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 8, 2013
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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 8, 2013 (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company elected seven directors to serve for one-year terms, ratified the Company’s appointment of Brown, Edwards & Company, LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2013, approved the non-binding resolution to endorse the Company’s executive compensation program and approved an annual frequency for future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation program.  The voting results for each proposal are as follows:

1.    
To elect seven directors to serve for terms of one year each expiring at the 2014 annual meeting of shareholders:
                   
 
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Vote
E. Craig Kendrick
2,730,778
27,701
497,995
Clydes B. Kiser
2,727,202
31,277
497,995
J. Carter Lambert
2,727,202
31,277
497,995
James D. Moore, Jr.
2,730,778
27,701
497,995
James D. Morefield
2,725,381
33,097
497,995
Charles P. Olinger
2,730,778
27,701
497,995
H. Ramsey White, Jr.
2,730,778
27,701
497,995


2.    
        To ratify the appointment of Brown, Edwards & Company, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2013.
                       
For
Against
Abstain
2,730,281
0
28,197
     


3.             Advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation (“Say on Pay”).
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote
2,459,939
123,367
175,173
497,995


4.             Advisory vote on the frequency of future Say On Pay votes.
 
 
One Year
 
Two Years
 
Three Years
 
Abstain
Broker
Non-Vote
1,944,512
105,649
414,271
294,046
497,995

 
 

 

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 14, 2013
By:
/s/ Rusty Little
 
   
Rusty Little
   
Chief Financial Officer