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 28, 2014

 

MACKINAC FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(previous filings under the name NORTH COUNTRY FINANCIAL CORPORATION)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

MICHIGAN

 

0-20167

 

38-2062816

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

130 SOUTH CEDAR STREET, MANISTIQUE, MICHIGAN

 

49854

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 343-8147

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

o            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

 

Mackinac Financial Corporation (“the Company”) held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 28, 2014.  The shareholders (i) elected four members of the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting in the year 2017; (ii) approved, in a non-binding vote, the Company’s compensation of executives; (iii) to approve a non-binding resolution to vote annually on say-on-pay proposals; and (iv) ratified the appointment of Plante Moran, PLLC as the Company’s independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2014.  Proposals to approve the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, and to approve Article X of the Articles of Incorporation did not receive the requisite majority of all shares outstanding required to amend the Company’s articles of incorporation.  The Company did not adjourn the meeting to solicit additional proxies.  There were 5,527,690 outstanding shares eligible to vote as of April 21, 2014, the record date for the Annual Meeting.

 

The voting results on the six matters were as follows:

 

Election of Directors

 

 

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-votes

 

Dennis B. Bittner

 

2,948,922

 

849,852

 

1,258,215

 

Joseph D. Garea

 

2,948,922

 

849,852

 

1,258,215

 

Kelly W. George

 

2,948,905

 

849,869

 

1,258,215

 

L. Brooks Patterson

 

2,948,659

 

850,115

 

1,258,215

 

 

Approve the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-votes

 

2,321,976

 

668,812

 

807,986

 

1,258,215

 

 

Approve Article X of the Articles of Incorporation

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-votes

 

1,991,964

 

998,824

 

807,986

 

1,258,215

 

 

Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote on Executive Compensation

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-votes

 

2,631,268

 

503,236

 

664,270

 

1,258,215

 

 

Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-votes

 

5,052,655

 

367

 

3,967

 

 

 

Adjourn Annual Meeting, if Necessary, to Solicit Additional Proxies

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-votes

 

2,567,976

 

554,480

 

676,318

 

1,258,215

 

 

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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.

 

 

MACKINAC FINANCIAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: May 29, 2014

 

 

By:

/s/ Ernie R. Krueger

 

 

Ernie R. Krueger

 

 

EVP/CFO

 

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