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 19, 2017 (May 16, 2017)
COMMUNITY FIRST, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Tennessee | 0-49966 | 04-3687717 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 501 South James M. Campbell Blvd. Columbia, TN | 38401 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (931) 380-2265
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 16, 2017, Community First, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”), the Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Shareholders Meeting”), for which the Company’s board of directors solicited proxies, at 4:00 p.m. local time, at the Operations building of Community First Bank & Trust, a wholly-owned bank subsidiary of the Company, located at 501 South James M. Campbell Boulevard, Columbia, Tennessee 38401. At the Shareholders Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on the following proposals as described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated April 3, 2017 (the “Proxy Statement”). The proposals voted on and approved by the shareholders at the Shareholders Meeting were as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
The election of four Class III directors, named in the Proxy Statement, to serve as members of the Company’s board of directors until the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2020. The following is a list of the directors elected at the Shareholders Meeting with the number of votes “For” and “Withheld,” as well as the number of “Broker Non-Votes”:
| Class III Nominees |
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Eslick E. Daniel, M.D. |
2,841,360 | 20,680 | — | |||||||||
| Vasant G. Hari |
2,819,965 | 42,075 | — | |||||||||
| Martin Maguire |
2,821,314 | 40,726 | — | |||||||||
| Ruskin A. Vest, Jr. |
2,839,901 | 22,139 | — | |||||||||
Proposal 2: Executive Compensation
The non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement was approved by the following tabulation:
| For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| 2,795,678 | 42,297 | 24,065 | — | |||||||||
Proposal 3: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The ratification of the appointment of HORNE LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 was approved by the following tabulation:
| For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| 2,848,587 | 11,937 | 1,516 | — | |||||||||
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.
| COMMUNITY FIRST, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Louis E. Holloway | |
| Name: | Louis E. Holloway | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: May 19, 2017