---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-142236"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000836147"
company_name: "MIDDLEFIELD BANC CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T13:53:43.969583+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Middlefield Banc shareholders elect four directors, approve advisory pay vote, ratify auditor

## Summary
- All four director nominees elected; Thomas Bevan received 4,287,459 for, 810,812 withheld, 1,056,923 broker non-votes.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 4,352,976 for, 420,151 against, 325,223 abstentions.
- Ratification of S.R. Snodgrass as auditor for FY2024: 5,868,681 for, 225,532 against, 61,061 abstentions.
- Broker non-votes on director elections and executive pay: 1,056,923; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-142236
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000836147
- company_name: MIDDLEFIELD BANC CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/836147/000119312524142236/0001193125-24-142236-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/836147/000119312524142236/d762998d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 2a8c64d658fd9ea064c3ad38327a983f046f0bba
  claim: MIDDLEFIELD BANC CORP shareholders approved Election of four directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 1. Election of Directors for a three-year term: Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Thomas W. Bevan 4,287,459 810,812 1,056,923 Kevin A. DiGeronimo 4,574,846 523,505 1,056,923 Jennifer L. Moeller 4,587,831 510,520 1,056,923 Ron L. Zimmerly, Jr. 4,689,424 408,927 1,056,923
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/836147/000119312524142236/0001193125-24-142236-index.htm
- claim_id: e276d99b6b36821d2aad57326223aaaa777180b7
  claim: MIDDLEFIELD BANC CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of S.R. Snodgrass, P.C. as independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 3. Ratification of the selection of S. R. Snodgrass, P. C. as independent registered public accountants. For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 5,868,681 225,532 61,061 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/836147/000119312524142236/0001193125-24-142236-index.htm
- claim_id: e7549fad1b1b4cb610d6c1a3b6bf6f5d1fc54a5b
  claim: MIDDLEFIELD BANC CORP shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote approving the compensation of Middlefield Banc Corp.’s named executive officers at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2. Non-binding advisory vote approving the compensation of the Company’s executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement. For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 4,352,976 420,151 325,223 1,056,923
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/836147/000119312524142236/0001193125-24-142236-index.htm

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