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accession: "0001437749-25-017840"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSBF"
cik: "0001569994"
company_name: "Waterstone Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T23:59:34.115184+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Waterstone Financial holds 2025 Annual Meeting; all proposals approved

## Summary
- Shareholders elected Ellen S. Bartel to Board with 12,079,443 votes for and 1,950,360 withheld (to 2028).
- Ratified Forvis Mazars as auditor for 2025: 16,232,100 for, 236,065 against, 17,840 abstain.
- Advisory vote approved executive compensation: 12,977,351 for, 928,485 against, 123,967 abstain.
- 19,294,731 shares outstanding eligible to vote as of March 26, 2025 record date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-017840
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSBF
- cik: 0001569994
- company_name: Waterstone Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1569994/000143774925017840/0001437749-25-017840-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1569994/000143774925017840/wsbf20250430_8k.htm

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