0001104659-14-044431.txt : 20140624 0001104659-14-044431.hdr.sgml : 20140624 20140606114959 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-14-044431 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140606 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20140606 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140606 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MESABI TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000065172 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MINERAL ROYALTY TRADERS [6795] IRS NUMBER: 136022277 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04488 FILM NUMBER: 14895579 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 318 CHURCH ST STATION STREET 2: C/O BANKERS TRUST CO CORP TRUST CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10008-0318 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122506519 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, CORPORATE STREET 2: P.O. BOX 318 CHURCH STREET STATION CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10008-0318 8-K 1 a14-14903_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):

June 6, 2014

MESABI TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York		1-4488		13-6022277
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

c/o Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust & Agency Services

60 Wall Street

16th Floor

New York, New York

10005

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(904) 271-2520

(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:

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.

On June 4, 2014, Mesabi Trust held its Special Meeting (the “Special Meeting”) of the Trust Certificate Holders of Mesabi Trust (the “unitholders”) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the Special Meeting, a total of 6,830,656 units of beneficial interest of Mesabi Trust, representing approximately 52.06% of such units outstanding and eligible to vote and constituting a quorum, were present in person or by valid proxies at the Special Meeting. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of unitholders at the Special Meeting are as follows.

Proposal One: The appointment of Michael P. Mlinar as an individual trustee to succeed Norman F. Sprague III.

Nominee	For	Withhold

Michael P. Mlinar	6,569,261	261,395

Proposal Two: The authorization of any motion to adjourn the Special Meeting, or any adjournments thereof, to a later date or dates, if necessary, to allow time for further solicitation of proxies in the event that a quorum is not present and/or there are insufficient votes present in person or represented by proxies at the Special Meeting to approve the proposals.

For	Against	Abstain

6,457,477	195,717	177,462

Proposal One required the affirmative vote of a majority of the units of beneficial interest represented by Trust Certificates outstanding (i.e. Trust Certificate Holders owning an aggregate of at least 6,560,006 Units). Accordingly, Proposal One received the above votes and was duly approved by the unitholders.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD.

The Trustees of Mesabi Trust issued a press release on June 5, 2014 announcing that Michael P. Mlinar was duly appointed and approved by the unitholders of Mesabi Trust as a successor trustee to the late Trustee Norman F. Sprague III, M.D.

In accordance with general instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information in this Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press Release dated June 5, 2014.

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.

	MESABI TRUST


	By:	/s/ Jeffrey Schoenfeld
		Jeffrey Schoenfeld
		Assistant Vice President
		Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
		For Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Dated: June 6, 2014

EX-99.1 2 a14-14903_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

MESABI TRUST ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF SPECIAL MEETING

New York, New York
June 5, 2014

On June 4, 2014, Mesabi Trust (NYSE: MSB) held its Special Meeting of the Trust Certificate Holders of Mesabi Trust at 11:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time, at the offices of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, 222 South Ninth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 (the “Special Meeting”).

At the Special Meeting, a total of 6,830,656 units of beneficial interest, or approximately 52.06 % of our total 13,120,010 units outstanding and eligible to vote, were represented in person or by proxy, and constituted a quorum. Also at the Special Meeting, 6,569,261 units of beneficial interest, representing approximately 50.07% of the total units outstanding, have voted “FOR” the appointment of Michael P. Mlinar as a successor trustee of Mesabi Trust.

Under the terms of the Agreement of Trust dated July 18, 1961 (the “Agreement of Trust”), the appointment of a successor trustee must be approved by a majority in interest of the total outstanding units, so that the proposal to appoint Michael Mlinar was approved.

Contact: Mesabi Trust SHR Unit

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

(904) 271-2520