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
May 23, 2018
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Franks International N.V.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
The Netherlands | 001-36053 | 98-1107145 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) | ||
Mastenmakersweg 1 1786 PB Den Helder, The Netherlands |
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(Address of principal executive offices) | ||||
+31 (0)22 367 0000 | ||||
(Registrants telephone number, including area code) |
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Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Franks International N.V. (the Company) held its 2018 annual meeting of its common shareholders (the Annual Meeting) on May 23, 2018. The following are the final voting results on the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which is more fully described in the Companys definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2018.
At the close of business on April 25, 2018, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 223,872,026 shares of the Companys common stock were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.
Proposal 1. Each of the directors that were nominated for election by the Supervisory Board were elected to serve until the Companys 2019 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified or upon the earlier of their death, disability, resignation or removal. Votes regarding the election of these directors were as follows:
NOMINEE |
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED |
BROKER NON-VOTES |
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Michael C. Kearney |
114,639,841 | 15,581,691 | 65,636 | 25,326,981 | ||||||||||||
William B. Berry |
110,627,277 | 8,475,304 | 11,184,587 | 25,326,981 | ||||||||||||
Robert W. Drummond |
108,671,317 | 10,865,626 | 10,750,225 | 25,326,981 | ||||||||||||
Michael E. McMahon |
108,457,320 | 11,079,652 | 10,750,196 | 25,326,981 | ||||||||||||
D. Keith Mosing |
116,344,691 | 13,925,010 | 17,467 | 25,326,981 | ||||||||||||
Kirkland D. Mosing |
115,726,090 | 14,533,608 | 27,470 | 25,326,981 | ||||||||||||
S. Brent Mosing |
105,760,055 | 24,500,462 | 26,651 | 25,326,981 | ||||||||||||
Alexander Vriesendorp |
108,461,728 | 11,124,086 | 10,701,354 | 25,326,981 |
Proposal 2. The proposal to confirm and ratify the preparation of the Companys statutory annual accounts and annual report in the English language and to confirm and adopt the annual accounts for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED |
BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
155,404,842 | 66,282 | 143,025 | |
Proposal 3. The proposal to discharge the members of the Supervisory Board from liability in respect of the exercise of their duties during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED |
BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
111,077,922 | 10,803,878 | 8,405,368 | 25,326,981 |
Proposal 4. The proposal to discharge the members of the Management Board from liability in respect of the exercise of their duties during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED |
BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
99,186,526 | 10,761,943 | 20,338,699 | 25,326,981 |
Proposal 5. The proposal to appoint KPMG Accountants N.V. as the Companys auditor who will audit the Dutch statutory annual accounts of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, as required by Dutch law, was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED |
BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
155,414,193 | 78,017 | 121,939 | |
Proposal 6. The proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Companys U.S. GAAP financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED |
BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
155,410,392 | 81,376 | 122,381 | |
Proposal 7. The proposal to ratify and approve the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board granted for the period from the 2017 annual meeting until the date of the Annual Meeting, and to approve the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board for the period from the Annual Meeting up to and including the annual meeting in 2019 was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED |
BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
119,533,489 | 10,710,653 | 43,026 | 25,326,981 |
Proposal 8. The proposal to authorize the Companys Management Board to repurchase shares up to 10% of the issued share capital, for any legal purpose, at the stock exchange or in a private purchase transaction, at a price between $0.01 and 105% of the market price on the New York Stock Exchange, and during a period of 18 months starting from the date of the Annual Meeting was approved. The voting results of each of the proposals were as follows:
VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
VOTES ABSTAINED |
BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
144,792,084 | 10,480,449 | 341,616 | |
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.
Franks International N.V. | ||||||
Date: May 30, 2018 | By: | /s/ ALEJANDRO CESTERO | ||||
Name: Alejandro Cestero | ||||||
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |