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): January 30, 2012
RGC RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia | 000-26591 | 54-1909697 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
519 Kimball Ave., N.E. Roanoke, Virginia | 24016 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 540-777-4427
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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. |
On January 30, 2012, the Board of Directors of RGC Resources, Inc., (the Company) approved the Compensation Committees bonuses in respect of 2011 and salaries in effect during 2012 for the executive officers.
The approved 2011 bonuses and 2012 salaries for the Companys executive officers are set forth below:
Officer |
Title |
Bonus | Salary | |||||||
John B. Williamson, III |
Chairman, President, CEO and CFO | $ | 120,000 | 355,000 | ||||||
John S. DOrazio |
Vice President and COO - Roanoke Gas Company | 36,000 | 180,000 | |||||||
Howard T. Lyon |
Treasurer | 29,000 | 156,000 |
ITEM 5.07. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS |
On January 30, 2012, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to elect two directors, to ratify the selection of independent auditors and to hold a non-binding shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation. The final voting results are provided below:
Shareholders elected both nominees for Class C directors as listed below to serve a three-year term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2015.
Director |
Shares For | Shares Withheld |
Broker Non Votes |
|||||||||
Maryelle F. Goodlatte |
2,277,939 | 20,855 | 1,599,349 | |||||||||
George W. Logan |
2,283,581 | 15,213 | 1,599,349 |
Abney S. Boxley, III, S. Frank Smith and John B. Williamson, III continue to serve as Class A directors until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2013. Nancy Howell Agee, J. Allen Layman and Raymond D. Smoot, Jr. continue to serve as Class B directors until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2014.
Shareholders approved the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the firm Brown Edwards & Company, LLP as independent auditors for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, by the following vote.
Shares For |
Shares Against | Shares Abstaining | ||||||||
3,857,020 | 12,982 | 28,141 |
Shareholders approved executive compensation through a non-binding advisory vote as indicated below:
Shares For |
Shares Against | Shares Abstaining | Broker Non Votes | |||||||||||
2,073,999 | 58,093 | 166,699 | 1,599,352 |
ITEM 8.01. | OTHER EVENTS. |
The Company issued a press release on January 31, 2012, announcing, among other things, the election of two Directors at its annual meeting of shareholders held on January 30, 2012 and the appointment of external auditors for the current year. At a meeting of the Board of Directors following the annual meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors reelected John B. Williamson, III as Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of RGC Resources, Inc. and its subsidiary companies. The Board of Directors also elected John B. Williamson, III to be Chief Financial Officer of the Company and its subsidiary companies effective January 30, 2012. Neither the compensation of Mr. Williamson nor the compensation of Mr. Lyon (the former CFO) will be effected as a result of the change. Since 2003, Mr. Williamson, age 57, has been the Chairman, President and CEO of the Company and each of its affiliates. While the title of Chairman was added to Mr. Williamson in 2003, Mr. Williamson has been the President and CEO of the Company since 1999. Mr. Williamson is also a Director of Botetourt Bankshares, Inc.; a Director of Optical Cable Corporation; a Director of Synchrony, Inc.; a Director of Luna Innovations Corporation; and a Director of Corning Natural Gas Company. There are no family relationships between Mr. Williamson and any other executive officer or director.
The Board of Directors also elected the following senior officers: John S. DOrazio, Vice President and COO of Roanoke Gas Company and certain affiliated companies; Dale P. Lee, Vice President and Secretary of the Company and its subsidiary companies; Howard T. Lyon, Treasurer of the Company and its subsidiary companies; Robert L. Wells, II, Vice President, Information Technology and Assistant Secretary/Assistant Treasurer of the Company and its subsidiary companies.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The information disclosed under this Item, including such Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference to such filing.
ITEM 9.01. | FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND EXHIBITS. |
99.1 | Press Release dated January 31, 2012. |
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.
RGC RESOURCES, INC. | ||||
Date: February 2, 2012 | By: | /s/ John B. Williamson, III | ||
John B. Williamson, III | ||||
Chairman, President, CEO and CFO |