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): June 11, 2014
McGRATH RENTCORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)
California
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
| 0-13292 | 94-2579843 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employee Identification No.) |
5700 Las Positas Road, Livermore, CA 94551-7800
(Address of principal executive offices)
(925) 606-9200
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
As previously announced, Robert P. McGrath, the founder and Chairman Emeritus of McGrath RentCorp (the “Company”) retired from its Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective as of June 11, 2014, the date of the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On June 11, 2014, the Board approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Bylaws (the “A&R Bylaws”). The only change in the A&R Bylaws is the amendment of Section 3.2 to decrease the exact number of members of the Board from eight to seven.
A copy of the A&R Bylaws is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.3.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the Annual Meeting, the following proposals were voted on by the Company’s shareholders, as set forth below.
Proposal 1. Election of Directors.
| Name of Nominee |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| William J. Dawson |
23,825,273 | 78,131 | 1,435,794 | |||||||||
| Elizabeth A. Fetter |
23,869,841 | 33,563 | 1,435,794 | |||||||||
| Robert C. Hood |
23,817,217 | 86,187 | 1,435,794 | |||||||||
| Dennis C. Kakures |
23,823,084 | 80,320 | 1,435,794 | |||||||||
| M. Richard Smith |
23,864,803 | 38,601 | 1,435,794 | |||||||||
| Dennis P. Stradford |
23,820,517 | 82,887 | 1,435,794 | |||||||||
| Ronald H. Zech |
23,820,418 | 82,986 | 1,435,794 | |||||||||
Proposal 2. Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.
| Votes For |
Votes Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| 25,244,400 |
86,950 | 7,848 | None | |||||||||
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Proposal 3. Non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
| Votes For |
Votes Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| 23,661,295 |
48,773 | 193,336 | 1,435,794 | |||||||||
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| 3.3 | Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated as of June 11, 2014. | |
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SIGNATURE
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.
| McGRATH RENTCORP | ||||
| Dated: June 17, 2014 | ||||
| By: | /s/ Randle F. Rose | |||
| Randle F. Rose | ||||
| Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary | ||||
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