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): March 24, 2020
Wesbanco, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
West Virginia | 000-08467 | 55-0571723 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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1 Bank Plaza, Wheeling, WV |
| 26003 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (304) 234-9000
Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report: Not Applicable
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class |
| Trading Symbol |
| Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock $2.0833 Par Value |
| WSBC |
| NASDAQ Global Select Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
On March 24, 2020, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Wesbanco, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted the following changes to the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws (“Bylaws”), effective as of March 18, 2020. Unless otherwise stated, Article and Section references below are to the Bylaws as so amended.
Conduct of Shareholder Meetings
Article II, Section 12 was added to allow the Company to hold, and shareholders to participate in, shareholders’ meetings by means of electronic communication in accordance with Section 31D-7-708(e) of the West Virginia Business Corporations Act (“WVBCA”).
Notice of Meetings
Article II, Section 8 was amended to clarify that the Company must notify shareholders of each annual and special shareholders' meeting no fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the meeting date in accordance with Section 31D-7-705 of the WVBCA.
Elimination of Reference to Outdated Rule
The Bylaws were also amended to eliminate references to Rule 14a-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as such rule is no longer in effect. These revisions were made to Sections 4, 5 and 14 of Article III.
Miscellaneous Other Amendments
Article V, Section 2 was amended to clarify that the Compensation Committee of the Board determines the compensation of the Company’s executive officers.
Article XI, Section 1, which deals with amending the Bylaws, was amended to include references to that Article for clarification purposes.
All of the above descriptions are subject to and qualified in their entirety by the full text of the Bylaws filed with this report as Exhibit 3.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits:
3.1 - Amended and Restated Bylaws.
104 – Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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.
| Wesbanco, Inc. |
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Date: March 24, 2020 | /s/ Robert H. Young |
| Robert H. Young |
| Senior Executive Vice President and |
| Chief Financial Officer |
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