SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THESECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 16, 2018
 
CENTRAL VALLEY COMMUNITY BANCORP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
California
 
000-31977
 
77-0539125
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
7100 N. Financial Dr., Suite 101, Fresno, CA
 
93720
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (559) 298-1775
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)  Not Applicable
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 1.01 Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement.
On May 16, 2018, the Executive and Directors Resource Committee of the Board of Directors of Central Valley Community Bancorp (Company) recommended to the Board of Directors (Board), and the Board approved, the grant of restricted stock awards to all the directors and executives listed below. A total of 15,360 shares of restricted stock were granted with a grant date of May 16, 2018. The closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date was $20.83 per share. The restrictions for directors will lapse upon the one-year anniversary of the grant date, and for executives the restrictions will lapse annually at the rate of 33% per year over a three-year period, each subject to 100% accelerated vesting upon a change of control of the Company. Each recipient of an award of restricted stock will enter into a restricted stock award agreement under the Company’s 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
Director/Executive
 
Restricted Stock Award Granted
 
Restriction Expiration in Years
Daniel J. Doyle, Director, Chairman of the Board
 
960

 
1
Daniel N. Cunningham, Lead Independent Director
 
960

 
1
Edwin S. Darden, Jr., Director
 
960

 
1
F. T. (“Tommy”) Elliott, IV, Director
 
960

 
1
Robert J. Flautt, Director
 
960

 
1
James M. Ford, President and CEO, Director
 
960

 
1
Gary D. Gall, Director
 
960

 
1
Steven D. McDonald, Director
 
960

 
1
Louis C. McMurray, Director
 
960

 
1
Karen A. Musson, Director
 
960

 
1
William S. Smittcamp, Director
 
960

 
1
Patrick J. Carman, Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer
 
960

 
3
James J. Kim, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
 
960

 
3
David A. Kinross, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
960

 
3
Gary D. Quisenberry, Executive Vice President, Commercial and Business Banking
 
960

 
3
Lydia E. Shaw, Executive Vice President, Community Banking
 
960

 
3
Total
 
15,360

 
 

Item 5.02(c) Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Please refer to the information set forth at Item 1.01 above.

Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
a.               On May 16, 2018 Central Valley Community Bancorp held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
 
b.              The final results of voting for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the meeting are as follows:
 
Elected Directors of the Company to serve until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified.
 
In the election of directors, no candidates were nominated for election as a director other than the nominees of the Board of Directors whose names were set forth in the Company’s proxy statement dated March 22, 2018.  Set forth below is a tabulation of the votes cast in the election of Directors with respect to each nominee for office:
 

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Director
 
Votes Cast for Election
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Daniel N. Cunningham
 
7,396,695

 
2,715,472

 
1,811,610

Edwin S. Darden, Jr.
 
8,204,342

 
1,907,825

 
1,811,610

Daniel J. Doyle
 
9,301,451

 
810,716

 
1,811,610

Frank T. (“Tommy”) Elliott, IV
 
9,358,279

 
753,888

 
1,811,610

Robert J. Flautt
 
9,946,177

 
165,990

 
1,811,610

James M. Ford
 
9,312,808

 
799,359

 
1,811,610

Gary D. Gall
 
7,965,559

 
2,146,608

 
1,811,610

Steven D. McDonald
 
8,216,641

 
1,895,526

 
1,811,610

Louis McMurray
 
8,204,387

 
1,907,780

 
1,811,610

Karen A. Musson
 
9,964,005

 
148,162

 
1,811,610

William S. Smittcamp
 
8,213,717

 
1,898,450

 
1,811,610


The ratification of the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP for the 2018 fiscal year as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.  The appointment was ratified by the following votes:
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
11,875,050
 
36,248
 
15,159
 

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.
 
 
Central Valley Community Bancorp
 
 
Date: May 17, 2018
By:
/s/ David A. Kinross
 
Name:
David A. Kinross
 
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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