SEC Form DEF 14A filed by Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc.

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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LOGO

August 26, 2024

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) on October 10, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Company’s Board of Directors has determined that the Annual Meeting will be conducted exclusively as a virtual meeting of shareholders via online live webcast. You will be able to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting online, vote your shares electronically and submit your questions prior to and during the meeting by visiting www.meetnow.global/M76NFGX.

At the meeting, you will be asked to consider and vote on the following proposals:

to elect four Company directors for a term of three years each, one Company director for a term of two years, and two Company directors for a term of one year each;

to approve the Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan; and

to ratify the appointment of Elliott Davis, PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.

You will find information regarding these matters in the Proxy Statement.

You may vote your shares through the Internet, by telephone, by regular mail (if you request a paper copy), or virtually at the Annual Meeting. On or about August 30, 2024, we will mail shareholders a Notice containing instructions on how to obtain the Proxy Statement and the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 on the Internet and how to vote their shares. You may read, print, or download the Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 at www.investorvote.com/BRBS. You may request paper copies of these materials as well by following the instructions on the Notice. If you request a paper copy and receive a proxy card, it also contains instructions regarding how to vote through the Internet, by telephone, by regular mail, or virtually at the Annual Meeting.

Your vote is important. Please take time to vote now so that your shares are represented at the meeting, whether or not you plan to participate in the Annual Meeting. We appreciate your continued support.

Sincerely,

LOGO

G. William Beale

President and Chief Executive Officer

BLUE RIDGE BANKSHARES, INC.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To Our Shareholders:

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) will be held on October 10, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Annual Meeting will be conducted exclusively as a virtual meeting of shareholders via online live webcast. You will be able to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting online, vote your shares electronically, and submit your questions prior to and during the meeting by visiting www.meetnow.global/M76NFGX.

At the meeting, you will be asked to consider and vote on the following proposals:

to elect four Company directors for a term of three years each, one Company director for a term of two years, and two Company directors for a term of one year each;

to approve the Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan; and

to ratify the appointment of Elliott Davis, PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.

Only shareholders of record at the close of business on August 16, 2024 will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments thereof.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

LOGO

Amanda G. Story

Corporate Secretary

August 26, 2024

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: A complete set of proxy materials relating to the Annual Meeting, including the Company’s Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, is available on the Internet at www.investorvote.com/BRBS.

On or about August 30, 2024, we will mail our shareholders a Notice containing instructions on how to obtain the Proxy Statement and the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 on the Internet and how to vote your shares. If you are a registered shareholder, please follow the instructions on your proxy card (if you receive one) or on such Notice regarding how to obtain the Proxy Statement and the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 on the Internet and how to vote your shares.

If your shares of the Company’s common stock are held by a broker or other custodian, then that organization is considered the shareholder of record and the shares are considered held in “street name.” The Company provided its proxy materials to the shareholder of record for distribution to you along with your voting instructions. As the beneficial owner of the shares, you have the right to direct the shareholder of record how to vote your shares. Check the information forwarded to you by the shareholder of record to see which voting methods are available to you. As a beneficial owner, you must register in advance to attend the Annual Meeting virtually on the Internet. Additional instructions are included in the Proxy Statement.

BLUE RIDGE BANKSHARES, INC.

PROXY STATEMENT

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

October 10, 2024

General

The accompanying proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) for the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on October 10, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”), at the time and for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of the Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting will be conducted exclusively as a virtual meeting of shareholders via online live webcast. You will be able to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting online, vote your shares electronically and submit your questions prior to and during the meeting by visiting www.meetnow.global/M76NFGX. The date of this Proxy Statement is August 26, 2024, and the approximate mailing date of this Proxy Statement and accompanying materials, or the Notice containing instructions on how to obtain the Proxy Statement and the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 on the Internet, is August 30, 2024.

In this Proxy Statement, we refer to Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. and its subsidiaries as a combined entity as the “Company” unless the context requires otherwise or unless otherwise noted, and we refer to Blue Ridge Bank, National Association as the “Bank.”

Business Items of the Annual Meeting

At the Annual Meeting, you will be asked to vote on the following proposals:

to elect four Company directors for a term of three years each, one Company director for a term of two years, and two Company directors for a term of one year each;

to approve the Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan; and

to ratify the appointment of Elliott Davis, PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.

Shareholders will also be asked to vote on any other matters which may properly come before the Annual Meeting. Management knows of no other business to be brought before the meeting. However, if other matters do properly come before the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies possess discretionary authority to vote in accordance with their best judgment with respect to such other matters.

Recommendation of the Board of Directors

The Board recommends that you vote “FOR” the election of the director nominees named in this Proxy Statement, “FOR” approval of the Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan, and “FOR” ratification of the appointment of Elliott Davis, PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.

Record Date and Voting Rights of Shareholders

Only shareholders of record of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on August 16, 2024 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournments thereof. The number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the close of business on August 16, 2024 was 73,541,950. The Company has no other class of voting stock outstanding. Each share of common stock entitles the record holder thereof to one vote upon each matter to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting.

Quorum

The presence in person or by proxy of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Abstentions (and, with respect to the election of directors, votes withheld) will be included in determining the number of shares present at the Annual Meeting for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum. If a shareholder holds shares in “street name” through a broker or other custodian, those shares will not be counted for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum unless the broker or other custodian has voted on at least one of the proposals at the Annual Meeting.

Vote Required

With respect to Proposal 1, the nominees for election who receive the greatest number of affirmative votes cast, whether during the Annual Meeting or by proxy, even if less than a majority, will be elected directors. If you (1) fail to submit a proxy or vote during the Annual Meeting, (2) mark “Withhold” on your proxy for any nominee, or (3) fail to instruct your broker or other custodian how to vote with respect to Proposal 1, it will have no effect on the outcome of that proposal.

With respect to Proposal 2, approval of the Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan requires that the votes cast for such proposal exceed the votes cast against such proposal. If you (1) fail to submit a proxy or vote during the Annual Meeting, (2) mark “Abstain” for Proposal 2, or (3) fail to instruct your broker or other custodian how to vote with respect to Proposal 2, it will have no effect on the outcome of that proposal.

With respect to Proposal 3, ratification of the appointment of Elliott Davis, PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 requires that the votes cast for such proposal exceed the votes cast against such proposal. If you (1) fail to submit a proxy or vote during the Annual Meeting or (2) mark “Abstain” for Proposal 3, it will have no effect on the outcome of that proposal.

Voting Shares Held in Accounts with Brokerage Firms and Similar Organizations

If your shares are held in an account with a broker or other custodian, then your shares are held in “street name.” The firm that holds your shares, or its nominee, is considered the registered shareholder for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting, and you are considered the beneficial owner. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct the firm how to vote the shares held for you, and you must follow the instructions of that firm in order to vote your shares or to change a previously submitted voting instruction. If the firm does not receive instructions from you on how to vote your shares on a “non-routine” matter (as described below), that firm does not have the authority to vote on that matter with respect to your shares. Check the information forwarded to you by the firm to see which voting methods are available to you. If your shares are held through a broker or other custodian and you wish to revoke your proxy or change your vote, you should contact that organization.

As a beneficial owner, you must register in advance to attend the Annual Meeting virtually on the Internet. To register to attend the Annual Meeting, you must submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your holdings along with your name and email address to the Company’s transfer agent, Computershare, Inc. Requests for registration must be labeled as “Legal Proxy” and be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time,

on October 4, 2024. You will receive a confirmation of your registration by email after Computershare, Inc. receives your registration materials. Requests for registration should be directed to Computershare, Inc. at the following:


By email:		Forward the email from your broker or other custodian, or email an attached image of your legal proxy, to [email protected]

By mail:		Computershare, Inc.
		Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Legal Proxy
		P.O. Box 43001
		Providence, RI 02940-3001

Voting on Routine and Non-Routine Matters

If you own shares that are held in street name, and you do not provide the firm that holds the shares with specific voting instructions, then, under applicable rules, the firm that holds the shares may generally vote on “routine” matters but cannot vote on “non-routine” matters. If the firm that holds such shares does not receive instructions from you on how to vote your shares on a non-routine matter, that firm will inform the inspector of election of the Annual Meeting that it does not have the authority to vote on the matter with respect to the shares. This is generally referred to as a “broker non-vote.”

Proposal 1 (election of directors) and Proposal 2 (approval of the Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan) in this Proxy Statement are matters that are considered non-routine under applicable rules. A broker or other custodian cannot vote without instructions on a non-routine matter, and therefore broker non-votes may exist in connection with such proposals. Proposal 3 (ratification of independent registered public accounting firm) is considered a routine matter. A broker or other custodian generally may vote on routine matters, and therefore we expect no broker non-votes in connection with Proposal 3.

Revocation and Voting of Proxies

Execution or submission of a proxy will not affect a registered shareholder’s right to attend the Annual Meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Any registered shareholder who has executed or submitted a proxy may revoke it by attending the Annual Meeting via the Internet and voting during the meeting. A registered shareholder may also revoke his or her proxy at any time before it is exercised by filing a written notice with the Corporate Secretary of the Company or by submitting a proxy bearing a later date. Proxies will extend to, and will be voted during, any adjourned session of the Annual Meeting.

If your shares are held in street name, please follow the instructions delivered with the notice from your broker or other custodian or contact them for instructions on how to change or revoke your vote.

How Shares will be Voted

Shares represented by proxies will be voted at the Annual Meeting as follows:

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Properly Completed Proxies – Shares represented by a properly completed proxy that contains voting instructions will be voted in accordance with the voting instructions specified in the proxy.

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Proxies Without Voting Instructions – Shares represented by proxies that are properly signed and dated or submitted via the Internet but which do not contain voting instructions will be voted in accordance with the Board’s recommendations set forth above.

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Abstentions – We will count a properly executed or submitted proxy indicating “Abstain” for purposes of determining whether there is a quorum present at the Annual Meeting, but the shares represented by that proxy will not be voted at the Annual Meeting.

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Broker Non-votes – Your broker or other custodian may not vote your shares for you with respect to Proposals 1 and 2 unless you provide instructions to your broker or other custodian on how to vote them. You should follow the directions provided by your broker or other custodian regarding how to instruct your broker or other custodian to vote your shares. If you do not do this, your broker or other custodian may not vote your shares with respect to Proposals 1 and 2 (i.e., a broker non-vote).

A properly submitted proxy indicating “withhold” with respect to the election of one or more directors will count toward a quorum but will not be voted with respect to the director or directors indicated.

Costs of Solicitation

The cost of solicitation of proxies will be borne by the Company. Solicitation is being made by mail, and if necessary, may be made in person, by telephone, email or other electronic means, or by special letter by directors, officers and regular employees of the Company, acting without extra compensation. In addition, the Company has engaged Regan & Associates, Inc. to assist it in the distribution and solicitation of proxies for a fee of approximately $15,000.

PROPOSAL 1 – ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The number of directors constituting the Board is currently set at 18. The Board is currently divided into three classes (I, II and III), with directors to be apportioned as evenly as possible among the classes and serving staggered three-year terms.

The term of office for the Class I directors will expire at the Annual Meeting. The current Class I directors are Hunter H. Bost, Mensel D. Dean, Jr., Larry Dees, Trevor Montano, Julien G. Patterson, and Randolph N. Reynolds, Jr. Pursuant to the Company’s mandatory director retirement age provision set forth in the Company’s Bylaws, Messrs. Dean and Dees are retiring effective as of the date of the Annual Meeting and will not stand for re-election.

In July 2023, the Board appointed G. William Beale, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, to the Board effective July 12, 2023.

In April 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement in connection with its issuance and sale of $150 million of shares of its common and preferred stock in a private placement with certain investors, including Castle Creek Capital Partners VIII, LP (“Castle Creek”) and Kenneth R. Lehman. Among other things, the securities purchase agreement provides that, subject to certain ownership thresholds, Castle Creek is entitled to designate two individuals to be appointed to the Board, and Mr. Lehman is entitled to appoint one individual to the Board. Pursuant to these provisions, the Board appointed three new directors, Trevor Montano, Ciaran McMullan, and Tony Scavuzzo, as directors of the Company in April 2024, subject to receiving the required regulatory approvals from applicable regulatory agencies. Each of these directors received regulatory approval and began serving as directors during the second quarter of 2024. As noted above, Mr. Montano was placed in Class I and, if elected, he will serve a three-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting. Mr. Scavuzzo was placed in Class III and, if elected, will serve a two-year term expiring at the 2026 Annual Meeting. Messrs. Beale and McMullan were placed in Class II and, if elected, will each serve a one-year term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting.

All other directors will continue in office following the Annual Meeting and their terms will expire in either 2025 (Class II) or 2026 (Class III).

The election of each nominee for director requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a plurality of the shares of common stock cast in the election of directors. The persons named in the proxy will vote for the election of the nominees named below unless authority is withheld. If, for any reason, the persons named as nominees should become unavailable to serve, an event that management does not anticipate, proxies will be voted for such other persons as the Board may designate. Each nominee has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and has agreed to serve, if elected. There are no current arrangements between any nominee and any other person pursuant to which a nominee was selected. No family relationships exist among any of the directors or between any of the directors and executive officers of the Company.

The following biographical information discloses each director’s and nominee’s age and business experience, including the specific skills or attributes that qualify each director or nominee for service on the Board, and the year that each individual was first elected to the Board.

The Board recommends the nominees, as set forth below, for election. The Board recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” each of the nominees.

Nominees for Election as Directors

For Terms Expiring in 2027 (Class I)

Hunter H. Bost, 57, has served as a director of the Company since 2016. He is a private investor and real estate developer based in Durham, North Carolina. Previously, Mr. Bost served on the boards of directors of River Bancorp, Inc. (“River”) and its subsidiaries, River Community Bank and 1st Medallion Mortgage Corporation, prior to River’s merger with the Company in 2016. He also served as Chairman of River. Mr. Bost spent over 10 years in New York at Electra Partners, Merrill Lynch, and Price Waterhouse (now PwC). He has served on several non-profit boards, including Hábitat Para La Humanidad Guatemala, Mathkind, and both the Board of Visitors and the International Studies Advisory Board at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Bost was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Master of Accounting. Additionally, he has a Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Mr. Bost brings to the Board broad experience in digital assets, Fintech, real estate and investing along with a community service focus.

Trevor Montano, 46, joined the Board in May 2024. Mr. Montano is the Founder and Managing Member of West Potomac Capital LLC (“WPC”), an investment management firm focused on the financial services sector and sustainable finance. Prior to founding WPC, Mr. Montano spent 20 years in investment banking and portfolio management focused on the financial services sector. As a strategic and financial advisor, he advised on merger and acquisitions (“M&A”), capital raising and other structured financing transactions and worked closely with U.S. and foreign banks, community development financial institutions, minority depository institutions, specialty finance companies, broker-dealers, financial technology businesses and governments. Mr. Montano has completed more than 30 strategic M&A and capital raising transactions worth over $35 billion in transaction value. He also spent 3 years in public service as the Chief Investment Officer at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 2014-2017 where he was responsible for managing financial institution investments made by the U.S. Government under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Mr. Montano assumed responsibility for, and management of, the ~$5 billion investment portfolio (~100 institutions) in 2014 and largely wound it down over three years. Mr. Montano received his Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School and is a graduate of the School of Business at George Mason University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) Charterholder and member of the Economic Club of Washington D.C. Mr. Montano also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the George Mason University Foundation, Inc. Mr. Montano brings to the Board meaningful corporate finance, accounting, and investment experience, private equity and capital markets experience, as well as regulatory and corporate governance insights.

Julien G. Patterson, 72, joined the Board following the Company’s acquisition of Bay Banks of Virginia, Inc. (“Bay Banks”) in January 2021, after serving over 20 years on that board. He is past Chairman of the Board of Directors of OMNIPLEX World Services Corporation (“OMNIPLEX”), a company delivering protective security solutions to government agencies and major corporations. Mr. Patterson founded OMNIPLEX over 30 years ago and grew the business to a value of more than $200 million prior to selling the company to a private equity partner. He currently owns several small businesses in the Northern Neck area of Virginia, employing over 125 personnel with revenues of approximately $7 million. Mr. Patterson’s career began with the Central Intelligence Agency, and during his service he designed a wide variety of comprehensive security training programs worldwide. He is a past Chairman of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, the Virginia Community College Foundation, the Virginia Public Safety Foundation, and Virginia FREE, and is a past trustee of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. Mr. Patterson has also served on the Board of Directors of Northern Neck Insurance Company for more than 20 years. He received his undergraduate and honorary doctorate degrees from Norfolk State University, and previously served on the university’s Board of Visitors. Mr. Patterson brings to the Board innovative leadership insights and proven management solutions as a values-driven entrepreneur, in addition to his experience gained while serving on a variety of other business boards.

Randolph N. Reynolds, Jr., 59, joined the Board following the Company’s acquisition of Bay Banks in January 2021. He has over 10 years of community bank board experience. Mr. Reynolds is a Partner in Reynolds Development Company, a private real estate management and development company specializing in commercial real estate. He previously served in numerous management roles for Reynolds Metals Company, both in Richmond, Virginia and internationally. Mr. Reynolds currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Longwood College School of Business, the 1-800 Got Junk Virginia Advisory Board, the Henrico County Police Foundation Board, the Board of Trustees for the Richard S. Reynolds Foundation, and the Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors, a Governor’s appointment. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees for Collegiate School in Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Reynolds received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the College of William & Mary. He brings to the Board extensive knowledge of the commercial real estate industry, experience in senior management positions and a valuable perspective on community involvement in the Company’s market areas.

For Terms Expiring in 2025 (Class II)

G. William Beale, 74, joined the Bank as its Chief Executive Officer in May 2023. He has served as a director of the Company and as President and Chief Executive of the Company since July 2023. Mr. Beale previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Community Bankers Bank, based in Chesterfield, Virginia from November 2018 to July 2020. From May 1989 to March 2017, Mr. Beale was employed at Union Bank & Trust (now known as Atlantic Union Bank) and was appointed its Chief Executive Officer in 1991. During his tenure, he grew the bank’s total assets from $180 million to $8.5 billion and created a total shareholder return of 10x. Prior to Union Bank & Trust, he worked as both an executive and commercial lender for Capital Bank and Security Bank from 1971 to 1989. Mr. Beale graduated from the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University in 1981 and received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The Citadel in 1971. He brings to the Board extensive executive leadership experience with a deep understanding of the regional banking sector.

Ciaran McMullan, 55, joined the Board in May 2024. Mr. McMullan has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bancorp 34, Inc. and its subsidiary Southwest Heritage Bank since April 2024. He has held multiple Chairman and Chief Executive Officer roles in the U.S. community and regional banking sector and has extensive international experience at multi-national banking organizations, financial technology companies, and advisory firms. Previous U.S. banking roles include President and Chief Executive Officer of Suncrest Bank in California from April 2013 to January 2022, Chief Executive Officer of National Australia Bank’s (“NAB”) U.S. banking business in Illinois, Chairman of the Great Western Bancorporation in South Dakota, and Senior Advisor with Cappello Capital in California. He has also held several executive positions outside of the U.S. including Chief Financial Officer of NAB’s Group Technology Business in Australia, Banking Partner with (Cap Gemini) Ernst & Young also in Australia, and Principal in the PwC Banking practice in the United Kingdom. Mr. McMullan began his career as a Market Analyst with Abbey National Bank in the United Kingdom. He is currently on the board of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council and previously served on the board of directors of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council where he was also one of the founders of the region’s Fintech Consortium. He has also held multiple advisory roles with both U.S. based and international financial technology companies. Mr. McMullan is a graduate of Stirling University and Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom and has attended Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Programs in both FinTech and Agribusiness. He recently completed a certification in Decentralized Finance at Duke University. He brings to the Board his background in banking, executive leaderships insights, consulting, and Fintech experience.

