Company: SFBC
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001541119-25-000013
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Company: Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form: DEF 14A
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 the date of the next annual meeting is mailed or otherwise transmitted or the day on which public announcement of the date of the next annual meeting is first made by the Company.

Nominations of persons for election to the Company’s 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 and information procedures set forth in the Company’s bylaws. Pursuant to Article I, Section 6(b) of the Company’s bylaws, nominations for directors by shareholders in connection with the Company’s next annual meeting must be made in writing and received by the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s executive office not less than 90 calendar days or more than 120 calendar days prior to the date of the Company’s next annual meeting. If, however, less than 100 calendar days’ notice or public announcement 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. Nominations must be accompanied by certain information specified in Article I, Section 6(b) of the Company’s bylaws.

Shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees in connection with the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders must also provide notice to the Company that contains the information required by Rule 14a-19(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, no later than March 28, 2026. If, however, the date of the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders is before April 27, 2026 or after June 26, 2026, this notice must be provided by the later of 60 calendar days prior to the date of the annual meeting or the tenth calendar day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made by the Company. The notice required by Rule 14a-19(b) is in addition to the advance notice required under Article I, Section 6(b) of the Company’s bylaws for shareholders desiring to submit director nominations.

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#### Form 10-K
This proxy statement is accompanied by a copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for