0000950123-11-057612.txt : 20110609 0000950123-11-057612.hdr.sgml : 20110609 20110608180430 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-11-057612 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110603 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20110609 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110608 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SWIFT TRANSPORTATION Co CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492691 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213] IRS NUMBER: 205589597 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35007 FILM NUMBER: 11901788 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 SOUTH 75TH AVENUE CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85043 BUSINESS PHONE: 602-269-9700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 SOUTH 75TH AVENUE CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85043 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SWIFT TRANSPORTATION CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20101209 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SWIFT TRANSPORTATION Co DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20101129 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SWIFT HOLDINGS CORP. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100524 8-K 1 p18917e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
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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) June 3, 2011
 
Swift Transportation Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware   001-35007   20-5589597
         
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File   (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)   Number)   Identification No.)
     
2200 South 75th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona   85043
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(602) 269-9700
(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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
SIGNATURES

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
     On June 3, 2011, Swift Transportation Company (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 9:00 am local time at the Company’s headquarters, 2200 S. 75th Ave., Phoenix, Arizona 85043. The following matters were voted upon at the meeting:
     Proposal No. 1
     The Company’s stockholders elected five individuals to the Company’s Board of Directors:
                         
            Votes   Broker Non-
Name   Votes For   Withheld   Votes
William Post
     186,596,306       10,782       5,464,832  
Jerry Moyes
     186,595,106       11,982       5,464,832  
Richard Dozer
     186,594,806       12,282       5,464,832  
David Vander Ploeg
     186,594,506       12,582       5,464,832  
Glenn Brown
     186,596,306       10,782       5,464,832  
     Proposal No. 2
     The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive offices by the votes set forth in the table below.
             
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
185,796,598
  312,633   497,857   5,464,832
     Proposal No. 3
     The Company’s stockholders recommended, as set forth below, the frequency with which the Company should hold its future advisory votes on executive compensation:
                 
One Year   Two Years   Three Years   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
183,998,062   20,675   2,095,885   492,466   5,464,832
     Proposal No. 4
     The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG, LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year 2011.
         
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions
191,661,963   397,859   12,098

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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.
Dated: June 8, 2011
         
  SWIFT TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
 		  
  /s/ Virginia Henkels    
  By: Virginia Henkels   
         Executive Vice President and Chief
       Financial Officer 		  
 

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