Company: CFBK
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-060182
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Company: CF BANKSHARES INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 47
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 paid to Mr. O’Dell and to the other NEOs is comprised of restricted stock awards. In addition, the cash and equity incentive compensation payable by the Company to the NEOs under the Incentive Compensation Plan takes into account, among various factors, the performance of the Company’s common stock price relative to the KBW Nasdaq Index. The Company’s executive compensation programs, however, also take into account a number of other measures in determining the compensation of executive officers, including, without limitation, consolidated net income, the credit quality of the CFBank’s loan portfolio, and increases in CFBank’s earning assets and core deposits. While many of these items can generally impact the Company’s common stock price, there are many additional factors that can also impact the Company’s stock price from time to time, including market and industry factors unrelated to the Company’s performance. For further information concerning the Company’s executive compensation components, see the section titled “Compensation OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS” beginning on page 15 of this Proxy Statement.

Compensation Actually Paid and Net Income

The following graph shows the relationship between (a) the amount of compensation actually paid to Mr. O’Dell and the average amount of compensation actually paid to the Company’s NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. O’Dell) and (b) the Company’s net income over the three years presented in the “Pay Versus Performance Table for 2024.” Total net income for 2024 was negatively impacted by higher provision for credit losses. While the Company’s net income is one of the key factors considered in determining executive officer compensation and, in particular, incentive compensation awards to the NEOs, the Company’s executive compensation programs take into account a number of other factors, including, without limitation, the performance of the Company’s common stock price relative to the KBW Nasdaq Index, CFBank’s net interest margin, the credit quality of CFBank’s loan portfolio and increases in CFBank’s earning assets and core deposits.

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PROPOSAL 2 –

NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE ON NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION</div>

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) and corresponding SEC rules enable the Company’s stockholders to vote to approve, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in this Proxy