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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001723596-26-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLBK"
cik: "0001723596"
company_name: "Columbia Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-25T20:44:12+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T20:45:26.379924+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve conversion and merger with Northfield Bancorp at annual meeting

## Summary
- Plan of Conversion and Reorganization approved with 97.6M votes for, 168k against.
- Merger with Northfield Bancorp approved: 97.6M for, 206k against, 2.8M broker non-votes.
- Directors Dennis Gibney, Robert Van Dyk, James Wainwright elected to three-year terms.
- KPMG ratified as independent auditor for FY2026 with 100.2M votes for.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved; company will hold annual vote based on 1-year frequency.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001723596-26-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLBK
- cik: 0001723596
- company_name: Columbia Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-25T20:44:12+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359626000029/0001723596-26-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359626000029/clbk-20260625.htm

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