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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 paid or awarded to any executive. The Compensation Committee and the Board may, however, take into account the outcome of the vote when considering future executive compensation arrangements. The purpose of our compensation programs is to attract and retain experienced, highly qualified executives critical to our long-term success and enhancement of shareholder value. The say-on-pay vote at our annual meeting of shareholders held in 2024, which related to our 2023 executive compensation, was approved by approximately 94.7% of shareholder votes cast.

The Dodd-Frank Act requires that at least once every six years we hold a non-binding, advisory vote on the frequency of future say-on-pay votes, with shareholders having the choice of every 1 Year, 2 Years or 3 Years. We held our last frequency vote in 2024, and the most votes were received for a frequency of every 1 year. Our Board of Directors determined, in light of those results, that we would include a say-on-pay vote in our annual meeting proxy materials every 1 year until the next required say-on-pay frequency vote is held, which will be in 2030.

<div align='center'>The Board of Directors recommends shareholders vote FOR this proposal.

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### REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The information contained in this report shall not be deemed to be “soliciting materials” or to be filed with the SEC, nor shall said information be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, notwithstanding the incorporation by reference of this proxy statement into any such filing.

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements of Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, with management. The Audit Committee has discussed with Moss Adams, LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) and the SEC with Audit Committees.

The Audit Committee has also received the written disclosures and the letter from Moss Adams, LLP required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with Moss Adams, LLP its independence.

Based on the Audit Committee's review and discussions noted above, it recommended to the Board of Directors that Sound Financial Bancorp’s audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024