uvsp-20210428

Pennsylvania

0-7617

23-1886144

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation)

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Title of class	Trading Symbol	Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $5 par value	UVSP	The NASDAQ Stock Market


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At the Corporation's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 28, 2021, the shareholders approved the matters described in the Corporation's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2021, and set forth below. As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, holders of a total of 29,317,550 shares of the Corporation's Common Stock were entitled to vote on the matters considered at the Annual Meeting.

The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting:


		For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
1.	Election of four Class I Directors each for a three-year term expiring in 2024:
	William S. Aichele	21,837,873	902,522	2,453,905
	Suzanne Keenan	22,265,195	475,200	2,453,905
	Thomas M. Petro	21,955,715	784,680	2,453,905
	Charles H. Zimmerman	19,896,351	2,844,044	2,453,905

	Election of one Alternate Director for a one-year term expiring in 2022:
	Joseph P. Beebe	22,251,447	488,948	2,453,905


		For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
2.	Ratification of KPMG LLP as the Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for 2021:
		25,009,731	143,574	40,995	—
3.	Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Corporation's named executive officers as presented in the proxy statement:
		21,751,702	842,564	146,129	2,453,905

Based upon the foregoing results; (1) each nominee for election as a Director or Alternate Director has received a plurality of the votes cast, and has been duly elected; (2) KPMG LLP has been ratified by the majority of the shareholders as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021; and (3) the compensation of the named executive officers as presented in the proxy has been approved by the majority of the shareholders on an advisory basis.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



			Univest Financial Corporation

			By:			/s/ Brian J. Richardson
			Name:			Brian J. Richardson
			Title:			Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer


Item 5.07			Submission of Matters to a vote of Security Holders