IF Bancorp Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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FORM 8-K

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 25, 2024

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On November 26, 2024, IF Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the holding company for Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association (the “Association”), issued a press release announcing that Walter H. Hasselbring, III has resigned from his position as President of the Company and the Association, and that the Boards of Directors (the “Boards”) of the Company and the Association appointed Thomas J. Chamberlain, current Chief Lending Officer of the Association and Senior Executive Vice President of the Company and the Association, as President of the Company and the Association. Mr. Hasselbring will continue to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Association and continue to oversee their strategic initiatives while Mr. Chamberlain will oversee the day-to-day operations. There were no disagreements between the Company and Mr. Hasselbring.

Mr. Chamberlain, age 60, has been serving as Senior Executive Vice President of the Company and the Association and has been the Chief Lending Officer of the Association since July of 2010. He has served with the Association since July of 2004, when he joined the Association as Vice President and Manager – Danville Office, with responsibility for the management and commercial loan activities of that office. Prior to his service with the Association, Mr. Chamberlain worked with First Mid Bank & Trust for over 18 years, managing branches, and working in their lending and trust/farm management departments. Mr. Chamberlain has an MBA from Eastern Illinois University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois. He is a 2011 graduate of the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Pennsylvania where he also earned the Wharton Leadership Certificate and is a graduate of the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Program. He was the 2023-24 Chair of the Illinois Bankers Association Board of Directors. He has served as a member or Chairman of different committees of the Illinois Bankers Association, Illinois Bankers Education Services, Inc., American Bankers Association, and both the Illinois and American Societies of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. He has served in the top leadership position of several community organizations including: Board President of the Danville Area Community College Foundation; Board Chair of United Way of Danville; Board Chair of Vermilion Advantage economic development organization; President of Schlarman Foundation; President of the Rotary Club of Tuscola; President of the Tuscola Chamber of Commerce; President of Main Street Tuscola; Grand Knight Mattoon Knights of Columbus; and, President Mid-Illinois Big Brothers/Big Sisters.  Mr. Chamberlain is not a party to any transaction with the Company or the Association that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K.

A copy of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on November 25, 2024.  The matters listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders through the solicitation of proxies, and the proposals are described in detail in the proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”).  Of the 3,353,026 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 2,842,511 were present at the meeting in person or by proxy.  The votes cast were as follows:

Shares Voted For		Shares Voted Against		Broker Non-Votes		Abstentions
1,023,660		1,400,471		390,193		28,187

 

On November 26, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Boards has unanimously elected Walter H. Hasselbring, III as Chair of the Boards. Mr. Hasselbring succeeds, Gary Martin, who, as previously disclosed in the Proxy Statement, has reached the age limit established by the Board of Directors in the Company’s bylaws and retired from the Boards on November 25, 2024, immediately prior to the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

In accordance with the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and to provide effective oversight and independence of the Boards, the Boards appointed Joseph A. Cowan as Lead Independent Director. Mr. Cowan has served as an independent director of the Company and the Association since 2000.

The Boards have determined that combining the Chair and Chief Executive Officer positions, along with appointing a Lead Independent Director and a new President, is the appropriate structure for the Company and the Association at this time and helps provide strong and consistent leadership for management and the Boards.

A copy of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

SIGNATURES

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.