f8k_101311.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):  October 12, 2011
 
AMERICA’S CAR-MART, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Texas
0-14939
63-0851141
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 
802 SE Plaza Avenue, Suite 200, Bentonville, Arkansas 72712
 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(479) 464-9944
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
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

The Company’s 2011 annual meeting of stockholders was held on October 12, 2011.  The record date for such meeting was August 26, 2011 on which date there were a total of 9,818,185 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.  The following four matters were voted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the annual meeting.  The numbers of votes cast for or against, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, for each of these matters are set forth below.

1.  To elect directors for a term of one year:
                
   
Votes For
  
Votes
Withheld
  
Votes
Abstained
  
Broker
Non-Votes
               Daniel J. Englander
  
6,967,004
  
530,755
  
364,368
  
1,037,407
               William H. Henderson
  
7,427,261
  
  70,498
  
364,368
  
1,037,407
               William M. Sams
  
7,403,011
  
  94,748
  
364,368
  
1,037,407
               John David Simmons
  
7,190,788
  
306,971
  
364,368
  
1,037,407
               Robert Cameron Smith
  
7,404,011
  
  93,748
  
364,368
  
1,037,407
               Jeffrey A. Williams
  
6,900,236
  
597,523
  
364,368
  
1,037,407
                 
2.  To approve an advisory resolution regarding the Company's compensation of its named executive officers.
               Votes For
  
7,307,769
            
               Votes Against
  
   547,087
            
               Votes Abstained
  
       7,271
            
               Broker Non-Votes
  
1,037,407
            
                 
3.  To determine the frequency with which stockholders will consider and approve an advisory vote on the Company’s
compensation of its named executive officers.
                
               Every Year
  
6,991,810
            
               Two Years
  
     79,664
            
               Three Years
  
   620,290
            
               Votes Abstained
  
   325,355
            
               Broker Non-Votes
  
   882,415
            
                 
4.  To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending April 30, 2012.
                
               Votes For
  
8,783,914
            
               Votes Against
  
   109,878
            
               Votes Abstained
  
       5,742
            
               Broker Non-Votes
  
              0
            

No additional business or other matters came before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

After consideration of the stockholder vote regarding the frequency of stockholder advisory votes on executive officer compensation, our Board of Directors has determined that the Company shall hold future stockholder advisory votes on named executive officer compensation every year until the next vote on frequency, which will be no later than the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2017.


 
 
 
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.



   
America’s Car-Mart, Inc.
  
       
       
Date:  October 13, 2011
  
/s/ Jeffrey A. Williams
  
   
Jeffrey A. Williams
   
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
   
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)