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 7, 2016

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

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:

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

(a) The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company was held on June 7, 2016.  Shareholders representing 43,188,351 shares, or 84.3%, of the common shares outstanding as of the April 11, 2016 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 six (6) nominees to serve as directors, which constituted the entire Board as of the meeting date, were all reelected to serve as directors by the following votes:

Nominee	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
Edward (Ned) J. Hayes, Jr.		25,125,916		558,848		229,416		17,274,171
Margaret L. Brown		25,110,924		569,750		223,506		17,274,171
David W. Karp		25,111,727		567,487		234,966		17,274,171
Peter D. Ley		25,133,659		548,702		231,819		17,274,171
Brian A. Ross		21,174,793		4,513,326		226,061		17,274,171
Anand Vadapalli		25,020,756		667,878		225,545		17,274,172

Proposal 2 –Advisory approval of the Company’s 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
16,451,677		9,036,947		425,553		17,274,174

Proposal 3 –Ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm;

The Company proposal requesting ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016 was approved with the following vote:

For	Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
41,826,751		820,967		540,633		0

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

A copy of material that was used in an investor presentation delivered by the Company’s CEO following the annual meeting of shareholders is available on the Company’s website at www.alsk.com and will remain there for at least ninety (90) days.

The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K that is furnished under this Item 7.01 is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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 13, 2016	By:	Leonard Steinberg
		Name: Leonard Steinberg
		Title: Corporate Secretary