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 26, 2018

BCB BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


New Jersey
0-50275
26-0065262
(State or Other Jurisdiction
Identification No.)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)
 
 

104-110 Avenue C, Bayonne, NJ 07002
07002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (201) 823-0700

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 26, 2018, the shareholders of BCB Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") approved the Company's 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which provides for the grant of stock-based awards to officers, employees and directors of the Company and BCB Community Bank. A description of the material terms of the Plan is contained in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2018. A copy of the Plan is being filed as Exhibit 10.1.

Item 5.07            Submission of Matters to a Vote of Securities Holders

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company was held on April 26, 2018.  The matters considered and voted on by the Company's shareholders at the Annual Meeting, and the results of the vote on each such matter, were as follows:
Proposal 1: The election of directors.

For a term ending in 2021

Nominee
Shares Voted For
Shares Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
       
Thomas Coughlin
8,959,469
310,631
3,903,071
Vincent DiDomenico, Jr.
8,469,456
800,644
3,903,071
Joseph Lyga
8,819,832
450,268
3,903,071
Spencer B. Robbins
8,028,234
1,241,866
3,903,071
Proposal 2: The ratification of the appointment of Wolf & Company, P.C. as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the year ending December 31, 2018.

Shares Voted For
Shares Voted Against
Abstentions
 
       
12,924,031
192,715
56,425
 
       
Proposal 3: The approval of the BCB Bancorp, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan

Shares Voted For
Shares Voted Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
       
8,820,896
387,676
61,528
3,903,071

Proposal 4: The advisory, non-binding vote to approve the Company's executive compensation as described in the proxy statement.

Shares Voted For
Shares Voted Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
     
7,406,078
1,780,747
83,275
3,903,071
 

Proposal 5: The advisory, non-binding vote with respect to the frequency of voting on the Company's executive compensation.

One Year
Two Years
Three Years
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
         
8,546,999
117,487
535,791
69,823
3,903,071
 

Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(a)
No financial statements of businesses acquired are required.
(b)
No pro forma financial information is required.
(c)
Not Applicable.
(d)
Exhibits.
 
10.1
 
 
 


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.


   
BCB BANCORP, INC.
     
     
     
DATE: May 1, 2018
By:
/s/ Thomas P. Keating
   
Thomas P. Keating
   
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer