0001415889-14-001578.txt : 20140519 0001415889-14-001578.hdr.sgml : 20140519 20140519171121 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001415889-14-001578 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140515 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20140519 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140519 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: 14855465 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-05192014_020514.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 15, 2014


GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Indiana

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


001-15877

35-1547518

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)


711 Main Street

Box 810

Jasper, Indiana




47546

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(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:


[  ] 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 15, 2014. At the meeting, the holders of 13,175,350 of the Company’s common shares were entitled to vote. Matters voted upon at the annual meeting were as follows:


1.

Election of three directors, each to serve until the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders;

2.

Approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation of its executive officers named in the Company’s proxy statement for the annual meeting; and

3.

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, 2014.


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


Proposal 1: Election of Three Directors for Terms Expiring in 2017:


Director’s Name

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes Withheld

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

    Christina M. Ernst

 

7,833,557 

 

 

104,576 

 

 

2,425,040 

 

    M. Darren Root

 

7,839,585 

 

 

99,471 

 

 

2,425,040 

 

    Mark A. Schroeder

 

7,839,032 

 

 

100,024 

 

 

2,425,040  

 


Proposal 2: Approval, by a Non-Binding Advisory Vote, of the Compensation Paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers:


Votes For


Votes Against



Votes Abstained



Broker Non-Votes

 


 


 

 


 

 


 

7,650,848

 

 177,321


 

 

 110,886


 

 

 2,425,040 


 


Proposal 3: Approval, by a Non-Binding Advisory Vote, of the Appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2014:


Votes For


Votes Against



Votes Abstained



Broker Non-Votes

 


 


 

 


 

 


 

10,245,395

 

 40,566


 

 

 78,135


 

 

 -0-


 





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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.



GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.


By: ___/s/ Mark A Schroeder________

Mark A. Schroeder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer




Dated:  May 19, 2014






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