0001193125-11-144014.txt : 20110518 0001193125-11-144014.hdr.sgml : 20110518 20110518144037 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-144014 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110517 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: ECB BANCORP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001066254 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 562090738 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NC FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24753 FILM NUMBER: 11854594 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 337 STREET 2: HWY 264 CITY: ENGELHARD STATE: NC ZIP: 27824 BUSINESS PHONE: 2529259411 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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 17, 2011

 

 

ECB BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

North Carolina   000-24753   56-2090738

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Post Office Box 337

Engelhard, North Carolina 27824

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (252) 925-5501

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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

The 2011 annual meeting of shareholders of ECB Bancorp, Inc. (“Bancorp”) was held on May 17, 2011. At the meeting, the shareholders:

 

  •  

voted on the election of three directors for terms of three years each;

 

  •  

voted on a non-binding, advisory “say-on-pay” resolution to approve compensation paid or provided to Bancorp’s executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the annual meeting; and

 

  •  

voted on a proposal to ratify the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as Bancorp’s independent public accountants for 2011.

The following tables describe the final results of the voting at the annual meeting.

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

 

Name of Nominee

    Votes Cast
“For”		    Votes
“Withheld”		    Broker
Nonvotes

J. Bryant Kittrell III

    1,629,686    29,749    409,176

B. Martelle Marshall

    1,640,725    18,710    409,176

R. S. Spencer, Jr.

    1,635,395    24,040    409,176

OTHER MATTERS

 

Description of Matter Voted On

    Votes Cast
“For”		    Votes Cast
“Against”		    Abstained    Broker
Nonvotes

Non-binding, advisory resolution to approve compensation paid or provided to executive officers as disclosed in the annual meeting proxy statement

    1,475,463    43,748    140,224    409,176

Ratification of the appointment of independent accountants

    1,922,608    7,454    138,549    -0-

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, we have duly caused this Report to be signed on our behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  ECB BANCORP, INC.
        (Registrant)
Date: May 18, 2011   By:  

/S/ Thomas M. Crowder

    Thomas M. Crowder
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer