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accession: "0001723596-24-000254"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLBK"
cik: "0001723596"
company_name: "Columbia Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T05:37:38.662707+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Financial annual meeting elects three directors, ratifies KPMG, passes advisory compensation vote

## Summary
- Noel R. Holland re-elected with 93.8M votes for, 1.8M withheld; Lucy Sorrentini with 94.0M for, 1.6M withheld; Robert Van Dyk with 92.4M for, 3.2M withheld.
- Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent auditor for FY2024: 98.2M for, 733K against, 56K abstain.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 93.9M for, 1.5M against, 143K abstain.
- Broker non-votes: 3.4M on director elections and compensation proposal; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001723596-24-000254
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLBK
- cik: 0001723596
- company_name: Columbia Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359624000254/0001723596-24-000254-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359624000254/clbk-20240606.htm

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