0001415889-11-000588.txt : 20110701 0001415889-11-000588.hdr.sgml : 20110701 20110701141926 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001415889-11-000588 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110519 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20110701 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110701 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000714395 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 351547518 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15877 FILM NUMBER: 11945836 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 711 MAIN ST STREET 2: P O BOX 810 CITY: JASPER STATE: IN ZIP: 47546 BUSINESS PHONE: 8124821314 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 711 MAIN STREET CITY: JASPER STATE: IN ZIP: 47546 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950510 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GAB BANCORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950510 8-K/A 1 form8k-07012011_110715.htm

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549


FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)


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 19, 2011


GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Indiana

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


001-15877

(Commission File Number)

35-1547518

(IRS Employer Identification No.)


711 Main Street

Box 810

Jasper, Indiana

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)




47546

(Zip Code)


(812) 482-1314

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):


[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)


[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)


[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))


[  ] 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.


After taking into consideration the results of the non-binding advisory vote of the shareholders of German American Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders held on May 19, 2011, as reported in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 20, 2011, the Board of Directors of the Company determined on June 27, 2011, that the Company will hold an advisory vote on the compensation payable to its named executive officers every three years (with the next such vote scheduled to be held at the annual meeting of shareholders in the year 2014 and thereafter again at the annual meeting of shareholders in the year 2017), until the next advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation payable to the Company’s named executive officers is required (which next advisory vote is expected to be held at the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders).



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.


GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.


By:  /s/ Mark A. Schroeder

Mark A. Schroeder, Chairman and CEO


Date:   July 1, 2011