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

 

May 29, 2015

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

Bear State Financial, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Arkansas

 

0-28312

 

71-0785261

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

900 South Shackleford Rd., Suite 401

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

72211

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(501) 320-4904

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, 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:

 

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company was held on May 29, 2015. Matters voted on by shareholders included (i) the re-election of each of the incumbent directors to the Company’s Board of Directors and (ii) ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of BKD, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015. The final voting results of the shareholders’ votes are reported below.

 

 

(i)

The following directors were elected by the indicated votes:

 

Directors

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstained

Broker Non-Votes

W. Dabbs Cavin

25,254,054

961,674

 

5,820

 

5,912,638

K. Aaron Clark

26,112,379

103,609

 

5,560

 

5,912,638

Frank Conner

26,212,575

3,389

 

5,584

 

5,912,638

Scott T. Ford

26,215,359

5,628

 

561

 

5,912,638

G. Brock Gearhart

26,115,987

100,001

 

5,560

 

5,912,638

O. Fitzgerald Hill

26,200,353

20,634

 

561

 

5,912,638

Daniel C. Horton

25,312,541

908,446

 

561

 

5,912,638

Richard N. Massey

25,360,562

860,425

 

561

 

5,912,638

Ian R. Vaughan

26,204,234

11,754

 

5,560

 

5,912,638

 

 

(ii)

The appointment of BKD, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015 was ratified by the indicated votes:

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Abstained

32,126,939

2,506

4,741

 

 
 

 

  

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.

 

 

BEAR STATE FINANCIAL, INC.

 

 

 

 

 Date:  June 9, 2015

By:

 /s/ John T. Adams

 

Name: 

 John T. Adams

 

Title:

 Senior Vice President and General Counsel