UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
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Form 8-K/A
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
26, 2010
FIRST
BANCORP.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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001-14793
(Commission
File Number)
| Puerto Rico | 66-0561882 | |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) |
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
1519
Ponce de Leon
San
Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-0146
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(787)
729 8200
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, including Area Code)
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:
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Explanatory Note
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends Item 5.07 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2010 to correct a typographical error in the description of Proposal 2, which was submitted to stockholders for approval at the annual meeting, to state that the proposal related to the increase in the number of authorized shares of common stock from 250,000,000 to 750,000,000.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
At the Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on April 27, 2010, management Proposals 1, 2, 4 and 5 were approved, and shareholder Proposal 3 was withdrawn from consideration.
The results are as follows:
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors
| For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Vote | |||||
| Aurelio Alemán-Bermudez | 53,246,257 | 281,058 | 1,593,775 | 26,006,628 | ||||
| Jorge L. Díaz-Irizarry | 44,624,552 | 1,849,925 | 8,646,613 | 26,006,628 | ||||
| José L. Ferrer-Canals | 44,767,738 | 3,856,184 | 6,497,168 | 26,006,628 | ||||
| Frank Kolodziej- Castro | 52,913,431 | 545,938 | 1,661,721 | 26,006,628 | ||||
| José Menéndez-Cortada | 51,957,071 | 1,550,721 | 1,613,298 | 26,006,628 | ||||
| Héctor M. Nevares-La Costa | 53,295,421 | 236,443 | 1,589,226 | 26,006,628 | ||||
| Fernando Rodríguez-Amaro | 49,869,947 | 1,462,425 | 3,788,718 | 26,006,628 | ||||
| José F. Rodríguez - Perelló | 53,236,121 | 240,043 | 1,644,926 | 26,006,628 | ||||
| Sharee Ann Umpierre-Catinchi | 52,730,413 | 570,657 | 1,820,020 | 26,006,628 |
Proposal 2 – Amendment to Article Sixth of the Restated Articles of Incorporation to Increase the Number of Authorized Shares of Common Stock from 250,000,000 to 750,000,000
| For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Vote | |||
| 64,530,133 | 14,533,617 | 2,063,968 | - |
Proposal 4 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
| For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Vote | |||
| 69,680,661 | 6,657,497 | 4,789,560 | - |
Proposal 5 – Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
| For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Vote | |||
| 69,114,579 | 10,412,153 | 1,600,986 | - |
SIGNATURE
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.
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Date: |
April 30, 2010 |
FIRST BANCORP |
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By: |
/s/ Lawrence Odell |
| Name: |
Lawrence Odell |
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| Title: |
Executive Vice President and |
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General Counsel |
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