---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-065500"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FNWD"
cik: "0000919864"
company_name: "Finward Bancorp"
filed_at: "2025-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T04:31:59.838219+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director James L. Wieser to retire from Finward Bancorp board; board rebalanced

## Summary
- James L. Wieser, board member since 1999, to retire effective at 2025 annual meeting; not due to disagreement.
- Jennifer R. Evans reclassified from Class II to Class III director to rebalance board classes.
- Board size reduced from 11 to 10 members upon Wieser's retirement, effective after 2025 annual meeting.
- Post-changes, board will consist of four Class I, three Class II, and three Class III directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-065500
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FNWD
- cik: 0000919864
- company_name: Finward Bancorp
- filed_at: 2025-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000119312525065500/0001193125-25-065500-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000119312525065500/d933779d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-065500.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James L. Wieser departed as Director at Finward Bancorp.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 21, 2025, James L. Wieser informed the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Finward Bancorp, an Indiana corporation (the “ Bancorp ”), of his decision to retire as a member of the Board of the Bancorp and its wholly-owned Indiana state-chartered commercial bank subsidiary Peoples Bank (“ Peoples Bank ”), effective as of the conclusion of the Bancorp’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000119312525065500/0001193125-25-065500-index.htm

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