For a Term Expiring in 2026 (Class III)

Tony Scavuzzo, 42, has been a director of the Company since June 2024 and the Bank since May 2024. Mr. Scavuzzo is a Managing Principal of Castle Creek Capital, LLC, an alternative asset management firm focused on the community banking industry, and has been at the firm since 2009. He sits on the Investment Committee for the Castle Creek funds and is on the board of directors at several portfolio companies including

McGregor Bancshares, First Bancshares of Texas, Texas Community Bancshares, and Central Payments, LLC. Mr. Scavuzzo also serves as a board observer at Mid Penn Bancorp and Pathfinder Bancorp. His previous board experience includes over a dozen other companies, including Enterprise Financial Services Corp and Guaranty Federal Bancshares. Mr. Scavuzzo also serves on various board committees regarding governance, compensation, risk, and asset/liability management. He is also a member of the Investment Committee for Castle Creek Launchpad Fund I, a venture capital fund focused on the intersection of Fintech and Community Banking. Prior to joining Castle Creek, Mr. Scavuzzo worked in an operating role for the Chief Executive Officer at MB Financial Bank in Chicago where he was responsible for evaluation of merger and acquisition opportunities and capital investment strategy. He also held positions in various departments including corporate treasury, asset/liability management, wealth management, and credit analysis. Mr. Scavuzzo is currently a member of the Board of Trustees for the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System and a member of the CFA Society of Dallas/Fort Worth. He is also a member of The Dallas Petroleum Club. Mr. Scavuzzo was formerly Treasurer and a member of the board of directors for the CFA Society of San Diego and past Chairman of the Finance Committee for the CFA Society of Chicago. He received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Iowa. He is also a CFA Charterholder. Mr. Scavuzzo’s extensive bank operating experience, including experience in wealth management, asset liability and investment, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as his significant board committee experience in risk, compensation, and asset liability and investment, qualify him to serve on our board of directors.

Incumbent Directors

Terms Expiring in 2025 (Class II)

Elizabeth H. Crowther, Ed. D., 67, joined the Board following the Company’s acquisition of Bay Banks in January 2021. From 2004 through 2019, she served as President of Rappahannock Community College (“RCC”), an institution providing quality higher education for the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula communities in Virginia. Dr. Crowther is currently President Emerita of RCC. She is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Lilian Lumber Company and Northern Neck Insurance Company. Dr. Crowther is also Chair of the Board of Governors for St. Margaret’s School and a Trustee of Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia. She is a founder and past Chair of LEAD River Counties, a regional leadership development program. Dr. Crowther is past Chair of the Bon Secours Mercy Health System Board, Richmond area market, and is currently Chair of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, a Governor’s appointment. Her economic and workforce development work includes past memberships on numerous boards and commissions, such as the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Go Virginia, and the Governor’s Rural Jobs Commission. Dr. Crowther earned both Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts degrees in English from Virginia Tech and a Doctor of Higher Education Administration degree from the College of William & Mary. Dr. Crowther brings to the Board substantial organizational and managerial experience as well as deep involvement in community and workforce development.

Vance H. Spilman, 62, joined the Board following the Company’s acquisition of Bay Banks in January 2021. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer of LeafSpring Schools (“LeafSpring”) and its franchisor, Prism LLC since June 2015. LeafSpring is a national chain of for-profit preschools, which operates 13 schools across the U.S. From July 2012 to May 2015, Mr. Spilman was President of SweetFrog Enterprises, LLC (“SweetFrog”), a national chain of over 300 frozen yogurt retail stores. Prior to joining SweetFrog, he was the Chief Financial Officer of the largest national Five Guy’s Burgers and Fries franchise. Mr. Spilman served on the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Board for over 10 years, and was Chair of its Investment Committee. He previously served on the boards of the Jamestown/Yorktown Society, St. Catherine’s School, the Nature Conservancy and Theatre IV. Mr. Spilman received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Virginia. He brings to the Board meaningful finance and corporate strategy insight, and his experience includes 18 years in commercial and investment banking and asset management.

Carolyn J. Woodruff, 68, has served as a director of the Company since 2019. Ms. Woodruff is the President of Woodruff Law Firm, PA in Greensboro, North Carolina and has been included in Best Lawyers in America since 2009. She has been lead legal counsel in billion dollar cases. Ms. Woodruff has a substantial background in the Bank Secrecy Act, including fraud detection, money laundering, and currency transaction violations. Her legal work in these white-collar defense matters resulted in successes with the U.S. Justice Department, Internal Revenue Service, FBI, and certain U.S. Attorneys. Ms. Woodruff has had substantial experience in dealings with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. She is a valued speaker to the North Carolina Banking Commission, Wake Forest Law School, and North Carolina CPAs. Ms. Woodruff graduated from Duke University School of Law with High Honors where she served as Research and Managing Editor of the Duke Law Review. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Purdue University. Ms. Woodruff achieved a Fintech certification from Harvard University, and an AICPA Badge for Cybersecurity. Ms. Woodruff is also an instrument-rated multi-engine airplane pilot. She brings to the Board extensive experience in banking compliance, business valuation, and knowledge of Fintech, which provides a unique perspective.

Terms Expiring in 2026 (Class III)

Heather M. Cozart, 47, has served as a director of the Company since June 2023. Ms. Cozart is a former partner of the accounting firm FORVIS LLP (formerly DHG LLP). She has over 25 years of experience of audit, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 compliance, and finance in the financial services industry. During her tenure in public accounting, Ms. Cozart held various leadership roles including Office Managing Partner, service line leader and a member of the firm’s executive committee. Previous to FORVIS LLP, she led the finance functions at two publicly traded financial services companies. Ms. Cozart is a graduate of Salisbury State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting as well as a Business Administration/Finance concentration, and is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of North Carolina. She is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, serving on its audit and personnel & compensation committees. Ms. Cozart is also a board member of Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she serves as a member of the finance committee, and previously served as chair of the finance committee and a member of the executive committee. She is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants and the National Association of Corporate Directors (“NACD”). Ms. Cozart is a graduate of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Raleigh program. In addition, in 2023, Ms. Cozart became NACD Directorship Certified and completed the Carnegie Mellon/NACD Cyber-Risk Oversight Program earning the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight. Her leadership, accounting, and industry knowledge and board governance expertise, including cybersecurity governance, are expected to contribute to her ability to serve as a director.

Otis S. Jones, 64, has served as a director of the Company since June 2023. Mr. Jones is the Sales Director of the Southeast Financial Services business unit at ServiceNow, Inc. (“ServiceNow”), a publicly-traded software company providing cloud computing platforms to help companies manage digital workflows for enterprise operations. He joined ServiceNow in March 2021 after retiring from IBM following 36 years of service, with his last position as Client Unit Director of the Mid-Atlantic Financial Services business unit. Mr. Jones has over 30 years of financial services experience, primarily as a sales leader helping financial services clients leverage technology to transform business operations. At IBM, he led sales teams and was responsible for client satisfaction, revenue, and profit for a product portfolio that included hardware, software, services and custom banking solutions. Mr. Jones is a Trustee of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (“CBF”) and was named Chair of the Board of Trustees of CBF in January 2023. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Northern Neck Insurance Company, an insurance company headquartered in Irvington, Virginia, and is Chair of its Risk Committee as well as a member of its Compensation Committee. In July 2020, Mr. Jones was appointed for a two-year term by former Governor Ralph S. Northam to the Virginia Council of Environmental Justice, whose mission is to ensure that vulnerable communities are being protected from pollution, climate change, and environmental hazards. Mr. Jones is a former Trustee and Vice President of the Chesterfield Public Education Foundation, Inc., and the Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation. He is past Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Richmond Forum. A native of the Northern Neck area of Virginia (Weems, Virginia), he holds a

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Public Relations from Norfolk State University. Mr. Jones brings to the Board his significant experience in sales and technology, specifically relating to the financial services industry, along with his deep service and ties to the communities within the Company’s market areas.

William W. Stokes, 60, has served as a director of the Company since 2012. Mr. Stokes has been the Chief Financial Officer of Bio-Cat, Inc., a high-quality enzyme manufacturer based in the Charlottesville, Virginia area, since 2009. He previously spent over 20 years in commercial banking, including as a Senior Vice President and Area Executive for the Charlottesville market for StellarOne Bank (now Atlantic Union Bank) and its predecessor, Second Bank and Trust. Mr. Stokes is a graduate of North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting. Mr. Stokes brings to the Board his background in banking along with accounting experience and knowledge of the manufacturing industry.

Retiring Directors

On June 18, 2024, Richard A. Farmar, III, Andrew C. Holzwarth and Robert S. Janney, directors of the Company and the Bank, each notified the Company and the Bank that they are voluntarily retiring from the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank effective as of the date of the Annual Meeting. In addition, Mensel D. Dean, Jr. and Larry Dees, directors of the Company and the Bank, are retiring from the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank effective as of the date of the Annual Meeting pursuant to the Company’s mandatory director retirement age provision set forth in the Company’s Bylaws.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT DIRECTORS

Judy C. Gavant, 64, was appointed President of the Bank in April 2022 and has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since February 2021. She was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Bank from February 2021 to April 2022 and has been President and Chief Financial Officer of the Bank since April 2022. She is also Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of BRB Financial Group, Inc. Ms. Gavant has over 40 years of experience in accounting, taxation, finance, and mergers and acquisitions. From March 2018 until the Company’s merger with Bay Banks, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bay Banks and its bank subsidiary, Virginia Commonwealth Bank. Prior to joining Bay Banks, Ms. Gavant was Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Xenith Bankshares, Inc. (“Xenith”) and its subsidiary bank from July 2016 until it was acquired by Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation in January 2018. She was Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of Xenith from August 2010 until July 2016. Prior to joining Xenith in 2010, Ms. Gavant held a variety of positions with Owens & Minor, Inc., Tredegar Corporation and Dominion Energy, Inc., all publicly-traded companies. Ms. Gavant served in the audit and tax practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP over a nine year period. Ms. Gavant is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and State of Texas.

Brett E. Raynor, 40, has been Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and the Bank since April 2022. Previously, Mr. Raynor served as Senior Vice President and Director of Financial Reporting of the Bank since February 2021. He served as Senior Vice President and Controller of Virginia Commonwealth Bank from March 2018 until the Company’s acquisition of Bay Banks in January 2021. Mr. Raynor has over 15 years of experience in accounting, financial reporting, auditing, and mergers and acquisitions, and over 10 years of experience with publicly-traded bank holding companies. Prior to joining Virginia Commonwealth Bank, Mr. Raynor was with Xenith and its subsidiary bank from March 2012 until it was acquired by Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation in January 2018. Mr. Raynor held roles of progressively higher levels of responsibility in accounting and financial reporting during his tenure with Xenith. Mr. Raynor began his career with KPMG US LLP in the audit and advisory practice. He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

C. Douglass Riddle, 60¸ has served as an Executive Vice President and the Commercial Banking Executive of the Bank since October 2023. He joined the Bank in February 2022 as Executive Vice President, Middle Market Banking, spearheading the establishment of a Commercial and Industrial focused banking group. Prior to this, Mr. Riddle held the position of Senior Vice President and Commercial Banking Executive at Fifth Third Bank from October 2010 to September 2021, where he led the Middle Market Banking Group in Raleigh, North Carolina. During his tenure, he played a key role in opening new commercial banking offices in Greensboro, North Carolina and Richmond, Virginia. Additionally, Mr. Riddle served as the Triangle (NC) Market Executive and was a key member of the regional leadership team covering North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Before joining Fifth Third Bank, he contributed nearly two decades of service to First Union/Wachovia/Wells Fargo from April 1990 to September 2009, holding roles in Credit Administration and as a Commercial Relationship Manager. Mr. Riddle’s career began at Heritage Bank for Savings in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1987.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

General

The business and affairs of the Company are managed under the direction of the Board in accordance with the Virginia Stock Corporation Act and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. Members of the Board are kept informed of the Company’s business through discussions with the Chairman of the Board, the President and Chief Executive Officer, and other officers, by reviewing materials provided to them and by participating in meetings of the Board and its committees.

Each director of the Company also serves as a director of the Bank. Our directors are actively involved in the Company’s strategic planning process.

Board Leadership

The Board considers its structure and leadership annually. To date, we have chosen not to combine the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. The Chair of the Board is a non-management director, and the Chair and Vice Chair are elected annually. Mensel D. Dean, Jr. currently serves as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Dean will retire from the Board after the Annual Meeting. Vance H. Spilman currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board. We believe that our leadership structure is appropriate as it contributes to Board independence and balanced oversight of the board functions, while allowing the Chief Executive Officer to focus on the day-to-day leadership and operations of the Bank.

Board Independence

The Board in its business judgment has determined that 17 of its 18 current members and three of the four new nominees for director are “independent” as that term is defined by New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules. Mr. Beale, a member of the Board and a new nominee for director, is not an independent director due to his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

In addition, in determining that Mr. Janney is independent under the above standards, the Board considered that Mr. Janney is a partner in the law firm of Janney & Janney, PLC and provides legal services through his law firm to the Company from time to time.

Board Members Serving on Other Publicly Traded Company Boards of Directors

Mr. Scavuzzo has been a director of Texas Community Bankshares, Inc. (TCBS) since 2022, Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. (TCBX) since 2022, and Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. (PBHC) since 2023.

Board and Committee Meeting Attendance

Each director is expected to devote sufficient time, energy and attention to ensure diligent performance of the director’s duties, including attendance at meetings of the Board and its committees. In 2023, there were 24 meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors and 21 meetings of the Bank’s Board of Directors. Each director then serving attended greater than 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors and meetings of committees of which the director was a member in 2023.

Executive Sessions

The Board generally holds executive sessions of non-employee directors at each Board meeting. At least one executive session each year is held for the purpose of formally evaluating the President and Chief Executive Officer. Any independent director can request that an executive session be scheduled.

Board Involvement in Risk Oversight

The Board oversees risk to be reasonably certain that the Company’s risk management policies, procedures, and practices are consistent with corporate strategy and functioning appropriately. The Board performs risk oversight in several ways, including through the Enterprise Risk Management Committee. The Enterprise Risk Management Committee is responsible for providing fiduciary oversight to achieve the Company’s enterprise risk management vision and mission with regards to the Company’s risk management program. The Committee exercises general oversight of executive management’s responsibilities to assess and manage the Company’s strategic risk, reputational risk, credit risk, market risk (includes liquidity and interest rate risk), price risk, operational risk (includes information technology risk), and compliance risk. The Board establishes standards for risk management by approving policies that address and mitigate the Company’s most material risks. These include policies addressing credit risk, interest rate risk, capital risk, liquidity risk, and cybersecurity risk, as well as Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money-Laundering compliance. The Board also monitors, reviews, and reacts to risk through various reports presented by management, internal and external auditors, legal counsel and regulatory examiners.

Committees of the Board

The Board has, among others, a standing Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Governance Committee.

Audit Committee. The current members of the Audit Committee are Ms. Woodruff (Chair), Ms. Cozart, and Messrs. Dean and Farmar. The Board has determined that all members of the Audit Committee are independent under the rules of the NYSE and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and meet the definition of independent directors as set forth in Rule 10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Board has also determined that all of the members of the Audit Committee have sufficient knowledge in financial and auditing matters to serve on the Committee and that Mr. Dean, Ms. Woodruff and Ms. Cozart each qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by regulations of the SEC.

The Audit Committee has adopted a charter that provides guidance to the Committee, the entire Board and the Company regarding the Committee’s purposes, goals, responsibilities, functions and its evaluation. A copy of the charter is available on the Company’s website at www.mybrb.bank under “Investor Relations.” The Audit Committee provides independent and objective oversight of the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, the accounting functions and internal controls of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates (as applicable), compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the Company’s independent registered auditors’ qualifications and independence, and the performance of the Company’s independent registered auditors, and the Company’s internal audit function. The Audit Committee and the Board have the ultimate authority and responsibility to select, evaluate and, where appropriate, replace the independent accountants and internal auditors. The Committee also reviews and advises the Board with respect to the Bank’s risk management policies, and tax policies. The Audit Committee met 15 times during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Compensation Committee. The current members of the Compensation Committee are Messrs. Patterson (Chair), Dees, Janney and Scavuzzo, and Dr. Crowther. The Board has determined that all members of the Compensation Committee are independent under the rules of the NYSE and the SEC.

The Compensation Committee has adopted a charter that provides guidance to the Committee, the entire Board and the Company regarding the administration of the compensation programs and policies of the Company. A copy of the charter is available on the Company’s website at www.mybrb.bank under “Investor Relations.” The Compensation Committee provides assistance to the Board in fulfilling its responsibility to shareholders, potential shareholders, and the investment community to ensure that the Company’s officers, key executives, and Board members are compensated in accordance with the Company’s total compensation objectives and executive compensation philosophy and strategy. The Committee recommends and approves the

compensation policies, strategies, and pay levels necessary to support organizational objectives. The Compensation Committee met 11 times during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Governance Committee. The current members of the Governance Committee are Messrs. Janney (Chair), Holzwarth, Patterson and Reynolds, and Dr. Crowther. The Board has determined that all members of the Governance Committee are independent under the rules of the NYSE and the SEC.

The Governance Committee has adopted a charter that provides guidance to the Committee, the entire Board and the Company regarding the process for identifying and recommending directors to the Board. A copy of the charter is available on the Company’s website at www.mybrb.bank under “Investor Relations.” The Governance Committee provides assistance to the Board in fulfilling its responsibility to shareholders, potential shareholders, regulators, and the investment community to ensure that the Board practices create a governance environment conducive to value creation and risk management. Among other things, the Governance Committee is responsible for (i) selecting and recommending to the Board nominees for election at annual meetings of shareholders, (ii) selecting and recommending to the Board nominees to fill Board vacancies, and (iii) reviewing and recommending to the full Board for approval any changes to the Company’s articles of incorporation and bylaws. The Governance Committee met 4 times during the year ended December 31, 2023.

In identifying potential nominees, the Governance Committee takes into account such factors as it deems appropriate, including the current composition of the Board to ensure diversity among its members. Diversity includes the range of talents, experiences, and skills that would best complement those that are already represented on the Board, the balance of management and independent directors, and the need for specialized expertise. Among other things, directors of the Company should possess the following qualifications, qualities, skills or expertise:

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the highest ethics, integrity and values;

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outstanding personal and professional reputations;

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professional experience and personal expertise that help the Board create shareholder wealth and represent the interests of shareholders;

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knowledge of issues affecting the Company;

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the ability to exercise independent business judgment;

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freedom from conflicts of interest;

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demonstrated leadership skills; and

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the willingness and ability to devote the time necessary to perform the duties and responsibilities of a director.

The Governance Committee considers candidates for Board membership suggested by its members, by management, and by shareholders of the Company. Candidates suggested by shareholders are considered on the same basis as candidates suggested by Committee members and management.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of the members of the Company’s Compensation Committee is or has been an officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. In addition, none of the Company’s executive officers serves or has served as a member of the board of directors, compensation committee or other board committee performing equivalent functions of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving as one of the Company’s directors or on its Compensation Committee.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

The Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines supplement the Company’s articles of incorporation and bylaws, the charters of the Board’s committees and the laws and regulations to which the Company is subject to provide the foundation for the Company’s governance. The guidelines cover, among other matters, the roles of the Board and management, the Board’s critical functions, and director responsibilities and qualifications. A copy of the Corporate Governance Guidelines is available on the Company’s website at www.mybrb.bank under “Investor Relations.”

