8-K

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<br>				<br>\(State or other jurisdiction of<br>				<br>incorporation\) | 001-38412<br>				<br>\(Commission File Number\) | 26-0113412<br>				<br>\(I.R.S. Employer<br>				<br>Identification No.\) |

| --- | --- | --- | | | 3800 American Boulevard West, Suite 100<br> <br>Bloomington, Minnesota<br> <br>(Address of principal executive offices) | 55431<br> <br>(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:

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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:

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:

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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.

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