Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. OnApril 24, 2020 ,First Business Financial Services, Inc. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") to: (1) elect four Class I directors to hold office until the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (2) act upon a proposal to approve theFirst Business Financial Services, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan; (3) approve, in a non-binding, advisory vote, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers; and (4) to ratify the appointment ofCrowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year endingDecember 31, 2020 . Of the aggregate 8,587,450 shares of the Company's common stock issued and outstanding as of the close of business on the record date,February 28, 2020 , 6,844,741 shares or 80% were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders voted as follows: (1) Election of the below-named nominees to the Board of Directors of the Company
(the "Board"):
Nominees Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes
The four nominees listed above were elected by a plurality to serve on the Board. Further, each nominee received in excess of 98% of the shares voted in favor of their election.
(2) Approval of the
Purchase Plan.
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 5,986,890 166,261 19,610 671,980
This matter was approved by shareholders with 97% of shares voted cast in favor of the proposal.
(3) Approval in a non-binding, advisory vote, of the compensation of the
Company's named executive officers.
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 5,731,667 240,398 200,696 671,980
This matter was approved by shareholders with 93% of shares voted cast in favor of the proposal.
(4) Ratification of the appointment of
public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 6,839,191 2,178 3,372 0
This matter was approved by shareholders with 99% of shares voted cast in favor of the proposal.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto are being "furnished" pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, and will not, except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, be deemed "filed" by the
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Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor will any of such information or exhibits be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (a) Not applicable (b) Not applicable (c) Not applicable
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is being furnished herewith:
99.1 Slides from Annual Meeting of Shareholders
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