Current Report Filing (8-k)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

May 15, 2019

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

UNITED SECURITY BANCSHARES

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

California

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)



000-32987		91-2112732
(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2126 Inyo Street, Fresno, California		93721
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

559-248-4943

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 15, 2019 United Security Bancshares (the "Company") held its annual meeting of shareholders. A total of 14,038,325 shares were represented and voting at the meeting, constituting 82.83% of the 16,949,122 issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at the meeting. At the annual meeting, the Company's shareholders (i) elected all 10 nominees to the Company's Board of Directors, (ii) ratified the selection of Moss Adams LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2019, (iii) approved the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers on an advisory (non-binding) basis, and (iv) voted, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, on the frequency of the non-binding advisory vote concerning the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers. The following are the voting results of each matter submitted to the Company's shareholders at the annual meeting:


1.	Election of the following 10 nominees to the Company's Board of Directors for a term of one year:



Nominee	For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
Stanley J. Cavalla	8,899,198	200,700	—	4,938,427
Tom Ellithorpe	9,037,283	62,615	—	4,938,427
Benjamin Mackovak	8,900,061	199,837	—	4,938,427
Nabeel Mahmood	9,056,710	43,188	—	4,938,427
Robert M. Mochizuki	8,894,935	204,963	—	4,938,427
Kenneth D. Newby	8,915,302	184,596	—	4,938,427
Susan Quigley	8,907,054	192,844	—	4,938,427
Brian Tkacz	8,900,631	199,267	—	4,938,427
Dennis R. Woods	9,071,399	28,499	—	4,938,427
Michael T. Woolf	9,047,605	52,293	—	4,938,427

2. Ratification of Moss Adams LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2019:



For	Against	Abstain	Non-Votes
13,785,518	48,847	203,960	—

3. Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers:



For	Against	Abstain	Non-Votes
8,807,764	198,629	93,505	4,938,427

4. Non-binding advisory vote concerning the frequency of the non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers:



Three Years	Two Years	One Year	Abstain	Non-Votes
6,133,153	150,567	2,752,402	63,776	4,938,427

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.