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 27, 2011

 

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

(808) 544-0500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

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

 

On April 27, 2011, Central Pacific Financial Corp. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders at which the shareholders voted upon and approved (i) an amendment to the Company’s Bylaws to provide for a variable-range size Board and to fix the initial size of the Board; (ii) the election of seven (7) nominees as directors; (iii) ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2011; (iv) an advisory (non-binding) shareholder resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s executive officers; (v) ratification (on a non-binding basis) of the Company’s Tax Benefits Preservation Plan, which was adopted by the Board of Directors on November 23, 2010 to protect against a possible limitation on the Company’s ability to use certain tax assets (such as net operating loss carryforwards) to offset future income; (vi) an amendment to the Company’s 2004 Stock Compensation Plan in order to increase the number of shares available for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the Plan and to remove the maximum share grant and Full Value Award limitations under the Plan; and (vii) a protective amendment to the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation to restrict certain transfers of stock in order to preserve the tax treatment of the Company’s net operating losses and certain unrealized tax losses.  In addition, the shareholders cast an advisory vote on whether the advisory shareholder vote on executive compensation should occur every 1, 2 or 3 years.

 

The number of votes cast for or against (withheld) and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter voted upon, as applicable, are set forth below.

 

				For		Against/Withheld		Abstained		Broker Non-Vote
1.		Amendment to the Bylaws to provide for a variable-range size Board and to fix the initial size of the Board		33,310,756		35,124		5,388		0
2.		Nominees as Directors:
		Alvaro J. Aguirre		32,594,944		32,132		0		724,192
		James F. Burr		32,595,613		31,463		0		724,192
		Christine H.H. Camp		32,603,908		23,168		0		724,192
		John C. Dean		32,611,335		15,741		0		724,192
		Earl E. Fry		32,607,790		19,286		0		724,192
		Colbert M. Matsumoto		32,607,450		19,626		0		724,192
		Crystal K. Rose		32,606,558		20,518		0		724,192

 

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				For		Against/Withheld		Abstained		Broker Non-Vote
3.		Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2011		33,325,399		16,462		9,407		0
4.		Non-binding advisory vote to approve executive compensation		32,581,819		30,435		14,822		724,192
5.		Non-Binding advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory “Say- On-Pay” vote						139,611		724,192
		Every Year		32,392,722
		Every 2 Years		28,301
		Every 3 Years		66,442
6.		Ratification (on a non-binding basis) of Tax Benefits Preservation Plan, which was adopted by the Board of Directors on November 23, 2010		26,964,478		5,659,608		2,990		724,192
7.		Amendment to the Company’s 2004 Stock Compensation Plan in order to increase the number of shares available for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the Plan and to remove the maximum share grant and Full Value Award limitations under the Plan		32,542,862		76,705		7,509		724,192
8.		Protective Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation to restrict certain transfers of stock in order to preserve the tax treatment of the Company’s net operating losses and certain unrealized tax losses		27,701,632		5,642,463		7,173		0

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

	Central Pacific Financial Corp.
	(Registrant)
Date: April 28, 2011	By:	/s/ Glenn K.C. Ching
	Glenn K.C. Ching, Senior Vice President,
	General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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