---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-027023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBB"
cik: "0001499422"
company_name: "RBB Bancorp"
filed_at: "2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T07:36:05.692253+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBB Bancorp appoints Scott Polakoff to subsidiary board; four directors enter indemnity agreements

## Summary
- Scott Polakoff appointed to board of Royal Business Bank, RBB Bancorp's subsidiary, effective Sept 22, 2023.
- Polakoff had already served on parent company board since April 19, 2023.
- On Sept 22, 2023, Polakoff, Robert Franko, William Bennett, and Frank Wong each signed indemnity agreements with the company.
- Indemnity agreements cover expenses and damages from claims related to board service, to fullest extent under California law.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-027023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBB
- cik: 0001499422
- company_name: RBB Bancorp
- filed_at: 2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499422/000143774923027023/0001437749-23-027023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499422/000143774923027023/rbb20230928_8k.htm

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