UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
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| Washington, D.C. 20549 |
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| FORM 8-K |
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| CURRENT REPORT |
| Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
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| Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) | April 16, 2014 |
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| ESB Financial Corporation |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
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| Pennsylvania | 0-19345 | 25-1659846 |
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer |
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| 600 Lawrence Avenue, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania | | 16117 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
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| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code | (724) 758-5584 |
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| Not Applicable |
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) An Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ESB Financial Corporation (the “Company”) was held on April 16, 2014.
(b) There were 17,737,478 shares of common stock of the Company eligible to be voted at the Annual Meeting and there were 15,045,817 shares represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, which constituted a quorum to conduct business at the meeting.
The items voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the results of the vote on each proposal were as follows:
1. Election of directors for a three-year term:
| | FOR | | WITHHELD | | BROKER NON-VOTES |
| Herbert S. Skuba | 11,626,206 | | 747,064 | | 2,672,547 |
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2. To adopt a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
| FOR | | AGAINST | | ABSTAIN | | BROKER NON-VOTES |
| 11,267,045 | | 821,277 | | 284,947 | | 2,672,548 |
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3. To ratify the appointment of S.R Snodgrass, A.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014.
| FOR | | AGAINST | | ABSTAIN |
| 14,800,287 | | 84,723 | | 160,807 |
The nominee was elected as a director and the proposals to adopt a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and to ratify S.R Snodgrass, A.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014 were adopted by the stockholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting.
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| | ESB FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
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| Date: April 17, 2014 | By: | /s/ Charlotte A. Zuschlag |
| | | Name: | Charlotte A. Zuschlag |
| | | Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
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