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
June 6, 2018
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-06479 | 13-2637623 | |||
(State of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |||
Two Harbor Place 302 Knights Run Avenue, Suite 1200 Tampa, Florida 33602 | |||||
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) | |||||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (813) 209-0600
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 6, 2018. Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and there was no solicitation in opposition to the Company’s solicitation. The Company had 78,734,178 shares of its Class A Common Stock (“Common Stock”) outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, of which 63,857,650 shares were represented at the meeting by holders present in person or by proxy, constituting 81.10% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote, and accordingly a quorum was present. There were 9,442,065 broker non-votes. The following summarizes all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting.
1. Election of Directors. Each nominee, other than Mr. Reddy and Ms. Silcock, was an incumbent director, no other person was nominated, and each nominee was elected, subject to the Company’s Bylaws, as a director of the Company until the next Annual Meeting and until election and qualification of their successors. The tabulation of votes cast was as follows:
For | Against | Abstention | |
Douglas D. Wheat | 53,508,210 | 907,375 | — |
Joseph I. Kronsberg | 53,548,793 | 866,792 | — |
Anja L. Manuel | 53,529,509 | 866,076 | — |
Samuel H. Norton | 53,555,761 | 859,824 | — |
John P. Reddy | 53,551,345 | 864,240 | — |
Julie E. Silcock | 53,551,680 | 863,905 | — |
Gary Eugene Taylor | 53,294,030 | 1,121,555 | — |
Ty E. Wallach | 53,292,452 | 1,123,133 | — |
2. Auditor Appointment Ratification. Stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The tabulation of votes cast was as follows:
For | Against | Abstention |
63,734,402 | 39,356 | 83,892 |
3. Executive Compensation. Stockholders approved, on a nonbinding advisory basis, the resolution to approve the compensation of the Named Executive Officers for 2017 as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section and in the accompanying compensation tables and narrative in the Company’s Proxy Statement. The tabulation of votes cast was as follows:
For | Against | Abstention |
34,535,901 | 19,220,883 | 658,801 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING GROUP, INC.
(Registrant)
Date: June 12, 2018 | By: /s/ Susan Allan |
Susan Allan
Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary