Form 8-K

 

 

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 17, 2012

 

 

A. H. BELO CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-33741   38-3765318

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

P. O. Box 224866
Dallas, Texas
 
75222-4866
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 977-8200

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:

 

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

The 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of A. H. Belo Corporation (the “Company” or “A. H. Belo”) was held on May 17, 2012, in Dallas, Texas. The following are the final voting results and a brief description of each matter submitted to the Company’s shareholders at that meeting. Each proposal is described in more detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement, dated April 4, 2012.

Proposal 1: Election of Directors. The shareholders of the Company elected each of the four director nominees nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors, as follows: John A. Beckert, Dealey D. Herndon, and Ronald D. McCray were elected as Class I directors and are eligible to serve a three-year term until the 2015 annual meeting; Nicole G. Small was elected as a Class II director and is eligible to serve a one-year term until the 2013 annual meeting.

The following is a tabulation of the voting results with respect to each director nominee:

 

Director

   Votes For      Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes
 

John A. Beckert

     34,114,056         496,481         5,243,974   

Dealey D. Herndon

     34,044,915         565,622         5,243,974   

Ronald D. McCray

     33,337,378         1,273,159         5,243,974   

Nicole G. Small

     34,118,601         491,936         5,243,974   

Proposal 2: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2012 by the following vote:

 

For

   Against    Abstain    Broker
Non-Votes

39,440,314

   411,893    2,304    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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 21, 2012   A. H. BELO CORPORATION
  By:  

/s/ Daniel J. Blizzard

   

Daniel J. Blizzard

Senior Vice President and Secretary