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):  August 21, 2017

HAMILTON BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland
  
001-35693
  
46-0543309
(State or Other Jurisdiction
  
(Commission File No.)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)
  
Identification No.)
 
501 Fairmount Avenue, Suite 200, Towson, Maryland
  
21286
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (410) 823-4510

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

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Item 5.07         Submission of Matters to a Vote of Securities Holders

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on August 21, 2017.  The matters listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders through the solicitation of proxies, and the proposals are described in detail in the Proxy Statement.  Of the 3,411,075 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 2,973,680 shares were present at the meeting in person or by proxy.  The final results of the stockholder vote are as follows:

1.
The election of three directors of the Company, to serve for three-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified.

   
For
  
Withhold
  
Broker Non-Votes
             
William E. Ballard
  
1,819,952
  
119,715
  
1,034,013
             
Carol L. Coughlin
  
1,774,892
  
164,775
  
1,034,013
             
Joseph J. Bouffard
  
1,609,166
  
330,501
  
1,034,013


2.
The ratification of the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.

  Shares Voted For
  
Shares Voted Against
  
Abstentions
  
Broker Non-votes
             
2,776,425
  
192,187
  
5,068
  
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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.


 
HAMILTON BANCORP, INC.
   
   
   
DATE:  August 24, 2017
By:          /s/ Robert A. DeAlmeida
 
Robert A. DeAlmeida
 
President and Chief Executive Officer