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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 30, 2013 (May 23, 2013)
 

 
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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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
 
On May 23, 2013, 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 ten directors to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until that person’s successor is duly elected and qualified.
 
Proposal No. 2:     To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013.
 
Proposal No. 3:     To approve the BankUnited, Inc. Annual Incentive Plan, including for purposes of satisfying the stockholder approval requirement of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 
Each proposal is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 25, 2013. The results of such stockholder votes are set forth below.
 
Proposal No. 1: All of the director nominees were elected to the Board based upon the following votes:
 

Nominee
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker Non-Vote
John Bohlsen
 
88,932,171
 
74,607
 
2,821,616
Chinh E. Chu
 
88,933,288
 
73,490
 
2,821,616
Ambassador Sue M. Cobb
 
88,590,231
 
416,547
 
2,821,616
Eugene F. Demark
 
88,641,982
 
364,796
 
2,821,616
Michael J. Dowling
 
88,919,725
 
87,053
 
2,821,616
John A. Kanas
 
88,374,914
 
631,864
 
2,821,616
Thomas M. O’Brien
 
88,653,634
 
353,144
 
2,821,616
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.
 
61,839,207
 
27,167,571
 
2,821,616
P. Olivier Sarkozy
 
88,931,820
 
74,958
 
2,821,616
Lance N. West
 
88,932,277
 
74,501
 
2,821,616
 
 
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, 2013 received the following votes:
 

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Vote
91,782,722
 
22,575
 
23,097
 
 


 
 

 


Proposal No. 3: The proposal to approve the BankUnited, Inc. Annual Incentive Plan, including for purposes of satisfying the stockholder approval requirement of Section 162 (m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, received the following votes:
 

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Vote
88,255,991
 
558,826
 
191,961
 
2,821,616

 
 

 

 
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 30, 2013
By:
 
  /s/ Leslie Lunak
     
Name:    Leslie Lunak
     
Title:     Chief Financial Officer