UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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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 19, 2019 (April 17, 2019)

 

SB FINANCIAL GROUP, INC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Ohio   0-13507   34-1395608
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)  

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

401 Clinton Street, Defiance, OH 43512
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (419) 783-8950

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Emerging growth company o

 

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

 

The 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of SB Financial Group, Inc. (“SB Financial”) was held on April 17, 2019, in Defiance, Ohio. At the close of business on the record date for the Annual Meeting (February 21, 2019), a total of 6,527,636 SB Financial common shares were outstanding and entitled to vote. A total of 5,027,388, or 77.01% of the outstanding common shares outstanding and entitled to vote, were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Provided below are the final voting results for the Annual Meeting.

 

Proposal No. 1:

 

The following directors were elected at the Annual Meeting for three-year terms expiring in 2022:

 

   Number of Votes 
   For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes 
Richard L. Hardgrove   3,658,885    376,936    991,567 
Mark A. Klein   3,717,117    318,704    991,567 
William G. Martin   3,524,040    511,781    991,567 

 

Proposal No. 2:

 

Shareholders holding a majority of the SB Financial common shares represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting approved Proposal No. 2, to ratify the appointment of BKD, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of SB Financial Group for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019:

 

Number of Votes 
For   Against   Broker Non-Votes   Abstain 
 4,965,227    60,712    N/A    1,449 

 

Proposal No. 3:

 

Shareholders holding a majority of the SB Financial common shares represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting approved Proposal No. 3, to consider and vote upon a non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation of SB Financial’s named executive officers:

 

Number of Votes

For   Against   Broker Non-Votes   Abstain 
 3,789,206    222,594    991,567    24,021 

 

Proposal No. 4:

 

Shareholders holding a majority of the SB Financial common shares represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting approved Proposal No. 4, to consider and vote upon the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of SB Financial’s named executive officers to be every one year:

 

Number of Votes

1 Year   2 Years   3 Years   Abstain 
 3,829,659    22,608    158,414    25,140 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

  SB FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
     
Dated:  April 19, 2019 By: /s/ Anthony V. Cosentino
    Anthony V. Cosentino
    Chief Financial Officer

 

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