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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 May 21, 2026, the stockholders of NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The material terms of the Plan are summarized on pages 12 through 21 of the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”), which description is incorporated herein by reference.
The foregoing description of the Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, a copy of which was included as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company was held on May 21, 2026. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the annual meeting are as follows:
| 1. | The following individuals were elected as directors, each for a three-year term by the following vote: |
| FOR | WITHHELD | |||||||
| Lynette Bennett | 8,529,022 | 341,140 | ||||||
| Jose M. Collazo | 8,269,155 | 601,007 | ||||||
| John F. McKenzie | 6,866,825 | 2,003,337 | ||||||
| Joel L. Morgenthau | 8,237,951 | 632,211 | ||||||
There were 2,328,210 broker non-votes on the proposal.
| 2. | The NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan was approved by the stockholders by the following vote: |
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||||
| 8,177,774 | 553,081 | 139,307 | ||||||||
There were 2,328,210 broker non-votes on the proposal.
| 3. | The appointment of S.R. Snodgrass, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 was ratified by the stockholders by the following vote: |
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||||
| 10,833,710 | 138,801 | 225,861 | ||||||||
There were no broker non-votes on the proposal.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Other Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| NORTHEAST COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. | ||
| Date: May 26, 2026 | By: | /s/ Kenneth A. Martinek |
| Kenneth A. Martinek | ||
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||