William Justin Jennings - 03 Mar 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for Columbia Financial, Inc. (CLBK)

Role: EVP, Operations Officer
Signature: /s/ Dennis E. Gibney, Power of Attorney
Issuer symbol: CLBK
Transactions as of: 03 Mar 2025
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 05 Mar 2025, 12:32:16 UTC
Previous filing: 25 Feb 2025
Next filing: 10 Mar 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CLBK	Common Stock	Award	$0	+7,533		$0.000000	7,533	03 Mar 2025	By Stock Award III	F1
holding	CLBK	Common Stock						2,205	03 Mar 2025	By Stock-Based Deferral Plan
holding	CLBK	Common Stock						7,222	03 Mar 2025	Direct
holding	CLBK	Common Stock						1,948	03 Mar 2025	By ESOP
holding	CLBK	Common Stock						500	03 Mar 2025	By SERP
holding	CLBK	Common Stock						6,196	03 Mar 2025	By Stock Award	F2
holding	CLBK	Common Stock						8,503	03 Mar 2025	By Stock Award II	F3

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CLBK	Stock Options (right to buy)	Award	$0	+13,051		$0.000000	13,051	03 Mar 2025	Common Stock	13,051	$16.23	Direct	F4
holding	CLBK	Stock Options (right to buy)						41,475	03 Mar 2025	Common Stock	41,475	$21.79	Direct	F5
holding	CLBK	Stock Options (right to buy)						5,715	03 Mar 2025	Common Stock	5,715	$16.49	Direct	F6

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Stock Awards granted pursuant to the Columbia Financial, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive plan, which vest upon achievement of certain specified performance-based vesting criteria, which if achieved, such Awards would vest three years after the date of the Award.
F2	Stock Awards granted pursuant to the Columbia Financial, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, vest in three equal annual installments commencing on March 21, 2023.
F3	Stock Awards granted pursuant to the Columbia Financial, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive plan, 25% of which vest in three approximately equal annual installments commencing on March 6, 2025; and the remaining 75% of which vest upon achievement of certain specified performance-based vesting criteria, which if achieved, such Awards would vest three years after the date of the Award.
F4	Stock Options granted pursuant to the Columbia Financial, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan vest in three approximately equal annual installments commencing on March 3, 2026.
F5	Stock Options granted pursuant to the Columbia Financial, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan vest in three equal annual installments commencing on March 21, 2023.
F6	Stock Options granted pursuant to the Columbia Financial, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan vest in three approximately equal annual installments commencing on March 6, 2025.