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Issuer:     HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORP /WA/ (HFWA)
CIK:        0001046025
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-058123
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Heritage Financial appoints Scott T. Allan to board effective Jan 1, 2026
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- Scott T. Allan, age 60, appointed independent director; will serve on Audit and Risk & Technology Committees.
- Background: former CEO of Hydro Flask (2012-2016), current partner at Cascade Growth Partners.
- No reportable related-party transactions; standard non-employee director compensation applies.
- Also appointed to the board of Heritage Bank, effective same date.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046025/000162828025058123/0001628280-25-058123-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046025/000162828025058123/hfwa-20251219.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-058123

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