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):
April 18, 2019

SILVER BULL RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
 
001-33125
 
91-1766677
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
 
 
 
777 Dunsmuir Street, Suite 1610
Vancouver, B.C.
 
V7Y 1K4
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
604-687-5800


(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Silver Bull Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) on April 18, 2019.  At the Meeting, four proposals were submitted to the shareholders for approval as set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on February 27, 2019.  As of the record date, February 22, 2019, a total of 235,868,214 shares of Silver Bull common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote.  In total, 129,904,401 shares of Silver Bull common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting, which represented approximately 55.07% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date.
At the Meeting, shareholders approved each of the four proposals that were submitted, electing the slate of four persons to the Company’s Board of Directors, approving and adopting the Company’s 2019 Stock Option and Stock Bonus Plan (the “2019 Plan”), ratifying and approving Smythe LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, and approving, by non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.  In connection with each of the election of directors, the vote on the 2019 Plan, and the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation, there were a total of 64,332,611 broker non-votes.  The votes on the proposals were cast as set forth below:
1. Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors.  The shareholders elected the entire slate of directors presented to the shareholders.  As a result, the Company’s Board of Directors consists of the four persons elected at the Meeting.
Name
For
Withheld
Timothy T. Barry
64,117,854
1,453,936
Brian D. Edgar
61,709,754
3,862,036
Daniel J. Kunz
61,641,904
3,929,886
John A. McClintock
61,594,904
3,976,886

2. Proposal No. 2 – Approval and adoption, on a on a disinterested basis (i.e., excluding any votes of directors and executive officers of the Company), of the 2019 Plan.
For
Against
Abstain
53,811,808
4,362,963
902,809

3. Proposal No. 3 – Ratification and approval of the appointment of Smythe LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2019.
For
Against
Abstain
125,495,838
2,433,884
1,974,679

4. Proposal No. 4 – Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
For
Against
Abstain
61,248,610
2,953,469
1,369,711


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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SILVER BULL RESOURCES, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: April 19, 2019
By:
/s/ Sean Fallis
 
Name:
Sean Fallis
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer