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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
May 24, 2011
DATE OF REPORT
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)
 
RAVEN INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
         
South Dakota   001-07982   46-0246171
(State of incorporation)   (Commission File No.)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
205 East 6th Street, P.O. Box 5107, Sioux Falls, SD 57117-5107
(Address of principal executive offices)
(605) 336-2750
(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)
 
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.
Raven Industries, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 24, 2011. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the shareholders:
                             
                Votes     Broker  
        Votes For     Against/Withheld     Non-Votes  
1.
   Election of Directors                        
 
                            
 
   Anthony W. Bour     12,362,434.904       2,623,026.527       2,163,075  
 
   Thomas S. Everist     14,931,318.904       54,142.527       2,163,075  
 
   Mark E. Griffin     14,930,745.904       54,715.527       2,163,075  
 
   Kevin T. Kirby     14,732,332.036       253,129.395       2,163,075  
 
   Marc E. LeBaron     14,946,344.952       39,116.479       2,163,075  
 
   Cynthia H. Milligan     14,735,365.073       250,096.358       2,163,075  
 
   Daniel A. Rykhus     14,932,775.523       52,685,908       2,163,075  
                                     
                Votes        
        Votes For   Against/Withheld   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
2.
  Approval in a non-binding advisory vote the compensation of our executive officers disclosed in the proxy statement.     14,011,170.362     143,776.774     830,514.295     2,163,075
                                             
        One Year   Two Years   Three Years   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
3.
  To approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the preferred frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation.     12,352,308.918     324,146.302     1,462,546.485     846,459.726     2,163,075
                             
                Votes    
        Votes For   Against/Withheld   Abstentions
4.
  Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.     17,070,583.578     59,063.793     18,889.060
Based upon the submission of proxies and ballots by the required votes all directors/nominees have been elected, the executive compensation has been approved, the shareholders approved the preferred annual frequency of compensation advisory votes and PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP has been ratified as the company’s accounting firm.
Each proposal was approved by the Company’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 thereunto duly authorized.
         
  RAVEN INDUSTRIES, INC.
 		  
  /s/ Thomas Iacarella    
  Thomas Iacarella   
  Vice President and CFO, Secretary and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 		  
 
Date: May 26, 2011