8-K 1 d932419d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 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 19, 2015

 

 

CARBO Ceramics Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

001-15903   72-1100013

(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)

 

 

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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 19, 2015. 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 1, 2015.

 

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

     18,132,390         1,117,245         2,534,585   

Chad C. Deaton

     18,918,622         331,013         2,534,585   

James B. Jennings

     18,921,007         328,628         2,534,585   

Gary A. Kolstad

     19,121,020         128,615         2,534,585   

H.E. Lentz, Jr.

     18,913,533         336,102         2,534,585   

Randy L. Limbacher

     18,925,670         323,965         2,534,585   

William C. Morris

     18,720,233         529,402         2,534,585   

Robert S. Rubin

     18,911,981         337,654         2,534,585   

 

Proposal 2: 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 2015 were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

21,638,073   133,789   12,358   0

 

Proposal 3: 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

17,047,688   2,178,251   23,696   2,534,585

 

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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 21, 2015
By:

/s/ Christopher M. Powell

Christopher M. Powell
Assistant Corporate Secretary

 

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