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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 14, 2026

 

Alerus Financial Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

401 Demers Avenue
Grand Forks, North Dakota 58201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (701) 795-3200

 

(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):

 

 

 

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

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. ☐ 

 

 

 

 

The 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Alerus Financial Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 14, 2026. The record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was March 16, 2026. There were 25,560,231 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 20,654,357 shares, or approximately 80.81% 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 stockholders at the Annual Meeting, as set forth in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2026, were as follows:

 

Proposal 1: The election of nine (9) director nominees to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

 

Proposal 2: For the approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the 2025 compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers:

 

 

Proposal 3: The ratification of the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.