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): April 27, 2017

 

CoBiz Financial Inc.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Commission file number 001-15955

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorado 

 

84-0826324


 


(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

1401 Lawrence St., Ste. 1200

Denver, Colorado

 

80202


 


(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(303) 312-3400


(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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.

 

CoBiz Financial Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders on April 27, 2017,  where the shareholders elected eleven directors to serve for a one-year term; approved, on a nonbinding basis, executive compensation for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016; ratified, on a nonbinding basis, the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017; and voted to reject a shareholder proposal to adopt a policy to require an independent chairman. 

 

The results of the votes were as follows:

 

1Shareholders elected the following nominees to serve as directors of the Company for a one-year term:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominee

For

Withheld

Abstain

Broker non-votes

Steven Bangert

34,968,702

398,329

1,370

2,712,997

Michael B. Burgamy

35,281,507

81,987

4,907

2,712,997

Michael G. Hutchinson

35,171,943

185,270

11,188

2,712,997

Evan Makovsky

31,480,179

3,885,237

2,985

2,712,997

Richard L. Monfort

35,307,272

58,144

2,985

2,712,997

Douglas L. Polson

35,314,895

46,037

7,469

2,712,997

Mary K. Rhinehart

35,297,251

64,296

6,854

2,712,997

Noel N. Rothman

35,271,603

88,481

8,317

2,712,997

Bruce H. Schroffel

35,323,688

35,534

9,179

2,712,997

Timothy J. Travis

35,202,175

159,607

6,619

2,712,997

Mary Beth Vitale

35,224,356

137,191

6,854

2,712,997

 

2Shareholders approved, on a nonbinding basis, executive compensation for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016:

 

 

 

For

35,161,175

Against

197,241

Abstain

9,985

Broker non-votes

2,712,997

 

3Shareholders ratified, on a nonbinding basis, Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017:

 

 

 

For

38,063,677

Against

14,393

Abstain

3,328

 

 

 

4Shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal to adopt a policy to require an independent chairman:

 

 

 

For

8,246,605

Against

27,101,724

Abstain

20,072

Broker non-votes

2,712,997

 

 


 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

CoBiz Financial Inc.

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 2, 2017

 

 

/s/

Lyne Andrich

 

 

 

 

 

Lyne Andrich

 

 

 

 

 

EVP and CFO

 

 

 

 

 

CoBiz Financial Inc.