---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000939057-23-000185"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSBW"
cik: "0001530249"
company_name: "FS Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T11:44:27.259375+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FS Bancorp appoints Stephanie Nicklaus as CCO; Robert Fuller retiring Aug 17, 2023

## Summary
- Robert Fuller will retire as Chief Credit Officer of 1st Security Bank effective August 17, 2023.
- Stephanie Nicklaus, age 43, appointed as successor CCO, effective same date.
- Nicklaus joined the bank in Dec 2022; previously served as CCO at other institutions.
- No family relationships or related-party transactions with directors or officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000939057-23-000185
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSBW
- cik: 0001530249
- company_name: FS Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530249/000093905723000185/0000939057-23-000185-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530249/000093905723000185/8k7523.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000939057-23-000185
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000939057-23-000185.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000939057-23-000185.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Fuller departed as Chief Credit Officer at FS Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Credit Officer
  source text: Robert Fuller, Chief Credit Officer, will retire from his current position at the Bank, effective August 17, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530249/000093905723000185/0000939057-23-000185-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephanie Nicklaus was appointed as Chief Credit Officer at FS Bancorp, Inc..
  - Action: appoint
  - Role: Chief Credit Officer
  source text: the Bank announced that it will appoint Stephanie Nicklaus, age 43, as Chief Credit Officer of the Bank, as successor to Mr. Fuller.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530249/000093905723000185/0000939057-23-000185-index.htm

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