---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-22-001004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WABC"
cik: "0000311094"
company_name: "WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION"
filed_at: "2022-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T08:34:54.379185+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Louis E. Bartolini to not stand for re-election at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Bartolini notified company on Feb. 10, 2022; will serve until April 28, 2022 meeting.
- He served on the Board since 1991; also on Audit and Compensation committees.
- No disagreement with company regarding operations, policies or practices cited.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-22-001004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WABC
- cik: 0000311094
- company_name: WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION
- filed_at: 2022-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/311094/000117184322001004/0001171843-22-001004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/311094/000117184322001004/f8k_021422.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-001004
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-001004.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-001004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Louis E. Bartolini retired as Director at WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 10, 2022, Louis E. Bartolini informed Westamerica Bancorporation (the Company) that he will not stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors (the Board) at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders, scheduled to be held on April 28, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/311094/000117184322001004/0001171843-22-001004-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.