{"url_path":"/sec/wsbf/8-k/2026-05-19/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 ** **Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-19","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1569994/0001437749-26-017794-index.html","accession_number":"0001437749-26-017794","cik":"0001569994","ticker":"WSBF","issuer_name":"Waterstone Financial, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1569994/0001437749-26-017794-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001569994","primary_entity_name":"Waterstone Financial, Inc."},"word_count":292,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.07** **Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**\n\n \n\nThe Company held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 19, 2026. The shareholders (i) elected three members of the Company's Board of Directors to serve until 2029; (ii) ratified the selection of Forvis Mazars, LLP as Waterstone Financial, Inc.'s independent registered public accounting firm; (iii) approved, in an advisory vote, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers and (iv) approved, in an advisory vote, the frequency of voting for our executive compensation. There were 18,161,733 outstanding shares eligible to vote as of March 25, 2026, the record date for the 2026 Annual Meeting. The results of the matters submitted to a vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders were as follows:\n\n \n\nProposal 1: \"Election of the below named nominee to the Board of Directors of Waterstone Financial, Inc.\"\n\n \n\nThe following votes were cast in the proposal regarding Director Nominee:\n\n \n\n**Director Nominee**\n**For **\n**Withheld**\n\nStephen Schmidt\n11,296,357\n668,600\n\nDerek Tyus\n11,644,708\n320,249\n\nMolly Mulroy\n11,636,482\n328,475\n\n \n\nProposal 2: \"Ratification of the selection of FORVIS MAZARS, LLP as the Company's auditors for the year ending December 31, 2026.\"\n\n \n\n**For**\n**Against **\n**Abstain**\n\n14,753,029\n84,156\n113,581\n\n \n\nProposal 3: \"An advisory, non-binding resolution to approve the executive compensation.\"\n\n \n\n**For**\n**Against**\n**Abstain**\n\n11,280,893\n549,962\n134,102\n\n \n\nProposal 4: \"An advisory, non-binding resolution with respect to the frequency of voting for our executive compensation. \"\n\n**1 Year**\n**2 Years**\n**3 Years**\n**Abstain**\n\n10,611,408\n50,356\n1,249,023\n54,170\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURES**\n\n \n\nPursuant 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.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \nWaterstone Financial, Inc.\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\nDate: May 19, 2026\n \n*/s/ William F. Bruss*\n \n\n \n \nName:    William F. Bruss\n \n\n \n \nTitle:    Chief Executive Officer"}