UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K/A
 
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 13, 2014
 
LAPORTE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Maryland
 
001-35684
 
35-2456698
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

710 Indiana Avenue, LaPorte, Indiana
 
46350
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
 
(219) 362-7511

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Explanatory Note

This Form 8-K/A is being filed as an amendment (“Amendment No. 1”) to the current report on Form 8-K filed by LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2014 (the “Original Filing”). The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 is to disclose the approval of the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan under Item 5.02. No other changes have been made to the Original Filing.

Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On May 13, 2014, the shareholders of the Company approved the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which provides for the grant of stock-based awards to officers, employees, and directors of the Company and The LaPorte Savings Bank. A description of the material terms of the Plan is contained in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2014.

Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 13, 2014 (the “Annual Meeting”). The matters considered and voted on by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting were the election of directors, the ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014, the approval of the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, and the consideration of an advisory, non-binding resolution with respect to executive officer compensation. The Company’s shareholders elected Lee A. Brady, Paul G. Fenker, and Robert P. Rose as directors of the Company, each for a term of three years; ratified the appointment of BKD, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014; voted in favor of the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan; and voted in favor of the advisory, non-binding resolution with respect to executive officer compensation. The votes cast by the shareholders were as follows:

Matter 1.
The election of three directors, each for a three-year term.
Nominee
 
Shares Voted For
 
Shares Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Lee A. Brady
 
3,953,658
 
145,481
 
1,164,155
Paul G. Fenker
 
3,932,232
 
166,907
 
1,164,155
Robert P. Rose
 
3,921,983
 
177,156
 
1,164,155

Matter 2.
The ratification of the appointment of BKD, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014.
Shares Voted For
 
Shares Voted Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
5,179,815
 
55,747
 
27,732
 

Matter 3.
The approval of the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.
Shares Voted For
 
Shares Voted Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
3,541,471
 
487,826
 
69,842
 
1,164,155

Matter 4.
The advisory, non-binding resolution with respect to executive officer compensation.
Shares Voted For
 
Shares Voted Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
3,637,467
 
244,580
 
217,092
 
1,164,155






Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)    Exhibits
10.1
LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2014 (file no. 001-35684)).






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.


 
 
 
LAPORTE BANCORP, INC.
DATE:
May 30, 2014
By:
/s/ Michele M. Thompson                                                              
 
 
 
Michele M. Thompson
 
 
 
President and Chief Financial Officer