UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
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 20, 2011
FIRSTMERIT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Ohio | 0-10161 | 34-1339938 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| III Cascade Plaza, 7th Floor Akron, Ohio | 44308 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(330) 996-6300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
FirstMerit Corporation (“FirstMerit”) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K/A as an amendment (“Amendment”) to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 20, 2011 ( the “Original Form 8-K”). FirstMerit filed the Original Form 8-K to report, among other things, the results of the matters submitted to a vote at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 20, 2011. The sole purpose of this Amendment is to disclose FirstMerit’s decision regarding the frequency of holding a non-binding, advisory vote on executive compensation. FirstMerit is not making any other changes to the Original Form 8-K.
| ITEM 5.07 | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. |
As previously reported, a majority of the votes cast at the 2011 Annual Meeting were in favor of holding an annual non-binding, advisory vote on FirstMerit’s executive compensation.
| 1 Year |
2 Years |
3 Years |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| 42,443,592 |
2,375,206 | 37,974,146 | 907,459 | 10,107,367 |
In light of the voting results, the Board of Directors of FirstMerit has determined that it will include a non-binding, advisory, vote on executive compensation in its proxy materials on an annual basis until it conducts its next advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation, which will occur no later than FirstMerit’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
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.
| FirstMerit Corporation | ||
| By: | /s/ Carlton E. Langer | |
| Carlton E. Langer | ||
| Senior Vice President and | ||
| Assistant Secretary | ||
Date: August 22, 2011