Form 8-K

 

 

 

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: May 10, 2013

Date of earliest event reported: May 8, 2013

 

 

MRC GLOBAL INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35479   20-5956993

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

2 Houston Center, 909 Fannin, Suite 3100,

Houston, TX 77010

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 294-7574

 

 

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.

MRC Global Inc. (“MRC”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 8, 2013 to: (i) elect twelve members to the Board of Directors to serve for a one-year term; (ii) vote on an advisory vote on MRC’s executive compensation program; (iii) vote on the frequency of advisory votes on MRC’s executive compensation program; and (iv) to ratify Ernst & Young LLP as MRC’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013. All of the directors were re-elected by a majority of the votes and each of the other matters voted upon at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was approved.

As of March 19, 2013, the record date, there were 101,859,174 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at MRC’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders and 97,223,100 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum. The information below reflects the number of votes cast by the holders of such common stock.

The number of votes for, votes withheld and non-votes for the election of each director was as follows:

 

Name

   Number of Votes FOR      Number of Votes Withhled      Number of Non-Votes  

Andrew R. Lane

     80,281,047         15,373,321         1,568,732   

Leonard M. Anthony

     93,359,775         2,294,593         1,568,732   

Rhys J. Best

     78,314,510         17,339,858         1,568,732   

Peter C. Boylan, III

     78,718,236         16,936,132         1,568,732   

Henry Cornell

     79,923,735         15,730,633         1,568,732   

Christopher A.S. Crampton

     71,901,491         23,752,877         1,568,732   

John F.X. Daly

     71,901,491         23,752,877         1,568,732   

Craig Ketchum

     79,898,798         15,755,570         1,568,732   

Gerard P. Krans

     80,113,366         15,541,002         1,568,732   

Cornelis A. Linse

     93,749,886         1,904,482         1,568,732   

John A. Perkins

     93,626,394         2,027,974         1,568,732   

H.B. Wehrle, III

     69,241,048         26,413,320         1,568,732   

The number of votes for, the number of votes against, the number of abstentions and the number of non-votes with respect to the advisory vote to approve MRC’s executive compensation program was as follows:

 

Number of Votes FOR

  

Number of Votes AGAINST

  

Abstensions

  

Number of Non-Votes

74,239,252

   21,119,597    295,519    1,568,732

 

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The number of votes for 1 year, the number of votes for 2 years, the number of votes for 3 years, the number of abstentions and the number of non-votes with respect to the frequency of advisory votes to approve MRC’s executive compensation program was as follows:

 

Number of Votes for

1 Year

  

Number of Votes for

2 Years

  

Number of Votes for

3 Years

  

Abstensions

  

Number of Non-Votes

94,388,518

   3,071    1,252,029    10,750    1,568,732

The number of votes for, the number of votes against, the number of abstentions and the number of non-votes with respect to the ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as MRC’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2013 was as follows:

 

Number of Votes FOR

  

Number of Votes AGAINST

  

Abstensions

  

Number of Non-Votes

95,727,766

   1,486,100    9,234    0

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

Christopher A.S. Crampton, a current director of MRC, resigned as a member of MRC’s Compensation Committee effective as of May 8, 2013. As of May 8, 2013, MRC’s Compensation Committee is comprised of a majority of independent directors.

 

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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.

Date: May 10, 2013

 

MRC GLOBAL INC.
By:  

/s/ Daniel J. Churay

  Daniel J. Churay
  Executive Vice President- Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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