete deposit and lending 
solutions to businesses and consumers. 

Small Business is BIG here is a mantra the 
Bank lives and breathes. Unity delivers a holistic 
approach to business clients leveraging seasoned 
Commercial and SBA lending expertise with deposit 
products and services with the latest technology 
advantages. The Bank’s brand promise of Growing 
with You is applied to all Unity stakeholders. The 
Bank is dedicated to the growth of our communities, 
customers, employees and shareholders.

TH E  BAN K’S  BR AND  PROMI SE   O F 

growing with you! 

IS APPLIED TO ALL UNITY STAKEHOLDERS.

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FIN AN CIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Amounts in thousands, except per share data 
and performance ratios

Year ended December 31,

2022

2021

2020

Selected Results of Operations
Interest income

$

100,739

$

84,780

$

78,915

Interest expense

Net interest income

Provision for loan losses

Noninterest income

Noninterest expense

Provision for income taxes

Net income

Per Share Data

Net income per common share - Basic

Net income per common share - Diluted

Book value per common share

Market value per common share

Cash dividends declared on common shares

Selected Balance Sheet Data

Assets

Loans

Allowance for loan losses

Securities

Deposits

Borrowed funds and subordinated debentures

Shareholders’ equity

Common shares outstanding

Performance Ratios

Return on average assets

Return on average equity

Efficiency ratio

Net interest margin

10,631

90,108

4,159

8,045

42,573

12,964

7,741

77,039

181

12,054

40,782

12,011

14,480

64,435

7,000

12,946

39,262

7,475

38,457

$

36,119

$

23,644

$

3.66

3.59

22.60

27.33

0.43

$

3.47

3.43

19.80

26.25

0.36

2.21

2.19

16.63

17.55

0.32

$

$

$ 2,444,948

$

2,033,713

$ 1,958,914

2,106,559

1,649,448

1,627,817

(25,196)

140,946

(22,302)

79,322

(23,105)

47,571

1,787,528

1,758,881

1,557,959

393,310

239,231

10,584

50,310

205,729

10,391

210,310

173,911

10,456

1.80 %

1.87 %

1.35 %

17.28

42.80

4.40

19.16

46.09

4.16

14.20

50.80

3.85

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I am thrilled to report that Unity Bank has 
achieved its best financial performance in our 
30 year history delivering full year earnings of 
$38.5 million, or $3.59 per share. 

Our success is a testament to the hard work 
and dedication of our team members, as well as 
the trust and loyalty of our valued customers. I 
would like to take this opportunity to express 
our sincerest gratitude to our customers for their 
continued patronage and unwavering trust in our 
Bank.

I am proud to share with you that Unity Bank 
generated 28% loan growth in the past year, or 
over $450 million, demonstrating the success 
of our commitment to providing quality loan 
products and excellent customer service. This 
growth is a testament to our dedication to 
supporting the financial needs of our community, 
including small businesses, entrepreneurs, and 
families.

As you know, we specialize in commercial 
banking, residential mortgages, and consumer 
lending, and our strong performance is a 
reflection of the confidence that our customers 
have in our expertise in these areas. Our success 
has allowed us to expand our reach and support 
even more businesses and families in New Jersey 
and Pennsylvania. We are excited to continue to 
do so in the future.

With total assets growing to $2.4 billion, a loan 
portfolio of $2.1 billion, and deposits of $1.8 
billion, Unity has established itself as one of the 
most profitable banks in the State of New Jersey. 
We delivered a net interest margin of 4.40% and 
return on average equity of 17.3%.

 
 
In addition, we have expanded our 
deposit gathering franchise by opening 
two new branches in Lakewood and Fort 
Lee, New Jersey, and have plans to open 
our first-ever expansion into Morris County in 
2023. These branches have allowed us to better 
serve our customers, to gather deposits, and to 
deepen our roots in the communities we serve. We 
believe that these branches will be instrumental 
in allowing us to provide exceptional customer 
service to more individuals and businesses.

