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accession: "0000943374-23-000356"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRNY"
cik: "0001617242"
company_name: "Kearny Financial Corp."
filed_at: "2023-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T08:25:24.598538+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kearny Financial amends bylaws to update universal proxy rules and director qualifications

## Summary
- Board approved amendments on August 16, 2023, to clarify and simplify various bylaw provisions.
- Removed stockholder notice language applicable only to the first annual meeting.
- Updated sections to address SEC rules related to universal proxies.
- Modified director qualifications to expand the pool of potential directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000943374-23-000356
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRNY
- cik: 0001617242
- company_name: Kearny Financial Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617242/000094337423000356/0000943374-23-000356-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617242/000094337423000356/form8k.htm

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