---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562762-25-000138"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BOTJ"
cik: "0001275101"
company_name: "BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T22:14:12.253259+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BOTJ shareholders elect three directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- Elected A. Douglas Dalton III, Watt R. Foster Jr., and Phillip C. Jamerson as Group One directors for three-year terms.
- Ratified Elliott Davis, PLLC as independent auditor for FY2025 with 3,401,639 votes for, 54,528 against.
- Advisory approval of named executive officer compensation received 2,102,240 votes for, 47,657 against.
- Approximately 78.37% of outstanding shares represented at the meeting (3,560,503 of 4,543,338 shares).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562762-25-000138
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BOTJ
- cik: 0001275101
- company_name: BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275101/000156276225000138/0001562762-25-000138-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275101/000156276225000138/botj-20250520x8k.htm

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