Company: USCB
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000927089-25-000082
Chunk: 40

Company: USCB FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 40
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 of the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan is to attract and retain capable employees and non-employee directors and to improve the growth and profitability of U.S. Century Bank by providing employees and non-employee directors with a proprietary interest in USCB Financial Holdings as an incentive to contribute to U.S. Century Bank’s success, and to reward employees for outstanding performance. The 2015 Equity Incentive Plan is administered by our compensation committee, which has authority to determine, among other matters, participants in the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan and awards under the plan. Under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, options to purchase Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, including incentive stock options and non-qualified options, may be awarded to employees and non-employee directors; provided, that incentive stock options may not be granted to non-employee directors. The aggregate number of shares of common stock which may be issued pursuant to the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan is 2,400,000 shares of which up to 1,500,000 shares can consist of Class B Common Stock (or 300,000 shares of Class A Common Stock on an as-converted basis after adjusting to reflect the reverse stock split effected in 2021). No individual participant can receive awards aggregating more than 600,000 shares.

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| RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF                               
 INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM (Proposal Two) |

Our audit and risk committee has appointed Crowe LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, to perform the audit of USCB Financial Holdings’ financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2025, and further directed that its selection be submitted for ratification by the shareholders at the Annual Meeting. Even if the shareholders do ratify the appointment, our audit committee has the discretion to appoint a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if the audit committee believes that such a change would be in the best interests of USCB Financial Holdings and our shareholders.

We have been advised by Crowe LLP that neither that firm nor any of its associates has any relationship with USCB Financial Holdings or U.S. Century Bank other than the usual relationship that exists between independent registered public accounting firms and their clients. Crowe LLP will have (virtually) one or more representatives at the Annual Meeting who will have an opportunity to make a statement, if they so desire, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions