Company: BWFG
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001505732-25-000126
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Company: Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 116
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5 and 10,000,000 shares authorized and 7,859,873 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024. The Company's stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol BWFG.DividendsThe Company’s shareholders are entitled to dividends when and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available. The ability of the Company to pay dividends depends, in part, on the ability of the Bank to pay dividends to the Parent Corporation. In accordance with Connecticut statutes, regulatory approval is required to pay dividends in excess of the Bank’s profits retained in the current year plus retained profits from the previous two years. The Bank is also prohibited from paying dividends that would reduce its capital ratios below minimum regulatory requirements.Issuer Purchases of Equity SecuritiesOn December 19, 2018, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to 400,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock ("Prior Plan") and, on October 27, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional 200,000 shares under the Prior Plan. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company purchased 85,990 shares of its Common Stock at a weighted average of $24.82 per share. The Company purchased 535,802 shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to the Prior Plan.On October 28, 2024, the Company announced that on October 23, 2024, its Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase plan ("New Plan"). Under the terms of the New Plan, the Company is authorized to buy back up to 250,000 shares of its outstanding common stock. In connection with the authorization of the New Plan, the Company terminated the Prior Plan. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company purchased no shares under the New Plan.

The Company intends to accomplish the share repurchases through open market transactions, though the Company could accomplish repurchases through other means, such as privately negotiated transactions. The timing, price and volume of repurchases will be based on market conditions, relevant securities laws and other factors. The share repurchase plan does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of Common Stock, and it may be modified or suspended at any time at the Company's discretion. During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company purchased 44,550 shares of its Common Stock at a weighted average price