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EX-3.1 - RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION - INTERVEST BANCSHARES CORPd358842dex31.htm

 

 

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 24, 2012

 

 

INTERVEST BANCSHARES CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-23377   13-3699013

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

1 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 400, New York, New York   10020-2002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number Including Area Code: (212) 218-2800

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d- 2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 5.03 – Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

Effective May 24, 2012, the shareholders of Intervest Bancshares Corporation (the “Company”) approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate all references to Class B Common Stock and to rename the Company’s Class A Common Stock as Common Stock. The text of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation as so amended is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

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

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of Intervest Bancshares Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 24, 2012. As of the record date of March 30, 2012, there were a total of 21,590,689 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting. At the Meeting, 20,111,444 shares of common stock were present in person or by proxy, representing a quorum.

At the meeting, the Company’s shareholders: (i) elected each of the eight persons listed below under “Election of Directors” to serve as a director of the Company until the next annual meeting of shareholders; (ii) approved a non-binding advisory proposal on executive officer compensation; (iii) approved a proposal to amend and restate the Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate all references to Class B Common Stock and to rename Class A Common Stock as Common Stock; and (iv) ratified the appointment of Hacker, Johnson & Smith, P.A., P.C., as the Company’s independent auditor for 2012.

The results of the voting at the annual meeting on each such matter is set out below.

1. Election of Directors.

 

Directors

   Votes For      Withheld      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  

Michael A. Callen

     12,347,855         198,948         -0-         7,564,641   

Lowell S. Dansker

     11,519,225         1,027,578         -0-         7,564,641   

Paul R. DeRosa

     12,348,855         197,948         -0-         7,564,641   

Stephen A. Helman

     11,624,532         922,271         -0-         7,564,641   

Wayne F. Holly

     12,348,725         198,078         -0-         7,564,641   

Lawton Swan, III

     12,348,725         198,078         -0-         7,564,641   

Thomas E. Willett

     11,007,360         1,539,443         -0-         7,564,641   

Wesley T. Wood

     11,625,132         921,671         -0-         7,564,641   

2. Non-Binding Advisory Proposal on the Compensation of the Company’s Executive Officers.

 

Votes For

     Votes Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
  11,512,262         946,368         88,173         7,564,641   

3. Proposal to amend and restate the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate any and all references to Class B Common Stock and to rename the Company’s Class A Common Stock “Common Stock”.

 

Votes For

     Votes Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
  12,340,093         195,350         11,360         7,564,641   

4. Ratification of appointment of Hacker, Johnson & Smith P.A., P.C. as independent auditor for 2012.

 

Votes For

     Votes Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
  18,769,906         114,138         1,227,400         —     


Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

3.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective May 24, 2012


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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

    INTERVEST BANCSHARES CORPORATION
Date: May 25, 2012     By:  

/s/ Lowell S. Dansker

      Lowell S. Dansker
      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer