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 24, 2011
Basic Energy Services, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation )
  1-32693
(Commission
File Number)
  54-2091194
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
500 W. Illinois, Suite 100
Midland, Texas
  79701
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (432) 620-5500
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.
     Basic Energy Services, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 24, 2011 in Midland, Texas (the “Annual Meeting”):
  (1)   to elect three Class III directors to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders in 2014;
 
  (2)   to approve an amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Basic Energy Services, Inc. 2003 Incentive Plan (the “Restated Incentive Plan”) to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 7,100,000 shares to 8,350,000 shares;
 
  (3)   to approve an advisory vote on executive compensation as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting;
 
  (4)   to approve an advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation; and
 
  (5)   to approve the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2011.
     A total of 39,422,968 shares of the Company’s common stock were present at the meeting in person or by proxy, which represented approximately 93% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock as of April 8, 2011, the record date for the Annual Meeting.
     Proposal 1: Director nominees were elected at the Annual Meeting based on the following vote tabulation:
                         
    Votes “For”   Votes “Withheld”   Broker Non-Votes
James S. D’Agostino, Jr.
    35,758,942       2,162,089       1,501,937  
Kenneth V. Huseman
    37,699,926       221,105       1,501,937  
Thomas P. Moore, Jr.
    37,699,926       221,105       1,501,937  
     Proposal 2: The amendment to the Restated Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized thereunder was approved as follows:
                         
Votes “For”   Votes “Against”   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
27,014,630
    10,568,978       310,423       1,501,937  
     Proposal 3: The advisory vote on executive compensation as disclosed in the proxy statement was approved as follows:
                         
Votes “For”   Votes “Against”   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
32,898,899
    4,725,603       296,529       1,501,937  
     Proposal 4: The advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation was as follows:
                                 
One Year   Two Years   Three Years   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
34,747,183
    235,778       2,354,214       583,856       1,501,937  
     In accordance with the results of this advisory vote, the Company intends to hold future advisory votes on executive compensation, or “say-on-pay” votes, annually.
     Proposal 5: The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2011 was approved as follows:

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Votes “For”   Votes “Against”   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
39,341,969     28,759       52,240       0  

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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.
         
  Basic Energy Services, Inc.
 
 
Date: May 26, 2011  By:   /s/ Alan Krenek    
    Name:   Alan Krenek   
    Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary