Columbia Financial Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Amendments to the Registrant's Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April 29, 2025
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Item 5.05 Amendments to the Registrant's Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of the Code of Ethics.
Effective April 29, 2025, the Board of Directors of Columbia Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted a revised Columbia Financial, Inc. Code of Ethics and Business Conduct (the “Code”) that amended, restated, and replaced the Company’s prior Code of Ethics and Business Conduct. The Code was approved and adopted by the Board as part of its ordinary course recurrent review of the Company’s codes and policies and applies to all officers, directors, and employees of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. The amendments to the Code did not relate to or result in any waiver, explicit or implicit, of any provision of the Code in effect prior to the amendment.
The amendments to the Code update, clarify, enhance and reorganize provisions of the Code including, but not limited to: (i) adding new or updated sections on public disclosure responsibilities, outside director, office and trustee positions, protection from retaliation, compliance with antitrust laws, and political activities and (iii) other technical, administrative and non-substantive changes.
The preceding description of the amendments to the Code does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Code, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 14.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and available under the Governance Documents of the Company’s Investor Relations website at https://ir.columbiabankonline.com/governance-documents/default.aspx.
Information on the Company’s website shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into, or to be part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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| Columbia Financial, Inc. Code of Ethics and Business Conduct dated April 29, 2025 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
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SIGNATURE
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.
| Date: | April 29, 2025 | /s/Dennis E. Gibney | ||||||||||||
| Dennis E. Gibney | ||||||||||||||
| Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||||
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