UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,  DC 20549 

FORM 8‑K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Evans Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting, James E. Biddle, Jr., Marsha S. Henderson, Kenneth C. Kirst, and Nora B. Sullivan were elected as directors for a term of three years.  The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.  Also, the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2014 was ratified.

The following table reflects the tabulation of votes with respect to the matters voted on at the 2014 Annual Meeting:

Proposal I:

Election of Directors

 

James E. Biddle, Jr.

FOR: 2,645,176

WITHHOLD: 91,416

BROKER NON-VOTES: 623,822

 

Marsha S. Henderson

FOR: 2,154,615

WITHHOLD: 581,977

BROKER NON-VOTES: 623,822

 

Kenneth C. Kirst

FOR: 2,651,147

WITHHOLD: 88,162

BROKER NON-VOTES: 623,822

 

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Nora B. Sullivan

FOR: 2,479,367

WITHHOLD: 257,225

BROKER NON-VOTES: 623,822

 

Proposal II:

 

The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers:

 

FOR: 2,370,303

AGAINST: 222,754

ABSTAIN: 146,239

BROKER NON-VOTES: 623,822

 

Proposal III:

 

Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as Evans Bancorp, Inc.’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2014:

 

FOR: 3,333,696

AGAINST: 10,110

ABSTAIN: 19,326

 

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The following directors also continued their terms in office following the 2014 Annual Meeting:

 

Robert G. Miller, Jr.

David J. Nasca

John R. O’Brien

Michael J. Rogers

Thomas H. Waring, Jr.

Lee C. Wortham

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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