---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001137547-24-000080"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001137547"
company_name: "UNITED SECURITY BANCSHARES"
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T14:28:48.389958+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Security Bancshares shareholders elect board, ratify auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; Stanley Cavalla received 9,058,571 for votes, highest count.
- Total shares voted 12,563,815 (72.56% of outstanding 17,315,195 shares).
- Moss Adams LLP ratified as independent auditor with 12,322,690 for votes, 169,967 against, 71,158 abstain.
- No director had against votes exceeding 432,392; broker non-votes of 3,341,148 on each director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001137547-24-000080
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001137547
- company_name: UNITED SECURITY BANCSHARES
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137547/000113754724000080/0001137547-24-000080-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137547/000113754724000080/ubfo-20240515.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 9ea2a674a1b273fdf79fb18e7d09c32c91003295
  claim: UNITED SECURITY BANCSHARES shareholders approved Ratification of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Ratification of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024: For Against Abstain Non-Votes 12,322,690 169,967 71,158 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137547/000113754724000080/0001137547-24-000080-index.htm
- claim_id: a5adc397f842c3fe7d529ea70b5454315877c45e
  claim: UNITED SECURITY BANCSHARES shareholders approved Election of the following 10 nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors for a term of one year at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Election of the following 10 nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors for a term of one year: Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Stanley J. Cavalla 9,058,571 164,096 — 3,341,148 Tom Ellithorpe 8,925,961 296,706 — 3,341,148 Jagroop Gill 9,160,288 62,379 — 3,341,148 Heather Hammack 8,935,224 287,443 — 3,341,148 Nabeel Mahmood 9,159,400 63,267 — 3,341,148 Kenneth D. Newby 9,029,771 192,896 — 3,341,148 Susan Quigley 8,790,275 432,392 — 3,341,148 Brian Tkacz 9,018,101 204,566 — 3,341,148 Dora Westerlund 8,910,477 312,190 — 3,341,148 Dennis R. Woods 9,060,973 161,694 — 3,341,148
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137547/000113754724000080/0001137547-24-000080-index.htm

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