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): June 4, 2014


NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

 

1-31565

 

06-1377322

(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization)

 

Commission File
Number

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 


615 Merrick Avenue, Westbury, New York 11590
 (Address of principal executive offices)

(516) 683-4100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable
 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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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CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K

Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

  (a) The annual meeting of shareholders of New York Community Bancorp, Inc. was held on June 4, 2014, with 397,490,227, or approximately 89.80%, of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote represented in person or by proxy.
 
(b)

The matters considered and voted on by the Company’s shareholders at the annual meeting, and the vote itself, were as follows:

 

1.

The following individuals were elected as directors, each for a three-year term, by the following vote:

Name

Votes For

Votes Against

Votes Withheld

 
Dominick Ciampa 264,140,809 4,909,806 1,805,171
 
Max L. Kupferberg 235,442,483 33,546,499 1,866,703
 
Robert Wann 253,318,130 15,777,660 1,759,997
    There were 126,634,441 broker non-votes on this proposal.
 

As previously disclosed, Spiros J. Voutsinas, who had been nominated for re-election to the Board of Directors, passed away on April 26, 2014.

 

 

2.

The appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 was ratified by the following vote:

 

Shares Voted For

Votes Against

Abstentions

391,122,213 3,412,523 2,955,490

    There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.
 
3.

The proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers, was not approved by the following vote:

 

Shares Voted For

Votes Against

Abstentions

122,475,290 142,658,840 5,721,657
 

There were 126,634,441 broker non-votes on this proposal.


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.

Date:

June 6, 2014

NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

 

 

/s/ Ilene A. Angarola

Ilene A. Angarola

Executive Vice President

and Director, Investor Relations