0001104659-11-032374.txt : 20110531 0001104659-11-032374.hdr.sgml : 20110530 20110531164533 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-11-032374 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110525 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20110531 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110531 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Intrepid Potash, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001421461 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MINING, QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS) [1400] IRS NUMBER: 261501877 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34025 FILM NUMBER: 11881946 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 707 17TH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 4200 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80202 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-296-3006 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 707 17TH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 4200 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80202 8-K 1 a11-13477_18k.htm 8-K

 

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 25, 2011

 

Intrepid Potash, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-34025

 

26-1501877

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

707 17th Street, Suite 4200

Denver, Colorado  80202

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(303) 296-3006

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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):

 

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.

 

An annual meeting of the stockholders of Intrepid Potash, Inc. (the “Corporation”) was held on May 25, 2011.  Stockholders voted to elect both nominees for director, ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, approved, by non-binding, advisory vote, the Corporation’s executive compensation and recommended by non-binding, advisory vote, that the Corporation hold an advisory vote on executive compensation annually.  The matters that were voted upon at the Corporation’s annual meeting of stockholders, and the number of votes cast for and against, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to each such matter, where applicable, are set forth below.

 

Proposal #1  Election of two Class III Directors

 

Name

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

Robert P. Jornayvaz III

 

61,647,045

 

1,343,606

 

28,005

 

7,048,674

 

Hugh E. Harvey, Jr.

 

61,535,210

 

1,455,415

 

28,031

 

7,048,674

 

 

Following the meeting, the following Class I and Class II Directors continued in office:

 

Class I Directors (whose terms expire at the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders)

Terry Considine

Chris A. Elliott

 

Class II Directors (whose terms expire at the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders)

J. Landis Martin

Barth E. Whitham

 

Proposal #2  Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Corporation’s independent auditors for the 2011 fiscal year ending December 31, 2011

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

69,868,137

 

166,605

 

32,588

 

 

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Proposal #3  Approval by non-binding, advisory vote, executive compensation

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

58,502,903

 

1,228,931

 

3,286,822

 

7,048,674

 

 

Proposal #4  Recommendation, by non-binding, advisory vote, the frequency of the non-binding, advisory vote on executive compensation

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

3 Years

 

Abstentions

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

57,157,898

 

407,375

 

2,164,273

 

3,289,110

 

7,048,674

 

 

On May 25, 2011, following the annual meeting of stockholders, the Corporation’s Board of Directors determined to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation annually until the next required stockholder vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

INTREPID POTASH, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: May 31, 2011

By:

/s/ Geoffrey T. Williams, Jr.

 

 

Geoffrey T. Williams, Jr.

 

 

Assistant General Counsel and Secretary

 

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