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 24, 2014

 

 

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 23, 2014. 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 (1)

 

Outstanding

Drew Allen

  3,725,918.424   31,154.000   73,475.123   1,292,638.453   5,123,186.000

Rex E. Kelly

  3,725,840.913   35,875.893   68,830.741   1,292,638.453   5,123,186.000

Dan Magruder

  3,731,022.206   30,454.000   69,071.341   1,292,638.453   5,123,186.000

Jeffrey H. O’Keefe

  3,732,662.806   30,554.000   67,330.741   1,292,638.453   5,123,186.000

Chevis C. Swetman

  3,730,456.135   32,760.235   67,331.177   1,292,638.453   5,123,186.000

 

(1) Includes 516,714 broker non-votes.

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

 

Approve

     4,334,370.490   

Disapprove

     10,546.000   

Abstain

     2,345.057   

Not Voted

     775,924.453   
  

 

 

 

Total Shares Outstanding

     5,123,186.000   
  

 

 

 

(c) Transaction of other business:

 

Approve

     3,672,842.635   

Disapprove

     664,247.937   

Abstain

     10,168.975   

Not Voted (1)

     775,926.453   
  

 

 

 

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 24, 2014

 

PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Chevis C. Swetman
 

Chevis C. Swetman

Chairman, President and CEO