UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: June 26, 2013 (Date of earliest event reported)
Gas Natural Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Ohio | 001-34585 | 27-3003768 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 1 First Avenue South, Great Falls, Montana | 59401 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(800) 570-5688
(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:
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Gas Natural Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders on June 26, 2013 at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. The matters voted on and the results of the vote are as follows:
Proposal 1
The following persons were elected to the Company’s board of directors to hold office until the 2014 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified:
| Number of Votes | ||||||||||||
| For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| W.E. ‘Gene’ Argo |
2,311,757 | 199,483 | 4,794,770 | |||||||||
| Wade F. Brooksby |
2,294,358 | 216,882 | 4,794,770 | |||||||||
| John R. ‘Jack’ Male |
2,299,833 | 211,407 | 4,794,770 | |||||||||
| Gregory J. Osborne |
2,277,697 | 233,543 | 4,794,770 | |||||||||
| Richard M. Osborne |
2,303,509 | 207,731 | 4,794,770 | |||||||||
| Thomas J. Smith |
2,360,765 | 150,475 | 4,794,770 | |||||||||
| Michael T. Victor |
2,335,354 | 175,886 | 4,794,770 | |||||||||
Proposal 2
The ratification of the appointment of ParenteBeard LLC as the Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 received the following vote:
| Number of Votes | ||||
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 7,085,229 |
106,741 |
114,190 | ||
Proposal 3
The advisory approval of the compensation of our named executive officers for 2012 received the following vote:
| Number of Votes | ||||
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 2,098,189 |
255,103 |
158,098 | ||
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Proposal 4
The frequency of submitting the compensation of our named executive officers to our shareholders for approval received the following vote:
| Number of Votes | ||||||
| ONE Year |
TWO Years |
THREE Years |
Abstain | |||
| 2,139,806 |
97,105 |
127,628 |
146,851 | |||
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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.
| Gas Natural Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Rebecca Howell | |
| Name: Rebecca Howell | ||
| Title: Corporate Controller | ||
Dated June 28, 2013
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