Company: CFBK
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-060182
Chunk: 56

Company: CF BANKSHARES INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
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 by Forvis Mazars related to the preparation of the Company’s tax returns and review of estimated tax payments, along with various other tax-related projects. AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT The Company’s Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with management and with Forvis Mazars, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024, the audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024. In addition, the Audit Committee has discussed with Forvis Mazars the matters required to be discussed by the applicable standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) and the SEC. The Audit Committee also has received the written disclosures and the letter from Forvis Mazars required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with Forvis Mazars its independence. Based on the foregoing review and discussions, the Audit Committee has recommended to the Company’s Board of Directors that the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, for filing with the SEC.

| AUDIT COMMITTEE         |
| Thomas P. Ash, Chairman |
| Edward W. Cochran       |
| James H. Frauenberg     |
| Robert E. Hoeweler      |
| Sundeep Rana            |
| David L. Royer          |

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STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR 2026 ANNUAL MEETING</div>

If a stockholder desires to have a proposal included in the Company’s proxy statement and form of proxy for the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, the proposal must conform to the requirements of Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Exchange Act and other applicable proxy rules and interpretations of the SEC concerning the submission and content of proposals. Proposals for the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders must be received by the Company prior to the close of business on December 29, 2025 in order to be eligible for inclusion in the Company’s proxy, notice of meeting and proxy statement relating to the 2026 annual meeting.

The Company’s Bylaws provide an advance notice procedure for a stockholder to properly bring business before an annual meeting of stockholders. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the business must relate to a proper subject matter for stockholder action and the stockholder