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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 18, 2014

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UMH Properties, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Maryland 001-12690 22-1890929
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)

 

Juniper Business Plaza, 3499 Route 9 North, Suite 3-C, Freehold, NJ 07728

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (732) 577-9997

 

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):

 

[ ] 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 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) of UMH Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 18, 2015. There were 25,309,003 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting and a total of 23,145,991 shares (91.45%) were represented in person or by proxy at the meeting. The proposals submitted to the vote of the shareholders and the results of the vote were as follows:

 

Proposal 1 – For the election of Class III Directors, each to serve until the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies:

 

 

Director For Against Broker Non-Votes
       
Anna T. Chew               14,103,172                    766,410                 8,276,409
Eugene W. Landy               14,423,009                    446,573                 8,276,409
Samuel A. Landy               14,668,535                    201,047                 8,276,409
Stuart D. Levy               11,871,020                 2,998,562                 8,276,409

 

Proposal 2 – To ratify the appointment of PKF O’Connor Davies as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015:

 

 

Number of Votes

 

   
For 22,943,265    
Against 160,215    
Abstain 42,511    

 

Proposal 3 – A non-binding shareholder proposal regarding majority voting in uncontested elections of directors:

 

 

Number of Votes

 

   
For 7,836,907    
Against 6,804,462    
Abstain 228,213    
Broker Non-Votes 8,276,409    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

  UMH Properties, Inc.
   
   
Date:  June 19, 2015 By:      /s/ Anna T. Chew
  Title:  Vice President and
             Chief Financial Officer