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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):  April 23, 2015

Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Virginia
001-33037
20-1417448
  
 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
  


6830 Old Dominion Drive
McLean, Virginia 22101
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (703) 893-7400

 
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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[  ]
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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
On April 23, 2015 Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, at which time stockholders were asked to consider three proposals, as follows:
 
1.  
To elect three (3) directors of Class III to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company until the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, and each until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal;
 
2.  
To ratify the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015;
 
3.  
To conduct an advisory (non-binding) vote regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
 
The vote tabulation was as follows:
 
1.  
Election of three Class III directors to serve for a term of three years:
 
    Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes
 
Robert Y. Clagett
 8,669,003 263,836 2,089,236
  Georgia S. Derrico 8,658,673 274,166 2,089,236
  Charles A. Kabbash 8,514,330 418,509 2,089,236
         
 
The following directors' terms of office continued after the Annual Meeting:
         
 
Frederick L. Bollerer
Neil J. Call
John J. Forch
W. Bruce Jennings
R. Roderick Porter
      
 
2.  
To ratify the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for 2015:
 
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
  
 
11,004,313
10,098
7,664
 0  
 
3.  
Advisory (non-binding) vote regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:
 
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
  
 
7,097,994
1,495,721
339,124
2,089,236
  
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
   
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.
   
(Registrant)
  
       
       
Dated: April 24, 2015   By: /s/William H. Lagos  
     
William H. Lagos
  
     
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer