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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.
On September 28, 2021, BCB Bancorp, Inc. (the “Registrant”), the holding company for BCB Community Bank (the “Bank”), issued a press release announcing that, effective September 15, 2021, the Registrant and the Bank have each appointed Ryan Blake, who also serves as the Corporate Secretary of each company, as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
The table below sets forth certain information about Mr. Blake:
| Name and Position |
Age |
Principal Occupation for the Past Five Years |
Officer Since |
Term Expires | ||||
| Ryan Blake |
31 | Vice President & Controller | 2016 | N/A(1) |
| (1) | Officers serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors |
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Blake and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Blake was selected as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, or Corporate Secretary. Mr. Blake has no family relationship with any other director or executive officer of the Registrant, nor with any person nominated or chosen to serve as a director or executive officer of the Registrant. Mr. Blake is not a director of any company with a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), subject to the requirements of section 15(d) of the Act, or of any company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
There are no “related party transactions” between Mr. Blake and the Registrant or the Bank that require disclosure.
There are no material plans, contracts or other arrangements (or amendments thereto) to which Mr. Blake is a party, or in which he participates, that were entered into or amended in connection with Mr. Blake being appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Registrant and the Bank.
Neither the Registrant nor the Bank is a party to an employment agreement with Mr. Blake.
A copy of the Registrant’s press release announcing the above-described event is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
On September 28, 2021, the employment of Michael Lesler with the Registrant and the Bank amicably terminated. Mr. Lesler had served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Registrant and the Bank.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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The following Exhibit is attached as part of this report.
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Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated September 28, 2021 | |
| 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: September 28, 2021 | By: | /s/ Thomas P. Keating | ||||
| Thomas P. Keating | ||||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
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