Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07

Submission of Matter to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07
Submission of Matter to a Vote of Security Holders
On May 31, 2017, Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq
BWFG), (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of
Stockholders (the “Meeting”). Of the 7,633,386 shares of
the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the record
date for the Meeting, 6,965,835 shares were present or
represented by proxy at the Meeting.
The voting results from the Meeting were as follows:
1.
Election of Directors for One-Year Terms (Proposal 1).
Director
For
Withheld
George P. Bauer
6,000,581 (99.25%)
45,308 (0.75%)
Gail E.D. Brathwaite
5,295,703 (87.59%)
750,186 (12.41%)
Richard Castiglioni
5,042,822 (83.41%)
1,003,067 (16.59%)
Eric J. Dale
5,727,246 (94.73%)
318,643 (5.27%)
Blake S. Drexler
5,995,757 (99.17%)
50,132 (0.83%)
James A. Fieber
5,097,046 (84.31%)
948,843 (15.69%)
Christopher Gruseke
5,373,857 (88.88%)
672,032 (11.12%)
Daniel S. Jones
5,998,306 (99.21%)
47,583 (0.79%)
Todd Lampert
5,034,443 (83.27%)
1,011,456 (16.73%)
Victor S. Liss
5,352,629 (88.53%)
693,260 (11.47%)
Carl M. Porto
5,342,567 (88.37%)
703,322 (11.63%)
There were 919,946 broker non-votes on the Proposal.
2.
Ratification of Appointment of RSM US LLP as independent
auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2017 (Proposal 2)
For
Against
Abstain
6,928,504 (99.47%)
37,217 (0.53%)
114 (0.00%)
There were no broker non-votes on the Proposal.
Accordingly, all Director nominees were elected and the
independent auditors were ratified.


About Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG)

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. is a bank holding company. The Company offers a range of financial services through its banking subsidiary, Bankwell Bank (the Bank). The Bank is a Connecticut state non-member bank. The Bank provides a range of banking services to commercial and consumer customers, concentrated in the Fairfield and New Haven Counties region of Connecticut. The Bank’s commercial lending products include owner-occupied commercial real estate loans, commercial real estate investment loans, commercial loans (such as business term loans, equipment financing and lines of credit) to small and mid-sized businesses, and real estate construction and development loans. The Bank’s retail lending products include residential mortgage loans, home equity lines of credit and consumer installment loans. Its depository products include checking, savings, money market, certificates of deposit, noninterest-bearing demand, negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits.

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