Form 8-K

-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, R7Bk07bA1L8nnRGJPn0ZndUAjbbqiWO3qQEr32BVSe8NdpDFgt5CHV09HepXOGgt Gw3axUbYARWFGHaa9UouHw== 0001193125-10-289138.txt : 20101228 0001193125-10-289138.hdr.sgml : 20101228 20101228172735 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-289138 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101222 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20101228 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101228 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NORTHWEST PIPE CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001001385 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STEEL PIPE & TUBES [3317] IRS NUMBER: 930557988 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OR FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-27140 FILM NUMBER: 101276449 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5721 SE COLUMBIA WAY STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: VANCOUVER STATE: WA ZIP: 98661 BUSINESS PHONE: 3603976250 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5721 SE COLUMBIA WAY STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: VANCOUVER STATE: WA ZIP: 98661 8-K 1 d8k.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): December 22, 2010

NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

OREGON

0-27140

93-0557988

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

5721 SE Columbia Way, Suite 200

Vancouver, WA 98661

(360) 397-6250

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including

area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

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)

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Item 5.07.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

At the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on December 22, 2010, the Company’s shareholders: (i) elected four directors; and (ii) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the year ended December 31, 2010. Set forth below are the voting results for each of these proposals.

Item 1:

Election of four directors:


Nominee	For		Withheld		Broker Non-votes
Wayne B. Kingsley (one-year term)		3,581,422		3,639,494		1,170,386
Keith R. Larson (two-year term)		3,583,422		3,637,494		1,170,386
James E. Declusin (three-year term)		6,942,264		278,652		1,170,386
Michael C. Franson (three-year term)		3,593,372		3,627,544		1,170,386

Item 2:

Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2010:


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-votes
8,332,904	53,513	4,885	—

SIGNATURE

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 thereunto duly authorized on December 28, 2010.


NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY
(Registrant)

By		/s/ Stephanie J. Welty
		Stephanie J. Welty,
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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