dmlp20180517_8k.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): May 16, 2018

 

DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

000-50175

 

81-0551518

 

 

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

 

 

incorporation or organization

 

File Number

 

Identification No.)

 

 

3838 Oak Lawn, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75219

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (214) 559-0300

 

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation

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Item 5.07                 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

The Annual Meeting of Limited Partners of Dorchester Minerals, L.P. (the “Partnership”) was held on May 16, 2018. The matters on which the unitholders voted, in person or by proxy, as fully described in the proxy statement for our Annual Meeting, were:

 

 

1.

to elect three managers who will serve on the Board of Managers and be appointed to the Advisory Committee until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Limited Partners;

 

 

2.

to approve the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018;

 

 

3.

approval of Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of Dorchester Minerals, L.P.

 

Allen D. Lassiter, C.W. Russell and Ronald P. Trout were each elected to our Board of Managers and appointed to the Advisory Committee.

 

The results of the voting were as follows:

 

1.     Election of Managers

 

Manager

Votes For

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

       

Allen D. Lassiter

18,479,570

1,059,717

9,015,964

C.W. Russell

17,596,736

1,942,551

9,015,964

Ronald P. Trout

17,843,121

1,696,166

9,015,964

 

 

2.     Approval of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

       

27,886,246

585,394

83,611

0

 

 

3.     Approval of Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of Dorchester Minerals, L.P.

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

       

17,857,196

1,544,836

137,255

9,015,964

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P.

Registrant

 

by  Dorchester Minerals Management LP

its General Partner,

by  Dorchester Minerals Management GP LLC

its General Partner

   
   
   
Date: May 17, 2018  
  By: /s/  William Casey McManemin
 

William Casey McManemin

Chief Executive Officer

 

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