Environmental, Social, and Governance Practices

The Company is committed to promoting sound Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) practices through strong board of directors and management oversight. Management believes ESG initiatives are important to the Company’s customers, employees, and shareholders, and the communities it serves.

Environmental. The Bank has installed electric vehicle charging stations at two of its branch locations. The Bank decided against renewing its membership in the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (the “Alliance”) in early 2024 as part of a wider strategic review. The Company’s high-level goal, to align operations and lending and investment portfolios to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040, remains in place; however, the Company has indefinitely paused dedicating resources to setting sectoral targets in line with the Alliance’s guidelines.

Social. The Company’s Board of Directors and management are committed to employing a diverse workforce and the Company has developed plans, and continues to develop plans, and metrics against which such commitments will be measured.

In addition, the Bank is subject to the Community Reinvestment Act (the “CRA”), under which the appropriate federal banking agency periodically assesses the Bank’s record in meeting the credit needs of the communities it serves, including low and moderate income neighborhoods. The Bank has a designated CRA officer who monitors the Bank’s compliance under the CRA.

Governance. The Company operates under a strong governance structure, starting with a Chairman of the Board of Directors who is independent from management. Members of the Board of Directors routinely undergo evaluations to assess their effectiveness. Employees operate under policies approved by the Company’s or the Bank’s board of directors and complete between 13 and 21 courses per year, covering topics such as preventing harassment, confidentiality of data, and unfair banking practices.

Board Skills and Diversity Matrix

The following matrix summarizes areas of skills and experience that our Board considers important to maintain effective oversight of the Company. The matrix shows the skills, demographics, tenure, and other attributes that are assessed in connection with Board nominations. Although the matrix is not required, the Board voted to approve its inclusion in this Proxy Statement. Each director also contributes other important skills, experience, and personal attributes to the Board that are not reflected within the table below.

Beale

Bost

Cozart

Crowther

Dean

Dees

Farmar

Holzwarth

Janney

Jones

McMullan

Montano

Patterson

Reynolds

Scavuzzo

Spilman

Stokes

Woodruff

Professional Skills and Experience

Accounting and Finance

Corporate Governance /Ethics

Cybersecurity

Education

Executive Experience

Information Technology

Law

Mergers and Acquisitions

Private Equity

Risk Management

Strategic Planning/Oversight

Demographics

Gender Identity

African American

Hispanic

White/Caucasian

Board Tenure and Independence

Years

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Independence

Code of Ethics

The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics and Conflict of Interest Policy that applies to directors, executive officers and employees of the Company and the Bank. A copy of the code is available on the Company’s website at www.mybrb.bank under “Investor Relations.”

Communications with Directors

Any director may be contacted by writing to the named director, c/o Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., 1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 101, Richmond, VA 23226. Communications to the non-management directors as a group may be sent to the same address, c/o the Corporate Secretary of the Company. The Company promptly forwards all such correspondence to the indicated directors.

OWNERSHIP OF COMPANY COMMON AND PREFERRED STOCK

Security Ownership of Directors, Executive Officers and Certain Beneficial Owners

The following table sets forth information as of August 16, 2024, regarding the number of shares of the Company’s common stock and the Company’s Mandatorily Convertible Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C, par value $50.00 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), beneficially owned by each director and each named executive officer of the Company and by all directors and executive officers as a group. In addition, the table includes information with respect to persons known to the Company who own or may be deemed to own more than 5% of the common stock as of August 16, 2024. Unless otherwise indicated, all shares are owned directly and the named person possesses sole voting and sole investment power with respect to all such shares.

Shares of Common Stock
Beneficially Owned ⁽¹⁾

Shares of Series C
Preferred Stock
Beneficially Owned⁽¹⁾

Name of Beneficial Owner

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Directors and Named Executive Officers:

G. William Beale

626,477

⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

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Hunter H. Bost

180,987

⁽³⁾

—

Heather M. Cozart

46,495

—

Elizabeth H. Crowther

20,734

⁽³⁾

—

Mensel D. Dean, Jr.

215,858

⁽³⁾

—

Larry Dees

243,355

⁽³⁾

—

Richard A. Farmar, III

53,951

⁽⁴⁾

—

Judy C. Gavant

229,234

^(2)(4)(5)

—

Andrew C. Holzwarth

139,352

⁽³⁾

—

Robert S. Janney

160,852

⁽³⁾

—

Otis S. Jones

12,495

—

Ciaran McMullan

1,000

—

Trevor Montano

753,653

⁽⁶⁾

1.02

—

Julien G. Patterson

335,272

⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

—

Brian K. Plum

87,662

—

Randolph N. Reynolds, Jr.

32,712

—

C. Douglass Riddle

67,808

⁽²⁾

—

Tony Scavuzzo

—

Vance H. Spilman

135,000

⁽⁴⁾

—

William W. Stokes

113,151

—

Carolyn J. Woodruff

146,795

⁽³⁾

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All of the Company’s directors and executive officers as a group (22 individuals)

3,614,592

⁽⁷⁾

4.92

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	Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned⁽¹⁾
Name of Beneficial Owner	Number			Percentage
5% Shareholders:
Kenneth R. Lehman		29,998,257	⁽⁸⁾		35.91	%
Castle Creek Capital Partners VIII, L.P.		17,285,078	⁽⁹⁾		19.16	%
Richard T. Spurzem		7,417,151	⁽¹⁰⁾		9.76	%
BlackBarn Capital Master Fund, L.P.		7,054,747	⁽¹¹⁾		9.30	%
AB Financial Services Opportunities Master Fund L.P.		6,360,787	⁽¹²⁾		8.42	%
WBI, LLP		6,005,231	⁽¹³⁾		7.95	%
Fourthstone LLC		5,327,477	⁽¹⁴⁾		7.07	%

*	Represents less than 1% of the applicable class of capital stock.

(1)

Based on 73,541,950 shares of common stock and 2,732 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, as applicable, outstanding as of August 16, 2024. For purposes of this table, beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with the provisions of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act under which, in general, a person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of a security if he or she has or shares the power to vote or direct the voting of the security, the power to dispose of or direct the disposition of the security, or the right to acquire beneficial ownership of the security within 60 days. In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, shares of common stock subject to options, warrants or other purchase rights held by that person that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of August 16, 2024 are deemed outstanding, but they are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of any other person. The mailing address of the directors and officers included in the table is 1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 101, Richmond, Virginia 23226.

(2)	Includes shares of unvested restricted stock, as follows: Mr. Beale, 216,477; Ms. Gavant, 86,438; and Mr. Riddle, 65,763.

(3)

Includes shares held by affiliated corporations, spouses, other close relatives and dependent children, or as custodians or trustees, as follows: Mr. Beale, 400,000; Mr. Bost, 28,071; Dr. Crowther, 486; Mr. Dean, 202,348; Mr. Dees, 225,000; Mr. Holzwarth, 10,000; Mr. Janney, 77,302; Mr. Patterson, 40,000; and Ms. Woodruff, 3,387.

(4)	Includes shares that may be acquired pursuant to currently exercisable stock options as follows: Mr. Farmar, 4,183; Ms. Gavant, 7,500; Mr. Patterson, 1,183; and Mr. Spilman, 1,125.

(5)	Includes shares allocated to the participant’s account in one of the Company’s Employee Stock Ownership Plans and 401(k) Plan, as follows: Ms. Gavant, 4,852.

(6)

Mr. Montano has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 401,654 shares of common stock and a warrant that is currently exercisable to purchase 201,766 shares of common stock. By management account, Mr. Montano shares voting and dispositive power with respect to 100,000 shares of common stock and a warrant that is currently exercisable to purchase 50,233 shares of common stock.

(7)	Includes 4,897 shares allocated to accounts in one of the Company’s Employee Stock Ownership Plans and 401(k) Plan, 370,053 shares of unvested restricted stock, and 15,866 shares that may be acquired pursuant to currently exercisable stock options.

(8)

Based on information set forth in a Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC on July 8, 2024. The Schedule 13D reports that Kenneth R. Lehman has sole voting and sole dispositive power with respect to 19,998,257 shares of common stock and a warrant that is currently exercisable to purchase 10,000,000 shares of common stock. The mailing address of Mr. Lehman is 122 North Gordon Road, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301.

(9)

Based, in part, on information set forth in a Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on April 10, 2024. The Schedule 13D reports that Castle Creek Capital Partners VIII, LP (“Fund VIII”) has shared voting and dispositive power with respect to 593,078 shares of common stock and Castle Creek Capital VIII LLC, the general partner of Fund VIII, has shared voting and dispositive power with respect to 593,078 shares of common stock. The Schedule 13D also reports that Fund VIII owns 2,732 shares of Series C Preferred Stock (which are currently exchangeable into shares of common stock pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, dated April 3, 2024, by and between the Company and Fund VIII) and a warrant to purchase 1,441 shares of Series C Preferred Stock (which is currently exercisable and exchangeable into shares of common stock). If exchanged and exercised in full, such shares of Series C Preferred Stock and warrant would represent 16,692,000 shares of common stock. Pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, in computing the number of shares beneficially owned by Fund VIII and its percentage ownership, the shares of common stock that may be acquired upon the exchange of Fund VIII’s shares of Series C Preferred Stock and warrant are deemed outstanding, but they are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of any other person. The mailing address for Fund VIII and Castle Creek Capital VIII LLC is 11682 El Camino Real Suite 320, San Diego, California 92130.

(10)	Richard T. Spurzem has sole voting power and dispositive power with respect to 4,989,151 shares of common stock and a warrant that is currently exercisable to purchase 2,428,000 shares of common stock. The mailing address of Mr. Spurzem is 810 Catalpa Court, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903.

(11)	BlackBarn Capital Master Fund, L.P. owns 4,702,747 shares of common stock and a warrant that is currently exercisable to purchase 2,352,000 shares of common stock. The mailing address for BlackBarn Capital Master Fund, L.P. is 250 W 55th St, 25th Floor, New York, New York 10019.

(12)

AB Financial Services Opportunities Master Fund L.P., which is controlled by AB Financial Services Opportunities Management LLC which is in turn controlled by AllianceBernstein L.P., owns 4,356,787 shares of common stock and a warrant that is currently exercisable to purchase 2,004,000 shares of common stock. The mailing address of AB Financial Services Opportunities Master Fund L.P. is c/o AllianceBernstein L.P., 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105.

(13)

Based on information set forth in a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on July 25, 2024. The Schedule 13G reports that each of WBI, LP (“WBI”) and White Bay Global, Inc., the general partner of WBI (“WBG”), has shared voting power and dispositive power with respect to 6,005,231 shares of common stock, which includes 2,004,000 shares of common stock underlying a currently exercisable warrant. The mailing address of WBI is 140 Broadway, 38^th Floor, New York, New York 10005. The mailing address of WBG is 4b Norre Gade, Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, USVI 00802.

(14)

Based, in part, on information set forth in a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 14, 2024. Fourthstone Master Opportunity Fund Ltd has shared voting and dispositive power with respect to 2,391,972 shares of common stock and a warrant that is currently exercisable to purchase 1,172,000 shares of common stock (the “Master Warrant”), Fourthstone QP Opportunity Fund LP has shared voting and dispositive power with respect to 771,563 shares of common stock and a warrant that is currently exercisable to purchase 384,000 shares of common stock (the “QP Warrant”), Fourthstone Small-Cap Financials Fund LP has shared voting and dispositive power with respect to 403,942 shares of common stock and a warrant that is currently exercisable to purchase 204,000 shares of common stock (the “Small-Cap Warrant” and together with the Master Warrant and the QP Warrant, the “Fourthstone Warrants”), Fourthstone GP LLC has shared voting and dispositive power with respect to 1,175,505 shares of common stock and the Small-Cap Warrant and QP Warrant, Fourthstone LLC has shared voting and dispositive power with respect to 3,567,477 shares of common stock and the Fourthstone Warrants, and L. Phillip Stone, IV, as managing member of Fourthstone LLC and Fourthstone GP LLC, has shared voting and dispositive power with respect to 3,567,477 shares of common stock and the Fourthstone Warrants. The mailing address of these entities is 575 Maryville Centre Drive, Suite 110, St. Louis, Missouri 63141.

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company’s directors and executive officers, and any persons who beneficially own more than 10% of the Company’s common stock, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Based solely upon a review of Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed with the SEC during the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company believes that all directors, executive officers and beneficial owners of more than 10% of its common stock timely complied with all of the filing requirements applicable to them with respect to transactions during the year ended December 31, 2023, except as follows.

A Form 3 for each of Messrs. Beale and Jones, and Ms. Cozart was filed late. A Form 4 for each of Messrs. Bost, Dean, Dees, Farmar, Holzwarth, Janney, Jones, Patterson, Reynolds, C. Frank Scott, III, Spilman and Stokes and Dr. Crowther, Ms. Cozart, and Ms. Woodruff was filed late with respect to an award of its common stock that each director received in July 2023 in connection with board service. In addition, one Form 4 reporting two transactions was filed late for Mr. Beale, and one Form 4 reporting one transaction was filed late for Ms. Woodruff. Lastly, a Form 4 for each of Mr. Beale and Ms. Gavant was filed late for restricted stock awards made in July 2023.

Securities Hedging

The Company does not have any practices or policies regarding the ability of employees or directors to engage in transactions that hedge or offset, or are designed to hedge or offset, any decrease in the market value of the Company’s common stock (including prepaid variable forward contracts, short sales, equity swaps, puts, collars, exchange funds, or similar transactions).

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Overview

This section explains the Company’s executive compensation program for its named executive officers for 2023 listed below. This section also describes the process of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Compensation Committee”) for making pay decisions, as well as its rationale for specific decisions related to the year ended December 31, 2023.


Name		Positions⁽¹⁾
G. William (“Billy”) Beale (1)		President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company; Chief Executive Officer of the Bank
Judy C. Gavant		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank; President of the Bank
C. Douglass Riddle		Executive Vice President and Commercial Banking Executive of the Bank
Brian K. Plum (1)		Former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank

(1)

On May 8, 2023, the Company announced that Mr. Beale was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, effective May 7, 2023. Mr. Beale succeeded Mr. Plum, who continued as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company until July 12, 2023. Effective July 12, 2023, Mr. Plum resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company. In connection with the foregoing, the Board appointed Mr. Beale as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective July 12, 2023. Mr. Beale was also appointed to the Board and its Executive Committee effective July 12, 2023.

Principles and Objectives of the Company’s Compensation Program

The Company’s executive compensation program is designed to attract and retain highly skilled and motivated executive officers who will manage the Company in a manner to promote its growth and profitability and advance the interests of its shareholders. Additional objectives of the Company’s executive compensation program include the following:

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to align executive pay with shareholders’ interests;

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to recognize individual initiative and achievements; and

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to deter excessive risk taking.

The Company’s executive compensation program includes the following key elements:


Pay Element	How It’s Paid	Purpose
Base Salary	Cash (Fixed)	Provide a competitive base salary rate relative to similar positions in the market and enable the Company to attract and retain critical executive talent.
Annual Incentives	Cash (Variable)	Reward executives for delivering on annual financial and strategic objectives that contribute to the creation of shareholder value.
Long-Term Incentives	Equity (Variable)	Provide incentives for executives to execute on longer-term financial goals that drive the creation of shareholder value and support the Company’s leadership retention objectives.

Compensation Practices and Policies

The Company also believes the following practices and policies within the Company’s program promote sound compensation governance and are in the best interests of its shareholders and executives:


What We Do		What We Don’t Do
✓	Emphasize variable pay over fixed pay, with a significant portion tied to the Company’s financial results and stock performance	×	No Golden Parachute Tax Gross-ups. The Company doesn’t allow for tax gross-ups under employment agreements or other severance plans
✓	Maintain a clawback policy	×	No repricing or exchange of underwater options without shareholder approval
✓	Emphasize Long-term Performance – equity award programs reward over a three-year period.	×	No option or stock appreciation rights granted below fair market value
✓	Provide for “double-trigger” equity award vesting and severance benefits upon a change in control	×	No supplemental executive retirement plans
✓	Use an independent compensation consultant		No significant perquisites
		×	No Multiyear Compensation Guarantees – the Company’s employment agreements and compensation plans do not generally provide for any multiyear compensation.

Compensation Benchmarking and Decisions

The Company’s executive compensation programs are administered by or under the direction of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee approves compensation policies, strategies and pay levels necessary to support organizational objectives and makes recommendations to the Board for approval as appropriate.

In determining the compensation of its executive officers, the Compensation Committee evaluates total overall compensation, as well as the mix of salary, cash incentives and bonuses, equity compensation, retirement benefits and other benefits, using a number of factors including the following:

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the Company’s financial, operating, and competitive performance measured by attainment of strategic objectives and operating results on a standalone basis and relative to peer companies;

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the duties, responsibilities, and performance of each executive officer of the Company, including the achievement of identified goals for the year as they pertain to the areas of the Company’s operations for which the executive is personally responsible and accountable;

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historical cash and other compensation levels; and

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comparative industry market data to assess compensation competitiveness.

The role of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer in determining executive compensation is limited to input in the performance evaluation of the other named executive officers of the Company. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer has no input in the determination of his own compensation, which is determined by the independent members of the Board after receiving a recommendation by the Compensation Committee. Likewise, the other named executive officers have no role in the determination of their own compensation.

Role of Compensation Consultant

During 2022 and continuing into 2023, the Company’s Compensation Committee retained the services of Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC (“Pearl Meyer”), an independent third-party executive compensation consultant

without any previous relationship with management or the Company. Pearl Meyer attended a majority of the Compensation Committee meetings in 2023 to provide the Compensation Committee and the Board advice on compensation trends and issues. Pearl Meyer also provided an annual compensation study comparing the Company’s compensation practices and amounts to a peer group of similarly sized banks, and assisted in the development of the Company’s long-term incentive plan and the Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan. The compensation study included executive compensation. The Compensation Committee incorporates the advice of Pearl Meyer in its decision-making processes and recommendations to the Board.

Pearl Meyer reports directly to the Compensation Committee and does not provide any additional services to management or the Board. The Compensation Committee has analyzed whether the work of Pearl Meyer as the compensation consultant raised any conflict of interest, considering relevant factors in accordance with SEC guidelines. Based on its analysis, the Compensation Committee determined that the work of Pearl Meyer and the individual compensation advisors has conformed to the independence factors and guidance provided by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the SEC and the NYSE American listing standards.

Executive Compensation Program

To support the Company’s philosophy and achieve its objectives, the Compensation Committee analyzes each of the following elements of compensation against comparative market data, and generally seeks to position each element around the market median, while differentiating individual compensation based on experience, role, position, individual performance, and other factors.

Base Salary


Name	Positions⁽¹⁾	2022 Base Salary	2023 Base Salary
G. William (“Billy”) Beale (2)	President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company; Chief Executive of the Bank	$—	$547,000
Judy C. Gavant	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank; President of the Bank	$360,000	$378,000
C. Douglass Riddle (3)	Executive Vice President and Commercial Banking Executive of the Bank	$—	$350,000
Brian K. Plum (4)	Former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank	$541,000	$541,000

(1)	The information presented shows positions held during 2023.

(2)	Mr. Beale was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, effective May 7, 2023. Mr. Beale was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective July 12, 2023.

(3)	Mr. Riddle was not a named executive officer in 2022.

