---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562762-23-000254"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BOTJ"
cik: "0001275101"
company_name: "BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T20:53:51.298570+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bank of the James Financial Group holds annual meeting; shareholders elect directors and ratify auditor

## Summary
- Shareholders elected four Group Two directors: Robert R. Chapman III, Julie P. Doyle, Lydia K. Langley, and Augustus A. Petticolas.
- Ratified Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. as independent auditor for 2023 with 3,464,135 votes for.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 1,769,847 votes for.
- 75.70% of shares represented at meeting; 3,504,122 of 4,628,657 outstanding shares voted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562762-23-000254
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BOTJ
- cik: 0001275101
- company_name: BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275101/000156276223000254/0001562762-23-000254-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275101/000156276223000254/botj-20230516x8k.htm

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