ffc_8k-071511.htm
 
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): July 15, 2011
 
FUTUREFUEL CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
0-52577
20-3340900
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 
8235 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 400
St. Louis, Missouri  63105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(314) 854-8520
(Registrant’s Telephone Number)
 
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
 
On July 15, 2011, FutureFuel Corp. (the “Company”) held its annual shareholders meeting, at which a quorum of its shareholders was present either in person or by proxy.  The matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders were:
 
 
(1)
to elect three directors: Lee E. Mikles, Thomas R. Evans, and Paul M. Manheim;
 
 
(2)
to ratify the appointment of RubinBrown LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for the year ending December 31, 2011;
 
 
(3)
to make an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and
 
 
(4)
to make an advisory vote on the frequency of an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
 
No other business was conducted at such meeting.  Of the 39,983,849 shares of the Company’s common stock eligible to vote at the Company’s annual shareholder meeting, 35,725,391 shares were voted.  The results of the voting were as follows:
 
Matter Voted Upon
  
Votes Cast For
    
Votes Cast Against
    
Votes Withheld
    
Number of Abstentions
    
Broker Non-Votes
  
Election of Lee E. Mikles
     28,768,400       n/a       1       0       6,956,990  
Election of Thomas R. Evans
     28,767,700       n/a       701       0       6,956,990  
Election of Paul M. Manheim
     28,767,700       n/a       701       0       6,956,990  
Ratification of the appointment of RubinBrown LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for the year ending December 31, 2011
     35,724,390       301       0       700       0  
Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers
     26,160,800       2,576,901       0       30,700       6,956,990  
Advisory vote on the frequency of an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers
             n/a       0       2,249,375       6,956,990  
three years
     23,688,216                                  
two years
     78,205                                  
one year
     2,752,605                                  

As a result, all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the annual meeting were approved.
 
In light of the advisory vote on the frequency of an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, the Company will include a shareholder vote on the compensation of its named executive officers for in its proxy materials for the Company’s annual shareholder meeting in 2014.
 
 
 
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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.
 
 
FUTUREFUEL CORP.
 
  
       
 
By:
/s/ Douglas D. Hommert  
    Douglas D. Hommert, Executive Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer
  
 
Date: July 19, 2011
 
 
 
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