---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-132544"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCBP"
cik: "0001228454"
company_name: "BCB BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T02:48:19.207460+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BCB Bancorp shareholders elect three directors, approve 2023 equity plan at annual meeting

## Summary
- Directors Ballance, Blake, Rizzo elected with 6.66M, 9.85M, 8.21M for votes respectively.
- Ratification of Wolf & Company as auditor approved: 13.36M for, 178k against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 6.21M for, 3.84M against.
- 2023 Equity Incentive Plan approved: 8.39M for, 1.67M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-132544
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCBP
- cik: 0001228454
- company_name: BCB BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1228454/000119312523132544/0001193125-23-132544-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1228454/000119312523132544/d153090d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BCB BANCORP INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: Proposal I . Election of Directors. The following directors were elected for a term ending in 2026: Nominees For Withheld Broker Nonvotes Robert Ballance 6,659,097 3,513,364 3,388,777 Ryan Blake 9,854,505 317,956 3,388,777 James Rizzo 8,213,570 1,958,891 3,388,777
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1228454/000119312523132544/0001193125-23-132544-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BCB BANCORP INC shareholders approved Advisory, non-binding vote on the approval of executive compensation at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: Proposal III. Advisory, non-binding vote on the approval of executive compensation. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Nonvotes 6,212,532 3,841,731 118,198 3,388,777
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1228454/000119312523132544/0001193125-23-132544-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BCB BANCORP INC shareholders approved Approval of the BCB Bancorp, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: Proposal IV . Approval of the BCB Bancorp, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Nonvotes 8,388,386 1,672,608 111,467 3,388,777
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1228454/000119312523132544/0001193125-23-132544-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BCB BANCORP INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Wolf & Company, P.C. as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: Proposal II . Ratification of the appointment of Wolf & Company, P.C. as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Nonvotes 13,356,225 178,335 26,678 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1228454/000119312523132544/0001193125-23-132544-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.