secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Columbia Financial, Inc. (CLBK)
CIK:        0001723596
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-02T12:29:50+00:00
Accession:  0001723596-26-000031
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Columbia Financial receives stockholder and depositor approval for conversion and Northfield acquisition
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- Stockholders approved Plan of Conversion and Reorganization and acquisition of Northfield Bancorp at June 25, 2026 annual meeting.
- Depositors of Columbia Bank MHC approved the conversion at a special meeting on June 29, 2026.
- Subscription offering received approximately $1.1 billion, excluding ESOP, with resolicitation concluding June 30, 2026.
- Firm commitment underwritten offering expected week of July 6, 2026 at $10 per share; Keefe Bruyette & Woods leads.
- Completion requires final regulatory approvals and sale of at least 142,375,000 shares including Northfield merger consideration.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359626000031/0001723596-26-000031-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359626000031/clbk-20260701.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001723596-26-000031

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