Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 27, 2012

 

 

PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Mississippi   01-12103   64-0709834

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

152 Lameuse Street Biloxi, MS   39530
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(228) 435-5511

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Addresss, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 5.07. Results of Shareholder Vote

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Peoples Financial Corporation was held on April 25, 2012. There were 5,136,918 shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Except in the election of directors, each share of common stock entitles the holder thereof to one vote on each matter presented at the Annual Meeting. In the election of directors, each shareholder may vote his shares cumulatively by multiplying the number of shares he is entitled to vote by the number of directors to be elected. The matters voted upon and the results of the vote were:

(a) Election of five directors to hold office for a term of one year:

 

     Approve      Disapprove      Abstain      Not Voted (1)      Outstanding  

Drew Allen

      3,677,331.918            363,267.665         1,096,318.417         5,136,918.000   

Rex E. Kelly

      4,016,754.204         2,970.714         20,874.665         1,096,318.417         5,136,918.000   

Dan Magruder

      3,631,125.918            409,473.665         1,096,318.417         5,136,918.000   

Jeffrey H. O’Keefe

      4,017,964.068         1,760.850         20,874.665         1,096,318.417         5,136,918.000   

Chevis C. Swetman

      3,533,613.918            506,985.665         1,096,318.417         5,136,918.000   

(1) Includes broker non-votes of 371,491.

(b) Appointment of Porter Keadle Moore, LLC as the independent public accountants:

 

Approve

      4,388,928.968   

Disapprove

      17,451.000   

Abstain

      5,710.615   

Not Voted

      724,827.417   
  

 

 

  

Total Shares Outstanding

      5,136,918.000   
  

 

 

  

(c) Transaction of other business:

 

Approve

      3,849,908.580   

Disapprove

      538,614.157   

Abstain

      23,567.846   

Not Voted

      724,827.417   
  

 

 

  

Total Shares Outstanding

      5,136,918.000   
  

 

 

  

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.

 

Dated: April 27, 2012     PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    By:   /s/ Chevis C. Swetman
      Chevis C. Swetman
      Chairman, President and CEO