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Issuer:     Finward Bancorp (FNWD)
CIK:        0000919864
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000908834-26-000110
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Director Danette Garza to retire at 2026 annual meeting; Martin Alwin nominated as Class II director
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- Danette Garza will not stand for re-election and will retire from the board at the 2026 Annual Meeting.
- Martin P. Alwin nominated to fill the Class II seat; he will resign his current Class I directorship contingent on election.
- Board size reduced from 10 to 9 members effective upon Garza's retirement; vacant Class I directorship eliminated.
- Garza's departure is not related to any disagreement with the company.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000090883426000110/0000908834-26-000110-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000090883426000110/form8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908834-26-000110

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