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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 the form of proxy card to act as proxies at the Annual Meeting are Todd H. Lampert and Carl M. Porto, both of whom are Directors of the Company and residents of Connecticut. If, for any reason, any Director nominee shall become unavailable before the date of the Annual Meeting, discretionary authority will be exercised by the above-named persons to vote the proxy cards for the election of such other person(s) as the Board of Directors shall determine. The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock, present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting.

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#### Who Can Vote
You will be entitled to vote your shares of Company common stock at the Annual Meeting if you were a shareholder of record at the close of business on March 27, 2025. As of that date, there were 7,888,942 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting. You are entitled to one vote on each proposal voted on at the meeting for each share of common stock that you held on March 27, 2025. There is no cumulative voting.

We recommend that shareholders vote by proxy even if they plan to attend the Annual Meeting. You may vote over the internet, via telephone, via mail or in person.

• Internet: Vote your shares at www.investorvote.com/BWFG.

• Telephone and Mail: You can vote by telephone or mail by following the instructions on your proxy card.

• At the Annual Meeting: The method or timing of your vote will not limit your right to vote in person at the Annual Meeting. However, if your shares are held in the name of a broker, bank or other nominee, you must obtain a legal proxy, executed in your favor, from the holder of record to be able to vote at the Annual Meeting. You should allow yourself enough time prior to the Annual Meeting to obtain this proxy from the holder of record.

Internet voting is available 24 hours a day and will close at 3:00 a.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

The shares voted by proxy over the internet, telephonically or by mail, properly marked, dated, signed and not revoked, will be voted at the Annual Meeting. Voting by proxy will not prevent you from voting your shares in person if you attend the Annual Meeting.

How to Vote Shares Held by a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee