UNITED STATES
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):  June 13, 2016

 

NATIONAL BANK HOLDINGS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

7800 East Orchard Road, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

720-529-3336
(Registrant’s telephone, including area code)

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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

On June 13, 2016, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Art Zeile as a director of the Company, effective as of July 1, 2016. Mr. Zeile was also appointed by the Board to serve as a member of each of the Board’s Audit & Risk Committee and Nominating & Governance Committee. 

Mr. Zeile will participate in the Company’s standard director compensation program. The program generally in effect for this year is described in “Director Compensation” in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2016.

The Company expects Mr. Zeile to enter into the standard director indemnification agreement that the Company has with its directors. A copy of a substantially similar form of the indemnification agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Form S-1 Registration Statement (Registration Statement No. 333-177871), filed on September 10, 2012.

The press release issued by the Company is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

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.