# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001382230
**File Stem:** 0000943374-23-000146
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 6520
**Document Hash:** 0e3d05e95d2c66b9746f7bad2f1da10c
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## Filing Summary
**0000943374-23-000146.hdr.sgml**: 20230309

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000943374-23-000146

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230309

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230309

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230309

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** ESSA Bancorp, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001382230
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6036]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 208023072
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-33384
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23720189

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 200 PALMER STREET
- **CITY:** STROUDSBURG
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 18360
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (570) 421-0531

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 200 PALMER STREET
- **CITY:** STROUDSBURG
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 18360

#### 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 9, 2023

<u>ESSA Bancorp, Inc.</u> 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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| Pennsylvania<br>| 001-33384<br>| 20-8023072<br>|
| (State or Other Jurisdiction<br> of Incorporation) | (Commission File No.) | (I.R.S. Employer<br> Identification No.) |
| 200 Palmer Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania | 200 Palmer Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania | 18360<br>|
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |

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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (570) 421-0531

<u>Not Applicable</u>

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common<br>| ESSA<br>| The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC<br>|

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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):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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 ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 5.07** **Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders**.

On March 9, 2023, the Annual Meeting of Stockholder of ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") was held at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time (the "Annual Meeting"). The matters listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders through the solicitation of proxies. The proposals are described in detail in the Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25, 2023 (the "Proxy Statement").

The matters considered and voted on by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting and the votes of the stockholders were as follows:

*<u>Proposal 1 – Election of Four Directors</u>*

The stockholders elected the following directors who were nominated to serve for a term of three years.

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|  | For | Withheld | **Broker**<br> **non-votes**<br>|
| Daniel J. Henning | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6846444 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 406904 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1674082 |
| Elizabeth B. Weekes | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6746410 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 506938 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1674082 |
| Tina Q. Richardson | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6290371 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 962977 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1674082 |

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*<u>Proposal 2 –Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accountants</u>*

The stockholders approved the ratification of S.R. Snodgrass, P.C. as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

<u> For </u> <u> Against </u> <u> Abstain </u> <br>8,770,905 87,928 68,597

*<u>Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation</u>*

The stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the resolution regarding the executive compensation described in the Proxy Statement as follows:

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| For | Against | Abstain | Broker non-votes |
| 6643937 | 531871 | 77540 | 1674082 |

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*<u>Proposal 4 – Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future "Say-on-Pay" Advisory Votes</u>*

The stockholders voted, on a non-binding, advisory basis, on the frequency that stockholders will vote on the Company's executive compensation as follows:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| 1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | Abstain | Broker non-votes |
| 6,285,404 | 166,103 | 548,418 | 253,423 | 1,674,082 |

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In light of the voting results concerning the frequency with which stockholders will vote on the Company's executive compensation, the Company's Board of Directors intends that the Company will hold an annual advisory, non-binding vote on its executive compensation.

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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.

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|  |  | **ESSA BANCORP, INC.**<br>|
| DATE: March 9, 2023 | By: <br>| <u>/s/ Gary S. Olson</u> |
|  |  | Gary S. Olson, President and |
|  |  | Chief Executive Officer |

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