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accession: "0001050441-26-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EGBN"
cik: "0001050441"
company_name: "EAGLE BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:48:53.884062+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eagle Bancorp awards $1.175M cash retention bonuses, RSUs to three senior executives amid CEO transition

## Summary
- CFO Eric Newell and EVP Ryan Riel each receive $425,000 cash; EVP Evelyn Lee gets $325,000, payable March 27, 2026.
- Each also gets 4,086 RSUs ($100,000 value) under 2025 Equity Incentive Plan, vesting in three years.
- Cash awards must be repaid if executive voluntarily resigns (without good reason) or is fired for cause before June 30, 2027.
- Awards aim to retain key leaders during CEO Susan Riel's planned retirement and successor search.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001050441-26-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EGBN
- cik: 0001050441
- company_name: EAGLE BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050441/000105044126000029/0001050441-26-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050441/000105044126000029/gnw-20260316.htm

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