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): February 20, 2018
NORTH EUROPEAN OIL ROYALTY TRUST (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File No. 1-8245
Delaware 22-2084119 (State of organization) (IRS Employer I.D. No.)
43 West Front Street, Suite 19A, Red Bank, NJ 07701 (Address of principal executive offices)
(732) 741-4008 (Registrant's telephone number including area code)
Not Applicable (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Annual Meeting of Unit Holders of North European Oil Royalty Trust (the "Trust") was held on February 20, 2018 (the "Annual Meeting"). A total of 2,421,253 Units were represented in person or by valid proxy at the Annual Meeting. Unit Owners voted on the following two proposals at the Annual Meeting and cast their votes as follows:
Proposal One:
The following persons were elected as Trustees of the Trust to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Unit Owners, by the votes set forth in the following table:
Broker For Withheld Non-Votes Robert P. Adelman 2,300,271 120,982 - 0 - Ahron H. Haspel 2,319,277 101,976 - 0 - Lawrence A. Kobrin 1,830,675 590,578 - 0 - Willard B. Taylor 2,313,794 107,459 - 0 -Proposal Two:
The Unit Owners approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Trust's Managing Director as described in the Trust's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting, by the votes set forth in the following table:
Broker For Against Abstain Non-Votes 2,168,735 171,959 80,559 - 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.
NORTH EUROPEAN OIL ROYALTY TRUST
(Registrant)By: /s/ John R. Van Kirk
John R. Van Kirk
Managing Director
February 21, 2018