Company: UBCP
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-023904
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Company: UNITED BANCORP INC /OH/
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
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 Annual Meeting and notifying the Secretary of his or her intention to revoke any prior proxy and vote in person. Written notices of revoked proxies may be directed to Erika R. Ault, Corporate Secretary, 201 South Fourth Street, Martins Ferry, Ohio 43935. 1 Solicitation of Proxies Proxies are being solicited by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The cost of soliciting proxies will be borne by the Corporation. In addition to the solicitation of proxies by mail, the Corporation, through its directors, officers and regular employees, may also solicit proxies personally or by telephone, e-mail or telecopy without additional compensation. The Corporation will also request persons, firms and corporations holding shares in their names or in the name of their nominees, which are beneficially owned by others, to send proxy material to and obtain proxies from the beneficial owners and will reimburse the holders for their reasonable expenses in doing so. 2 MEETING INFORMATION Date, Place and Time The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation will be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., local time, at Unified Bank, 201 South Fourth Street, Martins Ferry, Ohio. Record Date and Voting Shares Only the Corporation’s common shares can be voted at the Annual Meeting. Each share entitles its owner to one vote on all matters. The close of business on March 10, 2025 (the “Record Date”) has been fixed as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. There were approximately 3,000 shareholders (including both record holders and beneficial owners holding their shares in street name) of the Corporation’s common shares and 5,826,988 of the Corporation’s common shares outstanding as of the Record Date. Each share of the Corporation’s common stock is entitled to one vote. Quorum and Voting The presence in person or by proxy of a majority of the outstanding common shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting constitutes a quorum at the Annual Meeting. Any meeting duly called, whether a quorum is present or otherwise may, by vote of the holders of the majority of the Voting Shares represented at the meeting, be adjourned from time to time, in which case no further notice of any such adjourned meeting need be given. Pursuant to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, any proposal requiring the affirmative approval of the Corporation’s shareholders, such as Proposals Two and Four, must be approved by the affirmative vote of