---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-24-002292"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WABC"
cik: "0000311094"
company_name: "WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION"
filed_at: "2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:50:23.267056+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders elect all 8 director nominees at Westamerica annual meeting

## Summary
- 8 directors elected; top vote-getter Martin Camsey with 20,754,179 'For' votes; lowest 20,156,888 for E. Joseph Bowler.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 20,609,407 For, 279,479 Against, 77,407 Abstain.
- Ratification of Crowe LLP as independent auditor for FY2024 approved: 22,848,785 For, 120,920 Against.
- 23,202,228 shares represented (87.0% of 26,677,701 outstanding) at the meeting held April 25, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-24-002292
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WABC
- cik: 0000311094
- company_name: WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION
- filed_at: 2024-04-29T23:59:59+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/311094/000117184324002292/0001171843-24-002292-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/311094/000117184324002292/f8k_042624.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION shareholders approved Ratify Selection of Crowe LLP as Company’s Independent Auditors for Fiscal Year 2024 at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Proposal 3. Ratify Selection of Crowe LLP as Company’s Independent Auditors for Fiscal Year 2024 The shareholders ratified the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024, by the following vote: For Against Abstain Non-Votes 22,848,785 120,920 232,523 -0-
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/311094/000117184324002292/0001171843-24-002292-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION shareholders approved Approve a Non-Binding Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Proposal 2. Approve a Non-Binding Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation The shareholders approved, on an advisory non-binding basis, the compensation of Westamerica Bancorporation’s named executive officers, by the following vote: For Against Abstain Non-Votes 20,609,407 279,479 77,407 2,235,935
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/311094/000117184324002292/0001171843-24-002292-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: Proposal 1. Election of Directors The shareholders elected all of the Board of Directors nominees for a term of one year, as follows: Nominee For Against Abstain Non-Votes Uncast Alisa Belew 20,390,192 524,696 51,189 2,235,935 216 E. Joseph Bowler 20,156,888 758,221 51,184 2,235,935 -0- Martin Camsey 20,754,179 160,440 51,058 2,235,935 616 Melanie M. Chiesa 20,313,914 601,541 50,838 2,235,935 -0- Michele Hassid 20,215,768 699,936 50,589 2,235,935 -0- David L. Payne 20,505,014 410,896 50,383 2,235,935 -0- Edward B. Sylvester 20,173,883 747,072 45,338 2,235,935 -0- Inez Wondeh 20,243,456 671,303 51,534 2,235,935 -0-
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/311094/000117184324002292/0001171843-24-002292-index.htm

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