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): May 7, 2015

 

 

XENITH BANKSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Virginia   000-53380   80-0229922

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

One James Center, 901 E. Cary Street, Suite 1700

Richmond, Virginia

  23219
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 433-2200

N/A

(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.

At the annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Xenith Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 7, 2015, the matters listed below were submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders. Set forth below are the final voting results on each such matter.

 

  1. Election of Directors.

 

Nominee

   For      Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Larry L. Felton

     9,826,666         51,344         1,582,773   

Palmer P. Garson

     9,808,674         69,336         1,582,773   

Patrick D. Hanley

     9,806,450         71,560         1,582,773   

Peter C. Jackson

     9,830,962         47,048         1,582,773   

T. Gaylon Layfield, III

     9,824,431         53,579         1,582,773   

Michael A. Mancusi

     9,710,481         167,529         1,582,773   

Robert J. Merrick

     9,710,410         167,600         1,582,773   

Scott A. Reed

     9,827,272         50,738         1,582,773   

Mark B. Sisisky

     9,162,066         715,944         1,582,773   

Thomas G. Snead, Jr.

     9,706,016         171,994         1,582,773   

Each nominee listed above was duly elected.

2. Ratification of Appointment of BDO USA LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstentions

11,447,694    10,166    2,923

The appointment of BDO USA LLP was ratified. There were no broker non-votes in the ratification of the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm.

 

  3. Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers.

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

9,501,084    275,926    101,000    1,582,773

The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved on an advisory basis.

 

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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: May 8, 2015
XENITH BANKSHARES, INC.
By:

/s/ Thomas W. Osgood

Thomas W. Osgood
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Treasurer

 

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