secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Columbia Financial, Inc. (CLBK)
CIK:        0001723596
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001723596-25-000339
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Columbia Financial authorizes repurchase of up to 1.8M shares (1.7% of outstanding)
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- Board authorized up to 1,800,000 shares (~1.7% of outstanding common stock).
- Buyback program effective for one-year period; shares may be repurchased via open market, private, or Rule 10b5-1 plans.
- Program follows receipt of non-objection notice from Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
- Timing and number of shares depend on price, market conditions, corporate and regulatory requirements.
- Program does not obligate company to purchase any shares; may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359625000339/0001723596-25-000339-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359625000339/clbk-20250908.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001723596-25-000339

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