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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-053492"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BWB"
cik: "0001341317"
company_name: "Bridgewater Bancshares Inc"
filed_at: "2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:15:39.008493+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bridgewater Bancshares shareholders elect all 11 directors, approve say-on-pay and 2026 equity plan

## Summary
- Election of all 11 director nominees approved; no director withheld votes exceeded threshold.
- Advisory vote on 2025 executive compensation passed: 20,244,780 for vs 641,268 against.
- 2026 Equity Incentive Plan approved: 14,768,670 for vs 6,169,077 against.
- Ratification of RSM US LLP as auditor for 2026: 23,627,278 for, 139 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-053492
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BWB
- cik: 0001341317
- company_name: Bridgewater Bancshares Inc
- filed_at: 2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341317/000110465926053492/0001104659-26-053492-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341317/000110465926053492/bwb-20260501x8k.htm

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