Company: USCB
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000927089-25-000082
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Company: USCB FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 17
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 led the Credit Portfolio Management and Analytics from 2003 to 2007 in CitiFinancial PR, San Juan, Puerto Rico. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Financial and International Business Association (FIBA) since 2023. She is an Anti-Money Laundering Certified Associate (AMLCA) with FIBA. Ms. Logroño graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a Master of Business Administration (MBA), both majoring in finance.

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Corporate Governance Principles and Board Matters

Corporate Governance Guidelines.We are committed to sound corporate governance principles, which are essential to running our business efficiently and maintaining our integrity in the marketplace. Our Board adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines in connection with U.S. Century Bank’s initial public offering in July 2021, which Guidelines set forth the framework within which our Board, assisted by the committees of our Board, oversees the affairs of our organization. The Corporate Governance Guidelines address, among other things, the composition and functions of our Board, director independence, compensation of directors, management succession and review, committees of our Board and selection of new directors. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines are available on our website at www.uscentury.com under the Investor Relations tab.

Director Qualifications.We believe that our directors should have the highest professional and personal ethics and values. They should have broad experience at the policy-making level in business or banking. They should be committed to enhancing shareholder value and should have sufficient time to carry out their duties and to provide insight and practical wisdom based on experience. When considering potential director candidates, our Board also considers the candidate’s character, judgment, diversity, skill set, specific business background and global or international experience in the context of our needs and those of our Board.

Director Independence. Under the listing requirements and rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, independent directors must constitute a majority of a listed company’s board of directors. Under the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of that company’s board of directors, that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Our Board has evaluated the independence of our directors based upon the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market. As part of this evaluation, our Board considered the current and prior relationships that each non-employee director has with USCB Financial Holdings or U.S. Century Bank and