---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001419536-25-000140"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBNK"
cik: "0001419536"
company_name: "Capital Bancorp Inc"
filed_at: "2025-12-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:53:34.508553+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Capital Bancorp renews CEO Ed Barry through 2027; appoints Steve Poynot as subsidiary CEO

## Summary
- Ed Barry's employment renewed through Dec 31, 2027; base salary $726,250, annual incentive increased to 140% of base.
- Steven M. Poynot appointed CEO of Capital Bank, N.A. effective Jan 1, 2026; previously President and COO.
- Termination without cause: 18 months base salary plus 50% of target annual incentive paid monthly.
- Company reported $3.4B in total assets as of September 30, 2025.
- Barry to focus on enterprise strategy, M&A, and investor relations; Poynot leads commercial bank.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001419536-25-000140
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBNK
- cik: 0001419536
- company_name: Capital Bancorp Inc
- filed_at: 2025-12-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419536/000141953625000140/0001419536-25-000140-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419536/000141953625000140/cbnk-20251224.htm

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