---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-012829"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CKX"
cik: "0000352955"
company_name: "CKX LANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T18:16:42.019448+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CKX Lands annual meeting: all directors re-elected, say-on-pay and auditor ratified

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected with at least 947,202 votes for; broker non-votes 400,798.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 857,744 for, 156,027 against.
- Ratification of MaloneBailey LLP as independent auditor approved: 1,359,534 for, 54,037 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-012829
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CKX
- cik: 0000352955
- company_name: CKX LANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352955/000143774923012829/0001437749-23-012829-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352955/000143774923012829/ckx20230505_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CKX LANDS, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 1. The stockholders voted to re-elect the following directors by the votes set forth below: Number of Shares Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Lee W. Boyer 974,830 48,327 400,798 Keith Duplechin 974,130 49,027 400,798 Daniel J. Englander 974,830 48,327 400,798 Max H. Hart 982,903 40,254 400,798 Lane T. LaMure 976,903 46,254 400,798 Eugene T. Minvielle, IV 975,237 47,920 400,798 William Gray Stream 947,202 75,955 400,798 Mary Leach Werner 974,198 48,959 400,798
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352955/000143774923012829/0001437749-23-012829-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CKX LANDS, INC. shareholders approved Approve, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Registrant’s Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 2. The stockholders voted to approve, in a non-binding advisory vote pursuant to Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the compensation of the Registrant’s Named Executive Officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K, including the compensation tables and narrative disclosures, in the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement filed on March 31, 2023, by the votes set forth below: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 857,744 156,027 9,385 400,798
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352955/000143774923012829/0001437749-23-012829-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CKX LANDS, INC. shareholders approved Ratify the selection of MaloneBailey LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 3. The stockholders voted to ratify the selection of MaloneBailey LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, by the votes set forth below: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 1,359,534 54,037 10,384 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352955/000143774923012829/0001437749-23-012829-index.htm

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