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(the &#8220;Company&#8221;) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders virtually (the &#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;). &#160;Of the 24,532,285 shares of common stock of the Company outstanding as of the record date for the Annual Meeting, 21,450,865 shares were present at the meeting in person or by proxy. &#160;The final results of each of the proposals voted on by the Company&#8217;s stockholders are described below:</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Proposal One &#8211; Elect Directors</i><i style="font-style:italic;">:</i> To elect three Class III directors to serve on the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) until the Company&#8217;s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal. The vote for each director is as set forth below.</p><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width:89.9%;"><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:26.28%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Nominee</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:24.57%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Votes For</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:24.57%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Votes Withheld</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:24.56%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Broker Non-Votes</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:26.28%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">Robert Y. Clagett</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:24.57%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">17,258,540</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:24.57%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">1,144,975</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:24.56%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">3,047,350</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:26.28%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">Deborah B. Diaz</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:24.57%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">17,415,277</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:24.57%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">988,238</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:24.56%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">3,047,350</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:26.28%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">Charles A. Kabbash</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:24.57%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">16,181,609</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:24.57%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">2,221,906</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:24.56%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">3,047,350</p></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:12pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The three nominees were each elected to the Board by a plurality of the votes of the shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors, as required by the Company&#8217;s bylaws.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Proposal Two &#8211; Ratification of Auditors</i><i style="font-style:italic;">:</i> To ratify the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.</p><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width:74.92%;"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:33.33%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Votes For</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;width:33.33%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Votes Against</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:33.32%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Abstentions</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:33.33%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">21,259,071</p></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;width:33.33%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">170,288</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:33.32%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">21,506</p></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:12pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The vote required to approve this proposal was the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote. &#160;Accordingly, this proposal was approved.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Proposal Three &#8211; Advisory (Non-binding) Vote to Approve Compensation of Named Executive Officers</i><i style="font-style:italic;">:</i> To hold an advisory vote to approve, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company&#8217;s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company&#8217;s proxy statement.</p><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width:100%;"><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:24.99%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Votes For</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:24.99%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Votes Against</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:25%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Broker Non-Votes</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:25%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Abstentions</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:24.99%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">16,923,069</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:24.99%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">1,404,058</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:25%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">3,047,350</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:25%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:center;margin:3pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">76,388</p></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:12pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The vote required to approve this proposal was the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote. &#160;Accordingly, this proposal was approved.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p></div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p></div></div>
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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 27, 2021
PRIMIS FINANCIAL CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia
001-33037
20-1417448
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
6830 Old Dominion Drive
McLean
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Virginia
22101
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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703
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893-7400
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchanged on which registered
COMMON STOCK
FRST
NASDAQ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2). Emerging growth company
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 27, 2021, Primis Financial Corp. (the "Company") held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders virtually (the "Annual Meeting").  Of the 24,532,285 shares of common stock of the Company outstanding as of the record date for the Annual Meeting, 21,450,865 shares were present at the meeting in person or by proxy.  The final results of each of the proposals voted on by the Company's stockholders are described below:
Proposal One – Elect Directors
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To elect three Class III directors to serve on the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") until the Company's 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal. The vote for each director is as set forth below.
Nominee
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Robert Y. Clagett
17,258,540
1,144,975
3,047,350
Deborah B. Diaz
17,415,277
988,238
3,047,350
Charles A. Kabbash
16,181,609
2,221,906
3,047,350
The three nominees were each elected to the Board by a plurality of the votes of the shares of the Company's common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors, as required by the Company's bylaws.
Proposal Two – Ratification of Auditors
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To ratify the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
21,259,071
170,288
21,506
The vote required to approve this proposal was the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of the Company's common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote.  Accordingly, this proposal was approved.
Proposal Three – Advisory (Non-binding) Vote to Approve Compensation of Named Executive Officers
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To hold an advisory vote to approve, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement.
Votes For
Votes Against
Broker Non-Votes
Abstentions
16,923,069
1,404,058
3,047,350
76,388
The vote required to approve this proposal was the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of the Company's common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote.  Accordingly, this proposal was approved.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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PRIMIS FINANCIAL CORP.
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By:
/s/ Matthew A. Switzer
June 2, 2021
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Matthew A. Switzer
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Chief Financial Officer
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