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EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE - EMPIRE RESOURCES INC /NEW/q1100588_ex99-1.htm
 
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
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 20, 2012
 
EMPIRE RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
333-179245
 
22-3136782
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

One Parker Plaza
Fort Lee, New Jersey
 
07024
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 944-2200


(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)
 
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 
 

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

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Empire Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 20, 2012, the Company’s stockholders elected ten directors, each for a one-year term of office to serve until the Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until their successors are elected and qualified. The nominated directors received the following votes:

Name
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Jack Bendheim
 
4,978,285
 
118,883
 
Peter G. Howard
 
4,968,278
 
128,890
 
Nathan Kahn
 
4,983,043
 
114,125
 
Sandra Kahn
 
4,979,257
 
117,911
 
Douglass Kass
 
5,055,284
 
  41,884
 
Nathan J. Mazurek
 
4,966,420
 
130,748
 
L. Rick Milner
 
5,067,552
 
  29,616
 
Morris J. Smith
 
5,069,552
 
  27,616
 
William Spier
 
4,974,360
 
122,808
 
Harvey Wrubel
 
4,983,043
 
114,125
 

The results reported above are final voting results. There were no abstentions or broker non-votes, and no votes were cast against any of the nominated directors. No other matters were considered or voted upon at the meeting.

Item 8.01 
Other Events.

On June 20, 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.025 per share of outstanding common stock payable on July 20, 2012, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on July 6, 2012. On June 21, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing this cash dividend, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits

Exhibit Number
 
Description
99.1
 
Press release dated June 21, 2012.

 
 
 

 
 
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.
 
 
EMPIRE RESOURCES, INC.
 
       
Date: June 22, 2012
By: 
/s/ Sandra Kahn
 
   
Name: Sandra Kahn
 
   
Title:   Chief Financial Officer