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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 19, 2021, Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), for which the Company’s Board of Directors solicited proxies. A total of 50,598,492 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote on the March 29, 2021 record date, and a total of 41,358,779 shares of common stock were present in person or represented by proxies at the Annual Meeting.
The proposals voted upon at the meeting, all of which were approved, and the final voting results are as follows:
Proposal 1. With respect to the election of four directors of the Company for the terms described in the proxy statement pertaining to the Annual Meeting, the votes were as follows:
| DIRECTOR | FOR | AUTHORITY WITHHELD |
BROKER NON-VOTES |
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| Bruce D. Bohuny |
34,237,896 | 1,778,723 | 5,342,160 | |||||||||
| Mary Ann Deacon |
33,062,507 | 2,954,112 | 5,342,160 | |||||||||
| Brian Flynn |
34,917,558 | 1,099,061 | 5,342,160 | |||||||||
| Brian A. Gragnolati |
31,495,525 | 4,521,094 | 5,342,160 | |||||||||
Proposal 2. With respect to the approval, on an advisory basis, of the executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the proxy statement pertaining to the Annual Meeting, the votes were as follows:
| FOR: |
AGAINST: |
ABSTAIN: |
BROKER | |||
| 33,542,665 |
1,702,688 | 771,266 | 5,342,160 |
Proposal 3. With respect to ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021, the votes were as follows (there were no Broker Non-Votes):
| FOR: |
AGAINST: |
ABSTAIN: |
BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
| 40,774,138 |
297,906 |
227,833 |
58,902 |
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SIGNATURE
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.
| Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. | ||||||
| Date: May 21, 2021 | By: | /s/ Timothy J. Matteson | ||||
| Name: | Timothy J. Matteson | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||||
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