---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001723596-23-000274"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLBK"
cik: "0001723596"
company_name: "Columbia Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T04:04:59.301441+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Financial shareholders elect three directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Michael Massood Jr., Elizabeth E. Randall, Daria S. Torres elected for three-year terms with >97% support.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2023: 98,731,584 FOR, 424,800 AGAINST.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed: 94,687,013 FOR, 1,007,227 AGAINST.
- Broker non-votes totaled 3,313,240 on director election and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001723596-23-000274
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLBK
- cik: 0001723596
- company_name: Columbia Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359623000274/0001723596-23-000274-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359623000274/clbk-20230607.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001723596-23-000274.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Columbia Financial, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified by the shareholders by the following vote: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 98,731,584 424,800 48,088 There were no broker non-votes on the proposal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359623000274/0001723596-23-000274-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Columbia Financial, Inc. shareholders approved Election of directors for a three-year term at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: The following individuals were elected as directors, each for a three-year term by the following vote: FOR WITHHELD Michael Massood, Jr. 93,566,478 2,324,754 Elizabeth E. Randall 93,626,689 2,264,543 Daria S. Torres 93,613,328 2,277,904 There were 3,313,240 broker non-votes on the proposal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359623000274/0001723596-23-000274-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Columbia Financial, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: An advisory vote was taken on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement, and the vote was as follows: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 94,687,013 1,007,227 196,992 There were 3,313,240 broker non-votes on the proposal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359623000274/0001723596-23-000274-index.htm

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