Company: SFBC
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001541119-25-000013
Chunk: 41

Company: Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form: DEF 14A
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. In addition to solicitation by mail, directors, officers and employees of the Company may solicit proxies personally or by facsimile, telephone or other means, without additional compensation.

Shareholder Proposals and Other Information Regarding the 2026 Annual Meeting

In order to be eligible for inclusion in Sound Financial Bancorp’s proxy materials for next year’s annual meeting of shareholders, any shareholder proposal to take action at such meeting must be received in writing at Sound Financial Bancorp’s executive office at 2400 3 rd Avenue, Suite 150, Seattle, Washington 98121, no later than December 17, 2025. If, however, the date of next year's annual meeting of shareholders is before April 27, 2026 or after June 26, 2026, any such proposal must be received at the Company's executive office a reasonable time before the Company begins to print and send its proxy materials for that meeting to be eligible for inclusion in those proxy materials. Any such proposals shall be subject to the requirements of the proxy rules adopted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to the Company’s charter and bylaws.

In addition to the deadline and other requirements referred to above for submitting a stockholder proposal to be included in the Company’s proxy materials for its next annual meeting of shareholders, the Company’s bylaws require a separate notification to be made in order for a stockholder proposal to be eligible for presentation at the meeting, regardless of whether the proposal is included in the Company’s proxy materials for the meeting. In order to be eligible for presentation at the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders, written notice of a stockholder proposal containing the information specified in Article I, Section 6(a) of the Company’s bylaws must be received by the Secretary of the Company not earlier than the close of business on January 27, 2026 and not later than the close of business on February 26, 2026. If, however, the date of the next annual meeting is before May 7, 2026 or after July 26, 2026, the notice of the stockholder proposal must instead be received by the Company’s Secretary not earlier than the close of business on the 120 th calendar day prior to the date of the next annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90 th calendar day before the date of the next annual meeting or the tenth calendar day following the first to occur of the day on which notice of