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 24, 2014


Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Louisiana

001-34279

72-1147390

(State of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

16225 Park Ten Place, Suite 280, Houston, Texas

 

77084

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(713) 714-6100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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


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

The Company held its 2014 annual meeting of shareholders (the Annual Meeting) on April 24, 2014 in Houston, Texas. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (i) elected each of the three persons listed below to serve as a Class II director for a term expiring in 2017, (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and (iii) ratified the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2014 fiscal year.

Of the 14,497,908 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the record date, 14,463,253 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting. The Company’s independent inspector of elections reported the vote of shareholders as follows:

Proposal 1:    Election of three Class II directors.

Name   Votes For   Votes Withheld   Broker

Non-Votes

Gregory J. Cotter

13,055,606

104,781

1,302,866

Christopher M. Harding

12,907,551

252,836

1,302,866
John P. “Jack” Laborde 12,537,444

622,943

1,302,866

Proposal 2:    Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

Votes For  

Votes
Against

  Abstentions  

Broker
Non-Votes

12,863,941 240,426 56,020 1,302,866

Proposal 3:    Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

  Votes For  

Votes
Against

  Abstentions
14,413,040 35,279 14,934



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.


GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

 
 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kirk J. Meche

Kirk J. Meche

President and Chief Executive Officer

 
 

Dated:

April 29, 2014