(4)	Mr. Plum served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank until May 7, 2023. Effective July 12, 2023, Mr. Plum resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

Short-Term Incentive Compensation

The Company maintains an annual cash incentive program for its executive officers. This program includes establishing a target award in an amount equal to a set percentage of the executive officer’s base salary, with the ultimate award earned based on the Company’s performance in certain areas of its operations. In 2023, the Compensation Committee established performance goals in the following key areas: net income, noninterest demand deposit account growth, noninterest income growth and asset quality. The amounts earned by the executive officers under such program could be modified, reduced or eliminated in the discretion of the

Compensation Committee based on the Company’s performance and other factors. Because Mr. Beale joined the organization mid-year in May 2023 and Mr. Riddle was not included in the executive officer group for the 2023 program, no annual cash incentive program awards were paid to such officers for 2023 performance. The amount of the annual incentive award paid to Ms. Gavant, the only named executive officer eligible to receive a cash incentive award for 2023, is provided under the “Non-Equity Incentive Plan” column of the Summary Compensation Table.

The Compensation Committee is also authorized by the Board to consider awarding discretionary cash bonuses. Such bonuses, if any, are made on an annual basis after the Compensation Committee assesses the performance of each of the named executive officers and the Company during the most recently completed fiscal year. The goal of the Compensation Committee is to award such discretionary bonus payments commensurate with the officer’s performance during such year. Because Messrs. Beale and Riddle were not participants in the annual cash incentive program described in the preceding paragraph during 2023, the Compensation Committee determined to provide such officers with additional compensation awards for 2023 performance under the discretionary cash bonus component of the Company’s short-term incentive compensation program. The amounts of the discretionary cash bonuses paid are provided under the “Bonus” column of the Summary Compensation Table.

Long-Term Incentive Compensation

The Company has a long-term equity incentive program designed to provide incentives for the Company’s executive officers to execute on longer-term financial goals that drive the creation of shareholder value and support the Company’s leadership retention objectives.

The Company’s long-term incentive program and current equity incentive plan are each administered by the Compensation Committee, which has the power to identify which participants will be granted awards, and determines the terms and conditions applicable to the awards. In general, named executive officers participating in the program will have a target award opportunity based on competitive market practice and denominated as a percentage of base salary. For 2023 awards, the Compensation Committee determined to grant a combination of 50% performance-based restricted stock awards and 50% time-based restricted stock awards to the Company’s named executive officers. The Compensation Committee believes that this combination reduces the risk profile of the awards, balances the officers’ long-term incentive compensation between retention and performance, and ensures that executives are focused on the Company’s long-term success and increasing shareholder value.

Time-based awards vest evenly on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, provided that the executive officer remains employed with the Company through the applicable vesting date.

Performance-based awards vest at the end of a three-year performance period, and are earned (vest) based on the Company’s unaudited annualized average return on average assets (“ROAA”) quarterly performance at the end of such period as compared to the performance of a defined peer bank group for the same metric and period. Performance-based awards vest based on achievement of performance levels – threshold, target and maximum – and associated payouts are established at the beginning of the performance period. At the time of their grant in July 2023, the performance-based awards would vest at the end of the performance period based on a threshold payout of 50% (for relative ROAA at the 25th percentile), a target payout of 100% (for relative ROAA at the 50th percentile) and a maximum payout of 150% (for relative ROAA at the 75th percentile). Performance between the stated percentiles is calculated using straight line interpolation. There will be no vesting of the 2023 performance-based awards for performance below the 25th percentile (threshold). Similar to time-based awards, and subject to proration in the event of death, disability or a change in control, the officers must remain employed with the Company through the three-year performance period for the performance-based awards to vest.

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation paid to or earned by the named executive officers of the Company for the years presented.


Name and Principal Position	Year		Salary		Bonus⁽¹⁾		Stock Awards⁽²⁾		Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation⁽³⁾		All Other Compensation⁽⁴⁾		Total
G. William Beale (5)		2023	$	354,498	$	195,866	$	410,242	$	—	$	20,673	$	981,279
President and Chief Executive Officer
Brian K. Plum (6)		2023	$	360,667	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	13,972	$	374,639
Former President and Chief Executive Officer		2022	$	541,000	$	—	$	230,658	$	80,825	$	26,735	$	879,218
Judy C. Gavant		2023	$	378,000	$	—	$	165,371	$	75,000	$	21,080	$	639,451
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer		2022	$	360,000	$	—	$	153,498	$	26,255	$	30,948	$	570,701
C. Douglass Riddle (7)		2023	$	315,591	$	50,000	$	76,384	$	—	$	30,337	$	472,312
Executive Vice President and Commercial Banking Executive		2022	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

(1)	Consists of a discretionary performance cash bonus.

(2)

The amounts represent the grant date fair value of the awards calculated in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation. Awards consist of time-based restricted stock that vests evenly over a period of three years and performance-based restricted stock that vests at the end of a three-year performance period and is contingent on the Company’s actual return on average assets performance at the end of the performance period. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are included in Note 11 of the Company’s audited financial statements contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

(3)	The amounts represent cash payments under the Company’s annual cash incentive program that provides for awards based on the performance of the Company in certain key areas. Please see the discussion under the section entitled “Short-Term Incentive Compensation” above.

(4)	The amounts represent the Company’s contributions to the 401(k) plan, and employee health and wellness plans.

(5)	Mr. Beale became an executive officer of the Company effective July 12, 2023.

(6)	Mr. Plum resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective July 12, 2023.

(7)	Mr. Riddle became an executive officer of the Company during 2023.

Outstanding Equity Awards

The following table provides certain information on the value of unexercised stock options and unvested restricted stock previously awarded to the Company’s named executive officers and outstanding as of December 31, 2023.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End


	Option Awards							Stock Awards
Name	Grant Date	Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable⁽¹⁾		Option Exercise Price		Option Expiration Date		Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested			Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested⁽²⁾		Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested			Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested⁽²⁾
G. William Beale	July 1, 2023								18,542	⁽³⁾	$	56,182		27,813	⁽⁴⁾	$	84,273
Judy C. Gavant	July 1, 2023								7,475	⁽³⁾	$	22,649		11,211	⁽⁴⁾	$	33,969
	July 20, 2022								2,746	⁽³⁾	$	8,320		4,119	⁽⁴⁾	$	12,480
			3,750 3,750	$ $	13.15 10.80		6/7/2028 6/12/2029
	July 1, 2021								1,334	⁽³⁾	$	4,042
C. Douglass Riddle	July 1, 2023								8,631	⁽³⁾	$	26,152
	July 20, 2022								4,085	⁽³⁾	$	12,378		6,127	⁽⁴⁾	$	18,565

(1)	All stock options are exercisable and were assumed in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Bay Banks on January 31, 2021.

(2)	The market value of unearned shares that have not vested is based on the closing sales price of the Company’s common stock on December 31, 2023 ($3.03 per share).

(3)	The time-based restricted stock awards vest evenly on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, provided that the executive has remained continuously employed with the Company through the applicable vesting date.

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The performance-based restricted stock awards vest at the end of a three-year performance period and are contingent on the Company’s actual return on average assets performance at the end of the performance period and the executives remaining continuously employed with the Company through the end of the performance period.

Stock Incentive Plan

The Company maintains the Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (“2023 Plan”), which is designed to promote the interests of the Company and its shareholders by strengthening the Company’s ability to attract, motivate and retain personnel upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts the financial success and growth of the Company largely depend. The 2023 Plan was adopted by the Board on March 22, 2023, approved by shareholders on June 14, 2023 at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and expires on March 21, 2033. The 2023 Plan provides for the granting of restricted stock awards, incentive and non-statutory stock options, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards to employees and directors. The 2023 Plan authorizes the issuance of up to 850,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, and replaced the Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (the “Prior Plan”).

The Compensation Committee administers the 2023 Plan, identifies which participants will be granted awards, and determines the terms and conditions applicable to the awards. To date, the Compensation Committee has only granted restricted stock awards under the 2023 Plan. The value of the stock awarded is based on the fair market value of the Company’s common stock at the time of the grant. The Company recognizes compensation expense equal to the value of such awards over the applicable vesting period. The 2023 Plan prohibits the payment of dividends or similar distributions on awards, whether subject to time-based or performance-based vesting, unless and until the vesting requirements have been met, and prohibits share recycling.

Under the Prior Plan, the Company historically granted mainly time-based restricted stock awards. Beginning in 2022, the Company began granting performance-based restricted stock awards under the Prior Plan and has continued such practice under the 2023 Plan. More information on the vesting requirements of restricted stock awards granted to the named executive officers is provided under the section entitled “Long-Term Incentive Compensation” above.

Under the 2023 Plan, of the 850,000 shares authorized, 97,236 shares were available for granting purposes as of August 16, 2024. No stock options have been awarded under the 2023 Plan. In connection with the Company’s acquisition of Bay Banks on January 31, 2021, the Company assumed certain equity compensation plans of Bay Banks and stock options as of the date of the acquisition. As of August 16, 2024, options with respect to 29,741 shares remain outstanding.

Employment and Change in Control Agreements

Securing the continued service of key executives is essential to the successful future of the Company. Employment agreements and change in control agreements can assist the Company by attracting and retaining key executives. Below is a description of the current agreements that the Company has with its named executive officers.

The Company’s use of employment agreements is limited to only a select number of the Company’s executive officers. The Company currently has agreements with the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank (Mr. Beale), the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and President of the Bank (Ms. Gavant), and the Commercial Banking Executive of the Bank (Mr. Riddle). Each agreement generally describes the position and duties of each named executive officer, provides for a specified term of employment, describes base salary, bonus opportunity and other benefits and perquisites to which the executive officer is entitled, if any, sets forth the duties and obligations of each party in the event of a termination of employment prior to expiration of the employment term, and provides the Company with a measure of protection by obligating the named executive officer to abide by the terms of restrictive covenants during the terms of his employment and thereafter for a specified period of time.

The Company’s obligation to pay any severance under each of the employment agreements is conditioned on the execution by the named executive officer of a general release and waiver of any and all claims with respect to their employment with the Company.

The terms of these agreements were negotiated and determined with consideration of the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. In attracting and securing a talented team of executive officers, the Company believes it has positioned the organization to successfully execute its growth strategy and vision.

Employment Agreement with G. William Beale. On October 24, 2023, the Company and the Bank entered into an amended and restated employment agreement with Mr. Beale that amends and restates his prior employment agreement, entered into on May 7, 2023. Under the terms of the amended and restated employment agreement, Mr. Beale is to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank. The agreement also provides for his service on the boards of directors of the Company and the Bank while in effect.

The amended and restated agreement provides for a two-year employment term that will expire on May 7, 2025; provided, that on May 7, 2025 and on each May 7th thereafter, the term of the agreement will be automatically extended for an additional one-year period unless either party gives written notice of nonrenewal at least 90 days before the end of the then-current term. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Beale is entitled to a minimum base salary of $547,000 per year, and has the opportunity to earn annual cash bonus payments of up to 40% of his base salary based on metrics, standards and parameters established by the Board. Mr. Beale is also entitled to an annual long-term incentive award of up to 60% of his base salary.

Pursuant to the amended and restated agreement, in the event Mr. Beale is terminated for “cause” (as such term is defined in the agreement), he will generally be entitled to receive compensation and benefits only through the date of termination. The agreement provides for additional compensation and benefits in the event Mr. Beale’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause or by him for “good reason” (as such term is defined in the agreement). In such cases, Mr. Beale will be entitled to receive each month for the greater of (x) three months or (y) 12 months less the number of full or partial months from May 7, 2023 through the date of termination (i) the monthly portion of his current annual base salary, (ii) an amount equal to 1/12 of the highest annual bonus paid or payable, including by reason of any deferral, for the two years immediately preceding the year in which his employment terminates, and (iii) a welfare continuance benefit. The agreement provides for alternative compensation and benefits in the event Mr. Beale’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause or by him for good reason within one year after a “change in control” (as such term is defined in the agreement) of the Company. In such cases, Mr. Beale will be entitled to receive (i) any unpaid base salary through the date of termination, (ii) a welfare continuance benefit, and (iii) a lump sum cash payment equal to the number of months remaining in the then current employment term times the sum of (A) his monthly base salary as of the date of termination or, if greater, the highest monthly base salary in effect in the three months immediately prior to the date of the change in control, and (B) 1/12 of his highest annual bonus paid or payable, including by reason of any deferral, for the two years immediately preceding the year in which his employment terminates. Mr. Beale’s entitlement to the foregoing severance payments is subject to his execution of a release and waiver of claims against the Company and his compliance with the restrictive covenants provided in the employment agreement. The agreement also provides that the compensation and benefits to which Mr. Beale may be entitled in connection with a termination following a change in control will be reduced to the amount that does not trigger the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. No reduction, however, will be made and Mr. Beale will be responsible for all excise and other taxes if his after-tax position with no cutback exceeds his after-tax position with a cutback.

The amended and restated agreement with Mr. Beale contains restrictive covenants relating to the protection of confidential information, non-disclosure, non-competition and non-solicitation. The non-competition covenant continues for a period of three months following the termination of Mr. Beale’s employment for any reason and the non-solicitation covenant continues for a period of 12 months following the termination of Mr. Beale’s employment for any reason, provided that in the event Mr. Beale is terminated for cause, the non-competition covenant is operative only if the Company agrees to continue to pay his base salary during such non-competition period.

Employment Agreement with Judy C. Gavant. In connection with her promotion to President of the Bank on April 20, 2022, the Company and the Bank entered into an amended and restated employment agreement with Ms. Gavant, dated April 20, 2022, that amends and restates her prior employment agreement, dated August 12, 2020. The prior employment agreement was entered into in connection with the Bay Banks merger, and pursuant to such agreement Ms. Gavant was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank effective upon the merger. Under the terms of the amended and restated employment agreement, in addition to her serving as President of the Bank, Ms. Gavant continues to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Bank and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

The amended and restated employment agreement provides for a two-year term that will expire on April 20, 2024; provided, that on April 20, 2024 and on each April 20th thereafter, the term of the agreement will be

automatically extended for an additional one-year period unless either party gives written notice of nonrenewal at least 90 days before the end of the then-current term. Pursuant to the agreement, Ms. Gavant is entitled to a minimum base salary of $360,000 per year. Ms. Gavant has the opportunity to earn annual cash bonus payments of up to 30% of her base salary. The agreement provides that Ms. Gavant must receive an annual cash bonus in any year that the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank receives such a bonus and her annual cash bonus must be based on the same metrics, standards and parameters as those established for the Bank’s Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Gavant will also be entitled to an annual long-term incentive award of 30% of her base salary.

Ms. Gavant’s amended and restated employment agreement provides for benefits in the event her employment is terminated by the Company without “cause” or by her for “good reason” (as those terms are defined in the agreement). In such cases, she will be entitled to receive (i) her then-current base salary for the greater of the remainder of the term of her agreement or 12 months, and (ii) a welfare continuance benefit. The agreement provides for alternative benefits in the event Ms. Gavant’s employment is terminated by Company without cause or by her for good reason within one year after a “change in control” (as such term is defined in the agreement) of the Company. In such cases, Ms. Gavant will be entitled to receive (i) any unpaid base salary through the date of termination, (ii) a welfare continuance benefit, (iii) a lump sum cash payment equal to two times the sum of (A) the greater of her base salary as of the date of termination or the date of the change in control, and (B) the average of her annual cash bonus paid or payable for the two most recently completed calendar years prior to the date of termination, and (iv) the shares underlying any equity incentive awards that are outstanding and unvested immediately before her termination (with any performance-based awards vesting at the “target” level). Ms. Gavant’s entitlement to the foregoing severance payments is subject to her execution of a release and waiver of claims against the Company and the Bank and her compliance with the restrictive covenants provided in the employment agreement.

The amended and restated employment agreement with Ms. Gavant contains restrictive covenants relating to the protection of confidential information, non-disclosure, non-competition and non-solicitation. The non-competition and non-solicitation covenants generally continue for a period of 12 months following the termination of her employment for any reason.

Employment Agreement with C. Douglass Riddle. On October 23, 2023, the Bank entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Riddle pursuant to which he is to serve as Commercial Banking Executive of the Bank. The agreement provides for a two-year employment term that will expire on October 23, 2025; provided, that on October 23, 2025 and on each October 23rd thereafter, the term of the agreement will be automatically extended for an additional one-year period unless either party gives written notice of nonrenewal at least 90 days before the end of the then-current term. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Riddle is entitled to a minimum base salary of $350,000 per year, and has the opportunity to earn annual cash bonus payments of up to 30% of his base salary based on metrics, standards and parameters established by the board of directors of the Bank. Mr. Riddle is also entitled to an annual long-term incentive award of up to 30% of his base salary.

Pursuant to the employment agreement, in the event Mr. Riddle is terminated for “cause” (as such term is defined in the agreement), he will generally be entitled to receive compensation and benefits only through the date of termination. The agreement provides for additional compensation and benefits in the event Mr. Riddle’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause or by him for “good reason” (as such term is defined in the agreement). In such cases, Mr. Riddle will be entitled to receive for the greater of the remainder of the term of his agreement or 12 months (i) the monthly portion of his current annual base salary, (ii) an amount equal to 1/12 of the highest annual bonus paid or payable, including by reason of any deferral, for the two years immediately preceding the year in which his employment terminates, and (iii) a welfare continuance benefit. The agreement provides for alternative compensation and benefits in the event Mr. Riddle’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause or by him for good reason within one year after a “change in control” (as such term is defined in the agreement) of the Company. In such cases, Mr. Riddle will be entitled to receive (i) any unpaid base salary through the date of termination, (ii) a welfare continuance benefit, and (iii) a lump sum cash payment equal to two times the sum of (A) his base salary in effect as of the date of termination or, if

greater, the highest base salary in effect in the three months immediately prior to the date of the change in control, and (B) his highest annual bonus paid or payable, including by reason of any deferral, for the two years immediately preceding the year in which his employment terminates. Mr. Riddle’s entitlement to the foregoing severance payments is subject to his execution of a release and waiver of claims against the Bank and his compliance with the restrictive covenants provided in the employment agreement. The agreement also provides that the compensation and benefits to which Mr. Riddle may be entitled in connection with a termination following a change in control will be reduced to the amount that does not trigger the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. No reduction, however, will be made and Mr. Riddle will be responsible for all excise and other taxes if his after-tax position with no cutback exceeds his after-tax position with a cutback.

The employment agreement with Mr. Riddle contains restrictive covenants relating to the protection of confidential information, non-disclosure, non-competition and non-solicitation. The non-competition covenant continues for a period of 12 months following the termination of Mr. Riddle’s employment for any reason and the non-solicitation covenant continues for a period of 12 months following the termination of Mr. Riddle’s employment for any reason, provided that in the event Mr. Riddle is terminated for cause, the non-competition covenant is operative only if the Bank agrees to continue to pay his base salary during such non-competition period.

Other Compensation Practices, Policies and Guidelines

Compensation Clawback Policy. During 2023, the Company adopted a clawback policy that requires mandatory reimbursement of excess incentive compensation from any current or former executive officer if the Company’s financial statements are restated due to material noncompliance with financial reporting requirements under the securities laws. The amount to be recovered will be the excess of incentive compensation paid to the executive based on the erroneous data over the incentive compensation that would have been paid to the executive had it been based on the restated results. Recoupment would cover any excess compensation received during the three completed fiscal years immediately preceding the date of which the Company is required to prepare the accounting restatement. The Company’s clawback policy was adopted in 2023 to comply with the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange and the SEC.

