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): April 24, 2018

 

 

HMN Financial, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 

0-24100 

41-1777397 

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1016 Civic Center Drive Northwest 

Rochester, Minnesota 

55901

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (507) 535-1200

 

  

  

 
 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

On April 24, 2018, Patricia Simmons advised HMN Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) of her resignation from the board of directors of the Company, effective April 24, 2018.

 

On April 24, 2018, the board of directors of the Company accepted Dr. Simmons’ resignation.

 

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

 

The Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on April 24, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. (the “Annual Meeting”). On March 1, 2018, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 4,504,234 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The final results of the stockholder vote on each proposal brought before the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

 

1.

The stockholders elected three directors to serve until the conclusion of the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

 

Terms expiring in 2021:

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

Bradley C. Krehbiel

2,646,749.637

314,636.348

14,723.000

1,053,891.000

Hugh C. Smith

2,711,941.680

262,987.305

1,180.000

1,053,891.000

Mark E. Utz

2,110,105.637

862,844.348

3,159.000

1,053,891.000

 

 

 

2.

The stockholders approved the advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s executives as disclosed in the proxy statement. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

 

Votes for the proposal

2,545,760.366

Votes against the proposal

370,006.904

Votes abstaining

60,341.715

Broker Non-Votes

1,053,891.000

 

 

 

3.

The stockholders ratified the appointment of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

 

Votes for the proposal

4,015,677.803

Votes against the proposal

12,405.182

Votes abstaining

1,917.000

 

2

 

 

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.

 

 

HMN Financial, Inc.
(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 Date: April 30, 2018

By:

/s/ Jon Eberle

 

 

 

Jon Eberle
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer