# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000102212
**File Stem:** 0000102212-26-000024
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 5895
**Document Hash:** c994c56abc76de76ad0779d96d569f45
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000102212-26-000024.hdr.sgml**: 20260424

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000102212-26-000024

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260423

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260424

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260424

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000102212
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 231886144
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** PA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-07617
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26890633

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 14 NORTH MAIN STREET
- **STREET 2:** PO BOX 197
- **CITY:** SOUDERTON
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 18964
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2157212400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 14 NORTH MAIN STREET
- **STREET 2:** PO BOX 197
- **CITY:** SOUDERTON
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 18964

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** UNIVEST CORP OF PENNSYLVANIA
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

**_______________________** 

**FORM 8-K** 

**_______________________** 

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)**

**of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 23, 2026** 

**_______________________** 

**UNIVEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION** 

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

**_______________________** 

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| **Pennsylvania** | **0-7617** | **23-1886144** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction** | **(Commission** | **(I.R.S. Employer** |
| **of incorporation)** | **File Number)** | **Identification No.)** |

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**14 North Main Street, Souderton, Pennsylvania 18964** 

**(Address of principal executive office)(Zip Code)**

**Registrant's telephone number, including area code (215) 721-2400** 

**Not applicable**

**(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)**

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4 (c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4 (c))

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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| **<u>Title of class</u>** | **<u>Trading Symbol</u>** | **<u>Name of exchange on which registered</u>** |
| Common Stock, $5 par value | UVSP | The NASDAQ Stock Market |

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| Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). | |
| Emerging growth company | ☐ |
| If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. | ☐ |

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| **<u>Item 5.07</u>** | **<u>Submission of Matters to a vote of Security Holders</u>** |

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At the Univest Financial Corporation (the "Corporation") Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 23, 2026, the shareholders approved the matters described in the Corporation's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2026, and set forth below. As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, holders of a total of 28,083,533 shares of the Corporation's Common Stock were entitled to vote on the matters considered at the Annual Meeting.

The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting:

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| | | **For** | **Withheld** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 1. | Election of four Class III Directors each for a three-year term expiring in 2029: |  |  |  |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph P. Beebe | 22333494 | 228405 | 1808019 |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Natalye Paquin | 22386752 | 175147 | 1808019 |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Anne Vazquez | 22089877 | 472022 | 1808019 |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert C. Wonderling | 21131082 | 1430817 | 1808019 |

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| | | **For** | **Against** | **Abstain** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 2. | Ratification of KPMG LLP as the Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026: | 23884852 | 466638 | 18428 |  |
| 3. | Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Corporation's named executive officers as presented in the proxy statement: | 21929235 | 561000 | 71664 | 1808019 |

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| Univest Financial Corporation | Univest Financial Corporation |
| By: | /s/ Brian J. Richardson |
| Name: | Brian J. Richardson |
| Title: | Senior Executive Vice President,<br>Chief Financial Officer |

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Date: April 24, 2026