cfc8k05132011.htm
 
 

 

 
 
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 11, 2011
     
 
     
CHEMUNG FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
     
New York
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
0-13888
(Commission file number)
16-123703-8
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
One Chemung Canal Plaza, P.O. Box 1522, Elmira, NY 14901
 (Address of principal executive offices)         (Zip Code)
 
(607) 737-3711
(Registrant's telephone number including area code)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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ITEM 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
At the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held Wednesday May 11, 2011, Robert E. Agan and Charles M. Streeter Jr. retired from the Board of Directors of Chemung Financial Corporation in accordance with the Company’s Bylaws.  Mr. Agan has served on the Board for twenty-five years and Mr. Streeter has served for thirty-two years.
 
 

ITEM 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Chemung Financial Corporation, held May 11, 2011, the shareholders voted on two proposals. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2011.
 

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

 
Nominees
Votes
For
Votes
 Against
Broker
 Non-Votes
Bruce W. Boyea
2,498,786
10,889
591,411
Stephen M Lounsberry III
2,498,463
11,212
591,411
Thomas K. Meier
2,496,595
13,080
591,411

Messrs. Boyea, Lounsberry and Meier were elected.

Proposal 2: Ratification of the Appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2011

 
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
 
3,034,440
6,258
60,389

The appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP was ratified.

ITEM 9.01
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
   
 
Exhibits
   
 
Exhibit No.
 
 
99.1
Press Release of Chemung Financial Corporation dated May 12, 2011


 
 

 


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, thereunto duly authorized.
   
 
CHEMUNG FINANCIAL CORPORATION
   
   
May 13, 2011
By:  Ronald M. Bentley
 
 
   
 
Ronald M. Bentley
 
President & Chief Executive Officer