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 15, 2010
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EASTERN VIRGINIA BANKSHARES, INC.
 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Virginia
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
0-23565
 (Commission
File Number)
54-1866052
 (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
330 Hospital Road
Tappahannock, Virginia
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
 
22560
(Zip Code)
 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (804) 443-8423

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:

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

Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 15, 2010 (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company elected fourteen directors to serve for one-year terms and approved an advisory proposal regarding the compensation of executive officers.  The voting results for each proposal are as follows:

1.  
To elect fourteen directors to serve for terms of one year each expiring at the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders:

   
For
Withhold
Broker Non-Vote
 
W. Rand Cook
3,469,530
191,004
1,094,767
 
F.L. Garrett, III
3,471,533
189,002
1,094,767
 
W. Gerald Cox
3,471,836
188,698
1,094,767
 
Michael E. Fiore
3,472,556
187,978
1,094,767
 
Ira C. Harris
3,468,725
191,809
1,094,767
 
F. Warren Haynie, Jr.
3,470,527
190,008
1,094,767
 
Eric A. Johnson
3,294,964
365,570
1,094,767
 
W. Leslie Kilduff, Jr.
3,472,048
188,486
1,094,767
 
William L. Lewis
3,177,413
483,121
1,094,767
 
Charles R. Revere
3,420,962
239,573
1,094,767
 
Joe A. Shearin
3,458,499
202,036
1,094,767
 
Howard R. Straughan, Jr.
3,471,050
189,484
1,094,767
 
Leslie E. Taylor
3,275,888
384,646
1,094,767
 
J.T. Thompson, III
3,402,725
257,810
1,094,767




2.  
To approve the following advisory (non-binding) proposal:

RESOLVED, that the shareholders approve the compensation of executive officers asdisclosed in the proxy statement pursuant to the Rules of the Securities and ExchangeCommission.
 
 
For
Against
Abstain
 
4,419,013
263,499
72,789










 
 
 

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.

EASTERN VIRGINIA BANKSHARES, INC.



Date: April 21, 2010                                              By:     /s/ Ronald L. Blevins
                      Ronald L. Blevins
                         Chief Financial Officer