Company: CVBF
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-051966
Chunk: 33

Company: CVB FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 33
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itation of proxies.

The proxies will be solicited through the mail, and as noted above, shareholders may also vote by the Internet or telephone. Voting by the Internet or telephone is fast, convenient, and your vote is immediately confirmed and tabulated. Most important, by using the Internet or telephone, you help us reduce postage and proxy tabulation costs. Although there is no formal agreement to do so, we may reimburse banks, brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their reasonable expenses in forwarding these proxy materials to their principals. We have retained the services of Georgeson, Inc. to serve as our proxy solicitor in connection with our annual meeting at an estimated cost of approximately $15,000.

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PROPOSAL NO. 1

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Voting for Director Nominees

Plurality Vote Standard.Director nominees are elected by a plurality of votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election. Votes against any nominee or withheld from any nominee shall have no legal effect.

Voting of Proxies.Unless instructions to the contrary are specified in a proxy properly voted and returned through available channels, the proxies that are received will be voted FOR each of the nominees listed below.

Nomination of Director Candidates

We have nominated for election eight (8) directors, all of whom are presently members of our Board of Directors, to serve until our 2026 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Each of these persons is also a member of the Board of Directors of our principal subsidiary, Citizens Business Bank. Proxy holders will cast their votes to effect the election of these nominees. If any nominee is unable to serve, your proxy may vote for another nominee proposed by the Board of Directors. Proxies cannot be voted for a greater number of individuals than the number of nominees named.

Each of our Board members was nominated based on the assessment of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and our Board of Directors that the nominees have demonstrated an ability to make meaningful contributions to the oversight of our Company’s business and affairs, have a reputation for honesty and ethical conduct in their personal and professional activities, exhibit independence, experience and sufficient communication and analytical skills, and meet our Board diversity objectives. On an annual basis, the members of our Board of Directors are required to complete detailed questionnaires which assess, among other things, the specific skill sets and qualifications of our directors, and the responses to these questionnaires are