f8k_051712.htm
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


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 11, 2012
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Northwest Bancorporation, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Washington
000-24151
91-1574174
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)
  
Identification No.)


421 W. Riverside Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99201
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(509) 456-8888
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Item 5.02               Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

(b)           Northwest Bancorporation, Inc. (the "Company") hereby discloses that Lisa A. Sanborn has resigned as Secretary/Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company, effective May 11, 2012.
 
(c)           Effective May 15, 2012, Leilani T. McKernan was appointed as Secretary/Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company.
 
Ms. McKernan, 40, has served as Vice President, Controller and Secretary/Treasurer of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Inland Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), since May 1, 2012 and previously served as the Bank’s Assistant Vice President and Assistant Controller, from December 1996 until May 2012.

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

On May 14, 2012, the Company held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting").  The Company's shareholders approved each of the three proposals detailed in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2012.
 
The proposals voted on by the shareholders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
 
Proposal 1:  The Company's shareholders elected three Directors of the Company for terms ending in the year 2015, as set forth below:

   
For
    
Withheld
  
Broker Non-Votes
  
         
Percentage
          
Percentage
        
         
of shares
          
of shares
        
Name
  
# of votes
    
present
    
# of votes
    
present
    
# of votes
  
Anthony D. Bonanzino
     2,043,290       99.4       12,473       0.6       484,850  
Randall L. Fewel
     2,043,876       99.4       11,887       0.6       484,850  
Bryan S. Norby
     2,043,876       99.4       11,887       0.6       484,850  

Proposal 2:  The Company's shareholders approved an advisory (non-binding) resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as set forth below:

         
Percentage
  
         
of shares
  
   
# of votes
    
present
  
For
     1,998,047       97.2  
Against
     56,223       2.7  
Abstain
     1,493       0.1  
Broker non-votes
     484,850       n/a  


Proposal 3:  The Company's shareholders ratified the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, and any interim periods, as set forth below:

         
Percentage
  
         
of shares
  
   
# of votes
    
present
  
For
     2,460,208       96.8  
Against
     80,405       3.2  
Abstain
     0       0.0  
 
 
 
 
S I G N A T U R E

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.


NORTHWEST BANCORPORATION, INC.
(Registrant)


Date:  May 17, 2012                                                              By: /s/ Randall L. Fewel
Randall L. Fewel
President and Chief Executive Officer