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

 

October 23, 2012
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Minnesota

 

0-29643

 

41-1883639

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

701 Xenia Avenue South, Suite 120
Minneapolis, MN 55416
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(952) 215-0660
(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):

 

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ITEM 5.07                                  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

(a)                                 We held our annual meeting of shareholders on October 23, 2012.  The matters that were voted upon at the meeting, and the number of votes cast for and against, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as to each such matter, where applicable, are set forth below.

 

(b)

 

1.                                      Robert J. Doran, Fouad Z. Bashour, Charles J. Hey, Joel C. Longtin, Louis M. Mucci, Michael S. Rawlings, Michael H. Staenberg, and Steven J. Wagenheim were elected directors of the Company for the ensuing year and until their successors shall be elected and duly qualified. The results of the vote were as follows:

 

 

 

For

 

Withhold

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Robert J. Doran

 

8,180,339

 

106,284

 

1,542,511

 

Fouad Z. Bashour

 

8,180,365

 

106,258

 

1,542,511

 

Charles J. Hey

 

8,156,573

 

130,050

 

1,542,511

 

Joel C. Longtin

 

8,179,133

 

107,490

 

1,542,511

 

Louis M. Mucci

 

8,180,097

 

106,526

 

1,542,511

 

Michael S. Rawlings

 

8,156,562

 

130,061

 

1,542,511

 

Michael H. Staenberg

 

8,197,020

 

89,603

 

1,542,511

 

Steven J. Wagenheim

 

8,173,821

 

112,802

 

1,542,511

 

 

2.                                      The appointment of Schechter, Dokken, Kanter, Andrews & Selcer, Ltd. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 25, 2012 was ratified.  The results of the vote were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

9,800,991

 

26,096

 

2,047

 

0

 

 

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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.

 

 

Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd.

 

 

 

 

Date: October 24, 2012

By:

/s/ James G. Gilbertson

 

 

James G. Gilbertson

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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