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


May 25, 2017

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

NEW ULM TELECOM, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Minnesota

0-3024

41-0440990

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


27 North Minnesota Street

New Ulm, MN 56073

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)


(507) 354-4111

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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

 

New Ulm Telecom, Inc.’s (“NU Telecom”) Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 25, 2017. Proxies representing 3,882,891 shares, or 75.43% of the 5,147,397 outstanding shares entitled to vote were present at the Annual Meeting, which constituted a quorum. The shareholder voting results for the election of two directors, the ratification of the appointment of NU Telecom’s independent registered public accounting firm, and the approval of the New Ulm Telecom, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Stock Plan are presented as follows:


Proposal 1. The following two directors were elected to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting and until the election and qualification of their respective successors, as follows:

 

Nominees

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James J. Seifert

  

2,849,489

 

  140,778

 

 

892,624

Colleen R. Skillings

 

2,827,998

 

  162,269

 

 

892,624

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal 2. Shareholders ratified the appointment of Olsen, Thielen & Company, Ltd. as the Company’s  independent registered public accounting firm for the 2017 fiscal year, as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,851,098

 

11,472

 

 

20,321


Proposal 3. Shareholders approved the New Ulm Telecom, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Stock Plan, as follows:


Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,235,617

 

527,323

 

 

227,327

 

892,264





 

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.


Date:  May 30, 2017

                                  

New Ulm Telecom, Inc.

By: /s/Curtis Kawlewski
Curtis Kawlewski
Its: Chief Financial Officer