---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000894671-24-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OVBC"
cik: "0000894671"
company_name: "OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T22:22:16.188658+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ohio Valley Banc Corp. shareholders elect four directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor

## Summary
- Shareholders elected Anna P. Barnitz, Brent R. Eastman, Edward B. Roberts, and Thomas E. Wiseman to three-year terms.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 3,048,706 votes for, 209,519 against, and 56,958 abstentions.
- Ratification of Plante & Moran as independent auditor for FY2024: 3,773,216 for, 19,005 against, 51,260 abstentions.
- Approximately 80.22% of outstanding shares (3,843,481) were represented at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000894671-24-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OVBC
- cik: 0000894671
- company_name: OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894671/000089467124000016/0000894671-24-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894671/000089467124000016/sec8kannmtgresults051524.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 2c63fa57e84a2dece0e26d06e7c97d8f2baa4ab1
  claim: OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP shareholders approved Ratification of selection of Plante & Moran PLLC as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 3 The Company’s shareholders ratified the selection of Plante & Moran PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, as set forth below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 3,773,216 19,005 51,260
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894671/000089467124000016/0000894671-24-000016-index.htm
- claim_id: 94297d8a73284f92e210fd714711ad63925c46a1
  claim: OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP shareholders approved Non-binding vote to approve compensation of named executive officers at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2 The Company’s shareholders approved, in a non-binding vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 3,048,706 209,519 56,958 528,298
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894671/000089467124000016/0000894671-24-000016-index.htm
- claim_id: c841e62ad4d11ba17e8d7bb7d1366ac0d4adccfa
  claim: OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP shareholders approved Election of four directors: Anna P. Barnitz, Brent R. Eastman, Edward B. Roberts, and Thomas E. Wiseman at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 1 The Company’s shareholders elected four individuals to the Board of Directors for a term expiring in 2027, as set forth below: Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Anna P. Barnitz 3,113,135 201,466 528,880 Brent R. Eastman 3,148,049 166,553 528,879 Edward B. Roberts 3,107,733 206,868 528,880 Thomas E. Wiseman 3,025,084 289,518 528,879
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894671/000089467124000016/0000894671-24-000016-index.htm

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