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 23, 2017

 

 

TriCo Bancshares

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

California   0-10661   94-2792841

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  (Commission File No.)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

63 Constitution Drive, Chico, California     95973
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (530) 898-0300

 

 

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

On May 23, 2017, TriCo Bancshares (the “Company”) held its 2017 annual meeting of shareholders. As of the record date for the annual meeting, there were 22,873,305 shares of common stock outstanding entitled to vote on all proposals presented at the annual meeting. 19,763,903 shares of common stock, or 86.41% of the total outstanding, were present at the meeting in person or by proxy. At the annual meeting, the Company’s shareholders (i) elected all 11 nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors, (ii) approved the compensation of the Company’s executive officers on an advisory (nonbinding) basis, (iii) voted, on an advisory (nonbinding) basis, on the frequency of future advisory votes concerning the compensation of our executives, and (iv) ratified the selection of Crowe Horwath, LLP as the Company’s principal independent auditor for 2017. The following are the voting results of each matter submitted to the Company’s shareholders at the annual meeting.

 

  1. Election of the following 11 nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors:

 

Nominee

   For        Withheld        Abstained/
Broker

Non-Votes
 

Donald J. Amaral

     16,723,957          313,219          2,726,727  

William J. Casey

     16,316,510          720,666          2,726,727  

Craig S. Compton

     16,373,547          663,630          2,726,727  

L. Gage Chrysler III

     15,653,930          1,383,246          2,726,727  

Cory W. Giese

     16,910,227          126,949          2,726,727  

John S. A. Hasbrook

     16,729,914          307,262          2,726,727  

Patrick A. Kilkenny

     16,922,993          114,183          2,726,727  

Michael W. Koehnen

     16,727,022          310,154          2,726,727  

Martin A. Mariani

     16,912,174          125,002          2,726,727  

Richard P. Smith

     16,870,846          166,330          2,726,727  

W. Virginia Walker

     16,913,340          123,836          2,726,727  

 

  2. Advisory (nonbinding) resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s executives:

 

     Votes  

For

     16,229,113  

Against

     559,513  

Abstain

     248,550  

Broker Non-Votes

     2,726,727  

 

 

  3. Advisory (nonbinding) vote concerning the frequency of the advisory resolution concerning executive compensation:

 

     Votes  

1 year

     14,096,039  

2 years

     155,217  

3 years

     2,604,961  

Abstain

     180,959  

Broker Non-Votes

     2,726,727  

 

  4. Ratification of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company’s independent public accountants for the 2017 fiscal year:

 

     Votes  

For

     19,621,089  

Against

     31,657  

Abstain

     111,158  

Broker Non-Votes

     0  

 

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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.

 

Date: May 25, 2017    

TRICO BANCSHARES

            (Registrant)

    By:  

/s/ Thomas J. Reddish

     

Thomas J. Reddish

Executive Vice President

Chief Financial Officer

 

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