PLAN OF CONVERSION AND CHANGE IN CORPORATE FORM	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
PLAN OF CONVERSION AND CHANGE IN CORPORATE FORM
PLAN OF CONVERSION AND CHANGE IN CORPORATE FORM	NOTE 9 PLAN OF CONVERSION AND CHANGE IN CORPORATE FORM On January 27, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Bank adopted a plan of conversion (“Plan of Conversion”). The Plan of Conversion is subject to the approval of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and must be approved by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the total votes eligible to be cast by the voting members of the Bank at a special meeting. The Plan of Conversion provides that the Bank will convert to the stock-form savings bank structure and establish a holding company, Catalyst Bancorp, Inc., as parent of the Bank. The Bank will convert to the stock form of ownership, followed by the issuance of all of the Bank’s outstanding stock to Catalyst Bancorp, Inc. Pursuant to the Plan of Conversion, the total offering value and number of shares of common stock of Catalyst Bancorp, Inc. to be offered and sold will be determined based upon an independent appraiser’s valuation. The stock will be priced at $10.00 per share. In addition, the Bank’s Board of Directors will adopt an employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) which will subscribe for up to 8% of the common stock sold in the offering. Catalyst Bancorp, Inc. has been organized as a corporation under the laws of the State of Louisiana and will own all of the outstanding common stock of the Bank upon completion of the conversion. The costs of issuing the common stock will be deferred and deducted from the sales proceeds of the offering. If the conversion is unsuccessful, all deferred costs will be charged to operations. Deferred conversion costs totaled approximately $21,431 at December 31, 2020 and $498,000 at June 30, 2021, respectively. At the completion of the conversion to stock form, the Bank will establish a liquidation account in the amount of retained earnings contained in the final prospectus. The liquidation account will be maintained for the benefits of eligible account holders and supplemental eligible account holders who maintain deposit accounts in the Bank after conversion. The conversion will be accounted for as a change in corporate form with the historic basis of the Bank’s assets, liabilities and equity unchanged as a result. Catalyst Bancorp is an emerging growth company, and, for as long as it continues to be an emerging growth company, it may choose to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to “emerging growth companies.” Catalyst Bancorp intends to use the extended transition period to delay adoption of new or revised accounting pronouncements applicable to public companies until such pronouncements are made applicable to private companies. Accordingly, its financial statements may not be comparable to the financial statements of public companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.

PLAN OF CONVERSION AND CHANGE IN CORPORATE FORM

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

PLAN OF CONVERSION AND CHANGE IN CORPORATE FORM

PLAN OF CONVERSION AND CHANGE IN CORPORATE FORM

NOTE 9 PLAN OF CONVERSION AND CHANGE IN CORPORATE FORM

On January 27, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Bank adopted a plan of conversion (“Plan of Conversion”). The Plan of Conversion is subject to the approval of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and must be approved by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the total votes eligible to be cast by the voting members of the Bank at a special meeting. The Plan of Conversion provides that the Bank will convert to the stock-form savings bank structure and establish a holding company, Catalyst Bancorp, Inc., as parent of the Bank. The Bank will convert to the stock form of ownership, followed by the issuance of all of the Bank’s outstanding stock to Catalyst Bancorp, Inc. Pursuant to the Plan of Conversion, the total offering value and number of shares of common stock of Catalyst Bancorp, Inc. to be offered and sold will be determined based upon an independent appraiser’s valuation. The stock will be priced at $10.00 per share. In addition, the Bank’s Board of Directors will adopt an employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) which will subscribe for up to 8% of the common stock sold in the offering. Catalyst Bancorp, Inc. has been organized as a corporation under the laws of the State of Louisiana and will own all of the outstanding common stock of the Bank upon completion of the conversion.

The costs of issuing the common stock will be deferred and deducted from the sales proceeds of the offering. If the conversion is unsuccessful, all deferred costs will be charged to operations. Deferred conversion costs totaled approximately $21,431 at December 31, 2020 and $498,000 at June 30, 2021, respectively.

At the completion of the conversion to stock form, the Bank will establish a liquidation account in the amount of retained earnings contained in the final prospectus. The liquidation account will be maintained for the benefits of eligible account holders and supplemental eligible account holders who maintain deposit accounts in the Bank after conversion.

The conversion will be accounted for as a change in corporate form with the historic basis of the Bank’s assets, liabilities and equity unchanged as a result.

Catalyst Bancorp is an emerging growth company, and, for as long as it continues to be an emerging growth company, it may choose to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to “emerging growth companies.” Catalyst Bancorp intends to use the extended transition period to delay adoption of new or revised accounting pronouncements applicable to public companies until such pronouncements are made applicable to private companies. Accordingly, its financial statements may not be comparable to the financial statements of public companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.