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

 

ROLLINS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware	1-4422	51-0068479
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

2170 Piedmont Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30324

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (404) 888-2000

 

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):

 

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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 (17 CFR§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company o

 

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. o

 

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

 

On April 25, 2016, Rollins, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the meeting, the following matters were submitted to a vote of the stockholders:

 

1. Election of Directors.

Election of Class I Directors			For			Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
R. Randall Rollins			196,261,621			4,705,704		6,453,477
Henry B. Tippie			163,493,810			37,473,515		6,453,477
James B. Wilson			179,852,376			21,114,949		6,453,477

Each director nominee was duly elected to serve until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2020 or until the director’s successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until the earlier of the director’s death, resignation or retirement.

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

	For				207,142,491
	Against				207,682
	Abstain				70,629

 

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

3. Hold a non-binding advisory vote to approve executive compensation

 

For			198,426,597
Against			2,353,443
Abstain			187,285
Broker Non-vote			6,453,477

 

4. The Frequency of the vote to approve executive compensation.

	1 Year				53,374,579
	2 Years				1,421,751
	3 Years				145,732,463
	Abstain				438,532

 

SIGNATURES

 

 

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

 

 

ROLLINS, INC.

 

Date:  April 25, 2016		By:	/s/ Paul Edward Northen
		Name:	Paul Edward Northen
		Title:	Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
			(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)