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 6, 2017

 

 

 

OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

001-06479   13-2637623
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
   
302 Knights Run Avenue, Tampa, Florida   33602
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(813) 209-0600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

 

 

 

 
 

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On June 6, 2017, Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Registrant had 74,112,097 shares of its Class A Common Stock (“Common Stock”) outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, of which 58,599,979 shares were represented at the meeting by holders present in person or by proxy, constituting 79.07% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote, and accordingly a quorum was present. At the Annual Meeting, stockholders: elected eight Directors; ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2017; approved, in an advisory vote, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers for 2016 as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section and in the accompanying compensation tables and narrative in the Registrant’s Proxy Statement; approved, in an advisory vote, one year as the preferred frequency of future stockholder votes on the Named Executive Officer compensation disclosed in the Registrant’s Proxy Statement; and approved an amendment to the Registrant’s Non-Employee Director Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Director Plan”) to increase the number of shares of Common Stock available under the Director Plan by 1.5 million shares. All of the nominees for Directors were duly elected to serve, subject to the Registrant’s By-laws, as Directors of the Registrant until the next Annual Meeting and until election and qualification of their successors.

 

The tabulation of the votes cast for each nominee for Director was as follows (there were 7,511,157 broker non-votes):

 

NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
NAME OF NOMINEE FOR
DIRECTOR
  VOTED FOR  

WITHHELD

AUTHORITY TO VOTE

 
Douglas D. Wheat   49,634,815   1,454,007  
Timothy J. Bernlohr   48,719,928   2,368,894  
Joseph I. Kronsberg   49,682,745   1,406,077  
Anja L. Manuel   49,681,228   1,407,594  
Samuel H. Norton   49,687,661   1,401,161  
Ronald Steger   48,824,804   2,264,018  
Gary Eugene Taylor   48,820,334   2,268,488  
Ty E. Wallach   48,825,507   2,263,315  

  

The resolution to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2017 was ratified by a vote of 56,782,210 shares of Common Stock in favor, 1,768,916 shares of Common Stock against and 48,853 shares of Common Stock abstained. There were no broker non-votes.

 

The resolution to approve, in an advisory vote, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers for 2016 as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section and in the accompanying compensation tables and narrative in the Registrant’s Proxy Statement was approved by a vote of 39,487,092 shares of Common Stock in favor, 11,420,405 shares of Common Stock against and 181,325 shares of Common Stock abstained. There were 7,511,157 broker non-votes.

 

The resolution to approve, in an advisory vote, whether the preferred frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the Named Executive Officer compensation disclosed in the Registrant’s Proxy Statement should be every one, two or three years received the votes set forth in the table below:

 

One Year
Frequency
   Two Year
Frequency
   Three Year
Frequency
   Abstain 
 48,830,638    13,128    926,576    1,318,480 

 

There were 7,511,157 broker non-votes. In light of the results of the vote on this proposal and the Board of Directors’ recommendation that stockholders vote to hold future advisory votes on the Registrant’s Named Executive Officer compensation each year, the Registrant will hold an annual advisory vote on the Registrant’s Named Executive Officer compensation until the next required vote on the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the Registrant’s Named Executive Officer compensation.

 

The resolution to approve an amendment to the Registrant’s Director Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock by 1.5 million shares was approved by a vote of 42,781,101 shares of Common Stock in favor, 8,133,776 shares of Common Stock against and 173,945 shares of Common Stock abstained. There were 7,511,157 broker non-votes.

 

 
 

 

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.

 

  OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING GROUP, INC.
(Registrant)
     
Date: June 9, 2017 By:   /s/ Susan Allan
 

Name:

Title:

Susan Allan

Vice President,

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary