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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  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 22, 2013
 
CRAFT BREW ALLIANCE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Washington
0-26542
91-1141254
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

929 North Russell Street
Portland, OR 97227-1733
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

(503) 331-7270
 (Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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

(a)
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (the "Company'), was held on May 22, 2013 (the “Meeting”).
 
(b)
Three matters, which are more fully described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, were submitted to a vote at the Meeting:
 
 
1.
To elect eight directors;
 
 
2.
To ratify the selection of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013; and
 
 
3.
To approve, by non-binding vote, the Company's named executive officer compensation.
 
At the Meeting, 16,283,381 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy, or 86.10 percent of the 18,911,081 shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting as of March 22, 2013, the record date for the Meeting, and constituted a quorum. Each share was entitled to one vote at the Meeting.

1.
Election of Directors. The following directors were elected at the Meeting by the votes cast as follows:

Nominee
  
For
    
Withheld
    
Broker Non-votes
  
Timothy P. Boyle
   12,774,557     473,979     3,034,845  
Marc J. Cramer
   12,961,069     287,467     3,034,845  
E. Donald Johnson, Jr.
   12,772,033     476,503     3,034,845  
Kevin R. Kelly
   12,581,869     666,667     3,034,845  
Thomas D, Larson
   12,660,932     587,604     3,034,845  
David R. Lord
   12,692,200     556,336     3,034,845  
John D. Rogers, Jr.
   12,580,939     667,597     3,034,845  
Kurt R. Widmer
   12,951,706     296,830     3,034,845  

2.
Ratification of Auditors. The proposal to ratify the selection of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013 was approved by the following vote:

For
    
Against
    
Abstentions
  
15,815,700     382,220     85,461  

3.
Say on Pay. The proposal to approve, by non-binding vote, the Company’s named executive officer compensation, as recommended by management, passed by the following vote:

For
    
Against
    
Abstentions
    
Broker Non-votes
  
12,661,765     512,878     73,893     3,034,845  

 
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SIGNATURE

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.

  CRAFT BREW ALLIANCE, INC.  
       
Dated:  May 28, 2013
By:
/s/ Joseph K. O’Brien
  
   
Joseph K. O’Brien
  
   
Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
  
 
 
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