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): February 13, 2017
GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC | |||
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | |||
Iowa | 000-51177 | 02-05753616 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
1822 43rd St. SW, Mason City, IA | 50401 | ||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | ||
(641) 423-8525 | |||
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) | |||
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Golden Grain Energy, LLC (the "Company") held its 2017 annual members meeting on Monday, February 13, 2017, for the purpose of electing two directors to our board of directors, conducting an advisory vote on the Company's executive compensation called a "Say-on-Pay" and conducting and advisory vote on how frequently the Company will hold the Say-on-Pay vote. Votes were solicited in person and by proxy.
Proposal One: Director Election
We had two nominees for the two vacant director positions. The incumbents, Marion Cagley and Jerry Calease, were reelected for additional three year terms until our 2020 annual meeting. The voting result for the director election was as follows:
Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | ||||
Marion Cagley | 7,870,000 | 577,000 | ||||
Jerry Calease | 7,957,833 | 382,000 | ||||
Proposal Two: Say-on-Pay
We conducted an advisory vote where our members could either endorse or not endorse our system of compensating our executive officers called a "Say-on-Pay" vote. Our members voted to endorse our system of compensating our executive officers. The voting results for the Say-on-Pay vote were as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstain | ||
11,076,000 | 260,000 | 123,000 | ||
Proposal Three: Frequency of Say-on-Pay
We conducted an advisory vote on how frequently our members would like to provide the advisory Say-on-Pay vote. The alternatives were for every year, every other year or every third year. Our members approved the every three year option. The voting results for the frequency of the Say-on-Pay vote were as follows:
Every Year | Every Two Years | Every Three Years | Votes Abstain | |||
1,021,500 | 234,000 | 10,104,166 | 159,334 | |||
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.
GOLDEN GRAIN ENERGY, LLC | |
Date: February 17, 2017 | /s/ Christine Marchand |
Christine Marchand | |
Chief Financial Officer | |
(Principal Financial Officer) | |