SCHEDULE Filed 2025-09-15 Event 2025-09-12 SEC 0001026081-25-000013 →

SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B → Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. BWFG

Stake: 10.01% Shares: 788,622 CUSIP: 06654A103 Class: Common Stock, No Par Value

Composite Decision Signal · PASS (LOW BASE-RATE EDGE) Conviction Score: 28/100 · Filer 90d Win Rate: 100% · Hist. 90d Edge: +7.2%

Passive Schedule 13G filer baseline
High conviction ownership stake (10.0%)
Held by 1 tracked 13F institutional manager
9 NPORT-P mutual funds holding CUSIP
Elevated short days-to-cover (12.4 DTC)

Item 4 — Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: These purchases were executed in accordance with the regulatory approvals Mr. Seidman obtained to purchase up to 14.99% of the outstanding shares of the Issuer.

Cross-References

Insider Activity (last 365d)

0 transactions

0 buys · 0 sales · 0 awards/exercises

Issuer Cluster

4 13D/G filings on this issuer

3 other filings besides this one

Filer Track Record

16 filings by this filer

15 other filings in the data moat

Short Interest · settle 2026-10-15

DTC 12.42

618,880 shares short · +8.0% vs prior

Institutional Consensus · 2025-12-31

Held by elite portfolio managers

1 holder · $448K

Point72 Asset Mgmt

Post-Filing Returns · since 2025-09-12 on BWFG

+1 day

-1.0%

+5 days

-1.2%

+30 days

-7.6%

+60 days

-0.7%

+90 days

+7.2%

+180 days

+3.3%

Anchor price 45.07 on closest trading day on/after 2025-09-12. Source: Yahoo Finance daily adj_close (split + dividend adjusted).

Other 13D/G Filings on Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.

Filed	Form	Filer	Stake	Shares
2026-07-27	SCHEDULE 13G	BlackRock, Inc.	—	—	view →
2020-02-06	SC	SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B	—	—	view →
2019-01-25	SC	SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B	—	—	view →

Other Filings by SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B

Filed	Form	Issuer	Stake	Shares
2026-10-26	SCHEDULE 13D/A	URSB Bancorp, Inc.	—	61,825	view →
2026-09-23	SCHEDULE 13D	URSB Bancorp, Inc.	5.40%	51,642	view →
2022-03-04	SC	PRUDENTIAL BANCORP, INC.	—	—	view →
2021-03-04	SC	MALVERN BANCORP, INC.	—	—	view →
2020-12-15	SC	Mid-Southern Bancorp, Inc.	—	—	view →
2020-12-11	SC	PRUDENTIAL BANCORP, INC.	—	—	view →
2020-02-06	SC	Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. BWFG	—	—	view →
2019-08-13	SC	MSB FINANCIAL CORP	—	—	view →
2019-04-01	SC	MALVERN BANCORP, INC.	—	—	view →
2019-02-06	SC	Pilgrim Bancshares, Inc.	—	—	view →
2019-01-25	SC	Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. BWFG	—	—	view →
2018-03-19	SC	SUSSEX BANCORP	—	—	view →
2018-03-16	SC	Coastway Bancorp, Inc.	—	—	view →
2018-03-15	SC	MSB FINANCIAL CORP	—	—	view →
2018-03-13	SC	MSB FINANCIAL CORP	—	—	view →

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