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): February 5, 2020

CENTRAL VALLEY COMMUNITY BANCORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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 February 5, 2020, 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 2020 will increase to $364,000. 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, 2019.  The annual incentive awards were made pursuant to the Company’s Management Committee Incentive Plan for executive management.

The following awards, payable in cash and shares of Central Valley Community Bancorp common stock, were granted:

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 February 23, 2020:

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.