Columbia Financial, Inc. Announces Receipt of Stockholder and Depositor Approvals of Pending Second Step Conversion and Updated Results of Subscription Offering

FAIR LAWN, N.J., July 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Columbia Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLBK), a Delaware corporation and the mid-tier holding company for Columbia Bank (the “Holding Company”), announced today that at its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 25, 2026, its stockholders approved the Plan of Conversion and Reorganization whereby Columbia Bank MHC, the mutual holding company of the Holding Company and the Bank, will convert from mutual holding company form to the fully public stock holding company form (the “Conversion”), and approved its acquisition of Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (“Northfield”), which will occur simultaneously upon completion of the Conversion. In addition, at a Special Meeting of Members of Columbia Bank MHC held on June 29, 2026, the depositors of the Bank approved the Conversion.