0000943374-17-000418.txt : 20170922 0000943374-17-000418.hdr.sgml : 20170922 20170922161605 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000943374-17-000418 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170518 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20170922 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170922 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001108134 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6036] IRS NUMBER: 043510455 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15781 FILM NUMBER: 171097786 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 24 NORTH ST. CITY: PITTSFIELD STATE: MA ZIP: 01201 BUSINESS PHONE: 4134435601 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 24 NORTH ST CITY: PITTSFIELD STATE: MA ZIP: 01201 8-K/A 1 form8k-a_092217.htm FORM 8-K/A BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP, INC. 09-22-2017
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

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, 2017

BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
  
001-15781
  
04-3510455
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File No.)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

24 North Street, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
  
01201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (413) 443-5601

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Explanatory Note
 
This Form 8-K/A is being filed as an amendment ("Amendment No. 1") to the current report on Form 8-K filed by Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2017 (the "Original Filing").  The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 is to disclose the Company's decision regarding how often it will conduct shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation.  No other changes have been made to the Original Filing.
 
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
On May 18, 2017, the Company's shareholders held a non-binding advisory vote regarding the frequency of shareholder approval of the compensation of named executive officers.  After considering the results of the shareholder advisory vote, the Company's Board of Directors has determined that the Company will hold an annual advisory vote on executive compensation until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation.




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.


   
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.
 
 
DATE:  September 22, 2017
 By:
/s/ Wm. Gordon Prescott
   
Wm. Gordon Prescott
   
Senior Vice President and General Counsel