FORM 8-K

0001193125-12-027588.txt : 20120130 0001193125-12-027588.hdr.sgml : 20120130 20120127194223 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-027588 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120127 ITEM INFORMATION: Shareholder Nominations Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 14a-11 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20120130 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120127 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OYO GEOSPACE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001001115 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MEASURING & CONTROLLING DEVICES, NEC [3829] IRS NUMBER: 760447780 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13601 FILM NUMBER: 12553237 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7007 PINEMONT DR. CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77040 BUSINESS PHONE: 7139864444 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7007 PINEMONT DR. CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77040 8-K 1 d291149d8k.htm FORM 8-K 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 (Date of Earliest Event Reported):

January 27, 2012 (January 27, 2012)

OYO GEOSPACE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-13601

76-0447780

(State of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

7007 Pinemont Drive, Houston, TX 77040

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(713) 986-4444

(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:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.08

Shareholder Director Nominations.

As noted under Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Board of Directors of OYO Geospace Corporation (the “Company”) has determined to postpone the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to April 10, 2012. Due to this postponement, the due dates for the provision of any qualified stockholder proposal or qualified stockholder nominations under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company described in the Company’s 2011 Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 1, 2011 are no longer applicable. Such nominations and proposals, including any notice on Schedule 14N, are now due to the Company on February 13, 2012, as the Company intends to print its proxy materials on February 20, 2012.

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On January 27, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company determined to postpone the date of the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to April 10, 2012. The Board of Directors decided to postpone the annual meeting to provide the Nominating and Governance Committee additional time to identify a director nominee to be included in the Company’s 2012 Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A and subjected to a vote by the stockholders of the Company at the 2012 annual meeting.

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.


OYO GEOSPACE CORPORATION

By:		/s/ Thomas T. McEntire
Name:		Thomas T. McEntire
Title:		Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

Date: January 27, 2012