f8k_091412.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):  September 14, 2012

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:
 
[   ]   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[   ]   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[   ]   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The Company’s 2012 annual meeting of stockholders was held on September 14, 2012.  The record date for such meeting was July 23, 2012 on which date there were a total of 9,221,772 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.  The following three matters were voted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the annual meeting.  The numbers of votes cast for, against or withheld 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
     6,301,636       81,447       466,090       1,178,274  
               William H. Henderson
     6,324,498       58,585       466,090       1,178,274  
               William M. Sams
     6,300,636       82,447       466,090       1,178,274  
               John David Simmons
     6,284,468       98,615       466,090       1,178,274  
               Robert Cameron Smith
     6,301,636       81,447       466,090       1,178,274  
               Jeffrey A. Williams
     5,872,652       510,431       466,090       1,178,274  
                                 
2. To approve an advisory resolution regarding the Company's compensation of its named executive officers.
  
               Votes For
     6,209,471                          
               Votes Against
     633,468                          
               Votes Abstained
     5,904                          
               Broker Non-Votes
     1,178,604                          
                                 
3. To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2013.
  
               Votes For
     7,923,641                          
               Votes Against
     101,868                          
               Votes Abstained
     1,938                          
               Broker Non-Votes
     0                          

No additional business or other matters came before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
 
 
 
 
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:  September 14, 2012
/s/ Jeffrey A. Williams
 
Jeffrey A. Williams
 
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
 
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)