0001193125-12-513224.txt : 20121221 0001193125-12-513224.hdr.sgml : 20121221 20121221165325 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-513224 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121220 ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20121221 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121221 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: People's United Financial, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001378946 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33326 FILM NUMBER: 121282507 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PEOPLE'S BANK STREET 2: 850 MAIN STREET CITY: BRIDGEPORT STATE: CT ZIP: 06604 BUSINESS PHONE: 203-338-4114 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PEOPLE'S BANK STREET 2: 850 MAIN STREET CITY: BRIDGEPORT STATE: CT ZIP: 06604 8-K 1 d458462d8k.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) Dec. 21, 2012 (Dec. 20, 2012)

 

 

People’s United Financial, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33326   20-8447891

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

850 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT   06604
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (203) 338-7171

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 obligations 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 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

(a) The Bylaws of the Company have been amended, effective December 20, 2012, by revising Article IV, Section 4 (Age Limitation of Directors) to increase the mandatory retirement age for directors (other than the Chairman of the Board) from age 72 to age 76, and for the Chairman of the Board from age 78 to age 80.

A copy of this amendment is being filed herewith as Exhibit 3.2.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) The following Exhibit is submitted herewith.

 

Exhibit
No.

   

Description

3.2    Amendment to Bylaws

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.

 

     

People’s United Financial, Inc.

      (Registrant)
Date: December 21, 2012     By:  

/s/ Robert E. Trautmann

      (Signature)
    Name:   Robert E. Trautmann
    Title:   Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

   

Description

   

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3.2    Amendment to Bylaws      3.2-1   
 EX-3.2 2 d458462dex32.htm AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS Amendment to Bylaws

EXHIBIT 3.2

Amendment to Bylaws

Amendment to Bylaws

Article IV of the Bylaws of People’s United Financial, Inc. has been amended, effective December 20, 2012, by revising Section 4 thereof to read as follows:

SECTION 4. AGE LIMITATION OF DIRECTORS. With the exception of the Chairman of the Board, a director shall retire from service as a director of the Corporation at the expiration of the term of office during which such Director has reached the age of seventy-six. The Chairman of the Board shall retire from service as a director of the Corporation at the expiration of the term of office during which the Chairman of the Board reaches the age of eighty.

A complete copy of the Bylaws, reflecting the foregoing amendment, will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2012.