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Issuer:     WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION (WABC)
CIK:        0000311094
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-26-000400
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Westamerica Bancorp appoints Carter Welch to Board as independent director
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- Carter Welch appointed independent director effective February 26, 2026.
- Welch has over 25 years of experience in Marketing and Business Strategy.
- Appointment fills a board vacancy; term until next election.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/311094/000117184326000400/0001171843-26-000400-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/311094/000117184326000400/f8k_012226.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-000400

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