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): April 28, 2016

 

 

MRC GLOBAL INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35479   20-5956993

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

Fulbright Tower, 1301 McKinney Street, Suite 2300

Houston, TX 77010

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:                                    (877) 294-7574

 

 

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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

MRC Global Inc. (“MRC Global”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 28, 2016 (the “Annual Meeting”) to: (i) elect ten members to the Board of Directors to serve for a one-year term; (ii) approve a non-binding advisory resolution approving MRC Global’s named executive officer compensation; and (iii) ratify Ernst & Young LLP as MRC Global’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016. All of MRC Global’s directors were re-elected by a majority of the votes cast, and each of the other matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting was approved.

As of March 4, 2016, the record date (the “Record Date”) for the Annual Meeting, there were 102,119,960 shares of MRC Global common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. On the Record Date, there were 363,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding entitled to 20,302,009 votes at the Annual Meeting, which number is equal to the number of shares of common stock into which the shares of preferred stock could be converted on the Record Date, rounded to the nearest share. Holdings of the common stock and the preferred stock vote together on all matters as a single class. 113,098,076 shares of MRC Global common stock were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum. The information below reflects the number of votes cast by the holders of MRC Global common stock and preferred stock.

The number of votes for, votes withheld and non-votes for the election of each director was as follows:

 

Name

   Number of Votes FOR    Number of Votes Withheld    Number of Non-Votes

Andrew R. Lane

   104,669,638    1,872,194    6,556,244

Leonard M. Anthony

   105,253,698    1,288,134    6,556,244

Rhys J. Best

   104,032,750    2,509,082    6,556,244

Barbara J. Duganier

   106,239,474       302,358    6,556,244

Craig Ketchum

   104,658,499    1,883,333    6,556,244

Gerard P. Krans

   105,254,179    1,287,653    6,556,244

Dr. Cornelis A. Linse

   104,480,301    2,061,531    6,556,244

John A. Perkins

   104,479,954    2,061,878    6,556,244

H.B. Wehrle, III

   104,564,069    1,977,763    6,556,244

Robert L. Wood

   104,466,148    2,075,684    6,556,244

The number of votes for, the number of votes against, the number of abstentions and the number of broker non-votes with respect to the non-binding advisory resolution approving MRC Global’s named executive officer compensation was as follows:

 

Number of Votes FOR

     Number of Votes Against      Abstentions      Number of Non-Votes  
  104,728,738         1,739,404         73,690         6,556,244   

The number of votes for, the number of votes against, the number of abstentions and the number of broker non-votes with respect to the ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as MRC Global’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016 was as follows:

 

Number of Votes FOR

     Number of Votes Against      Abstentions      Number of Non-Votes  
  111,542,513         1,548,056         7,507         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.

Date: April 28, 2016

 

MRC GLOBAL INC.

By:

 

/s/ Daniel J. Churay

 

Daniel J. Churay

 

Executive Vice President – Corporate Affairs,

 

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

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