UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

AMENDMENT NO. 1

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 17, 2015

MERIDIAN BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Maryland

 

001-36573

 

46-5396964

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File No.)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

67 Prospect Street, Peabody, Massachusetts

 

01960

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 567-1500

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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Explanatory Note

This Form 8-K/A is being filed as an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Meridian Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2015 (the “Original Filing”). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to disclose the Company’s decision regarding how frequently it will conduct future stockholder advisory votes on executive compensation. No other changes are being made to the Original Filing.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

In light of the voting results concerning the frequency with which stockholders will be provided an advisory, non-binding vote on executive compensation as delivered at the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Company’s Board of Directors intends that the Company will hold an annual advisory, non-binding vote on its executive compensation.


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.

 

    MERIDIAN BANCORP, INC.
DATE: October 27, 2015     By:   /s/ Mark L. Abbate
     

Mark L. Abbate

Executive Vice President, Treasurer and

Chief Financial Officer