Alaska Communications Systems 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

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): June 10, 2011

Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-28167	52-2126573
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
600 Telephone Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska		99503-6091
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (907) 297-3000

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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

(a) The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.(the “Company”) was held on June 10, 2011.  Shareholders representing 40,589,340 shares, or 89.72%, of the common shares outstanding as of the April 21, 2011 record date were present in person or represented at the meeting by proxy.

(b)   The matters voted upon at the meeting, and the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstention and non-votes, as applicable, are set forth below:

Proposal 1 -Election of Board of Directors;

The eight (8) nominees to serve as directors, which constituted the entire board of directors as of the meeting date, were all reelected to serve as directors by the following votes:

Nominee	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
Anand Vadapalli		22,468,255		262,536		56,869		17,801,680
Brian D. Rogers		22,475,657		257,209		54,795		17,801,679
Gary R. Donahee		21,220,157		1,508,636		58,052		17,802,495
Edward (Ned) J. Hayes, Jr.		22,489,632		240,805		56,406		17,802,497
Annette Jacobs		22,475,954		257,698		53,193		17,802,495
Peter D. Ley		22,477,945		252,350		56,550		17,802,495
John Niles Wanamaker		22,478,401		246,745		61,698		17,802,496
David Karp		21,351,015		1,379,088		57,555		17,801,682

Proposal 2 -2011 Incentive Award Plan;

The Company proposal to approve the Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan was approved with the following vote:

For	Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
16,323,706		6,299,967		163,985		17,801,682

Proposal 3 –Advisory vote on executive compensation;

The Company proposal requesting that shareholders approve executive compensation, on an advisory basis, was approved with the following vote:

For	Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
21,955,284		710,102		122,268		17,801,686

Proposal 4 –Advisory vote on the frequency of future executive compensation vote;

The Company proposal requesting that shareholders vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation, on an advisory basis, received the following votes:

One Year	Two Years		Three Years		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
17,113,125		2,784,672		2,760,316		129,541		17,801,686

On June 16, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors determined, consistent with the shareholders advisory vote, that the future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation will be held annually.

Proposal 5 –Ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent auditors;

The Company proposal requesting ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2011 was approved with the following vote:

For	Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
40,120,888		401,438		67,014		0

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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.

	Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.
June 16, 2011	By:	/s/ Leonard A. Steinberg
		Name: Leonard A. Steinberg
		Title: Corporate Secretary