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FORWARD AIR CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FWRD) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

FORWARD AIR CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FWRD) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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

On May 9, 2017, Forward Air Corporation (the Company) held its
annual meeting of shareholders (the Annual Meeting), at which the
Companys shareholders approved proposals. The proposals are
described in detail in the Proxy Statement.
Proposal 1
The Companys shareholders elected seven individuals to the Board
of Directors, as set forth below:
Name
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Bruce A. Campbell
27,410,986
426,108
909,605
C. Robert Campbell
27,680,148
156,946
909,605
C. John Langley, Jr.
27,635,565
201,529
909,605
G. Michael Lynch
27,295,061
542,033
909,605
Ronald W. Allen
26,833,406
1,003,688
909,605
Douglas M. Madden
27,446,716
390,378
909,605
R. Craig Carlock
27,446,716
390,378
909,605
Proposal 2
The Companys shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst Young
LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm
for 2017, as set forth below:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
28,154,063
592,612
Proposal 3
The Companys shareholders voted to approve an advisory resolution
on the Companys executive compensation (Say on Pay vote), as set
forth below:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
26,897,065
935,428
4,601
909,605
Proposal 4
The Companys shareholders voted to approve an advisory resolution
that future Say on Pay votes occur every one, two or three years
(Say on Frequency vote), as set forth below:
Votes For 1 Year
Votes for 2 Years
Votes for 3 Years
Abstentions
22,251,027
29,666
5,554,724
1,677

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. FORWARD AIR CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FWRD) Recent Trading Information
FORWARD AIR CORPORATION (NASDAQ:FWRD) closed its last trading session down -0.22 at 50.98 with 79,501 shares trading hands.

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