secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Columbia Financial, Inc. (CLBK)
CIK:        0001723596
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-008967
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud

Columbia Financial enters merger agreement with Northfield Bancorp, plans conversion to public stock holding company
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- Columbia Financial and Northfield Bancorp executed Merger Agreement on Jan 31, 2026, unanimously approved by both boards.
- Northfield shareholders may elect stock or cash consideration; exchange ratio varies based on final appraisal thresholds of $2.3B and $2.6B.
- Post-merger, Steven M. Klein of Northfield appointed Senior EVP and COO of holding company and Columbia Bank.
- Termination fee of $23.7 million payable by either party under certain circumstances.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000110465926008967/0001104659-26-008967-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000110465926008967/tm264645d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-008967

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