---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-016259"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BWB"
cik: "0001341317"
company_name: "Bridgewater Bancshares Inc"
filed_at: "2024-12-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T02:49:29.413160+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bridgewater Bancshares completes acquisition of First Minnetonka City Bank

## Summary
- Acquisition effective December 13, 2024; FMCB merged into Bridgewater Bank.
- Bridgewater now holds ~$5.0B total assets and nine full-service Twin Cities branches.
- Deal originally announced August 28, 2024; terms not disclosed in this release.
- D.A. Davidson & Co. served as Bridgewater's financial advisor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-016259
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BWB
- cik: 0001341317
- company_name: Bridgewater Bancshares Inc
- filed_at: 2024-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341317/000155837024016259/0001558370-24-016259-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341317/000155837024016259/bwb-20241216x8k.htm

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