8-K

 

 

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 15, 2014

 

 

PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Texas   1-35388   74-2331986

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

4295 San Felipe

Houston, Texas 77027

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (281) 269-7199

 

 

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 Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On April 15, 2014, Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to consider and act upon the items listed below:

 

  1. William H. Fagan, M.D., William T. Luedke IV, Perry Mueller, Jr., D.D.S., and Harrison Stafford II were elected as Class I directors to serve on the Board until the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal. The table below contains a summary of the number of votes for, votes withheld and broker non-votes for each nominated director:

 

     Votes For      Votes
Withheld
     Broker
Non-Votes
 

William H. Fagan, M.D.

     50,062,000         1,033,471         6,667,994   

William T. Luedke IV

     50,407,482         687,989         6,667,994   

Perry Mueller, Jr., D.D.S.

     43,298,271         7,797,200         6,667,994   

Harrison Stafford II

     50,134,775         960,696         6,667,994   

The following Class II and Class III directors continued in office after the Annual Meeting: James A. Bouligny, W.R. Collier, Leah Henderson, Ned S. Holmes, Robert Steelhammer, H.E. Timanus, Jr., and David Zalman.

 

  2. The shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014 by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

Votes For

   Votes
Against
     Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

57,351,050

     256,908         149,927         0   

 

  3. The shareholders adopted, on a non-binding, advisory basis, a proposal approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

Votes For

   Votes
Against
     Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

49,583,988

     835,207         676,276         6,667,994   


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.

 

    PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC.
    (Registrant)
Dated: April 17, 2014     By:  

/s/ Charlotte M. Rasche

      Charlotte M. Rasche
      Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

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