UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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):  May 11, 2011
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HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
0-27622
(Commission File Number)
54-1796693
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
340 West Main Street
Abingdon, Virginia
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
24210-1128
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (276) 628-9181

 
Not Applicable
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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

Highlands Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 11, 2011 (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company elected nine directors to serve for one-year terms and ratified the Company’s appointment of Brown, Edwards & Company, LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2011.  The voting results for each proposal are as follows:

 
1.
To elect nine directors to serve for terms of one year each expiring at the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders:
 
 
 
 
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Vote
William E. Chaffin
2,774,155
42,088
472,591
E. Craig Kendrick
2,786,370
29,873
472,591
Clydes B. Kiser
2,786,370
29,873
472,591
J. Carter Lambert
2,773,172
43,071
472,591
James D. Moore, Jr.
2,784,118
32,125
472,591
James D. Morefield
2,786,370
29,873
472,591
Charles P. Olinger
2,786,370
29,873
472,591
William J. Singleton
2,774,305
41,938
472,591
H. Ramsey White, Jr.
2,786,370
29,873
472,591
       

 
2.
To ratify the appointment of Brown, Edwards & Company, LLP as theCompany’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year  ending December 31, 2011.
 
 
 
For
Against
Abstain
2,780,370
0
29,873









 
 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


   
HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES, INC.
     
(Registrant)
   
           
           
           
Date:  May 16, 2011
 
By:
/s/ Rusty Little
   
     
Rusty Little
   
     
Chief Financial Officer