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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 27, 2010

 

GOLDEN MINERALS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

1-13627

 

26-4413382

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

350 Indiana Street, Suite 800

Golden, Colorado 80401

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (303) 839-5060

 

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):

 

¨            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

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Item 5.07                           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Golden Minerals Company (the “Company”) held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) on May 27, 2010 in Golden, Colorado.  Of the 8,810,608 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date,     6,569,612 (approximately 74.56%) were present or represented by proxy at the Meeting.  The Company’s stockholders approved all of the nominees and proposals.  Specifically, the Company’s stockholders approved the election of Jeffrey G. Clevenger, W. Durand Eppler, Ian Masterton-Hume, Kevin R. Morano, Terry M. Palmer, and David Watkins as directors of the Company to hold office until the 2011 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected, and the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010. The results of the voting on the matters submitted to the stockholders are as follows:

 

1. Election of six (6) directors to hold office until the 2011 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected.

 

Name

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

Jeffrey G. Clevenger

 

3,492,297

 

471,381

 

2,605,934

 

W. Durand Eppler

 

3,298,730

 

664,948

 

2,605,934

 

Ian Masterton-Hume

 

3,962,399

 

1,279

 

2,605,934

 

Kevin R. Morano

 

3,296,181

 

667,497

 

2,605,934

 

Terry M. Palmer

 

3,963,399

 

279

 

2,605,934

 

David Watkins

 

3,388,686

 

574,992

 

2,605,934

 

 

2. Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

6,567,525

 

1,622

 

465

 

 

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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.

 

Date:  June 3, 2010

 

 

Golden Minerals Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert P. Vogels

 

 

Name:  Robert P. Vogels

 

 

Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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