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 18, 2017
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Summit Financial Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
West Virginia
 
No. 0-16587
 
55-0672148
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
 
 
 
Identification No.)

300 North Main Street
Moorefield, West Virginia 26836
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(304) 530-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or address, if changed since last report)
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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

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

(a)
Summit Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 18, 2017 in Moorefield, West Virginia for the purpose of considering and voting upon the following:

i.
To elect one (1) director to serve until the Annual Meeting in 2019 and to elect five (5) directors to serve until the Annual Meeting in 2020;

ii.
To ratify the selection of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017; and

iii.
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting.

(b)
The total number of shares of the Company’s common stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 12,425,017 shares of which 9,712,086 shares representing 78.2% were present at the meeting either in person or by proxy. The holders of common stock of the Company voted on two proposals. No other business was brought before the meeting.

The results of the voting on the two proposals were as follows:
(i)
Proposal 1 - To elect one (1) director to serve until the Annual Meeting in 2019 and five (5) directors to serve until the Annual Meeting in 2020.
The following director was elected to serve until the Annual Meeting in 2019:

 
VOTES FOR
 
VOTES WITHHELD
 
ABSTENTIONS
 
BROKER
 NON-VOTES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Duke A. McDaniel
7,670,806
 
200,657
 
-
 
1,832,547

                
The following directors were elected to serve until the Annual Meeting in 2020:
    
 
VOTES FOR
 
VOTES WITHHELD
 
ABSTENTIONS
 
BROKER
NON-VOTES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kyle E. Almond
7,701,130
 
182,447
 
-
 
1,832,547
J. Scott Bridgeforth
7,678,774
 
192,689
 
-
 
1,832,547
Georgette R. George
7,802,086
 
81,491
 
-
 
1,832,547
John B. Gianola
7,602,748
 
280,829
 
-
 
1,832,547
John H. Shott
7,802,929
 
80,648
 
-
 
1,832,547
                        
(ii)
Proposal 2 - To ratify the selection of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017:

VOTES FOR
 
VOTES AGAINST
 
ABSTENTIONS
 
BROKER
NON-VOTES
9,582,268
 
97,134
 
32,683
 
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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.
 
 
SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
Date: May 22, 2017
 
By: /s/ Julie R. Markwood                                 
 
 
Julie R. Markwood
 
 
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer