form8k_shareholdersmeeting.htm

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 13, 2012

GSE SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
001-14785
52-1868008
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
  
Identification No.)


1332 Londontown Blvd., Suite 200, Sykesville, MD 21784
(Address of principal executive office and zip code)


(410) 970-7800
Registrant's telephone number, including area code



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


On June 13, 2012, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders.  At that meeting, the following matters were voted upon:

[
               
Total Votes
  
Broker
    
 
Proposal
  
For
  
Withheld
  
Casts
  
Non-Votes
    
1)
Election of Directors for a three
                    
 
year term expiring in 2015:
                    
   
Joseph W. Lewis
  
   9,450,558
  
      406,444
  
   9,857,002
  
   6,343,918
    
   
Jane Bryant Quinn
  
   9,405,882
  
      451,120
  
   9,857,002
  
   6,343,918
    
   
O. Lee Tawes, III
  
   9,463,223
  
      393,779
  
   9,857,002
  
   6,343,918
    
                         
 
The following directors are serving terms until
                
 
the annual meeting in 2013 and were not re-elected
                
 
at the June 13, 2012 annual meeting:
                    
   
Jerome I. Feldman
                    
   
Christopher D. Sorrells
          
 
        
   
James A. Eberle
                    
                         
 
The following directors are serving terms until
                
 
the annual meeting in 2014 and were not re-elected
                
 
at the June 13, 2012 annual meeting:
                    
   
Sheldon L. Glashow
                    
   
Roger L. Hagengruber
                    
                       
Broker
 
Proposal
  
For
  
Against
  
Abstain
  
Total
  
Non-Votes
2)
Approval by non-binding vote,
                    
 
on the Company's executive compensation
   9,463,895
  
      198,949
  
      194,158
  
   9,857,002
  
   6,343,918
                         
                         
 
Proposal
  
For
  
Against
  
Abstain
  
Total
    
3)
Ratification of KPMG LLP as the Company's
                
 
independent registered public accountants
                  
 
for the 2012 fiscal year
  
  16,182,926
  
        15,696
  
         2,298
  
  16,200,920
    

SIGNATURES

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.

 
GSE SYSTEMS, INC.
   
Date:  June 15, 2012
/s/  Jeffery G. Hough
 
Jeffery G. Hough
 
Senior Vice President and CFO