Company: CMTV
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001174947-25-000534
Chunk: 9

Company: COMMUNITY BANCORP /VT
Filing Date: 2025-04-09
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 9
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 will be announced at the meeting. The final vote results will also be disclosed in a report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ( “SEC”) within four business days after the Annual Meeting. How are proxies being solicited and who pays the expenses? Proxies are being solicited via the internet and by mail. They may also be solicited by the Company’s directors and officers and by the directors, officers and employees of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Community National Bank. Those individuals may solicit proxies personally or by telephone or electronic communication, but they will not receive any additional compensation for such efforts. In addition, the Company has arranged with brokerage houses, banks and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to send the proxy materials to their principals and will reimburse them for out-of-pocket expenses they incur in forwarding the materials. 6 May shareholders submit nominations for election as directors or for consideration of other matters? Our bylaws include a process shareholders must follow if they wish to submit director nominations or propose other action for vote by the shareholders. The deadline for submissions under our bylaws relating to this year’s Annual Meeting was January 21, 2025. For next year’s Annual Meeting, which is expected to be held on May 19, 2026, the deadline under the bylaws for shareholder proposals and nominations is no earlier than November 20, 2025, and no later than January 19, 2026. Additional information about this process is contained elsewhere in this proxy statement under the caption “SHAREHOLDER NOMINATIONS AND OTHER PROPOSALS—Bylaw Requirements for Shareholder Nominations and Other Proposals.” This process applies whether or not a shareholder wishes to include the proposal in the Company’s proxy materials for the meeting. However, if a shareholder does wish to include the proposal in the Company’s proxy materials for the Annual Meeting, as explained immediately below the deadline for submission of the proposal to the Company will be earlier than the deadline specified under the Company’s bylaws and certain additional requirements apply. In addition, the Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors will consider recommendations made by shareholders for possible board nominees. Additional information about this process is contained elsewhere in this proxy statement under the caption “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE—Board Committees–Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee.” What is the deadline to submit a shareholder proposal for inclusion in the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting proxy statement? The SEC’s rules provide a process (separate from the process in