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): May 31, 2012

AIR METHODS CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
0-16079
84-0915893
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)    
 
7301 South Peoria, Englewood, Colorado
 
80112
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (303) 792-7400
 
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.
 
 
The Company held its Annual Meeting on May 31, 2012 in Englewood, Colorado.  Of the 12,831,224 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the record date, 11,916,583 shares of common stock (approximately 93%) were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.  The Company’s stockholders elected all of the directors nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors, approved the Company’s Performance Pay Plan, ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, and approved the proposed advisory vote on the executive compensation program for the Company’s named executive officers.  The results of the voting on the matters submitted to the stockholders are as follows:

1.             Election of Ralph J. Bernstein, Mark D. Carleton and Lowell D. Miller, Ph.D., to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until the earlier of their respective deaths, resignations or retirement:
 
Name
 
FOR
 
WITHHELD
Ralph J. Bernstein
 
10,664,589
 
652,487
Mark D. Carleton
 
11,171,676
 
145,400
Lowell D. Miller, Ph.D.
 
10,617,311
 
699,765
 
2.             Approval of the Company’s Performance Pay Plan:

FOR
 
WITHHELD
 
ABSTAIN
8,891,429
 
2,421,196
 
4,451
 
3.             Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012:

FOR
 
WITHHELD
 
ABSTAIN
11,804,205
 
96,962
 
15,416

4.           Approval of the proposed advisory vote on the executive compensation program for the Company’s named executive officers:
 
FOR
 
AGAINST
 
ABSTAIN
10,587,414
 
657,912
 
71,750
 
 
 

 
 
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 thereunto duly authorized.

 
  AIR METHODS CORPORATION
     
     
Date:  June 6, 2012 
By:
/s/ Crystal L. Gordon
    Crystal L. Gordon, General Counsel and
    Secretary