0001401257-15-000081.txt : 20150515 0001401257-15-000081.hdr.sgml : 20150515 20150515160507 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001401257-15-000081 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150515 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20150515 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150515 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001401257 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OIL & GAS FILED MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3533] IRS NUMBER: 611488595 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35504 FILM NUMBER: 15869190 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 920 MEMORIAL CITY WAY STREET 2: SUITE 1000 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77024 BUSINESS PHONE: 713-351-7900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 920 MEMORIAL CITY WAY STREET 2: SUITE 1000 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77024 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FORUM OILFIELD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100726 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FORUM OILFIELD TECHNOLOGIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070529 8-K 1 shareholdersmeeting8-k2015.htm ANNUALMEETINGRESULTS Shareholder's Meeting 8-K 2015


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): May 15, 2015
FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
001-35504
 
61-1488595
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
920 Memorial City Way, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77024
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (281) 949-2500

(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:
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2015 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") was held on May 15, 2015. Matters voted on at the annual meeting and the results thereof were as follows:
1.
Election of Directors. The following individuals were elected as Class III directors to the Company's Board of Directors for a term of three years, each to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders in 2018 or until their successors are duly elected and qualified:

 
Nominee
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker
Non-Votes
Michael McShane
 
78,689,631

 
1,463,118

 
3,411,610

Terence M. O'Toole
 
78,964,206

 
1,188,543

 
3,411,610

Louis A. Raspino
 
78,423,467

 
1,729,282

 
3,411,610

John Schmitz
 
74,302,112

 
5,850,637

 
3,411,610

 
2.
Approval of Executive Compensation, by Non-binding Vote. Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:
 
 
 
 
Votes Cast
For
79,152,891

Against
976,390

Abstentions
23,468

Broker Non-Votes
3,411,610

3.
Ratification of Auditors. Stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015:
 
 
 
 
Votes Cast
For
83,466,405

Against
88,094

Abstentions
9,860

Broker Non-Votes
0

 

 








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.
 
 
 
 
 
Date: May 15, 2015
FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
 
 
/s/ James L. McCulloch
 
 
James L. McCulloch
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary