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Issuer:     HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORP /WA/ (HFWA)
CIK:        0001046025
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001046025-24-000200
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Heritage Financial appoints Karen Saunders to board; director Gavin to retire at 2025 meeting
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- Deborah J. Gavin not standing for re-election at 2025 Annual Meeting; term expires then, no disagreement.
- Karen Saunders appointed to Board and Heritage Bank Board effective Jan 1, 2025; committees: Audit, Finance, Risk & Technology.
- Saunders is a former KPMG audit partner with 38 years in financial services; independent director.
- Heritage entered deferred compensation agreement with Matthew T. Ray: performance-based contributions, 10-year vesting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046025/000104602524000200/0001046025-24-000200-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046025/000104602524000200/hfwa-20241213.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001046025-24-000200

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