Amendment: Flagstar Financial Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update

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FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 6, 2024

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This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Flagstar Financial, Inc. (formerly New York Community Bancorp, Inc.) (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2024 (the “Initial Filing”).  The Initial Filing, among other things, reported that on March 6, 2024 the Company entered into an employment agreement term sheet with Joseph M. Otting in connection with Mr. Otting’s appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective as of April 1, 2024.  The information contained in Item 5.02 of this Form 8-K/A amends the information contained in the Initial Filing under the caption “Employment Agreement Term Sheet with Joseph Otting.”

On March 19, 2025, the Company and Mr. Otting executed Mr. Otting’s employment agreement consistent with the terms of the term sheet described in the Initial Filing.  The employment agreement provides that Mr. Otting’s employment will continue until March 31, 2027, or an earlier termination of his employment, unless the term of the employment agreement is further extended or renewed.

Consistent with the terms of the term sheet, the employment agreement provides that Mr. Otting will receive an annual base salary of $1,250,000 and will be eligible to receive an annual cash bonus with a target amount of $2,250,000 and a maximum amount of $4,500,000.  The employment agreement further provides for the payment of Mr. Otting’s costs and expenses relating to his relocation to the New York City metropolitan area and for his eligibility to participate in the Company’s benefit plans on the same basis as other senior executives of the Company.

Additionally, the employment agreement provides that if Mr. Otting is terminated by the Company for cause (as defined in the agreement), if Mr. Otting terminates his employment without good reason (as defined in the agreement), or if Mr. Otting’s employment is terminated due to death or disability, he will be entitled to receive certain accrued benefits through the termination date.  The employment agreement also provides that if Mr. Otting’s employment is terminated by Mr. Otting for good reason or by the Company without cause, or if the Company declines to renew the employment agreement pursuant to its terms, Mr. Otting will also generally be entitled to receive an additional continued health care benefits and a lump sum payment equal to Mr. Otting’s base salary and target bonus that would have been paid from the termination date until the third anniversary of the effective date.

The employment agreement also includes post-employment restrictive covenants, including 12-month non-solicitation of customers and employees, 12-month non-competition related to direct competition with the Company’s then-existing material businesses, perpetual confidentiality and mutual non-disparagement.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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