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): June 26, 2013

 

United Mortgage Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
                   
Maryland   000-32409   75-6493585
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)  

(Commission File Number) 

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

         
                   
1301 Municipal Way, Grapevine, Texas 76051
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
(214) 237-9305
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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.

 

On June 26, 2013, United Mortgage Trust (the “Registrant”) held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. At the meeting, the Registrant’s shareholders voted on the following two proposals: (i) the election of five trustees to serve until the Registrant’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2014 or until such trustees’ successors are duly elected and qualified; and (ii) the ratification of the selection of Whitley Penn LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. The two proposals are described in detail in the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement, dated April 26, 2013, as filed on Schedule 14A on April 26, 2013.

Both of the proposals were approved by the Registrant’s shareholders by the requisite vote necessary for approval. The votes with respect to each of the proposals are set forth below.

 

Proposal 1. To elect five trustees to serve until the Registrant’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2014 or until such trustees’ successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

Nominee Shares For Shares Withheld Broker Non-Votes
Charles M. Gillis 2,745,329 406,256 262,787
Michele A. Cadwell 2,750,113 401,472 262,787
Phillip K. Marshall 2,750,991 400,594 262,787
Roger C. Wadsworth 2,745,991 405,594 262,787
Leslie Wylie 2,750,991 400,594 262,787

 

Proposal 2. To ratify the selection of Whitley Penn LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013:

 

Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes
2,988,352 161,314 264,706 0

 

 

 
 

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.

 

  United Mortgage Trust
     
     
Dated:  June 28, 2013 By: /s/ Stuart Ducote  
    Stuart Ducote
    President