dmlp20150521_8k.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): May 20, 2015

 

 

DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

 

000-50175

 

81-0551518

 

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

 

incorporation or organization

 

File Number

 

Identification No.)

 

 

3838 Oak Lawn, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75219

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (214) 559-0300

 

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation

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Item 5.07                 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

We held our Annual Meeting of Limited Partners on May 20, 2015. The matters on which the unitholders voted, in person or by proxy, as fully described in the proxy statement for our Annual Meeting, were:

 

 

1.

to elect three managers who will serve on the Board of Managers and be appointed to the Advisory Committee until the 2016 Annual Meeting of Limited Partners;

 

 

2.

to approve the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015; and

 

 

3.

to approve the Dorchester Minerals Operating LP Equity Incentive Program;

 

Buford P. Berry, C.W. Russell and Ronald P. Trout were each elected to our Board of Managers and appointed to the Advisory Committee.

 

The results of the voting were as follows:

 

1.     Election of Managers

 

 

Manager

  

Votes For

  

Votes Withheld

  

Broker Non-Votes

               
 

Buford P. Berry

  

11,711,816

  

1,874,398

  

11,276,621

 

C.W. Russell

  

12,087,381

  

1,498,833

  

11,276,621

 

Ronald P. Trout

  

12,085,794

  

1,500,420

  

11,276,621

 

 

 

2.     Approval of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

           
 

24,743,704

  

76,025

  

43,106

 

 

3.     Approval of the Dorchester Minerals Operating LP Equity Incentive Program

 

 

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

           
 

12,799,978

  

611,256

  

174,980

 

 

 
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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P.

Registrant

 

by  Dorchester Minerals Management LP

its General Partner,

by  Dorchester Minerals Management GP LLC

its General Partner

 

 

Date: May 21, 2015

 

By: /s/ William Casey McManemin

 

William Casey McManemin

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

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