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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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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, 2012
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UMH Properties, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland 001-12690 22-1890929
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
Juniper Business Plaza, 3499 Route 9 North, Suite 3-C, Freehold, NJ 07728
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (732) 577-9997
Not Applicable
(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The annual meeting of shareholders was held on June 7, 2012. There were 15,814,945 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting and a total of 13,744,982 shares (86.91%) were represented at the meeting. The proposals submitted to the vote of the shareholders and the results of the vote were as follows:
Proposal 1 – For the election of the following nominees for Director:
Director | For | Against | Broker Non-Votes |
Anna T. Chew | 7,240,945 | 1,887,666 | 4,616,371 |
Eugene W. Landy | 7,331,816 | 1,796,795 | 4,616,371 |
Samuel A. Landy | 7,488,186 | 1,640,425 | 4,616,371 |
Stuart Levy | 7,503,449 | 1,625,162 | 4,616,371 |
Proposal 2 – To ratify the appointment of PKF O’Connor Davies as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2012:
| No. of Votes |
For | 13,555,453 |
Against | 154,775 |
Abstain | 34,754 |
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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.
UMH Properties, Inc.
Date: June 8, 2012
By: /s/ Anna T. Chew
Name:
Anna T. Chew
Title:
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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