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 24, 2018

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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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

         Emerging growth company  Yes  £ No  S

 

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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 24, 2018. Proxies representing 3,580,940 shares, or 69.34% of the 5,164,274 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 and the ratification of the appointment of NU Telecom’s independent registered public accounting firm are presented as follows:

 

Proposal 1. The following three directors were elected to serve until the 2021 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

  

2,244,955

 

    69,776

 

 

1,266,209

 

Wesley E. Schultz

 

2,135,622

 

  179,109

 

 

1,266,209

 

Suzanne M. Spellacy

 

2,244,011

 

    70,720

 

 

1,266,209

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 2. Shareholders ratified the appointment of Olsen, Thielen & Company, Ltd. as the Company’s  independent registered public accounting firm for the 2018 fiscal year, as follows:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,558,945

 

16,168

 

5,827

 

 

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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.

 

 

New Ulm Telecom, Inc.

Date:  May 25, 2018

By:

/s/Curtis Kawlewski

Curtis Kawlewski

Its:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

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