form8-k.htm
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 23, 2012


GREEN BANKSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Tennessee
  
0-14289
  
62-1222567
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  
(Commission
File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

100 North Main Street
Greeneville, Tennessee 37743-4992
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(423) 639-5111
 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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

Green Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on August 23, 2012. The shareholders considered four proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement dated August 2, 2012.

 
Proposal 1: Election of seven nominees to serve as directors each for a term continuing until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2013 or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The votes were cast as follows:
 
  
 
Name
Votes For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
  
 
Martha M. Bachman
124,624,546
102,775
4,781,886
  
 
Peter N. Foss
124,600,661
126,660
4,781,886
  
 
William A. Hodges
124,599,479
127,842
4,781,886
  
 
Samuel E. Lynch
124,603,393
123,928
4,781,886
  
 
Christopher G. Marshall
123,263,899
1,463,422
4,781,886
  
 
R. Bruce Singletary
123,400,307
1,327,014
4,781,886
  
 
R. Eugene Taylor
123,397,580
1,329,741
4,781,886
  

All director nominees were duly elected.

 
Proposal 2: Ratification of the action of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors in appointing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. The votes were cast as follows:
 
  
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
  
 
129,428,657
59,561
20,989
0
  

Proposal 2 was approved.

 
Proposal 3: Approval of a nonbinding advisory proposal regarding Green Bankshares, Inc.’s executive compensation matters. The votes were cast as follows:
 
  
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
  
 
124,610,746
86,329
30,246
4,781,886
  

Proposal 3 was approved.

 
Proposal 4: Approval of a nonbinding advisory proposal regarding the frequency of future advisory proposals on Green Bankshares, Inc.’s executive compensation matters. The votes were cast as follows:
 
  
 
1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
  
 
1,603,917
204,543
122,850,610
68,251
0
  

Shareholders approved having an advisory proposal on executive compensation matters every three years.

 
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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.

Date: August 28, 2012
GREEN BANKSHARES, INC.
  
       
       
 
By:
/s/ Christopher G. Marshall
  
   
Christopher G. Marshall
  
   
Chief Financial Officer
  

 
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