---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000939057-26-000122"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSBW"
cik: "0001530249"
company_name: "FS Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-01T15:31:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T15:33:14.070646+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FS Bancorp names Matt Mullet CEO as planned; Joe Adams retires but stays on board

## Summary
- Matthew D. Mullet appointed CEO of FS Bancorp effective June 1, 2026, as part of previously announced succession plan.
- Mullet had served as President and CEO of 1st Security Bank and President of the Company; continues in those roles.
- Joe Adams retired as CEO on May 31, 2026, but remains as director of the Company and Bank.
- Succession plan originally announced August 15, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000939057-26-000122
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSBW
- cik: 0001530249
- company_name: FS Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-01T15:31:40+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530249/000093905726000122/0000939057-26-000122-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530249/000093905726000122/8k6126.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000939057-26-000122
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000939057-26-000122.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000939057-26-000122.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 6ce627afa8
  claim: Matthew D. Mullet was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at FS Bancorp, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: it has named Matthew D. Mullet as Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective June 1, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530249/000093905726000122/0000939057-26-000122-index.htm
- claim_id: d18730b69c
  claim: Joe Adams retired as Chief Executive Officer at FS Bancorp, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: Joe Adams, who retired as CEO of the Company on May 31, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530249/000093905726000122/0000939057-26-000122-index.htm

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