sxcl20130524_8k.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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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 21, 2013

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Steel Excel Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware

 

0-15071

 

94-2748530

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

1133 Westchester Avenue, Suite N222, White Plains, New York

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

 

 (914) 461-1300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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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.

 

Steel Excel Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 21, 2013.  At the meeting, the stockholders of the Company cast their votes as set forth below.

 

Proposal 1

 

The stockholders elected each of the six nominees to the Board of Directors of the Company to serve until the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor has been elected and qualified.

  

Nominee

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-Votes

 

Jack L. Howard

 

7,017,841

 

565,268

 

1,502,928

 

690,905

 

Warren G. Lichtenstein

 

7,024,171

 

551,229

 

1,510,637

 

690,905

 

John Mutch

 

9,014,180

 

61,003

 

10,854

 

690,905

 

John J. Quicke

 

7,572,334

 

38,066

 

1,475,637

 

690,905

 

Gary W. Ullman

 

9,039,729

 

35,454

 

10,854

 

690,905

 

Robert J. Valentine

 

9,040,239

 

34,894

 

10,904

 

690,905

 

 

Proposal 2

 

The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For

 

 

7,604,212

 

Against

 

 

136,287

 

Abstain

 

 

1,345,538

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

690,905

 

 

Proposal 3

 

The stockholders re-approved the material terms of the performance goals under the Steel Excel Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

For

 

 

8,952,895

 

Against

 

 

113,043

 

Abstain

 

 

20,099

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

690,905

 

 

Proposal 3

 

The stockholders ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013.

 

For

 

 

9,706,237

 

Against

 

 

66,208

 

Abstain

 

 

4,497

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 Dated:  May 24, 2013

Steel Excel Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ Leonard J. McGill

 

 

 

Name:

Leonard J. McGill

 

 

Title:

Vice President, General Counsel