WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION (NYSE:WAL) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION (NYSE:WAL) 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.

On June 6, 2017, Western Alliance Bancorporation (the Company)
held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting). The
total number of shares of the Companys common stock, par value of
$0.0001 per share, voted in person or by proxy at the Annual
Meeting was 98,178,899, representing 93.12% of the 105,425,943
shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.
All matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting were approved with
the required votes. The matters that were voted upon at the
Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for or against, as
well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as to
each such matter are set forth below.
Proposal 1>Election of Directors
The Companys stockholders elected fourteen directors to each
serve for a one-year term expiring in 2018. The voting results
were as follows:
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER NON-VOTES
Bruce Beach
85,035,000
1,296,053
60,017
11,787,829
William S. Boyd
84,100,285
2,228,307
62,478
11,787,829
Howard N. Gould
86,034,781
289,053
67,236
11,787,829
Steven J. Hilton
78,638,901
7,689,325
62,844
11,787,829
Marianne Boyd Johnson
84,560,315
1,768,515
62,240
11,787,829
Robert P. Latta
85,348,557
975,880
66,633
11,787,829
Cary Mack
84,828,157
1,496,783
66,130
11,787,829
Todd Marshall
84,105,144
2,220,431
65,495
11,787,829
James E. Nave, D.V.M.
84,203,436
2,121,534
66,100
11,787,829
Michael Patriarca
86,233,508
91,458
66,104
11,787,829
Robert Gary Sarver
83,793,606
2,008,124
589,340
11,787,829
Donald D. Snyder
83,748,657
2,576,813
65,600
11,787,829
Sung Won Sohn, Ph.D.
86,264,905
62,264
63,901
11,787,829
Kenneth A. Vecchione
84,208,767
2,091,676
90,627
11,787,829
Proposal 2>Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote on Executive
Compensation
The Companys stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory
basis, executive compensation. The voting results were as
follows:
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER NON-VOTES
84,962,227
1,312,061
116,782
11,787,829
Proposal 3>Ratification of Auditor
The Companys stockholders ratified the appointment of RSM US LLP
as the Companys independent auditors for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2017. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR
VOTES AGAINST
ABSTENTIONS
BROKER NON-VOTES
96,168,805
1,963,380
46,714


About WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION (NYSE:WAL)

Western Alliance Bancorporation is a bank holding company. The Company provides a range of deposits, lending, treasury management and online banking products and services through its banking subsidiary, Western Alliance Bank (the Bank). The Company’s segments are Arizona, Nevada, Southern California, Northern California, Central Business Line (CBL), and Corporate & Other. The Company’s Arizona, Nevada, Southern California and Northern California segments provide full-service banking and related services to their respective markets. The Company’s CBL segment provides banking services to niche markets and includes the operations of Bridge Bank. The Bank’s full-service banking divisions include Alliance Bank of Arizona (ABA) in Arizona, Bank of Nevada (BON) in Southern Nevada, Bridge Bank in Northern California, First Independent Bank (FIB) in Northern Nevada and Torrey Pines Bank (TPB) in Southern California.