---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-045747"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UWHR"
cik: "0000898171"
company_name: "UWHARRIE CAPITAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T17:45:54.569342+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Uwharrie Capital Corp amends Bylaws to clarify compensation authority for Section 16 officers

## Summary
- Amended Article V, Section 13 to specify Human Resources & Compensation Committee recommendations apply only to Section 16 officers.
- Amended Article VI, Section 3 to allow Board to set compensation for Section 16 officers; non-Section 16 officers' pay fixed by appointed officers.
- Changes effective April 16, 2024; full amended Bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-045747
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UWHR
- cik: 0000898171
- company_name: UWHARRIE CAPITAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898171/000095017024045747/0000950170-24-045747-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898171/000095017024045747/uwhr-20240416.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  UWHARRIE CAPITAL CORP: Amended Bylaws to clarify officer compensation authority: Article V, Section 13 now defines 'officers' as Section 16 officers; Article VI, Section 3 now distinguishes compensation setting for Section 16 officers vs. other officers (effective 2024-04-16).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-04-16
  source text: Effective April 16, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Uwharrie Capital Corp (the “Company”) amended the Company’s Bylaws. A description of the amendments follows.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898171/000095017024045747/0000950170-24-045747-index.htm

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