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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000943374-24-000453"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESQ"
cik: "0001531031"
company_name: "Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T05:19:39.627494+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Esquire Financial Holdings adopts Annual Incentive Plan for 2025 with cash bonuses based on scorecard metrics

## Summary
- Plan effective January 1, 2025; annual renewal unless modified or terminated by Compensation Committee.
- Eligible participants: officers and key employees approved by Committee; awards based on financial and non-financial scorecard metrics.
- Cash bonuses paid by March 15 following year; capped at a percentage of incentive target.
- Clawback provisions apply: awards subject to restatement clawback and Dodd-Frank recoupment policy.
- Awards prorated for death, disability, or retirement; no payout for other terminations unless provided in employment agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000943374-24-000453
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESQ
- cik: 0001531031
- company_name: Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1531031/000094337424000453/0000943374-24-000453-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1531031/000094337424000453/form8k_103024.htm

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