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 19, 2014

 

 

M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

1-8951

84-0622967

(State or other

(Commission file number)

(I.R.S. employer

jurisdiction of

 

identification no.)

incorporation)

   

 

4350 South Monaco Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80237

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 773-1100

 

 

Not Applicable

 

(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:

 

 

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

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



 

 

 
 

 

 

ITEM 5.07

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

On May 19, 2014, M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2014 annual meeting of shareholders. There were 48,821,676 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting. The final results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of shareholders at the annual meeting were as follows:

 

 

(1)

Election of three Class II Directors of the Company to serve for three-year terms expiring in 2017:

 

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

David D. Mandarich

38,910,612

 

2,571,257

 

2,646,588

Paris G. Reece III

32,741,293

 

8,740,576

 

2,646,588

David Siegel

40,246,886

 

1,234,983

 

2,646,588

 

 

(2)

Approval, in a non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

21,282,042

 

19,759,147

 

440,680

 

2,646,588

 

 

(3)

Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2014 fiscal year:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

43,661,318

 

349,756

 

117,383

 

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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.

 

________________

 

 

 

M.D.C. HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

       
       

Dated: May 23, 2014

By:

/s/ Joseph H. Fretz

 

    Joseph H. Fretz  
    Secretary and Corporate Counsel