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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(d) On May 1, 2024, the Registrant’s Board of Directors voted to increase the size of the Board of Directors by one, and elected Tara L. French, age 61, to serve as a director of the Registrant in the class whose terms expire in 2027. She will also serve as a director of the Registrant’s wholly-owned subsidiary, BCB Community Bank (the “Bank”). Ms. French previously was an officer at Northfield Bank until her retirement in June 2023. She joined Northfield in 2017 as the Chief Administrative Officer, and she was named Chief Risk Officer in September 2020. Prior to joining Northfield Bank, Ms. French was an Assistant Deputy Comptroller at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency from 2011 to 2017, where she worked in the New York District Office supervising commercial banks and thrifts in the Community Bank Program.
Ms. French will serve on the Audit Committee, the ALCO Committee, and the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee. She will be compensated for her service as a director on the same basis as the other non-employee directors of the Registrant, including board fees and the eligibility to receive stock-based awards and other compensation paid to the Registrant’s directors.
There have been no transactions within the last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transactions, in which the Registrant or the Bank was or is to be a participant and in which Ms. French has or had a direct or indirect material interest which would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
A copy of the press release announcing Ms. French’s election is provided as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| 99.1 | Press Release of BCB Bancorp, Inc. announcing election of Tara F. French dated May 2, 2024 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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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.
| BCB BANCORP, INC. | ||||||
| DATE: May 2, 2024 | By: | /s/ Ryan Blake | ||||
| Ryan Blake | ||||||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||||||
| (Duly Authorized Representative) | ||||||
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