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):
May 7, 2015
TriCo Bancshares
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| California | 0-10661 | 94-2792841 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File No.) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 63 Constitution Drive, Chico, California | 95973 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(530) 898-0300
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 7, 2015, TriCo Bancshares (the “Company”) held its 2015 annual meeting of shareholders. As of the record date for the annual meeting, there were 22,740,503 shares of common stock outstanding entitled to vote on all proposals presented at the annual meeting. At the annual meeting, the Company’s shareholders (i) elected all 12 nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors, (ii) approved the compensation of the Company’s executive officers on an advisory (nonbinding) basis, and (iii) ratified the selection of Crowe Horwath, LLP as the Company’s principal independent auditor for 2015. The following are the voting results of each matter submitted to the Company’s shareholders at the annual meeting.
| 1. | Election of the following 12 nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors: |
| Nominee |
For | Percent Voted |
Withheld | Percent Voted |
Abstained/ Broker Non-Votes |
Percent Voted |
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| Donald J. Amaral |
16,667,682 | 85.60 | % | 187,660 | 0.96 | % | 2,616,094 | 13.44 | % | |||||||||||||||
| William J. Casey |
16,666,478 | 85.59 | % | 188,864 | 0.97 | % | 2,616,094 | 13.44 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Craig S. Compton |
16,709,130 | 85.81 | % | 146,212 | 0.75 | % | 2,616,094 | 13.44 | % | |||||||||||||||
| L. Gage Chrysler III |
15,630,496 | 80.27 | % | 1,224,846 | 6.29 | % | 2,616,094 | 13.44 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Cory W. Giese |
16,654,893 | 85.54 | % | 200,449 | 1.03 | % | 2,616,094 | 13.44 | % | |||||||||||||||
| John S. A. Hasbrook |
16,710,922 | 85.82 | % | 144,420 | 0.74 | % | 2,616,094 | 13.44 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Patrick A. Kilkenny |
16,685,303 | 85.69 | % | 170,039 | 0.87 | % | 2,616,094 | 13.44 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Michael W. Koehnen |
16,709,175 | 85.81 | % | 146,167 | 0.75 | % | 2,616,094 | 13.44 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Martin A. Mariani |
16,708,529 | 85.81 | % | 146,813 | 0.75 | % | 2,616,094 | 13.44 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Richard P. Smith |
16,699,621 | 85.76 | % | 155,721 | 0.80 | % | 2,616,094 | 13.44 | % | |||||||||||||||
| W. Virginia Walker |
16,660,050 | 85.56 | % | 195,292 | 1.00 | % | 2,616,094 | 13.44 | % | |||||||||||||||
| J.M. “Mike” Wells, Jr. |
16,682,349 | 85.68 | % | 172,993 | 0.89 | % | 2,616,094 | 13.44 | % | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Advisory (nonbinding) approval of the compensation of the Company’s executives: |
| Votes |
Percent |
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| For |
16,127,483 | 82.83 | % | |||||
| Against |
458,725 | 2.36 | % | |||||
| Abstain |
269,134 | 1.38 | % | |||||
| Broker Non-Votes |
2,616,094 | 13.44 | % | |||||
| 3. | Ratification of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company’s independent public accountants for the 2015 fiscal year: |
| Votes | Percent Voting | |||||||
| For |
19,089,845 | 98.04 | % | |||||
| Against |
262,946 | 1.35 | % | |||||
| Abstain |
118,645 | 0.61 | % | |||||
| Broker Non-Votes |
0 | 0.00 | % | |||||
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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.
| Date: May 11, 2015 | TRICO BANCSHARES | |||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Thomas J. Reddish | |||||
| Thomas J. Reddish | ||||||
| Executive Vice President | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
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