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 18, 2012
FIRST FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Indiana | 000-16759 | 35-1546989 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
One First Financial Plaza
Terre Haute, Indiana 47807
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
(812) 238-6000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
First Financial Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders on April 18, 2012. The final voting results relating to the matters voted on at the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders are set forth below.
1. The three persons nominated to serve as directors of the Company received the following number of votes and were elected as directors to serve three-year terms expiring in 2015:
| NAME |
FOR | WITHHELD | BROKER NON-VOTES |
|||||||||
| Thomas T. Dinkel |
8,733,597 | 48,127 | 1,385,022 | |||||||||
| Norman L. Lowery |
8,725,245 | 56,479 | 1,385,022 | |||||||||
| William J. Voges |
8,738,124 | 43,600 | 1,385,022 | |||||||||
2. The appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2012 was ratified by the following shareholder vote:
| FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN |
BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
| 10,124,557 |
18,968 | 23,221 | -0- |
3. By the following vote, the shareholders approved an advisory vote on 2011 compensation paid to named executive officers:
| FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN |
BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
| 8,236,195 |
510,667 | 34,862 | 1,385,022 |
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SIGNATURE
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.
Date: April 24, 2012
| FIRST FINANCIAL CORPORATION | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Norman L. Lowery | |||||
| Norman L. Lowery | ||||||
| Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
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