Company: SFBC
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001541119-25-000013
Chunk: 19

Company: Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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 for election at the meeting identified in this document were recommended to the Board by the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee has the following responsibilities under its charter:

| (i)   |     | recommend to the Board the appropriate size of the Board and assist in identifying, interviewing and recruiting candidates for the Board;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| (ii)  |     | recommend candidates (including incumbents) for election and appointment to the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions set forth in the Company's charter and bylaws relating to the nomination or appointment of directors, based on the following criteria: (i) business experience, education, integrity, reputation, independence, conflicts of interest, diversity, and age; (ii) number of other directorships and commitments (including charitable obligations); (iii) tenure on the Board; (iv) attendance at Board and committee meetings: (v) stock ownership; (vi) specialized knowledge (such as an understanding of banking, accounting, marketing, finance, regulation and public policy); (vii) residency and a commitment to the Company’s communities and shared values; and (viii) overall experience in the context of the needs of the Board as a whole. As a general rule, it is the desire of the Board of Directors that directors live and/or work in the communities served by the Company’s subsidiary bank; |
| (iii) |     | consider and evaluate nominations from shareholders using the same criteria as all other nominations;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

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| (iv) |     | annually recommend to the Board committee assignments and committee chairs on all committees of the Board, and recommend committee members to fill vacancies on committees as necessary; and |
| (v)  |     | perform any other duties or responsibilities expressly delegated to the Nominating Committee by the Board.                                                                                   |

Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made only by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by any stockholder entitled to vote for the election of directors who complies with the notice procedures. Pursuant to the Company’s bylaws, nominations for directors by shareholders must be made in writing and received by the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal executive offices no earlier than 120 calendar days prior to the meeting date and no later than 90 calendar days prior to the meeting date. If, however, less than 100 calendar days’ notice or public announcement