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): May 16, 2012

 

 

HOPFED BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-23667   61-1322555

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4155 Lafayette Road, Hopkinsville, Kentucky 42240

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(270) 885-1171

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

NOT APPLICABLE

(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

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on May 16, 2012. At the Annual Meeting, (i) the persons listed below were elected to serve as directors of the Company, each for a term of three years, (ii) Ratification of appointment of Rayburn, Bates & Fitzgerald, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2012, and (iii) a non-binding resolution to approve executive compensation was approved. The Inspector of Election reported the vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting as follows:

PROPOSAL I: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

 

NAME

   FOR      WITHHELD  

John Peck

     4,199,127         600,900   

Ted Kinsey

     4,226,221         573,806   

In addition, there were 1,670,755 broker non-votes for each nominee.

PROPOSAL II: RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED

PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The following is a record of the votes cast with respect to the proposal to approve the following resolution:

Ratification of appointment of Rayburn, Bates & Fitzgerald, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2012:

 

     Number of      Percentage of  
     Shares      Votes Cast  

FOR

     6,367,874         98.39

WITHHELD

     91,937         1.42

ABSTAIN

     12,547         0.19   


PROPOSAL III: NON-BINDING RESOLUTION TO APPROVE

COMPENSATION OF NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The following is a record of the votes cast with respect to the proposal to approve the following resolution:

RESOLVED, that the stockholders of HopFed Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) approve the compensation of the Company’s executives named in the Summary Compensation Table of the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the related disclosure in the Proxy Statement.

 

     Number of      Percentage of  
     Shares      Votes Cast  

FOR

     3,883,919         80.89

AGAINST

     526,746         10.97   

ABSTAIN

     390,938         8.14   

In addition, there were 1,670,555 broker non-votes.


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.

 

      HOPFED BANCORP, INC.
Dated: May 18, 2012   By:  

/s/ John E. Peck

    John E. Peck
    President and Chief Executive Officer