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):  May 21, 2019 (May 17, 2019)

 

GOLDEN MINERALS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

1-13627

 

26-4413382

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or
organization)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

350 Indiana Street, Suite 800

Golden, Colorado 80401

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 839-5060

 

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):

 

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

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

 

AUMN

 

NYSE American

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2 of this chapter).  Emerging growth company o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 

 

 

Item 5.07                          Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders .

 

Golden Minerals Company (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) on May 17, 2019 in Golden, Colorado.  At the Meeting, two proposals were submitted to the stockholders for approval as set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2019.

 

Of the 96,399,361 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date (March 21, 2019), 72,318,759 shares (75.02%) were present or represented by proxy at the Meeting.  The Company’s stockholders (1) approved the election of Jeffrey G. Clevenger, Warren M. Rehn, W. Durand Eppler, Kevin R. Morano, Terry M. Palmer, Andrew N. Pullar and David H. Watkins as directors of the Company to hold office until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected, and (2) ratified the appointment of Plante & Moran, PLLC to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.  The votes on the proposals were cast as set forth below:

 

1.                                       Election of seven (7) directors to hold office until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected.

 

Name

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Jeffrey G. Clevenger

 

48,320,638

 

977,654

 

23,020,467

 

Warren M. Rehn

 

48,908,470

 

389,822

 

23,020,467

 

W. Durand Eppler

 

48,418,516

 

879,776

 

23,020,467

 

Kevin R. Morano

 

48,655,452

 

642,840

 

23,020,467

 

Terry M. Palmer

 

48,655,334

 

642,958

 

23,020,467

 

Andrew N. Pullar

 

48,869,414

 

428,878

 

23,020,467

 

David H. Watkins

 

48,716,714

 

581,578

 

23,020,467

 

 

2.                                       Ratification of the selection of Plante & Moran, PLLC to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

71,077,234

 

187,941

 

1,053,584

 

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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.

 

Date: May 21, 2019

 

 

Golden Minerals Company

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert P. Vogels

 

 

Name:

Robert P. Vogels

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

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