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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 12, 2010
FREIGHTCAR AMERICA, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   000-51237   25-1837219
         
(State or other   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of       Identification
incorporation)       Number)
     
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 1250    
Chicago, Illinois   60606
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
(800) 458-2235
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company’s annual meeting of stockholders was held on May 12, 2010. The purpose of the meeting was to consider and vote upon proposals to (i) elect two directors who were nominated for election as Class II directors to three-year terms, and (ii) ratify the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm for 2010. Of the 11,932,721 shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote at the meeting, a total of 10,255,998 shares (85.95%) were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy. The results of the vote on each proposal were as follows.
  1.   To elect two directors who were nominated for election as Class II directors for three- year terms.
                         
            Votes   Broker
    Votes For   Withheld   Non-Votes
William D. Gehl
    7,593,822       938,141       1,724,035  
Edward J. Whalen
    8,474,883       57,080       1,724,035  
  2.   To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2010:
                 
    Votes    
Votes For   Against   Abstentions
10,175,806
    76,453       3,739  

 


 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
         
  FreightCar America, Inc.
 
 
Date: May 13, 2010  By:   /s/ Laurence M. Trusdell    
    Name:   Laurence M. Trusdell   
    Title:   General Counsel and Corporate Secretary