8-K 1 smbkannualmeetingresultsfo.htm 8-K SMARTFINANCIAL 2019 ANNUAL MEETING RESULTS Document


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 earliest event reported: May 2, 2019

SMARTFINANCIAL, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Tennessee
 
333-203449
 
62-1173944
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
5401 Kingston Pike, Suite 600
Knoxville, Tennessee
 
37919
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(865-453-2650)
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
SMBK
The Nasdaq Stock Market

 






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

The 2019 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of SmartFinancial, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 2, 2019. At the Annual Meeting, Victor L. Barrett, Monique P. Berke, William (“Billy”) Y. Carroll, Jr., William (“Bill”) Y. Carroll, Sr., Clifton N. Miller, Ted C. Miller, David A. Ogle, Steven B. Tucker, Wesley M. (“Miller”) Welborn, Keith E. Whaley, O.D., J. Beau Wicks, and Geoffrey A. Wolpert were elected as directors of the Company, to serve in such capacity until the 2020 annual meeting of Company shareholders. Additionally, at the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (i) ratified the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, (ii) approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting on Schedule 14A, filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2019 (the “Proxy Statement”), and (iii) voted, on a non-binding, advisory basis, on the frequency with which Company shareholders should have future non-binding, advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, with a majority of the shares voted voting in favor of once every three years.

The final voting results for each proposal put to a vote at the Annual Meeting, all of which proposals were described in the Proxy Statement, are set forth below.

(a)
Election of Directors. The Company’s shareholders elected each director nominee by the vote indicated for each such nominee below:

NAME
VOTES FOR
VOTES WITHHELD
BROKER NON-VOTES
Victor L. Barrett
7,457,905
578,131
3,033,592
Monique P. Berke
8,014,011
22,025
3,033,592
William (“Billy”) Y. Carroll, Jr.
8,015,072
20,964
3,033,592
William (“Bill”) Y. Carroll, Sr.
7,977,548
58,488
3,033,592
Clifton N. Miller
8,012,480
23,556
3,033,592
Ted C. Miller
8,012,078
23,958
3,033,592
David A. Ogle
7,363,978
672,058
3,033,592
Steven B. Tucker
8,017,671
18,365
3,033,592
Wesley M. (“Miller”) Welborn
8,015,149
20,887
3,033,592
Keith E. Whaley, O.D.
8,013,949
22,087
3,033,592
J. Beau Wicks
8,002,554
33,482
3,033,592
Geoffrey A. Wolpert
7,458,422
577,614
3,033,592

(b)
Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, by the following vote:

VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER NON-VOTES
11,064,788
766
4,074
–

(c)
Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation. The Company’s shareholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement by the following vote:





VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER NON-VOTES
7,880,213
136,569
19,254
3,033,592

(d)
Frequency of Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation. The Company’s shareholders voted, on a non-binding, advisory basis, as follows on the frequency with which Company shareholders should have future non-binding, advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

EVERY YEAR
EVERY TWO YEARS
EVERY THREE YEARS
ABSTAIN
3,829,779
100,080
3,999,398
106,779










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.

SMARTFINANCIAL, INC.

Date: May 7, 2019
/s/ William Y. Carroll, Jr.            
William Y. Carroll, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer