---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000102212-24-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UVSP"
cik: "0000102212"
company_name: "UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp"
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:09:25.630036+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Univest shareholders re-elect three Class I directors and ratify KPMG as auditor

## Summary
- Suzanne Keenan re-elected to Class I board with 22,625,230 votes for, 923,967 withheld.
- Thomas M. Petro re-elected with 23,161,880 for, 387,317 withheld; Charles Zimmerman with 22,219,578 for, 1,329,619 withheld.
- Anne Vazquez elected alternate director for one-year term with 23,077,806 for, 471,391 withheld.
- KPMG LLP ratified as auditor for 2024 with 25,081,874 for, 396,297 against, 37,510 abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 22,674,333 for, 749,307 against, 125,557 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000102212-24-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UVSP
- cik: 0000102212
- company_name: UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102212/000010221224000036/0000102212-24-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102212/000010221224000036/uvsp-20240425.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Corporation's named executive officers as presented in the proxy statement at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Corporation's named executive officers as presented in the proxy statement: 22,674,333 749,307 125,557 1,966,484
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102212/000010221224000036/0000102212-24-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp shareholders approved Election of three Class I Directors each for a three-year term expiring in 2027 and one Alternate Director for a one-year term expiring in 2025 at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Election of three Class I Directors each for a three-year term expiring in 2027: Suzanne Keenan 22,625,230 923,967 1,966,484 Thomas M. Petro 23,161,880 387,317 1,966,484 Charles H. Zimmerman 22,219,578 1,329,619 1,966,484 Election of one Alternate Director for a one-year term expiring in 2025: Anne Vazquez 23,077,806 471,391 1,966,484
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102212/000010221224000036/0000102212-24-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as the Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Ratification of KPMG LLP as the Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024: 25,081,874 396,297 37,510 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102212/000010221224000036/0000102212-24-000036-index.htm

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