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


May 30, 2013

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

NEW ULM TELECOM, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Minnesota

0-3024

41-0440990

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


27 North Minnesota Street

New Ulm, MN 56073

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)


(507) 354-4111

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

New Ulm Telecom, Inc.’s (“NU Telecom”) Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 30, 2013. Proxies representing 3,329,659 shares, or 65.24% of the 5,103,918 outstanding shares entitled to vote were present at the Annual Meeting, which constituted a quorum. The shareholder voting results for the election of two directors, the ratification of the appointment of NU Telecom’s independent registered public accounting firm, the approval to amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, the advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation and the advisory vote on the frequency of future executive compensation advisory votes are presented as follows:


Proposal 1. The following two directors were elected to serve until the 2016 Annual Meeting and until the election and qualification of their respective successors, as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominees

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James P. Jensen

  

2,665,156

 

33,806

 

 

130,278

 

500,419

Perry L. Meyer

 

2,678,594

 

20,381

 

 

130,265

 

500,419

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 2. Shareholders ratified the appointment of Olsen, Thielen & Company, Ltd. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2013 fiscal year, as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,290,611

 

14,373

 

 

24,675


Proposal 3. Shareholders approved the proposal to amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as follows:


Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,735,488

 

53,964

 

 

39,788

 

 

500,419


Proposal 4. Shareholders approved the Company’s executive compensation, as follows:


Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,220,076

 

296,247

 

 

312,917

 

 

500,419


Proposal 5. The shareholders voted on the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation, as follows:


1 Year

 

2 Years

 

 

3 Years

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

610,642

 

36,247

 

 

1,828,357

 

 

353,994

500,419

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In light of the fact that 73.9% of the shareholders expressing a preference on Proposal 5 voted in favor of holding the advisory vote every three years, and that was the recommendation of the NU Telecom Board of Directors (“Board), on May 30, 2013, the Board decided NU Telecom will submit the shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation to its shareholders every three years.

In addition, the Board currently intends to seek a new shareholder advisory vote on the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes in three years or at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, instead of holding the vote every six years.











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.


Date:  May 31, 2013

New Ulm Telecom, Inc.

 

 

 

By:  

/s/Curtis Kawlewski

 

      

Curtis Kawlewski

 

Its:  

Chief Financial Officer