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 12, 2011

 

 

ENCORE BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Texas   001-33598   76-0655696

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Nine Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, Texas 77046

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 787-3100

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 12, 2011, Encore Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders, at which time shareholders were asked to consider three proposals, as follows:

 

  1. To elect eleven (11) directors to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company until the Company’s 2012 annual meeting of shareholders, and each until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal;

 

  2. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2011;

 

  3. To consider and approve an amendment to the Company’s 2008 Stock Awards and Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder from 500,000 to 750,000; and

 

  4. To consider and approve an advisory (non-binding) resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

The vote tabulation was as follows:

 

  1. Election of eleven (11) directors to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company until the Company’s 2012 annual meeting of shareholders:

 

     Votes For      Votes
Withheld
     Broker
Non-Votes
 

Carin M. Barth

     7,987,070         355,004         917,832   

James S. D’Agostino, Jr.

     8,304,266         37,808         917,832   

Charles W. Jenness

     8,299,266         42,808         917,832   

J. Bryan King

     8,310,615         31,459         917,832   

Walter M. Mischer, Jr.

     8,101,433         240,641         917,832   

Preston Moore

     8,299,266         42,808         917,832   

Edwin E. Smith

     8,310,615         31,459         917,832   

Eugene H. Vaughan

     8,310,615         31,459         917,832   

David E. Warden

     8,310,615         31,459         917,832   

J. Harold Williams

     8,249,535         92,539         917,832   

Randa Duncan Williams

     8,311,775         30,299         917,832   


  2. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2011:

 

Votes For

   Votes Against      Votes Abstained      Broker Non-Votes  
9,258,178      1,228         500         0   

 

  3. To consider and approve an amendment to the Company’s 2008 Stock Awards and Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder from 500,000 to 750,000:

 

Votes For

   Votes Against      Votes Abstained      Broker Non-Votes  
6,226,081      2,114,164         1,829         917,832   

 

  4. To consider and approve an advisory (non-binding) resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

Votes For

   Votes Against      Votes Abstained      Broker Non-Votes  
8,224,757      114,988         2,329         917,832   

 

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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.

 

  ENCORE BANCSHARES, INC.
  (Registrant)
Dated: May 13, 2011   By:  

/s/ James S. D’Agostino, Jr.

    James S. D’Agostino, Jr.
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer