Company: UVSP
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000102212-25-000009
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Company: UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
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 Univest Bank and Trust Co.

#### Audit Committee
The Audit Committee of the Board met five times during 2024. The responsibilities of the Audit Committee include the annual selection of the Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm, review with the internal auditors and the independent registered public accounting firm of the overall scope and plans for the respective audits as well as the results of such audits, and review with management, the internal auditors and the independent registered public accounting firm of the effectiveness of accounting and financial controls, and interim and annual financial reports. The Audit Committee also oversees the Corporation's whistleblower process and receives quarterly reports of any whistleblower complaints. During 2024, no whistleblower complaints were received. All members of the Audit Committee are independent as defined in the listing standards of the NASDAQ Stock Market and SEC regulations.

Todd S. Benning serves as Chair of the Audit Committee. The Board has determined that each of Messrs. Benning, Connor and Petro meets the requirements adopted by the SEC for qualification as an audit committee financial expert.

The Board maintains an Audit Committee Charter and Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy. The Audit Committee Charter may be found on the Corporation's Web Site: www.univest.net in the "INVESTOR RELATIONS" section under Governance Documents.

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### REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Corporation's management is responsible for the Corporation's internal control over financial reporting. The Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for performing an independent audit of the Corporation's consolidated financial statements and issuing an opinion on the conformity of those financial statements with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The independent registered public accounting firm is also responsible for issuing an opinion on the Corporation's internal control over financial reporting based on criteria issued by the Committee on Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The Audit Committee oversees the Corporation's internal control over financial reporting on behalf of the Board of Directors.

In this context, the Audit Committee has met and held discussions with management and the independent registered public accounting firm. Management represented to the Audit Committee that the Corporation's consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the consolidated financial statements with management and the independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, including the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the