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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-047254"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECBK"
cik: "0001914605"
company_name: "ECB Bancorp, Inc. /MD/"
filed_at: "2023-09-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T22:21:36.094482+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stockholders approve 2023 Equity Incentive Plan and re-elect two directors

## Summary
- Joseph Sachetta and Susan Sgroi elected directors with 4,929,773 and 4,961,825 votes for, respectively.
- 2023 Equity Incentive Plan approved: 5,042,110 for, 146,816 against, 7,544 abstain.
- Baker Newman & Noyes LLC ratified as independent auditor for FY2023.
- Broker non-votes of 1,630,437 on director elections and plan proposal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-047254
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECBK
- cik: 0001914605
- company_name: ECB Bancorp, Inc. /MD/
- filed_at: 2023-09-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1914605/000095017023047254/0000950170-23-047254-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1914605/000095017023047254/ecbk-20230907.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ECB Bancorp, Inc. /MD/ shareholders approved ECB Bancorp, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2023-09-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-07
  source text: 2. The ECB Bancorp, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan was approved by stockholders by the following vote: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 5,042,110 146,816 7,544 There were 1,630,437 broker non-votes on the proposal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1914605/000095017023047254/0000950170-23-047254-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ECB Bancorp, Inc. /MD/ shareholders approved Ratification of Baker Newman & Noyes LLC as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-09-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-07
  source text: 3. The appointment of Baker Newman & Noyes LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified by stockholders by the following vote: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 6,791,293 13,993 21,621 There were no broker non-votes on the proposal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1914605/000095017023047254/0000950170-23-047254-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ECB Bancorp, Inc. /MD/ shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-09-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-07
  source text: 1. The following individuals were elected as directors, each for a three-year term or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, by the following vote: FOR WITHHELD Joseph Sachetta 4,929,773 266,697 Susan Sgroi 4,961,825 234,645 There were 1,630,437 broker non-votes on the proposal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1914605/000095017023047254/0000950170-23-047254-index.htm

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