---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000943374-26-000201"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PBFS"
cik: "0001769663"
company_name: "Pioneer Bancorp, Inc./MD"
filed_at: "2026-05-20T13:21:23+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T13:22:46.068331+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pioneer Bancorp reports annual meeting vote results; all proposals pass

## Summary
- Directors elected: Hengsterman (20.65M for), Reed (19.99M for), Reinfurt (20.13M for).
- Ratification of Bonadio & Co. as auditor for 2026 approved with 22.51M for, 27K against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 21.14M for, 273K against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000943374-26-000201
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PBFS
- cik: 0001769663
- company_name: Pioneer Bancorp, Inc./MD
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T13:21:23+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769663/000094337426000201/0000943374-26-000201-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769663/000094337426000201/form8k_051926.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Pioneer Bancorp, Inc./MD shareholders approved Election of directors for a three-year term at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: 1. Election of directors for a three-year term. For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Stacy Hengsterman 20,648,868 820,790 1,095,583 Dr. James K. Reed 19,989,694 1,479,964 1,095,583 Edward Reinfurt 20,134,659 1,334,999 1,095,583
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769663/000094337426000201/0000943374-26-000201-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Pioneer Bancorp, Inc./MD shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Bonadio & Co., LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: 2. The ratification of the appointment of Bonadio & Co., LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 22,509,721 27,327 28,193 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769663/000094337426000201/0000943374-26-000201-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Pioneer Bancorp, Inc./MD shareholders approved Approval of a non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: 3. The approval of a non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 21,138,783 273,291 57,584 1,095,583
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769663/000094337426000201/0000943374-26-000201-index.htm

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