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Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December 14, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of BayCom Corp (the “Company”) approved an increase in the size of the Company’s Board from nine to 11 directors and appointed Janet L. King and Keary L. Colwell, each of whom is currently an executive officer of the Company, to fill the vacancies created by such increase. The appointments will be effective as of December 15, 2021. With the appointments of Ms. King and Ms. Colwell, the Company will be in compliance with California law which requires the Company, based on the current size of its Board, to have a minimum of three directors that identify as female and minimum one director from “underrepresented community” on its Board by the year end December 31, 2021. Ms. King and Ms. Colwell will serve as directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders.
Ms. King and Ms. Colwell have not been and are not expected to be appointed to any Company Board committees.
Ms. King, age 59, is the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Ms. King has served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Bank (formerly known as Bay Commercial Bank) since its inception in 2004.
Ms. Colwell, age 62, is the Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Company. Ms. Colwell has served as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Bank since inception in 2004 and is presently also the Bank’s Chief Administrative Officer.
There were no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which either Ms. King or Ms. Colwell were selected as directors of the Company. In addition, there are no related party transactions of the kind described in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K in which Ms. King or Ms. Colwell was a participant or in which either of them has any direct or indirect material interest.
Ms. King and Ms. Colwell will not be compensated for their service on the Board of the Company.
Item 8.01Other Events
On December 15, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointments of Ms. King and Ms. Colwell as members of the Board. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| Press release dated December 15, 2021 announcing appointment of new directors. | ||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURES
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 thereunto duly authorized.
BAYCOM CORP | ||||
Date: | December 15, 2021 | By: | /s/ Keary L. Colwell | |
Keary L. Colwell, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||||