secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (NFBK)
CIK:        0001493225
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-008996
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Northfield Bancorp merges with Columbia Financial: 1.425-1.465x stock or $14.25-$14.65 cash per share
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- NFBK shareholders elect stock (1.425-1.465 shares of new holding co.) or cash ($14.25-$14.65) per share, based on independent valuation.
- Merger follows Columbia Financial's mutual-to-stock conversion; requires regulatory approvals, stockholder votes, and S-4 effectiveness.
- Termination fee of $23.7M payable by either party in certain circumstances; Columbia also may pay $6M fee under specific conditions.
- Five executives receive lump-sum payments totaling ~$11.1M (CEO Klein $5.74M); Klein to become Sr EVP/COO of combined entity and board member.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1493225/000110465926008996/0001104659-26-008996-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1493225/000110465926008996/tm264753d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-008996

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