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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On December 14, 2022, Partners Bancorp (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “2022 Annual Meeting”) for the purposes of (1) electing the three persons listed below under Proposal 1 as directors of the Company for a three-year term to hold office until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified; and (2) ratifying the selection of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
The Company’s shareholders voted as follows on each of the proposals.
Proposal 1: To elect three persons as directors of the Company for a three-year term to hold office until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified
The name of each director elected at the 2022 Annual Meeting and the votes regarding Proposal 1 are set forth below:
| Nominees: | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-votes | |||
| John W. Breda | 11,237,268 | 426,777 | 3,361,115 | |||
| George P. Snead | 11,294,610 | 369,435 | 3,361,115 | |||
| Jeffrey F. Turner | 11,245,380 | 418,665 | 3,361,115 |
Proposal 2: To ratify the selection of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022
The selection of Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, was duly ratified by the Company’s shareholders. The votes regarding Proposal 2 are set forth below:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-votes | |||
| 15,019,249 | 5,632 | 279 | -- |
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.
| PARTNERS BANCORP | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ John W. Breda | |
| Name: John W. Breda | ||
| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Dated: December 19, 2022