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) August 4, 2014

 

 

 

Stewardship Financial Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New Jersey 0-21855 22-3351447
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission (IRS Employer
incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
     
     
630 Godwin Avenue, Midland Park,  NJ   07432
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (201) 444-7100

 

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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

 

Effective August 4, 2014, Peter Ameen has been appointed to the newly created position of Executive Vice President / Chief Operating Officer of Stewardship Financial Corporation (the “Corporation”) and the Corporation’s subsidiary, Atlantic Stewardship Bank (the “Bank”).

 

Mr. Ameen, age 56, has in excess of twenty five years of experience in commercial banking including overseeing regional branch networks, strategic planning, business development and small business and consumer lending. Prior to joining the Corporation and the Bank, Mr. Ameen has worked at various financial institutions, most recently as an Area President for a large regional bank.

 

 
 

 

Signatures

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  August 5, 2014 Stewardship Financial Corporation
   
   
  /s/  Claire M. Chadwick                               
         Claire M. Chadwick
           Executive Vice President and
        Chief Financial Officer