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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): November 20, 2015

 

Commission File No. 1-14588

 

NORTHEAST BANCORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maine

 

01-0425066

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

500 Canal Street
Lewiston, Maine

 

04240

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (207) 786-3245

 

Former name or former address, if changed since last Report: N/A

 

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:

 

               Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

 

               Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

 

               Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

 

               Pre-commencement to communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

 

 



  

 
 

 

 

 

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On November 20, 2015, the shareholders of Northeast Bancorp (the “Company” or “Northeast”) approved the Company’s Senior Executive Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”). The results of the shareholder vote on the Incentive Plan are set forth below under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. A summary of the key terms of the Incentive Plan is included in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed on October 9, 2015. The foregoing description of the Incentive Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Incentive Plan attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

On November 20, 2015, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Company amended the terms of certain stock option and restricted stock awards previously granted to Claire Bean, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, in connection with her previously announced retirement from the Company, effective December 31, 2015 (the “Retirement Date”), and in recognition of Ms. Bean’s service and contributions to the Company. The Compensation Committee sent Ms. Bean a letter (the “Letter”) memorializing the amendments, which are as follows:

 

 

59,404 stock options granted on December 29, 2010 shall remain outstanding and may become exercisable in accordance with their terms as though Ms. Bean remained an employee of the Company.

 

 

33,059 stock options granted on January 31, 2013, which vest on the Retirement Date pursuant to the terms of the award agreement, shall be exercisable for a period of three years following the Retirement Date.

 

 

5,277 restricted shares of voting common stock of the Company granted on January 31, 2013 shall fully vest on the Retirement Date.

 

The foregoing description of the Letter is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Letter attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On November 20, 2015, the Company held its 2015 annual meeting of shareholders.  At the annual meeting, the shareholders elected each of Matthew B. Botein, Cheryl Lynn Dorsey and Peter W. McClean as a director for a term of three years and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. In addition, the shareholders (i) approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the named executive officer compensation; (ii) ratified the appointment of RSM US LLP (formerly McGladrey LLP) as Northeast’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016 and (iii) approved the Northeast Bancorp Senior Executive Incentive Plan.

 

The voting results of each of the proposals submitted at the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders are set forth below:

 

1. To elect the three nominees named in the proxy statement as Class II directors, each to serve for a three-year term and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

 

 

FOR

 

WITHHELD

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

 

Matthew B. Botein

 

6,736,543

 

59,615

 

808,268

 

Cheryl Lynn Dorsey

 

6,736,743

 

59,415

 

808,268

 

Peter W. McClean

 

6,736,243

 

59,915

 

808,268

 

 

 
 

 

 

2. To approve the advisory, non-binding proposal to approve the compensation of Northeast’s named executive officers:

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

 

6,030,895

 

760,898

 

4,365

 

808,268

 

 

3. To ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP as Northeast’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016:

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

 

7,603,753

 

400

 

273

 

 

 

4. To approve the Northeast Bancorp Senior Executive Incentive Plan:

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

 

6,721,115

 

43,830

 

31,213

 

808,268

 

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01. 

Financial Statements and Exhibits

    

(d)   Exhibits.

 

 

10.1

Northeast Bancorp Senior Executive Incentive Plan

 

10.2

Letter dated November 24, 2015

 

   

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunder duly authorized.

 

 

 

NORTHEAST BANCORP

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian Shaughnessy

 

Name:

Brian Shaughnessy

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date: November 24, 2015

 

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