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 7, 2012 (June 7, 2012)

 

 

UNION DRILLING, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

 

Delaware   000-51630   16-1537048

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4055 International Plaza, Suite 610, Fort Worth, Texas   76109
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(817) 735-8793

(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 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Union Drilling, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on Thursday, June 7, 2012, in the Company’s corporate offices at 4055 International Plaza, Suite 610, Fort Worth, Texas.

The Company had 22,048,954 shares of common stock eligible to vote at the 2012 Annual Meeting; 21,984,565 shares were voted. The final results of voting on each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the 2012 Annual Meeting are as follows:

 

  1. Stockholders elected each of the Company’s three Class III nominees for director to serve for a three year term to expire at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successor has been duly elected and qualified, as set forth below.

 

Name

   Votes
For
     Votes
Withheld
     Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Ronald Harrell

     19,805,549         348,671         0         1,830,345   

M. Joseph McHugh

     19,894,347         259,873         0         1,830,345   

Robert M. Wohleber

     19,895,747         258,473         0         1,830,345   

 

  2. Stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for 2012, as set forth below.

 

      Votes
For
   Votes
Against
     Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 
   21,912,588      53,314         18,663         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.

 

    UNION DRILLING, INC.
Date: June 7, 2012   By:   /s/ David S. Goldberg
     

 

   

David S. Goldberg, Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary

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