0001193125-16-594344.txt : 20160518 0001193125-16-594344.hdr.sgml : 20160518 20160518152705 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-16-594344 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160517 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20160518 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160518 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: 161660380 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 d205937d8k.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 17, 2016

 

 

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)

 

 

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 17, 2016. 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, 2016.

 

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

      15,226,399         1,521,587         4,316,210   

Chad C. Deaton

      15,233,778         1,514,208         4,316,210   

James B. Jennings

      15,231,872         1,516,114         4,316,210   

Gary A. Kolstad

      15,274,552         1,473,434         4,316,210   

H.E. Lentz, Jr.

      15,028,457         1,719,529         4,316,210   

Randy L. Limbacher

      15,238,050         1,509,936         4,316,210   

William C. Morris

      15,231,670         1,516,316         4,316,210   

Robert S. Rubin

      15,226,884         1,521,102         4,316,210   

 

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 2016 were as follows:

 

For

   

Against

   

Abstentions

   

Broker Non-Votes

19,492,268    1,481,298    90,630    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

14,131,419    2,602,344    14,223    4,316,210

 

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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 18, 2016      
    By:  

/s/ Christopher M. Powell

      Christopher M. Powell
      Assistant Corporate Secretary

 

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