0001415889-12-000766.txt : 20120523 0001415889-12-000766.hdr.sgml : 20120523 20120523142328 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001415889-12-000766 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120517 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20120523 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120523 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 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15877 FILM NUMBER: 12863952 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 1 form8k-05232012_110520.htm

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 17, 2012


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)


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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 17, 2012. At the meeting, the holders of 12,594,993 of the Company’s common shares were entitled to vote. Matters voted upon at the annual meeting were as follows:


1.  Election of four directors, each to serve until the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders;

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, 2012.


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


Proposal 1: Election of Four Directors for Terms Expiring in 2015:


Director’s Name

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes Withheld

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Richard E. Forbes

 

 

7,440,572

 

 

 

125,817

 

 

 

2,210,546

 

    U. Butch Klem

 

 

7,477,616

 

 

 

88,773

 

 

 

2,210,546

 

    Chris A. Ramsey

 

 

7,488,141

 

 

 

78,248

 

 

 

2,210,546

 

    Michael J. Voyles

 

 

7,428,914

 

 

 

137,475

 

 

 

2,210,546

 


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 2012:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

 

Votes Abstained

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,547,062

 

 

120,583

 

 

 

103,506

 

 

 

0

 






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 of the Board and Chief Executive Officer


Date:   May 22, 2012