---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001723596-26-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLBK"
cik: "0001723596"
company_name: "Columbia Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:53:15.424033+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Financial enters new employment agreements with five top executives

## Summary
- Gibney base salary $700k; Schlesinger $470k; Klimowich $445k; Lewis $440k; Prabhu $430k.
- Agreements effective April 1, 2026, with two-year term and annual auto-renewal.
- Severance: 2x base + target bonus for non-CIC termination; 3x for CIC-related termination within 24 months.
- Executives eligible for annual bonus under PAIP and equity awards under LTIP.
- Post-employment restrictive covenants: 24-month non-compete and non-solicitation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001723596-26-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLBK
- cik: 0001723596
- company_name: Columbia Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359626000017/0001723596-26-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359626000017/clbk-20260421.htm

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