
(Mark One) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the transition period from to . Commission file number 001-42517 Northpointe Bancshares, Inc.___________________________ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 38-3413392 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) (616) 940-9400 Registrant’s telephone number, including area code Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has beensubject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant toRule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant wasrequired to submit such files).YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reportingcompany, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,”and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of itsinternal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered publicaccounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrantincluded in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complyingwith any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). YesNo As of June 30, 2025, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately$381.6million based on the closing sale price of $13.71 reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30, 2025. As of March27, 2026, there were 34,494,116 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K. Table of Contents PART I Item 1.Business6Item 1A.Risk Factors22Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments45Item 1C.Cybersecurity45Item 2.Properties46Item 3.Legal Proceedings46Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures46 CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This report contains forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates andprojections regarding, among other things, the financial services industry, the economy, and Northpointe Bancshares, Inc. (“Northpointe” orthe “Company”), the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, business plans and future performance.. Forward-lookingstatements are identifiable by words or phrases such as “outlook”, “plan” or “strategy”; that an event or trend “could”, “may”, “should”,“will”, “is likely”, or is “possible” or “probable” to occur or “continue”, has “begun” or “is scheduled” or “on track” or that the Company orits management “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “plans”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “predicts”, “projects”, or “expects” a particularresult, or is “committed”, “confident”, “optimistic” or has an “opinion” that an event will occur, or other words or phrases such as“ongoing”, “future”, “signs”, “efforts”, “tend”, “exploring”, “appearing”, “until”, “near term”, “concern”, “going