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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2024 · Filings through 2026-07-17

United Security Bancshares (UBFO)

Fiscal year 2024 executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.

$1,185,274
David Kinross total, FY2024
SVP & CFOhighest-paid officer; CEO Dennis Woods: $1,140,887
62nd
CEO (Dennis Woods) pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
93.66%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against UBFO
No companies currently name UBFO as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

01

Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2024

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
David Kinross$288,558$0$764,499$0$64,024$0$68,193$1,185,274
SVP & CFO
Dennis Woods727,3500132,3850147,85624,480108,8161,140,887
President & CEO
Porsche Saunders225,8670316,9300147,22622,84545,528758,396
SVP & CLO

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2024 totalFY2023 totalFY2022 totalΔ FY20232024
David Kinross$1,185,274$534,411+650,863
Dennis Woods1,140,887941,187+199,700
Porsche Saunders758,396

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

02

Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

03

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2024

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Dennis WoodsPSU2024-12-17147,85612,903$132,385
David KinrossPSU2024-12-1764,0245,60357,847
Porsche SaundersPSU2024-12-17147,2264,36944,826
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Dennis Woods$0$132,385$0100.0%
David Kinross057,8470100.0%
Porsche Saunders044,8260100.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2024

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
David KinrossRSU96,632$975,983
Dennis WoodsRSU8,60286,880
Porsche SaundersRSU39,097394,880
05

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Attract and retain the most qualified and experienced individuals available to further the Company s success. Align the interests of executives and shareholders by linking a significant portion of executive compensation to the Company s financial performance. Reward and motivate appropriate executive behavior that produces strong financial results, while managing risks and promoting safety and soundness. Provide compensation opportunities competitive with those offered by our peers and consistent with the Company s level of performance.

CEO STI target (% of salary)
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantPearl Meyer & Partners
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedging
Anti-pledging
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20252025-05-218,466,778573,175126,85193.66%Passed
20222022-05-188,849,681549,658105,43994.15%Passed
20192019-05-158,807,764198,62993,50597.79%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20252025-05-2193.66%a
20222022-05-1894.15%b
20192019-05-1597.79%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker non-votes are not treated as shares voting and therefore will not affect the vote on any proposal.”.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

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Director compensation — fiscal year 2024

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Tom EllithorpeIndependent · Audit · Corporate Governance/Nominating$25,115$27,247$0$0$0$52,362
Dora WesterlundIndependent · Corporate Governance/Nominating21,55522,53100044,086
Nabeel MahmoodNot independent20,89422,67400043,568
Kenneth D. NewbyIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit16,72018,13100034,851
Susan QuigleyIndependent · Audit (Chair)16,47217,87100034,343
Brian C. TkaczIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Corporate Governance/Nominating14,32615,54400029,870
Heather HammackIndependent · Compensation · Corporate Governance/Nominating13,89915,07900028,978
Stanley J. CavallaIndependent · IT · Loan · 401(k)12,00113,01200025,013
Jagroop Jay GillIndependent · IT · Loan · ALCO10,84510,98100021,826
Dennis R. WoodsEmployee director · Board Chair00000
09

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$19,320
Annual equity retainer$19,320
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)575 / 575 / 575
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2024
Cash retainers and fees$151,827
Equity awards (grant-date value)$163,070
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$314,897

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

10

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2024

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

10a

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies United Security Bancshares names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including United Security Bancshares.

10b

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1California BanCorp2025David Rainer$660,779$1,728,020$0$391,254$2,830,368
2Community West Bancshares2025James Kim616,346192,5120333,7501,264,784
3United Security Bancshares2024Dennis Woods727,350132,3850147,8561,140,887
4Oak Valley Bancorp2025Christopher Courtney566,500202,1320250,6761,065,419
5First Northern Community Bancorp2025Jeremiah Smith500,175139,3000115,823931,888
6Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc.2025Laura Lee Stewart533,33300266,636884,379
7Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.2025Donavon Ternes511,458000732,537
8Timberland Bancorp, Inc.2025Dean Brydon408,10068,9200152,564652,153
9Riverview Bancorp, Inc.2026B. Nicole Sherman430,46142,49800527,653
Plumas Bancorpnot in coverage universe
First Financial Northwest, Inc.not in coverage universe

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

10c

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
United Security Bancshares22%RSU 100not disclosedPearl Meyer & Partners
California BanCorpnot disclosedRSU 100not disclosednot disclosed
Community West Bancshares100%RSU 100not disclosedPearl Meyer & Partners
First Financial Northwest, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
First Northern Community Bancorp23.2%RSU 100not disclosedAon's Human Capital Solutions practice (McLagan)
Oak Valley Bancorp44.3%RSU 100not disclosedPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Plumas Bancorpnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Riverview Bancorp, Inc.not disclosednot disclosedNoAon McLagan
Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Timberland Bancorp, Inc.not disclosedRSU 100not disclosedBlanchard Consulting Group

Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.

