Financial Institutions, Inc. (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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):   June 20, 2018

Financial Institutions, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
New York 0-26481 16-0816610
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
220 Liberty Street, Warsaw, New York   14569
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   585-786-1100

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company [  ]

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

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

Financial Institutions, Inc. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") on June 20, 2018. At the Annual Meeting, the holders of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote at the meeting: (1) elected Karl V. Anderson, Jr., Dawn H. Burlew and Robert N. Latella to serve as directors until the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified ("Proposal 1"); (2) approved the non-binding, advisory vote on compensation paid to our named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, as described in the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis," executive compensation tables and enclosed narrative disclosures in the Proxy Statement ("Proposal 2"); (3) approved the non-binding, advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers to be every year ("Proposal 3"); and, (4) ratified the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 ("Proposal 4").

The certified voting results were as follows:

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

Karl V. Anderson, Jr.
FOR: 11,439,747
WITHHELD: 592,195
BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,467,087

Dawn H. Burlew
FOR: 11,617,499
WITHHELD: 414,443
BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,467,087

Robert N. Latella
FOR: 11,434,437
WITHHELD: 597,505
BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,467,087

Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

FOR: 11,155,634
WITHHELD: 863,210
ABSTAIN: 13,098
BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,467,087

Proposal 3 – Frequency of Future Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

EVERY YEAR: 10,583,689
EVERY TWO YEARS: 161,600
EVERY THREE YEARS: 1,280,976
ABSTAIN: 5,677
BROKER NON-VOTES: 2,467,087

Proposal 4 – Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

FOR: 14,107,940
WITHHELD: 381,511
ABSTAIN: 9,578





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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.

         
    Financial Institutions, Inc.
          
June 21, 2018   By:   Kevin B. Klotzbach
       
        Name: Kevin B. Klotzbach
        Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer