Bancorp Rhode Island Shareholders Overwhelmingly Elect All Board's Director Nominees
May 27 2008 - 3:29PM
Business Wire
Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. (NASDAQ: BARI) today announced that all
of the Board of Directors� nominees have been elected. The votes
from BancorpRI�s May 21, 2008, Annual Meeting of Shareholders have
been tabulated and certified by Carl T. Hagberg and Associates and
Adam J. Gwaltney, the inspectors of election. Directors Anthony F.
Andrade, Malcolm G. Chace, Ernest J. Chornyei, Jr., Edward J. Mack
II and Merrill W. Sherman will serve on the BancorpRI Board until
the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Nearly 92% of BancorpRI�s
outstanding shares of common stock were voted, and over 63% of all
votes cast were for the directors recommended by BancorpRI�s Board.
PL Capital Group�s (�PL Capital�) principals, Richard Lashley and
John Palmer, and its third nominee, Daniel Mullane, sought three
seats on the BancorpRI Board in a proxy contest. The elected
BancorpRI directors each garnered over 1.2 million more votes (out
of nearly 4.2 million shares voted) than the three nominees put
forward by PL Capital. This is the second year in a row that the
BancorpRI director nominees have been opposed in a proxy contest
conducted by PL Capital and for the second time BancorpRI�s
shareholders have overwhelmingly voted in favor of the Board�s
nominees, with a higher percentage of shareholders supporting the
Board�s nominees in 2008. In comparison, in 2007 over 62% of all
votes cast were for BancorpRI�s director nominees and each
BancorpRI director garnered over 1 million more votes (out of the
4.4 million shares voted) than the two nominees put forward by PL
Capital. �On behalf of BancorpRI�s Board of Directors and
management team, we thank both our institutional and individual
investors for their strong support of the Board�s nominees,� said
Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc.�s Chairman Malcolm G. Chace. �With the
continued leadership and guidance of our directors, we look forward
to the ongoing execution of our strategic plan and delivering value
to all our shareholders.� Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. is the parent
company of Bank Rhode Island, a full-service, FDIC-insured,
state-chartered financial institution. The Bank, headquartered in
Providence, Rhode Island, operates 16 branches throughout
Providence, Kent and Washington Counties. This release may contain
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These
forward-looking statements represent the company's present
expectations or beliefs concerning future events. The company
cautions that such statements are necessarily based on certain
assumptions which are subject to risks and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to, changes in general economic
conditions and changing competition which could cause actual future
results to differ materially from those indicated herein. Further
information on these risk factors is included in the company's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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