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):  May 7, 2014

 

 

BROOKLINE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

(617) 425-4600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 5.02              Departure of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

At the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Brookline Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), held on May 7, 2014, the Company’s stockholders approved the Brookline Bancorp, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Equity Incentive Plan”).  The 2014 Equity Incentive Plan permits awards to employees and directors in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, unrestricted stock, performance shares, dividend equivalent rights and cash-based awards, or any combination thereof. A summary of the material features of the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan is set forth on pages 43 to 50 of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2014 (the “Proxy Statement”), which description is incorporated herein by reference and qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan. A copy of the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07              Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

At the Annual Meeting, Margaret Boles Fitzgerald, Bogdan Nowak, Merrill W. Sherman and Peter O. Wilde were elected as directors to hold office for a term of three years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. In addition, at the Annual Meeting, the stockholders (i) ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, (ii) approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement and (iii) approved the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

The final voting results are set forth below.

 

(1)  Election of directors:

 

		For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Margaret Boles Fitzgerald		51,964,010		1,423,405		12,645,230
Bogdan Nowak		52,003,464		1,383,951		12,645,230
Merrill W. Sherman		51,620,409		1,767,006		12,645,230
Peter O. Wilde		51,956,902		1,430,513		12,645,230

 

(2)  Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
63,546,851		1,167,518		1,318,276		0

 

(3)  Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
48,766,930		4,073,539		546,946		12,645,230

 

(4)  Approval of the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
50,336,551		2,620,924		429,939		12,645,230

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

10.1 Brookline Bancorp, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan

 

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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.

 

 

Date: May 9, 2014	BROOKLINE BANCORP, INC.
	By:	/s/ Michael W. McCurdy
		Michael W. McCurdy
		Chief Risk Officer, General Counsel & Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Brookline Bancorp, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan

 

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