UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
Washington, D.C. 20549 |
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FORM 8-K |
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CURRENT REPORT |
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of |
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 21, 2013 |
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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF ATLANTA |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
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Federally chartered corporation | 000-51845 | 56-6000442 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
1475 Peachtree Street, NE | ||
Atlanta, GA 30309 | ||
(Address of principal executive offices) | ||
(404) 888-8000 | ||
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) | ||
Not Applicable |
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) |
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 24, 2013, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (the “Bank”) declared elected the following individuals in the Bank’s 2013 election of directors:
• | Travis “Tra” Cosby, III, chairman of the board, First Community Bank of Central Alabama, Wetumpka, AL, was deemed elected to fill the member directorship that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“Finance Agency”) designated for the state of Alabama; and |
• | Robert L. Strickland, Jr., executive director, Alabama Housing Finance Authority, Montgomery, AL, an incumbent director, was re-elected to fill a public interest independent directorship (together with Mr. Cosby, the “Directors-elect”). |
As Mr. Cosby was the only individual to be nominated and to accept nomination for the Alabama member directorship, Mr. Cosby was deemed elected without further action pursuant to applicable Finance Agency regulations, as reported by the Bank in its Current Report on Form 8-K on August 30, 2013.
Each of the Directors-elect will begin serving a four-year term on January 1, 2014. The Bank has not yet determined on which committees each of the foregoing Directors-elect will serve beginning in 2014. The Bank conducted the director elections in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (the “Act”) and the rules and regulations of the Finance Agency.
The Bank is a cooperative and conducts business primarily with its members, which are required to own capital stock in the Bank as a prerequisite to transacting certain business with the Bank. Subject to the Act and Finance Agency regulations, the Bank also issues consolidated obligations through the Office of Finance, maintains a portfolio of short-term and long-term investments, enters into derivative transactions, and provides certain cash management and other services; in each case, with members, housing associates or other third parties of which directors may serve as officers or directors. All such transactions are made in the ordinary course of the Bank’s business and are subject to the same Bank policies as transactions with the Bank’s members, housing associates and third parties generally. Pursuant to Finance Agency regulation, the Bank’s member directors serve as officers or directors of a Bank member.
The Bank expects to compensate the Directors-elect in accordance with the Bank’s Directors’ Compensation Policy. They also will be entitled to participate in the Bank’s Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, under which each Bank director has the opportunity to defer all or a portion of the amount of his or her compensation. The form and amount of any compensation to all directors, including the Directors-elect, is subject to approval by the board of directors of the Bank and subject to the Act and Finance Agency regulations.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2013 election of directors was conducted by mail. No in-person meeting of the members was held in connection with the 2013 election of directors. On October 21, 2013, the Bank tallied the preliminary voting results for the 2013 election of directors, which the Bank declared final as described in Item 5.02 of this Current Report.
Member Director Election
As discussed in Item 5.02 of this Current Report, since Mr. Cosby was the only nominee for the Alabama member directorship, there was no actual vote in that election.
Independent Director Election
The Bank conducted an election for one at-large public interest independent director. Under Finance Agency regulations, a candidate for an independent directorship must receive at least 20 percent of the number of votes eligible to be cast in the election to be elected when the number of nominees is equal to the number of independent directorships to be filled in an election. The results of the vote for the public interest independent director are as follows:
Total Number of Members Eligible to Vote per Position | 1,018 | |||
Total Number of Eligible Votes per Position | 12,494,524 | |||
Finance Agency 20% Threshold Requirement | 2,498,905 | |||
Name | Affiliation | Number of Members Voting | Number of Votes Received | |
Robert L. Strickland, Jr. (elected) | Executive Director, Alabama Housing Finance Authority | 375 | 5,018,349 | |
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.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta | ||
Date: October 25, 2013 | By: /s/ Reginald T. O'Shields | |
By: Reginald T. O'Shields | ||
Senior Vice President and | ||
General Counsel | ||