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| EX-3.1 - EX-3.1 - OWENS & MINOR INC/VA/ | d722806dex31.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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 6, 2014 (May 1, 2014)
Owens & Minor, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Virginia | 1-9810 | 54-1701843 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 9120 Lockwood Blvd., Mechanicsville, Virginia | 23116 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (804) 723-7000
Not applicable
(former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year |
On May 1, 2014, the Board of Directors amended the Bylaws of Owens & Minor, Inc. (the “Company”) to reduce the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors from eleven to ten to reflect the number of directors comprising the Board immediately following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 1, 2014. The Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company are included as Exhibit 3.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
The Company held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 1, 2014 at which the matters described below were voted upon and approved as indicated. There were 63,190,826 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting and 57,241,799 shares were voted in person or by proxy (approximately 91% of shares entitled to vote).
| (1) | Election of ten directors, each for a one-year term, as follows: |
| Director |
Votes For | Votes Against or Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes |
|||||||||
| Stuart M. Essig |
52,117,129 | 223,936 | 4,900,734 | |||||||||
| John W. Gerdelman |
51,485,506 | 855,559 | 4,900,734 | |||||||||
| Lemuel E. Lewis |
51,517,899 | 823,166 | 4,900,734 | |||||||||
| Martha H. Marsh |
51,624,576 | 716,489 | 4,900,734 | |||||||||
| Eddie N. Moore, Jr. |
51,397,173 | 943,892 | 4,900,734 | |||||||||
| James E. Rogers |
51,425,457 | 915,608 | 4,900,734 | |||||||||
| David S. Simmons |
52,093,640 | 247,425 | 4,900,734 | |||||||||
| Robert C. Sledd |
51,409,232 | 931,833 | 4,900,734 | |||||||||
| Craig R. Smith |
50,298,283 | 2,042,782 | 4,900,734 | |||||||||
| Anne Marie Whittemore |
51,302,826 | 1,038,239 | 4,900,734 | |||||||||
| (2) | Ratification of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 as follows: |
| Votes For | Votes Against or Withheld |
Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
|||||||||||
| 57,016,129 | 198,657 | 27,013 | 0 | |||||||||||
| (3) | Advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers as follows: |
| Votes For | Votes Against or Withheld |
Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
|||||||||||
| 49,519,134 | 2,292,681 | 529,250 | 4,900,734 | |||||||||||
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (c) | Exhibits. |
| 3.1 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| OWENS & MINOR, INC. | ||||||||
| Date: May 6, 2014 | By: | /s/ Grace R. den Hartog | ||||||
| Name: | Grace R. den Hartog | |||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||||||
Exhibit Index
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 3.1 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company | |