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 22, 2015 (May 19, 2015)

 

 

COMMUNITY FIRST, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Tennessee   0-49966   04-3687717

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

501 South James M. Campbell Blvd.

Columbia, TN

  38401
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (931) 380-2265

N/A

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

 

 

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

On May 19, 2015, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Shareholders Meeting”), for which the Board of Directors solicited proxies, at 4:00 p.m. local time, at the Operations building of Community First Bank & Trust, a wholly-owned bank subsidiary of the Company, located at 501 South James M. Campbell Boulevard, Columbia, Tennessee 38401. At the Shareholders Meeting, the shareholders voted on the following proposals as described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated April 2, 2015 (the “Proxy Statement”). The proposals voted on and approved by the shareholders at the Shareholders Meeting were as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

The election of three Class I directors, named in the Proxy Statement, to serve as members of the Company’s Board of Directors until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2018. The following is a list of the directors elected at the Shareholders Meeting with the number of votes “For” and “Withheld,” as well as the number of “Broker Non-Votes”:

 

Class III Nominees

   For    Withheld    Broker Non-Votes

Randy A. Maxwell

   1,685,221    120,906    —  

Michael D. Penrod

   1,742,441      63,686    —  

Dinah C. Vire

   1,666,029    140,098    —  

Proposal 2: Executive Compensation

The non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement was approved by the following tabulation:

 

For

   Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes

1,550,794

   162,299    93,034    —  

Proposal 3: Frequency of Votes on Executive Compensation

The non-binding, advisory vote on the frequency with which the Company should hold future non-binding, advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers received the following votes:

 

Every Year

  

Every Two Years

  

Every Three Years

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

1,611,000

   35,673    70,314    89,141    —  

The Company will file an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K to report the Company’s decision regarding the frequency of future non-binding, advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.


Proposal 4: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The ratification of the appointment of HORNE LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 was approved by the following tabulation:

 

For

   Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes

1,760,812

   39,422    5,894    —  


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.

 

COMMUNITY FIRST, INC.
By: /s/ Louis E. Holloway
Name: Louis E. Holloway
Title: Chief Executive Officer

Date: May 22, 2015