Form 8-K

 

 

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 18, 2013

 

 

PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

 

Mississippi   01-12103   64-0709834

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

152 Lameuse Street Biloxi, MS   39530
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(228) 435-5511

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Addresss, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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 Instructions A.2 below):

 

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Item 5.07. Results of Shareholder Vote

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Peoples Financial Corporation was held on April 16, 2013. There were 5,136,918 shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Except in the election of directors, each share of common stock entitles the holder thereof to one vote on each matter presented at the Annual Meeting. In the election of directors, each shareholder may vote his shares cumulatively by multiplying the number of shares he is entitled to vote by the number of directors to be elected. The matters voted upon and the results of the vote were:

(a) Election of five directors to hold office for a term of one year:

 

     Approve      Disapprove      Abstain      Not Voted (1)      Outstanding  

Drew Allen

     4,056,260.674         —            540.803         1,080,116.523         5,136,918.000   

Rex E. Kelly

     4,053,987.005         —            604.472         1,082,326.523         5,136,918.000   

Dan Magruder

     4,056,260.674         —            540.803         1,080,116.523         5,136,918.000   

Jeffrey H. O’Keefe

     4,056,260.674         —            540.803         1,080,116.523         5,136,918.000   

Chevis C. Swetman

     4,056,260.674         —            540.803         1,080,116.523         5,136,918.000   

 

(1) Includes broker non-votes of 327,929.492 for nominee Kelly and 325,719.492 for all other nominees.

(b) Appointment of Porter Keadle Moore, LLC as the independent public accountants:

 

Approve

     4,270,214.282   

Disapprove

     8,985.000   

Abstain

     103,320.687   

Not Voted

     754,398.031   
  

 

 

 

Total Shares Outstanding

     5,136,918.000   
  

 

 

 

(c) Non-binding resolution approving compensation of named executive officers:

 

Approve

     4,023,523.325   

Disapprove

     32,776.012   

Abstain

     16,685.632   

Not Voted

     1,063,933.031 (1) 
  

 

 

 

Total Shares Outstanding

     5,136,918.000   
  

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes broker non-votes of 309,536.000


(d) Non-binding resolution on frequency on approval of compensation of named executive officers:

 

One Year

     1,015,288.491   

Two Years

     40,129.435   

Three Years

     2,952,794.997   

Abstain

     64,770.047   

Not Voted

     1,063,935.030 (1) 
  

 

 

 

Total Shares Outstanding

     5,136,918.000   
  

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes broker non-votes of 309,539.999

(e) Transaction of other business:

 

Approve

     3,697,969.034   

Disapprove

     618,794.000   

Abstain

     65,755.935   

Not Voted

     754,399.031   
  

 

 

 

Total Shares Outstanding

     5,136,918.000   
  

 

 

 


SIGNATURES

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

Dated: April 18, 2013

 

PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Chevis C. Swetman
  Chevis C. Swetman
  Chairman, President and CEO