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 29, 2013

 

MACKINAC FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(previous filings under the name NORTH COUNTRY FINANCIAL CORPORATION)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

MICHIGAN

 

0-20167

 

38-2062816

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

130 SOUTH CEDAR STREET, MANISTIQUE, MICHIGAN

 

49854

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 343-8147

 

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. below):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 5.07              Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

Mackinac Financial Corporation (“the Company”) held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 29, 2013.  The shareholders (i) elected three members of the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting in the year 2016; (ii) approved, in a non-binding vote, the Company’s compensation of executives; (iii) approved a non-binding resolution to vote annually on say-on-pay proposals; and (iv) ratified the appointment of Plante Moran, PLLC as the Company’s independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2013.  There were 5,559,859 outstanding shares eligible to vote as of April 22, 2013, the record date for the Annual Meeting.

 

The voting results on the four matters were as follows:

 

Election of Directors

 

 

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-votes

 

Robert E. Mahaney

 

3,855,561

 

4,739

 

1,043,380

 

David R. Steinhardt

 

3,852,230

 

8,070

 

1,043,380

 

Paul D. Tobias

 

3,853,510

 

6,790

 

1,043,380

 

 

Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote on Executive Compensation

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-votes

 

3,809,972

 

46,014

 

4,314

 

1,043,380

 

 

Advisory Vote on Frequency of Say-on-Pay Proposal

 

1 year

 

2 years

 

3 years

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-votes

 

3,284,960

 

461,922

 

7,091

 

106,327

 

1,043,380

 

 

Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-votes

 

4,899,573

 

2,369

 

1,738

 

 

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

MACKINAC FINANCIAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: May 30, 2013

 

 

By:

/s/ Ernie R. Krueger

 

 

Ernie R. Krueger

 

 

EVP/CFO

 

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