Amended Current Report Filing (8-k/a)
November 21 2016 - 11:06AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/AMENDMENT NO. 1
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of
earliest event reported):
November 16, 2016
Independence
Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant
as
specified in its charter)
South Carolina
|
333-121485
|
20-1734180
|
(State or other
|
(Commission
|
(I.R.S. Employer
|
jurisdiction of
|
File Number)
|
Identification No.)
|
incorporation)
|
|
|
500 East Washington
Street, Greenville, South Carolina, 29601
|
(Address of principal executive
offices) (Zip
Code)
|
Registrant's telephone
number, including area code:
(864)
672-1776
Not
Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since
last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (
see
General Instruction A.2. below):
|
☐
|
|
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
|
|
|
|
|
|
☐
|
|
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
|
|
|
|
|
|
☐
|
|
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
|
|
|
|
|
|
☐
|
|
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
|
This Amendment No. 1 on Form
8-K/A (Amendment No. 1) is being filed by Independence Bancshares, Inc. (the
Company) to amend the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 17, 2016 (the Initial Report). The sole
purpose for filing this Amendment No. 1 is to disclose the results of the
shareholder vote to ratify the compensation of our named executive officers
(say-on-pay) which was erroneously omitted from the Initial Report. No other
changes have been made to the Initial Report.
Item 5.07 Submission of
Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2016 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of the Company was held on November 16, 2016, at the office of
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, 104 South Main Street, Suite 900,
Greenville, South Carolina. The shareholders of the Company voted to ratify the
compensation of our named executive officers. The voting results for the
say-on-pay proposal voted on the Annual Meeting are as follows:
|
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
|
|
16,554,923
|
330,155
|
66,225
|
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.
|
|
INDEPENDENCE
BANCSHARES, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
Dated:
|
November 21, 2016
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Martha L. Long
|
|
|
|
Name:
Martha
L. Long
|
|
|
|
Title:
Chief
Financial Officer
|