Company: CVBF
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-051966
Chunk: 40

Company: CVB FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 40
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2) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), (3) the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, and (4) any material interest in such business of such shareholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made.

If the notice relates to nomination of a director, in order to be deemed to be in proper form under our Bylaws, any such nomination must include, as to each nominee, among other things, (1) all information relating to such persons that is required to be disclosed in connection with solicitations of proxies for the election of directors in accordance with Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), including information required in response to a director’s questionnaire in a form to be provided by the Company to the nominating shareholder, (2) the nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement and to serving as a director if elected, (3) the number of shares of capital stock in any depositary institution or bank holding company (including the Company) owned by the nominee, and any hedging or similar transactions entered into by the nominee in order to increase or decrease the risks or voting power of such stockholdings, (4) whether the nominee would qualify as an “independent director” or “audit committee financial expert” under applicable law or Nasdaq regulations, (5) certain additional background information concerning the nominee, including any criminal convictions or bankruptcy petitions, (6) any arrangements or understandings between the nominating shareholder and nominee relating to the nomination, and (7) a written statement executed by the nominee acknowledging that, as a director of the Company, such person will owe a fiduciary duty under the California Corporations Code exclusively to the Company and its shareholders.

In addition, pursuant to these same provisions of our Bylaws, the nominating shareholder must provide information concerning (1) the name and address of such shareholder, (2) the number of shares of the Company’s capital stock owned by such shareholder and any derivative position in the Company’s stock held by or on behalf of such shareholder, (3) any other shareholders or beneficial owners known by such shareholder to support the nomination being proposed, and (4) whether such shareholder is prepared to deliver a proxy statement or solicitation in support of the nomination.

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