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 22, 2015

 

 

PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Mississippi

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

01-12103   64-0709834

(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 Address, 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 22, 2015. There were 5,123,186 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     Outstanding  

Drew Allen

     3,464,407.062         400,027.027         52,162.968         1,206,588.943  (1)      5,123,186.000   

Rex E. Kelly

     3,410,275.780         454,568.161         51,753.116         1,206,588.943  (1)      5,123,186.000   

Dan Magruder

     3,464,872.062         400,027.027         51,697.968         1,206,588.943  (1)      5,123,186.000   

Jeffrey H. O’Keefe

     3,465,316.914         399,527.027         51,753.116         1,206,588.943  (1)      5,123,186.000   

Chevis C. Swetman

     3,465,960.914         398,882.027         51,753.116         1,206,589.943  (2)      5,123,186.000   

 

(1) Includes 407,671 broker non-votes.
(2) Includes 407,672 broker non-votes.

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

 

Approve

     3,347,483.432   

Disapprove

     24,212.643   

Abstain

     952,571.982   

Not Voted

     798,917.943   
  

 

 

 

Total Shares Outstanding

  5,123,186.000   
  

 

 

 

(c) Transaction of other business:

 

Approve

  3,419,541.094   

Disapprove

  828,451.597   

Abstain

  76,273.366   

Not Voted (1)

  798,919.943   
  

 

 

 

Total Shares Outstanding

  5,123,186.000   
  

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes 2 broker non-votes.


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 23, 2015

 

PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:

/s/ Chevis C. Swetman

Chevis C. Swetman
Chairman, President and CEO