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
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 in short sales, “sales against the box” or any equivalent transactions involving USCB Financial Holdings securities. Additionally, the directors and executive officers of USCB Financial Holdings, including their immediate families and controlled entities, are prohibited from holding USCB Financial Holdings’ securities in a margin account or pledging USCB Financial Holdings securities as collateral for a loan.

In addition to the foregoing restrictions, persons subject to the policy must pre-clear any proposed gifts involving USCB Financial Holdings’ securities. Persons subject to the policy and members of their immediate family and controlled entities may make gifts of USCB Financial Holdings’ securities only during a period when trading by insiders is permitted under the terms of the policy (and then only if the insider is not aware of material nonpublic information about USCB Financial Holdings), unless the gift is pursuant to a previously established pre-approved Rule 10b5-1 plan.

A copy of USCB Financial Holdings’ insider trading policy was filed as Exhibit 19.1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC in March 2025. In addition, with regard to USCB Financial Holdings’ trading in its own securities, it is USCB Financial Holdings’ policy to comply with the federal securities laws and regulations and the applicable listing requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Directors’Attendance at Annual Meetings

Although we do not have a formal policy regarding attendance by members of the Board of Directors at annual meetings of shareholders, we expect that our directors will attend, absent a valid reason for not doing so. All of our directors attended our 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 28, 2024.

Committees and Meetings of the Board of Directors

Our Board has established standing committees in connection with the discharge of its responsibilities. These committees include, among others, the audit and risk committee, compensation committee, and nominating and corporate governance committee. Our Board also may establish such other committees as it deems appropriate, in accordance with applicable law and regulations and our corporate governance documents. The composition and responsibilities of each committee are described below. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the Board of USCB Financial Holdings held 10 meetings. No director attended fewer than 75% of the total number of Board meetings and committee meetings on which he or she served that were held during this period. Members will serve on these committees so long as they are a member of the Board until their resignation or until otherwise determined by our