UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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 26, 2016

Coastway Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland
001-36263
46-4149994
 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


One Coastway Blvd., Warwick, Rhode Island
02886
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(401) 330-1600

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:

[  ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on May 26, 2016.  The matters listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders through the solicitation of proxies, and the proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2016.  The final results of the stockholder votes were as follows:

1.  
Election of directors for three-year terms.

   
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker
Non-Votes
David P. DiSanto
 
2,477,895
 
764,053
 
930,375
Lynda Dickinson
 
2,402,014
 
839,934
 
930,375
Phillip Kydd
 
2,413,268
 
828,680
 
930,375
Malcolm G. Chace, Jr.
 
3,070,202
 
171,746
 
930,375

2.  
The ratification of the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as Coastway Bancorp, Inc.’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016.

 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
3,872,058
279,848
20,417

 

 
 

 

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.


 
COASTWAY BANCORP, INC.
 
(Registrant)
   
   
   
Date: May 27, 2016
By: /s/ Jeanette Fritz
 
Jeanette Fritz
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
 
 

 
























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