- Current report filing (8-K)

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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):

April 24, 2012

 

BRITTON & KOONTZ CAPITAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Mississippi	0-22606	64-0665423
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

500 Main Street, Natchez, Mississippi  39120

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

[phone]

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:

 

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Item 5.07.             Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 24, 2012, Britton & Koontz Capital Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.   In addition to the election of one Class I director, shareholders were asked to ratify the appointment of Hannis T. Bourgeois, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountant for 2012.

With respect to the election of one Class I director, the nominee for election received the number of votes as shown in the following table:

 

Nominee

Number of Votes Cast “FOR” Nominee

Number of Votes Withheld

Number of Non-Votes

Robert R. Punches

795,602

27,546

1,315,318

 

In addition to the director noted above who was elected at the Annual Meeting, the following directors continued in office after the Annual Meeting: W. Page Ogden, George R. Kurz, W.W. Allen, Jr., Craig A. Bradford, D.M.D, and Vinod K. Thukral, Ph.D.

The proposal to ratify the Company’s appointment of Hannis T. Bourgeois, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountant for 2012 required the approval of at least a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting.  The proposal received the votes set forth below, and thus the Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Hannis T. Bourgeois, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountant for 2012.

 

		Number of Votes Cast				Percentage of Total Outstanding Shares
For			1,543,289				72.17	%
Against			7,084				0.33	%
Abstain			16,903				0.79	%
Not Voted			571,190				26.71	%

 

 

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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 thereto duly authorized.

	BRITTON & KOONTZ CAPITAL CORPORATION
April 26, 2012	/s/ W. Page Ogden
	W. Page Ogden
	President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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