UNITED STATES
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 19, 2020 (May 15, 2020)


  
BankUnited, Inc.
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
001-35039
 
27-0162450
(State of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

14817 Oak Lane
Miami Lakes, FL 33016
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(305) 569-2000
(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Class
Trading symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
BKU
New York Stock Exchange

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
 
 
       
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act




Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 15, 2020, BankUnited, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and the following proposals were voted on:

Proposal No. 1:  To elect nine directors to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until that person's successor is duly elected and qualified, or until that person's earlier, death, resignation or removal.
Proposal No. 2:  To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020.
Proposal No. 3:  To hold an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
Proposal No. 4:  To approve the amendment of the BankUnited, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan.
Each proposal is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2020. The results of such stockholder votes are set forth below.
Proposal No. 1: All of the director nominees were elected to the Board based on the following votes:

Nominee
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Vote
Tere Blanca
78,460,726
994,901
3,552,240
John N. DiGiacomo
79,260,068
195,559
3,552,240
Michael J. Dowling
78,451,361
1,004,266
3,552,240
Douglas J. Pauls
79,006,846
448,781
3,552,240
A. Gail Prudenti
78,435,314
1,020,313
3,552,240
William S. Rubenstein
79,235,817
219,810
3,552,240
Rajinder P. Singh
77,256,852
2,198,775
3,552,240
Sanjiv Sobti, Ph.D.
79,258,217
197,410
3,552,240
Lynne Wines
79,233,404
222,223
3,552,240

Proposal No. 2: The proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 received the following votes:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote
81,815,578
1,186,492
5,797

Proposal No. 3: The advisory vote to approve the Compensation of the Company’s named executive officers received the following votes:

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote
76,422,686
2,821,062
211,879
3,552,240


Proposal No. 4: To approve the amendment of the BankUnited, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan received the following votes:

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote
75,207,548
4,222,790
25,289
3,552,240



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.
     
 
BANKUNITED, INC.
   
Dated: May 19, 2020
By:
  /s/ Leslie Lunak
 
 
Name: Leslie Lunak
 
 
Title:                     Chief Financial Officer