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 25, 2017

 

ROLLINS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 1-4422 51-0068479
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

2170 Piedmont Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30324

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (404) 888-2000

 

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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  o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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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 (17 CFR§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company o

 

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. o

 

 

 

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

 

On April 25, 2016, Rollins, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the meeting, the following matters were submitted to a vote of the stockholders:

 

1. Election of Directors.

Election of Class I Directors     For     Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
R. Randall Rollins     196,261,621     4,705,704   6,453,477
Henry B. Tippie     163,493,810     37,473,515   6,453,477
James B. Wilson     179,852,376     21,114,949   6,453,477

Each director nominee was duly elected to serve until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2020 or until the director’s successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until the earlier of the director’s death, resignation or retirement.

2. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

 For    207,142,491 
 Against    207,682 
 Abstain    70,629 

 

Shareholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

3. Hold a non-binding advisory vote to approve executive compensation

 

For   198,426,597 
Against   2,353,443 
Abstain   187,285 
Broker Non-vote   6,453,477 

 

4. The Frequency of the vote to approve executive compensation.

 1 Year    53,374,579 
 2 Years    1,421,751 
 3 Years    145,732,463 
 Abstain    438,532 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rollins, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

ROLLINS, INC.

 

Date:  April 25, 2016 By: /s/ Paul Edward Northen  
    Name: Paul Edward Northen  
    Title: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
      (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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