Preferred Bank : Form 8-K~Current Report

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

Washington, D.C. 20429

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 16, 2023

Preferred Bank

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California	33539	95-4340199
(State or other jurisdiction	(FDIC Certificate No.)	(I.R.S. Employee
of incorporation or		Identification No.)
organization)
601 S. Figueroa Street, 48th Floor, Los Angeles, California	90017
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

[phone]

(Registrant's telephone number including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

As of the record date for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Preferred Bank ("the Bank") held on May 16, 2023, there were 14,432,122 shares entitled to vote on all matters presented to the Bank's shareholders at the Annual Meeting. Votes representing 82.49% of the Bank's common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

The following are the voting results of each matter submitted to the Bank's shareholders at the Annual Meeting. The proposals below are described in detail in the Proxy Statement filed in connection with the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, all eight director were elected to serve as the Bank's Board of Directors until the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders and the Bank's shareholders voted (i) to approve the Bank's executive compensation as set forth in the Proxy Statement (ii) for one year frequency on Pay (iii) to approve the general authority of the Board of Directors to authorize and implement share repurchase programs, and (iv) to ratify the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Bank's registered independent public accounting firm for 2023.

1. Election of the following eight nominees to the Bank's Board of Directors to serve until the annual meeting of shareholders in 2024:

	For	Withheld	Non Votes
Li Yu	10,828,360	347,958	728,775
Clark Hsu	8,550,491	2,625,827	728,775
Chih-Wei Wu	9,913,822	1,262,496	728,775
Gary S. Nunnelly	7,896,228	3,280,090	728,775
J. Richard Belliston	10,178,766	997,552	728,775
Kathleen Shane	11,053,972	122,346	728,775
Wayne Wu	11,082,484	93,834	728,775
William C. Y. Cheng	10,221,083	955,235	728,775

2. Advisory vote on the Bank's executive compensation:

		For	Against	Abstain	Non Votes
		11,086,659		82,485		7,175		728,775
3. Advisory vote on Pay:
		1 Year		2 Years		3 Years		Abstain		Non Votes
	8,804,628		2,126		2,354,952		14,612		728,775

4. Authorization of share repurchase authority:

For	Against	Abstain	Non Votes
11,167,250	1,716	7,353	728,775

5. Ratification of appointment of Crowe LLP as independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023:

For	Against	Abstain	Non Votes
11,883,183	9,856	12,054	-

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About Preferred Bank

Preferred Bank (the "Bank") is one of the larger independent commercial banks headquartered in California. The Bank is chartered by the State of California, and its deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Bank conducts its banking business from its main office in Los Angeles, California, and through eleven full-service branch banking offices in California (Alhambra, Century City, City of Industry, Torrance, Arcadia, Irvine, Diamond Bar, Pico Rivera, Tarzana and San Francisco (2)) and one branch in Flushing, New York. In addition, the Bank operates a loan production office in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land, Texas. Preferred Bank offers a broad range of deposit and loan products and services to both commercial and consumer customers. The Bank provides personalized deposit services as well as real estate finance, commercial loans and trade finance to small and mid-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, real estate developers, professionals and high net worth individuals. Although originally founded as a Chinese-American Bank, Preferred Bank now derives most of its customers from the diversified mainstream market but does continue to benefit from the significant migration to California of ethnic Chinese from China and other areas of East Asia.

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Preferred Bank

Dated: May 17, 2023	By: /s/ Edward J. Czajka
	Edward J. Czajka
	Executive Vice President
	Chief Financial Officer

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