8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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Current report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

December 27, 2022

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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California	0-10661	94-2792841
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

63 Constitution Drive	Chico,	California	95973
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (530) 898-0300

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, no par value	TCBK	Nasdaq

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 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(e) Modified Compensatory Plan. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of TriCo Bancshares (the “Company”) approved amendments to the TriCo Bancshares Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) and corresponding Participation Agreement with three of its executive officers. The SERP was previously filed as Exhibit 10.15 to TriCo’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004. The amendment to the SERP and Participation Agreements were executed on December 27, 2022 (collectively, the “Amendments”).

The Amendments are for SERP participants Richard P. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer; Craig B. Carney, Executive Vice President – Chief Credit Officer; and Daniel K. Bailey – Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer (the “Executives”).

The Amendments amend Section 4.1 of the SERP to freeze the amount of Normal Retirement Benefit (as defined in the SERP) each Executive is entitled to under the SERP. Previously payments generally were based on a formula using the Executive’s five highest years of cash compensation, with adjustments for Social Security and the Company’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan, causing variable compensation each year. Furthermore, due to the amendment to Section 4.1 of the SERP, Section 4.6 of the SERP was deleted (Form of Benefit Payment) with respect to each of the Executives.

The annual lifetime payments under the Amendments are as follows:

Executive	Annual Amount (1)(2)(3)
Richard P. Smith	$	785,000
Craig B. Carney	272,100
Daniel K. Bailey	221,700

(1) Payments are made monthly.

(2) In the form of a 100% joint and survivor annuity.

(3) In the event Messrs. Smith, Carney and Bailey are no longer married to their current spouses at the time benefit payments commence, such payments will be in the form of single life annuities equal annually to $975,000, $320,000, and $255,000, respectively.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

The Company expects to recognize a pre-tax charge of approximately $2.6 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022 related to the above-described Amendments. The impact of the amendments on the named executive officers is expected to fix the future benefits they will receive under the SERP, subject to certain vesting requirements. Amounts related to these changes will be reflected in future years in the executive compensation tables in the Company's annual meeting proxy statement titled Summary Compensation and Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

10.1    Amendment to SERP and Participation Agreement – Richard P. Smith

10.2    Amendment to SERP and Participation Agreement – Daniel K. Bailey

10.3    Amendment to SERP and Participation Agreement – Craig B. Carney

SIGNATURES

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 thereunto duly authorized.

	TRICO BANCSHARES
Date: December 28, 2022	/s/ Peter G. Wiese
	Peter G. Wiese, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

2022-1 AMENDMENT TO

TRICO BANCSHARES SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

AND

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

WHERAS, TriCo Bancshares (the “Company”) maintains the TriCo Bancshares Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “SERP”);

WHEREAS, Richard P. Smith (the “Executive”) became a participant in the SERP pursuant to a participation agreement dated December 14, 1993 (the “Participation Agreement”);

WHEREAS, Section 8.2 of the SERP provides that the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) may amend the SERP from time to time provided that such an amendment may not reduce a participant’s accrued benefit or change the vesting schedule without the participant’s consent; and

WHEREAS, the Board has determined to amend the SERP with respect to the Executive (and only the Executive) so as to help rationalize the balance between accrued SERP benefits and other compensation by freezing the Executive’s SERP benefit as between two life annuity benefit forms that as of the effective date hereof are actuarially equivalent applying reasonable actuarial methods and assumptions.

NOW, THERFORE, the SERP and the Participation Agreement are hereby amended with respect to the participation of Richard P. Smith as follows, effective December 27, 2022:

1.Section 4.1 (“Normal Retirement Benefit”) of the SERP is amended, solely with respect to the Executive, by deleting subsection (a) thereof and replacing it in its entirety with the following new language:

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Supplemental Retirement Benefit of Participant Richard P. Smith shall, effective December 27, 2022, be frozen (the “Benefit Freeze Effective Date”); therefore, commencing on the first day of the month coinciding with or following Mr. Smith’s Normal Retirement Date, the Employer shall:

(i) if at the time of benefit commencement Mr. Smith remains married to his spouse as of the Benefit Freeze Effective Date, pay to Mr. Smith and such spouse a 100% joint & survivor annuity in a monthly Supplemental Retirement Benefit amount equal to $65,416.67 (the equivalent of $785,000 annually), or

(ii) if at the time of benefit commencement Mr. Smith is no longer married to his spouse as of the Benefit Freeze Effective Date (whether due to death or divorce), pay to Mr. Smith a single life annuity in a monthly Supplemental Retirement Benefit equal to $81,250 (the equivalent of $975,000 annually).

2. The SERP is amended, solely with respect to the Executive, by deleting Section 4.6 (“Form of Benefit Payment”) and replacing it in its entirety with the following new language:

4.6 Reserved.

3. The provisions of the SERP shall remain applicable except as expressly provided herein.

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Exhibit 10.1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this 2022-1 Amendment to be executed by its duly authorized officer on this 27th day of December, 2022.

