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
June 12, 2014
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Erickson Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35482 | 93-1307561 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
5550 SW Macadam Avenue, Suite 200
Portland, Oregon 97239
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (503) 505-5800
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In this report, unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” and “Erickson” refer to Erickson Incorporated and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On June 11, 2014, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders. At the annual meeting, the following matters were submitted to the vote of the stockholders, with the results of voting on each such matter as set forth below.
1. The Company’s stockholders approved a proposal to re-elect the following three Class II directors to the Company’s Board of Directors, each to hold office until the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders (and until each such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified), with voting results as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| Hank Halter |
10,712,845 | 10,116 | 517,823 | |||||||||
| Quinn Morgan |
10,179,848 | 543,113 | 517,823 | |||||||||
| Meredith Siegfried |
10,713,073 | 9,888 | 517,823 | |||||||||
The terms of office for the following directors continued after the meeting: Udo Rieder (Class I director), Gary Scott (Class I director), Kenneth Lau (Class III director) and James L. Welch (Class III director).
2. The Company’s stockholders approved a proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton as its independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, with voting results as follows:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstaining |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 11,234,113 |
3,585 | 3,086 | 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.
| Erickson Incorporated | ||||||||
| Dated: June 12, 2014 | By: | /s/ Edward Rizzuti | ||||||
| Edward Rizzuti Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||