Company: BWFG
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001505732-25-000079
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Company: Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: DEF 14A
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Your proxy is being solicited by the Directors of Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”), the bank holding company for Bankwell Bank (the “Bank”), in connection with the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held at Woodway Country Club, 540 Hoyt Street, Darien, Connecticut 06820, on May 21, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. and at any adjournments thereof. The matters to be considered and acted upon at such meeting are referred to in the preceding notice and are more fully discussed below. We are making the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Internet Notice”), this Proxy Statement, the accompanying form of proxy card and our 2024 Annual Report available to shareholders on or about April 8, 2025.

We are furnishing these proxy materials, including our 2024 Annual Report, to our shareholders by providing access to such documents via the Internet Notice instead of mailing printed copies. The Internet Notice provides instructions as to how you may access and review all of the proxy materials on the internet. The Internet Notice also instructs you as to how you may submit your proxy over the internet or by telephone. If you would like to receive a paper copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials in the Internet Notice. Any request to receive proxy materials by mail will remain in effect until you revoke it.

Directors, officers and employees may solicit proxies personally or by telephone or facsimile. The Company may also request brokers, nominees, custodians and fiduciaries to forward soliciting material to the beneficial owners of stock held of record as of March 27, 2025 and will reimburse such persons for reasonable expenses incurred in forwarding such material. The cost of solicitation will be borne by the Company.

All properly executed, unrevoked proxies received pursuant to this solicitation prior to the close of voting will be voted as directed therein. Properly executed, unrevoked proxies, which do not specifically direct the voting of the shares covered thereby on any matter will be voted in the affirmative on such matter(s). Any proxy given pursuant to this solicitation may be revoked in writing by the shareholder at any time prior to the voting of the proxy by notifying Courtney E. Sacchetti, Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., 258 Elm Street, New Canaan, Connecticut 06840.

The persons named on