COMMUNITY BANCORP VT

DEF 14A 1 ea0202380-def14a_community.htm DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT

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 (Amendment No. )

Filed by the Registrant ☒

Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐

Check the appropriate box:

Community Bancorp /VT

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

April 3, 2024

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

Please join us for the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of Community Bancorp., which will be held at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time at The East Side Restaurant in Newport, Vermont on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Accompanying this letter for your review are our proxy materials for the meeting and our Annual Report for 2023.

At the meeting, you will be asked to vote on the following items:

• Election of five directors to a three-year term expiring in 2027; and

• Ratification of BerryDunn as the Company’s external auditors for 2024.

Your participation in the voting is important. Please be sure to vote your proxy promptly so that your shares will be represented and can be voted at the meeting whether or not you are present in person. You may vote your shares via the internet, by telephone (toll free), or by requesting a proxy card and returning it by mail. You may withdraw your proxy and vote in person at the meeting if you choose to do so.

If you hold your shares through a broker, please note that under current brokerage industry rules you must furnish voting instructions to your broker in order for your shares to be voted in the election of directors (Proposal 1).

Thank you for your continued support of Community Bancorp. I look forward to seeing you at the annual meeting.

Sincerely,

Kathryn M. Austin

President & CEO

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON MAY 14, 2024

The annual meeting of shareholders of Community Bancorp. will be held at The East Side Restaurant, 47 Landing Street, in Newport, Vermont, 05855 on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, for the following purposes:

The close of business on March 20, 2024, has been fixed as the record date for determining holders of the Company’s common stock entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the annual meeting.

IMPORTANT NOTICE OF INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE 2024 ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

This proxy statement, the proxy card and our Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2023 are available on the internet and may be accessed atwww.envisionreports.com/CMTV.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Louise Bonvechio

Corporate Secretary

Derby, Vermont

April 3, 2024

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PROXY PROMPTLY BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE CARD TO VOTE YOUR SHARES VIA THE INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE (TOLL FREE), OR BY MAIL, WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING. YOU MAY STILL VOTE IN PERSON IF YOU ATTEND THE MEETING AND CHOOSE TO REVOKE YOUR PROXY AND VOTE BY BALLOT. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU VOTE YOUR SHARES BY SUBMITTING YOUR COMPLETED PROXY PROMPTLY.

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PROXY STATEMENT

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

May 14, 2024

This proxy statement is furnished to our shareholders in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of Community Bancorp. (the**“Company,” “we,” “our”** or**“us”**) for use at the annual meeting of shareholders and at any postponements or adjournments of that meeting. The annual meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time at The East Side Restaurant, 47 Landing Street, in Newport, Vermont. This proxy statement and related proxy card are first being made available to our shareholders on or about April 3, 2024.