WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:WASH) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:WASH) 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.

The Corporations Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on April
25, 2017. On the record date of February 27, 2017, there were
17,191,070 shares issued, outstanding and eligible to vote, of
which 14,354,569 shares, or 83.5%, were represented at the Annual
Meeting either in person or by proxy.
The results of matters voted upon are presented below:
1.
Four directors, nominated by the Board of Directors, were
elected to hold office as directors of the Corporation,
each to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting and until their
successors are duly elected and qualified:
Term
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-votes
John J. Bowen
3 years
11,784,443
76,142
2,493,984
Robert A. DiMuccio, CPA
3 years
11,787,419
73,166
2,493,984
H. Douglas Randall, III
3 years
11,528,505
332,080
2,493,984
John F. Treanor
3 years
11,510,159
350,426
2,493,984
2.
The ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the
Corporations independent registered public accounting firm
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-votes
13,994,852
337,775
21,942
3.
A non-binding advisory resolution to approve the
compensation of the Corporations named executive officers.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-votes
11,594,411
215,828
50,346
2,493,984
4.
A non-binding resolution to select the frequency of future
shareholder advisory votes to approve the compensation of
the Corporations named executive officers.
Every 1 Year
Every 2 Years
Every 3 Years
Abstentions
Broker Non-votes
10,043,383
86,520
1,677,046
53,636
2,493,984


About WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:WASH)

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company and financial holding company. The Company is a holding company of The Washington Trust Company, of Westerly (the Bank), a Rhode Island chartered commercial bank. The Company operates through two business segments: Commercial Banking and Wealth Management Services. The Company offers a range of product lines of banking and financial services to individuals and businesses, including commercial, residential and consumer lending, retail and commercial deposit products, and wealth management services through its offices in Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts and Connecticut; its automated teller machines (ATMs); telephone banking; mobile banking and its Internet Website (www.washtrust.com). Its investment securities portfolio amounted to $755.5 million, as of December 31, 2016. The Company’s total loan portfolio amounted to $3.2 billion, as of December 31, 2016.

WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:WASH) Recent Trading Information

WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP, INC. (NASDAQ:WASH) closed its last trading session down -0.77 at 50.03 with 38,308 shares trading hands.