0001549276-15-000022.txt : 20150514 0001549276-15-000022.hdr.sgml : 20150514 20150514160030 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001549276-15-000022 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150512 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20150514 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150514 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001549276 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6036] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35684 FILM NUMBER: 15862710 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 710 INDIANA AVENUE CITY: LAPORTE STATE: IN ZIP: 46350 BUSINESS PHONE: (219) 362-7511 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 710 INDIANA AVENUE CITY: LAPORTE STATE: IN ZIP: 46350 8-K 1 form8-k051215.htm 8-K Form 8-K 051215


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 12, 2015
 
LAPORTE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Maryland
 
001-35684
 
35-2456698
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

710 Indiana Avenue, LaPorte, Indiana
 
46350
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
 
(219) 362-7511

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o
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o
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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 12, 2015 (the “Annual Meeting”). The matters considered and voted on by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting were the election of directors, the ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015, and the consideration of an advisory, non-binding resolution with respect to executive officer compensation. The Company’s shareholders elected L. Charles Lukmann, III, Ralph F. Howes, and Michele M. Thompson as directors of the Company, each for a term of three years; ratified the appointment of BKD, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015; and voted in favor of the advisory, non-binding resolution with respect to executive officer compensation. The votes cast by the shareholders were as follows:

Matter 1.
The election of three directors, each for a three-year term.
Nominee
 
Shares Voted For
 
Shares Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
L. Charles Lukmann, III
 
3,651,522
 
179,436
 
1,223,454
Ralph F. Howes
 
3,652,709
 
178,249
 
1,223,454
Michele M. Thompson
 
3,622,809
 
208,149
 
1,223,454

Matter 2.
The ratification of the appointment of BKD, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015.
Shares Voted For
 
Shares Voted Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
5,026,447
 
19,166
 
8,799
 
—

Matter 3.
The advisory, non-binding resolution with respect to executive officer compensation.
Shares Voted For
 
Shares Voted Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
3,534,812
 
171,030
 
125,116
 
1,223,454




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.


 
 
 
LAPORTE BANCORP, INC.
DATE:
May 14, 2015
By:
/s/ Michele M. Thompson                                                              
 
 
 
Michele M. Thompson
 
 
 
President and Chief Financial Officer