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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-038070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FNWD"
cik: "0000919864"
company_name: "Finward Bancorp"
filed_at: "2026-05-26T20:06:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T20:16:25.685424+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Finward Bancorp annual meeting results: all three director nominees elected, auditor and say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- Benjamin Bochnowski, Robert Johnson III, and Martin Alwin elected to three-year terms with 2.49M, 2.57M, and 2.66M votes for, respectively.
- Ratification of Forvis Mazars as auditor approved: 3.22M for, 57.9K against, 8.3K abstain.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal approved: 2.72M for, 169.9K against, 14.7K abstain.
- Quorum of 3.28M shares present out of 4.33M outstanding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-038070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FNWD
- cik: 0000919864
- company_name: Finward Bancorp
- filed_at: 2026-05-26T20:06:15+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000162828026038070/0001628280-26-038070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/919864/000162828026038070/fnwd-20260526.htm

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