Edgar Filing: MERIDIAN INTERSTATE BANCORP INC

MERIDIAN INTERSTATE BANCORP, INC.

DATE: June 27, 2014

/s/ Mark L. Abbate

Mark L. Abbate

Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

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): June 24, 2014

MERIDIAN INTERSTATE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Massachusetts	001-33898	20-4652200
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


67 Prospect Street, Peabody, Massachusetts		01960
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 567-1500

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 26, 2014, Meridian Interstate Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) held a special meeting of stockholders. The items voted upon at the special meeting and the votes for each proposal were as follows:

The approval of the plan of conversion.


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
20,943,984	946	507	131,077

The approval of the adjournment of the special meeting if necessary, to solicit additional proxies in the event that there are not sufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to approve the plan of conversion.


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
20,752,498	323,509	507	—

Item 8.01

Other Events

On June 24, 2014, the Company announced that Meridian Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation, had increased the purchase limitations for its stock offering in connection with the mutual-to-stock conversion of Meridian Financial Services, Incorporated. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits


Exhibit		Description

99		Press release dated June 24, 2014

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, hereunto duly authorized.