dmlp20130516_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 15, 2013

 

 

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 of the registrant under any of the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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 15, 2013. 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 2014 Annual Meeting of Limited Partners; and

2.

to approve the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2013.

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

    14,474,222     125,908     11,453,638

C.W. (“Bill”) Russell

    14,467,881     132,249     11,453,638

Ronald P. Trout

    14,467,309     132,821     11,453,638

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

                         
    25,906,658     94,261     52,849

 

 

 

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 16, 2013

By: /s/  William Casey McManemin

William Casey McManemin

Chief Executive Officer

 

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