Company: USCB
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000927089-25-000082
Chunk: 41

Company: USCB FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-22
Form: DEF 14A
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In determining whether to appoint Crowe LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm, the audit and risk committee considered whether the provision of services, other than auditing services, by Crowe LLP is compatible with maintaining their independence. Each new engagement of Crowe LLP was approved in advance by the audit and risk committee, and none of those engagements made use of the de minimis exception to pre-approval contained in the SEC’s rules.

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The audit and risk committee selects our independent registered public accounting firm and pre-approves all audit services to be provided by it to USCB Financial Holdings. The audit and risk committee also reviews and pre-approves all audit-related and non-audit related services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with the audit and risk committee’s charter. In its review of these services and related fees and terms, the audit and risk committee considers, among other things, the possible effect of the performance of such services on the independence of our independent registered public accounting firm. The audit and risk committee separately approves other individual engagements as necessary. The chair of the audit and risk committee has been delegated the authority to approve audit-related and non-audit related services in lieu of the full audit and risk committee and presents all such previously-approved engagements to the full audit and risk committee.

Audit Fees

The following table sets forth the aggregate fees paid by us to Crowe LLP for professional services in connection with the audit of USCB Financial Holdings’ consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 and the fees paid by us to Crowe LLP for tax services during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

|                    |     | Year Ended December 31, 
                    2024 |     |     2023 |
|:-------------------|:----|------------------------:|:----|---------:|
| Audit fees(1)      |     |                $509,250 |     | $482,475 |
| Audit-related fees |     |                      -- |     |       -- |
| Tax fees(2)        |     |                  38,850 |     |   49,088 |
| All other fees     |     |                      -- |     |       -- |
| Total              |     |                $548,100 |     | $531,563 |

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| (1) | Audit fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for the audit of USCB Financial