form8k_shareholdersmeeting.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


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) June 13, 2012

GSE SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
001-14785
52-1868008
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
 
Identification No.)


1332 Londontown Blvd., Suite 200, Sykesville, MD 21784
(Address of principal executive office and zip code)


(410) 970-7800
Registrant's telephone number, including area code



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


On June 13, 2012, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders.  At that meeting, the following matters were voted upon:

[
               
Total Votes
 
Broker
   
 
Proposal
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Casts
 
Non-Votes
   
1)
Election of Directors for a three
                   
 
year term expiring in 2015:
                   
   
Joseph W. Lewis
 
   9,450,558
 
      406,444
 
   9,857,002
 
   6,343,918
   
   
Jane Bryant Quinn
 
   9,405,882
 
      451,120
 
   9,857,002
 
   6,343,918
   
   
O. Lee Tawes, III
 
   9,463,223
 
      393,779
 
   9,857,002
 
   6,343,918
   
                         
 
The following directors are serving terms until
               
 
the annual meeting in 2013 and were not re-elected
               
 
at the June 13, 2012 annual meeting:
                   
   
Jerome I. Feldman
                   
   
Christopher D. Sorrells
         
 
       
   
James A. Eberle
                   
                         
 
The following directors are serving terms until
               
 
the annual meeting in 2014 and were not re-elected
               
 
at the June 13, 2012 annual meeting:
                   
   
Sheldon L. Glashow
                   
   
Roger L. Hagengruber
                   
                       
Broker
 
Proposal
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Total
 
Non-Votes
2)
Approval by non-binding vote,
                   
 
on the Company's executive compensation
   9,463,895
 
      198,949
 
      194,158
 
   9,857,002
 
   6,343,918
                         
                         
 
Proposal
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Total
   
3)
Ratification of KPMG LLP as the Company's
               
 
independent registered public accountants
                 
 
for the 2012 fiscal year
 
  16,182,926
 
        15,696
 
         2,298
 
  16,200,920
   

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.

 
GSE SYSTEMS, INC.
   
Date:  June 15, 2012
/s/  Jeffery G. Hough
 
Jeffery G. Hough
 
Senior Vice President and CFO