UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 13, 2017

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NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware	001-11038	41-0857886
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

 

4201 Woodland Road P.O. Box 69 Circle Pines, Minnesota	55014
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

 

(763) 225-6600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(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.

 

The 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Northern Technologies International Corporation (“NTIC”) was held on January 13, 2017. The final results of the stockholder vote on each proposal brought before the meeting were as follows:

 

		For				Against/Withheld				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
Proposal One— Election of directors, each to serve for a term of one year
Barbara D. Colwell			2,044,729				15,550				-				1,865,099
Soo-Keong Koh			2,056,419				3,860				-				1,865,099
Sunggyu Lee, Ph.D.			2,056,419				3,860				-				1,865,099
G. Patrick Lynch			2,056,419				3,860				-				1,865,099
Ramani Narayan, Ph.D.			2,056,419				3,860				-				1,865,099
Richard J. Nigon			2,056,409				3,870				-				1,865,099
Konstantin von Falkenhausen			2,045,759				14,520				-				1,865,099

 

		For				Against/Withheld				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
Proposal Two—Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of NTIC’s named executive officers, as disclosed in NTIC’s proxy statement			2,005,224				47,423				7,800				1,865,099

 

		For				Against/Withheld				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
Proposal Three —Ratification of the selection of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP as NTIC’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending August 31, 2017			3,897,553				12,154				15,671				-

 

With respect to Proposal One, each of the director nominees was elected by NTIC’s stockholders by the required vote. Both Proposal Two and Proposal Three were approved by NTIC’s stockholders by the required vote.

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

	NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES
	INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
	By:
		Matthew C. Wolsfeld
		Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

 

Dated: January 17, 2017