{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001723596-24-000233","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CLBK","cik":"0001723596","company_name":"Columbia Financial, Inc.","filed_at":"2024-05-24T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:19.748463+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-01T08:46:10.692386+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.5,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.5,"confidence":"high","headline":"Columbia Financial COO E. Thomas Allen Jr. to retire effective Jan. 31, 2025","bullets":["E. Thomas Allen, Jr., SEVP & COO, notified Columbia Financial of his retirement effective Jan. 31, 2025.","No successor has been appointed for the COO role.","Allen serves as COO for Columbia Financial, Columbia Bank MHC, and Columbia Bank.","The retirement is planned; Allen will continue in his role until the effective date."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001723596-24-000233","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001723596-24-000233.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001723596-24-000233.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001723596-24-000233.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359624000233/0001723596-24-000233-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359624000233/clbk-20240520.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-01T08:46:10.692386+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"d73a39da5d","claim":"E. Thomas Allen, Jr. departed as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Columbia Financial, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On May 20, 2024, E. Thomas Allen, Jr. notified Columbia Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will retire as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, Columbia Bank MHC and Columbia Bank effective as of January 31, 2025.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359624000233/0001723596-24-000233-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"retire"},{"label":"Role","value":"Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}