UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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):  May 15, 2018
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HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
0-27622
(Commission File Number)
54-1796693
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
Post Office Box 1128
Abingdon, Virginia
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
24212-1128
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (276) 628-9181

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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

Highlands Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 15, 2018 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company elected eight directors to serve for one-year terms, ratified the Company’s appointment of Brown, Edwards & Company, LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2018, approved the non-binding resolution to endorse the Company’s executive compensation program, and approved the Company’s 2018 Restricted Stock Plan. The voting results for each proposal are as follows:

1.    To elect eight directors to serve for terms of one year each, expiring at the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders:               
 
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Vote
E. Sutton Bacon
3,455,277
359,447
1,406,876
E. Craig Kendrick
3,497,642
317,081
1,406,876
Jon C. Lundberg
3,106,067
708,657
1,406,876
Charles D. Meade, III
3,488,071
326,652
1,406,876
Robert W. Moser, Jr.
3,484,708
330,016
1,406,876
Charles P. Olinger
3,497,242
317,481
1,406,876
Edward M. Rosinus
3,454,402
360,322
1,406,876
Timothy K. Schools
3,355,116
459,607
1,406,876


2.     To ratify the appointment of Brown, Edwards & Company, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018.                        
For
Against
Abstain
4,922,539
272,009
27,051


3.     Advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation (“Say on Pay”). 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote
3,167,078
143,770
503,876
1,406,876
 


4.    To approve the 2018 Restricted Stock Plan.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote
2,717,971
420,975
675,777
1,406,876

 


 






SIGNATURES

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


 
HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES, INC.
 
 
 (Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
Date:  May 17, 2018
By:
/s/John H. Gray
 
 
 
John H. Gray
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer