UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

May 24, 2018

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)


Access National Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Virginia

 

000-49929

 

82-0545425

(State or other

jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)


 

1800 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite 300, Reston, VA  20191

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


 

(703) 871-2100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


 

n/a

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


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

Access National Corporation (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ANCX) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 24, 2018, at which two (2) proposals were submitted to the Company’s shareholders. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2018 (the “2018 Proxy Statement”). Below are the final results for each proposal.

Proposal 1

The Company’s shareholders elected four (4) Class I directors to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The votes regarding these director nominees were as follows:

   

For

 

Withhold

 

Broker Non-Votes

Michael G. Anzilotti 13,379,239 1,365,927 -0-
Michael W. Clarke 14,348,344 396,822 -0-
Gary D. LeClair 14,281,897 463,269 -0-
Janet A. Neuharth 14,288,849 456,317 -0-

The following Class II and Class III directors, whose terms expire in 2019 and 2020, respectively, continued in office: Class II – Childs F. Burden, J. Randolph Babbitt, Thomas M. Kody and Robert C. Shoemaker; Class III – John W. Edgemond, IV, Martin S. Friedman, John C. Lee, IV and Mary Leigh McDaniel.

Proposal 2

The Company’s shareholders approved the advisory proposal regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the 2018 Proxy Statement.  The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:  

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

12,002,833 2,607,934 134,399

             -0-

No other matters were voted on at the 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 hereunto duly authorized.

ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION

(Registrant)

 
 
Date: May 31, 2018 By:

/s/ Michael W. Clarke

Name:

Michael W. Clarke

Title:

President & Chief Executive Officer