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 9, 2012
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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.)
     
340 West Main Street
Abingdon, Virginia
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
24210-1128
(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 9, 2012 (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company elected eight directors to serve for one-year terms and ratified the Company’s appointment of Brown, Edwards & Company, LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2012.  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 2013 annual meeting of shareholders:

 
   
For
   
Withheld
   
Broker Non-Vote
 
William E. Chaffin
    2,691,379       113,252       435,165  
E. Craig Kendrick
    2,703,595       101,036       435,165  
Clydes B. Kiser
    2,691,529       113,102       435,165  
J. Carter Lambert
    2,688,115       116,516       435,165  
James D. Moore, Jr.
    2,689,277       115,354       435,165  
James D. Morefield
    2,698,007       106,624       435,165  
Charles P. Olinger
    2,703,595       101,036       435,165  
H. Ramsey White, Jr.
    2,691,529       113,102       435,165  

 
 
      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, 2012.
 
For
Against
Abstain
2,703,595
0
101,036







 
 
 











 
 

 

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 11, 2012
By:
/s/Robert M. Little, Jr.
 
   
Robert M. Little, Jr.
 
   
Chief Financial Officer