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 4, 2011

 

DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

7777 North 73rd Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(414) 354-2310

(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:

 

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

 

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o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            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.

 

On May 4, 2011, Douglas Dynamics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “2011 Annual Meeting”).  As of the March 7, 2011 record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the 2011 Annual Meeting, 21,662,242 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and eligible to vote. A total of 19,445,407 shares were voted in person or by proxy at the 2011 Annual Meeting. The matters that were voted upon at the 2011 Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for, against, or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to each such matter, as applicable, are set forth below.

 

Election of Three Directors to Terms Expiring at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

 

Name of Nominee		Shares Voted For		Shares Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Jack O. Peiffer		18,380,641		441,875		622,891
James D. Staley		18,752,202		70,314		622,891
Michael W. Wickham		18,382,241		440,275		622,891

 

Advisory Vote on Approval of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers

 

Shares Voted For		Shares Voted Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
18,695,041		124,495		2,980		622,891

 

Advisory Vote on the Frequency of the Advisory Stockholder Vote on Executive Compensation

 

Votes for 1 Year		Votes for 2 Years		Votes for 3 Years		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
17,033,841		4,131		1,781,418		3,125		622,892

 

In light of the voting results with respect to this proposal, the Company has decided that it will hold an advisory vote on the compensation of its named executive officers every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation as required pursuant to Section 14A of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2011

 

Shares Voted For		Shares Voted Against		Abstentions
19,376,622		68,012		733

 

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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.

 

Date:  May 9, 2011

 

	DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC.
	By:	/s/Robert McCormick
		Robert McCormick
		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
		Officer and Secretary

 

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