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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 shares by Internet or telephone. You also may vote by sending a completed proxy card by regular mail or by submitting a ballot in person at the annual meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, please read the proxy statement and vote your shares by Internet or telephone or by sending a completed proxy card by regular mail as promptly as possible . This will ensure that your shares are represented at the meeting.

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#### INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING

#### What is the purpose of the annual meeting?
At the annual meeting, shareholders will be asked to vote on the following proposals:

Proposal 1. Election of three directors of Sound Financial Bancorp, each for a three-year term.

Proposal 2. Advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation.

Proposal 3. Ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams, LLP as Sound Financial Bancorp’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

Shareholders also will transact any other business that may properly come before the annual meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. As of the date of this proxy statement, the Board of Directors knows of no other business to be presented at the annual meeting. If any other proposal properly comes before the shareholders for a vote at the annual meeting, the proxy holders will vote your shares in accordance with their best judgment. Members of our management team will be present at the annual meeting to respond to appropriate questions from shareholders.

How does the Board of Directors recommend I vote on the proposals?

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote:

#### Who can vote at the annual meeting?
The record date for the annual meeting is March 31, 2025. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on that date are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the annual meeting. The only class of stock entitled to be voted at the annual meeting is the common stock of the Company. Each outstanding share of common stock is entitled to one vote for each matter before the annual meeting; provided, however, that pursuant to Section D of Article 5 of the Company’s charter, no shareholder who beneficially owns more than ten percent of the shares of our common stock outstanding as of that date may vote shares in excess of this limit. At the close of business on the record date, there were 2,566,069 shares of common stock outstanding.

If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you are