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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):  May 22, 2014

 

GOLDEN MINERALS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

350 Indiana Street, Suite 800

Golden, Colorado 80401

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (303) 839-5060

 

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):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 5.02	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Item 5.07	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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Item 5.02                         Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

As discussed in Item 5.07 below, the stockholders of Golden Minerals Company (the “Company”) approved amendments to the Company’s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) at the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 22, 2014, and the amendments became effective with such approval. The amendments to the Plan are described in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2014; that description is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 5.07                         Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The Company held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) on May 22, 2014 in Golden, Colorado.  Of the 42,664,831 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date, 24,799,040 shares (58.12%) were present or represented by proxy at the Meeting.  The Company’s stockholders (i) approved the election of Jeffrey G. Clevenger, W. Durand Eppler, Michael T. Mason, Ian Masterton-Hume, Kevin R. Morano, Terry M. Palmer, Andrew N. Pullar and David H. Watkins as directors of the Company to hold office until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected, (ii) ratified the selection of EKS&H, LLLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, and (iii) approved amendments to the Company’s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan. The results of the voting on the matters submitted to the stockholders were as follows:

 

1.                                      Election of eight (8) directors to hold office until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected.

 

Name		Votes For		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Jeffrey G. Clevenger		13,608,459		354,824		10,835,757
W. Durand Eppler		13,609,480		353,803		10,835,757
Michael T. Mason		13,698,207		265,076		10,835,757
Ian Masterton-Hume		12,700,269		1,263,014		10,835,757
Kevin R. Morano		12,574,177		1,389,106		10,835,757
Terry M. Palmer		13,629,462		333,821		10,835,757
Andrew N. Pullar		13,790,697		172,586		10,835,757
David H. Watkins		12,406,366		1,556,917		10,835,757

 

2.                                      Ratification of the selection of EKS&H, LLLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions
24,548,430		164,862		85,748

 

3.                                      Approval of amendments to the Company’s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
11,467,171		2,386,205		109,907		10,835,757

 

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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.

 

Date:  May 23, 2014

 

	Golden Minerals Company
	By:	/s/ Robert P. Vogels
		Name: Robert P. Vogels
		Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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