Mitcham Industries, Inc. (Form: 8-K)  

 


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):   July 26, 2012

Mitcham Industries, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Texas 000-25142 76-0210849
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
8141 SH 75 South, P.O. Box 1175, Huntsville, Texas   77342
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   936-291-2277

Not Applicable
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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.

Mitcham Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on July 26, 2012 in Huntsville, Texas. At the Annual Meeting, shareholders were requested to (1) elect six individuals to serve on the Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders, each until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified; (2) approve, on an advisory basis, Named Executive Officer compensation; (3) vote, on an advisory basis, on the frequency of future advisory votes on Named Executive Officer compensation; and (4) ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Hein & Associates LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2013. Each proposal was described in the Company’s Notice of Annual Meeting and the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which were each filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2012.

The following actions were taken by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting with respect to each of the proposals:

1.   Elect six individuals to serve on the Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders, each until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. All nominees were re-elected as directors by the votes indicated:
                         
Nominee   Voted For   Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
Billy F. Mitcham, Jr
    5,669,996       3,128,551       2,568,825  
Peter H. Blum
    4,450,184       4,348,363       2,568,825  
Robert P. Capps
    4,984,616       3,813,931       2,568,825  
R. Dean Lewis
    8,081,788       716,759       2,568,825  
John F. Schwalbe
    8,082,053       716,494       2,568,825  
Robert J. Albers
    8,169,903       628,644       2,568,825  

2.   Approve, on an advisory basis, Named Executive Officer compensation:
                         
Voted For   Voted Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
8,626,395
    141,301       30,851       2,568,825  

3.   Vote, on an advisory basis, on the frequency of future advisory votes on Named Executive Officer compensation:
                         
1 Year   2 Years   3 Years   Abstentions
7,592,364
    370,419       813,799       21,965  

A majority of the votes cast by shareholders voted, on an advisory basis, to hold an advisory vote to approve executive compensation once every year. In line with this recommendation by our shareholders, the Board has decided to include an advisory shareholder vote on executive compensation in its proxy materials once every year, until the next shareholder advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

4.   Ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Hein & Associates LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2013:
                 
Voted For   Voted Against   Abstentions
11,165,059
    187,631       14,682  


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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.

         
    Mitcham Industries, Inc.
          
July 31, 2012   By:   Robert P. Capps
       
        Name: Robert P. Capps
        Title: Chief Financial Officer