UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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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): April 27, 2015

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P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-15057

 

71-0633135

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

297 West Henri De Tonti, Tontitown, Arkansas 72770

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (479) 361-9111

 

 

N/A

 
 

(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 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Effective April 27, 2015, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an increase in the base salary for Allen W. West, our Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer, to $285,000.

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On April 28, 2015, the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held, at which meeting eight directors were elected to serve as the Board until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the calendar year 2015 was ratified by the Company’s stockholders. Final vote tabulations are indicated below:

 

(1)     Election of eight director nominees to serve until the date of the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker

Non-Votes

Frederick P. Calderone

4,843,081

 

1,841,810

 

338,168

Daniel H. Cushman

4,835,388

 

1,849,503

 

338,168

W. Scott Davis

6,526,496

 

158,395

 

338,168

Norman E. Harned

6,526,537

 

158,354

 

338,168

Franklin H. McLarty

6,526,426

 

158,465

 

338,168

Manuel J. Moroun

4,582,875

 

2,102,016

 

338,168

Matthew T. Moroun

4,731,546

 

1,953,345

 

338,168

Daniel C. Sullivan

6,526,610

 

158,281

 

338,168

 

(2)     Proposal to ratify Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

7,020,489

 

2,547

 

23

 

0

 

 
 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.

   

                                       (Registrant)

     

Date: May 1, 2015

By:    

/s/ Daniel H. Cushman

   

Daniel H. Cushman

President and Chief Executive Officer