Company: UVSP
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000102212-25-000009
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Company: UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
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 exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.

### PROXY STATEMENT

### GENERAL INFORMATION
This proxy statement and the accompanying proxy card are being provided to you in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Univest Financial Corporation (the "Corporation" or "Univest") for use at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 24, 2025 at Indian Valley Country Club, 650 Bergey Road, Telford, Pennsylvania, and at any adjournment thereof. Shareholders will also be able to attend the meeting virtually.

Copies of this Proxy Statement and proxies to vote the Corporation's common stock (the "Common Stock") are being sent to shareholders on or about March 14, 2025.

Officers of the Corporation or employees of Univest Bank and Trust Co. (the "Bank") and other subsidiary companies or employees of Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc. ("Broadridge"), the Corporation's transfer agent, may solicit proxies personally and by telephone, if deemed necessary. The Corporation will bear the cost of solicitation and will reimburse brokers or other persons holding shares of the Corporation's stock in their names, or in the names of their nominees, for reasonable expenses in forwarding proxy cards and proxy statements to beneficial owners of such stock.

#### Attending the Meeting in Person
Shareholders are invited to attend the annual meeting in person. If you hold your shares through a broker, bank or nominee in street name, you will need proof of ownership to be admitted to the meeting. Examples of proof of ownership are a recent brokerage account statement or a letter from your bank or broker.

#### Attending the Meeting Virtually
To be admitted to the Annual Meeting virtually, you must go online to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/UVSP2025 and enter the control number that is printed in the box marked by the arrow on your proxy card. If you attend the meeting virtually, you may vote during the Annual Meeting by following the instructions available on the meeting website. Even if you plan to participate virtually in the Annual Meeting, we recommend that you vote by proxy before the Annual Meeting so that your vote will be counted if you later decide not to participate in the Annual Meeting.

#### Revoking Your Proxy
Any shareholder executing a proxy may revoke it at any time by giving written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation before it is voted, delivering