Texas | 0-7674 | 75-0944023 | ||
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(a) | On April 26, 2011, the annual meeting of shareholders of First Financial Bankshares, Inc. (the Company) was held in Abilene, Texas. | ||
(b) | The following is a summary of the matters voted on at the annual meeting: |
(1) | The following directors were elected at this meeting to hold office until the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders, and the respective number of votes cast for and withheld are as follows: |
Votes | Votes | |||||||
Director | For | Withheld | ||||||
Steven L. Beal |
14,049,569 | 21,546 | ||||||
Tucker S. Bridwell |
14,050,144 | 20,971 | ||||||
Joseph E. Canon |
14,044,359 | 26,756 | ||||||
David Copeland |
14,044,036 | 27,079 | ||||||
F. Scott Dueser |
14,031,260 | 39,855 | ||||||
Murray Edwards |
14,047,255 | 23,860 | ||||||
Ron Giddiens |
14,049,826 | 21,289 | ||||||
Kade L. Matthews |
11,752,021 | 2,319,094 | ||||||
Dian Graves Stai |
11,683,845 | 2,387,270 | ||||||
Johnny E. Trotter |
14,050,947 | 20,168 |
There were no votes against or abstentions. There were 3,529,622 broker non-votes. | |||
(2) | The shareholders voted to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2011 by a vote of 17,364,189 for, 226,185 against and 10,363 abstained. There were no broker non-votes. | ||
(3) | The shareholders approved the following resolution: | ||
RESOLVED, that the shareholders of First Financial Bankshares, Inc. hereby approve on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Companys named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K to the Companys Proxy Statement for the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholder, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis compensation tables and narrative discussion, | |||
by a vote of 13,665,402 for, 172,681 against, 235,712 abstained. There were 3,529,622 broker non-votes. |
(4) | The shareholders voted on the following resolution: | ||
RESOLVED, that the option of once every year, two years or three years that receives the highest number of votes cast for this resolution will be determined to be the preferred frequency with which the Company is to hold an advisory vote of the shareholders on the compensation paid to the Companys names executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis compensation tables and narrative discussion, | |||
with the following voting results: 9,531,436 every year, 293,491 every two years, 4,015,176 every three years, and 233,694 abstained. There were 3,529,622 broker non-votes. |
FIRST FINANCIAL BANKSHARES, INC. (Registrant) |
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DATE: April 27, 2011 | By: | /s/ F. Scott Dueser | ||
F. SCOTT DUESER | ||||
President and Chief Executive Officer |