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): | May 24, 2011 |
Loral Space & Communications Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-14180 | 87-0748324 |
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| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
| 600 Third Avenue, New York, New York | 10016 | |
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| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | (212) 697-1105 |
Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
We held our Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 24, 2011. At the meeting, the following proposals were acted upon:
(1) Two Class II nominees for the Board of Directors were elected to three-year terms, expiring in 2014. The votes were as follows:
| Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
Mr. John Harkey, Jr. |
14,007,964 | 2,547,082 | 3,982,136 | |||||||||
Mr. Michael B. Targoff |
13,866,414 | 2,688,632 | 3,982,136 | |||||||||
Directors whose terms of office continued after the Company’s 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and who were not subject to election at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are Dr. Mark H. Rachesky, Hal Goldstein and Sai Devabhaktuni, whose terms expire in 2012, and Arthur L. Simon and John P. Stenbit whose terms expire in 2013.
(2) Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2011. The votes were as follows:
For
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19,903,202 | |||||||||
Against
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13,769 | |||||||||
Abstain
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620,211 |
(3) Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement. The votes were as follows:
For
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14,012,497 | |||||||||
Against
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122,381 | |||||||||
Abstain
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2,420,168 |
(4) Selection, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the frequency of future non-binding, advisory votes on compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. The votes were as follows:
One Year
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14,688,036 | |||||||||
Two Years
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1,602 | |||||||||
Three Years
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924,179 | |||||||||
Abstain
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941,229 |
The Board of Directors of the Company has determined, taking into account, among other things, the above-referenced shareholder vote, to include, on a non-binding, advisory basis, a shareholder vote on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers in its proxy materials every year until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of its named executive officers.
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.
| Loral Space & Communications Inc. | ||||
| May 25, 2011 | By: |
Avi Katz
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| Name: Avi Katz | ||||
| Title: Senor Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||