UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 10, 2017 (April 25, 2017)
WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Rhode Island | 001-32991 | 05-0404671 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 23 Broad Street Westerly, Rhode Island |
02891 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(401) 348-1200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)
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Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A (the “Amended 8-K”) is being filed as an amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (the “Corporation”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2017 (the “Original 8-K”). The purpose of this Amended 8-K is to disclose the Corporation’s decision regarding how frequently it will conduct future shareholder advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Corporation’s named executive officers. No other changes are being made to the Original 8-K.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
As reported in the Original 8-K, at the Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 25, 2017, a majority of the Corporation’s shareholders that voted on the matter indicated a preference to hold, on a non-binding advisory basis, the Corporation’s future advisory votes on executive compensation (“say on pay”) once every year. In accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) as set forth in the Corporation’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2017 and consistent with the shareholder voting results, the Board has determined that the say on pay vote will be conducted once every year, until the next shareholder vote on say on pay frequency.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP, INC. (Registrant) | ||||||||
| Date: July 10, 2017 | By: | /s/ David V. Devault | ||||||
| David V. Devault Vice Chair, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||