Company: USCB
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000927089-25-000082
Chunk: 30

Company: USCB FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 30
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 dates of the date of grant. In the event the compensation committee were to reconsider the use of stock options in the future, we would not time equity-based awards in coordination with the release of material, non-public information and would not time the release of material, non-public information for the purpose of affecting the value of employee or Board compensation.

Named Executive Officers

Our “named executive officers” are (i) the individual who serves as our principal executive officer and (ii) our two other most highly compensated executive officers who were serving as executive officers at the end of 2024. Our named executive officers as of December 31, 2024 are noted in the following table, along with their positions:

| Name                |     | Title                                                |
| Luis de la Aguilera |     | President and Chief Executive Officer                |
| Robert Anderson     |     | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Nicholas Bustle     |     | Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer   |

The compensation of these individuals in the Summary Compensation Table below is not necessarily indicative of how we will compensate our named executive officers in the future in order to achieve the goals set forth above. We plan to continue to review, evaluate and modify our compensation framework to ensure that our executive officer compensation packages remain competitive, achieve our desired goals and remain consistent with our compensation philosophy.

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Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation paid to each of our named executive officers for fiscal years 2024 and 2023. USCB Financial Holdings does not pay separate compensation to our named executive officers from U.S. Century Bank.

| Name and Principal Position                          |     | Year |     | Salary   
 ($)      |     | Bonus    
 ($)(1)   |     | Stock      
 Awards     
 ($)(2)     |     | Option 
 Awards 
 ($)(2) |     | All Other Compensation 
 ($)(3)                 |     | Total      
 ($)        |
| Luis de la Aguilera                                  
 President and Chief Executive Officer                |     | 2024 
 2023 |     | $625,000 
 600,000  |     | $358,000 
 82,800   |     | $2,011,251 
 300,000    |     | $ --   
 --     |     | $72,069                
 71,652                 |     | $3,066,320 
 1,054,452  |
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