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 26, 2011

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)

 


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

 

New Ulm Telecom, Inc.’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 26, 2011.  Proxies representing 3,014,916 shares, or 58.9%, of the 5,115,435 outstanding shares entitled to vote, were present at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum.  The shareholder voting results for the election of two directors and the ratification of the appointment of New Ulm Telecom, Inc.’s independent registered public accounting firm are presented as follows:

 

Proposal 1.  The following two directors were elected to serve until the 2014 Annual Meeting and until the election and qualification of their respective successors (which required the approval of a majority of the votes cast):

 

Nominees

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

Paul Erick

  

2,394,347

 

28,764

 

591,805

Duane Lambrecht

   

2,399,039

 

24,072

 

591,805

 

Proposal 2.  Shareholders ratified the appointment of Olsen, Thielen & Company, Ltd. as the Company’s  independent registered public accounting firm for the 2011 fiscal year (which required the approval of a majority of the votes cast), as follows:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

2,998,012

 

10,939

 

5,965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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.

 

Date:  May 27, 2011

New Ulm Telecom, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/Curtis Kawlewski

 


Its: 

Curtis Kawlewski
Chief Financial Officer