Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Proxies for the Annual Meeting of shareholders held on April 26, 2018, were solicited regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Report of Inspector of election indicates that 23,862,340 shares of the Common Stock of the Company, out of 26,574,333 shares outstanding on the February 26, 2018 record date, were present, in person or by proxy, at the meeting. The following matters were submitted to a vote of the shareholders:
Proposal 1. Election of Directors
The shareholders elected all of the Board of Directors nominees for a term of one year, as follows:
| Nominee | For | Against | Abstain | Non-Votes |
| Etta Allen | 20,134,267 | 748,074 | 41,051 | 2,937,712 |
| Louis E. Bartolini | 20,053,460 | 830,377 | 39,555 | 2,937,712 |
| E. Joseph Bowler | 20,639,319 | 206,951 | 77,122 | 2,937,712 |
| Patrick D. Lynch | 19,989,174 | 844,507 | 89,711 | 2,937,712 |
| Catherine C. MacMillan | 20,104,511 | 730,082 | 88,799 | 2,937,712 |
| Ronald A. Nelson | 20,108,820 | 727,493 | 87,079 | 2,937,712 |
| David L. Payne | 20,637,983 | 245,970 | 39,439 | 2,937,712 |
| Edward B. Sylvester | 20,068,713 | 764,909 | 91,006 | 2,937,712 |
Proposal 2. Approve a Non-Binding Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
The shareholders approved, on an advisory non-binding basis, the compensation of Westamerica Bancorporation’s named executive officers, by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | Non-Votes |
| 20,629,942 | 232,376 | 62,310 | 2,937,712 |
Proposal 3. Ratify Selection of Crowe Horwath, LLP as Company’s Independent Auditors for Fiscal Year 2018
The shareholders ratified the appointment of Crowe Horwath, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018, by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | Non-Votes |
| 23,679,851 | 26,781 | 155,708 | -0- |
About Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC)
Westamerica Bancorporation is a bank holding company. The Company provides a range of banking services to individual and corporate customers in Northern and Central California through its subsidiary bank, Westamerica Bank. The communities served are located in Northern and Central California, from Mendocino, Lake and Nevada Counties in the north to Kern County in the south. It provides a range of loans, including commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, construction loans, residential real estate loans, and consumer installment and other loans. It maintains a securities portfolio consisting of securities issued by the United States Treasury, United States Government sponsored entities, agency and non-agency mortgage backed securities (MBS), non-agency commercial MBS, agency residential collateralized mortgage obligations (CMO), non-agency residential CMO, obligations of states and political subdivisions, asset-backed securities, corporate securities and other securities.
