8-K 5-2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders


UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 21, 2015
  
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  
Indiana
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
001-15877
35-1547518
(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)
711 Main Street
Box 810
Jasper, Indiana


47546
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(812) 482-1314
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
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.

German American Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 21,2015. At the close of business on March 6, 2015, the record date for the annual meeting, 13,215,800 of the Company’s common shares were issued and outstanding. Matters voted upon at the annual meeting were as follows:

1. Election of four directors, each to serve until the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders; and
    
2. Approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.

The final results of the votes taken at the annual meeting were as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of Four Directors for Terms Expiring in 2018:

Director's Name
 
Votes For

 
Votes Withheld

 
Broker Non-Votes

U Butch Klem
 
7,958,434

 
179,001

 
2,440,292

Chris A Ramsey
 
7,848,420

 
288,376

 
2,440,292

Raymond W Snowden
 
7,947,720

 
189,317

 
2,440,292

Michael J Voyles
 
7,953,234

 
184,201

 
2,440,292



Proposal 2: Approval, by a Non-Binding Advisory Vote, of the Appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2015:

Votes For
 
Votes Against

 
Votes Abstained

 
Broker Non-Votes

10,415,602
 
118,692

 
43,433

 







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.

 
GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.

 
By:
/s/ Mark A. Schroeder
Mark A. Schroeder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
 
 

Dated: May 22, 2015