UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
May 22, 2019
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Frank’s 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
(Address of principal executive offices)
+31 (0)22 367 0000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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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 | ||
Common Stock, €0.01 par value | “FI” | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) orRule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934(§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Frank’s International N.V. (the “Company”) held its 2019 annual meeting of its common shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 22, 2019. 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 Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2019 (the “Proxy Statement”).
At the close of business on April 24, 2019, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 224,943,858 shares of the Company’s common stock were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.
Proposal 1. Each of the directors that were nominated for election by the Company’s board of supervisory directors (the “Supervisory Board”) were elected to serve until the Company’s 2020 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 | ||||||||||
William B. Berry | 170,346,960 | 9,343,534 | 28,302 | — | ||||||||||
Robert W. Drummond | 179,199,759 | 490,034 | 29,003 | — | ||||||||||
Michael C. Kearney | 175,410,195 | 4,239,031 | 69,570 | — | ||||||||||
Michael E. McMahon | 179,324,622 | 365,171 | 29,003 | — | ||||||||||
D. Keith Mosing | 163,168,366 | 16,490,383 | 60,047 | — | ||||||||||
Kirkland D. Mosing | 163,212,619 | 16,491,781 | 14,396 | — | ||||||||||
S. Brent Mosing | 163,182,820 | 16,521,656 | 14,320 | — | ||||||||||
Melanie M. Trent | 179,413,304 | 230,255 | 75,237 | — | ||||||||||
Alexander Vriesendorp | 179,198,774 | 439,778 | 80,244 | — |
Proposal 2. The proposal to appoint Steven Russell and John Symington as managing directors of the Company to serve for an indefinite period of time was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES ABSTAINED | BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
140,782,517 | 30,273,135 | 8,663,144 | — |
Proposal 3. The proposal by the Supervisory Board and the Company’s board of managing directors (the “Management Board”) seeking approval, on anon-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES ABSTAINED | BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
153,186,479 | 17,904,932 | 8,627,385 | — |
Proposal 4. The proposal on the frequency with which the Company will hold anon-binding advisory vote on the compensation of its named executive officers received the following votes:
THREE YEARS | TWO YEARS | ONE YEAR | VOTES ABSTAINED | |||
103,950,327 | 11,581,214 | 57,384,240 | 6,803,015 |
Consistent with the recommendation of the Supervisory Board and the Management Board in the Proxy Statement and thenon-binding voting results, the Company intends to hold future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every three years.
Proposal 5. The proposal to review the annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, including the paragraph relating to corporate governance, to confirm and ratify the preparation of the Company’s 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, 2018 was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES ABSTAINED | BROKER NON-VOTES | |||
179,550,921 | 34,646 | 133,229 | — |
Proposal 6. 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, 2018 was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES ABSTAINED | BROKERNON-VOTES | |||
164,342,197 | 15,243,666 | 132,933 | — |
Proposal 7. 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, 2018 was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES ABSTAINED | BROKERNON-VOTES | |||
179,459,123 | 126,639 | 133,034 | — |
Proposal 8. The proposal to appoint KPMG Accountants N.V. as the Company’s auditor who will audit the Dutch statutory annual accounts of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, as required by Dutch law, was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES ABSTAINED | BROKERNON-VOTES | |||
178,562,136 | 1,154,327 | 2,333 | — |
Proposal 9. The proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s U.S. GAAP financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES ABSTAINED | BROKERNON-VOTES | |||
178,563,578 | 1,152,985 | 2,233 | — |
Proposal 10. The proposal to ratify and approve the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board granted for the period from the 2018 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 2020 was approved. The voting results were as follows:
VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | VOTES ABSTAINED | BROKERNON-VOTES | |||
179,551,968 | 153,523 | 13,305 | — |
Proposal 11. The proposal to authorize the Company’s Management Board, subject to Supervisory Board approval, 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 | BROKERNON-VOTES | |||
179,223,832 | 59,392 | 435,572 | — |
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.
Frank’s International N.V. | ||||||
Date: May 29, 2019 | By: | /s/ JOHN C. SYMINGTON | ||||
Name: John C. Symington | ||||||
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer |