Stephen A. Cortese - 20 Feb 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for California BanCorp \ CA (BCAL)

Role: Director
Signature: Manisha Merchant, by POA for Stephen Cortese
Issuer symbol: BCAL
Transactions as of: 20 Feb 2026
Net transactions value: +$986
Form type: 4
Filing time: 23 Feb 2026, 20:40:35 UTC
Previous filing: 25 Nov 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Cortese Stephen A.	Director	C/O CALIFORNIA BANCORP, 355 S. GRAND AVE STE 1200, LOS ANGELES	Manisha Merchant, by POA for Stephen Cortese	23 Feb 2026	0001807460

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	BCAL	Common Stock	Other	$986	+52	+0.01%	$18.89	348,545	16 Jan 2026	Direct	F1
transaction	BCAL	Common Stock	Award	$0	+1,042	+0.3%	$0.000000	349,587	20 Feb 2026	Direct	F2
holding	BCAL	Common Stock						44,645	20 Feb 2026	A Cortese & S Cortese TTEE Cortese Trust U/A DTD 8/20/2013
holding	BCAL	Common Stock						2,086	20 Feb 2026	Cortese Real Property LP

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Reinvestment of cash dividends on January 16, 2026.
F2	Represents restricted stock units ("RSUs") issued to the Reporting Person as consideration for service on the Issuer's Board of Directors. Shares will be issued in full upon vesting on February 20, 2026.