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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 31, 2023, Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected all four of the Board of Director nominees to serve as directors until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, and ratified the appointment of Crowe LLP as independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2023. The Company’s stockholders also approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and the frequency of non-binding advisory votes on compensation of the Company’s named executive officer. Each proposal is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2023.
As of the record date, there were 11,211,274 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Shares”), outstanding and entitled to vote on each matter presented for vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 9,376,481 Shares, or approximately 83% of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote, were represented in person or by proxy. Those Shares were voted as follows:
| 1. | The following individuals were nominated to serve as directors until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. All nominees were elected. The results of the vote were as follows: |
| Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Anthony J. Fabiano | 6,962,132 | 427,141 | 1,987,208 | |||||||||
| Robert C. Patent | 5,526,641 | 1,862,632 | 1,987,208 | |||||||||
| Maria Fiorini Ramirez | 7,124,408 | 264,865 | 1,987,208 | |||||||||
| William Reinhardt | 5,713,010 | 1,676,263 | 1,987,208 | |||||||||
| 2. | The appointment of Crowe LLP as independent auditors to audit the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, was ratified. The results of the vote were as follows: |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||
| 9,308,422 | 10,975 | 57,084 |
| 3. | The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The results of the vote were as follows: |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 6,359,589 | 916,652 | 113,032 | 1,987,208 |
| 4. | The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency of non-binding advisory votes on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The results of the vote were as follows: |
| 1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| 7,046,761 | 4,535 | 211,665 | 126,312 | 1,987,208 |
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.
| METROPOLITAN BANK HOLDING CORP. | ||
| Dated: June 1, 2023 | By: | /s/ Gregory A. Sigrist |
| Gregory A. Sigrist | ||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||