0001193125-13-211488.txt : 20130509 0001193125-13-211488.hdr.sgml : 20130509 20130509172730 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-211488 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130509 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20130509 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130509 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: 13830195 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 d537020d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K
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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) May 9, 2013

 

 

Swift Transportation Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35007   20-5589597

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

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

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SIGNATURES

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 8, 2013, Swift Transportation Company (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 8:00 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:

 

Name

   

    Votes For    

   

Votes

    Withheld    

     

Broker Non-

    Votes    

William Post

    159,924,331      15,343,092       7,213,255

Jerry Moyes

    174,737,555      529,868       7,213,255

Richard Dozer

    159,650,433      15,616,990       7,213,255

David Vander Ploeg

    159,922,976      15,344,447       7,213,255

Glenn Brown

    159,921,041      15,346,382       7,213,255

Proposal No. 2

The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

    Votes For    

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

174,845,994

   348,002   73,427   7,213,255

Proposal No. 3

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG, LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year 2013.

 

    Votes For    

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

182,033,889

   355,064   91,725   0

 

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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: May 9, 2013

 

SWIFT TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

/s/ James Fry

By:  

James Fry

  Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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