Executive Perquisites and Other Benefits. The named executive officers are eligible to participate in the same benefit plans designed for all the Company’s full-time employees, including health, dental, vision, disability, basic group life insurance coverage and a 401(k) retirement benefit. The Company also has a limited number of perquisites offered to certain named executive officers, including use of a company-owned vehicle or an automobile allowance.

Director Compensation

The following table shows the compensation earned by each of the non-employee directors of the Company’s Board during 2023. Messrs. McMullan, Montano, and Scavuzzo were appointed to the Board in 2024, and therefore earned no compensation from the Company in 2023.


Name	Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)⁽¹⁾		Stock Awards($)⁽²⁾⁽³⁾		Total ($)
Hunter H. Bost	$	55,245	$	22,983	$	78,233
Heather M. Cozart⁽⁴⁾		33,233		—		33,233
Elizabeth H. Crowther		52,025		20,567		72,592
Mensel D. Dean, Jr.^.		21,500		64,278		85,778
Larry Dees		50,400		20,567		70,967
Richard A. Farmar, III		33,000		20,567		53,567
Andrew C. Holzwarth		20,583		37,763		58,346
Robert S. Janney		41,458		34,471		75,929
Otis S. Jones⁽⁴⁾		30,233		—		30,233
Julien G. Patterson		18,500		45,958		64,458
Randolph N. Reynolds, Jr.		52,125		20,567		72,692
C. Frank Scott, III⁽⁵⁾		24,896		25,113		50,009
Vance H. Spilman		39,363		29,878		69,241
William W. Stokes		25,030		41,365		66,395
Carolyn J. Woodruff		21,000		47,569		68,569

(1)	Directors may elect to receive a portion of cash compensation in Bitcoin. Of the 15 outside directors, five made this election.

(2)

The amounts represent the grant date fair value of the awards calculated in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are included in Note 11 of the Company’s audited financial statements contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023

(3)

Restricted stock awarded in 2023, as follows: Mr. Bost, 4,614 shares; Ms. Cozart, 4,495 shares; Dr. Crowther, 4,527 shares; Mr. Dean, 13,510 shares; Mr. Dees, 4,370 shares; Mr. Farmar, 9,693 shares; Mr. Holzwarth, 9,555 shares; Mr. Janney, 6,223 shares; Mr. Jones, 4,495; Mr. Patterson, 9,291 shares; Mr. Reynolds, 4,552 shares; Mr. Spilman, 7,383 shares; Mr. Stokes, 8,938 shares; and Ms. Woodruff, 10,735 shares. The restricted stock awarded in 2023 remained unvested as of December 31, 2023, and fully vested on July 1, 2024 as long as the director attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors and meetings of committees of which the director was a member during the 12-month period ending July 1, 2024. There are no other unvested restricted stock awards held by the non-employee directors as of such date.

(4)	Ms. Cozart and Mr. Jones were appointed to the Company’s Board on June 14, 2023.

(5)	Mr. Scott retired from the Company’s Board on June 14, 2023.

In 2023, non-employee directors of the Company received a $64,000 annual retainer, payable monthly, with the exception of Committee Chairmen, who received a $71,500 annual retainer, the Chairman of the Audit Committee, who received a $81,500 annual retainer, and the Chairman of the Board, who received a $100,000 annual retainer. Committee members received additional annual retainers as follows: Audit Committee, $5,600; Enterprise Risk Management Committee, $5,600; Compensation Committee, $3,600; Governance Committee, $2,500; Asset Liability Committee, $2,000; Fintech Committee, $2,000; Strategic Planning Committee, $2,000; and Compliance Committee, $2,000. Directors who are also on the BRB Financial Group, Inc. board of directors receive an additional annual retainer of $2,000. Directors are permitted to elect to receive a portion of the retainer payment in the Company’s common stock and all directors took such election. The market value of the stock

issued to the directors was based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date the stock was issued. Messrs. Beale and Plum, as executive officers of the Company, were not separately compensated for their service on the boards of the Company and the Bank.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation. None of the members of the Company’s compensation committee will be or will have been an officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. In addition, none of the Company’s executive officers serves or has served as a member of the board of directors, compensation committee or other board committee performing equivalent functions of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving as one of the Company’s directors or on its Compensation Committee.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Some of the directors and officers of the Company are at present, as in the past, customers of the Company, and the Company has had, and expects to have in the future, banking relationships in the ordinary course of its business with directors, officers, principal shareholders, and their associates, on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral on loans, as those prevailing at the same time for comparable transactions with persons not related to the Company. These transactions do not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavorable features.

The Company has not adopted a formal policy that covers the review and approval of related person transactions by the Board. The Board, however, does review all such transactions that are proposed to it for approval. During such a review, the Board will consider, among other things, the related person’s relationship to the Company, the facts and circumstances of the proposed transaction, the aggregate dollar amount of the transaction, the related person’s relationship to the transaction, and any other material information. The Company’s Governance Committee also has the responsibility to review significant conflicts of interest involving directors or executive officers.

Private Placements

On April 3, 2024 and June 13, 2024, the Company closed private placements in which it issued and sold shares of its common and preferred stock for gross proceeds of $150.0 million and $11.6 million, respectively (collectively, the “Private Placements”). At a Special Meeting of Shareholders held on June 20, 2024, the Company’s shareholders approved the conversion of the preferred shares issued in the Private Placements into shares of the Company’s common stock. On June 28, 2024, all outstanding shares of the Company’s Mandatorily Convertible Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) were automatically converted into 50,232,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, the outstanding shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock remain outstanding but the Company expects that all shares of the Series C Preferred Stock will be exchanged for shares of common stock in the third quarter of 2024. The Private Placements also included the issuance of warrants to purchase 6,549 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and 1,411 shares of Series C Preferred Stock. On June 28, 2024, the warrants for the Series B Preferred Stock were automatically converted into warrants to purchase (subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations) 26,196,000 shares of common stock. The Company expects the warrants for the Series C Preferred Stock to be converted into warrants to purchase 5,644,000 shares of common stock in the third quarter of 2024 when the shares of Series C Preferred Stock are exchanged for shares of common stock.

On April 3, 2024, in connection with the Private Placements, the Company issued and sold 1,186,157 shares of common stock, 4,703 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, and warrants to purchase 2,500 shares of Series B Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $10,000.00 per share, to Kenneth R. Lehman for a purchase price of approximately $50.0 million.

On April 3, 2024, in connection with the Private Placements, the Company issued and sold 593,078 shares of common stock, 2,732 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, and warrants to purchase 1,411 shares of Series C Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $10,000.00 per share, to Castle Creek for a purchase price of approximately $28.8 million.

On April 3, 2024, in connection with the Private Placements, the Company issued and sold (i) 14,284.76 shares of common stock, approximately 56.84 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and a warrant to purchase approximately 30.35 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, at an exercise price of $10,000.00 per share, to Trevor Montano, a director of the Company, for a purchase price of approximately $0.6 million, (ii) 9,457.99 shares of common stock, approximately 37.64 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and a warrant to purchase approximately 20.09 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, at an exercise price of $10,000.00 per share, to James Montano, the father of Trevor Montano, for a purchase price of $0.4 million and (iii) 5,911.25 shares of common stock,

approximately 23.52 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and a warrant to purchase approximately 12.56 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, at an exercise price of $10,000.00 per share, to an investor, for whom Trevor Montano manages such investor’s account, for a purchase price of $0.25 million.

On April 3, 2024, in connection with the Private Placements, the Company issued and sold to the following individuals the stated number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a price of $10,000.00 per share: 100 shares to G. William Beale, President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company, for a purchase price of $1.0 million; 25 shares to Hunter H. Bost, a director of the Company, for a purchase price of $250,000; 25 shares to Mensel D. Dean, Jr., a director of the Company, for a purchase price of $250,000; 25 shares to Judy C. Gavant, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, for a purchase price of $250,000; 25 shares to Vance H. Spilman, a director of the Company, for a purchase price of $250,000; 20 shares to William W. Stokes, a director of the Company, for a purchase price of $200,000; and 15 shares to Carolyn J. Woodruff, a director of the Company, for a purchase price of $150,000.

On June 13, 2024, in connection with the Private Placements, the Company issued and sold 290,000 shares of common stock, 1,140 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, and warrants to purchase 607 shares of Series B Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $10,000.00 per share, to Richard T. Spurzem for a purchase price of approximately $11.6 million.

Pursuant to the securities purchase agreement entered into by the Company on April 3, 2024 with certain investors in connection with the Private Placements, Castle Creek is entitled to designate two individuals to be appointed to the Company’s and the Bank’s boards of directors. This right will continue for as long as Castle Creek, together with its respective affiliates, owns, in the aggregate, 9.9% or more of the outstanding shares of the common stock (counting as shares of common stock owned by Castle Creek, all shares of common stock into which the shares of Series C Preferred Stock owned by Castle Creek, together with its affiliates, are convertible or exchangeable and disregarding any limitations on ownership or prohibitions on conversion pursuant to the terms of the preferred stock that may otherwise apply). In the event that Castle Creek’s ownership falls below 9.9%, but is at least 4.9%, of the outstanding shares of the common stock (as calculated in the preceding sentence), Castle Creek’s board designation rights will continue with respect to one board representative member. In the event Castle Creek’s ownership falls below either of the foregoing thresholds, its rights to designate such board representatives automatically will be assigned to Mr. Lehman, provided that he then holds the required ownership levels. In addition, Mr. Lehman may, but is not required to, designate an additional individual to be appointed to the Company’s and the Bank’s boards of directors for as long as he owns at least 4.9% of the outstanding shares of the common stock. In connection with the Annual Meeting and pursuant to such securities purchase agreement, the Company will take appropriate actions to reduce the size of the Company’s and the Bank’s boards of directors to 13 and 14 members, respectively, including Castle Creek’s two board representatives, Ciaran McMullan and Tony Scavuzzo, and Mr. Lehman’s board representative, Trevor Montano.

PROPOSAL 2 – APPROVAL OF THE BLUE RIDGE BANKSHARES, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2023 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

General

The Company is asking shareholders to approve the Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Amended Plan”), which was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on August 21, 2024. The Amended Plan contains certain modifications described below to the Company’s existing stock-based compensation plan, the Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan, which the Board adopted in 2023 and was approved by the Company’s shareholders at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

As approved, a total of 850,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were reserved for issuance under the 2023 Plan. The most significant change to the 2023 Plan that is reflected in the Amended Plan is an increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance from 850,000 to 4,850,000 shares.

On April 3, 2024 and June 13, 2024, the Company closed the Private Placements. At a Special Meeting of Shareholders held on June 20, 2024, the Company’s shareholders approved the conversion of the preferred shares issued in the Private Placements into shares of the Company’s common stock. On June 28, 2024, all outstanding shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock were automatically converted into 50,232,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, the outstanding shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock remain outstanding but the Company expects that all shares of the Series C Preferred Stock will be exchanged for shares of the Company’s common stock in the third quarter of 2024. The Private Placements also included the issuance of warrants to purchase 6,549 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and 1,411 shares of Series C Preferred Stock. On June 28, 2024, the warrants for the Series B Preferred Stock were automatically converted into warrants to purchase (subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations) 26,196,000 shares of common stock. The Company expects the warrants for the Series C Preferred Stock to be converted into warrants to purchase 5,644,000 shares of common stock in the third quarter of 2024 when the shares of Series C Preferred Stock are exchanged for shares of common stock.

The Company believes that the 2023 Plan has an insufficient number of shares available for future grants when taking into consideration, among other things, the number of shares underlying stock awards made under the 2023 Plan, the year-over-year price decline in the Company’s common stock, the continuation of the Company’s policy to make meaningful stock incentive awards in the future based on its historic use of stock-based compensation, and the significant number of shares of the Company’s common stock issued in the Private Placements. The Company believes that increasing the number of shares available for issuance under the Company’s stock-based compensation plan is necessary to enable the continued use of stock-based awards, including those that vest based on attainment of prescribed performance goals, to provide competitive levels of compensation to key talent, and promote alignment between management and shareholder interests.

The share increase and other modifications to the 2023 Plan that are included in the Amended Plan are summarized below under “Changes to Certain Material Plan Features.” The material terms of the 2023 Plan that were not modified and continue to be included in the Amended Plan are summarized below under “Material Plan Features that Did Not Change.” Because such sections are summaries, they may not contain all the information that shareholders may consider important. In order to aid understanding of the plan, the full text of the Amended Plan is provided as Appendix A to this Proxy Statement.

Changes to Certain Material Plan Features

The following is a summary of the key provisions of the 2023 Plan that have been modified in the Amended Plan.

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Additional Shares Reserved under the Amended Plan: The 2023 Plan reserves 850,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance. As of August 16, 2024, awards for 752,764 shares have been

granted under the 2023 Plan, leaving 97,236 shares available for issuance. The Amended Plan adds 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the initial 850,000 shares reserved, for a maximum of 4,850,000 shares that can be issued under the plan. The proposed 4,850,000 aggregate share limit under the Amended Plan includes the 752,764 shares that have been granted under the 2023 Plan through August 16, 2024. If shareholders approve this proposal, approximately 4,097,236 of the 4,850,000 aggregate share limit under the Amended Plan would be available for future awards under the plan as of August 16, 2024. The Company estimates that the number of shares reserved under the Amended Plan will be sufficient to make incentive awards for the next four years, though future share usage may differ from current expectations.

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Shares Reserved under the Amended Plan as a Percentage of Outstanding Common Stock as of August 16, 2024: The Amended Plan reserves 4,850,000 shares for issuance under the plan, or approximately 6.59% of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of August 16, 2024. Taking into account the 752,764 shares that have been granted under the 2023 Plan, the remaining 4,097,236 shares available for issuance under the Amended Plan is approximately 5.57% of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of August 16, 2024.

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No Minimum One Year Vesting Requirement: In the 2023 Plan, at least 95% of the total shares reserved for award issuance had a minimum vesting requirement of at least one year. The minimum one year vesting provision has been removed and is not contained in the Amended Plan.

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Flexibility for Award Vesting and Payout in a Change of Control: The 2023 Plan specifies how awards are to be treated in connection with a change in control of the Company. The Amended Plan provides the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors with flexibility on how to handle the vesting and payout of awards in the event of a change in control of the Company.

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Annual Award Limit for Participants Other than Non-employee Directors: The maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock with respect to which awards may be granted in a calendar year to any participant other than non-employee directors of the Company and its subsidiaries is limited to that number of shares with an aggregate fair market value on the date of grant equal to $1,000,000, up from $850,000 in the 2023 Plan.

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Allows for Dividend Equivalents on Unvested Restricted Stock Units: The Amended Plan allows for the payment of dividend equivalents on unvested restricted stock units if approved by the Compensation Committee. The 2023 Plan permits dividend equivalents to be accrued but paid only if and when the underlying restricted stock units vest and are settled.

Material Plan Features that Did Not Change

The following is a summary of the key provisions of the 2023 Plan that remain the same and were not modified in the Amended Plan, including important features that enable the Company to maintain sound governance practices in granting awards.

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Award Types: The following types of awards will be available for issuance under the Amended Plan:

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nonstatutory and incentive stock options;

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restricted stock and other stock awards; and

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restricted stock units.

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Eligible Participants: All employees, directors and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries.

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Annual Award Limit for Non-employee Directors: The maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock with respect to which awards may be granted in a calendar year to any non-employee director of the Company and its subsidiaries is limited to that number of shares with an aggregate fair market value on the date of grant equal to $250,000.

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No Liberal Share Recycling: Shares of the Company’s common stock used to pay the exercise price of a stock option or to satisfy tax withholding in connection with an award will not be added back (recycled) to the aggregate plan limit.

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No Discounted Stock Options: The Amended Plan prohibits granting stock options with an exercise price less than the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date.

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No Repricing of Stock Options: The Amended Plan prohibits the repricing of stock options without shareholder approval.

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No Dividend Equivalents on Vested or Unvested Stock Options: The Amended Plan prohibits the payment of dividend equivalents with respect to stock options, whether vested or unvested.

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Clawback and Forfeiture Provisions: All awards made under the Amended Plan are subject to recoupment or clawback as required by law, government regulation, stock exchange listing rule or clawback policy in effect at the Company. The Amended Plan also provides for the possible forfeiture of outstanding awards upon a participant’s termination for “cause” (as defined in the Amended Plan).

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Independent Committee Administration: There will be no change in the administration of the Company’s stock-based compensation plan. The Amended Plan is to be administered by a committee of the Company’s Board of Directors comprised entirely of independent directors. The Board has designated the Board’s Compensation Committee (which is comprised entirely of independent directors) as the committee to administer the Amended Plan.

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Adjustments for Changes in Capitalization: As in the 2023 Plan, the number of shares available for issuance under the Amended Plan is subject to adjustment to reflect stock splits, stock dividends and similar events.

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Term of the Plan: No awards may be granted under the Amended Plan after March 21, 2033, the termination date of the plan.

Key Data Relating to Outstanding Equity Awards

The following table provides information relating to the total unvested restricted stock awards outstanding under the Company’s stock-based compensation plans as of December 31, 2023 and August 16, 2024. The Company has not granted, nor does it have outstanding, any restricted stock unit awards.


	December 31, 2023		August 16, 2024
Number of outstanding unvested restricted stock awards granted under stock-based compensation plans		305,973		628,756
Shares available for grant under stock-based compensation plans		544,027		97,236

The following table provides information to calculate the Company’s burn rate under the Company’s stock-based compensation plans for the last three fiscal years.


For the Year Ended December 31,	2023		2022			2021⁽¹⁾
Number of time-based restricted stock awards granted		682,111		115,886			174,634
Number of performance-based restricted stock awards granted at maximum		89,854		94,783			—
Number of other stock awards granted		—		—			—
Total share usage under plans		771,965		210,669			174,634
Basic weighted-average common shares		18,939,471		18,811,484			17,840,675
Burn rate (2)		4.08%		1.12	%		0.98%

(1)	The restricted stock award amounts reflect a three-for-two stock split the Company declared on March 17, 2021.

(2)	The burn rate is the total number of shares subject to awards granted to participants in a single year expressed as a percent of the Company’s basic weighted-average common shares outstanding for that year.

The December 31, 2023 information in the above tables does not include a total of 30,491 shares of common stock that are issuable upon the exercise of stock options assumed in the Bay Banks merger with a weighted-average exercise price of $11.89 per share.

Purpose

The purpose of the Amended Plan is the same as the 2023 Plan – to further the long-term stability and financial success of the Company by attracting and retaining personnel, including employees, directors and consultants, through the use of stock and stock-based incentives. The Company believes that ownership of the Company’s common stock will incentivize the efforts of those persons upon whose judgment, interest and efforts the Company and its subsidiaries depend for the successful conduct of their businesses and will further the alignment of those persons’ interests with the interests of the Company’s shareholders.

Shares Available for Issuance

Subject to approval by shareholders, the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued under the Amended Plan will be 4,850,000, an increase of 4,000,000 shares from the 850,000 shares that are reserved for issuance under the 2023 Plan. All shares reserved under the Amended Plan may be issued pursuant to the exercise of incentive stock options. If any award granted under the Amended Plan is canceled, forfeited or expires prior to exercise, vesting or settlement, the shares associated with such award will be available for future awards under the Amended Plan. In contrast, any shares tendered, withheld or otherwise used in payment of an option exercise price or to satisfy any amount of tax withholding with respect to an award will not be available for future awards under the Amended Plan.

