SEC Document


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 18, 2016

GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Louisiana
001-34279
72-1147390
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

16225 Park Ten Place, Suite 280
Houston, Texas 77084
 (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
(713) 714-6100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(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.


The Company held its 2016 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 18, 2016 in Jennings, Louisiana. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (i) elected each of the three persons listed below to serve as a Class I director for a term expiring in 2019, (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, and (iii) ratified the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2016 fiscal year.

Of the 14,630,686 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the record date, 13,147,015 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting. The Company’s independent inspector of elections reported the vote of shareholders as follows:

Proposal 1:    Election of three Class I directors.

Name
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker
Non-Votes
Murray W. Burns
 
10,507,931
 
1,105,114
 
1,533,970
William E. Chiles
 
11,304,524
 
308,521
 
1,533,970
Michael A. Flick
 
11,311,544
 
301,501
 
1,533,970

Proposal 2:
Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
10,719,904
 
873,593
 
19,548
 
1,533,970

Proposal 3:
Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstentions
13,024,383
 
117,323
 
5,309







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.

 
 
GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Kirk J. Meche
 
 
 
Kirk J. Meche
 
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dated:
May 19, 2016