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 11, 2012
 
THE MONARCH CEMENT COMPANY
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Kansas
0-2757
48-0340590
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
P.O. BOX 1000, HUMBOLDT, KANSAS          66748-0900
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                                    (Zip Code)
 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code         (620) 473-2222
 
 
_______________________________________________________
(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.
   
    The Monarch Cement Company held its annual meeting of stockholders on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at which meeting our stockholders voted upon the following matter:
  • The election of four Class II directors to hold office for a term expiring at our 2015 annual meeting of stockholders, and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or until their respective earlier resignation or removal.  
Election of Directors
 
    At the annual meeting, each of the four persons named below was elected as a Class II director. The following is a summary of the votes cast at the annual meeting with respect to the election of directors:
 
 
 Name           Votes in Favor  Votes Withheld
 Byron J. Radcliff
14,351,813  101,587
 Michael R. Wachter 14,375,130  101,587
 Walter H. Wulf, Jr. 14,353,177  101,587
 Walter H. Wulf, III 14,295,569  101,587
 
There were 0 broker non-votes with respect to this matter.
 
    In addition to the Class II directors elected at the Annual Meeting, the persons continuing their term of office as members of our board of directors are identified below:
                                  
Class III Directors (term to expire in 2013)      
Jack R. Callahan
Ronald E. Callaway
Robert M. Kissick
Byron K. Radcliff
 
Class I Directors (term to expire in 2014)
David L. Deffner
Gayle C. McMillen
Richard N. Nixon
 
Additional information regarding the annual meeting is contained in our proxy statement dated March 15, 2012.
 
 

 
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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
                        The Monarch Cement Company
Dated: April 12, 2012
 
                         By:  /s/ Debra P. Roe                                  
                            Debra P. Roe, CPA
                            Chief Financial Officer and 
                            Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
                            (principal financial officer and
                            principal accounting officer)