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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On April 27, 2023, BCB Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the holding company for BCB Community Bank, held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) for which the Board of Directors solicited proxies to vote on the proposals described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2023. As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, holders of a total of 16,906,767 shares of the Company’s common stock were entitled to vote on the matters considered at the Annual Meeting.
The proposals voted on at the Annual Meeting by shareholders of the Company and the voting results were as follows:
Proposal I. Election of Directors.
The following directors were elected for a term ending in 2026:
| Nominees |
For | Withheld | Broker Nonvotes | |||||||||
| Robert Ballance |
6,659,097 | 3,513,364 | 3,388,777 | |||||||||
| Ryan Blake |
9,854,505 | 317,956 | 3,388,777 | |||||||||
| James Rizzo |
8,213,570 | 1,958,891 | 3,388,777 | |||||||||
Proposal II. Ratification of the appointment of Wolf & Company, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Nonvotes | |||
| 13,356,225 | 178,335 | 26,678 | 0 |
Proposal III. Advisory, non-binding vote on the approval of executive compensation.
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Nonvotes | |||
| 6,212,532 | 3,841,731 | 118,198 | 3,388,777 |
Proposal IV. Approval of the BCB Bancorp, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Nonvotes | |||
| 8,388,386 | 1,672,608 | 111,467 | 3,388,777 |
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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.
| BCB BANCORP, INC. | ||||||
| DATE: May 2, 2023 | By: | /s/ Ryan Blake | ||||
| Ryan Blake | ||||||
| Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||||||
| (Duly Authorized Representative) | ||||||
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