---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001730984-26-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCML"
cik: "0001730984"
company_name: "BayCom Corp"
filed_at: "2026-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:48:08.673863+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BayCom Corp terminates CEO, COO, CFO; appoints new leadership team for growth

## Summary
- CEO Guarini, COO King, CFO Colwell terminated without cause effective April 10; Guarini gets $4.4M severance + 22,109 RSUs vesting; King & Colwell each $2.4M + 12,548 RSUs.
- Newly appointed April 13: William Black as Exec Vice Chair, Christopher Baron as CEO, Kevin Thompson as CFO; all from large-bank backgrounds.
- New CEO Baron: salary $675k, target bonus 75%, RSUs worth 25% base (start 2027), severance 2x base+bonsu + 24 months health.
- Press release cites 4-year M&A pause, organic growth gap, and undervalued trading multiple; incoming team targets larger transformational deals.
- Guarini, King, Colwell resign from board April 10; Baron & Black appointed to board; Guarini stays on UBB board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001730984-26-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCML
- cik: 0001730984
- company_name: BayCom Corp
- filed_at: 2026-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730984/000173098426000019/0001730984-26-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730984/000173098426000019/bcml-20260407x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001730984-26-000019.txt

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