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): June 9, 2020

 

BYLINE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-38139

36-3012593

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

180 North LaSalle Street, Suite 300
Chicago, Illinois


60601

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(773) 244-7000

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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))

 

 

 

 

 


 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

 

Common Stock

 

 

BY

 

New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter)

 

Emerging growth company      

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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

An annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Byline Bancorp, Inc. (“Byline”) was held on June 9, 2020. A total of 35,227,309 shares of the Company's common stock were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. This represented approximately 92% of the Company's shares of common stock that were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Two proposals were presented to Byline’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. The proposals are described in Byline’s 2020 Proxy Statement. The results of the stockholder vote on the proposals were as follows:

1.)The election of nine (9) director nominees to serve a one-year term until the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

 

Name of Director Nominee

Number of Shares
Voted “For”

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

 

1

 

Phillip R. Cabrera

 

30,759,421

 

233,738

 

4,234,150

 

 

2

 

Antonio del Valle Perochena

 

30,652,281

 

340,878

 

 

4,234,150

 

3

 

 

Roberto R. Herencia

 

30,822,346

 

170,813

 

 

4,234,150

 

4

 

Mary Jo S. Herseth

 

30,844,520

 

148,639

 

 

4,234,150

 

5

 

 

Steven P. Kent

 

30,738,065

 

255,094

 

 

4,234,150

 

6

 

 

William G. Kistner

30,845,341

 

147,818

 

 

4,234,150

 

7

 

Alberto J. Paracchini

 

 

30,926,108

 

67,051

 

 

4,234,150

 

8

 

Steven M. Rull

 

 

30,845,491

 

147,668

 

 

4,234,150

 

9

 

Robert R. Yohanan

 

 

30,798,953

 

194,206

 

 

4,234,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.)

The ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020:

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Number of Shares
Voted “For”

Number of Shares
Voted “Against”

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

35,131,937

40,292

55,080

0

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

BYLINE BANCORP, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alberto J. Paracchini

Date: June 11, 2020

 

Name: Alberto J. Paracchini
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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