by-8k_20210608.htm

BYLINE BANCORP, INC.

Date: June 14, 2021

/s/ Roberto R. Herencia

Roberto R. Herencia

Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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): June 8, 2021

BYLINE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)


001-38139		36-3012593
(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

180 North LaSalle Street, Suite 300
Chicago, Illinois		60601
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(773) 244-7000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock	BY	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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

An annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Byline Bancorp, Inc. (“Byline” or the “Company”) was held on June 8, 2021. A total of 34,141,569 shares of the Company's common stock were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. This represented approximately 88.37% of the Company's shares of common stock that were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Two proposals were presented to Byline’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. The proposals are described in Byline’s 2021 Proxy Statement. The final results of the stockholder vote on each of the proposals are as follows:

1.)The election of eight (8) director nominees to serve a one-year term until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified:

Name of Director Nominee

Number of Shares
Voted “For”

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Phillip R. Cabrera

30,500,904

431,046

3,209,619

Antonio del Valle Perochena

28,998,193

1,933,757

3,209,619

Roberto R. Herencia

30,676,885

255,065

3,209,619

Mary Jo S. Herseth

30,848,017

83,933

3,209,619

Steven P. Kent

30,487,089

444,861

3,209,619

William G. Kistner

30,067,095

864,855

3,209,619

Alberto J. Paracchini

30,717,885

214,065

3,209,619

Steven M. Rull

30,825,132

106,818

3,209,619

2.)	The ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021:

Number of Shares Voted “For”	Number of Shares Voted “Against”	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
34,094,151	37,993	9,425	0

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

As previously disclosed in Byline’s 2021 Proxy Statement, effective as of the Annual Meeting on June 8, 2021, Mr. Robert R. Yohanan retired from his positions as a director of the Company and Byline Bank, the Company’s bank subsidiary.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.