tucows_8k-090611.htm
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
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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):  September 6, 2011

TUCOWS INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)
 
 
Pennsylvania 0-28284 23-2707366
(State or Other (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction of Number) Identification No.)
Incorporation)    
 
 
 
96 Mowat Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Suite 200   M6K 3M1
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (416) 535-0123

Not Applicable
(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Item 5.07               Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
The annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders was held on September 6, 2011 at the offices of the Company located at 96 Mowat Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At that meeting the Company’s shareholders voted on the matters set forth below:
 
Election of Directors
 
The Company’s shareholders voted upon and elected the nine directors nominated in the Company’s proxy statement dated August 5, 2011 for a term of one year and until their successors are duly selected and qualified. The following table sets forth a summary of the voting results with respect to the election of directors:
 
Director
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Authority Withheld
 
Broker Non-
Votes
Stanley Stern
 
12,912,024
 
0
 
457,206
 
0
Eugene Fiume
 
12,902,024
 
0
 
467,206
 
0
Erez Gissin
 
12,867,024
 
0
 
502,206
 
0
Joichi Ito
 
12,902,019
 
0
 
467,211
 
0
Allen Karp
 
12,911,824
 
0
 
457,406
 
0
Lloyd Morrisett
 
12,951,824
 
0
 
417,406
 
0
Elliot Noss
 
12,934,338
 
0
 
434,892
 
0
Rawleigh H. Ralls
 
12,952,519
 
0
 
416,711
 
0
Jeffrey Schwartz
 
12,856,819
 
0
 
512,411
 
0
 
 
Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors
 
The Company’s shareholders voted upon and ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent auditors of the Company and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.  The following table sets forth a summary of the voting results with respect to the ratification of the appointment of the independent auditors:
 
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
38,709,701
 
239,645
 
162,960
 
0
 
Shares represented by “broker non-votes” are counted in determining whether a quorum is present, but are not counted toward a nominee’s total of affirmative votes in the election of directors and had no effect on the approval of the other proposals.  Withheld votes and votes to abstain are excluded entirely from the vote and had no effect on the outcome of any of the proposals.
 
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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
TUCOWS INC.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Michael Cooperman  
   
Michael Cooperman
 
   
Chief Financial Officer
 
       
 
Dated: September 7, 2011