Company: CVBF
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-051966
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Company: CVB FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: DEF 14A
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 actual or potential conflicts of interest involving the Company’s business and lending activities, including our Conflicts of Interest and federal “Regulation O” policies, (2) prohibitions on any insider trading in the Company’s publicly-listed stock based on material nonpublic information involving the Company, pursuant to our Insider Trading Policy (which is discussed in greater detail below), and (3) an anti-corruption mandate requiring that all directors, officers and employees of the Company comply with the relevant provisions of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”).

The Company’s Conflicts of Interest Policy requires any potential or actual conflict of interest between the Company’s financial or business interests and those of any director, officer or associate to be fully disclosed and notified to the Board’s Audit Committee for discussion and resolution, pursuant to standards outlined in the Policy, including the required recusal of any potentially conflicted directors from discussions or voting on any identified issue. Similarly, the Company has adopted a “Regulation O” Policy, as required by the Federal Reserve Board, that governs any lending or credit relationships between Citizens Business Bank and any director or executive officer of the Company, including the requirement of individualized review and approval of any covered banking transactions pursuant to the specific standards outlined in Regulation O.

The Company has also published and regularly updates an extensive Associate Handbook which, in addition to the policies discussed in the section of this proxy statement on “Labor, Health and Safety” above, prohibits any actions or conduct in violation of relevant anti-corruption prohibitions as reflected in the FCPA. This anti-corruption mandate includes strict anti-bribery prohibitions as well as related accounting and record-keeping compliance provisions, and, wherever applicable, our Associate Handbook provisions cover our directors as well as our officers and associates.

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Lobbying and Political Advocacy

Citizens Business Bank as an institution does not make political contributions to any candidates for political office nor to any political action committee supporting a partisan political candidate or organization. Citizens Business Bank is a proud member of the California Bankers Association and the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, which are non-partisan organizations that educate and engage policy makers on important policy issues related to the banking industry and provide educational programming, networking opportunities and benchmarking for member banks across a wide range of banking issues.

Consultation and Engagement with our Communities

We are proud of our extensive activities to engage with and to support the many communities and stakeholders in our geographic footprint, including meeting our defined responsibilities under the Community Reinvestment