Form 8-K

 

 

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 20, 2013

 

 

United Bankshares, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

West Virginia   No. 0-13322   55-0641179

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

300 United Center

500 Virginia Street, East

Charleston, West Virginia 25301

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(304) 424-8800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or 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:

 

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

 

¨ 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))

 

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

 

 

 


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

United Bankshares, Inc. (“United” or the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) on May 20, 2013 in Parkersburg, West Virginia. At the Meeting, shareholders voted on all proposals outlined in the Company’s proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) which were: (1) to elect fifteen (15) persons to serve as directors of the Company for a one-year term expiring at the 2014 Annual Meeting; (2) to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP, as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013; and (3) to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of United’s named executive officers. The proposals are described in detail in the Proxy Statement mailed to shareholders on or about April 5, 2013. The voting results for the proposals appear below.

Proposal 1. Election of Directors:

 

     Votes For      Votes
Withheld
     Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Richard M. Adams

     30,995,872         1,325,165         —           9,150,718   

Robert G. Astorg

     31,046,701         1,274,336         —           9,150,718   

W. Gaston Caperton, III

     31,268,028         1,053,009         —           9,150,718   

Lawrence K. Doll

     31,166,285         1,154,752         —           9,150,718   

Theodore J. Georgelas

     31,348,837         972,200         —           9,150,718   

F. T. Graff, Jr.

     30,797,565         1,523,472         —           9,150,718   

Douglas J. Leech

     31,027,126         1,293,911         —           9,150,718   

John M. McMahon

     31,334,364         986,673         —           9,150,718   

J. Paul McNamara

     32,139,156         181,881         —           9,150,718   

Mark R. Nesselroad

     32,128,244         192,793         —           9,150,718   

William C. Pitt, III

     31,334,732         986,305         —           9,150,718   

Donald L. Unger

     31,281,379         1,039,658         —           9,150,718   

Mary K. Weddle

     32,126,754         194,283         —           9,150,718   

Gary G. White

     32,121,565         199,472         —           9,150,718   

P. Clinton Winter, Jr.

     31,219,595         1,101,422         —           9,150,718   

Proposal 2. Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

40,222,046    1,131,680    118,029   

Proposal 3. Approval, on an advisory basis, the compensation of United’s named executive officers:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

30,543,789    1,264,435    512,813    9,150,718


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

        UNITED BANKSHARES, INC.
Date:  

May 24, 2013

      By:  

/s/ Steven E. Wilson

        Steven E. Wilson, Executive Vice
President, Treasurer, Secretary and
Chief Financial Officer