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 6, 2014

 

 

 

Lumos Networks  Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

001-35180

(Commission File Number)

80-0697274

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Lumos Plaza, P.O. Box 1068, Waynesboro, Virginia 22980

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(540) 946-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. 

 

On May 6, 2014, at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Lumos Networks Corp. (the “Company”), upon recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company, the stockholders approved an amendment to the Lumos Networks Corp. 2011 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (as amended, the “Plan”) to increase the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance under the Plan by an additional 1,500,000 shares.  The amendment does not modify the Plan in any other respect.

 

The terms and conditions of the Plan are described on pages 46 through 52 of the definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2014 (the “2014 Proxy Statement”), which description is incorporated by reference herein. The description of the Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which is attached as Appendix A to the 2014 Proxy Statement and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

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

 

The following summarizes the voting results for the five proposals submitted for a vote of the stockholders at the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting held on May 6, 2014.

 

Proposal 1.  To elect Messrs. Timothy G. Biltz, Steven G. Felsher, Robert E. Guth, Michael Huber, James A. Hyde, Michael K. Robinson and Jerry E. Vaughn and Ms. Julia B. North to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.  This proposal was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the 2014 Annual Meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker non-votes

Timothy G. Biltz

 

19,666,060 

 

362,875 

 

1,901 

 

639,722 

Steven G. Felsher

 

19,613,520 

 

415,415 

 

1,901 

 

639,722 

Robert E. Guth

 

15,669,023 

 

4,359,912 

 

1,901 

 

639,722 

Michael Huber

 

19,602,034 

 

426,901 

 

1,901 

 

639,722 

James A. Hyde

 

19,590,625 

 

438,310 

 

1,901 

 

639,722 

Julia B. North

 

19,707,570 

 

321,363 

 

1,903 

 

639,722 

Michael K. Robinson

 

15,665,265 

 

4,364,668 

 

903 

 

639,722 

Jerry E. Vaughn

 

15,572,471 

 

4,456,464 

 

1,901 

 

639,722 

 

Proposal 2.  To approve a non-binding advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.  This proposal was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the 2014 Annual Meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

19,955,537 

Votes Against

 

59,435 

Votes Abstained

 

16,364 

Broker non-votes

 

639,222 

 

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Proposal 3.  To approve the Amendment to increase the share reserve under the 2011 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan.  This proposal was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the 2014 Annual Meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

16,347,525 

Votes Against

 

3,680,324 

Votes Abstained

 

2,987 

Broker non-votes

 

639,722 

 

Proposal 4.  To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014.  This proposal was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the 2014 Annual Meeting.  

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

20,660,949 

Votes Against

 

5,827 

Votes Abstained

 

3,782 

Broker non-votes

 

 -

 

 

Proposal 5.  To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

10,622,992 

Votes Against

 

10,013,953 

Votes Abstained

 

33,613 

Broker non-votes

 

 -

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

 

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 6, 2014

 

LUMOS NETWORKS CORP.

By: /s/ Johan G. Broekhuysen

Johan G. Broekhuysen

Interim Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

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