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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001723596-25-000244"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLBK"
cik: "0001723596"
company_name: "Columbia Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T18:27:30.166165+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Financial annual meeting elects directors, ratifies KPMG as auditor

## Summary
- Thomas J. Kemly, James M. Kuiken, Elizabeth E. Randall elected for three-year terms with >96% support.
- Michael Massood elected for two-year term; Robert Van Dyk and Paul Van Ostenbridge for one-year terms.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY 2025 with 99.7% of votes cast in favor.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 99.1% of votes cast (FOR).
- Total shares voted: ~94.7M; broker non-votes on director elections and say-on-pay were 3.4M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001723596-25-000244
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLBK
- cik: 0001723596
- company_name: Columbia Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359625000244/0001723596-25-000244-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359625000244/clbk-20250605.htm

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