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USCB Financial Holdings Executive Compensation (FY25)

USCB · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): April 21, 2026
86 figures on this page, cited to the filing that reported them. See the citations
The compensation disclosed runs fiscal 2023 through fiscal 2025. Separately, for fiscal 2025, the company reported 3 named executive officers, and Luis de la Aguilera was paid $1,644,771 in total compensation as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $3,066,320 reported for fiscal 2024, de la Aguilera's total was 46.4% lower. As an emerging growth company, the company is exempt from the advisory say-on-pay vote.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Luis de la Aguilera
This company is not required to report a chief executive pay ratio.
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Luis de la Aguilera: $3,066,320 → $1,644,771 (46.4% lower)

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Who is USCB Financial Holdings' chief executive and what were they paid?
Luis de la Aguilera was paid $1,644,771 in total compensation as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $3,066,320 reported for fiscal 2024, de la Aguilera's total was 46.4% lower.
What was USCB Financial Holdings' say-on-pay result?
As an emerging growth company, the company is exempt from the advisory say-on-pay vote.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Luis de la Aguilera
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Robert Anderson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Nicholas Bustle
Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Luis de la Aguilera
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Robert Anderson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Nicholas Bustle
Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Luis de la Aguilera
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Robert Anderson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Nicholas Bustle
Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Luis de la AguileraOTHER——————◇
Nicholas BustleOTHER——————◇
Robert AndersonOTHER——————◇
Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Nicholas BustleOption◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
Robert AndersonOption◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Luis de la AguileraOption◇—◇—
Option◇—◇—
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Ramon A. Rodriguez
◇—————◇
Ramon M. Rodriguez
——————◇
Bernardo Fernandez
◇—————◇
Ramón Abadin
◇—————◇
Robert E. Kafafian
◇—————◇
W. Kirk Wycoff
Lead independent director
◇—————◇
Howard P. Feinglass
◇—————◇
Maria C. Alonso
◇—————◇
Aida Levitan
◇—————◇
Luis de la Aguilera served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
This company is an emerging growth company and is exempt from the advisory vote on executive compensation. There is no vote to report.
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Citations

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86 figures on this page, cited to the filing that reported them.
86 cited to the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000927089-26-000070
    Director Compensation · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION & · Outstanding Equity Awards at 2025 Fiscal Year-End · Summary Compensation Table
  2. 0000927089-25-000082
    Summary Compensation Table
  3. 0000927089-24-000071
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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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