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, 2017

 

RPC, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware 1-8726 58-1550825
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2801 Buford Highway NE, Suite 520, Atlanta, Georgia 30329
(Address of principal executive office) (zip code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (404) 321-2140

  

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):

 

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

 

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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).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 
     

 

 

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

 

The 2017 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company was held on April 25, 2017. At the annual meeting, the stockholders of the Company (i) elected three Class I nominees to the Board of Directors; (ii) ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017; (iii) held a nonbinding vote on executive compensation; and (iv) held a nonbinding vote regarding the frequency of voting on executive compensation.

 

The voting results for each proposal are as follows:

 

1. To elect the three Class I nominees to the Board of Directors:

    

    For   Withheld  

Broker

Non-Vote  

Class I nominees:            
R. Randall Rollins   185,352,763   17,069,575   5,975,819
Henry B. Tippie   175,420,890   27,001,448   5,975,819
James B. Williams   180,583,365   21,838,973   5,975,819

 

2. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017:

 

For   Against   Abstain
207,636,782   701,659   59,716

 

3. To hold a non-binding vote on executive compensation:

 

For   Against   Abstain  

Broker

Non-Vote

200,154,862   2,145,115   122,361   5,975,819

 

4. To hold a nonbinding vote regarding the frequency of voting on executive compensation:

 

1 Year   2 Years   3 Years   Abstain  

Broker

Non-Vote

27,290,917   169,845   174,378,537   583,039   5,975,819

   

Based on these results and consistent with the Company’s recommendation, the Board has determined that the Company will hold a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation every three years.

 

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SIGNATURES 

 

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

 

  RPC, Inc.
   
Date: April 27, 2017 /s/ Ben M. Palmer
  Ben M. Palmer
  Vice President,
  Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

  

 

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