As of August 16, 2024, awards for 752,764 shares of the Company’s common stock have been granted under the 2023 Plan, leaving 97,236 shares available for issuance. The Amended Plan adds 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the initial 850,000 shares reserved, for a maximum of 4,850,000 shares that can be issued under the plan. Taking into account the 752,764 shares tied to awards that have been granted under the 2023 Plan, if the Amended Plan is approved by shareholders, 4,097,236 shares will be immediately available for issuance under the Amended Plan.

The Company estimates that the number of shares reserved under the Amended Plan will be sufficient to make incentive awards for the next four years, though future share usage may differ from current expectations.

Changes in Capitalization

In the event of any stock or extraordinary cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, an extraordinary corporate transaction such as any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, spin-off of a subsidiary, or other relevant change in capitalization, the 4,850,000 share limit (including for incentive stock options), the number and kind of shares to be issued under the Amended Plan (under outstanding and future awards), the individual annual award limits, the exercise price of options, and other relevant provisions will be adjusted by the Compensation Committee in an equitable and proportionate manner to prevent dilution or enlargement of benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Amended Plan.

Annual Limit on Awards

Under the Amended Plan, the maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock with respect to which awards may be granted in any calendar year to any individual other than a non-employee director will be limited to that number of shares with an aggregate fair market value on the date of grant equal to $1,000,000. A non-employee director may receive awards in any calendar year for a number of shares of common stock with an aggregate fair market value on the date of grant not in excess of $250,000.

Plan Administration

The Amended Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee, a committee which is composed entirely of “independent directors” as that term is defined by New York Stock Exchange rules and “non-employee directors” as that term is defined in Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The Compensation Committee will have the power, among other things, to select award recipients and the nature of the award, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock to be covered by each award, the fair market value of the Company’s common stock, the timing of awards, vesting provisions, forfeiture conditions, change in control matters, certain matters related to exercise, tax withholding, disposition and acceleration, and any additional requirements relating to awards that the Compensation Committee deems appropriate.

In addition, the Compensation Committee will have the authority to construe and interpret the Amended Plan, to resolve any ambiguities, to define any terms and to make any other determinations required by the Amended Plan or an award agreement. The Compensation Committee may delegate all or part of its authority and duties to one or more officers of the Company with respect to awards to individuals not subject to the reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

Eligibility

Any employee or director of, or consultant to, the Company or an affiliate (as defined below and in the Amended Plan) of the Company who, in the judgment of the Compensation Committee, has contributed or can be expected to contribute to the profits or growth of the Company is eligible to become a participant. For this purpose, an affiliate is a corporation or other entity that, directly or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Company. The Bank is considered an affiliate of the Company. As of August 16, 2024, the Company and its affiliates employed 480 full and part-time individuals, and there were 18 non-employee directors of the Company and its affiliates. In principle, any consultant to the Company is eligible to participate in the Amended Plan, subject to certain SEC limitations. However, the Company’s current practice is not to grant equity awards to consultants.

Types of Awards

Stock Options. Stock options granted under the Amended Plan may be incentive stock options, which meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, and options that do not qualify as incentive stock options (“nonstatutory stock options”). A stock option entitles a recipient to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at a specified exercise price. The Compensation Committee will fix the exercise price at the time

that the stock option is granted, provided that the exercise price cannot be less than 100% of the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant (or, in the case of an incentive stock option granted to a 10% shareholder of the Company, 110% of the shares’ fair market value on the date of grant). On August 16, 2024, the closing price of the Company’s common stock was $2.67 per share.

The exercise price of a stock option may be paid (i) in cash or by check, (ii) by delivery of previously acquired shares of the Company’s common stock with an aggregate fair market value equal to the exercise price for the number of option shares being acquired, (iii) if and as permitted by an award agreement, through a “net share exercise” whereby the Company withholds and retains sufficient shares issuable in connection with the stock option to cover the exercise price (other than for incentive stock options), (iv) through a “cashless exercise” procedure that enables a participant to deliver an exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company, from the sale proceeds with respect to the sale of shares underlying the option, an amount necessary to pay the exercise price and, if required, applicable withholding taxes, or (v) through a combination of the foregoing.

Stock options may be exercised at such times and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Compensation Committee, including the requirement that they will not be exercisable after 10 years from the date of grant (or five years in the case of an incentive stock option granted to a 10% shareholder of the Company). A participant has no shareholder rights (including voting rights or rights to dividends) with respect to a stock option until the option has been exercised and shares of the Company’s common stock have been issued under the option. Further, no dividend equivalents are paid or accrued with respect to vested or unvested stock options.

Restricted Stock Awards. The Amended Plan permits the grant of restricted stock awards that are subject to forfeiture until the restrictions established by the Compensation Committee lapse and the restricted shares vest. A restricted stock award is an award of shares of the Company’s common stock that are subject to restrictions on transferability, vesting and other restrictions as the Compensation Committee determines in its sole discretion on the date of grant. The restrictions may lapse over a specified period of time based on continued employment or service and/or the achievement of certain performance goals.

Unless a restricted stock award agreement provides otherwise, a participant who receives a restricted stock award will have all the rights of a shareholder as to the shares granted under the award, including the right to vote and the right to receive all cash dividends and other distributions paid thereon.

Restricted Stock Unit Awards. The Compensation Committee may also award a restricted stock unit (an “RSU”) under the Amended Plan. An RSU award is an award that represents the right to receive shares of the Company’s common stock and/or cash in lieu thereof and, unless otherwise expressly provided, is valued by reference to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock. The Compensation Committee may place such restrictions on the vesting and settlement of RSUs as the Compensation Committee deems appropriate, including restrictions relating to continued employment or service and/or achievement of certain performance goals. The RSU may entitle the recipient to receive, upon satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth in the RSU award agreement, cash, shares of common stock or a combination of cash and shares of common stock as determined by the Compensation Committee.

Holders of RSUs have no right to vote the shares represented by the units, but at the discretion of the Committee and to the extent set forth in an award agreement, an RSU may be credited with dividend equivalents reflecting dividends actually paid by the Company in respect of one share of the Company’s common stock. In such case, the award agreement will set forth the time at which any such dividend equivalents are payable (for example, at the time dividends are actually paid by the Company or upon settlement of the RSU) and any conditions on payment of such dividend equivalents. Dividend equivalents will be paid in cash or, at the discretion of the Committee, in shares of common stock having a fair market value equal to the amount of the dividend equivalents being paid.

Stock Awards. The Compensation Committee may grant to any participant shares of the Company’s common stock that are fully vested and freely transferable as of the date the award is granted, subject to any restrictions under the Amended Plan and applicable federal or state securities laws. This is a change from the 2023 Plan, which required that not less than 95% of shares of stock under awards authorized for issuance under the plan would be subject to a minimum one-year vesting period from the date of grant.

Performance Goals

The performance goals with respect to an award made under the Amended Plan may be based on one or more performance measures or goals set by the Compensation Committee over a performance period established by the Compensation Committee. Performance goals may include, but are not limited to, any one or more of the following performance criteria as specified by the Compensation Committee in the award: (i) the Company’s common stock value or increases to such value, (ii) total shareholder return, (iii) operating revenue, (iv) earnings per share or earnings per share growth, (v) net earnings, (vi) operating efficiency, (vii) return on equity, (viii) return on tangible equity or return on tangible common equity, (ix) return on assets, net assets, capital or investment, (x) return on operating revenue, (xi) deposits, loan and/or equity levels or growth thereof, (xii) working capital targets, (xiii) assets under management or growth thereof, (xiv) cost control measures, (xv) regulatory compliance, (xvi) income or net income, (xvii) operating income, (xviii) credit quality, (xix) achievement of strategic performance objectives, (xx) achievement of merger or acquisition objectives, (xxi) improvement in or attainment of environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics, or (xxii) market share. The Compensation Committee shall determine the attainment of performance goals.

Restrictions on Transfer

In general, awards granted under the Amended Plan may not be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered by a participant, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The plan permits the award of nonstatutory stock options that are transferable to immediate family members (or certain related trusts or entities), in accordance with applicable securities laws.

No Stock Option Repricing Without Shareholder Approval

Stock options granted under the Amended Plan may not be repriced, replaced or regranted through cancellation, by being exchanged for cash or other awards or by lowering the exercise price of a previously granted stock option (other than as described under “—Changes in Capitalization” and “—Change in Control”).

Change in Control

In the event of a “change in control” (as defined in the Amended Plan), the Compensation Committee may, at the time an award is made or thereafter, take such action as it deems appropriate, in its sole discretion and without the consent of a participant, which may include, without limitation, the following actions: (i) cause any outstanding award to be assumed, or new rights substituted therefor, by the acquiring or surviving corporation in such change in control; (ii) if an award is not assumed or substituted, provide for the purchase, settlement or cancellation of any award by the Company for an amount of cash equal to the amount that could have been obtained upon the exercise of such award or realization of such participant’s rights had such award been currently exercisable or payable; or (iii) adjust outstanding awards as the Compensation Committee deems appropriate to retain the economic value of the award. Unless otherwise provided by the Compensation Committee, upon a change in control an award will be vested, earned or become exercisable to the extent provided in the applicable award agreement.

Clawback and Forfeiture

Awards granted under the Amended Plan will be subject to recovery, recoupment, or clawback under any applicable law, government regulation or stock exchange listing rule, or a Company policy adopted pursuant to

any such law, regulation or rule. In addition, the Company has the right to recover from a participant time-based and performance-based awards (or amounts received in settlement or as proceeds thereof) in accordance with any other clawback policy adopted by the Company related to a financial restatement by the Company or otherwise.

The Compensation Committee may specify in an award agreement that a participant’s rights, payments, and benefits with respect to the award are subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain events, in addition to applicable vesting conditions of the award. Such events may include, without limitation, breach of noncompetition, nonsolicitation, confidentiality, or other restrictive covenants that are contained in the award agreement or otherwise applicable to the participant, termination of the participant’s employment or service for cause, or other conduct by the participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company and/or its affiliates. In addition, if a participant’s employment or service is terminated for cause, then as of the date of the misconduct, any stock option held by the participant will terminate, and any unvested restricted stock and restricted stock units held by the participant will be forfeited.

Amendment and Termination

If not sooner terminated by the Board of Directors of the Company, the Amended Plan will terminate on March 21, 2033. The Board may terminate, suspend, amend, or modify the Amended Plan at any time, provided that no such amendment or modification may be made without shareholder approval if required by the Internal Revenue Code, pursuant to the rules under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, by any national securities exchange or system on which the Company’s common stock is then listed or reported, by any regulatory body having jurisdiction with respect thereto, or under any other applicable laws, rules, or regulations. Awards outstanding on the date of any such termination or amendment will remain valid in accordance with their terms.

Summary of Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following is a general summary of the federal income tax consequences under the Amended Plan. This summary does not address all matters that may be relevant to a particular participant based on his or her specific circumstances.

Nonstatutory Stock Options. The grant of a nonstatutory stock option will not result in taxable income to a participant. The participant will realize ordinary income at the time of exercise in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares acquired over the exercise price for those shares, and the Company will be entitled to a corresponding deduction. Gains or losses realized by the participant upon disposition of such shares will be treated as capital gains and losses, with the basis in such shares equal to the fair market value of the shares at the time of exercise.

Incentive Stock Options. The grant of an incentive stock option will not result in taxable income to a participant. The exercise of an incentive stock option will not result in taxable income to the participant provided that the participant was, without a break in service, an employee of the Company or a subsidiary (as defined for purposes of the relevant tax rules) during the period beginning on the date of the grant of the option and ending on the date three months prior to the date of exercise. This employment period is one year (rather than three months) prior to the date of exercise if the participant is “disabled” (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code). The heirs of a participant are not subject to this tax rule. The difference between the fair market value of the shares on the exercise date over the exercise price is taken into account for alternative minimum tax purposes.

If the participant does not sell or otherwise dispose of the stock within two years from the date of the grant or within one year after exercise, then, upon disposition of such shares, any amount realized in excess of the exercise price will be taxed to the participant as capital gain, and the Company will not be entitled to any deduction for federal income tax purposes.

If the foregoing holding period requirements are not met, the participant will generally realize ordinary income, and the Company will be allowed a corresponding deduction, at the time of the disposition of the shares,

in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the excess of the fair market value of the shares on the date of exercise over the exercise price, or (ii) the excess, if any, of the amount realized upon disposition of the shares over the exercise price. If the amount realized exceeds the value of the shares on the date of exercise, any additional amount will be capital gain. If the amount realized is less than the exercise price, the participant will recognize no income, and a capital loss will be recognized equal to the excess of the exercise price over the amount realized upon the disposition of the shares.

Special rules apply if a participant pays the exercise price for either type of option using shares previously owned by the participant.

Restricted Stock Awards. A participant who has been granted a restricted stock award will not realize taxable income at the time of grant, and the Company will not be entitled to a deduction at that time, assuming that the restrictions constitute a “substantial risk of forfeiture” for federal income tax purposes. Upon the vesting of shares subject to an award, the holder will realize ordinary income in an amount equal to the then fair market value of those shares, and the Company will be entitled to a corresponding deduction. A participant’s holding period will commence on the date the restrictions lapse.

A participant may make a Section 83(b) election under the Internal Revenue Code within 30 days after the date of grant to be taxed as of the date of grant, on compensation income based on the fair market value at time of grant, in which case the Company will be entitled to a corresponding deduction at that time. If a participant makes a Section 83(b) election, the participant’s holding period generally will commence on the day after the date of grant.

Gains or losses realized by the participant upon disposition of such shares will be treated as capital gains and losses, with the basis in such shares equal to the fair market value of the shares at the time of vesting (or grant, if a Section 83(b) election is made).

Restricted Stock Units. A participant who has been granted restricted stock units will not realize taxable income at the time of grant. Upon receipt of common stock or cash in the future pursuant to such an award, the participant will realize ordinary income equal to the then fair market value of those shares, and/or the amount of any cash received, and the Company will receive a corresponding deduction.

Stock Awards. Upon the grant of a stock award, a participant generally will realize ordinary income equal to the then fair market value of those shares, and the Company will be entitled to a corresponding deduction.

New Plan Benefits

No determination has yet been made as to the awards, if any, that any individuals who would be eligible to participate in the Amended Plan will be granted in the future and, therefore, the benefits to be awarded under the Amended Plan are not determinable.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table provides information, as of August 16, 2024, relating to the Company’s stock-based compensation plans pursuant to which shares of the Company’s common stock may be issued.


	Number of Shares To be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights⁽¹⁾		Weighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights⁽¹⁾		Number of Shares Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans⁽²⁾
Equity compensation plans approved by shareholders		—	$	—		97,236
Equity compensation plans not approved by shareholders		—	$	—		—

Total		—	$	—		97,236

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The information in this column does not include a total of 29,741 shares of common stock that are issuable upon the exercise of stock options assumed in the Bay Banks merger with a weighted-average exercise price of $11.64 per share.

(2)

Consists of shares available for future issuance under the 2023 Plan as of August 16, 2024 and does not reflect the 4,000,000 share increase in the number of shares available under the Amended Plan if shareholders approve the Amended Plan at the Annual Meeting.

Shareholder Vote Required

The Amended Plan will be approved by shareholders if the votes cast for this proposal exceed the votes cast against this proposal at the Annual Meeting.

The Board unanimously recommends that you vote “For” the approval of the Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan.

PROPOSAL 3 – RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT

REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee of the Board has appointed Elliott Davis, PLLC (“Elliott Davis”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. The Board approved this appointment. Elliott Davis has served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm since 2020.

Representatives of Elliott Davis will be present at the Annual Meeting, will have the opportunity to make a statement if they so desire, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Although shareholder ratification is not required by the Company’s Bylaws or otherwise, the Board, as a matter of good corporate governance, is requesting that shareholders ratify the selection of Elliott Davis as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024. If shareholders do not ratify the selection of Elliott Davis, the Audit Committee will reconsider its appointment.

The Board unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” the approval of the ratification of the appointment of Elliott Davis, PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

FEES OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The following tables present aggregate fees paid or to be paid by the Company and the Bank for professional services rendered by Elliott Davis with respect to the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2023. Audit fees include audit and review services, consents and review of documents filed with the SEC. Audit-related fees consist of research and consultation concerning financial accounting and reporting standards and audits of the Company’s benefit plans. Tax fees include preparation of federal and state tax returns and consultation regarding tax compliance matters.


	Fiscal 2022		Fiscal 2023
Audit Fees	$	314,865	$	420,000
Audit-related Fees		260,187		353,223
Tax Fees		69,071		56,460

Total Fees	$	644,123	$	829,683

The Audit Committee pre-approves all audit, audit-related and tax services on an annual basis, and, in addition, authorizes individual engagements as needed.

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee of the Company oversees the Company’s financial reporting processes on behalf of the Board. The Committee is elected by the Board. All members of the Committee are independent of management and the Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board and the Committee.

While management has the primary responsibility for the quality and integrity of the Company’s financial statements and reporting processes, the Audit Committee provides oversight and assistance to management in fulfilling this responsibility. In its oversight responsibilities, the Committee reviewed and discussed with management, legal counsel, and the independent registered public accounting firm the audited financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and discussed the quality and acceptability of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, and the clarity of disclosure in the financial statements.

In addition, the Audit Committee obtained from the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm the written disclosure and the letter required by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountants’ communications with the audit committee concerning independence and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence. The Audit Committee also discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the SEC.

The Audit Committee also monitored the internal audit functions of the Company, including the independence and authority of its reporting obligation, the proposed audit plan for the coming year, and the adequacy of management response to internal audit findings and recommendations.

In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board (and the Board has approved) that the audited financial statements be included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 for filing with the SEC.

Audit Committee

Carolyn J. Woodruff (Chair)

Heather M. Cozart

Mensel D. Dean

Richard A. Farmar, III

OTHER MATTERS

Management knows of no other business to be brought before the Annual Meeting. Should any other business properly be presented for action at the meeting, the shares represented by the enclosed proxy shall be voted by the persons named therein in accordance with their best judgment and in the best interests of the Company.

SHAREHOLDER NOMINATIONS AND PROPOSALS

For a shareholder to nominate a candidate for director at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders, notice of nomination must be received by the Corporate Secretary of the Company not less than 60 days and not more than 90 days prior to October 10, 2025 (the one-year anniversary of the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders). However, if the date of the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 60 days from such anniversary date, which the Company anticipates to be the case, as noted below, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 90th day prior to the annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to the annual meeting or the 10th day following the date on which public announcement of the date of the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders is first made. The notice must describe various matters regarding the nominee and the shareholder giving the notice as required by the Company’s bylaws. This year, the Annual Meeting, which is usually held in June, was rescheduled to October 10, 2024, for several reasons, including the Private Placements. However, the Company intends to resume holding its annual meetings in June beginning in 2025. If any shareholder intends to present a proposal to be considered for inclusion in the Company’s proxy materials in connection with its 2025 annual meeting of shareholders, the proposal must be in proper form and meet the requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and must have been received by the Company at its corporate office no later than August 30, 2024, unless the date of the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders is more than 30 days before or after May 2, 2025 (the one-year anniversary of the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders), which the Company anticipates to be the case, as noted above, in which case the proposal must be received a reasonable time before the Company begins to print and send its proxy materials for the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders.

In addition to satisfying the notice and other requirements of the Company’s bylaws with respect to the nomination of director candidates, shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees, other than the Company’s nominees, must also comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act relating to universal proxies.

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

A copy of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, excluding exhibits, as filed with the SEC can be obtained without charge by writing to the Company’s Corporate Secretary at Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., 1801 Bayberry Court, Suite 101, Richmond, VA 23226. This information may also be accessed, without charge, by visiting either the Company’s website at www.mybrb.bank or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The information on the Company’s website is not a part of this Proxy Statement.

