secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Finward Bancorp (FNWD)
CIK:        0000919864
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000908834-24-000216
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Finward Bancorp appoints three new independent directors effective September 9, 2024
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- Martin P. Alwin (Class I), Jennifer R. Evans (Class II), Carolyn M. Burke (Class III) appointed to boards of Finward Bancorp and Peoples Bank.
- Board size increased from 10 to 11 for Alwin; Evans and Burke fill existing vacancies from prior departures.
- Alwin and Burke join Audit Committee; Evans joins Risk Management and Compliance Committee.
- All three determined independent; Alwin and Burke designated audit committee financial experts.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000090883424000216/0000908834-24-000216-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000090883424000216/finward_8k08292024.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908834-24-000216

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