---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-027915"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TCBK"
cik: "0000356171"
company_name: "TRICO BANCSHARES /"
filed_at: "2025-05-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T11:57:26.116448+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TriCo Bancshares elects CEO Richard P. Smith as Chairman, confirms director slate

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with strong support; highest withheld vote count ~745K (Hasbrook).
- Say-on-pay advisory resolution passed with 24.4M for vs 849K against.
- Moss Adams LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2025: 27.6M for, 114K against.
- Board unanimously elected CEO Richard P. Smith as Chairman and Cory W. Giese as Lead Independent Director.
- Shareholder turnout was 84.56% (27.8M shares present) of 32.9M outstanding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-027915
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TCBK
- cik: 0000356171
- company_name: TRICO BANCSHARES /
- filed_at: 2025-05-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/356171/000162828025027915/0001628280-25-027915-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/356171/000162828025027915/tcbk-20250522.htm

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