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) November 18, 2005
WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
NEW YORK   0-11174   14-1160510
         
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS employer
of Incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)
         
47 MAIN STREET, WARWICK, NEW YORK       10990
         
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (845) 986-8080
 
 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 7.01.
  Regulation FD Disclosure
 
    
 
  At the Company’s 2005 Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders held on November 17, 2005, Herbert Gareiss, Jr., President, responding to a shareholder’s question, indicated that the Board of Directors is considering share buyback programs and dividend reinvestment plans. Such plans are under consideration, but there can be no assurances as to whether or when such programs or plans will be implemented, or as to what their terms might be if they were implemented.
 
    
Item 8.01.
  Other Events
 
    
 
  Matters Subject to a Vote of Securities Holders
 
    
 
  At the Company’s 2005 Annual Meeting of Common Shareholders held on November 17, 2005, Philip S. Demarest, Herbert Gareiss, Jr. and Corinna S. Lewis were elected for three-year terms in Class III and Joseph J. Morrow was elected as director to fill the remaining one-year portion of the unexpired term of M. Lynn Pike in Class I. The terms of Wisner H. Buckbee, Joseph E. Deluca, Fred M. Knipp, Rafael Collado and Robert J. DeValentino continued after the meeting.
 
    
 
  Matters voted on at the meeting and the results of each vote are as follows:
                         
    For     Against     Abstain  
 
                        
Proposal I:
                        
To fix the number of directors at nine until the next annual meeting:
     4,301,161       581,999       75,413  
 
                        
To elect three (3) Directors to Class III:
                        
Philip S. Demarest
     4,147,200       811,776          
Herbert Gareiss, Jr.
     4,190,040       768,936          
Corinna S. Lewis
     4,095,814       863,162          
 
                        
To elect one (1) Director to Class I:
                        
Joseph J. Morrow
     4,316,632       642,344          
 
                        
Proposal II:
                        
 
                        
To approve the selection of WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. as the Company’s independent accountants for the year ending December 31, 2005.
     4,453,590       386,566       118,819  
 
                        
Proposal III:
                        
 
                        
That the shareholders urge the Board of Directors to arrange for the prompt sale of Warwick Valley Telephone Company to the highest bidder.
     1,098,147       3,063,844       62,514  
     
    Other Information
     
    Election of Officers
     
    At its reorganizational meeting on November 17, 2005, the Board of Directors elected the following persons to the positions set forth opposite their names:
       
 
Wisner H. Buckbee
  Chairman of the Board
 
Fred M. Knipp
  Vice Chairman of the Board
 
Herbert Gareiss, Jr.
  President, Chief Executive Officer
 
Michael A. Cutler
  Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
 
Brenda A. Schadt
  Vice President
 
Zigmund C. Nowicki, Jr.
  Secretary
 
Dorinda M. Masker
  Assistant Secretary
In announcing the results of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the Company also issued a press release which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
     99.1 Press Release entitled “WVT Shareholders Vote “No Sale””, dated November 18, 2005.

 

 

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.
         
  WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY
 		  
Dated: November 18, 2005  By:   /s/ Herbert Gareiss, Jr.    
    Name:   Herbert Gareiss, Jr.   
    Title:   President   

 

 

         
Exhibit Index
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
    
99.1
  Press release entitled “WVT Shareholders Vote “No Sale””, dated November 18, 2005.