CoBiz Financial Inc. (NASDAQ:COBZ) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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CoBiz Financial Inc. (NASDAQ:COBZ) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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

CoBiz Financial Inc. (the Company) held its annual meeting of
shareholders on April27, 2017, where the shareholders elected
eleven directors to serve for a one-year term; approved, on a
nonbinding basis, executive compensation for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2016; ratified, on a nonbinding basis, the
appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Companys independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2017; and voted to reject a shareholder proposal to
adopt a policy to require an independent chairman.

The results of the votes were as follows:

1Shareholders elected the following nominees to serve as
directors of the Company for a one-year term:

Nominee

For

Withheld

Abstain

Broker non-votes

Steven Bangert

34,968,702

398,329

1,370

2,712,997

Michael B. Burgamy

35,281,507

81,987

4,907

2,712,997

Michael G. Hutchinson

35,171,943

185,270

11,188

2,712,997

Evan Makovsky

31,480,179

3,885,237

2,985

2,712,997

Richard L. Monfort

35,307,272

58,144

2,985

2,712,997

Douglas L. Polson

35,314,895

46,037

7,469

2,712,997

Mary K. Rhinehart

35,297,251

64,296

6,854

2,712,997

Noel N. Rothman

35,271,603

88,481

8,317

2,712,997

Bruce H. Schroffel

35,323,688

35,534

9,179

2,712,997

Timothy J. Travis

35,202,175

159,607

6,619

2,712,997

Mary Beth Vitale

35,224,356

137,191

6,854

2,712,997

2Shareholders approved, on a nonbinding basis, executive
compensation for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016:

For

35,161,175

Against

197,241

Abstain

9,985

Broker non-votes

2,712,997

3Shareholders ratified, on a nonbinding basis, Crowe Horwath LLP
as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017:

For

38,063,677

Against

14,393

Abstain

3,328

4Shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal to adopt a policy
to require an independent chairman:

For

8,246,605

Against

27,101,724

Abstain

20,072

Broker non-votes

2,712,997


About CoBiz Financial Inc. (NASDAQ:COBZ)

CoBiz Financial Inc. (CoBiz) is a financial holding company. The Company operates in three segments: Commercial Banking, Fee-Based Lines, and Corporate Support and Other. The Commercial Banking segment offers commercial, real estate and private banking, as well as treasury management, interest-rate hedging and depository products. The Fee-Based Lines segment offers employee benefits brokerage and consulting, insurance brokerage and wealth management services. Its subsidiary, CoBiz Bank (the Bank), is a full-service business banking institution. In Colorado, the Bank operates under the name Colorado Business Bank and has over 10 locations, including approximately nine in the Denver metropolitan area, and others in Boulder, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and Vail. In Arizona, the Bank operates under the name Arizona Business Bank and has over five locations serving the Phoenix metropolitan area and the surrounding area of Maricopa County.

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