BayFirst Financial Corp 8-K, filed May 22, 2023
BayFirst Financial Corp. (BAFN)
8-K
2023-05-22
For: 2023-05-18
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About this 8-K
BayFirst Financial Corp filed this 8-K on May 22, 2023, reporting on events of May 18, 2023.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 18, 2023
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of BayFirst Financial Corp. (the "Company") was held on May 18, 2023. There were a total of 4,098,778 shares of common stock outstanding as of the record date for the Annual Meeting, of which 2,414,158 were present in person or by proxy at the meeting, representing 58.9% of the outstanding shares eligible to vote.
Proposal 1:
A proposal to elect 12 nominees to serve as directors, each for a term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, was presented to the shareholders. The results of the shareholder vote on the proposal were as follows:
| Nominees | Number of Shares Voted For | Abstentions and Broker Non-Vote | Number of Shares Voted Withheld | |||||||||||||||||
| Derek S. Berset | 2,160,835 | 1,684,620 | 253,323 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mark S. Berset | 2,158,111 | 1,684,620 | 256,047 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dennis R. DeLoach, III | 2,351,476 | 1,684,620 | 62,682 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alexander Harris | 2,229,847 | 1,684,620 | 184,311 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tarek Helal | 2,397,623 | 1,684,620 | 16,535 | |||||||||||||||||
| Anthony N. Leo | 2,098,840 | 1,684,620 | 315,318 | |||||||||||||||||
| Christos Politis, M.D. | 2,068,873 | 1,684,620 | 345,285 | |||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Saravanos | 2,254,956 | 1,684,620 | 159,202 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bradly W. Spoor | 2,414,116 | 1,684,620 | 42 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sheryl WuDunn | 2,393,122 | 1,684,620 | 21,036 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas G. Zernick | 2,393,650 | 1,684,620 | 20,508 | |||||||||||||||||
| Barbara J. Zipperian | 2,392,978 | 1,684,620 | 21,180 | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal 2.
Adjournment. A proposal to adjourn the BayFirst Annual Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation of proxies if there were not sufficient votes at the time of the BayFirst Annual Meeting to approve the BayFirst Board of Directors proposal (the “BayFirst adjournment proposal”). No adjournment of the Annual Meeting was determined to be necessary or appropriate and, accordingly, the Annual Meeting was not adjourned and proceeded to conclusion without consideration of a proposal to adjourn the Annual Meeting.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 104 | * | ||||||||||||||||
The information in this report (including the exhibits) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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.
BAYFIRST FINANCIAL CORP. | ||||||||
| Date: | May 22, 2023 | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Robin L. Oliver | |||||||
| Robin L. Oliver | ||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||