OUR SUCCESS  IS  A TESTAME NT  TO 
THE HARD WORK  AND  DEDICATION 
OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS ,  AS  W EL L 
AS THE TRUST  AND  LOYALTY OF OUR 
VALUED CUSTOMERS .

While we celebrate our recent successes, we 
must also acknowledge that we are facing a 
rapidly changing economic environment. The 
Federal Reserve has increased interest rates at 
an unprecedented pace, and we are experiencing 
higher inflation than we have seen in many 
years. These challenges create a more challenging 
environment for our customers. However, we are 
committed to partnering with our customers to 
help them navigate these challenges and we will 
continue to adapt our business to the changing 
economic environment. We have maintained a 
strong financial position, and we are confident 
in our ability to continue to deliver value to our 
shareholders.

Despite the potential challenges, we 
remain optimistic about the future. 

Our commitment to our customers and our community 

remains steadfast, and we will continue to provide the 
exceptional service and support that has made us a trusted 

partner to so many in New Jersey.

Thank you for your continued support and trust in our Bank. We look 

forward to continuing to deliver strong financial performance and value 

to our shareholders.

Sincerely,

James A. Hughes
President & CEO
Unity Bank

David D. Dallas
Chairman of the Board

James A. Hughes
President & CEO

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friends and neighbors in the communities we serve.

Our residential and commercial lending teams live 
and work in the communities in which we operate. 
We continue to grow our lending teams while 
simultaneously improving our systems and processes. 
This year, workflow enhancements were added to 
maintain excellent customer service and meet the needs 
of our customers.

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WE CONTINUE TO GROW 
OUR LENDING TEAMS WHILE 
SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPROVING OUR 
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Our commercial and residential lending teams excelled 
under challenging market conditions. The residential 
team had another exceptional year with $425 million 
in mortgage originations despite a sharp market decline 
due to aggressive interest rate increases throughout 
2022. The commercial lending team had a record year 
with $465 million in loan originations despite battling 
a rate increase in the latter half of the year. Ultimately, 
this helped drive significant organic growth in our 
overall loan portfolio. Loan and deposit growth was 
achieved while maintaining solid credit quality and a 
top-tier industry capital position.

 
5 YEAR LOAN  GROWTH

Commercial Loans

Residential Mortgages

$1,200,000

$1,000,000

$800,000

$600,000

$400,000

$200,000

$0

$800,000

$700,000

$600,000

$500,000

$400,000

$300,000

$200,000

$100,000

$0

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2019

2020

2021

2022

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

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LENDING PORTFOLIO

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Over the last 30 years ago, we have made it our 
mission to provide the highest level of service to our 
customers. Equally important, is delivering the latest 
in technology which is constantly being upgraded 
across all areas of operation. Unity continues to 
focus on security by implementing best practices, 
staying up to date with the cyber threat landscape, 
and working closely with regulators to ensure we 
hold our customers’ information to the highest level 
of protection. We continued investing in hardware to 
support our growth while simultaneously ensuring 
these investments would benefit us long-term. 

Unity Bank understands the value of investing in its 
employees to provide an environment of growth and 
continued success. We employ extensive training with 
the help of our partners to provide customer service, 
communication, leadership, technological, and 
project management skills. Updating and modifying 
Unity Bank’s internal data center and infrastructure is 
critical for keeping up with a rapidly changing work 
environment. While other banks are closing their 
branches, Unity is taking advantage by growing its 
footprint in 2022. Two new locations were opened 
in Lakewood, New Jersey and Fort Lee, New Jersey. 
Unity Bank is excited to announce its 21st branch 
located in Lake Hiawatha which is slated to open in 
2023.

