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):  May 25, 2011

 

Intrepid Potash, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

707 17th Street, Suite 4200

Denver, Colorado  80202

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(303) 296-3006

(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 below):

 

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

 

An annual meeting of the stockholders of Intrepid Potash, Inc. (the “Corporation”) was held on May 25, 2011.  Stockholders voted to elect both nominees for director, ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, approved, by non-binding, advisory vote, the Corporation’s executive compensation and recommended by non-binding, advisory vote, that the Corporation hold an advisory vote on executive compensation annually.  The matters that were voted upon at the Corporation’s annual meeting of stockholders, and the number of votes cast for and against, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to each such matter, where applicable, are set forth below.

 

Proposal #1  Election of two Class III Directors

 

Name		For		Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
Robert P. Jornayvaz III		61,647,045		1,343,606		28,005		7,048,674
Hugh E. Harvey, Jr.		61,535,210		1,455,415		28,031		7,048,674

 

Following the meeting, the following Class I and Class II Directors continued in office:

 

Class I Directors (whose terms expire at the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders)

Terry Considine

Chris A. Elliott

 

Class II Directors (whose terms expire at the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders)

J. Landis Martin

Barth E. Whitham

 

Proposal #2  Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Corporation’s independent auditors for the 2011 fiscal year ending December 31, 2011

 

For		Against		Abstentions
69,868,137		166,605		32,588

 

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Proposal #3  Approval by non-binding, advisory vote, executive compensation

 

For		Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
58,502,903		1,228,931		3,286,822		7,048,674

 

Proposal #4  Recommendation, by non-binding, advisory vote, the frequency of the non-binding, advisory vote on executive compensation

 

1 Year		2 Years		3 Years		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
57,157,898		407,375		2,164,273		3,289,110		7,048,674

 

On May 25, 2011, following the annual meeting of stockholders, the Corporation’s Board of Directors determined to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation annually until the next required stockholder vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

	INTREPID POTASH, INC.
Dated: May 31, 2011	By:	/s/ Geoffrey T. Williams, Jr.
		Geoffrey T. Williams, Jr.
		Assistant General Counsel and Secretary

 

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