Edgar Filing: ESSA Bancorp, Inc.

ESSA BANCORP, INC.

DATE: March 5, 2018

/s/ Gary S. Olson

Gary S. Olson

President and Chief Executive Officer

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 1, 2018

ESSA Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Pennsylvania

001-33384

20-8023072

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File No.)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

200 Palmer Street,

Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

18360

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (570) 421-0531

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On March 1, 2018, the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) was held at Northampton Community College, Monroe Campus, Tannersville, Pennsylvania 18372 at 10:00 a.m., local time (the “2018 Annual Meeting”). The matters listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders through the solicitation of proxies, and the proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25, 2018.

The matters considered and voted on by the stockholders at the 2018 Annual Meeting and the votes of the stockholders were as follows:

Proposal 1 – Election of Three Directors

The stockholders elected the following directors who were nominated to serve for a term of three years.


	For		Withheld		Broker non-votes
Timothy S. Fallon		6,879,591		1,123,960		2,433,691
Robert C. Selig, Jr.		7,310,066		693,485		2,433,691
Brian T. Regan		7,328,643		674,908		2,433,691

Proposal 2 – Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accountants

The stockholders approved the ratification of S.R. Snodgrass, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.


For	Against	Abstain
10,192,243	203,824	41,175

Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

The stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the resolution regarding the executive compensation described in the Proxy Statement as follows:


For	Against	Abstain	Broker non-votes
7,199,252	672,556	131,743	2,433,691

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.