b5181018k.htm
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
 
May 18, 2010
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
COMMUNITY PARTNERS BANCORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
New Jersey
  
000-51889
  
20-3700861
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission
File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Ident. No.)
         
1250 Highway 35 South, Middletown, New Jersey
  
07748
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
(732) 706-9009
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
 
N/A
(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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Item 5.07                      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 18, 2010,  Community Partners Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders for which the Board of Directors solicited proxies.  At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company voted on the following proposals described in the Proxy Statement dated April 9, 2010.

The proposals voted on and approved or disapproved by the shareholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

Proposal No. 1.  The Company’s shareholders elected twelve individuals to serve on the Board of Directors, as set forth below:

Name
  
Votes
For
  
Votes
Withheld
  
Broker
Non-Votes
Charles T. Parton
  
3,268,542
  
386,317
  
2,229,243
Joseph F.X. O’Sullivan
  
3,401,677
  
253,182
  
2,229,243
Frank J. Patock, Jr.
  
3,390,024
  
264,835
  
2,229,243
Michael W. Kostelnik, Jr.
  
3,340,293
  
314,566
  
2,229,243
William D. Moss
  
3,302,539
  
352,320
  
2,229,243
Robert E. Gregory
  
3,438,820
  
216,039
  
2,229,243
Robert B. Grossman, M.D.
  
3,245,481
  
409,378
  
2,229,243
John E. Holobinko, Esq.
  
3,363,298
  
291,561
  
2,229,243
William F. LaMorte
  
3,363,238
  
291,621
  
2,229,243
John J. Perri, Jr., C.P.A.
  
3,368,256
  
286,603
  
2,229,243
William Statter
  
3,386,070
  
268,789
  
2,229,243
Robin Zager
  
3,385,490
  
269,369
  
2,229,243

Proposal No. 2.  The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of ParenteBeard LLC, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2010, as set forth below:

Votes
For
  
Votes
Against
  
Abstentions
  
5,681,208
  
39,861
  
163,033
  

Proposal No. 3.  The Company’s shareholders ratified a non-binding proposal to approve the executive compensation, as described in the Summary Compensation Table of the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, including the other executive compensation tables and the related disclosure regarding the named executive officers’ compensation in the Company’s proxy statement, as set forth below:


Votes
For
  
Votes
Against
  
Abstentions
  
5,369,948
  
422,861
  
91,293
  


 
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.
 
 
COMMUNITY PARTNERS BANCORP
     
Dated:  May 19, 2010
    
     
 
By:
/s/  Michael J. Gormley
  
     
Michael J. Gormley
     
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer