UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 19, 2019 (April 17, 2019)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Ohio		0-13507		34-1395608
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

401 Clinton Street, Defiance, OH	43512
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (419) 783-8950

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

 

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Emerging growth company o

 

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

 

The 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of SB Financial Group, Inc. (“SB Financial”) was held on April 17, 2019, in Defiance, Ohio. At the close of business on the record date for the Annual Meeting (February 21, 2019), a total of 6,527,636 SB Financial common shares were outstanding and entitled to vote. A total of 5,027,388, or 77.01% of the outstanding common shares outstanding and entitled to vote, were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Provided below are the final voting results for the Annual Meeting.

 

Proposal No. 1:

 

The following directors were elected at the Annual Meeting for three-year terms expiring in 2022:

 

		Number of Votes
		For				Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
Richard L. Hardgrove			3,658,885				376,936				991,567
Mark A. Klein			3,717,117				318,704				991,567
William G. Martin			3,524,040				511,781				991,567

 

Proposal No. 2:

 

Shareholders holding a majority of the SB Financial common shares represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting approved Proposal No. 2, to ratify the appointment of BKD, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of SB Financial Group for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019:

 

Number of Votes

For

Against

Broker Non-Votes

Abstain

4,965,227

60,712

N/A

1,449

 

Proposal No. 3:

 

Shareholders holding a majority of the SB Financial common shares represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting approved Proposal No. 3, to consider and vote upon a non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation of SB Financial’s named executive officers:

 

Number of Votes

For				Against				Broker Non-Votes				Abstain
	3,789,206				222,594				991,567				24,021

 

Proposal No. 4:

 

Shareholders holding a majority of the SB Financial common shares represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting approved Proposal No. 4, to consider and vote upon the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of SB Financial’s named executive officers to be every one year:

 

Number of Votes

1 Year				2 Years				3 Years				Abstain
	3,829,659				22,608				158,414				25,140

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

	SB FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
Dated:  April 19, 2019	By:	/s/ Anthony V. Cosentino
		Anthony V. Cosentino
		Chief Financial Officer