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 6, 2021

 


 

CKX LANDS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 


 

Louisiana

1-31905

72-0144530

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

   

2417 Shell Beach Drive

Lake Charles, Louisiana

70601

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(337) 493-2399

(Registrants telephone number, including area code)

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 


 

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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 with no par value

CKX

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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  ☐

 

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.  ☐

 

 

 

Section 5 Corporate Governance and Management

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On May 6, 2021, the stockholders of CKX Lands, Inc. (the “Registrant”) approved the CKX Lands, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan at the Registrant’s annual meeting of stockholders. On May 10, 2021, the Registrant’s Board of Directors adopted the plan. A description of the plan is contained on pages 11 – 14 of the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 9, 2021 and the text of the plan is filed as Appendix A to that proxy statement. The aforementioned description of the plan and the text of the plan are incorporated herein by reference pursuant to General Instruction B(3) to Form 8-K.

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

The Registrant held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 6, 2021. At the meeting, the shareholders were requested to: (1) elect directors; (2) approve, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Registrant’s Named Executive Officers, (3) consider and act upon a proposal to ratify the selection of MaloneBailey LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 and (4) consider and act upon a proposal to adopt the CKX Lands, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan.

 

The following are the final voting results on proposals considered and voted upon at the meeting, which are more fully described in the Registrant’s proxy statement filed on April 9, 2021.

 

 

1.

The stockholders voted to re-elect the following directors by the votes set forth below:

 

 

 

Number of Shares

 
Nominee  

For

   

Withheld

   

Broker Non-Votes

 

Lee W. Boyer

    642,061       18,295       346,427  

Keith Duplechin

    642,568       17,788       346,427  

Edward M. Ellington, II

    642,606       17,750       346,427  

Daniel J. Englander

    658,727       1,629       346,427  

Max H. Hart

    652,827       7,529       346,427  

Eugene T. Minvielle, IV

    642,961       17,395       346,427  

William Gray Stream

    646,281       14,075       346,427  

Mary Leach Werner

    651,827       8,529       346,427  

Michael B. White

    658,597       1,759       346,427  

 

 

2.

The stockholders voted to approve, in a non-binding advisory vote pursuant to Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the compensation of the Registrant’s Named Executive Officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K, including the compensation tables and narrative disclosures, in the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement filed on April 9, 2021, by the votes set forth below:

 

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

   

Broker Non-Vote

 
425,271       193,786       41,449       346,427  

 

 

3.

The stockholders voted to ratify the selection of MaloneBailey LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, by the votes set forth below:

 

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

   

Broker Non-Vote

 
1,005,430       1,500       3       0  

 

 

 

 

 

4.

The stockholders voted to approve the CKX Lands, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan by the votes set forth below:

 

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

   

Broker Non-Vote

 
313,875       307,608       39,023       346,427  

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

    CKX LANDS, INC.
    (Registrant)
     
     

Date: May 11, 2021

By:

/s/ W. Gray Stream

   

W. Gray Stream

President and Treasurer