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) October 23, 2015 |
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| FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF ATLANTA |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
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| Federally chartered corporation | 000-51845 | 56-6000442 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
| 1475 Peachtree Street, NE | ||
| Atlanta, GA 30309 | ||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | ||
| (404) 888-8000 | ||
| (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) | ||
| Not Applicable |
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) |
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 28, 2015, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (the “Bank”) declared elected the following individuals in the Bank’s 2015 election of directors:
| • | R. Thornwell Dunlap III, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Countybank, Greenwood, SC was elected to fill the member directorship that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“Finance Agency”) designated for the state of South Carolina; |
| • | William C. Handorf, Professor of Finance, School of Business, George Washington University, Washington, DC, an incumbent director, was re-elected to fill an independent directorship; and |
| • | Henry Gary Pannell, Special Counsel, Jones Walker LLP, Atlanta, GA, an incumbent director, was re-elected to fill an independent directorship (together with Mr. Dunlap and Mr. Handorf, the “Directors-elect”). |
Each of the Directors-elect will begin serving a four-year term on January 1, 2016. The Bank has not yet determined on which committees each of the foregoing Directors-elect will serve beginning in 2016. The Bank conducted the director elections in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (the “Act”) and the rules and regulations of the Finance Agency.
The Bank is a cooperative and conducts business primarily with its members, which are required to own capital stock in the Bank as a prerequisite to transacting certain business with the Bank. Subject to the Act and Finance Agency regulations, the Bank also issues consolidated obligations through the Office of Finance, maintains a portfolio of short-term and long-term investments, enters into derivative transactions, and provides certain cash management and other services; in each case, with members, housing associates or other third parties of which directors may serve as officers or directors. All such transactions are made in the ordinary course of the Bank’s business and are subject to the same Bank policies as transactions with the Bank’s members, housing associates and third parties generally. Pursuant to Finance Agency regulation, the Bank’s member directors serve as officers or directors of a Bank member.
The Bank expects to compensate the Directors-elect in accordance with the Bank’s Directors’ Compensation Policy. They also will be entitled to participate in the Bank’s Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, under which each Bank director has the opportunity to defer all or a portion of the amount of his or her compensation. The form and amount of any compensation to all directors, including the Directors-elect, is subject to approval by the board of directors of the Bank and subject to the Act and Finance Agency regulations.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2015 election of directors was conducted by mail. No in-person meeting of the members was held in connection with the 2015 election of directors. On October 23, 2015, the Bank tallied the preliminary voting results for the 2015 election of directors, which the Bank declared final as described in Item 5.02 of this Current Report.
Member Director Election
As discussed in Item 5.02 of this Current Report, the Bank conducted an election for one member director in South Carolina. The following is a tally of the vote for the South Carolina directorship:
South Carolina
| Total Number of Members Eligible to Vote | 74 | ||
| Number of Members Voting | 49 | ||
| Total Number of Eligible Votes | 481,364 | ||
| Number of Eligible Votes Cast | 310,306 | ||
Name | Member | Number of Votes Received | |
| Richard N. Burch, | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director, South Atlantic Bank, Myrtle Beach, SC | 84,119 | |
R. Thornwell Dunlap III (Elected) | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Countybank, Greenwood, SC | 157,559 | |
| R. Arthur Seaver, Jr. | Chief Executive Officer, Southern First Bank, Greenville, SC | 43,076 | |
| William B. West | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Community First Bank, Inc., Walhalla, SC | 25,552 | |
Independent Director Election
The Bank conducted an election for two at-large independent directors. Under Finance Agency regulations, the two independent director nominees who receive the highest number of votes eligible to be cast are elected. The results of the vote for the independent directors are as follows:
Total Number of Members Eligible to Vote Per Position | 958 | ||||
Total Number of Eligible Votes Per Position | 11,735,620 | ||||
Name | Affiliation | Number of Members Voting | Number of Votes Received | ||
| Wendi B. Carpenter | Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired); Co-founder and Principal, Gold Star Strategies LLC, Peachtree City, GA | 178 | 2,197,410 | ||
William C. Handorf (Elected) | Professor of Finance, School of Business, George Washington University, Washington, DC | 197 | 3,208,113 | ||
Henry Gary Pannell (Elected) | Special Counsel, Jones Walker LLP, Atlanta, GA | 197 | 2,516,301 | ||
| John Rucker | Managing Director, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Montgomery, AL | 159 | 1,915,141 | ||
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.
| Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta | ||
| Date: October 29, 2015 | By: /s/Reginald T. O’Shields | |
| Reginald T. O’Shields | ||
Senior Vice President and General Counsel | ||