Form 8-K

-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BTOw1OEX07u9Gx5PIIO8ERhKD5i8w/iIvSdNoBCMbwKHmHNcN556YanHxd+4mc2J vPifQFOv3vhy6EGu8uXjjw== 0001193125-10-092678.txt : 20100426 0001193125-10-092678.hdr.sgml : 20100426 20100426090534 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-092678 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100420 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20100426 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100426 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ECB BANCORP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001066254 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 562090738 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NC FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24753 FILM NUMBER: 10769057 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 337 STREET 2: HWY 264 CITY: ENGELHARD STATE: NC ZIP: 27824 BUSINESS PHONE: 2529259411 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K 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): April 20, 2010

ECB BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

North Carolina

000-24753

56-2090738

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Post Office Box 337

Engelhard, North Carolina

27824

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (252) 925-9411

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)

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Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Our 2010 annual meeting of shareholders was held on April 20, 2010. At the meeting, our shareholders:

•

elected three directors for terms of three years each;

•

approved a non-binding “say on pay” resolution regarding our executive compensation policies and practices; and

•

ratified the appointment of Dixon Hughes PLLC as our independent public accountants for 2010.

The following table describes the results of the voting at the annual meeting.


Name of Nominee or Description of Other Matter Voted On	Shares Voted “For”	Shares Voted “Against”	Shares Withheld or Abstained	Broker Nonvotes
*Election of Directors:*

Joseph T. Lamb, Jr.	1,601,136	-	6,999	554,964

A. Dwight Utz	1,600,996	-	7,139	554,964

Michael D. Weeks	1,597,367	-	10,768	554,964

*Proposal to Approve Non-Binding “Say on Pay” Resolution*	2,090,863	33,206	39,030	-0-

*Proposal to Ratify Appointment of Independent Accountants*	2,143,667	18,469	962	1

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, we have duly caused this Report to be signed on our behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


			ECB BANCORP, INC.
			(Registrant)

Date: April 23, 2010	By:	/S/ Thomas M. Crowder
			Thomas M. Crowder
			Chief Financial Officer

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