8-K 1 form8k507april2010.htm 2010 8-K ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE APRIL 2010 form8k507april2010.htm

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):  April 28, 2010

Community Bank System, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 Delaware  001-13695  16-1213679
 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)  (Commission File Number)    (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
 5790 Widewaters Parkway, DeWitt, New York      13214
 (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (315) 445-2282
 
Not Applicable                                                                                     
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Community Bank System, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on April 28, 2010 in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania.  At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved all of the items presented which included (i) the election of eight (8) directors, all of whom were then serving as directors of the Company, for terms indicated below and until their successors are elected and qualified; and (ii) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2010.  At the organizational meeting following the Annual Meeting, the Board appointed David C. Patterson as Chair of the Board.

The following table reflects the tabulation of the votes with respect to each director who was elected at the Annual Meeting:
 
 
For term expiring at the Annual Meeting in 2013:
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Vote
Mark J. Bolus
22,181,836 
594,196 
6,958,425 
Nicholas A. DiCerbo
21,373,690 
1,402,342 
6,958,425 
James A. Gabriel
12,406,039 
10,369,993 
6,958,425 
Edward S. Mucenski
22,199,230 
576,802 
6,958,425 
Charles E. Parente
19,433,705 
3,342,327 
6,958,425 
For term expiring at the Annual Meeting in 2011:
      
John Parente
22,150,462 
625,570 
6,958,425 
John F. Whipple, Jr.
22,191,910 
584,122 
6,958,425 
For term expiring at the Annual Meeting in 2012:
        
Neil E. Fesette
22,189,824 
586,208 
6,958,425 

The following table reflects the tabulation of the votes with respect to the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2010:
 
 
For
Against
Abstain
27,522,051
188,000
109,812


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.
 
   
Community Bank System, Inc.
   
   By: /s/ George J. Getman    
   Name:  George J. Getman
   Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel
 
Dated:  May 3, 2010