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


May 29, 2014

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

NEW ULM TELECOM, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Minnesota

0-3024

41-0440990

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


27 North Minnesota Street

New Ulm, MN 56073

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)


(507) 354-4111

(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 (see General Instruction A.2):

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Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

New Ulm Telecom, Inc.’s (“NU Telecom”) Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 29, 2014. Proxies representing 3,374,513 shares, or 66.30% of the 5,089,534 outstanding shares entitled to vote were present at the Annual Meeting, which constituted a quorum. The shareholder voting results for the election of two directors and the ratification of the appointment of NU Telecom’s independent registered public accounting firm are presented as follows:


Proposal 1. The following two directors were elected to serve until the 2017 Annual Meeting and until the election and qualification of their respective successors, as follows:


Nominees

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duane D. Lambrecht

  

2,486,289

 

20,961

 

134,969

 

732,294

Colleen R. Skillings

 

2,462,663

 

25,690

 

153,866

 

732,294


Proposal 2. Shareholders ratified the appointment of Olsen, Thielen & Company, Ltd. as the Company’s  independent registered public accounting firm for the 2014 fiscal year, as follows:


Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

3,238,090

 

9,992

 

126,431


 



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.


Date:  May 30, 2014

New Ulm Telecom, Inc.

 

 

By:  /s/Curtis Kawlewski    

       Curtis Kawlewski

 

Its: Chief Financial Officer