Natural Gas Services Group Inc 8-K, filed Jun 20, 2023
Natural Gas Services Group Inc (NGS)
8-K
2023-06-20
For: 2023-06-15
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About this 8-K
Natural Gas Services Group Inc filed this 8-K on June 20, 2023, reporting on events of June 15, 2023.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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): June 15, 2023
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As described in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, on June 15, 2023, at the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) of Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company's shareholders approved the Company’s proposal for the election of three individuals to serve as directors of the Company for the terms set forth below or until their respective successors are elected and qualified.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Meeting was held on June 15, 2023, at which the Company’s shareholders voted on the proposals identified below. These proposals were described in detail in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2023.
At the close of business on April 18, 2023, the record date for the Meeting, 12,416,275 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting. Shareholders owning a total of 10,407,774 shares of Common Stock were represented at the meeting, which represented approximately 83.8% of the shares of the Common Stock outstanding as of the record date for the Meeting.
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors
Each of the three nominees for director was duly elected by the Company’s shareholders, with votes as follows:
Director Nominee | For | Against and Authority Withheld | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
Stephen C. Taylor(1) | 6,752,737 | 2,519,857 | 39,413 | 1,095,767 | ||||||||||
Justin C. Jacobs(1) | 9,212,755 | 85,336 | 13,916 | 1,095,767 | ||||||||||
Donald J. Tringali(2) | 9,034,810 | 263,281 | 13,916 | 1,095,767 | ||||||||||
(1) Elected for a three year term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, or until his respective successor is elected and qualified.
(2) Elected for a two year term expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders, or until his respective successor is elected and qualified.
Proposal 2 - Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6,159,016 | 2,320,725 | 832,266 | 1,095,767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation
The shareholders approved on an advisory basis to hold future advisory votes regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers on an annual basis. The Company has determined, consistent with the stockholder vote, to hold future advisory votes regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers on an annual basis until the next vote on the frequency of such advisory votes occurs:
| For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7,900,221 | 15,001 | 986,206 | 410,579 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Proposal 4 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The shareholders ratified the appointment of Ham, Langston & Brezina LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstentions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10,252,204 | 12,006 | 143,564 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SIGNATURE
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.
| NATURAL GAS SERVICES GROUP, INC. | |||||||||||
| Date: | June 20, 2023 | By: | /s/ Stephen C. Taylor | ||||||||
| Stephen C. Taylor | |||||||||||
| Interim President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||||||||