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): April 10, 2014
SILVER BULL RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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001-33125
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91-1766677
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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925 West Georgia Street, Suite 1908
Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3L2
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n/a
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 604-687-5800
(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 a Matter to a Vote of Security Holders.
Silver Bull Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) on April 10, 2014. At the Meeting, three proposals were submitted to the shareholders for approval as set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement, filed February 26, 2014. As of the record date, February 21, 2014, a total of 159,072,657 shares of Company common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote. In total, 90,138,036 shares of Company common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting, which represented approximately 57% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date.
At the meeting, shareholders approved all of the proposals submitted: elected the slate of six persons to the Company’s Board of Directors, ratified and approved Hein & Associates LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The votes on the proposals were cast as set forth below:
1. Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors. The shareholders elected the entire slate of directors presented to the shareholders. As a result, the Company’s Board of Directors now consists of the six persons elected at the meeting. For the election of directors, there were a total of 29,564,718 broker non-votes.
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Name
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For
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Withheld
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Timothy Barry
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60,380,315
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193,003
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Joshua Crumb
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55,647,538
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4,925,780
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Brian Edgar
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54,011,172
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6,562,146
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Murray Hitzman
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50,501,480
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10,071,838
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Daniel Kunz
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50,758,414
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9,814,904
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John McClintock
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55,470,091
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5,103,227
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2. Proposal No. 2 – Ratification and approval of Hein & Associates LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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89,637,826
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104,738
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395,472
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3. Proposal No. 3 – Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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57,654,222
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2,679,669
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239,427
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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.
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Date: April 14, 2013
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SILVER BULL RESOURCES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Sean Fallis
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Sean Fallis
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Chief Financial Officer
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