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 27, 2010

 

 

SCBT FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

(800) 277-2175

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

On April 27, 2010, SCBT Financial Corporation (“SCBT”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in Columbia, South Carolina.  At the Annual Meeting, there were present in person or by proxy 10,769,650 shares of SCBT’s common stock, representing 84.5% of the total outstanding eligible votes.  At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of SCBT (1) elected six members of the Board of Directors, (2) ratified the appointment of Dixon Hughes PLLC as SCBT’s independent registered public accountants, and (3) approved a stockholder proposal to eliminate classification of terms of the Board of Directors.  The voting results for each proposal are as follows:

 

1) Approval of a proposal to elect the following individuals as directors of SCBT:

 

Nominees for Director		Votes For		Votes Withheld
Robert R. Horger		8,728,010		107,872
Jimmy E. Addison		8,733,950		101,932
Harry M. Mims, Jr.		8,720,498		115,384
James W. Roquemore		8,705,718		130,164
John W. Williamson, III		8,744,485		91,397
Herbert G. Gray		8,733,760		102,122

 

The following individuals continue to serve as directors until our Annual Meeting in the year indicated:

 

Directors Whose Terms Will Expire in 2013
Robert R. Horger
Jimmy E. Addison
Harry M. Mims, Jr.
James W. Roquemore
John W. Williamson, III
Directors Whose Terms Will Expire in 2012
Dalton B. Floyd, Jr.
M. Oswald Fogle
Dwight W. Frierson
Thomas E. Suggs
Herbert G. Gray
Directors Whose Terms Will Expire in 2011
Luther J. Battiste, III
Robert R. Hill, Jr.
Ralph W. Norman
Alton C. Phillips
Susie H. VanHuss

 

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2) Approval to ratify the appointment of Dixon Hughes PLLC as SCBT’s auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010:

 

		Votes		% of Shares Outstanding
Voting For		10,670,127		83.72	%
Voting Against		33,530		0.26	%
Abstain From Voting		65,992		0.52	%
Total		10,769,650		84.50	%

 

3) Approval to consider a stockholder proposal to eliminate classification of terms of the Board of Directors.

 

		Votes		% of Shares Outstanding
Voting For		4,657,096		36.54	%
Voting Against		4,032,002		31.64	%
Abstain From Voting		146,784		1.15	%
Non-votes		1,933,768		15.17	%
Total		10,769,650		84.50	%

 

There were 1,933,768 broker non-votes with respect to proposals 1 and 3, which are non-routine proposals.

 

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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.

 

 

	SCBT FINANCIAL CORPORATION
	(Registrant)
Date:    April 30, 2010	/s/ Donald E. Pickett
	Donald E. Pickett
	Executive Vice President and
	Chief Financial Officer

 

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