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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 18, 2011

 

 

CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Missouri   000-20827   43-1265338

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

13001 Hollenberg Drive

Bridgeton, Missouri

  63044
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(314) 506-5500

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.

 

 

 


Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 18, 2011, Cass Information Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information reported under this Item 2.02 of Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

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

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 18, 2011. The following is a summary of the matters voted on at the meeting:

(a) Election of four directors to serve three-year terms ending in 2014, as follows:

 

Nominee

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  
K. Dane Brooksher      6,523,252         149,357         1,405,356   
Eric H. Brunngraber      6,593,540         79,069         1,405,356   
Bryan S. Chapell      6,517,323         155,286         1,405,356   
Benjamin F. Edwards, IV      6,590,846         81,763         1,405,356   

All director nominees were elected.

 

  (b) Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation:

 

Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  
  6,553,185         96,505         22,919         1,405,356   

On an advisory basis, the Company’s shareholders approved the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s 2011 proxy statement.

 

  (c) Non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of executive compensation advisory votes:

 

1 Year      2 Years      3 Years      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
  2,041,257         14,726         4,541,884         74,742         1,405,356   

On an advisory basis, the Company’s shareholders indicated their preference for the advisory vote on executive compensation to be held every three years.

 

  (d) Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2011:

 

Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions  
  8,048,870         17,414         11,681   

 

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The selection of KPMG LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2011 was ratified.

 

Item 8.01. Other Matters.

On April 20, 2011, the Company announced a second quarter cash dividend of $0.16 per share, payable June 15, 2011 to shareholders of record on June 3, 2011.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1    Press release issued by Cass Information Systems, Inc. dated April 18, 2011.

 

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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 20, 2011

 

CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Eric H. Brunngraber

Name:   Eric H. Brunngraber
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
By:  

/s/ P. Stephen Appelbaum

Name:   P. Stephen Appelbaum
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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