KENTUCKY BANCSHARES, INC. (OTCMKTS:KTYB) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The registrant’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held May 17, 2017. Matters voted upon were (1) ratification of the Board’s selection of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the ensuing year, (2) election of directors, (3) non-binding advisory vote on the compensation paid its named executive officers, and (4) non-binding advisory vote on the frequency with which the Company will hold a non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid its named executive officers. The final number of votes cast with respect to each matter are set out below:
1) Ratification of the Board’s selection of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the ensuing year:
Votes For 2,140,986
Votes Against 1,713
2) Election of the following nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors for the ensuing year:
Votes Broker
Votes For Withheld Non-votes
Henry Hinkle 1,403,699 97,663 705,205
Jack W. Omohundro 1,485,379 15,983 705,205
Robert G. Thompson 1,434,494 66,868 705,205
3) Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation paid its named executive officers:
Votes For 1,390,854
Votes Against 76,401
Votes Abstained 36,053
Broker Non-votes 705,205
4) Non-binding advisory vote on the frequency with which the Company will hold a non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid its named executive officers -binding advisory vote on the compensation paid its named executive officers:
Votes For 1 Year 1,454,772
Votes For 2 Years 18,155
Votes For 3 Years 13,254
Votes Abstained 15,427
Broker Non-votes 705,205
The following directors have a term of office that will continue following the Annual Meeting: B. Proctor Caudill, Jr., Betty J. Long, Ted McClain, Louis Prichard, Edwin S. Saunier, Woodford Van Meter and Buckner Woodford IV.
The total number of Common Shares outstanding as of March 15, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, was 2,972,763.