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)
Registrants 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 Companys 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 Companys independent registered public accounting firm for 2010; (v) approved the advisory (non-binding) vote on compensation of the executives disclosed in the Companys 2010 Proxy Statement; and (vi) did not approve the shareholder proposal to recommend that the Companys 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 Companys 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 Companys 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 Companys 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 |