# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001723596
**File Stem:** 0001723596-25-000244
**Filing Date:** 2025-6
**Character Count:** 6699
**Document Hash:** a125de97d1c7db3dcf62f0d184503b51
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001723596-25-000244.hdr.sgml**: 20250606

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001723596-25-000244

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250605

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250606

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250606

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Columbia Financial, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001723596
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 223504946
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-38456
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251030574

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 19-01 ROUTE 208 NORTH
- **CITY:** FAIR LAWN
- **STATE:** NJ
- **ZIP:** 07410
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 800-522-4167

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 19-01 ROUTE 208 NORTH
- **CITY:** FAIR LAWN
- **STATE:** NJ
- **ZIP:** 07410

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**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM 8-K** 

**CURRENT REPORT** 

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF** 

**THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 5, 2025

**Columbia Financial, Inc.** 

<u>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</u> 

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Delaware** | **001-38456** | **22-3504946** |
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer |
| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification Number) |

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**19-01 Route 208 North, Fair Lawn, New Jersey** 07410

(Address of principal executive offices)

**(800) 522-4167** 

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| Title of each class | Trading symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common stock, $0.01 par value per share | CLBK | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a vote of Security Holders**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The annual meeting of shareholders Columbia Financial, Inc. (the "Company") was held on June 5, 2025. The final

results of each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the annual meeting are as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. The following individuals were elected as directors, each for the terms noted below, by the following vote:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **THREE-YEAR TERM** | **<u>FOR</u>** | **<u>WITHHELD</u>** |
| Thomas J. Kemly | 89,171,761 | 2,158,016 |
| James M. Kuiken | 89,210,772 | 2,119,005 |
| Elizabeth E. Randall | 88,383,143 | 2,946,634 |
| There were 3,406,178 broker non-votes on the proposal. | There were 3,406,178 broker non-votes on the proposal. | There were 3,406,178 broker non-votes on the proposal. |

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **TWO-YEAR TERM** | **<u>FOR</u>** | **<u>WITHHELD</u>** |
| Michael Massood | 88,397,783 | 2,931,994 |
| There were 3,406,178 broker non-votes on the proposal. | There were 3,406,178 broker non-votes on the proposal. | There were 3,406,178 broker non-votes on the proposal. |

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **ONE-YEAR TERM** | **<u>FOR</u>** | **<u>WITHHELD</u>** |
| Robert Van Dyk | 86,653,753 | 4,676,024 |
| Paul Van Ostenbridge | 89,243,139 | 2,086,638 |
| There were 3,406,178 broker non-votes on the proposal. | There were 3,406,178 broker non-votes on the proposal. | There were 3,406,178 broker non-votes on the proposal. |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ending December 31, 2025 was ratified by the shareholders by the following vote:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **<u>FOR</u>** | **<u>AGAINST</u>** | **<u>ABSTAIN</u>** |
| 94,455,582 | 234,402 | 45,371 |
| There were no broker non-votes on the proposal. | There were no broker non-votes on the proposal. | There were no broker non-votes on the proposal. |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. An advisory vote was taken on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Company's proxy statement, and the vote was as follows:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **<u>FOR</u>** | **<u>AGAINST</u>** | **<u>ABSTAIN</u>** |
| 90,529,283 | 706,789 | 93,705 |
| There were 3,406,178 broker non-votes on the proposal. | There were 3,406,178 broker non-votes on the proposal. | There were 3,406,178 broker non-votes on the proposal. |

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**Item 9.01 <u>Financial Statements and Exhibits</u>**

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Exhibits

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|:---|:---|
| **Exhibit Number** | **Description** |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**SIGNATURE**

**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunder duly authorized.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| Date: | June 6, 2025 | /s/Dennis E. Gibney |
| | | Dennis E. Gibney |
| | | Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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