AmeriServ Financial Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
(a) and (b) Voting Results.
At the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of AmeriServ Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) held on August 20, 2024, the shareholders voted on the four proposals set forth below and as further described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement dated July 19, 2024. These proposals were submitted to a vote through the solicitation of proxies. The results of the votes are set forth below.
Proposal 1 – Election of three Class II director nominees of the Company’s board of directors, each to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders, or until the earlier of their resignation or their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified:
| For | Withhold | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| J. Michael Adams, Jr. | 8,253,852 | 2,685,215 | 2,651,972 | |||
| Margaret A. O’Malley | 6,516,389 | 4,422,678 | 2,651,972 | |||
| Mark E. Pasquerilla | 6,367,400 | 4,571,667 | 2,651,972 |
Proposal 2 – Approval and adoption of an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to eliminate the ability to exercise cumulative voting in director elections:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 8,462,302 | 2,447,696 | 29,069 | 2,651,972 |
Proposal 3 – An advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 6,081,562 | 4,777,378 | 80,127 | 2,651,972 |
Proposal 4 – Ratification of the appointment of S.R. Snodgrass P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 12,557,695 | 924,702 | 108,642 |
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits:
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
| AMERISERV FINANCIAL, Inc. | ||
| Date: August 21, 2024 | By | /s/ Michael D. Lynch |
| Michael D. Lynch | ||
| EVP & CFO | ||