United States

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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 20, 2010

 

 

UNION FIRST MARKET BANKSHARES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Virginia   0-20293   54-1598552
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

111 Virginia Street

Suite 200

Richmond, Virginia 23219

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 633-5031

 

 

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

Union First Market Bankshares Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual shareholders’ meeting on April 20, 2010. At the annual meeting, the Company’s shareholders: (i) elected each of the persons listed below under Proposal 1 to serve as a Class II director of the Company for a term that will continue until the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders; (ii) elected Steven A. Markel to serve as a Class III director until the next annual meeting of shareholders; (iii) elected David J. Fairchild to serve as a Class I director until the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders; (iv) ratified the appointment of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P. C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010; (v) approved the advisory (non-binding) vote on compensation of the executives disclosed in the Company’s 2010 Proxy Statement; and (vi) did not approve the shareholder proposal to recommend that the Company’s Board of Directors take action to declassify the Board such that all directors stand for election annually.

Our independent inspector of elections reported the vote of the shareholders as follows:

Proposal 1: To elect four directors to serve as Class II directors for three-year terms:

 

Nominees:

   Votes FOR    Votes WITHHELD    Broker Non-Votes

Daniel I. Hansen

   21,213,047    322,620    2,322,766

Ronald L. Hicks

   21,050,950    484,717    2,322,766

W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr.

   21,081,403    454,264    2,322,766

James E. Ukrop

   21,179,136    356,531    2,322,766

Proposal 2: To elect one director to serve as a Class III director for a one-year term:

Nominee:

Steven A. Markel

 

Votes FOR

  

Votes AGAINST

  

Votes ABSTAIN

  

Broker Non-Votes

21,131,815

   332,393    71,456    2,322,769

Proposal 3: To elect one director to serve as a Class I director for a two-year term:

Nominee:

David J. Fairchild

 

Votes FOR

  

Votes AGAINST

  

Votes ABSTAIN

  

Broker Non-Votes

21,110,093

   340,751    84,819    2,322,770

Proposal 4: To ratify the appointment of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P. C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010.

 

Votes FOR

  

Votes AGAINST

  

Votes ABSTAIN

  

Broker Non-Votes

22,889,597

   905,993    54,564    8,279

Proposal 5: To approve, in an advisory (non-binding) vote, the compensation of executives disclosed in the Company’s 2010 Proxy Statement.

 

Votes FOR

  

Votes AGAINST

  

Votes ABSTAIN

  

Broker Non-Votes

22,905,927

   795,030    149,196    8,280

Proposal 6: To consider a shareholder proposal to recommend that the Company’s Board of Directors take action to declassify the Board such that all directors stand for election annually.

 

Votes FOR

  

Votes AGAINST

  

Votes ABSTAIN

  

Broker Non-Votes

7,968,519

   13,195,092    372,048    2,322,774


SIGNATURES

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

 

    UNION FIRST MARKET BANKSHARES CORPORATION
Dated: April 22, 2010   By:  

/s/ D. Anthony Peay

    D. Anthony Peay
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer