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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

 

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 19, 2021

 

 

MERIDIAN BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Maryland

001-36573

46-5396964

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File No.)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

67 Prospect Street, Peabody, Massachusetts

01960

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (617) 567-1500

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

☐

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock

EBSB

The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).  

Emerging Growth Company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

 

This current report on Form 8-K/A is being filed as an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Meridian Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2021 (the “Original Filing”). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to provide the Company’s decision on the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (the “Say-on-Pay Vote”), based on the results of the voting at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 19, 2021 (the “Annual Meeting”). No other changes are being made to the Original Filing.

 

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, a frequency of one year for the holding of a Say-on-Pay Vote. In consideration of this vote, the Company determined that it will hold the Say-on-Pay Vote every year until the next scheduled advisory vote on the frequency of Say-on-Pay Votes, which is required to occur no later that the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2027.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

MERIDIAN BANCORP, INC.

 

 

 

 

DATE: June 17, 2021

 

By:

/s/ Kenneth R. Fisher

 

 

 

Kenneth R. Fisher

 

 

 

Executive Vice President, Treasurer and

   Chief Financial Officer