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 9, 2017


Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Illinois
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


000-01227
 
36-0904920
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
     
901 Frontenac Road, Naperville, Illinois
 
60563
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code (630) 357-8500

 
(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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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

The Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on May 9, 2017.  At the meeting, (1) the seven nominees named in the Company’s proxy statement dated March 24, 2017 were elected to serve for a term ending at the Annual Meeting in 2018 and (2) the selection of Crowe Horwath LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017 was ratified.

The voting results for each proposal are set forth below:

Election of Directors:

   
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
 
           
 
Michael J. Bourg
587,409
25,526
247,741
 
 
Edward L. Chott
565,994
49,055
247,741
 
 
Kent H. Cooney
602,463
18,135
247,741
 
 
William T. Divane, Jr.
597,630
20,770
247,741
 
 
John A. Morrissey
593,668
21,952
247,741
 
 
Walter W. Morrissey
594,266
21,696
247,741
 
 
John L. Showel
590,194
24,212
247,741
 


Ratification of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017:

 
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
 
           
 
837,511
9,188
7,450
0
 





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.


 
CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO.
 
     
     
 
/s/ Michael J. Bourg
 
Date:  May 11, 2017
Michael J. Bourg
 
 
President and Treasurer