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−Removed: During the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2025, none of our directors or officers informed us of the adoption or termination of a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as those terms are defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.
+Added: During the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2025, none of our directors or officers informed us of the adoption or termination of a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as those terms are defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.
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−Removed: 10.1 Finward Bancorp 2025 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated May 29, 2025).
−Removed: 10.2 Form of Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement under Finward Bancorp 2025 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated May 29, 2025).
−Removed: 10.3 Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement under Finward Bancorp 2025 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated May 29, 2025).
−Removed: 10.4 Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under Finward Bancorp 2025 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated May 29, 2025).
−Removed: 10.5 Form of Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement under Finward Bancorp 2025 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated May 29, 2025).
−Removed: 10.6 Form of Performance Shares Award Agreement under Finward Bancorp 2025 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated May 29, 2025).
−Removed: 10.7 Form of Stock Appreciation Rights Award Agreement under Finward Bancorp 2025 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated May 29, 2025).
31.1 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
−Removed: 31.2 R ule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
+Added: 31.2 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
32.1 Section 1350 Certifications.
−Removed: 101 The following materials from the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2025, formatted in an XBRL Interactive Data File:
+Added: 101 The following materials from the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025, formatted in an XBRL Interactive Data File:
(i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets;
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(v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows;
−Removed: and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, with detailed tagging of notes and financial statement schedules.
+Added: and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, with detailed tagging of notes and financial statement schedules.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
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FINWARD BANCORP
−Removed: August 13, 2025
+Added: November 12, 2025
/s/ Benjamin J.
President and Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: August 13, 2025
+Added: November 12, 2025
/s/ Benjamin L.
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Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.