UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 5.02 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 20, 2025. The shareholders (i) elected one member of the Company's Board of Directors to serve until 2028; (ii) ratified the selection of Forvis Mazars, LLP as Waterstone Financial, Inc.'s independent registered public accounting firm and (iii) approved, in an advisory vote, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. There were 19,294,731 outstanding shares eligible to vote as of March 26, 2025, the record date for the 2025 Annual Meeting. The results of the matters submitted to a vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders were as follows:
Proposal 1: "Election of the below named nominee to the Board of Directors of Waterstone Financial, Inc."
The following votes were cast in the proposal regarding Director Nominee:
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Director Nominee
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For
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Withheld
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Ellen S. Bartel
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12,079,443
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1,950,360
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Proposal 2: "Ratification of the selection of Forvis Mazars, LLP as the Company's auditors for the year ending December 31, 2025."
The following votes were cast:
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Abstain
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16,232,100
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236,065
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17,840
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Proposal 3: "An advisory, non-binding resolution to approve the executive compensation."
The following votes were cast:
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Abstain
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12,977,351
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928,485
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123,967 |
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.
| Waterstone Financial, Inc. | |||
| Date: May 20, 2025 | /s/ William F. Bruss | ||
| Name: William F. Bruss | |||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer |