8k-Q12015


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):

May 5, 2015
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EAST WEST BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware
000-24939
95-4703316
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
 
135 N Los Robles Ave., 7th Floor
Pasadena, California 91101
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(626) 768-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
o
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o
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o
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Item 5.07.       Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On May 5, 2015, East West Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
 
The following are the voting results of each matter submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. The proposals below are described in detail in the Proxy Statement. At the Annual Meeting, the ten nominees for director were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors and the Company’s stockholders approved the proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015. The advisory vote regarding the Company’s executive compensation as set forth in the Proxy Statement was approved.
 
1.
 Election of the following ten nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors:
 
 
 
Votes Cast
For
 
Withheld
 
Votes
Abstained
 
Broker Non-
Votes
Molly Campbell
 
120,685,214

 
745,399

 
N/A
 
13,791,011

Iris S. Chan
 
120,665,678

 
764,935

 
N/A
 
13,791,011

Rudolph I. Estrada
 
120,089,858

 
1,340,755

 
N/A
 
13,791,011

Julia S. Gouw
 
121,135,486

 
295,127

 
N/A
 
13,791,011

Paul H. Irving
 
120,120,420

 
1,310,193

 
N/A
 
13,791,011

John M. Lee
 
120,602,588

 
828,025

 
N/A
 
13,791,011

Herman Y. Li
 
120,365,410

 
1,065,203

 
N/A
 
13,791,011

Jack C. Liu
 
120,367,853

 
1,062,760

 
N/A
 
13,791,011

Dominic Ng
 
119,511,302

 
1,919,311

 
N/A
 
13,791,011

Keith W. Renken
 
120,362,300

 
1,068,313

 
N/A
 
13,791,011

 
2.            Ratification of the appointment of KPMG, LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.
 
Votes Cast For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
 
Broker Non-
Votes
135,102,973
 
75,721
 
42,930
 
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3. 
In a non-binding advisory vote regarding compensation as disclosed in the 2015 Proxy Statement, the votes are as follows:
 
 
Votes Cast For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstained
 
Broker Non-Votes
119,341,000
 
1,905,965
 
183,648
 
13,791,011




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.
 
 
EAST WEST BANCORP, INC.
 
 
 
 
Date: May 7, 2015
By:  /s/ Douglas P. Krause
Douglas P. Krause, Esq.,
Executive Vice President and General
Counsel