Company: FSBC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001275168-25-000056
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Company: FIVE STAR BANCORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
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 more than 30 days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s meeting, notice by the shareholder must be timely received: (i) not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the annual meeting; and

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(ii) not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the annual meeting or the 10th day following the first public announcement of the date of the meeting. Based on the anticipated one-year anniversary of the 2025 annual meeting, a shareholder wishing to raise new business or nominate a candidate for election to the board of directors at the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders must provide such notice no earlier than January 15, 2026 and no later than February 14, 2026.

A shareholder who desires to raise new business must provide certain information, as provided by our Bylaws, to the Company concerning a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, and any material interest in such business on behalf of a beneficial owner, as well as certain additional information as provided by our Bylaws concerning the shareholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made. Similarly, a shareholder wishing to nominate any person for election as a director must provide the Company with certain information as provided by our Bylaws concerning the nominee and the proposing shareholder as described above. A copy of our Bylaws may be obtained from the Company.

#### Proxy Solicitation Costs
The accompanying proxy is being solicited by the board of directors. The Company will pay the cost of this proxy solicitation. The Company will also reimburse brokerage firms and other custodians, nominees, and fiduciaries for reasonable expenses incurred by them in sending proxy materials to the beneficial owners of the Company. In addition to soliciting proxies by mail, directors, officers, and regular employees of the Company may solicit proxies personally or by telephone. None of these persons will receive additional compensation for these activities.

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### CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

#### Election and Classification of Directors
In accordance with the terms of our Bylaws, each of our directors will be elected for a one-year term until the following annual meeting of shareholders and until successors are elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, or removal.

#### Director Selection Process
Our Bylaws provide that nominations of persons for election to the