UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): April 20, 2023
Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | 1-34682
(Commission
File Number) | | 27-1449820
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
1400 Prospect Ave. Helena, MT 59601
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (406) 442-3080 |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | Trading
Symbol(s) EBMT | Name of each exchange
on which registered Nasdaq Global Market |
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).
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On April 20, 2023, the shareholders of Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. 2020 Non-Employee Director Award Plan (the “Plan”) at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders. The Company’s shareholders approved the amendment to the Plan in accordance with the voting results set forth below under Item 5.07. The amendment to the Plan was previously adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors on December 15, 2022, subject to shareholder approval.
The amendment to the Plan provides for an increase in the annual grant of restricted stock to non-employee directors and increases the number of shares of restricted stock for issuance under the Plan from 13,000 to 88,000 shares. The material terms of the Plan were described in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement (the “Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2023, under the caption “Proposal 4 – Approval of Amendment No. 1 to the 2020 Non-Employee Director Award Plan.”
The above description of the amendment to the Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of Amendment No. 1 to the Plan, set forth in Exhibit 10.1, and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. held on April 20, 2023, four proposals were submitted to the shareholders. Of 8,006,033 shares outstanding and entitled to vote at our Annual Meeting, 5,772,398 were present in person or by proxy. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement. The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter presented to the shareholders.
Proposal 1
Election of four directors, each to serve for a three-year term until the 2026 Annual Meeting: Samuel D. Waters, Cynthia A. Utterback, Corey Jensen and Tanya J. Chemodurow. Each nominee for director was elected by a vote of the shareholders as follows:
| | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-vote |
| Samuel D. Waters | 4,050,109 | 809,120 | 913,137 |
| Cynthia A. Utterback | 4,234,429 | 624,800 | 913,137 |
| Corey Jensen | 4,179,243 | 679,986 | 913,137 |
| Tanya J. Chemodurow | 4,176,032 | 683,198 | 913,137 |
Proposal 2
Ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023. The proposal was approved by a vote of shareholders as follows:
| | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions |
| Ratification of Moss Adams LLP as independent registered public accountants | 5,644,451 | 20,076 | 107,871 |
Proposal 3
The advisory vote on named executive officer compensation, as disclosed in our Proxy Statement, was approved by the following vote:
| | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-vote |
| Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation as disclosed in the Proxy Statement | 4,315,621 | 225,765 | 317,875 | 913,137 |
Proposal 4
Amendment No. 1 to the 2020 Non-Employee Director Award Plan (see Exhibit 10.1). The proposal was approved by a vote of shareholders as follows:
| | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-vote |
| Amendment No. 1 to the 2020 Non-Employee Director Award Plan | 4,452,598 | 266,882 | 139,781 | 913,137 |
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed as part of this Form 8-K:
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.
| | | EAGLE BANCORP MONTANA, INC.
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| Date: April 26, 2023 | | By: | | /s/ Miranda J. Spaulding |
| | | | | Miranda J. Spaulding
Senior Vice President & CFO |
