---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-038924"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWBC"
cik: "0001127371"
company_name: "Community West Bancshares"
filed_at: "2026-05-28T21:56:07+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T10:07:29.936911+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Community West Bancshares annual meeting results: all director nominees elected, auditor ratified, say-on-pay passes

## Summary
- Shareholders voted 19,578,840 shares (72.23% of outstanding) at May 27, 2026 annual meeting.
- All 13 director nominees elected; Kirk Stovesand received lowest votes (13.05M for) but still elected.
- Ratification of Baker Tilly LLP as auditor approved with 19,556,109 votes for, 12,393 against.
- Non-binding advisory say-on-pay resolution approved with 15,269,021 for and 876,079 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-038924
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWBC
- cik: 0001127371
- company_name: Community West Bancshares
- filed_at: 2026-05-28T21:56:07+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1127371/000162828026038924/0001628280-26-038924-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1127371/000162828026038924/cvcy-20260527.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Community West Bancshares shareholders approved Election of directors to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. at the 2026-05-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-27
  source text: Elected directors of the Company to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1127371/000162828026038924/0001628280-26-038924-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Community West Bancshares shareholders approved Adoption of a non-binding advisory resolution approving executive compensation. at the 2026-05-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-27
  source text: The adoption of a non-binding advisory resolution approving executive compensation. The resolution was ratified by the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 15,269,021 876,079 60,855 3,372,885
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1127371/000162828026038924/0001628280-26-038924-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Community West Bancshares shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Baker Tilly LLP for the 2026 fiscal year as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm. at the 2026-05-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-27
  source text: The ratification of the appointment of Baker Tilly LLP for the 2026 fiscal year as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm. The appointment was ratified by the following votes: For Against Abstain 19,556,109 12,393 10,338
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1127371/000162828026038924/0001628280-26-038924-index.htm

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