APPENDIX A

BLUE RIDGE BANKSHARES, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2023 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

1. Purpose; Eligibility.

(a) General Purpose. The purpose of the Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan is to further the long-term stability and financial success of the Company by attracting and retaining personnel, including employees, directors and Consultants, through the use of stock and stock-based incentives. The Company believes that ownership of Company Stock will incentivize the efforts of those persons upon whose judgment, interest and efforts the Company and its Affiliates depend for the successful conduct of their businesses and will further the alignment of those persons’ interests with the interests of the Company’s shareholders.

(b) Eligible Award Recipients. Any employee, director or Consultant of the Company or an Affiliate who, in the judgment of the Committee, has contributed or can be expected to contribute to the profits or growth of the Company or the Affiliate is eligible to become a Participant. The Committee shall have the power and complete discretion, as provided in Section 16, to select eligible Participants and to determine for each Participant the terms, conditions and nature of an Award and the number of shares to be allocated as part of the Award; provided, however, that any Award made to a member of the Committee must be approved by the Board.

(c) Available Awards. Awards of Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and Stock Awards may be granted under the Plan. Options granted under the Plan may be Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options.

(d) No New Grants under the Prior Plan. On and after the Effective Date (as defined below), the Plan replaced the Prior Plan with respect to new grants of equity-based awards by the Company. No new options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, stock units or other awards have been granted under the Prior Plan after December 31, 2022 nor will be granted under the Prior Plan on and after the Effective Time; provided that awards granted under the Prior Plan before the Effective Time shall remain in effect in accordance with their respective terms.

(e) Date of Adoption, Effective Date. The Plan was amended and restated by the Board of Directors of the Company on August 21, 2024, which amendment and restatement will become effective upon the date of the Plan’s approval by the shareholders of the Company. The Plan was initially adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on March 22, 2023, and became effective upon the date of the Plan’s approval by the shareholders of the Company, which was June 14, 2023 (the approval date, the “Effective Date”).

2. Certain Definitions. The following terms have the meanings indicated:

(a) Act. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b) Affiliate. A corporation or other entity that, directly or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Company. For purposes of an Incentive Stock Option, “Affiliate,” refers to a “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations under Section 424 of the Code.

(c) Applicable Withholding Taxes. The aggregate amount of federal, state and local income and payroll taxes that the Company or an Affiliate is required to withhold (not in excess of the maximum applicable statutory withholding rate) in connection with any exercise of an Option, or the award, lapse of restrictions or payment with respect to any Award.

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(d) Award. The award of an Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or Stock Award under the Plan.

(e) Award Agreement. Any agreement, contract, certificate or other written instrument or document (which may be in electronic form) evidencing the terms and conditions of an Award granted under the Plan. Each Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

(f) Board. The Board of Directors of the Company.

(g) Cause. With respect to any employee or Consultant: (1) if the employee or Consultant is a party to an employment agreement or consulting agreement with the Company or its Affiliates and such agreement provides for a definition of Cause, the definition contained therein; or (2) if no such agreement exists, or if such agreement does not define Cause, the definition of Cause contained in the Award Agreement. In all other cases, Cause shall mean:

(i) Continual or deliberate neglect by the Participant in the performance of his material duties and responsibilities as established from time to time by the Company, or the Participant’s repeated failure or refusal to follow reasonable instructions or policies of the Company after being advised in writing of such failure or refusal and being given a reasonable opportunity and period (as determined by the Company) to remedy such failure or refusal;

(ii) Conviction of, indictment for (or its procedural equivalent), entering of a guilty plea or plea of no contest with respect to a felony, a crime of moral turpitude or any other crime with respect to which imprisonment is a possible punishment, or the commission of an act of embezzlement or fraud against the Company or an Affiliate;

(iii) Violation in any material respect of any code or standard of conduct generally applicable to employees of the Company or an Affiliate after being advised in writing of such violation and being given a reasonable opportunity and period (as determined by the Company) to remedy such violation;

(iv) Dishonesty of the Participant with respect to the Company, or breach of a fiduciary duty owed to the Company; or

(v) The willful engaging by the Participant in conduct that is reasonably likely to result, in the good faith judgment of the Company, in material injury to the Company, monetarily, reputationally or otherwise.

The Committee, in its absolute discretion, shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to whether a Participant has been discharged for Cause. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any director, a determination that the director has engaged in conduct that is covered by the definition of Cause shall be made by a majority of the disinterested Board members.

(h) Change in Control. A Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if one of the following has occurred at any time after the Award is granted:

(i) The acquisition by any Person (as defined below) of beneficial ownership of 50% or more of the then outstanding shares of Company Stock, provided that it shall not constitute a Change in Control if (A) the acquisition is directly from the Company (excluding an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege) or (B) individuals who constitute the Incumbent Board (as defined below) immediately prior to the acquisition continue to constitute a majority of the Board for the 12-month period immediately after the acquisition.

(ii) Individuals who constitute the Board on the Effective Date (the “Incumbent Board”) cease to constitute a majority of the Board within a 12-month period, provided that any director whose nomination was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then comprising the

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Incumbent Board will be considered a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding any such individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the directors of the Company.

(iii) Consummation of a reorganization, merger, share exchange or consolidation involving the Company (a “Reorganization”), unless each of the following conditions is satisfied: (A) at least 40% of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from the Reorganization is beneficially owned by all or substantially all of the former shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions, relative to each other, as their ownership existed in the Company immediately prior to the Reorganization; (B) no Person beneficially owns 20% or more of either (1) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from the transaction or (2) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from the Reorganization were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement providing for the Reorganization.

A Change in Control occurs on the date on which an event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) immediately above occurs. If a Change in Control occurs on account of a series of transactions or events, the Change in Control occurs on the date of the last of such transactions or events. For purposes of this Section 2(h), “Person” means any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Act), other than any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or an Affiliate, and “beneficial ownership” has the meaning given the term in Rule 13d-3 under the Act.

(i) Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a section of the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any regulations promulgated thereunder.

(j) Committee. The Committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan pursuant to Section 16 of the Plan, or if no such Committee has been appointed, the Board.

(k) Company. Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc., a Virginia corporation.

(l) Company Stock. Common stock of the Company. If the par value of the Company Stock is changed, or in the event of a change in the capital structure of the Company (as provided in Section 13) the shares resulting from such a change shall be deemed to be Company Stock within the meaning of the Plan.

(m) Consultant. A person or entity rendering consulting or advisory services to the Company or an Affiliate who is not an “employee” for purposes of employment tax withholding under the Code or a director of the Company or an Affiliate.

(n) Date of Grant. The effective date of an Award granted by the Committee.

(o) Disability or Disabled. As to an Incentive Stock Option, a Disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. As to all other Awards, the Committee shall determine whether a Disability exists and such determination shall be conclusive.

(p) Fair Market Value.

(i) If the Company Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or quoted on any established stock market system, Fair Market Value shall be the closing price for the Company Stock on the date as of which Fair Market Value is determined for any purpose under the Plan (or if no trades were reported the closing price on the immediately preceding date on which the Company Stock was traded) as reported by such exchange or stock market system or such other source as the Committee deems reliable; provided, however, the Committee may elect to use, subject to applicable requirements of the

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Code and Treasury Regulations, the average closing price over a designated number of up to thirty (30) consecutive days to determine the Fair Market Value if the daily volume of trading in the Company Stock is not, in the sole discretion of the Committee, sufficient to be a reliable indicator of Fair Market Value.

(ii) If the Company Stock is not then listed on any established stock exchange or quoted on any established stock market system or if, in the opinion of the Committee, the method set forth in (i) is otherwise inapplicable or inappropriate for any reason, Fair Market Value shall be the fair market value of a share of Company Stock as determined pursuant to a reasonable application of a reasonable method adopted by the Committee in good faith for such purpose, which shall be conclusive and binding on all persons; provided, however, that the Fair Market Value of Company Stock subject to an Incentive Stock Option shall be determined in good faith within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.422-2(e)(2) and the Fair Market Value of Company Stock subject to a Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iv).

(q) Good Reason. If the Participant is a party to an employment agreement or consulting agreement with the Company or an Affiliate and such agreement provides for a definition of Good Reason, the definition contained therein. If no such agreement exists or if such agreement does not define Good Reason, the definition of Good Reason contained in the Award Agreement. In all other cases, Good Reason shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following without the Participant’s express written consent, which circumstances are not remedied by the Company within thirty (30) days of its receipt of a written notice from the Participant describing the applicable circumstances (which notice must be provided by the Participant within ninety (90) days of the Participant’s knowledge of the applicable circumstances): (i) any material, adverse change in the Participant’s duties, responsibilities, authority, title, status or reporting structure; (ii) a material reduction in the Participant’s base salary unless any such base salary reduction is proportionate to reductions in base salaries of other similarly situated employees of the Company or an Affiliate; or (iii) a geographical relocation of the Participant’s principal office location by more than thirty (30) miles.

(r) Incentive Stock Option. An Option intended to meet the requirements of, and qualify for, favorable federal income tax treatment under, Section 422 of the Code, and is so designated.

(s) Nonstatutory Stock Option. An Option that does not meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, or that is otherwise not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.

(t) Option. A right to purchase Company Stock granted under the Plan, at a price determined in accordance with the Plan.

(u) Participant. Any eligible Award recipient who is granted an Award under the Plan.

(v) Performance Goal. Performance Goal means one or more performance measures or goals set by the Committee in its discretion for each grant of an Award subject to performance-based conditions. The extent to which such performance measures or goals are met will determine the amount or value of such Award that a Participant is entitled to exercise, receive or retain. For purposes of the Plan, a Performance Goal may be particular to a Participant, and may include, but is not limited to, any one or more of the following performance criteria, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, subset or component, applied to the performance of the Company as a whole or to the performance of an Affiliate, division, strategic business unit, line of business or business segment, measured either quarterly, annually or cumulatively over a period of years or partial years, in each case as specified by the Committee in the Award: (i) Company Stock value or increases therein, (ii) total shareholder return, (iii) operating revenue, (iv) earnings per share or earnings per share growth (before or after one or more of taxes, interest, depreciation and/or amortization), (v) net earnings, (vi) operating efficiency, (vii) return on equity, (viii) return on tangible equity or return on tangible common equity, (ix) return on assets, net assets, capital or investment (including return on total capital or return on invested capital), (x) return on

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operating revenue, (xi) deposits, loan and/or equity levels or growth thereof, (xii) working capital targets, (xiii) assets under management or growth thereof, (xiv) cost control measures, (xv) regulatory compliance, (xvi) income or net income, (xvii) operating income, (xviii) credit quality, (xix) achievement of strategic performance objectives, (xx) achievement of merger or acquisition objectives, (xxi) improvement in or attainment of environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics, or (xxii) market share (including, without limitation, determination thereof, in the Committee’s sole discretion, with or without the effect of discontinued operations and dispositions of business units or segments, non-recurring items, material extraordinary items that are both unusual and infrequent, non-budgeted items, special charges, accruals for acquisitions, reorganization and restructuring programs and/or changes in tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting the Company’s reported results). Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance below which no payment or vesting may occur, levels of performance at which specified payments or specified vesting will occur, and a maximum level of performance above which no additional payment or vesting will occur. Performance Goals may be absolute in their terms or measured against or in relationship to a pre-established target, the Company’s budget or budgeted results, previous period results, a market index, a designated comparison group of other companies comparably, similarly or otherwise situated, or any combination thereof. The Committee shall determine the performance period during which a Performance Goal must be met, and attainment of Performance Goals shall be subject to certification by the Committee.

(w) Plan. Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan.

(x) Prior Plan. Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, as amended April 30, 2021.

(y) Restricted Stock. Company Stock awarded upon the terms and subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6.

(z) Restricted Stock Unit. An Award, designated as a Restricted Stock Unit under the Plan, that represents the right to receive Company Stock and/or cash in lieu thereof upon the terms and subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 7 and which, unless otherwise expressly provided, is valued by reference to the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock.

(aa) Rule 16b-3. Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Act, including any corresponding subsequent rule or any amendments to Rule 16b-3 enacted after the effective date of the Plan.

(bb) Stock Award. Company Stock awarded to a Participant pursuant to, and subject to the limitations of, Section 8.

(cc) 10% Shareholder. A person who owns, directly or indirectly and within the meaning of Section 422 or 424 of the Code, stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company. Indirect ownership of stock shall be determined in accordance with Section 424(d) of the Code.

3. Shares Subject to the Plan.

(a) Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 13, and subject to Section 3(b) and 3(c), a total of 4,850,000 shares of Company Stock may be issued pursuant to Awards under the Plan. All 4,850,000 shares of Company Stock issuable under the Plan may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan (including shares issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options that are the subject to disqualifying dispositions within in the meaning of Sections 421 and 422 of the Code).

(b) Lapsed Awards or Forfeited Shares. Any shares of Company Stock subject to an Award (or portion of an Award) that is canceled, forfeited or expires prior to exercise, vesting or settlement, shall again become available for issuance under the Plan.

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(c) Use of Shares as Payment of Exercise Price or Taxes. Shares of Company Stock subject to an Award shall not again be made available for issuance or delivery under the Plan, and shall count against Shares available for future Awards, if such shares are tendered, withheld or otherwise used in payment of an Option exercise price or to satisfy any amount of tax withholding with respect to the Award.

(d) Per-Participant Annual Limits. The maximum number of shares of Company Stock with respect to which Awards may be granted in any calendar year to any Participant shall not exceed an aggregate number with a Fair Market Value as of the Date of Grant equal to $1,000,000; provided, that the maximum number of shares of Company Stock with respect to which Awards may be granted in any calendar year to any non-employee director of the Company or an Affiliate shall not exceed an aggregate number with a Fair Market Value as of the Date of Grant equal to $250,000. If an Award is to be settled in cash, the number of shares of Company Stock on which the Award is based shall count toward the individual share limit set forth in this Section 3(d).

4. Stock Options.

(a) Option Grant. Whenever the Committee deems it appropriate to grant Options, an Award Agreement shall be given to the Participant stating the number of shares for which Options are granted, the exercise price per share, whether the options are Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options, and the conditions to which the grant and exercise of the Options are subject. The Award Agreement shall set forth all restrictions on disposition and transfer applicable to the Option shares. Incentive Stock Options may be granted to employees of the Company or an Affiliate. Non-employee directors and Consultants shall not be eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options. No Option (or portion thereof) that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall be invalid for failure to so qualify, but instead such Option (or portion thereof) shall constitute a Nonstatutory Stock Option.

(b) Exercise Price. The Committee shall establish the exercise price of Options. The exercise price of an Option shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such shares on the Date of Grant, provided that if the Participant is a 10% Shareholder, the exercise price of an Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of such shares on the Date of Grant.

(c) Term. The Committee shall establish the term of each Option in the Participant’s Award Agreement. The term of an Option shall not be longer than ten (10) years from the Date of Grant, except that an Incentive Stock Option granted to a 10% Shareholder shall not have a term in excess of five (5) years. No Option may be exercised after the expiration of its term or, except as set forth in the Participant’s Award Agreement, after the termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company and/or its Affiliates.

(d) Time of Exercise.

(i) During Participant’s Employment or Service. Options may be exercised during their terms in whole or in part at such times as may be specified by the Committee in the Participant’s Award Agreement. The Committee may impose such vesting conditions and other requirements as the Committee deems appropriate.

(ii) After Participant’s Termination of Employment or Service. The Committee shall set forth in the Participant’s Award Agreement when, and under what circumstances, an Option may be exercised after termination of the Participant’s employment or period of service; provided that no Incentive Stock Option may be exercised after the earlier of (A) (i) three (3) months from the Participant’s termination of employment with the Company for reasons other than Disability or death, or (ii) one (1) year from the Participant’s termination of employment on account of Disability or death; or (B) the expiration of the Option’s term. The Award Agreement may provide for various conditions with respect to the exercise of the Option after termination of employment, including, but not limited to, compliance with noncompetition, nonsolicitation and confidentiality covenants.

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(iii) After Participant’s Death. If a Participant dies and if the Participant’s Award Agreement provides that part or all of the Option may be exercised after the Participant’s death, then such portion may be exercised by the executor or administrator of the Participant’s estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a person designated to exercise the Option upon the Participant’s death during the time period specified in the Award Agreement, but not later than the expiration of the Option’s term.

The Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend a previously granted Incentive Stock Option to provide for more liberal exercise provisions, provided, however, that if the Incentive Stock Option as amended no longer meets the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, and, as a result the Option no longer qualifies for favorable federal income tax treatment under Section 422 of the Code, the amendment shall not become effective without the written consent of the Participant.

(e) Limit on Exercise of Incentive Stock Options. An Incentive Stock Option, by its terms, shall be exercisable in any calendar year only to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the Date of Grant) of the Company Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable by the Participant for the first time during the calendar year does not exceed $100,000 (the “Limitation Amount”). Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan and all other plans of the Company and its Affiliates shall be aggregated for purposes of determining whether the Limitation Amount has been exceeded. The Board may impose such conditions as it deems appropriate on an Incentive Stock Option to ensure that the foregoing requirement is met. If Incentive Stock Options that first become exercisable in a calendar year exceed the Limitation Amount, the excess Options will be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options to the extent permitted by law.

5. Method of Exercise of Options.

(a) Exercise. Options may be exercised by giving written notice of the exercise to the Company, stating the Option being exercised and the number of shares the Participant has elected to purchase under the Option.

(b) Payment. In no event shall any shares be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option until the Participant has made full payment for the shares of Company Stock (including payment of the exercise price and any Applicable Withholding Taxes). Company Stock purchased upon the exercise of an Option granted under the Plan shall be paid for as follows, provided that the Committee may impose such limitations, restrictions and administrative requirements as the Committee, in its discretion, deems advisable:

(i) in cash or by check, payable to the order of the Company;

(ii) by delivery of Company Stock that the Participant has previously acquired and owned (valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise), provided that such method of payment is then permitted under applicable law and the Company Stock was owned by the Participant for such period of time, if any, required to avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes;

(iii) if provided in an Award Agreement, by withholding and retention by the Company of sufficient shares of Company Stock issuable in connection with the exercise to cover the exercise price (a “net share exercise”) for an option not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option and, if required by the Committee, Applicable Withholding Taxes;

(iv) by delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company, from the sale or loan proceeds with respect to the sale of Company Stock or a loan secured by Company Stock, the amount necessary to pay the exercise price and, if required by the Committee, Applicable Withholding Taxes; or

(v) by any combination of the above permitted forms of payment.

(c) Delivery of Shares; No Shareholder Rights. The Company may place on any certificate representing Company Stock issued upon the exercise of an Option (or equivalent book-entry share) any legend deemed desirable by the Company’s counsel to comply with federal or state securities laws. The Company may require of

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the Participant a customary indication of his or her investment intent. A Participant shall not possess shareholder rights (including, without limitation, voting rights or rights to dividends) with respect to shares acquired upon the exercise of an Option until the Participant has exercised the Option and has made any required payment, including payment of Applicable Withholding Taxes, and the Company has issued a certificate (or made an equivalent book-entry notation in the records of the Company’s stock transfer agent) for the shares of Company Stock acquired. Further, no dividend equivalents shall be payable with respect to shares of Company Stock subject to an Option.

(d) Disqualifying Disposition. If a Participant disposes of shares acquired upon exercise of an Incentive Stock Option within two (2) years from the date the Option is granted or within one (1) year after the issuance of such shares to the Participant, the Participant shall notify the Company of such disposition and provide information regarding the date of disposition, sale price, number of shares disposed of, and any other information relating thereto that the Company may reasonably request.