Overall Technology Improvements 
Online account openings have surged within the 
financial industry in recent years, offering a more 
streamlined opening process; and added convenience 
to the customer. Unity Bank has implemented 
various online applications for business customers 
and consumer accounts. Consumers can now open 
checking accounts, savings accounts, and certificate 
of deposits (CDs) online. Online residential mortgage 
loan applications are also available to consumers. For 
business accounts, commercial loan applications and 
small business administration (SBA) loans have been 
added to our online offerings

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Technology Improvements for 
Consumer Customers 
Throughout 2022, Unity made significant 
changes to the new relationship onboarding 
process, helping us better understand our 
customers and how they operate their accounts. 
During this process, many of our customers have 
offered suggestions and recommendations, which we 
appreciated, valued, and implemented into our updates. All 
consumer accounts have the ability to configure account 
notifications to receive live updates on account activity, 
event logins, account threshold targets, etc. For consumer 
debit cards only, users can enable Card Control, an 
integrated feature within our consumer mobile application. 

OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, WE HAVE 
MADE IT OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE 
THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE TO 
OUR CUSTOMERS.

Card Control gives our customers full control over their 
debit card allowing the cardholder to turn the card on and 
off. Enabling card control also protects our customers from 
account takeovers and other cybercrimes. New card issues 
will have contactless or Tap to Pay payment options.

Technology Improvements for Business Customers
Unity Bank now offers Soft-Tokens which allow our 
customers to virtually install tokens on their smartphones 
and move away from physical Hard-Tokens. Business 
accounts feature configurable notifications inclusive of all 
the consumer alerts with additional alerts regarding 
wires, positive pay, ACH transfers, etc. New business 
cards can also utilize contactless payment or Tap 
to Pay.

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Unity Bank is committed to bettering the 
communities it serves. At Unity Bank, 
community is more than just a word. The 
employees on our team live and work in our 
branch footprint, so giving back is second 
nature. 

In 2022, Unity participated in over 500 
community events, sponsorships and volunteer 
opportunities. In addition to traditional 
donations, Unity Bank supports community 
programs that keep the Bank and its employees 
personally connected to the people in our 
markets.

The Bank partnered with the NID Housing 
Counseling Agency (NID-HCA) to educate 
potential home buyers in underserved, minority 
areas within our footprint. Unity offered financial 
support and our mortgage loan officers held 
educational seminars for the organization.

UNITY BANK RECOMMITTED TO
COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PROGRAMS

Unity Bank continued their title sponsorship of 
the Tour of Somerville Cycling Series. The bank 
has participated in the Tour of Somerville since 
2017 with races in Somerville, Basking Ridge, 
and Easton, Pennsylvania. We look forward to 
watching this event grow each year as it brings 
people together and supports businesses within 
the community. 

Unity Bank recommitted to community events 
and programs in 2022 as many in-person events 
and fundraisers resumed post-pandemic. We 
continued to support America’s Grow-A-Row 

 
 
 
both financially and physically by sending a group of volunteers each month 
to pick produce for community members in need. Food insecurity has 
expanded due to the food inflation costs, and this year Grow-A-Row was 
able to donate 2.3 million pounds of fresh food, that’s 9.2 million servings!

To further combat food insecurity in our community Unity’s annual service 
project raised $30,400 for local Food Banks. This is a very special project 
since it comes from the generosity of our employees. Each year employees 
can elect to donate through payroll deductions. The bank matches the 
employee donation and funds are distributed to 20 locations throughout our 
footprint, providing food for those in need.

Unity Bank sponsors the adoption fee of a dog or cat each month at The 
Center for Animal Health & Wellness. Adoption posts are highlighted on 
the bank’s and shelter’s social media platforms to help assist in the adoption 
efforts of special needs or long term shelter pets.

Unity Bank hosted the 16th Annual Charity Car Show benefiting Family 
Promise of Hunterdon and Warren counties. The show raises money and 
awareness for its benefactors. The show featured 156 classic cars competing 
in a variety of categories. For the last 16 years, the car show has been a 
great opportunity to support the valuable work of Family Promise and its 
vital services to the community. The show has been very successful over the 
years thanks to the community, car owners, sponsors and Unity’s dedicated 
employee volunteers. We are enthusiastic about the opportunities to come 
and continue to commit to helping those in our community.

