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Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

NFBK/Columbia Financial, Inc.CLBK· $2.3B

Columbia Financial to acquire Northfield Bancorp via merger

MixedVote Scheduledhigh confidence

Merger Arbeconomics, downside, days

Deal value

mixed

Per-share offer

Premium

Days to close

Term fee

ConsiderationMixed
AnnouncedApr 24, 2026
Days outstanding84d
Expected close
Termination fee
Reverse term fee
Go-shop period
Fiduciary out
Financing condition
Debt commitment
Insider lock-up

No structured deal economics extracted yet. Re-run the scanner or fall back to the source filing below.


Timelineannounced → close
  1. Announced

    Apr 24, 2026

  2. Preliminary Proxy

  3. Definitive Proxy

  4. Record date

  5. Shareholder vote

    Jun 25, 2026

  6. Expected close


Vote Mechanicsrecord / mailing / vote
Vote required22d post-vote
Vote dateJun 25, 2026
Record date
Mailing date
Record → vote
Threshold
Min approvalparsed
Shares outstanding
Insider lock-up

Regulatory & ConditionsHSR / EU / CFIUS / MAC

No regulatory or closing-conditions data extracted yet. The merger agreement Exhibit 10.1 contains this in the “Conditions to Closing” and “Regulatory Approvals” articles.


Closing Conditionsapprovals · vote · financing · lockups

No closing-condition data extracted.


Interloper Riskcompeting bids, activist filers

No competing-bidder, activist, or dissident-proxy signals in the database for this target.


Advisors

Acquirer side· Columbia Financial, Inc.

Legal

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

  • · Christina M. Gattuso
  • · Stephen F. Donahoe
Christina M. Gattuso, Esq. Stephen F. Donahoe, Esq. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20004

Target side· Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

Legal

Luse Gorman, PC

  • · Ned A. Quint
  • · Scott A. Brown
Ned A. Quint, Esq. Scott A. Brown, Esq. Luse Gorman, PC 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 780 Washington, DC 20015

Counterparty Historyprior deals in DB
FirmRoleSideDeals in DB
Luse Gorman, PCLegalTarget3View deals →
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLPLegalAcquirer1View deals →

Filing Timelineevery filing on this issuer
  1. Apr 24, 2026this filing

    Columbia Financial to acquire Northfield Bancorp via merger


Sources

Columbia Financial, Inc. (a newly formed Maryland corporation) is acquiring Northfield Bancorp, Inc. in an all-stock and cash transaction. Northfield Bancorp shareholders will receive either Columbia Financial, Inc. common stock or cash consideration, with the exchange ratio and per-share cash consideration varying based on the Final Independent Valuation (ranging from 1.425 shares/$14.25 to 1.465 shares/$14.65). The transaction is conditioned on completion of Columbia Financial's conversion from a mutual holding company to a fully public stock holding company structure, with shareholder votes scheduled for June 25, 2026.

Item id: 44733f6c-e7fd-4899-80ab-6f3ae9965397 · ingested Apr 24, 2026