MPX Marine Products Corp

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

 

MARINE PRODUCTS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware	1-16263	58-2572419
(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) 321-7910

 

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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			31,576,557	991,361	1,146,243
Henry B. Tippie			31,662,353	905,565	1,146,243
James B. Williams			32,426,835	141,083	1,146,243

 

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
33,705,726		7,716		719

 

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

 

For		Against		Abstain			Broker Non-Vote
32,300,684		255,764		11,469			1,146,244

 

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

 

1 Year		2 Years		3 Years			Abstain		Broker Non-Vote
1,541,453		9,678		31,005,026			11,760		1,146,244

    

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, Marine Products Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

		Marine Products Corporation.
Date: April 27, 2017		/s/ Ben M. Palmer
		Vice President,
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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