Company: COFS
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-012677
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Company: CHOICEONE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: DEF 14A
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 the Company’s executive compensation, and the ratification of the selection of Plante & Moran, PLLC as our registered independent public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025. Your Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR each of the director nominees discussed in this proxy statement, FOR approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, ONE YEAR for the frequency of future advisory votes to approve the Company’s executive compensation, and FOR ratification of the selection of auditors. How to Vote Your Shares You may vote at the meeting if you were a shareholder of record of ChoiceOne common stock at the close of business on March 31, 2025. You are entitled to one vote per share of ChoiceOne common stock that you own on each matter presented at the Annual Meeting. As of March 31, 2025, there were 14,975,034 shares of ChoiceOne common stock issued and outstanding. Your shares will be voted at the annual meeting if you properly sign and return to us the enclosed proxy. If you specify a choice, your proxy will be voted as specified. If you do not specify a choice, your shares will be voted FOR each director nominee named in this proxy statement, FOR approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, ONE YEAR for the frequency of future advisory votes to approve the Company’s executive compensation, and FOR ratification of the selection of auditors.If other matters are presented at the Annual Meeting, the individuals named in the enclosed proxy will vote your shares on those matters in their discretion. As of the date of this proxy statement, we do not know of any other matters to be considered at the annual meeting. 1

You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised by:

| • | delivering written notice of revocation to the Secretary of ChoiceOne prior to the meeting; |

| • | by delivering a proxy bearing a later date than the proxy you wish to revoke prior to the meeting; or |

| • | attending and voting online at the Annual Meeting. |

Who Will Solicit Proxies Directors, officers and employees of ChoiceOne and of ChoiceOne Bank, will initially solicit proxies by mail. They also may solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by other means, but they will not receive any additional compensation for these efforts. Nominees, trustees and other fiduciaries who hold stock on behalf of beneficial owners of ChoiceOne common stock may communicate with the beneficial owners by mail or otherwise and may forward proxy materials to and