0001157523-14-001697.txt : 20140430 0001157523-14-001697.hdr.sgml : 20140430 20140429190214 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001157523-14-001697 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140424 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20140430 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140429 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GULF ISLAND FABRICATION INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001031623 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FABRICATED STRUCTURAL METAL PRODUCTS [3440] IRS NUMBER: 721147390 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34279 FILM NUMBER: 14795466 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GULF ISLAND FABRICATION INC STREET 2: 583 THOMPSON RD CITY: HOUMA STATE: LA ZIP: 70361 BUSINESS PHONE: 5048722100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 310 CITY: HOUMA STATE: LA ZIP: 70361 8-K 1 a50854269.htm GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC. 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): April 24, 2014

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Louisiana	001-34279	72-1147390
(State of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

	16225 Park Ten Place, Suite 280, Houston, Texas		77084
	(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(713) 714-6100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(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 obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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

The Company held its 2014 annual meeting of shareholders (the Annual Meeting) on April 24, 2014 in Houston, Texas. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (i) elected each of the three persons listed below to serve as a Class II director for a term expiring in 2017, (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and (iii) ratified the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2014 fiscal year.

Of the 14,497,908 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the record date, 14,463,253 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting. The Company’s independent inspector of elections reported the vote of shareholders as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of three Class II directors.

Name	Votes For	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Gregory J. Cotter	13,055,606	104,781	1,302,866
Christopher M. Harding	12,907,551	252,836	1,302,866
John P. “Jack” Laborde	12,537,444	622,943	1,302,866

Proposal 2: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
12,863,941		240,426		56,020		1,302,866

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

	Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions
	14,413,040		35,279		14,934

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.

		GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.


		By:	/s/ Kirk J. Meche
			Kirk J. Meche
			President and Chief Executive Officer


Dated:	April 29, 2014