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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001723596-24-000383"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLBK"
cik: "0001723596"
company_name: "Columbia Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T19:21:16.988202+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Financial completes merger of Freehold Bank into Columbia Bank effective Oct 5, 2024

## Summary
- Freehold Bank merged into Columbia Bank, effective October 5, 2024, simplifying the bank subsidiary structure.
- James H. Wainwright, Freehold Bank's CEO, appointed to Columbia Bank's Board of Directors.
- No financial terms or operational changes disclosed; both banks were already subsidiaries of Columbia Financial.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001723596-24-000383
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLBK
- cik: 0001723596
- company_name: Columbia Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359624000383/0001723596-24-000383-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359624000383/clbk-20241007.htm

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