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): April 27, 2016

 

  ART’S-WAY MANUFACTURING CO., INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

   

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

000-05131

 

42-0920725

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

5556 Highway 9

Armstrong, Iowa 50514

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(712) 864-3131

(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)

 

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.

 

The Company held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 27, 2016. At the meeting:

 

1. Stockholders elected five nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors to hold office until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified;

 

2. Stockholders ratified the selection of Eide Bailly LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2016; and

 

3. Stockholders approved, on a non-binding and advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers.

 

The voting results for each such matter were as follows:

 

1. Election of Directors:

 

Nominee:

For:

Withheld:

Broker Non-Votes:

Marc H. McConnell

2,174,681

70,499

1,671,298

J. Ward McConnell, Jr.

2,166,235

78,945

1,671,298

Thomas E. Buffamante

2,212,397

32,783

1,671,298

David R. Castle

2,213,847

31,333

1,671,298

Joseph R. Dancy

2,212,454

32,726

1,671,298

 

2. Ratification of Selection of Eide Bailly LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2016:

 

 

For:

Against:

 

Abstain:

Broker Non-Votes:

3,869,702

29,056

17,719

0

 

3. Approval, on a non-binding and advisory basis, of named executive officer compensation:

 

 

For:

Against:

 

Abstain:

Broker Non-Votes:

2,109,487

100,725

34,968

1,671,298

 

 

 
 

 

 

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.

 

Dated: April 27, 2016

   

 

 

ART’S-WAY MANUFACTURING CO., INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Carrie L. Majeski

 

 

 

Carrie L. Majeski

 

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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