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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 8, 2025
EAGLE BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Maryland | 0-25923 | 52-2061461 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
7830 Old Georgetown Road, Third Floor
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(301) 986-1800
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value | EGBN | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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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
(d) On September 8, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the parent company of EagleBank (the “Bank”), and the Board of Directors of the Bank, upon the recommendation of the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board, appointed Kris Pederson and Ted Wilm as directors of the Company and of the Bank, effective immediately. The Board has determined that Ms. Pederson and Mr. Wilm are independent under the applicable rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market. Ms. Pederson and Mr. Wilm will serve as at-large directors until committee assignments are determined later this fall. Upon Ms. Pederson and Mr. Wilm’s appointment to the Board on September 8, 2025, the number of directors constituting the Board increased to ten directors.
Ms. Pederson and Mr. Wilm will receive the Company’s standard compensation for non-employee directors, as described under the heading “Director Compensation” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Scheduled 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2025.
There are no arrangements between Ms. Pederson or Mr. Wilm and any other persons, pursuant to which Ms. Pederson or Mr. Wilm were selected as directors to the Board. There are no related party transactions between the Company and Ms. Pederson or Mr. Wilm that would be required to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation of S-K of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Over the course of Ms. Pederson’s career, she has managed businesses, global strategies, and P&Ls at EY, IBM, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). She holds board positions with SOBR Safe (NASDAQ: SOBR) as the Nomination and Governance Chair, the National Football League Alumni Association as Audit Chair, the National Association of Corporate Directors Colorado, and the NASDAQ Center for Board Governance. She also previously served on the Board of Great Western Bank on the Audit Committee and participated in the Bank’s Initial Public Offering, Windward Reports, and the Harvard Business School Alumni Board.
Mr. Wilm enjoyed a 38-year career at PwC, serving many of the firm’s largest asset management and financial services clients. He also served as the office managing partner of PwC’s Irvine, California office and co-managed the firm’s Southwest operations. Mr. Wilm was the audit committee chair of California Bancorp, and its operating subsidiary, California Bank of Commerce, until their merger with the Bank of Southern California in July 2024. He also holds leadership positions with the Corporate Directors Roundtable and the Forum for Corporate Directors in Orange County, California.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On September 8, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Ms. Pederson and Mr. Wilm to the Board. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K that is furnished under this Item 7.01, including the accompanying Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K that is furnished under this Item 7.01, including the accompanying Exhibit 99.1, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01. Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| Exhibit Number | | Description |
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99.1 | | Press Release of Eagle Bancorp, Inc., dated September 08, 2025, announcing the appointment of Kris Pederson and Ted Wilm to the Company’s Board of Directors. |
| 104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
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| | EAGLE BANCORP INC. |
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| Date: September 08, 2025 | By: | /s/ Eric R. Newell |
| | | Eric R. Newell |
| | | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
