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): December 1516, 2015

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Missouri

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

001-33348

(Commission

File Number)

44-0308260

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3520 Broadway

Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2565

(Address of principal executive office)(Zip Code)

(816) 753-7000

(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:

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Item 53.0701 ~~Submission~~Notice of ~~Matters~~Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a ~~Vote~~Continued ofListing ~~Security~~Rule ~~Holders~~or Standard; Transfer of Listing..

~~The~~On December 16, 2015, Kansas City Life Insurance Company ~~held~~(the “Company”) notified the NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”) of its intention to file a ~~special~~Form ~~meeting~~25 (“Notification of ~~shareholders~~Removal onfrom ~~Tuesday,~~Listing and/or Registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 1528, 2015. The purpose of the Form 25 filing is to effect the delisting from NASDAQ of the Company’s outstanding common shares, atpar ~~which~~value ~~meeting~~$1.25 per share of the Company' (the “Stock”), and the deregistration of the Stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company expects that the Form 25 filing will become effective on January 7, 2016. Upon the effectiveness of the Form 25 filing, the Company also intends to file, on January 7, 2016, a Form 15 with the SEC to suspend the Company’s ~~shareholders~~duty ~~voted~~to ~~upon~~file reports under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the ~~following~~Exchange ~~matters:~~Act and to deregister its Stock under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

1.Item A proposal to approve, subject to final action by the Board of Directors, an amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation, whereby the Company will effect a 1-for-250 Reverse Stock Split of its Common Stock, and as a result of which each shareholder owning of record fewer than 250 shares of Stock before the Reverse Stock Split will have such shares cancelled and converted into the right to receive $523.5003 ~~for~~Material ~~each~~Modifications ~~such share held of record prior~~ to ~~the~~Rights ~~Reverse Stock Split in lieu~~ of ~~receiving~~Security ~~a fractional post-Reverse Stock Split share of Stock; and~~Holders.

2.At Aa ~~proposal~~special tomeeting ~~approve,~~of ~~subject~~shareholders ~~to shareholder approval~~ of ~~Proposal~~the 1Company ~~above~~held ~~and~~on ~~final~~Tuesday, ~~action~~December by15, ~~the Board of Directors~~2015, ~~an amendment to~~ the Company's ~~Articles~~shareholders ofapproved ~~Incorporation~~the ~~to take effect immediately~~ following the Reverse Stock Split, whereby the Company will effect a 250-for-1 Forward Stock Split of each one issued and outstanding share of its Common Stock (and including each fractional share of Stock in excess of one share).matters:

~~Approval~~● An amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation, whereby the Company will effect a 1-for-250 reverse stock split (the "Reverse Stock Split") of its common stock, par value $1.25 per share (the "Common Stock"), and as a result of which each shareholder owning of record fewer than 250 shares of Stock before the Reverse Stock Split will have such shares cancelled and converted into the right to receive $52.50 for each such share of Stock in lieu of receiving a fractional post-Reverse Stock Split share of Stock; and

At● ~~the~~An ~~special meeting, the proposed~~ amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to take effect immediately following the Reverse Stock Split, ofwhereby ~~our~~the ~~Stock~~Company ~~was~~will ~~approved. The~~effect ~~following~~a is250-for-1 aforward ~~summary~~stock ofsplit (the ~~votes~~"Forward ~~cast~~Stock atSplit" and, together with the ~~special~~Reverse ~~meeting~~Stock ~~with~~Split, ~~respect~~the to"Reverse/Forward ~~this~~Stock ~~matter:~~Split") of each one issued and outstanding share of its Common Stock (and including each fractional share of Stock in excess of one share).

	Votes in Favor	Votes Against	Votes Abstaining
Approval of the amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to effect the Reverse Stock Split	9,002,705	1,090,347	21,244

On December 16, 2015, the Company filed with the Department of Insurance and the Secretary of State of the State of Missouri:

~~There~~● ~~were~~A noCertificate ~~broker~~of ~~non-votes~~Amendment ~~with~~to ~~respect~~the Company's Articles of Incorporation to ~~this~~effect ~~matter~~the Reverse Stock Split at 6:00 p.m. Central Time on December 16, 2015 (a copy of which Certificate of Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference); and

~~Approval~~● A Certificate of Amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to effect the Forward Stock Split at 6:01 p.m. Central Time on December 16, 2015 (a copy of which Certificate of Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated herein by reference).

