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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
 
May 22, 2025
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
NUVERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Minnesota
0-3024
41-0440990
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
27 North Minnesota Street
New Ulm, Minnesota 56073
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(507) 354-4111
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
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):
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
 
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 (§230.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company Yes
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
 

 
 
Item 5.02 - Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
Retirement of Chief Operating Officer
 
On May 22, 2025, Nuvera Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary Barbara A.J. Bornhoft is retiring from the Company at the time of the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 22, 2025.
 
A copy of the Company’s press release announcing Barbara Bornhoft retirement is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
 
Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
Nuvera’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 22, 2025, virtually via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NUVR2025. Proxies representing 3,326,507 shares, or 64.24% of the 5,178,176 outstanding shares entitled to vote were present at the Annual Meeting, which constituted a quorum. The shareholder voting results for the election of three directors, and the three other matters submitted to shareholders are as follows:
 
Proposal 1. Three directors were elected to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting and until the election and qualification of their respective successors, as follows:
 
Nominees
 
Votes For
   
Votes Withheld
   
Broker Non-Votes
 
                         
Nathan Knuth
    2,449,685       42,326       834,496  
Brian Olsem
    2,393,376       98,635       834,496  
Bill D. Otis
    2,104,490       387,521       834,496  
 
Proposal 2. Shareholders ratified the appointment of Olsen, Thielen & Company, Ltd. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2025 fiscal year, as follows:
 
Votes For
   
Votes Against
   
Abstentions
 
                   
3,284,098       31,081       11,328  
 
Proposal 3. Shareholders approved the Company’s executive compensation, as follows:
 
Votes For
   
Votes Against
   
Abstentions
   
Broker Non-Votes
 
                           
2,129,498       166,184       196,329       834,496  
 
Proposal 4. Shareholders voted on the frequency of future shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation, as follows:
 
1 Year
   
2 Years
   
3 Years
    Abstentions  
                           
1,144,796       27,275       1,239,817       80,123  
 
 

 
Consistent with the recommendation of the Board of Directors and the vote of the shareholders, the Corporation will continue to include an advisory vote on executive compensation in its proxy materials every three years. This policy will remain in effect until the next required vote on the frequency of such advisory votes.
 
Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d) Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Nuvera Communication, Inc press release dated May 22, 2025, announcing the retirement of Chief Operating Officer Barbara A.J. Bornhoft
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
 
 

 
 
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.
 
 
 
Nuvera Communications, Inc.
 
Date: May 23, 2025
By:  /s/ Curtis Kawlewski
Curtis Kawlewski
Chief Financial Officer