TRICO BANCSHARES

By: /s/ Cory W. Giese

Name: Cory W. Giese

Title: Lead Independent Director

Acknowledged and Agreed:

By: /s/ Richard P. Smith

Richard P. Smith                                         

EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

2022-2 AMENDMENT TO

TRICO BANCSHARES SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

AND

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

WHERAS, TriCo Bancshares (the “Company”) maintains the TriCo Bancshares Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “SERP”);

WHEREAS, Daniel K. Bailey (the “Executive”) became a participant in the SERP pursuant to a participation agreement dated May 21, 2007 (the “Participation Agreement”);

WHEREAS, Section 8.2 of the SERP provides that the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) may amend the SERP from time to time provided that such an amendment may not reduce a participant’s accrued benefit or change the vesting schedule without the participant’s consent; and

WHEREAS, the Board has determined to amend the SERP with respect to the Executive (and only the Executive) so as to help rationalize the balance between accrued SERP benefits and other compensation by freezing the Executive’s SERP benefit as between two life annuity benefit forms that as of the effective date hereof are actuarially equivalent applying reasonable actuarial methods and assumptions.

NOW, THERFORE, the SERP and the Participation Agreement are hereby amended with respect to the participation of Daniel K. Bailey as follows, effective December 27, 2022:

1.Section 4.1 (“Normal Retirement Benefit”) of the SERP is amended, solely with respect to the Executive, by deleting subsection (a) thereof and replacing it in its entirety with the following new language:

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Supplemental Retirement Benefit of Participant Daniel K. Bailey shall, effective December 27, 2022, be frozen (the “Benefit Freeze Effective Date”); therefore, commencing on the first day of the month coinciding with or following Mr. Bailey’s Normal Retirement Date, the Employer shall:

(i) if at the time of benefit commencement Mr. Bailey remains married to his spouse as of the Benefit Freeze Effective Date, pay to Mr. Bailey and such spouse a 100% joint & survivor annuity in a monthly Supplemental Retirement Benefit amount equal to $18,475 (the equivalent of $221,700 annually), or

(ii) if at the time of benefit commencement Mr. Bailey is no longer married to his spouse as of the Benefit Freeze Effective Date (whether due to death or divorce), pay to Mr. Bailey a single life annuity in a monthly Supplemental Retirement Benefit equal to $21,250 (the equivalent of $255,000 annually).

2. The SERP is amended, solely with respect to the Executive, by deleting Section 4.6 (“Form of Benefit Payment”) and replacing it in its entirety with the following new language:

4.6 Reserved.

3. The provisions of the SERP shall remain applicable except as expressly provided herein.

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Exhibit 10.2

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this 2022-2 Amendment to be executed by its duly authorized officer on this 27th day of December, 2022.

TRICO BANCSHARES

By: /s/ Cory W. Giese

Name: Cory W. Giese

Title: Lead Independent Director

Acknowledged and Agreed:

By: /s/Daniel K. Bailey

Daniel K. Bailey                                         

EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

2022-3 AMENDMENT TO

TRICO BANCSHARES SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

AND

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

WHERAS, TriCo Bancshares (the “Company”) maintains the TriCo Bancshares Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “SERP”);

WHEREAS, Craig B. Carney (the “Executive”) became a participant in the SERP pursuant to a participation agreement dated December 12, 1999 (the “Participation Agreement”);

WHEREAS, Section 8.2 of the SERP provides that the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) may amend the SERP from time to time provided that such an amendment may not reduce a participant’s accrued benefit or change the vesting schedule without the participant’s consent; and

WHEREAS, the Board has determined to amend the SERP with respect to the Executive (and only the Executive) so as to help rationalize the balance between accrued SERP benefits and other compensation by freezing the Executive’s SERP benefit as between two life annuity benefit forms that as of the effective date hereof are actuarially equivalent applying reasonable actuarial methods and assumptions.

NOW, THERFORE, the SERP and the Participation Agreement are hereby amended with respect to the participation of Craig B. Carney as follows, effective December 27, 2022:

1.Section 4.1 (“Normal Retirement Benefit”) of the SERP is amended, solely with respect to the Executive, by deleting subsection (a) thereof and replacing it in its entirety with the following new language:

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Supplemental Retirement Benefit of Participant Craig B. Carney shall, effective December 27, 2022, be frozen (the “Benefit Freeze Effective Date”); therefore, commencing on the first day of the month coinciding with or following Mr. Carney’s Normal Retirement Date, the Employer shall:

(i) if at the time of benefit commencement Mr. Carney remains married to his spouse as of the Benefit Freeze Effective Date, pay to Mr. Carney and such spouse a 100% joint & survivor annuity in a monthly Supplemental Retirement Benefit amount equal to $22,675 (the equivalent of $272,100 annually), or

(ii) if at the time of benefit commencement Mr. Carney is no longer married to his spouse as of the Benefit Freeze Effective Date (whether due to death or divorce), pay to Mr. Carney a single life annuity in a monthly Supplemental Retirement Benefit equal to $26,666.67 (the equivalent of $320,000 annually).

2. The SERP is amended, solely with respect to the Executive, by deleting Section 4.6 (“Form of Benefit Payment”) and replacing it in its entirety with the following new language:

4.6 Reserved.

3. The provisions of the SERP shall remain applicable except as expressly provided herein.

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Exhibit 10.3

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this 2022-3 Amendment to be executed by its duly authorized officer on this 27th day of December, 2022.

TRICO BANCSHARES

By: /s/ Cory W. Giese

Name: Cory W. Giese

Title: Lead Independent Director

Acknowledged and Agreed:

By: /s/Craig B. Carney

Craig B. Carney                                         

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