ESSA Bancorp, Inc. - FORM 8-K

ESSA Bancorp, Inc. - FORM 8-K - March 10, 2015

ESSA Bancorp, Inc. Reports

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): March 5, 2015

ESSA BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Pennsylvania

001-33384

20-8023072

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File No.)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)


200 Palmer Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania		18360
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (570) 421-0531

Not Applicable

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On March 5, 2015, the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) was held at the Stroudsmoor Country Inn, located at RD #4, Stroudsmoor Road, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania at 11:00 a.m., local time (the “2015 Annual Meeting”). The matters listed below were submitted to a vote of the shareholders through the solicitation of proxies, and the proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2015.

As of the close of business of January 23, 2015, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were a total of 11,444,378 shares of Company common stock outstanding. The voting results for each proposal, including the votes “FOR” and “AGAINST” or “WITHHELD”, and any abstentions or broker non-votes, are described below. Abstentions and broker non-votes (if applicable) were counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum was present but were not treated as votes cast. Therefore, abstentions and broker non-votes (if applicable) did not have the effect of a vote “FOR” or “AGAINST” any of the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting and were not counted in determining the number of votes required for approval of each proposal.

All proposals were approved and the final results of the shareholder votes are shown below. There was no other business transacted at the Annual Meeting.

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

The shareholders elected each director nominated to serve for a term of three years.


	For		Withheld		Broker non-votes

Timothy S. Fallon		7,085,351		613,399		2,394,425

Philip H. Hosbach IV		7,087,666		611,084		2,394,425

Robert C. Selig, Jr.		7,059,807		638,943		2,394,425

Proposal 2– Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The shareholders approved the ratification of S.R. Snodgrass, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015.

Proposal 3 – A non-binding proposal to give advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation as described in the proxy statement

The shareholders approved the proposal regarding the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement as follows:


For	Against	Abstain

6,855,390	743,413	99,947

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.

Against

Abstain

Broker non-votes