Beacon Financial Corp (BBT) · Nov 3, 2026 · Exec change

Beacon Financial CEO contract formalizes already-announced succession

CEO employment agreement — $1.0M base salary; 75% target bonus; 105% annual equity award

Beacon Financial’s CEO filing formalizes Sean Gray’s appointment with $1 million salary, bonus, equity and severance terms.

Beacon Financial is a newly combined regional bank still integrating its Brookline Bancorp and Berkshire Hills operations, with its core-systems conversion completed in February 2026 and the Beacon Bank rebrand continuing. This filing does not change that operating story: Sean Gray’s appointment as president and CEO was already announced on September 21, 2026, as part of Paul Perrault’s planned retirement. The new information is the formal employment contract, effective September 21, 2026. 〔0〕

The economics are material but not a fresh business catalyst: Gray receives a $1 million base salary, a target cash bonus equal to 75% of salary, annual equity awards valued at 105% of salary, and a one-time $275,000 restricted-stock award. 〔1〕 These terms establish the cost and retention structure around the already-public succession, but the filing provides no new operating targets, integration milestone, or evidence that the strategy has changed.

Bottom line: This is a routine compensation disclosure around a known CEO transition, not a rewrite of Beacon Financial’s post-merger story. The contract details matter for governance and executive cost, but the event is essentially in line with what was already known.

Original filing on SEC EDGAR

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