FORWARD AIR CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FWRD) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 15, 2018, Forward Air Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (the“Annual Meeting”), at which the Company’s shareholders approved the proposals described in the Company’s Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2018.
Proposal 1
The Company’s shareholders elected eight individuals to the Board of Directors, as set forth below:
|
Name |
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes |
|
Ronald W. Allen |
25,977,380 |
308,319 |
776,875 |
|
Ana B. Amicarella |
26,213,319 |
72,380 |
776,875 |
|
Valerie A. Bonebrake |
26,213,069 |
72,630 |
776,875 |
|
Bruce A. Campbell |
25,407,855 |
877,744 |
776,875 |
|
C. Robert Campbell |
25,854,260 |
431,439 |
776,875 |
|
R. Craig Carlock |
26,119,705 |
165,994 |
776,875 |
|
C. John Langley, Jr. |
26,086,989 |
198,710 |
776,875 |
|
G. Michael Lynch |
25,781,252 |
504,447 |
776,875 |
Proposal 2
The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018, as set forth below:
|
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
|
26,530,904 |
530,770 |
Proposal 3
The Company’s shareholders voted to approve an advisory resolution on the Company’s executive compensation (“Say on Pay” vote), as set forth below:
|
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes |
|
25,607,623 |
675,513 |
2,563 |
776,875 |
About FORWARD AIR CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FWRD)
Forward Air Corporation offers services, which are classified into three segments: Forward Air, Forward Air Solutions (FASI) and Total Quality (TQI). The Company, through its three segments, offers a range of logistic and other services, including expedited full truckload (TLX), pick-up and delivery (Forward Air Complete), pool distribution, temperature-controlled truckload, warehousing, customs brokerage and shipment consolidation and handling. The Forward Air segment provides time-definite transportation and related logistics services to the North American deferred air freight market. The FASI segment provides pool distribution services through a network of terminals and service locations in over 30 cities throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest and Southwest continental United States. The TQI segment provides security and temperature-controlled logistics services, primarily truckload services, to the pharmaceutical and other life science industries.