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 24, 2018
EAST WEST BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-24939 | 95-4703316 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
135 N Los Robles Ave., 7th Floor, Pasadena, California 91101
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(626) 768-6000
(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:
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 24, 2018, East West Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The following are the voting results of each matter submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. The proposals below are described in detail in the Company’s 2018 Proxy Statement. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (1) elected all eight of the directors nominated by the Board of Directors; (2) approved the advisory vote on executive compensation; and (3) ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018.
| 1. | Stockholders elected the eight director nominees named in the 2018 Proxy Statement. |
| Votes Cast For | Withheld | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||
| Molly Campbell | 123,303,617 | 142,667 | N/A | 11,517,208 | ||||
| Iris S. Chan | 123,326,999 | 119,285 | N/A | 11,517,208 | ||||
| Rudolph I. Estrada | 121,921,070 | 1,525,214 | N/A | 11,517,208 | ||||
| Paul H. Irving | 123,256,079 | 190,205 | N/A | 11,517,208 | ||||
| Herman Y. Li | 121,044,238 | 2,402,046 | N/A | 11,517,208 | ||||
| Jack C. Liu | 121,643,622 | 1,802,662 | N/A | 11,517,208 | ||||
| Dominic Ng | 120,946,215 | 2,500,069 | N/A | 11,517,208 | ||||
| Lester M. Sussman | 123,305,066 | 141,218 | N/A | 11,517,208 | ||||
| 2. | In a non-binding advisory vote regarding executive compensation as disclosed in the 2018 Proxy Statement, the votes were as follows: |
| Votes Cast For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 121,877,733 | 1,384,519 | 184,032 | 11,517,208 | |||
| 3. | Stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018: |
| Votes Cast For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 134,109,318 | 812,126 | 42,048 | — | |||
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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.
| EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. | |
| Date: May 25, 2018 | By: /s/ Douglas P. Krause |
Douglas P. Krause, Esq. Executive Vice President and General Counsel | |
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