nwpx20150604_8k.htm

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 4, 2015

 


 

NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

OREGON

0-27140

93-0557988

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

5721 SE Columbia Way, Suite 200

Vancouver, WA 98661

(360) 397-6250

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including

area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 


 

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 
 

 

 

Item 5.07.     SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders for Northwest Pipe Company (“The Company”) on June 4, 2015, the Company’s shareholders: (i) elected three directors; (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers; and (iii) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015. Set forth below are the voting results for each of these proposals.

 

Proposal 1: Election of three directors:

 

Nominee

 

For

   

Withheld

   

Broker Non-votes

 

Michelle G. Applebaum (two-year term)

    7,909,654       229,594       852,508  

Keith R. Larson (three-year term)

    6,622,378       1,516,870       852,508  

Richard A. Roman (three-year term)

    7,031,875       1,107,373       852,508  

 

Proposal 2: Advisory vote on executive compensation:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-votes

7,975,742

  

47,713

  

115,793

  

       852,508

 

Proposal 3: Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2015:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-votes

8,982,223

  

9,393

  

140

  

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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 thereunto duly authorized on June 8, 2015.

 

NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY

(Registrant)

   

By

/s/  ROBIN GANTT

 

Robin Gantt,

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary