0000820736-13-000035.txt : 20130429 0000820736-13-000035.hdr.sgml : 20130427 20130429131935 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000820736-13-000035 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130425 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20130429 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130429 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000820736 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 061209561 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14279 FILM NUMBER: 13790441 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 45101 WARP DRIVE CITY: DULLES STATE: VA ZIP: 20166 BUSINESS PHONE: 703 406 5524 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 45101 WARP DRIVE STREET 2: 45101 WARP DRIVE CITY: DULLES STATE: VA ZIP: 20166 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP II DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900212 8-K 1 april20138kvote.htm
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 25, 2013

 
ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION
 
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 

Delaware
 
1-14279
 
06-1209561
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 
45101 Warp Drive, Dulles, Virginia  20166
 
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (703) 406-5000
 
 
Not Applicable
 
 
(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.

Orbital held its annual meeting of stockholders on April 25, 2013 (the "Annual Meeting").  At the Annual Meeting, three proposals were submitted to, and approved by, Orbital's stockholders.  The proposals are described in more detail in Orbital's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2013.  The final voting results were as follows:

Proposal 1

Orbital's stockholders elected the following four directors to serve for three-year terms expiring at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their death, removal or resignation.  The voting results are set forth below.

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote
Kevin P. Chilton 46,533,384 1,047,753 32,298 5,119,709
Lennard A. Fisk 44,596,108 2,985,719 31,608 5,119,709
Ronald T. Kadish 46,537,468 1,008,667 67,300 5,119,709
Garrett E. Pierce 42,743,643 4,835,689 34,103 5,119,709


Proposal 2

Orbital's stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. The voting results are set forth below.

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Vote
51,135,959
 
1,559,954
 
37,231
 
—

Proposal 3
Orbital's stockholders approved, by an advisory vote, the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers.  The voting results are set forth below.
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Vote
45,739,840
 
1,796,303
 
77,292
 
5,119,709


SIGNATURE
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.

 
ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
Date:  April 26, 2013
By:  /s/Susan Herlick                                                                                                                           
 
      Susan Herlick
      Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary