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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;">UNITED STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><font style="display:inline;"> &nbsp; &nbsp;<br></font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;">FORM 8-K<br></font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">CURRENT REPORT</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">April 28, 2020</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:20pt;">BRIDGEWATER BANCSHARES, INC.</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt;">Minnesota</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt;">001-38412</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt;">3800 American Boulevard West, Suite 100</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt;">Bloomington, Minnesota</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt;">55431</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">Registrant&#x2019;s telephone number, including area code: </font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt;">(952)&nbsp;893-6868</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:9pt;">Not Applicable<br></font><font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the&nbsp;Form 8-K&nbsp;filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2610; Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2610; Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2610; Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2610; Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">&nbsp;BWB</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#xA7;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#xA7;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</font><font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">Emerging growth company </font><font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2612;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:inherit;color:#211D1E;font-size:9pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. </font><font style="display:inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2610;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">The 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the &#x201C;Annual Meeting&#x201D;) of Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc. (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;) was held on April 28, 2020. The record date for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was March 3, 2020. There were 28,945,324 shares of common stock outstanding as of that date, with each such share being entitled to one vote. At the Annual Meeting, the holders of 24,000,188 shares, or approximately 83 percent of the outstanding shares, were represented in person or by proxy, which constituted a quorum for the Annual Meeting. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting, as set forth in the Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2020, were as follows: </font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Proposal 1</font><font style="display:inline;">: The election of three (3) Class II director nominees to serve a three-year term until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified:</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Class I Director Nominee</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Votes For</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Votes Withheld</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Broker Non-Votes</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">David B. Juran</font></p>
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				<td valign="bottom" style="width:18.68%;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">17,225,175</font></p>
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				<td valign="bottom" style="width:20.94%;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">4,083,314</font></p>
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				<td valign="bottom" style="width:26.86%;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">2,691,699</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Thomas P. Trutna</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">17,460,883</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">3,847,606</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">2,691,699</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Todd B. Urness</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">15,373,530</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">5,934,959</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">2,691,699</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Proposal 2</font><font style="display:inline;">: The ratification of the appointment of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP as the Company&#x2019;s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020:</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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				<td valign="bottom" style="width:33.94%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Votes For</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Votes Against</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Abstentions</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Broker Non-Votes</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">23,665,662</font></p>
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				<td valign="bottom" style="width:21.34%;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">328,158</font></p>
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				<td valign="bottom" style="width:21.84%;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">6,368</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">0</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">2</font>

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			<font style="display:inline;">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.</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;">Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc.</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">Date: April 30, 2020</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">By:  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font><font style="display:inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;">/s/ Jerry Baack</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">Name: Jerry Baack</font></p>
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bwb_Current_Folio_8K
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
April 28, 2020
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)
BRIDGEWATER BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
001-38412
(Commission File Number)
26-0113412
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
3800 American Boulevard West, Suite 100
Bloomington, Minnesota
(Address of principal executive offices)
55431
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(952) 893-6868
Not Applicable
(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:
☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class:
Trading Symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value
BWB
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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).
Emerging growth company
☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
☐
Item 5.07           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") was held on April 28, 2020. The record date for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was March 3, 2020. There were 28,945,324 shares of common stock outstanding as of that date, with each such share being entitled to one vote. At the Annual Meeting, the holders of 24,000,188 shares, or approximately 83 percent of the outstanding shares, were represented in person or by proxy, which constituted a quorum for the Annual Meeting. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting, as set forth in the Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2020, were as follows:
Proposal 1
: The election of three (3) Class II director nominees to serve a three-year term until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified:
Class I Director Nominee
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
David B. Juran
17,225,175
4,083,314
2,691,699
Thomas P. Trutna
17,460,883
3,847,606
2,691,699
Todd B. Urness
15,373,530
5,934,959
2,691,699
Proposal 2
: The ratification of the appointment of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
23,665,662
328,158
6,368
0
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc.
Date: April 30, 2020
By:
/s/ Jerry Baack
Name: Jerry Baack
Title:    Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
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