---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001541119-23-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFBC"
cik: "0001541119"
company_name: "Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T09:19:47.097915+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders re-elect directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify Moss Adams as auditor

## Summary
- David S. Haddad, Jr. re-elected with 1,392,478 for; Laura Lee Stewart with 1,503,329 for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 1,365,437 for, 71,571 against, 123,559 abstain.
- Moss Adams, LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY 2023: 1,824,411 for, 21,146 against, 53 abstain.
- All three proposals received sufficient votes for approval at the May 31, 2023 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001541119-23-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFBC
- cik: 0001541119
- company_name: Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541119/000154111923000024/0001541119-23-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541119/000154111923000024/sfbc-20230531.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001541119-23-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory (Non-binding) Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-31
  source text: Proposal 2 - Advisory (Non-binding) Vote on Executive Compensation The Company’s shareholders approved the advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation. Number of Votes For 1,365,437 Against 71,571 Abstain 123,559 Broker Non-Votes 285,043
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541119/000154111923000024/0001541119-23-000024-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-31
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of Directors The Company’s shareholders approved the election of David S. Haddad, Jr. and Laura Lee Stewart as directors of the Company, each for a term to expire in the year 2026. David S. Haddad, Jr. Laura Lee Stewart For 1,392,478 1,503,329 Withheld 168,089 57,238 Broker Non-Vote 285,043 285,043
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541119/000154111923000024/0001541119-23-000024-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-05-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-31
  source text: Proposal 3 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Moss Adams, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. Number of Votes For 1,824,411 Against 21,146 Abstain 53
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541119/000154111923000024/0001541119-23-000024-index.htm

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