dorchester_8k-051612.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): May 16, 2012

DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
  
000-50175
  
81-0551518
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization
  
Commission File Number
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3838 Oak Lawn, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas  75219
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (214) 559-0300

N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.07 
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

We held our Annual Meeting of Limited Partners on May 16, 2012.  The matters on which the unitholders voted, in person or by proxy, as fully described in the proxy statement for our Annual Meeting, were:

 
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to elect three managers who will serve on the Board of Managers and be appointed to the Advisory Committee until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Limited Partners; and
 
 
2.
to approve the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2012.
 
Buford P. Berry, C.W. Russell and Ronald P. Trout were each elected to our Board of Managers and appointed to the Advisory Committee.
 
 
The results of the voting were as follows:
 
1.           Election of Managers
 
Manager
  
Votes For
    
Votes Withheld
    
Broker Non-Votes
  
                   
Buford P. Berry
     14,474,287       256,002       11,878,672  
C.W. (“Bill”) Russell
     14,627,477       102,812       11,878,672  
Ronald P. Trout
     14,632,757       97,532       11,878,672  
 
2.           Approval of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstentions
         
26,492,288
  
56,493
  
60,180


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.
 
 
DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P.
Registrant

by  Dorchester Minerals Management LP
its General Partner,
by  Dorchester Minerals Management GP LLC
its General Partner
   
Date: May 16, 2012  
 
By: /s/  William Casey McManemin
       William Casey McManemin
       Chief Executive Officer
 


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