BayCom Corp Stock Compensation Disclosure

18.          EQUITY INCENTIVE PLANS

2024 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan

The Company’s shareholders approved the Company’s 2024 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (“2024 Plan”) in June 2024. The 2024 Plan provides for the grant of equity incentive awards to employees and directors (including emeritus and advisory directors) of the Company and its subsidiaries. The 2024 Plan permits the granting of incentive stock options, within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, performance shares and performance units. Factors generally considered by the Board in awarding equity incentives to officers and employees include the performance of the Company, the employee’s or officer’s job performance, the importance of his or her position, and his or her contribution to the organization’s goals for the award period.

Generally, awards under the 2024 Plan are subject to a minimum vesting period of one year (at least three years for full vesting for the chief executive officer), provided that awards for up to 5% of the maximum shares available under the 2024 Plan (for any participant other than the chief executive officer) may provide for a shorter vesting period. Subject to adjustment as provided in the 2024 Plan, the maximum number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2024 Plan is 500,000, and awards granted under the 2024 Plan to any one participant in any one calendar year are subject to the following limitations: (i) aggregate grants of stock options or stock appreciation rights to any one participant are subject to an annual limit of the lesser of 100,000 shares or $2.0 million in fair market value as of the date of grant; (ii) aggregate grants of restricted stock or restricted stock units to any one participant are subject to an annual limit of the lesser of 50,000 shares or $2.0 million in fair market value as of the date of grant; and (iii) aggregate grants of performance shares or performance units to any one participant are subject to an annual limit of the lesser of 50,000 shares or $2.0 million in fair market value as of the date of grant. In addition, subject to adjustment as provided in the 2024 Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares that may be covered by awards granted under the 2024 Plan

to any non-employee director in any one calendar year is 25,000 shares. As of December 31, 2024, a total of 492,038 shares were available for future issuance under the 2024 Plan.

2017 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan

The Company’s shareholders approved the Company’s 2017 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (“2017 Plan”) in November 2017. The 2017 Plan provides for the awarding by the Company’s Board of Directors of equity incentive awards to employees and non-employee directors. An equity incentive award under the 2017 Plan may be an option, stock appreciation right, restricted stock units, stock award, other stock-based award or performance award. Factors considered by the Board in awarding equity incentives to officers and employees include the performance of the Company, the employee’s or officer’s job performance, the importance of his or her position, and his or her contribution to the organization’s goals for the award period. Generally, awards have a vesting period of no longer than ten years. Subject to adjustment as provided in the 2017 Plan, the maximum number of shares of common stock that may be delivered pursuant to awards granted under the 2017 Plan is 450,000. The 2017 Plan provides for annual restricted stock grant limits to officers, employees and directors. The annual stock grant limit per person for officers and employees is the lesser of 50,000 shares or a value of $2.0 million, and per person for directors, the maximum is 25,000 shares. All unvested restricted shares outstanding vest in the event of a change in control of the Company. Awarded shares of restricted stock vest over (i) a one-year period following the date of grant, in the case of the non-employee directors, and (ii) a three-year or five-year period following the date of grant, with the initial vesting occurring on the one-year anniversary of the date of grant, in the case of the executive officers. As of December 31, 2024, no shares were available for future issuance under the 2017 Plan because the 2024 Plan provides that no further awards may be made under the 2017 Plan upon the approval by the Company’s shareholders of the 2024 Plan.

The Company recognizes compensation expense for the restricted stock awards based on the fair value of the shares at the award date. For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, total compensation expense for these plans was $588,000, $726,000 and $1.0 million, respectively.

As of December 31, 2024, there was $1.0 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested shares granted as restricted stock awards. The cost is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted-average vesting period of approximately four years.

The following table provides the restricted stock grant activity for the periods indicated:

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