bafn-20220519

Florida

001-41068

59-3665079

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

file number)

(IRS employer

identification no.)

700 Central Avenue

33701

St. Petersburg, Florida

(Zip Code)

(Address of principal executive offices)

(727) 440-6848

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Securities Registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class registered	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock	BAFN	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter)
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The 2022 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of BayFirst Financial Corp. (the "Company") was held on May 19, 2022. There were a total of 4,013,016 shares of common stock outstanding as of the record date for the Annual Meeting, of which 2,252,233 were present in person or by proxy at the meeting, representing 56.1% of the outstanding shares eligible to vote.

A proposal to elect 13 nominees to serve as directors, each for a term expiring at the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders, was presented to the shareholders. The results of the shareholder vote on the proposal were as follows:


Nominees	Number of Shares Voted For	Abstentions and Broker Non-Vote	Number of Shares Voted Withheld
George Apostolou	2,249,996	1,760,783	2,237
Derek S. Berset	2,214,889	1,760,783	37,344
Mark S. Berset	2,215,073	1,760,783	37,160
Dennis R. DeLoach, III	2,251,930	1,760,783	303
Alexander Harris	2,252,210	1,760,783	23
Tarek Helal	2,247,384	1,760,783	4,849
Anthony N. Leo	2,251,979	1,760,783	254
Christos Politis, M.D.	2,126,638	1,760,783	125,595
Anthony Saravanos	2,249,996	1,760,783	2,237
Bradly W. Spoor	2,252,210	1,760,783	23
Harold J. Winner	2,252,217	1,760,783	16
Sheryl WuDunn	2,249,374	1,760,783	2,859
Barbara J. Zipperian	2,248,467	1,760,783	3,766

The information in this report (including the exhibits) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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.



BAYFIRST FINANCIAL CORP.

Date:			May 23, 2022

By:			/s/ Robin L. Oliver
			Robin L. Oliver
			Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer