Alteva (ALTV) 8-K Warwick Valley Telephone Announces Final Vote Results and Committee Assignments

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 3, 2006

Warwick Valley Telephone Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

0-11174	14-1160510
(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

New York
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

47 Main Street
Warwick, New York 10990
(845) 986-8080
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

Warwick Valley Telephone Company (the “Company”) announced today the final certified results of the votes at its 2006 Annual Meeting of shareholders, held Friday, April 28, 2006. Kelly C. Bloss, Robert J. DeValentino, and Joseph J. Morrow were elected for three-year terms in Class I. Jeffery D. Alario, and Douglas J. Mello were elected to fill the remaining one-year term of the Class II directorships formerly held by Dr. Joseph E. DeLuca and Mr. Fred M. Knipp. The terms of Corinna S. Lewis, Wisner H. Buckbee, Philip S. Demarest and Herbert Gareiss, Jr. continued after the meeting.

Matters voted on at the meeting and the results of each vote are as follows:

				Votes
		Votes For		Against		Abstain
Proposal I	To fix the number of Directors at nine
	until the next Annual Meeting of
	Shareholders.		3,836,283		139,517		89,764
						Withhold
		Votes For				Authority
Proposal II	To elect three Class I directors of the
	Company and to elect two directors to
	fill the remaining term of the Class II
	directorships formerly held by
	Dr. Joseph E. DeLuca and Mr. Fred M. Knipp:
	Class I
	Kelly C. Bloss		3,130,423				935,141
	Robert J. DeValentino		3,156,185				909,379
	Joseph J. Morrow		2,921,297				1,144,267
	Class II
	Nominees of the Company
	Jeffrey D. Alario		3,157,340				283,324
	Douglas J. Mello		3,156,971				283,693
	Nominees of Santa Monica Partners, LP
	M. Lynn Pike		617,786				7,114
	Peter Saulnier		617,840				7,060
				Votes
		Votes For		Against		Abstain
Proposal III	To approve the selection of		3,988,735		37,009		39,820
	WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. as the
	Company's independent accountants for
	the year ending December 31, 2006.
Proposal IV	Shareholder proposal urging that the		1,161,873		2,242,321		163,182
	quarterly dividend to shareholders be
	significantly increased.

At the Company’s Annual Organizational Meeting, held immediately after the Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors elected the following persons to the positions set forth opposite their names:

Wisner H. Buckbee	Chairman of the Board
Robert J. DeValentino	Vice Chairman of the Board
Herbert Gareiss, Jr.	President, Chief Executive Officer
Michael A. Cutler	Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
Zigmund C. Nowicki, Jr.	Corporate Secretary
Dorinda M. Masker	Assistant Corporate Secretary

Also, at the Company’s Annual Organizational Meeting, the following committee assignments were approved:

Governance & Nominating Committee	Corinna S. Lewis — Chair
	Robert J. DeValentino
	Joseph J. Morrow
Audit Committee	Philip S. Demarest — Chair
	Jeffrey D. Alario
	Wisner H. Buckbee
	Corinna S. Lewis
Compensation Committee	Robert J. DeValentino — Chair
	Joseph J. Morrow
	Douglas J. Mello

A press release regarding this matter has been issued by the Company, is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
	(c)	Exhibits
	99.1	Press Release entitled “Warwick Valley Telephone Announces Final Vote Results and Committee Assignments,” dated May 3, 2006.

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.

	WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY                           (Registrant)
Date: May 3, 2006	By:	/s/ Herbert Gareiss, Jr.
		Name:	Herbert Gareiss, Jr.
		Title:	President

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release entitled “Warwick Valley Telephone Announces Final Vote Results and Committee Assignments,” dated May 3, 2006.