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): August 11, 2011

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in is charter)
 
Colorado
 
0-14749
 
84-0910696
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
265 Turner Drive
Durango, Colorado 81303
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (970) 259-0554

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On August 11, 2011, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (the “Registrant”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino Del Rio, Durango, Colorado 81301. At the close of business on June 21, 2011, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were a total of 6,090,775 shares of  Common Stock, par value $0.03 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Registrant outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, 5,468,603 or 89.8% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote were represented by proxy or in person and, therefore, a quorum was present.
 
The votes on the Election of Directors and to ratify Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC as the Registrant’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm that were presented for stockholder vote at the Annual Meeting are as follows:
 
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors
 
   
Votes For
   
Votes Withheld
   
Broker Non-Votes
 
Franklin E. Crail
    3,531,130       82,641       1,854,832  
Lee N. Mortenson
    3,508,653       105,118       1,854,832  
Bryan J. Merryman
    3,513,923       99,848       1,854,832  
Gerald A. Kien
     3,524,671       89,100       1,854,832  
Clyde Wm. Engle
    3,515,276       98,495       1,854,832  
Scott G. Capdevielle
    3,532,116       81,655       1,854,832  
 
Proposal 2 — Ratification of Appointment of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC as the  Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Registrant for the fiscal year ending February 29, 2012.

Votes For
 
Votes Against
   
Abstentions
   
Broker Non-Votes
 
                   
 5,424,382
    28,928       15,293       0  
 
 
 
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SIGNATURE
 
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 thereunto duly authorized.
 

 
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC.
 
       
Date: August 12, 2011
By:
/s/ Bryan J. Merryman  
   
Bryan J. Merryman,
 
    Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director  
       

 
 
 
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