UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April 27, 2011
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Massachusetts | 0-17089 | 04-2976299 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
Ten Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of principal executive offices)
(617) 912-1900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Explanatory Note
This Form 8-K/A is being filed as an amendment (“Amendment No. 1”) to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 02, 2011 (the “Original Filing”). The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 is to disclose the Company’s decision regarding how frequently it will conduct stockholder advisory votes on executive compensation. No other changes have been made to the Original Filing.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
At the Company’s 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Company’s stockholders voted on, among other matters, a proposal regarding the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers – or future “say-on-pay” votes. As previously reported by the Company, a majority of the votes cast on the frequency proposal were cast in favor of holding an annual “say-on-pay” vote, which was in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendation.
After considering the voting results with respect to the frequency proposal and other factors, at a meeting held on July 26, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors decided that the Company will hold an advisory “say-on-pay” vote every year in connection with its annual meeting of stockholders until the Board of Directors otherwise determines that a different frequency for such advisory votes is in the best interest of the Company.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunder duly authorized.
| BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||
| By: | /S/ DAVID J. KAYE | |||||
| Name: | David J. Kaye | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| Date: July 27, 2011 | ||||||