Form 8-K

0001193125-11-144011.txt : 20110518 0001193125-11-144011.hdr.sgml : 20110518 20110518143945 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-144011 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110518 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20110518 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110518 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Monarch Financial Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001364856 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34565 FILM NUMBER: 11854592 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1435 CROSSWAYS BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 302 CITY: CHESAPEAKE STATE: VA ZIP: 23320 BUSINESS PHONE: 757-389-5112 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1435 CROSSWAYS BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 302 CITY: CHESAPEAKE STATE: VA ZIP: 23320 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 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): May 18, 2011

MONARCH FINANCIAL

HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Virginia	001-34565	20-4985388
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1101 Executive Boulevard Chesapeake, Virginia		23320
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (757) 389-5111

Not Applicable

(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:

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

Monarch Financial Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 17, 2011 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders for the Company re-elected four Class III directors to serve for three-year terms, one Class II director to serve for a two year term, and ratified the appointment of independent accountants for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. The voting results for each proposal are as follows:

To elect four Class III directors to serve for terms of three years each expiring at the 2014 annual meeting of shareholders:


	For		Against or Withheld		Abstain
Joe P. Covington, Jr.		3,253,606		10,125		0
E. Neal Crawford, Jr.		3,251,913		11,818		0
Dwight C. Schaubach		3,251,689		12,042		0
William F. Rountree, Jr.		3,253,218		10,513		0

And to elect one Class II director to serve for a term of two years expiring at the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders:


	For		Against or Withheld		Abstain
Virginia S. Cross		3,253,142		10,589		0

To ratify the appointment of independent accountants for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

Ratified, the appointment of Yount, Hyde and Barbour, PC, as the firm of independent certified public accountants to audit the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.


For		Against		Abstain
	4,640,567		12,566		2,266

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.


				MONARCH FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.

Date: May 18, 2011				/s/ Brad E. Schwartz
				Brad E. Schwartz
				Chief Executive Officer