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): | December 9, 2011 |
First BanCorp.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Puerto Rico | 001-14793 | 66-0561882 |
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| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
| 1519 Ponce de Leon Ave., PO Box 9146, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 00908-0146 | |
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| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 787-729-8041 |
Not Applicable
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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.
At the Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on December 9, 2011, management Proposals 1, 2, 3 and 4 were approved. The results are as follows:
Proposal 1 — Approval of Election of Directors
| Director Nominees: | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
Aurelio Alemán-Bermúdez |
151,789,095 | 140,805 | 37,002 | 13,735,109 | ||||||||||||
Thomas M. Hagerty |
151,681,909 | 233,301 | 51,692 | 13,735,109 | ||||||||||||
Michael P. Harmon |
151,675,462 | 244,230 | 47,210 | 13,735,109 | ||||||||||||
Roberto R. Herencia |
151,739,752 | 179,568 | 47,582 | 13,735,109 | ||||||||||||
José Menéndez-Cortada |
151,777,806 | 157,004 | 32,092 | 13,735,109 | ||||||||||||
Hector M. Nevares-LaCosta |
151,741,598 | 189,320 | 35,984 | 13,735,109 | ||||||||||||
Fernando Rodríguez-Amaro |
151,772,349 | 147,311 | 47,242 | 13,735,109 | ||||||||||||
José F. Rodríguez-Perelló |
151,769,916 | 156,816 | 40,170 | 13,735,109 | ||||||||||||
Sharee Ann Umpierre-Catinchi |
151,732,546 | 187,707 | 46,649 | 13,735,109 | ||||||||||||
Proposal 2 — Approval of the First BanCorp 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”) to, among other things, increase the amount of shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, reserved for issuance under the Plan.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
148,547,042
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3,363,284 | 56,576 | 13,735,109 | |||||||||
Proposal 3 — Approval of Executive Compensation
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
149,169,416
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308,526 | 2,488,960 | 13,735,109 | |||||||||
Proposal 4 — Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal year 2011
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||
162,572,410
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3,019,514 | 110,087 | — | |||||||
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.
| First BanCorp. | ||||
| December 13, 2011 | By: |
/s/ Lawrence Odell
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| Name: Lawrence Odell | ||||
| Title: EVP and General Counsel | ||||