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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 25, 2012

 

NuStar GP Holdings, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-32940

 

85-0470977

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

2330 North Loop 1604 West
San Antonio, Texas 78248
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(210) 918-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

 

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:

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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

 

The 2012 Annual Meeting of Unitholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of NuStar GP Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), was held on April 25, 2012. A total of 38,923,962 of the Company’s common units were present or represented by proxy at the meeting, representing approximately 91.42% of all the votes entitled to be cast at the Annual Meeting. The matters submitted for a vote and the related results are as follows:

 

Proposal No. 1 — Election of Class III director to serve until the 2015 annual meeting of unitholders or until his successor is elected and has been qualified. The results of the votes taken were as follows:

 

Class III Nominee

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James F. Clingman, Jr.

 

27,025,847

 

94,683

 

11,803,432

 

 

Proposal No. 2 — Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. The results of the votes taken were as follows:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,806,364

 

65,844

 

51,754

 

 

Pursuant to the foregoing votes: (i) the Class III nominee listed above was elected to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the 2015 annual meeting of unitholders or until his successor is elected and has been qualified and (ii) the appointment of KPMG LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 has been ratified.

 

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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.

 

 

 

NuStar GP Holdings, LLC

 

 

 

 

Date: April 30, 2012

By:

/s/ Amy L. Perry

 

Name:

Amy L. Perry

 

Title:

Corporate Secretary

 

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