---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-065368"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NECB"
cik: "0001847398"
company_name: "NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc./MD/"
filed_at: "2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T13:23:21.550854+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NorthEast Community Bancorp elects four directors, ratifies auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- Director nominees Jose M. Collazo, John F. McKenzie, Kevin P. O'Malley, Linda M. Swan elected with 8.16M, 7.12M, 7.31M, 8.17M votes for, respectively.
- 3,129,465 broker non-votes on director election; each director to serve three-year term.
- Ratification of S.R. Snodgrass, P.C. as independent auditor for FY2023 passed: 11.49M for, 189K against, 126K abstain.
- No other matters were submitted to a vote at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-065368
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NECB
- cik: 0001847398
- company_name: NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc./MD/
- filed_at: 2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847398/000110465923065368/0001104659-23-065368-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847398/000110465923065368/tm2317149d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc./MD/ shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of S.R. Snodgrass, P.C. as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: The appointment of S.R. Snodgrass, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified by the stockholders by the following vote: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 11,486,867 188,689 125,860 There were no broker non-votes on the proposal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847398/000110465923065368/0001104659-23-065368-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc./MD/ shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: The following individuals were elected as directors, each for a three-year term by the following vote: FOR WITHHELD Jose M. Collazo 8,158,388 513,563 John F. McKenzie 7,124,640 1,547,311 Kevin P. O’Malley 7,310,579 1,361,372 Linda M. Swan 8,171,294 500,657 There were 3,129,465 broker non-votes on the proposal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847398/000110465923065368/0001104659-23-065368-index.htm

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