0001104659-12-032994.txt : 20120504 0001104659-12-032994.hdr.sgml : 20120504 20120504111203 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-12-032994 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120501 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20120504 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120504 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SKYWEST INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000793733 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AIR TRANSPORTATION, SCHEDULED [4512] IRS NUMBER: 870292166 STATE OF INCORPORATION: UT FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-14719 FILM NUMBER: 12812564 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 444 S RIVER RD CITY: ST GEORGE STATE: UT ZIP: 84790 BUSINESS PHONE: 8016343000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 444 SOUTH RIVER ROAD CITY: ST GEORGE STATE: UT ZIP: 84790 8-K 1 a12-11093_28k.htm 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 1, 2012

 

SKYWEST, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Utah

 

0-14719

 

87-0292166

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

444 South River Road

 

 

St. George, Utah

 

84790

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:

(435) 634-3200

 

N/A

(Former name, former address, and formal fiscal year, 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):

 

o            Written  communications  pursuant to Rule 425 under the  Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant to Rule  14d-2(b)  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            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.

 

(a)         On May 1, 2012, SkyWest, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).

 

(b)         At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders considered and voted on the items described below:

 

1.              The following persons were elected to serve as directors of the Company, each to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and shall qualify, based upon the following votes:

 

Name of Nominee

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Jerry C. Atkin

 

43,570,318

 

1,362,271

 

3,115,273

 

J. Ralph Atkin

 

43,961,452

 

971,137

 

3,115,273

 

Margaret S. Billson

 

43,063,463

 

1,869,126

 

3,115,273

 

Ian M. Cumming

 

39,980,820

 

4,951,769

 

3,115,273

 

Henry J. Eyring

 

43,087,838

 

1,844,751

 

3,115,273

 

Robert G. Sarver

 

43,481,920

 

1,450,669

 

3,115,273

 

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy

 

39,328,116

 

5,604,473

 

3,115,273

 

James L. Welch

 

43,413,943

 

1,518,646

 

3,115,273

 

W. Steve Albrecht

 

44,135,548

 

797,041

 

3,115,273

 

 

2.              The advisory vote to approve, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved based upon the following votes:

 

Votes for approval

 

43,158,121

Votes against

 

1,746,123

Abstentions

 

28,345

Broker Non-Votes

 

3,115,273

 

3.              The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 was approved based upon the following votes:

 

Votes for approval

 

47,612,885

Votes against

 

424,907

Abstentions

 

10,070

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

SKYWEST, INC.

 

 

 

 

Dated: May 4, 2012

By

/s/ Eric J. Woodward

 

 

Eric J. Woodward, Chief Accounting Officer

 

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