---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000908834-23-000192"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FNWD"
cik: "0000919864"
company_name: "Finward Bancorp"
filed_at: "2023-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T10:17:16.741384+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Donald P. Fesko resigns from Finward Bancorp board effective Dec 14, 2023

## Summary
- Resignation effective December 14, 2023; no disagreement with Bancorp operations, policies, or practices.
- Mr. Fesko was a Class II Director with term expiring at 2026 annual meeting.
- Board notified of resignation on December 14, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000908834-23-000192
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FNWD
- cik: 0000919864
- company_name: Finward Bancorp
- filed_at: 2023-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000090883423000192/0000908834-23-000192-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000090883423000192/finward_8k121423.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908834-23-000192
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908834-23-000192.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908834-23-000192.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Donald P. Fesko resigned as director at Finward Bancorp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: On December 14, 2023, Donald P. Fesko notified the Board of Directors of Finward Bancorp, an Indiana corporation (the “ Bancorp ”), of his resignation as a director of the Bancorp effective as of December 14, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000090883423000192/0000908834-23-000192-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.