Bear State Financial 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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

May 17, 2017

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

Bear State Financial, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Arkansas	0-28312	71-0785261
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		Identification No.)

900 South Shackleford Rd., Suite401 Little Rock, Arkansas	72211
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(501)975-6033

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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

The 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Bear State Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 17, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., Central Time, at the Company’s office located at 135 Section Line Road, Hot Springs, Arkansas 71913. Matters voted on by shareholders included: (i) the election of twelve director nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors and (ii) ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of BKD, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017. The final voting results of the shareholders’ votes are reported below.

(i) The following twelve directors were elected by the indicated votes:

Directors	Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
W. Dabbs Cavin		23,475,492		1,259,876		1,424		11,618,339
William Changose		24,580,562		146,011		10,219		11,618,339
K. Aaron Clark		22,291,270		2,435,081		10,441		11,618,339
Frank Conner		24,657,276		69,031		10,485		11,618,339
Scott T. Ford		22,257,865		2,477,725		1,202		11,618,339
G. Brock Gearhart		24,614,148		101,481		21,163		11,618,339
John J. Ghirardelli		24,660,285		66,066		10,441		11,618,339
O. Fitzgerald Hill		24,648,687		66,117		21,988		11,618,339
Daniel C. Horton		23,911,959		781,397		43,436		11,618,339
J. Matthew Machen		23,333,265		1,402,103		1,424		11,618,339
Richard N. Massey		23,138,304		1,596,592		1,896		11,618,339
Ian R. Vaughan		24,584,076		109,280		43,436		11,618,339

(ii) The appointment of BKD, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017 was ratified by the indicated votes:

Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Abstained
35,894,825	453,351	6,955

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.

	BEAR STATE FINANCIAL, INC.
Date:  May 18, 2017	By:	/s/ Sherri R. Billings
	Name:	Sherri R. Billings
	Title:	Senior Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer