Form 8K announcing Annual Meeting Results
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): January 6,
2006
ALICO,
INC.
_________________________________________
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
FLORIDA
______________
(State
or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
0-261
__________________
(Commission
File Number)
59-0906081
___________________
IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
POST
OFFICE BOX 338,
LA
BELLE, FLORIDA
_____________________________
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
33975
_______________
(Zip
Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (863)
675-2966
N/A
___________________________________________________________
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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ITEM
5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers
On
January 6, 2006 the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders. At the
meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted to elect the following persons to the
Company’s Board of Directors, each of whom was named as a director nominee in
the Company’s proxy statement dated as of December 8, 2005: John R.
Alexander, Robert E. Lee Caswell, Evelyn D’An, Phillip S. Dingle, Gregory T.
Mutz, Charles Palmer, Baxter G. Troutman and Gordon Walker. The results of
the votes were as follows:
Director
elections
|
For
|
Withheld
|
Abstentions
|
Broker
non votes
|
John
R. Alexander
|
6,625,570
|
372,597
|
0 |
0 |
Robert
E. Lee Caswell
|
6,667,511
|
330,656
|
0 |
0 |
Evelyn
D'an
|
6,658,721
|
339,446
|
0 |
0 |
Phillip
S. Dingle
|
6,662,561
|
335,606
|
0 |
0 |
Gregory
T. Mutz
|
6,634,356
|
363,811
|
0 |
0 |
Charles
Palmer
|
6,673,833
|
324,334
|
0 |
0 |
Baxter
Troutman
|
6,639,875
|
358,292
|
0 |
0 |
Gordon
Walker
|
6,659,051
|
339,116
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
annual meeting of the Board of Directors was held immediately following the
Stockholders meeting, and the Board re-elected Mr. John R. Alexander as Chairman
and Mr. Gregory T. Mutz as Lead Director. During the Board meeting the Board
also elected the following officers:
Chairman
of the Board, President &
Chief Executive
Officer
John R. Alexander
Vice
President, Chief
Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Assistant
Secretary Patrick
W. Murphy
Director
of Accounting, Controller
and
Assistant
Treasurer
Jerald R. Koesters
Corporate
Secretary
A. Denise Plair
Director
of Human
Resources
Jeffrey G. Burton
Vice
President, Ranch
Division B.
Wade Grigsby
Vice
President, Heavy Equipment
and Facilities Maintenance
Division Robert
P. Miley
Vice
President, Sugarcane and
Special
Crops Division Dwight
E. Rockers
Vice
President, Citrus
Division Steven
M. Smith
Executive
Director of Business
Management
Robert M. Bogart
Executive
Director of Agriculture
Enterprise
Development and
Technology
M. Joseph Ahrens
Purchasing
Agent
John G. Threet
At
the
annual meeting, the Board also declared a special dividend of $0.25 per share
payable to stockholders of record as of March 31, 2006, with payment
expected on or about April 15, 2006.
The
Company has issued a press release announcing the election of directors by
the
stockholders, the election of officers and the special and quarterly
dividends. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached as an exhibit to
this Current Report on Form 8-K.
ITEM
9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
The
following exhibits are included with this Report:
Exhibit
99.1- Company Press Release issued January 12, 2006.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
ALICO,
INC.
(Registrant)
Date:
January 12,
2006 By:
/s/ JOHN
R. ALEXANDER
John R. Alexander
President
and Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
99.01 Company Press Release issued January 12, 2006.
EXHIBIT
99.01
Alico
Announces Regular Quarterly Dividend
And
Election Of Directors
La
Belle,
Florida, January 11, 2006 -- Alico, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALCO), one of the South’s
best-known agribusiness companies operating in Central and Southwest Florida,
announced at its annual stockholders meeting held on Friday January 6, 2005,
the
election by stockholders of John R. Alexander, Robert E. Lee Caswell, Evelyn
D’An, Phillip S. Dingle, Gregory T. Mutz, Charles Palmer, Baxter G. Troutman,
and Dr. Gordon Walker to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors.
At
the
annual Board of Directors meeting following the Stockholders meeting, the
Board
re-elected Mr. Alexander as Chairman and Mr. Mutz as Lead Director.
The
Board
also elected the following officers:
President
& Chief Executive
Officer John
R.
Alexander
Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Assistant
Secretary
Patrick
W. Murphy
Vice
President, Ranch
Division B.
Wade
Grigsby
Vice
President, Heavy Equipment and Facilities
Maintenance
Division Robert
P.
Miley
Vice
President, Sugarcane
and Special Crops
Division
Dwight
Rockers
Vice
President, Citrus
Division Steven
M.
Smith
Director
of Accounting, Controller
and Assistant
Treasurer
Jerry
R.
Koesters
Corporate
Secretary Denise
Plair
Executive
Director of Business
Management
Robert
M.
Bogart
Executive
Director of Agriculture Enterprise
Development and
Technology M.
Joseph
Ahrens
Director
of Human
Resources
Jeffrey
G. Burton
Purchasing
Agent John
G.
Threet
The
Board
also declared a regular quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.25 per share
to
be paid to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2006 with payment expected
on
or about April 15, 2006.
About
Alico
Alico,
Inc., an agribusiness company operating in Central and Southwest Florida,
owns
approximately 136,000 acres of land located in Collier, Hendry, Lee and Polk
Counties. The company is involved in various operations and activities including
citrus fruit production, cattle ranching, sugarcane, sod production, and
forestry. The Company also leases land for farming, cattle grazing, recreation
and oil exploration, and is increasingly involved in exploring real estate
development in and beyond its holdings.
For
Further Information Contact:
John
R.
Alexander
La
Belle,
Florida
(863)
675-2966
Some
of the statements in this press release include statements about future
expectations. Statements that are not historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" for the purpose of the safe harbor provided by Section 21E of
the
Exchange Act and Section 27A of the Securities Act. These forward-looking
statements, which include references to expectations about future prospects
are
predictive in nature or depend upon or refer to future events or conditions
which may not be achievable and, are subject to known, as well as, unknown
risks
and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from
our
expectations The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of future events, new
information or otherwise.