Lewis Oliver Edward Jr 4

What Happened

• Lewis Oliver, Senior EVP & Head of Commercial Banking at Columbia Financial (CLBK), made open-market purchases of company stock on July 20, 2026: 500 shares at $10.00 ($5,000) and 14,500 shares at $10.00 ($145,000), for a total of 15,000 shares costing $150,000. These were purchases (code P), which are often viewed as a bullish signal compared with routine sales.

Key Details

• Transaction date: July 20, 2026
• Prices and amounts: 500 shares @ $10.00 ($5,000) and 14,500 shares @ $10.00 ($145,000); total 15,000 shares for $150,000
• Transaction type: Open-market purchases (code P)
• Filing date: July 22, 2026 — appears timely (filed within two business days of the transaction)
• Shares owned after the transaction: Not specified in the provided filing summary
• Footnotes/other disclosures: The filing includes multiple footnotes (F1–F7) describing stock award and option grants under Columbia Financial’s 2019 Equity Incentive Plan with various time- and performance-based vesting schedules; Exhibit 24 (Power of Attorney) is attached.

Context

• These were outright purchases, not exercises or awards; no immediate sale (cashless exercise) was reported. Purchases by executives can indicate personal confidence but do not guarantee future company performance. The filing does not report post-transaction total holdings, so assess this purchase alongside other insider trades and public disclosures for fuller context.