secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Columbia Financial, Inc. (CLBK)
CIK:        0001723596
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001723596-26-000002
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Columbia Financial promotes Gibney to Chief Banking Officer, Splaine appointed CFO
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- Dennis E. Gibney promoted to First Senior EVP and Chief Banking Officer, effective immediately.
- Thomas Splaine Jr. appointed EVP and CFO; previously First SVP and Chief Accounting Officer since Feb 2025.
- Gibney's base salary increased to $700,000; PAIP target 70%, LTIP target 100% of salary.
- Splaine's base salary set at $425,000; PAIP and LTIP targets each 50% of salary.
- Board adopted 2026 Phantom Stock Plan to grant cash-settled phantom units tied to CLBK stock price.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359626000002/0001723596-26-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359626000002/clbk-20260128.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001723596-26-000002

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