8-K



UNITED STATES
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
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 20, 2016
 
CENTRAL VALLEY COMMUNITY BANCORP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
California
000-31977
77-0539125
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
7100 N. Financial Dr., Suite 101, Fresno, CA
 
93720
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (559) 298-1775
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Not Applicable
 
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Item 5.02 (e) Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
On January 20, 2016, the Executive and Directors’ Resources Committee (“Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Central Valley Community Bancorp (the “Company”), approved the base salary of the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, James M. Ford.  Mr. Ford’s salary for 2016 will increase to $318,270. The Compensation Committee also approved payment of annual incentive bonus awards to each of the Company’s executive officers in respect to their individual performance for the year ended December 31, 2015.  The annual incentive awards were made pursuant to the Company’s Senior Management Incentive Plan for senior management and pursuant to the Employment Contract for the President and Chief Executive Officer as disclosed in the Company’s 2015 Proxy Statement.
 
The following awards were granted:
 
James M. Ford, President and Chief Executive Officer
$
205,000

David A. Kinross, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
$
67,205

Gary D. Quisenberry, Executive Vice President, Commercial and Business Banking
$
72,170

Lydia E. Shaw, Executive Vice President, Community Banking
$
47,600

Patrick J. Carman, Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer
$
42,180

 
The Committee also approved increases in the annual base salaries of the Company’s executive officers.  The Committee approved the following base salaries effective as of March 1, 2016:
 
David A. Kinross, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
$
209,000

Gary D. Quisenberry, Executive Vice President, Commercial and Business Banking
$
216,300

Lydia E. Shaw, Executive Vice President, Community Banking
$
188,500

Patrick J. Carman, Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer
$
190,600

 
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.
 
Dated:
January 22, 2016
CENTRAL VALLEY COMMUNITY BANCORP

By:  /s/ David A. Kinross                   
     David A. Kinross
     Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
              (Principal Accounting Officer)