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 8, 2012
Commission File Number 1-13610
PMC COMMERCIAL TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| TEXAS | 75-6446078 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
| 17950 Preston Road, Suite 600, Dallas, TX 75252 | (972) 349-3200 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Registrant’s telephone number) | |
Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report: NONE
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
PMC Commercial Trust’s (the “Company”) Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) was held on June 8, 2011. A total of 9,769,098 shares were voted in person or by proxy, representing 92.3% of the shares entitled to be voted. The following are the final voting results on proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, all of which are described in the Company’s 2012 Proxy Statement.
| 1. | Election of Trust Managers. |
| For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
||||||||||
| Nathan G. Cohen |
3,191,671 | 1,722,215 | 4,855,212 | |||||||||
| Martha Rosemore Morrow |
3,275,177 | 1,638,709 | 4,855,212 | |||||||||
| Barry A. Imber |
3,183,955 | 1,729,931 | 4,855,212 | |||||||||
| Irving Munn |
3,202,778 | 1,711,108 | 4,855,212 | |||||||||
| Lance B. Rosemore |
3,413,102 | 1,500,784 | 4,855,212 | |||||||||
These five Trust Managers will continue to serve as Trust Managers until such time as their successors are duly elected and qualified.
| 2. | Approval of the advisory vote on executive compensation. |
| For |
3,456,275 | |||
| Against |
1,352,236 | |||
| Abstentions |
105,370 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes |
4,855,217 |
The foregoing proposal was approved.
| 3. | Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as registered public accounting firm for 2012. |
| For |
8,416,984 | |||
| Against |
1,191,404 | |||
| Abstentions |
160,710 |
The foregoing proposal was approved.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) 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.
Date: June 13, 2012
| PMC COMMERCIAL TRUST | ||||||
| By: |
/s/ Barry N. Berlin | |||||
| Barry N. Berlin, Chief Financial Officer | ||||||