6. Restricted Stock Awards.

(a) Grant. Whenever the Committee deems it appropriate to grant a Restricted Stock Award, an Award Agreement shall be given to the Participant stating the number of shares of Restricted Stock for which the Award is granted, the Date of Grant, and the terms and conditions to which the Award is subject. Certificates representing the shares shall be issued (or an equivalent book-entry notation shall be made in the records of the Company’s transfer agent) in the name of the Participant, subject to the restrictions imposed by the Plan and the Committee. Alternatively, the Committee may determine that the Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company rather than delivered to the Participant pending the release of the applicable restrictions. A Restricted Stock Award may be made by the Committee in its discretion without cash consideration.

(b) Restrictions on Transferability and Vesting. The Committee may place such restrictions on the transferability and vesting of Restricted Stock as the Committee deems appropriate, including restrictions relating to continued service and/or achievement of Performance Goals. Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, disposed of, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered until the restrictions on such shares shall have lapsed or shall have been removed pursuant to subsection (c) below.

(c) Lapse of Restrictions on Transferability. The Committee shall establish as to each Restricted Stock Award the terms and conditions upon which the restrictions on transferability and vesting set forth in paragraph (b) above shall lapse. Such terms and conditions may include, without limitation, the passage of time, the meeting of performance objectives, the lapsing of such restrictions as a result of the Disability or death of the Participant, the occurrence of a Change in Control, or certain terminations of employment in connection with a Change in Control or otherwise.

(d) Rights of the Participant and Restrictions. A Participant shall hold shares of Restricted Stock subject to the restrictions set forth in the Award Agreement and in the Plan. In other respects, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, the Participant shall have all the rights of a shareholder with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock, including, but not limited to, the right to vote such shares and the right to receive all cash dividends and other distributions paid thereon. To the extent stock certificates are delivered to the Participant, the certificates representing Restricted Stock shall bear a legend referring to the restrictions set forth in the Plan and the Participant’s Award Agreement.

7. Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

(a) Grant. Whenever the Committee deems it appropriate to grant a Restricted Stock Unit Award, an Award Agreement shall be given to the Participant stating the number of Restricted Stock Units in the Award, the Date of Grant, and the terms and conditions to which the Award is subject. No shares of Company Stock shall be issued at the time a Restricted Stock Unit is granted, and the Company will not be required to set aside a fund for the payment of any such award. A Restricted Stock Unit Award may be made by the Committee in its discretion without cash consideration.

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(b) Restrictions on Vesting. The Committee may place such restrictions on the vesting and settlement of Restricted Stock Units as the Committee deems appropriate, including restrictions relating to continued employment or service and/or achievement of Performance Goals. Restricted Stock Units may not be sold, assigned, transferred, disposed of, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered.

(c) Rights of the Participant. A Participant shall have no voting rights with respect to Restricted Stock Units. At the discretion of the Committee, to the extent set forth in the Award Agreement, each Restricted Stock Unit (representing one share of Company Stock) may be credited with dividend equivalents reflecting dividends actually paid by the Company in respect of one share of Company Stock. The Award Agreement shall set forth the time at which any such dividend equivalents are payable (for example, at the time dividends are actually paid by the Company or upon settlement of the Restricted Stock Unit) and any conditions on payment of such dividend equivalents. Dividend equivalents shall be paid in cash or, at the discretion of the Committee, in shares of Company Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of the dividend equivalents being paid.

(d) Settlement. Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, a Participant’s Restricted Stock Units which vest shall be immediately settled by the issuance and delivery to the Participant of one share of Company Stock for each vested Restricted Stock Unit or the payment of cash in an amount equal to the number of shares for which the Restricted Stock Unit vested multiplied by the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock on the vesting date, or a combination thereof as determined by the Committee.

8. Stock Awards. Whenever the Committee deems it appropriate to grant a Stock Award to a Participant, such Stock Award may be granted and, if desired by the Committee, an Award Agreement shall be given to the Participant stating the number of shares of unrestricted Company Stock for which the Award is granted, the Date of Grant, and the terms and conditions to which the Award is subject, if any. Certificates representing the shares shall be issued (or an equivalent book-entry notation shall be made in the records of the Company’s transfer agent) in the name of the Participant, subject to any terms imposed by the Plan and the Committee, as soon as practicable after the Date of Grant. A Stock Award may be made by the Committee in its discretion without cash consideration.

9. Applicable Withholding Taxes. Each Participant shall agree, as a condition of receiving an Award, to pay to the Company or the Affiliate, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company or the Affiliate regarding the payment of, all Applicable Withholding Taxes with respect to the Award. Until the Applicable Withholding Taxes have been paid or arrangements satisfactory to the Company or the Affiliate have been made, no stock certificates or book-entry shares (or, in the case of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and Stock Awards, no stock certificates or book-entry shares free of a restrictive legend) shall be issued to the Participant. As an alternative to making a cash payment to the Company or the Affiliate to satisfy Applicable Withholding Tax obligations, the Committee may establish procedures permitting the Participant to elect to (a) deliver shares of already owned Company Stock or (b) have the Company retain that number of shares of Company Stock from the shares otherwise deliverable under the Award, in either case with respect to which the Company has a statutory obligation to withhold taxes, up to the maximum tax rate applicable to the Participant, as determined by the Committee. Any such election shall be made only in accordance with procedures established by the Committee to avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes and in accordance with Rule 16b-3.

10. Nontransferability of Awards.

(a) General Rule. Awards, by their terms, shall not be transferable by the Participant except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or except as described below. Incentive Stock Options shall be exercisable, during the Participant’s lifetime, only by the Participant.

(b) Limited Transferability. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10(a) and subject to federal and state securities laws, the Committee may on a case-by-case basis grant or amend Nonstatutory Stock Options that permit a Participant to transfer the Options to one or more immediate family members, to a trust for the benefit of

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immediate family members, or to a partnership, limited liability company, or other entity the only partners, members, or interest-holders of which are among the Participant’s immediate family members. Consideration may not be paid for the transfer of Options. The transferee of an Option shall be subject to all conditions applicable to the Option prior to its transfer. The Award Agreement granting the Option shall set forth the transfer conditions and restrictions. The Committee may impose on any transferable Option and on stock issued upon the exercise of an Option such limitations and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate in its sole discretion.

11. No Option Repricing. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, neither the Committee nor the Board shall have the right or authority to amend or modify the exercise price of any outstanding Option, or to cancel an outstanding Option, at a time when the exercise price of the Option is greater than the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock in exchange for cash, another Award or other securities, except in connection with a change in capital structure or corporate transaction involving the Company in accordance with Section 13 or Section 15.

12. Duration, Amendment or Modification of the Plan.

(a) Duration. If not sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall terminate at the close of business on March 21, 2033. Awards outstanding on the date of such termination shall remain valid in accordance with their terms.

(b) Amendment and Modification. The Board may at any time terminate, suspend, amend or modify the Plan. Any such amendment or modification may be without shareholder approval, except to the extent that such shareholder approval is required by the Code, pursuant to the rules under Section 16 of the Act, by any national securities exchange or stock market system on which shares of Company Stock is then listed or quoted, by any regulatory body having jurisdiction with respect thereto, or under any other applicable laws, rules or regulations. Awards outstanding on the date of such action shall remain valid in accordance with their terms.

(c) Amendments to Awards. Subject to the terms and provisions and within the limitations of the Plan, the Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any outstanding Award on either a prospective or retroactive basis; provided that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would adversely affect the rights of any Participant or other holder of an outstanding Award shall not be effective without the consent of the affected Participant or holder.

13. Change in Capital Structure.

(a) Effect of Change in Capital Structure. In the event of changes in the outstanding shares of Company Stock or in the capital structure of the Company by reason of any stock or extraordinary cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, an extraordinary corporate transaction such as any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, spin-off of a subsidiary, or other relevant change in capitalization occurring after the Date of Grant of any Award, the number and kind of shares of stock or securities of the Company to be issued under the Plan (under outstanding Awards and Awards to be granted in the future), the per Participant maximums provided for in Section 3, the exercise price of Options, and other relevant provisions shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee, whose determination shall be binding on all persons, as to the number, price or kind of consideration subject to such Awards to the extent necessary to preserve the economic intent of such Award. If the adjustment would produce fractional shares with respect to any Award, the Committee may adjust appropriately the number of shares covered by the Award so as to eliminate the fractional shares.

(b) Authority. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may take the foregoing actions without the consent of any Participant, and the Committee’s determination shall be conclusive and binding on all persons for all purposes. The Committee shall make its determinations consistent with Rule 16b-3 and the applicable provisions of the Code.

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14. Termination of Employment or Service. The Committee shall have the full power and authority to determine the terms and conditions that shall apply to any Award upon the termination of employment or service of a Participant and may provide such terms and conditions in the Award Agreement or in such rules and policies as it may prescribe. If the terms of an Award provide that the Award will be exercisable, or become vested, or that payment will be made thereunder only if the Participant completes a stated period of employment or service, the Committee may decide to what extent leaves of absence for governmental or military service, illness, temporary disability or other reasons shall not be deemed interruptions of continuous employment or service.

15. Change in Control.

(a) Effect of a Change in Control of the Company. In the event of a Change in Control of the Company, the Committee, as constituted before such Change in Control, may take such actions with respect to any outstanding Award, either at the time the Award is made or any time thereafter, as the Committee deems appropriate, including the following:

(i) Cause any such Award then outstanding to be assumed, or new rights substituted for the Award, by the acquiring or surviving corporation in such Change in Control, or if such Awards are not assumed or substituted for new Awards, provide for the purchase, settlement or cancellation of any such Award by the Company for an amount of cash equal to the amount which could have been obtained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of a Participant’s rights had such Award been currently exercisable or payable; and

(ii) Make adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control and to retain the economic value of the Award.

(b) Acceleration Principles in the Event of a Change in Control. Each outstanding Award shall be vested, earned or become exercisable to the extent provided in the applicable Award Agreement upon or in connection with a Change in Control.

(c) Successors. The obligations of the Company under the Plan and any Award Agreements shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to all or substantially all of the assets and business of the Company and its Affiliates, taken as a whole.

16. Administration of the Plan.

(a) The Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall be appointed by the Board. The Committee shall consist of “independent” directors for purposes of any relevant stock exchange listing standards. To the extent required by Rule 16b-3, all Awards shall be made by members of the Committee who are “Non-Employee Directors” as that term is defined in Rule 16b-3, or by the Board. In the event the Board determines that a member of the Committee (or any applicable subcommittee) was not an “independent director” under applicable stock exchange listing standards, and/or was not a “non-employee director” as defined in Rule 16b-3, as applicable, on the Date of Grant, such determination shall not invalidate the Award and the Award shall remain valid in accordance with its terms. Any authority granted to the Committee may also be exercised by the full Board.

(b) Authority of the Committee. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have full and final authority to impose such limitations or conditions upon an Award as the Committee deems appropriate to achieve the objectives of the Award and the Plan. Without limiting the foregoing and in addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in the Plan, the Committee shall have the power and complete discretion to determine: (i) which eligible persons shall receive an Award and the nature of the Award; (ii) the number of shares of Company Stock to be covered by each Award; (iii) whether Options shall be Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options; (iv) the Fair Market Value of Company Stock; (v) the time or times when an Award

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shall be granted; (vi) whether an Award shall become vested over a period of time, according to a performance-based vesting schedule or otherwise, and when it shall be fully vested; (vii) the terms and conditions under which restrictions imposed upon an Award shall lapse, including conditions relating to attainment of Performance Goals; (viii) whether a Change in Control has occurred; (ix) factors relevant to the lapse of restrictions, vesting, exercise and settlement of Awards; (x) when Options may be exercised; (xi) whether to approve a Participant’s election with respect to Applicable Withholding Taxes; (xii) conditions relating to the length of time before disposition of Company Stock received in connection with an Award is permitted; (xiii) notice provisions relating to the sale of Company Stock acquired under the Plan; (xiv) whether to accelerate vesting of an Award; and (xv) any additional requirements relating to Awards that the Committee deems appropriate.

(c) Action by the Committee. The Committee may adopt rules and regulations for carrying out the Plan. The Committee shall have the express discretionary authority to construe and interpret the Plan and the Award Agreements, to resolve any ambiguities, to define any terms, and to make any other determinations required by the Plan or an Award Agreement. The interpretation and construction of any provisions of the Plan or an Award Agreement by the Committee shall be final and conclusive. The Committee may consult with counsel, who may be counsel to the Company, and shall not incur any liability for any action taken in good faith in reliance upon the advice of counsel.

(d) Delegation. The Committee, in its discretion, may delegate to one or more officers of the Company all or part of the Committee’s authority and duties with respect to grants and awards to individuals who are not subject to the reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the Act. The Committee may revoke or amend the terms of a delegation at any time but such action shall not invalidate any prior actions of the Committee’s delegate or delegates that were consistent with the terms of the Plan.

17. Notice. All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given under the Plan shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally, electronically or mailed first class, postage prepaid, as follows: (a) if to the Company - at its principal business address to the attention of the Secretary; (b) if to any Participant—at the last address of the Participant known to the sender at the time the notice or other communication is sent.

18. Section 409A. The Plan is intended to provide compensation that is exempt from or that complies with Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulations thereunder (“Section 409A”), and the Plan’s terms and the terms of any Award Agreement, including any definition contained in the Plan or an Award Agreement, shall be administered and construed in a manner that is compliant with or exempt from the application of Section 409A, as appropriate. For purposes of Section 409A, each payment under the Plan shall be deemed to be a separate payment.

Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that any payment is subject to Section 409A, if the Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A as of the date of the Participant’s termination of employment and the Company determines, in good faith, that immediate payment of any amounts or benefits under the Plan would cause a violation of Section 409A, then any amounts or benefits payable under the Plan upon the Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A which (i) are subject to the provisions of Section 409A; (ii) are not otherwise exempt from Section 409A; and (iii) would otherwise be payable during the first six-month period following such separation from service, shall be paid on the first business day next following the earlier of (1) the date that is six (6) months and one day following the Participant’s separation from service or (2) the date of the Participant’s death.

19. Tax Consequences. Nothing in the Plan or an Award Agreement shall constitute a representation by the Company to a Participant regarding the tax consequences of any Award received by a Participant under the Plan. Although the Company may endeavor to (i) qualify an Award for favorable federal tax treatment or (ii) avoid adverse tax treatment (e.g., under Section 409A), the Company makes no representation to that effect and

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expressly disavows any covenant to maintain favorable tax treatment. The Company shall be unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to the potential negative tax impact on holders of Awards under the Plan.

20. Clawback. Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Plan, any Award which is subject to recovery under any law, government regulation or stock exchange listing requirement, rule or regulation (including but not limited to Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act), will be subject to such deductions and clawback as may be required to be made pursuant to such law, government regulation or stock exchange listing requirement, rule or regulation (or any policy adopted by the Company or any Affiliate pursuant to any such law, government regulation or stock exchange listing requirement, rule or regulation). Further, the Company shall have the right to recover from a Participant time-based and performance-based Awards (or amounts received in settlement or as proceeds thereof) in accordance with any other clawback policy adopted by the Company or any Affiliate from time to time, related to a financial restatement by the Company or otherwise. This Section 20 shall not limit the Company’s right to revoke or cancel an Award or take other action against a Participant for any other reason, including, but not limited to, misconduct.

21. Interpretation and Governing Law. The terms of the Plan and Awards granted pursuant to the Plan shall be governed, construed and administered in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, excluding any choice of law rules or principles that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of any provision of the Plan or an Agreement to the substantive law of another jurisdiction. The Plan and Awards are subject to all present and future applicable provisions of the Code and, to the extent applicable, they are subject to all present and future rulings of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to Rule 16b-3. If any provision of the Plan or an Award conflicts with any such Code provision or ruling, in the opinion of the Committee or of counsel selected by the Committee, the Committee shall cause the Plan to be amended, and shall modify the Award, so as to comply, or if for any reason amendments cannot be made, that provision of the Plan or the Award shall be void and of no effect and no shares of Company Stock shall be issued thereunder.

22. Banking, Statutory and Regulatory Provisions. The Plan and all Awards granted under the Plan, and the issuance of any Company Stock thereunder, shall be subject to any condition, limitation or prohibition under any Virginia or federal statutory or regulatory policy, rule or regulation, or any requirement, rule or regulation of any stock exchange or stock market on which Company Stock is listed or quoted, to which the Company or an Affiliate is subject.

23. No Employment or Other Service Rights. Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or Award granted under the Plan shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the time the Award was granted or shall affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an employee with or without notice and with or without Cause, (ii) the service of a director pursuant to the bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of Virginia in the case of the Company or the corporate law of the jurisdiction in which an Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may be, or (iii) the service of a Consultant for any reason at any time. Further, the grant of an Award shall not obligate the Company or any Affiliate to pay an employee any particular amount of remuneration or to make further grants to the employee at any time thereafter.

24. Forfeiture Events. The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain events, in addition to applicable vesting conditions of an Award. Such events may include, without limitation, breach of noncompetition, nonsolicitation, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that are contained in the Award Agreement or otherwise applicable to the Participant, termination of the Participant’s employment or service for Cause, or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company and/or its Affiliates. In addition, if a Participant’s employment or service is terminated for Cause, then as of the date of the misconduct, any Option held by the Participant shall terminate, and any unvested Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units held by the Participant shall be forfeited.

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25. Deferral of Awards. The Committee may establish one or more programs under the Plan to permit selected Participants the opportunity to elect to defer receipt of consideration upon exercise of an Award, satisfaction of performance criteria, or other event that absent the election would entitle the Participant to payment or receipt of shares of Company Stock or other consideration under an Award. The Committee may establish the election procedures, the timing of such elections, the mechanisms for payments of, and accrual of interest or other earnings, if any, on amounts, shares or other consideration so deferred, and such other terms, conditions, rules and procedures that the Committee deems advisable for the administration of any such deferral program.

26. Non-Uniform Treatment. The Committee shall be entitled to make non-uniform and selective determinations, amendments and adjustments, and to enter into non-uniform and selective Award Agreements.

27. Beneficiary Designation. A Participant may designate a beneficiary to receive any Options that may be exercised after death or to receive any other Award that may be paid after his death, as provided for in the Award Agreement. Such designation and any change or revocation of such designation shall be made in writing in the form and manner prescribed by the Committee (or its delegate). In the event that the designated beneficiary dies prior to the Participant, or in the event that no beneficiary has been designated, any Awards that may be exercised or paid following the Participant’s death shall be transferred or paid in accordance with the Participant’s will or the laws of descent and distribution.

28. Rules of Construction. Each use herein of one gender is deemed to include the other genders. Each use herein of the plural includes the singular and vice versa, in each case as the context requires or as it is otherwise appropriate. Descriptive headings as to the contents of particular Sections are for convenience only and do not control or affect the meaning, construction or interpretation of the Plan.

29. Creditors. The interests of any Participant under the Plan or any Award Agreement are not subject to the claims of creditors and may not, in any way, be assigned, alienated or encumbered.

30. Unfunded Status of the Plan. The Plan, insofar as it provides for Awards, shall be unfunded, and the Company shall not be required to segregate any assets that may at any time be represented by Awards under the Plan. Any liability of the Company to any person with respect to any Award shall be based solely upon any contractual obligations that may be created pursuant to the Plan. No such obligation of the Company shall be deemed to be secured by any pledge of, or other encumbrance on, any property of the Company.

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