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): May 1, 2013

 

 

FRANKLIN FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its new charter)

 

Pennsylvania   0-12126   25-1440803
(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Indent. No.)

 

20 South Main Street, Chambersburg, PA   17201
(Address of principal executive office)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (717) 264-6116

 

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changes since last report)

  

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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

 

Franklin Financial Services Corporation held its annual meeting of shareholders on April 30, 2013. The Board of Directors submitted the following proposals to a vote of security holders and the results of the voting on each proposal are presented below.

 

Proposal 1 – Election of three Directors to Class B for a term of three years.

 

 

Director  Votes For   Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes 
Charles S. Bender, II   1,990,860    95,559    619,804 
Martin R. Brown   2,017,574    68,845    619,804 
Allen E. Jennings, Jr.   2,006,617    79,802    619,804 
Stephen E. Patterson   1,998,645    87,774    619,804 

 

Messrs. Bender, Brown, Jennings and Patterson were elected.

 

Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Compensation Paid to Named Executive Officers (Say-On-Pay)

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes 
 1,833,282    207,937    45,200    619,804 

 

 

Proposal 3 – To approve the Incentive Stock Option Plan of 2013

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes 
 1,746,986    314,814    24,619    619,804 

 

 

Proposal 4 – Ratification of the selection of ParenteBeard LLC, as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2013.

 

Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes 
 2,641,640    34,370    30,213    0 

 

 

 

The selection of ParenteBeard LLC was ratified.

  

 
 

 

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.

 

  FRANKLIN FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
     
  /s/ William E. Snell, Jr.  
       William E. Snell, Jr., President  
  and Chief Executive Officer  

 

Dated: May 1, 2013