form8k_05032012.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 3, 2012 (May 1, 2012)
   
ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
   
Georgia
0-3722
58-1027114
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS employer
Identification No.)
   
4370 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
30319
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
   
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
(404) 266-5500
   
N/A
(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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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management
 
Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
The Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at which the following matters were submitted to a vote of the shareholders, with voting results as set forth below:
 
(a) A vote regarding the election of eight (8) directors of the Company to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:
Shares Voted
 
 
For
Withheld
Not Voted
 
Hilton H. Howell, Jr.
17,127,901
762,840
2,315,686
 
Edward E. Elson
17,721,373
169,368
2,315,686
 
Robin R. Howell
17,214,837
675,904
2,315,686
 
Samuel E. Hudgins
17,053,387
837,354
2,315,686
 
Harriett J. Robinson
17,128,610
762,131
2,315,686
 
Scott G. Thompson
17,129,260
761,481
2,315,686
 
William H. Whaley, M.D.
17,092,741
798,000
2,315,686
 
Dom H. Wyant
17,720,373
170,368
2,315,686
 
 
(b) A vote regarding the approval of the Company’s 2012 Equity Incentive Plan:
 
Shares Voted
 
For
Against
Abstain
Not Voted
 
16,901,398
980,587
8,756
2,315,686
 
(c) A vote regarding ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2012 fiscal year:
 
Shares Voted
 
For
Against
Abstain
 
 
20,116,989
42,736
46,702
  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 

 
 ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORPORATION
 
 
 By:  /s/ John G. Sample, Jr
   John G. Sample, Jr.
   Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
   
 
 


Date:  May 3, 2012





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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