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 28, 2015

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 28, 2015. Proxies representing 3,156,185 shares, or 59.41% of the 5,101,334 outstanding shares entitled to vote were present at the Annual Meeting, which constituted a quorum. The shareholder voting results for the election of three directors, the ratification of the appointment of NU Telecom’s independent registered public accounting firm and the approval of the New Ulm Telecom, Inc. 2015 Employee Stock Plan are presented as follows:


Proposal 1. The following three directors were elected to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting and until the election and qualification of their respective successors, as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominees

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dennis E. Miller

  

2,680,026

 

24,142

 

654,697

Wesley E. Schultz

 

2,354,244

 

21,604

 

654,697

Suzanne M. Spellacy

 

2,401,669

 

22,779

 

654,697

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 2. Shareholders ratified the appointment of Olsen, Thielen & Company, Ltd. as the Company’s  independent registered public accounting firm for the 2015 fiscal year, as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

 

 

 

 

3,133,096

 

22,334

 

755


Proposal 3. Shareholders approved the New Ulm Telecom, Inc. 2015 Employee Stock Plan, as follows:


Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,355,982

 

116,901

 

28,605

 

654,697

 



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 29, 2015

New Ulm Telecom, Inc.

 

 

By:  /s/Curtis Kawlewski

 

Curtis Kawlewski

Its: Chief Financial Officer