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): May 17, 2012
A. H. BELO CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-33741 | 38-3765318 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| P. O. Box 224866 Dallas, Texas |
75222-4866 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 977-8200
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.
The 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of A. H. Belo Corporation (the “Company” or “A. H. Belo”) was held on May 17, 2012, in Dallas, Texas. The following are the final voting results and a brief description of each matter submitted to the Company’s shareholders at that meeting. Each proposal is described in more detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement, dated April 4, 2012.
Proposal 1: Election of Directors. The shareholders of the Company elected each of the four director nominees nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors, as follows: John A. Beckert, Dealey D. Herndon, and Ronald D. McCray were elected as Class I directors and are eligible to serve a three-year term until the 2015 annual meeting; Nicole G. Small was elected as a Class II director and is eligible to serve a one-year term until the 2013 annual meeting.
The following is a tabulation of the voting results with respect to each director nominee:
| Director |
Votes For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
|||||||||
| John A. Beckert |
34,114,056 | 496,481 | 5,243,974 | |||||||||
| Dealey D. Herndon |
34,044,915 | 565,622 | 5,243,974 | |||||||||
| Ronald D. McCray |
33,337,378 | 1,273,159 | 5,243,974 | |||||||||
| Nicole G. Small |
34,118,601 | 491,936 | 5,243,974 | |||||||||
Proposal 2: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2012 by the following vote:
| For |
Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 39,440,314 |
411,893 | 2,304 | 0 |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: May 21, 2012 | A. H. BELO CORPORATION | |||
| By: | /s/ Daniel J. Blizzard | |||
| Daniel J. Blizzard Senior Vice President and Secretary | ||||