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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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 28, 2011
POPULAR, INC.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO   001-34084   66-0667416
         
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Commission File
Number)
  (IRS Employer Identification
Number)
     
209 MUNOZ RIVERA AVENUE    
HATO REY, PUERTO RICO   00918
     
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)
(787) 765-9800
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
NOT APPLICABLE
 
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, 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.
Popular, Inc. (the “Corporation”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 28, 2011. The matters considered and voted on by the Corporation’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting and the results of the vote of the stockholder were as follows:
Proposal 1. To elect three directors for a three-year term:
                                 
Nominee   For     Against     Abstain     Broker Non-votes  
María Luisa Ferré
    759,701,895       35,521,261       1,037,778       145,075,067  
C. Kim Goodwin
    785,469,897       9,054,314       1,736,723       145,075,067  
William J. Teuber
    780,051,786       14,753,512       1,455,636       145,075,067  
Proposal 2. To provide an advisory vote related to the Corporation’s executive compensation program.
             
For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-votes
756,989,308
  28,836,073   10,435,553   145,075,067
Proposal 3. To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Corporation for 2011.
             
For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-votes
898,031,860   35,885,259   7,418,882   0
As a participant in the Capital Purchase Program of the United States Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Corporation is required to submit yearly to shareholders the vote related to the Corporation’s advisory vote on executive compensation program. Therefore, no proposal was submitted for a vote of stockholders in connection with the frequency of stockholder advisory votes on executive compensation.
The press release issued by the Corporation in connection with the results of the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is included as an exhibit hereto.
Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
         
  99.1    
Press release dated May 3, 2011.

 


 

 
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.
         
  POPULAR, INC.
(Registrant)
 
 
Date: May 3, 2011  By:   /s/ Ileana Gonzalez    
    Ileana Gonzalez   
    Senior Vice President and Comptroller