Current Report Filing (8-k)

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 24, 2017

MACKINAC FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(previous filings under the name NORTH COUNTRY FINANCIAL CORPORATION)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

MICHIGAN	0-20167	38-2062816
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No .)

130 SOUTH CEDAR STREET, MANISTIQUE, MICHIGAN		49854
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 343-8147

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Mackinac Financial Corporation (“the Company”) held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 23, 2017. The shareholders (i) elected four members of the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the Annual Meeting in the year 2020; (ii) approved, in a non-binding vote, the Company’s compensation of executives; and (iii) ratified the appointment of Plante Moran, PLLC as the Company’s independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2017. There were 6,294,930 outstanding shares eligible to vote as of April 10, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting.

The voting results on the three matters were as follows:

Election of Directors

	For	Withheld	Broker Non-votes

Dennis B. Bittner	2,238,151	60,984	1,950,784
Joseph D. Garea	2,240,721	58,414	1,950,784
Kelly W. George	2,257,021	42,114	1,950,784
L. Brooks Patterson	2,234,930	64,205	1,950,784

Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote on Executive Compensation

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-votes

2,243,029	47,601	8,505	1,950,784

Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-votes

4,149,804	92,503	7,612	—

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.