Amended Current Report Filing (8-k/a)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K /A

Amendment No. 1

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 8, 2019

Cadence Bancorporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-38058	47-1329858
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 3800 Houston, Texas		77056
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(713) 871-4000

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock		CADE		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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 8, 2019, Cadence Bancorporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), and, on May 13, 2019, the Company filed a Form 8-K disclosing the results of the stockholder vote for each proposal on which stockholders voted at the Annual Meeting (the “Initial Form 8-K”). This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the Initial Form 8-K to disclose that, in connec tion with the vote on the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on executive compensation, the Company’s board of directors determined to include an advisory shareholder vote on executive compensation in the Company’s proxy materials every year. The disclosure included in the Initial Form 8-K otherwise remains unchanged.

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.