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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#### Voting by Internet and Telephone
Instead of voting by mailing a proxy card, registered shareholders can vote their shares of Common Stock via the internet or by telephone. The internet and telephone voting procedures are designed to authenticate shareholders' identities, allow shareholders to provide their voting instructions and confirm that their instructions have been recorded properly. Specific instructions for internet and telephone voting are set forth on the proxy card. The deadline for voting via the internet or by telephone is 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. If you attend the meeting in person, you may vote in person. If you attend the meeting virtually, you may vote during the Annual Meeting by following the instructions available on the meeting website.

### ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The person named in the accompanying proxy card intends to vote to elect as Directors the nominees listed below, unless authority to vote for Directors is withheld in the proxy card. The Corporation's Board is presently comprised of twelve directors elected for terms of three years, approximately one-third of whom stand for election each year. The leadership of our Board is comprised of: (i) our Chairman (who also serves as our President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO")), (ii) our Lead Independent Director, Joseph P. Beebe, and (iii) our committee chairs.

The Board has established the number of Class II Directors at four, each of which will be elected for a three-year term expiring in 2028.

The Nominating and Governance Committee has recommended the slate of nominees listed below for election. All nominees have indicated that they are willing to serve as Directors, but if any of them should decline or be unable to serve, the person named in the proxy card will vote for the election of such other person or persons as may be designated by the Board, unless the Board reduces the number of Directors in accordance with the Corporation's Bylaws (the "Bylaws").

Univest strives to maintain a diverse Board of Directors, reflective of the communities we serve. The biographies of each of the nominees and continuing members of the Board are set forth below. The biographies contain information regarding the person’s business experience and certain other experiences, qualifications, attributes or skills. The nominees and continuing members of the Board have a diversity of experience and a wide variety of backgrounds, skills and qualifications that strengthen their ability to provide oversight. As described in the following biographies, the majority of directors also have specific experience in environmental, social and governance ("ESG") issues and oversight.

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