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) May 25, 2011

 

SIERRA BANCORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

California	000-33063	33-0937517
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employee Identification No.)

 

 

86 North Main Street, Porterville, CA 93257
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)

 

(559) 782-4900
(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) Not applicable

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Explanatory Note

 

This Form 8-K/A is being filed as an amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 25, 2011 (the “Original Form 8-K”) by Sierra Bancorp (the “Company”) solely for the purpose of disclosing the determination of the Company’s Board of Directors with respect to the frequency of shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation. This Form 8-K/A does not amend or modify the Original Form 8-K in any other respect.

 

Item 5.07        Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

(d)

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company held on May 25, 2011, the Company’s shareholders recommended, on an advisory basis, that the Company’s future advisory votes on executive compensation should be held once every year. Consistent with the shareholder recommendation, the Company’s Board of Directors determined that it will hold an advisory vote on executive compensation once every year.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

	SIERRA BANCORP
Dated: March 22, 2012	By:	/s/ Kenneth R. Taylor
		Kenneth R. Taylor Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer