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
May 22, 2014
(Date of earliest event reported)
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia | 0-19582 | 56-0751714 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
500 Old Dominion Way
Thomasville, North Carolina 27360
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(336) 889-5000
(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:
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Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
(a), (b)
The 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (the "Company") was held on May 22, 2014. The following matters, which are described in more detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2014, were voted upon and approved by the Company's shareholders at the Annual Meeting.
Proposal 1 – | Election of Eight Directors |
Each of the following individuals were elected by the shareholders to serve as directors for one-year terms and until their respective successors have been elected and qualified or until their death, resignation, removal or disqualification or until there is a decrease in the number of directors, and received the number of votes set opposite their respective names:
Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
Earl E. Congdon | 76,095,243 | 5,239,804 | 1,897,596 | ||||||||||||
David S. Congdon | 78,510,152 | 2,824,895 | 1,897,596 | ||||||||||||
J. Paul Breitbach | 79,167,845 | 2,167,202 | 1,897,596 | ||||||||||||
John R. Congdon, Jr. | 76,402,968 | 4,932,079 | 1,897,596 | ||||||||||||
Robert G. Culp, III | 79,772,194 | 1,562,853 | 1,897,596 | ||||||||||||
John D. Kasarda | 80,015,759 | 1,319,288 | 1,897,596 | ||||||||||||
Leo H. Suggs | 80,043,938 | 1,291,109 | 1,897,596 | ||||||||||||
D. Michael Wray | 80,648,882 | 686,165 | 1,897,596 | ||||||||||||
Proposal 2 – | Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers |
The compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by the shareholders based on the following vote:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
78,814,363 | 2,377,069 | 143,615 | 1,897,596 | |||
Proposal 3 – | Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014 was approved by the shareholders based on the following vote:
For | Against | Abstain | ||
81,710,057 | 1,427,416 | 95,170 | ||
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.
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ John P. Booker, III | |
John P. Booker, III | ||
Vice President – Controller | ||
(Principal Accounting Officer) | ||
Date: May 23, 2014