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Source register

Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, David KinrossDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,185,274. Filing ↗machine: r7 · c54 · span 506790–506799
2Section 01, Dennis WoodsDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,140,887. Filing ↗machine: span 499012–499021
3Section 01, Porsche SaundersDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 758,396. Filing ↗machine: r9 · c54 · span 513096–513103
4Section 03, Dennis Woods PSUDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t30 · r4 · c21 · span 577442–577449
5Section 03, David Kinross PSUDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Grant of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t30 · r5 · c19 · span 580516–580522
6Section 03, Porsche Saunders PSUDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Grant of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t30 · r6 · c19 · span 583567–583573
7Section 08, Tom EllithorpeDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 52,362. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r3 · c20 · span 220925–220931
8Section 08, Dora WesterlundDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 44,086. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r10 · c20 · span 243069–243075
9Section 08, Nabeel MahmoodDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 43,568. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r6 · c20 · span 230413–230419
10Section 08, Kenneth D. NewbyDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 34,851. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r7 · c20 · span 233572–233578
11Section 08, Susan QuigleyDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 34,343. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r8 · c20 · span 236754–236760
12Section 08, Brian C. TkaczDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 29,870. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r9 · c20 · span 239911–239917
13Section 08, Heather HammackDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 28,978. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r5 · c20 · span 227256–227262
14Section 08, Stanley J. CavallaDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 25,013. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r2 · c27 · span 217742–217748
15Section 08, Jagroop Jay GillDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 21,826. Filing ↗machine: t9 · r4 · c20 · span 224098–224104
16Section 08, Dennis R. WoodsDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
17Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-05-220001137547-25-000075Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 93.66% (votes for as printed: 8,466,778). Filing ↗
18Section 06, 2022 voteForm 8-K2022-05-200001137547-22-000020Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.15%. Filing ↗
19Section 06, 2019 voteForm 8-K2019-05-160001628280-19-006922Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.79%. Filing ↗
20Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)ComputedcomputedΔ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
21Section 03b vehicle mix (computed)ComputedcomputedRSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio
22Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 151,827 + equity 163,070 + all other 0 = 314,897, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 314,897
23California BanCorp, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-140001795815-26-000012CEO total compensation as printed in California BanCorp's own proxy. As printed: 2,830,368. Filing ↗machine: t74 · r6 · c20 · span 412204–412213
24Community West Bancshares, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-100001628280-26-024768CEO total compensation as printed in Community West Bancshares's own proxy. As printed: 1,264,784. Filing ↗machine: span 467984–467993
25United Security Bancshares (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-04-070001137547-25-000052CEO total compensation as printed in United Security Bancshares's own proxy. As printed: 1,140,887. Filing ↗machine: span 499012–499021
26Oak Valley Bancorp, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-290001437749-26-013894CEO total compensation as printed in Oak Valley Bancorp's own proxy. As printed: 1,065,419. Filing ↗machine: t29 · r3 · c21 · span 379869–379878
27First Northern Community Bancorp, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-090001437749-26-011866CEO total compensation as printed in First Northern Community Bancorp's own proxy. As printed: 931,888. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c18 · span 281754–281761
28Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-150001541119-26-000012CEO total compensation as printed in Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 884,379. Filing ↗machine: span 243914–243921
29Provident Financial Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-10-200001104659-25-100689CEO total compensation as printed in Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 732,537. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c30 · span 239926–239933
30Timberland Bancorp, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-12-170000939057-25-000333CEO total compensation as printed in Timberland Bancorp, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 652,153. Filing ↗
31Riverview Bancorp, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-07-170001041368-26-000012CEO total compensation as printed in Riverview Bancorp, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 527,653. Filing ↗machine: t41 · r6 · c14 · span 365682–365689
32Section 10a, Community West Bancshares reciprocityDEF 14A0001628280-26-024768Community West Bancshares's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include United Security Bancshares. Filing ↗