AtAs ~~the~~a ~~special~~result ~~meeting,~~of the ~~proposed~~filing ~~amendment to the Articles~~ of ~~Incorporation to effect~~ the ~~Forward~~two ~~Stock~~Certificates ~~Split~~ of ~~our~~Amendment ~~Stock~~referred ~~was approved. The following is a summary of the votes cast at the special meeting with respect~~ to ~~this matter~~above:

	Votes in Favor	Votes Against	Votes Abstaining
Approval of the amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to effect the Forward Stock Split	9,001,909	1,083,985	28,403

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Each holder of record of fewer than 250 shares of our Stock immediately before the effective time of the Reverse Stock Split will be eligible to receive a cash payment of $52.50 (subject to any applicable U.S. federal, state and local withholding tax) for each such pre-Reverse Stock Split share of Stock, without interest, and will no longer be a shareholder of the Company with respect to such shares; and

~~There~~● ~~were~~Any noholder ~~broker~~of ~~non-votes~~record of 250 shares of our Stock immediately prior to the effective time of the Reverse Stock Split will not receive any cash payment with respect to ~~this~~such ~~matter~~Stock in connection with the Reverse Stock Split, and the number of such shares of Stock held by such shareholder will not change as a result of the Reverse/Forward Stock Split.

~~Additional~~Shareholders ~~information~~who ~~regarding~~hold ~~the~~their ~~special~~shares ~~meeting~~in isstreet ~~contained~~name, through a broker, bank or other nominee, will be treated in ~~our~~accordance ~~proxy~~with ~~statement~~the ~~dated~~procedures ~~November~~of 15their nominee, ~~2015~~but the Company intends that Stock held in street name will be treated in the same manner as Stock that is held of record.

~~Following~~As ~~the~~a ~~shareholder~~result ~~meeting,~~of the ~~Board~~effectiveness of ~~Directors authorized~~ the ~~Company~~Reverse toStock ~~file~~Split on December 16, 2015, ~~with~~we anticipate that the ~~Department~~Company will have fewer than 300 shareholders of ~~Insurance~~record of our Stock and, in that case, the ~~Secretary~~Company ofthen ~~State~~would be eligible to terminate the registration of our Stock under the ~~State~~Securities Exchange Act of ~~Missouri:~~1934.

●The Aabove ~~Certificate~~description of ~~Amendment to~~ the ~~Company's~~Certificates ~~Articles~~ of ~~Incorporation~~Amendment referred to ~~effect~~above, the Reverse Stock Split atand ~~6:00~~the ~~p.m.~~Forward ~~Central~~Stock ~~Time~~Split onis ~~December~~qualified 16in its entirety by reference to the two Certificates of Amendment, ~~2015;~~a copy of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively.

● A Certificate of Amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to effect the Forward Stock Split at 6:01 p.m. Central Time on December 16, 2015.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

The Company issued a press release regarding the results of the shareholder vote, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

~~Exhibit No.~~	Exhibit ~~Description~~No.	Exhibit Description
99.1	Press Release dated December 15, 2015.
	3.1	Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of The Kansas City Life Insurance Company, dated December 16, 2015 regarding the Reverse Stock Split.
	3.2	Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Kansas City Life Insurance Company, dated December 16, 2015 regarding the Forward Stock Split.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "could," "should," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans" and variations thereof or of similar expressions. All forward-looking statements included in this report are based on information available to us on the date hereof. Such forward-looking statements involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. They involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which are in some cases beyond the control of the Company.

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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.

	KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


	By:	/s/ A. Craig Mason Jr.
		A. Craig Mason Jr.
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Date: December 1516, 2015

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