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): February 22, 2023

Bogota Financial Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland
 
001-39180
 
84-3501231
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
819 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, New Jersey
 
07666
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (201) 862-0660

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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


Title of each class
 
Trading
Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01
 
BSBK
 
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 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On February 22, 2023, the Board of Directors of Bogota Financial Corp. (the “Company”) amended the Company’s Bylaws to revise the age qualification for directors.  The age qualification had generally provided that no person could be appointed or elected as a director after the person had turned 75 years old. The revised age qualification, which is found under Section 13 of Article II of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, generally provides that no person may serve as a director following the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company after his attaining the age of 75.  A copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws is filed as Exhibit 3.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)
Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.  Not applicable.

(b)
Pro Forma Financial Information.  Not applicable.

(c)
Shell Company Transactions.  Not applicable.

(d)
Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
Description
   
Amended and Restated Bylaws.
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in iXBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).




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.

   
BOGOTA FINANCIAL CORP.
     
     
DATE: February 23, 2023
By:  
/s/ Joseph Coccaro
   
Joseph Coccaro
   
President and Chief Executive Officer