UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): June 4, 2015

 

 

MANITEX INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Michigan   001-32401   42-1628978

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

9725 Industrial Drive, Bridgeview, Illinois 60455

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(708) 430-7500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(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 Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Manitex International, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 4, 2015. The following is a summary of the matters voted on at that meeting.

 

 

(a)

Proposal 1—The stockholders elected Manitex International, Inc.’s entire Board of Directors to serve until the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders. The persons elected to Manitex’s Board of Directors and the number of shares cast for, the number of shares withheld, and broker non-votes, with respect to each of these persons, were as follows:

 

     For      Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Ronald M. Clark

     9,185,483        361,029        3,140,355  

Robert S. Gigliotti

     9,151,374        395,138        3,140,355  

Frederick B. Knox

     9,261,359        285,153        3,140,355  

David J. Langevin

     9,411,528        134,984        3,140,355  

Marvin B. Rosenberg

     9,219,405        327,107        3,140,355  

Stephen J. Tober

     9,257,807        288,705        3,140,355  

 

 

(b)

Proposal 2—The shareholder approved an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation that increases the number of shares of common shares authorized thereunder from 20,000,000 to 25,000,000. The number of shares cast in favor of the amendment, the number against, the number abstaining were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

11,870,476   716,280   100,111

 

 

(c)

Proposal 3—The shareholders ratified the appointment of UHY LLP as Manitex’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015. The number of shares cast in favor of the ratification of UHY, the number against and the number abstaining were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

11,601,945   22,943   1,061,979

 

 

(d)

Proposal 4—The shareholders approved in an advisory vote the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The number of shares cast in favor, number against, number abstaining and broker non-votes were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

8,856,678   598,971   90,863   3,140,355


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

MANITEX INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By:

/S/    DAVID H. GRANSEE        

Name:

David H. Gransee

Title:

Vice President and CFO

Date: June 5, 2015