Executive & Senior Management

James Hughes
President
Chief Executive Officer

Minsu Kim
Senior Vice President
Chief Credit Officer

George Boyan
Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer

Rebecca Kugelman
Senior Vice President
Deposit Operations Manager

Janice Bolomey
Executive Vice President
Chief Administrative Officer/
Director of Sales

John Kauchak
Executive Vice President
Chief Operating Officer

Vincent Geraci
First Senior Vice President
Director of Mortgage Lending

David Bove
Senior Vice President
Chief Technology Officer

James Davies
Senior Vice President
Controller

James Donovan
Senior Vice President
Chief Lending Officer

Rosemary Fellner
Senior Vice President
Chief Experience Officer

Ryan Peene
Senior Vice President
Chief Depository Officer

Christopher Fenimore
First Vice President
Chief Compliance Officer

Michelle Kirmser
First Vice President
In-House Counsel

Karen Klotz
First Vice President
Loan Closing Manager

Crystal Rose
First Vice President
Marketing Director

Bridget Walsh
First Vice President
Human Resources Director

Cassandra Reid
Vice President
BSA/AML/OFAC Officer

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Board of Directors

David Dallas
Chairman of the Board
CEO, Dallas Group of America, Inc. 

Dr. Mark Brody
Director 
Managing Member, Financial Planning 
Analysts, LLC

Wayne Courtright
Director
Retired, Former Banker 

James Hughes
Director
President/CEO, Unity Bank

Peter Maricondo
Director
Retired Financial Consultant

Raj Patel
Director
President/CEO, Raja Group

Robert Dallas, II 
Director
President, Dallas Group of America, Inc.

Donald Souders, Jr. 
Director
Attorney/Partner, Florio Perrucci Steinhardt 
Cappelli Tipton & Taylor

Dr. Mary Gross
Director
Human Edge Resources, LLC

Aaron Tucker
Director
President, Tucker Enterprises

Shareholder Information

Annual Meeting
Shareholders of Unity Bancorp, Inc. are cordially invited to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. 
The meeting will be held virtually at 8:30 am, April 27th, 2023 and will be available at:
meetnow.global/M2TQQQW

Please use your shareholder credentials or guest login to access the meeting.

Stock Listing
NASDAQ
Symbol: UNTY

Transfer Agent and Registrar
Computershare, Inc. 
PO Box 30170
College Station, Texas 77842-3170
800.368.5948
Computershare.com

Investor Inquiries
George Boyan
908-713-4565  |  George.Boyan@unitybank.com

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
RSM US LLP
New York, New York

Legal Counsel
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
New Brunswick, New Jersey

 
LOCAT I ONS

New Jersey
Bergen County: 
4 Emerson Plaza W.  Emerson, NJ 07630
899 Palisade Ave.  Fort Lee, NJ 07024

Hunterdon County:
64 Old Highway 22  Clinton, NJ 08809
157 Main St.  Flemington, NJ 08822
370 Route 22 W.  Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889

Middlesex County: 
1746 Oak Tree Rd.  Edison, NJ 08820
104 Raritan Ave.  Highland Park, NJ 08904
1230 Bound Brook Rd.  Middlesex, NJ 08846
2426 Plainfield Ave.  South Plainfield, NJ 07080

Ocean County: 
1255 Route 70  Lakewood, NJ 08701 
(pictured on cover) 

Somerset County:
450 Somerset St.  North Plainfield, NJ 07060
120 Cedar Grove Ln.  Somerset, NJ 08873
12 Mountain Ave.  Somerville, NJ 08876

Union County:
628 North Wood Ave.  Linden, NJ 07036
2222 South Ave.  Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
945 Stuyvesant Ave.  Union, NJ 07083

Warren County: 
1225 Route 22 W.  Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
5 E. Asbury Anderson Rd.  Washington, NJ 07882

Pennsylvania
Northampton County:
2850 Easton Ave.  Bethlehem, PA 18017
1700 Sullivan Trail  Forks, PA 18040

UN ITY  BANCOR P, INC
64 Old Highway 22  Clinton, NJ 08809
unitybank.com  800.618.2265