0001193125-14-209964.txt : 20140522 0001193125-14-209964.hdr.sgml : 20140522 20140522171053 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-209964 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140520 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20140522 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140522 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CARBO CERAMICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001009672 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ABRASIVE ASBESTOS & MISC NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS [3290] IRS NUMBER: 721100013 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15903 FILM NUMBER: 14864484 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 575 NORTH DAIRY ASHFORD STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77079 BUSINESS PHONE: 2819216400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 575 NORTH DAIRY ASHFORD STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77079 8-K 1 d731089d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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) May 20, 2014

 

 

CARBO Ceramics Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-15903   72-1100013

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

575 North Dairy Ashford, Suite 300

Houston, Texas

   77079
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(281) 921-6400

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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):

 

  ¨ 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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

CARBO Ceramics Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 20, 2014. Voting results for each proposal considered at the Annual Meeting are set forth below. The proposals are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2014.

 

Proposal 1: Election of eight directors.

The eight individuals listed below were elected as directors of the Company at the Annual Meeting. Voting results for each director were as follows:

 

Names

    For      Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Sigmund L. Cornelius

      20,084,912         786,329         898,533   

Chad C. Deaton

      20,488,373         382,868         898,533   

James B. Jennings

      20,402,391         468,850         898,533   

Gary A. Kolstad

      20,773,016         98,225         898,533   

H.E. Lentz, Jr.

      20,284,102         587,139         898,533   

Randy L. Limbacher

      20,404,648         466,593         898,533   

William C. Morris

      19,453,866         1,417,375         898,533   

Robert S. Rubin

      20,356,108         515,133         898,533   

 

Proposal 2: Approval of the 2014 CARBO Ceramics Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Voting results with respect to the approval of the 2014 CARBO Ceramics Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan for 2014 were as follows:

 

For     Against     Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
  20,279,693        567,611        23,937        898,533   

 

Proposal 3: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

Voting results with respect to the ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014 were as follows:

 

For     Against     Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
  21,669,146        96,859        3,769        0   

 

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Proposal 4: Advisory vote on the compensation of the named executive officers.

Voting results with respect to the advisory vote on the compensation of the named executive officers were as follows:

 

For     Against     Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
  20,488,384        364,724        18,133        898,533   

 

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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.

 

  CARBO CERAMICS INC.
Date: May 22, 2014   By:  

/s/ R. Sean Elliott

    R. Sean Elliott
   

Vice President, General Counsel,

Corporate Secretary and Chief

Compliance Officer

 

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