8-K

 

 

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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) May 30, 2012

 

 

MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Pennsylvania   1-6627   25-0927646

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

100 Airside Drive

Moon Township, Pennsylvania

  15108
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(412) 269-6300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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

Michael Baker Corporation (“Michael Baker”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 30, 2012. The shareholders considered three proposals, each of which is described in Michael Baker’s definitive proxy statement dated April 20, 2012 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Results of votes with respect to the proposals submitted at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Proposal 1. Election of nine directors to Michael Baker’s Board of Directors to serve a new term ending in 2013:

 

     FOR      WITHHELD     

BROKER NON-

VOTES

 

Robert N. Bontempo, Ph.D.

     7,519,310         493,172         800,719   

Nicholas P. Constantakis, C.P.A.

     6,562,862         1,449,620         800,719   

David L. DeNinno

     7,578,828         433,654         800,719   

General (Ret.) Robert H. Foglesong

     7,568,107         444,375         800,719   

Mark E. Kaplan, C.P.A.

     7,616,119         396,363         800,719   

Bradley L. Mallory

     7,692,860         319,622         800,719   

Pamela S. Pierce

     6,755,942         1,256,540         800,719   

Richard L. Shaw

     6,600,083         1,412,399         800,719   

David N. Wormley, Ph.D.

     7,660,921         351,561         800,719   

As more fully described in the Proxy Statement, the nine director nominees who receive the greatest number of affirmative votes cast will be elected to fill the open seats on the Board of Directors. As a result of the shareholder vote, all of the foregoing candidates were elected to serve terms ending in 2012.

Proposal 2. Approval of an advisory resolution on Michael Baker’s 2011 named executive officer compensation:

 

FOR    AGAINST      ABSTAIN      BROKER NON-VOTES  

7,218,602

     475,506         318,374         800,719   

The foregoing proposal was approved.

Proposal 3. Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Michael Baker’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

 

FOR    AGAINST      ABSTAIN      BROKER NON-VOTES  

8,622,709

     160,309         30,183         0   

The foregoing proposal was approved.


SIGNATURE

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

 

MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ H. James McKnight

 

H. James McKnight

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer

and Secretary

Date: June 1, 2012