Company: SFBC
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001541119-25-000013
Chunk: 20

Company: Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 20
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 of the date of the meeting is given or made to shareholders, nominations must be received by the Company not later than the close of business on the tenth calendar day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or otherwise transmitted or the day on which public announcement of the date of the meeting was first made. In addition to meeting the applicable deadline, nominations must be accompanied by certain information specified in the Company’s bylaws.

This description is a summary of our nominating process. Any shareholder wishing to propose a director candidate to the Company should review and must comply, in full, with the procedures set forth in the Company’s charter and bylaws, as well as the requirements of Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. See “Additional Information - Shareholder Proposals and Other Information Regarding the 2026 Annual Meeting.”

Stock Ownership Guidelines. The Board of Directors believes the alignment of directors’ interests with those of shareholders is strengthened when Board members are also shareholders. Under the Company’s stock ownership guidelines, outside (non-employee) directors of the Company or its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, Sound Community Bank, are expected to own Sound Financial Bancorp common stock equal in value to at least $50,000 within two years of joining the Board (of which $10,000 should be owned within the first year of joining the Board). Share ownership for purposes of calculating compliance with these ownership guidelines do not include a director’s unexercised stock options or any shares of Company common stock that are pledged or otherwise encumbered. As of the date of this proxy statement, all of our current non-employee directors meet the stock ownership threshold.

Communications with Directors. Any shareholder desiring to communicate with the Board of Directors, or one or more specific members thereof, should communicate in writing addressed to Tyler K. Myers, Chairman of the Board of the Company, 2400 3 rd Avenue, Suite 150, Seattle, Washington, 98121.

Attendance Policy at Annual Meetings. Although we do not have a formal policy regarding director attendance at annual shareholder meetings, directors are expected to attend these meetings. All directors attended last year’s annual shareholder meeting.

Committee Charters. The charters of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating Committees are posted on our website at www.soundcb.com under “Investor Relations - Governance Documents.”

Code of Ethics. We have adopted a code of ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal