UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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 17, 2016
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HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
0-27622
(Commission File Number)
54-1796693
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
340 West Main Street
Abingdon, Virginia  
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
24210-1128
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (276) 628-9181

Not Applicable
(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:

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

Highlands Bankshares, Inc. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 17, 2016 (the "Annual Meeting").  At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company elected eight directors to serve for one-year terms, ratified the Company's appointment of Brown, Edwards & Company, LLP as the Company's independent auditors for 2016 and approved, in an advisory vote, the Company's executive compensation.  The voting results for each proposal are as follows:
 
    1.  To elect eight directors to serve for terms of one year each expiring at the 2017  annual meeting of shareholders:
 
   
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Vote
 
E. Craig Kendrick
4,505,401
395,069
584,973
 
Clydes B. Kiser
4,499,873
394,950
584,973
 
Jon Lundberg
4,487,503
412,967
584,973
 
James D. Moore, Jr.
4,503,383
397,087
584,973
 
Charles P. Olinger
4,501,300
396,605
584,973
 
Edward M. Rosinus
4,482,496
417,974
584,973
 
Timothy K. Schools
4,863,891
36,579
584,973
 
H. Ramsey White, Jr.
4,495,187
402,718
584,973
 
2.
To ratify the appointment of Brown, Edwards & Company, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31,2016.
 
 
For
Against
Abstain
 
 
5,460,207
12,998
12,238
 

    3.  Advisory approval of the Company's executive compensation.
 
 
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote
 
4,576,980
201,441
122,048
584,973




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES, INC.
 
       
 
(Registrant)
 
       
Date:  May 23, 2016
By:
 /s/ James R. Edmondson
 
   
James R. Edmondson
 
   
Chief Financial Officer
 


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