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 21, 2019

HEMISPHERE MEDIA GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation) 001-35886  (Commission File Number) 80-0885255 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

4000 Ponce de Leon Boulevard

Suite 650

Coral Gables, FL 33146

           (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(305) 421-6364

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	HMTV	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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

Hemisphere Media Group, Inc.’s (the “Company”) 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on May21,2019 (the “Annual Meeting”).  Only holders of the Company’s capital stock at the close of business on March 26, 2019 (the “Record Date”) were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.  As of the Record Date, there were 19,710,855 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A common stock”) and 19,720,381 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B common stock”) entitled to vote in the election of directors and on each matter submitted for stockholder approval.  Holders of the shares of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share and holders of the shares of Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes per share.  Holders of the shares of Class A common stock and holders of the shares of Class B common stock voted together as a single class on all matters (including the election of directors) submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting.  Holders of 17,659,473 shares of Class A common stock and 19,720,381 shares Class B common stock (representing 99% of the total voting power), constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting

The stockholders voted on three proposals at the Annual Meeting.  The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2019 (File No. 001-35886).  The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

Proposal 1: The Company’s stockholders elected three Class III directors to the Company’s board to serve for a three-year term until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.  The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

Nominee	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Alan J. Sokol	205,795,195	6,352,436	2,715,652
Ernesto Vargas Guajardo	204,796,355	7,351,276	2,715,652
Eric Zinterhofer	203,966,838	8,180,793	2,715,652

Following the election by the Company's stockholders, one vacancy to be filled by a Class III director remained on the Company's board.

Proposal 2: The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.  The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

For	Against	Abstained
213,459,115	1,402,342	1,826

Proposal 3: The Company’s stockholders approved the non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

For	Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
210,278,460	1,867,577	1,594	2,715,652

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 thereunto duly authorized.

	HEMISPHERE MEDIA GROUP, INC.
Date:     May 23, 2019	By:	/s/ Alex J. Tolston
		Name: Alex J. Tolston Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary