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): July 13, 2011

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         
INDIANA   0-23264   35-1542018
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
ONE EMMIS PLAZA
40 MONUMENT CIRCLE
SUITE 700
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
  46204
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (317) 266-0100

 
 
(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
 

At the Annual Meeting of shareholders of Emmis Communications Corporation held on July 13, 2011, the following directors were elected, and the following additional proposal was voted upon and adopted:

Election of Directors by Common Shareholders:

                         
    Shareholder Votes   Broker
Director   For   Withheld   Non-Votes
Richard A. Leventhal
     56,793,010       6,959,376       14,291,853  
Peter A. Lund*
     9,667,811       6,857,735       14,291,853  
Lawrence B. Sorrel
     56,894,651       6,857,735       14,291,853  

Election of Directors by Preferred Shareholders:

                         
    Shareholder Votes   Broker
Director   For   Withheld   Non-Votes
David Gale
     1,728,496       589,540       —  
Joseph R. Siegelbaum
     1,728,496       589,540       —  
                                 
    Shareholder Votes   Broker
Proposal   For   Against   Abstain   Non-Votes
Proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as Emmis Communications Corporation’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending February 29, 2012
     77,887,129       151,305       5,805       —  

* Mr. Lund was elected by the Class A common stock voting as a class.

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

     
Date: July 18, 2011 By:   /s/ J. Scott Enright
    J. Scott Enright, Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary

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