Beneficial Ownership Report · SCHEDULE 13G
Columbia Financial, Inc.
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Beneficial Ownership Report
Structured filing — SCHEDULE 13G
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Subject company
- Company
- COLUMBIA FINANCIAL INC
- Company CIK
- 0002115119
- Street
- 19-01 Route 208 North
- City
- Fair Lawn
- State / country code
- NJ
- Postal code
- 07410
Statement details
- Security class
- Common Stock
- Event date
- 09/30/2026
- Rule designation
- Rule 13d-1(b)
Reporting person 1
- Name
- BlackRock, Inc.
- Citizenship / organization
- DE
- Reporting person type
- HC
- Group designation
- b
- Aggregate amount owned
- 20,374,308
- Percent of class
- 7.6
- Sole voting power
- 19,726,550
- Shared voting power
- 0
- Sole dispositive power
- 20,374,308
- Shared dispositive power
- 0
Item 1
Issuer
COLUMBIA FINANCIAL INC
Principal executive office address
19-01 Route 208 North Fair Lawn NJ 07410
Item 2
Citizenship
See Item 4 of Cover Page
Filing person
BlackRock, Inc. In accordance with SEC Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998), this Schedule 13G reflects the securities beneficially owned, or deemed to be beneficially owned, by certain business units (collectively, the "Reporting Business Units") of BlackRock, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates. It does not include securities, if any, beneficially owned by other business units whose beneficial ownership of securities are disaggregated from that of the Reporting Business Units in accordance with such release.
Principal business or residence address
BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001
Item 3
Not applicable indication
N
Type of filing person
HC
Item 4
Percent of class
7.6
Amount beneficially owned
20374308
Sole voting power
19726550
Shared voting power
0
Sole dispositive power
20374308
Shared dispositive power
0
Item 5
Not applicable indication
Y
Ownership of 5% or less
N
Item 6
Not applicable indication
N
Ownership on behalf of another person
Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of the common stock of COLUMBIA FINANCIAL INC. No one person's interest in the common stock of COLUMBIA FINANCIAL INC is more than five percent of the total outstanding common shares.
Item 7
Not applicable indication
N
Subsidiaries
See Exhibit 99
Item 8
Not applicable indication
Y
Item 9
Not applicable indication
Y
Item 10
Not applicable indication
N
Certifications
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11.
Exhibits
Exhibit 24: Power of Attorney Exhibit 99: Item 7
Signature 1
- Reporting person
- BlackRock, Inc.
- Signed
- Spencer Fleming
- Title
- Managing Director
- Date
- 10/27/2026
Filed exhibits
- EXHIBIT 24: POWER OF ATTORNEY ↗PowerOfAttorney.txt
- EXHIBIT 99: ITEM 7 ↗Item_7.txt
Company context
The Company is a Maryland corporation organized as Columbia Bank’s stock holding company. Columbia Bank is a federally chartered savings bank headquartered in Fair Lawn, New Jersey that operates over 100 full-service banking offices and offers traditional financial services to consumers and businesses in its market area. For more information about Columbia Bank, please visit www.columbiabankonline.com.