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
May 24, 2018
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
NEW ULM TELECOM, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota | 0-3024 | 41-0440990 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
27 North Minnesota Street
New Ulm, MN 56073
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(507) 354-4111
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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):
[ ] 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
Emerging growth company Yes £ No S
1
Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
New Ulm Telecom, Inc.’s (“NU Telecom”) Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 24, 2018. Proxies representing 3,580,940 shares, or 69.34% of the 5,164,274 outstanding shares entitled to vote were present at the Annual Meeting, which constituted a quorum. The shareholder voting results for the election of three directors and the ratification of the appointment of NU Telecom’s independent registered public accounting firm are presented as follows:
Proposal 1. The following three directors were elected to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting and until the election and qualification of their respective successors, as follows:
|
|
| ||||||
Nominees |
| Votes For |
| Votes Withheld |
|
| Broker Non-Votes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dennis E. Miller |
| 2,244,955 |
| 69,776 |
|
| 1,266,209 |
|
Wesley E. Schultz |
| 2,135,622 |
| 179,109 |
|
| 1,266,209 |
|
Suzanne M. Spellacy |
| 2,244,011 |
| 70,720 |
|
| 1,266,209 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proposal 2. Shareholders ratified the appointment of Olsen, Thielen & Company, Ltd. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2018 fiscal year, as follows:
Votes For |
| Votes Against |
|
Abstentions | |||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
3,558,945 |
| 16,168 |
| 5,827 | |||||
2
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.
New Ulm Telecom, Inc. | ||
Date: May 25, 2018 | By: | /s/Curtis Kawlewski |
Curtis Kawlewski | ||
Its: | Chief Financial Officer |
3