8-K

 

 

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

May 23, 2018

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

Frank’s International N.V.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

The Netherlands   001-36053   98-1107145
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification Number)
 

Mastenmakersweg 1

1786 PB Den Helder, The Netherlands

 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  +31 (0)22 367 0000  
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Frank’s International N.V. (the “Company”) held its 2018 annual meeting of its common shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 23, 2018. The following are the final voting results on the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which is more fully described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2018.

At the close of business on April 25, 2018, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 223,872,026 shares of the Company’s common stock were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

Proposal 1. Each of the directors that were nominated for election by the Supervisory Board were elected to serve until the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified or upon the earlier of their death, disability, resignation or removal. Votes regarding the election of these directors were as follows:

 

NOMINEE

   VOTES FOR      VOTES
AGAINST
     VOTES
ABSTAINED
     BROKER
NON-VOTES
 

Michael C. Kearney

     114,639,841        15,581,691        65,636        25,326,981  

William B. Berry

     110,627,277        8,475,304        11,184,587        25,326,981  

Robert W. Drummond

     108,671,317        10,865,626        10,750,225        25,326,981  

Michael E. McMahon

     108,457,320        11,079,652        10,750,196        25,326,981  

D. Keith Mosing

     116,344,691        13,925,010        17,467        25,326,981  

Kirkland D. Mosing

     115,726,090        14,533,608        27,470        25,326,981  

S. Brent Mosing

     105,760,055        24,500,462        26,651        25,326,981  

Alexander Vriesendorp

     108,461,728        11,124,086        10,701,354        25,326,981  

Proposal 2. The proposal to confirm and ratify the preparation of the Company’s statutory annual accounts and annual report in the English language and to confirm and adopt the annual accounts for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 was approved. The voting results were as follows:

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

 

VOTES ABSTAINED

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

155,404,842   66,282   143,025  

Proposal 3. The proposal to discharge the members of the Supervisory Board from liability in respect of the exercise of their duties during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 was approved. The voting results were as follows:

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

 

VOTES ABSTAINED

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

111,077,922   10,803,878   8,405,368   25,326,981

Proposal 4. The proposal to discharge the members of the Management Board from liability in respect of the exercise of their duties during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 was approved. The voting results were as follows:

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

 

VOTES ABSTAINED

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

99,186,526   10,761,943   20,338,699   25,326,981

Proposal 5. The proposal to appoint KPMG Accountants N.V. as the Company’s auditor who will audit the Dutch statutory annual accounts of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, as required by Dutch law, was approved. The voting results were as follows:

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

 

VOTES ABSTAINED

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

155,414,193   78,017   121,939  


Proposal 6. The proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s U.S. GAAP financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 was approved. The voting results were as follows:

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

 

VOTES ABSTAINED

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

155,410,392   81,376   122,381  

Proposal 7. The proposal to ratify and approve the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board granted for the period from the 2017 annual meeting until the date of the Annual Meeting, and to approve the remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board for the period from the Annual Meeting up to and including the annual meeting in 2019 was approved. The voting results were as follows:

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

 

VOTES ABSTAINED

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

119,533,489   10,710,653   43,026   25,326,981

Proposal 8. The proposal to authorize the Company’s Management Board to repurchase shares up to 10% of the issued share capital, for any legal purpose, at the stock exchange or in a private purchase transaction, at a price between $0.01 and 105% of the market price on the New York Stock Exchange, and during a period of 18 months starting from the date of the Annual Meeting was approved. The voting results of each of the proposals were as follows:

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

 

VOTES ABSTAINED

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

144,792,084   10,480,449   341,616  


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.

 

    Frank’s International N.V.
Date: May 30, 2018     By:   /s/ ALEJANDRO CESTERO
      Name: Alejandro Cestero
      Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary