Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc._2024 Proxy Statement

BRIDGEWATER BANCSHARES, INC. PROXY STATEMENT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS APRIL 23, 2024 These proxy materials are furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) of proxies to be used at the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, to be held virtually on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., Central Time, and at any adjournments or postponements of such meeting. There will not be a physical meeting at the Company’s principal executive office. You will be able to attend the meeting online, vote your shares electronically, and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/BWB2024. A complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders will be kept on file at the Company’s principal executive office, located at 4450 Excelsior Blvd., Suite 100, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 and will be available during the virtual meeting. The Company is a Minnesota corporation and a registered financial holding company, which owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Bridgewater Bank, a Minnesota state-chartered bank (the “Bank”). Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting to be Held on April 23, 2024: We are using the “Notice and Access” method of providing proxy materials to you instead of mailing printed copies. We believe that this process provides you with a convenient and quick way to access the proxy materials, including our proxy statement and our annual report on Form 10 - K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and to authorize a proxy to vote your shares, while allowing us to conserve natural resources and reduce the costs of printing and distributing the proxy materials. Shareholders will not receive paper copies of the proxy materials unless they request them. Instead, the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) has been mailed to our shareholders as of the record date to provide instructions regarding how to access and review all of the proxy materials on the internet. The Notice also provides instructions on how to submit your proxy vote. If you would like to receive a paper or email copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials printed on the Notice. Our proxy statement and our annual report on Form 10 - K for the year ended December 31, 2023 are available online at https://materials.proxyvote.com/108621 or by following the instructions on the Notice. To ensure that as many shares as possible are represented, we strongly recommend that you vote in advance of the annual meeting.

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