---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-025893"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBB"
cik: "0001499422"
company_name: "RBB Bancorp"
filed_at: "2022-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T06:47:13.782427+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBB Bancorp director Peter Chang resigns amid ongoing board independence investigation

## Summary
- Peter Chang resigned from boards of RBB Bancorp, Royal Business Bank, and subsidiaries, effective Oct. 31, 2022.
- Chang also left his roles on Loan, CRA, and Asset/Liability Committees; cites family and his own company as reasons.
- Board continues investigation into director independence, which includes Chang's independence; no final determination yet.
- The investigation also includes a comprehensive review of governance structures and policies, expected to conclude as soon as practicable.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-025893
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBB
- cik: 0001499422
- company_name: RBB Bancorp
- filed_at: 2022-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499422/000143774922025893/0001437749-22-025893-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499422/000143774922025893/rbb20221103_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-025893
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-025893.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-025893.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter Chang resigned as Director at RBB Bancorp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 31, 2022, Mr. Peter Chang resigned from the boards of directors (the “Boards”) of RBB Bancorp and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Royal Business Bank (collectively, the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499422/000143774922025893/0001437749-22-025893-index.htm

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